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FUNERAL HELD FOR
ILL DUCE’S SON
. PSA, Italy, Aug. 9.—Premier
Mussolini sent the body of his
son Bruno to Predappio, 11 Duce’s
home town, for burial after a war
hero’s funeral procession yester
day through the flower-strewn
streets of this ancient city.
Arriving in the darkened room
of the local Fascist headquarters
where Bruno lay in state with
two companions who died in an
air crash yesterday, Mussolini
paused long beside the open cas
ket.
Those in the room said after
ward “his severe face expressed
the emotional pride of his im
mense sorrow.”
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URUGUAY BODY APPROVES
OUTLAWING PROGRAM
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug.
9.—The special parliamentry com
mittee investigating subversive
activity has approved proposed
legislation to prohibit oral or
written propaganda favoring Na
zism or Fascism, it was announc
ed.
The committee is investigating
the suppressed newspaper Lib
ertad, whose editor, Alejandro
Barbadora was suspended from
the Chamber of Deputies last
week. It announced that the
newspaper had been financed by
capital raised among German re
sidents with the help of the Ger
man legation.
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BRIGADE FORMED
IN NORTH CAROLINA
WASHINGTON, Aug. B. The
War Department today announc
ed formation of a provisional
field artillery brigade at Fort
Bragg, to faciliate adminis
tration and training of field ar
tillery units at the post. Colonel
John T. Kennedy, field artillery,
was assigned to command the
new organization which includes
8,000 men.
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U. S. OBSERVER
ABROAD KILLED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. The
war Department said loday that
First Lieutenant Laird W. Hend
ricks U. S. Air Corps observer in
London, was killed in an airplane
crash in Britain on July 28.
<Hendricks was the sixth U. S.
military observer or attache to
be killed abroad since the war
started.
Only details on his death avail
able here were that he was flying
an American plane and was nos
in a combat zone.
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CHINESE READY TO HALT
EFFORTS TO CUT ROAD
LONDON, Aug. 7-9.—A Reu
ters dispatch from Singapore to
day quoted the Singapore office
of the Ministry of Information as
declaring that “in Burma and
South China all preparations are
ready to smash any Japanese at
tempt to cut the Burma Road or
move further Westward.”
This apparently referred to the
possibility of a Japanese move in
to Thailand from bases in Indo-
China or an attempt to invade
China’s southwestern province of
Yunnan, through which the
Bunqa Road, chief supply line of
the Chinese armies runs.
lrrson|Mimes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
• They’re in the U. S. Service Now
President Roosevelt has ordered all armed forces of the Philippinr
into the U. S. service. The order placed some 150,000 trained and serrr
trained Filipinos under the command of Maj. Gen. George Gruncr! H< re
Philippine scouts of Battery E, Ninety-first artillery, are shown Icadir
a 10-inch gun during a coast defense drill on the island.
BILL MORGAN TO
GO HOLLYWOOD IN
NEXT FEW DAYS
Former Local Resident Sign
ed by M. G. M. After Discov
ery by Talent Scout.
John Morgan, Jr., known in
Roxboro as “Bill” Morgan, has
been signed by Mletro-Goidwin
-Mayer studios for motion pic-]
ture work in Hollywood, accord-]
ing to announcement reaching
Roxboro last week.
Morgan, who until recently
lived in Durham and in RoxJ
boro, has for years been interest ]
ed in dramatics. At Chapel Hilt
he was a member of the Caro-j
lina Playmakers and at Manteo
he has taken part in the producJ
tion of the “Lost Colony’".
His father, Mr. Morgan. Sr.,
until about three years ago had
resided in Roxboro, and ••Bill"
stayed with him here part of the
time.
When Mojrgan, Jr., was dis- i
covered” by an MGM talent scout]
he was playing in a Summer i
Stock theatre, the Doones, Bever-]
ly Shores, Ind. Last year he was
connected ’ with the Carolina
Playmakers’ health play on good
teeth, a show put on through the
North Carolina State Board oi'
health.
While in Roxboro Mr. Morgan
was a special friend of Linwood
Carver, the artist, who is spend
ing this Summer in Massachu
setts. .
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Kinston Now Has
Another Parrott
Kinston, Aug. B.—This town had
another Dr. Parrott to day. Dr.|
John Parrott had opened offices.'
He interned at Winston-Salem be
ginning last Summer.
He is a great-nephew of Dr.
James M. Parrott, who was State'
Health Officer when he died a
few years ago, and of Dr. W. T.i
Parrott, superintendent of Cas
well Training school, State insti
tution here. He is a son of the
late Dr. Albert DeKalb Parrott,
who was head surgeon at Parrott
Memorial hospital here. |
He is a nephew of Dr. Mercer
Parrot, present head surgeon at 1
the hospital. Another uncle of the
young physician, Lieut-Comdr.'
Fountain Parrott, was the rank- 1
ing American naval afficer to
lose his life in the World War.
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ROBINSONS MOVE
Chief of Piliee George (Pat)
Robinson, with his family, has
moved to the Lamar street apart,
ment formerly occupied by Dr.
and Mrs. E. M. Hedgepeth. Chief
Robinson came recently from
Durham to Roxboro. He and Mrs.
Robinson have a young son.
OLD AND NEW
DIRECTORS WILL
MEET THURSDAY
Four New And Five Old Dir
ecVrs
Board of Directors. Os Cham
ber of Commerce.
Re-elected as members of the
Board of Directors of the Rox
] boro Chamber of Commerce are
( S. M. Ford, E. G. Thompson, D.
S. Brooks, J. A. Long, Jr., and
j Glenn Stovall, while new mem
bers are to be City Manager Percy
Bloxam, E. E. Bradsher, Sr., R.
] D. Bumpass and D. W. Ledbetter,
according to tabulations of bai-
J lots returned Friday to the nomi
nating committee.
These men, who will serve lor
I the year 1941-1942, will together
'with piesent directors, meet on
Thursday night, August 14, said
J executive secretary W. Wallace
Woods, who yesterday extended
jon behalf of the Chamber con
gratulations to the incoming
j board.
Both new and old members of
] the Board will be notified by
telephone as to time and place
of this final meeting of the old
Board, said Mr. Woods. Officers
will be elected at the meeting
and Mr. Woods is anxious to have
] a full attendance. Present presi
dent is Glenn Stovall.
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CIANO TOO ILL TO GO
TO MUSSOLINI’S FUNERAL
ROME. Aug. 9.—ltalian For
eign Minister Count Galeazzo Ci
ano is confined to bed by illness,
the Rome radio said today. He
was too ill to attend memorial
ceremonies at Pisa where his
brother-in-law, Capt. Pilot Bruno
I Mussolini, second son of II Duce,
! was killed in a bomber crash yes
terday.
Countess Ciano, elder daughter
of Mussolini, and her brother,
I Capt. Vittorio Mussolini, attend-
I ed the Pisa ceremonies. At one
time Ciano commanded a mili-
I tary air squadron to which the
Mussolini brothers were attach
ed.
AT LEAST DEMOCRACY
I IN ALABAMA
I SPEIGNER, Ala., Aug. B.— The
i latest issue of the “Draper In
i mate” bears on its front cover a
, picture of President Roosevelt
flanked, by American flags. Be
neath his likeness is printed:
JUSTICE! FREEDOM! DEMO
CRACY! WHERE ELSE BUT
HERE?
The magazine is published by
convicts at the Draper State Pris
on.
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TO LORIS, S. C.
Bill Michaels will today leave
for Loris, S. C., where he will
be on the Tobacco Market with
the Venable Company.
MEXICO THEME
OF LONGS TALK
AT CIVIC CLUB
Young Attorney Chief Speak
eh At Daughters Night Pro
gram At Rotary Club.
Guest speaker at Roxboro Rot
ary club at Hotel Koxboro, Thurs
day night, where Daughter’s Night
was celebrated in fine style by
the club members, was Kouert
Edgar Long, young Roxboro at
torney, who recently returned
from a vacation trip to Mexi
co and New Orleans.
Mr. Long, who was impressed
by the New Orleans heat, as well
as by the beauty of the city, de.
scribed in greater detail his ex
perier.es in Mexico City, where
high altitude resulted in a pleas
antly cool climate.
Mr. Long also mentioned the
fajpt that in Mexico much of the
music is American jazz ratherj
than the native music. Accomany.
ing him on the trip was his aunt,
Mrs. R. J. Teague. The distance
from New Orleans to Mexico City
was made by airplane.
Presiding was Claude T. Hall,
club president. Introduction of
the sptaker was by W. Newell
program chairman. Present with
the members were many of their
daughters.
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City Manager ..
Buys Boatwright
Home, Main St.
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Percy Bloxam, who, with’
his family, has for several months
had residence ini the Guthrie
Bradsher residence, North Main
street, has purchased the E. V.|
Boatwright house, almost across
the street from the Bradsher
house.
Mr. Bloxam yesterday said
that he and his family expect to
move to their new home in Oc
tober. Present occupants are Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas E. Bennett.
The Boatwright house, built
several years ago is a two-story
frame structure of generous pro
portions and is regarded as one
of the most attractive residences
in Roxboro.
The Boatwrights lived there
until they several months ago
moved to Reidsville. Price of the
was not mentioned.
AT MANTEO
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. West, and
son, Billy West, returned yester
day from Manteo, where they
attended the “Lost Colony”. With
them were Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Turner, who reurned to their
home at Stanford, Conn.
Along The Way
—With the Editor
I might as well tell it myself because other people are
telling it and it is nothing but the truth. I—l mean my wife
planted a nice garden this year. I did help a little, but not
much. A few days ago she asked me to go and stick the but
terbeans, I got a lot of poles, some string and etc. and went
to. work. Well, here’s the story—l stuck the blackeye peas,
anyway they were running and looked like they needed
something to run on so I stuck ’em. I can’t see yet why peo
ple don’t stick peas.
I T. K. Glenn has painted Betsy. In case you don’t know who
Betsy is, we will tell you. It’s his old car. T. K. was trying to
get $400.00 in trade against another car. Dealers were only
offering $150.00 so he put a coat of paint on Betsy and thought
that would make up a difference of $250.00 that he wanted.
He got no result so he bought a new car and kept Betsy.
Hugh Beam, Jr. and Dewey Bradsher, Jr. small sons of
Doctors J. D. Bradsher and H. M. Beam recently opened a
store on Lamar Street. The boys stayed open for only a few
days and then went into bankruptcy. The store is closed. The
only reason for its losing that this writer can see, is that they
sold on credit to those who lived near them, namely J. D.
Bradsher, Hugh Beams, Dick Bullock, E. B. Craven, Jr. and
J. A. Long, Jr.
Certain Mt. Tirzah Residents
Protest Proposed Camp Site
Hard To Tell
Jonesboro, Aug. B.—“ God’s
time and Roosevelt’s time,”
expressions used by some in
this section to distinguish be
tween the old and the new
time sometimes causes a bit
of confusion.
On a recent day an old
colored woman walked up to
the window at the Jonesboro
postoffice and said to Mrs. R.
A. Watson, assistant postmast
er: “Missus, will you please
tell me what time it is.”
Mrs. Watson replied, “It is
cne-thirty by our clock here
but by most everybody else's
around her, it is two thir
ty.”
The old colored woman
moved up a little close to the
window and said, “Jess be
tween us, Missus which one
of dem times does you think
is right?”
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Dare County
Gets Huge CAA
Airplane Base
Manteo, Aug. 9.—An allotment
of $404,000 for the construction
by the Civil Aeronautics Author
ity of a huge combination land
and-sea air base here was re
vealed today and Dare County
citizens have gone ifTto action in
an attempt to raise money with
which to purchase approximaely
250 acres of land on the west
side of Roanoke Island which the
CAA wants for the site of the
base.
The agency has expressed a de
ffinite desire to begin building as
soon as the property can be ac
quired.
Dare County already has ap
proximately 85 acres of the prop
erty needed for the base and ev
erything is being done to acquire
the rest of it.
Gus Leazor, assistant airplane
engineer for the CAA has spent
a few days here going over the
land.
Local leaders in the movement
are John Ferebee, Martin Kel
logg, Theodore S. Meekins, Guy
Lennon, M. L. Daniels, Koy
Davis, I. P. Davis and others.
It was stated unofficially that
the base would have three run
ways 4,200 feet long and facilities
for seaplanes, besides hanger ac
commodations.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1941
TIMES STAFF
EXTENDS GOOD
WISHES TO RIVAL
Scsquicentennial Edition of
Koxboro Courier Elicites Fa
vorable comment from many
citizens of Person.
Beyond those going to regular
! subscribers, approximately 1,000
additional copies of the Person
county Sesquicenetennial edition
of the Roxboro Courier have been
sold, according to business mana
ger D. L. Taylor, who reports
that requests have come from
many college and university li
braries, including Duke and the
University of North Carolina.
This special commemorative
number of the Courier issued las : l
week, containes sixty pages dc.
\ oted to historical sketches of
Person county and its people
and was produced under the edi
torial direction of Mrs. B. G.
Clayton and Mrs. A. F. Nichols, |
two loyal Person residents, whose
knowledge of their county has!
for a number of years been rein
forced by teaching at Roxboro
high school.
The two women as guest edi
tors and advertising experts had
the assistance of the regular
staffs of the Courier, but the
main, work is Jtheirs and Ihe
bachelors on whom they made
final calls wieh a unique “ad”
scheme can appreciate the humor
with which they brough their
task to a close.
Founded in the early 1880’.-;
the Courier is now edited by J.
W. Noell and F. O. Carver, Jr.
The result of several months
of work, this special edition of
their paper has in the past few
days evoked favorable comment
from Person citizens, particular
ly those interested in history and
biography pertaining to the coun
ty. Only other comparable source j
of historical information is the
now out of print book of histori
cal sketches by the late A. R.
Foushee.
Members of the Times Staff
knowing full well the work that!
goes into the making of special
editions, extend to the Courier !
sincere congratulations on the
publication of Its informative
commemorative edition.
The Times Staif.
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Pate Celebrates
Passing Birthday
Kinston, Aug. 9.—Sam T. Pate,
local manufacturer, gave a din
ner tonight in celebration of his
birthday. He declined to say how
old he was but acquaintances said
he was past 60. Pate came here
from Goldsboro many years ago.
The dinner was in his plant. Most
of the guests were rotarians. He
has been a member of the Kin
ston Rotary club nearly 21 years
and has missed only three meet
ings—because of illness. But for
two periods of illness in recent
years he would have a perfect
attendance record, one of the
longest in Rotary.
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IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ada Bradsher, of Depot
Street is a patient at Community
hospital, where she underwent an
operation recently. She is ex.
pec ted to return to home this
week. *
IHE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FORTY ONE
Carefully Worded Petition
Sent to Washington and
Atlanta. City Residents Con
cerned with Social and Eco
nomic Problems.
A petition protesting possible
requisition by the U. S. govern
ment of an estimated 12,800 acres
of Mount Tirzah township. Per
son county, N. C., land for a pro
posed Army camp to be located
in Person, Granville and Durham
counties was on Friday signed by
57 Mount Tirzah landowners and
dispatched to Congressional and
War Department officials.
Recipients of this the first or
ganized protest against the camp
by Mount Tirzah freeholders were
Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Con
gressman John H. Folger, of this,
(lie fifth district, and Major R. C.
Saunders, Real Estate director
Ihe War Department, Atlanta,
Ga. Major Saunders was week
before last, in Roxboro, Oxford
and Durham for conferences with
attorneys relative to title ab
stracts of farm sites in the camp
area.
In asking that they not “be
dispossessed from lands and
homes (made) precious “to them
by long association,” the signers
point out that they do not feel
themselves lacking in “patriot
ism” and state that in their opin
ion other lands less fertile and
less thickly populated could be
chosen as a camp site.
It is reported that some 115
farm families are in the Mount
Tirzah-Moriah section, and a
survey of 41 families owning ap
proximately 6,000 of the 12,800
acres affected, shows 2,124 of (he
6,000 acres are in open lands
and that approximately 250 of
these acres are devoted to to
bacco. One of the most promin
ent owners is County Commis
sioner D. M. Cash, a signer of
the petition.
Presentation of this petition
has aroused interest in Roxboro,
where no organized opposition
has been expressed and whefe
there is now current considerable
discussion as to ways and means
to insure re.settlement in Person
county of any of those citizens
of Person who may have to
move out of the proposed camp
area.
Also being discussed are plans
for possible necessary enlarge
met of recreational and housing
facilities, although no definite
program has yet been proposed.
Continued on back page
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Jarvis Adams And
Clyde Atwater In .
Army Service
Jarvis Adams, who came to this
city from Raleigh, and who was
for several months connected
with the City Water Department
as chemist, has joined the Unit
ed States army and is at present
stationed at Fort Bragg. Mr.
Adams, who is a vocal soloist, was
quite popular dkiring his resi
dence here and frequently sang
in local churches. He will be in
military service for a period of
three years.
Another City employee, Clyde
Atwater, of the Fire Depart
ment left Thursday morning for
Fort Bragg, Mr. Atwater was
one of a number of men leaving
with the August selective service
group. He, too, was quite pupu
lar in the City and was known
for his interest in motor cycling