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VOL. LII.
(Monday and Thursday)
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 79
HAUPTMANN SLEUTH CLAIMS A
NEW LINDBERGH CASE TRIAL
Quotes Mysterious Letter, But
Edgar Hoover Asserts Story
Has No Foundation
Washington, Nov. 26 ? J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the federal bureau
of investigation, said today there was
"no foundation" to a report from Bos
ton that wood believed similar to that
in the Lindbergh kidnap ladder and
handwriting similar to that on the
ransom notes had been found.
He declined to amplify that state
ment.
New York, Nov. 26? The chief in
vestigator for Bruno Richard Haupt
mann declared today that he had
learned on "unimpeachable authority"
that Lindbergh ransom bills have
turned up recently in Boston and in
Worcester, Mass.
The department of justice in New
York said "We have no information
on this matter."
"I have been informed," the inves
tigator said, "that almost $800 in the
Lindbergh ransom money has been
received by the Boston federal re
serve bank since Hauptmann's arrest.
It is continuing to show up. My au
thority is unimpeachable, despite the
denials of police."
The investigator, who requested that
his name be withheld, said he had
recently found in a house near Ashby,
Mass., a letter dated March 10, 1932,
ten days after the Lindbergh baby
was kidnaped, which read, in part:
"Why don't you return that poor
little Lindbergh baby? You have had
it long enough?"
He said the writer and recipient of
?/>)? lot t??r were known and that he
would soon have "a full accounting
from them."
In the same house, the investigator
said, he found wood "similar" to that
used in the ladder believed to have
been used in gaining access to the
Lindbergh nursery.
"It's the same type," he remarked,
"and I'm having it examined by ex
perts."
He cited reports that the same
house yielded ransom bills as "abso
lutely wrong," and added, "I wish It
had, however."
C. Lloyd Fisher, Flemington, N. J.,
chief of counsel for Hauptmann, has
received a copy of the report of the
Massachusetts investigation, the In
vestigator said.
Besides handwriting and wood, the
Investigator said, several articles used
by a baby were found in the house,
as well as newspaper clippings of oth
er kidnapings executed in some re
spects similarly to that of the Lind
bergh baby.
The investigator said that the ran
som bills not traced to Hauptmann
were all peculiarly folded, twice a
cross and once down.
The investigator said that while he
was not well enough versed in chiro
graphy to ascertain if the handwrit
ing on the ransom notes was the same
as that on the letter found near Ash
by, he had discovered several char
acteristics identical in both scripts.
These, he said, were curlicues and
dots that had been found by at least
one handwriting expert but never in
troduced as evidence.
'J Boston, Nov. 26 ? Wood believed i
dentical with that of the Lindbergh
kidnap ladder, handwriting similar to
the ransom notes, and bills investiga
tors hope may be part of the ransom
money, have been discovered in Mass
achusetts, the Boston Globe says in
a copyrighted story.
Asserting that Boston and Ashby,
Mass., were focal points in a fresh
inquiry carried on by investigators
for counsel of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, convicted of the kidnap-mur
der of the Lindbergh child, the Globe
says the wood was found in Ashby,
a little town five miles from Pitch
burg.
Details of the handwriting, the pa
per says, will not be disclosed until
a later date. The money, the Globe
adds now is in the possession of the
Hauptmann attorneys. It is said, to
have been passed in Boston.
Informed of the Globe story, C.
Lloyd Fisher, chief of Hauptmann's
counsel, said in Flemington, N. J., he
had no knowledge of the discovery.
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TALKING SAVES WOMAN
Oakland, Cal.? Four husky firemen
visited Mrs. May Valadao, 65, bed
ridden with a weak heart, and car
ried on an amiable conversation. By
doing so they probably saved her life
because their companions were put
ting out a fire which threatened to
destroy her home. Doctors feared a
*hock might prove fatal.
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Thanksgiving T o
Be Observed At The
Churches Tomorrow
Sun Rise Services At Two Churches;
Others Will Conduct Services
During; The Day
Thanksgiving will be observed in
Roxboro with two churches having
sun rise services and at least one oth
er having a service later in the morn
ing. The First Baptist Church and
the Wesleyan Methodist Tabernacle
will hold services at sun rise. The
Presbyterian Church will conduct ser
vices at 10:00 A. M.
The public is cordially invited to
any and all of these services.
Rev. W. F. West
Is Speaker At
Kiwanis Meeting
Baptist Minister Addresses Club
Concerning The Development
Of American Youth. De
lightful Music Is Pre
sented To Group
Rev. W. F. West, pastor of the First
Batptist CJhurch, addressed the Ki
wanis Club at its regular weekly ses
sion Monday night. Mr. West spoke on
the proper development of American
youth, tying in his remarks with the
coming Boy Scout drive that will be
begun here some time in the immed
iate future.
He pointed out that vast sums are
being spent yearly to prevent crime,
that is the catching and qonviction
of criminals in the courts of Ameri
ca. He further went on to say that
cnly fifteen out of every hundred
criminals go "straight," when they
come out of prision.
Mr. West always brings something
interesting when he addresses any
group, and this occasion was no ex
ception. His remarks were enjoyed
very much by those who heard him.
Rev. Thomas Hamilton, accompan
ied by Mrs. Wallace Woods at the
piano, played two numbers on his
violin. These were al$o enjoyable fea
tures of the program.
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Farewell Service
At Long Memorial
Sunday Night
Public Inivited To Attend Ser
vice Honoring Departing
Pastor Sunday Night At
7:30 O'Clock
All are invited to participate in a
farewell service to ReV. J. p. Herbert
at Long Memorial Church Sunday
night at 7:30 P. M. Mr. Herbert Is
concluding a four-year pastorate at
the Methodist Church /here and was
sent to Rockingham As pastor by the
annual conference eif the Methodist
Church in North Carolina.
The other pastors and laymen in
Roxboro are collaborating in this ser
vice and there will be short talks,
musip and other j expressions of the
universal regret /that the town feels
over the departure of Mr. Herbert.
There will \ie no other services in
town on that/ occasion.
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itor of the Beverly Hills Citizen.
Granville Hospital
Bond Issue Is Voted
County To Supply $42,500 In Addition
To Federal Grant Of $57,000
$2,700 As Gift
Oxford, Nov. 26 ? An election to
decide on the issuance of $42,000 in
bonds to erect a new hospital for
Granville county was carried today fcy
a large majority. Reports tonight
from 13 out of the 17 precincts, which
have a registration of 1,796 voters,
showed 1,113 had voted for the issue.
The bond issue will be supplement
ed by a federal grant of $57,800 and a
gift of $2,700 from the physicians at
Brantwood hospital. Work will begin
on the new building as soon as the
county commissioners appoint a board
of trustees.
' A ? ? ?
Junior Woman's
Club To Sponsor
Carnival Soon
Funds 'From Carnival To Go
Toward Hospitalization
Fund Of Club
On the afternoon and evening of De
cember 20, the Junior Woman's Club
of Roxboro will sponsor a carnival in
the Walker building on North Main
Street. Plans are to have as many
booths as possible. A member of the
club will be in charge of each booth.
In addition there will be free acts,
a bingo table, a "hot dog" stand and
other features for the entertainment
of the public.
Funds raised from this undertaking
will go toward the hospitalization fund
being raised by the club. Your in
terest and support is solicited.
Watch for future announcements.
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World's Largest Mirror
Completed In New York
Corning, N. Y., Nov. ? The suc
cessful finish of the world's largest
piece of glass, the 200 inch mirror
or "eye" of the world's largest tele
scope, was revealed today at the Corn
ing glass works.
This huge telescope mirror was pour
ed December 2 last year and has been
cooling ever since in a great iron an
nealing oven.
Crawling on their hands and knees,
two scientists of the glass works. Dr.
J. C. Hostetter, director of development
and research and Dr. George W. Mc
Cauley, physicist in charge of disc
making, entered the oven a few days
ago.
They crawled over the surface of the
now barely warm mirror and found it
an apparently perfect piece of glass
throughout.
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NO FOOD IN DRUG STORES
Denver, CoL? A state law prohibit
ing the serving of food in rooms us
ed" for other purposes has been sus
tained by the Supreme Court. Drug
and chain stores are prohibited from
operating restaurants except in sep
arate quarters.
City Dads Install
Police Telephone
On Main Street
Morris Telephone Company
And City Officials Collabor
ate In Better Police Ser
vice For Roxboro
A much felt need has been answered
In the instalation of a police tele
phone on Main street. This phone is
located just in front of The Peoples
Bank and is conviently attached to
a post, so that it will be easily avail
able in any kind of an emergency.
In cases where a member of the po
lice force needs to get in touch with
other members immediately the phone
will afford them easy and quick ac
cess to such help as they will need.
This is esperially true at night. Heie
tofore policemen have had to depend
on calling for help in haphazard
methods, or as best they could.
It is understood that the Morris
Telephone company, in cooperation
with the city fathers for better police
service, are donating the services of
the phone, while the instrument it
self and the upkeep there of will be
the town's responsibility. Both part
ies are to be congratulated upon their
foresightedness in affording citizens
of Roxboro better and more efficient
protection.
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Holders Of Lucky
Tickets Win Turkeys
In Drawing Tuesday
Drawing Held Tuesday After
Noon At 3:00 P. M. At
The Courthouse
Five holders of lucky tickets heard
their numbers called Tuesday after
noon by Mayor R. B. Dawes on the
courthouse steps and they walked away
the proud possessor of five fine tur
keys that are so much in vogue at
this season of the year.
Five Court street merchants, For
man's Dept. Store, Roxboro Furni
ture Company, Feedwell Cafe, Cash
Meat Market, and Aubrey Long and
Company, have been sponsoring a con
test whereby a customer could get a
free chance at a turkey by getting a
ticket with so much goods purchased.
At the drawing Tuesday afternoon
Cliff Hall held the lucky number that
won the turkey given by Forman's De
partment Store, W. B. White became
the possessor of Aubrey Long and Co.,s
turkey, Mrs. Wilkerson won the fowl
given by Roxboro Furniture Company,
T. C. Tapp the turkey presented by
Cash Meat Market, and Otis Hubbard
the one given by Feedwell Cafe.
On a second drawing for the Feed
well Cafe Ernest Oliver won a crate
of beer presented by this establishment.
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MEETING OF WOMAN'S
CLUB ON MONDAY P. M.
There will be a meeting of the
Roxboro Woman's club at the com
munity house Monday afternoon at
3 o'clck, December 2nd.
If the members forget this meeting
they will miss a delightful treat, as
Mrs. Kendall Street, chairman of the
music department, has prepared a
program of lovely Christmas music.
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TRANSFERRED TO
GOLDSBORO
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Norman, who
have been making their home in the
Abbitt Apartments, left Tuesday for
Goldsboro. Mr. Norman has been con
nected with the Carolina Power &
Light Company here for some time.
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Ton Of Medical Supplies
Is Shipped To Ethiopia
New York, Not. 26 ? Almost a ton
of medical supplies and surgical dress
ings, plus a truck, were loaded on the
steamship City of Swansea for ship
ment to Ethiopia as the first contri
bution to that country's Red Cross by
the organization known as "American
Aid for Ethiopia."
An announcement said today's ship
ment was made possible by contribu
tions and volunteer labor.
The truck will be used as an ambu
lance, and is being sent in response
to an appeal from Dr. Thomas A.
Lambie, secretary-general of the Ethi
opian Red Cross.
Orphanage Concert
At High School On
Monday, December 2
Oxford Orphanage Will Present Con- j
cert Under Auspices Masonic
Order.
The Person County Lodge of the J
Masonic Order will present the singing
class from the Oxford Orphanage in a
concert at Roxboro High School on
Monday night, December 2, at 8:00 P.
M. This singing class has won uni
versal approval at each place where
they have performed on their 1935
tour.
You are cordially invited to attend
and hear these children sing, see them
in drills and other performances. It
will be an entertainment well worth
seeing and the small cost of admission
will go toward the helping of a worthy
cause.
J. Sidna Allen Here
This Week With
Unique Collection
Member Of Famous Hillsville,
Va., Sextet Has Collection
On Display In Pass Build
ing On Main Street
Mr. J. Sidna Allen, a member of the
famous Hillsville, Va., sextet wh?
were involved in the courtn^-use tras
of that town in 1912, is, hetre all
this week displaying a number of
hand-made wooden objects, each of
which is a master-piece in its class.
He has four tables, one of which has
344.000 pieces of wood in it^ the oth
ers having pieces of wood numbering
into the thousands. There are also
numerous cups, goblets, chests, and
one suitcase among the lot, all made
of wood, and all made by hand.
He stated in an interview that he
spent seven; one-half years making
these objects and did it all while he
was in prison. Every piece was made
after hours while he was serving his
sentence in the Virginia state prison
at Richmond, Va. That is, he spent
eight hours a day working for the
state, taking up his spare time in the
putting togeher the collection of which
he is now the proud possessor.
Following the fatal shooting in the
Hillsville courthouse in 1912, Mr. Al
len, his brother, Floyd and his son.
Claude, and the Edwards brothers
? were sent to prison. Mr. J. Sidna Al
len was sentenced to thirty-five years
for his part in the tragedy. In 1926 he
was pardoned by Governor Harry
Byrd, governor of Virginia at the
time. He walked out of the prison a
free man and started to travelling
with his collection a few months lat
er, Since that time he has displayed
it in sixteen states.
Mr. Allen has published his mem
oirs, in which he gives a history of
what really happened during those
days surrounding the courthouse
shooting at Hillsville, an event" that
has been immortalized in song and
story during the intervening years.
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Market Closed For
Thanksgiving On
Wednesday, 27th
Will Open Again On Monady,
Dec. 2nd. Market Strong
As usual, the sales Monday were
heavy, with good sales Tuesday and
Wednesday. The prices held up well,
and general satisfaction was expressed
by the fanners. The market closed
with Wednesday's sale until Monday
morning, December 2nd.
While quite a number of farmers
have sold their crop for this year, there
is still a good portion of the crop on
hand, and sales will probably be heavy
until the market closes for Christmas.
The Roxboro market has been unusual
ly good this year, and many farmers
have sold here this season who have
been in the habit of patronizing other
markets. From published reports it
is shown that this market has stood
right up with the best, and no one has
lost by selling here.
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REVOKES 2,500 COMMISSIONS
Sacramento. ? The commissions of
2,500 voluntary wardens has been re
voked because too many of them had
equipped their automobiles with si
rens and red lights.
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Silver's Durham
Store Is Gutted
By $150,000 Blaze
Fire Started In Basement,
Spreading To All Parts Of
Building Before Checked
FIRE REPORTED 6:40 P. M
A fire doing $150,000 worth of dam
age completely gutted the store build
ing of Silver's department store (at
120 West Main street, Durham Tues
day afternoon at 6:40 P. M. It took
the entire efforts of Durham's fire
fighting force to bring the blaze under
control. Starting in the basement the
fire spread to all parts of the building
er in the basement at the rear of
control.
Firemen were reported to believe
that the fire started from an oil-burn
ing in the basement at the rear of
the store, which opens on Parrish st.
An oil pipe leading to the furnace
from a storage tank that contained
several hundred gallons of crude oil
v-as believed to have fed the flames
through leakage from it, making it an
almost impossible task to extinguish
the blaze in the block-long store.
Leaping up an elevator shaft at the
rear of the store the flames ran the
entire length of the building and burst
through the roof two hours after the
blaze was reported.
Though more than 1,000,000 gallons
of water were played on the fire by
firemen from every available point,
firemen were able to do little more
than prevent the fire from spreading
to other buildings.
It was not until 9:30 that the fire
showed signs of abating. Though the
flames were prevented from spreading
to adjacent stores they were filled with
smoke. The Durham Men's Shop,
adjoining Silver's, was damaged by
smoke and water to an undetermined
extent.
About 6,000 spectators jammed the
streets to watch the spectacle. Po
licemen patroling the fire area had
difficulty in controlling the crowds,
but when an occasional hose would
get away from firemen and writhe its
way along the street, sprinkling the
spectators as it went, there was little
trouble keeping the folks back.
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Santa Claus Will
Visit Roxboro
Instead Of Using His Reindeers
He Will Arrive By Airplane
It was announced this week by Hugh
A. Sawyer, Secretary of the Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce that arrange
ments have been completed for a per
sonal visit from Santa Claus during
December. This year Santa Claus is
a modern St. Nicholas and instead of
using his reindeers will make the trip
by a transport airplane. The plane
that Santa is using is being piloted by
H. R. Nelson, veteran transport pilot
from Greensboro. On the scheduled
date the airplane will land at the
field used on the Greensboro highway
and Santa will be met by a welcom
ing committee of our citizens, loaded
Into waiting cars and paraded over
town. After the Santa Claus parade
he will visit the various establishments
in Roxboro and remain over until
night when he will again board his
speedy plane aod roar off into the
night.
While the parade over town is in
progress Santa's pilot will circle the
town in his modern ship and put on a
few stunts over the edge of town to
show his ability as a stunt pilot as
well as a safe and sane flier.
More details will appear In a later
Issue of this paper and it is expected
that a record crowd will be in Rox
boro on the date in question to meet
old Santa personally.
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DRIVERS' LICENSE
ENFORCEMENT JAN. I
Raleigh, N. O., Nov. 26 ? There have
been around 415,000 of the new auto
mobile drivers* licenses mailed out by
the state highway safety division with
the total of applications now close to
one million. It is now hoped to catch
up with the applications by January
1, so that strict enforcement of the
new law can be started.
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BOT KILLS EAGLE
Kansas City.? Shooting at a hawk
Earl Hatfield, 11, brought down an
American eagle, with a wing-spread
of seven feet, eight Inches.
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