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CALL m We went ell the newi of your community. Pleese call us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU &EAD TBS PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VUL NEWS of the WEEK THE FEDERAL WEEK Washington, D. C. —By President ial proclamation, the nation observ ed Tuesday as Army Day, to mark this country’s entrance into the World War twenty years ago .... Major Edward M. Markham, Chief of Army Engineers, recommended to Congress the completion of the Florida Atlantic-Gulf ship canal, abandoned last year after consider able preliminery work. Sim!ulta-< neously another report filed by the Board of Army Engineers for River and Harbors declared the canal economically unjustified and a possible threat to Florida’s fresh water supply .. The Civil Service Commission reported a February decline of 3,461 employes in the ex ecutive branch of the government, chiefly in emergency agencies .... The Senate passed the Wheat Crop Insurance Bill creating a fund of SIOO ,000,000 to insure wheat farm ers against drought and other ca lamities. THE LABOR FRONT Discussion at Lansing, Mich., be tween Governor Murphy, Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis, labor leader, are expected to end the strike in the Chrysler plant, which the Detroit Chamber of Commerce estimates has caused a loss of $5,- 000,000 ter'local retail stores . Work has been resumed at the Ford Motor plant in Kansas City with a warning from labor leaders that union members must not abuse the weapon of the sit-down unauthoriz ed strike .. The Committee for In dustrial Organization launched a movement to unionize the workers in the Texas oil fields. STRIKES SPREAD TO FARMS Pittsburg, Pa.—Two multimillion aires faced farmers’ strikes on their vast estates near here. At Charles M. Schwab’s country place, ten farm-hands “sat down” in the potato cellar while the Bethlehem Steel chairman considered a demand for an increased pay of 10 cents per hour. At nereby Richard K. Mel lon’s 12,000-acre Rolling Rock Farms a similar demand brought an im mediate threat on the part of the rich nephew of Andrew W. Mellon to close the estate and thus take $120,000 annually out of the Legon ier Valley. An amicable settlement, on the sportsman’s terms, was ar rived at. TO KEEP SCRAP STEEL HERE New York City—Every war scare skyrockets the price of scrap steel. During the depression scrap steel sold at $5 per ton; it has just reach ed a peak of $22.65 per ton. Last year 2,000,000 tons of scrap left America for Japan and Europe, and fearing that further heavy exports would deprive the small steel manufac turers of an essential item in their industry, a group of mills plan legislation declaring an embargo on further exports of scrap. SPY SCARE BLOWS CP Los Angeles, Cal.—ln Buichiro Abo’s interest in radio and his fray ed collection of blue prints, local police scented an Oriental spy plot, with secret high power transmit ters and elaborate plans of the city’s water system. After Federal men got through grilling the 59-year-old Japanese, they discovered an an cient head-set receiver and some innocent blue prints left by a pre vious lodger who once worked as a draughtsman. CAT ON PAY ROLL Bayonne, N. J.—Explaining an item of $3.20 per month on the pay-roll of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey for “Minnie,” an official revealed that “Minnie” is a 3-year-old cat. Said'he: “She is quite necessary to us, for without her the company would suffer great loss through the distraction of pro perty by rodents.” |rrson|Mimes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY WORLD WONDER CAR HERE TODAY Largest Truck Ever Built Toj Go Over Highway The World Wonder Car, the lar. gest truck ever built to go over a public highway is here today. Its visit to Roxboro is sponsored by the Lester Blackwell Post Auxiliary of the American Legion and the Uni ted States Marine Corps. This truck is 53 ft. 6 in. long and has been on tour for the Marine Corps since Dec. 7, 1933. It has traveled 450,000 miles in 48 states and 13 countries. Truck and contents are insured for $225,00(j.t>0t In the truck is the worlds largest traveling museum. Over one thousand museum exhi bits collectjed from all over the yorld are on display. Rare and curious objects from every country are to be seen there. The local Le gion Post is sponsoring the visit of the car here on account of the educational value of the exhibit. The car will be taken to the graded school on Thursday morn ing and to the high school in the afternoon so that pupils may go through the car with the teachers to explain the various exhibits. The car will be open to the general pub lic until 9 o’clock tonight. It is par ked on Main Street in front of Thomas & Oakley Drug Store. o PARENTS IMPROVE SCHOOL GROUNDS Egg Hunt Given To Children Os Seventh Grade By’Mrs. Hurdle j IJqspite T|vd. weather conditions on Tuesday the parents of the Bushy Fork School came in large numbers and did a good job of resoiling the grounds where it had given away due to rain and snow. The school thanks them heartily. Mrs. Clyde Hurdle, grade mother of the seventh grade, came on Fri day afternoon arid gave the grade an “egg hunt”. Each pupil wishes to thank her for this nice favor. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Broach sent Easter eggs to the sixth grade last Friday. The pupils appreciated and enjoyed the remembrance. Mrs. F. T. Whitfield gave a party in honor of her daughter Annette’s seventh birthday. The children played games before they were ser vdd delicious ice cream and cake. A smaller cake held the birthday candles which wer e lit while An riette ’opened her preteems. John Hassell Warren of Prospect Hill and Jean and John Robert Hester of the second grade were guests al so. o SERVICE IN SONG TONIGHT AT 730 Three More On Remaining Thursdays Os This Month In order that the congregation may have a better knowledge and appreciation of the hymns of the church a series of four special ser vices in song have been planned for the month of April. The first of these services will be held at the church to-night at 7:30> and the other three will be on the remain ing Thursdays of the month. Every one is invited to attend. o LOCATED IN ROXBORO Mr. W. H. Walker, of the D. Pen der Grocery Co. of Henderson has been transferred to the Penders| Store of Roxboro. Mr. Walker will have charge of the meat depart ment of the local store and is now here and anxious to meet the peo ple of this county. o CAKE SALE The Home Economics Department of The Roflboro High School will have a cake sale Saturday at C. H. Joyner Chevrolet Co. You are urged to come and buy a nice cake. o Advertise in the Times For Immediate Results world~»onde» ) —; ?■:■■■ jsr~ ■MagSgTOlllK. ——l AgL | World’s Largest Truck In Roxboro Today ROXBORO TO MARK DOCTOR’S PARKING Space Will Be Given On Main Street For Doctor’s Cars And No One Else Allowed In Space Chief of Police, S. A. Oliver, ex pects to have a space marked off for the parking of doctor’s cars by next Monday. This space will be reserved for the parking of doctor’s cars only and any other car using it will be tagged. It is thought that this work will be done this week end. The city board passed an ordiance about two years ago giving this space to doctors, but the parking ordinance has never been inforced. The space is on Main Street. For sometime the doctors who have offices in Roxboro have wan ted a parking space and it is thou ght that this will be of great as sistance to them as they frequently have to park in a hurry. N. CASSAN LOOKS BACK 25 YEARS Was Among Survivors of Giant Titanic That Sunk 25 Years Ago Next Thursday Mr. N. Cassan, Roxboro citizen, will have every reason to stop and think and give thanks next Thurs day, April 15th. It was on this date 25 years ago that the $10,000,000 Titanic plunged to its final resting place on the bottom of the North Atlantic. Mr. Cassan was a passen ger on this boat, but was among the 711 who were saved. Mr Cassan it is understood, was swimming along in, the icy water, he had just jumped from the ship, when some kind soul hauled him aboard a life boat and those on this life boat were later res cued by another ship. In an interview with Mr. Cassan he says that it was an awful expe rience, that he thought his end was coming at any time. He has recoun ted his experience in an article that is well worth reading and very interesting from start to finish. Anyway it is a safe bet that he is mighty glad to be in Roxboro to day and that he will render thanks next Thursday. —o NEW FIRE-PROOFING SALT Wilmington, Del.—Chemists of the Dupont Company announce a new inorganic solt for fire - proofing curtains, dcaperieg, Clothing, bed ding arid other materials. It can be disolved in water and easily applied by the householder, without chang ing the color or soft finish of the fabrics treated. BIRTHDAY FORECAST New York City—Celebrating his 75th anniversary, his 55th year sin ce his graduation from Columbia University and his 35th as its presi dent, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler said: "Within the next few years I expect to see two new political parties —a liberal party built upon the Constitution and a reactionary radical party which doesn't care about the Constitution or anything else. There isn’t a Republican party any more; the Democrats may have one more turn of the wheel.” o License laws for automobile driv ers, to improve safety conditions, have been enacted by seven states this (year: Arkansas, Georgia, In diana, Kansas, New Mexico, Maine and Tennessee, , ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937 NUMBER THIRTY - NINE SUBSCRIBE NOW AT OLD PRICE After May 21st. Price Os Times Goes to $1.50 Per Year All people who intend renewing .their subscriptions to the Perston County Times, published on Sunday and Thursday, are urged to do so at once. For the next six weeks the price of this paper will continue to be SI.OO per year, this includes both papers each week. After May 21st. the price goes to $1.50 per year. All people who are paid in ad vance will receive the two papers each week as usual. They will not ;be asked to pay any additional cost until their subscription expires. Then, they too, will be called upon for $1.50. The publishers believe that many people will want to take advan tage of this bargain offer. You may (subscribe (for as many years in advance at SI.OO that you care to rs if - is done at once. o CITY! PASSES MILK ORDINANCE TUES. Primary For Nomination Os City Board To Be May 19th. In Courthouse Water Rate. Over 300,000 Gal lons Gofes To 20c Flat Meeting in their regular monthly session on Tuesday night the city commissioners of Roxboro passed an ordinance that gives all Roxboro dairies twelve months to get dairy in such shape as the milk may be graded A. Until this time the milk from all dairies will be given the classification that it comes under. The final outcome of the ordinance means that any Idairy selling milk in Roxboro twelve months from now must sell grade A milk. The board also established a fix ed water price of 20c flat per thousand gallons for all water used by consumer over 300,000 gal lons. The board ajso authorized the city manager to contract for the city gas. Roxboro uses about 1000 gal lons per month. The primary for the city election will be held on May 19th. in the Oaurithouse. H. L. Croweil was appointed registrar and H. D. Long and Mrs. E. P. Dunlap judges. c THE WEEK IN BUSINESS Engineers of the Ford Motor Com pany estimated that with the com pletion of the new tire plant at Dearborn, Mich., the oorponatJon will produce about half of its an nual rubber requirements, now di vided among Goodrich, Goodyear and Firestone On Saturday Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether lands will christen the new Hol land-American liner Nieuw Ams terdam, 33-000-ton ship costing $12,- 000,000 and possessing the largest air - conditioning equipment afloat. Speaking. before a banking group, former Vice-President Char les G. Dawes said, “TKis year and next will probably cover the peak •years in this present period of prosperity. The present market for stocks will be lower in the not too distant future” General Motors Corporation final report for 1936 indicated the third best year in its history, surpassed in earnings only by 1928 and 1929. Net profits reached $238,482,425. GENE THOMPSON GOING TO TEXAS Popular Representative of Jef ferson Standard Wins Trip To Company Convention !E. G. Thompson, representative of the Jefferson Standard Life In surance Co., is leaving for Texas and Mexico this week-end. Mr. Thompson has been awarded this trip by the company for excellent production. The Jefferson Standard is having its annual convention in San An tonio and from there the represen tatives will make a trip into Me xico where they will spend a large amount of their time. The program calls for dances, floor shows, more dances, business sessions, luncheons, sight-seeing, A Night In Mexico, ■more business, barbecue, trip to Mexico and hundreds of other things. Mr. Thompson stated that the company had planned everything to make the convention a real suc cess and he was looking forward to the trip. He is especially interested in seeing a bull fight and naturally wants to see the Mexican maidens. He will leave Roxboro Saturday and be gone for ten days or two weeks. President Julian Price will be at this convention and will address all representatives. o DOLLY MADISON ONE YEAR OLD Has Enjoyed Twelve Months Os Successful Operation Under Kirbys The Dolly Madison Theatre is one year old this week and the mana gers are staging a nice birthday party for all customers in the form of real entertainment during an -1 niversary week. It was one year ago that Messrs. O. T. Kirby and C. B. Kirby opened this theatre and from that time un til now the Dolly has been one of the favorite sports of Roxboro. Both the Palace Theatre and the Dolly Theatre are under the same ma nagement 1 , Mr. O. 'T. Kirby books the pic tures for both the houses and he is a past master at this job. Just how he manages to get all of the good pictures ahead of large cities around here is his own little se cret, but he certainly knows how to do it. It is accepted as a fact by all people in this section that if a picture is a good picture it will be at the Dolly or Palace first. ROXBORO GETS TWO NEW OFFICERS Tom Irby and Jim Clayton Ap pointed for Gallows Hill East Roxboro Roxboro now has rriore police protection than it has ever had. At the regular meeting of the city commissioners on Tuesday night Tom Irby was appointed officer for the Gallows Hill section of Roxboro. Jim Clayton was appointed officer for East Roxboro. Roxboro now has five officers, the largest number ever on the for ce here. A day force and a night force is maintained at all hours. o W. M. S. MEETS MONDAY The W. M. S. of the First Baptist Church will meet Monday after noon at 3:00 o’clock in the church auditorium. The subject for the af ternoon will be “The French.” Circle 4 will have charge of the program. Circle 3 led in attendance in March. o— J. M. O’BRIANT NAMED ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR On Monday of this week the (ofounty commissioners n(amed Mr. J. M. O’Briant an electrical inspec tor for the county. Mr. O’Briant will inspect all homes in the county that have recently been wired, EIGHT PAGES TODAY SCRAP IRON RUSH CONTINUES STRONG Movement of Iron From U. S. To Foreign Countries Caus ing Concern in Washington For the past four weeks, all over Person County, there has been a grand rush to bring all the scrap iron that it was possible to find, to the dealers in Roxboro who are in the market for this metal. Two dealers in this city have been buying this iron and there is no telling how much has been bought. Every time you went driv ing you could see loads of iron com ing to Roxboro. Dealers here are shipping to Nor folk and other ports. From there the iron was going to foreign countries. Below is an article by the Asso ciated Press that is interesting in connecton with a bit of local news. Washngton, April 6—Movement of scrap iron from American ports to foreign countries is causing con cern in Washington. A shipment, bound for Japan, left only recently from the new (public wjorks (administration fin anced port at Morehead City N. C. Scrap iron is an important pro duct in the making of steel, and it hes been suggested in some quar ters that scrap exports be embar goed to retain a valuable supplies for domestic use. Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach. (D-Wash), has introduced a bill to prohibit scrap exports except under government license. CARL BRADSHER IS i FEATURED IN PALM SPRING NEWS '■*! ‘ Mentioned As Being Famous^ Nationally and Internation ally In Skeet Shooting Carl Bradsher, former Roxboro citizen, and one of the most popu lar of a crowd of long ago was fleatured last week in the Palm Springs News, a publication of Palm Springs, California. The picture of Mr. Bradsher was on the front page showing him taking a few shots on the skeet course of this resort. Also in the picture was Miss Cyn thia Shields, eastern socialite. Mr. Bradsher is skeet instructor at this resort. He is soon to leave there for another resort in the east. The article under the picture sla ted that Carl was famous nationally and internationally which probably means that he is rather good at skeet shooting. A few of the fellows in Roxboro (ate hop|ing that thejir .friend of long ago will come back to Rox boro and teach them a few points on skeet shooting. The boys in Rox boro can only break about 45 out of 50 or probably not that many. MRS. KATTIE LEE DIED WEDNESDAY Funeral Services To Be Held To day At 2:30 P. M. Mrs. Kattie Lee, age 67, of Rox boro, N. C., Rt. 3, died at Duke Hospital, April 7, 1937 about 11 a. m. Mrs. Lee was taken with pneu monia on March 19 and was car ried to Duke Hospital on Monday, March 28. Since her condition did not improve after being taken to the hospital her death was not un expected. Surviving her are: her husband, Bennie Lee, one sister, Mrs. Nannie Moore, of Prospect Hill, N. C. Funeral services were held at the Brooksdale M. E. Church at 2:30 p. m. on Thursday afternoon, April 8 by Rev. T. W. Lee. Pall bearers were: Messrs. W. E. Brann, J. G. Averatt, C. H. Francis, J. M. Averett, Jimmie Holt and S. M. Wrenn. Interment was held in the Oak Grove Church Cemetery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bo wen a baby boy, Norman George, on April 6, 1937. Both mother and baby are getting along nicely, ,
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