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VOLUME EL PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY * |KBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1937 NUMBER NINETEEN
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UNDERWOOD EXODUS
New York City—Last week saw
the greatest outpouring of the
underworld in this city’s history.
"Within a few hours of the re-elect
ion by a huge plurality of a reform
administration, headed by Mayor
La Guardia and Thomas E. Dewey,
special graft prosecutor, as district
attorney, racketeers, dope ped
dlers, white slavers and other
chiminals who have flourished for
20 years under the protection of
Tammany prosecutors, began to
leave town for parts unknown. Dis
regarding the whitewash of an ex-
Tammany judge, the Appelate
Division of the Supreme Court dis
barred one of the city’s most notor
ious lawyers, for months a fugitive
from justice. It is doubtful if Tam
' mapy Hall will ever again function
as a liason organization between
politics and organized crime.
Nine-Power Conference Drags
Bussels, Belgium Confusion
laces the attempt of the nine-pow
ers engaged here in trying to avoid
a Far Eastern war. While the con
ference awaits Japan’s answer to a
plan of conciliation suggested by
the 19 nations here assembled, it is
believed that Japan’s terms for end
ing the invasion of China are al
ready in the hands of Chancellor
Hitler of Germany, as the desig
nate of Japan in the negotations.
United States sentiment strongly
favors the withdrawal of this coun
try from any entanglements in the
Sino-Japanese situation.
WORLD’S BIGGEST PARADE
Moscow, U. S. S. R.—A million
and-a-half marchers passed through
the Red Square in celebration of •
the 20th anniversary of the revolu
tion which produced the Sovit Re
public. Ceremonial speeches were
broadcast throughout Russia, reach
ing over the crows of Soviet ships
at sea. Even the barking of police!
dogs massed in the square was
transmitted over the loud speakers.
Queen Marie Suffers Relapse
Bucharest, Rumania Dowager
Queen Marie, colorful Balkan ruler
of another day, is seriously ill with
a recurrance of the intestinal hem
morage which nearly caused her
death last Spring. Specialists have
been called from Vienna and Rome.
STRIKES SLOW WARSHIPS
Washington, D. C.—ln a formal
Teport to the Navy Department, Ad
miral William D. Loahy, chief of
naval operations, stated that work
on 23 destroyers in course of con
struction has been delayed by
strikes. He points out that not only
is construction lagging, but also the
enlistment of men to man these
new ships.
GOLD GOES ABROAD
Washington, D. C.—The tide of
■gold last week turned Eastward.
■“Hot money” from Europe, tempo :
Tarily parked here for safety, is be
ing recalled to home vaults and
overbalances incoming gold from
Japan and the East Fortunately,
more than a billion-and-a-half of
gold received for foreign account
was “sterilized” by the U. S. Treas
ury and was never used as a credit
■cushion. Its withdrawal, therefore,
will cause no change in the coun
try’s financial structure.
TIMES’ SUNDAY HORNING EDITION
Person Coutry Times
ROXBORO MAY GET
BETTER LIGHTING
If Plans Mature Definite An
nouncement May Be Expect
ed Soon
The city of Roxboro may get
more street lighting and better
street lighting if present plans ma
ture. City officials are 1 now con
templating more lights in the city
limits and if a desired contract can
be worked out with the power com
pany these extra lights may be put
up at once.
Officials of the power company
and officials of Roxboro are now
working with each other and some
thing definite may be announced
within a few weeks.
Roxboro has felt the need of a
whiteway for sometime and it may
be that this will be arranged at a
later date.
Many sections of the city do not
have proper lighting facilities, but
it has been impossible for the city
to spend any more money for lights.
Under a new* contract this could
probably be arranged so that Rox
boro could offer a few more lights.
TOBACCO CROP
NEARS RECORD
Increased Stocks On Hand And
High 1937 Yield Holds
Agriculture Spotlight
Washington, D. C.—lncreased
stocks on hand and an estimated
1937 production near record pro
portions dominated the flue-cured
tobacco situation today in reports
of the agriculture department.
The department, in its November
crop report, estimated flue - cured
production would total 835,713,000
pounds this year compared with a
record yield of this type of tobacco
of 865,171,000 pounds in 1930.
The 1937 estimate compared with
682,850,000 pounds produced last
year and a five - year (1928-32) av
erage production of 679,504,000.
A 64,000,000 pound increase in
flue-cured stocks held by dealers
and manufacturers as of October 1
over the same date a year ago was
disclosed by the department’s quar
terly tobacco stocks report.
Flue - cured stocks at the begin
ning of this October were 914,502,-
000 pounds, the report said, com
pared with 850,254,000 pounds in
1936.
Legislation aimed chiefly at con
trolling production of flue-cured to
bacco —a principal type in the man
ufacture of cigarettes—now is be
ng studied by the house agriculture
committee.
The legislation, proposed by Rep
resentative Harold D. Cooley of .
Nashville, N. C., would apply to '
type of tobacco which have sur
pluses and production large enough
to depress prices.
When such a situation exists the
agriculture secretary would be em
powered to hold a referendum a
nong growers to determine whether
they wanted sales quota provisions
set up.
If two-thirds of the producers
approved, quotas would become ef
fective and a tax of 50 per cent
would be collected on all tobacco
of the type involved above quotas.
The purchaser would pay the tax.
Flue-cured is grown in Virginia,
the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida
and constitutes more than half the
nation’s tobacco production.
CENTRAL SCHOOL PROGRAM
NOV. BTH. AT 7:30 P. M.
The Grammar Grades will give
a program in the Central School
Auditorium Thursday evening, be
ginning promptly at 7:30. Be on
time!
Admission: Six to fjourteten in-,
elusive -10 c, fifteen and above 20c.
The program will last about one
hour.
TO SPEAK HERE
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Dr. R. L. Flowers will address the
Duke Alumni in Roxboro on the
night of November 19th. in the
Community House.
Dr. R. L. Flowers, from the stand
point of service, is the oldest offic
ial and faculty member connected
with Duke university. He went to
Old Trinity in 1891 straight from
the Naval academy and has had an
unbroken record of service to and
leadership of the university.
He holds the distinction of being
the man to replace James B. Duke
on the board of trustees of the
Duke Endowment, when the found
er himself died. As secretarywtreas*.
urer of the university and its vice
president in the business division,-
he has been an important factor in
the vast development of the insti
tution.
One of the most beloved of Duke
teachers among alumni, Professor
Flowers is always in demand at
alumni meetings. He is said to know
more Duke alumni than any other
man.
Professor Flowers has been iden
tified with many progressive or
ganizations and movements. His
activities have included the board
of trustees of the Methodist orphan
age, the Oxford orphanage, the
Durham Y. M. C. A., State College
for Negroes, Lincoln Hospital, the
Durham chamber of commerce, the
board of education of the N.- C. con
ference of the M. E. Church, the
South Atlantic Quarterly, the N. C.
Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kap
pa, and many others.
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SKATING IN GOTHAM
New York City Although sum
mer - like weather prevails in this
city, the artificial lake beneath the
towering sky-scrapers of Rockefel
low Center again hums with the
blades of hundreds of enthusiasts
who find a combination of mild
climate and artificial ice in the
center of the city’s shopping center
offering a rare inducement to the
enjoyment of their favorite sport.
This is the second season for the
Mid-Town Lake.
ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS
TO BE QUIET NO NEWS
Junior Cushwa was the highlight
of the Rotary - Kiwanis Scout meet
ing last Thursday night. This young
fellow acted as chairman of the
Court of Honor and the way he ex
amined the Kitvanians and Rotar
ians was a treat for all. He is one of
the best scouts in the council,
whether he takes after his dad or
not is a question that is not open for
discussion.
Gordon Hunter makes an excel
lent chairman of the Red Cross or
ganization for Person County. He
is really sold on Red Cross work
and has done a splendid job for sev
eral years. But who can refuse to
buy a button from their banker —
lOXBORO WILL NOT
I GET BUS STATION
Better Service Will Be Given To
R Danville and Durham
S.| A. Jessup, president of the
Hrginia Stage Lines, announced in
Hftxboro last week that it would be
Rfoossible for that company to
BKild and maintain a bus station in
BKxboro. He stated that this station
Bfculd require the service of one
Blkn during the day and another
jaBB night. This expense, added to
I Withers, would run the cost too high.
*4r. Jessup also stated that plans
Mm now being made for more fre-
IJfcnt bus trips between Danville,
Rxboro and Durham. This extra
SWvice will be welcomed by people
is this section as this service has
||fct been all that could be desired.
Rkboro now has direct connection
bStafeen Greensboro and Roxboro
(HY ancey ville.
She bus station will soon be
nilped to the hotel and this will
mjpn. that the buses will not stop
oaf Main Street as they have been
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CfTY TAGS MUST BE
j ON BY JANUARY 1
vast
OVbr Seven Hundred Sold In
ifjCity For The Year 1937
“*cf!y license'tags for car owfcers
in Roxboro have been received by
he city purchasing department and
will be placed on sale about the
same time that the state tags go on
sale.
Roxboro bought somewhere in the
neighborhood of 'I,OOO tags for the
year of 1938. Last year car owners
used 716 and a few more may be
sold by Jan. Ist. It is thought that
here will be a nice increase in 1938
>ver 1937.
All car owhers must have the
city tags on their cars by Jan. Ist.
>r they are subject to arrest and a
fine.
The new tags are black on yellow
and while an owner would hard
ly pay SI.OO for the beauty of the
thing he will have to buy one just
he same.
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“Sons of the Legion”
Lester Blackwell Post No. 136
Lester Long, Roxboro, E. T.
Wrenn, Roxboro, Bernard Whit
field, Roxboro, Manley Whitfield,
Roxboro, Roy Cates, Roxboro, Reg
inald Carver, Roxboro, Rt. 1, Joe
Carver, Roxboro, Rt. 1, Hassel Whit
field, Roxboro, Rt.l, Basil Rimmor,
Hurdle Mills, Teddy Parker, Rox
boro, Raney Crabtree, Hurdle Mills, i
Bernard Crabtree, Hurdle Mills,!
Elmore Crabtree, Hurdle Mills, W.
B, Barton, Semora, N. C., Billy
Kirby, Roxboro, Sonny Oliver, Rox
boro, Rt. 1.
Oh, no! It’s a good idea to try to
impress that man.
Interest continues to grow in the
Bethel Hill - Roxboro football game
that is to take place on Nov. 23rd.
at Bethel Hill. This game promises
to be one of the best. Good clean
rivalry Should make it a great bat
tle. Both teams are fairly strong
and anything can happen.
Santa Claus has promised to stop
by this office just a short time be
fore Christmas and get all the let
ters that been directed to him.
If you have a letter for Santa you
are invited to send it to the Person
County Times. It is understood that
Santa has refused to visit any boys
and girls over 30 years of age.
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Jack Strum, prominent Kiwanian
of Roxboro, will act as toastmaster
at the annual Ladies’ Night Ban
quet on December 13th.
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Kiwanians Name
Jack Strum As
Toast master
Ladies’ Night Will Be Big Af
fair With Local Club. Takes
Place December 13th.
The committee in charge of the
program for Kiwanis Charter
night and Ladies Night has named
Jack Strum toastmaster of the oc
casion. This night will be observed
on December 13th. and will take
place in the hotel.
Mr. Strum is a charter member
of the Roxboro Kiwanis Club and,
has served as treasurer and also
as a director. He has been active in
all of its activities and this honor
comes to him for his work as an
outstanding Kiwanian.
Charter Night and Ladies Night
s a big affair with local Kiwanians.
The men invite their wives and
sweethearts and all prepare for
a good time. Approximately one
hundred and fifty are expected to
attend.
After January Ist. the new
president, Bill Warren, will take of
fice and the club will be headed into
its fifth year.
HUNTERS URGED TO
BUY LICENSES
Birds Appear To Be Plentiful
And Saturday Is First
Hunting Day
Oil your gun. Call your dog. Next :
Saturday is “hunting day.” The '
birds may not be expecting it, but
a large number will be killed be- :
fore the sun goes down. :
Reports have indicated that there (
are many birds and tihat a good i
hunter can easily bring home
enough for a meal or two.
Bird dogs are not as scarce this
year as they have been and many
people have dogs that they can de
pend on.
Noah Davis, game warden, urges
all to refrain from hunting until the
law permits it. So far people have j
obeyed the law except in a few cas- (
es and now only a short time re- j
mains. |
Hunting licenses may be secured:
at regular places and all hunters
are requested to purchase a license
biefore entering the fields after
birds. State and County licenses are
on sale.
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OLIVE HILL P. T. A. MEETS
THURSDAY
The Olive Hill P. T. A. will meet
at Olive Hill School Thursday night,
Nov. 18th. at seven o’clock.
An interesting program has been
prepared. All parents are asked to
be present.
EIGHT PAGES
TODAY
HELP FOR BUSINESS
URGED BY HANCOCK
Oxford Solon Believes F. D. R.
Will Call For Revision Os
Harmful Laws
Washington, D. C.—Rep. Frank
W. Hancock, Democrat of Oxford,
N. C., called today for a change in
government attitude toward busi
ness.
Hancock, here for the first time
since announcing his senatorial can
didacy, said in a statement he
“hoped and believed” President
Roosevelt would recommend to the
special session or congress “a care
ful but thorough revision of those
laws which now discourage the in
vestment of private funds in busi
ness.”
Not A Compromise
“Such recommendation,” he said,
“should not in any wise involve a
compromise of the broad social
purposes of the Roosevelt adminis
tration.
“It should simply and definitely
commit the government to the wis
dom of correcting immediate parts
of such legislation as are known by
practical experience to be unrea
sonable, punitive and fundamental
ly harmful and discouraging to the
expansion of business and employ
ment.”
He did not enumerate the laws
to which he referred.
Hancock, who conferred during
the day with Chairman Eccles of
the federal reserve board, said the
business recession had reached
“substantial proportions.”
He said he advised Eccles
“intervention by the government
was imperative to prevlent addi
tional loss which would still fur
ther jeopardize employment and
| payrolls.”
The representative recalled that
he critized the reserve board last
spring for adopting what he termed
“ a deflationary policy by increas
ing bank reserves to the limit.”
Hancock’s statement made barte
Inention of his candidacy against
Senator Robert R. Reynolds in next
year’s Democratic primaries.
“More important to North Caro
lina at the moment than the prog
ress of my campaign to succeed
Senator Reynolds in 1938 is the in
stant program of the President and
the administration relative to the
recession that has taken place in
business during the past four
months,” he said.
Hancock declared, however, that
“based on early and scattering re
turns my campaign for the senate
is off to a fine start.”
Miss Hunter Taken In By
Clogging Club
Greensboro, N. C.—Fifteen new
members have been taken in by the
Clogging Club at Woman’s College.
The Clogging Club is one of the
activities of the Athletic Associat
ion, and is restricted to girls well
qualified in clogging to work up
original routines. The new mem
bers include: Misses Sarah Pardo,
Havana, Cuba; Ella Snow, Taylors
ville, Rosalie Mitchell, Vineland, N.
J.; Nell Sturkey, Bryan, Ohio; Elea
nor Weeks, Maysville; Eliza Dickin
son, Wilson; Dorothy Kanipe, Ashe
ville; Ruth Gilmore, East Walpole,
Mass.; Ruth Weinger, Peekskill, N.
j Y.Corinne Spinelli, Wynnewood,
|Pa.; Anita Strauss, Hillsdale, N. Y.;
| Rebecca Hunter, Roxboro; Helen
| Williams, Kings (Mountain; Peggy
: Snowden, Washington, D. C. ...... J,
ARMY TEST ENDS M
Ft. Sam Houston, Texas Eight
months of field experiments ended
when 10,000 men in 1,100 motor
vehicles made a dash from San An
tonio to Mineral Wells and rfetum
to test the mobility of mechanized
i iU. S. Army units. So important was
, the movement considered that fore
ign observers were present to watch
: every stage of the journey of three
i columns, ranging from 60 to 105
miles on the first day’s inarch.