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Bound, Soldier Boys of Italy? yjj fliflL: .Jpj: r IBSllfiftys *j&., * 1| n 9Bdran f^BPy***^mwMMiMiHy BHB* ÜBFwH* »~~~~->-» yTu ySftßff* 1 spy i.datives and friends of those aboard stand silently on the pier as the Italian liner, Jampacked with sol ip s. leaves Genoa, Italy, for some undlsrlosed destination. The soldiers might have been shipped to Ital ian .erritory in Africa to be used in attacks cu Trench and British territory on the same continent. U. S. To Help Finance, Train Mexican Ar/.y $10,000,000 Credit Avail able To Mexican Govern ment. Mexico City, June 25 —■ A high source declared last week Presi dent Lazaro Cardenas had ap proved a program which would more than quadruple Mexico's armed forces with the aid of the Cunited States. This source as serted that within a few weeks a credit of more than $10,000,000 from the United States would be made available to the Mexican Government to carry out this ex pansion under 60 technical ex perts from the United States Army and Navy. Mexico To Help Additional millions would be allocated later by the Mexican Finance Ministry, it was report ed. The United States Government was said to be determined that Mexico should not be used as an avenue of invasion by any ag gressor power, and it was under stood the American credits would be made available on generous terms. Congress Called The American determination was said to have been communic ated to President Cardenas before i A Hearty Welcome to All $ ■ / £;• ' v... We hope that each and every guest who visits in the Cour teous City and County will have a nice time. Every event that has been planned is for your enjoyment. After you get home tell your friends a bout Roxboro and Person IV county. BILL MINOR Sinclair Distributor Tuscday’s Cabinet session, at which universal military training and “other defense measures” were indorsed for submission next month to an extraordinary session of Congress. This defense program was re ported on high authority to in clude: i Increase of the standing army] to more than 300,000. The Mexi can Army now counts 112,000 men, including those on reserve lists. Train In U. S. Increase of the Officer Corps by approximately 10,000 of whom 1,000 would be sent to America Army centers for special training. Acquisition of six destroyers from the United States to streng then the Mexican Navy. Establishment of air bases at strategic points around Puerto Mexico, Acapulco, Tampico, Sal ina Cruz, Veracruz and Quintana Roo. Improvement of port facilities at Veracruz, Pureto Mexico and Salina Cruz —including deepen ing of channels, new wharves and j repair and supply facilities. Improve Roads, Rails Rapid completion of Mexico’s section of the Pan-American high ; way and improvement of roads PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. y— _ so that motorized troops could be moved swiftly between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and Acapul | co. Leasing of the railway across the Tehuantepec Isthmus in Southern Mexico to the United States, with the understanding the latter would put the line in us able condition. Cost of repair, ing the railroad was estimated at $5,000,000. IT. S. OFFICIALS PREDICT CLOSER TIES WITH MEXICO I I Washington, June 25 Closer re lations between the United Sta tes and Mexico were envisioned Government and diplomaii: l circles as a result of European war developments. Officials cited an evidence Pre sident Cardenas’ recent expres sion of sympathy for France and the statements of other Mexican leaders that their country desir ed to co-operate with its northern neighbor. Campaign utterances of Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan and Gen. Manuel Avila Camacho, candida tes in Mexico’s Presidential elec tion July 7, have likewise been studied with interest here. General Camacho, candidate of the Cardenas Administration, has advocated “an armed' stand a- any Communistic or Fas cist move that threatens the prin ciples of democracy.” He has pro mised that, if elected,'he would “work for a better understanding with other nations of the Amer icas.” o Retail Sales Os Chevrolets Now Show Much Gain Detroit, Mich., June 25 Re til sales of 27,843 new passenger and commercial cars during the first 10 days of June, as reported by Chevrolet dealers, continued the gains reported by that com pany throughout 1940, it was an nounced here today by William E. Holler, general sales manager. He said that dealers had register ed a sales increase of 17.7 per cent over the same period last year, when 23,653 units were de livered. Used car sales during, the per iod totalled 54,986, a gain over both the comparable period last year and the first 10 days of May this year. The increase' over the same period last year was 16.4 percent. Chevrolet has just announced the manufacture of its 900,000th rcxrcNsioN work! p&fy £ Raleigh, June 25 lf market ing quotas are approved for the 1941 flue-cured tobacco crop, this year’s crop should bring about 15 cents per pound; if quotas are rejected in the referendum to be held July 20, tobacco may aver age as low as 5 cents per pound th ; s year. Those are the predictions of farm leaders, made at a conferen ce of growers, bankers, ware housemen and merchants held in Raleigh. J. B. Hutson, assistant administrator of the Agricultur al Adjustment Administration and the best informed man on tobac co in the U. S. Department of Ag riculture, said that if quotas are approved on a three-year basis, the Federal government can al most promise that prices this year will be maintained at a 15- 16 cent level. Dr. I. O. Scihaub, director of the State College Extension Service, said that without quotas, prices may drop as low as 5 cents per pound. “This is not a threat,” says E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer of State College. “Growers know of the importance of the export market. When the British buyers were withdrawn from the market last year, the warehouses were closed. The federal government stepped in and financed the our chase of Imperial grades. Despite this support, prices dropped to an average of 14.8 cents, eight cents per pound below the average for the previous five years. Without this support, there is no telling how low prices would have gone. “The Federal government can not make loans or give other fin ancial support to the tobacco mar ket without assurance that the supply will be kept in line with demand; that the record crop of 1,160 million pounds grown last year will not be repeated. “The Federal government will support this year’s market if quo tas are approved in the referen. dum on July 20; it will be in a position to give maximum sup port if three-year quotas are ap. proved. n Ralph E. Wrenn Gets O. K. On • Buying Farm Ralph E. Wrenn, tenant farmer who lives on Route 3, Roxbroo, North Carolina, Person County, received notice this week that his application for a loan to buy Efird’s Annual July Sale Commences Two Days Ahead of Time This Year. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 28th A f ♦ { | • We invite you to come to our annual July Sale commencing Friday morning June An Invitation 28 - and continuing through the month of July. We promise you plenty of bargains BMBWMWW'winp.i l " wwwmw an d plenty of kind, courteous and appreciative salespeople to serve you. Don’t Forget “ Sale Opens At Nine O’clock Friday Morning. This is the Once-A-Year July Sale, where bargains in seasonable merchandise fill ev ery department in our store. Durham, N. C. Main Street fbEMRTMENTSTO#£LS a farm has been approved by the Farm Security administration, subject to satisfactory title. Joe Y. Blanks, County Super visor of Farm Security adminis tration, this city, has instructed ■ Mr. Wrenn to exercise the op-! tion he holds on the 87 acre farm he proposes to buy and to have the seller prepare the necessary papers. A check will be passed in payment for the property when satisfactory title has been furnish ed by the present owner. The loan to buy this farm, made possible by the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant act, also includes money for improvements, repair ing existing buildings, and fenc ing for pasture. Terms of the loan provide for annual repay ments over a period of forty years at 3 per cent interest.. You Are In The "Courteous City” OC** So Be Sure To Visit The ft Courteous Drug Store Cool Off Under Our Fans Make Yourself At Home tThe Biggest 1T C Banana Split T t, I j ICE FREE CREAM Sandwich ny Kind-- With W A Milk Shake I ii any flavor Iflc Large Glass lw^ SOUTHERN DAIRY ICE CREAM We Deliver Any Time Anywhere Roxboro Drug Co. Phone 3141 The store THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940 Welcome Visitors! MERITA BREAD & CAKES Joe Wilkerson, Representative
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