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By J. S. Merritt or Dub Hobgood, one or the other.
The Bomb Explodes Again
Well folks he put up a good fight while he was on his
feet anyway. Who? Why Clarence (The Red) Burman, ot
course.
I’m sure most of us heard the fight last night, so there
really isn’t much I can say that you don’t already know.
This writer thinks Burman put up about as good a fight as
any of the crips, so far, and that really isn’t saying much.
We all know Burman was RATED as ONE of the best five
heavyweights in the world. It so happens that Louis is the
best heavyweight in the game today. Whether that slipped
Mr. Burman’s mind or not, we can’t say.
All of us have heard the remark made “why I’d step in
the ring with Louis for so much money.” Well, getting down
to brass tacks, I’m of the opinion to doubt that very serious
ly. Even if one of us did go through with it, I’m sure we
would be very sorry in every way. Very sorry that that was
one night we didn’t have the tummy ache in time to call the
bout off. • • • • • •
Whether or not that be the case in the Burman-Louis
affair last night we cannot say, but at least he didn’t back
up for the five rounds he was in in there.
AAU Holds Bobsled Meet
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America's foremost bobsled racers will be paced by Paul Dupree and
guffield A. Latour, holders of the A. A. V. Junior and Senior and North
American titles, (upper left) when they compete for the National A. A. If.
Senior two-man one-mile championship February 9-10 at Lake Placid
N. Y. Miss Katharin Dewey (upper right) last year’» victor.
Smile Holds Its
Own In World Os j
Stark Tragedy
New York Jan. 30 ln a year
filled with war, the amazing thing
was that the stage and silver
screen almost i'gnored it. Radio'
capitalized on it.
Not until eight months atter
Poland was invaded did Rchert E. ;
Sherwood come out with “There!
Shall Be No Night”, and not un-|
til fall did the war creep into top
notch films, such “Foreign Cor-!
respondent” and “The Long Voy-j
age Home.”
Radio brought foreign report- 1
ers and commentators, forums on
international affairs and speeches
on the war into American homes
every day. Belligerent countries
increased propaganda broadcasts,
and the United States gave morc|
shortwave attention to South A-!
merica.
Aside from a brief Abraham
Lincoln rush, the trend on the
stage was toward amusement ra
ther than a message. The Broad
way shows that lasted through the
summer were all comic, and it
was lucky for Broadway that it
had these as a carry-over, for the
fall season was slow in starting j
Again comedies led the field—
Ethel Waters, Ed Wynn, A1 Jolson,
and Ethel Merman in musicals
and young Jose Ferrer in a re
vival of “Charley’s Aunt.” About
the only attempts at serious dra
ma were “The Corn Is Green” (
and “Johnny Belinjia.”
Katharine Cornell and her pro
ducer husband, Guthrie Mcclin
tic, recognized the effect of. the 1
war on serious drama when they
commented: We believe the lack
of new productions can be at
tributed partly to the general, if
Somewhat ovfljrdrawn idea that
only light, escapist entertainment
would go at this time."
■Vcm&rtT feeble many of the
gmws seam, -‘©roadway Sam/';
sponrs
British Scholar
| Chapel Hill, Jan. 30 “Basic j
| English,” which requires only
! 850 words but can express any
thought and can be learned rapid
ly, “may soon become the world
language for business and every
-1 day purposes,” Dr. I. A. Richards,
j.cne of its developers, predicted
here.
The noted British scholar was
addressing the Inter-American ‘
j Institute at the University of
i North Carolina, where he is put- 1
I ting his English-teaching methods
j into practice with 110 South A
merican “good neighbors.” And
I just to prove his point the Cam
! bridge professor and visiting lec
turer at Harvard gave them a
i lecture on democracy in “850 •
: word basic.
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INNOCULANTS
It is estimated that over $2,-'
! 000,000 worth of commercial
j legume innoculants are sold an
nually in the United States now
as compared with cnly $1,000,000
worth in 1930.
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DEMAND
Improvements in the domestic
, demand for farm products is be-1
coming increasingly apparent as!
the defense prograrryspeeds up,'
. says the U. S. Bureau of Agri-j
cultural Economks.
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' leading ticket broker, reported
' business/neavier this winter than
since predepression years,
i Frequency modulation Maj.
E. H. Aamstrcmg’s system of high
class/proadcast signals on the al-
Vrfiost statk-free ultra short waves
! —led the 1940 march of radio. It
' emerged from the experimental
■ stage. Television made important
■ technical advances but took a
: back seat pending solution of op
• erating standard problems on
■ which a committee hoped to re-
I port to the federal communica
i tions commission in January.
'i The third great field cf enter-
SPORTS OF THE TIMES
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N- C.
Ramblers Trim Bethel
High, Lassies Lose
The Roxboro Ramblers, unde
feated in school competition, con
tinued to roll over their oppon
ents by crushing Bethel Hill Fri- 1
day night 44 _ 38 on the Bethel
Hill court. The score may indi
cate a nip and tuck battle but
the Bethel Hill boys showed noj,
opposition what-so-ever. Not un-;
til Coach Wirtz began substitut-!
ing did the losing team show
strength. ‘ | :
Buddy Beam was again tops in'
scoring honors with 26 points, (
Buddy Clayton came next with 8. S
Little Jimmie Winstead 88 j ,
pound forward for the local school ;
played a good game while he ;
was in there. He scored 2 points.
The local lassies were out
classed through the entire con-j
test but continued to show the!
Rambler spirit throughout the
game.
The locals play two games here
next week, Monday night with
Allensville and Friday night with
Hurdle Mills.
Friday night’s lineup:
T. Clayton F 2.
B. Beam F 26.
E. Clayton C. 8.
S. Davis G.
H. Whitfield G. 4.'
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“Elsie,” The Cow
Elsie, the bucolic belle of the
New York World’s Fair, is cur
rently playing the role of “But
tercup” in RKO Radio’s film ver
sion of Louisa May Alcolt’s
“Little Men.” showing Monday
and Tuesday at Dolly Madison.
“Elsie” is one of the noted Lo
belia Clan (her real name before
she asumed a stage name, was >
“You’ll Do Lobelia”). Her father
was the late prominent “You’ll
Do’s Volunteer” and her mother
“Perennial Lobelia.”
“Elsie” appeared for two years !<
as the star of the Borden exhibit'
at the Fair. Her Glamor and lat
ent made her an immediate sen
sation and her comet-like
was culminated when Producers
Gene Towne and Graham Baker I
signed her to a screen contract
following a test of her acting
abilities. During her Hollywood
stay “Elsie” became the mother
cf a 55-pound calf, “Beulah.”
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New Fred Astaire
Dance Creation
Jitterbug Delight
As if in answer to a jitterbug’s
prayer, Fred Astaire, America's
most popular dancing favorite,
has created a new dance.
The new routine is danced by
Astaire and by new screen danc
ing partner, Paulette Goddard, in
the new Paramount picture, “Sec
ond Chorus” which opens Mon
day at the Palace Theatre, fea
turing Artie Shaw and his band,
Burgess Meredith and Charles
Butterworth.
Astaire fashioned the dance,
which is called the “Dig It,” af
ter a song written by Johnny
Mercer, “I Ain’t Hep to That Step
But ril Dig It,” one of the hit
tunes of the new screen enter
tainment
While in reality it is a gay,
simple dance, its steps give tl:t
impression of being spectacular.
But Astaire so devised the dance
! that it can be done even on small -
er dance floors, with only a bit
of modification for the more con
servative dance enthusiasts.
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tainment outdoor shows—was best
exemplified by the San Francisco
and New York fain. Both opened
with more fun , more sex, more
music and less education.
Up'tO'tfc e*Minu te Sport News Solicited
State Trims
Blue Devils
Durham, Jan. 30.—Rallying
midway of the second half, with
Jim Mills leading the way, N. cJ
State’s Red Terrors nosed out
Duke’s “Five-man Gang,” 39-38,
in a thriller-diller basketball (
game.
Only cnce during this hectic
contest, which saw plenty of bod
ily contact, were the two teams j
separated by more than five
points. Early in the first half, the
Blue Devils led by six points and
later they led by five, but most
of the time first one team and.
then tile other was in front. |
Duke had the lead seven times,j
State had it six times, and the'
sccre was tied seven times.
So fast was the action that,
with four seconds left and the j
ball a toss-up in the opposite end
of the floor, Duke managed to|
get two shots at the basket Hcl-j
ley batted the ball down the I
court to Shokes—and after Shok
es’ shot rimmed the basket, Roth-j
baum followed up and missed as;
the gun sounded.
Jim Bangs ’Em In.
But it all ccmes back to Jim
Mills. With Duke leading at 32-
23 after eight minutes and 30 sec
onds of the second half, Mill's
went on a little spreed all his Town
and scored eight points which—
with a free throw by Cromartie,
against a field goal, by Rothbaum
and a foul by Brown—put State
out in front by 38-35, with six
minutes and a half remaining to
play.
Smith made a free-throw, but
Holley pulled Duke within two
points with a onehander from the
side as the clock hit five and a
half to go.
PALACE
THEATRE
Monday - Tuesday February 3-4th
Fred swings the trumpet!
Paulette’s a dancing marvel!
Ifs 1940’s miracle musical hit!
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I ARTIE SHAW
§ CHARLES BUTTERWORTH
I BURGESS MEREDITH
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| I * C Pttttr Irina Sbv, I, Fnat EM
Special morning show Monday
18:30; Afternoons dally 5:15-3:45;
Admission 10-36 c; Evenings daily
7:15-940. Admission 1545 c
With about three minutes to go
the Techs started freezing the
ball until Valesek intercepted a
pass and tossed it to Holley. Hol
ley was fouled by Smith and
made his free throw and it was
1 39-38 with two minutes and a
i . .
1 half remaining.
j The game then got as wild as
’ quail are after being shot at all
j season. The boys raced up and
down the floor, with both teams
missing plenty of easy shots. Ed
| die Shokes was unintentionally
hit in the face by Roy Cromartie
and tried a free throw but he
1 wavered as he tossed for game
-1 tying point with 45 seconds to
1 go.
j What happened after that has
! already been told. State w'as
i freezing and Duke was trying
frantically to get the ball.
Tied Often
In the first half, the ball game
w'as tied up at 2-2, 4-4, and 3-8.
| In the second half it was tied at
! 26-26, 28-28, and 33-33. Duke was
iin command mcst of the time
during that last half until Jim
Mills put on his show,
i There were plenty of fouls cali
! ed, and most of them were cor
! rect although many of them didn’t
| meet with the approval of the
i crowd which apparently was ev-j
1 enly divided. Officials Joby Hawn
| and Johnny Morriss called a to
il tal of 30—18 on State and 12 on
Duke.
Cromartie Shines.
It was Jim Mills and Roy Cro
martie all the way for State.
Cromartie was faking the Blue
Devils Out of position and shoot
ing both pot-shots and onehand
ers. Mills simply shot them from
everywhere. Roy and Jim tallied
13 points apiece.
Chuck Holley was the top man
of the night, with 14 points, and
he and Cy Valasek shared the
honors for Duke. Valasek had 11
points.
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WANTS LINDY
TO VISIT NAZIS
Marion, Feb.—Paul O. Nafe, edi
tor of the McDowell News and a
personal friend of Colonel Chas.
A. Lindbergh, announced he had
appealed to Colonel Lindbergh to
visit Germany and investigate
conditions there.
Nafe, former Science Monitor,
said Colonel Lindbergh could
DOLLY MADISON
THEATRE
Monday - Tuesday February 3-4th
j
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rko •
RADIO "
Ndw* S*!*
Mracted by NORMAN Z. MdJOO.
dvc«d by San* Torn* and 8«kn» later.
Scraaa Play by Mark Kally aad Artfear
Caaaar.
No morning shows; Afternoons
; daily 3:15-345; Admhihm l#-39c;
’ Evenings daily 7:15-949; Admis
sion 15-39 c
mm
Jack Gardner, above, Elon Col
lege junior, is playing his most
brilliant ball this season, which
means quite a bit Gardner, sixj
feet, three inch forward, from
Portsmouth, Ohio, was selected
on the all-North State conference
teams in both his freshman and
sophomore years, an honor which
is seldom given. This year he isj
regarded by many as the best all
around basketball man in the.
state. He has scored 190 points
in 14 games for a 13 1-2 point av
erage. He is a master of practical-1
ly any shot and can play any po-.
sition. His work on defense is
equally as brilliant as his offen- 1
sive play, a combination which is
seldom, if ever, found. Although
Elon is not a one man team, Gard
ner is without doubt the Chris
tians’ biggest star.
make an investigation such as
Wendell L. Willkie is now mak
ing in England.
DOLLY MADISON
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Monday, February 3rd,
thru’ Wednesday, Feb. sth.
Motion Pictures Are Your Best
Entertainment.
Monday, Tuesday, Feb. 3 - 4th
Kay Frahcis, Jack Oakie,
George Bancroft, Ann Gillis,
Jimmy Lydon and Elsie (the
glamour cow) in Gene Towne’s
“LITTLE MEN” (First Run)
All the laughs, excitement,
drama suspense and riotous
fun yon could ask for—in the
picture made from the great
companion novel to “Little
Women” by the same author!
It’s the grandest comedy—ro
mance of the year! And Elsie's
first screen appearance!
A Fascinating Journey—“THE
SACRED GANGES”.
Fox Movietone News—News
cf the Nation...
No morning shows; afternoons
daily 3:15-3:45; £<lm. 10-30 c( I
Evenings daily 7:15-9:00; Adm.
15-30 c.
Wednesday, February sth
Bargain And Gift Day
Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, Man
tan Moreland, Peter George
Lynn in
“Drums Os The Desert”
(First Run)
Temestuous Romance in the
heart of the burning Sahara!
Unwanted, forgotten men of
tbe Foreign Legion—living on
ly to kill!
Broadway Brevity: “Alice In
Movieland”.
Special morning show 19:30.
afternoon 3:15 - 3:45. Evening
7:15 • 949; Adm. 1949 c. ($19.99
in eaah to be given to some
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1941.
Chevrolet Hits
New Sales Mark ,
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In History
OP
Detroit, Feb. I.—During the
second 10-day period in January,
Chevrolet dealers bolstered the
record sales report submitted m
the previous 10-day period by es
tablishing new sales marks in
company history, both for the
period and for the first 20 days
of the month, it was announced
here today by W. E. Holler, gen
eral sales manager.
In the period, dealers sold at
retail a total of 30,479 new pas
senger and commercial cars, a
gain of 20.3 per cent over the
comparable period last year and
an increase of 6.7 per cent over
the preceding 10 days this year.
Combined sales during the 20
days totalled 58,978, a 24.4 pec
cent advance over the same per -
iod in 1940.
Used car sales in the 10-day
period were 47,493, an increase
of 22.7 per cent over the same
period last year and a gain of
16.9 per cent over the preceding
10 days this year. The 20-day re
port shows used car sales 25 per
cent in advance of the same per
iod in 1940.
Retail truck sales also held to
the upward course established
since the new models were intro
duced last fall, advancing 36 per
cent over Jan. 1-20 last year, with
total sales being 12,336 for the
20-day period.
T9ADI-MA9K
PALACE THEATRE
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Monday, February 3rd,
thru’ Wednesday, February stb
Motion Pictures are Your Best
Entertainment
Monday - Tuesday- Feb. 3-4th
Fred Astaire, Paulette Good
ard, Artie Shaw and His Band,
Charles Butterworth, Burgess
Meredith in
“SECOND CHORUS”
Here’s the screen surprise of
the year! Paulette dances! Fred
plays! Everybody (including
yourself) has a whale of a
time! Plus more song than ev
er Hit Parade across the
screen! It’s Fred’s greatest hit!
I and—Paulette’s best yet!
Walt Disney Cartoon “Timber”.
Hearst Metrotone News—News
while it is Still News.
Special morning show Monday,
10:20; afternoons daily 3:15 -
3:45; a dm. 10-30 c; Evenings
daily 7:15 - 940. Adm. 15-35e.
Wednesday, February sth.
Bargain And Gift Day
Leon Errol, Helen, Parrish,
Charles Lang, Eddie Qnllan,
Stanley Fields in
“WHERE DSD YOU GET
THAT GIRL”.
Yonth laughs—and fights its
way to a ‘place in the son’—!
Cinescoyi: ‘((NICE WORK IF
YOU CAN DO IT”.
Father Hubbard’s Alaskaln:
“ESKIMO TRAILS”.
No morning show, afternoon
3:15-3:45; evening 7:15 - 949;
Adm. 1940 c, (51949 In cash
will be given to some tacky
’ poison today).