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DEAD END’ KID
HURT IN WRECK
St Charles, Va., March 15.
Bobby Jordan, one of the “Dead
End Kids’’ of stage and screen,
and Virgil Q. Wacks, mayor o;
St. Charles, today were recover
ing from minor injuries suffered
in a freak accident near here.
Wacks and Jordan, en rout? to
a radio benefit performance, were
cut slightly about the face and
hands when a 16-ounce sandstone
fell from a truck and bounced
through the windshield of Wack
car, showering them with pieces
of glass.
Jordan has been spending his
vacation in this section with rela
tives.
ASCAP READY
FOR PEACE NOW
Milwaukee, March 15. —The A
merican Society of Composers
Authors and Publishers—fined for
anti-trust law violation and curb
ed by a consent decree—turned
attention today to restoration of
pedee in the music industry.
Imposition of $35,250 in fines
yesterday by Federal Judge F.
Ryan Duffy closed the govern
ment’s criminal case against A.
S. C. A. P., its 26 officers and
directors, and 19 music houses.
The government charged A. S.
C. A. P. maintained a monopoly.
All defendants pleaded nolo con
tendere.
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TANK PROGRAM
IS PROGRESSING
Cleveland, March 15.—Engi
neers who attended a smash-bot
tle-neck armament meeting here
carried away the distinct impres
sion today that the Government’s
tank manufacture program pres
ently is ahead of schedule.
Military and industrial men ta
miliar with production of the me
chanised fighting monsters gave
gave this general picture at the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers’ army-navy meeting:
Light tanks (12 1-2 tons)—ex
pected to roll from American Car
and Foundry Company’s Oerwick
(Pa.) ordinance plant at 15 a day
by mid-Summer, with present
production around five a day
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HEAVY ASSAULTS
REPORTED IN AFRICA
Cairo, Egypt, March 15. —In-
creasingly heavy assaults were
reported by the R. A. F. com
mand today cn Italian positions
Cheren, mountain key to
Asmara, capital of Eritrea, where
Fascist forces have been holding
out stubbornly against besieging
British land forces.
Today’s R. A. F, communique
also reported assaults on Tripoli,
capital of the North African col
ony of Libya, and Zliten, town
east of Tripoli near the coast
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14 ITALIAN AIR FIGHTERS
SHOT DOWN
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Athens, Greence, March 14.
R. A. F. headquarters announced
today 14 Italian fighter planes
were shot down and a number
badly damaged yesterday in a
battle over the Klisura-Tepeleni
sector of Albania without the loss
of a single British plane.
Greek dispatches declared five
Italian divisions had been shat
tered in,ltalian offensives launch
ed in the last seven days in re
sponse to Benito Mussolini’s re
ported adjuration to his officers
to “do something.”
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PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
BAPTISTS MASS
MEETING PLANNED
FOR AFTERNOON
Revival Continues At First
Baptist Church.
| With the Rev. B. E. Morris, of
! Durham, as speaker, evangel is
tie services being held at Roxboro
First Bautist church will be con
tinued for several days. Regular
Sunday morning and evening ser
vices will be held and at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon there will be a
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mass meeting. Topic at this tim :
will be the “Saturday Night and
Sunday Sins of Roxboro.”
Miss Lucille Davidson, church
secretary, has announced that a
nursery for children will be main
tained during all hours in which
services are held. The nursery
will be in the educational build
ing.
Meetings of the Sunbeams, and
of the Girls’ Auxiliary have been
postponed. Music at the revival
is under direction of Q. L. Fry,
of Atlanta, Ga.
War Relief Unit
Sends Clothing
One box of knitted goods pre
pared by Roxboro women under
direction of Mrs. S. Arch Jones,;
one box of clothing made under
supervision cf Mrs. M. A. Stew
art, and a box of second-handj
tut good warm clothing consti-j
tutes shipments made during thej
past week by the Roxboro unit
cf the British War Relief Society,
according to a report filed Satur
day. Work at headquarters is
continuing with satisfactory re
sults and James Brooks, treas
urer, said that a financial state
ment will be issued this week.
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Lawrence Here
For Luncheon At
Hotel Roxboro
Speaker at a luncheon meeting!
attended by members of the
health and safety committee of
the Person Scout district and
ether district members was W. A.
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Lawrence, of New York City, di-j
rector of that work, who outlined
importance of health and safety j
programs in Scouting and made
practical suggestions for local ap
plication of such a program, Fri
day at Hotel Roxboro.
Also present was Cherokee
Council executive A. P. Patter
son of Reidsville.
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SOME ‘AID’ TO BRITAIN.
BEING GIVEN
Washington, March 14—Seere-1
tary Stimson said today that some i
defense material to be transfer- j
red o Great Britain under the;
.'end-lease act already had start
ed to its destination.
For the moment, the secretary
of war withheld details.
“The information will come out
in due time,” Mr. Stimson told
press conference inquiries. “As
far as I am concerned no details
will be disclosed prematurely. I
don’t think it would be fair to
Great Britain.”
Coal Program
Rotary Club program Thursday
evening was presented by L|ee
Umstead, local agent c 1 the Nor
folk and Western, who sponsored
a motion picture dealing with
the coal industry and coopera
tion furnished fay the railroad.
Present were a number of Nor
folk and Western officials from
Roanoke and newspaper men!
from that city.
TWO PERSON BOYS
ENTER BEEVES IN
ROCKY MOUNT SALE
i Alvin More Wins Place
ment And a Prize—Both
| Boys Sell.
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Two Person County boys, Alvin
Moore of Bushy Fork and Lyle
Davis, cf Allensville, entered fat
baby beeves in the Rocky Mount
Fat Live-Stock sale held in that
city Friday, according to an
| nouncement made yesterday by
i Gordon C. Hunter. This is the
| first time 4-H Club boys in Per
| son County have exhibited baby
| beef in a show of this kind.
j Alvin Moore won a placement
! and a cash prize in the show,,
j while his calf brought 12 l-2c peri
j pound. Lyle Davis’ calf brought'
! 10 l-4e per pound.
Top price of the sale was the
prize winning Hertford “Fuzzy”
the 930 pound Hertford calf rais
ed and entered by T. A. Madron,
15-year-old 4-H Club boy of Hal
ifax County.
The second prize winner
brought 20c per pound.
Another feature of the day was
the live-stock judging contest for
4-H Club and Future Farmers of;
America teams. The contest, di-j
rected by C. D. Swaffar, Coach!
of State College live-stc-ck judg-J
mg team, was won by NorthampJ
ton 4-H team, coached by J. B.
j Snipes, Assistant Farm Agent.
Person County people attend:
j ing the show and sale were: H.
i K. Sanders, Farm Agent, Alvin
j Moore, Lyle Davis, James Earle
j Moore, Gilbert Mocre, F. L. I
Moore, Mr. Hunter and Bradsherj
Gentry.
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Tomlinson Will
Speak At Central
School Tuesday
March meeting of Central
Grammar School Parent Teacher,
association, pTiviously announc-t
ed for the afternoon of March
11, will be at Roxboro Central'
Grammar School auditorium on
Tuesday afternoon, March 13, at!
at 3:30 o’clock in the auditorium
at which time a program on high
way safety, with Mr. Tomlison of (
the Highway Division as speak-j
er, will be presented. Introduc-j
tion of Mr. Tomlinson will oe
made by R. B. Griffin, Person
County Superintendent of schools, j
Also on the program will be
Miss Virginia Wilson’s grade, pre.j
senting a program on “Safety”,!
Members of the Boys’ Safety Pa-j
trol will assist and it is expected!
that the meeting will be of un-j
usual merest to fathers and to
mothers, Mrs. Logan H. Umstead,
president of the association, has
said that a special invitation is
extended to fathers and other
men interested in child welfare.
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ANYWAY, IT WAS GOOD
PLACE TO GET HURT
New Orleans, March 15.—Geo.
Ficklin, 56-year-old farmer, was
riding to New Orleans in an am
bulance with his 14-year-old
daughter who was to be treated
at Charity Hospital for an ab
cess.
He decided to adjust a win
dow but he twisted the wrong
handle, opened the door and fell
onto the highway, the ambulance
deposited the unconscious farm
er at the hospital with his daugh
ter. The girl was treated and dis
missed. Her father remained for
treatment of serious head injur
ies and body bruises. Attendants
said today he was in a poor con
dition.
‘Steady’ Jobs — 3o Years in Congress
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Vice President Henry Wallace congratulates Rep. Robert Doughton
il North Carolina, and gen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi as they cele
brated their thirtieth year in congress. Left to right, Vice President
Wallace, Representative Doughton and Sen. Pat Harrison.
Seal Sale Total
Given By 1940
Campaign Leader
Mrs. R. H. Shelton, chairman
of the 1940 Christmas Seal sale
| campaign in Roxboro and Per.
son county during the week filed
final report of results of the ca>r.- j
paign in which, according to re
cord, $148.61 was contributed.!
Three-fourths of that amount,.;
said Mrs. Shelton will be used
for tubercular treatments and
aid in this area, while the
mainder will be sent to State
headquarters.
Considerable success was re-!;
ported by Mrs. Shelton from thej
mail campaign, employed here
lor the first time and total <
amount contributed from all!:
sources was largest yet tabulated;
l'or the Roxboro territory.
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15 IN HOLLAND
ARE EXECUTED
Berlin, March 15.—German mil
itary authorities in the Nether
lands announced today that 15
persons convicted of membership!
in a “terror, sabotage and espion-!
age organization” were executed j
by a firing squad yesterday.
Death sentences pronounced onj
three others were commuted toi
life imprisonment.
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SUPREME COURT LAST
HOPE FOR LECHE
New Orleans, March 15.—The;
U. S. Supreme Court today held 1
the final hope of former Govern
or Richard W. Leche of avoid
ing a 10-year mail fraud sen
tence arising from the Louisiana
scandals.
Along The Way
With the Editor
March 14 and 15th. I just saw Dolian Long, Frank
Ellington. Sam Byrd Winstead, Curtis Oakley and a
few more big business men running around town get
ting off their income tax reports. Boy, it must be nice
to be in the money and have to file one of those slips.
Dan Richmond, son of J. D. K., left for the army
last week Now Dan didn’t exactly give any bi.g cheers
when he left, but there is no need for him to worry. In
just a short time a number of his old friends will be
with him. Gene Thompson, F. O. Carver, Jr., Robert
Mills and J D Perkins, Jr., may be sleeping in the same
tent with him. If that is true the boys can tell each
other bed time stories and thus keep old Roxboro in
mind at all times.
Someone told this—whether it is true or not we do
not know. Gus Slaughter of Allensville, came to Rox
boro the other day and brought his wife. After they
reached Roxboro Gus went his way and his wife went
about her business.. Later on Gus decided to gp home
and did. When he got there he asked where his'Wife was
—then the truth came out, he had come home and left
her in Roxboro. Ha-had to drive back for her. Now you
will have to see Gus for the rest of the story.
Tribe 4 Boys
Sponsor Benefit
Musical Event
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Bushy Fork Boy Scouts of Tribe-j
4, lead by Scoutmaster C. H. Ma
son, will on Friday evening.!
March 21, at 8 o’clock, in thiv
school auditorium, sponsor a mu-j
sical program to be presented
by the “Blue Sky Boys”, of radio
and recording fame. The program
will be presented as a benefit tor
the Scout Camping fund and it
is hoped that attendance will be
large.
- Prior to 'presentation of thej
program a barbecue supper will
be Served by the Bushy Fork
Parent Teacher association in the
community heuse. Hours of serv
ing will be from 6 until 8 o’clock.
Regular meeting of the Parent
Teacher association will be held'
on the previous evening, while
the executive meeting will be
held Monday afternoon, March
17, immediately after the Com
munity meeting. All full attend
ance is requested.
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Beta Club Meets
At High School
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The Beta Club has started j
working. At the third meeting
Thursday night in the High
School auditorium a discussion of
the qualifications for member-j
ship and of proposed new memb- 1
ers was held. It was decided that j
a Beta Club member must havej
a high character, good scholastic I
average, and a good personality, j
After the collection of dues the
meeting adjourned.
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SUNDAY MARCH 16, 1941.
Street Repairs Will Begin
This Week Says Highway Man
Clean-Up Dates
Selected For Next
Month By Group
Dates for the annual “Clean
up, Paint-up Week” observed in
[ Roxbcro will this year be front
1 Monday, April 7, through Satur
i day, April 12, according to plans
I announced by the Commercial
Law Class of Roxboro high school,
who will this year be sponsors
of the event.
j Previous dean-up campaigns
! have been conducted by city of
ficials, with active cooperation
from newspapers, but the lS4i
campaign will be left to the
Commercial Law students, led
by Bill Murphy and others, vho
have secured full cooperation
from other high school students.
The new sponsors will, however,
have full support from City of
ficials and the press and it is ex
pected that all citizens will eo
operate.
Second Groups
For March Will
Leave For Camp
Next group of Person county
men to enter selective service
will include three volunteers,
Robert Wilbur Hicks, William
David Gentry, Jr., and Thurman
Lee Ladd, who with Willie Ol
lie Long, will leave at noon on
March 22, for Fort Bragg, ac
cording to announcement made
yesterday by Baxter Mangum,
office manager of the Person I
Selective Service board.
Six days later, on Friday, !
March 28, five Negro register
ants will bo expected to go, said
Mr. Mangum. It is expected that
all of the Negroes will be taken
from volunteers.
Groups leaving on March 22
and 28 will be second groups
called for this month, since three
Negroes left for camp on March
3 and were followed on Marcn
12 by nine white men, all of
whom reported at Fort Bragg.
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YUGOSLAV.(NAZI DEADLOCK
MAY BE BROKEN
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, March 14.
—Usually well informed diplo
matic quarters reported today'
that a deadlock between Yugo
slavia and Germany on the ex
tent of Yugoslav co-operation
with the Axis powers had been
broken.
They admitted that they were
not positive that a solution had
been found, but said Premier,
Dragisha Cvetkcvitch and Foreign;
Minister Alexander Cincar-Mar
kovitch might leave for Be\lin
at any hour in a German plane
which had been waiting for him
all week.
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WRONG
W. Reade Jones, Hyco Ware
houseman and Roxboro no
tarial*, was not the “W. R.”
Jones referred to in Thursday's
Times as having been a witness
in a hotel ease in Tneaday’s
Recorder’s court. Use citizen
there mentioned was W. J.
Jones, sometimes known as W.
"Red” Jones, and the error in
transcription o t mww was
made by a Times reporter, who
is glad to publish this explan
ation.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER NINETEEN
Morgan Street TVork Desi
nitely On Way. City Offi
cials And Chamber Os
Commerce Interested In
Postal Service Project.
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| Work on Morgan street im
provements near the Roxbcro
: city limits, contracts for whicn
were signed some weeks ago
with McGuire and company of
Durham, will definitely begin
during the week of March 16
; according to announcement mad.
yesterday by Assistant District
Highway Engineer Gibbs, in con
j ference with City Manager Percy
Bioxam.
! News that this long needed
street improvement project will
get underway will be welcom
news to Roxboro residents, who
have recently been no less pleas
:ed to observe that renovation
1 plans for highway 501 between
| this City and Durham, also un
; der contract to McGuire, hav
! been started by placing of under
1 highway drain pipes. It will bt
■ recalled that the portion of high
way 501 here considered will h
widened from Roxiboro to that
point near Durham which is al
ready wider than the main pov
of the highway.
Other municipal news,
brought out after the monthly
session of the city council last
week, pertains chiefly to pros
j pect of numbering of all bus:
! ness houses, lots and residences
i in the City, as consequence cf
recently concluded and just pub
lished “Rates” bulletin prepared
by representatives of the Nort ’
Carolina Inspection and Rating
Bureau.
Formal approval of this sys
j tern of numbering business hous
j os and residential properties in
i Roxboro was given by the City
! Council and the matter was fur
’ thor discussed during the week
at the monthly meeting of the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce,
with particular reference to pos -
sibilities that the new enumera
! tion will meet one of several con
ditions prerequisite to establish
ment here cf a city street pos
tal delivery system, agitation
for which has for some months
been noticed .
It is expected that membeis
jof the Commercial Law class,
j Roxboro high school will assist
j with the distribution of num
I bers to householders and prop.
| erty owners and that cost of th.
; numbers will be nominal.
(Continued on back page)
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I “Major Harris’’
j
Friends of James C. Harris.
Warren county man and former
: City Manager of Roxboro, who
j was recently granted a six mon
ths leave of absence from a sim
ilar position at Hazard, Ky., in
order to accept with a Major’s
commission managership of an
army post or camp, will be inter
ested to know that “Major” Har
ris is now reported to be 6n duty
at Fort Eustis, Hampton Roads.
Va.
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SHIPPING ATTACK
SAYS ROME
Rome, March 15 -TVs Italian
High Command announced to
day British torpedo . launching
planes had attacked «Mpping in
Valona Harbor, Albania, damag
. ing a merchant ship.
he daily war bulletin said only
i two planes were able to eairy
j out the attack yesterday morning
in the face of vigorous fire from
(ground guns and “both wore Jfa*
down” and their crews eaptuted.
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