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DOUGHTON WOULD MAKE
STATES HELP PAY
Washington, April 26.—Chair
man Robert L. DoUghton (D-NC)
of the House Ways and Means
Committee urged State and local
governments today to “take back”
the task of paying for public
works and part of work relief.
He advocated that step to car
ry out a treasury appeal for a
reduction of at least $1,000,000,-
000 in Federal non-defense spend
ing to ease Federal financing of
the defense andi British-aid pro
grams. The plea was made in con
nection with the $3,600,000,000
lifew revenue raising program
which Treasury officials urged
the Ways and Means Committee
to adopt yesterday.
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MAY BACK UP AID
TO BRITAIN WITH
UNYIELDING POLICY
Washington, April 26.—A bold
administration decision was be
lieved in the offing to bulwark
the effectiveness of the aid-to-
Eritain program and the policy
of unyielding resistance to the
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.
The concerted demand by three
cabinet members for decisive ac
tion in the present war crisis was
generally interpreted here as a
pointed forewarning that a de
velopment of top magnitude was
near.
Secretary of State Hull, Secre
tary of Navy Knox and Secre
tary of Agriculture Wickard, ad
dressing widely different audi
ences yesterday, all spoke out in
unusually, strong language.
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SCHENCK SENTENCED
TO THREE-YEAR TERM
New York, April 26.—Joseph
M. Schenck, chairman of the
Board of Twentieth Century-Fox
Film Corporation, was sentenced
to serve three years in Federal
prison and fined $20,000 on his
conviction of charges of income
tax evasion.
Joseph H. Moskowitz, his east
ern representative and co-defend
ant, was given a year and a day
in prison and fined SIO,OOO.
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STOCK EXCHANGE HEAD
SENT TO CAMP IN S. C.
Fort Dix, N. J., April 26.—Pri
vate William McChesney Mar
tin, 34, who was president of the
New York Stock Exchange be
fore he was drafted into the army
lust week, leaves today by train
with 500 other draftees for Camp
Croft, S. C., where he will be
assigned)' to a infantry regiment
at his own request.
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ADRIATIC AND AEGEAN
SEAS MINED
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London, April 26.—The Admir
alty announced that the Adriatic
and Aegean Seas andi a large part
of the eastern Mediterranean
were “dangerous to shipping.”
The new danger area, with
those announced Feb. 20, leaves
Only each end of the Mediter
ranean free to shipping—west and
north of Sardinia and east of a
line from Cape Khelidonia in
Turkey to Ras-El-Kanias in E
gypt.
Hie size of the danger areas
in the Adriatic and Aegean was
estimated unofficially at 250,000
square miles.
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PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Person Schools Today Begin
Finals With Many Sermons
Commencement Addresses
Also Scheduled For Week.
Bj-oughton Speaks In Rox
boro On Tuesday, May 6.
As a part of commencement
activities at Iloxboro high school
a Spring Music festival, partici
pated in by the glee clubs, by
soloists and by the band, will be
presented this afternoon at 3
o'clock in the high school audi
torium, according to announce
ment made yesterday by H. C.
Gaddy, supervising principal.
Directors of the concert, to last
one hour, will be Mrs. Sam Byrd
Winstead, for the glee clubs and
John Thompson, for the band.
Formal graduation exercises at
the high school will begin on
Sunday evening.
Rev. John A. Wright, recto:
of Christ Episcpal church, Ral
eigh, will deliver the baccaiau
reate sermon to DO or more grad •
uates. Finals will be held on the
following Tuesday, May 6, night,
with Gov. J. Melville Broughton,
of Raleigh, as speaker.
Starting with Sunday, April 27,
graduation programs in various
county schools will begin. Speak
ers on that date will include:
the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church this city, who will be at
Allensville at 8 o’clock that
right; the Rev. T. Floyd Adams,
Primitive Baptist Minister of
Willow Springs, who will be at
Hurdle Mils, at 8 o’clock; and
the Rev. H. C. Smith, of Duke
Memorial Methodist church, Dur
ham, who will preach in the af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Helena.
Monday and Tuesday in most
schools will be taken up by class
day exercises, but finals at Al
lensville 'will be held Tuesday
night, when the speaker will be
Prof. W. N. Hicks, of the State
College division of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Raleigh.
Wednesday afternoon and
night will see other speakers in
the county. That afternoon at 4
o’clock on the J. H. Merritt
athletic field at Bethel Hill the
graduation exercises will be fea
tured by an address by Dr. Cat -
lyle Campell, president of Mere
dith college, Raleigh, and that
night at 8 o’clock at Hurdle Mills
will speak Dr. Hugh T. Lefler. of
the Department of History, Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chap
el Hill.
The coming of Dr. Lefler, co
author of the much in the news
textbook, “Growth of North Car
olina” is expectedi to attract many
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R. P. Burns Is
Guest Speaker
At Civic Club
Speaker at the Thursday din
ner meeting of Roxboro Rotary
club, held at Hotel Roxboro ,was
Representative R. P. Bums, who
discussed the rise of dictator
ships in France and other Euro
pean countries and drew para
llels to conditions which might
indlrce similar dictatorships in
the United States. Additional
guest of the club was Judge
Leo Carr, of Burlington, who
spoke briefly.
Local clubmen in Greensboro
for the State convention includ
ed Claude T. Hall, Gordon C.
Hunter, W. Reade Jones, W. H.
Harris, Sr., arid Wallace W.
Woods. Also present were Mes
dames Hall, Hunter and Woods,
! Mrs. Woodls being official pian
ist while her husband and Ed
murjd (Harding, of Washington,
| directed singing.
News Briefs
DINNER HELD
Fifty or more students and fac
ulty members of the Scottsbuvg,
Va., high school motored to Rox ■!
boro Thursday night to have their
annual dinner, which as heid at.
Hotel Roxboro. 1
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SUNBEAMS MEET
Sunbeams of the First Baptist'
Church met Mondlay with Maude j
Anne O’Briant. 28 were present;
End the mission study book wasj
taught.
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RECITAL GIVEN
Pupils of Mrs. Albert Slaugh
ter of Allensville school gave a
music recital Wednesday night
at the school. Awardls were pre
sented to winners in both high
srhool and elementary divisions.
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Mrs Griffin Better
Still further improvement _in
the condition of Mrs. Mildred
Griffin, 58, Roxboro woman in
jured Sunday afternoon when
struck by a car near scene of the
Pope-Blalock lumber company
fire, was reported this morning
by attaches of Community hos
pital, where she has been a pa
tient. Mrs. Griffin received E
broken arm, a fractured nose and
head injurise.
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COMMUNITY SING
Printed elsewhere in today’s
issue of the Times in an open
forum is a copy of a letter from
Wallace W. Woods, executive
secretary of the Roxboro Cham
ber of Commerce, announcing
plans for a benefit Community
Sing, sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce for the Community
Hospital, to be given May 10th
at the Person County Court
House. Funds derived will be
turnedi over to the Hospital Aux
iliary for purchase of linens and
other necessities.
Persons interested in the event
are requested to read Mr. Wood's
letter.
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Bushy Fork P. T. A.
The Bushy Fork P. T .A. met in
the school auditorium Thursday
evening. The devotional was con
ducted by O. R Yarborough, using
for his theme “One’s Influence.”
Plans were made for the com
ing year by the appointment of
committees, and election of offi
cers.
Mrs. R. L. Hester and Mrs. O.
R. Yarborough gave interesting
talks concerning their trip to Ash
eville to the State meeting of
P. T. A.
“Teacher, Can I Go Home,” a
play, was presented by the sev
enth gradie and a motion picture,
“The Red Cross Nurse,” was
shown.
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EXERCISES HELD
Class dpy exercises at Allens
ville were given on Friday night,
in the school auditorium under
direction of Miss Patrica Slau
ghter, faculty advisor. Included
in the list of sixteen seniors
taking part were Miss Hallie
Crumpton, valeddctorian, and
Miss Slaughter, salutatorian. Mar
shals were Miss Elsie West, chief
and Misses Pearl Hicks, Lucile
Rudder and Josephine Gentry,
also Misses Mabeline Davis, Al
ma Hughes and Lois West, sopho
mores, and Henry Slaughter and
Ellis Moo refield, freshmen.
Americas to Observe Music Week
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Cultuial relations between Western hemisphere nations will be
strengthened May 4-11 as 19 Latin-Amcrican nations and Canada join
the U. S. in observing National Music week. The observance will he
opened May 3 by the NBC Summer Symphony orchestra (above), which
will present a special concert on a coast-to-coast network.
April Meeting Ot
Agencies Council
Will Be Held
April meeting (of the Person
County Council of Social agen
cies will be held on Wednesday,
the 30th, at Hotel Roxboro, wheie
luncheon will be served at one
o’clock with the president Rob
ert Edgar Long, presiding.
Program is expected to be de
voted to a survey of Cunning
ham township, presented by Misi
Lucy Greene and Mrs. R. B.
Dawes. This will be the second
in a series of township surveys
and a full attendance is request
ed.
Bird Club Group
Asked To Meet
Here Wednesday
Roxboro residents interested
in the formation of a local unii
cf the Bird Club of North Caro
lina are requested to meet at
Hotel Roxboro Wednesday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock. Among
those making arrangements are
Mesdames L. M. Carlton and)
Walter Wioody.
State President is Miss Claudia’
Hunter, of Henderson. Object
of the society is the preservation
of song birds and it is hoped that
a bird sanctuary may be estab
lished here.
Along The Way
With the Editor
With mine own eyes, I saw it. I saw Alex Sergeant marry
his first couple. To be sure it was a colored couple, but they
wanted to get married and Alex was a justice of the peace
so he up and married them just as tight as they could be mar
ried. Now Alex did not know the marriage ceremony, but it
so happened that he could read and he got through the. affair m
good shape. I was the man who had to go find the justice for
the couple and when the groom paid the “preacher” a dollar I
claimed 50c for finding him. I got exactly what the bear grabb
ed at and my friend Sergeant walked away with a smile on his
face. Flem Long was a witness and that man had the nerve to
ask my marrying friend to salute the bride. Alex blushed. After
it was all over he asked me if he had performed alright, I v. as
still mad about not getting my half of the fee, but I did wan*
to make him feel good so I told him that the job was done as
well as any I had ever seen. However I was still mad about
the money.
Otto Clayton came out with the first straw hat of the
season. That man wore a straw about a week ago, but had to
put it up when the frost came again. Anyway he is ahead ot
us provided he has paid for his hat—but we doubt that he has.
Coleman King takes the prize. He went to work his gard
en and took a portable radio with him. The radio was playing
as Coleman went hoeing down the row to the tune of a waltz.
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ROXBORO MAN HAS
OWN LINE READY
FOR MARKETING
J. Owen Perkins Has
Skin Lotion And Other
Products Ready For Dis-
Contribution In City.
Placing on the market unde:
his own name a line of skin lo
tions, flavoring extracts and
shoe polishes, J. Owen Perkins,
who has his laboratory at his
home recently completed arrange -
ments with a local store for dis
play and sale of his products.
Mr. Perkins gives his formulas
personal attention and expects
to soon have distribution over a
wider territory. He began the
business in a small way several
months ago and has only within
(the past few weeks completed
arrangements for local sales. All
formulas used comply fully
with laws governing production.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Perkins of Person County,
Mr. Perkins is a graduate of
Bethel Hill high school and has
for several years been interest
ed in the creation of better lo
tions, extracts and polishes. He
says that his polish for white
shoes cleans as it polishes and
will not rub off. Local agent is
Rose’s store.
SUNDAY APRIL 27, 1941
Nine Out Os Eighteen Civil
Cases Continued By Court
RELIEF SOCIETY
SENDS CASH AND
USED CLOTHING
Tin, Lead and Aluminium
Foil Also Has Value In 1
British Aid.
Regular weekly report from the :
Roxboro unit of the British War (
Rerief society, of which Mrs. S. i
M. Ford is chairman, shows that
one box of used clothing, weigh ;
ing 111 pounds, has been dis- i
patched to headquarters, and that
cash in the amount of $9.00, rep-;
representing memberships, cash
contributions and profits from;
sales of emblems, playing cards
and costume jewelry has been
sent to the central office.
Chairman of the Roxboro unit;
during the absence of Mrs. Foidi
this summer will be Mrs. G 1 j
Prillaman, according to announce-'
ment from Mrs. Ford.
I From J. C. Lindsay manager of
| the shipping department, of the
j New York office of the British
War Relief society has come the
following statement:
In the metropoliton area we
have started an intensive drive
for the collection of various metal •
foils and other forms of scrap al-J
uminum and tin. This campaign
has enjoyed considerable success
to the extent that we are en
couraged by it.
In view of the fact that this
material can stand only very
slight overhead, it might prove
unprofitable to have all of the
foils, etc. shipped int oNew York,
and our aim is to establish collec
tion depots in numerous zones
and to have the metal sold at
these collection depots, the pro
ceeds of such sales to be remitted
to National Headquarters.
Cigarette Foil: This is the least
valuable foil, but at same time
the most voluminous, and, there
fore, we wish to collect same .It
should be left flat (not rollefl into
balls) any paper taken off, and
it should be kept apart from ot
her foils.
Aluminum Articles: The follow
ing articles are of aluminum:
milk bottle caps, photographic
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They Don’t Move
Furniture But
One Equals Two
On Sunday afternoon W. J.
Green, machinist for the Pope-
Blalock Lumber company,
moved his furniture out of his
house and then watched the
house go up in smoke when
flames spread from the close
I by and blazing lumber in Rox
boro’s most expensive confla
gration. Green’s son-in-law,
Henderson Miles, who
next door, did the same thing.
On Tuesday Green and Miles
moved into a house on Peach
tree street, property of Mis.
Mary Hunter Long. Salvaged
furniture was soon in place
and just to make things a lit
tle more comfortable they
built a fire in the stove in a
downstairs room.
On Friday morning at 8:30
o’clock the ceiling in that room
blazed up from the overheat
ed stovepipe. Due to quick re
sponse by the fire department
damage this time was so small
that the new tenants did not
have to move their furniture,
but they wonder wjhat wil?
happen next.
THE TIMES IS PERSONS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Judge Leo Carr Then Goes
To Chapel Hill For District
Bar Asociation.
With nine out of eighteen cases
cn the Civil calendar continued,
Person Superior court, over which
Judge Leo Carr of Burlington
presided, ended Friday afternoon,
lost case tried being that of Mrs.
Bettie Harris vs J. R. Harris in
which an order will be signed
later.
Judgments wore signed: in J.
P. Day vs B. It. White, giving Day
$75 in a case in which a bound
ary dispute was center of inter
est, it being alleged timber had
been wrongfully cut, and in M. C.
Cook et al vs J. Wiley Bradsher,
giving defendant right to fill an
answer with regard’ to a deed of
trust.
The Day-White case goes to
Supreme Court on appeal.
Also signed was judgment in
A. M. Smart vs J. R. Garrett, giv
ing Smart $118.36. Basis for this
case was that Smart, driving an
automobile, is alleged to have
run over a horse, property of
Garrett, it being found that the
owner of the horse was negligent
in allowing it to run at large.
Judgment was also rendered in
W. H. Brown vs J. Johnson and
wife and in the suit brought by
Miss Irene Green against Patrick
H. Briggs and -John E. Briggs for
alleged injuries received in ar,
automobile wreck. Miss Green
rceived damages of $267.99.
Divorce sought by Mrs. Susie
H. O’Briant from Jeff O’Briant
was granted on grounds of sep
aration for two or more yeSr.-:.
Immediately after adjournment
cf court Judge Carr left for
Chapel Hill, where he was to
preside over the district Bar as
sociation of which he is presi
dent. Roxboro attorneys attend
ing the association were F. O.
Carver, Sr., W. D. Merritt and
A. M. Burns. Jr.
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PRIVYI PROJECT
RECEIVES VERY
HIGH PRAISE
S. R. Whitten Project
Superviser, Has Letter
Praising Work.
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S. R. Whitten, supervisor of
the Sanitary Privy Project fir
I Person County, is in receipt of
| a letter from B. L. Jessup State
Director of this project, stating
that a recent survey made in
this county shows that the sur
vey *iere prboably comps as
near being perfect as any survey
that he been made in North
Carolina.
This high praise for the privy
project in this county is a distnet
honor to the county and reflects
a large amount of credit on Mr.
Whitten, the supervisor.
Whitten has been with th?
Sanitary Department for about
three years and has 25 men
working under him. Altogether
they have made about 1000 pri
vies. All privies are made in the
gair grounds.
The recent survey in this
cccnty was made by J. C. Dost,
district srpervisor.
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SCHEDULE PLANS
Roxboro merchants interested
in Summer closing hours for
stores are requested to attend a
discussion meeting Tuesday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock in the Cham
ber of Commrece