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‘LOST COLONY’ PASSES
200TH PERFORMANCE
MANTEO, N. C., July 26
“The Lost Colony,” Paul Green’s
symphonic drama celebrating the
355th anniversary cf the birth of
the first white child born of Eng
lish parents in the new world,
has passed its 200th performance.
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WOULD GIVE ARMY
MATERIALS FOR
3,000,000 SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, July 24.—The
House has received a $8,063,238,-
478 supplemental defense appro
priation bill, carrying funds to
supply the army with needed ma
terials for a 3,000,000-man fight
ing force and for 541 new mer
chant ships.
The bill also carries funds to
expand the navy’s personnel from
258,000 to 369,000 officers and
men.
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HULL PLANS TO RETURN
TO JOB IN FEW DAYS
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
W. Va., July 26.—Secretary of
State Cordell Hull, who has been
here for rest and recuperation
from an illness, said today he
was “feeling fit as a fiddle” and
planned to return to his desk ir.
Washington aftef a few more
days of “storing up energy for my
job.”
Hull has resumed one of his
favorite pastimes and exercises—
practice on the golf course put
ing green. For the past three
days he has been on the putting
green twice a day.
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MOVE INTO INDO CHINA
CONDEMNED BY WELLES
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The
United States denounced Japan
ese “aggression” in French Indo-
China on grounds that establish
ment of Japanese bases there
would menace American supply
lines to the rich East Indies and
ultimately endanger the Phillip
pines.
This Government’s official at
titude was expressed in a formal
statement by Acting Secretary
of State Summer Welles, who
said he had conveyed United
States concern over the new Jap
anese push to Japanese Ambass
ador Kichisaburo Nimura at a
meeting here yesterday.
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WILSON DRAFT BOARD
QUITS IN PROTEST OF
ALLEGED DISCRIMINATIONS
WILSON, July 26.—Wilson
County’s draft board No. 2 and
its chief medical examiner sub
mitted their yester
day to Adjutant General J. Van
B. Metts in proetst against the
rejection of Irv Dickens, Wilson
baseball player, at Fort Bragg af
ter he had been passed by the
local authorities.
Board members asserted pres
sure had been brought to obtain
his rejection because of the de
sire to retain his services as field
captain and second baseman of
the Coast Plain Club here. They
said, however, Dickfens himself
had no part in seeking to escape
military service. •
State Selective Service head
quarters said today members of
Wilson County Draft Board No.
Tt and its chief medical examin
er had been Risked to defer their
resignations, pending an investi
gation of their charges.
JersonjMmes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
A. I. Park, Caswell Man,
Will Be Farm Assistant
Will Come As Assistant
Under Person Agent H. K.
Sanders, August 1.
New assistant Farm Agent in
Person county is to be A. I. Park,
of Route 4, Danville, Va„ who
has been engaged in similar work
in Caswell county.
Mr. Park will begin his work
on Friday, August 1. Post of as
sistant farm agent here has been
vacant for about a year, since the
lesignation of J. B. Snipes, now
Wilkes county farm agent.
Person residents for the
past several months petitioned
the County Commissioners to
name a successor to Mr. Snipes,
but definite action was not tak
en until the July meeting at
which time was included in the
1941 budget an appropriation of
S6OO to cover the county’s por
tion of the salary of a new as •
sistant.
During his connection with Cas
well county Mr. Park was a
member of the Yanceyville Ro
tary club and was in many other
ways actively connected with civ
ic affairs.
On Tuesday night at its regu
lar session the Yanceyville club
passed a resolution expressing
appreciation for his services to
Caswell county and to the club,
with good wishes for him in his
new position and regrets that he
is leaving Caswell county.
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Claude T. Hall
To Serve With *
Credit Board
Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale,
prominent Person farmer and
business man, has been named as
cne of seven district directors oi
the Farm Credit Board, accord
ing to announcement today re
ceived from district governor A
G. Black, of Columbia, S. C. On
ly ether North Carolinian on the
board is Harvey Evans, of Laur
inburg. Hall, who will serve un
til December 31, 1942, is expect
ed to attend the August meeting
of the board.
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Tentative Date
For Opening Os
Schools Chosen
Opening date for Roxboro dis
trict and Person County public
schools has been tentatively set
for Wednesday September 3, ac
cording to announcement from
Superintendent R. B. Griffin,
who yesterday that the date
could be changed to one week
later, “if tobacco is to late.”
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FOUR-YEAR COURSE
ESTABLISHED FOR MEDICAL
TECHNICIANS
CHAPEL HILL, July 26.—1 n
response to the growing demand
for medical technicians, the Uni
versity of North Carolina faculty
has just set up a new Course
leading to the degree of B. S. in
medical technology.
The new program goes into ef
fect with the opening of the Fall
term in September of this year.
The increase in hospital and
other medical facilities incident
to the national defense program
has greatly stimulated the need
for more medical technicians, Dr.
Robert B. House, dean of admin
istration, pointed out in announc
ing the new course.
SCOUTS WILL
BE PLEASED TO
DO EXTRA DUTY
Householders Who Were
Missed In Aluminum Drive
Or Who Have Other Pieces
To Donate May Call On
Scouts.
Scoutmaster Dr. Robert E.
Long, of this City, under whose
direction Boy Scouts of Roxboro
have been collecting aluminum,
yesterday reported that the drive
has been unusually successful
here and that many household
ei s have contributed discarded
pots and pans and other pieces.
The campaign will, however,
continue through Tuesday, July
29, and any persons not yet con
tacted wh ohave aluminum they
wish to contribute are requested
to telephone Dr. Long, who will
be pleased o send Scouts to col
ect the material.
Pujblic receptical for the metal
is on the City Hall lawn, by ar
rangement with City Manager
Percy Bloxam, and both contain
ers were yesterday full, although
Mr. Bloxam said he would be
abe to take care of all contribu
tions made. Greatest emphasis
of the campaign was felt here
Thursday when Scouts conduct
ed a house to house drive.
Also pleased with, success of
the campaign is E. G. Thomp
son, chairman of the local unit
of the State Committee for Na
tional Defense, who was instru
mental instarting drive in this
City as the first of several pro
jects expected to be undertaken
by the Committee.
So far. only “V” for ‘Victory’
sign in the City is on the front
of the aluminum bins on the
Citl Hall lawn.
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Four Small Boys
Get “Frocga” Os
Unusual Type
Four small boys stood in
the doorway of the Times of
fice Friday afternoon. They
stared, with that curiosity in
born in boys. One of them
had in his hand a glass jar
containing an acquatic speci
man floating in muddy wa
ter. Beowulf would have call
ed it a “frocga”: a modem
scientist would have said,
“Genus Rana’”, but to the
boys it was plain bullfrog,
distinguished from all other
bullfrogs by one abnormali
ty, the possession of six legs.
The boys, Victor Roberts,
13. Jerry Wilburn, 9, Harold
Carver, 11, and smallest Phil
ilp Wilburn, 5, brother to
Jerry, caught the frog dur
ing the morning’s gigging in
small stream near Roxboro
Cotton Mills’ millpond. Hav
ing shown his frogship, whose
extra appendages were in
place just above its rear right
leg, the boys, all of this city,
trooped away ready to re
sume their expedition at the
creek.
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IN MOUNTAINS
Mrs. Giles Crowder, of this
city, and her daughters, Mrs. T.
B. Thompson, Tis Haw River, Miss
Frances Crowder of Roxboro, and
Miss Annie Belle Crowder, of
Norfolk, Va., are spending sev
eral days in western North Ca
rolina.
A Here’s a Young, Bold Adventurer
jjfll * _ft .''V?
He’s pretty young for an adventurer, but here he is . . . Karvcyci'. i
'.each, scven-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Leach of Car::
tables, Fla. The family is bound on a long trip by streamliner, steam' 1
end mule to a gold mining camp in Ecuador. For two years the Leachc.i
will be at Portovelo, 2,500 feet above sea level.
Planning and Zoning Board
Meets On Tuesday, Aug. sth
NEGRO PLACED IN
JAIL FOLLOWING
SAWMILL AFFRAY
Graham Bigelow Charged
With Hitting S. V. Oliver
With Shovel, Inflicting
Head Injuries.
Charged with an assault with
a shovel on S. V. Oliver, Cun
ningham township sawmill oper
ator, Graham Bigelow, 20, Negro,
cf Yanceyville, was Friday A. M.
turned over to Person County au
thorities following his arrest at
YantLyville by Caswell Sheriff
J. H. Gunn.
Bigelow, now in Person jail
and unable to give required bond
of S2OO, will be given a hearing
before magistrate W. A. Sergeant,
who issued the warrant. The al
leged assault occurred Wednes
day morning at Oliver’s after
Bigelow became angry at a re
quest made by Oliver, his em
ployer. Oliver was hit on the
head.
Person officers who brought
Bigelow to Roxboro were Deputy
Sheriff Bob Whitt and Patrol
man W. A. Baxter.
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TALMADGE AND FOES
INVITED TO SAME FETE
ATLANTA, Ga„ July 26.—There
cught to be fireworks in Pickens
County Saturday, if plans for the
dedication of R-E-A Line go
through.
Listed as speakers at the cele
bration are Governor Eugene
Talmadge; Attorney General El
lis Arnall, the leading anti-Tal
madge candidate for the govern
orship, and Senator Richard B.
Russell, who find Tal
rnadge as an opponent when he
comes up for re-election next
year.
Along The Way
With the Editor
The writer of this column has just returned from a nice
vacation, but wants his bankers David Brooks and Gordon
Hunter, to know absolutely that he did not spend much money.
It was a real quiet vacation with kinfolks and the bankers
can put it down that he did not throw away any real cash.
You will be paid all he owes you in due time —if you have
tnat much patience.
I notice on my return that two young men of this city
have opened a drug store, Buddy Allgood and C. Byrd. Just
as 1 get time I wish to go up and give them part of my
business. 1 like to open charge accounts with the new stores.
They are always so nice about things like that.
It’s really hard to write today. When you do not know
what has been going on you can’t hardly tell a decent lie on
a fellow, so if all the. readers of this column, both of them,
will excuse me today, I will see you next Sundfcy.
Citizens Reminded That
They May Discuss Street
And Other City Problems
With Planning Conun is
sion.
August meeting of the Roxboro
Planning and Zoning commission,
in accordance with a decision
reached at the July session, will
be held at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, on Tuesday, August 5, in
the City hall.
Expiated to be present at that
time will be a representative from
the_State Highway and Public
works commission, who will dis
cuss with the Roxboro body mat
ters pertaining to street and road
way programs.
Chairman of the commission
of seven members from various
sections of the City is J. W. Nodi.
Secretary is E. G. Thompson. The
commission meets one week be
fore the monthly session of the
City Board of Commissioners and
it is expected that certain recom
mendations will later be made to
the Board by the members of the
Planning Commission.
Ex officio member of the Plan
ning Commission is City Mana
ger Percy Bloxam. Attention is
called to fact that time of
meeting has been changed from
three o’clock to two o’clock, and
it is requested that all citizens
having requests to make to the
planning body see the represen
tatives from their section of the
city before the meeting date or
make plans to attend the August
5 session in person.
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GUEST OF SISTER
In Roxboro as the guest- of his
sister, Mrs. N. S. Thompson,
South Main street, is Robert C.
Satterfield, who has for the past
several months been a patient at
Veteran’s hospital, Fayetteville,
Mr. Satterfield expec*= to be here
until August 3, when he will re
turn to Fayetteville.
SUNDAY JULY 27 1941.
Lt. Robinson Ready to Come
To City Position By Friday
RETIRING CHIEF
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Chief S. A. Oliver
MOST PEOPLE TO
OBSERVE TIME
CHANGE IN CITY
Post Office Under Old
Schedule Until Further
Notice, Due To Mail Sche
dules Os Trains.
Majority of Roxboro residents
and business houses will appar
ently turn their clocks forward
one hour, beginning tonight at
mid-night, in observance of the
Daylight Saving plan requested
by President Roosevelt, Governor
Broughton and local officials.
Some places of business, a
meng them the United States
Post office, will however, stick to
Eastern Standard time because
trani schedules will operate un
der E. S. T. Postmaster L. M.
Carlton said yesterday morning
that until further notice this
will be true
Also operating on daylight
time will be Collins and Aikrnan
corporation and Roxboro Cotton
Mills. Chamber of Commerce
Secretary, W. W/illace Woods,
reported that some few business
men ohave said they wish t
adhere to Eastern Standard
Tim.
The City Hall nd all City em
ployees will go on daylight time.
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Owner Os Dog
Hurt By Auto
Sought In City
Latest victim of hit-and-run
driving in Roxboro is a white and
tan pointer dog, hit about 9:30
Thursday night near Belvin’s Tav
ern on the Greensboro road. Ap
parently suffering more from
shock than from visible injuries,
the dog cried sharply for sever
al moments before it craw lei
from the highway and took re
fuge under a parked car.
Examination was made by
Charles Wood, Roxboro novelist
and hunter, who had just driven
to the Tavern. Mr. Wood, who
thbn took the dog to his home,
reported it had suffered a bruis
ed right hind leg. He has since
reported that it has refused food.
The dog, a male, is apparently
a little more than a year old. Mr.
Wood, who is fond of hunting
and has two dogs of his own, to
day said that he is glad to care
for the injured pointer, but will
appreciate a call from its owner.
IN WATTS HOSPITAL
I. T. Glenn, of Busy Fork, fa
ther of T. K. and Stephen Glenn,
of Roxboro, yesterday under
went an operation at Watts hos
pital, Durham.
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NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
Chief Oliver, In Turn, Will
Take Over Duties As Fore
man With Water Depart
ment Under I. O. Abbitt.
Lieutenant George C. Robinson,
of Durham, wound up his work
there on the traffic squad of
the Durham Police Department
yesterday in preparation for the
beginning of his duties Aug. 1
c.y chief of police of Roxboro.
| Lieutenant Robinson was ap
pointed early this month to suc
ceed Chief S. A. Oliver, who has
headed the Roxboro force for 16
years.
Robinscn with the Durham
department since December, 1935,
became traffic lieutenant with
the creation of the post in Sep
tember, 1936, a position which he
has filled continuously since
then.
Before joining the police here,
he was a member of the State
Highway Patrol for four years,
serving in Durham, Roxboro, and
Raleigh.
Mr. Oliver, Roxboro’s retiring
Chief has transferred his
personal effects from his up
stairs office over the City Hall
and expects to enter upon his
new duties with the City water
department as soon as Lt. Robin
son takes over his work.
So far as is known, no changes
in the police staff are contem
plated. Present members of the
force are Charlie Wade, Anie
Watson, and Gilbert Oakley, with
Ben Chaney, of the Collins and
Aikman guard, as relief man.
State Patrolman W. A. Baxter
and night members of the police
force were on Friday night en
gaged in checking cars being op
erated without proper lights, but
otherwise no unusual activity
was engaged in during the week.
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Cancellation
Os Court Term
Agreed Upon
Cancellation of the August term
of Person Superior court, sched
uled to have begun Monday, Aug
ust 4, for trial of criminal and
civil cases, has been requested by
members cf the Person Bar, ac
cording to statement today made
by Assistant Clerk of the Court,
R. A. Bullock. Lack of cases com
ing up for trial was assigned as
reason for cancellation.
Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton
this morning said only two men,
Negroes charged with breaking
and entering and larceny, are be
ing held in jail for trial in Sup
erior Court. Next term is Sched
uled for October.
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ARMY MUST IGNORE
QUEEN’S DESIRES
Camp Shelby, Miss. July 26
The irony of it.
Miss Helen Cusack of Indian
apolis, Ind., who won the title
of “Army Queen” in a picture
contest as the most beautiful
girl writing soldiers, came to
Camp Shelby to see the soldier
she had been writing to.
The soldier, Sergeant Parker
Hancock of Kendland, Ind., was
away on maneuvers. His officers
said that they couldn’t interrupt
his training—even for royalty.
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RETURNS TO ROXBORO
G. P. Dickinson returned to
this city Thursday after
been in Beaufort for the funeral
of his hither.