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VOLUME XIV
Griffin Gives Totals
Far Mileage Cuts In
Bus Driving
Federal Rule
Also Obeyed In
Shops Arranged
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Helena Report Os Last
Week Followed By Coun
ty-Wide Survey. All Co
operating.
Person County Superintendent
of Schools R. B. Griffin today
said that Person and Roxboro'
public schools are fully coopera
ting with Federal regulations re- 1
cently imposed to curtail school
bus mileage in interest of saving
gasoline and tires.
Some schools are leaving off
side trips and instanoa is cited
in which one trip of a mile in
length is omitted, effecting a to-;
tal saving of four miles per day. 1
Gasoline is also saved thirough
elimination of numbers of bus
stops. Under new regulations
pupils living within two miles of
school are expected to walk. Old
limit was one mile.
Figures cited by Griffin for
mileage and bus per day stops
are:
S ', Pierson County Training Sch-!
00l for Negroes, miles reduced
from 597 to 447; Helena, 152 to
129, with bus steps from 117 to'
111; Mount Tirzah, from 144 to
126, with bus stops from 154 to
120, and at Olive Hill, 83 to 60,
with bus stops from 68 to 50. j
Also, Bethel Hill, 231 to 200,
with 295 to 263 for stops; Al-:
lensville, 172 to 159, with no'
change in bus stops; Bushy Fork,
133 to 106, with stops from 63 to
47; and Roxboro high school,
146 to 125 miles, with stops
frem 447 to 397, Helena, 152 to
from 89 to 76; and Hurdle Mills,
104 to 95, and 11, to 109. i
WIFE SENDSHER
HUSBAND AND AN 1
EDITOR WEARS HAT
Mrs. Wade Buchanan Gentry,
of Roxboro, clerk in the office of
Person Selective service beard,
had yesterday a personal inter
est in seeing that' January quota
of men enroute to Camp Croft,
S. C., made a safe trip. Her hus
band, a son of J. Larkin Gentry,
of Allensville, was among the
mien reporting. He was, until in
duction, connected with Collins
and Aikman Ocrp., Plant E, at
Ca-Vel.
Departure of the men in Gen-J
try’s group was delayed some
two hours by late arrival and
breakdown of one of two buss's.
Leader of the Person group was
T. C. Wagstaff, former associate
editor of the Roxboro Courier.
“T. C.” appeared hatless, as us
ual, but members of the Selec-j
tive Service board staff furnish-j
ed him with one, long enough to
keep the rain off His intellectual
brow.
Corp. Oliver In
North Africa
Corp. J. D. Oliver, of the Uni
ted States army, son erf Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Oliver, of Roxboro,
has landed safely in North Afri
ca, according to a message re
-0 ceived here today by his parents.
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY AND THURSDAY
African Trip j
Given Hint By
;Censor Head
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Times’ Editor Told F. D.
R. Was On Trip—Only :
Point Was Where?
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Forewarning of the precedent-J
breaking trip of President Roose
velt to North Africa was receiv
ed by the editor of the Person
j County Times on January, 11,
over two weeks ago, although
exact nature of the journey was
not revealed until Tuesday night.
I Sender of the note was Byron
Price, director of the Office of!
Censorship, Washington, with the 1
I stipulation, “Strictly acntjipden
j tial and not for publication.”;
But now it has been told and so
the message can be revealed. It
said:
“The President' is making an- 1
other trip. The attention of ev
, ery editor and broadcaster is di-
I rected forcefully to the Code
1 prevision restricting any inform
| htion regarding the movements
l of the Commander in Chief and
' any other ranking officials- of the
1 government.
i Upon his return, detailed news
of his. trip will be made avalable |
to all simultaneously.” It was
And until Tuesday night, Rox-'
| boro, residents, like their neigh-1
bors throughout the land, were j.
! as mystified as -yor< please,
i Price’s message was received
and kept under cover by all ed- i
itors and commentators.
PRECEDENTS
! Casablanca, Jan. 24.—(Delay- 1
ed) —President Roosevelt, who
has broken more precedents than
! any other United States Chief
, Executive, added these to his re
! cord in connection with his
: Ncrth African meeting with Win
ston Churchill:
i 1. He bscame the first Presi-|
dent who ever left' the United
States while the nation was at
.'war.
| 2. He became the first "Pr:si-|
; dent ever to fly while holding
’ office. |
L ; 3. He became the first Presi-j
’ dent since Abraham Lincoln to j
visit an actual theater of war. j
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AIR RAID MEN
TO MEET MONDAY
AT COURT HOUSE j
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, Maynard C. Clayton, Roxboro
I Chief Air Raid warden, today an-i
nouncsd a meeting of all City
, Air Raid wardens to be held i
, Monday night at eight o’clock
in the Grand Jury room at Per-!
, son (Court house. |
.! It is important that all district,
. wardens and their men attend,!:
, since it is undersood that State-[
wide blackouts and daylight' air
i raid tests ere to be conducted |
soon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Umstead, I
who have had residence on a-j
mar street, have moved to Wil
lardsville, where Mr. Umstead is
agent for the Norfilk and West
ern. (
Oorp. Frank E. Broomall, of ,
Camp Butner, spent the week- ■
end here with Mirs. Broomall. j
PERSON
Wagon-Age Golfers Get Ready
Street Scene Here, Sunday, Jan. 10, After Ban Started
Left to right are Sam Byrd Winstead, J. C. (Bill) Walker,
Gordon Brown, J. Sam Merritt, Chief of Police George C.
j Fuobinson, Newton Day, his head barely showirtg', near Robin
son, Lee Weathers, of Shelby, C. A. Harris and others in the
party that on Sunday twe weeks ago chartered a wagon to go I
five miles to Roxboro County club to play golf. Only trouble
was the wagon had rubber tires and there were two punctures J
before the boys could get back home.
Others in the party were: Philip L. Thomas, T. B. Woody,
Haywood Slaughter, Thomas Bowles, J. Lester Clayton, Earl ;
Brad-her, Sr., John Morris. D. W. Lca'better, Bill Harris, 111,
Tom Brooks and Bill Winstead, together with a Negro driver, j
Second trip was made last Sunday. |
I Do Not Know
I do not knew his name
and Ido not know] his
mother’s name. He was a
small boy, age about five
yeais old and lie was pull
ing a red wagon as he
walked into Tom’s Batter},-,
local scrap dealers of this
city. On his wagon was a
pile of scrap tin, metal, etc.
| There was his train and a
play helmet and several
Kther toys that had offer
ed plenty of fun some time
ago. He was offering them
all to Uncle Sam to help
win the war. I looked down
at his mother and on the
lapel of her coat I saw a
service pin. It had two
J Stars on it.
I do nfcit think that the !
little fellow was interested
in the money he got from
the scrap, but' as young as
he was he must have been
thinking of his two broth
ers who are offering
their all.
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AGENCY COUNCIL
HEARS WOBPS ON
i PARALYSIS DRIVE
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i Meeting Held At Hotel [
| Roxboro. Taylor New
i Member
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W. Wallace Woods, Roxboro
and Person chairman for the
l President’s Birthday ben: fit for
! the Infantile Paralysis founda
tion fund, which will be conduc- 1
ted the remainder of this week,
was ch'ief speaker at January:
meeting of the Person County:
Council of Social agencies held.
Ihere yesterday at' Hotel Rox
boro.
Woods, who said that public
response, especially the filling
of coin cards by school children,'
has been good, gave a brief his
tory of the Foundation and men-'
tioned specifically the Kenny
method of treatment.
Tag Day sale is planned Sat' r
urday by Girl Scouts.
J. W. GREENE INDUCTED
INTO KIWANIS CLUB
J. W. Greene, Roxboro, jewel
er, elected to membership in
Roxboro Kiwanis club, was in
ducted all the meeting held this
week. Presentation was by B. B.
Strum, past president.
TIMES
ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1043
Voltface
By Wfmen
Saves Club I
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Business And Proses
! siunal Woman’s Club To
Continue. Miss Bloxam
New President. |
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Women can, and do change;
| their minds: current example is
: Roxboro unit of the Business,
and Professional Woman’s Club,
an organization that met Tues- 1
day night for the announced
! purpose ts disbanding —for the |
j duration, change d its collective
i niind, elected a new president,
; Miss Barbara Bloxam, and be
-1 gan extensive plans for a new
program in keeping with its new
lease: on life. *
The stage had been set for
farewells, and gift for Miss
. Louise Croom, president, who
| was to preside over the “last ses
sion,” was bought. Today Miss
Croom, who is expecting to en
j ter military service as a nurse,
| has her gift, a very appropriate
j silver identification bracelet, and
! she leaves her club office with
I
I the satisfaction of knowing that
Mhe club w-ill go on.
! Decision to retain club organ
ization hfsre was reached at a
dinner session held at Hotel Rox
boro and attended by all but
i one of seventeen members.
Mrs. Hugh Woods’ j
Sister Dies In
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Philadelphia
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Mrs. Hugh Woods, of Roxboro,
1 yesterday received information;
i concerning the death of a sister, 1
' Mrs. George L. Thompson, of
I Philadelphia, at the home of a
son.
Funeral arangirments are in
complete. Mrs. Thompson, a na-j
tive of England, was the former
Miss Rose Field and had fre
quently visited in Roxboro. Oth
.er survivors are Mrs. h. T.
Bowles, a sister, of Roxboro,
and a brother, Willie FidA, of
Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Mary Seivers Woody, of
Duke University, spent' the week
end here with her parents, MrJ
and Mrs. T. B. Woody. I
COUNTY
Aiken, Slaughter And Cates
In Superior Court Go Free
PERSON’S YOUNGER
MEN LEAVE FOR
ARMY 1 SERVICE
Several Come From Oth
er Cities. Delinquents
Also Listed. Busses De
layed.
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Mrs. James Brooks, office:
manager of the Person Selective
Service Board, today released:
! for publication a list of white.
! men, January quota, who yester
| day reported from Person Coun
! ty and Roxboro to Camp Croft,
! S. C., for final examination and
! possible induction.
!- Also released by Mrs. Brcoksj
i was a list of Person men, trans-!
j ferred from other Boards and in- *
i ducted as from Roxboro, and a[
; list of men suspected of Selec-;
jtive Service delinquency. Those!
| suspected of delinquency are
| urged to feme to the Board of-!
j fice in Roxboro this month ana
! clear up their, status. Failure to
do so will result in prosecution.
Nine white men li-'tfd as de
; linquents are: Romie Chambers,
| Donald Henry Morris, Raymond
i Gilbert Parker. Doyle Alexander
| Riddle, Willie Nelscn. James
| Thcophles Clayton, Howard Col-
I lins, Hugh Lawrence Kelly and
i Paul Wilbern Shuskey, while,
i ten Negroes so listed are: Lee
(Continued On Back Pagel
CURTISLONG TO j
GOTO NASHVILLE '
AS AIR CADET !
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J Curtis E. Dong, of this City,
,'son of Mrs. A. M. Long
. brother cf Dolian Long, is to re-;
r port to Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4,’
j for duty as an aviation cadet, !
according to instructions receiv
• . d today. Long, who enlisted in
3 the Air Corps reserves, July 13,
3 is one of four North Carolinians :
_ asked to report to Nashville next
- month.
5 iiiuiiui.
J Along with the official notice 1
he received a train ticket to
>
; Nashville. Cno of the most popu-;
J lar ycung men in Roxboro, • he
( has been associated with his
t brother in the clothing business,
here.
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ANDTffiowscnr!
INTO BLACKOUT j
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: The City of Roxboro, parti-!
| cularly in the southern section j
j near the Oxford road was in ‘
| darkness this morning for sev- (
j eral hours bcacuse of the break-;
j ing of ice-coated powerline
i wires.
j Rain that fell all day turned
to ice and sleet with the coming,
of night and police and power-;
line workers were kept busy for!
hours looking for and repairing,
live wires and broken lines.!
j Service was still disrupted at,
noon today, after heaviest ice
storm since 1934.
Mrs. Molly Barrett' has been
ill at her home on Reams Av
enue.
Miss Arline Newell, of Wo-j
man’s College, Greensboro, spent :
the week-end here with her par-
I ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wheeler! <
! Newell. 1 1
jMorton’s Jury
'Report: Puts
'Good Side Up
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Only Complaint
Concerns Pond
In School Yard j
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Seme School Bus De
fects, But They Are To j
Be Connected. Kings
Again Praised.
Errol Morton, of Olive Hill, j
foreman of the Grand Jury for,
term of Person Superior ccurt!
just ended, on Tuesday filed
briefest and most unsensational j
; Grand Jury report delivered j
here in the past year and a half.;
Published on page three of
today’s issue of the- Times is a 1
partial text of Judge C. E.
Thompson's charge to the Grand
Jury, delivered Monday morn
ing. Aside from definitions of
duties to be performed, chief
emphasis of the judicial message
was devoted to an exposition of
the history and importance of
the Grand Jury tradition in a l ,
democracy.
1 Only points of complaint in
i the Morton report pertained to
1 brakes on two school busses and
i exist: ncc of a “standing pool of
i water near Hurdle Mills school
i that needs draining”. The pool,
about 150 feet from the school,
gives an tdor “on warm days”,
according to the principal, A. L.
Combs.
County offices and institutions,
including County heme and jail,
were reported in good order. i
Storm To Close
County Schools
Until Monday
Person County Public sell
, ools, including Person Coun
ty Training- school for Ne
groes, closed today and will
remain closed until Monday'
because cf disruptions of scr
; vices, chiefly in electric cur
rent, water power and
reads, caused 'by the heavy
; ice storm, which began yes
terday and continued until
this morning.
School announcement was
I made this afternoon by
| County Superintendent R. B.
j Griffin, who said City sch
j ools for white pupils will
remain open.
1 Commenting on general
disruption of facilities, which |
has left many homes without
electrical current, T. Miller
White. Roxboro manager of
the Carolina Power and
Light company, said that
services will be restored as
soon as possible. Yanceyville
and Warrenton were other
localities hard hit by the
storm.
Both water department
and power company men
worked far into the night
and are still busy. Numbers
of stores and restaurants
have been forced to close.
Miss Louise Darden and S.
Ben Davis, Jr., spent Sunday in
Wilson, with Miss Darden's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Dar
den. , I
Buy DEFENSE
BONDS-STAMPS
Eulie Denny Case
Finally Reaches
Its Settlement
Aiken Freed Os Charge
Os Robbing Arthur Per
kins. Willie Cash Case
Again Continued.
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[ Willie Thomas Aiken, 27, Rox
! boro resident and Norfolk, Va.,
! defense plant worker, yesterday
in Person Superior Court, crimi
nal division, won acquital of
charges of robbery cf a sum of
| money, $34, from Arthur Perkins,
' of this City. Acquitted also was
;J. L. (Dock) Slaughter, of Al
i lensville, charged with an as
sault with intent to kill.
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Return of verdict in the Siau
i ghter case late yesterday after
noon. ended a three day session
of the court ever w'hich Judge
iC. E. Thompson, of Elizabeth
City, presided. Only other im
portant ease tried during the
; resion, that of William Cates, 14,
Negro, charged with attempted
assault with intent to commit
rape, ended Tuesday on a non
suit. motion from Cates' attorney
at end of State’s evidence.
Other cases disposed of in
j eluded: John Henry Walker, Ne
gro. alias John Henry Warren,
robbery, three years on roads;
James Thomas Webb, Negro
larceny, two years on reads;
Earl Lewis Harris, 24, Negro, as
sault with a deadly weapon,
eight months on roads; James
Bailey, 21, William Bailey, 24,
and Roy Paylor, 20, all Negroes,
j S uilt y of trespassing twelve
months on the roads, with sen
tences suspended whth costs and
, probation for five years.
Alsc, Ira Jones, 47, plea of
| guilty of simple assault on a fe
male. eighteen months on the
| roads, six more than was receiv
jed in Recorders’ court. This is
i the cas. in which Mrs. W. L.
| King, wife of the Person jailer,
; made a spirited and effective
| witness. Jones v ;-s lunged with
i assaulting his w:f , M: . . Jones
| afti;r .she had had, a hair-bob
j and permanent wave not to his
liking,
t Also. Eli lie Denny, found guil
j ly of non-support of an illegiti
! mat.'- child, sentence being un
der judgement that hr is to pay
j tc Haze! Talley, mother of the
j child, Wallace Wayne Jalley,
! SBOO, payments to be made to
j the .mother at rate of sl2 per
i month through Clerk of Super
i ior Court.
Again continued, almost a year
ito date of alleged ocurrance,
j was case of S. R. Whitten, Sr.,
! charged with failure to discharge
) duties of his offior. Continuance
j this time was to April term, but
| scheduled for next week in Civ
•il division is a suit brought a
ganst Sheriff M. T. Clayton,
Whitten and others by Mrs.
Thomas P. Whitfield, of Greens
boro, widow of Wmitfield, whose
death in a smoke-filled jail cell
precipitated both cases.
Continued also were cases
against' Willie Cash, Negro case
operator, charged with assaul
with intent to kill, and again*
Charles Cecil Wimmer, Durhai
drug addict, charged with breali
ing and entering and now serv
ing a term for a similar offens^
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AD HOME
Lawrence Hall whi has been
in the Army has returned to Box- 4
! boro- Change of the draft age
gave him honorable discharge.
NUMBER 32