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Along The Way— With the Editor H. K. Sanders done me wrong last week but I will have to wait till I catch him in a tight spot and you can bet your last dollar that I am going to let him have it with both barrels. Notice to Lt. E. G. Thompson who is now with the U. S. Navy in Washington. Your friend, Curtis Hill Oakley, your former roommate at Carolina, is now way up in the mountains where the breezes blow. He is having the time of his life while you are slaving away at a hot desk in Washington. He is under no restrictions whatsoever except those of his wife and he is staying at a high class place where they serve the very best in the food line. Os course this is not fair but I just wanted you to know that he is doing it. Personally, I think that he should have stayed at home and tended to his business. Gene, Curtis should have thought too much of you to take this vaca tion when you were tied up in a place as hot as Washington and can not get away. He is just a slacker, thats all. And on top of all that I do not think that he can afford the first part of the trip. hate Reuis Bulletins COUNTY-WIDE TRUCK DRIVERS’ SCHOOL IN AUGUST Mrs. Bill P. Flythe, of the- Safety Division off the State Highway department, on August 24, 25 and 26 will conduct a County-wide truck drivers’ school here. White drivers will come the first two days and it'is hoped that a number of girls will be among those reporting, says Person Superintendent of Schools, R. B. Griffin. All applicants are expected to bring driving permits with them. ROYAL AMBASSADOR CHAPTER WORKER Davd Byrd, summer worker for the North Carolina Royal Ambassador chapters, will be at Ca-Vel Baptist church Friday afternoon at four o’clock to hold a conference of boys and their leaders. The affair is expected to be of interest to all Blaptists in the Person area. STORM, WITH HAIL, STRIKES SEMORA SECTION Residents near Semora reported yesterday that wind and rain and hail did considerable crop damage, particularly to to bacco, there Thursay night. Numbers of trees were also up rooted. CHARLES PADDOCK, FAMED TRACKSTAR KILLED IN CRASH , * Was Colorful Figure Two Decades Ago. Had Great Career. » WASHINGTON, July 24.—The fiery crash of a naval plane near Sitka, Alaska, has claimed the lives of Major General William P. Upshur, veteran hero of the Marines, and Capfain Charles Paddock, Olympic track star of the Twenties who once was ac claimed as the “world’s fastest human.” The Navy department report ed that Upshur and Paddock and fuor other persons were killed when the plane crashed and burned Thursday. There were no survivors, and the Navy said that “the cause of the accident has not been determined yet.” Paddock, 42, had joined the Marine Corps as an officer July 10 f 1942, and had been on Gen eral Upshur’s staff since that time, serving both as an aide and as departmental morale of ficer at the Pacific Department headquarters. He also was pub lic relations officer for the de partment until last March. As a track star in the early twenties, he established 94 re cords, captured the 100-meter Olympic championship in 1920, and held various national cham pionships for the 100 and 200- meter distances in the period be tween 1920 and 1929. In private life, Paddock serv ed as general manager of the Pasadena Star News and Post and business manager of the Long Beach Press Telegram, and contributed to national maga zines. A lieutenant in the field artillery in 1918-19, he is sur vived by his widow and two children. Paddock frequently was the center of disputes involving of ficials of the Amateur Athletic Union, chiefly because he was an individualist in his opinions concerning the conduct of ama teur athletics, but his record as a sportsman was unblemished. Coach Dean Cronrwell, deve loper of national championship t<mma for many years at U(3C, and Paddock’s tutor for four years, said of his protege: “Paddock was one of my first champions. I’ve always regarded him as one of the finest fellows I’ve ever coached. He had brains as well as speed, and many of his victories were scored by his head.” Paddock's stepson, Prisk Pad dock, 18, joined the Marines shortly after his graduation last June from Webb School for Boys in Claremont, Calif.J and is in training at the University of Washington, Seattle. Capt. Paddock’s other son, Charles Paddock, Jr., is 11. Mrs. Paddock, who has been taking her husband’s place at the Star-News and Post, was ad vised from Washington that the plane was missing and later was told of her husband’s death. Paddock was only a schoolboy when in 1919 he won the 100 meters in the inter-allied meet at Paris. He beat many of the big name sprinters of the day. One of his most sensational races was against Dr. Charley Borah of the University of Cali fornia, in mid-20’s. Borah won the event by an eyelash in 9.5 seconds and set a world’s record in so doing. Official Poster The Person War Price and Ra tioning Board now has on hand official OPA posters for four classes of food stores. Food re tailers are asked to get these posters at the Roxboro OPA of fice at once because it is a viola tion of regulations not to have one of these posters in a conspi cious place in each store. Truck Sales- All sales of used commercial trucks, whether by a private owner or dealer, are covered by OPA, Regulation No. 341. No sale can be made at a price higher than the price provided for under the regulation.” BAPTIST CIRCLES Circles of the Woman’s Mis sionary Society of First Baptist church will meet on Monday, July 26th as follows: 4 P. M.—No. 1, with Mrs. G. C. Duncan at the church; No. 2, .with Mrs. W. J. Winstead; No. 3, with Mrs. B. B. Knight; No. 4, with Mrs. M. C. Clayton. SON BORN BOrn yesterday morning to Mrs. George W. Wirtz, Los Angeles, Calif., a son. * PERSON TIMES VOLUME XIV PUBLISHED EVEIVF SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1943 African Adventure Conies To Brother ■ i . Os Person Woman Lieut. Griffiths Vividly Relates Crash Os Plane ■ Mrs. L. Sanders McWhor- j ter’s Brother Describes ' Brave Conduct Os His Crewmen. Lieut. Val S. Griffiths, 26, of Huntington, W. Va., of the U. S. Army Air Corps, a brother of Mrs. L. Sanders McWhorter, of Roxboro, has a story to tell. It is a simple story of the crash of his “B-24 Liberator, that he was piloting somewhere in Africa, July 7, but it has a happy end ing: Lieut. Griffiths and his crew of nine men parachuted to safe ty- Lieut. Griffiths, who comes of an American family with Brit ish connections, took his first flight as a boy years ago while visiting in England and was on the verge of joining the R. A. F. at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. Two days later he sign ed up with the U. S. Air Corps, a volunteer. Os speculative interest in Rox boro, where Lieut. Griffiths has visited his sister many times, is the fact that one of the crew members on his plane was a Lieutenant Gentry. The Gentrys, tin Roxboro and Person County are as thick as Smiths or Browns might be in New York City, but when the pilot was writing his letter he did not think of that, and so the question of Gentry’s (Turn to page four please) WHOLE TOWN IN GEORGIA CAN BE BOUGHT FOR CASH Woman Who Owfns \AII But Post Office Anxious To SelL Gabbettville, Ga., July 24. Anybody want to buy a town? Mrs. Ann Metze Daniel, own er of this 36-acre town with the exception of the Post Office building wants to sell the 75- year-old community (1940 popu lation: 55), and is advertising in several newspapers. “My menfolks are all gone and there’s nobody but me left here,” she said, adding, “I own everything in the town, on both sides of the railroad. There’s a rock store, a barn, a warehouse, and three dwellings 36 acres in all. “Anybody who wants to own a good, . . . upstanding town can buy one cheap right now. We’re located on the railroad be tween West Point and La Grange, and we’re only 50 miles from Columbus. “My price is $50^000.” Several persons have expres sed interest in the proposition. Mrs. Daniel said, but there have been no actual offers. AT HOME Sgt. Sidney Winstead, of Rox boro, who has been here for sev eral days with members of his family, expects to leave soon to report to his Army station. Until last Spring he was in Hawaii. GO TO DUNN Mrs. C. C. Jackson and son, Michael, have gone to Dunn to spend some time with members of Mr. Jackson's family. Young Woman’s Auxiliary of First Baptist church will meet at the church Monday evening at 7:45. AAA EMPLOYES SEEM GAGGED TO SATISFY LAW Salaries May Not Be Paid Any Who Publicize Work. WASHINGTON, July 24. About 200,000 state and county employes of the Agricultural Ad justment Administration are prohibited from attempting to publicize their work or to in fluence Congress on farm legis lation. A virtual gag on AAA em ployes was ordered by the War Food Administration in order to comply with an act of Congress contained in this year’s Agricul ture Department appropriation, and apparently stemming from charges in Congress that AAA employes were using Govern ment time and money to build up pressure for various aspects of their program. AAA officials declared that ruling would greatly interfere with their task explaining the work of the 1944 farm program to farmers and suggested that the farm extension service of the Agriculture Department take over that job. The prohibition order issued by N. E. Dodd, AAA chief, for bids AAA employes to: “1. Furnish releases, photo graphic prints, illustrations or mats to the press. “2. Furnish prepared scripts or transcriptions for radio pro grams. “3. Preparq, distribute rr hibit motion pictures. “4. Prepare or display or exhibits. “5. Prepare articles for per iodicals, or furnish articles, pho tographic prints, illustrations or mats to periodicals. “6. Prepare or procure the printing of popular publications of a promotional nature. “7. By word of mouth, in in dividual contacts or before groups, carry on promotinal acti vities for the purpose of en hancing the prestige of AAA as an institution, or of indoctrinat ing a philosophy relating to the general principles of AAA pro grams, or of huilding public pressure for or against congres sional action on agricultural measures.” PAY INCREASES FOR 2,000 IN SOUTH ORDERED ATLANTA, Ga., July 24. Wage increases affecting about 2,000 employes in Florida, Geor gia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia have been aproved by the War Labor Board, it was announced. Re quests for wage increases for 1,210 other employees were deni ed. Incseases approved included: Acme Hosiery, Asheboro, ap proved retroactive to Feb. 15, 1943, 2 cent increases for finish ed work menders now receiving 42 cents an hour and for grey work menders and inspectors now receiving 43 cents an hour. The ruling affected 20 employes. Denied proposed increases of from 4 to 8 cents an hour for more than 200 other employees on ground .their rates are now within wage brackets far the in dustry area. PUBLISHERS FACE SHARP JUMP IN NEWSPRINT PRICES $4 A Ton Boost On Sep tember 1. WASHINGTON, July 24. The Office of Price Administra tion (OPA) and the Canadian Price Board announced jointly that the ceiling price of standard newsprint paper will go up $4 per ton on September 1 The joint announcement said other grades of newsprint will increase by similar amounts, and pi : ces in Canada will ce affect ed the same as in this country. The agencies said they were an nouncing the prices “well ahead of the effective date for ihe con veniences of both the newspaper publishers and the ’-ewsprint producers concerned.” For standard newsprint, the boost will bring the manufactur ers’ ceiling “port price ’ to $53 a ton. Siderun newsprint also | will advance to SSB and “super | standard’’ newsprint will go up to $61.50 a ton, also on a “port | price” basis. The action followed conferen ! ces in both Washington and Montreal and consulations w r ith j newspaper publishers and news ! print manufacturers. The announcement attributed i the rise to “increased costs of ! wood procurement.” CHURCHTOMERGE TWO INSTITUTIONS Consolidation Os Rich mond And Louisville Seminaries Is Imminent. RICHMOND, Va., July 24. A merger of the Union Theolo gical Seminary here with the Louisville Theological Seminary of Kentucky into a Presbyterian seminary to be operated in Rich ! mond is imminent, the Rev. E. p . Williford, D. D., of Goucester ourthouse said here. Dr. Williford, who is chairman of a joint negotiating committee j from the two seminaries, said ! that the boards of the two insti tutions have met, as well as the executive committees, and that “practically all things necessary for confirmation of a Union have i been considered, i “We are only waiting,” said Dr. Williford, “for the draft of the necessary papers to effect ; the consolidation which will be laid before the synods at the meetings in the fall. “The matter has been under 4 consideration for some time,” said Dr. Williford, who is on the Board of Trustees of the Union Theological Seminary here and the negotiating committee from that institution. It has already been approved by the boards of trustees of the two institutions and contains the final approval of the negotiating committee, he explained. The papers will be drafted' and presented to the various synods whiefi own the seminaries. The Richmond institution is ■owned by the Synod of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Appalachian, while joint ownership of the Louisville sem inary includes Kestucky, Mis souri, and the Synod of Mid southwest. At the meetings of these synods in the fall, the pro posed merger will be considered and, if approved, the institution will be set up in Richmond. ANTIQUES PORTLAND, Ore., July 24 The man was the father of five children. And he was seen at his home taking five coffins from a truck, police were told excitedly. The patrolman report: “The guy works for a casket* company. He brings home out of-style coffins to break up for firewood.” Broad Program For War Fund And For Person Part Given HUMPHRIES AND WHITT, SOLDIERS, GUEST SPEAKERS Robert M. Hanes, Person Commissioner J. A. Long, Jr., And Many Others Attend Rotary Club Ses sion. Corporal Landon Whitt and * Lieut. William Smith Humphries, two Roxboro soldiers now visit ing here, gave to Roxboro Ro tarians inside pictures of Army life experienced in Porto Rico and in California and Arizona at the club dinner at Hotel Rox boro Thursday night. Whitt's part of the program, in question and answer form, was devoted to Porto Rico, where he was stationed for a bout two years, while Lieut. Humphries, who recently return ed from desert maneuvers, des ! cribed training undergone by troops. Program chairman was O. B. Mcßroom, who presented Cpl. | Whitt. Humphries was a guest of IW. Wallace Woods, club presi- I dent, who introduced him and ! presided. Woods also had two I aditional guests, L. H. Danner and William J. Dempsey, both of Roxboro, who are with the U. S. Bureau of Mines and are here for purpose of assisting with re opening of the long closed Durgy mine, near Virgilina, Va. Collin Abbitt, riew member of the club, will be inducted at the next meeting in exercises con ducted by J. S. Walker. Other club guests included: P. T. Whitt, Sr., father of Cpl. Whitt, who also has in the ser vice three other sons and a daughter-in-law; Robert M. Hanes and Tom Carroll, both of Winston-Salem, J. H. McEwen, Burlington, and J. A. Long, Jr., Robert F. Moore R. F. Huddles ; ton and Errol D. Morton, all of I Roxboro. Next meeting of the club will [ be in charge of Fred Long. Plans ! are also being made for the Aug i ust 5, meeting, when “Father i and Daughter” night, with Gor don C. Hunter in charge, will be observed. Mcßroom, in his open ing remarks as chairman of the membership and classification committee, discussed classifica tions not now represented in the club. Pianist was Mrs. W. Wallace Woods, who recently returned from a visit in Sanford. Leggett’s Staff Has Supper At Louis Long Farm Members of the staff of Leg gett’s store here last night had a brunswick stew supper at Louis L. Long’s farm according to Victor Satterfield, manager. Among special guests was May nard C. Clayton, advertising manager of the Times. Supper was served shortly 4 after the store closed. ' . A similar affair was held at Long’s on Thursday night by the Kinozelian class of First Baptist church. SPEND DAY Mrs. L. W.Hobgood, Jr., of Henderson, and her cousin, Sgt. X Wells, of Henderson and Camp Forest, Tenn., were in Roxboro Friday for a visit. Mrs. Hobgood is the former Miss Ruth Hoyle. NUMBER 82 G. C. Hunter And Griffin Will Be County Leaders Lieut. Gov. Harris Acts As Temporary Chairman. Robert M. Hanes Speaks. Gordon C. Hunter, of Rox boro, executive vice president of the Peoples bank and chairman of the Person County War Bond and Stamp drive, will also head the committee: sponsoring the United War fund drive here Hunter was selected for this additional job at a meeting of Roxboro and Person citizens held Thursday night at Person Coun ty Court House, whe*e Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris actad as tem porary chairman, with Robert M. Hanes, of Winston-Salem, State chairman of the United War Fund drive, as one of the chief speakers. Also on the program, were Tom Carroll, of Winston-Salem, administrative official for State Headquarters of the Fund, and J. H. McEwen, of Burlington, district director. Carroll devot ed considerable time to a dis , cussion of the Fund plan and 1 mentioned specifically such par ! tiepating agencies as the USO, the British Relief society, the China Relief, the Queen Wilhel mina fund, and others, and sug gested that local social agencies in Roxboro such as Boy and Girl Scouts should be included in the quota for the local budget and be contributed to at the same time. Roxboro, however, has no Community Chest fund plan and it is not known to what extent the cooperative Comunity Chest and War Fund plan will be car ried out here. Nevertheless, it was definitely pointed out that some program to provide recrea ion for visiting soldiers and sail ors could and should be includ ed in the local portion of the [United War Fund set-up and the new chairman, Mr. Hunter, i . ! asked pointed questions about what could be done to readapt one of the abondoned CCC Camp buildings as a Service Man’s re- I creation center. I Publicity chairman for the United War Fund drive, which can be opened on or after Oct., 25, is W. Wallace Woods, who was named to that chairmanship by Hunter. Hunter was in turn, nominated by George W. Kane, with a second by Mayor S. G. Winstead. Motion to make the nomination by acclamation was presented by L. M. Carlton. Vice chairman is R. B. Griffin, ap pointed by Hunter. Person quota for the United War Fund for the County was accepted by the group but the final figure will be determined by the amount needed for local purposes. 1 Harris, as acting chairman, said that he had confidence that Person would meet its quota and stressed the fact that both ttye County and Roxboro have al ways met patriotic obligations. Only non-participating agency in the Fund will be the Ameri can Red Cross, which annually stages its own campaigns. Pur pose of the War Fund drive, as Hanes and Carroll explained, is to unite appeals for all chari table war and home front pur poses into one campaign and to eliminate duplications. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Oakley ana spending this week at Blowing Rock. * , " Mil v v. x
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