Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 4
U. S. Hesitates To |Drop
Relations With Moscow
Breaking of Diplomatic Relations Would Halt Flow of Val
uable Information to Washington and Would Lessen
Prospects of U. S. Taking Role in Peace Talks
■ Washington, Dec. 4—Demand
P>r withdrawal of diplomatic rec
ognition from Russia and recall
of the American ambassador was
made this afternoon by Senator
Vandenberg, of Michigan, fre
quently mentioned as a presiden
tial possibility by the Republi
cans.
This is another indication that
the soviet invasion of Finland
will figure as an Issue in the 1940
presidential campaign.
But withdrawal of American
diplomatic . representation from
Russia would leave the United
States in a virtual "blackout" in
the gathering of information and
reports of incalculable value to
4s, it was declared in official cir
Ses here today.
"Furthermore, such action might
materially lessen the prospects of
the United States for playing a
major role in any peace negotia
tions In the days to come.
Tactical Error
In some quarters here today,
there was a tendency to consider
that the Roosevelt administration
had made a grave tactical error
in its haste to show to Germany
its annoyance of that country's
military policies, through the me
dium of withdrawing our ambas-
Cdor from Berlin.
While it cannot be said that
e administration is "grieved"
or "embarrassed" because of such
precipitous action, nevertheless it
Is not going to repeat It by hur
riedly recalling American Ambas
We're
—A ppreciative
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of the wonderful spirit that nearly ev
eryone has shown us during our recent
fire.
ESPECIALL
do we wish to publicly express our sin
cere thanks to the members of the fire
—' department for their very efficient ser
vice ... to the police department for
their splendid co-operation ... to the
merchants of Elkin for sympathetic as
sistance ... and to the public as a whole.
V
OUR P
To ever remember these many services
and at a near date to be able to serve our
public even better than before.
PENNEY'S
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G. L. Hill, Manager
EAST MAIN ST. ELKIN, N. C.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNI
sador Lawrence Stelnhardt from
Moscow to Washington. In mat
ters such as this, it would appear
that American foreign policy has
undergone a considerable change,
the most important effect being
to proceed upon any course with
a great dear of caution.
It was said in well Informed
quarters this afternoon, "We will
get awful mad at Russia and
Russia will get awful mad at us
and then, at least for the present,
there the matter will rest." It
was added that any way one looks
at it, Russia potentially is a good
customer for the United States to
cultivate. Why unnecessarily an
tagonize the soviet government,
which is virtually the sole pur
chaser of imports, and let what
ever trade is available drift to
other lands? is a question asked
here. Why take the lead In with
drawing our ambassador and thus
openly inviting that country to
take a like step? .
Just Careful
Jones: "My wife is always ask
ing for money. It's two dollars
yesterday and five dollars today
and three dollars tomorrow—al
ways money, money, money."
Brown: "What does she do
with it all?"
Jones: "I don't know l've
never given her any yet."
Antcosti island in the St. Lau
rence river has been the scene of
150 shipwrecks.
The Custom of
Thanksgiving
Started In 1621.
By J. S. HIATT
"Thanksgiving Day Is an an
nual holiday by proclamation of
the President for the District of
Columbia and of governors for
the various states. The custom
was originated by the Pilgrims In
1621 following their first harvest.
About 10 years later various col
onies occasionally set aside a day
for prayer and thanks until in
1680 in the Massachusetts Bay
Colony it became recognized as
an annual holiday. The governors
of these colonies appointed the
date for thanksgiving and the
Continental Congress made pro
vision for the days of thanksgiv
ing annually during the Revolu
tion, with the exception of 1777.
In 1779 Washington proclaimed
a day for offering thanks and
again in 1795. Acting .upon, a
resolution of Congress, President
Madison set aside a day for
thanks after the war of 1812. In
1817 New York adopted Thanks
giving Day as an annual holiday
and was followed in that by many
other states, so that in 1858, by
proclamations. Thanksgiving Day
was observed in 25 States and 2
Territories. In 1864 President
Lincoln designated the last
Thursday of November for
Thanksgiving, as Washington had
done, ahd since that time each
President has followed the prece
dent by an annual proclamation."
That's Right
Student—What happens, sir, if
the parachute fails to open?
Tough Sarge—You come back,
sonny, and 111 give you another
one.
ELKIN. N. C« THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1939 '
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to provide company for Mei-Mei, by now a privileged guest at the
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world's leading showmen permitted to leave West China, arrived in
Chicago today from its native habitat as a gift to the zoo, only place
in the world to have two pandas, there being only three others in
captivity.
NO SUCCESSOR YET
TO REV. J. P. DAVIS
No successor has yet been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy made
by the resignation of Rev. J. P.
Davis as pastor of the Jonesville
Baptist church. Rev. Davis, who
served the pastorates at both
Jonesville and Boonville, resigned
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to accept a call to the Spray
Baptist church, which offered full
time work. He left last week to
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Mr. Davis has been a leader in
the Baptist churches of the
county during the nine years
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these churches, and it was with
deep regret that his congrega
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Kurfees
Fifth Dis
Congress Post
Marshall C. Kurfees of Win
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he will be a candidate for the
Democratic congressional nomina
tion in the fifth district in 1940.
"Due to developments of the
past few weeks, I deem it proper
to announce that I am a candi
date for the high office of con
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the fifth district," Kurfees said.
"I think Forsyth county is en
titled to have the district's rep
resentative in Congress. I shall,
if nominated and elected, repre
sent all the counties of the dis
trict impartially."
Kurfees is 35 years old. He has
been a resident of Forsyth coun
ty for 20 years. He was born at
German ton, in Stokes county,
and resided there until he re
moved to Forsyth county.
The Liberty Bell was cracked
on July 8, 1835 /while tolling dur
ing the funeral of John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the U. S. who
died in Philadelphia.