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Elkin "The Best Little Town in North Carolina" VOL. No. XXIX. No. 33 LATE F 1 NEWS! - TlVf and BRIEF N r STATE Hlgli POINT, June 25 Probably the truest expression of the spirit of the state de partment of the American le gion, a strong:, crusading: force for Americanism since the founding: of the national or ganization in St. Louis, Mo., in May, 1919, burst forth in rap turous applause here this morning when a large audience in the Junior high school aud itorium resoundingly cheered a statement by Got. Clyde R. Hoey that the width of the At lantic ocean does not justify a policy of isolation, and that false promises from abroad cannot be relied on since "Hit ler is the biggest liar in all history." Having already pass ed resolutions calling upon the state legislature to make avail able more funds for deserving veterans of the world war, and having approved a statement of policy indorsing the United States government in making available war supplies to belli gerent nations in keeping with neutrality, the convention fol lowed enthusiastically the gov ernor's speech, which called for a strong defense and no entry into the war in Europe. NATIONAL CONVENTION HALL, Phila delphia, June 25 Herbert Hoover emphatically impress ed two prime objectives of party endeavor upon a cheer ing Republican national con vention tonight—oust the new deal and keep America at peace "unless the western hemisphere is attacked." At the same time, the former President told the vast throng gathered in this huge and re sounding auditorium that for America there was no such thing as "isolation"—that a realistic view of foreign prob lems dictated that all lawful assistance be extended to the allies. WASHINGTON, June 25 Government negotiations with Henry Ford for the mass pro duction of airplane engines collapsed today. William S. Knudsen, of the national de fense commission, announced that Ford's refusal to manu facture engines for Great Bri tain had forced cancellation of plans for early mass produc tion of Rolls Royce motors by the Ford Motor company. "Co operation in the production of this important military equip ment will be sought elsewhere by the national defense advis ory commission," a statement from commission headquarters said. WASHINGTON. June 25 President Roosevelt, invoking a plan of world war days to provide additional officers for the expanding fleet, announced today that 5,000 young volun teers would be trained annual ly for commissiones in the naval reserve. He disclosed at a press conference that un married American-born men between 19 and 26 years of age, who have had two years or more of college work, could begin applying for the training next Friday. Applications will be received at headquarters of the naval reserve unit or navy recruiting station nearest their homes. The embryo officers will be given intensive train ing in gunnery, navigation, en gineering, communications and watchstaudlng at sea," said a formal statement given out at the press conference. LONDON, June 25 Prime Minister Winston Churchill solemnly acknowledged today ithat Britain's ' safety was "powerfully though not de cisively affected by what hap pens to the French fleet." He indicated, and the hope was echoed in the house of lords, that England still might, somehow, take over the French nary which was ceded to Ger many as an armistice condi tion. Churchill told the house of common* that surrender of the fleet had been ordered by the government of Marshal Fetain in violatior of "many solemn assurances." THE ELKIN TRIBUNE CONVENTION SCENE lican national con vention, now in progress, is Philadelphia's convention hall, below, which will accommodate 15,000 people. One thou sand Republican delegates opened the convention Monday, hope to have candidates nominated within the next two or three days. Four out of five candidates nominated at past Philadelphia conventions were elected. HraSSEBIiwi^SI Republicans Work On Platform At Meeting To Name Candidates Will Adopt a Keep-Out-of-War Program Under Which Their Nominee Will Seek the Political Indictment of Presi dent Roosevelt; Dark Horse Wendell Willkie Continues to Show Strength Among Leading Candidates Philadelphia, June 26—Repub licans adopt today a keep-out-of war platform on which their presidential nominee will deek the political indictment of President Roosevelt on charges of having both failed the nation and en dangered it. It may be only a matter of hours until delegates and specta tors let themselves go in the whoopla of the parades and dem onstrations that follow the pre sentations of the candidates for the party's presidential nomina tion. Dewey, Taft, Willkie are the names oftenest heard. Wendell L. Willkie's name is sounding loudly because of the collision of a substantial move to nominate him with a formidable effort to head him off. The bruising battle among the leaders is alarming some dele gates and there is something of HOLD RITES FOR YADKIN CITIZEN George Thomas White Passes Away at Buck Shoals Saturday Night WAS ESTEEMED CITIZEN Last rites were held Tuesday morning at St. Paul Methodist church for George Thomas White, who passed quietly away at his home at Buck Shoals, in upper Yadkin county, at 9 o'clock Sat urday night. He suffered a stroke of paralysis while in bed Wednes day morning, from which he nev er rallied. He suffered a light stroke June 10th, but rallied from that and went about his daily tasks. About five years ago he was confined to his bed several weeks from a stroke. Funeral rites were in charge of Rev. L. C. Stevens, the pastor, Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner, Rev. S. W. Johnson, Rev. W. V. Brown and Rev. J. H. Green. Burial was in the church cemetery. The body lay in state in the church for one hour preceding the fun eral. Mr. White was a former sheriff of Yadkin county and one of the county's best known' and esteem ed citizens. He was sheriff two terms, from 1904 to 1908. Later he served two terms as represen tative in the general assembly, being elected in 1926 and 1928, and one term as state senator from this district, elected in 1922, and also served on the board of county commissioners. He was a Republican and a leader in his party since the turn of the cen (Contlnued on Last Page) a trend toward the storm cellars. If it persists, secondary candi dates may roll up surprisingly large first ballot totals as dele gates seek safe vantage from which to view the battle. Kenneth L. Simpson, New York national committeeman, ap parently is headed for the Willkie band wagon unless Frank E. Gannett, New York publisher, grabs the nomination on the first or second ballot. Simpson was voted out of the national com mittee by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's forces in New York but does not relinquish of fice until this convention ends. He is a leader of a stop-Dewey movement that is angry and bit ter. t "I am going to vote for Frank Gannett on the first ballot," he told the United Press. "There are two favorite sons of New York county—WiDMe and Dewey—and I'm again' wey." Chatrfam Awarded Government Army Blanket Contract Orders for over a half mil lion dollars worth of blankets have been awarded to the Chatham Manufacturing Com pany here by the War Depart ment, it has been officially announced from the depart ment in Washington. Orders to other manufacturers were also announced. According to the War De partment officials, Chatham's part in the order amounted to approximately $579,000. The army ordered 543,370 blankets at a total cost of $3,- 126,000. The price averaged $5.70 a blanket. Listed among the successful bidders in North Carolina were Marshall Field & Co., of Spray, 15,000 blank ets at $5.87; Leaksville Woolen Mills, Inc., of Charlotte, 10,000 blankets at $5.95, and the Chatham Manufacturing Com pany, 50,000 blankets at $5.74 and 50,000 blankets at $5.84. BOONVILLE FAIR TO BE HELD OCT. 10-13 The Boonville Fair committee met recently and set October 10, 11 and 12 for the Boonville Fair this year. This will be the same week as has been used during the past several years. The fair committee is planning to increase the size of the fair grounds this year. In the put several years events have been held outside of the fair grounds due to the lack of space. A horse show will be sponsored again this year. The show will include both draft and saddle horses. ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940 FOLGER BACKS 'SHORT OF WAR' POLICY OF U.S. Fifth District Congressman Seeks Preparedness DOESN'T FAVOR FIGHT Will Actively Oppose Any Move to Involve United, States in Conflict IN REPLY TO LETTER Congressman A. D. (Lon) Fol ger declared in a letter to W. H. ■Jckieson, of Winston-Salem, to aay that he stands for doing ev erything possible to prepare this nation for any emergency, but that he will actively oppose any move to involye the United States in the European war or under any circumstances to send a single man to fight in such a war . "May I add," Folger wrote, "that it is my opinion, no boy will ever be sent to Europe to fight in this war from the United States, but it is the purpose of this administration, and I think the House and Senate are in full accord, to render every assistance possible to the Allies and to pre pare ourselves fully for any emergency here in America." Dickieson had written Folger that he had found without ex ception that there is a positive objection in this section of North Carolina against declaring war, or sending troops abroad. Folger's reply assured him that the Congress seemed to concur in that objection. PRESS GROUP IS ORGANIZED Midwestern Division of N. C. Press Association Formed at Statesville FOR WEEKLY PAPERS At a meeting held in States ville Friday night, Ed M. Ander son, editor and publisher of the Skyland Post at West Jefferson, was elected president of the Mid western Weekly Division of the North Carolina Press Association. O. C. McQuage, editor and pub lisher of The Enterprise at Mocksville, was named vice president, and H. P. Laffoon, of this city, editor and publisher of The Tribune, was elected secre tary and treasurer. Editors and publishers of weekly newspapers in Northwest ern and Piedmont North Carolina met at Statesville for the forma tion of the new division of the press association. During the meeting it was decided to meet monthly on the third Friday. The next meeting will be held at Statesville on Friday, July 19. The organization will cover 23 counties in this section of the state. Counties embraced are Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan, Ca barrus, Anson, Stanley, Union, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Alexander, Davie, Wa tauga, Caldwell, Burke, Cleveland, Yadkin, Wilkes, Surry, Alleghany and Ashe. CCC CAMP IS TO CONDITION BOYS Will Be Prepared for Service in the 9th Corps Area, Officials State IS NOT ARMY PROGRAM Camp Clyde R. Hoey, local CCC Camp, will condition approxi mately 197 enrollees for service in the 9th Corps Area, it was an nounced Tuesday by camp offi cials. Enrollees are all from North Carolina, 60 volunteers being se lected from the Elkin camp. All enrollees sent will serve in the 9th Corps Area for at least one year. This area is made up of seven states, Washington, Ore gon, California, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. Selection and conditioning of new men for ser vice will begin cm or about July 1, and will last approximately eight or ten days. Men going to the 9th Corps Area will entrain (Continued on Last Page) British Make Daring Raids On French Coast, Landing Troops At Several Unrevealed Points JULY 2ND DAY TO REGISTER Tobacco Growers Must Reg ister to Take Part in To bacco Referendum SCHEDULE IS SUBMITTED Tuesday, July 2, 1940, has been set as registration day for tobac co growers in Surry county. It is necessary that all growers wheth er tenants, croppers or landlords be registered in order to avoid challenging their vote on the day of the referendum. It is expect ed that the referendum will be held on Saturday, July 20, 1940. The landlord or farm operator is requested to register the eli gible voters on his farm. It is not necessary that tenants and croppers register themselves. Community committeemen will be at the place designated in the following schedule to register to bacco growers on farms in the re spective townships: Bryan township, Mountain Park school; Dohson, Dobson school; Eldora, Eldora school; Elkin, North Elkin school; Franklin, Blevin's store; Long Hill, Need ham's filling station; Marsh, Lit tle Richmond school; Mount Airy, Franklin school; Pilot, Pilot Mountain school; Rockford, Cope land school; Shoals, Shoals school; Siloam, Siloam school; Stewart's Creek, Sam Holder's filling station (Pine Ridge); Westfield, Cooke's school. Registration will begin at 9:00 ajn. and close at 6:00 p.m. Per sons not registering on Tuesday, July 2, 1940, may register at the county agent's office in Dobson through Saturday, July 6, 1940. ACCEPTS CALL OF BAPTISTS Rev. Stephen Morrisett Is Expected to Arrive Here Next Week FIRST SERMON JULY 7th Rev. Stephen Morrisett has ac cepted the call as pastor of the First Baptist church here and is expected to arrive the early part of next week to take up his duties. Rev. Morrisett, a native of Winston-Salem, has been re siding in Louisville, Ky., since his graduation from the Baptist Sem inary there, and serving a pas torate in Indiana. The first service to be con ducted by Rev. Morrisett will be the Wednesday morning prayer service July 3 at the church at 10:30. He will also be in charge of the evening prayer service at 7:30 o'clock. His first sermon will be preached on Sunday morning, July 7, at the 11 o'clock hour of worship. As a courtesy to Rev. Morrisett and Mrs. Morirsett a formal re ception is being planned by the church for the evening of July 5, from eight until ten o'clock. Pas tors of the other churches of the town, members of the department heads of the church and Mayor J. R. Poindexter and Mrs. Poin dexter will compose the receiving line, in addition to Rev. and Mrs. Morrisett. All people of the town are invited to attend. Rev. and Mrs. Morrisett and little son will occupy the Baptist pastorium on Church street. STORES TO CLOSE FOR JULY FOURTH In observation of Independence Day all stores and business houses will be closed on Thursday, July 4, with the exception of drug stores, cafes and filling stations. There wil be no public celebration of the day here, however many local people plan to attend the festivities at North Wilkesboro, planned in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of that city. REV. CLETE SIMMONS IS TO PREACH SUNDAY Rev. Clete Simmons will preach at the Arlington Baptist church Sunday evening, June 30, at 8:00 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. G.O.P. Lea Who Are Highest H I ,V> hibp W - m 4*iimP^k m Wt , fjHMH lift ana hHK. » Br HHHv s^» M jB ■l \ Hm> :-: fIV :•'. *M Pictured above are the three leading Republican candidates who are seeking nomination for president at the Republican national convention now in progress at Philadelphia. They are, top to bottom, Thomas E. Dewey, Robert A. Taft, and Wendell Willkie. Balloting to select a nominee will probably get under way today (Thurs day). CHATHAM FOR FREE INDUSTRY President of Local Firm Is Speaker Before American Legion Convention WOULD TRAIN MILLIONS An unfettered industry was urged before the 22nd anual con vention of the North Carolina Department of the American Le gion at High Point Tuesday, by Thurmond Chatham, president of the Chatham Manufacturing Co. "I speak," he said, "as a repre sentative of industry—our first line of defense. Just as we of the legion have been smeared as 'flag-wavers,' and 'red baiters,' we of industry have been accused of about everything under the sun in advocating what we con ceive to be our duty to help pre serve and forward the private en terprise system as part and parcel of our American institutions." Expressing the belief that the United States has been weakened by "experiments," Chatham said: "In the present crisis our full production must be rapidly at- (Continued on heat Page) Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge PUBLISHED WEEKLY NAZIS INCREASE AIR ATTACKS ON GREAT BRITAIN Raids Preparatory for Ex pected Blitzkrieg BOMB AIRPLANE PLANTS Success Is Claimed as Nazi Troops Prepare to Take Over French Land BOMBERS SHOT DOWN London, June 26.—Daring raids by British naval and military landing parties on German-held "enemy coastline" —apparently to seize prisoners for information on Nazi plans to invade the British Isles—were reported by the British ministry of information today. The raids were described as "re connaissances" —probably scouting parties—and there was no imme diate indication that Britain plan ned to send another expeditionary force to resume the fight on the continent. "Landings were effected at a number of points," the ministry said, "and contact was made with German troops. "Casualties were inflicted and some enemy dead fell into our hands. Much useful information was obtained." Berlin, June 26. German planes, intensifying attacks on the British Isles preparatory to launching a blitzkrieg, successfully attacked " a number" of British air fields and airplane plants in the English midlands last night, the high command claimed today. Claims of success in continued attacks on Britain came as Ger man troops prepared to take over unconquered French territory in accordance with Franco-German armistice terms, including a "necessary" part of the west coast fading England, which Germany will keep even after the end of the war. The high command, in a com munique from Adolf Hitler's field headquarters, admitted continued British raids on northern and western Germany. These attacks last night, the communique said, killed four persons but caused no serious material damage. Two of three British bombers attempting to raid the German base at Stavanger, Norway, yes terday were reported shot down. The high command said a Ger man submarine southwest of Ire land torpedoed the British steam er Saranac, 12,000 tons and two other enemy merchantmen had been sunl^. MEIN KAMPF IS REVIEWED Hitler's Book Discussed a t Kiwanis Meeting; to Hear Singing Class GUEST OF CLUB HERE A review of Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, was an interesting feature of the Elkln Kiwanis club meeting at Hotel Elkin last Thurs day evening. L. S. Weaver, president of the club, discussed the book as "guest speaker" while W. M. Allen, vice president presided. Kiwanian E. C. James "introduced" Mr. Weaver. This evening the Kiwanians will entertain the singing class from the Odd Fellows orphange, at Goldsboro, who in turn will enter tain the Kiwanians with a con cert following the dinner meeting. The public is cordially invited to hear this concert, which will begin at 7:00 p. m. No admission will be charged. It was pointed out that the Odd Fellows are not represented by a lodge here, thus the Kiwanians sponsorship of the singing class' appearance here. The club will arrange for meals and lodging for the children. Luckily, most of us never know what some people think about us.
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