Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 37
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BRIEF .
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, July 23
The United States, roundly
criticising soviet Russia for
"annihilating" the political in
dependence of three Baltic re
publics, made known today it
would not recognize their ab
sorption into the soviet sys
tem. Sumner Welles, acting
secretary; of state in the ab
sence of Secretary Hull, spoke
out at a press conference
against "th e devious pro
cesses" by which he said Es
tonia, Latvia and Lithuania
were to be deprived of their
freedom by "one of their more
powerful neighbors."
NEW ORLEANS, July 23
Former Governor Earl K.
Long was indicted late today
toy the Parish (county) grand
jury on embezzlement charges
involving pay roll "deadheads"
during the bitter February gu
bernatorial campaign. Indict
ed with him were three form
er members of the dock board
and the former assistant to the
board's general manager. Three
indictments, charging embez
zlement and extortion to the
five men, some of them among
the most prominent in the
city, were returned by the jury
whose investigation of a "spe
cial" board payroll began after
Gov. Sam Jones took office
May 14, succeeding Long.
HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 23
—President Roosevelt donned
political harness today long
enough to speak his mind
about Senator Edward R.
Burke, Lewis W. Douglas, John
W. Hones and former Senator
James A. Reed —four anti
third term Democrats who
have teamed up with Wendell
L Willkic. Prompted entirely
by press conference questions,
Mr. Roosevelt said he under
stood that the Democratic
party had bolted from Burke;
that the administration felt
the minds of Douglas and
k Hanes, former government of
ficials, ran more to dollars
than to humanity; and that
Reed was well qualified to lead
dissident Democrats. The
President was first asked
> whether'the word "bolt" prop
erly described Burke's offer of
support for Willkie. He made
the remark about the party
bolting Burke and then grin
ned until a roar of laughter at
his answer had subsided.
WASHINGTON, July 23
Compulsory military training
moved a long step nearer real
ity today when the senate mil
itary committee approved a
revised Burke-Wadsworth bill
providing for registration of
42,000,000 men, of whom 1,-
500,000 would be drafted in the
first year. Details remain to
be worked out, but in the
main the measure calls for:
1. Registration of all males be
tween 18 and 64. 2. Actual
conscription of about 1,500,000
men between 21 and 30 during
.the first year, starting October
1, 1940. There a.'e an esti
mated 11,500,000 bet we e,p
these ages. 3. A training pe
riod of one year for those se
lected. 4. Base pay equal to
that of the lower grades of the
regular armed forces, starting
at s2l a month. 5. Later
draftees to be chosen from the
Jtl to 45 age groups.
INTERNATIONAL
TOKIO, July 23 Premier
Prince Fumimaro Konoye, in
dating closer co-operation
with Germany and Italy, said
tonight .that Japan should take
a guiding role in establishing
a "new world order." In a na
tionwide broadcast he voiced
unwillingness to relinquish Ja
pan's Independent position
and did not name the axis
powers, but the implication
was clear. "It is necessary for
Japan to push on from an in
•• dependent stand," he said.
"This is not passive diplomacy.
Japan must be determined to
00-operate in the establish
ment of a new world order."
' Economic advances In the
south seas and complete co
operation in China and Man
choukuo were "urgent" neces
sities to Japan, he said. Earlier
one of his ministers said Ja
pan hoped to "share the world
with Germany and Italy."
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THEELKIKI TRIBUNE
SURRY FARMERS
FAVOR 3-YEAR
CONTROLPLAN
Vote Big Majority in Satur
day's Referendum
PROGRAM IS APPROVED
County Agent Issues State
ment Thanking Farmers,
Business Men
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BETTER PRICE ASSURED
Surry county tobacco farmers
joined with other growers if the
state last Saturday to give an
overwhelming majority to crop
control quotas for 1941, 1942 and
1943, as did the other tobacco
states of Georgia, Flordia, South
Carolina and Virginia.
Unofficial returns in Surry, as
announced by County Agent R. R.
Smith wick, were as follows:
For three-year control 6,451;
for one-year control 96; and for
no control 734 votes.
Mr. Smithwick, speaking as
secretary of the Surry county
agricultural conservation associa
tion, issued the folliwing state
ment Monday:
"The County Committee of the
Surry County Agricultural Conser
vation Association wishes to ex
press its gratitude to all business
men and farmers in Surry county
for their fine support for three
year control of the flue-cured to
bacco crop for 1941, 1942, and 1943.
The Committee realizes .that with
out the help given by businessmen
the vote would have been less
convincing. Many businessmen
and farmers contributed consider
able time and effort during the
days previous to the referedum
explaining the provisions of the
program to many persons. The
Committee appreciated the coop
eration of businessmen in the to
bacco control program and the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram which means a more work
able and beneficial program to
all."
Results of the vote in Surry, by
precincts, was announced as fol
lows:
3 1 no
Township years year year
Bryan 219 0 9
Dobson 1,565 17 61
Eldflra ; 368 9 87
Elkin 136 2 14
Franklin 95 6 8
Long Hill 95 6 59
Marsh _ 243 5 40
Mount Airy 435 14 63
Pilot 496 3 28
Rockford 491 2 22
Shoals 566 1 13
Siloam 1 573 2 18
Stewart's Creek .... 568 4 114
Westfield 591 25 198
JUNE BIG MONTH
FOR BUILD-LOAN
Loans During Period Said to
Be Largest in History of
Associations
June was the biggest loan
month the North Carolina build
ing,'savings and loan associations
have ever had, according to Paul
Gwyn, Secretary of the Elkin-
Jonesville Building and Loan as
sociation. y He stated that during
this month more than three mil
lion dollars in home loans were
made by these home financing
institutions.
He pointed out that during the
month of June the building and
loan and Federal savings and
loan associations also broke all
previous records for the amount
of construction loans when sl,-
354,000, or more than 45 per cent,
of the total amount loaned out
was for the construction of 714
new homes. Loans amounting to
$592,000 were made by these in
stitutions for the purchase of 373
homes. He said that 312 loans
were made for the reconditioning
and repair of homes, amounting
to $232,000 and 272 loans, aggre
gating $530,000 were for refi
nancing on the Building and
Loan Plan. The balance of 270
loans, to the amount of $296,000,
were for miscellaneous purposes.
ISN'T THE WARNING
JUST A WEE BIT LATE?
Raleigh, July 24—Ralph B.
Kelly, poultry and egg marketing
specialist of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, today warn
ed housewives to place eggs in the
icebox as soon as they buy them.
It is so hot, he said, that other*
wise the eggs will hatch.
DOBSON HOME sky about 5 p.ms Monday, struck
the small frame home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moseley, of Dobson, causing fire which
burned it to the ground. The photo below, made a short time after the blaze, shows a
few pieces of twisted tin roofing and smouldering embers, all that remained of the home
with the exception of a small amount of furniture saved by neighbors. Fortunately none
of the family was at home when the lightning struck, Mrs. Moseley and her three chil
dren being at the home of a neighbor, and Mr. Moseley away at work. The tree pictured
at right shows the effect of the bolt, a large piece of bark having been blasted away
neari its base.—(Tribune Photo.)
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ELKIN WOMAN
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Roy Caudle, 20, Dies
Tuesday Night in Winston
Hospital
RITES THIS MORNING
Mrs. Mary Caroline Newman
Caudle, 20, wife of Roy Caudle, of
this city, died in the Baptist hos
pital in Winston-Salem, about 11
o'clock Tuesday night, following
a critical illness of a week. She
was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Newman of this city, and
was well and favorably known
here. She was a devout member
of the Elkin Valley Baptist
church and was active in all
phases of church work, including
Sunday school and the Woman's
Missionary Society.
She is survived by her husband,
a two-month-old daughter, Mary
Ellen, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Newman, and two sisters,
Mrs. Everette Darnell find Miss
Ann Newman. Her maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Woodruff, and her paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Newman, all of Elkin, also sur
vive.
Funeral services will be held
this morning (Thursday) at 11
o'clock from the Elkin Valley
Baptist church. The rites will be
in charge of Rev. R. E. Adams of
Mayodan, pastor of the church,
assisted by Rev. E. G. Jordan.
The body will lie in state at the
church from 10 o'clock until the
hour of the funeral. Interment
will be in the family plot in the
church cemetery.
PARALYSIS FATAL
TO DOBSON MAN
Ruffin Harris, 76, of Dobson,
died in the local hospital late
Tuesday, from a stroke of paraly
sis.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon from Little
Vine church, near Dobson.
He is survived by his wife and
several children.
No Relief In Sight
As Elkin Swelters
According to the Associated
Press, the United Press and the
radio, Elkin, as part of that
portion of the nation now
sweltering in the grip of the
most intense and prolonged
heat wave of the year, must
continue to stew in her own
juice, so to speak, until that
time—as yet unforeseen—when
relief may come.
Thunder showers came to
the Middle Atlantic states
Tuesday afternoon to bring
some relief, but EMdn saw no
rain although scattered cloud*
did help some. At this writing
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940
Attention
To Subscribers
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Tribune has carried each week,
as a regular feature, a serial
story.
The final installment of
"Hearts Walking," was carried
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story, scheduled to have start
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Whisenhunt To
Hold Revival
At Rocky
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, of Nor
ton, Va., will come to the Rocky
Ford Baptist church, near Kapps
Mill, on Sunday, July 28, for a
week's revival meeting. Two ser
vices will be held daily, at 11 am.
and 8 p.m.
Rev. Whisenhunt's visit to this
section will be of particular in
terest to his mafiy friends here,
where he served for more than
12 years as pastor of the First
Baptist church. The Rocky Ford
church extends a cordial invita
tion to all people of the town to
attend the services at their
church.
Rev. Whisenhunt will be ac
companied by Mrs. Whisenhunt
and little daughter, Edith Adair.
Just because men are being
killed in Europe is no excuse for
taking chances on the highways.
Wednesday afternoon not a
thunderhead was in sight al
though a little rain had fallen
about an hour earlier*
On Elkin streets the chief
topic of converaatiori was the
heat, and not Mr. Hitler's an
ticipated invasion of England.
Merchants not busy waiting on
perspiring customers were busy
mopping their brows and asking
all and sundry how they were
standing the heat.
Everyone apparently had for
gotten their complaints about
the unseasonable cool weather
a few weeks ago.
Bat people are like that.
LEGION HEADS
ARE INDUCTED
F. W. Graham Succeeds Him
self as Commander; Other
Men Renamed
GUEST SPEAKER HEARD
Formal installation of officers
Of the George Gray Post of the
American Legion featured a
meeting of the organization held
Thursday evening in the city
hall. The installation service
was conducted by J. B. Rierson,
of Winston-Salem, commander of
the thirteenth district of the De
partment of North Carolina. Of
ficers installed, all to succeed
themselves in office, were: Com
mander, f. W. Graham; vice
commanders, R. H. Davis, D. H,
Lovelace, Kyle Thompson; adju
tant, H. B. Holcomb; finance of
ficer, Dixie Graham; service of
ficer, Paul Gwyn; sergeant-at
arms, Miles A. Royall, Jr.; chap
lain, G. W. Mas ten; historian,
W. M. Allen; athletic officer, Ed
worth Harris; Americanism offi
cer, J. B. Bell; graves registra
tion, C. R. Alexander; employ
ment officer, Henry Dobson;
membership chairman, Joe Biv
ins, and publicity chairman, Wal
ter H. Combs.
The Rt. Rev. Douglas L. Rights,
also of Winston-Salem, chaplain
of the Clyde Boiling Post there,
was guest speaker for the meet
ing, and his talk was timely and
highly enjoyable. He used as his
subject, "Making Democracy
Work."
Members of the local post are:
F. W. Graham, Paul Gwyn, Dixie
Graham, R. L. Mills, G. W. Mas
ten, J. B. Bell, E. F. Edwards, W.
M. Allen, Joe Bivins, George Roy
all, F. W. Graham, Waited H.
Combs, H. B. Holcomb, R. H. DA
vis, Edworth Harris, Grover Cock
erham, Ed Reece, J. H. Beespn,
Charlie White, L. W. Laxton and
J. F. Moseley.
YADKIN BOY IS
FATALLY HURT
Glenn Taylor Dies in Hospital
Here as Result of Auto
mobile Wreck
FUNERAL ON TUESDAY
Glenn Taylor, 13, son of C. P.
Taylor and Mrs. Bettle Coram
Taylor, of the Richmond Hill
section of Yadkin county, was fa
tally injured in an automobile
accident near Smithtown Sunday
afternoon. The boy was biought
to the local hospital for atten
tion, where he died a few min
utes after admittance to the hos
pital.
According to information, the
accident occurred when Charlie
Allen, 25, driving a light coupe,
and his half-brother, Eobast
Line berry, 18, driving a light
roadster, collided head-on near
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Bombing Raids Over
Britain Intensified;
10 Planes Shot Down
County Seeking
Bids for Work
On School Here
The Surry county board of
education is seeking sealed
bids for the furnishing of la
bor and materials for the addi
tions to the Elkin elementary
school building. Bids will be
received at the county court
house, Dobson, until August 1,
at 2:00 p.m. '
Copies of the plans and
specifications for the con
struction work, which will in
clude the building of fire
towers, may be obtained from
the office of Franklin & Stin
son, architects, of this city.
Complete details as to the
proposal may be found in an
advertisement in this issue of
The Tribune.
ARGENTINA MAY
BLOCK MANDATE
Is Opposed to "Collective
Trusteeship" Over Orphan
Possessions
I
Havana, July 24 Argentina
threatened today to block a
United States-sponsored plan
whereby the 21 Amerifan repub
lics would establish a "collective
trusteeship" over orphaned Eu
ropean possessions in the West
ern Hemisphere to prevent total
itarianism entering the New
World.
The plan was submitted to the
consultative conference of Amer
ican foreign ministers by its
committee for the preservation of
peace, of which United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull is
chairman and which includes
representatives of Brazil, Vene
zuela, Panama, Ecuador and
Paraguay.
It would establish a three-na
tion commission to govern Dutch
and French possessions in this
hemisphere until such time as
they can be restored to their
owners or declared self-sufficient
and independent. The plan would
be extended to include British
possessions in this hemisphere if
Germany and Italy conquered
Great Britain.
Argentina headed the nations
opposing the plan and it was in
dicated that she might submit a
counterproposal to the confer
ence, which was called to
strengthen American solidarity
against Nazi-Fascist encroach
ment in the Western Hemisphere,
establish American economic har
mony and find means to stamp
out "fifth column" and other
subversive activities.
First Draft
May Be Se
September
Washington, July 24.—Registra
tion under the pending conscrip
tion program has been set tenta
tively for September 1, it was
learned today, with the first 400,-
000 conscripts expected to start
training a month later.
Although Congress has yet to
act on the necessary legislation, a
War Department official disclosed
that agencies in the 48 states al
ready have begun preparations for
the selective service plan. The in
itial trainers probably will be
chosen from men between 21 and
31 years old.
The Senate military committee
started the compulsory training
issue toward a congressional de
cision by voting yesterday to rec
ommend enactment of the Burke-
Wadsworth bill. Committee mem
bers thought it would be ready
for Senate debate next week. Vig
orous opposition has been fore
cast.
The committee, meanwhile,
worked to perfect details of the
measure, which provides for regis
tration of all males between 18
and 64 years—a total of 42,000,000.
Only those between 21 and 46
some 24,000,000 —would be liable
for active service. Those of other
ages could be used for home de
fense purposes.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TOIL OF ENEMY
PLANES TAKEN
BY AIRFORCE
May Be Prelude to Hitler's
Aerial
MAKE HIT-RUN RAIDS
Royal Air Force Strikes Back
by Bombing German
Objectives \
CONVOY IS ATTACKED
London, July 24.—At least 10
German planes were shot down
off the British Isles today and air
battles were continuing in late
afternoon in what appeared to be
an intensification of Adolf Hit
ler's aerial blitzkrieg, possible
prelude to an attempted invasion.
In one air battle off the south
east coast the Germans were re
ported to have lost six Messer
schmidt fighters.
The Royal Air Force accounted
for one bomber off the southwest
coast and another bomber was
shot down by British fighters off
the southeast coast.
The Germans lost another
plane when British fighters,
dropping out if the clouds, at
tacked six bombers which were
diving on a convoy off the south
east English coast. Although the
Germans were reported to have
dropped 100 bombs it was. believ
ed that they scored no hits and
the squadron fled after attack
by the British.
Operations ere described
chiefly as activity by the British
in picking off increasingly per
sistent German hit-and-run raid
ers off the English, Scottish and
Welsh coasts. British planes,
meanwhile, continued to blast at
German military objectives.
There had been a momentary
slackening on mass German raids
on Great Britain, but there was
every sign that the raids were
intensifying in their larger as
pect as the German war machine
awaited the order for a mass in
vasion attempt.
British planes had bombed
Dunkirk harbor, striking at ships
on which the Germans might
send ships across the narrow belt
of sea to British shoces. They
had bombed aircraft factories
and parks, gasoline depots, a syn
thetic oil plant, munitions fac
tiries, canal barges and munitions
plants in the Ruhr, home of the
great Krunn Works.
Six German bombers dived
from the clouds on a British con
voy off the southeast English
coast and dropped about 100
bombs but, were believed to have
made no hits. As they were circ
ling for a second attack, British
fighters attacked them from
above and were reported to have
shot one down. The others fled
for home.
CARAVAN IS
CLUBJUEST
Members of Methodist Group
Stage Program for Local
Kiwanians
GUESTS ARE PRESENT
The Elkin Kiwanis club was
host last Thursday evening to
members of the youth caravan of
the Methodist church who have
been conducting a series of daily
programs in Elkin under the
sponsorship of the Western
North Carolina conference.
Presented by the Rev. Herman
F. Duncan, pastor of the church,
Robert Arbaugh, of Paracould,
Ark.; a graduate of Duke Univer
sity sohool of religion, and who
attended the world conference of
Christian youth held in Amster
dam, Holland, in 1939, spoke from
the theme, "He Who Serves Best
Profits Most." Discussing the
question. "Who Is My Neighbor?''
he emphasized the point that
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