Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXX. No. 1
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NATIONAL
ATLANTA, Nov. 12—Fourth
corps army headquarters here
announced today that 3,283
men in the eight states in the
area would he called by De
cember IS tor a year of mili
tary training under the selec
tive service law. Of these, 967
will be negroes. The number
of men to be conscripted from
each state, with whites listed
first negroes second, fol
lows: Alabama, 313 and 134;
Florida, 242 and 99; Georgia,
286 and 126; Louisiana, 336
and 156; Mississippi, 228 and
183; North Carolina, 390 and
123; South Carolina, 126 and
69; Tennessee, 395 and 71.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Nov.
12— Missing for nearly four
days, two-year-old Murray
Upshaw, Jr., was found dead
today in the rugged mountain
woodlands a mile and a half
from his north Georgia home.
Lying face downward under a
pine tree, the sandy-haired
child's body was found by one
of hundreds of searchers who
had combed the countryside
steadily since the boy disap
peared with his dog, "Nlckie,
last Friday at noon. A cor
oner's jury late today returned
a verdict that the child died
"from exhaustion and exposure
70 hours, more or less, before
he was found." The jurors
they found "no evidence
of foul play."
THREE plants manufactur
ing explosives—one working on
defense contracts —were struck
by death-dealing blasts within
50 minutes Tuesday, leaving a
toll of 14 dead and at least 25
injured. All three plants were
in the important northeastern
industrial area, although in
widely-separated sections of
western and eastern Pensyl
vania and the New York har
bor shoreside of New Jersey.
The federal bureau of investi
gation quickly swung into ac
tion, announcing that opera
tives already were investigat
ing the blast which took three
men's lives at the Trojan Pow
der company plant near Allen
town, Pa. The concern has
army and navy contracts to
taling at least $202,150.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Nov. 12 The
armed British merchant cruis
er Jervis Bay, hopelessly out
gunned and out-armored, was
declared tonight to have saved
three-fourths of a British con
voy of 38 ships by holding off
a powerful 10,000-ton German
pocket battleship in a two
hour mid-Atlantic battle which
permitted the other vessels to
flee under smoke screen.
BERLIN, Nov. 12 —ln a
"strictly business" atmosphere
Adolf Hitler and Soviet Pre
mier Vyacheslaff Molotoff sat
down today to talks which
may prove portentous for the
entire world. Out of them,
some informed nazis believed,
the soviet union may emerge
as a partner of Germany, Italy
and Japsn in their shaping of
a "new world order." But, au
thorized sources made it clear
that nothing official could be
expected on the trend of the
conversations for the time be
ing.
LONDON, Nov. 12 Prime
Minister Winston Churchill
saluted his predecessor, the
dead Neville Chamberlain, to
day and told the world that
Britain surely would win the
war despite the "long and haz
ardous years that are ahead."
Chamberlain himself, Churchill
said in a moving address to
commons, had died Saturday,
"with the comfort of knowing
that his country had at last
turned the corner," his one
grief being "that he could not
be a spectator of our victory."
The prime minister, recalling
that he himself once was a
critic of Chamberlaiii, remark
ed: "The fierce and Utter con
troversies which hung around
him Jn recent times were hush
ed by news of his illness and
are silenced by his death."
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Defied Italy
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Premier John Metaxas, "Iron
Man" of Greece, who rejected
Italy's ultimatum that the
country surrender uncondition
ally. Metaxas answered the
demand by issuing a proclama
tion for all Greeks to "firht to
the death."
KIWANIS HEARS
REV. MR. GIBBS
New District Superintendent
of Elkin District Makes
Talk Here
LADIES NIGHT THIS P. M.
Rev. A. C. Gibbs, the new dis
trict superintendent of the Elkin
district of the Methodist Confer
ence, was guest speaker at Thurs
day evening's dinner meeting of
the Elkin Kiwanis club, held at
Hotel Elkin.
Rev. Mr. Gibbs was presented
by Rev. H. P. Duncan, pastor of
the Elkin Methodist church.
Speaking on "Common Sense",
the speaker described it as the
most uncommon of human attri
butes. He emphasized the value
of common sense In the home
life, in business, religion, politics,
and in all affairs of life. He
urged religious tolerance, a
friendly attitude toward all Chris
tian denominations, all of whom,
he said, were working toward one
common cause.
This evening's meeting (Thurs
day), will be observed as ladies'
night, with wives and friends of
the Kiwanians as special guests.
The meeting this evening is
scheduled to begin at 7 o'clock.
Last week's meeting was pre
sided over by President L. Stacy
Weaver,
NAZIS RESUME
TALK WITH REDS
Russian Commissar Molotov
in Berlin for Historic
Meeting
Berlin, Nov, 13.—Adolf Hitler
and Soviet Premier-Foreign Com
missar Viacheslav M. Molotov re
sumed their discussions today of
Russia's place in the Nazi's new
world order after the Fuehrer had
entertained his guest at luncheon
at the Reichs chancellory.
For the luncheon in .honor of
Molotov, Hitler assembled 25 high
German and Russian officials, in
cluding German Foreign Minister
Joachim von Ribbentrop, M. De
kanosov, Soviet vice-commissar
for foreign affairs, Marshall Wil
helm Keitel, chief of the German
high command, and Baron von
Schulenberg, German ambassador
to Moscow.
Ribbentrop and Dekanosov sat
with Molotov and Hitler during
the conversations which followed
the luncheon.
Russian sources said that Molo
tov and Ribbentrop conferred be
fore the luncheon.
Nazi officials and newspapers
remained secretive about the pur
pose of Molotov's visit and the
results of his long talks with Rib
bentrop and Hitler yesterday. Un
official quarters said that as soon
as Molotov left, Hitler probably
would make new diplomatic con
tacts with France and Spain, and
then with the southeastern Euro
pean countries, especially Hun
gary, Rumania, Slovakia and prob
ably, later, Bulgaria.
REGISTRANTS!
Official order numbers, as
released by the Sorry Selective
Service 'office for Area No. 2,
will be found in this issue on
pages 2 and 12. These numbers
total only 500. The remainder
of the numbers will appear In
succeeding issues of Hm Tri
bune.
PROCLAIM NEXT
WEE HERE AS
"SAFETY WEEK"
Sponsored by Junior Dept. of
Woman's Club
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
Speeding and Reckless Driv
ing on Elkin Streets Is
Acute Problem
MR. DUNCAN TO SPEAK
Alarmed by the wanton disre
gard of all laws pertaining to
street and highway safety here,
and fearful each day for the
safety of their children and other
loved ones as whizzing, reckless
ly driven cars make race tracks
out of residential streets, the
Junior Department of the Elkin
Woman's club is sponsoring a
Safety Week here, beginning
Sunday, November 17.
Greatly concerned over the lo
cal situation, officials of the or
ganization have secured the co
operation of Mayor J. R. Poin
dexter, who Wednesday Issued
the following proclamation:
In the Interest of the men, wo
men and children of the City of
Elkin whose safety upoA Elkin
streets is threatened daily by
heedless, irresponsible drivers of
automobiles and trucks, who con
stitute themselves a menace to
everyone by unlawfully and will
fully disregarding all traffic laws
through the practice of speeding
and driving recklessly, I, J. R.
Poindexter, Mayor of Elkin, in
cooperation with the Junior De
partment of the Elkin Womaa'S
Club, do hereby call upon all law
abiding citizens to observe the
week of November 17 as Safety
Week in Elkin.
J. R. POINDEXTER, Mayor
November 13, 1940.
As a part of Safety Week, the
Junior Club hopes to make Elkin
more safety conscious. To further
this program, Rev. Herman P.
Duncan, pastor of the Elkin
Methodist church, will speak at
the Elkin elementary school
Thursday morning, Nov. 23, at
8:45 at assembly.
Other plans have also been
made in an effort to seek to curb
speeding and reckless driving
here, one phase of which was
said to call for the reporting to
police of all drivers seen breaking
the speed laws.
Colored
To Sing
Baptist C
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, pastor
of the First Baptist church will
preach on the subject "Why God
Does Not Answer Prayer" at the
11 o'clock service Sunday morn
ing. The senior choir will sing
an arrangement by Nolte of the
hymn "Blessed Assurance," as an
anthem.
At the evening hour of worship
at 7:30 the choir of the Jones
ville colored church will render
special music. Among the num
bers to be given are "Steal Away
to Jesus," Shine on Me" and
"Sunshine in the Shadow." The
choir is directed by Maggie For
rester. Also on the program will
be Odessa Malone, soloist, of the
Winston-Salem Teachers college,
who sang before the King George
VI, and Queen Elizabeth of Eng
iand, on their recent visit to the
United States, who will sing,
"Swing Low. Sweet Chariot,"
"Honor," "Motherless Ch i 1 d,"
"Where Shall I Go," "On My
Journey," "Wings Over Jordan"
and also the song which she sang
before the visiting royalty, the
title was not announced. Other
soloists on the program will be
Ethel Wright and John Williams,
also of Winston-Salem.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend the services.
COPELAND SCHOOL IS
TO PRESENT COMEDY
"Grandpa's Twin Sister," a
three-act comedy is to be given
November 16th in the Copeland
high school auditorium at 7:30
o'clock, directed by Mrs. Erlene
Martin.
The characters have been se
lected from the junior and senior
classes, and the cast Includes:
George Briggs, Violet Ring, Ruth
Wood, Norma Hancock, John
Perkins, Jessie Snow, Hugh Snow,
Loyd Snow, Mae Ola Patterson,
and Glenn Patterson.
A small admission fee will be
charged.'
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940
JJ AT T IT AT J AAJQ There is an air of grim
n/ILI . 1 i /iH/iiyj reality about the tiny little
kingdom's defense forces as is shown by this typical Greek
army outpost as it awaits the Italian attack. The Italian
drives into Greece have been checked by men like these.
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Red Cross Drive
For New Members
Now Under Way
Despite bad weather, the
Red Cross drive here for new
members i s going forward
steadily and with unusual suc
cess, Mrs. A. O. Brjan, in
charge of the Roll Call, stated
Wednesday.
Approximately 18 persons
are engaged in making a
store-to-store, house-to-house
canvass, Mrs. Bryan stated,
but added that the drive has
been slowed by the inclement
weather, and only a few of the
teams have reported. These
reports have been gratifying.
Those who have not as yet
been approached for member
ship will be called on later in
the week, it was said.
WILKES WOMAN
PASSES SUNDAY
Mrs. Richard Gwyn Phillips
Falls Victim to Heart
Ailment
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Mrs. Mary Jane Dickerson
Phillips. 85, passed away at her
home at Benham Sunday morn
ing from a severe heart ailment
from which she had been suffer
ing for a year. Her condition
was aggravated by the illness
and death of her husband, Rich
ard Gwyn Phillips, who died al
most three weeks ago, and her
death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Phillips was a daughter of
the late Esquire and Martha
Wall Dickerson, of Wilkes coun
ty, and a highly esteemed wo
man. She was a charter member
of Shoaly Branch Baptist church.
Her immediate survivors in
clude one daughter, Mrs. L. C.
Carter, of Benham; 11 grand
children and sixteen great-grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11 o'clock
from the Shoaly Branch church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
L. B. Murray and Rev. Richard
Day. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
MEXICAN HEAD IS
RECOGNIZED BY F.D.R.
Mexico City, Nov. 13.—Mexico's
political skies, clouded for months
with talk of possible political revo
lution, were cleared today by news
that the United States had recog
nized the election of General Man
uel Avila Camacho as president.
This was regarded in political
circles as a final blow to followers
of General Juan Andreu Almazan,
who contend their candidate de
feated the administration-backed
Avila Camacho in the turbulent
elections last July.
It Is a political axiom in Mexico,
these circles recalled, that no
Mexican president can stay long
in office if the United States
scorns him.
DR. PARKS' CONDITION
REPORTED AS CRITICAL
As The Tribune went to press
the condition of Dr. Hugh Parks
was considered extremely critical
at Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital, where he is a patient.' Dr.
Parks has been seriously ill for
several weeks suffering from a
heart ailment and complications.
Members of his family from a
distance were summoned the lat
ter part of last week.
REYNOLDS CAN
GET PARTY JOB
May Become Secretary to
Democratic National Com
mittee If He Desires
BIG AID IN CAMPAIGN
Richard J. Reynolds, of Wins
ton-Salem. can have the job of
secretary to the Democratic Na
tional Committee if he desires It,
It was indicated in Winston-Sa
lem Wednesday.
Lon Folger, fifth district con
gressman, reached at his home in
Mount Airy, told a Winston-Sa
lem newspaper that Reynolds had
been considered and that he was
sure the Winston-Salem man
"could have the position If he
wants it."
The post was made vacant by
the resignation of L. W. (Chip)
Robert.
Reynolds, in the meantime, is
continuing his job, as financial di
rector of the Roosevelt re-election
campaign for North Carolina. He
was in Raleigh Wednesday still
receiving money for the state
campaign which ended with
Roosevelt elected to his third term
a week ago.
The young Winston-Salem capi
talist has been and is still receiv
ing congratulations for the suc
cessful financial campaign he con
ducted in the state for Roosevelt's
re-election. %
STORMS INVADE
ENTIRE NATION
Cold Wave and High Winds
Take Huge Toll in Lives
and Property
COLD NOT FELT HERE
Cold nipped the entire nation
Wednesday as the storms which
caused at least 100 deaths and
untold property damage appeared
to abate.
At least 16 sailors were killed
on the Great Lakes when gales
churned the waters into choppy
waves that sent five boats to the
bottom and grounded six others.
At least four more boats were
missing. A score of hunters died
in the Middle West, many of ex
posure when the biting cold
swept suddenly across the plains.
An unknown number of fisher
men were missing. Others died
in accidents on highways, in the
cities and in the air.
Only Southern California es
caped the cold which sent the
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Important Albanian
Ports Are Smashed
By British Bombers
Surry Is to
Provide 242
In Ist Draft
Draft quotas for each of
North Carolina's 100 counties
have been made public by
Governor Hoey, who asserted
that 15,613 Tar Mek would be
called to the colors by June 30,
1941.
North Carolina was ordered
to supply 49,434 men under
the selective service act, the
governor said, but this figure
was whittled down to 15,613
because the state received
credit for men who had enlist
ed since January 1, and for
national guardsmen, who were
called to duty. The Governor's
figures showed that 29,032 men
had enlisted and 4,789 had
been called out by the guard.
A list of net quotas for all
draft board areas in Surry,
Wilkes, Alleghany and Yadkin
counties follows:
Surry No. 1, 130; Surry No.
2 (which includes EUdn), 112,
or a total of 242 from the
county.
Wilkes No. 1, 56; Wilkes No.
2, 85, or a total of 141.
Alleghany, 39.
Yadkin, 109.
NORTH ELKIN
WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Sarah Jane Collins Had
Been 111 Following Fall
Suffered Recently
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Mrs. Sarah Jane Hendrix Col
lins, 88, passed away at her home
in North Elkin early Friday morn
ing following an illness which re
sulted from a fall some time ago.
Mrs. Collins was the widow of S.
P. Collins, who died several years
ago and was a highly esteemed
woman. She was a member of
Grassy Creek Methodist church.
She was affectionately known to
a host of friends as "Aunt Sarah
Jane."
Surviving are six children, Mrs.
A. D. McCoin, Mrs. Alice Collins
McHargue, Walter, Richard C.
and Roy Collins, of Elkin, and
Mrs. W. M. Shores, of Mountain
Park; 25 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Grassy Creek Methodist church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
Dwight B. Mullis, pastor of the
church, assisted by Rev. W. J. S.
Walker, of Mocksville, a former
pastor, and Rev. Eli Jordon. In
terment was in the family plot in
the church cemetery.
PASTOR ANNOUNCES
METHODIST SERVICES
• Sunday at the morning hour of
worship at 11 o'clock at the
Methodist church Rev. Herman
F. Duncan, pastor of the chinch,
will use as his sermon subject,
"Is God a Stranger," and at the
evening service at 7:30 his sub
ject will be "What Is Your
Heart's Treasure." The senior
choir will render special music
for the morning service. At the
evening service a student quartette
from High Point College, directed
by M. M. Harrison, will sing.
At the Wednesday fevening
prayer service the group will con
tinue the study of the Book of
Acts.
A cordial invitation is extend-*
ed the public to attend the ser
vices.
SURRY PROJECT IS
INCLUDED IN BIDS
Low bids totaling $343,021.40
on nine highway projects were
opened last Thursday at Raleigh
by officials of the State Highway
Commission. Included in the list
was the following Surry project:
grading, surface treating and
structures on 1.72 miles of U. S.
Route 601 between Fairview and
Dobson. The low bid was sub
mitted by Hendricks and Kenne
dy, of Charlotte, and amounted
to $31,766.40.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ITALIAN ARMS,
BASES RUINED
IN AIR ATTACK
Munitions Dumps Believed
Blown Up
GREEKS ON OFFENSIVE
All Three Main Italian Drives
Reported Stopped by
Defenders
HEAVY BLOW TO AXIS
Athens, Greece, Nov. 13 —Bri-
tish airplanes based in Greece
have virtually destroyed the three
main ports of Albania, including
Durazzo, most modern port on
the Adriatic, and have dealt
smashing blows at Italian bases
and munitions dumps behind the
Greek-Italian fighting lines, it
was reported officially today.
A communique issued by "the
Royal Air Force in Greece," said
Durazzo .recently modernized by
Italy at a cost of several hundred
thousand dollars and the main
disembarkation point for Italian
troops in the Greek campaign,
had been "completely gutted" in
a raid Monday; that "three fires
started on the jetty, later merg
ing into one, and our pilots
could still see it when 100 miles
away on their homeward night."
At Valona, the second largest
Albanian port, "all bombs were
seen to fall in the target area
and what probably was an am
munition dump was seen to blow
up," the. communique said.
(Reports from Bitolj, Jugoslav
border town 100 miles from Va
lona, said explosions, presumably
the blowing up of the Valona
munitions dumps, had shaken
windows in many towns in that
region and that frightened per
sons had fled to the mountains.)
The communique added that
"yesterday the dock area of Va
lona was attacked again with
salvoes of bombs falling on jet
ties, also in the center of a large
building. Heavy anti-aircraft fire
was not effective aad our planes
returned safely from all opera
tions."
The third port bombed was
Santa Quaranta, which according
to Greek dispatches, has been
pounded by the RAJ 1 , day after
day.
Meanwhile, Greek troops were
reported to be on the offensive
along the whole frontier. All
three of the main Italian drives
had been stopped: In the north
ern Korltza sector near the Jugo
slav border; in the Pindus Moun
tains comprising the central
front, and in the Kalamas River
Valley of the south.
MOTHER OF LOCAL
MAN DIES MONDAY
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Leeper re
turned Wednesday from Belmont,
where they were called on account
of the illness and death of Mr;
Leeper's mother, Mrs. William A.
Leeper. Mrs. Leeper, who was
63, died on Monday at her home
following a brief illness.
She is survived by her husband,
two sons. T. A. Leeper of this city
and J. Price Leeper of Asheville,
and two daughters, Mrs. Gus
Armstrong of Belmont and Mrs.
Clarence Butler of Splndale, eight
grandchildren and one brother,
Tom Ford.
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Leeper at Belmont on Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
FOUR MARRIAGE
LICENSE ISSUED
Pour marriage license have
been Issued by the Surry county
register of deeds at Dobson dur
ing the past week. Couples se
curing license were: Warren
Fennlx, Winston-Salem, to Mandy
Callahan, Dobson; Tony Qwyn to
Nancy Lee Gordon, both of Mt.
Airy; Jesse A. Summons to
Myrtle I. Booth, both of Pilot
Mountain; and Jack Arthur War
ner to Jean c. Tana, both of
Winston-Salem.
Cigarettes have been manufac
tured in this country since 1884,