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/r NEWS-STAR-TIMES is dedicated to covering the News and to the promotion .9! .progress for all of the ‘people in Sparta and Affe ghany county. News AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALL EGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER; SPARTA NEEDS NOW .. . an industrial plant, a mo dem hotel, a federal post office building and a civic club. Let’s go after them! VOLUME 54. NO. 19 Sl.OO a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORT H CAROLINA $1.50 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1942 Four Men Killed On Blue Ridge Parkway Monday To Register Men 20 To 45 February 16; j 750 In Alleghany » Registration Will Be Held By Draft Board in Court house in One Day. ESTIMATES GIVEN Registration of all men between the ages of 20 and 44, inclusive, • who are not already registered under the Selective Service Act, will be conducted by draft board officials in Alleghany county and throughout the nation on Monday, February 16, according to Presi dent Roosevelt’s proclamation. Officials estimate that there are between 600 and 80 men in Ashe county who will be required to register at that time for possi ble military service. A total of 880 men were registered in the | county under the first registra tion and 62 last July. Washington officials estimate that 1,300,000 men would be made immediately available for armed - service by this third registration. Of the 20-year-olds, it is estimat ed that 600,000 of them will be available; 21-year-olds who have reached that age since the last registration, 300,000 and 36 to 44, 400,000. With over 1,800,000 now in the army, the new registration will place the nation in position to put over 4,000,000 men under arms without calling any classes under A-l. No mention has been made yet of registering those from 45 to 64, inclusive. Local draft board officials state that registration will be conducted in the courtroom on on February ifi - b -- 1-H Men To Be Reclassified Notices Sent Out By Local Selective Service Board To Men Notices have been sent to all > registrants in class 1-H with the local Selective Service board that they are to be reclassified because of age limit of selectees being raised from 27 to 44 years old. All men between 28 to 35, in clusive, at the first registration in 1940, and who were placed in 1-H because of their age, are to be reclassified as available for duty unless physical examina tions reveal them as unfit, k This reclassification of 1-H reg istrants is expected to make sev eral men available in class 1-A. Some months ago the army de cided that men older than 28 proved less easily trained than young men, and the older regist rants were deferred. 'With the United States at war, however, the deferment has been cancel ed and the older men are now available for draft. The 1-H men notified of reclas sification in Alleghany county have until January 12 to list in formation with the local board if any changes have occured which might possibly make them other than 1-A. Joines Writes Safe In Hawaii Reece L. Joines, who has been in the Navy for seven years, has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Joines, of Whitehead, he is safe and unharmed in Hawaii after the bombing attack on Pearl Harbor. The Alleghany county Middie reported the ship he was on took a toll on the Jap bombers which flew over unexpectedly. Reece wrote his ship winged one of the •first bombers to fly over, and the aircraft carrier on which he is stationed received but little dam age in the melee. Quotable Quotation “This snow* hasn’t been good making snow ice cream.”— 1 SATURDAY EVENING POST TO CARRY ARTICLE NEXT WEEK ON BOB DOUGHTON The January 17th issue of The Saturday Evening Post, which goes on sale next Tues day, will carry a fine article on Congressman R. L. Dough ton, this paper learned yester day. It is understood that the ar ticle is a splendid tribute to the veteran Congressman and that it contains a good deal of local color and many local in cidents. News stands are requested to order an extra supply of the magazine. Defense Meets Set In County For Next Week Land-Use Planting Commit tees* Will Be Named At Community Meetings Phases of the national defense program will be discussed and various committees organized at a series of meetings on defense work in Alleghany county next week, according to R. E. Black, county agent. “It is important for as many as possible to come to these meet ings and help elect the com munity leaders,” ,M r. Black ^stated. The committees to be named will be for land-use plant ing. The meetings will be held as follows: January 12—Stratford, Rich ardson’s store at 2:30 p. m. with L. K. Boyer, leader. Sparta, coun ty agent’s office at 7 p. m. with H. H. Higgins, leader. January 13 — Piney Creek school house at 2:30, Mr. Boyer as leader. Blevins Crossroads at 2:30, Robert Fleetwood, leader. Laurel Springs at 7.00, Mr. Fleetwood, leader. January 14, Cabel Wilson re sidence at 2:30, W. O. Hooper, leader. ^January 15—Glade Valley at 2:30, Mr. Hooper, leader. New Hope at 2:30, R. E. Black, leader. January 16—Cherry Lane at 10 a. m., Mr. Black, leader, Rich Hill school at 2:30, Mr. Black, leader. Mr. Black said he would be at each meeting in the county. Polio Drive Be On In January President Roosevelt will be sixty years old .January 30 and for the ninth consecutive year he has given use of his birthday for the nation-wide fight against in fantile paralysis. Mrs. Alton Thompson as chair man of the Birthday Celebration1 is perfecting an organization to raise funds in this county with which to fight infantile paralysis. As Japs Saw Manila Target This striking aerial view of Manila was made from an al titude comparable to that at which bombers operate. In flat defiance of international law the Japs bombed Manila aftei it had been declared on “open” or undefended city. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of U. S. forces in the Philip pines, has called for retaliatory measures against the Jap anese “at the proper time.” Defense Bond, Stamp Sales Increase Here Bond Sales Increase To S3, 862 In Sparta For Month Of December December Defense bond and stamp sales were greatly increas ed over previous months at the Sparta post office, according to acting postmaster Sam Brown, who ,rej^ted a.*total of $3,862.50 in bona'kufes for the past month. A total of $80 in saving stamps were also sold through the local post office. At the same time, the postal receipts here were setting a record in the last quarter of the year. The postal receipts for the quarter were $1,736.08, Mr. Brown said, or approximately $300 more than the same period of last year. Money orders amounted to $10,347.36, compared to the 1940 report of $7,113.81. There were 913 money orders at the Sparta ofice in the last three months of the year, according to the post master. Other post offices in the coun ty were also experiencing an in crease in the latter part of 1941. The Whitehead post office report ed sale of defense stamps in Dec ember quadrupling the previous month, and quarterly receipts were $2,343.90 compared with $1, 906.23 in 1940, according to Mrs. Ethelyn Richardson, postmaster. .Peak day of bond sales in Sparta was Christmas eve, when $1,500 in bonds was sold December 24. However, other days have been good and Mr. Brown said $712.50 were sold last Saturday. The bonds sold here have am ounted as fololws: $1,000, three; $500, two; $100, four; $50, six, and $25, eighteen. Mr. Brown said yesterday the sale of stamps could have been «ven greater than the December total reported, but the supply of Missing Salt And Pepper Shaker Tops Cause Trouble Two salt and pepper shakers caused a lot of trouble in Sparta lone |nig!ht recently when their tops were found missing. As a result, tempers were lost, Patrolman Griggs lost time, Mag istrate Sam Brown lost sleep, and the shaker tops stayed lost. The owner of the shaker tops followed two couples he believed Ind the missing articles in their possession to a dance in the Com munity building in Sparta. The accuser demanded return of the tops. The accused denied having them. Patrolman Griggs was called. The Patrolman explained he could do nothing without a war rant. Magistrate Brown was awakened. He wrote a warrant. Before the warrant was served, however, the accuser Redded he would not want the two boys of the accused couples to come all the way back to Alleghany coun ty from their resident state of Pennsylvania to stand trial over two salt and pepper shaker tops. Finally, the accuser dropped the charges and all parties concerned went their individual ways. Whatever became of the salt and pepper shaker tops will probably never be known, but all except the accuser really did not seem to care. ACP Bulletin At AAA Office The Agricultural Conservation Program bulletin for 1942 now is available at the county AAA of fice, according to C. G. Collins, chairman of the Alleghany coun ty AAA committee. ''"i' i.i i'-'-V- i" . “LAURELS” —TO— Mail Carriers Bad weather or good, the mail goes through, and for the men who make it possible goes “Laurels of the Week.” The mail carriers not only did a good job of moving a record Christmas mail, but make daily rounds over the snow-covered, rural roads. ’41 Was Biggest Year In History N’western Bank Resources and Deposits In creased Over Million Dol lars In Nine Banks. MEET NEXT TUESDAY During 1941 the Northwestern Bank, which has a bank in Sparta and in eight other towns in this section of the state, en joyed the best business of any year since its establishment, a comparison of annual statements reveals. At the close of business on Dec ember 31, 1941, the total resources amounted to $6,377,476.19, a gain of $1,129,927.78 over the 1940 an nual statement. Most of this increase was re flected in deposits which jumped from $4,740,716.17 to $5,782,270.09 or an increase of $1,041,563.92. Edwin Duncan, executive vice president, stated that the average (Continued on Page Four) Motorists 1 old Not Pass Buses Two violators of passing a stopped school bus were brought before Magistrate B. F. Wagoner yesterday morning, and Patrolman Richard Griggs isued a warning to all lmotorists to observe the law which requires stopping for a school bus. Patrolman Griggs said approxi mately 10 cases of passing a stop ped bus were heard during the past year, and the average fine has been $15, although the maxi mum fine can be $50 for the of fense. The motorists were warned by the patrolman to not only come to a stop when approaching a bus from the rear,but also when the bus is approached from the front. This applies when the bus is either loading or unloading chil dren. America Sets Victory Goal; McArthur Holds Own; Reds Victorious Vast Victory Drive Mapped Out By Roosevelt Spreads World-Wide Confidence CHINESE SUCCESSFUL President Roosevelt achieved the spotlight in the waT this week, for his message to Congress map ping out the victory drive which spread a great wave of confidence throughout the allied nations, more far-reaching than any suc cess or failure on battle lines. President Roosevelt’s disclos ure that the American people this year and next were going to cast at the Axis such a vast and ter rible cloud«and swarm of wea pons as never had been assem bled before in all the arsenals on earth. This was the grand American production objective Mr. Roose velt outlined to Congress: In 1942 — 60,000 planes; 45,000 tanks; 20,000 antiacraft guns; 8, 000,000 tons of merchant shipping. In 1943—125,000 planes; 75,000 tanks; 35,000 antiarcraft guns; 10,900,000 tons of shipping. 5 As to American fighting men, he said, they will operate over the face of the world, including the British Isles and the Far East, to beat at the enemy “wherever and whenever we can reach him.” The American Philippine army I under McArthur, army appears to be holding its own against odds, treatment is being given to all at Corregidon. In Manilla, now occupied by the Japanese harsh white residents of the fallen Cap itol, according to reports. In Singapore the .British defenders opened a series of successful local offensives against an invader who had made con siderable earlier progress. With the one exception of Mal aya '— and this was qualified— there were on Allied setbacks this week; in general the strug gle afield was going well against the three-faced antagonist, for the Germans plainly were being soundly thrashed on a great Rus sian front alive with Soviet initia (Continued on Page Four) Soil Committee To Meet Jan. 14 The District Supervisors of the New River District will hold the annual meeting Wednesday night, Black’s office in the community building here. Staton Mclver, District Conser vationist, said that the supervis ors at their last meeting deter mined to alternate meetings be tween Sparta and West Jefferson. He also said that this meeting was being called to prepare and transmit the annual report of ac complishments to the U. S. De part-ment of Agriculture but that anyone having business with the District Board was invited to at tend. DESERTERS FORFEIT CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS General J. Van B. Metts, State Director of Selective Ser vice, announced today that un der the provisions of Federal law (RS 1996 and 1998; Sec. 1, Act of August 22,1912 (37 Stat. 356) 8 USC 11; 34 USC 1200), all persons who desert the military service in time of war are deemed to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship, as well as their rights to become citizens. Such deserters are forever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States or exercising any rights of citizens thereof. General Metts further stated that, in view of the serious con sequences of desertion in time of war, it is to be hoped that all selectees on leave from their organization will not let anything interfere with their reporting back for duty on the day required. $515 Yet To Be Raised For Red Cross War Fund Solicitors Make First Reports And S235 Is Amount In County The Red Cross war relief fund totaled $235.80 i n Alleghany county this week as township workers reported contributions towards the $750 quota for this county, and officials of the local Red Cros-s chapter made an urgent appeal for every person to give as liberally as possible to the im mediate need of funds with which the Red Cross will aid the armed services of the United States. One citizen of Sparta said this week. “This money will add to the comfort of boys from right here in Alleghany county who are now serving in the Army, Navy and Marines.” The sever\ township chairmen are to select workers in their dis trict for the collection of war re lief funds. To date, the following contributions have been report ed, including $40.15 from the benefit dance sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Sparta and the local Legion post: R. A. Doughton, $7.50; Mr. and Mrs. R. £. Black, $7.50; Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Burgiss, $7.50; Ralph Evans, 2.00; Hugh Perry, $2.00; Amon Edwards, $2.00; Rev. C. B. Kilby, $5.00; Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Choate, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Duncan, $6.00; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gambill, $5.00; Selma Dickson, $2.50; Albert Richardson, $3.00; Mr. and Mrs. Alton Thomp (Continued on Page Four) Babson Estimates 9 Billion Increase In Nation Income By ROBER BABSON FORECAST FOR 1942 BABSON PARK, Mass. —As long as World War 11 lasts, the to tal U. S. production will continue to increase. I estimate an increase in national income of $9 billions for 1942, thus bringing it up to $95 billions compared with $76 bil lions in 1940 and $86 billions in 1941. In forecasting this national income for 1942, I am taking into account probable increases in prices and wages. These figures do not mean that more goods will be produced; in fact will show a i decline in the real wealth of Ame j rica. | Unfortunately, the increase in 'the industrial production will be in the defense industries. Nine teen-forty-two will show consider able decline in the non-defense in dustries. It is well for my friend Odium and others to talk about shifting over mamufacturenjf lawn mowers to making bajjle tanks. To a certain extent this will be done in 1942, but a great many non-defense concerns will suffer if the war continues through 1942. Washington tells me that with Japan, Germany and Italy fighting us we may need 50% of the wage workers of the country on defense works before Hitler is eliminated. This seems very high to me as Great Britain now has less than 3.0% engaged in defense industries. Will Bombing Win The War? Most readers, whether employ ers or wage workers, should pri marily be interested in whether World War 11 will continue in its present fury through 1942. If it will so continue , this is good news for those engaged in the defense industries, and bad news for those who are in certain non-defense in dustries. If the war is to end dur ing 1942, then the reverse is true. In fact, we would then see some (Continued on Page 8) Ten Others Are Injured When Two Cars Crash Grandmother of One of Vic tims. Luther Miller, Drops Dead at Funeral. Four Ashe county people were killed and a score of others in jured Monday morning, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, between Glendale and Laurel Springs, in one of the worst traffic accidents in the history of this section. Luther Miller, 26, was instant ly killed; Ulysses Yates, 31, died on the way to the hospital; and the third victim, David C. Smith, died early Tuesday morning from injuries, sustained. All of these men, from near Jefferson, were WPA employees and were en route to work riding with Andrew South, when South’s car met a Parkway truck driven by Mc Kinley Wagoner, in a head-on-col lision. Other passengers in the car in cluded Willie Bare and Jim Cox, of Jefferson, who, with South, were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital for treat ment. Cox died late Wednesday evening. Plans for the funeral were in complete this morning. Occupants of the truck who were taken to the hospital and treated for injuries included the driver, McKinley Wagoner, Ros coe Tedder, Hoey Pike, Sam Brown, Paul Hall, Wint Brown and Quincy Wagoner, all of Wilkes county. The accident occured around 8 o’clock Monday morning when the group of Ashe men in An drew South’s car were on their way to work on the road project 6103 in the Laurel Springs sec tion. Investigating officials stated that one Parkway service truck had pulled to the side of the road and had stopped in order that the driver could dear* the windshield of ice. The truck driven by Wago ner, cut around this parked truck and evidently without seeing the approaching car driven by An drew South ran head-on into it. (Continued on Page Four> Snow, Sub-Zero Weather Arrive Wintery Blast Shivers Coun ty Covered By Two Inch Snow Sub-zero weather arrived in. Alleghany county this week with thermometer readings reported as low as four below in scone places, and the populace in gen eral being hampered by snow covered rural roads after the sea son’s first snow last Saturday. The flakes began falling last Saturday about 3 o’clock and sub sided after about two inches of snow covered the ground. Warm er weather Sunday morning caus ed some snow to melt and the re mainder turned to ice, which did not disappear before another light snow fell last night. Water pipes in a few residences were reported as having frozen when the weather was near zero early Tuesday morning. Most automobile owners were prepared for the cold weather with suffi cient anti-freeze. The snow covered all of North western North Carolina and Southwestern Virginia, with as much as five inches reported in some spots. JOf G//H _xXx_ - - . nrm w,*n£ mo LAV6HS LAST BTC".... BUT>TS WELL V/?£AKMB£.Z THERE’S HO SURE MY r KNOW ITS JH ' LAST ONE, —
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