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•ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.60 a Year In Alleghany Co only SPARTA, NORT H CAROLINA $1.50 a Year Out of County NEWS - STAR-TIMKS ' ■ W - is dedicated to covering the News and to the promotion of progress for all of the people in Sparta and Alle ghany county. THURSDAY, MAR. 4, lMt Now Underway More Than 5*700 War Ration Books Issued In County Registration Goes Off Accord ing To Schedule; 4,000,000 In State Registration for War Ration Book No. 2 at Alleghany county schools totaled 5,722 during the five day period, with others ac cepted daily at the ration board. Except for a few misunder standings, .the registration as a whole, moved along according to schedule, in this county as well as throughout the state. Nearly 4,000,000 North Caro linians obtained War Ration Book No. 2 in the “smoothest registra tion so. far conducted,” State OPA or T. S. Johnson said yes jj>irector ^ferday. Johnson said credit for effici ent handling of the registration was largely due to work of the State press, radio, motion pic ture theatres and teachers and volunteers who contributed their services. Johnson said dried beans and peas were not rationed when they were to be used for seed and could be bought without the cus tomer’s surrendering a coupon. Johnson also emphasized that the ration value of dried beans, peas and lentils was eight points a pound and of dehydrated soups was 16 points a pound. Hie dried foods were added to the list of rationed foods after the point val ue chart and been prepared. Local people as well as those throughout the nation have been seriously considering points this week. Merchants report a good business in comparison to last week when canned goods were frozen. Mrs. Susift, Fleetwood, clerk of the board, said here Tues r^,?oSrtonur"K been reported as lost to the Jjpand, each ftfceting having to qpnaider an average of ten such reports. It is necessary, in order to fully check all these reports, to have a suspense period of 60 days before issuing a duplicate. Glade Valley Home Is Burned Residence Of Mr. And Mrs. George Crutchfield Is De stroyed Last Thursday Mrs. The home of Mr. and Valley, was totally destroyed by fire last Thursday. The fire is believed to have caught from a defective flue. Some of the furnishings were removed from the first floor, but nothing was saved from the sec ond floor. The store, a few feet away, was not burned. It is not Mhraed if any insurance was car ried on the property. The home will probably be re built near the original site, known as "Teapot Dome” on Highway 21, a few miles west of Roaring Gap. _. ★ ★ WUattyoH&ufWitU WAR BONDS i k *| ' Military motorcycle#, tor couriers, tor ipMdliig light guns tram one ’section to another, are an Important Ipart of America’a mechanised Jenny. Many are equipped with aide can for use of staff officers. They 'cost from $400 to 9450. Cabbage Goes To War, Too! American doughboys and British tommies co-operate in the cabbage patch at one of the U. S. army’s services of sup ply depots in Britain—all part of the mammoth agricultural program of Americans and Britons. In foreground is Pri vate First Class Estelle Brown. Electric Cofp. Fails In Keeping Contract, Sued Meriibers Claim Blue Ridge Electric Member ship Corp., Meets Opposi tion la Trial Here Sat. ' Much interest was shown here Saturday in the cases tried before Magistrate Sam Brown at the courthouse in Sparta in which the Blue Ridge Electric Member ship corporation brought suit against a number of REA mem bers in Alleghany county on notes alleged' unpaid. When judgment was rendered in 'favor of the plaintiff, a mo tion was immediately filed by the defendants to have this judg ment set aside cm the grounds that the plaintiff had brought suit on notes which they did not at present own and which were not produced at the trial. The cases tried included those of Reuben Sheets, Neal Jones, George Upchurch and George Wagoner. In these cases, it was pointed out that the Blue Ridge Electric company had failed to live up to certain contracts made when the notes in question were executed by these REA members for washing machines, radios, refrigerators and other applianc es- , ■ The court set March 27 as the date to hear , the motion in the above cases as well as a number of other similar cases which were continued. (Continued on Page 4) FAVORABLE REPORT ON BED FOX BELL Rep. Roy Burgiss’ bill to pro hibit the killing of red foxes in the county was reported favora ble, passed the second and third readings, and passed the first reading in the Senate. It was sent to the Calendar Committee. Library Will Be Closed Wed. And Thursdays Many New Books Have Be' cently Been Received; Mrs. Jones Is Librarian The Alleghany county library board announces this week that beginning March #th, the library will be closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week, opening again on Friday, and on Monday and Tuesday, as usual. Mrs. Jones, librarian, said here Tues day that patrons of the library, who have books due next Thurs day, will not be charged with over dues on that day. New books received at the li brary this week are: Lieuten ant’s ^ady, Aldrich Early Sum mer, Corbett: Deep Valley, Lath eroh; The Stranger, Ross Our Miss Boo, Rhnbeck; Boyhood Ad ventures of Our Presidents, Cav enal; Faraway Song, Chenoweth; There was A Horse. Fenner; Wil liam Wigglewhistle, Heyneman; Little Bimbo and the Lion, Who herg; faarty Markham. Watkins; The Saturdays, Enright; Benja min Franklin, Meadowcroft. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB MEETING TODAY The Sparta Home Demonstra tion club is meeting today at the community building. Miss Rose Elwood Bryan, state,home dem onstration agent-at-large, will give the demonstration. All wo men in the community were in vited to attend. Small Farmers Make Big Food Increases Through FSA Help The II. S. Department ol Ag riculture has announced that more than a third of the Nation’s increase in milk production in 1942 came from 463,941 farms of Farm Security Administration borrowers. Tabulated results ol last year’s production, through out the country, were received here from the Department by County Supervisor Van F. Miller. The report shows that Farm Security families, constituting 7.6 per cent of the 6,097,000 farm operators listed by the Cen sus, increased their milk produc tion by 1,419,000,000 pounds or 30 per cent of the total increase for the Nation. “This was a 26 per cent in their 1941 production, three per cent in / all farmers,” ac to the Department re by Farm shown for other war-needed food crops. In terms of their own pro duction the year before, these 1942 increases ranged from 20 to 106 per cent. In terms of the Na tion's total increase, they also contributed 27 per cent of the Na tion’s increase in dry beans and 10 per cent of the total increase in eggs, chickens and peanuts. “These families were from the small farm group unable to get adequate credit from other sourc es. They operated with Farm Security Administration credit and supervision. Early in 1942, following January revision of the Nation’s war food goals as a* re sult of the attack on Pearl Har bor, the families revised their farm plans to provide greater in creases of the foods called for. Many of them planned substan tial production of war-needed cropsV such as peanuts, dairy products, and poultry, of which they had previously produced little or none." ~ Feb. Bond Sales Go Beyond Quota Mar. Goal, $5,209 Tax Payments Credited With Lower Volume Of Sales For Month February sales of War Bonds in Alleghany total $6,918.75, with Sparta post office selling $2,606. 25, Mrs. Inskeep of Roaring Gap post office $750 and Northwestern Bank $3,562. This was in excess of the as signed quota for February but marks a drop under last month, when sales reached a total of $17,737.50, exceeding the assign ed quota by $11,506. The lower volume of sales is attributed largely to demands upon the fi nancial resources of citizens of the county by federal and state tax payments. The quota assigned to the coun ty for March is $5,209. May Lift Ban On Joy-Riding; Policing Ends Future Compliance Depends On Honor System, Brown Announces Washington — OPA Adminis trator Prentiss Brown yesterday ordered an end to police enforce ment of the East’s ban on pleas ure driving, said future compli ance will depend upon an “hon or system,” and added there is "a fair probability” the ban can be entirely eliminated by March 22, when new gasoline coupons go into effect. Brown said he didn’t mean no body will be questioned about whether his driving is for pleas ure or duty, but “it’s one of those irritating things we want to avoid.” “The time has come to stop all unnecessary inconvenience of the public,” Brown told a press con ference. “I believe in light of the widespread understanding of the situation which exists we can henceforth rely on what might be termed the ’honor’ system of compliance instead of police en forcement. I am instructing all OPA regional, state, and branch offices to put this policy into ef fect immediately. “This action is in line with my general ideas on enforcement of all OPA regulations. Positive en forcement measures must be us ed with criminals, but they are not necessary with the general public. Instead I expect to se cure voluntary compliance by the public through understanding of the need for regulation.” As for lifting the East’s ban on nonessential driving, Brown said the decision rests largely upon whether Petroleum Administra tor Ickes finds that the gasoline supply will permit it. Seed Loans For Farmers Issued Applications Should Be Made At The Office Of B. E. Black Applications for emergency crop loans (seed loans) are now being received in Alleghany county, R. E. Black, county agent, said here this week. Fanners who are in need of funds for crop production purposes, or for the purchase or production of feed for livestock, and who have been unable to obtain adequate financing from other sources, in cluding a production Credit as sociation, should call at the Re ceiving Station for these appli cations, which is located in the County Agent’s office, at Sparta. Loans approved now may in clude funds for immediate dis bursal to meet jtarly spring needs, such as, the preparation of land, the purchase of fertiliser, or the planting of the early food or feed crops advocated by the Exten sion Service and the local county War boards of the Department of Agriculture. Funds to meet In tercrop production expenses may Captured German U-Boat Crew Captured when their submarine* damaged by British depth charges, was forced to be beached near Oran, Algeria, these Nazi crew men were objects of considerable interest in the town. As for the submarine, it was a case of surrender or be sunk. 10 Jap Warships, 12 Transports Are Sunk; Berlin Hit By R.A.F. Several Men Are Put In Class 1-A By Local Board List Of Classifications Pub lished; Others Are Being .. Considered At the February 28 meeting of the Alleghany county draft board, 11 men were placed in Class 1-A: Morgan R. Tompkins, Yarber T. Andrews, Palmer S. Walls, Bert A. Combs, Joe N. Howel, Charles E. Pugh, Hal fred W. Jones, William E. Mc Lean, Theodore Holloway, How ard P. Moxley, Ray M. AndeTson. Odus H. Mabe was placed in 4-F, and James H. Taylor in 2-C. Cases pending are Bruce R. Wil liams, Herbert C. Lyon, Ted R. Wyatt, John D. Higgins, Walter E. Frady, James F. Halsey, Clif ford B. Rector, Thomas O. Fin ney, Charlie R. Roberts, Kyle S. Nichols, Earl G. Jarvis, James W. Church, Ray Andrews, Dale Me Wyatt. Tire Quota Is Given For Mar. The March quota of tires and tubes for Alleghany county al lows 21 grade one passenger tires, 22 grade two, 49 of grade three, 49 tubes, 22 new, 92 recaps and 40 tubes. The March quota of truck tires has been drastically cut in com parison with the truck tire quotas available during the past three montHs. This adtion has bfeen • (Continued on Page 4) Russians Continue Victorious. Americans Go Forward In North Africa ! This week allied planes in the most resounding victory over Japanese naval units ever accom plished in Gen. Douglas MacAr thur’s Southwest Pacific com mand, have shattered a huge ene my convoy bound for New Guin ea, leaving 10 warships 4ntf*"E8 transports sunk or sinking and almost 15,000 enemy troops drowned or killed. “The Battle of Bismarck Sea now is decided”, the noon com munique issued at United Nations headquarters said. “We have ac hieved a complete victory. The completeness was such as to as sume the proportions of a major disaster for the enemy. His en tire force was practically de stroyed.” I Fifteen thousand Japanese I ground troops on the vessels were drowned or killed, “almost to a man,” the official announce ment said, and 55 enemy planes were shot out of action Tuesday and yesterday. “Merciful Providence guided us to this victory,” MacArthur com mented. The convpy included 10 war ships, described in the communi que as cruisers or destroyers, es corting the 12 transports. The en tire fleet represented a total ton nage of approximately 90,000 (Continued on Page Five) FRED BENGE BURIED Fred Benge, of Whitehead, died at his home last Thursday, fol lowing a period of illness dating from last fall. Burial was in Woodruff church cemetery, fol lowing the funeral service. State Spending Measure Is Given Approval By House Raleigh — The house heeded Speaker John Kerr Tuesday and cleared from its calender two of the major obstacles in the way of final adjournment, which is expected this week. It passed on final readings the $115,000,000 general appropria tions measure and passed and sent to the senate for concurrence a bill to amend the unified school board amendment adopted in the November election. The spending bill passed final reading with little opposition. The only effort to amend it came from Rep. Tompkins of Jackson who sought to change the bonus schedule to allow for larger pay ments to state employes in the lower salary brackets. The amend ment met defeat. The school board amendment took another battering, in the form of an ai Rep. Arch Allen of nating a clause that the eight education districts 4»n be at priximately equal population. The governor would appoint a board member from every educa tion district to be set up by the assembly—instead of from con gressional districts as now pro vided—and would appoint two members-at-large. Also on the board would be the lieutenant governor,, the state treasurer and the superintendent of public in struction. Rep. Ritch of Mecklenburg in troduced Tuesday night the omni bus bill prividing for the ap pointment of justices of the peace. Appointment of the justices for townships and counties would be for six-year terms except when otherwise specified. The terms would begin April 1, 1M3, or upon expiration of the present terms. The Governor’s war powers bill, giving the Chief Executive authority over the health, wel fare and security of the State, (Continued on Page Quota Is $1,900; Meeting Is Held On Eve Of Drive Cooperation Of All Is Asked; Bed Cross Doing Muck For Men In Service A small but enthusiastic group met at th® Sparta Community Building Monday night for the opening of the drive to raise $1,900 as Alleghany’s share of the National Red Cross War Fund. Chairman W. O. Hooper intro duced Mayor R. F. Crouse, who gave a rousing talk upon the aims and ideals of Red Cross, saying in part: “We have no right to draft our boys and send them out to fight for us without doing our utmost here at home to back them up in every way possible, and we are not going to let them down in this important part of the ser vice. It is a duty for us to per form just as these boys are doing theirs by fighting for us. It is not a question of whether or net the drive will be a success—Al leghany has never failed yet to do her duty in a national crisis, and we are not going to fail m»m* “Give double” is the slogan for this year's Red Cross finan cial appeal to the American peo ple. The National Red Cross is seeking to raise $125,000,000 to meet the urgent wartime needs for which it is responsible. This amount is far in excess of the peacetime budget, but the Alleghany people, along with other loyal Americans, will con (Continued on Page 4) Navy Recruiter >■ Is Coming Fri. Anxious To Enlist Men As 4 NaVftt Cadets, Also Other Branches Chief Specialist James X. Stephenson, in charge of the Winston-Salem Recruiting Sta tion, announced today the sched ule to be followed by Specialist First Class James E. Meachum in distributing information and holding interviews throughout this section during the next two weeks. Touring the territory primarily to accept applications of 17-year old men for enlistment in the Navy under the program for Nav al Aviation Cadets (to be defer red until they reach their 18th birthday); to accept applications of young women for enlistment in the WAVES and SPARS, and tu answer general questions about the Navy. Specialist Meachaae will be on hand in the post offic es of the various towns he visits and will also arrange to appear at the schools. He will be ,in Mt. Airy, March 2, 3, and 4; Sparta, March 5; West Jefferson, March 0; Boone, March 7 and 8; North Wilkes boro, March 9, 10 and 11; and Elkin, March 12 and 13. I* is important for the young fellows interested in getting into V-5, the course leading to a commission and the Navy Wings of Gold, to enlist while they are still 17, Stephenson pointed out. Boys who are in their senior year of high school, or are graduates are eligible. They must each have three letters of recommend ation and the consent of their pa rents, and they must stand in the upper one half of the male por tion of their classes. ' ——a 7
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