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VOLUME 54, NO. 34 ~~ $LOO » Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA - _$1.50 a Year Out of County_THURSDAY, MAY 13, MO Canning Sugar Registering Will Start On May 20 This Is To Be Done By Mail; limitations Explained By Board Registration for canning sugar for 1943-1944 canning season will get underway on May 20th. It will be done entirely by mail, Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, ration board clerk, said here this week. Application blanks are to be distributed by mail carriers and they can also be found at post offices. They must be filled out completely and accurately, and r then returned to the local ration » ing office. Certificates will then, Eks be mailed to each family. Reg sFi istrations will not be handled at the ration board office, and citi zens will receive their allotment of sugar much more quickly by observing the simple instructions above, it was pointed out. Sttgar for the period of May, 1943 through February 1944 will be allotted as follows: 15 lbs. per person, up to and including the first two persons. Ten pounds per person, for the third and fourth person; four pounds per person, all oyer four persons in family; five pounds per person is added for making jams and jellies. AH allotments will be based on the above table, with no de viation from the rule. Only res idents of Alleghany may register in the county. Mrs. Fleetwood pointed out that the most important part of the application to be filled out is the names and serial numbers of the War Ration Book 1 for each mem ber of the family. “We believe the canning sugar registration qan be handled, mare efficiently . * {Continued on Page 4) ^ Alleghany Boy Enlists In V-6 Frank Harris, Jr., To Leave Monday For Induction In Navy; Others Enlist Frank Thompson Harris, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris, of Slade Valley, has qualified under the V-6 program of the U. S. Naval Reserve and will leave Glade Valley Monday for Wins ton-Salem, where he will take the primary examination before going on to Raleigh for final en listment. Young Harris graduated from Glade Valley High School in April, 1942, as valedictorian of his class. After graduation, he was employed in the People’s Store, of Glade Valley, then in Charlotte for four months. Recruiter James E. Meacham, SI of the Winston-Salem Naval Re cruiting Station, said Wednes day that young Harris was one of three graduates of Glade Valley high school to enter the service recently. Joseph Paul Bray, Jr., and William Eugene Thomas en listed some time ago and are now at Bainbridge, Maryland, in train ing. Mr. Meacham said, "I have had recent letters from these boys since they arrived at Bainbridge, and they are much impressed with the opportunity the Navy offers boys for advancemtent. These three boys from Glade Val ley are the high type of intelli gent citizen the Navy needs and wants.* Prof. C. R- Roe his been chosen to secyre consent papers for boys wishing to enlist, and those of 17 who are interested in the Navy training in V-6 may obtain addi tional information about its re quirements. Mr. Meacham plans to again visit Alleghany in about 1 *- ■/» }' f ''&■ • 1 ,w-». PINE FORK GROUP HOLDS MEETING MAT 4 The Pine Pork Farm Group met with Mr. and Mn. A P. Upchurch, Map 4th, with Mi« Mildred Sed td't herry, home agMlt, end Mr. Van W Miller, FSA. Supervisor, leading. Discussions were on home ciean ing, gardening and 'farm protv those ‘Flying Tiger’ Boss Honored Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, famed throughout the world as the leader of the erstwhile “Flying Tigers,” is shown (left) at a banquet given in his honor at Chungking, China, when he was appointed commander of the new 14th U. S. air force. Seated with General Chennault are Dr. H. H. Rung, Chinese minister of finance (center), and Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi. Germans Surrender In Africa; Invasion Of Europe Now Near Churchill And Roosevelt Be lieved To Be Completing Plans; Revolt On Axis With the end of organised re Si$tant£ ’ffom the German soldiers -in JNwth 'Afriea, and the arrival of i.'/inston1 Churchill in Washing* ton'for a (conference, the invasion of Europe is believed to be very near at hand. German troops cut off on the Tunisian mainland by a British breakthrough across the base of Cap Bon peninsula surrendered unconditionally to the Frerch Tuesday night and agreed to the immediate transfer of all their material. Pocketed in the Zaghouan mountains, the Germans asked the French command for armis tice in the first such request to be made by the Germans to the French since the last war. Just as the Americans had done in the north, the French followed the Casablanca formula by de manding immediate unconditional surrender and the immediate de livery of all material, and the Germane accepted. There was no indication of the number of surrendering forces, | who were isolated when the' French 19th corps drove through (Continued on Page 4) LAUREL SPRINGS BAPTIST SERVICE Rev. Richard West, pastor of the Sparta and Laurel Springs Baptist churches, announces his preaching hours at Laurel Springs will be on the second Sunday night of each month at 8 p. m., and on the fourth Sunday morn ing at 11 6’clock. County Offices Will Close On Wednesday P. M. The offices of {he clerk of court, register of deei 31>d coun ty sheriff, will be closed each Wednesday afternoon until Sep tember 1, in acordance with the agreement entered into by the merchants of Sparta, last week, as will the Northwestern Bank. This agreement will enable the employees of business firms, of fices and stores to participate in various programs of food conser vation and preservation and to at tend to their own personal affairs. Sheriff Arrests Franklin Lundy ■ Franklin Lundy, of the lower part of Alleghany county, was ar rested by Sheriff Jess Moxley and placed in jail last Thursday on a charge of possession of non taxpaid liquor. A quantity of the liquor was found in his house and brought to the sheriffs office. Lundy was released on bail Wed nesday to await trial in federal court. TO CLEAN CEMETERY Workers are invited to meet at Liberty cemetery on Saturday morning for the purpose of clean ing up the grounds. Suitable tools will be needed with which to work, it has been announced. Survey Reveals Increasing Food Farm Security Administration borrower families believe they can top last year's production of war essential crops by further in creases ranging from 20 to 72 per cent. Results of a survey released tea the Office of War Inforaugff *Md lift received hbre tipHlP cal Farm Security office, show that the 463,Ml family-size fann ers who as FSA borrowers made record-reaking increases in ma jor war crops in IMS expect to turn out SO per cent mora,milh this year than last; 41 per cent more eggs; 60 per cent more chickens; 62 per cent more pork; 86 per cent more beef; 38 per cent more dry beans; 62 per eent more sowfoeras; 52 per cent more flax, aii^l cent m^^re linn occuruy loans an dthe as distance planning i needed r™ creased 20 to.l accoun portion of creases in stituting 7 Supervisors in —odUcing war rmers in i’ over IB bstantial V crops Of the v— supplied 36 I in ease I of eus, Man Jailed In Connection With Stone Mt. Fire Week’s Forest Fire Destroys Thousands Of Acres Young Valuable Timber Marvin Holloway, of the Stone Mountain section, has been placed in jail at Wilkesboro to await trial on a Charge of arson in con nection with the fire which has been raging in the Stone Moun tain section of Wilkes and Alle ghany counties. The fire was brought under control last Saturday, after ef fective work by 100 men under the leadership of District Forest Warden Young, of Lenoir, and Wardens R. D. Gentry, of Alle ghany and Joe Norman, of Surry, with George Royal, of Roaring Gap and Joe Saylor, superinten dent of the Reynolds property in Roaring Gap, assisting. The fire burned over approxi mately 5,700 acres of good young timber, Mr. Gentry said here this week, making a clean sweep of a fine stand of young poplar and pine* which would have been marketable timber in a few years. It is understood that the fire started in the Garden Creek church sedtion, accidentally spreading from a farmer’s brush fire. The arrest of Holloway was made because of his alleged set ting other fires behind the lines as the fighting group exteinguish ed it ahead of him. sneep urowers To Sell Wool Through Agent May Not Sell Direct To Man ufacturer As Was Former Practice Plans for the marketing of wool this season have been alter ed somewhat, and instead of sell ing direct to the manufacturer as farmers have done previously, it will now probably be necessary to sell the wool through a licens ed dealer, county agent R. E. Black, said here this week, since the government has taken over the wool crop. It'will probably not be known who will buy the wool or what his requirements will be on the method of preparation, but it is felt by farm office officials that it Will pay sheep growers to tie the fleece from each sheep sep arately. Paper twine is difficult to ob tain for tying the wool, and farm ers may obtain some used twine by calling at the county agent’s office. The supply is limited, however. Farmers should not use binder’s twine, as it is diffi cult to separate from the wool. Instructions for tying may also be obtained at the county agent’s office. Former Citizen Passes In Iowa News has been received here by relatives of the death of S. S. Fender, 80, former resident of Alleghany county, at his home in Hamburg, Iowa, on April 22. Mr. fender was bora in Alle ghany in 1861, nd had lived in the West for forty years, paying oc casional visits to relatives in. the fast He was mantled to Miss Cktda Combs, of Sparta, in 1880, and they had <*** Children, one of whom, Dotson fender, now Lives in Sparta. Two brothers al so survive. He is a cousin of Mrs. J. M. Wagoner, also et Spar Alleghany Men In Service : m Ensign Paul E. Lavietes, (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lavietes, of Sparta, is now serving with Coast Patrol boats in Pacific waters. He enlisted in February, 1942. Sgt. Thomas R. Morrison, (right), of Sparta, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Morrison, of Wilkesboro. He entered the Army in January, 1942. Winston Churchill Is Now In Washington For War Conference Cotton Bagging Made Available For Potato Crop Growers Are Asked To Place Orders As Soon As Possi ble To Get Supplies Additional supplies of heavy cotton bagging for handling the early commercial potato crop in North Carolina and Virginia re cently have been made available by the War Production Board, and Alleghany county growers should place their orders as quickly as possible to insure an adequate supply, according to W. F. Jones, chairman of the county USDA War Board. This cotton material, he said, was made available for this pur pose after urgent appeals from potato growers and agricultural officials in face of the greatly in creased average this year. “This material is heavy fabric and: has been found suitable for handling potatoes,” Mr. Jones said. “Now that it is available, it is up to the growers to place (Continued On Page Four) SCHEDULE FOR H. D. CLUBS IS ANNOUNCED Miss Rubie Hampton, home demonstration agent, announces that her visits scheduled for next week are as follows: Monday, May 17, Turkey Knob School; 18th, Gentry’s Chapel, in the Zion community; Wednesday, 19th, Piney Creek, in the home economics room of the school; 20th, Vox school; 21, Laurel Springs school. British Prime Minister Brings Experts To Meeting With Roosevelt Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived, in Washington Tuesday night against . tv ground of an allied victory in Tunisia and German jitters over invasion, for more war talks with President Roosevelt. The White House naturally gave no specific details of the ex act purpose of the fifth Church ill-Roosevelt parley in 21 months and the fourth since this country plunged into the conflict. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early issued only this brief an nouncement: “Prime Minister Winston Churchill has arrived in Washing 'ton. He was met by the president upon arrival and will be the pres ident’s guest for the duration of his visit. Mr. Churchill was ac companied by a staff of experts, military and naval.” Momentous political and mili ary happenings have followed the previous four meetings between President, Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Circumstanc es surrounding their fifth make it rather obvious that important European invasion moves will be (Continued on Page 4) CHOIR PRACTICE AT BAPTIST CHURCH HERE There will be choir practice at the Sparta Baptist church each Friday night at eight o’clock, Rev. Richard West, pastor, announced here this week. All members of, the choir are urged to attend. Price Control Program For Alleghany Is Set In Motion Plans for an enforcement and educational program on price con trol in Alleghany to be adminis tered by the price panel of the county rationing board, its ad visory committee and four volun teer assistants, were anouneed here this week. . figuring of prices where a mark-J up is concerned, and assist in ev-> ery way possible in enabling re tailers to understand and abide by price regulations. Question naires will be used by the assis tants. Indicating that the public also have an important port in enforc ing ceilings, Mr. Berry urged all persons feeling they have been charged prices above the legal maximum*, to report full data to the local rationing board offices. In ton, this office will have memorandums on the. reported breaches of the law ready for the price panel at its regular weekly meetings. The price panel and its corps d trader a pro bjr r Bond surplus Will Purchase 2 Ambulances More Than Eighteen Thoa* sand Over Quota Assign* ed To County In Drive GOOD RESPONSE Bond Chairman Alton Thomp son anounced here this week that in the recent bond drive, the to tal sold in Alleghany reached $68,512.50. This figure shows $18,312.50 in excess of the quota alloted the county of $50,200. Mr. Thompson said here Wed nesday that sufficient funds have been received in excess of quota to purchase two ambulances for the armed forces. Chairman Thompson said he was gratified with the response and wished to thank every indi vidual and organization for their efforts in making the second war loan drive a big success. Of the total, the Sparta Post Office sold $6,975, Glade Valley post office, $850, Northwestern Bank, $38,687.50, and the State of North Carolina $12,000. Addi tional funds will swell the total when the final report from the Federal Reserve is received, it was explained. ANNOUNCE SERVICES There will be religious services at the Brethren Church at Galax, Va., at 11 o’clock and at Jane Sheets’ at 2 o’clock, Sunday, May 16. Miss Jean Hawthorne spent some time in Charlotte last week, returning to Sparta, Friday. -i- ■■■.— -T"-- ' „ .1,^,.— Rationing Guide SUGAR Stamp No.' 12 valid for five pounds. This five pounds must last through May 31. COFFEE Stamp No. 23 good for one pound through May 30. FUEL OIL Coupon No. 5 valid to Sep tember 30. Good for ten gal lons. Fuel oil consumers should save the stubs of their ration certificates pending is suance of rations for the next heating season, which starts October 1. GASOLINE Coupon No. 5 good for three gallons. Period five coupons must last until July 22. T cou pons issued only to holders of certificates of war necessity. TIRES Automobile and small truck tires smaller than 7.50x20 may now be recapped with passen ger tire rubber without pwnrrs obtaining certificates from ra tioning boards. Certificates are necessary for truck tire rubber. Drivers with gasoline allowances of 240 or less miles per month are entitled to grade m tires, new or used, at applicant’s option. Driven with gasoline allowance of Ml miles or more per month are entitled to grade I or III tires, new or used, at applicant’s op tion. No Certificates for new or used tires will be issued if applicant’s present tires can be repaired or recapped. SHOES
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