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.. NIWS-STAR-TIME8 is dedicated to covering the News and to the promotion of progress for all of the people in Sparta and Alle ghany county. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUG. 5, 194$ VOLUME 54, NO. 4« $2.00 a Year Out of County D. & P. Pipe Plant Moved To Larger Quarters, Here Plant Now Located In New Building On Roaring Gap Highway The D & P Pipe mocks plant has moved from the Porter Lum ber company building here in town to the large new pipe works building here in town to the large new pipe works building on the Roaring Gap highway, but the company will continue to pur chase ivy and laurel burls at Porter’s place because the vehicle scales are located there, it was announced today. In the D & P Pipe Works’ new home the burls are being trimmed and hauled to Boone to be sawed up into blocks. In the future, however, power will be available from the generator plant at the lake and cutting blocks in this county will be resumed. It is also announced that finish jMt/ed pipes will be made in the Al leghany plant when adequate equipment can be obtained and installed. Construction of the hydro-elec tric generation plant near the dam of the lake was completed this week and tests made so far show that an abundant supply of current can be generated to op erate the large pipe factory. The generator that is being used was purchased from the town of North Wilkesboro and it is be lieved that it will give years of service. Sam Porter is local manager of the pipe works. Tag Day To Be Observed Sat Woman’s Division War Saving Staff To Hold “Molly Pitcher Sale * Alleghany county’s first “Mol Pitcher Tag Day’^mWB he oh* served here next Saturday, Au gust 7, when local college girl# will sell war bonds and stamps, ^ giving each purchaser a souvenir ^Bapel tag. The Woman’s Division of the War Savings Staff, under the chairmanship of Mrs. A. O. Joines, in co-operation with the agencies under the supervision of Mr. Al ton Thompson, county chairman, is sponsoring the program. The girls who will assist in the sale are Misses Euna Lee Rich : ardson, Mildred Wagoner, Emo gene Choate and Doris Richard son, and will be stationed /in the post office and the Northwestern Bank. The post office will re main open beyond its usual clos ing hour to accommodate buyers if necessary, Silas Nichols, post master, said here Tuesday. Township chairmen of the Wo man’s Staff include Mrs. Ethelyn Richardson, Whitehead; Mrs. Fin ley, Cranberry; Mrs. Mack Woo dy, Piney Creek; Mrs. Ralph Gen try, Cherry Lane; Miss Betty Jkloines, Glade Creek; Mrs. C. M. ^Sanders, Prathers Creek. These chairmen are to urge citizens of their territory to buy bonds and stamps on Saturday in town. The significance of the "Molly Pitcher” title of the drive is brought out in an interesting story. This heroine of another war, who carried pitchers of well Water to men an the batle field of Monmouth an& later replaced liar wounded husband at his can non until the battle was won, was r .Molly Ludwig, born jn Trenton, New Jersey. The call “Molly,— pitcher,” gave her the title by (Continued on Page 8) Reunion Held ^ Here Sunday \ _ • . A family reunion was held Sun day at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Joines here, when luncheon was served to Mr. W. P. Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Irwin, of Wilkes boro, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crouse and son, Parrel, of New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Beeves Douglas and daughter, Naomi; Mrs. Maude L Richardson and daughter. Miss Allies Crack Line Ai Mt. Etna; Japs. Fall Back At Munda Field ' NOW IN ALABAMA Pvt. Guthrie Caudill, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Caudill, of Baywood, Va. Entered the army three months ago, now stationed at Camp Seibert, Ala. He has made a record as a sharpshooter, recently mak ing 19 hits out of a possible 20 shots at target practice. REA Suit Against Again Dissmissed Co-op Cuts Off Mrs. Charles Shepherd’s Lights Because ' Of Another Debt . « here last Friday before Gienn Nickels, the suit of me Blue Ridge Electric Mem bership corporation against Mrs. Charles Shepherd, of Scottvifle, was dismissed jand the REA co op filed notice of appeal to the Alleghany superior court. This is the second time that a case against Mrs. Shepherd has been dismissed. During the hearing it was pointed out that upon failure to collect a balance of approximate ly $190, which Mrs. * Shepherd was alleged to have owed on a refrigerator that was defective, the REA co-op cut off the lights at tiie defendant's store and resi dence. Attorney Floyd Crouse, who represented (Mrs. Shepherd, pointed out that the defendant (Continued on Page 4) Awards Given For Lost Hero Mr. C. F. Osborne has received posthumous awards of the Dis tinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal by tiie War Depart ment, for his son, Cpl. Jlruce Os borne, who was reported missing in action in the Southwest Paci-, fic war zone on September 24, 1942. These medals were given for1 heroism beyond the line of'duty.' They were received by Mr. Os-j borne last Thursday. Russians Drive Within Five Miles Of Orel; Big Nazi Port Is Bombed -- Allied forces continued to gain this week while Italy Suffered in ternal disturbances and rumors of peace were heard. American and British troops have cracked the enemy’s Mount Etna line at two points and surg ed forward to draw a ring of steel around Sicily’s volcanic bas tion where many German troops now face entrapment. The crushing American attack threw back the whole German northern flank. Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.’s Seventh Army occupied Troina, Monday, it was disclosed, and rolled on to within 40 miles of the east coast behind Catania. By breaking through along the Troina-Taormina Road on the north side of Mount Etna, the Americans threatened the Ger man positions on the western slopes of the volcano, including those at Bronte. Thousands of workers went on strike at Milan, Genoa and other northern Italian cities yesterday and, surging into the public squares in defiance of sabre-arifi ed police, denounced the Badog lio government and shouted de mands for immediate peace, frontier reports said last night. The east end of the Japanese air base of Munda on New Geor gia island has been reached by hard fighting United States in vasion forces in their yard-by yard battle against cave-entrench ed enemy jungle defenders, Gen eral MacArthur announced yes terday. The slow progress against this key obj^qtive qf t£e Central Solo mons campaign Was a part of a general advance, the second such reported in as many days. British bombers “in great strength" rekindled fires last night in flaming and desolate Hamburg, where a Danish con sular official estimated 200,b00 (Continued on Page 4) Whitaker Held In County Jail Charged With Resisting An Officer; Arrested On Mon day Night Aut Whittaker was arrested Monday night and placed in jail on a charge of resisting an offi cer when Sheriff Jess Moxley at tempted to arrest him and three companions upon complaints ol residents of the Twin Oaks com munity. Reports indicate that the men were drinking, and ran their car into the parked car of Willie Lee Poole, of Twin Oaks, almost com pletely demolishing it. Sherifl Moxley was attacked 'by the four when he attempted to arrest them, receiving-bruises about the head and shoulders, but brought his man to jail where he was still confined Wednesday afternoon, awaiting a hearing. Disposition of charges against the others is still pending. Marine Is Carried To Safety —: >. . .. ii' ; >- •. ■ - • » Ready For The Flight Over To Britain This Canadian-built “Flying Fort” i« ready for the hop from Goose Bay, Labrador, to Britain. Before leaving, pilots get their last minute instructions from Captain Cardiff, of California, who has well over 10,000 flying hours and several trips across the Atlantic to his credit. Date For School Opening Is Set For Mon., Aug. 30 Transportation, Teachers And Other Problems Are Dis cussed By Board, Mon. At the regular meeting of Al leghany county Board of Educa tion on Monday, it was decided that all Alleghany county schools should open on August 30. At the July meeting of the board formal application was made to the State Board of Ed ucation at Raleigh, for the ninth month to be added to tile county schools. This was granted by the state board, and at the August meeting no change was made in the set-up. The board considered bus rentes, drivers, and various other matters pertinent to the proposed opening of school the last of the month. No- announcement has yet been made as to the list of teachers who will be employed in the county school system. All members of the board were present for the meeting. They are: G. N. Evans, C. L. Hash and R. G. Cox. New Books Are Received Here Adult, As Well As Children's Books Are Received By County Library “Anyone interested in radio should read the new book just received at the Alleghany county library, “Find Principles of Radio Communications”, by Alfred Mor gan”, Mrs. Carrie H. Jones, libra rian said, this week. Another new book which should be of special interest, Mrs. Jones said, is ’’Here is Alaska”, by Evelyn Stefansson. This is a book that gives much worthwhile information about a country which has become increasingly important during the present war. Several other new adult books as well as a good selection for the teen-age .group and smaller children have been received re cently. Among these are the following, listed by authors and titles: Allee, Winter Mischief, Great Tradition, Road to Carolina; Kin ert, America’s Fighting Planes in Action;- Stillman, Jungle Haven; Chapman, Trail Beyond the Rock (Continued on Page 4) R. L. Doughton To Speak At ASTC Chairman Of Ways And Means Committee. To Deliv er Literary Address Robert L. Doughton, of the Appropriations of the United States deliver the literary State Thursday New Toy And Novelty Furniture Plant Is Opened This Week Will Also Make Small Wa gons At Plant; Opened By Clennel Richardson A new industry known as the Sparta Manufacturing company was opened here this week by Clennel Richardson, prominent local citizen. The firm plans to manufacture novelty furniture and toys and in the beginning it will concentrate on the manufacture of small, all wood wagons that will be sold throughout the nation by retail, merchants. Within a short time, Mr. Rich ardson expects to make at least 100 wagons daily. The new company is looted in the building next to the Porter Milling company, which was for merly occupied by the D & P Pipe Works. Ten persons are employed in (Continued on Page -4) J. P. Reeves Is Buried Sunday Funeral rites were held Sun day afternoon at two o’cloek for J. P. Reeves, aged citizen of the Stratford community who died at the home of his son, -Grover Reeves, at five o'clock Saturday morning. A large crowd attended'the fu neral, after which burial Sallowed in the family cemetery, i Elders E. C. Caudill and John Williams conducted the service. * Surviving are three sons, Gro ver, Lon and Leff Reeves, all at Alleghany, and one daughter, Mrs. Zollie Osborne, ot -Virginia. His wife died many years ago. Mr. Reeves had bees in ill health for about two months. Earl W. Sturgill Reported Missing In Atlantic Area Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Oscar Sturgill, Of Stratford, Was In Navy The Navy Department has no tified Mr. and Mrs. John Oscar Sturgill, of Stratford, that their son, Earl William Sturgill, is missing in action in a recent en .gagement in the Atlantic battle area, it war KMrnedr tnis week. In the Associated Press dis patch listing young Sturgill, it was announced that the total of navy, marine corps and coast guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941, was 27,642. The grand total includes 8,769 dead, 4,849 wounded, 9,858 missing and 4,166 prisoners. Farmers Ship A Carload Of Lambs The largest co-operative ship ment of lambs ever to be made out of Alleghany county was made this week when 524 fat lambs were consigned to Kerns Commission Company, of New Jersey, county agent R. E. Black, said here this week. Of these 285 were choice lambs, the entire shipment approximat ing 40,000 pounds. Final figures were not available in time for publication, but it is expected that the lambs brought from fifteen to fifteen and a half cents per pound, netting between $5,000 and $6,000 to co-operating farmers. Pre-war Fathers Will Be Called Starting October 1 Washington — War Manpower Commissioner Paul C. McNutt an nounced this week that begining Oct. 1 pre-Pearl Harbor fathers 18 through 37 will be subject to induction into the armed forces “without distinction regarding the number or ages of their depend ent children.” He stressed that the decision to tap the pool of 6,596,000 class 3-A registrant) (pre-Pearl Harb or fathers hitherto deferred for dependency reason only) did not mean abolition of the'3-A classi fication. Men will be reclassified out of that group only as needed The W M C directive under which local draft boards are be ing in structed to start reclassify ing fathers set forth only two eon a possible basis foe de drafting of pre-Pearl Harbor might be delayed at least until next Jan. 1. But McNutt explained that “we have reached the point at which we cannot supply the men needed by the army, navy, marine corps and Coast Guard and keep war production and equately manned except by removing the bars to the induction of fathers.” “We have delayed ealling fa thers for military service as long as has been possible,” he said. ' comment indic that lesislators with Manpower V. McNutt’s n jrp-PMiri N&r. jkAW jhMA J_A ol Ci capital County Tax Rate Set At 80 Cents; Bonds Sell High Alleghany Continues To Rank On Top In N. C. For Fi nancial Condition Alleghany county continues to rank at the top of the list in the state in financial standing, recent reports indicate. Today, the county owes only about $90,000 and its bonds are selling at a higher premium than most any county in North Caro lina. The county has an exceedingly low tax rate, too. This year it is only 80 cents, a reduction of 10 cents from last year. The 1943 valuation is $4,226, 673.00 and the total estimated levy for this fiscal year is $37, 148.39. A check up shows that the county now has 2,344 persons listed for payment of poll tax. Sheriff Moxley is now collect ing 1943 taxes and advertised elsewhere in this issue is a list of taxpayers who have not paid their 1942 taxes. Jobs Are Offered To Unemployed Placing Workers On Farms And In Lumber Industry; More Jobs Available J. Hardin Lee, special inter viewer for the U. S. Employment Service, Manpower Commission, said here this week that he is re ceiving gratifying response to his drive for labor recruits in the territory in the first few days of the campaign. One point Mr. Lee wished es pecially emphasized, is the fact that he does not wish to take laborers from agricultural pur suits, nor from vital war indus tries, but to place really idle per sons on some sort of production .of benefit ia».tha war progpwD Piacements hive been made with in the last few days on farms and lumber producing jobs. War production jobs in Gas tonia and High Point especially need women, ages from eighteen to thirty years of age. These jobs are one hundred per cent war production, Mr. Lee stated. No experience is required, however, the jobs pay a forty cent mini mum, with transportation paid from the home of the worker to either of the two towns. Board and room may be obtained at from $7.00 per week to $9.00 per week, it was pointed out. Squirrel Season Opens October 1 Dick Gentry, county game warden, announced this week the opening of the squirrel season in Alleghany county would not begin until October 1 this year according to a ruling by division of game and inland fisheries of the N. C. Department of Conser vation and Development. Hie season this year is from Oct 1 until Jan. 1. In previous years it has opened on Sept. 1. "I Wait' tocall the attention of all hunters to this," warden Gen try said. He explained that the bag limit is to be six per day. This bpehing date, in addition to Alleghany applies to Ashe, Wa tauga, Wilkes, Caldwell. Burke and some other western counties. Hunters sire urged to buy their licenses before the season opens.
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