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VOLUME 55, NO. 15
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, DEC. 30, 190
Alleghany Men
Left On Monday
To Enter Service
Were Inducted At Camp
Croft; List Is Published
Here Today
A group of 21 Alleghany men
left Monday for induction into
the army at Camp Croft, S. C.
Those leaving were Robert
Allen Berry, Vaughn Beauford
Hendrix, Thomas Elmer Woodie,
Elgin Leonard Pruitt, Lynn
Tompkins, John Mack Combs,
Joseph Kelly Blum, Jr., Leo
Spurgeon Roberts, John Robert
Edwards, Charles Edward Pugh,
•James Howard Brown, James
' Isom Glasco, Wayne Roberts,
Arzie Deamer Jones, Isaac Rufus
Edwards, Dwayne Thomas Miller,
Paul William Adams, Dwight
Luther Smith and Merdith Earl
Richardson. Arzie Cecil Richard
son and Donald Dale Shores left
for induction into the air corps.
Two Alleghany men, who were
registered at different boards
will also be inducted this month.
They are John Barnett Reeves,
Catawba county and William
Alexander Gibson, Hartford co.,
Maryland.
Workerg Return
To Steel Plants
Over 125,000 Workers Back
On The Job; Claim Wage
Victory
Pittsburgh — Most of the more
than 170,000 steel workers idle
since midnight Dec. 24, returned
to their jobs Tuesday, with some
iu me first round of the oarfle m
the CIO United Steelworkers un
ion for a wage boost of 17 cents
Lan hour above the ceiling fixed
■ by the "little steel” formula.
Reports from the nine states
where scores of mills were clos
ed showed more than 125,000 had
returned by nightfall with others
expected back when operating
conditions permitted.
The American Iron and Steel
Institute in a tentative estimate
said about 125,000 tons of steel
was lost by the work stoppages.
Philip Murray, president of the
union, maintained silence about
the controversy and during the
day joined his committee which
is negotiating with subsidiaries
at the U. S. Steel Corporation
here for a new contract
Dancy Overdue
For Army Duty
. Pvt Claude Dancy, of Laurel
^Springs, who has been absent
without leave from the Army
since December 6, was picked tip
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Dancy by Sher
iff Jess Moxley and Deputy
Glenn Richardson, Monday might
Pvt Dancy, who was missing
from Fort McClellan, Ala., had
been at home since he received a
week end pass oh December 8.
When asked why he failed to
return to duty he replied that he
had been sick.
Pvt. Dancy is being held in
Sparta,
NEW SERIAL STORE
STARTS IN THE NEWS
Berinalnf today In
*r Is
Where Yanks Won Jap Area -
The southern end of New Britain, which was invaded by
the American Sixth army. Shortly after the landing, Ameri
can troops were reported to be beating their way from Ara
we toward the Jap air base at Rabaul, which lies at the north
eastern tip of the island.
Marines Advance In
New Britain; Soviets
Still Making Gains
Nazis Throw New Divisions
On Italian Front; Inva
sion Is Near
While the invasion of Europe
appears to be drawing near dai
ly, activities on all other fronts
continued with renewed vigor.
Tank-paced American marines
lmv^l^Hven .to within a mile and
a half (it New Britain* strategic
Cape Gloucester airdrome, Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur an
nounced.
On other fronts of the widely
scattered battle of the Pacific, the
navy announced, bombers again
raided the Japanese-held Mar
shall Islands while submarines
penetrated deep into enemy wa
ters to sink 12 more ships, badly
needed for Japan’s extended sup
ply lines.
The Germans threw another
fresh division into the mud and
blood of the Italian front yester
day in a desperate effort to halt
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GOOD ATTENDANCE
IN COUNTY SCHOOLS
In spite of much illness and
bad weather the Sparta public
schools resumed work yesterday
with fine attndance, after being
closed for the Christmas holidays.
Supt Clyde Fields announced
that all of the schools in the
county resumed their work on
schedule, some of them after a
nine-day Christmas holiday, and
others after seven days.
Measles, mumps, flu and colds
are still prevelant, but the' at
tndance in the schools remainS
good, it has been reported.
Army Extends
Control To All
Main Railroads
President Expects Move To
Be Temporary; Will Use
Troops If Needed'...
Washington — Hope that the
I railroads can be turned back to
private operation soon was ex
pressed by President Roosevelt
yesterday as the army, on his or
ders, extended its control to all
major carriers and prepared to
use troops to run trains if neces
sary.
Secretary of War Stimson,
government operator of the rail
roads, called for “the full devo
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Car Collision
Near Twin Oaks
A truck, driven by R. C. Mit
[ chell of Sparta, and an automo
bile driven by Mack Dale Wyatt,
of Turkey Knob, collided on a
curve one-fourth mile from Twin
Oaks on the Sparta road, Christ
mas Eve about 11 o’clock.
Officers who investigated, sta
ted that Wyatt, who was driving
toward Twin Oaks, claimed to
have been blinded by the lights
of the truck.
i No charges were made since
I Wyatt agreed to pay all damages,
j estimated at around $25.00 for
the truck and $100.00 for the car,
i according to reports made.
Recently Home On Furloughs
Pfc. Leonard T. Maine, left, who is stationed at Boca Ba
ton Field, Florida, recently spent a 15-day furlough with rel
atives and friends in Alleghany. Pfc. Mahe, who is a first
class machine gunner, has heed assigned to police duty since
his recovery from a recent operation. Pvt Fred B. Roberts,
right, son of Mrs. Clyde Tate, spent the Christmas holidays
j with' his mother. Pvt. Roberts volunteered for service in
i August and received his basic training at Fort Bragg.
Duties Of USDA
War Board Are
Explained Here
False Rumors Being Circula
ted; Working With Se
lective Service Board
There seems to be some mis
understanding as to the duties of
the County U. S .D .A. War
Board relative to agricultural
workers being deferred to the
farm, officials pointed out this
week. “There are also rumors
being circulated that the County
U. S. D. A. War Board or that
certain members of the board
have jurisdication over the Coun
ty Selective Service Board. This
rumor is absolutely false,” one
official declared.
The County U. S. D. A. War
Board is to work with the selec
tice service board, merely as tech
nical advisors. At the request
of the draft board, it is the duty
of this board to investigate the
farming activities of any regis
trant claiming a farm classifica
tion, it was explained.
After investigating, and the
war board is satisfied that a reg
istrant is producing the required
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Large Still Is
Destroyed Mon.
Found In Mt. Zion Communi
ty; No Arrest Made At
This Time
Deputy Marshal Walter M. Ir
win and Deputy Sheriff Glenn
Richardson destroyed one of the
largest stills of recent months, in.
the Mt. Zion community, Monday
afternoon.
The still, with a capacity of
1500 gallons, was not in opera
tion when discovered and there
were no clues as to the operator,
officers declared.
Several fruit jars, jugs, boxes
for holding mash and the 50-gal
lon boiler were destroyed by the
officers.
It was estimated that a recent
run of approximately 200 gal
lons of moonshine had been made.
1943 Takes Final
Fling In Weather
Most People Weatherbound
On Christmas Day By
Sleet And Ice
Alleghany, along with other
sections, which have experienced
unusually mild weather this sea-'
son, felt a real touch of winter
on Christmas day, when ice
covered roads kept most people
at home.
Since that time this section
has experienced samples o{ vari
ous types of cold weather as the
old year draws to a close. Snow,
rain and sleet fell Tuesday night
and yesterday. Extremely heavy
fog made driving difficult at this
time.
Most people reported a quiet
Christmas spent at home. For
many, it also appeared to be a
generous one.
EXPECT A QUIET
NEW YEAR’S DAY
New Year's Day 4s expected
to be quietly observed here,
as well as throughout the
country, Saturday, with little
holiday celebration or fanfare.
The schools began operation
Wednesday, and will have a
holiday on New Year’s Day
only due to the fact that it
falls on Saturday. Most stores
and business houses are ex
How Corsicans Helped Oust Nazis
High on a rocky crab these Corsican patriots show how
they routed the Nazis from their country. Their problem'
now is one of reconstruction as they begin rebuilding what
the enemy has wrecked.
Big News Stories Of
1943 In This County
Are Reyiewed Today
[
German Defeat In
’44 Predicted By
Gen. Eisenhower
_ j
Major Doolittle And Gen.
Devers Given Important
Ngjw Posts
In his first prediction during
13 months of active warfare, Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower this week
forecast complete defeat for Ger
many next year.
The new commander in chief
of the allied second front armies
broke a precedent of long stand
ing at his first press conference
since President Roosevelt an
nounced that the Texas-born gen
eral had been selected as supreme
commander for the great assault
against Germany.
“We will win the European
war in 1944,” Gen. “Ike” told a
small group of correspondents
upon his return from an inspec
tion of the Italian front.
‘The only thing needed for us
to win the European war in 1944
is for every man and woman, all
the way from the front line to
the remotest hamlet of our two
countries, to do his or her full
duty,” he added.
Major Gen. James H. Doolittle,
whose strategic air force slam
med a gate across the enemy’s
supply routes and smashed his
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SERVICE ANNOUNCED
Jessie Woodruff, of Mt. Airy,
will preach at Mt. Carmel Bap
tist church, Saturday, January 2
at 11 o’clock.
Selection Of Ten Include
Weather, War, Progress
And Violent Deaths
By Staff Writer
Outstanding news stories of
the world, nation and state are
chosen by news agencies and
newspapers and this week The
Alleghany News staff chose ttye
ten top stories of* Alleghany coun
ty during the past year, believed
to be of the most interest to the
largest number of people.
1. A manganese mine was open
ed on the H. M. Crouse estate
with more than $15,000 worth of
machinery installed and super
intended by Mr. John Foy. Two
new ores, Galaxite and Allegha
nyite, were identified.
2. Alleghany experienced a
terrific five-day storm when sleet
and ice crippled transportation1
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“TT” Gas Coupons '
Invalid On Jan. 1
Washington — All “TT” gaso- ‘
line ration coupons will be in
valid after 12:01 a. m., Jan. 1,
1944. The Office of Price Ad
ministration disclosed that the
stamps, issued for commercial
vehicles, are being replaced by
serially numbered "T” coupons.
One gallon “bulk” coupons us
ed at one time for deliveries to
dealers and servicemen on fur
lough will also be invalid after
midnight Dec. 31, the OPA said.
The old “TT” coupons were
held responsible by OPA for the
diversion of considerable quan
tities of gas into illicit channels.
There Are To Be Few Changes
In Red Points For January
Washington — Current point
values for butter and virtually
all meats will remain unchanged
during January, the Office of
Price Administration announced
yesterday in slightly revising its
meats-cheese-fats food chart
The few changes, effective Sun
day, are an increase of one point
a pound in the ratio value of
fresh ham, reduction of two
points a pound for sliced dried
beef and read-to-eat beef tongue,
and a one point cut for beef
tongue. V,
More liberal reductions in
point values of meat, especially
beef cuts, had been expected be
cause of tight cold storage facil
ities and heavy marketings'* of
cattle and hogs but War F$od
Administration officials report*
ed Monday tire situation had eas
ed and now can be considered
“good/,;:,BlHI^^^*|^**f c
No'change in the present 16
! point per pound
ration of but
ter had been anticipated since
food officials have insisted the
high value is necessary to assure
fair distribution of limited sup
plies.
January point values for pork
—with the exception of fresh
ham—continue at the lower lev
els ordered by OPA earlier this
month as an emergency move to
ease a flooded market caused by
record marketing of hogs. Fresh
hams were cut in value by two
points a pound to speed them to
the market and eliminate demand
for critically short storage space,
while other pork items were re
duced one point
OPA said tyie movement of
fresh hams to consumers ha
creased steadily during the
week under the five-point
“bonus" good through Jan. J,
the one-point increase next n
Parents Of Wife
Also Injured In
Shooting Affray
Shooting Toole Place At Homo
Of Pughs In Piney Creek
Section, Friday
Welter Maxwell, 54, fatally shot
his wife, the former Ethel Pugh,
painfully injured her mother and
father, and then killed himself, in
a Christmas Eve tragedy at the
Piney Creek home of the in
laws, Mr. and Mrs. Will Pugh.
Mr. Pugh is still critically ill
in the Wilkes hospital but Mrs.
Pugh was released on Monday,
suffering only flesh wounds.
Driven to the Pugh home by
Tom Greene on the pretext that
he was going hunting the follow
ing day with his father-in-law.
Maxwell is reported to have gone
in the house, asking Greene to
wait for him for a few minutes.
Greene, after waiting for ap
proximately 15 minutes, went to
the house to ask Maxwell if he
was going back with him. Max
well and Greene then left the
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News Sponsoring
1st Baby Contest
Merchants Are Cooperating
By Offering A Number
Of Prizes
The first baby born in Alle
ghany county in 1944 is going to
get a welcome from several busi
ness firms in Sparta in the form
of valuable gifts.
The Alleghany News again this
year sponsors the annual “Bahy
Derby” with prizes for the first
newcomer the -new year.
page five of this issue is an ad
vertisement giving complete de
tails of the “First Baby Contest”,
and all eligible parents are urged
to enter.
Smithey’s store will present
1944’s first baby with a baby set,
sweater, cap and bootees. Belk's
Department store has a soft wool
baby blanket for Alleghany’s
newest citizen of 1944. The B.
and T. drug company will pre
sent the mother with a baby set
and baby book.
Cash and Carry has half a doz
en cans of baby food for the win
ner and the Spartan theater will
issue four free theater tickets.
Sally’s Beauty Shoppe will
give the mother of the first ar
rival a shampoo and finger wave
and the father can get a free
shave and haircut from Higgins
Barber Shop.
Some baby doesn’t know it,
but he or she is going to cause
the parents to receive these valu
able gifts.
Rationing Guide
MEATS '
Brpwn stamps L, H, N, P
and Q valid through Jam. 1;
brown stamp ft valid through
Jam. *9. Book 4 spars stamp
No. 1 food for 5 points for
park through Jan. 1.
PROCESSED FOODS
Both 4 green stamps D. ft
and F valid through Jan. M;
stamps G. St and J valid Jan.
1 through Jan. 20.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 29 in Book 4 good
for five pounds of sugar
through Jan. 15. The stamp la
marked “sugar.”
GASOLINE
Stamps No. "A-S” in now
“A” book good through Fob. S.
B and C coupons valid for two
Shoes