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VOLUME 55, NO. 17
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1944
FOURTH WAR LOAN OPENS TUES.
Sparta Postal Receipts Show Big Gain In 1943
Total Income Is
$71,532.69 For
Year; 20% Gain
Stamps, As Well As Money
Orders, Show Big Increase
OVer Receipts Last Year
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The Sparta post office smashed
all previous records in postal re
ceipts for the four quarters of
1943, the total income being $71,
532.69, a gain of $10,962.69, or
around 20 percent, over the pre
ing year, according to figures
eleased yesterday by Postmas
ter Silas R. Nichols.
During the past year, receipts
at the local post office showed a
steady gain and reached the high
est point in the final quarter,
when they amounted to $24,247.
52. This figure shows an increase
of $4,820.39 over the $19,427.13
total for* the last quarter of 1942.
These figures, Postmaster
Nichols explained, do not include
the sale of bonds, defense stamps
and revenue stamps. He attri
butes much of the increase of the
total receipts for the last quarter
to money orders issued, having
written 1,700 money orders in
one order during the holiday Rea
son.
Total receipts for bonds issued
in the Sparta post office during
1943 amounted to $45,131.25, Mr.
Nichols announced.
Gar Demolished
Iq Wreck Tiies.
Occupants Escaped Unhurt In
Wreck In Twin Oaks
Section ' ■ *'
A car owned by S. C. Richard
son and reportedly driven by
Curtis Wingate, of Independence,
Va., hit a car driven by Smith
Evans, of Sparta, Tuesday after
noon on the Sparta-Independence
highway, when the Evans car
drove out of a side road at the
Lon Mac Reeves farm.
The occupants of both cars
were uninjured, it was reported.
Riding in the Richardson car
were Arza Richardson, Jimmy
Andrews and Johnnie McMillan,
all of Sparta.
According to a report by Sher
iff Jesse Moxley, the Evans car,
carrying Mr. and Mr*. Evans and
their two small children, is re
ported to have driven out of the
side road into the highway and
apparently stopped in the road
when the car driven by Wingate
hit its back bumper and left fen
2^ der.
Xa The Richardson car, driving
toward Independence, left the
road, hitting a pine tree and
turning over several times, fi
nally landing on its top in a mea
dow. Damage to the car was
estimated at approximately $550.
4
To tho Poopio
off this Community
YOU ABE IMPORTANT
There la no such, thing as a
"little' ’ Investment In the Fourth
tc Loan.
Your $29 or $90 .or $100 Extra
War Bond may not have great
r importance
in your mind
•in making up
a 5% billion
dollar total
(or individu
als.
But multi
ply yourself
by 130.000,000
and then you
see in real perspective how truly
great each citizen becomes in
massing national strength
against the Nazis and the Japs.
Capt Maurice Witherspoon.
Navy chaplain aboard the Car
rier Waap when she sank, tells
of a rescued wounded sailor,
who, as he regained conscious
ness^asked: “Did I do my
That’s the only question you,
too, have to ask yourself when
you decide the extent of your
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will be
WAR LOAN
personal participation in
Fourth War Loan.
Tber$ undoubtedly will
single purchases of War
in this community, but
-if it is "your best” will
equally the red. white
rjjSS E“«r. kK
i AU Back the Attack'."
THE EDITOR.
Bombers Pounding
German Targets;
Soviets Still Gain
MAKING RECORD
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A-C Thomas B. Landreth,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Landreth, of Piney Creek, has
recently been classified as an
Aviation Cadet for the school
of navigation. Cadet Lan
dreth has keen in the army
air^cofps for the past six
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Antiounce Plans
For Polio Fund
Drive In County
Mrs. C. A. Thompson Is The
Chmn.; Schools, Scouts,
Merchants, Others To Aid
Plans to conduct the Infantile
Paralysis Drive in Alleghany
county--are being completed, Mrs.
C. A. Thompson, chairman of the
drive, announced today.
The drive will officially start
on January 14 and will end on
January 31. A quota of $96.00
has been set for Sparta and Alle
ghany county, which is slightly
more than last year’s quota, Mrs.
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Will Announce
1st Baby Soon
The winner of the annual first
baby contest, sponsored by this
paper in co-operation with the
merchants of Sparta, will be an
nounced next week.
All parents who had children
bom this year are urged to turn
in a report to the Alleghany News
and enter their baby in the con
test.
The new arrival may have a
chance for the prizes as the win
ner for this year has not-been de
cided on yet.
New Russian-Polish Border
Is Expected To Be Estab
lished Soon
The eyes of the world contin
ued to focus onUhe European
war front this weelff^^here ac
tion continued on both the Italian
and Russian fronts and there
was no let-up in the heavy
bombings, believed to be making
way for an invasion.
United States Eighth Air Force
planes in enormous numbers
spread ruin over Northwest Ger
many yesterday against probably
the most desperate enemy de
fense in air war history, a de
fense which according to a spec
ial German High Command com
munique resulted in the destruc
tion of 123 American planes.
There were indications in
Stockholm reports that American
heavy bombers operating not in
formation may have made their
first daylight assault on Berlin,
which has been raided 104 times
by the Royal Air Force.
Rad Army forces, in a simul
taneous attack with Rovno re
gion guerrillas, tore through be
wildered Germans 35 miles in
side old Inland, forcing the
Sluch River near Sarny yester
day while Mannounced,
that 15,000 Germans were killed
in last weeW smashing victory
at Kirovograd.
The Russians completely broke
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Boone Market Is
To Close Jan. 20
Alleghany Tobacco Growers
Report Good Prices For
Their Crops
It was ^announced this week
that the Mountain Burley Tobac
co Warehouse at Boone would
close for the season next Thurs
day, January 20, but would sell
tobacco on that date.
AH farmers jpg urged to get
their tobacco in befdre the clos
ing. Prices have been unusually
i high on the Boone market since
'the opening of the season. “We
have broken all records in price
and poundage”, Roscoe Coleman,
proprietor said. He also pointed
out that he wished to thank the
farmers for their cooperation in
making the season a big success.
“Everybody seems to be very
well pleased with their tobacco
sales this year,” R. E. Black,
county agent, stated this week.
Among the outstanding sales
was a sale made by Cajl Delp, of
Stratford. Mr. Delp harvested
six-tenths of an acre of tobacco
which netted him $720, the en
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Announce Changes In Physical
Exajns For Selective Service
An entirely new rule has just
been issued to the local selective
service boards. These laws prac
tically do Sway with the medical
examination by the county exam
ining physicians, officials ex
plain.
Registrants will be classified
immediately in 1-A, 1-A-O, or
IV-E (1-A-O and IV-E are con
scientious objector classes), but
will not be examined by local
physicians. They will be sent
to camp to receive their physical
examinations before navy and
army doctors. This examination
at camp is called ‘‘Pre-induction
physical examination", and it
will be given each registrant in
the above-named classes.
The pre-induction physical ex
amination will be given regis
trants without regard to whether
or not the registrant has person*
ally appeared before the local
board, or whether an appeal has
been or will be taken, it was
pointed out.
Another part of this law also
states: “A registrant in any class
may be given a pre-induction
physical examination if his in
duction will shortly occur.”
The usual furloughs given men
after induction are abolished, but
if a registrant passes the navy or
army doctors’ examination, he
will hot be called for induction,
however, in less than 21 days.
The local board examining phy
sician’s duties are lightened by
this change, as a registrant is
only examined by him upon
special request, or by direction
of the local board. The local ex
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This Time Goodbyes Are Said In Reverse
Wishing Red Cross girls goodbye are these soldiers stationed in North Africa. The
Red Cross workers are leaving a base in North Africa on the first leg of a journey to dis
tant posts.
Big Gains Made
By Northwestern
Bank Last Year
Resource* Are New Over 14
Million; Big Increase In
Deposits >
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Resources of the Northwestern
Bank showed a big increase in
1943 as shown by the annual
statement.
The statement reveals resourc
es have climbed from $9,073,108.
53 at the close of 1942 to $14,207,
554.89 during 1943.
There are ten banks in the
Northwestern group, which, in
addition to the Sparta bank, in
clude banks at Jefferson, Boone,
Blowing Rock, Burnsville, Spruce
Pine, Valdese, Bakersville, Tay
lorsville and North Wilkesboro.
with home offices at North
Wilkesboro.
Officers are R. A. Doughton,
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Tokens To Shift
Value Of Stamps
Washington — Housewives will
have virtually the same ration
buying power when' the new to
ken plan goes into effect Febru
ary 27, despite slight changes in
the total number of points avail
able for a month's buying, the
Office of Price Administration
said.
With introduction of the tokens,
which will be worth one point in
change, food stamps will be giv
en a uniform value of 10 points.
This means each family member
will have 60 points a month for
meats and fats compared with
64 at present, and 50 points for
processed foods instead of 48.
Ration buying power will be
kept on an even keel, OPA said,
by slight adjustment on meats
and fats and upward on processed
foods.
Under the token plan 30 points
for meats—fats will become val
id at the beginning of two-weeks
period. Fifty processed food
points will become valid the first
of each month.
WILL ACT AS HOME
SERVICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Ben Reeves temporarily
replaces Mrs. Edwin Duncan as
home service chairman for the
American Red Cross in Allegha
ny county, it was announced this
week.
Mrs. Duncan wifi resume her
duties when she returns to her
home in Sparta, it was pointed
out Meanwhile, Mrs. Reeves
may be reached at her home in
Sparta by those seeking her serv
ices. Mrs. Duncan and daughter
are spending some time in Elkin
with* Mrs. «Duncan*s mother.
“Winning - The - War” Action
Is Necessary Now, President
Tells Congress In Report
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110, County Men
Placed fit*!-A
By Local Board
Few Are Placed In 4-F; List
Of Classifications Are An
nounced Here
At a meeting of the local board
this week, 110 men were placed
in 1-A and 21 in 4-F, with only a
few men in other classifications.
Classifications are as follows:
1-A: James W. Richardson,
Lester W. Crouse, George A.
Jones, Lebert Petty, Dillon A.
Poole, Everett Billings, Reason
H. Higgins, Homer W. Hoppers,
Elmer R. Spurlin, William L.
Hudson, Tom F. Maxwell, Paul
F. Andrews, William C. Parsons,
Joe W. Finney, Hoyt L. Jones,
Clifton C. Bowers, Raymond F.
Andrews, Estel Caudill, Marvin E.
Carter, Charlie L. Collins, Jonnie
W. Spurlin, Oscar W. Billings,
Joe C. Cranford, Raymond A.
Hudson, Homer E. Black, Howard
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WILL LIST TAXES AT
BARRETT, JANUARY 21
Due to a change in a previous
announcement regarding the date
set for listing taxes at Barrett,
for the convenience of those who
have not listed their taxes, A. L.
Coomes, tax lister, announced
this week that he would be at
Barrett, Friday afternoon, Jan.
21 from one to five o’clock.
Tax, Food, Legislation Are!
AmVng The Ollier Requ«^J
ByJRoo$evelt
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Washington, D. C. — President
Rbosevelt Tuesday night called
on the nation to support a sweep
ing win-the-war program —
which he laid before congress
earlier in the day — including a
national service law which “will
prevent strikes” and, with cer
tain exceptions, draft every able
bodied adult for an all-out home
front effort.
Such a law is necessary now
to carry the nation over the
last hard miles to victory, he said
in a fireside chat during which
he made a cryptic reference to
1944 as “this very fateful year in
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Men Will Leave
For Army Soon
A group of 10 Alleghany men
will leave next week for military
service following their furloughs,
after induction at Camp Croft, S.
C.
Leaving to enter the army are:
Vaughn B. Hendrix, Dwayne T.
Miller, Meredith E. Richardson
and Elgin L. Pruitt. The three
men entering the navy are: Lynn
Tompkins, John R. Edwards and
Leo S. Roberts. Arza C. Rich
ardson and Donald D. Shores will
leave to enter the Army Air
Corps and Charles Edward Pugh
and Joseph Kelly Blum, Jr., will
enter the Marines.
Congress Registers Resistance
Over Tax Demands Of Pres.
Congress, which re-convened
on Monday, after the holidays,
with finances and other impor
tant legislation to consider, of
fered resistance to President
Roosevelt’s renewed demand for
heavy additional taxes.
Tuesday the Senate evidenced
its temper in such matters by
voting 48 to 17 to freeze social
security tax rates at their current
one per cent level.
In his state of the union mes
sage the President called for a
realistic tax law to levy on un
reasonable war profits and re
duce war costs to “our sons and
daughters.” He said the pending
$2,275,600,000 tax measure now
in Senate debate fails to meet
the test
Chairman Walter F. George
(D-Ga.), of the Senate Finance
Committee, said that despite the
request he saw no liklihood of an
effort to boost the yield of the
present bill.
“I think taxes can be too high,”
he said, “but if that premise is
wrong, then of course we can get
more money.”
Representative Harold Knut
son (R-Minn), ranking G. O. P.
member of the House Ways and
Means Committee, said that Mr.
Roosevelt cannot expect enact
ment of additional taxes until he
reduces Government spending
and further demonstrates the
need for more revenue.
"It would seem that instead of
asking a patient people ^o take
on more and yet heavier burdens
in taxation,” he said, “the Presi
dent should have come out forth- j
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County’s Quota
Set At $77,000.;
Need Cooperation
Meeting Is Being Held This
Afternoon To Work Out
Drive Details
Alleghany county’s quota for
the Fourth War Loan Drive,
which opens next Tuesday, Jan.
18, has been set at $77,000.00, it
was announced this week, and
every effort will be made to
reach it.
A meeting is being held thi$
afternoon to work out detailSi
when W. H. Neal, of Winston
Salem, regional drive director,
will be present and discuss plana
with the leaders.
Alton Thompson, county chair
man of the sale of war bonds,
who has also served as special
drive chairman during each of
the previous drives, is expected
to serve again this time, but may
have a special drive chairman to
assist him.
A committee will also probab
ly be appointed and will be an
nounced next week, as well as
other details on the drive.
The quota assigned the county
for the Fourth War Loan Drive
is less than that of the Third War
Loan. The quota for the Third
War Loan was $88,000., and this
was exceeded.
“With the co-operation of ev
ery individual, there should be
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L. S. Finney, 77,
^Boriud Tue^aj
Well-known Man Of Turkey
Knob Section Pasted Away
On Sunday
Funeral service for Lee Smith
Finney, 77, well-known Allegha
ny man of the Turkey Knob
community, who died Sunday,
after a short illness, was conduct
ed Tuesday at 2 p. m„ at the Shi
loh Methodist church, with Rev.
Luther Shumake and Rev. C. R.
Allison officiating. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Alice Crocket Finney; seven
children: Mrs. Rufus Reeves, ot
Floyd, Va.; Mrs. N. W. Pugh, at
Roanoke, Va.; Miss Blanch Fin
ney, Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. O. L.
Grubb, Winston-Salem; Thomas
Finney, Mouth of Wilson; Edgar
Finney, Winston-Salem and Pic.
Parnell Finney, who is some
where in North Africa with the
U. S. Army; one sister, Mrs. Lee
Osborne, Independence, Va.; and
four brothers, John Finney, Ga
lax, Va.; Luther Finney, Rich
mond, Va.; Joe Finney, Sparta;
and Mack Finney, Troutdal". Va.
Pallbearers were: Osco Ward,
Eire Cox, Clinton Young, Harry
Young, Jesse Mack Osborne and
Millard Phipps.
Flower girls were: Ima Dee
Finney, Dorothy Price, Logene .
Kennedy, Marye Kennedy', Iva
Mae Kennedy, Mrs. Osco Ward,
Rose Johnson, Mrs. Ray Mayber
ry, Mrs. Clinton Young, Mrs.
Harry Young, Blanche Osborne
and Rose Osborne.
FREE PICTURE SHOW
FOR BOND BUYERS
Ben Beeves, owner end
manager of the Spartan thea
ter, announced that this es
tablishment would present a
free picture show to all bond
buyers in connection with the
•Fourth War Loan Drive, which
opens on Tuesday, January IS.
The picture is to be “Stormy
Weather”, and will be shown
at the Spartan theater, Feb
ed.
He pointed out that he
wonld distribute tickets to She
following sources of sales:
Sparta pest offioe and the