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% mm any AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County 55, NO. 38 KEEP ON • WITH WAR BONDS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 'ALLIES ADVANCING IN FRANCE ★ ★ ★ ★ Fifth War Loan Drive Will Open Next Monday County’s Quota Is Set At $90,000; Ask Cooperation Township Chairmen Named And Quotas Are Assigned Each Township Planes are now being complet ed for the opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive in Alleghany county on Monday, June 12, chair men S. R. Nichols announced yesterday. This county’s quota has been set at $90,000.00 and it was point ed out 'that the co-operation of every person in Alleghany would fcfe needed to make the drive a I success. ' At a meeting of the steering committee, yesterday, township chairmen were appointed and each of the seven townships in the county were assigned definite quotas. I It was also pointed out that ral lies would be held in each of the townships; dates are announced elsewhere in this paper. R. E. Black and Miss Frances Capel are expected to work with the farm groups. Sheriff Jess Moxley will head the drive in the American Legion and Lon M. Reeves was named head of the RFD carriers in the county. Sam Porter will be in charge of the drive at the D. and P. Pipe plant, while R. F. Crouse has been nam ed official spokesman for the cam paign. Robert Allison will head the retail merchants of the coun ty. Miss Clyde Reids, of the wo man’s division, pointed out that township chairman in this div ision would be announced next week. The list of township chairmen, 5 together with the quotas, are as follows: Gap Civil, Dr. N. D. Fox, $57,000.90; Glade Creek, Isom Wagoner., $7,500.00; Cranberry, Edward Pu*h. $4,000.00: Piney Creek, Mack hoodie, $7,500.00; Prather’s Creek, Tom Cox, $5, 250.00; Cherry Lane, Ralph Gen try, $5,000.00; and Whitehead, R. E. Richardson, $3,750.00. School Lunch Is To r Be Continued _ in favor of twinning the ' federal schobl lunch program and the Farm Security Administration for one year. The Senate already is on rec ord to support of both projects, x. a saksaws ' lecnmcai amerences oeiween two Houses will require fur aDDronriation ■rr4Wr* »•*»«*» S—sat <sw Baptist W. M. U. Holds Meeting Miss Olive Lawton Speaks To Group On China; Officers - —, Missionary frpr» China, delivered t challeng ■. *T% ®Hress at the ansual Wom p an s Misjioanjy Union/meeting at Laurel Springs last Tue«i»” **—• E. C. jSiar former Wilkes boro District, L<~_ Special music was endered by Mrs. Odell Richardsc i and Mrs. Gene Irwin. Others ts ing part on the program were Ma. Van Mil ler, Mrs. C. A. Reeve j, Rev. and Mrs. R. L. West, Mr*. Hazel H. Taylor, Mrs T. S. Moxley, Mrs. Reece Miller, Mrs. R. L. Hicker son, Miss Ivy Grace Doughton, Mrs. R. E. Richardson, Misses Re becca and Tommy Sue Moxley, Mrs. Walter Johnson, Mrs. F. Mil ler and Mrs. B. G. Reeves. Mrs. A. O. Joines was reelected Supt. and Mrs. Eugene Shepherd, assistant superintendent; Mrs. Van Miller, secretary and treas urer; and Mrs. Odell Richardson, pianist All committee chairmen were reelected. Governors Relisli Regular'Army Chow Governors Thomas E. Dewey, New York; Leverette Sal tonstall, Mass., and Harry F. Kelly of Michigan, help them selves to army chow. Buffet supper was given at the In diantown Gap Military reservation during governors’ con vention in Pennsylvania. Allies Push Germans North Of Rome; 5th Army Across River Trivoli Also Taken; No Halt Remnants of the German army fled in disorder north and west of Rome yesterday, as fifth army troops swarming over the his toric Tiber in many places and against weak resistance advanced another five miles beyond the river. “The battle to destroy the en emy continues without pause,” the allied communique said, and it was made clear that as the united nations mount the great invasion of the west, there is to be no halt to the slugging Italian campaign. “With the capture of Rome, the allied armies in Italy, brought another phase of their cam paign to a most successful con (Continued on Page Four) Elkin Y. M. C A. Conducts Camp Prior to Miss Pricilla Shaw’s official opening of Silver Pines Camp at Roaring Gap, on June 29, the Elkin Y. M. C. A. under the directorship of T. C. Mc Knight, is conducting a three weeks’ camp there for three dif ferent groups of boys and girls. The first group of boys arrived last Friday and yrill be there for one week, after which the eight to ten-year-old girls will arrive for a week' The last group will be high school girls, it was pointed out. Miss Shaw expects the largest group of girls this year in the his tory of Silver Pines Camp, it was announced. StttthalL TVan.a To Be Sponsored By Sparta C. Of C. “City SUckers” And “Clod hoppers” Met On Sparta Diamond Yesterday The Sparta Chamber of Com merce softball league was formed yesterday afternoon, when the two teams, the “City Slickers” and the “Clodhoppers,” met for their first game. J. B. Reid will act as captain of the City Slickers, while R. E. Black will head the Clodhoppers. In the games yesterday, the Ci ty Slickers were victorious over the Clodhoppers with a score of 11-1. Following this game, the City Slickers met the newly or ganized team from the D. and P. Pipe plant. The team from the factory won with a score of 13-12. The Chamber of Commerce league will meet the D. and P. team at the Sparta baseball dia mond, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’ clock, it was announced today. (Continued on Page 4) IV. M. S. CIRCLES TO MEET TUES. & THURS Mrs. Lula Choate will be hostess to Circle I of the W. M. S., Thurs day of next week at her home at two o’clock. The program “Mid America”, will be led by Mrs. A. 0. Joines. The Lucille Ford Circle of the W. M. S. will meet Tuesday at 8:30 o’clock with Mrs. R. L. Hick erson. Mrs. N. D Fox will be program leader. a President Roosevelt Urges People To Continue To Pray Washington — This is the in vasion prayer which President Roosevelt wrote while qllied troops were landing on the coast of France and which he read to the nation by radio at 10 p. m. (E. W. T.) Tuesday night: My fellow Americans: In this poignant hour, I ask you to join me in prayer: Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day, have set upon a mighty endeaVor, a strug gle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stout ness to their hearts, steadfastness to their faith. They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. The enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest—till the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men’s souls will be shaken with the vio lence of war. I These are men lately drawn from the ways of peace. They TContinued on Page Four) D-Day Is Quietly Observed Locally; Prayers Offered Stores Closed At Noon For Union Prayer Service; Radios Kept On D-Day was quietly and prayer fully observed in Alleghany with little show of emotion. All of the stores closed at noon for one-half an hour for the union service which was held at the Presbyterian church in Sparta, at 1:00 o’clock, when special prayers were heard. Prayer service will be held each evening this week at 8:00 o’clock at the different churches in town. The church bells will announce the church at which the service is to be held. All day long, in business hous es, in public offices, and in homes, radios were kept turned on for fear of missing even the tiniest scrap of information about the historic military operation. But, in spite of the personal an xiety of many and the keen in terest of all, most persons went about their accustomed duties as usual, apparently feeling that D day was no day for idling. Sunday School Convention To Be Held June 25 All-Day Session To Be At Chestnut Grove Church; r T. C ©rsbome, Chain, T. C. Orsborne announced this week that the Baptist Sunday School convention, which was scheduled for the third Sunday in June, at the Chestnut Grove church, has been postponed until the fourth Sunday, June 25, due to the fact that several of the pastors would not be able to attend. The all-day session will begin at 10:30 o’clock with words of welcome by the pastor of the Chestnut Grove church, Rev. Gwyn Blackburn. Following this, will be a report from the Sunday School superintendents from the different churches, after which John M. Cheek, moderator of the Baptist Association, will deliver an address. Short talks by Rev. Richard L. West, and Rev. W. H. Caldwell will be given. A speak er is expected to be secured for the afternoon session. Churches included in the con vention are: Sparta, Laurel Springs, Liberty, Mount Carmel, Pine Fork, New Hope, Bellview and Chestnut Grove. May Apply For Canning Sugar It was announced this week by officials of the local rationing board that all persona not having registered for canning sugar in the first registration, which was held at the central schools last month, can obtain their first al lottment at local office by bring ing in each member of the fami ly’s number four ration book. “In some instances the number 37 sugar stamp was detached in stead of the .number 37 spare, and the result of this is that the num ber 37 stamp is now invalidated,” Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, chief clerk, announced. The second: registration for canning sugar will begin on June IS, it was announced. ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE FOR H. D. MEETINGS Pine Fork H. D. club, June 12, Mrs. Effie Pruitt. Laurel Springs, June 13, Mrs. Dempsey Blevins, 2:30 p. m. New Hope, June 14, Mrs. Bes sie Critcher. Vox, June 15, Mrs. Reed Fen der. Crouse Creek, June 16, Mrs. Glenn Richardson. All demonstrations will be on Food Conservation and all club meetings at 2 p. m. except Laurel Springs which will be at 2:30. American And British Forces Join immmmz Sergeant Cumber of London greets Sgt. D. Russell of St. Louis when the American and British armies meet at the Pontaine marshes in Italy. The meeting occurred soon after the Fifth army joined with the men from the beach head. Both Roosevelt And Churchill Say New Invasion Going Well 8 Bond Rallies Are Announced For 5th War Loan Will Open At The Courthouse Next Friday Night, June 16 Eight bond rallies have been scheduled to take place in the county during the Fifth War Loan ! Drive, it was announced yester day by officials of the drive. | Gap Civil township will lead.] in the bond selling campaign with ; a rally to be held at the Sparta court house, Friday, June 16 at 8:00 o’clock. Following the rally, a square dance will be held at the com munity building. Admission to the dance will be the purchase of a bond per couple. (Continued on Page Four) Fines Imposed In Drunkenness Town policeman, Glenn Rich ardson, announced that the fol lowing arrests had been made last week end: Pete Bobbit, of Fries, Va., was arrested for public drunknness, Saturday night and fined $5.00 and cost. Guy Hines and R. L. Fender, charged with public drunkenness and fighting were fined $10.00 and cost each. Gaston Maxwell, colored, was arrested on the charge of assult ing his wife. Bond was given for hearing at a later date. Leaders Warn That Hard Tasks Still Facing Allies, However President Roosevelt, in dis cussing the new invasion of Eu rope, stated that it was moving along “up to schedule’’ and then paused to lead the nation in a radio prayer for victory, freedom and peace. While he appeared in boyant spirits over the initial success, at the same time, he warned against overconfidence which might lead to any let down in war produc tion. He said he knew the whole country was thrilled by the de velopments, and rightfully so, but that the war wasn't over by (Continued on Page Four) Ladies’ Night To Be Held By C. Of C. A record crowd is expected to attend Ladies’ Night at the community building, when mem bers and their wives will meet for dinner and square dancing. During the business session of the meeting, W. H. Neal, regional chairman of the Fifth War Loan Drive, will speak to members on the drive, which opens Monday. A special invitation was issued by the president, R. F. Crouse, to all township chairmen and their wives in the drive, to attend the meeting. Co-chairmen and help ers are expected to be selected at this time. A buffet dinner will be served by members of the Sparta Wom an’s club. Music for the square dance will be furnished by Clif ton Evans and his band. Italy And Russia Welcome News Of Allied Ihvasion News of the invasion was wel comed with a heart warming re action in Moscow, the full import of the action being realized grad ually as successive broadcasts brought the people word of the developments from London. There was no public shouting and cheering, but Russian citi zens and officials alike were dis cussing events with lively en thusiasm. A joint anouncement of the momentous western invasion was made to the Soviet press by Ma jor General John R. Deane, chief of the U. S. military mission, and Lieutenant General Brocas Bur in the outcome Rome, still in tation and cot liberation, was ’ rows, chief of the British mission These men, who four days ag< announced the arrival of U. S bombers at a base in Russia, tolt the Russian people that the Allie together with the Red Arm: would go forward to victory. The: «>irned that the task would no ™ but expressed confident outcome of the struggle. a state of exal lfusion over it thrown into evei greater excitement as word of thi German anouncement of a Chan nel invasion swept like wildfir the city. 100-Mile Front Opened On Coast, Light Casualties Continuous Cover Of Fighter Planes Guard Men Land ing On Beaches Somewhere in Great Britain, Wednesday. — American, Can adian and British invasion troops, landed Tuesday on the French Normandy coast, battled their way into the streets of Caen with in' a few hours and German re ports indicated early today that they had pushed inland between 7% and 10 miles at key points on a 60-mile front. Late reports state they have pushed up thir teen miles. More than 1,000 troop carrier planes including gliders, more than 4,000 ships and thousands of smaller craft took part in this “great crusade,” the biggest mil itary operation of all time, and 11,000 first line planes formed the aerial force at the disposition of the Allied command. Prime Minister Winston Church hill announced that the Allied troops had reached the streets of Caen, 9% miles inland, in the first hours of the attack and the Germans reported that the Allies, with incessant reinforcements in cluding paratroops, were develop ing a front extending westward to the base of the Cherbourg Peninsula and up the peninsula toward Cherbourg. Paratroops, according to Ger man reports, were astride the main coastal road between Caen, at the mouth of the Orne River, and Carentan on the peninsula. Fight Through Mud Under Gen. Sir Bernard Mont gomery, the Allied troops—many of them seasick after their channel trip in bad weather—fought a shore through waist deep mud and slime past under-water obstacles of concrete and wood, capped with (Continued on Page 4) Juices Are Now Made Ration-Free Two-Point Seduction Is An nounced On Cheese, Ef fective Sunday Washington — Canned carrots and citrus juices went on a ra tion-free list Sunday and all the meats now unrationed will stay in that category at least through Ju ly 1. The Office of Price Administra tion, announcing this, also order ed a two-point reduction of all kinds of cheese and cheese prod ucts, bringing them to 10 pointy a pound. Point values on canned evapo rated and condensed milk are trimmed 50 per cent to a new ra tion cost of a half point for each pound of milk. There are only two increases on the June qfearta, one for pineap ple juice which goes from 12 to 15 points for a No. two can, and the other for grape juice, up to 10 points from 6 for a pint. Despite a smaller civilian allo cation for June, butter remains at 12 points a pound and margarine at two points. Values bn choice beef and roasts, the only meats rationed, remain the the exception of a reduction two points a pound for roasts and steaks. The range of values is 6 to 13 I Miss Crouse Is ! Working Here Now Miss Wilma Crouse arrived this week from Washington, D. C., to assume her duties as secretary to the Superintendent of Alleghany county schools, Miss Clyde Fields. Miss Crouse, formerly of this county, has been private tary to Congressman R. L. f ton for the past eighteen She replaces Miss Lois who is 1 ' . Jpj{-;.v i •.'t [4 • - 0^
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