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VOL. XLIX
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21—In
a friendly feature designed to
Improve relations with Mos
cow* the United States tonlfht
lifted a “moral embargo" on
the export of airplanes and
airplane equipment to soviet
Russia. Whether the move was
part of an attempt to drive a
wedge between Russia and the
axis powers was not stated, but
it has been known for some
time that both Britain and the
United States have been seek
ing better relations with the
soviet regime.
BOSTON. Jan. 21—One by
one, as a pale winter moon
watched, 18 fishermen plunged
to their death In the toy sea
today as froscn fingers no
longer could retain a pre
carious perch In the main
masthead rigging of the sink
ing schooner Mary E. O'Hara.
The rigging and an even
smaller portion of the fore
mast was all that remained
above the ocean surface where
the fishing schooner sank In
49 feet of water after crashing
Into an anchored coal barge on
the outskirts of Boston harbor
at 3 a.m., less than an hour
from home, five of the crew,
whose stamina was greater,
lived to tell the story of the
anguish they knew when the
lights of three vessels passed,
their cries unheard.
PORTSMOUTH. O., Jan. 21
—A woman who said she was
forced by her husband to pull
a plow and drag logs on their
hill country farm sobblngly re
lated to Sheriff Earl Brandel
today that she shot to death
her 42-year-old mate after he
threatened in a jealous rage to
kill her and their five children.
Brandel said Mrs. Goldie Pau
ley, 30, walked into his office
at noon and told of firing a
shotgun blast into the back of
Lee Pauley, WPA worker, in
their isolated Candy Run home
15 miles north of here, as the
couple's 14-year-old daughter,
OUie, looked on. Mrs. Pauley
said that last August, after she
underwent an operation, Pau
ley forced her and Ollie to pull
a plow and drag logs, the sher
iff reported.
INTERNATIONAL
ISTANBUL. Turkey, Jan. 21
—The official Turkish wireless
announced tonight that the
government “has gathered a
great part of its army in
Thraoe (European Turkey),
where it awaits any possible
action.” Discussing the possi
bility of a German invasion
across the Balkans, the radio
said: “Those who attack our
steel fortress of Thrace are
doomed to fall in the attempt!
Turkey fought on eight fronts
in the last war—no one should
doubt her ability to fight on
one front alone. Those who
want to beat their heads on
the rock may do so."
LONDON. Jan. 21 — The
Luftwaffe switched back to
widespread daylight assaults
on England today, concentrat
ing on London and the eastern
part of the oountry. Three
alarms sounded here and the
government announced bombs
fell on the outskirts of the
capital and in the surrounding
home counties, but that no im
portant attack developed. “A
few casualties” and some dam
age were acknowledged. House
wives were said to have hur
ried from their kitchens to
smother fire bombs dropped in
a town on London’s outskirts
in a morning attack. A single
nasi raider machine-gunned
an East Anglian town, then
followed up with high ex
plosives.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia,
Jan. 21 — fighting between
heavily-armed Rumanian Iron
Guard ists and the Rumanian
army was reported spreading
tonight to many parts of that
country. Diplomatic advices
seeping out of Bucharest
through a sharp censorship
said, too, that General Ion An
tonescu, the Rumanian chief
of state, was forming a mili
tary dictatorship in an effort
to restore order.
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AXIS BELIEVES
UNITED STATES
TO ENTER WAR
Hitler, Duce Think Spring
the Time
DICTATORS HAVE TALK
Axis War Plans for Spring
Said to Include A11 Out
Blitzkrieg Attacks
FRANCE IS DISCUSSED
Rome, Jan. 22—Benito Musso
lini and Adolf Hitler at their re
cent meeting drafted spring war
plans on the assumption that the
United States was likely to enter
the war before summer, reliable
Informants asserted today.
According to these Informants,
most of the conference was de
voted to discussing the position
of the United States and its In
creased aid to Britain.
It was reported that Hitler and
Mussolini would be most likely to
meet again If any new develop
ment arose regarding the United
States and that they were likely
in any event to hold another
tweeting soon.
Axis war plans for spring were
said to include blitzkrieg attacks
all the way from Britain to the
Mediterranean and Informants
believed the possibility of an in
vasion of Britain had been dis
cussed.
It was reported that the first
move of Italy and Germany for
closer war collaboration would be
an exchange of military missions,
without, however, the appoint
ment of a unified high command.
The missions would study fields
of operation and technical ques
t i o n s concerning armaments,
equipment and methods of fight
ing, so that action could be taken
on any front promptly.
It was reported that Hitler and
Mussolini discussed relations
with France fully, including the
possibility of “recalcitrance” in
North Africa, and made plans to
deal with any anti-axis action
there.
Newspapers, commenting ■ o n
the Mussolini-Hitler meeting, con
tinued to hint that the axis lead
ers were about to take the initia
tive in the political and military
fields and said that they had de
cided on “victory without com
promise.”
Yadkin Boys Leave
For Utah CCC Camp
Twenty-seven boys left Yadkin
county last Friday morning on
their way to the Utah CCC camp,
it was announced yesterday by
Miss Joseline Harding, superin
tendent of the local Welfare de
partment.
The boys are listed as follows:
Homer Hall. Wesley Day, Arvil
Groce, Calvin Coolidge Groce,
Calvin Coolidge Johnson. Fred
Junior Turner, Osco Blakely,
Harold Gough, J. D. Hedrick,
Jimmie Dixon, Fred Caudle, Da
vid Linville Bell. Cletus Clinton
Anthony, Francis Glenn Howell,
Walter Jester Gardner, Aubrey
Doe Hobson, Clarence Turner,
Everett Lineberry, Paul Shore,
Dail Ashley, Edwin Transou Par
ker. Burton Jessye Key, Hugh
Walker, Grocer Hardy, Don Bell,
James Ralph Grimes and John
Daniel Reinhardt.
Any other boys desiring to en
ter this camp should contact Miss
Harding at her office next Mon
day, it was stated.
Big Lumber Plant
Nearing Completion
The large lumber plant being
established in Harmony Heights
is now nearing completion, and
will be in operation in a short
time, it is stated by Lon Todd and
Ray Reavis, who are establishing
it.
A large building, 150 by 50 feet,
is being built on the grounds.
Some machinery has already been
received and has been in use to
prepare lumber -for the plant.
Other machinery has been bought
and is expected here by the time
the building is complete. A large
oil burning Diesel motor has been
ordered which will be used to
operate the plant machinery.
The new building is being con
structed to house the finished
products, the machinery and of
fices, and is of the most modem
type for the business.
An egotist is one who has
learned that the earth revolves
around the sun and thinks he's
the sun.
A New Legion in France
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ORENOBLB, France ... These French school gtrls are dressed in the
uniform of the "Young Ladies of the Legion of Honor." Black dresses
and white collars are the order of the day in the school conducted by
the Fieniili Iisgton
Yadkin County
Criminal Court
In 2 Day Session
The January term of Yadkin
county criminal court consumed
two days here last week and a
large number of cases were hand
led. Judge 8. C. Williams pre
sided and prosecuting attorney
F. D. B. Harding represented the
state. Cases disposed of were as
follows:
Ralph Carter, larceny of goods
valued at less than $20.00. 2
months suspended on payment of
cost; appear every second term
for period of 1 year to show good
behavior.
Erwin Wilhelm, violation traf
fic law. judgment suspended on
payment of one-half of cost for
which county is liable.
Bill Green, speeding, judgment
suspended on payment of cost and
further condition that defendant
does not violate any of the traffic
laws of the state for a period of
12 months.
Zeno Carter, possession, four
months suspended on payment of
$25.00 fine and cost.
Lane Smith, failure to send
child to school, judgment suspend
ed.
Charlie Bryant, possession (1
pint) 30 days, suspended on pay
ment of cost. To appear every 3
months and show that he has not
drunk or had in his possession any
intoxicating liquor.
Phillip Vestal, reckless driving,
$10.00 and cost.
Tommy Bates, speeding. $10.00
and cost. ,
Waddell Fair, VPL, 12 months
suspended on payment of $40.00
fine and cost.
Roger Matthews, assault, 12
months suspended on payment of
$50.00 fine and cost, be of good be
havior. not drink intoxicating
liquor for period of 5 years.
Herman Hudspeth, OCI. not
guilty, (jury trial)
Sam Williams, adandonment
and non-support, 6 months sus
pended on payment of $2.50 per
week for support of child, and
cost.
Marvin White, attempted arson,
plea of forcible trespass is accept
ed. 6 months suspended on pay
ment of cost. To enter into bond
of $300.00 for appearance at each
term to show good behavior, not
drink any intoxicating liquor, and
continuously engage in some law
ful occupation.
Marvin Land. OCI. dismissed.
(Jury trial).
Donald Brandon, reckless driv-.
ing. dismissed, (jury trial).
Eugene Shumalt, operating car
without 1941 license, pay one-half
cost.
Ona Lee Jester, speeding, judg
ment continued on payment of
cost.
Hubert York, operating car
without 1941 license, judgment
suspended on payment of $4.00 on
cost.
Ralph Hemric, OCI. 4 months
suspended on payment of $50.00
fine and cost, license revoked for
12 months. Be of good behavior,
not violate prohibition or traffic
laws of the state for period of 12
months.
Carl Evans, trespassing, 30 days.
Harold Hemric, issuing bad
check, 4 months suspended on
payment of costs, and to pay R.
C. Pardue $16.00, the remainder
due on check issued by defendant.
Floyd Dalton^.assgult, suspended
on payment of cost.
Fred Hobson, OCI, 4 months
suspended on payment of $50.00
fine and cost. License revoked for
12 months. Appear to show good
behavior for period of 12 months.
Notice of appeal to Superior court
given. Bond fixed at $300.00. *"
Fred Hobson and Eugene Par
due, possession, 3 months sus
pended on payment of $25.00 fine
each and one-half the cost each.
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TOURNAMENT
BEGINS FEB. 25
Yadkin Valley Conference
Will Be Staged in Elkin
School Gym
INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
The Yadkin Valley Conference
Basketball Tournament, which
this year will take the place of
the annual Pour-County tourna
ment, will open at the Elkin gym
nasium Tuesday, February 25, it
was announced by Elkin school
officials Tuesday.
A total of 32 teams are expected
to take part in the tournament,
of which sixteen will be boys’ and
sixteen girls’ teams. The tourn
ament will decide champions of
the conference.
Records of games won through
out the current season will decide
whether or not a team will be
eligible to participate in the
tournament, it was announced.
Attractive trophies will be pre
sented to the winning teams.
The newly organized conference
is made up of Yadkin. Wilkes, Al
leghany and Surry counties. Each
county will be represented in the
tournament.
Work of putting the road lead
ing to the gymnasium in good
condition will be done prior to the
event, it was said.
Gorrel Sheek Gets
Long Prison Term
Gorrel R. Sheek. native of Cen
ter. but who has been in Win
ston-Salem several years, was
given a term of not less than 15
nor more than 22 years in state
prison on a charge of killing
Frank Moses, a soldier on leave,
in Winston-Salem about Christ
mas. The sentence was render
ed in Forsyth superior court last
week by Judge J. A. Rousseau,
'after Sheek had been found guil
ty of murder in the second de
gree by a jury- Sheek gave no
tice of appeal and bond was set
at $3,500. He gave the bond and
was released Tuesday.
Moses was stabbed to death,
according to witnesses, after an
argument, while all were drink
ing
F. D. R. SWORN IN
FOR THIRD TIME
President Is First in Nation’s
History to Be Elected to
f Third Term
TASK TO “SAVE NATION”
Washington, Jan. 20. — His
hand resting broadly upon an old
Dutch Bible, his eyes squinting
Into the bright noon-day sun,
Franklin D. Roosevelt slowly and
thoughtfully repeated the presi
dential oath of office for the
third time today and asserted
that the task of the times was to
save "the nation and its institu
tions from disruption from with
out."
"Democracy is not dying," he
said with impressive solemnity,
his head bobbing emphatlcaly to
the rhythm of his clipped and
spaced words. "We know it can
not die. • * * ”
"We know it because if we lpok
below the surface, we sense it still
spreading on every continent, for
it is the most humane, the most
advanced, and in the end the
most unconquerable of all forms
of human society.”
He dedicated his third admin
istration to the protection and
perpetuation of "the integrity of
democracy” in the face of great
perils never before encountered.”
A spreading throng of some
75,000 chilled and heavily bun
dled spectators were jammed be
fore him into the capitol plaza.
Some were even perched in the
branches of the trees. Others
had found distant vantage points
on the roofs of the senate and
house office buildings.
Although the crowd was as
large as usual, it was strikingly
less noisy than the throngs which
have seen past ianugurations. It
may have been the cold, for
though the sun shone brilliantly,
the wind was brisk and chill, or it
may have been the solemnity of
the President’s theme. But while
the interruptions for applause
were frequent they were relatively
short and the sound was muffled
by gloves.
Yadkin Sends 12
To Fort Bragg
Twelve men left Yadkinville
Monday morning for Fort Bragg,
where they were inducted into
the army under the Selective Ser
vice Act to be trained for one
year. All were volunteers, and
their names were placed at the
top of the draft list.
They were: James Davis Ar
nold, Claude Edward Ireland,
Fred Wesley Hutchens, Raymond
Howard Fletcher. Willis Francis
Vanhoy, Tang Garris. Herman
Luther Blakley, Johnson Arvis
Wall, Beauford Ellis Ring, Ernest
Myers, Avery Lee Felts and Ev
erett Worth Hobson. Fred Wil
liams Pendry, who was scheduled
to go, was unable to report be
cause of sickness. He will enter
Fort Bragg as soon as possible.
The group left by bus at 8:30,
and arrived at the post at 4:00
o’clock that afternoon.
Young Negro Beaten To Death In
Wilkes County’s Hell’s Half-Acre
North Wilkesboro, Jan. 18.—
Sin’ Adams was a good negro
boy.’ He worked at Tomlinson’s
for a little more than a year:
drove trucks, did odd jobs at odd
times. He never had been in
much trouble, and he didn’t do
much drinking. '‘He was about 20
years old and a ‘yellow darkey.’
He was always willing to oblige.
Last Saturday afternoon he
obliged his last time. Walt Beck
nell, a negro friend, wanted to
go home. Walt lives in the
‘Hell’s Half-Acre’ section down
421 toward Yadkinville, seven or
eight miles from North Wilkes
boro. ‘Sin’—short for Sinclair—
and Walt borrowed a car belong
ing to John McOrady. ‘Sin’ did
the driving because Walt didn’t
have a driver’s license.
When they got to Hell’s Half
Acre they turned off the high
way onto a dirt road and drove
on past Slate Call’s house.
But they got stuck. They
pushed and pushed at the car,
but they couldn’t budge it. Walt
got mad at ‘Sin’ for driving the
car into the mudhole. Then he
hit ‘Sin.’ ‘Sin’ ran up the road.
Ed and Mutt Shew—Ed is 17 and
Mutt is 16 and both are in the
fourth grade when they go to
school, in the Wilkesboro schools
—came down the road “Sin’ was
running up. Both had been
drinking.
When ‘Sin’ got to them they
wouldn’t let him pass.
“Where you goin\ Nigger?’’ one
of them yelled at ‘Sin.’
‘Sin’ tried to get by and kept
on running, but Ed Shew caught
up with him. He slugged ‘Sin’ a
couple on the head, knocked him
down. Then he kicked him.
They took ‘Sin’ on up to Min
nie Benton Call’s house.
“Can you dance, Nigger?” one
of them asked ‘Sin.’
‘Sin’ said he couldn’t.
“Well, you’re goin’ ’to,” one of
them said. They made him drink
a quarter snuff-glass full of sugar
head. ‘Sin” still couldn’t dance.
So Ed beat him some more. Then
they made him take another
glass of the whiskey. He still
couldn’t dance, although he tried.
So Ed beat him some more.
Then Ed drug ‘Sin’ out of the
house on down into a pasture. A
‘Big Fellow* came up about thi*
time and hit ‘Sin’ across the head
with some brass knucks. They
beat ‘Sin' some more.
But, finally, ‘Sin’ got away and
ran to the highway, was taken tc
the hospital, then to jail where
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British Report The
Fall of Tobruk In
Fierce Desert Fight
Heads Navy
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif. .. . Presi
dent Roosevelt created three separ
ate American fleets, changed the
navy high command, and ordered
•very U. 8. warship to be manned
at full wartime strength. Pictured
here, Is Rear Admiral Husband E.
Klmmel who will command the At
lantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets
while taking personal command of
the Pacific fleet.
Projects Exhibited
At P.-T. A. Meeting
‘Projects from four grade school
rooms were exhibited at the
Parent-Teacher Association last
Monday evening in the Yadkin
ville school auditorium.
The rhythm band played music
selections at the beginning and
close of the program. Mrs. Juan
ita Brandon directed the present
ation of “The Playhouse” as
studied in grade 2B.
Miss Mildred Mackie planned
work around the unit. “The Mod
el Farm.” in grade 5A. Seventh
grade students exhibited houses,
i pictures, books and nests under
I the direction of Miss Dorothy
| Logan.
Funeral Held for
Mary Jane Reid
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at St. Paul’s Meth
odist church for Mary Jane Reid,
76, who died at her home near
Hamptonville early Saturday
morning after a lingering illness
with a heart ailment. The pastor,
Rev. S. G. Brawley, and Rev.
Marshall Wright conducted the
services and burial was in the
church graveyard.
Survivors include one son,
Leonard Reid, of Hamptonville;
three brothers, Isom Reid, Iredell
county; Gaston and Gwyn Reid,
Hamptonville.
Yadkin-Surry Future
Farmers to Meet
The Yadkin-Surry Federation
of Future Farmers of America
will hold a crop judging contest
at Boonville Monday, Jan. 27, in
the vocational agriculture build
ing ,it has been announced.
Each of the federation’s seven
chapters will be represented by a
team of three members. Mr. R.
J. Peeler, executive secretary of
the state organization, will ex
hibit samples of seed and plants
to judge.* This contest is held as
a preliminary to a state-wide
contest in Greensboro February
1st.
REV. CLETE SIMMONS
TO AID IN SERVICE
An ordination service ,will be
held Sunday evening, January 26,
at 6:30 at North Oak Ridge Bap
tist church for Rev. Mr. Phillips,
pastor o f Woodlawn Baptist
church in Winston-Salem. Rev.
Clete Simmons, pastor of the
North Oak Ridge church will be
assisted in the service by Rev.
Crouse and Rev. Lux of Winston
Salem.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend.
STRONGER
The hog market’s growing
strength has been attributed by
livestock men to moderate re
ceipts, good consumer demand,
and forecasts for reduced supplies
this year.
Some people cannot even make
ends meet while others can tie
them together.
TEARING DOWN
LAST BARRIER
ITALIAN BASE
Located Seventy-Five Miles
Inside Libya
CONFIRMATION LACKING
Official Word Is Expected at
Any Minute from Mili
tary Authorities
BELIEVED MOPPING UP
London, Jan. 22,—T obruk,
Italy”s big naval base and army
stronghold 75 miles inside Libya,
was reported today to be in the
hands of British and Australian
shock troops who broke through
its outer and inner fortresses yes
terday at the bayonet point.
It was reported that the near
eastern command was holding up
a formal announcement of the
capture only because it wanted
the city mopped up and the vic
tory consolidated before the news
was given out.
British military authorities here
said that, although they lacked
confirmation of the city’s capture,
they had no reason to believe it
had not fallen.
Acting Prime Minister of Aus
tralia Arthur W. Padden expressed
jubilation today over word that
Tobruk had fallen.
“Keenest congratulations an
other successful aspect of the war
wherein Australian sixth division
honorably participated,” he said
in a message to Australian army
headquarters.
• War Minister J. A. Spender an
nounced unofficially but on the
basis of reliable advices, that
Tobruk had fallen.
(Italy’s high command admitted
today that empire forces smashed
through Tobruk’s eastern fortifi
cations. It said the British broke
through late yesterday after bit
ter fighting.)
Announcement that the British
Empire men had taken Tobruk
and the thousands of Italians in
it was awaited eagerly.
Many Beer Outlets
Lose Their License
Raleigh, Jan. 21—The beer in
dustry’s "clean up or close up"
campaign in North Carolina has
resulted in the elimination of 145
undesirable retail beer outlets —
118 by revocation, two by sur
render and 25 by refusal to li
cense.
Edgar h. Bain, of Goldsboro,
state director of the Brewers and
North Carolina Beer Distributors
Committee, announced that revo
cation petitions are pending
against dealers i n Buncombe,
Wilson, Rowan and Carteret
counties. ^
During January, dealers i n
Surry, Iredell and Vance counties
lost their licenses on petition of
the committee. Two dealers in
Rutherford county were placed on
probation until March 3.
The field staff of the commit
tee has investigated more than
1,400 of the state’s 4,900 retail
beer outlets during the past 16
months, Bain announced.
In addition to the elimination
of 145 dealers, the committee has
warned 190 dealers to "clean up”
or face “close up” proceedings in
its fight to rid communities of
undesirable beer outlets.
Future Farmers Meet
At Yadkinville
The Yadkinville chapter of the
Future Farmers of America met
in the agricultural building of the
local high school Monday after
noon. Plans were taken up to
send teams to the federation crop
judging contest to be held at
Boonville Monday, January 27.
Three members, Dan Hots,
Junior Hutchens, and George
Pinnix were appointed as the
next program committee. A re
port will be made of the shop
committee at the next meeting of
the group.