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nt State
IN and
BRIEF N ? n
ARE STUDYING
TAX MERGER
Washington. March 14—The
government. President Roose
velt disclosed today, Is study -
ins the advisability of merging
into one tax the five levies
now lmjMsed upon corpora
tlons.
In with newspa
¥' per men the administration 'a
efforts to enoocrage business,
Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that
he was determined that exist
ing revenues should not be re
duced by any revirion of cor
poration taxes.
RUSSO-JAP
BREAK LOOMS
Totdo, March 14—A warning
was issued in parliament to
night that Japan would fight
to the last over the valuable
northern Kamchatka fishing
grounds, involved in a long-
I standing soviet Russian-Jap
-1 anese dispute.
A showdown in the quarrel
is expected tomorrow when
soviet officials are scheduled
to conduct an auction of 293
fishing lots, formerly assigned
to Japanese, off the Siberian
coast.
HUNGARY INVADES
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Budapest, March 15— (Wed
nesday)—jWith her armies al
ready half way across Car
pa tho-Ukraine, Hungary an
nounced early today that the
t dissolved Czecho-Slovak gov
ernment's answer to an ulti-
ma turn demanding evacuation
of the eastern province was
unsatisfactory.
The Hungarian foreign of
fice announced thai in conse
quence of the unsatisfactory
reply "immediate measures will
be taken."
ITALIAN LINER
STANDING BY SHIP
Chatham. Man, March 14—
The Inge luxury liner Oonte
di Savoia rqg sried aha was
"standing' by" the disabled
Norwegian freighter Helnor in
a howling northwest storm to
night, about 700 miles east of
the Virginia capes.
The Coote di Savoia said
she would remain alongside
until the arrival of the Nor
wegian motor tanker Gyife,
bound from Houston to Havre.
BOARD REVOKES
RECENT RULING
t _________
m N. Wilkesboro Transit Co. Re*
quests Franchise to Op-
I erate Buses Here
TAXI CASE CONTINUED
The recent ruling made by the
E1 kin board of comis&i oners
which set a minimum fare of 20
cents for taxi companies here, was
revoked at the meeting of the
board Monday night.
In the meantime trial of the
Downtown Taxi company, operat
r ed by C. C. Morrison and David
, Brown, on a charge of not having
1 paid the town priviledge and li
cense tax, was continued until
next Wednesday at 2:00 p. m.
Hie case, which grew out of a
charge by John May berry, opera
tor of City Cabs, had been set for
trial last Thursday afternoon.
Continuance of the case was
granted when E. C. James, at
torney for the defendant cab com
pany, was called out of town on
the date of hearing.
The town commissioners took
under consideration until their
next meeting a request by the Blue
Ridge Transit Co., of North
Wilkesboro, for a franchise to op
erate buses over Skin streets on
a regular schedule. J. H. Whick
er, North Wilkesboro attorney, ap
peared before the board as repre
sentative of the bus company.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
ISSUED AT DOBSON
» Marriage license were granted
f to the following couples the past
week by the register of deeds at
Dobson:
Robert Lee Paries, of Mount Airy
to Miss Margie Elizabeth Holy
field, also of Mount Airy; Herbert
Royall, of Roaring Gap, to Miss
Vergie Bartley, of Low Gap; Clyde
Hawlett, of KUmt Airy, to Miss
Ruth Yates, also of Mount Airy;
p. B. Cockerfeam, of State Road,
to Miss Etta Wilmoth, also of
State Road: Ben Johnson, at
h Jol ms, to Miss Nora Brooks, also
*f of Joines
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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VOL. No. XXVBDL No. 18
WIN SECOND TIME Spencer Tracy hold
the awards given by the Motion Picture Academy of
Arts and Sciences for the best performances by an
actress and actor during the year 1938. Miss Davis
won the award for her performance in "Jezebel," and
Mr. Tracy for his performance in "Boys Town."
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Hackett Is In Favor
Of Farm-To-Market
Highway In County
Delegation from Dobson, Salem Fork and Mountain Park Pe
tition Highway Commissioner for Improved Road
from Dobson to State Road; Present Road
of Dirt Construction
J. Gordon Hackett, state high
way commissioner for this dis
trict expressed himself as favor
ing the construction of an all
weather road from Dobson to
dtate Road, at a meeting held at
his office in North Wilkesboro
morning which was at
tended by about 25 citizens from
Dobson, Salem Fork and Moun
tain Park, who presented peti
tions and endorsements favoring
the pfoiaete
Mr. Hackett stated that in his
N. C. Teacher
Meeting to
Held at Ra
The North Carolina state teach
ers meeting will be held in Raleigh
at the city auditorum March 16.
17, and 18th. Some of the dela-,
gates from Surry are L. B. Pender
graph, Sam Gentry, A. H. Wolfe,
Marvin Shore, E. P. McCloud and
John Comer, who is Surry county
school superintendent and head of
the delagation.
Mr. Comer stated that on March
14 the Parent-Teachers held their
meeting at White Plains. The
parents were addressed by H. O.
Woltz, attorney-at-law from
Mount Airy. Mr. Woltz explained
the Training of Children For Citi
zenship. The meeting was at
tended by a large group of pa
rents.
Mr. Comer also stated that the
State examinations will be given
to the seventh grades of Surry
county on April sth, 1939. On
March 30 a meeting of all the sev
enth grade teachers will be held
at the Surry county school super
intendent's office at Dobson at 2
p. m. to discuss the ways of giving
the examination. The ways of
grading and reporting results will
also be discussed at this meeting.
B. T. U. TRAINING
UNION TO BE HELD
A B. T. U. training course will
be held each evening from March
20 through the 24 at the First
Baptist church from 6 until 8:15
o'clock.
Classes for all groups, includ
ing a story hour, junior, senior.
Intermediate, and adult classes,
will be conducted. Classes will
also be offered to junior and in
termediate B. Y. P. U. leaders.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
BOONVILLE ROAD
CONTRACT IS LET
The state highway commission
in Raleigh Tuesday, received bids
for construction of a number of
road projects in North Carolina,
including the link for 2.7 miles
between Boonvillft and Crutch
field, U. a highway 001.
Grading, surface treatment, and
structures for the link received
the lowest bid from T. M. Strider,
for £53.361.95.
belief this road is the most im
portant road project awaiting to
be built after completion of Fed
eral aid projects in the county,
pointing out that it is strictly a
farm-to-market road. He said he
would recommend that the first
money available for farm-to-mar
ket roads would be spent on this
project.
The road now in use between
State Road and Dobson is of dirt
variety, and beeoates rough and
muddy in bad weather.
ELKIN RATINGS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Official Figures on Cafes and
Meat Markets Released
by Butler
ALL MARKETS GRADE A
Official ratings for Elkin meat
markets and cafes have been an
nounced by Charles A. Butler,
inspector for the Surry health
department.
Complete ratings disclose that
Elkin stands high in "A" ratings
for both markets and eating es
tablishments, with Hotel Elkin
leading the latter with a high
score of 96.5, followed closely by
the Palace Cafe with a rating of
96, and the Bon-Ton Grill with a
rating of 95.
Each of Elkin's meat markets
received high ratings, the Modern
Food Store and Basketeria both
having ratings of 95, and the
Cash & Carry market a rating of
92, all Grade A ratings.
Announcement of the Bon-Ton
Grill and Modern Food Store rat
ings last week were made before
the inspector had completed his
inspection of the various other
places of business.
The official rating, as an
nounced Wednesday, follows:
Cafes: Hotel Elkin, 96.5, A;
Palace, 96, A; Bon-Ton, 95, A;
Eat Quick, 88.5, B; Greenwood,
81, B; Riverside, 77, C: Monti
cello, 74, C.
Meat markets: Basketeria, 95,
A; Modern Food Store, 95, A;'
Cash & Carry, 92, A.
WILKES NEGRO GIVEN
20-25 YEARS IN PEN
Otto Hampton, negro, charged
with criminal assault upon a
middle-aged Wilkes county widow,
was sentenced in Wilkes superior
court -Tuesday to 20-25 years in
state prison after he had entered
a plea of guilty to attempted
criminal assault.
PENNEY EMPLOYEES '
FETED AT PICNIC
Employees of the local J. C.
Penny store were feted at a picnic
supper Thursday eveulng of last
week at the picnic grounds at the
old shoe factory, west of Elkin. A
sumptous supper was served. Four
teen employees attended.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1939
RESTORATION
OF RELIEF CUT
ASKED BY FDR
Strife Is Stirred by Sharply
Worded Request
EXPECT MAJOR BATTLE
President Seeks Additional
$150,000,000 to Save Jobs
of WPA Workers
STATEMENT DENOUNCED
Washington, March 14.—Pres
ident Roosevelt stirred up a
tempest of congressional strife
today with a sharply-worded re
quest for an immediate, addition
al appropriation of $150,000,000
for WPA lest, he said, nearly
5;000,000 people lose tha source of
their livelihoods.
His appeal cut to the core of
the constantly agitated issue of
government spending and led to
predictions of a battle even more
strenuous than that which at
tended the refusal of Congress,
earlier in the session, to grant the
very same appropriation which
was proposed today.
in preparation for tl*st struo
gle, administration forces deposed
Representative Woodrum, Demo
crat, Virginia, aggressive leader of
the house ecomomy bloc, as act
ing chairman of the subcommit
tee in charge of relief appropria
tions. He will be replaced, it was
said, by Chairman Taylor, Demo
crat, Colorado, of the appropria
tions committee, who almost im
mediately upon the receipt of the
President's message introduced a
bill to carry it out.
As though to offset this move,
the economy group rallied at
once behind a proposal by Repre
sentative Cox, Democrat, Georgia,
that the appropriations commit
tee be directed to make a thor
oughgoing investigation of WPA
to determine whether it is "fish
or fowl, sane or insane, good or
bad." Woodrum, denouncing the
President's statements as "melo
drama and emotionalism," assert
ed ominously that he would "still
be around" when the appropria
toin was discussed.
N. ELKIN WOMAN
DIESJUESDAY
Mrs. Victoria Lay ell Passes
Away in Winston-Salem
Hospital
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Victorial Isabel Marshall
Layell, 38, wife of James Layell
of, North Elkin, died in a Win
ston-Salem hospital Tuesday
morning, where she had been a
patient.
She was a daughter of V. J.
Marshall of State Road. Sur
viving in addition to her husband
are four children, Alvis Layell,
State Road; Garvey, Henry and
James Layell, Jr., of Elkin: her
father, one brother, Avery Mar
shall, and three half-sisters, Mrs.
Bert Smith, Miss Evon Marshall,
State Road, and Mrs. Opie White,
Winston-Salem; and three half
brothers. Thurmond Marshall.
Elkin; Odell and Leo Marshall,
State Road.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon from Mount
Pleasant Baptist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. Ford
Walker.
CHATHAM GIRLS TO
ENTER A. A. U. MEET
Twelve of the finest women bas
ket ball players in the South, who
will wear Chatham uniforms in
the National A. A. U. tournament
at'Wichita, Kanas, will leave Win
ston-Salem Friday night to take
part in the play that will decide
the champions of the cage world.
The official party of fourteen,
including Coach Russell Plaster
and Miss Claudia Austin, who will
chaperone the party, will arrive in
Wichita Sunday night and work
out Monday to get the feel of the
court.
* The Chatham girls are slated
to open play in the tournament
Tuesday, the time and opponent
yet to be announced. Plaster re
ceived word from Wichita of the
day but the telegram did not re
veal who hL», opponent would be
for the game.
Stuffed crocodiles are placed
above doorways in CUro, Egypt,
to bring good luck to the house.
I
Nazi Troops March Into Prague
To Be Met With Boos, Cat-Calls
By Czechs; Situation Is Tense
TZ7CT I\JUW rJIN A new anti-aircraft gun,!
I L/Oi IfZLrr UUiV constructed in the ord
nance factory at Maribynong, Victoria, is pictured dur
ing tests by members of the Ist Anti-Aircraft Battery
from Mosman while in camp at Narrabeen, Australia,
the while Mother England keeps an anxious eye on war
clouds brewing over Czecho-Slovakia.
Charlie McCarthy
Reported Kidnaped
Mother-Daughter
Scout Banquet to
Be Held F
Plans are in readiness for the
first Mother-Daughter Scout ban
quet to be held here. The ban
quet, at which mothers and their
scout daughters of both troops
one and two of the local groups
will attend, will be held Friday
evening at 7 o'clock in the ban
quet hall at Hotel Elkin.
r Tickets are on sale at both the
elementary and high school build
ings for fifty cents each. Reser
vations should be made not later
than Thursday noon, if possible.
Miss Elizabeth IJames, of Win
ston-Salem, will be guest speaker
for the meeting. Scout Peggy
Royall will welcome the mothers
and Mrs. H. C. Salmons will re
spond for mothers.
The Scout colors of green,
white and gold will be noted in
the appointments of the table
and decorations.
Only members of the Scout
troops and their mothers are in
vited.
AGED WOMAN OF
YADKIN_PASSES
Mrs. Grace Shore, 83, Dies
Monday at the Home of
Her Daughter
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Grace P. Chappell Shore,
83, died Monday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Mode A. Ves
tal, in Yadkin county, following a
heart' ailment, and the general
infirmities of her advanced age.
She was the widow of Henry
Mike Shore, who preceded her in
death 28 years ago. Two sons
also preceded her in death. She
was affectionately known as
"Aunt Grace" to her many
friends.
She united with Swaims Bap
tist church early in life' and re
mained a faithful member for al
most 70 years. V
She is surwied by three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. S. Hinson, of Arling
ton; Mrs. M. D. Ashley, Hamp
tonville, and Mrs. M. A. Vestal, of
Cycle. One foster daughter, Mrs.
R. A. Wagoner, of Cycle, one sis
ter. Mrs. Hilary Vestal, of Kan
sas, two half-brothers, James and
John Chappell, of Cycle, 22
grandchildren and 17 great
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock
from Swaims Baptist church. The
ritts were In charge of Rev. E. C.
Norman, Rev. Cleat Simsicns
and Rev. I. W. Vestal Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Famous Dummy Said Taken
from Negro Bellhop by
Two Men i|t Taxi
EDGAR BERGEN UPSET
For goodness sakes! Charlie
McCarthy has been stolen and
Edgar Bergen is left flat without
his prime source of income. Or
so reports the Associated Press,
which reports the kidnaping has
been verified by Mr. Bergen him
self!
New York police, who consider
Charlie's kidnaping a press
agent's gag, state that the wood
en-headed star dummy of radio
and screen was last seen in the
company of Frank D. Brown, a
diminutive negro bellhop at the
Belmont Plaza hotel.
Brown was found trussed up
with towels at 37th street and
Eleventh avenue Tuesday night.
He told police that two men had
forced him into a taxi, bound him
up and then threw him out, tak
ing Charlie, as he was carrying
the dummy to another address,
presumably upon telephone or
ders of Bergen.
The ventriloquist appeared up
set about the matter and re
marked that the kidnaping "is
the kind of publicity I don't
want." Charlie is insured for
$2,500.
Half acre Guest
Speaker Here At
Kiwanis Meeting
W. D. Halfacre, formerly su
perintendent of the North Wilkes
boro schools and now associated
with the Bank of North Wilkes
boro, was guest speaker at the
meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis
club at Hotel last Thurs
day evening.
Mr. Halfacre made an interest
ing talk on the subject "What
Have You to Give to Your Com
munity?" He urged the Kiwan
ians to give of their best to their
community without hope; of re
ward in order to make it a better
place in which to live.
The speaker was introduced by
Kiwanian J. Mark McAdams, su
perintendent of the Elkin schools,
and formerly associated with Mr.
Halfacre in the schools of North
Wilkesboro. Kiwanian George E.
Royall acted as program chair
man.
Vocal selections were rendered
by Misses Lena Sale and v Frances
Alexander, accompanied at the
piano by Miss Peggy Royall.
D. J. Carter, president of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club,
and W. E. Jones, a member of the
Wilkes club and a former resi
dent of Elkin, were guests.
Automobile drivers 18 to 21
years of age kill more people than
any other age group.
Ellon
-The Beet Little Tm
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AGGRESSORS IN
RACE FOR BEST
CZECH SECTIONS
Slovakia Is Invaded by Hun
garian Troops
MAY AFFECT UNCLE SAM
Officials Believe Rich U S.-
Czech Trade Wrecked by
Present Events
NEGOTIATIONS PUT OFF
a_
Green-clad troops of Adolf
Hitler have marched into
Prague, capitol of Czecho-Slo
vakia, to completely demolish
the last remnant of a once
proud little nation, it was
learned via radio news bulletins
Wednesday afternoon.
However, Hitler's legions were,
not alone in the dash to absorb
the remaining sections of the
prostrate country, as Hungar
ian troops rushed eastward to
clinch control of Oarpathor-Uk
raine. News bulletins were to
the effect that the Hungarians
were opposing the Germans and
had linked with Polish troops.
Meantime, the march of the
German troops into Prague was
not as colorful and as trlumph
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YOUTH IS BADLY
HURT JNCRASH
Willie MulMs Struck by Auto
mobile While Riding Bi
cycle on Highway
CONDITION IS SERIOUS
Willie Mullis. 17, of Hampton
ville, remains in a serious condi
tion at Hugh Chatham hospital
suffering injuries sustained when
he was struck by an automobile
Saturday evening while riding a
bicycle. The car wjiich hit the
youth, who was said to have
steered his wheel directly into its
path, was driven by Lafayette
Haynes, of Arlington. The acci
dent took place on the outskirts
of Jonesville.
Rushed to locat hospital,
an examination disclosed the
youth to be suffering from a skull
fracture, internal injuries and
lacerations. He was said to have
been thrown completely across
the hood of the car by the force
of impact.
Mullis is a son of Wilson Mullis
and .the late Mrs. Mullis, of near
Hamptonville, and for the last
year has made his home with the
family of his uncle, Robert L.
Bell." i
BILL PROVIDES
DOBSONTAX
Surry County Seat Has Here
tofore Been Free of Local
Tax Levy
REAL AND PERSONAL
Dobeon, county seat of Surry,
which heretofore has been free of
taxes, will enjoy that distinction
no longer under terms of a bill
introduced in the house of repre
sentatives last Friday by Repre
sentative Henry Dobson.
The measure provides that
chapter 282 of the private laws of
1891 shall be amended to author
ize the board of commissioners of
Dobson to levy and collect tax on
all property, real and personal.
The purpose of this, the bill
sets forth, is to enable the com
missioners to maintain the gov
ernment of the community and
to make necessary improvements.
The bill sets a limit of $1.50
per SIOO valuation for taxes and
also allow# a tax of 81.00 for each
motor vehicle in Oobßon
Representative Dobson said he
introduced the bill at the request
of a number of citterns of the
community.