Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 30
LATE F 1
NEWS
IN and
BRIEF N ?"
STATE
CHAPEL HILL. June 4 A
special course in civilian pilot
training- under the civil aero
nautics authority with ground
and flight training beginning
simultaneously June 15 and
continuing through September
15, will be given at Chapel Hill
airport under the direction of
C. N. Pickell, it was announced
here by Dean C. P. Spruill, of
the university. The course will
be open to men students in the
university summer session, to
graduate students within the
age limit, and to students or
former students of colleges
and universities within the vi
cinity.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, June 4
President Roosevelt accepted
today the resignation of
Charles Edison, secretary of
the navy, effective June 24.
Edison resigned to run for the
governorship of New Jersey on
the Democratic ticket. In a
letter of resignation made
public by the White House,
Edison asserted that, in gen
eral, objectives sought for the
past three and a half years
had been realized in great
part. The "shipbuilding pro
gram and ?lans for its expan
sion are in good condition as
is the fleet in being," Edison
said. Mr. Roosevelt, in a let
ter of reply, congratulated Ed
ison on his nomination and
praised his handling: of his
duties as a cabinet member.
WASHINGTON, June 4
Secretary Wallace, declaring
that "if England and France
are conquered, the Americas
will inevitably be the next ob
jective," called tonight for ec
onomic as well as military pre
paredness. "The immediate
necessity of preparedness," he
said in an address drafted for
the radio, "means that we
must move as fast as we can
utilize our idle men, idle mon
ey and idle factories in the
production of guns, munitions,
airplanes, tanks and ships.
"We don't know yet how much
the total cost will be. If we
should have to use as great a
proportion of our income on
military preparedness as Ger
many has been using of her
income during the last four
years, we would have to spend
perhaps $20,000,000,000 a
year."
FLEMINGTON, N. J., June
4—The* Standard Oil company
of New Jersey announced to
day it was prepared in case of
national emergency to make
all the synthetic rubber and
high explosives needed by the
United States. W. S. Farish,
told 30® applauding
stockholders at their annual
meeting that, company techni
cians had developed a new
rubber—butyl "superior to
natural rubber for many uses"
and that Standard Oil com
pany could supply it in "any
required quantities" to the
United States. He asserted
the company also was in a po
sition to go immediately into
large-scale production of trin
itritoluol—TNT—and nitrogly
cerine, "if requested by the
government."
BERLIN, June 4— Adolf Hit
-1 e r's high command an
nounced tonight the conclu
sion of "the greatest destruc
tive battle of all times" with
the capture of hard-held Dun
kerque along with 40,000 pris
oners, and then threatened the
French and British with "total
destruction." It told the Ger
man people that they could be
certain "that final victory is
oars," now that Flanders Is
won.
ROME, June 4—Armed and
shouting- its readiness for war,
Italy waited tensely today
through a .cabinet meeting that
approved 'new preparedness
moves but gave no hint as to
when fighting might begin.
Afterward speculation on the
date of Italy's plunge ranged
from the end of the week to
the end of the month, and one
source close to the government
commented that no
move was likely.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
Belgian refugees, carrying what is left of their worldly
possessions, as they file along a road in France seeking a
haven from the Nazi Blitzkrieg. It is to aid these people,
and hundreds of thousands like them, that the American
Red Cross is calling on the people of Elkin, and of the
nation, to contribute for war relief.
HL W>"pH
Red Cross Quota Here
Doubled; Need Great
Approximately $250 has been
raised locally for the American
Red Cross with Elkin's quota
now being SI,OOO. An addition
al sum is expected to be raised
next week following a Red
Cross drive at the Chatham
Manufacturing Company Mon
day and Tuesday.
The first quota set for Elkin
was SSOO, with the national
quota $10,000,000. However, so
pressing are the needs for re
lief in Holland, Belgium and
France where thousands upon
thousands of homeless refugees
are facing starvation and lack
of medical care and other
needs, the national figure was
recently doubled. Thus Elkin's
quota automatically was in
creased to SI,OOO.
Never in the history of the
world has the need been so
great for aid for the innocent
YOUTH HELD IN
POSTAL THEFT
Local Young Man Placed un
der SI,OOO Bond to Await
Federal Hearing
IS ARRESTED SATURDAY
Charged with robbing the local
postoffice, where he was employ
ed, of an insured package on
April 20, Herbert Dockery, of
Elkin, is being held under SI,OOO
bond for trial in Federal court.
The package in question was
said to contain a lady's wrist
watch valued at approximately
$50.00. Its recovery led to the
young man's arrest Saturday af
ter Federal investigators had
been called into the case.
According to police, the watch
had been forwarded to the man
ufacturer by a local jeweler for
adjustment. When it was return
ed to the local postoffice, Dock
ery, who was said to have had
keys to the postoffice in connec
tion with his duties there, took
the insured package before it had
been delivered to the addressee.
He was said to have disposed of
it to a local taxi driver for a
small sum.
The taxi driver was said to
have given the watch to a young
lady friend who carried it to the
jeweler to have the wrist band
made smaller. The jeweler rec
ognized it, and a check of serial
numbers showed it to be the one
he had mailed.
After Federal officers were
called in, the theft was quickly
traced to Dockery, who is said to
have admitted taking it after
finding it in a mail sack which
had supposedly been emptied of
its contents by postal clerks.
Dockery, a likeable young man
of good family, has always borne
a good reputation here, and news
of his arrest came as a great
shock and surprise to everyone
who knew himj
MARRIAGE LICENSE
ISSUED BY CLERK
Two marriage license have been
issued by the Surry county reg
ister of deeds during the past
week. They went to Allen Mast
and Gertha Bauguss. both of
Elk in, and Edward Clark and
Keath Hendren, both of Mount
Airy.
victims of war in horror-ridden
Europe. In this war, as never
before, women and children,
and aged men too old to be of
service in the army, nave lost
their every possession, with no
where to go; with the skies
raining death; with hunger
and disease and death always
at their elbow.
It is to aid these unfortunate
people, blasted from peaceful
security by a world gone mad
that the American Red Cross
is seeking funds today. Every
American is urged to give all he
can afford—and to give now
because the need is acute!
Elkin is asked to do its part.
Contributions may be sent to
Miss Betty Allen, local Red
Cross official, or left at the Bank
of Elkin. Checks or money or
ders should be made payable to
the American Red Cross.
Young Peoples
League Meets
In Jonesville
A tri-county meeting of the
Young People's League of the
Methodist church met Monday
evening with the Jonesville Meth
odist church with 45 members
attending. An interesting pro
giam was presented by the Jones
ville League, under the direction
of Mrs. A. B. Scroggs.
During the business session
plans were made for the Youth
Caravan to be held at the Meth
odist church in this city on July
13. The caravan will include all
churches of the Elkin District of
the Methodist church. Plans
were also made for the annual
picnic of the group, which will
also be held in July.
A social hour was enjoyed at
the conclusion of the business
meeting, with the hostess church
serving refreshments.
The tri-county group is com
posed of churches in Surry,
Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
MRS. OLIN MABE
TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Mary Pearl Mabe, 27, wife
of Olin Mabe, died at her home
near State Road Wednesday fol
lowing a serious illness of several
weeks. Mrs. Mabe was a daugh
ter of Nat Kennedy and the late
Mrs. Kennedy, and was a mem
ber of the Mountain Park Bap
tist church. She was a devoted
wife and mother and a woman
greatly loved in her community.
She is survived by her hus
band, a three-year-old son, J. D.
Mabe, and an infant daughter,
Mary Pearl Mabe; her father,
Nat Kennedy, three sisters and
six brothers.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Mountain Park Baptist, church, in
charge of Rev. J. L. Powers, of
this city. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
HORTON WILL NOT
OPPOSE BROUGHTON
Lieutenant - Governor Wilkins
P. Horton, second high man in
the Democratic primary for the
nomination for governor, has an
nounced that he will not
a second primary against J. M.
Broughton, Raleigh lawyer, the
leading candidate.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940
BRITISH HOPE
FOR AMERICAN
AID IN FIGHT
Churchill Says There'll Be
No Surrender
ENGLAND TO FIGHT ON
Prime Minister Tells Com
mons Losses of Flanders
Set at 30,000
EXPECT HEAVY BLOWS
London, June 4. Winston
Churchill today gave the British
commons and people the measure
of defeat and the epic of rescue
for the allied armies in Flanders
and, with blunt words, held out
•hope of help from "the new
world," or America, if Britain is
broken by invasion.
With the plainest language, the
prime minister, in a long war
statement to the house of com
mons, pledged the nation to fight
on "alone if necessary," even
from her empire outposts, and de
clared the British government
would never content itself with a
defensive war on Germany.
The heaviest blows are yet to
come from the conquerors of the
lowlands, he warned. They may
come, he said, "almost immediate
ly."
Point by point Churchill told
the story of the German army
sweeping like a . "sharp scythe"
around the allied forces of Flan
ders; how the Belgian surrender
isolated them and how a lost gar
rison of 4,000 men spurned an
ultimatum and fought to the
death in Calais.
He gave the British losses in
Flanders as more than 30,000
dead, wounded or missing; he es
timated the allied rescued, by the
heroic work of an armada of a
thousand boats, big and little, as
more than 335,000.
A week ago, he and other "good
judges" thought only 20,000 or
30,000 men could be saved from
the German army, its guns and
its bombers, he said.
With the Flanders battle and
the rescue ended, Belgium and her
army lost and the contingent's
channel ports in the invader's
hands, Churchill told the com
mons: "There is always a chance
of invasion."
KIWANIANS TO
HEAR SPEAKER
Exciting Program Is Arrang
ed for Meeting to Be Held
This Evening
TO SEE TALKING MOVIE
G. F. Ball, in charge of public
relations for the Standard Oil
Company in North Carolina, will
be guest speaker at the meeting
of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at
Hotel Elkin this evening, D. Q.
Smith, Kiwanis program chair
man, has announced.
Mr. Ball will discuss "Radio
and News," and then, through the
medium of talking motion pic
tures, will take his audience
around the world and behind the
scenes that they might actually
see the titanic struggle of skilled
news reporters, working day and
night at every strategic point to
bring the latest news with light-
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Tribune Inaugurating
Carrier Service Here
Keeping pace with the pro
gress of Elkin and at the same
time striving to render better
service both to subscribers and
advertisers, The Tribune is
with this issue inaugurating
city delivery by carrier boy.
Carrier system will mean
that a majority of Elkin sub
scribers will receive their pa
pers each Wednesday evening
instead of Thursday morning or
later. It will also mean that
the messages of local adver
tisers will reach the homes of
Elkin readers within a short
time after The Tribune comes
off the press.
Although a determined effort
has been made to deliver every
paper possible in Elkin, there
are some names on the sub
scription list which will be
Nazis Launch Mass Attack
Against French; Offensive
Aimed At Heart of Nation
OFFICIALS OF
LEGION NAMED
All Officers of George Gray
Post Will Serve for An
other Year
DELEGATES ARE NAMED
At a meeting of the George
Gray Post of the American Le
gion held Thursday evening at
the city hall all officers of the
Legion were named to serve again
for another year. Officers are:
P. W. Graham, commander; R.
H. Davis, D. H. Lovelace and
Kyle Thompson, vice-command
ers; H. B. Holcomb, adjutant;
Dixie Graham, finance officer;
Paul Gwyn, service officer; Miles
A. Royall, Jr., sergeant-at-arms;
G. W. Masten, chaplain; W. M.
Allen, historian; E. W. Harris,
athletic officer; George Royall,
child welfare officer; J. B. Bell,
Americanism officer; Charles Al
exander, graves registration; H.
C. Dobson, employment officer;
Joe Bivins, membership chair
man; W. H. Combs, publicity
chairman.
George Royall and Joe Bivins
were appointed as delegates to
attend the state convention to be
held in High Point from June
23 through 25. Dixie Graham and
E. S. Edwards, the latter of Ron
da, were named as alternates.
Other routine business was dis
patched.
J. T. BOSTIC
PASSES AWAY
Respected East Elkin Man
Had Been 111 for Some
Time
RITES HELD TUESDAY
James Thomas Bostic, 77, died
Monday morning at the home of
his son, William Bostic, in East
Elkin, with whom he made his
home. Mr. Bostic had been se
riously ill for sometime. He w%s.
a native of Richmond county and
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Bostic. For many
years he had made his home here
and was well and favorably
known. He was a member of the
First Baptist church. His wife
preceded him in death several
years ago.
He is survived by three sons,
William Bostic, of this city; Luth
er Bostic of Winston-Salem, and
Ben Bostic of Hickory; five
grandchildren, and fouf sisters,
Miss Fannie Bostic, Mrs. Stephen
Wall and Mrs: Peter Nicholson,
all of Rockingham, and Mrs. Wil
liam Usher of Candor.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the First Baptist church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
James M. Hayes of Winston-Sa
lem; Rev. J. L. Powers and Rev.
B. F. Rollins. The body lay in
state at the church for an hour
prior to the service.
Interment was in the Boonvllle
cemetery.
placed in the mall simply be
cause The Tribune has thus far
been unable to learn the street
address of the subscribers con
cerned. In cases of this sort,
it will be appreciated if the
subscribers will inform The
Tribune of their street address
so that they may also be serv
ed by carrier.
It is probable that some
slight confusion may result in
the delivery of this week's edi
tion locally due to possible mis
takes in address, but it is hoped
to have the oarrier system
working smoothly within the
shortest time possible.
The Tribute will appreciate
any suggestions or , comment
from its subscribers in connec
tion with thi» new carrier ser
vice.
Seeks To Block
Neu) Nazi
Against Paris
Wt*, sBfiSWW? ' j|
>, c
Pictured above is General
Maxine Weygand, chief of the
Allied armies whose troops are
now engaged in what may be a
decisive battle of the war, with
the fate of France and England
hanging upon its outcome. Hit
ler has launched what he is
terming a "death blow" against
the Allies.
JURORS DRAWN
BY CO. BOARD
Will Serve at Special Two-
Weeks' Term of Surry
Superior Court
TO BE HELD IN JULY
Jurors to serve during a special
two-weeks' term of Surry superior
court to be held in July were
drawn by the Surry board of
commissioners at their meeting
in Dobson Monday.
The special term will take the
place of the regular civil term
which was scheduled to convene
July 9. The first week will be
for the trial of criminal cases
and the second for civil actions.
The jury list follows:
First week: T. W. Thomas, G.
W. Creed, Kelly Wilmoth, R. G.
Franklin, Grat Cave, W. C. Mc-
Kinney, Jesse Willard, Robert
Darnell, W. R. Simmons, D. G.
Calloway, Arthur Cook, Roscoe
Childress, G. W. Phillips, Ford
Samuels, W. L. Rumley, Monroe
Branch, John A. White, Dock
Southard, J. B. Felts, W. L.
Lynch, Gordon Denny, Walter F.
Corder, P. G. Lowe, W. A. Dar
nell, Brady Inman, R. L. Nelson,
Clyde Day, Fred Atkinson, B. G.
Nickelson, Fred Riggs, E. T.
Sparks, E. E. Hayes, E. A. Harris,
George Denny, F. E. Lane, C. M.
Atkins.
Second week: C. E. Chappell,
J. W. Kiger, S. H. Atkinson, Gil
bert R. Key, Garland Denny,
Sam D. Cook, J. W. Badgett,
George Chatham, Jr., E. P. Cun
diff, H. K. Lewis, A. F. Taylor,
Claude W. Simmons, Burrus Bad
gett, M. C. Fowler, J. Van John
son, Aldie Jessup, J. W. Parker,
E. B. Draughn, J. O. Simmons, J.
A. Allen, J. W. Hilton. AbQ Ed
wards, Ruth Badgett, J. F. Mose
ley.
BLANKETEERS FACE
TWO GAMES HERE
The Chatham Blanketeers,
fresh from a 16 to 1 victory here
last Sunday over White Oak, of
Greensboro, face two strong
teams here this week-end.
Saturday the Blanketeers will
face Adams-Miliis, of High Point.
Sunday they will meet Hanes
Knitters, of Winston-Salem. Both
games will be played in the new
Chatham Park and both will be
gin at 3:00 o'clock in the after
noon.
With a crowd of approximately
300 in the stands, the local club
found the going easy against
Greensboro Sunday, scoring al
most at will.
More than 225,00 children un
der 15 years of age were injured
in traffic accidents last year.
EUrin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FRENCH SLASH
BACK AT HUNS
IN FLANK MOVE
Germans Hope to Deliver
"Death Blow"
FIGHT ON HUGE FRONT
Germans Throw 600,000 In
fantrymen into Action,
Plus 1,000 Planes
OUTCOME IS IN DOUBT
Berlin, June s—The French
front blazed into action from the
Maginot line to the sea today as
the German military machine
drove in for a crushing blow at
the heart of Prance and the
French slashed back at the an
chor positions of the German
lines.
The German high command
revealed that it had moved swift
ly to carry out the orders of Adolf
Hitler and renew action on the
western front in an attempt to
drive home a death blow against
Prance.
"Aggressive operations," said
the high command, have been
launched from the positions
which the Germans had held de
fensively on the Somme-Aisne
front while completing the cam
paign in Flanders.
At the same time the German
high command admitted that the
French had struck back vigorous
ly, particularly in the Abbeville
region where the right flank of
the German line is anchored, and"
at Longwy, the hinge of the left
German flank close to the Magi
not line.
Both these French attacks, ac
cording to the high command,
were repulsed with the air force
giving particular aid in meeting
the drive in the vicinity of Abbe
ville.
There was no mention of Great
Britain by the high command to
day. But competent observers
here felt that an offensive against
Britain was very likely to be
launched simultaneously with
that against Prance under the
stimulus to German morale pro
vided by the victory in Flanders.
Paris—Forty-five German divi
sions supported by 1,000 dive
bombing planes, 2,250 tanks and
15,000 motorized vehicles opened
a mass attack on a 110-mile front
of the new French Weygand line
at dawn today between the Eng
lish Channel and the Aisne Riv
er, hoping to smash through to
final victory and force the Allies
to their knees.
German artillery opened up a
terrific bombardment at 4 a.m.
Six hundred thousand German
infantrymen, 40 divisions, went
over the top at 5 ajn. under the
bombers which dived shrieking
into the allied line.
At 11 a.m., after six hours of
furious fighting in which every
man knew that the fate of his
country was at stake, the French
high command said that it was
too early to show any indication
of the progress of the battle.
SPECIAL LAYMEN'S
PROGRAM PLANNED
Sunday at the evening hour of
worship at the Methodist church
a special laymen's program will
be presented by the lay-leader,
Dr. E. G. Click. L. S. Weaver, of
Jonesville, principal of the Jones
ville school and president of the
Elk in Kiwanis club, will be prin
cipal speaker for the meeting.
The public is extended a cor
dial invitation to attend the ser
vice.
S. C. WOMAN INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Mrs. B. P. A. Fernon, of Clem
son, S. C., the wife of an in
structor at Clemson College, was
painfully injured, although not
seriously, in an automobile acci
dent Wednesday afternoon. She
was admitted to Hugh Chatham
hospital for treatment.
The accident was said to have
occurred near State Road when
the automobile in which site was
riding turned over.