Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 42
late
NEWS
TW and
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BRIEF .
STATE
SALISBURY. Aug. 27—Fire
men of the nation have a dou
ble duty to perform during the
present crisis—that of fighting
fires.and also fighting the en
emies who would destroy in
dustries—the North Carolina
fire laddies were told today at
the opening session of their
53rd annual convention. Chief
Roscoe Foster, of the Ports
mouth. Va., navy yards de
partment and an honorary
chief of the North Carolina de
partment, was the leader who
brought a message urging un
usual alertness and efficiency
at this time.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27—In
a personal reply to contentions
In Congress that military air
craft purchases were lagging,
President Roosevelt said today
that 10,015 combat and train
ing planes were being built for
the army and navy. While he
acknowledged that Senator
Byrd, Democrat, Virginia, was
correct when he stated recent
ly that only 343 combat ships
had been ordered in the past
100 days, the President de
clared that the senator's im
plication was dead wrong.
Army and navy contracts had
been placed, Mr. Roosevelt
said, for 6,361 planes. An ad
ditional 3,654 were being man
factored, he continued, under
"letters of intention" which
were given to the manufac
turers pending the signing of
formal contracts after Con
gress settles defense tax ques
tions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27
Senator Bailey, of North Caro
lina, chairman of the com
merce committee, today in a
formal but brief statement
gave to the press some of the
reasons that impelled him to
align himself with those mem
bers of the senate who are ad
vocating prompt passage of
the compulsory military ser
vice, or conscription bill. The
senator is persuaded that con
sideration of conditions that
prevail in the world forbid
complacency on the part of
American citizens, and that
training of the nation's man
power is to be regarded as
"necessary."
INTERNATIONAL
BERLIN, Aug. 2ft— (Wednes
day)— Sellable informants re
ported today that German and
Italian foreign ministers would
referee the Rumanian-Hun
garian quarrel In a Vienna
conference tomorrow in the
conviction that Germany must
settle Balkan territorial dis
putes to avoid at all costs any
incidents which could disturb
the conduct of her war against
Britain. There were no re
ports from German sources of
a clash between Rumanian and
Russian forces, but it wm ac
knowledged that such a dash
would make the Balkan settle
ment urgent from Germany's
point of view.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug.
27 —The Hungarian and Ru
manian foreign ministers, it
was learned tonight, have been
urgently summoned to a con
ference with axis spokesmen in
Vienna following reports of a
bloody border dash between
Russian, and Rumanian troops
in which "several hundred"
soviet soldiers were said to
have been slain.
LONDON, Aug. 28—(Wed
nesday)—Adolf Hitler's night
flying raiders continued "in
somnia raids" on the London
area last night and early to
day, dropping Incendiary bomb
clusters which started fires—
and disturbing the slumbers of
millions. But toe British, af
ter their six-hour siege In shel
ters Monday night and Tues
day morning, took the two
alarms last night and today
much more phlegmatically.
There was less anti-aircraft
cannonading and searchlight
activity, and many a yawning
householder refused to leave
his snug bed. The first raid,
lasting about 2% hows, ended
Just before midnight, and was
followed by another of less
than an hoar's duration short
ly after midnight.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Tobacco Queen
f ; *
Martha Scott, co-starred
with Gary Grant In "The How
ards of Virginia," Colonial-
Williamsburg-f limed picture,
will reign as queen of the Sixth
Annual National Tobacco Fes
tival at South Boston, Va.,
September sth and 6th.
MARKET QUOTA
IS ANNOUNCED
Amount of Quota for First of
Three Years Set at 618
Million Pounds
OTHER QUOTAS COMING
Washington, Aug. 27 —Flue
cured marketing quotas for the
first of three years beginning
July 1, 1941, were proclaimed to
day by Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace, following offi
cial determination that 86.1 per
cent, of the growers voting in the
referendum held July 20 favored
quotas for the three-year period.
The amount of the quota which
will be in effect for 1941-42, the
first of the three marketing years,
is 618 million pounds. This is 10
per cent, more than the quota of
556 million pounds which was
proclaimed prior to the referen
dum. Approval of the three-year
quota makes it possible to in
crease the quota determined for
the 1941-42 marketing year, and
to spread the adjustmnt needed
to eliminate excess supplies over
the three-year period.
The amount of the quota for
the 1942-43 marketing year will
be announced sometime between
July 1 and December 1, 1941.
Similarly, the amount of the
quota for the third year of the
period will be announced between
July 1 and December 1, 1942.
The official canvass showed
that 174,779 votes, or 86.1 per
cent, of the total of 203,059, ap
proved the quota which had been
proclaimed for the marketing
year beginning July 1, 1941, and
also favored the proposal of hav
ing marketing quotas in effect
for the three years beginning on
that date. Approximately 3,655
votes, or 1.8 per cent., favored the
quota proclaimed for the 1941-42
marketing year in preference to
quotas for three years. The re
maining 24,625 votes, or 12.1 per
cent, of the total, were cast
against both the three-year quota
proposal and the one-year quota.
JESSE M. WOLFE
PASSES AT HOME
Jesse Mackie Wolfe, almost 73,
died Saturday morning at his
home near Mountain Park, fol
lowing a long illness. He was a
son of the late Harrison and Mrs.
Ruth Calloway Wolfe, and was a
member of the Mountain Park
Baptist church. His wife preced
ed him in death.
He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Myrtle Wolfe Smith, of
State Road; three grandchildren;
four brothers, E. L. Wolfe and
Henry Wolfe, of Mountain Park;
W. C. Wolfe, of State Road, and
A. H. Wolfe, of Clinton.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Rocky Ford church, with
Rev. J. W. Calloway in charge.
GLADE VALLEY SCHOOL
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 3
Glade Valley high school at
Glade Valley will open on Sep
tember 2, according to an an
nouncenlent by E. B. Eldridge.
superintendent. Agriculture has
been added to the curriculum this
year, and this will aid many of
the self-help students by assist
ing in operating the 126-acre
farm which is owned by the
school.
Two new members have been
added to the faculty, Miss Susan
Inscoe, of Nashville, a graduate
of the class of 1940 of Flora Mc-
Donald College at Red Springs,
who will teach English and
French, and Marcos Sheram, of
Rocky Face, Ga., a graduate of
the Berry school, who will teach
mathematics and agriculture.
ELKIN SCHOOLS
ARE TO START
IN SEPTEMBER
High School Sept. 9; Elemen
tary Sept. 16
THREE NEW TEACHERS
Miss Ruth Atkinson Will
Again Accept Place in
Elementary School
ONE CHANGE N. ELKIN
The faculty for the city schools
Is complete and J. Mark McAdams,
school superintendent, announces
that the high school and the North
Elkin school will open on Septem-i
ber 9, along with the other schools
of the county.
The Elkin elementary school
will open on Monday, September
16, due to the fact that the
building, which is undergoing ex
tensive repairs, will not be ready
for the opening on the 9th. The
contractor has promised that the
building will be completed by that
time and the rubbish cleared
away.
The high school will have
three new teachers this year,
two to fill vacancies caused
by resignation of former faculty
members and one which is allotted
for increased attendance dyring
the last school year. The new
teachers are Miss Evon Eldridge
of Glade Valley, who graduated
this year from Flora McDonald
College at Red Springs. Miss
Eldridge, who majored in English
and music, will teach these sub
jects in the school here this year,
public school music and Glee
Club having been reinstated in the
school curricilum.
Miss Rebecca Williams of Mon
roe, a graduate of the Woman's
College of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, and a form
er teacher in the Polkton high
school, will teach history, assist
with the -commercial department,
and coach the girls' basketball
team.
W. Thomas Graybeal of Lan
sing, a graduate of A. S. T. C.,
Boone, who taught last year at
Cllffside high school, and has been
studying for his Master's degree
this summer at the University of
North Carolina, will teach science
and math.
There will be no changes in the
elementary school faculty this
year. Miss Ruth Atkinson, who
declined reelection at the close of
the school term, has again ac
cepted the place as teacher of the
sixth grade.
One new teacher, Mrs. pella H.
Carter, will be added to the North
Elkin faculty as teacher of the
sixth grade. Mrs. Carter fills the
place of a faculty member who
resigned.
ROOD CONTROL
PLANSPUSHED
Wilkes County Leaders Hold
Meeting to Seek Control
Project
DAMAGE SURVEY MADE
A. L. Brunson and George E.
Campsen, engineers from the of
fice of Major Reading Wilkerson,
regional army flood control en
gineer, of Charleston, W. Va., were
in North Wilkesboro Monday mak
ing a preliminary survey of the
August 14 flood in the Yadkin
valley.
The engineers stated their pur
pose was to get a general report
of flood damage, which would be
followed by a more extensive sur
vey soon.
Two years ago the preliminary
survey for a flood control dam
was made and a logical location
for such a structure was found.
Interest in securing such a dam
has reached a new high pitch
during the past two weeks, result
ing in a meeting of Wilkes citizens
to the city hall at North Wilkes
boro, at which time plans to push
a flood control project were made.
TENT REVIVAL IS TO
BEGIN SEPTEMBER 1
A tent revival will begin at
Sheppard's Cross Roads, seven
miles north of Roaring River,
Sunday evening, September 1,
and will continue for several
weeks, it has been announced by
Rev. B. C. Jordan, of Roaring
River.
The public is invited to attend
the series of services.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940
T \fl AJ? This attack plane surprises a
I /lji LJU rr /iA. reconnaissance detachment 6 f
men, tanks and trucks as it swoops down during recent
army maneuvers in northern New York, giving the Na
tional Guard a realistic taste of war.
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Elkin Fair Is To Be
Held Despite Flood;
Are To Choose Queen
A Number of New Features Will Be on Fair Program for
This Year, Including Selection of Young Lady to Reign
As Queen of the Fair. Horse Show to Be Staged
Friday Afternoon of Fair Week
The Elkin Fair will be held this
year as usual despite the recent
flood which backed water over
the fair grounds, it has been an
nounced by officials following a
meeting Monday of the fair di
rectors and a group of represent
ative merchants.
Although the fair grounds were
flooded by several feet of water,
they were not seriously damaged.
The school gymnasium, which
will be used as the exhibition
hall, was unharmed other than
a flooded basement.
A number of new features will
be on tap for this year's fair. One
will see the selection of some
popular young lady who will be
crowned queen of the fair, and
who will be presented with a
beautiful diamond* ring, valued at
SIOO. The young lady to win this
honor will be selected through a
contest which is open to every
girl inteersted. In addition to
the first place winner, valuable
second and third prizes will also
be awarded, o
All girls interested in entering
the contest are asked to get in
Wilkes T
Fair Despit
Recent Flood
Despite the disastrous flood of
several weeks ago which played
havoc with the North Wilkesboro
fair ground as well as with a
large industrial section of the
town, the Great Northwestern
Fair will be held this year as
usual, it has been announced by
fair officials. Date of the fair is
September 10-14.
No part of the exposition will
be curtailed, .it was said, and ev
ery effort will be made to make
it the most outstanding fair ever
to be held there.
The fair ground fence is being
rebuilt, but the fair will operate
without a grandstand. The acts
contracted as grandstand shows
will be performed on the stage
and the single gate admission will
enable spectators to see the
grandstand acts without extra
cost.
Tents will be used to house the
exhibits.
NURSE HERE ALL WEEK
TO GIVE VACCINATIONS
A registered nurse from the
state board of health in Rkleigh
will be in the county health of
fice, upstairs in the city hall, all
this week to administer the vac
cine for the prevention of typhoid
fever. Three injections are nec
essary, one each week. The other
vaccines will be given by the
county health department.
All people of the town and
surrounding community are urged
to take the vaccine.
Similar clinics will be con
ducted .each Monday in Jones
ville at 4 p.m., by Miss Mary
Corplng, Yadkin county nurse.
SQUIRREL SEASON
OPENS SEPT. Ist
The open season for squirrels
will open in Surry, Alleghany and
Wilkes counties September 1 and
continue to January 1, 1941, it
has been announced here.
The bag limit In Surry- Is 10
squirrels, while only six in Alle
ghany and Wilkec.
touch with Mrs. Alan Browning,
Jr., secretary of the fair, at her
office in The Tribune building.
Complete details will be given.
The horse show, an annual
event, will be staged Friday af
ternoon during the week of this
year's fair, and the young lady
who is crowned queen of the fair
will ride in honor at the head of
the parade, according to present
plans. J. B. Parks, of Elkin, will
again head the committee in
charge of the show.
The Bullock Amusement Com
pany, with many concessions and
with thrilling riding devices, will
be on the midway to provide
amusement and entertainment.
Fireworks displays will prove a
night feature of the event.
The fair will start Tuesday,
September 10, and continue
through Saturday, September 14.
A small admission fee of 10 cents
will admit patrons to both the
grounds and the exhibition hall.
Anyone who has not yet re
ceived a fair catalog and prem
ium list is urged to call at The
Tribune or write the secretary at
once.
PAAn DDArD AM L Walsh (D " Mass) to initate a
IllVlfll f l\ll|l|\/*lf| drafter only after Congress has
declared war or pronounced the
IS ANNOUNCED * t ™ d w,,h
a w luuivviivui/ "j think we reached the high
water mark of our strength on the
Kiwanians to See Motion Pic- Walsh amendment," Wheeler said.
ture Dealing with Usage " x think the vote on the bm wm
-rj . , be about the same. We put ufe
of Petroleum the best fight we knew how. We
did the best we could under the
AT HOTEL ELKIN TODAY circumstances."
Wheeler said he thought the fi-
A K „«, nal vote would come sometime to-
A special program has been ar- nlght senate Demorcratlc
ranged for this evening s meeting leaders Alben W. Barkley and
(Thursday), of the Elkin Kiwanis Morrls she p pard o f the
club by D. G. Smith, program „ " V. ,
chairman, in form of a talking couldSpass
motlon picture, Jriction Ffcht- ""
ers," which will tell how petroleum _
affects the lives of everyone 24 « » VIIIT H
w.,1 ne presented SURRY ALIENS
charge B public°'relati«M >t for *a MITCT DRfKTFR
large oil company. The picture, iilUkJ 1 iILUiJ 1 Jul\
which includes beautiful color
photography and clever special L , p t ff : Assist
effects, will take the > Kiwanians AjOCai l osIOII Ce * s ASSiai
and their guests into the inner in the Work of Finger
sanctums of those scientists whose printing, etc.
discoveries made possible the pro-
duction of rubber, alcohol and PP , MATTV FOR FAITTTRF
other amazing products from oil. P&NALIY *OK r AILiUKH.
All members of the club are
urged to be present and not miss This city is joining in a nation
this highly entertaining program, wide check on aliens, which is
now under way and will continue
BAPTIST YOUNG FOLKS December 26. During
API? Tft WfIT T1 fIITTINfi time all aliens in the territory
ARE TO HOLD OUUINI* served by the Elkin postoffice will
be required to register and be
The Young Peoples depart- fingerprinted. All fingerprinting
ment of the Baptist church and arW j registeration work 'will be
their parents will enjoy a picnic ca,rried out at the local postoffice
supper at Crystal Lake, near un( j er supervision of postal em-
Winston-Salem, on Friday even- p i o yees.
ing, August 30. Supper will be Foreigners who have not been
served at 6:30. All young people naturalized and who live in Surry
of the «church to at- coun ty are urged to come in as
tend ; / I ? 10Se 30011 88 40 thelj "
quested to carry a picnic supper. nngerprtats recorded and fill out
TIUT ._ n _ Inn . nv . Ta T T\ necessary papers. This includes
ENTER LIBRARY AND all aliens over 14 years of age, and
STEAL FAN, CLOCK also those who have their ftest
naturalization papers. Failure or
Sometime Saturday or Sunday refusal of aliens to register and be
night thieves entered the Elkin fingerprinted will make them sub-
Public Library through a window ject to a fine of SI,OOO and six
and made away with an electric months' imprisonment.
fan, a clock and a poster which
was hanging on the wall, it was The Nervu, a Gaulle tribe of
learned Monday when the library Caesar's day, twisted young thorn
opened. trees to form a fence about their
Who it was that entered the country, the first barbed-wire en
library is not known by police. tanglements. *
Air Raids Hit Four
Nations As British,
Axis Wage Struggle
May Be Relief
For Farmer
Flood Sufferers
R R Smlthwick, Surry
county farm agent, has an
nounced that it is very likely
that some form of aid will be
available to farm families who
have lost all or part of their
crop. due to the recent flood,
but that it is extremely hard
for his department to know all
of the persons who should re
ceive assistance, if such assist
ance should be forthcoming.
With this thought in mind,
Mr. Smlthwick has requested
that Surry farm families who
have sustained damage by
flood contact his office at Dob
son, or their local AAA Com
mitteeman, giving an estimate
of damage sustained, so that If
and when aid can be given the
persons to whom such aid
should go will be known to
the proper agency.
FOES OF DRAFT
ADMIT DEFEAT
Opposition to Burke-Wads
worth Bill Concede Mea
sure Will Be Passed
WILL GO TO THE HOUSE
Washington, Aug. 28. Senate
opponents of the Burke-Wads
worth conscription £iU conceded
UEfeat today'.' They admitted that
the bill to register 12,000,000 men
for military service would be pas
sed and sent to the House before
tonight's recess.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D-
Mont), unofficial leader of the
anti-draft bloc, announced that he
abandoned hope of defeating the
bill after the Senate smashed, 29
to 54, a proposal by Senator David
I. Walsh (D-Mass) to initate a
drafter only after Congress has
declared war or pronounced the
nation to be threatened with in
vasion.
Wheeler said he thought the fi
nal vote would come sometime to
night, but Senate Demorcratlc
leaders Alben W. Barkley and
Chairman Morris Sheppard of the
Senate military affairs commit
tee believed the bill could be pass
ed during the afternoon.
SURRY ALIENS
MUST REGISTER
Local Postoffice Is to Assist
in the Work of Finger
printing, etc.
PENALTY FOR FAILURE
This city is joining in a nation
wide check on aliens, which is
now under way and will continue
through December 26. During
this time all aliens in the territory
served by the Elkin postoffice will
be required to register and be
fingerprinted. All fingerprinting
and registeration work will be
carried out at the local postoffice
under supervision of postal em
ployees.
Foreigners who have not been
naturalized and who live in Surry
county are urged to come in as
soon as possible to have their
fingerprints recorded and fill out
necessary papers. This includes
all aliens over 14 years of age, and
also those who have their ftart
naturalization papers. Failure or
refusal of aliens to register and be
fingerprinted win make them sub
ject to a fine of SI,OOO and six
months' imprisonment.
The Nervu, a Gaulle tribe of
Caesar's day, twisted young thorn
trees to form a fence about their
country, the first barbed-wire en
tAnarlements. *
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TWO SECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SEEK TO CHECK
THREAT OF WAR
IN THE BALKANS
«} • /
Hitler Assembles Foreign
Ministers
SEEKS END TO DISPUTE
Italian Planes Bomb Port
Said, at Entrance to
Suez Canal
ENGLISH STRIKE BACK
The axis powers struggled to
check threats of war or a new
Rusian advance in the Balkans
Wednesday but fought on with
Great Britain in aerial conflict
that sent bombing planes roaring
over England, Germany, northern
Italy, Palestine and the Suez
Canal.
While Adolf Hitler was as
sembling the foreign ministers of
Germany, Italy, Hungary and
Rumania at Vienna to solve dis
putes, that led to bloody clashes
on the Rumanian frontier this
week, the air war against the
British Empire was spreading out
toward new goals and British
counterattacks were hammering
relentlessly at Nazi and Fascist
supply bases.
Italian bombing planes for the
first time raided Port Said, at the
Mediterranean entrance of the
Suez Canal —chief objective of
the Italian campaign in Africa —
and again struck at the great
British naval base of Alexandria.
British sources said damage was
slight.
The Italians also bombed
Haifa, the Palestine oil terminal.
New British bombing raids
were made en northern Italy
the sixth such long-distance blow
in two weeks—with the Turin war
industrial district as the chief
objective and air raid alarms
again were sounded in Munich
and Berlin, although no bombs
were reported dropped and the
Germans said the Berlin alarm
was a mistake.
In the British Isles, where the
Nazis reported unfavorable wea
ther conditions recently, there
were about 100 sporadic night
time raids designed to rob the
people of sleep and create the
"Jitters," and there was also a
series of daylight - raids of con
siderable intensity.
REFDGEESIHP
REACHES U. S.
Army Transport American
Legion Navigates Perilous
Waters Safely
800 ARRIVE ON BOARD
New York.—After a perilous
voyage during part of whiph death
seemed to lurk in every wave, the
army transport American Legion
arrived in New York harbor today
with more than 800 American ref
ugees. x
The voyage, which began at Pet
samo, Norway, August 16, carried
the vessel through mine areas
north of Scotland at a time when
Germany was proclaiming unre
stricted warfare in British waters.
The Norwegian crown Prince®
Martha and her children, fleeing
from Scandinavia, were taken off
the American Legion down the
bay by a coast guard cutter. They
landed at the battery, Where ar
rangements had been made to take
them immediately to the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel.
Mrs. Florence Jaffray Harriman,
V. S. minister to Norway, and a
number of other diplomats re
mained aboard until the vessel
docked in Brooklyn.
The royal party was met by
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne,
Norwegian minister to the United
States, and George T. Sumxaerlin,
chief of protocol of the State De
partment. V'
Ancient Greeks believed their
fods lived on the top of cloud
shrouded, inaccessible Mount
Olympus.