Elkiit
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 51
LATE pfom
NEWS i
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BRIEF .
STATE
TOBACCO sold steady in
North Carolina and Virginia
yesterday with averages hold
ing up better than expected in
several towns. All floors were
cleared at Mt. Airy as a sale of
approximately 130,000 pounds
averaged an estimated sl9 per
hundred. Good tobacco sold
firm with less poor leaf on the
market.
RALEIGH, Oct. 29 The
highest number assigned any
registrant in North Carolina
thus far by a local draft board
is 5,550, allotted by Guilford
board number three. The
smallest total number listed in
any one draft board area is
581 in Camden county. There
are 155 draft boards in the
state.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29
President Roosevelt decided to
day to await more complete
information from the Balkans
before invoking the neutrality
act, with its cash and carry
provisions, in the war between
Greece and Italy. Stephen
Early, White House secretary,
said the President had been
advised to take this course by
Secretary of State Hull and
Sumner Welles, undersecretary
of state. Hull and Welles twice
conferred with Mr. Roosevelt
during the day. They were
said to have canvassed the
foreign situation in the light
of Balkan developments.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29—Bri
tish and American citizens in
Athens, Greece, are forming a
Greek international brigade,
the British Broadcasting cor
poration said today in a
broadcast heard by NBC. The
BBC quoted an Athens dis
patch. Twenty British airmen
Interned by Greece have been
released, BBC also said.
INTERNATIONAL
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 29.
Italy's plan to attack Greece
this week was known to both
the Greeks and the British
seven days before the Italian
ultimatum was served and
steps to meet it were taken at
once throughout the near east,
it was learned today on high
authority. This source said the
axis powers "idea in attempt
ing to occupy Greece was to
make that country the jump
ing off place for a drive in the
eastern Mediterranean."
LONDON, Oct. 29 British
naval planes speeding to the
help of Italian-invaded Greece
bombed an Italian air base in
the Dodecanese islands, near
est threat to Athens, the ad
miralty announced tonight as
reports were heard that Ger
many was concentrating, troops
for a possible Balkan offensive.
Germany has put 70 army di
visions—or about 1,250,000 men
into southeastern Europe,
apparently to make certain
that Russia does not interfere
with nazi plans in that area, a
British military expert said to
day.
TURKEY may soon receive
an ultimatum similar to that
which Italy served on Greece,
the semi-official Berlin com
men tar y Diplomatisch Poli-
Korrespondenz intimat-
Wed early today, while British
naval planes bombed an Ital
ian air base and ammunition
damp on Stampalia island in
the eastern Mediterranean in
England's first officially an
nounced blow to aid Greece. A
hangar was fired, the airplane
slipway damaged by a direct
hit, and numerous explosions
touched off by the British at
tack on this nearest air threat
to Athens, capital of Greece.
The British also were reported
to have landed on ancient Cor
fu, Greek island at the en
trance of the Adriatic sea be
tween Greece and Italy. Pas
session of air bases on this
Island would enable the Bri
tish to spray explosives on the
nearby Albanian-Greek fron
tier where Italian and Greek
troops are flghtliw, and on the
Italian "heel" 70 miles west.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
T//ITTDC Tf\ nrrmr 17 ATV TTIVQT} AV The voters of the United States will go to thepolls
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below, President Roosevelt, left, and Wendell L. Wilikie, right, they desire to head the nation during the next four
years. Mr. Roosevelt, having served almost eight years, is seeking a third term. Mr. Wilikie, his Republican opponent,
is seeking to oust him from the White House.
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Serial Numbers Of
2,443 Registrants
Appear In Tribune
These Numbers Include All Registrants Under Jurisdiction
of Local Draft Board; Order Numbers of Hundreds
of These Men Also Published in This Issue
with remainder to Follow Next Week
In an effort to make available
to registrants under the jurisdic
tion of Surry county draft board
No. 2, which includes all town
ships in the county with the ex
ception of Mount Airy, Stewarts
Creek and Long Hill, their regis
tration serial numbers, The Tri
bune in this issue is printing the
names and serial numbers of over
2,400 young men who registered
on October 16.
These names and numbers will
be found on pages 2, 3 and 8 in
the second section of this issue.
By way of explanation to those
men who have examined the lists
posted Tuesday morning on va
rious store windows in the down
town section of Elkin, but failed
to find their names, a total of 81
additional names and numbers
have been received from the
draft board and appear on page
8 of the second section. These
81 names were not included in
the lists which were posted Tues
day as they had not been releas
ed at that date, and represent
local men who registered in pre
cincts outside the area covered by
Surry draft board No. 2.
Also to be found on the last
page of the first section are the
serial numbers and the order
number in which they were
drawn in the national lottery at
Washington, which began Tues
day at noon. As many of these
numbers as it was possible for
The Tribune to set in type be
fore press time, appear. The re
maining order numbers will be
published in next week's issue of
The Tribune.
In order for a registrant to de
termine in which order his num
ber was drawn, he should first
find his name in the list of serial
numbers, then, search for his
serial number (at right) in the
list of order numbers. The num
ber which appears to the left of
his serial number will designate
the order in which his number
was drawn at Washington.
'ln the national lottery Tues
day, the first number was drawn
from the large gold fish bowl by
Secretary of War Stimson, and
was 158. A check of the serial
numbers for this draft area dis
closed that Joel Steadman Moore,
of Route 2, Dobson, holds that
number.
The second number drawn was
192, held by Herman Anderson
Simpson, also of Dobson, Route 2.
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COMBINED AXIS
DRIVE FEARED
Stubborn Greeks Halt Pre
liminary Rush of Italian
Forces
MINE FIELDS ARE LAID
Great Britain and Greece
fought off preliminary axis stabs
into the Balkans Wednesday but
heavy movement of German re
inforcements threatened stronger
blows in a general Mediterranean
offensive that may extend from
Suez to Gibraltar.
The first move of the British
navy in defense of Greece, it was
disclosed officially in London,
was to lay mines protecting the
gulfs of Patras and Corinth and
the gulf of Aegina. This drew a
barrier around the Corinth land
bridge between northern Greece
and the Peloponnese and guarded
against any attempt by the Ital
ians to break Greece in two by a
surprise attack ort the Corinth
zone.
Sharp patrol fighting was re
ported in the mountainAof Greece
as Italian forces sought jto drive
In from Albania toward the im
portant port of Salonika, which
the British were believed likely to
seek as a base for a counterof
fensile in southeastern Europe.
Greek defense forces were re
ported at Athens to be holding
firm at most points along the
mountainous frontier and inflict
ing considerable casualties on
the Fascist troopsy despite use of
Italian airplanes .jfjid mountain
artillery. Reports wr way of Bel
grade continued to indicate that
an Albanian revolt might be hin
dering the Fascist advance.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940
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A. D. Folger To
Be Speaker
Dobson
Hundreds of Democrats from all
parts of Surry county attended
the Democratic rally at Dobson
last Priday evening to hear form
er Congressman Frank Hancock
speak, and to enjoy a program of
music and entertainment present
ed from a temporary stage located
in the front of the courtroom.
The last of the series of meet
ings will be held at the courthouse
this Priday evening, with Con
gressman A. D. (Lon) Folger as
principal speaker.
In addition to Mr. Folger's
speech, another program of music,
dancing and other entertainment
is on tap, and an overflow crowd
is expected to jam the courtroon.
All Democrats are cordially invit
ed to attend.
SURRY 4-H CLUB IS TO
STAGE RADIO PROGRAM
The 4-H Club organization in
Surry County will put on a radio
program entitled "4-H Club
Achievements" over radio station
WAIR, on Saturday, November 2.
The program will begin at 12:45
o'clock.
The club members taking part
on the program are Noah Ed
wards, Dobson school, who will
act as chairman; Josephine
Dockery, Dobson school; Ruth
Wood, Copeland school; Betty
Joe Carson, Pilot, Mountain
school; Claude Kidd, Dobson
school; Arline Johnson, Beulah
school; and Robert Polger, Dob
son school.
Election Party Is To
Be Staged By Tribune
In, order to be of all possible
to its readers and to the
peopp>of this section, The Tribune
will stage an election party from
its office «n West Market street
Tuesday night in order to
bring couftty, state and national
returns to all who attend as fast
as they can be gathered.
Through the courtesy of the
Harris Electric Co., RCA-Victor
radio dealers here, a new RCA-
Victor *radio will be installed in
The Tribune office \jo receive na
tional and state returns. These
returns will be re-broadcast to
the crowd through a public ad
dress system which will be install
ed through the cburtesy of Smith
Williamson, local electrician and
radio expert.
Those attending The Tribune
election party may hear national
returns direct as they come in
over the radio and are amplified
through speakers to be placed on
top of The Tribune building. Re
MR. DUNCAN IS
RETURNED HERE
Rev. J. S. Hiatt Is Succeeded
by Rev. A. C. Gibbs as
Superintendent
OTHER CHANGES MADE
Rev. Herman P. Duncan was
returned as jpastor of the Meth
odist church here at the annual
meeting of the Western North
Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist church at High Point last
week. Rev. Mr. Duncan has served
the local church for one year and
during that time he and his fam
ily have, endeared themselves to
the people of the town, regardless
of religious affiliations. The con
ference also named Rev. Duncan
as district mission secretary.
The church has grown under
the leadership of Mr. Duncan.
During the year 67 new members
were received into the church,
and 20 were lost from the church
roll by death or transfer, making
a total gain of 47 members. Also
a total of $8,357 was raised for
all purposes in the church during
the year.
Rev. J. S. Hiatt, who served
last year as superintendent of the
newly formed Elkin district, was
sent as superintendent of the
Statesvllle district and is suc
ceeded here by Rev. A. C. Gibbs.
Rev. Mr. Oibbs comes here from
the Broad Street Methodist
church in Statesville where he
has served as pastor for the past
four years. Prior to £Oing to
Statesville, Rev. Gibbs served for
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turns gathered from throughout
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes county
by telephone will also be broad
cast over the public address system
from The Tribune office.
Aiding this newspaper in mak
ing possible the election party,;
the local office of the Central
Electric and Telephone Company
has generously agreed to supply
The Tribune with additional tele
phones and to make its long dis
tance lines throughout the sur
rounding counties available at no
cost.
Everyone is Invited to attend
the election party.
Due to the fact that it will be
impossible for workers at The
Tribupe to efficiently gather and
local and county returns
with tf 'Crowd in the office, posi
tively no 'one will be admitted to
The TtSjlJune office during the
party. Plenty of space will be
available outside for those who
attend, and the loud speakers will
enable all to hear.
Nation To Go To The
Polls Next Tuesday
To Pick Candidates
Democrats to
Meet at City
Hall Thursday
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Democrats of Elkin town
ship will hold a meeting at the
city hall tonight (Thursday),
at 8 o'clock.
The meeting has been called
by the executive committee of
the township, and aU Demo
crats, young and old, are urged
to attend as a number of im
portant matters will be dis
cussed.
MITCHELL IS TO
BUILD THEATRE
Work Begun on Large, Mod
ern Structure on Church
Street
IS TO SEAT ABOUT 900
Construction work here was
given another boost Monday with
the announcement by Louis
Mitchell, proprietor of the Lyric
theatre, that construction has al
ready begun upon a new and mo
dern theatre upon the lot on
Church street located just to the
rear of Turner Drug Co.
Mr. Mitdhell Stated that thie
new theatre would seat, when
completed, approximately 900 per
sons, and that it would be
thoroughly modern and up-to
date in every way. He stated that
the building is being erected by
O. L. Brown, local contractor.
Size of the building will be ap
proximately 50x90 feet, it was
said. *
W. M. Allen, who is erecting a
new building to house his law
offices and the Elkin-Jonesville
Building & Loan association, said
Monday that the building would
also include several other offices.
This building will also be of mo
dern type and will be constructed
so that a second story may be
"added later if found necessary.
Work is also under way on a
large store building on East Main
street next to F. A. Brendle & Son,
being constructed by J. R. Poin
dexter.
Construction of a new theatre
to be built by Dr. W. B. Reeves,
owner of the Elk theatre here, is
expected to begin within the
near future. This modern build
ing will be located on West Main
street next to the Duke Power
company.
DEMOCRATS OF
YADKIN RALLY
To Wind Up Campaign Sat
urday at Yadkutyille;
Burgin to Speak
INVITE ALL DEMOCRATS
The Democrats of Yadkin coun
ty will wind up the current cam
paign Saturday with a big rally
at Yadkinville, it has been an
nounced The meeting will be
held at the courthouse and will
get under way at 2 o'clock.
Highlighting the rally will be
speeches by prominent Democrats
of the state. On the list of
speakers are Congressman W. O.
Burgin, of the Bth Congressional
district; Greg Cherry, former state
Democratic chairman and a mem
ber of the state legislature; and
John H. Folger, of Mount' Airy,
president of the North Carolina
for Roosevelt clubs.
In addition to the political talks,
music and refreshments will be on
hand for all who attend.
FLAVORS
New Ice cream flavors tried
successfully by Michigan State
College scientists have included
gooseberry, peanut, brazil nuts,
pumpkin, and taffy.
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New England housewives pre
fer plain patterns in their silver
ware. The South goes in for
fancy floral designs.
The average dollar bill lasts
wily nine months.
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TWO SECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
POLLS HERE TO
BE LOCATED IN
THE CITY HAI.I.
To Open at Sunrise, Close at
Sunset
VOTE THREE BALLOTS
National, State and County
Officers Are to Be
Elected
BIG TURNOUT EXPECTED
When Surry voters march to the
polls next Tuesday to take part
in the general-election, each will
be handed three ballots upon
which to designate their choice
for national, state and county
offices.
In Elkin the polls will be located
in the fire department at City
Hall, and according to Blum's
Almanac, will open at 6:24 a.m.
and close at 5:02, these being the
hours at which the sun rises and
sets.
Local election officials are J. L.
Hall, registrar; Fred Neaves, Dem
ocrat, and W. M. Dickerson, Re
publican, election judges.
The national ticket contains the
names of the Democratic and Re
publican candidates for president,
and vice-»president, Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace,
Democrats, and Wendell L. Will
kie and Charles L. McNary, Re
publicans.
On the state ticket the voters
will vote for 11 candidates in the
following order: for Governor, J.
Melville Broughton, D, or Robert
H. McNeill, R. For lieutenant
governor, R. L. Harris, D, or Hal
sey B. Leavitt, R. For secretary of
state, Thad Eure, D, of A. I. Fer
ree, R. For auditor, Geo. Ross Pou,
D, of J. M. Van Hoy, R. For trea
surer, Charles M. Johnson, D, or
W. H. Gragg, R. For attorney
general, Harry McMullan, D, or
W. C. Downing, R. For superin
tendent of public instruction,
Clyde A. Erwin, D, or Lawrence
J. Pace, R. For commissioner erf
agriculture, W. Kerr Scott, D, or
C. T. Allen, R. For insurance com
missioner, Dan C, Boney, D, or
Jno. L. Phelps, R. For commis
sioner of labor, Forrest H. Shu
ford, D, or B. C. Fussel, R. For
member of Congress, fifth con
gressional district, A. D. Folger, D,
or Ottis James Reynolds, R.
On the county ticket, William F.
Marshall, D, is opposing Luther
J. Fowler, R, for state senator
from the 23rd senatorial district;
Henry C. Dobson, D, is opposing
A. Lee Hiatt, R, for the house of
representatives; Kermit W. Law
rence, D, is opposing Thelmore C.
Alberty, R, for register of deeds,
and Curtis Harbour, D, is opposing
Ralph L. Marsh, R, for surveyor.
In the race for the board of
county commissioners, M. Q.
Snow, S. M. Smith and R. P.
Jones, Democrats, will oppose I.
N. Greenwood, E. Harvey Hennis
and Porter G. Wall, Republicans.
An unusually large vote is ex
pected to turn out for the election.
FIVE WEEDING PERMITS
ISSUED IN PAST WEEK
Five marriage license were is
sued during the past week at
Dobson to the following couples:
Elbert Kirkman to Miss Virginia
Gates, both of Mount Airy; Floyd
Eller, Moravian Falls, to Miss
Ollie Owyn, Ronda; Frank Dun
bar to Miss Annie Snow, both of
Mount Airy; James Dunbar to
Miss Thelma Holder, both of Mt.
Airy; Hodges, Dobson to Miss
Mabel Harrison, Elkin.
4-H CLUB TO MEET
IN DOBSON MONDAY
A 4-H Club Council meeting is
being called to meet at the Dob
son Methodist church on Mon
day morning, November 4, at
9:45 o'clock. All officers of the
various 4-H clubs are urged to
attend meeting.
The principals of the schools
are asked to help provide trans
portation for the members to
come to the meeting.