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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 9
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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NATIONAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 7—Presi
dent Roosevelt’s 1942-1943 pro
duction program on war ma
terials forecasts an accom
plishment “none of us thought
possible,” Wendell Willkie said
yesterday. “Such production
of tanks, airplanes, ships and
guns is magnificent,” Willkie
said, “but can’t be brought
about by the President’s pres
ent organization and adminis
trative methods. I hope he
reorganizes his government and
policies to make this accom
plishment possible.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 —
President Roosevelt’s personal
report to Congress on the state
of the Union at war today won
the unanimous approval of
legislators who hailed it as a
“fighting speech” that the axis
powers cannot misunderstand.
Republican and Democratic
congressmen who had punctu
ated the President’s half-hour
remarks with repeated and vo
ciferous applause described the
address in terms such as su
perb . . . magnificent ... a
gem.” The sentiment of all
was expressed in the words of
Senator Allen J. Ellender (D),
La.: “It was a real, fighting
speech that should make the
axis partners quake in their
boots.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 —
Congress cleared the way last
night for swift passage of leg
islation authorizing sizeable
increases in men and materials
for the navy and marine corps.
The House naval affairs com
mittee led the way, giving ap
proval to an $845,000,000 au
thorization to expand facilities
for building warships and
guns. The measure is design
ed to accelerate the two-ocean
fleet program. It raises to $2,
230,000,000 the recent expan
sion in naval shipway and ord
nance production. The com
mittee also approved a mea
sure to increase the emergen
cy r.i'thorized strength of the
navy from 300,000 to 500,000
men and the marine corps
from 60,000 to 104,000. It al
ready has Senate approval.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Jan. 7 — Soviet
Foreign Commissar V. M. Mol
otov formally charged yester
day, radio Moscow announced,
that German authorities had
perpetrated massacres, villainy
and bestial outrages in Soviet
territories they have occupied
and he warned that the war
can only end with the com
plete annihilation of the Nazi
armies. “The Soviet Union will
never forget, never forgive,” he
said.
SINGAPORE, Jan. 7 — Jap
anese invaders have captured
Kuantan, fortified town and
air base on the east coast of
Malaya 175 miles from Singa
v pore, but British imperials vir
tually have annihilated the
latest Japanese landing parties
on the steamy, West Coast
swamps, it was announced yes
terday. There were unconfirm
ed reports that British impe
rials were undertaking local
offensives, some of which
achieved satisfactory results,
and there was a slight im
provement in the general Ma
laya situation as the imperials
gsew accustomed to Japanese
tactics and became more adept
with their own weapons, but
the immediate outlook was not
promising.
LONDON, Jan. 7 — Russia’s
midwinter offensive, gaining
momentum by the hour, has
swept the demoralized Ger
mans out of 572 towns and vil
lages and drenched the battle
fields with the blood of 10,000
German dead in five days end
ing Monday midnight, the
Moscow radio announced last
night in a special “victory”
communique. The figures cov
ered the first five days of Jan
uary and the communique said
that the Soviet offensive con
tinued in full force today, with
several more localities being
recaptured. It also reported
that two more German ships
were sunk in the Barents sea,
in the far north.
Tire Rationing Now
In Force; Surry To
Get Only 34 Tires
A
RATION BOARDS
FOR SURRY ARE
NOW IN ACTION
Cox, Whitaker and Ring
Make Up Local Group
GET 100 TRUCK TIRES
New Allotment Will Be Made
Each Month for Vital
Services
MAY RETREAD TIRES
The fact that America is at
war has been brought home to the
people of Elkin, Surry and the
nation in a manner which comes
ciose home with the government
ban on the sale of new automo
bile tires.
The nation is now rationed as
to tires and tubes for both auto
mobiles and trucks, with precious
few tires being available for those
persons who are not on the re
stricted list, and none at all for
the private citizen.
The Surry county quota for
January amounts to only 34 pas
senger car tires, and even those
who can buy new tires due to the
vital nature of their services
must apply to a local rationing
board and prove to the satisfac
tion of the board that a new tire
is really needed. Other motorists
may have their old tires retread
ed or recapped, or else park the
old bus for the duration when
present tires wear out.
Three tire rationing boards for
Surry county have been set up,
the members having been nom
inated by George K. Snow, chair
man of the Surry county defense
council; R. P. Jones, county com
missioner, and Fred Lewellyn,
deputy clerk of superior court.
The men nominated were ap
pointed by Governor Broughton.
The local board, which will
serve Elkin, Bryan, Marsh and
Rockford townships, is made up
of W. Cone Cox, chairman; W. W.
Whitaker and J. Tom Ring.
The Mount Airy board is made
up of W. M. Johnson, chairman;
O. K. Merritt and Wade C.
Moody. The third board, which
serves Pilot Mountain, Long Hill,
Eldora, Shoals, Siloam and Dob
son, is made up of J. P. Fulk,
chairman; Tom Allen and Dr. P.
B. Folger.
Surry’s quota of tires and tubes
for January is as follows: 34 pas
senger car tires and 28 tubes, 100
truck tires and 84 truck tubes.
Regulations provide that pur
chase certificates for new tires
may not be issued unless an ap
plicant certifies that tires or
tubes sought will be mounted on
vehicles used by physicians, visit
ing nurses or veterinarians: am
bulances; vehicles used exclu
sively for police or fire fighting
work or for necessary public ser
vices; vehicles with a capacity of
10 or more passengers, operated
exclusively for carrying passen
gers such as public buses and
school buses; trucks used for the
delivery of ice and coal; farm
tractors or other farm imple
ments — except automobiles or
trucks; industrial, mining and
construction equipment — except
automobiles and trucks — for
which tires are essential for op
eration.
Surry Church Is
Destroyed by Fire
The Siloam Baptist church,
Surry county, was destroyed by
flames Sunday afternoon.
Extensive repairs and remodel
ing to the church building had
been completed recently, which
included the addition of new Sun
day school rooms.
A defective flue was believed to
have been the cause of the blaze.
A stove in the church had con
tained a large fire during the
church services Sunday morning.
Rev. Ellis Norman, of East Bend,
is pastor of the church.
There’s always a bright side—
the price of 1941 calendars has
dropped.
Hawaii Evacuees
As soon as the liners carry
ing Hawaii evacuees docked in
San Francisco the small sons
and daughters of U. S. fighting
men kept their belated rendez
vous with Santa Claus. Shown
is year-and-a-half-old Johnny
Albert with a volunteer service
worker.
PLAN PRACTICE
AIR RAID HERE
Alarm to Be Sounded Satur
day to Acquaint Folks
With Signals
TO USE MILL WHISTLE
A practice air raid warning will
be staged in Elkin Saturday after
noon at 2:00 o’clock, it was an
nounced Tuesday following a met
ing of local defense board mem
bers which was held at the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company.
This practice warning will be
for the purpose of acquainting the
people of Elkin and Jonesville and
closeby communities with the na
ture of the warning, so that later,
when a full practice blackout is
staged, citizens will know what is
going on.
The whistle of the Chatham
Company will be used as the sig
nal, and six complete signals, at
intervals of five minutes, will be
sounded. The warning signal will
consist of 12 intermittent blasts of
approximately five seconds each,
with about five seconds between
each blast. This signal will be
sounded every five minutes until
six complete warning signals have
been sounded.
The all clear signal, which will
follow the warning, will consist
of a continuous blast lasting one
minute.
It was pointed out that the cit
izens are to observe no practice
precautions during Saturday’s sig
nal test, other than to listen to it,
so that when a practice blackout
is staged, they will know what the
signal means. The Chatham
whistle will be used for all air
raid warnings here at the present
and in the future.
DOBSON SCHOOL
RAZED BY FIRE
Old Structure Burns to the
Ground Early Wednesday;
Loss Is $25,000
COVERED BY INSURANCE
The old graded school building
in Dobson, a brick veneer struc
ture of approximately 14 rooms,
which housed students from the
first through the eighth grades,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday
morning with a loss of approxi
mately $25,000.
Dobson’s high school building,
located within 50 feet of the old
building, was saved from damage
by the Mount Airy fire depart
ment which answered a call for
help. Two houses belonging to
Congressman John Polger were
saved when citizens threw water
on them to prevent the spread of
the blaze.
The fire started about 7:00
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P. 0. RECEIPTS
HERE HIT NEW
HIGH IN 1941
Gain of More Than 15 Per
Cent Recorded
BOND SALES SKYROCKET
Postal Receipts for Past
Year Amount to a Total
of $26,259.30
STAMP SALES ARE BRISK
Postal receipts here hit a new
high during the year 1941, it was
announced Wednesday by Post
master F. W. Graham, showing a
gain of slightly more than 15 per
cent over 1940.
Receipts for each three-month
quarter of the year showed a sub
stantial gain over the correspond
ing quarter of the preceding year.
Total receipts for 1941 amount
ed to $26,259.30 as compared with
$22,829.58 in 1940. Mr. Graham
stated that postal receipts are a
reliable business barometer, and
that current figures reflect a
banner year for local business
and industry.
The sale of Defense Bonds at
the local postoffice showed a
phenomenal increase during De
cember, the postmaster said.
More bonds were sold in Decem
ber than during the entire nine
months period from January 1 to
October 1 of that year.
It was stated that while the
supply of bonds at the postoffice
was exhausted temporarily re
cently, no further shortage is an
ticipated, and all applications
will be handled promptly.
The sale of Defense Savings
Stamps has also shown a com
parative high increase.
CLUB OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED
Governor of Carolinas Ki
wanis District in Charge
of Ceremonies
OBJECTIVES OUTLINED
Installation of officers and
ladies’ night featured the meet
ing here last Friday evening of
the Elkin Kiwanis club, which
met in the Kiwanis room at Hotel
Elkin.
A prominent feature of the
program was a talk by Maryon
(Spike) Saunders, of Chapel Hill,
governor of the Carolinas divi
sion, who conducted the installa
tion ceremony which saw David
G. Smith take office as president.
W. M. Allen, retiring president,
paid tribute to the membership
i of the club and especially to
Julius Hall who has served faith
fully and well as secretary-trea
surer for several years, and to C.
C. Poindexter, who has done an
excellent job as program chair
man during the past year.
In taking over the reins of of
fice, President Smith stated some
of the objectives of the club for
the coming year, most important
of which will be closer coopera
tion with farm people of the sec
tion. Mr. smith also announced
chairmen of different commit
tees which will serve during the
year, these committees to be an
nounced after the next meeting
of the board of directors.
The club’s new officers, in
addition to Mr. Smith, are: Ray
mond W. Harris, vice-president
and Julius L. Hall secretary-trea
surer.' Directors are: Charles F.
Dixon, Stauber S. Flynt, Errol E.
Hayes, Harvey F. Laffoon, Carl C.
Poindexter, George E. Royall, Eu
gene S. Spainhour.
Are to Register
Civilian Defense
Workers in Surry
A registration for civilian
national defense workers at
the offices of principals of
Surry county schools has been
requested by the government,
it was announced Wednesday
by John W. Comer, superin
tendent of Surry county
schools, who stated that *he
registration would be held on
January 12, 13 and 14. Ar
rangements have been made,
Mr. Comer said, for the regis
tration of everyone who will.
Jap Attack On Manila Bay Is
Repulsed; Landings Blocked
In Malaya; Planes Are Downed
Elkin Contributes Total
Of $3,245 To Red Cross
Elkin’s contribution to the Sur
ry county quota of $7,500 for the
nation’s $50,000,000 Red Cross
War Fund is $3,245.55 to date,
according to Franklin Folger, Jr.,
secretary of the Junior Chamber
ot Commerce, who headed the
drive in the uptown area. This
includes the contributions of the
employees of Chatham Manufac
turing company, which drive was
headed by C. J. Hyslup. The
drive in the Chatham company
was by voluntary contribution
and Mr. Hyslup expressed appre
ciation for the splendid response,
stating that he believed that em
ployees cooperated 100 per cent.
Mr. Folger was assisted by
various members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and their
wives in making the drive, which
was begun on Friday of last week
and will continue through Jan
uary 9. Any person who has not
been contacted by solicitors may
leave their contribution with Mr.
Folger at The Bank of Elkin.
Thurmond Chatham, president
of Chatham Manufacturing com
pany and Surry county chairman
of the war fund drive, has ex
plained the importance of the
drive, since the contributions will
be used to provide aid for the
United States armed forces and
relief for the civilian population
in war zones.
This splendid response, coming
on the heels of the annual Red
Cross Roll Call, which exceeded
previous roll call totals by sev
eral hundred dollars, brings Elk
in’s contribution to the American
Red Cross since November 11,
1941, to $4,973.93. Mrs. Joe
Bivins, chairman of the Elkin
branch, expressed gratification
over the success of the local drive.
Mr. Chatham Is
Said Considering
Joining Navy
Thurmond Chatham, presi
dent of the Chatham Manu
facturing Company here, is
said to be looking into the pos
sibility of volunteering his ser
vices with the United States
Navy.
Mr. Chatham, who at the
present time is suffering a
slight illness at his home in
Winston-Salem and could not
be reached by The Tribune
Wednesday afternoon, was re
ported to have told a Winston
Salem newspaper reporter that
he had visited Washington re
cently to study the possibility
of volunteering for navy ser
vice, but that as yet nothing
definite has been decided.
During World War I he served
in the navy.
NEW COUNTY
AGENT NAMED
A. P. Cobb Succeeds R. R.
Smithwiek to Important
Post in Surry
A. W. HUFF ASSISTANT
Connected with the Surry
county farm office for the past
six years, A. P. Cobb has taken
over the job of Surry county
farm agent to succeed R. R.
Smithwiek, who has served in
that capacity for the past two
years.
Mr. Cobb was elected to the
post by the Surry county com
missioners at a recess meeting,
the appointment coming after
Mr. smithwiek had been appoint
ed county agent at large for the
State by the N. C. Extension ser
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Sunday School Is
Organized Here
The West Elkin Baptist church,
located in Sunset Park, this city,
has organized a Sunday school,
it was announced Wednesday,
with the following officers having
been named:
G. E. Stinson, superintendent:
Worth Tulbert, assistant superin
tendent: Mrs. Howard Murphy,
clerk: Mrs. Thomas Harris, assist
ant clerk; Mrs. Tessie Stinson,
treasurer; Cecil Hooper, teacher
of Bible class; Mrs. Worth Tul
bert, adult boys’ teacher; Mrs.
Lum Young, adult girls’ teacher;
Mrs. Annie Smith, juniors’ teach
er; Mrs. C. M. Holcomb, begin -
ners’ teacher.
Preaching services are held at
the church every second Sunday
at 2:30 and 7:00 p. m. Prayer
meeting each Thursday evening
at 7:00.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all services.
SURRY COURT
IS UNDER WAY
Drunken Driving Cases Fea
ture of the First Two
Days of Session
JURORS ARE SELECTED
Surry county superior court for
trial of criminal cases convened
at Dobson Monday before Judge
William H. Bobbitt.
The following cases had been
disposed of up until Wednesday
morning:
I. C. Galyeany violating prohi
bition laws, $50 and costs and six
months suspended sentence.
Oscar Easter, driving drunk, 60
days.
Charlie Beamer, driving drunk,
$50 and cost and license revoked.
Winton Boyd, assault on fe
male, 12 months.
Hal Templeton, reckless driv
ing, $50.00 and costs and sus
pended sentence of 60 days.
Dillard Hicks, reckless driving,
$50 and costs and suspended sen
tence of 60 days.
Bob Wright, driving drunk, $75
and costs and license revoked.
Cony Snow, driving drunk, $50
and costs and license revoked.
Granville McMillion, assault
with -deadly weapon, eight
months.
Monroe Wilmouth, assault with
deadly weapon, not guilty.
Jurors who will serve during
the court which convenes Feb
ruary 9, follow: Lindsey Holcomb,
Coy Smith, George W. Sparger,
Jr., G. R. Shelton, V. Wilson Coe,
F. P. Ramey, Dan Joyce, J. F.
Cockerham, Lonnie Inman, Joe
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ARE TO OBSERVE
FM. BIRTHDAY
Fight Against Infantile Pa
ralysis Is to Be Contin
ued Despite War
FREEMAN CO. CHAIRMAN
Despite the fact that the nation
is at war, the annual Birthday
celebration for the President will
again be held this year in towns
and communities throughout the
nation as the fight against the
dread disease of infantile paraly
sis goes on.
Prank Freeman, of Dobson, has
been named Surry county chair
man for the event this year.
As yet no local chairman for
Elkin has been named, but choice
of someone to fill this important
post is expected to be made within
the next few days.
Money raised through the ob
servance of the President’s birth
day is used for aiding the victims
of infantile paralysis, and for re
search work. Half of the money
stays in Surry county for local
use.
FOUR HOUR RAID
CARRe OUT BY
PLANES OF JAPS
Seven Enemy Airplanes Hit
By U. S. Gunners
50 PLANES TAKE PART
Material Damages and Cas
ualties Reported as Light
in Communique
PRESSURE CONTINUING
Washington, Jan. 7—The War
Department said today defenders
of the Philippines are withstand
ing continuous bombings and ma
chine gunning on their tight
front west of Manila.
The fortifications on Corregi
dor Island, at the entrance of
Manila Bay, and defenses on
nearby Batan peninsula were
bombed again for several hours
yesterday, and the War Depart
ment said the extent of damage
and casualties has not yet been
determined.
At least 45 bombers rained ex
plosives on the fortifications.
Several hits on the invaders’
planes were recorded.
On the entire front, with the
American and Philippine defend
ers drawing their forces together
in the peninsula west of the oc
cupied capital city, there was
heavy fighting and increasing
pressure but the soldiers of Gen.
Douglas Mac Arthur were making
valiant resistance.
The text of the communique,
number 49, based on reports re
ceived here up to 9:30 a.m.
(e.s.t.), today:
“1. Philippine theatre: heavy
fighting has been resumed along
the entire front with the enemy
increasing pressure at all points.
Front lines of American and
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MERCHANTS^
NAMEBOARD
Directors Will Elect Presi
dent and Vice-President
at Meeting
TO BE HELD JANUARY 13
Directors for the Elkin Mer
chants Association for 1942 were
elected last week. The election is
made by secret mailed ballot,
each member receiving a list of
the entire membership with in
structions to select nine to serve
as directors during the year. The
selections are returned to the
office of the secretary and tab
ulated, the nine receiving the
highest number of votes to com
pose the board of directors. Di
rectors are E. W. McDaniel, G. L.
Hill, Harry W. Johnson, George
Royall, E. S. Spainhour, Joe
Bivins, Garland Johnson, J. R.
Poindexter and Claude Farrell.
The board of directors will vote
on a president and vice-president,
these to be selected from the
newly elected board. This elec
tion will be made on January 13.
%
Citizens Turn
Out for First
Aid Class Here
A total of 52 Elkin citizens,
including about an equal num
ber of men and women, at
tended the Red Cross first aid
class held at the City Hall
here Tuesday evening at 7:30.
Similar classes, conducted by
Roy Kane, will be held each
Tuesday evening, with those
attending receiving basic train
ing in first aid.
Persons who did not attend
the first meeting of the group
Tuesday may volunteer to take
this training by attending the
meeting next Tuesday, it is
understood.