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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 13
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WARPLANES SINK JAP TRANSPORTS
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 —
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
Wickard and Price Adminis
trator Leon Henderson declar
ed tonight they were in “com
plete agreement” on food and
farm product prices, and would
take “effective, positive steps
to stabilize the cost of living.”
In a joint statement, the two
officials said also that supplies
of most staple foods were at
record or at near-record levels,
and “there is no occasion for
hoarding of food.”
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—The
$26,495,264,474 naval supply
bill, largest single war appro
priation in history and keynote
of President Roosevelt’s arms
for-victory program, was ap
proved unanimously by the
senate today after a scant two
hours of debate. The measure
was sent back to the house for
concurrence in senate amend
ments which added $6,500,000,
000 to the lower chamber’s
original total. In its present
form the bill endorses imme
diate expenditure of $9,000,
000,000 and authorizes spend
ing totalling $14,000,000,000 for
the 1943 fiscal year beginning
July 1. It projects construc
tion of 23,354 naval planes this
year and carries funds to
speed construction of 382 com
batant vessels and scores of
auxiliary ships.
INTERNATIONAL
SINGAPORE, Feb. 2—Rest
ed and refreshed British im
perial troops that had with
drawn from the Malayan
mainland joined Singapore’s
garrison tonight on the ram
parts of the besieged island
base after shore units had
routed three Japanese invasion
boats in Johore strait, sinking
one of them. Entering its third
night of direct siege, Singapore
withstood intensified Japanese
air attacks that encountered
such vigorous fighter plane and
antiaircraft opposition t h a 1
their effects in military dam
age and casualties were limit
ed.
HONOLULU, Feb. 2 — Even
ship and every man of the
United States Pacific fleet
afloat and ashore, is now being
utilized to the fullest extent tc
bring the war to the enemy’s
front door, Admiral Chester W
Nimitz said today. The fleet’s
spectacular assault on Japan
ese concentrations in the Gil
bert and Marshall islands Sun
day, the commander-in-chiel
of the Pacific fleet commented
was in accordance with th(
characteristic United States
tradition—seek out the enemj
and destroy him. “The ques
tion, ‘Where’s the fleet?’ was
jyiswered partly by the splen
did achievements of our ships
and planes in attacks on en
emy concentrations in t h«
‘Marshall and Gilbert islands,’
Admiral Nimitz said in a state
ment.
* MOSCOW, Feb. 3— (Tues
day) — Russia acknowledgec
early today the loss of the im
portant southeast Crimean port
of Theodosia and the spread oi
German counterattacks to sev
eral parts of the front, but de
clared that soviet troops re
tained the initiative in mosi
sectors. In far northern waters
Adolf Hitler’s harried Arcti<
fleet suffered a heavy nev
blow, the midnight Russiar
Communique said, when soviet
.warships sank an additiona
three German transports, to
talling 8,000 tons, in the Ba
rents sea.
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Awards Given Farm Youths For Achievements
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COPELAND 4-H
CLUB SETS A
FINE RECORD
George K. Snow Is Principal
Speaker
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
Meeting Is Said to Be One of
Most Successful Yet
Staged
ALL AWARDS LISTED
A crowd numbering approxi
mately 700 people attended the
Surry County 4-H Club Achieve
ment Day program at the court
house in Dobson Monday.
Attorney George K. Snow, ol
Mount Airy, was the principal
speaker.
Awards were given to all mem
bers of the various clubs who
made best records during the past
year, as follows:
Arlene Johnson, of the Beulah
club, received a pin and a free
trip to Chicago as county and
state champion in the clothing
contest.
Mary Beth Collins, of Copeland,
won the canning contest, can
ning 1,100 pints of fruits and
vegetables.
Edith Badgett, of Copeland, re
ceived a medal for completing the
most projects.
Gladys Creed, and sister, of
Copeland and Siloam, received
awards for having done the most
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T. J. FOLGER
PASSES AWAY
Dobson Man Dies Monday
While En Route to Hospi
tal for Treatment
RITES ON WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Thomas J.
Folger, 58, of Dobson, who died
Monday afternoon while en route
to a hospital for treatment for a
brief illness, will be held Wednes
day afternoon of this week at 2
o’clock at the Dobson Methodist
church. Mr. Folger, who was a
brother of Congressman John H.
Folger, was well known through
' out the county. The rites will be
in charge of Rev. Mr. Parker, pas
tor of the Dobson Methodist
; church, and interment will be in
the church cemetery.
Survivors include two sons,
Charles Folger of Dobson, and
Thurmond Folger of New Jersey,
and one daughter, Miss Lois Fol
ger of Tampa, Florida. Three
brothers, John H. Folger of Wash
ington, D. C., and Mount Airy;
Will Folger of Washington, D. C.,
; and Hugh Folger of Atlanta, Ga„
and three sisters, Mrs. Will Holl
1 ingsworth and Mrs. J. D. Hogan,
both ex Mount Airy, and Mrs. R.
1 C. Lewellyn of Dobson, also sur
vive.
Plans for Dobson
School Are Okeyed
, In a joint meeting of the Sur
’ ry county commissioners and
board of education at Dobson
Monday, plans were accepted for
the construction of a modem
, 14-room school building at Dob
i son to replace the old elementary
i building recently destroyed by
- fire.
i B. F. Folger, county purchasing
< agent, was authorized to proceed
l at once to buy materials for the
structure, which will be built on
a lot adjacent to the present high
school building.
nr ABTV Somewhere along the At
UHt/lL/Li l Ljvjyjlu lantic coast army air corps
men load a medium bomber before its take-off on a patrol
flight over the ocean under the direction of a joint army
navy headquarters, which, operating at a secret location
somewhere in the metropolitan area of New York, has
perfected a closely co-ordinated land, sea and air defensive
and offensive network.
Are To Hold Dollar Days
Here Friday, Saturday
A--——
Elkin Merchants
Are Cooperating
In Big Event
Friday and Saturday of this
week-end will be Dollar Days in
Elkin.
Practically all Elkin stores are
cooperating in the event — an
event designed to offer special
values—and will do their utmost
to save everyone really worth
while amounts on their pur
chases.
Local stores have been prepar
ing for Dollar Days for months,
the first plans having been made
in the fall of 1941. Special buys
have been made at prices which
will enable the merchants to pass
on savings to their customers.
Extra salespeople have been em
ployed so that the throng of
value seekers expected here will
be put to no inconvenience or de
lay in getting served.
The Tribune, cooperating with
the merchants whose advertising
appears in this issue, is mailing
thousands of additional copies of
this issue, which is appearing one
day earlier than usual so that the
paper may be widely circulated
before the event begins.
SCOUT WEEK
FEB5 TO 13
Full Week of Activity Is Be
ing Planned Here for
Boy Scouts
WILL BE ENTERTAINED
National Boy Scout Week will
be observed here f’om February
5-13, according to i 7 announce
ment Tuesday by Scoutmaster J.
Mark McAdams. A full week of
activity is planned for the Scouts,
which will get under way Thurs
day evening of this week when
the Scout troops of Elkin, Jones
ville and Pleasant Hill • will be
guests of the Elkin Kiwanis club
at a banquet at Hotel Elkin. Ap
proximately 75 Scouts are expect
ed to attend. John M. Brown, of
Winston-Salem, will be speaker
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Mrs. York Succeeds
Miss Lineberry As
Jonesville Editor
Effective ner,t week, Mrs.
Leonard York will become The
Tribune's Jonesville news edi
tor. Her telephone number is
44-J.
Mrs. York succeeds Miss
Virginia Lineberry, who has
accepted a position which re
quires most of her time.
The Tribune appreciates the
courtesy shown Miss Lineberry
and trusts that the citizens of
Jonesville will telephone Mrs.
York any news items that they
may have up to Tuesday noon
of each week. She will also
handle subscription accounts
for the paper, and will be
pleased to have your subscrip
tion, either new or renewal.
“V” GARDENS
FOR SURRY
County Doing Part in Pro
gram, County Agent
Says Tuesday
TO SELECT LEADERS
A. P. Cobb, county agent, told
a Tribune reporter Tuesday that
Surry county is cooperating IOC
per cent in the Victory Garaer
program.
Mr. Cobb states that the coun
ty has been divided into 105 com
munity neighborhoods, with twc
leaders, one man and one woman
for each 15 families in each sec
tion. These leaders are being se
lected this week and will be an
nounced in The Tribune next
week.
The leaders selected are to be
used in the Victory Garden Drive
and other activities connected
with National Defense work.
The county agent’s office has
been cooperating with the various
schools of the county in the
gathering of scrap metal for de
fense, and it ' is thought that
around 150,000 pounds have al
ready been secured. It is hoped
to have a half million pounds
when the drive is completed.
MEETING IS TO
BE STAGED HERE
FEBRUARY 14TH
Faritiers and 4-H Club Mem
bers Asked to Attend
TO BE HELD AT THEATRE
Will Discuss Dairy and Beef
Cattle Program for This
Community
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
All farmers, farm boys and 4-H
Club members of Surry, Yadkin,
Wilkes and Alleghany counties
are urged to attend a meeting to
be held Saturday, February 14, at
10 a. m., at the Reeves theatre
here to discuss a dairy and beef
cattle program for this section.
County agents of Surry, Wilkes,
Yadkin and Alleghany are expect
ed to be present.
The ^ting has been called by
t.he agn tural committee of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club, of which
Garland Johnson is chsyrman.
Other members are T. F. Cooley,
W. A. Neaves and W. H. Combs.
Prominent speakers will be
present, including John A. Arey,
extension dairyman, of N. C.
State College, and L. R. Harrill,
boys’ and girls’ state club agent,
also of State College.
LIEUT. TAYLOR
FATALLY HURT
Jonesville Man Is Killed in
Motorcycle Crash at Fort
Knox, Ky.
FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY
Lieut. John E. Taylor, of Jones
ville, a member of Co. C., 5th Bn.,
A. F. R. T. C., at Fort Knox, Ken
tucky, was fatally injured in a
motorcycle accident at the camp
Monday afternoon. The accident
occurred about 3:30 and the young
man died at 5:15. Details of the
accident were not learned.
Young Taylor, who was the son
of Mrs. Ethel Taylor of Jonesville
and the late John E. Taylor, form
er chief of police in Thomasville,
was commissioned a second lieu
tenent in October of last year, only
a short time after his twenty-first
birthday.
The body is being shipped here
for the last rites and is expected
to arrive Wednesday afternoon.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon at one o’clock at the
Jonesville Baptist church. Inter
ment will be in the Salem ceme
tery in Winston-Salem, where his
father is buried.
LLEWELYN IS
TO ENTER RACE
Seeks Office of Clerk of
Court Now Held By His
Father
PRIMARY TO BE IN MAY
Political interest in Surry coun
ty was awakened during the past
week by th announcement of
Fred Lie well! of Dobson, that he
would be a candidate for Glerk of
Court to succeed his lather,
Frank T. Llewellyn.
Mr. Llewellyn is seeking the
nomination as a candidate on the
Democratic ticket subject to the
action of the Democratic primary
to be held in May. All state and
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3 More Enemy Boats
Feel Wrath of U. S.
Forces In Far East
Physical Director
Frank Hoover, above, of Win
gate, will take over the job of
physical instructor of the Gil
vin Roth Y. M. C. A. here when
it opens later this year. Mr.
Hoover will come to Elkin from
Wingate Junior College, where
he served as athletic director.
A graduate o f Appalachian
State Teachers College, he was
listed in “Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities.” Mr. and
Mrs. Hoover will move to Elkin
within the near future.
PLANS MADE
FORBANQUET
Employer-Employee Event to
Be Held at Hotel Elkin
Tuesday
PROGRAM IS PLANNED
Plans are in readiness for the
anual Employer-Employee ban
quet of the Elkin Merchants As
sociation to be held at Hotel Elkin
Tuesday evening, February 10, at
7 o’clock. The banquet will be
highlighted with a talk by Henry
Reynolds, of Greensboro, secre
tary to Judge Johnson J. Hayes
of the federal court. Mr. Rey
nolds, who is well known here, is
famous for his wit and humor.
The program and entertainment
will be under the direction of
George Royall. Following the
banquet a square dance will be
held.
The banquet will be open to all
employers who are members of
the Merchants Association, their
employees and their husbands
and wives. Employers and em
ployees will be served in the club
room of the hotel and other
guests will be served in the main
dining room. Following the ban
quet the entire group will assem
ble in the club room to hear Mr.
Reynolds and to enjoy the other
entertainment features planned.
To Assist in Filing
Income Tax Returns
A deputy collector of the U. S.
department of internal revenue
will be in Elkin February 16 to
assist local income tax payers in
filing their income tax returns,
The Tribune has been advised by
C. H. Robertson, collector.
On February 19, 20 and 21, a
deputy collector will be at the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany for the same purpose.
2 JAP THRUSTS
BEATEN OFF BY
BATAN FORCES
Enemy Suffers Heavy Losses,
MacArthur Reports
LANDINGS ATTEMPTED
Jap Bombers Hurl High Ex
plosives at Besieged City
of Singapore
FORCES ARE GATHERED
American army battle planes
sank two and probably three more
Japanese transports in the Ma
cassar Straits, communiques said
Tuesday, but heavy enemy air
attacks indicating preparations
for an invasion attempt battered
the big Dutch naval base of Soer
abaya and the main air bases on
Java.
Half a dozen Japanese planes
were shot down, including a
bomber and several fighters at
Soerabaya.
The United States aerial at
tacks on a Japanese convoy off
the east Borneo Port of Balkin
papen boosted to 34 or 35 the
number of enemy vessels sunk or
damaged in the battle of Macas
sar Straits and the destruction of
more enemy airplanes brought to
approximately 30, including nine
she* down by U. S. Plying Fort
resses.
The threat of a big-scale Jap
anese invasion thrust against the
main Dutch islands of Sumatra
and Java, headquarters for the
United States supreme command,
increased as the enemy tighten
ed his grip on Borneo and sought
to establish new stepping stone
bases in the encirclement of
Singapore.
Two attempts by the Japanese
to land troops on the west coast
of Batan Peninsula the night of
February 2 were repulsed with
heavy enemy losses, the War De
partment announced, and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur’s forces also
successfully counterattacked the
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