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ELKIN
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The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 20
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 24—
Nearly 500.000 recapped tires
will be made available next
month for limited numbers of
taxi drivers, defense workers,
traveling salesmen and certain
other civilians, the office of
price administration announced
today. The April supply will
represent the first release of
tires for passenger cars other
than those listed as eligible
under rationing program for
new tires. In addition to 470,
317 recapped tires, the April
quota will release 101,636 new
tires for passenger cars. For
trucks, 275,523 new tires and
246,442 recapped tires will be
made available.
WASHINGTON, March 24—
The navy reported tonight that
the United States destroyers
Pillsbury and Edsall have been
missing since early March in
waters around Java and must
be presumed lost. Each ship
had a normal complement of
about 145 officers and men.
'"The next of kin of the per
sonnel of the Pillsbury and
Edsall have been informed,”
the navy said.
WASHINGTON, March 24—
The A. F. L. and C. I. O. to
night bowed to demands from
President Roosevelt and War
Production Chieftain Donald
M. Nelson for elimination of
costly double pay in arms in
dustries. The two organiza
tions acted simultaneously af
ter the President had reaffirm
ed his stand in support of re
taining the 40-hour work week
and Nelson had pledged the
house naval affairs committee
that he would ask for legisla
tion unless labor waived within
30 days double pay for Sunday
and holiday work.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 24
—Brig.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
national selective service di
rector, said here today in an
interview that registrants in
their 30’s, and even in their
20’s, would not be drafted at
once if they have dependents.
But, he added, “The day is
coming when we’ll all have to
do something.” Hershey said
figures for manpower have
been projected through 1943
and 1944, but that the course
of the war would in a large
measure be the index of how
large the army might be. “At
present,” he said, “men in
their thirties with dependents
and even men in their twenties
who have dependents do not
need to be afraid that they will
be drafted.”
WASHINGTON, March 24—
A furious renewal of the bat
tle of the Philippines was re
ported (today by the war de
partment, with the Japanese
launching a major air assault
against Corregidor and Bataan
and American-Filipino troops
springing a successful attack
on an enemy motor column at
Zamboanga on the southern
island of Mindanao. The Jap
anese losses in the Mindanao
fighting were heavy, the de
partment said, but the attack
ing troops lost only one soldier.
INTERNATIONAL
“FLYING TIGER” pilots of
the American volunteer group
smashed 40 Japanese planes at
the Thailand airport of Chieng
mai Tuesday in a dawn attack
which caught the Japanese by
surprise, it was announced at
Kunming, China. Dropping
down from the sky at 7 a.m.,
the U. S. airmen caught the
Japanese pilots as they were
running to the cockpits of
their planes and pumped 3,500
rounds of ammunition into
both grounded planes and per
sonnel. Seven Japanese planes
were seen bursting into flames,
and the remainder of the
planes were riddled with ma
chine-gun bursts, dispatches
said. Most of the Japanese pi
lots were reported killed.
WORTH M. GRAY
DIES SUDDENLY
OFPARALYSIS
Prominent Citizen Passes on
Wednesday
FIRST ATTACK TUESDAY
Had Served Surry County as
Register of Deeds for
Six Years
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Worth Minish Gray, 51, prom
inent Elkin citizen, died in the
local hospital Wednesday morn
ing about 2:30 o’clock, following
a brief critical illness. Mr. Gray
had suffered from a heart ail
ment for several years, but was
able to attend to business. He
was stricken with paralysis short
ly before noon Tuesday and a
second stroke followed about
midnight, which resulted in his
death.
Mr. Gray was a lifelong resi
dent of Elkin and was promi
nently identified with the civic
and business life of the city and
county. He was a son of the-late
H. F. Gray and Mrs. Mary Minish
Gray, and was a member of one
of the oldest families in this sec
tion. He served for three terms
as Surry county register of deeds,
an office which he capably filled.
He was engaged in business here
for a number of years, being own
er and manager of the E. & D.
Metal company, and had varied
other business interests. He was
a member of the Methodist
church and of the Masonic and
Junior Order fraternities.
His only brother, Goerge Gray,
was the only Elkin boy to die on
the battlefield in the first World
War.
He is survived by his wife, who
before .her marriage was Miss
Willard Grier, and two sisters,
Misses Jennie and Auba Gray.
Funeral services will be held
this morning (Thursday) at 11
o’clock at the Hayes-Speas funer
al home on West Main street.
The rites will be in charge of
Rev. Herman F. Duncan, pastor of
the deceased, assisted by Rev. L.
B. Abernethy, a former pastor,
and Rev. O. V. Caudill, pastor of
the Presbyterian church. The
body will lay in state at the fun
eral home for one hour prior to
t.he service. Interment will be in
the family plot in Hollywood cem
etery.
All business houses of the city
will close from 11 until 11:30
o’clock this morning as a mark of
respect to the passing of Mr.
Gray.
Pallbearers will be Joe Bivins,
Hugh A. Royall, W. A. Neaves, M.
Q. Snow, C. S. Foster, R. J, Bar
ker, Dixie Graham and Alex
Chatham, Sr.
Hold Business Class
At High School Here
An evening class in shorthand
and typing is beginning at the
high school, under the instruc
tion of Miss Faye Overcash, of
tlte high school faculty.
Classes will be held each Mon
day and Thursday evening from
6:30 until 9 o’clock. The course
is open to anyone desiring to en
roll.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
Chatham Girls
Win First Game
In Tournament
The Chatham girls’ basket
ball team won their first game
hi the A. A. U. tournament in
St. Joseph, Mo., Tuesday night
from girls’ team from the Den
ver, Colo., Industrial Bank by a
score of 34-17. The local girls
played again Wednesday night
at 10:15 against a team from
Des Moines, Iowa.
The Elkin team, winners of
the Southern Textile tourna
ment and North and South
Carolina A. A. U. tournament,
left Friday of last week to par
ticipate in the national event.
They have won 25 out of 30
games flayed this season.
A FlDITT 2A Pi AVQ This Photo’taken at PearI
A Util l l JT Ur11 O Harbor and approved by
the U. S. navy, shows members of a navy patrol land
plane who drifted a thousand miles in 34 days, after their
plane made a forced landing at sea. They are sitting in a
rubber life raft as they answer the queries of newsmen.
They are, left to right, Pilot Harold Dixon of La Mesa,
Calif.; Bombardier Tony Pastulas of Youngstown, Ohio;
and Radioman Gone Aldrich of Sikeston, Mo.
No More Cuffs
On Wool Pants
After March 30
All men who are planning: to
buy a new suit in which to
stroll in the Easter parade had
better buy it on or before
March 30 provided they are
interested in having: cuffs on
their pants.
Under an order by the War
Production Board, it will be
illegral for any merchant to put
cuffs on any pair of pants of
woolen material after that
date. The trouser legs will
have to be finished plain, and
any extra cloth that may be
unrequired for plain bottoms
must be cut off for reprocess
ing.
It doesn't matter, according
to the ruling, when the suit
was received by the merchant,
there’ll just be no more cuffs
after the date specified, and
this applies to suits which have
been purchased on the lay
away plan. If the are not
cuffed by March 30. no cuffs.
A severe penalty is provided
for all retailers who violate
this ruling.
DRAFTEES ARE
RECLASSIFIED
List Is Announced By Surry
County Draft Board
Number 2
§OME CHANGES MADE
Draft registrants who have been
reclassified by Surry county draft
board number 2 include: William
Waller Mills from 3-A to 1-B;
Joel Steadman Moore froii 1-A
to 3-A; Tom Daniel Lewis from
4-F to 3-A; Daniel Smith Col
lins to 2-A from 3-A; Arthur Rus
sell Plaster to 3-A from 1-A;
Henry Reavis Meinung, Jr., from
1-A to 3-A; Garland Walter
Morrison from 1-A to 3-A; Lon
nie Levi Brooks from 1-A to 4-F;
Laster Fayt Woodrain from 1-A
to 1-B. remediable to 1-A.
Those on the local board who
remain in 3-A following reclassi
fication are: Ralph Raymond
O’Neal, Kimmie Edgar Tharpe,
Ernest Daniel Poteat, Gemie
Preston Vestal, Ralph Junior
Chappell, Porter Gordon Cocker
ham, Fred Thomas Lankford, By
ron Franklin Transou, Eloyd
Lewellyn Dalton, John Brady
Felts, Jr., Arlin Paul Flippin,
John Benjamin Shore, Fred Cal
vin Reece, Clarence Fred Poin
dexter, Frank Leonard Smoot,
Willie Edward Jorcjpn, James
Walter Minnish, Charlie Clar
ence Johnson, Everette Lincoln
Hodges, Ammer Willis Beasley,
Howard Cladie Booze, Ernest Lee
Moser.
Carl Garvey Golden was con
tinued in class 1-A.
AUTO DEALER
FACES CHARGE
Hubert Logan, of Yadkinville,
Arrested on Federal
Count
DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN
Hubert Logan, Yadkinville auto
dealer and business man, who has
handled the Ford line for many
years, was arrested Saturday by
a Deputy U. S. Marshal on a fed
eral charge of conspiracy to vio
late the internal revenue law.
The capias was issued by federal
authorities after the grand jury
at Rockingham found a true bill
against Logan March 2. He gave
$500 bond, signed by his brother,
Howard Logan, for his appear
ance at federal court in Salisbury
April 20.
It is understood that witnesses
appearing before the grand jury
were operators of the alcohol tax
unit who had been working on
the case for several months, out
of the Asheville office.
Details of the charges against
Logan could not be learned, but
it is said to involve the selling of
cars to rum-runners, some of
which, it is said, were sold in
names of nox-existant persons.
Another rumor is to the effect
that cars were sold to bootleggers
who paid cash for them, but a
mortgage was held on the cars
by Logan as an eventual protec
tion to the bootlegger.
Mr. Logan has been engaged in
the automobile business in Yad
kinville for about 20 years, first
with his father, the late J. A.
Logan, and his brother, the late
Carl Logan. Later he and his
brother operated the business for
several years, but for the past
few years he has operated the
Hubert Logan Motor Co., alone.
Rev. Paul Forsythe Is
New Boonville Pastor
Rev. Paul Forsythe has been
called to the Boonville Baptist
church as a full time pastor. He
will assume his duties Sunday,
March 28. Rev. Forsythe comes
to Boonville from Gates county,
where he has served several
churches for the past three years.
This is the first time the Boon
ville church has had a full time
pastor.
Rev. Forsythe and his wife and
two children came to Boonville
Wednesday.
Flames Do Small
Damage Tuesday
Flames which destroyed the
week’s wash caused Elkin fire
men to hurry to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Eidson, on Elk
Spur street, about 8:15 Tuesday
evening.
The blaze originated in the
basement and destroyed a quanti
ty of clothing before being extin
guished. It was not learned defi
nitely how the fire originated.
LOCAL CITIZENS
URGED TO TAKE
FIRST AID HERE
First Group of Civil Defense
Men Complete Course
NEW CLASSES TO START
Course Compulsory for War
dens, Auxiliary Police and
firemen
HOURS ARE ANNOUNCED
The first contingent of civilian
defense volunteers are completing
their required 10 hours of training
in first aid this week, and the
second contingent is scheduled to
begin their required 10 hour train
ing next Monday.
Of the first group to complete
the required number of hours,
many signified their intention of
forming advanced classes and tak
ing the full 20 .hour course. These
classes will begin the same date.
It has been pointed out that the
first aid classes are not only open
to civil defense workers, but to
any other interested citizen who
desires to enroll, and every able
bodied person is urged to take at
least the elementary course, so
that, in event the war should ever
come to Elkin, many citizens will
be able to give emergency treat
ment to the wounded in their own
homes.
It has been observed that a num
ber of civil defense members fail
ed to take the first aid course dur
ing the opening classes, while
others started the course but drop
ped out. These persons, unless
| they take the course, cannot qual
ify as air raid wardens, auxiliary
firemen or auxiliary police, and
will have to be replaced by men
willing to make this extra effort
to aid in the protection of their
town and home.
Schedule of classes to begin
Monday follows:
Beginners: At Chatham Manu
facturing Company Mondays and
Thursdays, classes from 1:45 p. m.
to 3:45 p. m.; 4:15 p. m. to 6:15
p. m.; 9:45 p. m. to 11:45 p. m.
Beginners: At Elkin high
school Mondays and Thursdays,
7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
For persons continuing 20 nour
course: Tuesday and Fridays at
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany, 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.; 4:15
p.m. to 6:15 p.m.; 9:45 p.m. to
11:45 p.m.
At Elkin high school, Mondays
and Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. to 9:15
p.m.
All persons intending to serve
with the civil defense corps are
urged to enroll in one of the
classes.
SUGAR HOLIDAY
BEGINS APRIL 28
Will Be Withheld from Sale
Period of One Week
Over Nation
PREPARE FOR RATIONING
All sugar sales here and in the
nation as a whole will be halted
at midnight April 27 for approx
imately one week, government of
ficials have announced after
designating six days in April and
May for the nation-wide sugar
rationing registration.
It was announced that sugar
would be off the market on April
28 and would not be aavilable to
buyers again until about May 5.
It was explained that the ban
was ordered as a step prepara
tory to sales under rationing,
which will go into effect as soon
as the moratorium ends.
Every person in the United
States—approximately 131,000,000
—will be involved in the regis
tration, which is the biggest in
the history of the nation.
It was reported that it had not
been determined whether the
weekly individual ration would be
a half pound or three quarters of
a pound.
A Texas cowboy carved his
name on the back of a turtle.
Twenty years later he found the
same reptile still alive.
U. S. Fleet Smashes
Enemy Fortifications
On Important Islands
-A
India’s Hope
Prime Minister Churchill has
pledged dominion status for
India following the war, and
announced that his ranking aid,
Sir Stafford Cripps (above)
would go to India as an emis
sary. Cripps is popular in India
for his known sympathy for the
Indian national cause.
COW GOES ON
. WILD SPREE
Black Angus Chases Num
erous Men Up into the
Tall Timber
A large Black Angus cow, be
longing to John Hudspeth, of this
city, last Saturday was the direct
cause of more plain and fancy
tree climbing than has been wit
nessed in this section in years.
Grown men, who probably would
pant after running up a stairway,
were said to have literally flown
into the tree tops with the speed
of birds.
It all came about when a num
ber of beef cattle were being
loaded at the Hudspeth farm
north of Elkin. One of the cows
jumped out of the truck, and no
doubt having the wanderlust,
proceeded to wander.
Making her way across Big Elk
in creek, near the site of the old
shoe factory, the cow visited the
Pleasant Hill community, where
she was observed by a motorist
who mistook her for a strayed
milk cow. He was said to have
gotten out of his car to investi
gate whether or not she needed
milking and got knocked 20 feet
for his pains.
By this time other citizens had
gathered and attempted to catch
the cow, but Bossy, by this time
quite angry at being pestered so
much, had other ideas, and short
ly thereafter had her tormentors
perched in nearby trees and not
daring to come down.
Later the cow made her way
to Cool Springs and proceeded to
make a stand. It was there she
headed for her owner, John Hud
speth, who instead of taking to
the tall timber, met her head-on
with che business end of a pitch
fork.
The peeved bovine was said to
have dropped like she had been
shot. At last reports she had not
yet arisen, although still living.
N. Wilkesboro Cadet
Killed in Air Crash
Cadet Malcom (Mack) Rous
seau, 21, of North Wilkesboro,
was killed in an airplane crash at
Poster Field, Texas, relatives in
North Wilkesboro have been noti
fied. Cadet Rousseau, in train
ing in the air corps, was killed
when the motor of his plane fail
ed on a takeoff.
He was a son of Mrs. Pat For
ester Rousseau Ivey, of Myrtle
Beach, S. C., and the late Malcom
A. Rousseau.
The body will be brought to
North Wilkesboro for funeral ser
vices and interment.
MARCUS, WAKE
FEEL WRATH OF
HEAVY BOMBERS
Tokyo Given Taste of Black
out Jitters
TWO U. S. PLANES LOST
Military Experts of Opinion
That Japanese Will In
vade Siberia
ATTACK MAY COME SOON
Shattering blows have been
dealt the Japanese by the United
States fleet in daring raids on
Marcus and Wake Islands, the
former only 990 miles southeast
of Tokyo, a copyrighted story by
United Press Correspondent Joe
James Custer, revealed Wednes
day.
Planes from a U. S. aircraft
carrier dumped 12 tons of high
explosives on Marcus Island, it
was said, while eight days prev
iously a U. S. Naval force had de
livered a crushing blow at in
stallations on Wake Island, which
the Japanese had captured from
heroic U. S. Marines following the
outbreak of the war.
The two raids are believed to
have shattered, for some time at
least, links in Japan’s chain of
fortified island bases which ex
tend southeasterly from Tokyo to
the Marshall Island, which have
also been the scene of a similar
crushing blow from the American
navy.
The attack on Marcus, the
United Press story said, carried
the war into Japan’s home waters
and gave Tokyo and Yokohama
their first taste of blackout jit
ters. It was expected to divert a
portion of Japanese material and
man power from other vital areas
in the southwest Pacific.
Only losses suffered by the
Americans were two planes—one
in each attack.
Meanwhile from London came
the report Wednesday that it is
the consensus of military opinion
that the advantages to Japan to
an invasion of Siberia outweigh
the dangers, and that the attack
may come soon—before the Nazis
launch their drive into western
Russia.
Even though Japan is deeply
involved in the southern Pacific,
military sources point out that
the rewards of success in an as
sault on Siberia and Vladivostok,
the U. S. S. R.’s big Pacific port,
are too rich for the Japanese
general staff to ignore. United
States bombers based at Vladivos
tok would be within easy range
not only of Tokyo and Yokohama,
but also of Nagasaki, the great
Japanese naval base, which is
only 665 miles by air.
On the other hand, Vladivostok
could be a secondary Japanese
base for attacks on Alaska.
County Boards
Of Elections
Are Named
The state board of elections
has appointed county boards of
election for the one hundred
counties in North Carolina.
The board for Surry is as
follows: R. A. Freeman, Dob
son; P. G. Lowe, Lowgap, and
A. E. Tilley, Mount Airy.
Yadkin county: David L.
Kelly, Fred J. Brandon and C.
G. Reavis, all of Yadkinville.
Wilkes county: James M.
Anderson, North Wilkesboro;
Homer Brookshire, Wilkesboro,
and J. C. Grayson, Wilkesboro.
In each case the first two
members are Democrats and
the third member Republican.