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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 28
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, May 19—At
his press conference today Pres
ident Roosevelt expressed the
belief that the nation’s gaso
line shortage should be treated
as a national problem instead
of a sectional matter, which is
in harmony with the position
taken by Governor Broughton
some weeks ago. At the office
of defense transportation it
was disclosed that officials
there had been directed to
draw up plans for nation-wide
gasoline rationing as a rubber
conservation measure.
WASHINGTON, May 19. —
Brig. Gen. James H. (Jimmy)
Doolittle, famed speed flier
who led 79 intrepid American
volunteers in a “highly de
structive raid on the Japanese
mainland’’ April 18, revealed
tonight that not a single Am
erican plane was shot down in
the audacious attack. Numer
ous details on the spectacular
raid were revealed for the first
time after Doolittle and his
comrades-in-glory were decor
ated for the historic achieve
ment that represented a sub
stantial return payment for
Pearl Harbor.
INTERNATIONAL
OTTAWA, May 19.—Men of
14 United Nations heard a vic
tory message today from Presi
dent Roosevelt at the opening
of the allied air training con
ference here, but the chief exe
cutive told them the road
would be hard. “The people of
the United Nations can look
forward confidently along the
hard road of victory,” the Pres
ident said. “The hopes of
free men and women every
where, the hopes of those who
are awaiting liberation in the
countries the savage invaders
have darkened and despoiled,
are with the United Nations.
LONDON, May 19 — Domin
ions Secretary Clement R. Att
lee promised a sharply inquisi
tive house of commons today
that allied offensive action
would be taken against Ger
many “in due course,” but in
surgent members angrily call
ed this a “school boy essay”
and demanded that Prime
Minister Churchill appear to
face their criticisms of war pol
icy. Members of Churchill's
own conservative party joined
in the attack.
CHUNGKING, May 19. —
Suddenly announcing to the
world that the “future is very
grave’’ and that help is urgent
ly needed, a Chinese govern
ment spokesman declared to
day that many signs point to
an early all-out attempt by Ja
pan to knock China out of the
war. This indication of Chi
nese alarm was given as the
military spot-light alternated
swiftly from China’s backdoor
in Burma and Yunnan pro
vince to her eastern seaboard,
where the Japanese were de
veloping a new offensive in
Shekiang province despite bit
terest Chinese resistance.
VICHY France, May 20.—
British planes dropped Amer
ican-printed leaflets over un
occupied France during the
night containing a promise by
President Roosevelt that all
occupied French possessions
would be restored after the
war. Wave after wave, to an
obbligato anti-aircraft fun fire,
the Royal Air Force planes
droned over the Vichy area
showering their leaflets on
town and country-side. All
the leaflets bore the statement
that they were printed by the
United States Government and
distributed by British air force.
BIG SHORTAGE
OF FARM LABOR
NOTEDJNSIIRRY
Persons 12 or Older Are Ask
ed to Register
IF AVAILABLE FOR WORK
Registration Here At City
Hall Saturday From 10
a. m. to 4 p. m.
OTHER PLACES LISTED
Due to an acute shortage of
farm labor already existing in
Surry county and the anticipa
tion of a more severe shortage,
all persons from 12 years old up
who will be available for work on
farms this summer are asked to
register Saturday, May 23, from
10 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.
All persons who are seeking
persons to help on the farm are
also asked to make application
for these laborers at the same
time. Persons with combines are
also asked to register them so
that the number and capacity of
these machines may be recorded
and also so that it may be de
termined whether these machines
will be available for custom work.
It is possible, it was said, that
a large amount of the anticipated
labor shortage will have to be
supplied from towns and villages
in the county. Farmers are anx
ious to secure help from these
sources. Most of the labor re
quirements can be filled if all
available boys and girls in Elkin,
Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy and
smaller communities will register
and accept employment on farms.
All can do their part in helping
win the war this summer by
working on somebody’s farm and
help produce the agricultural
products so necessary to win the
war, it was pointed out.
The various registration places
are as follows: Elkin city hall,
Mountain Park school, Pilot
Mountain high school, Copeland
high school. Westfield high
school, Franklin high school, Flat
Rock high school, Bannertown
school, employment office, Mt.
Airy, and courthouse at Dobson.
SELECTEES ARE
HONORED HERE
Group Which Departed Mon
day Entertained At Sup
per Friday Evening
EACH PRESENTED GIFT
Selective service men from
draft area 2 who left Monday for
induction into the army at Fort
Bragg, were entertained last Fri
day evening at a picnic supper at
Neaves Park here.
Men from the No. 2 area only
were invited due to the fact that
selectees from adjoining areas
leave for camp on different dates.
All soldiers who were here on
leave were guests at the picnic.
A handy, compact zipper kit
filled with toilet supplies was pre
sented each selectee.
George E. Royall acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. Short talks
were made by Rev. A. C. Gibbs,
Raymond Harris. C. I. Boger and
Sergeant Eugene (Weenie) Pow
ers.
The entertainment was spon
sored by the George Gray Post of
the American Legion, and was one
of a series of suppers at which se
lectees have been entertained
prior to their departure for in
duction.
Democrats Meet In
Dobson Convention
The county-wide Democratic
convention held at the court
house in Dobson Saturday after
noon was well attended. R. Cleve
Lewellyn of Dobson, chairman of
the county executive committee,
presided over the session.
All Democrats of the county
attending the session Saturday
were designated as delegates to
the state convention to be held
in Raleigh Friday. Other routine
business was dispatched.
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der the auspices of the Legion Auxiliary. Everyone will be asked to buy a poppy in re
membrance of the men of the United States armed services who have given up their
lives in the nation’s defense.
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COPELAND aUB
IS OUTSTANDING
For Second Consecutive Year
Selected As Finest Group
In State
WINNER OF $100 PRIZE
For the second consecutive
year, the Copeland club of Surry
county has been selected as the
most outstanding 4-H club of
North Carolina, L. R. Harrill,
4-H club leader, of State College,
announced Tuesday.
Picked on the basis of achieve
ment of both the club and the in
dividual members, the Copeland
group will be awarded a prize of
$100, Harrill said.
The honor was conferred on
the Surry county club after state
leaders had examined club rec
ords of all competitors for 1941.
There are approximately 1,200
white 4-H clubs in North Caro
lina.
Forty members were enrolled
in the Copeland club last year,
with each completing his or her
project. This marked the fourth
year that 100 per cent project
completions had been achieved.
Especially noteworthy, Harrill
stated, was the club’s activities in
connection with the defense pro
gram. At the first call for scrap
metals, the members collected
more than 30,000 pounds which
sold for $125. The proceeds were
turned over to charitable organi
zations. Then, too, the members
collected paper and bought war
stamps and bonds in substantial
amounts.
For their club treasury, a to
bacco campaign brought in $70
and a 4-H popularity contest net
ted $109 more. Another $75 was
added when a three-act play was
presented.
More Registrants
Put In Class 1-A
An additional list of selective
service registrants reclassified by
the local board number two at
Dobson has been received, in ad
dition to a long list published
elsewhere in this issue. All men
in the list issued were placed in
class 1-A. The list includes Ber
lie Marshall Trivette, Fred Mar
tin Harris, David William Law,
Warren Calvin Shelton, Carl Eu
gene Epperson and Joel Walter
Simmons.
Revival In Progress
At Baptist Church
Revival services are in progress
this week at the First Baptist
church, and will continue through
Thursday of next week. Rer.
Hampton Hopkins of Elizabeth
town, Tenn., is assisting the pas
tor, Rev. Stephen Morrisett, in
the services. Two meetings are
held daily, at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
The church extends a cordial
welcome to all people of the town
to attend the meetings.
Will Organize Women’s
Defense Corps Tonight
Meeting Called At State Theatre;
New Defense Classes Are To Start
A meeting will be held at the
State Theatre here tonight
(Thursday), to organize women
of the community as assistant air
raid wardens, it was announced
Wednesday by Roy Kane, of the
local Civilian Defense Corps.
All women are urged to attend
this meeting. Classes will start
next Monday at the Y. M. C. A.
It was also announced that a
new series of training classes will
be started next week at the Y for
the benefit of those who missed
part of their training during the
first course. Classes will also be
open for new volunteers.
A first aid class will be started
at the Y. M. C. A. next Thursday,
May 28 for all citizens who desire
to take the course, and for those
who have already had 10 hours of
first aid and wish to complete the
full 20 hour course. These class
es are open to all, but everyone
desiring to enroll is asK;ed to get
in touch with Roy Kane at once
so that plans can be made as to
classes.
PRINCE GUEST
OF KIWANIANS
Speaks Favorably of Lime
Mine Project While Here
Thursday
GREAVES-WALKER HERE
L. Ben Prince, chairman of the
state highway and public works
commission, and Dr. A. P. Greav
es-Walker, of State College, were
in Elkin last Thursday for a
meeting with members of the lo
cal committee interested in the
opening of the lime mine at Liirie
Rock, Yadkin county.
Following a survey of the prop
erty Thursday afternoon, both
Mr. Prince and Dr. Greaves
Walker were guests at the meet
ing of the Elkin Kiwanis club. In
a talk to club members, the high
way chairman spoke favorably of
prospects of installing mining
equipment and opening the mine.
Dr. Greaves-Walker defined
ceramic engineering and discuss
ed North Carolina mineral depos
its, of which he said the State
possesses a greater variety than
any other in the Union.
President D. G. Smith presided,
and W. M. Allen presented the
speaker. Guests included Hoy A.
Moose, of Mount Pleasant; Thom
as Shugart, of Jacksonville, and
C. G. Ashby, district state high
way engineer.
Commencement
Marshals Named
Marshals have been selected to
serve for the commencement ex
ercises at the city schools. Miss
Anne Ipock was chosen chief
marshal, and her assistants will
be: Miss Lucy Wolfe, Miss Dessie
Auton, Harold Hayes and Tommy
Bryan.
Keep ’em flying! Buy V. S.
War Bonds and Stamps regularly.
Elkin Winner Of 3rd
Place At Convention
Third place in the state for at
tendance at the state convention
of the North Carolina Merchants
Association in Raleigh last week
went to the local Merchants As
sociation. Two other associations,
Raleigh, the convention city, and
Charlotte, had a larger attend
ance than the Elkin association.
A $5.00 war savings stamp was
the third place attendance award.
Honorable mention also went
to the local association for a 11.54
percent increase in membership
during the year.
TO GET SUGAR
FOR CANNING
Five Pounds Per Person Per
Year Will Be Available
Under Plan
MUST APPLY TO BOARD
People who have been perplex
ed over the problem of sugar for
canning purposes can rest as
sured that provisions have been
made to take care of this import
ant phase of conserving food for
winter consumption. Every per
son who holds a sugar rationing
book is entitled to five pounds
of sugar per year for canning
purposes. For instance, if there
is a family of five the housewife
will be allowed 25 pounds of su
gar this year for her summer
canning.
Holders of sugar rationing
books may register upstairs at
the citv hall on Friday and Sat
urday of this week from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m., or at any time there
after, with Charles Poplin, secre
tary of the local rationing board.
The special hours are designated
for the convenience of the public.
Those desiring to register for su
gar for canning are asked to
bring their rationing books to the
city hall.
Nazis Open Assault
On Reds With Great
Force Of Men, Guns
Only 86 Out Of
1,114 Motorists
Receive X Cards
A total of 1,114 motorists in
Elkin, Marsh, Bryan and
Rockford townships, which
comprise the four townships
under the jurisdiction of the
local rationing: board, applied
for and received gasoline ra
tion cards last week, it has
been announced by the local
rationing board.
Of the number registering
for ration cards, 440 received A
cards, which allow only three
gallons of gasoline a week; 169
received B-l cards; 156 receiv
ed B-2 cards, 263 received B-3
cards, and 86 received the un
limited X cards.
SATURDAY WILL
BE POPPY DAY
Girl Scouts Here Will Sell
Flowers As Nation Honors
Its War Dead
AUSPICES OF AUXILIARY
New names on America’s roll of
honored dead give new meaning
to the memorial poppy this year
Mrs. D. C. Martin, Poppy Day
Chairman of the local American
Legion Auxiliary Unit, pointed
out as she worked on final ar
rangements for the distribution of
the little red flowers Saturday.
“Wearing a poppy is the indiv
idual way of honoring the men
who have sacrificed their lives
in the nation’s service," said Mrs.
Martin. • “Ever since the first
World War the poppy has been
worn in tribute to the men who
gave their lives in that conflict.
Now new names are being inscrib
ed among America’s heroic dead.
The poppy is for them, too. It is
a symbol of our sorrow and pride.
It is a pledge that we will aways
remember them and serve on in
the cause for which they died.
“The poppy springs from the
blood and tears that are the price
of victory — the price of freedom
in this world of conquest and op
pression. Again and again Am
ericans have had to pay this price
to win and maintain their exist
ence as a free nation. When we
wear the poppy this year we will
be showing that we are not
shrinking from paying that great
price once more in order that we
may pass on to Americans to
come the heritage of a free Am
erica.
“As we honor those who give
their lives, we sholld think, too,
of those who sacrifice health and
strength, and of the families left
in need because a father or son
has served his country. They are
still within the reach of our help.
Let us be generous in our con
tributions for the poppies. Every
penney of the money given goes
to support the work The Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary are do
ing for the disabled and depend
ent families of the first World
War and of the present conflict.”
The poppies will be sold by El
kin Girl Scouts Saturday, under
the auspices of the American Leg
ion Auxiliary.
Doughton Man Shot
Following Quarrel
i
Marvin Billings, about 34, of
Doughton, is in the Elkin hospi
tal suffering body wounds from
a shot from a muzzle-loader shot
gun allegedly fired by Mace
Evans, about 45, also of Dough
ton, following a quarrel Sunday
afternoon.
Evans was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Ray Cockerham and will
be given a hearing Saturday be
fore Magistrate Ossie Walls.
VAIN EFFORT
TO STOP RUSH
OF RUSSIANS
Battle Is Being Fought Be
fore Kharkov
DESTRUCTION TERRIBLE
Tank Battling Tank and Man
Battling Man on Smoke
Clouded Front
NAZI TANKS SMASHED
Moscow, May 20.—Thousands of
tanks and hundreds of thousands
of men fought in an infernal
cauldron of destruction before
Kharkov today as the German
high command threw new masses
of machines and men into battle
in a vain attempt to stop the Rus
sian advance.
Tank fought tank and man
fought man in such a tangle that
the planes, engaged in a war of
their own over the smoke-clouded
front, could not intervene.
In one sector German tanks
attacked in a solid wall against
the Russian center and flanks. *
Russian infantrymen, holding
thier fire took the shock of the
attack and, from a thousand fox
holes, leaped out with hand gre
nades, flaming bottles and flame
throwers to charge into the for
mation from both sides and hurl
their missies or jump on the
tanks.
Seventy-one German tanks
were smashed, and into their
wreckage crashed seven flaming
German fighter planes downed
by the Russian air force.
Tank-led Russian infantrymen
and Cossack cavalrymen, driving
behind a terrific artillery barrage
and under an umbrella of protect
ing planes, made new important
gains in key areas while rein
forcements held a German coun
teroffensive on the Russian left
flank.
Special front dispatches to the
army newspaper Red Star report
ed that the Red army men had
liberated several towns and vil
lages and smashed and overrun
new German defensive positions.
It was indicated that the Ger
man counterdrive, on a 25-mile
front, had not yet fully developed.
German success in driving a
wedge into the Russian left flank
would releive pressure on Khar
kov.
In the Crimea, Russian resist
ance continued stoutly on the
eleventh day of the German of
fensive against the Kerch Penin
sula.
—
PRESS GROUP
MEETS AT “Y”
Midwestern N. C. Publishers
Taken on Tour Through
Chatham Plant
PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
Approximately thirty members
of the Midwestern Press Asso
ciation were present for the
monthly dinner meeting held
here Saturday evening at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., with
the Tribune as host to the pub
lishers and their guests.
H. F. Laffoon, of this city,
president of the group, presided
over the session, which featured
discussion of current problems of
publishers. The program for the
meeting was omitted and the vis
itors were taken on a tour of the
Y. M. C. A. building and through
the Chatham plant. Members of
the Thurmond Chatham Unity
Club acted as guides for the tour
of the Chatham mill and ex
plained the process of blanket
Tuaklng.