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The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 30
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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STATE
RALEIGH, June 2.—Govern
or Broughton said Tuesday af
ternoon in announcing the re
signation of Revenue Commis
sioner Allen J. Maxwell, the
appointment of Parole Com
missioner Edwin M. Gill to the
Maxwell vacancy and Hatha
way Cross to the Gill position,
that all future appointments in
the revenue office would be
made by Commissioner Gill,
whose headship there is com
plete in name and in fact.
NATIONAL
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WASHINGTON, June 2. —
President Roosevelt today ask
ed for war declarations against
Bulgaria, Hungary and Ruma
nia as “instruments of Hitler
* * * now engaged in military
activities directed against the
United Nations.” Congress pre
pared to give prompt approval
The three axis satellites pro
claimed themselves at war with
the United States two days af
ter Germany and Italy took
such action December 11. Mr.
Roosevelt said in a special 96
word message to Congress that
he realized they had not acted
“upon their own initiative or
in response to the wishes of
their own peoples but as in
struments of Hitler.”
AN EASTERN UNITED
STATES PORT, June 2—Eight
of 67 crew members aboard a
large American motorship were
killed when their vessel was
torpedoed in the Caribbean sea
northwest of Trinidad, the
third naval district announced
today. Arrival of survivors
from a Panamanian merchant
ship sunk in the Atlantic also
was disclosed by the district
headquarters. Survivors of the
American vessel said the torpe
doing occurred the night of
May 17, and that enemy pro
jectiles exploded ammunition
in the ship with a terrific blast.
WASHINGTON. June 2.—A
strong hint late today by war
production chief Donald M.
Nelson that nationwide gaso
line rationing would be order
ed shortly, was followed by an
explosion of opposition on cap
itol hilL Senator Ellender,
Democrat, Louisiana, declared
that “it would be calamitous to
order nationwide gasoline ra
tioning to save rubber, when
there is ample evidence to
show there is enough scrap
rubber available to keep all
necessary automobiles rolling
for the duration of the war.”
Earlier, it was reliably learned
that President Roosevelt gave
a “go ahead” signal for nation
wide gasoline rationing at a
conference between the chief
executive. Nelson and Price
Administrator Leon Hender
son.
INTERNATIONAL
CAIRO, June 2.—A British
counterasault has shattered
German Cot. Gen. Erwin Rom
mel’s main offensive in Libya
and captured or destroyed 26C
of his tanks but German
mechanized forces are making
a strong stand in the dust
clouded battlefield 28 milee
southwest of Tobruk, front dis
patches said tonight. (Th<
air ministry in London an
nounced that RAF planes hav<
destroyed approximately 1,00(
axis vehicles in a week of non
stop assaults in Libya, consid
erably depleting Rommel’s me
chanized transport columns
and that “the delays and con
fusion which the attacks cans
ed the enemy have been as val
uable to our land forces as th
actual destruction wrought.”)
Surry War Bond Sales
In May Total $76,901
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ELKIN CITIZENS
BUY $26,025.50
DURING PERIOD
County Quota for Month Was
Only $44,600.00
PILOT MOUNTAIN $15,856
Mount Airy Bond Sale An
nounced At $30,968;
Dobson $4,050
JUNE QUOTA IS $68,700
The citizens of Surry county
went over the top with a bang in
buying their quota of United
States War Bonds during the
month of May, figures just re
leased for the month show.
Allotted a quota of $44,600 for
May, Surry citizens bought a to
tal of $76,901.05 during the
month, or $32,301.05 more than
was asked by the government.
Of this amount, Elkin citizens
alone bought well over half the
county's quota, the local figure
totalling $26,025.50. Considering
Elkin’s population, this figure is
considered exceptionally good.
In the county, Mount Airy citiz
ens bought bonds totalling $30,
968.80. Pilot Mountain sold bonds
totalling $15,856.25, and Dobson
$4,050.
The bond quota for Surry for
June has been set at $68,700. The
North Carolina quota for June is
$8,190,500.
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CITY SCHOOLS
END TUESDAY
Forty-two Members of Sen
ior Class Are Awarded
Diplomas
AWARDS PRESENTED
The city schools came to a close
Tuesday evening when forty-two
members of the graduating class
were presented diplomas by J.
Mark McAdams, superintendent
of the city schools.
The first of the commencement
programs was the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday evening by
Rev. Herman F. Duncan, of this
city. Class Day exercises were
held on Monday evening and the
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Navy Relief Drive
Here Nets $1,835.07
A total of $1,835.07 was raised
locally in a drive which has just
been completed for the Navy Em
ergency Relief Society, according
to an announcement Wednesday
by Chas. R. Hanes, local chair
man. | #
In a letter received by Mr.
Hanes from Dr. Fred M. Hanes of
Durham, state chairman of the
Navy Relief Society, he expressed
his appreciation to the people oi
Elkin and the surrounding com
munity for their splendid re
sponse and his congratulations to
Mr. Hanes and his co-workers for
their work in soliciting donations
Four Are Tried
For Drunkenness
Four cases, all involving drunk
! enness, were disposed of before
> Magistrate J. L. Hall in Magis
trate’s court during the past week
Those tried were:
Jerry Phillips, public drunken
ness, $1.00 and costs; DeWitl
Crabb, public drunkenness, $1.0(
and costs; Jack Cocker ham, pub
• lie drunkenness, taxed with costs
f Winfield Stanley, public drunken
ness, $2.50 and costs.
n A A]TilT} ATFQ Pictured below are leading fig
C /li V LSI Lf/A 1 Lju ures in Saturday’s Democratic
primary. At top left is Rep. John Folger, of the Fifth Dis
trict, who easily won the nomination for a return trip to
Congress. Upper right: Senator Josiah Bailey, who also
wa3 given a big majority in the primary vote over Foun
tain. Lower left is Sheriff H. S. Boyd, who led Sam Pat
terson, lower right, by only a small margin in the Surry
race for sheriff, and who will face a run-off primary
June 27.
Town Board Bans Sale
Beer, Wine On Sundays
Pass Ordinance
To Regulate
Bicycle Traffic
The sale of wine and beer on
Sundays, habitation of pigs and
hogs, and the regulation of bicy
cles all came under the scrutiny
of the Elkin board of commission
ers at their meeting here Monday
night.
The board also set a tentative
tax rate of $1.30, which is the
same as the tax rate for the past
year, and made up a tentative
budget of approximately $55,000
for the coming year.
In prohibiting the sale of wine
and beer, the commissioners pass
ed an ordinance forbidding the
sale of such beverages between
the hours of 12 o’clock Saturday
night and 12 o’clock Sunday
night. This ordinance applies to
all dealers within the city limits
of the town.
The board also recognized the
growing amount of bicycle traffic
on city streets, and passed an or
dinance containing the following
regulations:
No person shall ride a bicycle
on street or sidewalk at night un
less a red reflector is attached to
rear of bike and headlight is at
tached on front.
It is unlawful to ride a bicycle
without both hands on handle
bars. It is unlawful for more
than one person to ride a bicy
cle at the same time and unlaw
ful for the operator of a bicycle
; to hold on to any moving bus
i truck, car or other vehicle.
Riders hereafter must ride or
the seat of the bike, and not at
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First Aid
Classes To
Start At Y
First Aid classes for persons
who have not taken the 10
hours required in the Civilian
Defense Basic Training Course,
and also for anyone wishing to
complete the 20 hourse course
to be eligible for a standard
Red Cross First Aid card will
start at the T. M. C. A. today
(Thursday), at 7:30 p. m.
Classes will be held each
Tuesday and Thursday until
completed.
CHURCHES PLAN
BIBLE SCHOOLS
Classes to Be Held Each
Morning From 9 a. m.
Until 11:30 a. m.
START ON JUNE 15TH
The First Baptist, Methodisl
and Presbyterian churches wil
conduct Daily Vacation Bible
Schools for the members of the
respective church schools front
June 15 through June 26.
Classes will be held each morn
ing fronf 9 until 11:30.
At the Baptist church children
will be enrolled from the begin
ners’ department of the Sunday
school, through the intermediate
department.
The Methodist group will hole
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RUN-OFF ASKED
BY PATTERSON;
FOLGER WINNER
Voters Pick Nominees At
Polls Saturday
BAILEY IS NOMINATED
Second Primary to Be Held
June 27 to Pick
Sheriff
WILKES, YADKIN VOTE
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Saturday’s primary in Surry
county saw Representative John
Polger, of the fifth district, and
Senator Josiah Bailey go far
ahead in their race for reelection
to Congress, while in the four
cornered race for Surry sheriff
Sam Patterson ran Harvey Boyd
such a close race that a second
primary is to be held Saturday,
June 27, to determine the Demo
cratic nominee for that post.
In the lone Republican contest
for the U. S. Senate, Sam J. Mor
ris was given 20 of the 32 Repub
lican votes cast, Stoner W. Kluttz,
his opponent, polling only 12
votes.
Throughout the state Bailey
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FARM CLASS IS
OK’D BY BOARD
Commissioners Approve Ag
ricultural Department for
Elkin Schools
TEACHERS ARE SCARCE
The Surry county board of
commissioners, meeting in regu
lar session Monday at Dobson,
approved a request of the Elkin
board of education for the inau
guration of an agricultural de
partment in the Elkin schools for
next term.
However, although this request
was okeyed, it has been pointed
out by J. Mark McAdams, super
intendent of local schools, that
due to the difficulty in securing
teachers during tile present time,
the school may not be able to ob
tain the services of an agricul
tural instructor.
The commissioners also drew a
jury list Monday for an approach
ing two-weeks’ term of civil
court, and transacted other busi
ness of a routine nature.
PLANMEETING
AT YMCA HERE
Rescue Squad Expert From
Roanoke, Va., to Be
Speaker
PUBLIC IS INVITED
A meeting will be held at the
Y. M. C. A. here Sunday, June 7,
at 3:00 p. m., for all members of
the local Civilian Defense Corps
and the general public.
Julian S. Wise and Ralph R.
Daniel, both of Roanoke, Va.,
will be present, with Mr. Wise the
principal speaker. Mr. Wise has
been active in emergency work
with rescue squads and life sav
ing crews for the past 15 years
and is well known as an author
ity on all types of rescue work
and will discuss the job thal
would have to be done by emer
gency workers in case of an aii
raid and bombing.
The speaker will also discuss
the advantages of having a grout
of trained men in rescue work
who are able to perform this typ<
i of task in case of emergency.
Mr. Wise is the organizer anc
i captain of the Roanoke, Va., Lif<
Saving Crew and is the organize:
and past-president of the Vir
ginia Association of Rescui
i Squads. He has been acitve ii
- the organization and training o:
' the various divisions in the Civil
! ian Defense organization in th<
city of Roanoke. While here, h<
[ will inspect the Elkin Emergency
Squad’s equipment and organiza
tion.
Hundreds Of Planes
Again Raid Ruhr As
Air Offensive Gains
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Prisoner?
Mrs. Blanche Dunnagan, of
Winston-Salem, mother of First
Lieutenant Charles Dunnagan,
of Elkin, has received a mes
sage from the War Department
stating that no definite report
on her son would be available
for some time. He was station
ed in the Philippines at Tagay
tay Lake, near Manila, when
last heard from, and no word
of him has been received since
the Philippines passed into ene
my hands. He has not, how
ever, been reported as killed or
wounded, and it is therefore
supposed that he is at present a
prisoner of war. Lieut Dunna
gan was commander of an in
fantry company. He was in
Elkin for a short visit prior to
sailing for the Philippines a few
weeks before the outbreak of
war.— (Tribune Photo).
ALLEGED RING
LEADER TAKEN
Henry Newman Arrested At
Home of Brother Near
Siloam Sunday
COMPANION IS NABBED
Henry Newman, formerly of
Elkin and alleged by officers to
be the leader of a huge North
west North Carolina theft ring,
was arrested by officials of the
state highway patrol and S. B. I.
in this county Sunday morning.
He was placed in jail at Mount
Airy.
It was stated by police that
Newman will be charged with
breaking an entering and possi
bly other charges in connection
with the theft ring.
Another person, Whose name
officers withheld, was arrested
with Newman. Both were taken
at the home of Newman’s brother
in the Siloam section of the
county, it was said.
Officers withheld any informa
tion on investigations which have
been made as a result of the
large haul taken in the Traphill
section of Wilkes recently when
800 pounds of sugar, white liquor,
hundreds of empty sugar bags,
and other contraband were
seized.
USO Drive Here
Showing Progress
The drive here to raise funds
1 for the USO got under way Satur
day under the direction of Chair
; man E. W. McDaniel, and is pro
; gressing favorably, it was report
ed Wednesday.
, The drive will continue for sev
| eral more days in which time El
» kin’s quota of $1,250 is expected
! to be raised.
s Those desiring to contribute to
! the fund will please leave dona
r tions with Garland Johnson,
. treasurer, at The Bank of Elkin,
or The Tribune office.
NAZI BASE IS
CAPTURED BY A
RAIDING PARTY
Another Axis Attack Stop
ped By Imperials
FACTORY AREA BOMBED
Home of Great Krupp Arma
ment Works Is Left in
Smoking Ruins
FOURTEEN PLANES LOST
Cairo, June 3.—Britain’s Eighth
Army, seizing the initiative in the
Libyan desert, has captured the
German stronghold of Segnali by
sending a raiding column 30 miles
west of the imperial main posi
tions, a Middle East headquarters
communique revealed today.
The British commander-in
chief, General Sir Claude J. E.
Auchinleck, disclosed that British
forces yesterday stopped another
axis attack on their southern
flank near Bir Hacheim, 48 miles
southwest of Tobruk.
The communique said the Brit
ish occupied Segnali, a key supply
base only 38 miles southeast of
Mekili, on Monday and were “ac
tively harassing’’ Colonel General
Erwin Rommel’s supply lines from
the west.
Segnali, identified in the com
munique as “Rotunda Segnali,” is
44 miles almost due west of
Knightsbridge, the desert cross
roads 28 miles southwest of To
bruuk where hard-pressed axis
units were reported still battling
fiercely against increasing imper
ial pressure.
Prom the British Isles Hun
dreds of giant bombers returned
to the smoking German Ruhr
during the night, in the third de
vastation raid in four days, and
dropped bombs into fires still
raging from the 1,036-plane at
tack of the night before.
The British raiders did not to
tal in four figures as they had
Saturday and Monday nights, but
“hundreds” swept over Essen,
home of the Krupp Armament
Works, and other towns in the
heart of industrial Western Ger
many, dropping incendiary and
explosive bombs into great factory
areas still completely shrouded by
smoke.
Fourteen planes failed to re
turn against 35 lost the night be
fore. But the smoke and ground
haze, so thick that observation
was dificult, hindered German
anti-aircraft fire and it was be
lieved the loss ratio was probably
lower than in any of the three
raids so far in the new offensive
which is aimed at smashing Ger
man industrial centers one by one.
“Hector Hisself”
To Write Weekly
Tribune Feature
A new feature, entitled
“When Hector Was A Pup,”
starts in this issue of The Tri
bune, and will be found on one
of the inside pages.
Written by “Hector hisself,”
the weekly feature will contain
much information that will
prove interesting to older resi
dents of the town and section,
and to the younger generation
as well.
The author of the feature, a
person of the shrinking violet
type when it comes to public
ity, but a person who really
knows what he is writing
about, desires that his name
not be published, and that he
be known merely as “Hector.”
The Tribune invites you to
read the first article and to
watch for “Hector” each suc
ceeding week.
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