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State To Process Several Tons Of Lime In New Test
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
YOL. No. XXXI. No. 31
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State*
and
Nation
NATIONAL
NEW YORK, June 9. — The
Japanese people were being
told guardedly today that they
must be able to withstand the
news of naval losses, and com
petent propaganda analysts
saw in this a significant indi
cation that the Tokyo govern
ment is preparing to announce
some of its heavy reverses in
the battle of Midway. With Ja
pan generally in complete ig
norance of this great and de
structive engagement at sea,
the big Tokyo newspaper Asahi
came out with an article by an
unidentified admiral which not
only expounded the theory
that “we can’t win all the
time,” but also dipped into his
tory to show that the Japanese
navy can “take it.”
WASHINGTON, June 9.—A
nationwide campaign to collect
scrap rubber was announced
today by President Roosevelt.
The chief executive set no date
for the drive, but expressed the
hope that it could be started
shortly and completed two
weeks after it was inagurated.
He indicated there would be no
expansion of the present east
ern seaboard gasoline rationing
at least until after the results
of the campaign were known.
National gasoline rationing has
been suggested in some quar
ters as a measure to conserva
tives, possibly starting around
mid-June,
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, June 9—The RAF
bomber command tonight was
marshaling its incalculable air
strength for assaults on Ger
many’s vital war industries of
the Ruhr and Rhineland which
Air Chief Marshal A. T. Harris
predicted would make the 1,000
plane raid on Cologne look like
“a gentle zephyr of a past
summer.” The Ruhr, one of
the chief citadels of the Ger
man arms industry, was bat
tered last night for the fourth
time in eight nights. This was
one of the series of “medium”
raids in which the RAF is em
ploying several hundred planes,
but not so many as in the ear
lier four-figure attacks on
Cologne and Essen.
MOSCOW, June 10,—Stead
fast Russian defenders of Se
vastopol are beating off inces
sant attacks by powerful Ger
man land air forces which are
suffering heavy losses, the red
army announced today in a
communique reporting brisk
fighting in several sectors of
the soviet front. More than 2,
500 German troops were killed
at the approaches to Sevasto
pol in one day alone, and the
enemy casualties are mounting
by the thousands, the midnight
communique of the soviet high
command said.
BERLIN, June 9.—Heinrich
Himmler disclosed today at the
funeral of Reinhard Heydrich
that the former deputy chief of
the gestapo had fired back at
his attackers after he was fat
ally wounded. At a state fun
eral, attended by Adolf Hitler,
Hermann Goering and other
high ranking nazi officials in
the reich chancellory, Himmler
made the principal oration at
the bier of his slain assistant.
"He was a man of the purest
character,” he said. (This was
a tribute from the most hated
man in Europe to his most
hated assistant, known in oc
cupied Europe as the "hang
man,” the “oobra man” and a
score of less complimentary
.titles.)
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HIGHWAY HEAD
HOLDS MEETING
HERE TUESDAY
Greaves-Walker Report Stud
ied By Group
FIGURE GIVEN IS LOW
If New Analysis Is Okey,
, State Will Operate Lime
Deposit
WILL SETTLE QUESTION
Despite the fact that a report
on the lime property at Lime
Rock, Yadkin county, as submit
ted by Dr. Greaves-Walker, head
of the State College ceramics de
partment, proved unfavorable to
the operation of the mine and re
commended that such operation
not be undertaken, a meeting here
Tuesday afternoon between L.
Ren Prince, Chairman of the state
highway and public works com
mission and the local committee
favoring working the mine, re
sulted in a decision to actually
process several tons of the lime
stone and have an analysis made
from the finished product.
If this analysis proves up to
standard, the mine will be put in
to operation.
Members of the committee who
conferred with Mr. Prince were
J. W. L. Benson, W. M. Allen and
H. F. Laffoon.
While the findings of Dr.
Greaves-Walker were taken fully
into consideration, and were not
questioned, a hesitancy was shown
to follow his recommendation
that the project be abandoned due
to the fact that a number of other
surveys of the property had re
sulted in figures far more favor
able, and it was with the inten
tion of finally and for all time
getting an analysis of the finish
ed limestone product of the mine
that Mr. Prince agreed to the
quarrying and processing of sev
eral tons of the limestone ore.
The highway official stated that
should this analysis prove satis
factory that the state would op
erate the mine.
The Greaves-Walker report,
submitted the latter part of last
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Several Cases Tried
In Magistrate Court
The following cases have been
disposed of before Magistrate J.
L. Hall in Magistrate’s court here
during the past week:
Buster Gray, colored, affray
and resisting arrest, bound over to
court and placed in jail in default
of bond.
Bill Nelson, Paul Martin and G.
F. Butner, drunkenness, $2.50 and
the costs each.
Jesse Mitchell, drunkenness, 30
days in jail suspended upon pay
ment of the costs.
f)JT TIT) Johnny Doughboy may have found a rose
\J1 Lj U i in Ireland, but these boys aren’t interest
ed in horticulture. What they want to find is an Axis
target to shoot at with the tommy guns they are oiling at
an army base in North Ireland. Pvt. Marshall E. Mobley,
of Austin, Texas, is at left and Corp. Jose H. Cumberlede,
of Waynesburg, Pa., at right.
Test Air Raid Alarm
Results In Confusion
A
No Adequate
Alarm Signal
Given Blame
.A surprise test air raid alarm
which sounded here about 7:00 p.
m. last Thursday evening caught
Elkin flatfooted, and with the ex
ception of a number of districts
in which civilian defense corps
members got on the job, Elkin’s
all-around performance was right
much of a dismal flop.
Lack of an adequate alarm sys
tem here was given major blame
for the confusion which resulted
from the alarm, which was
sounded by about a half-dozen
blasts on the Chatham Manufac
turing Company whistle and two
rather feeble blasts of the fire
siren. The steam siren located on
the White Swan Laundry did not
blow at all, and both civilian de
fense members and civilians at
large didn’t know whether the
signal was for an air raid, a fire
or whatnot.
However, traffic was stopped in
some areas and people were ask
ed to take cover. In the down
town area folks did more or less
milling about on the streets and
despite several practice raids held
previously, no one seemed sure
of what to do.
The test lasted about 20 min
utes when the all-clear sounded.
The following morning a meet
ing of civilian defense heads was
held at the City Hall to discuss
the raid and to plan remedies. J.
W. L. Benson, actively in charge
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To Make Canvass Here
For Books For Library
The library committee of the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., compos
ed of Milton Cooper, chairman, J.
R. Poindexter, Garland Jolmson,
John Sagar, Mrs. Clyde Eller,
Mrs. Raymond Harris, Mrs. Paul
Gwyn and C. J. Hyslup, at a
meeting Tuesday accepted the of
fer of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce to sponsor a book
drive to secure new volumes for
the Elkin public library, which is
now housed in the Y. M. C. A.
building.
A house to house canvass of
the town will be made Sunday af
ternoon from 2 until 4 o’clock.
Jaycee members will call at every
home in Elkin for the purpose of
collecting books and people who
do not plan to be at home at the
time of the canvass are asked to
leave their books on the front
porch. Those who do not have
books to donate and would like to
make a cash donation ' for the
purchase of a book are asked to
give their donation to the solici
tors Sunday. The drive Sunday
will be led by John Sagar, chair
man of the library committee of
the Jaycees.
The support of all citizens is
asked in this drive as many addi
tional volumes are needed for the
library.
The library is open to the pub
lic, and books and other reading
or reference material can be ob
tained at the library from ^0 a. m.
until 10 p. m. each day during the
week.
USO Drive Here
To Date Now
Stands At $911
Of the $1,250 quota assigned
Elkin in the USO drive which
is now underway, a total of
$911.04 had been received up
until Wednesday noon, accord
ing to E. W. McDaniel, who is
in charge of the campaign
here. Mr. McDaniel stated
that the campaign would come
to a close Saturday night and
that it was hoped that Elkin
would reach the assigned quota
by that time.
All donations to the fund
may be left with Garland
Johnson, treasurer, at The
Bank of Elkin, or at The
Tribune office.
MORE MEN ARE
, RECLASSIFIED
Selective Service Registrants
Assigned to Classes By
Board
MAJORITY ARE IN 1-A
Selective service registrants re
classified by the local board at
Dobson during the week have
been released.
Men put in class 1-A include
John Edward Badgett, Junior Dil
lard White, James Riley Evans,
Neal Wood, Alvie Lee Johnson,
Wade Henry Holyfield, Charlie
Clarence Wilson, Lytle Bohnson
Tulbert, Earl Gwyn Bartin, Gra
ham Watson Somers, Charles
Howard Swift, Tandy Lee Mat
thews, Glenn Oliver Martin, War
ren Harding Crissman, Joseph
Montgomery Cranfill and Albert
Mitchell Collins.
Abraham L. Merritt, Paul Sam
uel Swanson, Zeno Whitaker,
Tommie W. Sechrist, William
Odell Lawrence, Delbert Arnold
Boyles, Jackson Willis Riggan, Jr.,
Patti William Coe, James Ray
mond Johnson and Roy G. Har
bour were placed in class 2-A.
Rufus J. Hutson and William L.
Matthews were placed in class 4
P; Willis B. Walker in class 4-D;
Zeno Alexander Dobbins in class 2
B, and Wellborn H. Gordon and
Ernest Wade Darnell in class 3
A.
GIVE A BOOK TO THE ELKIN
PUBLIC LIBRARY!
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TO ENTERTAIN
BOYS WHO ARE
TO GO TO CAMP
List of Those to Leave Soon
Is Given
TO BE AT NEAVES PARK
Special Program Is Arranged
And Each Selectee to Be
Given Gift
ALL URGED TO ATTEND
The probable list of men who
will leave for induction into the
United States army within the
near future has been announced
by Surry Draft Board No. 2.
This group will be entertained
Friday evening at Neaves Park by
the American Legion and local ci
vic organizations and citizens, at
a picnic supper, for which a good
program has been arranged. The
meeting will start at 6:30 p. m.
All boys who are to go to the
army are urged to attend, as well
as any soldiers, sailors or marines
who may be home on leave.
Nice gifts will be given the se
lectees.
The list of names of those who
will make up the list are as fol
lows:
William Granade Dixon, Elkin;
Offie Wilson Mann, Elkin; John
Edward Badgett, Pilot Mountain;
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ONE KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Mrs. Sarah G. Caldwell, * of
Winston-Salem, Dies in
Hospital
HAPPENED NEAR ELKIN
Mrs. Sarah G. Caldwell, 40,
senior staff member and member
ship supervisor of the Winston
Salem Chamber of Commerce,
died early Sunday morning in
Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital
here, from injuries sustained in
an automobile accident on the El
kin-North Wilkesboro highway,
three miles west of Elkin, Satur
day night.
Mrs. Caldwell was with Mrs. W.
F. Turner, also of Winston-Salem,
and they were en route to Roar
ing River for a visit wth Mrs.
Turner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Harris, when the accident
occurred.
It is said that their car, which
was reportedly struck by a hit and
run driver, swerved 375 feet on
the road and turned around be
fore stopping on the highway.
Mrs. Turner received only slight
injuries.
GIVE A BOOK TO THE ELKIN
PUBLIC LIBRARY!
Admit Some Loss In
Midway Naval Fight;
Other Claims Given
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Firemen Drill
Pictured above are shown
several Elkin firemen as they
underwent a drill while attend
ing the Fire College and Drill
at Asheville last week. Shown
in the picture are, top, Tom
Phillips, center, Heber Mounce,
and bottom, Fire Chief Ted
Brown, as they drilled in scal
ing a building by hooking lad
ders into the windows above,
climbing up, and shoving the
ladders higher. Buck Shores is
shown standing with back to
camera in center foreground.
Others who attended the col
lege were Sig Holcomb and Leff
Cothren.
Movie Showing 4-H
Work To Be Screened
A picture “Young America.”
portraying 4-H Club activities will
be shown at the Lyric theatre
here on Friday, June 19, accord
ing to an announcement made by
A. W. Huff, assistant Surry coun
ty farm agent. The showing will
begin at 1 p. m.
All club members are invited to
bring their lunches for a picnic
at Neaves Park at 11 o’clock prior
to the show.
Committee Is Named To
Make Old Rubber Drive
A special committee has been
appointed to help in a drive to
collect all available rubber in the
Salvage for Victory program, it
was announced Tuesday from
Dobson.
, Those named to form the com
mittee which will organize the
county for work are: J. Pate
Fulk, Pilot Mountain, chairman:
Edd Miller, Mount Airy, P. G.
Lowe, Lowgap; Mrs. Prank Free
man, Dobson; W. H. Hardy, Si
loam, and C. A. Bryant, of Elkin.
Ninety-seven per cent of the
United States’ rubber supply has
been cut off by the Japanese, and
the only available source of rub
ber in the nation today is reclaim
ed rubber in the hands of the na
tion's citizens.
It is estimated that 2,000,00(1
tons are available and to keep
plants running at capacity 30,000
tons per month must be collected.
Scrap rubber in the United States
represents a greater wealth of
rubber than the nation’s enemies
could assemble from all sources
available to them today, it was
said.
Old tires, garden hose, o 1 d
boots, old shoe heels, hot water
bottles, rubber gloves and toys
and many other items of rubber or
containing rubber, will prove of
tremendous value if put into the
proper channel.
All organizations are urged to
make every effort to collect all
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TELL FOLKS AT
HOME U. S. LOST
TWO CARRIERS
Admit Some of Own Losses
In Battle
VERSIONS ARE MIXED
Sevastopol Situation Is Grow
ing Graver, Russians
Say
NEWS GOOD IN LIBYA
A full week after its attack on
Dutch Harbor and six days after
its attack on Midway Island, Ja
pan issued its first communique
on its biggest naval engagement
of the war—and the first great
naval defeat in its history.
Imperial headquarters at Tokyo
admitted the loss of one aircraft
carrier, heavy damage to a sec
ond carrier, damage to one cruis
er and the loss of 35 planes.
It asserted that the United
States had lost two aircraft car
riers, of the Enterprise and Hor
net 19,900-ton class and claimed
the destruction of 120 United
States planes at Midway and 14
at Dutch Harbor.
The communique asserted that
the Japanese in a joint navy and
army action had destroyed nu
merous American positions in the
Aleutian Islands, of which Dutch
Harbor is the chief base, and said
that operations continued.
Tokyo and Berlin, in broad
casting the general story of the
communique and its full text,
gave conflicting versions.
The general reports claimed
that the Japanese had “occupied”
points in the Aluetians, but the
text of the communique said:
“June 7, naval units in closest
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TO START SCRAP
IRON CAMPAIGN
Plans Made for Farm-to
Farm Collection of Vital
Metal
SHOULD FILL OUT CARDS
Plans have been completed and
machinery set up to start the
farm to farm collection of scrap
iron and rubber in Surry county^
The WPA will start trucks the
first of the week collecting all
materials available. All persons
are urged to cooperate in this
most important collection pro
gram.
All persons have been mailed
cards from the County Office and
should fill them out and return
them at once. Only a small per
centage of the cards mailed out of
Raleigh were returned and so an
other set has been sent out of
the County Office with the hope
that all persons will notify the
office of any material they have
on the farm for sale or to be do
nated to the government.
All persons are urged to cooper
ate and either gather the material
up themselves or let their boys
and girls do it in order that no
material will be overlooked.
Everyone is urged to fill out the
card mailed to them so that a
record may be made on each farm
cooperating in this drive. If iron
has already been disposed of, card
should be mailed just the same.