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ELKIN
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Little Town in
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The Elkin
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SECTIONS
VOL. No. XXXI. No. 32
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, June 16.—
A great air-sea battle still is
raging off the Aleutian islands,
it was believed tonight as An
thony Dimond, the Alaskan
delegate to Congress, urged the
army and navy to oust the
Japs promptly lest they capi
talize on present footholds for
a landing based air offensive.
(The Vichy radio, an unrelia
ble source of information, said
that the Japanese have made
new landings on the Aleutian
islands.) There was no fur
ther word on the fighting be
yond last night’s official navy
announcement that army and
navy fliers have damaged at
least six invasion ships—“some
severely—and that air attacks
are “continuing.”
WASHINGTON, June 16.—
The office of price administra
tion took drastic action today
to halt what is described as
improper gasoline sales by
stopping deliveries to 14 fill
ing stations in the New York
and Philadelphia areas. The
stations were accused of sell
ing gas without requiring ra
tion cards. OPA officials dis
closed that 2,000 OPA workers
and volunteer citizens had
made the "spot checks” which
resulted in the suspensions,
From
the
State
and
Nation
and said that this system
would be used throughout the
17-state eastern ration area.
WASHINGTON, June 16.—
Legislators disclosed today that
the navy has charted a new
and precedent - .shattering
course in warship construction,
with a decision to concentrate
on the building of airplane
carriers at the expense of new
battleships—heretofore consid
ered the backbone of sea pow
er. Emphasizing the growing
recognition of the vital role of
air power in the world con
flict, the house naval commit
tee approved an $8,500,000,000
measure calling for 500,000
tons of carriers and omitting
any provision for new battle
ships. In its entirety, the
measure contemplates the con
struction of 1,400 ships of all
other types.
WASHINGTON, June 16. —
Congress gave final approval
today to legislation providing
financial aid for dependents of
men in the four lowest grades
in the armed services coinci
dent with an announcement
that draft boards soon may be
instructed to defer all married
men until further notice. At
the same time, congressional
sources reported the adminis
tration may ask the legislators
early next year to lower the
minimum draft age from 20 to
18. Under the dependent aid
bill which was sent to the
White House after final house
action, the wife of a lower
rank service man will receive
$22 monthly from her husband
and $28 from the government.
The government also will con
tribute $12 a month toward the
support of a child and $10 a
month for each additional
child.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, June 16.—The U.
S. army’s four-motored “Liber
ators,” RAF torpedo planes and
warships of the British fleet
were disclosed tonight to have
sunk one of Italy’s two remain
ing heavy cruisers, left two
Italian battleships battered
and burning, and destroyed or
damaged at least six other ene
my men-of-war in the battles
which have churned the cen
tral and eastern Mediterranean
:• since Saturday. It was the
first officially recorded partici
pation of U. S. air forces in the
Mediterranean theater, now
blazing into full summer activ
ity.
PEARL HARBOR, June 17.—
Well-informed quarters ex
pressed confidence today that
the Japanese threat to thg Ale
’ utain Islands would be dissipat
ed as soon as the weather im
proved and that the crippled
Japanese fleet soon would make
another major mistake. There
is increasing optimism here
since the battle of Midway Is
I land.
Every Ounce Of Scrap
Rubber Is Asked Now
A- . _____
VITAL MATERIAL
BADLY NEEDED
BYGOVERNMENT
Service Stations Will Pay lc
Per Pound
SCOUTS TAKING PART
No Article Containing Rub
ber Is Too Large or
Too Small
BRYAN ON COMMITTEE
Elkin joined in Monday morn
ing with the nation-wide drive to
collect salvage rubber to be used
by the government in providing
fighting materials for the army,
navy and air force.
The government is seeking every
ounce of old rubber possible. No
amount is too small or too large,
and all citizens are asked to search
garages, basements and attics for
rubber articles and either take
them to their nearest filling sta
tion or put it in a pile and call
the Elkin Boy Scouts, who are
cooperating in the drive.
All rubber carried to local filling
stations may be sold for one cent
per pound if the owner desires it.
However, no profit is to be made
by the service stations other than
their actual expense in handling
the rubber.
Boy Scouts were busy here Tues
day bringing in old rubber, which
they are storing at Hayes & Speas
Furniture Co., until it can be dis
posed of through the proper chan
nels.
Ih listing the types of rubber
wanted, the government included
old tires, garden hose, hot water
bottles, fruit jar rings, old rubber
heels, rubber balls, rubber gloves,
rubber sheets, old girdles, garters
and suspenders, and any other
item containing the vitally needed
material.
Outcome of the drive may de
termine whether or not gasoline j
rationing will be put in force I
throughout the nation to con
serve tires. That the need is acute j
is borne out by the fact that |
practically all sources of crude
rubber are now in the hands of
the Japanese.
A. O. Bryan, of Elkin, is a mem
ber of the Surry county commit
tee in charge of the rubber drive.
The committee is headed by J.
Pate Fulk, of Pilot Mountain, as ]
chairman.
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ARE TO KEEP .
TAB ON SPEED!
Motorists Who Exceed 40
Miles Per Hour May Ex
perience Hard Time
USES UP TIRES AND GAS
Raleigh, June 16.—North Car
olina motorists who drive faster ]
than 40 miles an hour cannot be
prosecuted in the courts, but they
are. liable to have a tough time
when they try to get tires and
gasoline, T. Bodie Ward, state ,
motor vehicle commissioner, said
today.
Ward said an unnamed feder- <
al agency had requested the state \
highway patrol to report to it the ,
names of persons who drive fast- -
er than 40 miles an hour, a limit ,
suggested by President Roosevelt ■
as a means of saving tires and
gasoline. ;
The highway patrol cannot is
sue citations to those who violate
the 40-mile-an-hour limit because 1
North Carolina’s statutory limit ;
is 60-miles-an-hour except in a
number of restricted speed zones, 1
Ward said, but the federal agency
“is going to keep a record and
those violating the 40-mile limit
are going to have a hard time
getting gasoline and tires."
TRAIN IN “BUSH
» Somewhere in the Carib
bean area . . . These
wraith-like figures seen marching through a jungle path
would become very much alive if they were confronted by
enemy invaders in this territory. They are U. S. troops
in the course of vigorous training for “bush” warfare. —
(U. S. Army Signal Corps Soundphoto.)
Stop Lights
Here Cut Off
First Of Week
In an effort to conserve gas
oline and to save wear and
tear on automobile tires caus
ed by frequent starting and
stopping, Mayor J. R. Poindex
ter, of Elkin, lias ordered local
traffic lights turned off here
on all days except Friday af
ternoon and Saturday, Chief
of Police Corbett Wall said
Tuesday.
Automobile traffic during
the first four or five days of
the week is not as heavy as it
once was due to the practice
of many patriotic citizens in
using them only when really
necessary, and as a result the
traffic lights are not needed.
OVER 750 BOOKS
GATHERED HERE
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funior Chamber of Commerce
Stages Book Drive for
Library
S SPLENDID SUCCESS
More than 750 books were col
ected for the public library by the
unior Chamber of Commerce in
, house to house canvass of the
own Sunday afternoon. The drive
/as considered a splendid success.
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WEN 18-20 TO
REGISTER 30TH
3ate Will Mark Fifth Regis
tration Under Selective
Service
VT CITY HALL HERE
Plans are now being made by
Surry draft boards for the fifth
egistration of men for military
ervice, which will be held on
ruesday, June 30, from 7 a. m.
o 9 p. m. This registration will
nclude all men born after Janu
iry 1, 1922 and before June 30,
.924, or the group age 18-20.
Insofar as is known the regis
,ration places used in previous
■egistrations will again be used.
:n Elkin registrars will be located
it the City Hall, and will work
mder the direction of Registrar
I. L. Hall.
Although required to register,
mder present laws men 18 and 19
ire not subject to military duty.
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PLAN NUTRITION
COURSE IN ELKINi
To Be Taught Under Super- ]
vision of Surry Chapter
of Red Cross '
MRS. HENDREN TEACHER ,
A standard course in Pled Cross
nutrition will be the next course i
taught under the supervision of :
the Surry county chapter of the s
Ameri«an Red Cross, according to <
Mrs. Joe Bivins, chairman of the (
Elkin branch. The course will be
taught by Mrs. Linville Hendren, 1
home economics teacher of the 1
Jonesville school. 1
The course will be for twenty
hours and will be directed toward (
making Americans better fed. (
Upon completion of the course ,
Red Cross certificates will be
awarded. (
A twenty-hour Red Cross can
teen course will follow the nutri- j
tion course. The canteen course i
deals with the Organization and 1
setting up of a canteen for feed- <
ing people in case of disaster, such <
as floods, fires and bombings, and i
for extending hospitality to mov
ing military troops.
Any person, either men or wo
men, in Elkin, Jonesville or this
vicinity, is eligible for the nutri
tion course. Registration will be
held Friday, June 19, from 7:30
to 8:30 at the Red Cross sewing
room, located in the old public li
brary building. Classes will begin
on July 2, and will be held on ]
each Tuesday anci Thursday
thereafter from 7:30 until 9:30 p.
m. The location of the class will
be announced after registration.
USO Drive Here
Goes Over The }
Top With $1,294
E. W. McDaniel, chairman of ^
the USO drive here, reports a to- i
tal of $1,294.04 to date in the (
drive, with other small contribu- t
tions expected. The quota for El- {
kin was set at $1,250.
The county as a whole also ex- c
ceeded its quota, with a total con- j
tribution of $4,000, it is under- j
stood. (
In every patriotic drive staged
here Elkin has oversubscribed her j,
alloted quota. j
Attorneys Named To !
Abstract Properties *
F. D. B. Harding, of Yadkin- 1
ville, and W. M. Allen, of Elkin, t
have been named to make ab- t
stracts for the property to be af
fected by the Yadkin river dam :
to be built at Styers Ferry, and i
will serve the citizens of Yadkin i
and Surry counties in this re- i
spect. i
SOLDIER’S MAIL
IS TO BE SENT
ON MICRO - FILM
Method Will Save Weight
And Bulk
PLAN IS EXPLAINED
Letters Will Be Reduced to
Tiny Negative and Then
Reproduced
USE SPECIAL FORMS
It has been announced by the
United States Postoffice Depart
ment that hereafter much of the
mail going to soldiers who are
stationed outside the United
States will be sent by micro-film
in order to eliminate bulk and
weight.
Lengthy details of the plan was
received by Postmaster P. W.
3raham Wednesday morning,
sut boiled down to a few words,
his is what the use of micro
'ilm means:
A letter written to a soldier
jverseas will be dropped in the
nail as usual, but instead of be
ng placed aboard a plane or ship
o be carried to its destination, it
vill be sent to one of the many
nicro-film stations that have
jeen set up in this country and
n other United Nations all over
;he world. There it will be pho
nrrronhnrl nr» m 1 m Vtoinor
•educed to a tiny image in this
irocess. This film will then be
lent to the overseas station near
;st the destination of the letter,
md an enlarged print will be
aade from the film, restoring the
etter to its original size. This
eproduction, which in actuality
vill be a photographic copy of
he original letter, will then be
lent on to the soldier to which it
s addressed.
Soldiers overseas will also send
heir mail in the same fashion,
iowever, not all letters will be
lent by micro-film, the method
>f how they are to be sent to be
lecided by postal authorities.
It was pointed out that a great
laving in bulk, weight and ship
ling space will result from the
nicro-film plan. For instance,
.50,000 one-sheet letters will
veigh 2,575 pounds and will re
luire 37 mail sacks in which to
:ontain it. But by use of micro
ilm, 150,000 letters will weigh
inly 45 pounds and can be con
ained in one mail sack.
In writing letters to soldiers,
narines or sailors overseas, the
ender must use a standard letter
orm, which, when properly fold
d, is transformed into an envel
ipe. A shipment of these forms
s expected by the local postof
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MERCHANTS TO
MEET JUNE 26
Employees Will Also Attend
Rally to Be Held At
Y. M. C. A.
riCKETS ARE ON SALE
A Merchants Rally will be held
Friday evening, June 26, at 7:30
X the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.,
,ccording to an announcement
Vednesday by Miss Louise Laf
oon, secretary of the Elkin Mer
hants Association. The rally will
•e for both employers and em
•loyees.
Theodore Johnson of Raleigh,
tate director of the OPA, will be
•resent for the meeting and will
•old an open forum on the gen
ral maximum price regulations.
R. L. Cherry of the Charlotte
•ranch of ' the Federal Reserve
lank of Richmond, will also be
•resent and will give information
[ealing with regulation W, gov
rning consumer credit.
The local association has ex
ended invitations to nearby
owns to send representatives to
he meeting.
The meeting will be a dinner
ession. Tickets are now on sale
it the office of the association
ecretary in the city hall. Reser
vations should be made by Friday
iftemoon of this week'.
Supreme Effort Of
Germans To Capture
Sevastopol Is Halted
Elkin Behind
On Quota Of
U. S. War Bonds
Although Elkin exceeded its
quota of War Bond purchases
in May by a large figure, it has
fallen down thus far this
month, a check of all sales
sources here up to Tuesday
night has disclosed, it was
learned from Postmaster F. W.
Graham Wednesday.
The Surry county quota for
June was set at $68,700 as com
pared to the May quota of $44,
600. Of the June quota, El
kin’s share is estimated at
about $20,000, but thus far
with the month over half gone,
total sales here amount to only
$7,162.50, Mr. Graham said.
Last month Elkin citizens
bought bonds totaling $26,
025.50.
Next month’s quota is ex
pected to be even higher than
the quota for June.
SURRY WOMAN
SUICIDE VICTIM
Mrs. Ruth Mounce Welborn
Kills Self With Gun Early
Wednesday
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Mrs. Ruth Mounce Welborn,
26, wife of Cletus Welborn and
mother of a five-weeks-old baby,
committed suicide at her home
about 7 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Welborn and her husband
made their home with her hus
band’s father, Arfax Welborn, on
the old Dobson highway, about
seven miles northeast of Elkin,
and an investigation there short
ly after the young woman’s
death by Deputy Sheriff W. J.
Snow, of Elkin, disclosed that she
had shot herself in the chest
with a 20-guage shotgun, evi
dently pulling the trigger with
the toe of her right foot. Mr.
Snow said the body was lying
back down on the floor and the
gun was laying beside it. The
right foot was bare.
After completing his investiga
tion, the Elkin officer stated that
both he and the young woman’s
husband and parents were con
vinced that it was a clear case of
suicide, and that no inquest would
be necessary.
No cause for the deed could be
learned, other than that Mrs.
Welborn had been in poor health
since the birth of her child, and
pad appeared despondent for the
past several weeks.
The deceased is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Vfounce, in addition to her hus
aand and child. Funeral services
vill be conducted today (Thurs
iay) at 3:00 p. m„ from Poplar
Springs Baptist church.
SMALL CHILD
DROWNS HERE
Della Arlo Roberts, Age 2,
Falls Into Branch After
Rain
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Della Arlo Roberts, two-year
Dld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Por
ter Roberts, was drowned late
Wednesday afternoon in the swol
len waters of a small branch near
tier home, about two miles west
pf Elkin, on the Ronda road.
The fatal accident occurred fol-,
lowing heavy rains. The child
supposedly attempted to follow
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ALLIED CONVOY
LOSS HEAVY IN
GREATSEA DUEL
Italian Naval Power Again
Cut Down
TWO BATTLESHIPS LEFT
United States Army Planes
Joined in Major 4-day
Battle
IS HAZARDOUS AREA
Moscow, June 17.—A supreme
German attempt to knock out
Sevastopol has been crushed In
a ferocious 22-hour battle at the
southern approaches to the fort
ress where all available Nazi
strength was thrown into seven
storming attacks, official Soviet
advices said today.
German pressure on the Khar
kov front, 350 miles north of the
beleagured Crimean stronghold,
was eased meanwhile by a Rus
sian counterattack that caught
the Nazis off guard, knocked
them out of an important village
and destroyed a motorized col
umn.
The fiercest fighting of Sevas
topol’s 14 days of Nazi siege with
its “collossal” casualties for the
enemy was said by the official
army organ Red Star to have oc
curred during the past 24 hours,
with the Germans making a des
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TO STAGE TEST
ALARM HERE
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Will Come Some Day Next
Week to Try Out Improved
Alarm System
TO USE STEAM SIREN
The steam siren formerly locat
ed at the White Swan Laundry
has been placed on top of the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany Power plant and equipped
with directional horns for use as
an air raid alarm signal, and , a
test staged here Saturday after
noon at 5 o'clock when the siren
was sounded resulted in the ver
dict that while it marked some
improvement, it was still not com
plete satisfactory, according to J.
W. L. Benson, who is actively in
charge of the Civilian Defense
Corps here.
Mr. Benson said Wednesday
afternoon that a practice air raid
alarm would be held some day
next week during daylight hours,
so that the effectivness of the sig
nal could be checked. He did not
state the day or the hour.
The test will determine whether
or not the signal is effective in
outlying districts.
Federal Auto
Tax Stamps Now
On Sale Here
Federal automobile tax
stamps have been received by
the U. S. Post Office here and
are now on sale, according to
F. W. Graham, postmaster. All
automobile owners are required
to buy stamps before the first
of July, according to Mr. Gra
ham. The cost of the stamp
is $5.00, regardless of the make
or type of automobile, and they
are good for one year.
The local post office has
more than $10,000 In stamps
on hand at present, according
to Mr. Graham.