*
r*f) AfTT) A C T Quite a contrast is furnished by
LL/iY 1 Ix/lul these two vehicles proceeding down a
Cairo street — an American jeep car, being driven by
Master Sergt. Kindle Walston of Louisville, Ky., overtakes
an Egyptian donkey cart. Since then this jeep car has
undoubtedly seen much sterner action, as Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel's mechanized forces have swept towards
the Suez.
V (
Elkin War Bond Sale
Thus Far Is $40,462
_ •
Employees of
Chatham Co.,
Boost Figure
With Surry county’s quota of
War Bonds for July set at $79,700,
Elkin has to date sold War Bonds
and stamps totaling over half
that amount, it was learned Wed
nesday from P. W. Graham, lo
cal postmaster.
Actual figures on sales of all
agencies up to Wednesday
amounted to $40,462.50, Mr. Gra
ham said. Of this amount $38,
062.50 worth were bought by em
ployees of the Ch&tham Manufac
turing Company, who purchased
2,030 twenty-five dollar bonds
during the past week, according
to information from Chatham of
ficials.
i, With July only about one-third
gone, Elkin should register an im
pressive total in bond and stamp
sales for the month, Mr. Graham
stated.
ACT TO RESULT
IN BIG SAVING
Three and One-Half Interest
Rate Will Save Surry
Farmers $6,650
350 WILL BE BENEFITTED
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., July 8.—
Recent Congressional action con
tinuing the 3 1-2 per cent inter
est rate on federal land bank and
land bank commissioner loans
will result in saving more than
$6,650 to farmer members of the
national farm loan association in
Surry county in the next two
years, according to best estimates
available here.
Although first mortgage loans
have been made 'at 4 per cent the
last six years and many before
that at higher rates, the member
is required to pay only 3 1-2 per
cent, regardless of the rate at
which the loan was drawn.
The special rate will benefit
directly approximately 350 farm
ers in Surry county. This means
an average saving of about $19
in interest per farmer for the
next two years, FCA officials say.
Many members of the farm
loan associations already have
said they will invest their interest
savings in war bonds, or will put
the savings in the association’s
reserve funds for meeting future
payments on loans, FCA said.
Registered Heilers
Are Sold At Dobson
Fifteen registered Jersey heif
ers which were bought recently
from the Biltmore Jersey herd at
Asheville for distribution among
farmers of Surry county were
sold Tuesday afternoon at Dob
son.
These heifers were part of a
purchase made jointly by farm
agents of Surry and Wilkes coun
ties at a recent sale at Asheville
when 25 heifers, all registered
Jerseys, and 11 registered Jersey
bulls were purchased by a group
made up of B. F. Folger, Surry
county treasurer; A. P. Cobb,
Surry farm agent; A. W. Huff,
assistant farm agent, and J. B.
Snipes, Wilkes county agent.
Ten of the heifers are being
placed in Wilkes county.
Salvage Rubber
Drive Here Nets
125,000 Pounds
Although figures are approx
imate, it is estimated that over
62 tons of salvage rubber have
been turned into' local service
stations here thus far in the
President’s salvage rubber
campaign.
A. O. Bryan, member of the
Surry salvage rubber commit
tee, said Tuesday that he be
lieved the amount would total
125,000 pounds.
Nation-wide results of the
campaign are said to be disap
pointing, although the drive
was extended by the President
for 10 days. Under present
plans it will come to an end
Friday.
ANNUAL MEET
IS TO START
Revival At Ebenezer Metho
dist Church Will Begin
Sunday
HOME COMING PLANNED
The annual revival services for
Ebenezer Methodist church will
begin Sunday with a Home Com
ing Day for the historic old
church. There will be an address
at 11 o’clock a. m., following the
Sunday school session at 10
o’clock. Special music will be
furnished by a visiting choir of
singers. Lunch will be served on
the church grounds.
The afternoon session will be in
charge of the pastor, Rev. G. C.
Graham, and there will be a spe
cial program of singing.
Beginning Monday, the 13th, at
9:30 o’clock Vacation Bible school
will be held each day. This will
include courses for all children
above the age of four years
through the Young People’s
group. All children are invited to
attend.
Rev. N. G. Preston, Jr., under -
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EXPERTS PLAN
FARM EVENT
Will Show How to Grade
Poultry Products and
Produce Here
E. H. S., TUESDAY, 14TH
A grading demonstration of
poultry products and produce will
be staged at the Elkin High School
home economics department Tues
day, July 14, at 2:00 p. m., for the
benefit of those who plan to sell
on the new Elkin Crub Market,
which will be opened here July 18,
it has been announced.
T. T. Brown, poultry expert, of
State College, will demonstrate
how to grade poultry products, and
H. R. Niswanger, also of State
College, will give the produce
demonstration.
The demonstration is sponsored
by Mrs. Grace Pope Brown and
Miss Irene Browr., home demon
stration agents of Suny and Yad
kin respectively.
The Elkin Tribune
VOL. No. XXXI. No. 35
* ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Registration For Gas
Gets Under Way Today
Places, Hours
Are Announced
By War Board
Owners of motor vehicles will
register for gasoline ration cards
under the permanent rationing
program which becomes effective
July 22, today, Friday and Satur
day, July 9, 10 and' 11.
The local War Board has an
nounced the places of registration
and the hours for the territory
under their jurisdiction, as fol
lows:
Rockford, 1 p. m. to 7, p. m.
Little Richmond, 9 a. m. to 5
P. m.
Mountain Park, 2 p. m. to 6 p.
m.
Elkin Elementary school, 9 a.
m. to 5 p. m.
North Elkin school, 9 a. m. to
5 p. m.
These hours will be observed
each of the three registration
days and are for owners of pas
senger cars only. All owners of
trucks, fleet owners and non-us
ers of the highways will register
at the local War Board at the
city hall each of the three days.
No sugar registration will be
held on these three days.
Numerous local merchants and
others have volunteered to help
in the gas registration.
Car owners will be required to
present their state registration
card before books can be secured.
The rule this time makes this
compulsory. Without the card no
book can be secured. A federal
use tax must also be purchased
before a book can be issued and
car owners will be required to fur
nish the serial number of their
use tax sticker which is recorded
on the gasoline book.
Different colors of stickers will
also be given car owners to be put
on a prominent place on their car
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HEARING HELD
AT WILKESBORO
Eldridge Boys Offer No Tes
timony in Alleged Rob
bery Case
BROTHER IS IMPROVING
At a preliminary hearing held
Thursday morning at Wilkesboro
for Hasten and Bill Eldridge, of
Elkin, on various charges grow
ing out of an alleged robbery of
a Wilkes county filling station a
week and a half ago, Bill Eldridge
was placed under a $1,500 peace
bond for alleged threats against
Fred Jolly and Theodore Mayber
ry, and $1,000 on the robbery and
other counts. Hasten Eldridge,
who at the time of the events
which led to his arrest was under
parole from the state prison, was
not allowed bond.
Neither of the Eldridge boys
took the stand at the hearing and
their story of the events at Fred’s
Place was not learned. Bill Eld
ridge had not made bond at last
reports.
Dan Eldridge, brother of the
two young men who was critical
ly injured at the time his broth
ers were arrested when he was
crushed beneath the rear wheels
of a heavy oil truck, was reported
by Hugh Chatham hospital here
to be slowly improving.
B. & L. Authorized
To Sell War Bonds
The Elkin-Jonesville Building
& Loan Association has been
named an authorized agent by
the Federal Reserve Bank to sell
United States War Bonds.
Under this authorization, the
local association has the same
status as The Bank of Elkin and
the Postoffice in U» sale of the
war securities.
4
Pursuit Leader
Col. Robert Seott of Macon,
Ga., who has been assigned to
command the American army’s
first pursuit planes in China.
Colonel Scott is 34 years old,
and a former West Pointer.
W. A. DARNELL
DIES SUDDENLY
Well - Known Elkin Man
Stricken At His Home
Tuesday Afternoon
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
William Arthur Darnell, 52, well
known and esteemed citizen of
this city, passed away at Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital at
4:45 Wednesday morning from a
brief critical illness. Mr. Darnell
was stricken suddenly Tuesday
afternoon about 4 o’clock at his
home in North Elkin, and died
only a few hours later. He had
complained of not feeling well
earlier in the day and had left
his post at Chatham Manufactur
ing company. He was sitting in
the yard at his home when he
was stricken.
Mr. Darnell was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Darnell
and had spent his entire life in
Elkin and this vicinity. He was a
member of the Elkin Valley Bap
tist church and for several years
had been a member of the board
of deacons of the church. He had
been a valued employee of the
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany for 30 years. He was a
member of the Elkin Junior Or
der.
Mr. Darnell was twice married,
first to Miss Pansy Smith and af
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JULY 17 NAMED
AS MAJOR DAY
Retailers to Observe It As
“National Heroes Day” in
Bond Drive
TO SELL STAMPS, BONDS
July 17 has been set as the big
day in the “Retailers tor Victory”
drive now under way in Elkin
stores and in all other retail stores
throughout the nation, which is
to continue throughout July with
a national goal of one billion dol
lars in War Bond and Stamp
sales. „
On July 17, the Treasury De
partment has requested retailers
to put forth a special effort to sell
bonds and stamps, and every lo
cal merchant is urged to join in
the campaign wholeheartedly and
do his utmost to push the sale of
the war securities.
This special day will be observed
as “American Heroes Day,” and
every stamp and bond sold will
honor the many brave men now
serving in the nation’s armed
forces.
TIRES MAY BE
REQUISITIONED
BYGOVERNMENT
National Welfare Comes
First, FDR Says
AT PRESS CONFERENCE
Would Strip Every Auto in
Nation if War Conditions
Warranted
BELIEVES IN PEOPLE
Washington, July 7.—With the
flat statement that the national
welfare must come first, President
Roosevelt said today he may have
to requisition every automobile
tire in the United States if world
conditions grow worse.
He conceded at a press confer
ence that the gasoline rationing
rubber shortage problems are in
extricably intermingled and that
efforts to solve either separately
had made little headway. But he
said he was attempting to solve
both in an effort to save the na
tion as a whole and he was firm
in his statement that neither
problem would be permitted to
hamper the war effort — not even
if tire requisitioning becomes
necessary.
He believed the people are
ready to make any sacrifice nec
essary.
It still is too early for a de
cision on the necessity of nation
wide gasoline rationing as a rub
ber conservation measure, he
said, although the current rubber
salvage has reachedsa point where
the government is beginning to
find out where it stands.
BRYAN TO HEAD
SALVAGE DRIVE
Government to Seek All
Kinds of Junk to Aid
War Effort
TO FORM COMMITTEE
A. O. Bryan, of'Elkin, has been
named as chairman to head a
Salvage Committee here whose
duty it will be to take part and
direct Elkin’s effort in the gener
al nation-wide drive for junk that
is needed for war.
This general salvage drive is to
get under way later this month
and will be announced with a pro
gram of national advertising that
will be carried in practically every
newspaper in the United States.
Sponsored by the Bureau of In
dustrial Conservation of the War
Production board, the salvage
program will seek to round up
materials of many kinds, includ
ing old scrap iron and steel and
other metals, rubber, rags, Manila
rope, burlap bags, cooking greases,
etc., all badly needed in the war
effort.
The committee to work with
Mr. Bryan will be formed shortly
and full details will be announced.
Junk useful in the war effort may
be sold to junk dealers or given
to a charity. Waste cooking fat,
when saved until a pound or more
has been collected, may be dispos
ed of through local meat dealers
under present plans.
It was pointed out that al
though the production of steel in
America is higher than that of
the rest of the world combined,
unless at least 6,000,000 addition
al tons of scrap steel is uncover
ed immediately, the full rate of
production cannot be attained or
increased; the necessary tanks
guns and ships cannot be produc
ed.
A feature of the salvage pro
gram will be a Junk Rally, the
date of which is to be announced
later, according to present plans.
More Soldiers Are
Hurled Into Battle
By German Generals
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
STATE
ASHEVILLE, July 7—Bishop
William Newman Ainsworth,
70, a Methodist circuit rider’s
son who became one of the de
nomination’s leaders, died of a
heart ailment here today. He
came here yesterday from his
Macon, Ga., home to spend the
summer and died at Vanderbilt
hotel. His wife and a son, Mal
colm Ainsworth, secretary of
the Asheville chamber of com
merce, were with him. The
body will be returned to Macon
for funeral and burial arrang
ed for Thursday. Bishop Ains
worth was a strong: advocate of
Methodist church union when
the matter came before the
southern branch of the church
and was approved in 1939. He
retired in 1938 before the for
mal vote of unification.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, July 7. —
Secrecy shrouding the trial of
the eight nazi saboteurs before
a special military commission
deepened to mystery as one of
the U-boat landed spies,
George John Dasch, was
granted a special army defense
counselor. Col. Carl L. Ristine,
an official of the inspector
general’s office, confirmed that
he had been assigned to defend
Dasch and confessed the rea
sons for this extra-ordinary
procedure were rather puzzling
to him. “There must have been
a conflict of interests,” Colonel
Ristine said slowly, adding that
he wondered himself why he
was chosen to defend the con
fessed axis saboteur.
NEW YORK, July 7.—Strik
ing to “put the bund out of
business,” the federal govern
ment today announced indict
ment of 29 German-American
bund leaders on charges of
conspiring to defeat purposes
of the selective service act and
to violate the alien registration
act. If convicted, they face
maximum penalties of five
years imprisonment and $10,
000 fine on the selective service
charge, and two years impris
onment and $10,000 fine on the
alien registration charge.
From
the
State
and
Nation
INTEKJNATIOJNAL
VALLETTA, Malta, July 7.—
Royal Air Force fighters de
stroyed 24 enemy warplanes
during the last 24 hours, the
RAF reported in a special an
nouncement tonight. In the
last six days of intensified axis
air raids 41 enemy aircraft
have have been shot down. The
axis lost 15 planes in three at
tacks yesterday and nine in
two raids this morning. Anti
aircraft gunners also lifted , a
deadly barrage, using what was
described unofficially as Am
erican shells, each of which
produced a series of minor ex
plosions after the major burst.
LONDON, July 7. — Maj.
Gen. Carl (Toughie) Spaatz, a
flying general who was a hero
of the fledgling American air
force in the world war and who
piloted the “Question Mark” to
its historic endurance record in
1929, has been appointed com
mander in chief of the United
States army air forces in the
European theater of war. Gen
eral Spaatz, a Pennsylvania
redhead who has been an army
career man for 32 of his 51
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SOVIETS DENY
BRIDGEHEADS
ON RIVER DON
Widen Salients West of
Strategic Towns
ARTILLERY MOVED UP
Hun Losses Are Reported
Heavy in Lives and
Mechanical Equipment
AIM TOWARD VORONEZH
Moscow, July 8. — The Ger
mans’ relentless offensive toward
the River Don gained momentum
today as th§y threw in additional
masses of men and machines and
widened their salients west of
strategic Voronezh and south
west of Stary Oskol.
The latest Soviet advices said
the enemy still was storming the
approaches to the river, but they
did not confirm the establishment
of bridgeheads, let alone the cap
ture of Voronezh, which the Ger
mans claimed yesterday.
The front-line correspondent
of Izvgstia, organ of the Soviet
supreme council, said all evidence
pointed to the German belief
that this was one of the most de
cisive battles of the war, and that
the Nazis were sparing nothing
that might endanger its success.
While uniterruptedly pushing
forward their wedge west of Voro
nezh, through which runs the last
important rail link between Mos
cow and the oil of the Caucasus,
the Germans took a series of pre
cautionary moves to forestall at
tacks on their flanks.
Artillery Moved Up
They moved up heavy artillery
immediately behind their tanks
and kept up a terrific bombard
ment from the edges of the sa
lient. They simultaneously at
tacked from their flanks.
But the German losses were
heavy. In the last two days, in
fighting on a river bank, dis
patches said, the Germans lost
200 tanks. Soviet air reconnais
sance yesterday reported that 10
trainloads of damaged German
tanks and armored vehicles were
moving westward for repair.
The strongest blows of the Ger
man offensive were directed —
for the fourth straight day — at
the central sector before Voro
nezh, although the entire battle
field was more than 100 miles
long.
Dispatches described a “mam
moth cemetery of German men
and machines.”
ELKIN’S SHARE
IS $2,740,000
Figure Represents Share of
National Debt on Per
Capita Basis
AS OF JULY 1, 1942
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., July 7.—El
kin’s share of the national debt
on a per capita basis was approx
imately $2,740,000 on July 1, be
ginning of the government’s 1943
fiscal year.
Twelve months from now, El
kin’s share of the national debt
will be approximately $4,565,000,
on the basis of present official es
timates.
Of that total, it is estimated
Elkin residents will in effect owe
themselves something over $502,
500, the amount they are expected
to hold, a year from now, in war
bonds and stamps.