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The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 37
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Reds Urge New Front As Huns Advance
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T AVF Ain m ANTF As E- P* Peterburger,
1 AI\Lj l)U LnAlyLLj 34, one of the Nazi sabo
teurs, enters a marshall’s van, members of the army and
FBI stand watch for any attempt to free or molest the
prisoners. All eight of the saboteurs are now on trial
for their lives in the department of justice building, Wash
ington, D. C., for planning to sabotage American war
industries.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, July 21. —
The office of war information
announced tonight that United
States armed forces have suf
fered 44,143 casualties — dead,
wounded and missing — since
the start of the war. This to
tal includes 4,801 dead, 3,218
wounded and 36,124 missing.
The figure, which includes the
casualties at Pearl Harbor and
all those up to date, represents
the combined losses of the
army, navy, marine corps,
coast guard and the Philippine
scouts.
WASHINGTON, July 21. —
The rubber industry proposed
to the government today a plan
designed to provide a two-year
supply of tires for everyone, in
cluding pleasure drivers. Esti
mating that 48,174,000 tires in
addition to those now on the
road would see all drivers
through June 30, 1944, the in
dustry proposed to supply the
demand with 4,660,000 pre-war
tires now held by factories or
dealers, by recapping 30,291,000
used tires, and by making 13,
223,000 new tires without In
terfering with military require
ments. No new tubes were con
templated on the theory that
existing tubes, plus 10,000,000
pre-war tubes in storage, would
be sufficient.
THE WAR SHIPPING ad
ministration announced Tues
day night that axis undersea
warfare against United Nations
supply lines took its greatest
toll of the war during the week
of July 12 and that shipping
losses are far ahead of record
breaking new construction cal
culated to replace them. This
announcement, which revealed
that shipping space for both
exports and imports now will
be limited strictly to cargo es
sential for war use, came as the
navy announced the sinking of
three more merchant vessels in
the western Atlantic area,
bringing losses there to 414
since mid-January, according
to an unofficial United Press
compilation.
WASHINGTON, July 21. —
U. S. submarines, attacking re
lentlessly through the fog and
rain of the north Pacific have
sunk three more Japanese de
stroyers in the vicinity of Kis
ka in the Aleutian islands, the
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PLEASED WITH
CURB MARKET
Opening Here Saturday Is
Described As a Big
Success
SELL OUT BY 11 A. M.
Opening of the Elkin Curb
Market here Saturday was said to
have been highly successful with
10 producers present with quanti
ties of fresh produce, dough for
rolls, pastries, dressed poultry,
etc.
All were said to have sold out
by 11:00 a. m.
More producers and buyers will
be needed as more space becomes
available, it was said.
Mrs. Polger Cockerham of
Mountain Park, is in charge of
the market, working under the
direction of the county agents of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin coun
ties. The market was sponsored
by the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce, with the aid of other
interested citizens and organiza
tions.
More producers are urged to use
the market as a means of selling
their produce, and local citizens
are urged to patronize the market
for their needs in fresh country
vegetables, etc.
ARE SEEKING
SCHOOL BIDS
Schools At Dobson and Low
gap Are to Be Con
structed Soon
FULL DETAILS GIVEN
With governmental okey to go
ahead with the construction of
the Lowgap and Dobson schools
which were destroyed by fire last
winter, the Surry county board of
education is advertising for sealed
bids, receivable at the county
court house by the secretary of
the board, until August 1.
Consideration will be given on
ly to bids of contractors who will
submit evidence showing they are
licensed under an act of the North
Carolina general assembly to reg
ulate the practice of general con
tracting.
No bidder, it was pointed out,
may withdraw his bid for a per
iod of 30 days after the time set
for the opening.
Pull details of the preparation
of the bids may be obtained from
an advertisement located else
where in this issue under the ti
tle “Bids Wanted.” Plans and spe
cifications are open for inspection
at the office of J. M. Franklin, lo
cal architect, or may be secured
from him upon deposit of a speci
fied fee.
GERMAN PUSH
IMPERILSTWO
SOVIET TOWNS
Bitterly Fighting Russians
Outnumbered
WARNING IS ISSUED
Red Star Points Out “Terri
ble Days Are Facing the
Country”
WANT AID AT ONCE
Moscow, July 22.—Stalingrad
and Rostov both were imperiled
gravely by fresh German advan
ces today as the million men of
Marshal Fedor von Bock pressed
relentlessly south and east
against bitterly fighting but out
numbered Russian forces.
Red Star, the army newspaper,
said ominously that the Germans
were approaching the border of
Stalingrad province.
A furious German assault beat
against the men of Marshal Se
meon Timoshenko along the
Moscow-Rostov railway. The
drive was moving on Rostov from
southeast of Millerovo and from
Voroshilovgrad, both of which
have fallen to the Germans in
the 300-mile-wide Don Basin of
fensive.
Red Star pointed to the dan
ger thus:
“Terrible days face the coun
try. The enemy is rushing to the
vital centers of our country.’’ The
newspaper called on Red soldiers
to repeat the example of 28 So
viet troops, who in defending
Moscow last winter, fought tank
charges with their hands, all dy
ing in the struggle.
(The German high command
said the lower Don had been
crossed on a broad front and
that organized Russian resistance
in the Rostov region had collaps
ed. Rostov was declared hem
med in.)
Even as the Russian armies in
the south strove to stem the Ger
man advance, Soviet Ambassador
Maxim Litvinoff was pressing
new and urgent pleas in the Uni
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DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. ROUSSEAU
Mother of Superior Court
Judge J. A. Rousseau
Dies Wednesday
AT NORTH WILKESBORO
Mrs. Lila Gilbert Rousseau, 80,
widow of James Parks Rousseau
who died in 1905, passed away
at her home in North Wilkesboro
Wednesday morning at 7:30. Mrs.
Rousseau was a native of Atlanta,
but had made her home in the
Wilkesboros for a number of
years. She was a well known wo
man and greatly beloved.
She is survived by four sons,
Julius A. Rousseau, Superior Court
judge, Rogan Rousseau, of the N.
C. Department of Revenue, North
Wilkesboro; Archie Rousseau, a
clerk in the United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.; and Dr. J. P.
Rousseau of Winston-Salem, and
one daughter, Mrs. S. V. Tomlin
son of North Wilkesboro.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon (Thursday) at the
home in North Wilkesboro.
Junior Order To
Install Officers
A special meeting of the Junior
Order will be held here at the
Junior Order Hall on North
Bridge street Friday evening at
8:30 o’clock for the installation
of officers, it has been announced
by Z. B. Martin, councillor.
All members of the organization
are urged to be present. Refresh
ments will be served at the con
clusion of the business session.
mnDUI) \ TL1 The interest and cooperation of
L Ljlxril Lj Governor J. M. Broughton, left,
and L. Ben Prince, right, chairman of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission, played a major role in the
decision to open and operate the lime mine at Lime Rock,
Yadkin County. Announcement that the mine would be
operated was made by Chairman Prince in a telephone call
to H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The Tribune, Monday.
NEW RATIONING
IS IN EFFECT
Motorists Along Eastern Sea
board to Feel Pinch of
Less Gas
ANNOUNCE CREDIT PLAN
Permanent gasoline rationing
went into effect in Elkin and
along the eastern seaboard today
and motorists who have not yet
received their ration books will
be allowed to purchase fuel on a
‘‘credit basis” until July 31.
The credit plan was announced
Tuesday night by the Office of
Price Administration to prevent
“undue hardship” resulting from
delay by many motorists to file
applications for ration books and
to alleviate a rush of last minute
applications.
In effect, it will allow motorists
to buy gasoline from filling sta
tion operators with whom they
are acquainted, on promise to
turn over the ration coupons
when they receive their books.
Paul M. O’Leary, deputy OPA
administrator in change of ration
ing, said service stations, which
will be required to turn in cou
pons in order to replenish their
stocks, will be “held responsible”
for all gas sold under the arrange
ment.
JOINT SESSION
IS TO BE HELD
Ration Board and Civilian
Defense Officials to Gath
er At Raleigh
PLAN 2-DAY INSTITUTE
A state-wide joint session of
rationing boards and civilian de
fense organization officials will
meet in Raleigh today for a two
day institute.
The meeting is for people en
gaged in rationing and civilian
defense programs in the state to
explain the workings of the pro
grams more fully and to clarify
points in question. Delegates at
tending the meeting will hold
similar meetings in their respec
tive communities to familiarize
the public with the workings of
the two organizations.
Among the people from the
county who expect to attend the
meeting are A. P. Cobb, Surry
county farm agent; Bausie Mar
ion, county superintendent of
public welfare, John Comer, coun
ty superintendent of schools, W.
B. White, Nobel Simmons, Tom
Allen, W. M. Johnson, Oscar Mer
ritt, Joe Greenwood and John D.
Thompson.
The meeting will be held at
Faircloth Hall at N. C. State Col
lege.
Local Schools
To Open On
September 7th
Elkin city schools and the
North Elkin school will open
on Monday, Sepetember 7, ac
cording- to an announcement
Wednesday by J. Mark Mc
Adams, superintendent o f
schools.
The faculty of the schools
has not been completed, ac
cording to Mr. McAdams, how
ever a complete list of the fac
ulty members of the three
schools will be published
within a short time.
OPENING DATE
IS MOVED UP
Old Belt Tobacco Market Will
Open on September 28 In
stead of Oct. 1
TOBACCONISTS IN MEET
The sales committee of the To
bacco Association of the United
States, meeting in special session
in Richmond, Va., Monday, set
Monday, September 28, as the
date for the opening of the Old
Belt tobacco markets.
Growers and warehousemen
and other tobacconists had asked
for September 22 as an opening
date instead of October 1, open
ing date set at a general meeting
of the committee several weeks
ago. The meeting Monday was
called by tobacconists of the Old
Belt area and was widely attend
ed by growers and warehousemen
in the area. An earlier opening
date was requested because the
tobacco crop is two weeks earlier
this year and the market opening
date is two weeks later than last
year’s.
Pete Lea Director
Of Boy Scout Camp
Pete S. Lea, a former resident
of this city and director of Trades
and Industry at Lexington high
school, is now employed as direc
tor at Camp Uwharrie, James
town, one of the largest Boy Scout
camps in the south.
Officials of the Uwharrie Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, stat
ed recently that Lea’s ability in
instruction of all the various
phases of scouting and woodcraft
made him one of the most valu
able staff heads that the camp
has ever had.
The staff of Camp Uwharrie of
which Lea is the head, is compos
ed of sixteen specialists in various
fields of swimming, lifesaving,
boating, woodcraft, handicraft,
etc.
Announcement Of
Decision Made By
Highway Chairman
Surry School
Opening Date
Set As Sept. 3
Thursday, September 3, has
been set as a tentative date for
the opening of the coun
ty schools, according to an an
nouncement Tuesday by John
W. Comer, superintendent of
Surry county schools. There
are several faculty vacancies
yet to be filled in various
schools of the county, accord
ing to Mr. Comer, however the
vacancies are expected to be
filled within a few weeks.
RESTRICTIONS
SLASH SALES
Surry’s Retail Credit Volume
Is Cut By Large
Amount
CASH SALES BIGGER
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, July 21.—Govern
ment credit restriction, together
with the limited production and
sales of certain articles normally
purchased on the installment
plan, has cut Surry county’s 1942
retail credit sales from a probable
$1,011,000 to an estimated $252,
500 for the first five months.
According to a Census Bureau
report, issued last year, it is es
timated that during normal
times, Surry county retailers put
about 42 per cent of their total
business on the cuff through both
open-account and installment
plan credit.
It is estimated that as a result
of the government’s anti-infla
tion measures, together with cur
tailed production of some articles,
this percentage has been cut
down by about three-fourths.
Biggest blow to credit business
is the curtailed production of
automobiles, refrigerators, vac
uum cleaners, washing machines
and radios, generally purchased
on the installment plan. These
articles constitute the bulk, in
dollar sales, of all retail credit
business.
Surry county retailers during
the first five months of the year
have done an estimated $2,407,
200 business. During normal
times this probably would be di
vided between $1,011,000 on the
cuff and $1,396,200 in cash. This
year it was estimated $252,500 on
the cuff and $2,154,700 in cash.
YADKIN SENDING
BIG CONTINGENT
Men to Leave Yadkinville for
Induction Center Next
Week
MORE ON AUGUST 7TH
One of the largest contingents
of men to go to the induction cen
ter during the present emergency
from Yadkin county, has been
called to leave here next Wednes
day, July 29. Ten days later 55
more will be called to leave Aug.
7th, and on Aug. 20th Yadkin
county will send 25 negroes, the
first of the colored boys to go
in recent months.
Those called to go next Wed
nesday are:
Homer Escar Gabard, Yadkin
inlle; Allen Lynch, Yadkinville,
Route 2; Charlie Prank Murphy,
Zadkinville, Route 2; George Wil
son Pilchef, Cana, Route 1; Byron
Wilson Nicks, Cycle, Route 1;
Benjamin Theador Linville, Cana,
Route 1; Joseph Richard Thomas
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TO BUILD ROAD
INTO PROPERTY
IMMEDIATELY
Will Mean Much to Farmers
Of the Section
PROJECT LONG SOUGHT
Governor and Highway Chair
man Give Every Co
operation
THANKS EXPRESSED
L. Ben Prince, chairman of
the state highway and public
works commission, announced
Monday that the state-owned
lime mine at Lime Rock, Yadkin
county, will be opened at once.
Mr. Prince’s announcement
was in form of a telephone mes
sage to H. F. Laffoon, publisher
of The Tribune, and a member of
the local committee, composed of
Laffoon, W. M. Allen, Elkin at
torney, and J. W. L. Benson,
plant engineer of Chatham Man
ufacturing company, which has
been working with Chairman
Prince on plans to open the mine.
Mr. Prince stated that work
would begin immediately on
grading a road into the mine
property and that machinery
would be placed as rapidly as
possible. While it has not been
definitely decided it is tentatively
planned to start the mine with
production of around 50 to 75
tons daily.
Announcement that the lime
mine is to open should come as
welcome news to the farmers of
this section, as it is believed it
will be impossible to get lime
from mines in Virginia and Ten
nessee within the near future,
due to the acute transportation
problem which has been caused
by the war. Farmers will be able
to get the lime from Lime Rock,
either by hauling it themselves or
by hiring truckers to haul it for
them. Within a short time the
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DRAFTEES ARE
GIVENBANQUET
Boys Who Leave for Camp
This Week Honored At
Y. M. C. A.
GIFTS ARE PRESENTED
Approximately 200 people at
tended a banquet at the Gilvin
Roth Y. M. C. A. Tuesday even
ing, given in honor of draftees
from this area who will be induct
ed this week into the U. S. Army.
The diner was given by Elkin cit
izens and civic organizations,
sponsored by the George Gray
Post of the American Legion. Earl
M. Hodel, post commander, pre
sided over the session and George
Royall acted as master of cere
monies.
An informal program was en
joyed. Rev. O. V. Caudill offered
the invocation and Rev. Herman
P. Duncan, pastor of the Metho
dist church, spoke briefly. Anoth
er feature of entertainment was
a short movie on a day in the
United States Navy, shown by A.
Sides, chief gunner’s mate of the
Navy recruiting station in Salis
bury. Music for the program was
in charge of Miss Peggy Royall.
The draftees were each present
ed a gift, a custom which has
been observed for all draftees
leaving this area. Visiting service
men, including men from the ar
my, navy, marine corps and air
corps, who are here on furlough,
were special guests at the ban
quet.