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Chatham Company Given High Honor For War Production Is Notified That Plant Has Been Chosen to Receive Coveted Army-Navy Merit Award for Excellence of Per formance; One of 20 Companies in Entire U. S. The Chatham Manufacturing Company, of Elkin, has been awarded the highest honor pos sible to bestow by the United States Army and Navy. Company officials were notified during the past week by Under secretary of War Robert Patter son, that the Chatham Plant has been chosen as one of 20 com panies in the United States to re ceive the coveted army-navy mer it award for excellence of per formance in war production. Plans are now being formulat ed for the formal presentation of the award here early in August, LATE NEWS IN BRIEF From the State and Nation NATIONAL WASHINGTON, July 28. — President Roosevelt, declaring that “the chances are” he will veto congressional legislation stripping the war production board of control over synthetic rubber produced from agricul ture products, disclosed today that he is “planning a move in addition to the veto.” He per mitted direct quotation of his remarks when discussing the bill at his semi-weekly press conference. “The chances are it will be vetoed,” he said. “I am planning a move in addi tion to the veto.” WASHINGTON, July 28. — President Koosevelt tonight appealed to the nation to con tribute all available scrap met als to the general salvage cam paign to supply needed metals for planes, guns and tanks. He emphasized at a press confer ence the vital importance of the drive which, along with the meat shortage, he cited as helping to bring home to the individual a fuller realization of the seriousness of the war. Because there are shortages of many vital materials, including steel, the President asked the people to rummage thoroughly through attics, cellars and back yards for scrap of all kinds. WASHINGTON, July 28. — President Roosevelt told re porters today that the United States now has around 4,000, 000 men under arms. Assum ing that the figure included all the nation’s armed forces, this was taken as an indication that the army may already have reached the 3,600,000 to tal which Secretary Stimson said several months ago was its goal by the end of 1942. The necessity of making advance purchases of food supplies for a force of this size, the Presi dent said, was one of three rea sons why some communties were experiencing a shortage of beef, the other reasons being lihat this was the off-season for production, and that the public, with more money to spend, was buying more and better cuts. VALDOSTA, Ga„ July 28.— Prices averaging 30 to 35 cents a pound were paid Georgia farmers today for first offer ings in the tobacco auction sales, apparently averaging a few cents above 1941 openings. During the first week last year, the average price on the 15 markets in the state was 20.38 cents a pound. Low grade and medium brought prices today ranging from six to 12 cents a pound. A high price of 50 cents a pound was paid on the Hahi ra market for some baskets and other markets reported top quotations ranging from 40 to 48 cents. The average price for first sales at Hahira was 35 cents. INTERNATIONAL CAIRO, July 28—British im perials, supported by planes, artillery and tanks, advanced several miles on the north end (Continued on last page) I full details of which, when com pleted, will be announced in The Tribune of next week. Both army and navy dignitaries, Governor Broughton and other high offi cials will be present for the cere mony according to tentative plans. The local plant is one of two plants in the South to receive the award, and officials are very pleased and proud of the recog nition bestowed. Thurmond Chat ham, president of the company, who is now serving in the navy as lieutenant-commander, an nounced from Washington that he was “pleased to death.” A. L.' Butler, vice-president and in ac tive charge of plant operations here, also expressed his pride and satisfaction in the award. Mr. Butler said that three offi cers of the War Department vis ited company leaders during the past week to discuss the award, voicing in their discussion un stinted praise for the company and the work it is doing. Factors which led to the selec tion of the Chatham Plant in cluded excellence of quality of materials the company is manu facturing for the armed services; a long record of prompt delivery of goods to the army and navy; highly satisfactory relations be tween employees and manage ment; consistently low prices of fered by the company on con tracts with the government. By virtue of the award, the Chatham Company becomes one of the few concerns in the entire nation entitled to fly the army navy production award pennant, a white bordered, swallow-tail banner bearing a yellow wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a blue and red background. The local company is devoting approximately 80 per cent of its operations to the manufacture of blankets for the armed services, employing around 2,500 workers. CORPSNEEDS VOLUNTEERS Local Defense Setup Is Short On Fire Watchers, Firemen MEETING HELD MONDAY At a meeting of the Civilian De fense Corps council here Monday, held at Civilian Defense head quarters at the City Hall, it was stressed by Coordinator J. W. L. Benson that the local defense set up is weak in a number of depart ments, especially that of fire watchers and auxiliary firemen, and a call was made for more vol unteers to fill these vacancies, as well as to supplement workers in other departments. It was disclosed that of the original 150 volunteers as air raid wardens, to date 108 have finished their required instruction, with 35 more to complete their course Fri day night. In the fire watchers and auxil iary firemen department, of the 125 who originally volunteered for these posts, only seven have com pleted the course as watchers, and eight as firemen. Other figures given were as follows: Auxiliary police, 24 out of 30; Rescue squad, 14 out of 13; First Aid workers, 23 out of 60; Public Works, 10 out of 12; Public Utili ties, nine out of 12. Classes for drivers will start Monday, August 3, it was an nounced. Mr. Benson pointed out that auxiliary firemen and fire watch ers are badly needed; that they play a very important role in the civilian defense setup, and that it is important" that more citizens volunteer to take the course of instruction. Those interested in volunteer ing should see Roy Kane at the City Hall. Mother Of Dr. Beale Passes Away Sunday Mrs. Loretta McPherson Beale, 61, mother of Dr. Seth M. Beale, of this city, died Sunday at her home at Snow Camp, following a critcal illness of a week. Funeral services for Mrs. Beale were held Tuesday from Rock Creek Methodist church, near Burlington. Burial was in Cane Creek Friends church cemetery. The Elkin Tribune VOL. No. XXXI. No. 38 ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY HURL MORE MEM INTO FRAY HIT 1 AP P A^\J? T^is photograph, made from a ill I J ill U/IuLj u. S. navy plane, shows a Japan ese transport burning in Kiska harbor, in the Aleutian is lands. The harbor had just been bombed by U. S. army planes in one of the efforts to blast the enemy from this foothold. Other Jap ships can be seen in the harbor. Elkin Merchants To « Stage Dollar Days -* --- i Advertisers Asked To Turn In Copy Early In order to make the mails one day earlier next week so that The Tribune may carry Dollar Day news to its readers ahead of its usual time, it is important that all merchants planning Dollar Days adver tisements release their copy at the earliest possible moment. In addition to the regular subscription list, 5,000 addi tional copies of this newspaper will be printed and distribut ed. This due, to the great amount of press work, will sub ject The Tribune to a heavy burden if advertising copy is delayed until the last minute. Cooperation in this respect will be greatly appreciated and will insure next week’s issue reaching its readers one day earlier, as planned. JOINT MEETING IS HED HERE Mount Airy and North Wilk esboro Kiwanians Guest Of Local Group ARMSTRONG IS SPEAKER A joint meeting of the Elkin, Mount Airy and North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Clubs was held at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. here Thursday evening. Covers were laid for 96 in the banquet hall of the Y. Thirty-one members of the North Wilkesboro club, 18 from Mount Airy, and 47 from the local club attended the meeting. D. G. Smith, president of the local club, presided over the ses sion. Bid Williams, president of the North Wilkesboro club, and R. M. Hudgins, president of the Mount Airy club, spoke briefly. The guests were welcomed by Marion Allen of this city, lieuten ant governor of this Kiwanis dis trict. The program was in charge of Hoke F. Henderson, who present ed past district Kiwanis Governor Dr. Chas. Armstrong of Salisbury, who made an interesting talk on “Our Place in the War Crisis.” Vocal selections by members of the local club interspersed the program. Following the dinner the guests were taken on a tour of the new Y. Every ton of iron and steel scrap salvaged saves two tons of iron ore, one of our most precious national resources. GET IN YOUR SCRAP. Event Is To Be Held Here On August 7 and 8 Elkin merchants are planning their annual cooperative Dollar Days event here for Friday and Saturday, August 7 and 8, an event for which great prepara tion has been under way for sev eral months. The Tribune, cooperating with the merchants, will appear one day earlier next week, so that the Dollar Days advertisements of the various stores may reach subscrib ers one day earlier. Instead of going to press late Wednesday, The Tribune will go to press Tues day and will contain important messages of real bargain news. Practically all stores and busi ness firms in town are cooperating in the event, and despite some shortages of merchandise caused by the war, are planning many very worthwhile values for the two big days. Joining with local merchants, The Tribune extends a cordial in vitation to everyone to visit Elkin Friday and Saturday, August 7-8, and share in the values to be found at all participating stores. Several Cases Are Tried Before Hall The following cases have been disposed of locally during the past week by Magistrate J. L. Hall: Ray Jenkins, engaging in an affray, $2.00 and costs. Tom Hanks, public drunken ness, $2.00 and costs. Vestal Hanks, operating auto while intoxicated, bound over to superior court. Haywood Wilmoth, using pro fane and indecent language in a public place, taxed with costs. Carl Finney, public drunken ness, $2.50 and costs. Keep ’em flying! Buy U. S. War Bonds and Stamps regularly. EXPECT LIME MINE TO OPEN IN TWO WEEKS Work on Constructing Road Under Way TO PLACE MACHINERY Farmers Urged to Inform County Agents of Im mediate Needs QUICK ACTION SHOWN Work is now under way in laying out the road and placing mining equipment for the state owned lime mine at Lime Rock, Yadkin county. This announcement, following close upon the disclosure last week that the mine was to be op erated, was made Tuesday in a telephone message to H. F. Laf foon, publisher of The Tribune, by L. B. Prince, chairman of the state highway and public works commission. Mr. Prince stated that S. C. Congratulations The following telegram from Lieut. - Commander Thurmond Chatham, of the U. S. Navy, was received Tuesday by H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The Tri bune: * “Congratulations on your splendid success in opening lime quarry. I feel it will do more for permanent benefit to our section than any industrial development. You are due thanks of all citizens Piedmont North Carolina.” Austin, equipment engineer and Zeb Stewart, division engineer, were in charge of the work of putting the mine into operation. He also advised that all equip (Continued on page seven) LAYMAN’S CLUB IS FORMED HERE Approximately 50 Attend Meeting At Y. M. C. A. Tuesday Evening WINSTON MAN SPEAKER Approximately 50 men attended a meeting held at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening for the purpose of organizing an in ter-church layman’s club. The purpose of the club will be to stimulate church and Sunday school attendance in the town. It is also planned to sponsor a ser ies of Bible lectures during the fall and winter. J. M. Wells, Jr., of Winston Salem, prominent lay-worker of the Presbyterian church, was the speaker for the meeting Tues day. It was decided that an organ ization meeting would be held about a month hence for the election of officers and that upon organization the group would meet in a body every other month, with group and commit tee meetings to be held monthly or semi-monthly. The organiza tion will be inter-denominational. The meeting Tuesday was a dinner session. Test Air Raid Planned Here For Next Tuesday A test air raid here and in this vicinity has been scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon, August 4, around 5:00 oiclock,* it was an nounced Wednesday by Roy Kane, of the local Civilian De fense Corps. The raid will be signaled by the sounding of the Elkin fire siren and the steam siren located at the Chatham Manufacturing Co. The alarm signal will last for about two minutes and will be a series of intermittent blasts. The all-clear will be one long continu ous blast. The local defense organization, members of which now have their official insignia in form of arm bands, will swing into action as if a real raid was anticipated or in progress. All citizens are urged to cooper ate in every way by getting in off the streets, by pulling their cars over to the curb, and by not using their telephones except in cases of emergency. NewPanzer Divisions Sent Into Battle Of Caucasus By Huns Dan Eldridge Succumbs To Injuries Dan Eldridge, 22, died at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital here Wednesday shortly before noon of injur ies sustained Saturday, June 27, when he was run over and crushed beneath the wheels of a heavy oil truck on the El kin-Ronda road near Fred’s Place, a filling station located about a mile west of the Sur ry-Wilkes line in Wilkes county. Eldridge’s condition had been critical since the day of his injury, and small hope had been held for his recov ery. The death of the young El kin man marked a tragic chapter in events growing out of some trouble at Fred’s Place in which its operator, Fred Jolly, alleged that Bill Eldridge, a brother of Dan, and Pee-Wee Pardue, of Jonesville, had held him up and taken several slot ma chines. Dan Eldridge was in jured the following day when he was alleged to have at tempted to pull Theodore Mayberry from a moving oil truck, driven by Cortez Low ery, during some trouble in which his two brothers, Bill and Hasten Eldridge, partici pated. According to Wilkes County Deputy Sheriff Ray Cockerham, who investigated the affair and arrested Hasten Eldridge, Dan was pushed from the truck by Mayberry after he (Dan), had succeeded in getting the door open in his efforts to get at May berry. Dan was rushed to the local hospital following his injury, while Bill and Hasten were lodged in the Wilkes county jail. Later warrants were sworn out against Mayberry and Jolly, charging possession of liquor for sale and the illegal operation of slot ma chines. Sheduled to have been given a hearing Tuesday of this week, both men waived hearing and were bound over to Wilkes (Continued on page seven) JESSE B. GLENN DIESTUESDAY Former Resident of Elkin Passes At Winston-Sa lem Home RITES HELD TUESDAY Jesse B. Glenn, 48, prominent Winston-Salem tobacconist, and former resident of this city, died Tuesday afternoon at 1:45 at his home in Winston-Salem. Mr. Glenn, had been in ill health for two years and his condition had been critical for a week. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mary Reece of this city, two children, Jane and Rich ard Reece Glenn; three sisters, Mrs. H. L. Mitchell, High Point; Mrs. F. A. Brown and Mrs. Lee Brown, Stoneville, and two broth ers, John W. Glenn of Winston Salem, and Harvey L. Glenn of Stoneville. Mr. Glenn was prominently identified with the business life of Winston-Salem. He was a Shriner and a member of the Christian church of Stoneville. He served with the A. E. F. during Word War I, and was a member of the American Legion. Funeral services were held at the home in Winston-Salem Tuesday afternoon. Interment was in Salem cemetery. REDS WITHDRAW SOUTHWARD IN BITTER BATTLE Form New Line 12 Miles South of Rostov OPEN COUNTERATTACK R. A. F. Smashes At German Port of Hamburg in 600 Plane Raid MORE ARE TO COME Moscow, July 29—The Germans have thrown 20 more panzer di visions—normally 10,000 tanks — into the battle for the Caucasus and the Volga River, front-line dispatches said today, as the Rus sians announced further with drawals in the Bataisk area, 12 to 15 miles south of Rostov. Dispatches yesterday revealed that nine fresh German infantry divisions, (135,000 men) and two tank divisions had been added to overwhelming German forces, and the Soviet communique last mid night said three new German fighter and bomber plane groups had been brought up. The Soviet army newspaper said that the Germans hardly had (Continued on last page) J. C. M’CORMCK FATALLY HURT Son of Rockford Man Meets Death in Auto Accident Sunday IN GUILFORD COUNTY Jesse Clinton McCormick, 22, son of J. E. McCormick, of Rock ford, was killed in an automobile accident near Greensboro Sun day night. The young man was a native of Rockford but had been living in High Point for a short time. Funreal services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Rockford Baptist church. The rites were in charge of Rev. G. E. Burrus and Rev. J. W. Parker. He is survived by his wife, his father and his step-mother and the following brothers and sis ters: Thurmond, Archie, Everett, Joe Henry and Reuben McCor mick, all of Rockford; Thomas McCormick, of High Point; Mrs. J. A. Hudson, Miss Annie Mae McCormick, Rockford; Mrs. Thomas West, Greensboro, and three helf-sisters, Peggy, Neva Marie and Lurlene McCormick, Rockford. Notice To Correspondents Due to the fact The Tribune will appear on Wednesday of next week instead of on Thurs day, usual publication day, all country correspondents are urged to get their news in by Monday afternoon. This newspaper, to go out in the mails on Wednesday morn ing must necessarily be printed Tuesday night. For that rea son, any news received later than Monday stands a good chance of being omitted. The Tribune will appear a day earlier next week in coop eration with Elkin merchants who are sponsoring Dollar Days on Friday and Saturday, August 7-8. Cooperation in getting country correspondence in early will be appreciated.
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