ELKIN
The Best
Little Town in
North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 44
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1942
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Carrboro, Sept. 9. — An ex
plosion in a mixing house of
the National Munition’s Cor
poration’s powder plant here
rocked houses in Carrboro ear
ly today.
One man was killed and sev
eral others were injured.
NATIONAL
NEWTON, N. J., Sept. 8. —
Five-year-old Donald Ladlee
died today at Newton Memorial
hospital—a casualty of tire ra
tioning. Donald was injured
two weeks ago while playing
with an inflated tire on a park
ed truck. The sidewall of the
tire was worn so thin that the
rubber tube bulged through a
split in the fabric. Playfully,
Donald bit the bulging tube. It
exploded in his face. He died
today of a collapsed lung and
•other injuries.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. —
Wage stabilization provisions
will be included in the bill to
out farm prices back to parity
in compliance with President
JEtoosevelt’s cost-of-living ulti
- ’Wiatum to Congress, Senator
Brown, Democrat, Michigan,
•disclosed today. Brown, who
piloted the price control act
through the senate, in indicat
ing the bill would be introduc
ed into the senate Thursday,
said it will contain either broad
authority for the President to
stabilize wage scales or a direc
tion to do so. Mr. Roosevelt
warned that unless Congress
curbs rising prices by October
1, he will do so by executive de
'eree. *
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. —
The United States today served
blunt notice on Vichy France
that American bombers will
continue to blast military es
tablishments “operated by or
for Germany” on French soil
“at every opportunity — in the
future.” Disclosure that the
American government had tak
en a “tough” attitude in reply
to Laval’s repeated protests
against American bombings
was made by the state depart
ment tonight. A formal state
ment revealed that stem in
structions had been sent from
Washington to S. Pinckney
Tuck, U. S. charge d-affaires at
Vichy. He was ordered to no
tify Laval that no protest
would deter America’s armed
forces from executing Presi
dent Roosevelt’s command to
“hit the enemy, and hit him
again—wherever and when ev
er we can get to him.”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. —
The senate finance committee,
by a 13 to 6 vote, today tenta
tively approved a radical 5 per
cent “victory tax” designed to
raise $3,650,000,000 in new rev
enue by superimposing the levy
on all individual incomes over
$12 a week. The committee
endorsed the tax as a substi
tute for a 5 per cent retail
sales impost proposed by Sen
ator Guffey, Democrat, Penn
sylvania, but Chairman
George, Democrat, Georgia,
emphasized that it was “not a
final conclusion.” The group
accompanied its action with a
request to the treasury to sub
mit data tomorrow on whether
the levy could be combined
with the net income tax on in
dividuals.
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INTERNATIONAL
CHUNGKING, Sept. 8—War
between Japan and Russia is
expected momentarily follow*
ing Moscow’s reported rejec
tion of recent “suggestions”
from Tokyo, according to ru
mors circulating today in for
eign diplomatic circles. Just
what proposals the Japanese
had made these accounts did
not say, but it was considered
highly significant that they
were reported laid before the
Kremlin since Shigenori Togo,
a known exponent of a neutral
attitude toward Russia, resign
ed as Japanese foreign minis
ter last week.
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TOTAL OF 970
STUDENTS IN
ELKIN SCHOOLS
697 Are in Local Schools, 273
At N. Elkin
IS BELOW LAST YEAR
Approximately 9,000 Pupils
Are Enrolled Throughout
County
ALLOTED 2 NEW BUSES
A total of 970 pupils are enroll
ed in the city schools and North
Elkin school, according to J.
Mark McAdams, superintendent
of schools. Of this number 697
are in the city schools, with 439
in the elementary school and 258
in the high school. The North
Elkin enrollment is 273.
The city school enrollment is
below last year, but other stu
dents are expected to enroll with
in a few weeks. The North Elkin
enrollment is higher than last
year.
Mrs. A. P. Watson, fourth grade
teacher at North Elkin, resigned
to take up work at Fort Eustis,
Virginia. She has been succeeded
by Mrs. J. E. Journette.
In Surry county approximately
9,000 pupils are enrolled, 2,000 of
whom are high school students,
John W. 'Comer, county superin
tendent of education, said Wed
nesday. These figures include
Elkin, but do not include the Mt.
Airy schools, which have an en
rollment of approximately 2,400,
Mr. Comer stated.
It was also said that the county
school system “is in pretty good
shape’’ for the year, considering
conditions caused by the war and
the lack of two school plants, one
at Dobson, and one at Lowgap,
which were destroyed by fire last
winter.
Of 100 new school buses allot
ted to the state schools for the
present term, Surry received two,
Mr. Comer said.
CCC CAMP PLAN
IS UNVERIFIED
Is Said Camp Would Be Used
As Government Hospital
For Women
BUILDING NOT USED
The report as carried in a daily
newspaper that the abandoned
civilian conservation corps camp
located here might be turned over
to the government as a hospitaliz
ation place for venereally-affect
ed women, could not be confirm
ed here Wednesday.
A telephone call to the home of
Dr. Ira S. Gambill, on whose land
the abandoned camp stands,
brought forth the information
that Dr. Gambill had not been in
formed of any such plan.
The Elkin camp, and a similar
camp located at Danbury, were
both mentioned in the newspaper
story, but it was said that so "far
neither one is on the list of places
that have been approved for
transfer to the defense health and
welfare services of the Federal
Security Agency, which is in
charge of the work.
It is understood, the report
said, that the government is con
templating turning over many
camps in the eastern part of the
state to be used as hospitals for
venereal patients, probably some
of those taken into custody un
der the May anti-prostitution act.
The camp here has been aban
doned for some time and is not
now being used for any purpose.
Hit In Head By Rock,
Wilkes Man Dies Here
Robert Nicholson, 32, Wilkes
county man of the Joynes com
munity, died in Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital here at 11
o’clock Tuesday night from a skull
fracture allegedly having been
caused by a blow on the head from
a rock.
It was said the rock was thrown
by Buck Reynolds, of the same
community.
The young man, who is surviv
ed by his wife, was brought to the
hospital about 4:30 o’clock Tues
day afternoon in a hopeless con
dition.
Funeral arrangements have not
been learned.
Passes
Dan C. Boney, state insurance
commissioner, and a native of
Elkin, passed away in Raleigh
Monday morning following a
two-day illness. Mr. Boney was
regarded as one of the out
standing insurance commis
sioners of the nation.
YADKIN FLOODS
LOWLANDS HERE
Was Feared Sunday Night
That Disastrous Flood
Might Be On Way
DAMAGE IN WILKES CO.
The Yadkin river, kept con
stantly under watch since the dis
astrous flood of August, 1940,
overflowed its banks at North
Wilkesboro Sunday afternoon and
spread into the bottoms here
Monday morning when the crest
of the high water reached this
section.
When the river began to rise at
Wilkesboro Sunday, folks there
did not know of the extent of the
rainfall in the mountains, and
many feared that another disas
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WOMEN NEEDED
BY RED CROSS
Local Chapter Must Make
25,000 Bandages During
Present Month
WORK HOURS LISTED
The Red Cross room for mak
ing surgical dressings for the Un
ited States armed forces will be
open each Tuesday and Wednes
day from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m.
Volunteers are urged to work as
many hours as possible during
these two days as the local chap
ter has a quota of 25,000 bandages
for the month.
Volunteer workers in the even
ing will work from 7 until 10 each
Tuesday and Thursday.
This work is urgent as the quo
ta must be completed by the end
of the month and any one desir
ing to help should contact Mrs.
W. C. Cox for duty during the day
and Miss Mattie Mae Powell for
the evening.
DAN C. BONEY,j
EKIN NATIVE,
PASSES MONDAY
Was North Carolina Insur
ance Commissioner
SICK ONLY TWO DAYS
Was Regarded As One of
Outstanding Men in His
Field in Nation
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Dan C. Boney, 46, state insur
ance commissioner, and a native
of this city, died in a Raleigh hos
pital Monday morning following
an illness of two days.
Mr. Boney was regarded as one
of the outstanding insurance
commissioners of the nation. He
was elected president of the na
tional association in 1934 and at a
testimonial dinner the next year
insurance commissioners from
every part of the nation came to
Raleigh to honor him.
He was born here on December
6, 1895, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
F. Boney. He was educated in
the city schools here and in Kin
ston and studied law at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
From June 1917 to December
1919 he served with the American
Expeditionary Force in the first
world war, suffering severe
wounds in battle, including the
loss of an arm.
He was appointed state insur
ance commissioner in 1927, and
had served continuously since that
time, having been elected to the
post four times by popular vote.
He married the former Miss
Charlotte Elizabeth Johnson of
Raleigh, who died last year.
Surviving are two sons, Dan C.
Boney, Jr., and Arthur Johnson
Boney, his mother, two sisters,
Mrs. M. A. Bratten of Kinston,
and Mrs. M. B. Stokes of Rober
sonville, and two brothers, W. E.
Boney of Kinston and David M.
Boney of Richmond.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Christ
church in Raleigh. Interment was
in Oakwood cemetery there.
Several Cases Are
Tried By Magistrate
The following cases were tried
before Magistrate J. L. Hall here
in Magistrate’s Court Monday:
Phillip Yarboro and Pete Gam
bill, affray, both taxed with costs.
Sam Everidge, larceny of gaso
line, bound over to superior court.
Jesse Garris, malicious destruc
tion of property, and drunk and
disorderly, bound over to superior
court.
Glenn Barber, public drunken
ness, $2.50 and costs.
Hugh Pinnix, public drunken
ness, $2.50 and costs.
J. E. Stone, public drunkenenss,
$10 and costs and 30 days sus
pended for six months.
Carl Harp, public drunkenness,
30 days.
The nickel that used to go into
a dozen silver-plated table forks
is enough to supply the nickel re
quired for making 675 magne
sium incendiary bombs.
Draft Board Places
Many In Class 1-A
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Others Are
Reclassified,
List Shows
Selective Service classification
list for September 3, has been
announced by local draft board
No. 2, at Dobson.
The following have been newly
classified into class 1-A:
Robert Gurney Lawson, Sam
Milton Eaton, Edward William
Reynolds, Robert Lee Ramey,
Lonnie Franklin Atkins, Lacy
Thanel Hutchins, Lonnie James
Hutchens, Thomas Eugene Chap
pell, Bud Patterson Dalton, Rom
ley Madison Eaton, Claude
Thomas Marion, Daskus Ovus
Nations, John Wesley Reeves,
Moir Henry Whitaker, Dewey
Roosevelt Reece, Bryant Monroe
Williamson, Esker Dallas Hinson,
Noah Cletus Barker, Edwin Jun
ior Hurt, Roy Monroe Haynes,
William Jackson DeBorde, Ken
neth Vaughn Royall, Earl Jack
son Freeman, William Allen
White, William Fred Shores, Jo
seph L. Copeland, William Joe
Cockerham, Ralph Edward Beane,
Jr., and Paul Jackson Calloway.
Men who were reclassified are
as follows:
Jobie Milton Hardy, 1-A from
2- A; Rufus Pedro Johnson, 1-A
from 3-A; Ernest Whitaker, 4-F
from 1-B; Columbus H. White,
4-F from 1-B; Robert Glenn
Nicholson, 3-B from 3-A; Camp
bell Wayne Collins, 3-B from 3-A;
Buster Richard Adams, 1-A from
3- A; William Harley Stoker, 1-A
from 3-A; Charles Croom Harris,
*1-A from 2-A; Conrad Cline
Washam, 3-A to 4-D; William Ed
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Fight For Stalingrad
Grows More Ferocious;
Japanese Push Slowed
HUNT JAPS
When this picture was taken, the
position of the U. S. marines in the
Solomon islands had become so strong that only “mopping
up” operations were in progress, along with further
strengthening operations of vantage points in the six is
lands which had already been wrested from the Japs by the
U. S. fighting forces. Here you see the marines under the
palm trees with guns ready as they look for hidden Japs
in these tropical islands.
Merchants Requested
To Install Switches
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For Use Of
Night Police In
Dousing Lights
The Elkin commissioners, meet
ing Monday evening in monthly
session, passed a resolution re
questing all business firms in the
downtown area to equip their dis
play lights and any lights left
burning in their places of business
during the night, with outside
switches so that the night police,
in event of a blackout, could turn
them off.
”lt was pointed out that police
here have full authority to break
glass windows or doors to turn off
lights in event of an emergency
and that the town could not be
held liable for such damage. How
ever, conveniently placed outside
switches would make such proce
dure unnecessary.
Other business transacted by
the board was described as rou
tine.
R. L. MELTON
DIES SUDDENLY
Veteran Methodist Pastor
Stricken At Home At
Granite Quarry
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Rev. Romeo Leonard Melton,
70, died suddenly Sunday morning
at his home at Granite Quarry.
Before moving there last August
he resided with his daughter, Mrs.
Velna Weaver, at Brooks Cross
Roads.
Rev. Melton, who held pastor
ates in a number of North Caro
lina communities during his many
years in the ministry, was a na
tive of Rutherford county but
spent most of his early life in
Randolph. He attended Fallston
Institute in Cleveland county,
was graduated from Shawalter
Normal School of Music and did
graduate work at Vanderbilt Uni
versity.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Jennie Baber of
Rutherford county, six children,
Mrs. Velna Weaver of Hampton
ville, Mrs. Carolyn Poole of Mayo
dan, Paul T. Melton of Greensbo
ro, and Misses Maude and Mary
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MINE WORK IS
GOING AHEAD
Bad Weather Delays Opening
Of Limestone Quarry
At Lime Rock
ROAD ABOUT COMPLETE
Although work on the lime
mine at Lime Rock, in Yadkin
county, has been unavoidably
held up on account of bad weath
er, considerable progress has been
made in putting the mine into
operation by the state, it is un
derstood.
Although The Tribune was un
able to contact District Engineer
Charles Ashby Wednesday after
noon, who was out of town, it is
understood the road leading into
the state owned property has been
practically completed.
Considerable equipment is be
ing employed at the mine, and
blasting has already begun, it was
learned, and agricultural lime
stone in quantity should soon be
produced.
Further information concerning
the mine will be forthcoming.
Truckers Asked To
Bid For Hauling Job
Paul Speer, of the AAA office
at Dobson, announced Wednesday
that the office will accept bids
from truckers who are interested
in delivering agricultural lime
stone from railheads in Surry
county to Surry farm yards, bids
to be in not later than September
18.
Mr. Speer said the county will
use approximately 10,000 tons of
limestone during the 1943 AAA
farm program, which ends June 1,
1943. It is believed that numer
ous truckers will be interested in
hauling such lime, and if so, they
should get their bid in at once.
Kiwanis Club To Meet
At Jonesville School
The Elkin Kiwanis Club will
meet this evening (^Thursday),
at the Jonesville high school,
with the Jonesville Parent
Teacher Association serving the
meal.
The meeting will be at 6:30
and all members are urged to be
present.
Keep 'on flying! Bny IT. S
War Bonds and Stamps regularly.
HUN AIR FORCE
HASCONTROLOF
AIR OVER FRONT
Nazi Motorized Infantry
Forces New Red Retreat
SECOND IN TWO DAYS
Australian Forces Diminish
Japanese Push Toward
Port Moresby
PLANES AID IN FIGHT
Moscow, Sept. 9.—Fighting on
the western and southwestern ap
proaches of Stalingrad reached
new heights of ferocity today,
with the Germans attacking in
greater strength and with more
rapidity than ever, and with
air superiority in such propor
tions that their planes cruised lei
surely over Russian positions.
* German motorized infantry,
after repeated attacks on a nar
row sector, forced a Russian re
treat yesterday on the western
approach—the second retreat in
that direction in 36 hours.
The enemy had make no prog
ress on the southwest in five
days, but dispatches from the
front indicated he was redoubling
his efforts. Fresh reserves poured
constantly into German lines,
and their numerical superiority
on land and in the air increased
by the hour.
The Russians fighting west and
southwest of Stalingrad and the
Volga River line were weary and
fighting fresh Germans who far
outnumbered them. The terrain
on those appraoches is unfavor
able for defense; it is rolling hills
and shallow ravines, with no for
ests and few villages.
Deep dugouts protected the
Russians against German dive
bombers, and they relied on artil
lery to stop German tank at
tacks.
Gen. Mac Arthur’s Headquarters,
Australia, Sept. 9.—Australian
forces in the Owen Stanley
mountains of New Guinea are
holding strong positions against
a momentarily diminished Japa
nese push toward Port Moresby,
dispatches reported today.
It was confirmed that the Jap
anese had broken through the
main pass in the mountains to
reach a position approximately 50
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4,863 STUDENTS
YADKIN COUNTY
Jonesville Continues As Larg
est Unit With Total of
880 Pupils
TWELFTH YEAR ADDED
A total of 4,863 students enroll
ed in Yadkin county schools on
opening day, it has been learned
from Superintendent Fred C.
Hobon, who predicted that by the
end of this week that figure
would be swelled to at least 5,000.
Jonesville continues to be the
largest school in the county, with
880 pupils enrolling on opening
day, September 3. Of these, 709
are in the elementary school and
171 in high school, a total of 19
more than were in school there
last year.
West Yadkin school, located
near Brooks Cross Roads, is the
county’s second largest school,
with an enrollment of 841 stu
dents. Other schools have an
enrollment as follows: Boonville,
657: Courtney, 521; East Bend,
453; Fall Creek, 372; Forbush,
162; all colored schools combined,
301.
For tiie first time Yadkin
schools are offering twelve years
of instruction, with many adjust
ments being made in the case of
seventh and eighth grade stu
dents, Mr. Hobson said.