ELKIN
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The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 46
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
BOONE, SEPT. 23.—Doyle
Duckett, one of the ten con*
victs who escaped from Watau
ga county prison camp Sunday,
Septemebr 13, surrendered to
officers at Marshall Tuesday, it
was learned here today. Duck
ett is from Madison county and
is serving a 30-year sentence
for second degree murder. This
leaves nine of the twelve who
escaped during the past six
weeks still at large.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—
The Navy expects violent Jap
anese counterattacks on Amer
ican positions in the Solomon
islands and is preparing ac
cordingly, Secretary Knox said
today. Lending emphasis to
his report that the navy was
on watch, a communique told
of dive bomb hits on a Japa
nese cruiser prowling north
west of American-held Guadal
canal and new American air
attacks on enemy bases. Land
fighting on Guadalcanal, lim
ited to patrol activity, inten
sified somewhat Sunday, the
communique said, but “our po
sitions remain intact.”
WASHINGTON; Sept. 22.—
The nation tonight received a
graphic picture of the course
of the war at sea in an official
report disclosing an “almost
complete” halt in allied ship
losses along the Atlantic coast
and a five-fold increase in the
navy’s shipbuilding program.
The report, prepared by Chair
man Carl Vinson, Democrat,
Georgia, of the house naval
affairs committee, with co
operation of the navy depart
ment, was designed to inform
the public as directly as possi
ble, without revealing inform
ation to the enemy, how the
United Nations compare with
the axis in the race for con
trol of the oceans. “Directly
or indirectly,” he said, “the
first fruits of American naval
expansion are already influ
encing the course of the war.
At sea we have begun to turn
the comer.”
MIDLAND, Ont., Sept. 22.—
A picnic to celebrate the com
pletion of a war contract at
the Midland Foundry and Ma
chine company came to an ab
rupt and tragic ending in
Georgian bay last night when
the party’s 75-foot, twin-en
giined motor launch, Wat-Wi
Net, suddenly listed, righted it
self and sank, drowning 25
of the 41 men aboard. Among
the missing was Bert Cor beau,
foundry superintendent and
former National league hockey
star, who owned the launch
and was believed to have been
at the wheel when the unex
plained accident happened.
Elmer Shaw, of Midland, for
merly of Toronto, president of
the company, was saved.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Sept. 23.—(Wed
nesday)—Field Marshal Gen.
Fedor von Beck, Germany’s
“most successful” military
commander and chief of the
southern nazi armies now as
saulting Stalingrad, was re
ported in Swedish advices to
day to have been dismissed by
Adolf Hitler. The conserva
tive Stockholm newspaper
Svenska Dagbladet published
reports that Hitler had reliev
ed Yon Bock of his command
and ordered him back to Ber
lin two weeks ago, according to
dispatches reaching London
this morning from the Swedish
capital.
LONDON, Sept. 22.—Brit
ain’s extensive and continued
aerial mine-sowing in enemy
waters was explained by some
London observers today as an
effort to forestall or harass any
German attempt to slip the
heavy nazi naval concentra
tion at Kiel into the North sea
to join forces with the raider
fleet led by the battleship Tir
pitz. Both admiralty and air
ministry communiques have
indicated unusual mine-laying
activity. Last night, for exam
ple, British planes were plant
ing mines in German waters
when bad weather held all
other BAF forces aground.
State-Wide Blackout Tuesday
COOPERATION IS
ASKED RY ELKIN
DEFENSE CHIEF
Test Will Come At An Un
specified Hour
MAY BE FIRST OF MA^Y
All Persons Warned to Ex
tinguish Lights, Get Off
Of Streets
SERVICE IS EXPLAINED
A state-wide test blackout has
been called by state defense au
thorities for Tuesday, September
29, sometime between the hours
of 7:00 p. m. and 12:00 midnight.
The local Defense Council and
its staff met Monday at the Elkin
Y. M. C. A. to discuss plans for
the event, and were told by Coor
dinator J. W. L. Benson that al
though Elkin’s record in previous
tests has been good, it is hoped
next Tuesday’s test will be as near
perfect as possible. This, he said,
will depend upon the citizens of
Elkin and this section as well as
upon the members of the local
defense organization.
Following Tuesday’s state-wide
test—the first to be called in
which all counties are to take
part—similar test will probably be
called by the army without pre-^
liminary notice, it was said.
All persons, at the sound of the
alarm, which will be a series of
blasts on the Elkin fire siren and
the steam siren at the Chatham
Manufacturing Company over a
period of two minutes time, should
immediately extinguish all lights
in the home. Those who are on
the streets should seek cover,
while motorists should extinguish
their headlights, park their cars
at the curb—but not so as to ob
struct a fire hydrant—and seek
the nearest cover. Under no con
dition should anyone use their
telephone unless in case of emer
gency, or unless it should ring. In
the latter case it should be an
swered.
The all-clear signal will sound
at the end of the test and will be
long, steady blasts of the two
sirens.
During Monday’s meeting Roy
Kane discussed and explained the?
Citizens’ Service Corps of the Civ
ilian Defense Service. This pro
gram is part of the Civilian Mo
bilization program and takes in
quite a few different phases of
service opportunities to the com
munity. This subject was dis
cussed at the defense meeting
held in Raleigh last Thursday,
which was attended by Mr. Kane,
of the local defense office, and
Tom Roth, of the Chatham Manu
facturing Co.
TO ENTERTAIN
DRAFTEES HERE
Over 50 Men to Leave Next
Week for Induction Into
Army
TO BE HELD AT YMCA
Over 50 men from Surry draft
area No. 2, will leave Dobson
next week for induction into the
armed forces of the United
States.
A banquet for the men, one of
a series which have been spon
sored here by local civic organi
zations, merchants and interest
ed citizens, will be held at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. on Mon
day, September 28, at 7:30 p. m.
In addition to the inductees,
all other soldiers, sailors or ma
rines who are here on leave on
that date, are urged to be present
as guests. Ladies are also urged
to attend the banquet. Tickets
are now on sale.
An excellent program is being
prepared for the meeting, and
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TIT A OTIAir' T11\/IT7 The idea was to scare the U.
IT /Ljl /IVU 1 llYllh S. internees. That’s why Ja
panese military press officer Matsuda paraded the prison
ers and read to them the news of the fall of Singapore. No
body fainted. All knew that the U. S. would come out at
the bell for the next round. This is one of the photos pub
lished in “Freedom,” Jap propaganda magazine published
in Shanghai in the English language.
Chatham Fair To Open
Here Today At 1 P. M.
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Overseas Gifts
Should Be Mailed
By November 1st
Christmas packages and
cards for members of the Unit
ed States armed forces serving
outside of the United States
should be mailed before the
first of November, according to
an announcement by the post
office department. A later
mailing date will not insure de
livery before Christmas.
Packages should be securely
wrapped and should be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and
not more than 42 inches in
length and girth combined.
The War and Navy depart
ments request that packages
not be larger than an ordinary
shoe box and not over six
pounds in weight. This will
conserve valuable space if gifts
are limited to this size and
weight.
Relatives and friends of men
in foreign service are requested
to comply with these regula
tions in order to facilitate the
handling of Christmas mail.
DRAFTEE HELD
FOR ARMY MEN
Fred Chilton in Hospital Af
ter 10-Days of Wandering
In Woods
FOUND ON STREET HERE
Local police, who are holding
Draftee Fred Chilton, 33-year-old
Surry county man, in the hospital
here following his arrest on Main
street Sunday morning about 3:00
o'clock, have been advised by of
ficials of Surry draft board No. 1
at Mount Airy, that army officials
will call for the young man short
ly.
Carried to the local hospital af
ter being taken by Night Police
man Tom Lewis, Chilton was in
a drunken condition and hospital
attaches pumped his stomach out
in the belief he had taken poison.
Later carried to jail, arrange
ments were made to send him to
a Mount Airy hospital, but admis
sion was refused, it was said, and
he was sent back to the local hos
pital.
Police said Wednesday that the
young man’s condition was much
better and that he appears to be
all right.
Chilton, who is the son of a
prosperous Surry family and is
said to own considerable property
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Y. M. C. A. Gym
Is Used For
Exhibition
The second annual Chatham
Employees’ Fair will open today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock at the
Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. The spacious
gymnasium will be used for the
exhibit hall this year and it is be
lieved the exhibits will far surpass
those in 1941.
The fair will be open today
from one until 10 o’clock and Fri
day the doors will open at 9 a. m.
and remain open until 10 p. m.,
when the event will come to a
close. A dog show will be held on
the west lawn of the “Y” Friday
morning, promptly at 10 o’clock.
A special feature of this year’s
fair will be an elaborate display
by the Chatham Company of its
manufacturing process from raw
wool to the finished product. A
somewhat similar, but less elab
orate, display was shown at the
company’s first fair last year, and
attracted much attention and
comment, being taken later to the
State Fair at Raleigh.
Exhibitors are limited to em
ployees of the Chatham Manufac
turing company.
The fair committee is compos
ed of Miss Claudia Austin, Milton
Cooper, H. C. Hatch, C. C. Poin
dexter and W. F. Burgiss.
The event is open to the public
and everyone is extended a cor
dial invitation to attend.
POLICE ARREST
WILKES MAN IN
CAFE ROBBERY
Iredell Gentry Confesses to
Taking Money
IS HELD IN LOCAL JAIL
Admits He Took $248.45
From Eat-Quick Lunch,
Chief Wall Says
NABBED IN MOVIE HERE
Iredell Gentry, Wilkes county
youth, confessed to Chief of Po
lice Corbett Wall Wednesday af
ternoon that he entered and rob
bed the Eat-Quick Lunch, local
cafe, of $248.45 in cash Tuesday
night. Gentry was placed in jail
to await hearing for breaking and
entering, and larceny.
The theft was discovered by
employees of the cafe early Wed
nesday morning. An investiga
tion by police disclosed that the
thief had entered a rear window,
which had not been locked and
which was barred only by a screen
held in place by two nails. He
had taken the money from its
hiding place under a steam table.
Chief Wall took a part of the
window to Mount Airy Wednes
day morning to see if it contained
finger prints. Upon returning he
found that employees of the cafe
suspected Gentry, whom they
said helped sweep out Tuesday
night at closing time and could
have known where the money
was placed.
Upon investigating further,
Chief Wall learned that the young
man did not return to his room
ing place until early Wednesday
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NATION NEEDS
ALL OLD SCRAP
Tribune Cooperating in
Newspaper Salvage Drive
In State
IS TO START OCT. 1ST
Cooperating with other newspa
pers all over the state, The Tri
bune will sponsor a salvage drive
beginning October 1.
Donald Nelson, of the War Pro
duction Board, has called atten
tion to the serious shortage of
scrap metal. Unless salvage in
take can be picked up consider
ably in the fall months, war pro
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Ifroclmnatton
WHEREAS, our Nation is now engaged in an all
out war effort for freedom in its total meaning, and
WHEREAS, this condition demands our best ef
forts physicially, mentally, spiritually and morally, and
WHEREAS, our Government has organized a
National Nutrition Program emphasizing the import
ance of including in our daily diet the protective foods—
milk, fruits, vegetables and eggs, and
WHEREAS, one-third of our Nation’s hundred and
thirty million people are at the present time not eating
the right kinds of food, leaving them below the safe line
for good health, it is no longer merely a responsibility to
ourselves to be physically fit, but a responsibility to our
Nation and Government,
NOW THEREFORE, I, J. R. Poindexter, Mayor of
Elkin, do hereby proclaim October 5th through 17th as
Better Health Weeks to emphasize the importance of
proper foods for health and eficiency.
J. R. POINDEXTER, Mayor,
City of Elkin.
Germans Make Slight
Gains In Some Spots
But Lose In Others
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Miss America
Here is Miss Jo-Carroll Den
nison, who represented the state
of Texas at the Atlantic City
beauty contest, and who walk
ed off with the famous title,
“Miss America, 1942.” She thus
opened the door to fame and
fortui •. Miss Dennison is 18
years of age, 5 feet 5 inches tall,
and weighs a smooth 118
pounds.
SURRY COURT
IS UNDER WAY
Number of Cases of Local In
terest Tried Before
Judge Gwyn
SEVERAL LIQUOR CASES
The September term of Surry
criminal court got underway Mon
day morning with Judge Allen
Gwyn presiding.
According to officials, the cases
of minor offenses were disposed
of Monday and Tuesday. Among
those of interest in this section
were:
Buster Gray, public nuisance
and resisting an officer, sentenc
ed to jail for 6 months, suspended
sentence for 4 years good behav
ior.
Herman Royal and Don W.
Cockerham, gui'ty of forcible tres
pass, prison sentence for 12
months, suspended for 4 years.
The defendants are to make full
restitution for any property that
they may have taken from the
prosecuting witness.
Jesse Garris, guilty of malicious
injury to property, and public
drunkeness, 8 months in jail, sen
tence of 5 of which is suspended
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WEED PRICES
AVERAGE$40
Opening Days Average At
Mount Airy Announced
At $43.00
WINSTON - SALEM $42.50
The Old Belt Tobacco Market
got under way Tuesday with prices
averaging around $40.00 per
hundred pounds for the entire
area.
Packed floors greeted the buy
ers on all markets and the volume
of sales, as well as prices, were
ahead of the opening day last year
on many of the markets.
On Surry’s own market, at
Mount Airy, sales opened with
around 500,000 pounds on the
floors of the three warehouses
there, and prices held good all
day with an average reported at
$43.00 per hundred.
On the Winston-Salem market
the opening day’s average was
announced at $42.50 per hundred
with approximately 1,100,000
pounds sold.
BELIEVED JAPS
REINFORCED IN
ISLAND GROUP
Think Supplies Reaching Foe
In Guadalcanal
U. S. FLIERS BOMB BASES
Yellow Men Anxious to Win
Back Airport Now Used
By U. S. Airmen
13 ATTACKS ARE MADE
Moscow, Sept. 23. — German
troops have seized control of sev
eral additional streets within
Stalingrad in furious house-to
house fighting, but were staved
off in other sectors about the bat
tered city and Red army men re
captured an important road, the
Russians said today.
The Nazi gains were reported
made by infantry and automatic
riflemen operating with the sup
port of more than 100 tanks — a
powerful force in any battle arena
and probably the greatest ever us
ed in street fighting anywhere.
More than 1,400 invaders were
declared killed in the struggle in
the northern section of Stalin
grad and to the northwest.
Moving westward across the
Volga River by night, a Red army
detachment struck hard upon
Germans who had occupied the
houses, buildings and streets in
one section and drove them from
the positions, field dispatches said.
The army newspaper Red Star
said street booths and even over
turned automobiles were used as
firing points. Hard fighting for
street intersections developed,
with the Germans in some cases
firing from buildings on one com
er while Red army men blasted
away from behind the opposite
side of the street.
Washington, Sept. 23. — Amer
ican airmen have attacked Japan
ese bases in the Solomon Islands
at least 13 times during the last
fortnight, but reinforcements and
supplies were believed today to be
reaching enemy troops in Guadal
canal.
The air attacks have been de
signed to hamper enemy attempts
to retake the islands captured last
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BAPTISTS ARE
TO MEET OCT. 2
Annual Association Gather
ing to Be Held At Little
Elkin Church
MORRISETT TO PREACH
The annual Elkin Baptist Asso
ciational meeting will convene
with Little Elkin Baptist church, 4
miles west of Elkin, on Frdiay,
October 2, for a two-day session.
All churches in the association
are urged to have representatives
present. *
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, pastor
of the First Baptist church in this
city, is scheduled to preach the
opening sermon. Rev. David Day
of the Pleasant Hill Baptist
church has been appointed as an
alternate.
M. H. Kendoll of Mars Hill Col
lege will speak on Christian edu
cation and Rev. V. H. Harrell of
Winston-Salem, will talk on tem
perance. Other speakers and lay
leaders will also appear on
the program.
The meetings will convene at
10 o’clock each morning, with a
noon recess, followed by an af
ternoon session.