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CAMPAIGN FOR
BETTER HEALTH
STARTS OCT. 5
In Cooperation With Nation
al Program
f CONTINUES THROUGH 17
Will Be in Charge of Miss
Gladys Strawn of Dept.
Of Agriculture
WILL HOLD MEETINGS
A Better Health Campaign, in
cooperation with the national nu
trition program, will be held here
from October 5th through October
17th. The campaign will be in
charge of Miss Gladys Strawn of
. the North Carolina department
of agriculture, assisted by Miss
Mavis Gibbs, home economist of
the Southeastern chain store
council and is sponsored locally
by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the Elkin Kiwanis
Club.
During the two week period it
is the aim of the promoters to
reach every school child and ex
plain to them in language under
standable by them the value of
balanced food for the develop
ment of a perfect body, and pre
servation of health. Meetings will
also be held with employees of
the Chatham Manufacturing
company and with each of the
various civic organizations of the
town.
In connection with the pro
gram, foods and nutrition movies
will be shown the regular classes,
and two movies “Proof of the
Pudding” and “Hidden Hunger,”
released by the national nutrition
council, will be shown at local
theatres.
Programs will be presented at
civic club meetings on the follow
ing schedule: A meeting with
the Lucy Hanes Chatham Club at
the Y. M. C. A. on October 5, at
7:30; the Elkin Woman’s Club at
Hotel Elkin at one o’clock on Oc
tober 6; the Junior Woman’s Club
at the Y. M. C. A. on October 6,
at 6:30 p. m.; the Lucy Hanes
Chatham Club at the Y. M. C. A.
on October 8, at 2 p. m.; The Ki
wanis Club at Hotel Elkin on Oc
* tober 8, at 6:30 p. m.; the Parent
Teacher Association of Pleasant
Hill school at the school building
there on October 8, at 8 p. m.; the
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
the Y. M. C. A. on October 12, at
6:30 p. m.; The Thurmond Chat
ham Unity Club at the Y. M. C.
A. on October 8, 7:30 p. m.; The
Jonesville Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation on October 15, at 7:45 p.
m., and the Elkin Parent-Teacher
Association on October 13, at 3:30
p. m.
Members of all the clubs are
urged to attend these programs,
which will feature food for health
and efficiency.
BLACKOUT HERE
IS SAID OKEY
Mixup in Alarm Signals From
Raleigh Cause
Confusion
TO BE OTHER TESTS
Despite a mix-up in alarm sig
nals coming from Raleigh, which
cut Elkin’s part of the statewide
blackout Tuesday night to hardly
20 minutes, the local blackout
was considered a success, Roy
Kane, of the local defense office,
said Wednesday.
Mr. Kane said he didn’t know
how signals became confused, but
that it was necessary to call Ral
eigh to see when the blackout
signal was coming through, and
that the blackout was already on.
It was pointed out that other
blackouts will be staged later
from time to time, but that in
these cases no advance notice of
any nature will be given, and that
they will come as a complete sur
prise. In this respect, it was
stated, it is important that motor
ists bear in mind the fact that
during the first five minutes it is
permissable for defense person
nel to drive their cars provided
they use parking lights only, and
do not exceed 15 miles per hour.
However, if a member of the de
fense corps cannot reach his post
in five minutes, then he must not
drive his car unless his headlights
are blacked out in the prescribed
manner.
Several instances of autos run
ning with lights full on were re
ported Tuesday night.
In all of Jonesville and Elkin
and surrounding territory, only
two lights showed during Tues
day’s blackout, Mr. Kane said.
One was in Jonesville and the
other in Elkin.
NORTH CAROLINA’S SCRAP
CAN LICK THE JAP!
The Elkin Tribune
VOL. No. XXXI. No. 45
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MILLS ARE RUNNING OUT OF SCRAP
y
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. —
War production Chief Donald
IVT. Nelson reported tonight
that United States’ munitions
production, although 14 per
cent behind schedule last
month, “has caught up with
and passed that of axis Eu
rope.” Nevertheless, he said in
his third report on the war
production effort, “the per
formance is not one that we
can brag about. We must all
do more, and we must do it in
a hurry. We are entering the
crucial fourth quarter of the
year. We must MUtftMHiftlteard
of efforts.” The nation’s muni
tions factories last month
turned out $4,700,000,000 worth
of guns, ships, planes, tanks
and other machines of war, he
reported — an increase of 8 per
cent over July.
INTERNATIONAL
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 29. —
The Argentine chamber of dep
uties tonight approved a reso
lution recommending a break
in diplomatic relations with
the axis.
MacARTHUR’S HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, Wed
nesday, Sept. 30.—Allied forces
liave recaptured Ioribaiwa
ridge in the Owen Stanley
mountains, 32 airline miles
from Port Moresby, it was an
nounced today. It was taken
from the Japanese yesterday,
said a communique from Gen.
Douglas Mac Arthur’s head
quarters. The advance is con
tinuing and the Japanese are
retreating, abandoning supplies
and equipment.
LONDON, Sept. 29. — Prime
Minister Churchill gave the
house of commons a one-sen
tence warning against loose
talk about a second front today
while the British radio in a
French language broadcast ad
vised the French people to
await calmly the allied offen- I
sive now “in the making.” It J
was manifest that Churchill
and the BBC were not at cross
purposes, for the broadcast was
seen as merely another of a
series of appeals asking the
French to sit tight and assur
ing them they would be told in
time when an offensive was on.
Tokyo, (From Japanese
Broadcasts) Wednesday, Sept.
30.—Special units of the Ja
panese navy have landed at
several points in the Tanim
bar, Kei and Aru islands, some
of them only 200 miles north
of Australia, and either killed
or captured the defending
forces, a Domei dispatch re
ported today. The landings
were made early this morning,
the dispatch said, and occupa
tion of the entire area of the
Arafura sea is now complete.
Supported by warships and na
val planes, Japanese forces
landed at Saumlakki and Laa
rat in the Kanimbar islands, at
Dobo in the Aru islands and at
several other places, the report
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ENLISTED IN THE FIGHT
TO SAVE DEMOCRACY
It is strong in the sense that it has done and is doing one of
the biggest jobs in the country! It is secret only in the
sense that it is so closely woven into our daily lives that
we are scarcely aware of its influence. How can those of
Axis countries who are accustomed to a propagandized, dicta
tor controlled press understand newspaper promotions which
tell a country’s readers the truth about themselves; that prod
them for their inactivity; sell them on War Bond buying and
Scrap Drives, and gives them uncolored information about
war regulations and exactly what they can do to follow them
to the letter.
This is National Newspaper Week—a moment to stop and
consider how valuable to you your newspaper and its ads
ancl features are. Read it—every issue!
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WPA Bows Out,
Blum Company
Takes Over Job
The Frank L. Blum Con
struction Company, of Win
ston-Salem, Monday morning:
took over the construction of
the new addition to the Elkin
Water Department, which was
begun by the WPA on June 16,
1941, and which was to have
been completed in 10 months.
J. R. Windsor, superinten
dent of the Water Department,
said Wednesday morning: that
the job would be completed
within the next 60 days barring
unforeseen delays.
When completed, Elkin will
have a water department ade
quate to serve this community
for many years without further
enlargement.
Rev. Grady Burgiss
To Conduct Programs
Rev. L. Grady Burgiss, pastor of
Magnolia Street Baptist church in
Greensboro, and a native of this
city, will conduct a series of radio
broadcasts over station WBGB,
Greensboro, from October 5,
through the 10th, from 8:30 to
8:45 each morning. The broad
casts are directed by the Greens
boro Ministerial Association and
are sponsored by WBGB.
SUPREME COURT
OKEYS VERDICT
Awards Workman’s Compen
sation to Surivors of
V. Z. Ashley
MET DEATH HERE IN ’40
The North Carolina Supreme
Court, in handing down opinions
in 19 cases at Raleigh last week,
upheld the state industrial com
mission in awarding workmen’s
compensation to the survivors of
Vanious Z. Ashley, of Elkin, who
died of injuries suffered when he
was attacked by a fellow employee
in the garage of the P-W Chevro
let Company here May 23, 1940.
The court held that Ashley’s
death resulted from an injury
arising out of and in the course
of his employment because it was
the custom of the garage where
Ashley worked for employees to
furnish their own tools, and the
dispute which resulted in Ashley’s
death was over his tools.
The action against the P-W
Chevrolet Company, Ashley’s em
ployer, and the Lumberman’s Mu
tual Casualty Company, of New
York, was brought by Mrs. Ruth
Ashley, widow, and Kenneth
Wayne Ashley, son, of Vanious
Ashley. W. M. Allen, local at
torney, represented the plaintiffs.
NORTH CAROLINA’S SCRAP
CAN LICK THE JAP!
You Are Asked To Do
Your Part In Drive
For All Scrap Metal
You’ve Been Wondering What You
Could Do. Well, Here’s Your Chance
“Throw your scrap into the fight!”
That is the watchword in Elkin and
throughout North Carolina today as over
50 newspapers, including The Tribune,
announce plans for a Statewide contest
with $3,300 worth of War Bonds as prizes
for collectors turning in the most scrap
metal in a three-week drive starting to
day. Details are elsewhere in this issue.
To be perfectly frank, our nation
desperately needs all the scrap metal it
can get! The shortage of scrap metal is
threatening the very safety of the na
tion; threatening the safety of your
home! If scrap is not collected at once,
steel mills will have to close down for lack
of it, seriously hampering our war effort.
These are cold, hard facts, and not just
words.
What can you do about it? You’ve
been asking “what can I do to aid in the
war effort?” Well, here’s your opportun
ity to really do something besides ask
questions. You can get in the scrap! And
get it in now!
Think about it as a revenge—a way to
get back at the scum who have attacked
us. Or think about it as a little more pro
tection for our fighting men—something
you, yourself, can do to bring as many as
possible home alive!
And think about it NOW! Forget
that old saying “let George do it.” Do it
yourself—for the scrap in homes, farms
and factories has got to be moving to
stockpiles within the next few weeks or it
may be too late!
You’ve heard those tragic words too
often—“too little, too late.”
Maybe you don’t know what it means
to have war production fall off. Maybe
you can’t imagine how it feels to be hunk
Navy Recruiting Men
To Be Here Oct. 7-8
A new U. S. Navy Recruiting
station has been opened in Wins
ton-Salem. Representatives from
this station will be at the post of
fice here on Wednesday and
rhursday, October 7th and 8th,
to take applications of men be
tween the ages of 17 and 50 for
snlistment in the U. S. Navy or
[J. S. Naval Reserves. The repre
sentatives will be here all day on
sach of the two days and will be
here each week in the future. The
iates will be announced through
rhe Tribune.
'■eieu uuwn in a ioxnoie wismng
for just one more clip of cart
ridges. Or to see the enemy roll
ing through your lines because
you didn’t have just a few more
tanks.
Or maybe you don’t care. Just
let George do it.
But we think you do. We feel
that our whole community is
ready to rise up and bring in the
scrap as soon as you can get a
chance. So you are going to get
that chance!
Today the biggest drive you’ve
ever seen is starting to get in this
precious material. And, unless
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SITUATION ON
RUSSIAN FRONT
IS SAID GRAVE
Huns Seek to Storm Ap
proach to Vital Hill
STALINGRAD IS HOLDING
Red Counteroffensive
Above City Rolls Over
German Positions
LOSS OF LIFE HEAVY
Moscow, Sept. 30.—The Soviet
counteroffensive above Stalin
grad rolled over more German
strong points today, but front
line dispatches said the enemy
was storming the approaches to
a vital hill on the northwestern
outskirts and the situation of the
city was “unabatingly grave.”
The hill dominates an industrial
section of Stalingrad, and the
Germans were recklessly trying to
seize it, over a carpet of their own
dead.
The steppes from the Don to
the Volga above Stalingrad, where
the Russian counteroffensive was
rolling toward the bend of the
Don, were a sea of flames. The
Germans had set the tinder-like
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CHATHAM FAIR
IS SUCCESSFUL
Attendance Higher and More
Exhibits Than On Display
Last Year
INTERESTING FEATURES
The Chatham Employees’ Fair,
which came to a close Friday
night, was highly successful, ac
cording to fair officials. The at
tendance was higher and there
were more individuals exhibiting
than last year.
Mrs. Ted Long won the sweep
stakes prizes for taking the most
first prizes in the exhibits. Other
major prizes went to Mrs. Ellen
Gilliam in cooking, Mrs. Dallas
Gililam in the garden exhibit,
Mrs. Bill Walters in handwork,
Mrs. Edna Sparks in homefurn
ishings, Mrs. Thad Johnson in
plants and flowers, and to Mrs.
Ted Long in canning.
A display of blanket making
from raw wool to finished blank
ets, which was explained by em
ployees from different depart
ments of the mill, was a high spot
of attraction of the two-day
event.
Another exhibit which drew a
large crowd was an honor roll in
scribed with the names of em
ployees of the Chatham plant now
serving with the armed forces of
the nation in various branches of
service.
Chilton Returned To
Army Camp By M. P.
Fred Chilton, Surry county
man who was found on the street
here 10 days ago suffering from
the hardships of hiding out in an
effort to evade service in the
army, was taken from Hugh Chat
ham Hospital Wednesday morning
back to Camp Croft, S. C., by a
member of the army Military Po
lice.
Fully recovered from his recent
experience, Chilton was said to
have made no objection to his re
turn to camp.
Reeves Theatre
To Stage Scrap
Metal Matinee
Realizing the critical need
for scrap metal on the part of
the Nation’s war industries,
and seeking to do its part in
aiding in this campaign, the
Reeves Theatre, owned and op
erated by Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
Reeves here, have announced a
special matinee for school chil
dren to be staged Wednesday,
October 7, after school, to
which the admission will be
two pounds, or more, of scrap
metaL
The picture to be shown will
be “She’s In the Army Now,”
and all school children who
bring two pounds of metal, or
more, will go in absolutely free.
All metal collected In this man
ner will be sold at prevailing
scrap prices and the proceeds
donated to the Red Cross.
All children are urged to at
tend, and to tell their friends
so as much scrap as possible
may be collected.
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