ELKIN
The Best
Little Town in
North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. No. XXXI. No. 46
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. —
President Roosevelt today dis
missed published reports of
Wendell Willkie’s remarks on
the need for a second front by
saying- he had read only the
headlines and didn’t think the
stories were worth reading. He
later termed them speculative.
Willkie is the President’s spe
cial representative abroad. Mr.
Roosevelt also declined to com
ment on Stalin’s letter calling
for the other United Nations
to fulfill their commitment of
aid to Russia and a second
front.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. —
President Roosevelt plans to
deliver a short radio address a
week or more hence, discussing
a number of subjects on which
the White House has received
inquiries. The chief executive
made this announcement at a
s press conference today. Corres
pondents tried, by a series of
questions, to learn the nature
of the forthcoming speech, but
elicited little information. It
might include a paragraph
about his recent trip, Mr.
Roosevelt said, but he thought
k. the reporters had gotten all
" the news out of that.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. —
American fliers, surprising a
Japanese fleet unit in the act
of landing reinforcements on
s Guadalcanal island in the Solo
mons, have damaged an enemy
heavy cruiser, the navy disclos
ed tonight in a communique
which reported more Jap land
ings and intensified fighting. It
also announced that 11 Jap
Zero fighter planes were shot
down by American ground and
aerial defenders and that U. S.
army, navy and marine corps
pursuit planes and dive bomb
ers continued bombing and
strafing enemy troop and sup
ply dumps on Guadalcanal.
MacARTHUR’S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Oct. 7.
— Australian forces in New
Guinea, still without opposition
from fleeing Japanese, have
reached the gap in the Owen
Stanley range leading to Buna,
Australian dispatches said to
day, and there were indications
that the enemy might be revis
ing his whole plan of campaign
in extreme southeastern New
Guinea, perhaps even aban
doning there his closest foot
hold to Australia. The mystery
of the Japanese overland re
treat, now in its 10th day, was
heightened by the presence of
►- a Japanese convoy which Am
erican bombers caught Monday
as it sped northward from
Buna. It was not clear imme
diately whether this convoy
was withdrawing forces from
Buna or had attempted to land
reinforcements there.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. —
The senate tentatively approv- «
ed sharply increased individual '<
income tax rates today as it
opened consideration of the 1
biggest tax bill in the country’s
history but action on some oth
er phases was deferred as sen
ators expressed dissatisfaction
with certain recommendations
of the finance committee. Con- I
sideration of the 5 per cent vic
tory tax on all incomes over
$624 a year was postponed at
the request of Senator Downey,
Democrat, California, who said
he would offer an amendment.
He proposed that incomes up to
$1,200 a year be exempt and ,
that the rate be 5 per cent on
incomes up to $2,400 a year and
10 percent on higher incomes,
instead of the flat 5 per cent
on all incomes proposed by the
committee.
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Scouts Gather 4 Tom Of Scrap
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JAJ TZJF Cr1/) A P Elkin Boy Scouts do their part in getting in
vJi-ii 1 IIT U ilf 1 Ili-i (JL'A./Il the scrap, as the picture below shows. This
is one of two loads collected in West Elkin by Scouts under the direction of Scoutmaster
Bill Stevenson. All told, over 8,000 pounds were collected by these boys. Saturday the
Scouts will canvass all of Elkin, and North Elkin, which lies on the East side of Big Elkin
Creek, with the exception of East Elkin and Hawthorne Road. These sections will be
gotten to later.—Tribune Photo.
Purebred Cattle To Be
Auctioned October 16
Farmers Are To
Be Guests At
Dinner Thursday
An auction sale of purebred
Guernsey cattle, including two
mature cows, nine bred heifers,
and 24 open heifers, will be staged
at the Elkin school gymnasium
Friday, October 16, beginning at
12 noon.
This sale of blooded cattle is
being fostered by local civic or
ganizations, the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Service,
and State and National Guernsey
Breeders Associations.
Prior to the sale on the 16th
will come a banquet on Thursday,
October 15, at the Gilvin Roth Y.
VT. C. A., at which the Elkin Ki
vanis Club will stage Farmers’
Might. A goodly number of farm
;rs from Surry, Yadkin and
Wilkes counties, in the Elkin trade
area, will be present.
Invitations to farmers to attend
;his meeting are being extended
jy County Agents A. P. Cobb, of
Dobson; R. A. McLaughlin, of
Sfadkinville, and J. B. Snipes, of
Wilkesboro. However, the dinner
vill be open to any farmer who
vishes to attend.
Speakers at the dinner meeting
vill be I. O. Schaub, dean of ag
•iculture and director of agricul
;ural extension, State College, and
John A. Arey, extension dairyman,
also of State College. Eddie
Wayne, secretary of the North
Carolina Bankers Association, of
italeigh, will also speak.
The program which has been
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Glade Valley Child
Accidentally Shot
J. C. Wilson, 6-year-old son of
Hr. and Mrs. Otis Wilson of Glade
/alley, is in the hospital here suf
fering from a gunshot wound. The
:hild was accidently shot Sunday
vhen l^e and some other children
vere playing with a 22-rifle. The
DUllet entered his left side near
;he hip bone and was removed by
m operation. His condition is re
ported as satisfactory.
Folger Names
Graham To
Succeed Self
John H. Folger, representa
tive from the fifth North Car
olina district, has recommend
ed Postmaster F. W. Graham,
of this city, for reappointment.
Upon confirmation by the
Senate, Mr. Graham’s reap
pointment will be for life un
der the terms of the act of
Congress approved June 25,
1938, which placed presidential
postmasters within the classi
fied civil service.
Mr. Graham was appointed
postmaster here at the begin- i
tiing of the first Roosevelt ad
ministration.
LIST OF TIRES
IS ANNOUNCED
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Ration Board Releases Names j
Of Those Who Got
New Rubber
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MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
The list of new tires and tubes,
recapped tires and obsolete tires
and tubes allowed for September
has been released by the local ra
tioning board.
The list follows: i
Trucks—new tires and tubes: 1
City Transit Co., J. F. Royal, M.
C. Gentry, Hayes & Speas, Klon- j
dike Farm, Basketeria, Inc., Elkin 1
Tanning Co., Cora W. Ipock, Huie ;
Templeton, William H. Miller, J. 1
S. Greenwood, Swanson Southard,
J. R. Norman, Duke Power Co., R. ;
E. Snow, J. G. Wright, J. E. Stan- <
ley, Central Elect. & Tel. Co., j
Brendle Cash Wholesale, A. J. ’
Wright. ;
Truck recaps: Thurman Coe, 1
Brendle Cash Wholesale, F. C. |
Wall, Oscar Darnell, J. R. Nor- ]
man, Chatham Mfg. Co., City :
Transit Co., A. B. Cheek, Cash &
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CLUB TO SEEK
WARM CLOTHES
Women’s Group to Make
Canvass in Interest of
School Children
DRIVE TO BE SUNDAY
Members of the Junior Wom
m’s Club will make a canvass of
he entire town Sunday after
ioon, beginning at 3 o’clock, for
varm clothing for school child
'en in this vicinity. The canvass
vill be made in a two-horse wa
;on, with bells attached, so there
vill be no chance of citizens fail
ng to know when the wagon is in
heir vicinity.
Those not planning to be at
iome at the time of the canvass
ire requested to put their bun
lles at the front entrance of the
louse so that they may be col
ected. It is pointed out by club
nembers that any size clothing
s welcome, since it may be used
:or members of the family other
han those of school age or cut
iown and made to fit smaller
hildren.
The clothing will be taken to
he schools and distributed by the
eachers.
This is a very definite need, as
n the past years cases have been
eported where children were un
ible to attend school during bad,
:old weather because of the lack
)f adequate clothing.
Joe B. Parsons
Passes Monday
Joe B. Parsons, 60, died Monday
ifternoon at his home at Moun
tain Park, following a long period
>f ill health. He was a native of
Surry county.
Funeral services were held Wed
lesday morning at 11 o’clock from .
fountain Park Baptist church. ;
rhe rites were in charge of Rev. ■
3. G. Jordon. Interment was in ■
he church cemetery.
Mr. Parsons was twice married, ]
irst to Miss Carrie Jennings, who
lied in 1937, and later he was
narried to Miss Minnie Lovings, ■
vho survives, together with two i
;ons, Grady and Paul Parsons, |
>oth of Mountain Park; two '
grandchildren, and two sisters, '
^rs. Troy Collins and Mrs. Lum :
Rogers, both of this city.
NORTH CAROLINA’S SCRAP
2AN LICK THE JAP!
Are To Canvass
Another Section
Saturday A. M.
Elkin Boy Scouts, working un
der the direction of Scoutmaster
Bill Stevenson, Saturday started
off Elkin’s scrap drive by collect
ing over four tons of scrap metal
from West Elkin homes.
Wednesday afternoon another
ton of the precious metal was con
tribtued by children at a special
matinee staged by Dr. and Mrs. W.
B. Reeves at the Reeves theatre
here. Proceeds from the sale of
this metal will go to the local Red
Cross.
Thus five tons, plus possibly one
ton brought in by individuals,
have been collected here since the
drive began last week.
This Saturday the Scouts will
canvass all of the city limits, in
cluding North Elkin, in that sec
tion of town on the east side of
Big Elkin Creek, with the excep
tion of East Elkin and Hawthorne
Road. If your home or store is
in that section you are urged to
start now getting out your scrap
so that it may be picked up.
On Saturday, October 17th, the
Scouts will canvass East Elkin and
Hawthorne Road.
A. P. Cobb, Surry county salvage
chairman, said Wednesday after
noon that the salvage drive in the
county appears to be getting off
to a good start. In driving about
over the county, he said he had
observed numerous piles of scrap
which have been collected by
farmers, and are awaiting the call
of the salvage truck.
If you have scrap which you
wish to donate to the government
free of all charge, call 43 and ask
that a WPA truck be sent for it.
Scrap collected by the Scouts is
sold and the money used in Scout
actvity. Or if you wish to sell
your scrap yourself, you may do
so by calling 43 and ask that a
truck be sent.
Start now getting out your
scrap. This metal is desperately
needed by our government. This
is war!
YADKIN MEN TO
GO TOCAMP
Large Number Will Go to
Camp Croft This Week
for Army Induction
LARGER CALL COMING
Sixty-eight men from Yadkin
county are to go to Camp Croft,
5. C., this week for final exami
nation before being inducted into
the army.
Members of the Yadkin county
selective service board are warn
ng all eligible registrants to “get
their business in order” as they
ire having to dig deeper into
temporarily deferred classes in
>rder to fill their quotas.
The Yadkin board, it was said,
ween October 10 and November 1
L0 then the board sent from the
fery beginning of selective ser
vice up until April 1 of this year.
Men who will leave for camp
his week are: ]
Wesley Johnson, East Bend;
Snoch Cardwell Cook, Cycle,
•oute 1; Kermit Eli Vestal, East
Bend, route 2; Benjamin Prank
in Crater, Union Grove: Jessie (
3ryant Frye, East Bend; Crater (
Swanson Mathis, Yadkinville, rt.
L; Fletcher Ellis Keaton, Cana, 1
•oute 1; Claude James Lineberry,
East Bend, route 1; Dallas Myers, \
Jnion Grove, route 1; Edgar Ben- 1
)ow Frye, East Bend, route 2; 1
Viley Conrad Joyner, East Bend:
rravis Ford Helton, Yadkinville,
oute 1; Roy Jackson Hunter, 1
3oonville, route 1; Julius Newton <
3peas, Boonville: George Alton
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U. S. Positions In
Solomons Believed
Seriously Menaced
‘Gets’ 8 Planes
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During three weeks of opera
tions in the Solomon islands,
Donald E. Runyon, 29-year-old
Indianian, shot down eight Jap
planes, thereby becoming a Pac
ific fleet fighter-pilot ace. He
polished off two Zeros, five dive
bombers and a twin-engined
torpedo bomber.
CONTESTS ARE
BEING STAGED
Is Part of National Fire Pre
vention Week Program
Here
ARE TO GIVE PRIZES
Students of the Elkin schools
are competing for cash prizes in
a special Fire Prevention Week
contest being staged this week, it
das been announced by Ted
Brown, Chief of the Elkin Fire
Department.
Fire Prevention Week is being
sponsored by the Junior Chamber
pf Commerce, and prizes in the
school contests will be awarded by
Hugh A. Royall, J. H. Beeson and
Paul Gwyn, local insurance men.
In the primary department
students of grades 1, 2 and 3 are
staging a fire prevention poster
contest, with first prize of 50 cents
arid second prize 25c. A grand
prize, for the best poster of the
entire department, will amount
to $1.50, cash.
In the elementary grades, stud
snts are staging an essay contest
an the subject: “What I Have
[Done This Week to Help Prevent
Fires.” First prize will be 50 cents,
second prize 25c and grand prize
$2.00.
In the high school, the English
Masses of the eighth, ninth, 10th,
11th and 12th grades are to also
write essays on the same subject,
with the winners in each grade to
jet first prizes of $1.00 and sec
>nd prize of 50 cents. Grand
prize will amount to $2.50.
Talks to the Elkin Kiwanis
Jlub, the elementary school and
;he high school by Fireman Buck
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Several Are Tried
Before Magistrate
Several cases have been dispos
:d of before Magistrate J. L. Hall
luring the past week. The dock
;t was as follows:
Ray Jenkins, using indecent
anguage in a public place, $10.00
md costs and 30 days suspended
or six months.
Charlie Simmons, Frank Pearce,
rhomas Brown and J. P. Harris,
mblic drunkenness, $2.50 and
:osts each.
Dewey Pinnix, operating car
vhile intoxicated, bound over to
uperior court.
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GERMANS FIGHT
FIERCELY TO
WINSTAUNGRAD
Russian High Command Says
They Are Failing
CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED
Japanese Reinforcements Are
Landed on Island of
Guadalcanal
NIP PLANES SHOT DOWN
Moscow, Oct. 7. — Marshal
Semyon Timoshenko threw strong
forces of Stormovik bombers into
his counteroffensive above Stalin
grad today. And his columns, ad
vancing over a wide area, drave
into a town, cut off fleeing Axis
forces and killed 1,200.
The desperate Germans, trying
to take Stalingrad before Timo
shenko’s relief offensive and ap
proaching winter trapped them,
steadily increased the force of
their trusts within the city.
Dispatches said several German
divisions (probably 45,000 men),
tanks and 1,000-plane sorties were
hammering incessantly at a small
industrial district in the north
western section of Stalingrad.
Scores of attacks have failed there
in the last week.
But at no point, the Soviet high
command said, did the Germans
advance.
General Rodemtsev, one of the
great heroes of the battle of Stal
ingrad, now raging in the 44th
day, ordered the city held at any
cost.
“I am confident that in spite of
all difficulties and trials we will
smash the German hordes at the
wall of Stalingrad,” he said.
The Germans rushed new in
fantry, aircraft and tank divis
ions to the city. The army organ,
Red Star said the defenders were
withstanding the heaviest attacks
of the siege, and that the Rus
sians were exacting the highest
price the Nazis had ever paid for
an inch of conquered land.
Timoshenko’s counteroffensive
stabbed into the German left
flank with greater and greater
force. He not only had brought
up powerful Stormovik bombers
to clear the way for his advance,
but also strong forces of fighters
to take care of German planes.
His advance extended over a
wide area between the Don and
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Scrap Metal Will
Get Children In
Theatre Saturday
The Lyric Theatre, joining: in
the drive for scrap metals to
aid the nation’s war effort, will
admit all children under 12
years of age to the theatre Sat
urday afternoon who bring: two
pounds or more of scrap metal.
The movie to be shown will
be “Eyes of the Underworld,”
starring1 Richard Dix and Lon
Chaney.
All metal collected in this
manner will be sold and the
proceeds donated to the local
Red Cross.
Every child of 12 or under is
urged to attend the show and
b#ing at least two pounds of
scrap. Every bit of metal over
two pounds that is brought in
will aid that much more in the
war effort.
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