All-Out Drive To Be
Staged In Afternoon
Every Citizen Is Urged To Take
Active Part In Getting In Metal
Awake to the vital need of every
piece of scrap metal available, members
of the Elkin Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Boy Scouts, Civilian Defense *
Corps and other civic organizations will
swing into action Sunday afternoon be
ginning at 2:00 o’clock in an all-out ef
fort to dig out and bring in every piece of
old metal within the city limits.
The drive will be made in cooperation
with The Tribune’s campaign to get in the
scrap.
To date the job of collecting scrap has
been handled largely by local Boy Scouts,
who have collected approximately 10 tons
of metal and have done an exceedingly
good job under the direction of their
Scout leaders. But so large is the job that
no matter how willing the Scouts and how
diligent their efforts, more man power is
, needed.
In Sunday’s drive every able bodied
man in town is asked to turn out and help.
The drive will be community wide, and to
those who have been asking “What can I
^ do to help in the war effort?” will be giv
' en a fine opportunity to rise and shine.
The town has been organized along
civilian defense lines. In each of the 11
f civilian defense districts all members of
the corps, and other citizens, are asked to
help. To each district will be assigned a
truck in which to pick up the scrap.
All persons whose patriotism is equal .
to the task are asked to meet at A. 0.
Bryan’s Service Station Sunday after
noon. There they will be assigned to the
truck which will canvass their district. It
is hoped that when Sunday evening falls
SAFE, CONTENTS
ARE RECOVERED
Was Taken From Office of
Carolina Ice & Fuel
Company
THIEVES ARE AT LARGE
Police here are continuing their
search for thieves who last Friday
^ night broke into the office of the
Carolina Ice & Fuel Company and
hauled away the company safe
and its contents.
t
k
The safe, unharmed and unop
ened, was found Sunday night by
a farm woman on the south side
of the Yadkin river, near Ronda.
It was found bottom-side-up in a
gully at the side of the road. Its
contents, which included around
$1,400 in cash, a number of war
bonds, ration books and important
papers and records, were all
present.
It was evident that the theft
was committed by persons fami
liar with the office and building
of the company. Entrance was
made at a side door leading from
the loading platform. A small win
dow opening into the office was
prized open, and proper keys nec
essary to open the front door and
doors at the rear of the plant,
were taken, as were the keys to
the company trucks. No other
keys, and many were hanging on
nails nearby, were molested.
A counter was tom loose from
the floor and the safe was wheel
ed to the front door, where it was
loaded into a company truck and
hauled away. A small amount of
cash in a small cash drawer which
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every available piece oi scrap wm
be in the community scrap heap
ready to be turned into guns and
ships and tanks for Uncle Sam.
All citizens are asked NOW to
get their scrap together in readi
ness for Sunday’s drive. Those
who can are asked to pile it in a
convenient place at their homes.
Those who are not equal to the
task of moving the iron to a con
venient spot are urged to inform
the scrap collectors as to its
whereabouts when the truck calls
Sunday. And those who have
iron, or know of iron too large to
be lifted into a truck, are asked
to telephone, NOW, or at the ear
liest moment possible, No. 43 or
No. 419. Necessary equipment for
cutting the large scrap into small
pieces will be sent out in ample
time to have it ready for hauling
away Sunday.
Every man, woman and child
can do his or her part in making
the drive a success. Spotting scrap
before Sunday will aid in avoiding
delay in collecting it. Searching
your own home will probably re
sult in much scrap that you did
n’t know was there. And every
piece of metal, no matter what
kind, or how small or how large,
is wanted.
And here’s a tip to people who
have scrap scattered about their
property, yet make no effort to
get it up or offer it to the scrap
drive. Unless you are sitting on
it Sunday afternoon, don’t be sur
prised to find it missing come
nightfall! That’s the word that is
being passed around among those
who will take part in the drive.
Scrap slackers are not wanted.
This is war! Even though the
actual battlefields are remote
from Elkin, the need is no less
great. For every ship and gun
and tank which is tinned out to
day in our great factories, is 5C
per cent scrap metal!' And if the
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The Elkin Tribune
VOL. No. XXXI. No. 47.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Cattle Auction Friday
Purebred Calves
To Be Sold Here
At Gymnasium
All plans are in readiness for
the auction sale of purebred
Guernsey cattle to be sold at the
Elkin schol gymynasium Friday
at 12 noon, under the auspices
of local civic organizations, the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex
tension Service, and State and
National Guernsey Breeders Asso
ciations.
The cattle to be sold will include
two mature cows, nine bred heif
ers, and 24 open heifers.
This evening (Thursday), at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., the Elk
in Kiwanis Club will act as host
to a large number of farmers
from Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes
counties. Speakers at this meet
ing will be I. O. Schaub, dean of
agriculture and director of agri
cultural extension of State Col
lege, and John A. Arey, extension
dairyman, also of State College.
Also to be present will be O. F.
McCreary, of State College, and
W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina
secretary * of agriculture. Eddie
Wayne, secretary of the North
Carolina Bankers Association is
expected to attend the meeting.
In addition to the talks, a good
program has been arranged for
the entertainment of guests, and
will feature music by the “Jug
town Band,” local musical organ
ization.
In addition to the sale of heif
ers Friday, 12 purebred Guernsey
bull calves will be distributed
among farmers of Surry, Yadkin
and Wilkes. All farmers interest
ed in better cattle are urged to at
tend the sale.
PLAN HEARING
FOR ELKIN MAN
Herbert Dockery Held At
Salisbury on Bad Check
Charge
ARRESTED ON MONDAY
A preliminary hearing will be
held today at Salisbury for Her
bert Dockery, young traveling
man of this city, who was arrest
ed here Monday on a charge of
giving worthless checks.
Dockery was taken into custo
dy by Highway Patrol Corporal
Lee Phillips on a warrent said to
have been issued by a Mr. Smith
erman, of Cleveland, Rowan
county. He was taken to Salis
bury and placed in jail by Rowan
Sheriff Crowder.
According to the Rowan au
thoriities, Dockery is alleged to
have given the check in Cleve
land, while dressed in a uniform
of a first lieutenant of the U. S.
Army, signing it “Lieutenant E.
D. Houghton, Army Air Corps.”
The man who cashed it took the
license number of the car in
which the “lieutenant” was trav
eling, and when the check was
returned to him, located Dockery
by checking on the number.
According to police, the Cleve
land man, who came here Mon
day, indentified Dockery as the
man who had given the check.
However, Dockery claims that
he did not issue the check, or a
number of others which are said
to have been issued containing
the same signature. He told of
ficers that an army lieutenant
had traveled around with him for
a number of days, and that the
lieutenant had issued the checks.
It was also learned that at least
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TD DZ7 r*TITi'Q'TQ. Prominent state agricultural
I U LJLj \J U LjkJl O leaders pictured below will at
tend the meeting for farmers to be held here this evening
(Thursday) by the Elkin Kiwanis Club. They are, left to
right, top, Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, W. Kerr
Scott, secretary of agriculture. Bottom, John A. Arey and
0. F. McCrary, both of State College.
Surry Schools Collect
400,000 Pounds Metal
Mountain Park
Students Get
70,000 Pounds
To date Surry county schools
have collected approximately 400,
000 pounds of scrap metal, it was
learned Wednesday afternoon
from A. P. Cobb, who is chairman
of the Surry salvage drive.
The greater part of the scrap
from the rural areas of the coun
ty is being collected through the
schools, Mr. Cobb said. It is hop
ed that a goal of 750,000 pounds
will be collected before the drive
is over.
Mountain Park school, headed
by Supt. J. S. Gentry, thus far
holds the record for the greatest
amount of scrap collected to date,
with a total of 70,000 pounds. Of
this amount, 20,300 pounds were
collected by the eleventh grade
and 3,900 pounds by the first
grade. Prizes and a half holiday
were offered to the grades getting
in the biggest amounts.
Other schools which have been
active in the scrap campaign are
Franklin with 50,000 pounds,
White Plains, 50,000 pounds and
Lowgap, 40,000 pounds, much of
which came from the ruins of
the Lowgap school building which
was destroyed by fire last winter.
It is estimated that the 12 high
schools of the county have col
lected an average of 40,000 pounds
each, and eight or nine other
schools have collected an average
of around 10,000 pounds each.
Ther county collection to date,
in addition to the schools,
amounts to 117,000 pounds.
Hugh Roy all Is
Named Registrar
To Succeed Hall
Hugh Royall, Elkin insurance
man, has been named here as
registrar for Elkin township,
succeeding J. L. Hall, who has
held the job for the past sev
eral years.
Registration books are now
at Mr. Royall’s office on West
Main street, and those who
have not registered for the
November election are urged to
call there and register.
3,250,000 MEN
TO ENTER ARMY
Secretary of War Stimson
Gives That Figure for
Year 1943
4,250,000 NOW IN SERVICE
Washington, Oct. 14—Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimson told the
House military afafirs committee
today that there are approximate
ly 4,250,000 men in the army now
and that the number will be in
creased to approximately 7,500,
000 in 1943. This means 3,250,
000 must enter the service by the
end of next year.
This was the first such definite
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. —
Backed up by a “go” signal
from President Roosevelt and
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson, Congress tonight
cleared the way for swift ac
tion on legislation to draft 18
and 19-year-old youths, with
prospects the house will vote
on the issue before the week
end. Plans to push a bill
through the lower chamber “no
later than Saturday night”
were announced by Speaker
Sam Rayburn only a few min
utes after Stimson told the leg
islators that “never before in
its history” has the nation so
needed the exceptional fighting
qualities found only in ’teen
age soldiers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. —
National housing Administra
tor John B. Blandford, Jr.,
warned tonight that failure of
the newly-inaugurated volun
tary program to provide ade
quate quarters for war work
ers will force the government
to resort to “requisitioning,
commandeering and billeting.”
He said the decision was based
on widespread evidence that
war production already had
been adversely affected by the
loss of trained workers who
could not find places to live.
INTERNATIONAL
MOSCOW, Oct. 14.—Russian
troops, wresting the initiative
from the Germans in key sec
tors of the now wintry south
ern front, recaptured lost posi
tions in Stalingrad yesterday
and cut a new gash in the Nazi
flank to the northwest, a red
army communique said today.
“In the Stalingrad area our
troops recaptured positions
which they had lost the day
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.« Are On
In Pacific
>hips Sunk
HEAVY CRUISER,
4 DESTROYERS,
TRANSPORT OUT
Sent to Bottom By Guns of
American Craft
ENEMY FLEET RETREATS
Is Pursued By Torpedo
Planes and Dive Bombers
In Running Fight
OTHER SHIPS DAMAGED
Washington. Oct. 14.— Japan’s
comeback attempts in the Solo
mons were brought to a virtual
halt today as a result of a crush
ing “revenge” defeat inflicted on
her naval forces.
For the first time in weeks
American land and sea forces—
Marines on Guadalcanal and a
naval task force nearby—were on
the offensive. Heretofore, only
American airmen have been carry
ing the fight to the enemy. The
naval engagement—a fierce, 30
minute night battle—marked the
return of American naval forces
to the island when they were
most needed. The Japanese have
been making frantic efforts to land
troop reinforcements on Guadal
canal.
The task force, replacing the
heavy cruisers Astoria, Quincy and
Vincennes lost in the opening
naval battle of the Solomons,
avenged that defeat partially last
Saturday by sinking a Japanese
heavy cruiser, four destroyers and
a transport. The United States
lost only one destroyer in the bat
tle.
At dawn on Sunday, navy and
marine torpedo planes and dive
bombers pursued the fleeing enemy
force, knocked another cruiser out
of action and probably sank an
other destroyer. Three days be
fore marine fliers attacked an
other enemy naval force in the
Solomons and scored hits on two
cruisers, one of which was last
seen “down by the bow.’’
YADKIN SOLDIER
INJURED IN WAR
Receives Serious Wound in
Action- in Southwest
Pacific Area
BROTHER IS ADVISED
Private Woltz Shaw of Boon
ville, was seriously wounded in
action in the Southwest Pacific
area on June 4, according to a
message received Saturday by his
brother, Dale Shaw of Boonville.
The extent of his injuries was not
stated in the telegram, which was
from the office of the Adjutant
General.
Tlie telegram read “Regret to
advise you a report has been re
ceived from the Southwent Pacific
Area stating that your brother,
Private Woltz Shaw, Quartermas
ter Corps, was seriously wounded
on June 4, and is now convales
cing. Reports will be forwarded
as received.”
Private Shaw, who is a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Shaw,
volunteered for service in Novem
ber 1940, and has been in the war
zone since February 1942.
U. S. Fore
The Move
Area; Nip 5
Tate
news
IN
BRIEF
NATIONAL
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 13.
—One Jap admiral lost more
than “face” when the marines
landed on Guadalcanal. Lt.
John E. Flaherty told his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
Flaherty, inf a letter received
today: “The Japs left then
breakfast half-eaten, and I saw
an admiral jump headfirst
through the wall of his grass
hut, dressed only in his under
wear.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. —
President Roosevelt said today
the voluntary method of deal
ing with the nation’s manpow
er problem is unsatisfactory so
far but that he would not ask
for compulsory measures until
he is convinced the volunteer
plan won’t work. At the same
time, Deputy Chairman Fowler
Harper of the war manpower
commission revealed that peace
time safeguards demanded by
industry and labor are proving
obstacles in drawing up com
pulsory service legislation.
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