ELKIN
The Best
Little Town in
North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
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TWO
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VOL. No. XXXII. No. 2
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—Am
erican submarines have blown
some 27,000 more tons of Jap
anese shipping to the bottom
of the Pacific — sinking five
ships and damaging two others
in the latest blow against the
Jap supply lines — the navy
disclosed today. Continuing
their battle of attrition, the un
derseas raiders sank one de
stroyer, one 9,000-ton tanker
and three cargo ships totaling
16,300 tons. Damaged were a
12,000-ton cargo ship, which
was believed to have gone to
the bottom, and a 6,000-ton
cargo vesesl. The actions oc
curred “in the Pacific and the
far east” — some perhaps in
Japan’s own front yard — and
were independent of operations
in the Solomon islands. Since
Pearl Harbor, American sub
marines alone have sunk 98 Jap
ships, probably sunk 22 more
and damaged 28 for a total of
148.
BOSTON, Dec. 1. — A ban
was clamped tonight on all
amusement and dancing in 1,
161 Boston night clubs, hotels
and restaurants as an after
math of the Cocoanut Grove
fire disaster, while separate
city and state probes produced
testimony that the night club
was of “tinderbox construc
tion” and that flames had rac
ed like lightning through drap
eries that “looked like gauze.”
While scores of funerals of fire
victims were held throughout
New England, there were these
developments: 1. The death
toll of the Saturday night
blaze was revised downward by
the Boston committee on pub
lic safety from 484 to 460, but
a number known to be dead
were not named on the com
mittee’s list and unofficial
compilations indicated the fin
al cost in human life would ap
proach 500. 2. Gov. Leverett
Saltonstall told members of the
Boston licensing commission to
“act first and let someone
question your authority later.”
The commission promptly ban
ned dancing and floor shows in
all night spots until they could
be re-inspected. At least one
night club was closed complete
ly.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1. —
Three little words — “fill ’er
up” — disappeared from the
national language today as the
west, still kicking and scream
ing, joined the east in gasoline
rationing. They’ll probably be
replaced by “gimme four,” since
four gallons likely will be the
average purchase of the aver
age motorist who’ll give up his
ration coupons with all the re
luctance of the Russians giving
up streets in Stalingrad. Un
like the east, which was forced
Into gas rationing months ago
by a shortage, the oil producing
west started off with car tanks
full, not to mention a jug and
a few beer bottles filled and
tucked away in the garage —
just for an emergency.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Dec. 1 — The Ital
ian military situation, steadily
deteriorating: under allied blows
and internal dissension, has
sent Premier Benito Mussolini
to bed seriously ill of heart dis
ease, it was reported today. The
reports of Mussolini’s illness
were unconfirmed but came
from usually trustworthy conti
nental sources. They said he
had been confined to bed for
two weeks. Although the nature
of his ailment was not disclos
ed, it has been reported inter
mittently for several years that
he was suffering from chronic
heart disease. Should illness or
death remove Mussolini from
active leadership of the fascist
government at this time, ob
servers believed Italy might
collapse under the growing
political and military drives
now directed against her.
Germans Open
To Rear Attack
From Red Foes
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FORTIFIED HILL
CAPTURED BY
SOVIET FORCES
Battle Results in Biggest Vic
tory of Week
DUEL ON LIBYA FRONT
Advance Forces of British
Are Driving Into the Ger
man Lines
RAIDS MADE ON TUNIS
Moscow Dec. 2.—Russian shock
troops, taking a fortified hill in
the Stalingrad area by storm, have
made the Germans in the city open
to attack from behind, dispatches
from the front said today.
Dispatches and the noon com
munique reported the capture of
a German operational base south
west of Stalingrad, an important
fortified point northwest of it and
a fortified township on the Rzhev
Vyazma railroad on the central
front.
But the capture of the hill be
fore Stalingrad seemed the big
victory of the day and one of the
biggest of the week.
The hill dominates the railroad
station at which the Germans had
detained troops and supplies for
transport by truck into the city
proper.
For 2V2 months they had forti
fied it against Russian attack,
building trench systems and artil
lery emplacements to protect its
southern and southeastern ap
proaches.
The Red army shock troops took
it in face of desperate resistance.
The Germans, determined to get it
back, detached 75 tanks and an
entire infantry division but they
gave it up after seven desperate
counterattacks which left the hill
dotted with German dead.
Cairo, Dec. 2—British and Ger
man artillery dueled on Aghelia
line in Libya today as the British
eighth army massed for a renewal
of its drive through Libya toward
Tunisia, 475 miles to the west.
Advanced forces of the British
eighth army were thrusting into
the German lines, anchored on the
Gulf of Sirte, feeling out their
strength and disposition of the
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VOLUNTEERS IN
SALE NAMED
Will Canvass Town Friday to
Sell 1942 Christmas
Seals
ALL ARE URGED TO BUY
Volunteer workers to canvass
the town on Friday to sell Christ
mas seals for the prevention of
tuberculosis have been announced
by Mrs. E. F. McNeer, chairman
of the seal sale here.
The workers and their'districts
are: West Elkin: Mrs. Turner
Carter, Mrs. John McPhail; Main
street and business offices: Mrs.
Franklin Folger, Mrs. Sam
Neaves; Church street, Mrs.
George Royall; Bridge street: Mrs.
E. W. McDaniel; Gwyn Avenue:
Mrs. H. P. Graham; North Elkin
school: Mrs. Leslie Reinhardt;
Elkin elementary school: Mrs.
Fletcher Harris; Elkiin high
school: J. Mark McAdams; Hotel
Elkin: Mrs. T. R. Sample; Haw
thorne Road: Mrs. J. W. L. Ben
son; Chatham Manufacturing
Company, Miss Claudia Austin.
Everyone is urged to buy and
use Christmas seals. Three
fourths of the money received
from the seals remains here to
help combat tuberculosis locally
and the remaining one-fourth
goes to the national association
for research and other necessary
work in the nation as a whole.
Backs Up Marines
Striding- through the sands of
Guadalcanal, one of the first U.
S. soldiers to land on the strate
gic islands totes his equipment
to new quarters. How many
doughboys are fighting in the
Solomons alongside the marines
who made the first landings is
a military secret. ,
YOUTH HELD ON
LIQUOR CHARGE
Sidney Hudspeth, Jr., Charg
ed With Selling Pint
Of Booze
SEVERAL CASES TRIED
Sidney Hudspeth, Jr., operator
of a filling station on North
Bidge street extension here, has
been arrested and placed under
$300 bond for appearance in mag
istrate’s court Monday before
Magistrate J. L. Hall, on a charge
of selling whisky.
According to Chief of Police
Corbett Wall, he (Chief Wall),
was driving to the station when
he saw the young man hand a
paper bag to someone in a taxi.
Hailing the taxi, he found a pa
per sack containing a pint of
whisky. The person who allegedly
bought the whisky is said to have
admitted buying it from Hud
speth and paying $2.00 for it. The
taxi driver is also said to have
admitted witnessing the transac
tion.
Told by Chief Wall to be in
court this past Monday morning,
young Hudspeth failed to ap
pear. He was then arrested and
placed under bond for his ap
pearance next Monday.
A search of the filling station
a short while after charging Hud
speth with selling whisky failed
to disclose any illegal intoxicants,
Chief Wall said.
Cases disposed of before Mag
istrate Hall during the past week
are as follows:
Herman Hudspeth, Will Clore
and R. C. Wiles, public drunken
ness, $5 and costs.
C. R. Rachael, operating an
automobile while intoxicated,
bound over to superior court un
der $300 bond.
Weldon Campbell, double park
ing, $2.00.
Garvie Benton, W. R. Cocker
ham and Leon Disher, public
drunkenness, $2.50 and costs.
Royall Red Cross
Home Service Sec’y
In the list of officers of the
Elkin branch of the American
Red Cross, the name of George
Royall, home service secretary,
was erroneously given as Mrs.
George Royall.
Persons’desiring the services of
the home service secretary should
get in touch with Mr. Royall.
Associated Charities
To Meet Here Friday
A meeting of the Board of As
sociated Charities will be held
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
the city hall.
All members of the board are
urged to attend as important busi
ness is to be transacted.
i
T MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE TO START
HERE ON DEC. 9
OFFICIALS ARE PLEASED
Say That Y. M. C. A. Has Ex
erted Wonderful Influence
In Town’s Life
Groups Are Divided Into
Two Divisions
OFFICERS ARE NAMED
Cooperating in the greatest
home-to-business-place campaign
in the history of Elkin, an army
of Y. M. C. A. workers will can
vas the Elkin-Jonesville commun
ities on December 9th, 10th and
11th for next year’s memberships
in the Gilvin Roth Young Men’s
Christian Association. This army
is being organized into two divis
ions, the “Blues” and the “Reds,”
and considerable boasting has al
ready been heard from the com
manding officers of both divis
ions.
The Y. M. C. A. is one of the
most valuable assets any com
munity can have. The moral and
physical training, and various re
creational activities to be found
at the “Y” are of more lasting
value to young and old than can
be found anywhere outside of the
churches. *
R. W. Harris, president, and T.
C. McKnight, general secretary,
as well as other officials of the Y.
M. C. A., are much pleased with
the manner in which the whole
community has taken advantage
of the various facilities at the
“Y” since it opened last spring.
They feel confident the results of
this campaign will indicate the
whole-hearted approval of the
majority of the citizens of a big
ger and better Elkin and Jones
ville.
The colonels and majors of the
“Reds” and “Blues,” with their
team-mates, follow:
Town of Elkin: Blues—E. S.
Spainhour, colonel: Mrs. A. O.
Bryan, major; Captains: Mrs. R.
W. Harris, Mrs. R. C. Freeman,
Mrs. L. W. Laxton, Mrs. Eugene
Spainhour, Mrs. Tom Roth, Miss
Pauline Masten, Mrs. James At
well, D. G. Smith, Rev. Stephen
Morrisett and E. C. James, with
three additional not yet named.
Reds—George Royall, colonel;
Mrs. Franklin Folger, major; Cap
tains: Mrs. Howard Hatch, Mrs.
George Royall, J. Mark McAd
ams, Mrs. E. W. McDaniel, Mrs.
D. G. Smith, Mrs. Carl Myers,
Mrs. Paul Price, Mrs. Van Dillon,
Jr., Mrs. T. R. Sample, Mrs.
Noah Darnell, Mrs. Lester Hollo
way, Mrs. John Sagar and Mrs.
C. C. Weaver, Jr.
Chatham Manufacturing Co.;
Blues—W. E. Burcham, colonel;
Clifton Leary, major; Captains:
Howard Hatch, Van Dillon, Jr.,
Beach Bell, F. C. Walls, Noah
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YADKIN HOME
ROBBED FRIDAY
Thief Enters Home of Marvin
Sparks and Takes Number
Of Articles
GOODS ARE RECOVERED
While he and his family were
away, the home of Marvin
Sparks, three miles west of Boon
ville, was robbed Friday night of
a 4 number of articles of wearing
apparel and other things. The
thief entered the home by break
ing a window.
Deputy Sheriff F. E. Hurt, of
Boonville, arrested Albert Brown
Monday, charging him with the
robbery. He confessed and car
ried Mr. Hurt to a number of
places where he had ,left his
booty. Among the articles taken
from the home was a pistol, a
$40.00 suit, pair $5.00 shoes, an
Elgin watch'. The watch was
found in an Elkin jewelry shop
for repairs, pants were found in
an Elkin dry cleaning establish
ment, where he had left them to
be cut down to fit himself. Other
articles were found in a tobacco
bam, but all were recovered.
Brown is in the Yadkinville jail
in default of $500 bond set by
Magistrate T. A. Chipman of
Boonville.
The people of Boonville and
that section are loud in their
praise of Deputy Hurt for his
work in unraveling the case and
recovering all the stolen property.
To Operate Lime Mine
As Long As Limestone
There, Governor Says
Q 77 P P f V T IA1V Since General Eisenhower’s zero
uD L r Ll Lil IV A. hour struck in North Africa,
many splendid victories, the aftermath of that historic
landing, have taken place. Nearly all of North Africa is
now in Allied hands. In this photo British and American
soldiers form a chain from landing barge to dry land, and
pass containers of fuel from hand to hand during landing
operations on the shores of North Africa.
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Register For
Kerosene, Fuel
Oil Friday
People who were unable to
register for their kerosene ra
tions at the last registration
can register Friday, December
4, from 4 to 6 p. m. at the fol
lowing places:
Elkin elementary school,
North Elkin school, and Jones
ville school.
The time in which kerosene
and fuel oil can be purchased
without ration coupons will ex
pire December 10, and every
one who has not registered
should do so this Friday, it was
said.
Ration coupons will be mail
ed to the registrants promptly
after the registration Friday.
STATE FUR
OIL PERIODS
Ration Coupons Divided Into
Five Thermal Periods;
Unit Now 10 Gallons
NO. 1 NOW IN EFFECT
OPA officials have announced
the periods in which the various
coupons for fuel oil to be used for
heating of homes and water heat
ing, will be good.
The coupons are divided into
five thermal periods. However,
they are good for dates extending
beyond the end of the thermal
period since many consumers pre
sumably had so much oil on hand
that they could not purchase the
amount of the No. 1 coupons by
the end of thermal period because
of lack of stor°^ ace.
The valid pt..^o are as follows:
Number 1—Up to and including
December 19, 1942.
Number 2—From December 6,
1942 to January 16, 1943.
Number 3—From January 3,
1943, to February 19, 1943.
Number 4—From February 6,
1943, to March 20, 1943.
Number 5—From March 7,
1943, to September 30, 1943.
It was explained that there will
be a period when both the No. 1
and 2 coupons will be valid; one
when both the No. 2 and 3 cou
pons will be valid, etc.
At the present time the unit
value of the fuel oil coupons is 10
gallons. However, this figure
could either be lowered or upped
in the future, depending upon
supplies, it was pointed out.
Oyster shells, used to surface
dirt streets, won’t damage auto
tires if the 35 miles an hour speed
limit is observed.
MAKING PLANS
FOR BIG DRIVE
Government Seeking to Bor
row $9,000,000,000 From
U. S. Citizens
BY END OF DECEMBER
Gai'land Johnson, vice-president
of yhe Bank of Elkin, and E. W.
McDaniel, Elkin business man, at
tended a meeting of the county
Victory Fund committee at Mount
Airy Monday night to get inform
ation and make plans for the
forthcoming Victory Fund drive
here in which every potential in
vestor in this section will be can
vassed in what will be the largest
single operation in history. The
United States government in the
month of December is asking its
citizens for a $9,000,000,000 loan.
Plans are now under way here
for having a rally to stimulate
local interest, and committees will
soon be announced, Mr. Johnson
said.
The purpose of this tremendous
drive is not merely to raise money
but to raise it in the right places.
It is not only to finance urgent
war needs, but also to stabilize a
national economy threatened by
acute inflationary forces.
The task of the prominent
bankers, industrialists, and civic
leaders identified with the victory
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FARMERS CAN
GET ALLOTMENT
If Displeased With Amount
Of Gasoline, Should File
Appeal With Group
ODT MAKES DECISION
Surry county farmers should go
to their ration boards and get
gasoline allotments for the first
quarter of 1943, A. P. Cobb, Surry
farm agent, "said Wednesday.
Following this, they should wait
for one week, it was said, and keep
a record of how much gas they
used during the week. Then, if
they did not feel they were re
ceiving sufficient gas for their act
ual needs, they should go to the
county agent’s office and file an
appeal with the transportation
committee, of which F. E< Layne,
of Dobson, Route 2, is chairman;
P. M. Taylor, of White Plains,
vice-chairman, and the following
men members: John Nixon, Moun
tain Park; Charles Fulk, Pilot
Mountain; Claude Ramey, Route
3, Mount Airy.
Appeals will be sent to the dis
trict manager of the ODT, where
final decision will be made.
SAYS TALK OF
LIMITED WORK
IS ERRONEOUS
Local Committee Visits Chief
Executive Monday
INVITATION EXTENDED
Both Broughton and Prince
Encouraged Over Analysis
Of Last Sample
PRINCE GOES TO ARMY
Governor J. M. Broughton and
L. Ben Prince, chairman of the
state highway and public works
commission, Monday told the lime
mine committee of the Elkin Ki
wanis club that despite reports
that the state-owned property at
Lime Rock, Yadkin county, would
be operated' only long enough to
get out a few thousand tons of
agricultural limestone, this report
was erroneous and that the mine
would positively be operated as
long as lime was available and
could be mined at reasonable cost.
The committee, made up of W.
M. Allen, J. W. L. Benson and H.
P. Laffoon, visited the governor
and Chairman Prince at Raleigh
Monday, and expressed their ap
preciation for the fine work which
has been done at the mine thus
far.
During the conference, both the
governor and Mr. Prince revealed
that the state did not hope to
make any money on the project,
and felt that if it could break even
it would be doing the farmers of
this section a real service.
In discussing the price of the
lime, Chairman Prince stated that
he was reasonably sure lime could
be marketed for around $1.25 per
ton at the mine. He also stated
that if after getting into opera
tion it was found the lime could
be sold at a lower price, this would
be done.
The main saving, of course, will
be in transportation as the price
at the mine will probably be a
slight bit higher than lime com
ing in from Virginia. However,
it was also pointed out that in a
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Three Local Men Are
Considered For Job
All Surry county officers who
were elected in the November
election will be sworn into office
next Monday.
Deputy sheriffs, to be appointed
by Sheriff-Elect Sam Patterson,
will also be sworn in at that time.
Among those here being considered
for that post are L. I. Wade, E. E.
(Buck) Shore, and Sherman New
man.
To Stage Rat
Killing Drive
Here Friday
A rat killing campaign will
be staged in the business sec
tion here Friday, it was an
nounced Wednesday, with rep
resentatives of the North Car
olina Board of Health and the
Surry Health Department here
to supervise.
The rat poison will be dis
tributed in the business section
by sufficient men and trucks
to cover the area. However, it
was announced that the town
would not be able to put out
the poison in the residential
section, but will have plenty
of ready mixed bait available
at the rear of the city hall
Friday from 8:09 a. m. to 4:00
p. m., for anyone wishing to
call for it. Full instructions
for putting out the bait will
also be available.
It was said the bait is not
poisonous to dogs and cats.
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