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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 6
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Jan —
The destroyer which exploded
and sank at the entrance to
New York harbor yesterday,
with an undetermined number
of casualties, was identified by
the navy tonight as the new,
1700-ton U. S. S. Turner. It al
so disclosed that the destroy
~er which was torpedoed and
stfnk in the Atlantic Christmas
eve was the 1090-ton Leary, an
old world war I four-stacker
type. Loss of this vessel was
announced Monday. A total of
152 enlisted men and two offi
cers survived the Turner dis
aster, the navy said. It added
that the vessel carried a “nor
mal complement.” This is us
ually about 230 men.
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. —
The Associated Press learned
tonight that Pinehurst, N. C.,
had been mentioned as a pos
sible fjsite of an international
monetary conference to consi
\ def postwar reconstruction and
trade. It was also learned that
/the treasury had sent invita
Hons to the conference to 44
nations. Specifically, the con
ferees will consider tentative
treasury proposals for an $8,
000,000,000 currency stabiliza
tion fund and a $10,000,000,000
world bank for reconstruction
and development. Officials said
enough acceptances had been
received to assure success of
the conference, but added that
no date had yet been set. The
conference is expected to be
held in some other locality
than Washington, and in this
connection the North Carolina
resort town has been mention
ed as a possible site.
INTERNATIONAL
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea,
Wednesday, Jan. 5. — United
States Marines crushed a Jap
anese counter-attack at Cape
Gloucester, New Britain, Mon
day, killing 203 enemy troops,
a communique from Gen Doug
las Mac Arthur’s headquarters
announced today. Fighter
planes of the south Pacific
command of Adm. William F.
Halsey, making another sweep
over the big enemy naval base
of Rabaul Sunday, shot down
11 intercepting enemy aircraft,
it also was disclosed.
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LONDON, Jan. 4. — The
mightiest daylight aerial ar
mada of American and British
warplanes ever dispatched,
numbering 3,000 or more, to
day hammered Adolf Hitler’s
European fortress from north
west Germany to the French
invasion coast. Spearheading
the great air assault was one
of the greatest forces of United
States heavy bombers ever sent
out, numbering probably be
tween 600 and 800 Liberators
and Flying Fortresses escorted
by some 500 fighters. The fleet
of heavy bombers hit important
targets in northwestern Ger
many. Stockholm dispatches
from Copenhagen said that the
American bombers had raided
Denmark “extensively” and
that it was possible Norway al
so had been attacked. Crews of
10 Liberators were interned in
Denmark, and a Liberator
made a forced landing in
Sweden, these reports said.
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ALGIERS, Jan. 4.—American
Flying Fortresses, soaring
above storms that slowed
ground action to a snail’s pace,
were disclosed today to have
wrecked the sprawling rail
yards at Turin and a vital ball
bearing plant at Villa Perosa
in northern Italy. The twin as
rJt, si^^itiwiing a renewed
air offensive which also struck
hard at the Germans in Jugo
slavia yesterday, coincided with
the capture by Eighth army In
dian troops of a strategic
height overlooking enemy lines
on the Adriatic sector of the
Italian front. Edging their way
forward under driving sleet,
the Indians also came astride a
secondary road to within two
miles of Tollo, a he wily forti
fied point blocking he way to
the big port of Pesvara, eight
miles to the north.
To Run Again
John H. Folger, of Mt. Airy,
has announced that he will
definitely be a candidate for re
nomination to Congress from
the Fifth District in the coming:
Democratic primary.
JOHN FOLGER
TO RON AGAIN
5th District Representative
Will Again Seek Seat
In Congress
FREEMAN MAY CONTEST
John H. Folger, of Mount Airy,
representative from the Fifth
Congressional District, has dis
closed that he will definitely be
a candidate for renomination to
Congress in the coming Demo
cratic primary.
It has also been learned that
J. N. (Buck) Freeman, also a na
tive of Surry county, and former
manager of the Winston-Salem
Social Security Board office, is
considering throwing his at into
the ring for the same oifice.
When contacted at his horxie
in Mt. Airy, Mr. Folger said that
with winning the war the coun
try’s No. 1 problem, he did not
care to talk politics now, but add
ed that “as far as I am concern
ed I’m going to rim again.”
He also stated that he thought
the first1 consideration of every
one should be to “pay attention
to the best way, to manage the
war,” and hinted that he would
like to see any campaigning in
his district postponed until near
er the primary date in May.
Mr. Freeman declined to com
ment on reports that he is plan
ning to become a candidate, but
it is believed he is seriously con
sidering it.
Mayor George W. Coan, Jr., of
Winston-Salem, is also said to be
considering seeking the Fifth Dis
trict congressional nomination.
Forsyth’s Last Vet.
Of Civil War Dies
David Settle Reid, 96, Forsyth
county’s last Civil War veteran,
and father of D. S. Reid, Jr., of
this city, passed away at his home
near Winston-Salem Thursday
afternoon of last week. Mr. Reid
was a prominent merchant for
many years, retiring sometime
ago.
He entered the Civil War at the
age of 17 and was at the close of
the war a lieutenant-colonel in
the infantry.
He is survived by his wife, three
sons, four grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren and one sis
ter, Mrs. J. H. Gooch, of Stem.
BACK THE ATTACK — WITH
WAR BONDS!
Postal Receipts
Here In 1943
Total $34,061.48
Postal receipts at the Elkin
post office for the .year 1943
established an all-time record,
Postmaster F. W. Graham an
nounced Wednesday.
Total receipts for the year
amounted to $34,961.48, & gain
of $6,377.21, or 23 per cent
over receipts in 1942, which
was in itself a record, year.
Each quarter of the past
[ year saw a gain over the cor
responding quarter in 1942,
with the quarter ending in
June showing the greatest
single gain. Receipts for the
* four quarters were as follows:
March, $7,105.69; June, $7(
l 805.80; September, 88,490.86,
' and December, $10,061.48.
D. G. SMITH IS
NAMED TO HEAD
WAR LOAN HERE
Fourth Bond Drive To Start
January 18th
YOKLEY CO. CHAIRMAN
Surry County Quota Has
Been Set At Approxima
tely $1,500,000
$126,000,000 FOR N. C.
D. G. Smith, of this city, has
been appointed local chairman of
the Fourth War Loan Drive,
which will start January 18 and
continue through February 15, it
was announced Tuesday,
J. F. Yokley, of Mount Airy,
will again act as county chair
man
The Surry county quota for the
drive has been announced as ap
proximately $1,500,000, which is
slightly smaller than the last War
Loan Drive, which saw a quota of
$1,736,000 oversubscribed by ap
proximately half a million dol
lars.
No local quota has been design
ated, the Elkin district, which in
cludes Bryan and Marsh town
ships, to sell all the bonds it can,
while other sections of the county
will do the same. All sales of
bonds from January 1 until the,
drive is ended, will count on the
quota.
The state quota has been set
at $126,000,000, Clarence T.
Leinbach, of Winston - Salem,
chairman of the State War Fin
ance committee, has announced.
Although over-all objective for
the state is less than was the
Third War Loan goal, quota for
series “E” bond sales ($25 to $1,
000), has been raised by almost
$10,000,000. Series “E” bonds are
the type bought by most indivi
duals.
Plans for the local district drive
are now being mapped out.
JONESVILLE MAN
PASSES TUESDAY
Alexander McCullick Jen
nings Dies Following Ill
ness of Three Months
LAST RITES THURSDAY
Alexander McCullick Jennings,
82, operator of the Riverside Mill
ing Company in Jonesville, pass
ed away Tuesday night following
an illness of three months. Mr.
Jennings had been in declining
health for the past five years.
He was a native of Grayson
county, Virginia, but had resided
in Jonesville for the past fifteen
years. He was twice married,
first to Miss Celia A. Carico, who
died in 1907, and after her death
he was married to Miss Annie M.
Wood, who survives. Also sur
viving are the following sons and
daughters of the first marriage:
Fielden H. Jennings, Lewisville;
Charlie A. Jennings and Grover
C. Jennings, Galax, Va.; Claude
H. Jennings, Winston - Salem;
Mrs. Dora B. Mickey, Norfolk,
Va., and Mrs. Lona M. Bedsaul,
Galax. Virginia, and two sons of
the second marriage, William P.
Jennings of Winston-Salem and
Clyde A. Jennings of this city. He
is also survived by three broth
ers, Houston Jennings and l^Jartin
Jennings, Galax, Virginia and
Thomas Jennings, Ophir, Color
ado; 29 grandchildren and 22
great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Primi
tive Baptist church for thirty
years and prior to the onset of
his illness served as deacon in the
church and as clerk of the Zion
association.
The funeral will be held this
morning (Thursday)1”at 11 o’clock
from Old State Road Primitive
Baptist church, in charge of El
der Jesse Dunbar, of Mount Airy.
Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
The family requests no flowers.
Two Cases) Tried
Before Hall Here
Two cases were tried before
Magistrate J. L. Hall in magis
trate’s court during the past week.
They were: Winford Neal, operat
ing an automobile while intoxicat
ed, bound over to superior court;
Arthur Norman, speeding, $10.00
and costs.
To Head Drive
D. G. Smith, of Elkin, has
been named to head the Fourth
War Loan Drive here, it was an
nounced Tuesday. Surry coun
ty’s quota has been announced
at approximately $1,500,000.
The local district headed by Mr.
Smith includes Elkin, Bryan
and Marsh townships.
CLUB TO INDUCT
NEW OFFICIALS
Kiwanis To Stage Annual
Ladies’ Night Banquet '
At YMCA This P. M.
HEAR OF BLOOD BANK
The 21st annual ladies’ night
and installation of officers meet
ing of the local Kiwanis club will
be held here this evening at 7:00
o’clock at the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A.
Kiwanian Jeff Bates, Governor
of the Carolinas Kiwanis Distinct,
will install the officers for 1&44,
and will be introduced by Past
Lieutenant-Governor Marion Al
len, of the local club.
New officers for the year, re
cently elected, are Garland John
son, president, who will succeed
President Raymond Harris; Carl
Poindexter, vice-president, who
will succeed Garlaiid Johnson,
who served as vice-president dur
ing 1943, and Julius Hall, secre
tary-treasurer, who succeeds him
self.
Directors to oe installed win oe i
Marion Allen, J. W. L. Benson, G.
L. Hill, J. F. Lowrance, T. C. Mc
Knight, E. S. Spainhour and D. G.
Smith.
In addition to the installation
ceremony a musical program has
been arranged.
At last week’s meeting, held at
the Y. M. C. A., a report on the
response to the Hugh Chatham
Hospital’s call for blood donors
was described as disappointing by
I. H. Kolodny, laboratory techni
cian of the hospital, who stated
that to date there had been but
22 donprs, with a goal of 50 being
sought. Of this number, 18 donors
were members of the Elkin Emer
gency Squad, he said.
Mr. Kolodny also explained the
process of preparing blood plas
ma. He said that it is important
that the hospital have on hand at
all times at least 50 units of plas
ma in order to be able to meet
demands that might occur. He
described a number of instances
in which the prompt use of plas
ma had resulted in the saving of
lives.
Dr. E. L. Rrice, hospital surgeon,
also spoke on the advantages of
blood plasma and its use in treat
ment of the sick and injured.
W. M. Allen, calling attention
to the fact that Lieutenant Com
mander Thurmond Chatham had
been suggested by The Tribune as
a man well qualified for the cab
inet post of secretary of the navy,
moved that a resolution be passed
by the club endorsing this sug
gestion. The resolution was pass
ed unanimously.
Surry Court Is To
Start January 10th
The January session of Surry
county superior court for the trial
of criminal cases will get under
way at Dobson Monday, January
10, before Judge J. H. Clement, of
Walkertowu. The term is schedul
ed for one week only.
Among the cases on docket are
several manslaughter charges,
and the usual run of assault, reck
less driving, drunken driving and
petty larceny cases. No cases of
major importance to Elkin and
this immediate section are listed.
Russians Drive Nazis
From Part Of Key Rail
Center: Take Fortress
NUMEROUS MEN
ARE INDUCTED
Majority Are Divided Be
tween Army and Navy;
Only Two to Marines
IN DECEMBER 22 CALL
Selective service registrants in
the December 22 draft call who
$?ere accepted for duty with the
nation’s armed forces have been
released by the Surry County
Board No. 2 in Dobson.
Men accepted for service with
the Navy included:
Charlie Claybrook Nolan, Ros
coe Eldridge Callaway, Leon Mor
ris Disher, Demous Elbert Bledsoe,
Dewitt Porter Freeman, Sidney
Carl Patton, Carl Dewitt Hemric,
Joseph Lincoln Copeland, William
Coy Ramey, Daniel Rudy Brown,
Roland Washington Stewart, Ray
mond M. Hodges, Wilford Den
nis Moseley, a transfer from
Hampton, Va., Marvin A. Mosley,
a transfer from Hampton, Va.;
Raleigh T. Hawks, a transfer from
Bel Air, Md.
Men who were accepted for ser
vice with the Army were:
John Campbell McPhail, Henry
Grady Isaacs, Arthur Seaton Han
ey, Cortez Lowery, Raymond
Homer Felts Lawrence C. Bean,
Willie Jones, Poindexter, Curtis
A. Holyfield, John Walter Barker,
Albert Chancy, Jr., Bishop Taft
Wilson, Wallace Glenn Pardue,
Clinard Harrison Norman, Wesley
Woodrow Snow, Arlis I. White,
Hugh Alden Snow, Raymond
Wood, Clifton Dwin Smith.
Tildon Dan Ramey, Colonel
Charles Shelton, Otis Andy
George, Leo Shadrick Golden,
Robert Henry Shelton, John Dee
Wilson, Robert Chatham Harris,
Paul Ernest (Billy) Butcher, Cor
bet Walters, Jack Leon Chaney,
Joseph Delbert White, Melvin
Pike Sullivan, transfer from
Stokes County.
Two registrants, James Allen
Saylor and Robert Woodrow Bel
ton, were accepted by the Marine
Corps.
Following a twenty-one day
furlough from the time they re
port for induction, the registrants
will return to camp for the be
ginning of their military training.
Four Civil War
Pensioners Left
In Yadkin County
Only four of a long list of civil
war pensioners are left in Yadkin
county, according to Clerk of
Court Lon H. West who makes
out the list for the state each
month. Three of these are widows
of deceased soldiers of that strug
gle of the 1860’s and one is a
body servant.
The four widows are: Clemen
tine S. Baity, widow of P. H. Bai
ty; Julia Burcham, widow of G.
M. Burcham; Laura J. Davis,
widow of Samuel C. Davis. The
body servant is Alfred (Tent)
Blackburn, who waited on his
master, Capt. A. Blackburn.
Each of these now draw $25.00
per month instead of drawing a
larger sum twice each year as
formerly.
Chatham Girls
In Series With
Wes tin grouse
The Chatham girls’ basket
ball team met the Westing
house girls, of Pittsburgh, Fa.,
in the first of a three game
series here Wednesday night,
with the two other games sche
duled for tonight (Thursday),
and Friday night.
The games are being played
in the gymnasium of the Gil
vin Roth Y. M. C. A.
The Pittsburgh team offers
a fast brand of basketball, and
all games are expected to be
close with ample thrills for
cage fans.
Games start at 8:00 p. m.
Elkin Man, in
South Pacific,
Gets Air Medal
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STAFF SERGEANT
OSCAR W. STANLEY
Staff Sergeant Oscar W. Stan
ley of Elkin, route 1, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Stanley, has been
awarded the Air Medal by Lt.
Gen. George C. Kennedy, com
mander of the allied air forces in
the Southwest Pacific, for meri
torious achievement while par
ticipating in an aerial fight off
the north coast of New Guinea
on October 16, 1943.
The heavy bomber, on which
Sgt. Stanley was waist gunner,
was attacked by 15 enemy Zeros
from close range. A firce battle
followed, but each man remained
at his post while the gunners de
fended the bomber. Although
the bomber was severely damaged,
a smooth landing was made at
the home base.
Another North Carolinian, Staff
Sgt. George M. Speight, of Ral
eigh, was awarded the Oak Leaf
Cluster for meritorious service in
the same battle in lieu of an ad
ditional Air Medal.
YADKIN FARMER
TAKEN BY DEATH
J. T. Steelman Dies At His
Hamptonville Home After
Long Illness
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
John Taylor Steelman, 73, one
of Yadkin county’s best known
farmers, died Tuesday morning
at his home at Hamptonville af
ter a long illness. His condition
had been critical for several days.
Mr. Steelman was bom in Yad
kin county, July 9, 1879, a son of
Jackerson and Martha Brandon
Steelman. He spent his entire life
in Yadkin county and was a mem
ber of Flat Rock Baptist church
for a number of years. He was
married twice, first to Miss Bet
tie Mason, who died in 1926. He
was married the second time to
Miss Bessie Shore.
Surviving are the ' widow and
the following children of the
second marriage: Eva, Margaret,
Peggy, Bobbie and Martha Steel
man, all of Hamptonville. Sur
viving children of the first mar
riage are: six sons, Howard, Joe,
Ransom and Stanford Steelman
of Hamptonville: Brooks Steel
man of Winston-Salem and Al
fred Steelman of Sanford; one
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Arnold of
Hamptonville; two brothers. Geo.
Steelman of Harmony and Lon
nie Steelman of Winston-Salem;
five sisters, Mrs. Florence Rene
gar, Mrs. Lula Renegar, Mrs.
Mollie Renegar, Mrs. Rosa Har
ris and Mrs. Emma Haynes, all of
Harmony; 23 grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held this
morning (Thursday) at 11 o’clock
at Flat Rock Baptist church. Re: .
E. W. Turner and Rev. Grady
White will conduct the services.
Burial will be in the church cem
etery. Members of the Board of
Deacons of Flat Rock church will
be pallbearers.
ALLIES CRACK
NAZI LINE ON
ROAD TO ROME
German High Command
Acknowledges Loss
RED DRIVE CONTINUES
U. S. Air Force Swings Bomb
ing Attack Back Over
Jittery Balkans
THREE HEIGHTS TAKEN
London, Jan. 5.—German troops
have evacuated the eastern sec
tion of Berdichev, railway town 25
miles south of Zhitomir that once
was German Ukrainian headquar
ters, the Nazi High Command an
nounced today.
Loss of at least part of Berdi
chev was acknowledged as Red
Army forces smashed down
through the middle Ukraine, tak
ing the fortress of Belaya Tserkov
50 miles below Kiev, in a drive
seeking to trap more than 500,000
Germans in the Great Dnieper
River bend.
German defenders of Berdichev
beat back Soviet attacks against
other sectors of the town, the
German command declared.
Berlin asserted, also that “re
peated and strong” Russian at
tacks had been thrown back south
and west of Zhitomir, and that
Soviet attempts to retake recent
German gains northwest of Vite
bsk farther north likewise had
failed.
The Berlin radio spoke of fight
ing of “unabated ferocity,” and
Moscow dispatches declared the
great battle to drive the Nazis
from the Dnieper bend had begun,
with the enemy fighting desper
ately to hold his lines of commun
ication. —
Allied Headquarters in Algiers,
Jan. 5.—Allied Fifth Army troops
blasted out another one-mile ad
vance over the t mountains of Cen
tral Italy and broke into the out
er German defenses guarding
Cassino and the inland road to
Rome, a communique revealed to
day, while the U. S. 15th Air
Force swung its bombing offensive
back over the jittery Balkans.
Fighting through deep snow
drifts and continuous enemy fire
from well-concealed gun positions,
the Allied infantrymen forced
their way yard by yard up a 2,300
foot slope northeast of San Vit
tore and seized three strategic
heights over-looking that key Ger
man bastion.
Fred Folger Named
Acting Co. Attorney
Fred Folger, Mount Airy at
torney, was appointed acting
county attorney by the Surry
board oi* commissioners at their
meeting Monday at Dobson, dur
ing the illness of County Attorney
Robert A. Freeman, of Dobson.
Mr. Freeman is now in a Rich
mond, Va., hospital, and his con
dition is said to be serious.
Other business transacted by
the commissioners was of a rou
tine nature, it was said.
Elkin Hospital
Again Approved
By Surgeon Group
The Hugh Chatham Mem
orial Hospital here has again
been approved by the Ameri
can College of Surgeons fol
lowing the 1943 survey which
was concluded in December, it
has been announced following
a recent meeting of the board
of regents of the college.
The American College of
Surgeons, representing some
14,000 leading surgeons in the
United States and Canada, and
other countries, carries on ex
tensive work each year in im
proving hospital service, and
hospitals, to be approved, must
meet strict requirements.