VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 9
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1944
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Military Band To Feature Bond Drive,
TRIBUNE WINS TWO FIRST PLACE PRESS AWARDS SSE2
place awards presented The Tribune by the North Carolina Press Association at its midwinter meeting at Chapel Hill
last week. The certificate of award at the left is for general excellence among weeklies of over 1,500 circulation, and
the one at the right is for best community service. In winning these two awards. The Tribune has set a record of hav
ing won for general excellence four times, two times more than any other weekly paper in the state. The community
service award is the second consecutive award of this nature to be presented this newspaper. The Tribune is also
holder of the national community service award for 1943, presented at the convention of the National Editorial Asso
ciation at Cincinnati last summer, the only first place national award ever given a North Carolina newspaper.
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PRESS AWARD
General Excellence
Contest
Weekly Division-Over 1500
' FIRST PRIZE
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
January 21, 1944
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Pmident
PRESS AWARD
Nurttl Carolina
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Community Service
Contest
January 21, 1944
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JUDGE DENIES
LANE FREEDOM
Attempt To Release Suspect
In Dean Case By Habeas
Corpus Writ Fails
IS IN YADKIN JAIL
An attempt to free Woodrow
Lane, 20, held in connection with
the death of William Everett
Dean, East Bend mechanic, failed
Tuesday when Judge John H.
Clement, of Walkertown, denied
his release on bond under a writ
of habeas corpus.
Officers of Yadkin county took
Lane to a hearing at Judge Cle
ment’s home where his counsel,
W. M. Allen, of Elkin, argued that
Lane was being held unlawfully
and without sufficient evidence.
v Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, of Yad
kinville, opposed release of Lane,
and he was ordered back to jail
to await action by the grand jury
which will meet at Yadkinville on
February 7.
Another suspect in the case in
which Dean was found, his skull
crushed, in a pickup truck near
East Bend the night of December
18, is Early Vernon (“Honey”)
Sears, who is also in the Yadkin
jail without bond. An attempt to
obtain his release under a writ of
habeas corpus was denied in a
hearing over a week ago.
Acting Coroner W. E. Rutledge
said Tuesday that there are no
new development in the case.
Magistrate’s Court
The following cases have been
tried here before Magistrate J. L.
Hall during the past week: Wal
ter Owens, James Ashbum, Tom
Tolbert and Ray Cook, public
drunkenness, $2.50 and costs
each; Clyde Swift, speeding, $10
and costs; Dan Vestal, public
drunkenness, $3.00 and costs.
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Tribune Is Winner 01
Two N. C. Press Awards
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For Excellence
and Community
Service Activity
Already holding five first place
awards for general excellence and
best community service, The Tri
bune saw its trophies increase to
seven when it was presented with
first prize for general excellence
and first place for best commun
ity service at the annual meeting
of the North Carolina Press As
sociation Institute at Chapel Hill
last Friday.
Awards were made by Governor
J. Melville Broughton, and were
accepted on behalf of The Tribune
by its publisher, Harvey F. Laf
foon.
In winning the two new awards,
The Tribune set a record of hav
ing won the prize for general ex
cellence four times, two more
times, than has any other North
Carolina weekly newspaper in the
above 1,500 circulation class. The
winning of the Community Ser
vice award also marked the sec
ond consecutive time this honor
has come to Elkin. The Tribune
is also the only weekly newspaper
in North Carolina ever to have
won a national first place award,
having been presented the nation
al prize for best community ser
vice by the National Editorial As
sociation in 1943 at the annual
convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The general excellence award
was for all-around excellence in
every department — editorial,
news coverage, advertising, me
chanical make-up, printing and
modern attractive appearance.
The award for community ser
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Appeal Is Made
For The Saving
Of Waste Fats
A letter received by Mayor
J. R. Poindexter from Governor
J. Melville Broughton, asked
that the Elkin Mayor stress the
fact that waste fats are urgent
ly needed for the making of
explosives in the nation’s war
effort, and that he urge all
Elkin housewives to save their
waste fats and turn them in to
their local meat counters.
Mayor Poindexter said Wed
nesday morning that the Bas
keteria, local market and gro
cery, was acting as a receiving
station, and will pay four cents
per pound for all fats received,
plus two brown ration points
per pound.
The appeal made by Gover
nor Broughton went to mayors
of all North Carolina towns
and cities, inasmuch as the
need for this type of salvage
is especially urgent at the pre
sent time. One pound of fat,
when converted into explosives,
can do great damage to the ax
is cause, while one pound of
fat, allowed to spoil or thrown
away, is that much potential
fire power gone to waste.
Woodruff Resigns
From Draft Board
T. N. Woodruff, of Lowgap, has
resigned from membership of the
Surry county No. 2 draft board at
Dobson.
The Dobson board is now made
up of J. G. Wood, chairman, C. A.
McNeil, and Wes Scott.
PLANS READY
FORBANQUET
Employers to Be Host to Em
ployees At Y.M.C.A. Next
Tuesday Night
WILL HEAR HUMORIST
Plans have been completed for
the annual Employer-Employee
Banquet, which will be held at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Tuesday
evening, February 1, at 7:15
o’clock, it has been announced by
Mrs. Lola Wood, secretary of the
Elkin Merchants Association.
The main feature of the pro
gram which has been planned for
the event will be a talk by R. L.
Patton, of Morganton, an out
standing humorist, who will use
as his subject “What Do We
Fear?” Mr. Patton recently was
guest speaker at a civic club
luncheon here, making a big hit
with all who heard him.
Following the banquet and pro
gram, a square dance will be held.
Tickets for the event are now
on sale at Turner Drug Company,
and at the office of the Merchants
Association, and cost $1.25 each.
They will be taken off sale Satur
day noon, Mrs. Wood said.
It is customary for employers
to be host to their employees at
these banquets, however, the event
is not confined to members of the
Merchants Association, and the
public is invited to attend.
Sponsored by the officers aftd
directors of the Merchants Asso
ciation, the banquet is always a
gala affair, and this year’s event
is expected to be no different.
George Royall will act as master
of ceremonies, and everyone at
tending should (expect to spend an
enjoyable evening.
Due to the large number ex
pected to attend, the banquet will
be held in the “Y” gymnasium
FORT BRAGG TO
SEND MUSICIANS
HERE FEB. 4TH
Plan Bond Auction Sale At
YMCA February 3
DRIVE IN FULL SWING
No Figures On Sales Thus
Far To Be Available
Until Next Week
TO STAGE CAGE GAME
Although the Fourth War Loan
drive is now in full swing through
out the Elkin district and in the
county to sell Surry’s quota of
$1,261,000, first .figures on the
progress of the driv£ will not be
available before next week, D. G.
Smith, of Elkin, chairman of the
local drive, said Wednesday.
Mr. Smith announced, however,
that a number of special bond
selling activities have been plan
ned, including a bond auction
sale, a basketball team between
the Kiwanis Club and the T.C.U.
Club, and the appearance here of
a 60-piece military band from
Fort Bragg.
The Bond auction sale will be
staged in the gymnasium of the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Thurs
day night, February 3, it was said,
at which time numerous articles,
contributed by merchants and
other patriotic citizens, will be
put up for sale with those attend
ing bidding in War Bonds.
The military band will be here
Friday, February 4, arriving at
12:30, p. m„ when members will
be served lunch at the Y. M. C.
A., and remaining until 4:30. Al
though plans for the band have
not been completed, it is expected
that it will parade in the down
town section, and visit local
schools.
The basketball game will be
staged at the Y. M. C. A. Friday,
February 11, at 8:00 p. m. Mem
bers of the Thurmond Chatham
Unity Club will play members of
the Kiwanis Club in the first
basketball game of this nature
ever to be witnessed in this entire
area, and attendance at the game
should well be worth the admis
sion in War Bonds and stamps
necessary. The purchase of each
$25.00 War Bond from the morn
ing of January 28 until the night
of February 11 will entitle the
purchaser to one admission to the
game, and can be used for both
adults and children. Children un
der 12 years of age will be admit
ted for the purchase of one or
more 25-cent War Saving Stamps,
if purchased from the stamp
booth in thte Y. M. C. A. lobby on
the night of the game.
■Everyone is urged to buy all the
bonds possible as soon as possible
in order to keep on Backing the
Attack, and to put Elkin and Sur
ry over the top in the current
drive.
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Steps Are Taken By
S. American Nation
To End Spy Activity
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Passes Sunday
R. A. Freeman, Sr., of Dobson,
prominent Surry attorney, pass
ed away Sunday at a Mount
Airy hospital following a long
illness. Funeral rites were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock from the Dobson Bap
tist Church.
R. A. FREEMAN
PASSES SUNDAY
Prominent Surry Attorney
and Political Leader Suf
fered Long’ Illness
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Robert Alexander Freeman, Sr.,
62, of Dobson, religious, civic and
political leader and one of Surry
county’s most outstanding men,
died at Martin Memorial Hospital
in Mt Airy Sunday night at 11
o’clock. Mr. Freeman had been a
patient in the Mt. Airy hospital for
three weeks, going there from a
Richmond hospital where he re
cently underwent a brain opera
tion. He had been ill for two
months and his condition had
been critical the greater part of
the time during his illness.
He was a native of Dobson and
a son of the late A. H. and Mrs.
Elizabeth Martin Freeman. He
was educated in the county
schools and was a graduate of the
University of North Carolina, with
the class of 1912, and later stud
ied law there, and received his law
license in 1915. While at the uni
versity he was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic
fraternity, and of the Order of
the Golden Fleece, highest honor
ary group for university students.
Mr. Freeman was attorney for
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Sailor Sends Back
Money For Bus Fare
So anxious to get home to see
his wife and parents that he had
been away from for nine months
that he didn’t wait until pay day
to start the long trip, a sailor of
Uncle Sam’s navy found himself
stranded in Elkin several weeks
ago without funds or prospects of
going on with his journey to
Columbus, Ohio.
Hitch-hiking here, the young
man was at the local bus station
when his plight became known.
He said he had obtained an un
expected seven-day furlough, and
rather than wait until he drew his
pay and thus not have sufficient
time to make the trip home, he
had set out afoot. However, by
the time he reached Elkin he real
ized that chances were against
his getting home in time if he
trusted to ride along the high
way.
Learning his story, employees
of the bus station took up a col
lection there, numerous passen
gers and others present contri
buting to the price of a ticket. A
Greyhound bus driver chipped in
a half dollar, others contributed
small amounts, and soon a total
of $6.35 had been collected.
However, upon buying his tick
et, from the price of which Mrs.
Dave Morrison, local bus ticket
agent had subtracted her commis
sion, it was found the sailor had
only three cents left for food on
the long trip home, so Mrs. Mor
rison gave him sufficient money
with which to buy food along the
way.
The young man, who was de
scribed as of very nice appear
ance, asked Mrs. Morrison for her
address so that he could return
the money, but was told to forget
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HAD BEEN GIVEN
WARNING BY THE
UNITED NATIONS
Move Announced In Broad
cast Wednesday
CONFERENCES ARE HELD
Axis Agents Used German
Embassy and Consular
Offices As Spy Center
FINAL STEPS ARE TAKEN
Buenos Aires, Jan 26.—Argen
tina formally broke diplomatic
relations with the Axis nations to
day, in a dramatic move to end
German espionage in the Western
Hemisphere.
Foreign Minister Col. Alberto
Gilbert announced the move in a
broadcast to the nation at 9:50
o’clock this morning, after a series
of hasty conferences with diplo
m a t i c representatives of the
United States, Great Britain and
Germany.
The move, foreshadowed for the
last 24 hours by reports of in
creasing pressure upon Argentina
from London and Washington,
closed off the last Axis listening
post in the Americas.
All other South American na
tions already had broken relations
with, or declared war upon, the
Axis.
The United Nations had charg
ed repeatedly that Axis agents us
ed the German Embassy and con
sular offices in Argentina to gath
er information on Allied military
plans and shipping movements.
Gilbert brought the situation to
a head late last night with the
announcement that his govern
ment was ready to take the “final
step’’ to end these espionage ac-'
tivities which, he said, had harm
ed the national prestige and com
promised Argentina’s honor.
He indicated that the move was
taken in line with the Pan-Amer
ican Convention under which all
the American States pledged
themselves to a policy of hemi
spheric solidarity.
News of the Argentine break
came soon after a stern warning
from Britain and the United
States that the continued pre
sence of Axis agents in the Ameri
cas would no longer be tolerated.
YADKIN YOUTH
FACES CHARGES
Arrested For Drunkenness,
25 Sugar Stamps Are
Found On His Person *
ALREADY UNDER BOND
Everett Lee Brown, 19, of
the Boonville section, was placed
in Yadkinville jail Monday night
by Deputy Sheriff Guy Smither
man, of East Bend, who had ar
rested Brown at a ball game at
East Bend, where Smitherman
said he was drunk and cursing.
He was charged with “drunk and
disorderly.”
However, Brown may be in far
more trouble than a little drink
ing. When arrested the officers
found 25 sugar coupons in his
pocket in an envelope with “Crip”
Booe’s name on it. Mr. Booe
runs a store and service station
just over the Davie county line
on the Mocksville highway, and
he reported that his store was
robbed of a number of sugar
coupons when the establishment
was robbed about daylight last
Wednesday morning. This part
of Brown’s violation was turned
over to OPA authorities and he is
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