The Elkin Tribune
VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 14
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. —
Tipped that Canada was about
to allow more meat to civilians,
OPA today rushed out an
nouncements that: 1. Ameri
can housewives would be given
a fourth pork ration “bonus”
effective this week. 2. The
point costs of pork and many
beef cuts will be cut deeply be
ginning at the end of the week.
The announcement of the ra
tion point changes had been
scheduled to come out Friday,
March 3, but the office of
price administration suddenly
decided to make it this morn
ing. For several hours, the rea
son for the early announce
ment was a mystery, but late
in the day it became known
that Canada was planning to
make a major modification in
its meat rationing program.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. —
The legislative and executive
branches of the government
tonight headed toward a test
of powers which ultimately
may have to be decided by the
third braneh — the judicial.
The issue, which would end up
in the Supreme court, centers
on whether a government offi
cial can be compelled to testify
before an authorized congres
sional committee. A senate
agriculture subcommittee pav
ed the way for the possible
showdown today when it or
dered counsel to prepare evi
dence against Jonathan Dan
iels, administrative assistant to
President Roosevelt, for refus
ing “in the public interest” to
testify before the committee
Monday. It will decide Satur
day whether to cite Daniels for
contempt of the senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. —
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox revealed today that the
American submarines have
sunk 14 more Jap ships and
estimated that allied forces
have destroyed nearly half of
Japan’s known prewar merch
ant tonnage since Pearl Har
bor. He also told a news con
ference that during February
alone allied air and sea forces
sank 128 Jap ships, probably
sank eight more and damaged
another 53, bringing enemy
merchant shipping losses to
well over 3,000,000 tons since
the beginning of the war. At
the start of the war, Japan’s
merchant fleet aggregated
about 7,500,000 tons. The latest
victories included one large
tanker, one cargo-transport
and 12 cargo ships and raised
to 461 the number of Jap ships
sunk by submarine alone.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29. _
In one of the most optimistic
statements to come from (a
united nations leader in recent
weeks, Marshal Stalin told
President Roosevelt today that
the “final defeat” of Hitler is
near. His language clearly im
plied that he considers the
time for allied invasion of
western Europe near. “I am
strongly convinced,” Stalin
staid in a message released by
the White House, “that the
time is near when the success
ful struggle of the armed for
ces of the soviet union, togeth
er with the armies of the Unit
ed States and Great Britain on
the basis of the agreements
reached at Moscow and Tehe
ran, will lead to the final de
feat of our common enemy,
Hitlerite Germany.”
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Feb. 29. — The
Soviet government demanded
tonight that Finland immedia
tely break relations with Ger
many and intern all German
troops and ships in Finland—
with soviet armed help if nec
essary — as a preliminary to
“official negotiations in Mos
cow” for peace. This was the
foremost of six demands
broadcast officially over the
Moscow radio and recorded
here by the soviet monitor. Of
ficial peace moves are depend
ent on the “termination of mil
itary operations,” the broad
cast said.
To Speak Here
Corporal Toni Oliaro, above,
of the Women’s Army Corps,
Winston-Salem, will be g<uest
speaker at the meeting of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club at the Y.
M. C. A. this evening (Thurs
day), and will also be at the
local postoffice all day Thurs
day between the hours of 8:30
a. m. to 5:30 p. m. to interview
women between the ages of 20
and 49, inclusive, who are in
terested in joining the WAC.
WAC CORPORAL
TO SPEAK HERE
—
! Will Be Guest Kiwanis Cfub
and Will Interview Ap
plicants at Post Office
WACS BADLY NEEDED
Corporal Toni Oliaro, WAC, of
the United States Army Sub-Re
cruiting Station at Winston-Sa
lem, will be guest speaker at the
meeting this evening of the Elk
in Kiwanis Club, where she will
discuss the vital need for more
women to join the Women’s Army
Corps.
Corporal Oliaro will also be at
the local post office .between the
hours of 8:30 a. m. and 5:30 p.
m. Thursday, to interview women
between the ages of 20 and 49 in
clusive, who have no children un
der 14 years of age and no de
pendents, and who are interested
in actively doing something to
bring the men back from the
fighting fronts sooner.
Women who cannot go too far
liUlll 1/llCiI IlUillCb, V>Uip. VJllarO
said, may now be stationed at an
army post or airfield near their
homes. They may choose working
on an army post or working with
the air force. If a woman has no
civilian skill to fill one of the 239
different kinds of jobs open to
women in the Women’s Army
Corps, the WAC will send her to
a specialist training school to pre
pare her for one of the essential
army jobs.
TOBACCO
The Americans are commonly
thought of as the original home
of tobacco but native tobacco
plants, different from those in
the Americas, were later found in
Australia, research men report.
The range of the early piano
was only four octaves.
Chatham Game
With Canton
Is Called Off
Coach A. R. Plaster, of the
Chatham girls basketball team,
Wednesday afternoon asked
The Tribune to announce that
the basketball game originally
scheduled with Canton Y. M.
C. A. for this evening (Thurs
day), has been called off due
to the inability of the Canton
team to make the trip at this
time.
Placards which had been
posted about town advertising
the game were being taken
down Wednesday afternoon.
The Chatham girls have just
returned from Pittsburgh,
where they defeated the West
inghouse girls in a three game
return series, making a total
of six straight wins over that
team.
BULGARIA SAID
TO BE SEEKING
EXIT FROM WAR
Reported Finland May Be
Out Within A Month
CRACK - UPS INDICATED
Details of Bulgaria Move
Toward Peace Are Said
To Be Lacking
EXPECT DEVELOPMENTS
London, March 1. — Potential
crackups at both ends of the
Nazi satellite front in Europe were
indicated today by reports that
Finland might be out of the war
within a month and that Bulgar
ia was asking the United States
and Britain for armistice terms.
Moscow’s confirmation of pre
liminary moves toward a settle
ment with Finland, together with
a summary of what would be ex
pected of the Finns, led diploma
tic quarters to the conclusion
that a Soviet-Finnish armistice
might be arranged soon.
Usually reliable sources said
they had received advices from
neutral capitals indicating that
Bulgaria was in the process of
I soliciting America ana Britain lor
! annistice terms.
Details of the reported Sofia
move toward peace were lacking
as was a specific indication of
how far it had progressed. How
ever, responsible quarters said
“startling developments” might be
expected at any time in connec
tion with Sofia plans to present
the Bulgarian case to the Allies.
FACE TEST IN
DANIELS CASE
Senate To Decide Saturday
Whether to Hold Tar
Heel In Contempt
MAY END IN COURT
Washington, Feb. 29. — The
legislative and executive branches
of the government tonight head
ed toward a test of powers which
ultimately may have to be decid
ed by the third branch—the judi
cial.
The issue, which would end up
in the Supreme court, centers on
whether a government official
can be compelled to testify before
an authorized congressional com
mittee.
A senate agriculture subcom
mittee paved the way for the pos
sible showdown today when it
ordered counsel to prepare evi
dence aeainst Jonathan Daniels.
administrative assistant to Presi
dent Roosevelt, for refusing “in
the public interest” to testify be
fore the committee Monday.
It will decide Saturday wheth
er to cite Daniels for contempt of
the senate.
Daniels, son of former Secre
tary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels, specifically refused to testify
about efforts he is said to have
made to get Harry Slattery to re
sign as rural electrification ad
ministrator when the subcommit
tee, which is investigating the
REA, called his attention to the
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Jonesville to Be Host
To Tournament
The Jonesville school will be
host to the six high schools of
Yadkin county at the annual
Yadkin County Basketball tour
nament on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. All games
in the tournament will be played
in the Elkin high school gymna
sium, the first game on Thursday
evening at 7:30, and other tourn
ament games will' be on Friday
and Saturday evenings, beginning
at the same hour.
Schools participating in the
event will be Yadkinville, Boon
ville, East Bend, West Yadkin,
Courtney and Jonesville.
A small admission fee will be
charged and the public is invited
to attend.
Missing
Mr. and Mrs. Gurney L.
Hampton, of this city, were
notified Saturday morning by
the War Department that their
son, Corporal James Russell
Hampton, above, has been
missing in action in Italy since
January 26. Corporal Hampton,
who had been wounded and
had been presented the Purple
Heart decoration, had been
back with his outfit only a few
weeks. Since going overseas in
May, 1943, he had been in
North Africa and participated
in the invasion at Salerno. He
entered the service in October,
1942.
STORE BURNS
AT BOONVILLE
Boonville Drug Company Is
Completely Destroyed
Saturday Morning
LOSS IS OVER $7,000.00
Boonville Drug Company was
completely destroyed by fire, dis
covered about 5:30 Saturday
morning. Damage was estimated
between $7,000 and $10,000.
W. E. Brooks was manager and
joint owner of the business with
Tyre Atkins. The building was
owned by Mr. McKhight of Court
ney, and no insurance was car
ried. /
Buildings located next to the
structure were saved by the val
iant work of volunteer fire fight
ers. As the flames mounted a
hose was carried there by the El
kin fire department but did not
fit on the hydrants, and when a
hose was secured from Yadkin -
ville to fit the hydrants the fire
had obtained too much headway
to be checked in the drug store.
The Boonville fire fighting equip
ment was of no avail in fighting
the flames, as no hose was avail
able, the hose having been order
ed but not delivered.
The office equipment of Dr. J.
R. Finney, located in the build
ing, was also a complete loss.
GLUBSTOMEET
IN CAGE FIGHT
Kiwanis Kroakers Will Face
Jaycee Bloomer Girls In
Amazing Contest
BATTLE O F SURVIVAL
Much interest is being shown
in the basketball game scheduled
for Friday evening at 8 o’clock at
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. be
tween the Kiwanis Kroakers,
fresh from a 6-2 win over the
T. C. U. team, and the Jaycee
Bloomer Girls (who will be
dressed in keeping with their
name.)
Both teams are in the pink of
condition and the managers feel
that a practice game will not be
necessary before the game on Fri
day. The Kroakers are favorites
in the championship, due to their
impressive score in the previous
game of the season.
The game will be for the bene
fit of the Y. M. C. A. summer
softball program, and whether or
not the rule book and foul lines
are observed, the game promises
hilarity and wholesome enter
tainment.
German Armored Units
Press Forward Under
Heavy Artillery Fire
To Launch Red Cross
War Fund Drive 10th
Surry Quota
Is Announced
At $25,000.00
According tb present plans, an
nounced Tuesday, the Red Cross
War Fund drive will get under
way in Elkin Friday, March 10,
following the meeting of the Elk
in Kiwanis Club March 9, when
Kellock G. Hale, Surry Red Cross
chairman, will be present.
The drive nationally started on
Wednesday, and it will continue
all through March. Mrs. A. O.
Bryan of Elkin, is district chair
man for the drive.
This year the Red Cross is con
fronted with responsibilities of
unprecedented proportions, as the
war enters its most crucial stage,
but it is opening its campaign
confident that the American peo
ple will respond to the limit of
their ability.
Goal of the War Fund drive
has been set at $200,000,000. The
quota for Surry county is $25,000,
with the Elkin district, which
comprises approximately one
third of the county, having a
quota of $10,000.
Chairman Norman H. Davis, in
opening the campaign, said that
with the decisive stage of the war
at hand, the Red Cross must as
sume a greater burden than ever
before, and at the same time
must provide aid to servicemen
being returned in ever increasing
numbers.
Reviewing accomplishments, he
asserted that Red Cross opera
tions over the entire world during
1943 had dwarfed its activities
during the first two years of war.
Thousands of Afnerican men
and women, he said, are now in
Red Cross service with U. S.
troops in fifty-three continental
nrwi insular arpas
“Every American will be given
the opportunity to contribute to
this cause which is so close to the
hearts of the people,” Chairman
Davis said.
“The Red Cross spirit springs
from human desire to alleviate
suffering and pain in war and in
times of great disaster.
“In this war we have carried
that spirit from our own shores
to every part of the globe where
American men, and women, are
serving the nation. The Red Cross
is always at their side.
Several Cases Are
Tried Before Hall
The following have been tried
before Magistrate J. L. Hall dur
ing the past week:
Gurney Sampson, affray, $5.00
and costs; Frank Copeland, pos
session for purpose of sale, bound
over to superior court; Leslie
Carrico and Miles Royall, posses
sion, costs; Cecil Luffman and
Charlie Couch, speeding, $10.00
and costs each; Jarva Cothren,
George Chatham, Jr., Horton
Gentry, public drunkenness, $2.50
and costs each.
Boy Scout Meeting
Postponed 1 Week
The Boy Scout Court of Honor
and Court of Review, in which a
large number of Scouts of this
district are to receive awards, has
been postponed from Friday even
ing, March 3, when it was origin
ally scheduled, until Thursday,
March 9, at 8:00 o’clock, it was
announced Tuesday.
The meeting will be held at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
ACCIDENT FATAL
TO TROY MARTIN
Received Fractured Skull and
Other Injuries In Wreck
of Motorcycle
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Troy Evan Martin, 28, of Jones
ville, passed away in the local hos
pital last Wednesday night at 9:30
from injuries received earlier the
same afternoon when his motor
cycle went out of control and
crashed. The accident ocurred on
the Elkin-Boonville highway. The
young man, an employee of a local
taxi company, suffered a severe
skull fracture in addition to other
injuries.
He was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Gurney Martin and several
months ago was honorably dis
charged from army service due to
a physical disability.
He was a native of Boonville
and had been a member of the
Boonville Baptist church for fif
teen years.
He is survived Ijy three broth
ers and five sisters. Private First
rinss frlpnn Martin, in overseas
service; Miss Katie Lee Martin
and Clinton Martin of Thomas
ville; Mrs. Taft Bryant, State
Road; Mrs. Howard Moxley, Otto
wa Lake, Mich.; Misses Minnie
and Nell Martin, Washington, D.
C., and Guilford Martin of Jones
ville, with whom he made his
.home.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 11 o’clock at
the Boonville Baptist church, in
charge of Rev. Willis Norman.
Interment was in the family plot
in the Boonville cemetery.
Bonds or Bondage—It’s Up to You
Ronda School
Far Exceeds
War Bond Quota
The Ronda school, headed
by Principal E. R. Spruill,
which set a goal of $15,000 at
the beginning of the Fourth
War Loan, the money to be
used to purchase a Fairchild
“Cornell” training plane, ex
ceeded its quota by raising the
impressive total of $78,477.20,
it was learned Wednesday.
Much interest was shown in
the drive, which resulted in
the sale of E, F and G Bonds
in the sum of $28,250; corpor
ation Bonds in the sum of
$50,000, and war stamp sales
in the sum of $227.20.
SEEK TO BREAK
5TH ARMY HOLD
SOUTH OF ROME
10-Day Lull In Fight Ends
Explosively
STRIKE BRITISH FIRST
Are Thrown Back By Stub
born Wall of English
Infantry and Artillery
MAIN THRUST BROKEN
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
March 1.—German armored col
umns, attacking behind a flaming
curtain of artillery fire, struck
with increasing fury at the Anzio
beachhead today and official re
ports indicated the Nazis had
opened their third major offen
sive to break the Fifth Army’s
hold on the Latin plains.
The 10-day lull in the battle
for the beachhead ended explo
sively yesterday when waves of
German tanks and shock troops
swaimed out of the ravines and
caves southeast of Aprilia, on the
Allied left flank, and broke
against a stubborn wall of British
infantry and artillery.
The attack followed a day and
night of heavy artillery prepara
tion during which the big guns
of the Nazi 14th Army raked
every comer of the 100-square
mile beachhead and German
fighter-bombers swooped low over
the battle lines to bomb and
strafe the Allied trenches.
Twice during Monday night the
Germans attempted to breach the
American positions in the Aprilia
sector, only to be driven back by
a storm of gunfire.
Then at daybreak they threw
in their main attack. Headquar
ters spokesmen indicated one arm
of the German offensive thrust
toward the Anzio-Albano road
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INTERESTED IN
AGRICULTURE
A. L. M. Wiggins Awarded
Certificate of Merit By
Clemson College
PLANS ARE SHAPING UP
A. L. M. Wiggins, president of
the American Bankers Associa
tion, who will be the principal
speaker here March 16 at the an
nual Farmers Night dinner, was
awarded a Certificate of Merit by
the Clemson Agricultural College
for distinguished service to agri
culture, in 1940, and due to his
knowledge of, and interest in,
agriculture his talk here should
prove of' particular interest to
farmers.
Garland Johnson, chairman of
the Elkin Agricultural Council,
has announced that approxima
tely 500 or more farmers will be
present at the March 16 meeting,
and will represent Surry, Yadkin,
Wilkes and Alleghany counties.
Inasmuch as Governor Broughton
will be present to act as master
of ceremonies, and Word H.
Wocd, chairman of th« board of
the American Trust Company,
Charlotte, will be here as guest
of honor, the meeting is expected
to be of even greater interest
than that of last, year.
For the afternoon program a
number of meetings have been
arranged, all of which will be
presided over by specialists in
the various fields to be discussed.