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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 17
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY. MARCH 23, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
AT T? A BH/IEDO.9 B AAIftTlTT T1TB17 Photos below were made during the Elkin Farmers* Meeting
/lx L /il\lYlLj[\u L)/ll) Hi 1 llLilxLj banquet held at the Y. M. C. A., last Thursday night at which
approximately 700 guests were present, including 500 farmers of Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes and Alleghany counties. Up
per left photo shows A. L. M. Wiggins, of Hartsville, S. C., president of the American Bankers Association, as he pre
pared to begin his address following an introduction by Governor J. Melville Broughton, left, who acted as master of
ceremonies. Top right shows Word H. Wood, chairman of the board of the American Trust Company, Charlotte, who
as a native of Elkin, was guest of honor. At right, leaning over, is Garland Johnson, chairman of the Elkin Agricul
tural Council, who was in charge of the annual event. Bottom photo, made from the Y. M. C. A. auditorium stage,
looks toward the speakers’ table and shows a part of the huge crowd which attended.—Tribune Photos.
From
the
State
and
Nation
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 21.—
American submarines, cutting
ever deeper into Japanese sup
ply lines in what Secretary
Knox called "one of the most
important of all Pacific opera
tions,” have sunk another 15
enemy merchant ships, the
secretary announced today.
“This mode of attack,” Knox
said, “by and large is one of
the most important of all Pa
cific operations, constantly
wearing down Japanese lines
of communication, making
more difficult the enemy’s
maintenance of supply lines.”
His words were underscored by
announcement at southwest
Pacific allied headquarters of
the destruction of 12 more
Japanese ships — seven by
British submarines and five by
American planes which fought
a four-day battle with an ene
my convoy and finished the
job after the ships came in
sight of their goal* the belea
guered Wewak stronghold.
WASHINGTON, March 21
Secretary of State Hull tonight
i laid down a 17-point program
of American foreign policy
aimed at a postwar world of
f international cooperation, and
called on all liberty - loving
peoples to show themselves
worthy of freedom by fighting
for it. Issued as millions of al
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Farmers’ Meeting Here
Proves Great Success
Around 700 Guests Are Present At
Event; Governor Is Toastmaster
Approximately 500 farmers and
200 business and professional men
of Elkin, and other guests, heard
A. L. M. Wiggins, president of the
American Bankers Association,
express his belief that “the farm
ers of America have never had a
! seat at the same table of a fair
standard of living at which sat
business and industry,” at the
Second Annual Elkin Farmers’
Meeting here last Thursday night
at the Gilvin Y. M. C. A..
LARGEST STILL
TAKENJN RAID
Alleghany Officers Destroy
Plant With Capacity of
10,000 Gallons
NO ARRESTS ARE MADE
The largest still ever found in
Alleghany county was destroyed
last week by Sheriff Jesse Mosley
and Deputies Glenn Richardson
and George Royall near the old
Duncan mill on Tittle River. The
outfit had a capacity of 10,000
gallons.
Approximately 4,500 gallons of
mash just ready to run was de
stroyed along with nine pine box
es, and a large double boiler, made
with two 55-gallon barrels, was
also destroyed.
Inasmuch as the operators were
not on the premises at the
of the raid, no arrests w;ere made.
Introducted by Governor J.
Melville Broughton, who acted as
master of ceremonies, Mr. Wig
gins spoke for 20 minutes, his ad
dress being carried over radio
station WBT, Charlotte. Word H.
Wood, chairman of the board of
the American Trust Co., Char
lotte, and a native of Elkin, was
guest of honor.
The banquet meeting, -which
followed an afternoon program
devoted to various topics of in
terest to farmers, including a na
tural color agricultural film made
available by Lt. Richard J. Rey
nolds, U. S. N. R., was opened by
a brief address of welcome by
Mayor J. R. Poindexter, in which
he paid tribute to Mr. Wood as a
leader in the financial world.
Mr. Wiggins, in his address,
pointed out that the farmers have
become embittered at the low
compensation they receive for
their production, asserting that
the industrial worker gets four to
nine times more for his labor
than does the farmer. He went on
to say that the oply way the
farmer can hope to get equal re
muneration for his. labors is
through organization, and that
“the salvation of agriculture rests
not with the government subsi
des but with a strong organized
effort of farmers themselves, act
ing as free and independent men.
Political domination and control
of agriculture will prove its un
doing.”
Mr. Wiggins said that bankers
had erroneously been represent
ed as opposing federal lending
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Killed In Action
Pfc. Phillip I. Doss, 21, above,
brother of Miss Opal Doss, and
Mrs. Jim Groce, of this city, was
killed in action at Tarawa in
the Gilberts on November 20,
1943, according to information
received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Doss, of Arch
dale. He had previously been
listed as missing in action since
that date. Pfc. Doss was with
the U. S. Marine Corps and en
tered the service in December
1941. He had been overseas for
more than a year.
Board Asks For
ODT Certificates
Eligible users are asked to
bring their ODT certificates to
the local ration board to obtain
their truck gas for the second
quarter of 1944, according to ra
tion board officials.
Fuel oil users are also asked to
call for their ration coupons for
oil for the next six-month period
at the ration ofice.
These coupons can not be
mailed as has been the custom
heretofore.
Red Cross Drive Tops
$10,000 Quota By Over
$700 In This District
Lieut. Gilbert R. Felts
Dies In Bomber Crash
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Ten Companions
Perish As B-24
Hits Mountain
(Crash scene photo on back page,
this section)
Second Lieutenant Gilbert Rus
sell Pelts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ru
fus C. Felts of this city, was kill
ed, along with ten of his com
panions, in the crash landing o|)
a B-24 bomber near Stuart, Vir
ginia, on Wednesday night of last
week. Lieutenant Pelts celebrated
his twenty-sixth birthday on
March 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Pelts were notifi
ed officially of their son’s death
Thursday evening, but when the
plane crash was reported earlier
in the day, giving the home base
of the plane, they felt sure that
their son was on the fatal ship,
as he had told them of the flight
and that he would fly over their
home. About 9:30 in the evening
before the crash the plane flew
over the Felts’ home here dnd
flashed the lights as a signal to
Mr. and Mrs. Pelts that he was
going over.
The plane, which was piloted
by Lieut. Pelts, crashed atop the
3,200-foot summit of Bull Moun
tain, highest peak in Patrick
county, Virginia. Investigators
said that the big four-engined
bomber struck the peak on the
south side of the mountain, cut
ting a swath through the timber,
and plunged straight across the
summit, coming to rest on the
north side. Witnesses several
miles away said that the plane
was afire before it crashed, and
investigators said that it appear
ed that the ship exploded.
Lieut. Pelts was the eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Felts. He was a
graduate of Dobson high school
with the class of 1934, and enter
ed the service on December 27,
1941. He was inducted at South
Carolina, and graduated' in me
chanics from LaGuardia Field, N.
Y., with the highest honors in his
class. He was then sent to Atlan
tic City, N. J., for further train
ing and from there to air fields
at San Angelo and Ballinger,
Texas, and was commissioned a
second lieutenant with a pilot’s
rating at Lubbock Field, Texas on
November 3, 1943. He was sta
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IS CANDIDATE
FOR STATE JOB
R. L. Lovelace to Seek Repub
lican Nomination For
Lieutenant Governor
OTHER CANDIDATES
R. L. Lovelace, of Elkin, active
in Republican political circles for
a number of years, will be a can
didate for the Republican nomin
ation for lieutenant governor sub
ject to the coming Republican
primary, it has been announced.
Mr. Lovelace is faced with op
position from two other Repub
lican candidates for that post,
George L. Greene, of Marshall,
and A. Harold Morgan, of Smith
field.
It is understood that the Elkin
man did not seek the nomination,
but inasmuch as friends entered
him in the race, plans to carry
through. He said that prior to the
announcement that his name had
been entered a number of friends
from the eastern part of the state
had urged him to enter the race,
but that he had declined.
On the Democratic side, three
candidates are also seeking the
lieutenant governor nomination.
They are: W. I. Halstead, of Eli
zabeth City; L. Y. Ballentine,
Fuquay, and Jamie T. Lydia, of
Greensboro.
Dies In Crash
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Second Lieutenant Gilbert
Russell Felts, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Felts, of this city,
was killed in the crash of a fi
at bomber near Stuart, Va.,
Wednesday night of last week.
Ten companions also perished
in the crash. Funeral rites for
the young aviator were held
here Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock.
RESISTANCE IS
GREAT BY HUNS
Trade Blow For Blow With
Infantrymen In Battle
• For Cassino ,
ATTACK IS BEATEN OFF
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
March 22.—The “Green Devils” of
the Nazi First Paratroop Division
traded blow for blow with New
Zealand infantrymen in the streets
of Cassino today while scores of
German field guns and mortars
raked the Allied lines heavily
from commanding positions along
the lower slopes of Mount Cassino.
Front reports said German re
sistance inside the devastated
town and in the surrounding hills
had strengthened measurably as
the Nazis shuttled reinforcements
through a maze of tunnels and
ravines connecting their various
strong points.
Through Tuesday night German
cannon and “Screaming Meemies”
—trench mortars—pounded the
New Zealanders in Cassino while
the paratroopers entrenched in
the southwestern corner of the
ruined town kept up a steady
stream of machine-gun and rifle
fire.
War Correspondent James E.
Roper reported from the battle
front that the Germans launched
a strong attack at 5:30 this morn
ing against Allied hill positions
overlooking Cassino in an effort
to win new artillery “platforms"
from which to step up their shell
ing of the town.
The thrust was beaten off, how
ever, after a short, sharp action.
Boonville Native Is
Davie County Agent
George Hobson, for the past
four and one-half years county
farm agent of Alexander county,
has accepted the position of coun
ty agent of Davie county, it has
been announced.
A native of Boonville, Hobson
is the son of Mrs. A. B. Hobson
ahd the late Mr. Hobson. He is a
graduate of State College, where
he made an outstanding record,
graduating with honors. Before
going to Alexander, Mr. Hobson
was assistant county agent of
Lincoln county.
He is married to the former
Miss Zoll Sutton of Kinston. They
have three children.
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RESULTS PROVE
GRATIFYING TO
LOCALLEADERS
Reports From Some Sections
Not Yet In
THEATRES ARE TO AID
Total Amount Contributed
Up to Wednesday Noon An
nounced At $10,761.24
THANKS ARE EXPRESSED
Assigned a quota of $10,000 in
the current Red Cross War Fund
Drive, the Elkin district had top
ped this figure by over $700 up to
noon Wednesday, it was an
nounced by local Red Cross offi
cials.
The total amount subscribed
to the Red Cross to date was an
nounced at $10,761.24, with re
ports from a number of outlying
portions of the district as yet un
reported. The $10,000 quota was
$4,000 more than was assigned
the district in last year’s drive.
The current campaign will con
tinue through March.
Local theatres, cooperating
with the Red Cross, will observe
a special Red Cross week through
March 23-29, with collections to
be taken at each show.
Local Red Cross officials ex
pressed pleasure over the success
of the drive in this district, and
Mrs. J. O. Bivins, Chairman of
the Elkin Branch, expressed her
thanks to every individual who
participated in the campaign.
Special mention was made of
the work of Mrs. A. O. Bryan,
chairman of the Roll Call com
mittee; Mrs. George E. Roy all,
vice-chairman; Miss Betty Allen,
treasurer; J. H. Beeson, chair
man of the Home Service Com
mittee, and C. J. Hyslup, secre
tary of the Elkin Branch, co
chairman of the local Roll Call
Committee, and comptroller of
the Surry County Chapter.
Mrs. Bivins stated she especial
ly wished to thank Carl C. Poin
dexter, as publicity chairman,
and The Tribune for the publici
ty it has given the drive.
It was also announced that ex
cellent results were obtained
through the efforts of- Glenn
Bailey, at the Elkin Furniture
Company, and Mr. Hyslup at the
Chatham Manufacturing Co.
Miss Ophelia Paul is assistant
to Miss Betty Allen, treasurer.
SALE OF PILOT
KNOB IS OKEYED
Goes to J. W. Beasley of Pilot
Mountain For Sum of
$14,500
TO DEVELOP AFTER WAR
The sale of the famed round
knobbed peak in Surry county,
Pilot Mountain, to J. W. Beasley,
of the town of Pilot Mountain,
has been confirmed, it was learn
ed Wednesday.
Mr. Beasley, Surry automobile
dealer, was highest bidder for the
mountain at an auction sale in
which he offered $14,500. Con
firmation of the sale was held up
and the mountain went under the
hammer three times. Monday the
sale was confirmed in Alamance
County superior court.
The sale was made by the
Spoon estate.
Mr. Beasley said he expected to
make the mountain an important
resort center but that his plans
would naturally be held up until
after the war.
The tract sold to Beasley con
tained 1,066 acres. Most of the
acreage on the slope of the moun
tain, leading to the peak, is cov
ered with timber. There are a few
small farming tracts at the be
ginning of the slope.