The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 18
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 30, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 28.—
The office of price administra
tion announced tonight that
the ration point value of
ready-to-eat hams will be re
duced from three to two points
per pound next month. Ration
point values for fresh and cur
ed hams will remain unchang
ed. April point values for all
meats, fats and cheeses will be
announced later this week.
They will become effective on
April 2.
WASHINGTON, March 28.—
The allied, air offensive over
Germany is forcing the nazis
to choose between conserving
their fighter planes to ward off
future invasion or leaving vital
war plants undefended, the
war department disclosed to
night. In a review analyzing
the current air battle over
Europe, it said the Eighth
American air force has a dual
objective — to knock out Ger
man fighter plane production
and to destroy the luftwaffe,
with a resultant saving of
thousands of lives in the com
ing western front invasion.
“If,” the review said, “Ger
many attempts to frustrate air
attacks on its fighter industry
by throwing a fighter screen
against the AAF and the RAF
heavy bomber and their es
corts, it may suffer a rate of
attrition, beyond its capacity
for replacement.
WASHINGTON, March 28
President Roosevelt indicated
today that he still favors en
actment of national service
legislation although Manpow
er Chairman Paul Y. McNutt
told Congress there is no pres
ent need for it. The chief exe
cutive declined direct com
ment at his press-radio con
ference on McNutt’s statement
but on the question of how
best to use manpower, he de
clared there are a lot of people
who are not aiding in the war,
that it is a matter for soul
searching and that if people
won’t search their own soul
someone should do it for them.
Asked about a suggestion from
Selective Service Director Lew
is B. Hershey that 4-F’s be
drafted for work battalions,
particularly for harvesting, Mr.
Roosevelt said that left out a
lot of other groups.
LA CROSSE, WIS., March
28.—Wendell L. Willkie said
today the Republican party
was “on the spot” on the ques
tion of international co-opera
tion to preserve peace because
“many of its leaders opposed
what obviously were wise
measures both for our protec
tion and participation in world
affairs.” It will be disastrous
for the party, he said, if it op
poses international co-opera
tion “in the slightest degree”
or if it “dodges or makes fee
ble statements” on the ques
tion. Willkie swung across Wis
consin from Milwaukee by
train last night to La Crosse,
on the Mississippi river. He
will continue his campaign for
the Republican presidential
nomination by automobile
through the northwestern part
of the state, ending Thursday
in Superior.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, March 28. — The
Germans, who are reinforcing
their western front and warn
ing their people of imminent
attack, made an extensive and
strong air raid againt southern
England last night which ap
parently was aimed at allied
invasion preparations. The
Germans’ evident purpose was
to find out how much supplies
and personnel the allies have
concentrated in southern Eng
land for a possible invasion
takeoff and to do as much
damage as possible to the in
vision set-up. It was one of the
heaviest aerial attacks in two
x years outside London. The
Germans announced that their
target was Bristal, one of Eng
land’s prime ports and harbors.
The British acknowledged only
that considerable damage was
done to a coast town.
“INVASION” CASUALTY LBr“i?„h £
trousers blown apart and his legs burnt by an explosion
charge walks ashore from a landing barge during a realis
tic rehearsal of invasion tactics that were carried out un
der actual battle conditions. He is one of the numerous
casualties resulting from the massive invasion test man
euvers now being staged throughout England.
Government Is Asking
More Victory Gardens
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22,000,000 Is
Goal For This
Year In Nation
The Government is this spring
asking that 22,000,000 Victory
Gardens be planted this year so
that 10 per cent more home-grown
food may be produced than was
grown in the over 19 million such
gardens last year.
With this issue of The Tribune
dedicated to the drive for more
Victory Gardens, it is pointed out
that this spring and summer will
perhaps be the most crucial of the
entire war, and that the need for
ample supply of food for both the
home front, the fighting fronts
and our allies will be great.
Every person who has any land
available is urged to get busy
now and plant a Victory Garden.
It is surprising how much food
can be grown on even a very small
plot if properly planted and tend
ed, and every little bit helps.
Unlike last year when fertilizer
was not so very plentiful, there is
an ample supply of good fertilizer
this spring, plus plenty of seed
and garden tools. Elkin stores
can supply every want when it
comes to tools, fertilizer and seed
of all kind, and it will require only
the determination and elbow
grease of those who have the land
available to make the Victory
Garden program here a success.
A recent Gallop poll disclosed
that not as many people are plan
ning gardens this year as grew
them last year, although it was
said that many who do plan gar
dens are planning to enlarge them.
The Victory Garden program came
in last year about the time that
food rationing started, and this
perhaps led a lot of folks to fear
a real food shortage and thus to
produce many gardens. However,
the food needs are expected to be
greater this season than last, and
if food is not produced, a shortage
of fresh vegetables may actually
come about.
Look over this issue of The
Tribune carefully. It contains a
goodly amount of helpful infor
mation on gardening, and also
carries messages from Elkin Mer
chants telling where to buy the
supplies needed.
Stores Are To Close
Here Easter Monday
All stores, with the exception of
drug stores and cafes, will be
closed on April 10, in observance
of Easter Monday. The announce
ment was made Tuesday by Mrs.
E. A. Peddycord, secretary of the
Elkin Merchants Association.
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Old-Type Gasoline
Ration Coupons To
Become Void Friday
The Raleigh District Office
of Price Administration has
announced that after March
31, the following ration cou
pons and stamps will be in
valid:
1. Old-type “B” and "B-l”
coupons 'and “C” and “C-l”
coupons which have not been
issued since November 30, 1943.
2. Old-type “E” and “R”
coupons which have not been
issued since October 1, 1943.
3. All strip “T” coupons
which do not bear a quarterly
designation which expire on
March 31.
Most of the old-type “B",
“C”, “E” and “R” coupons still
in circulation represent ex
pired rations. In the few cases
in which they are part of cur
rently valid rations with an
expiration date later than
March 31, ration holders may
exchange them at their local
boards for coupons of the types
now valid.
Gasoline dealers who have
any of these invalidated types
of ration evidences on hand on
April 1 must surrender them
by April 10.
JAYCEES PLAN
SALVAGE DRIVE
If Weather Permits Will Col
lect Scrap Paper, Cans,
Etc., Sunday
FROM 2 UNTIL 5 P. M.
If the weather permits the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce will
make another collection of scrap
paper, tin cans and corrugated
pasteboard boxes on Sunday,
April 2. The collection hours will
be from 2 until 5 o’clock in the
afternoon, and will be made in
Elkin, Jonesville and Arlington. ■
Due to the gas shortage and
recent ODT rulings, the collec
tions will not be made so often in
the future, according to Jaycee
officials, however they will try to
collect as often as every six weeks.
They request that the citizens
continue to salvage the materials
for the war needs and to watch
The, Tribune for collection dates
and hours.
$50,000 SUIT
AGAINST MYERS
TO GO TO JURY
Supreme Court Hands Down
Decision In Case
HAD BEEN NON-SUITED
Harmony Doctor Alleged To
Have Mistreated Patient
At His Clinic
CLAIMS BROKEN ARM
The State Supreme Court Wed
nesday handed down a decision
in the case of Fannie Groce vs.
Dr. Dwight L. Myers, of Harmony,
which was to the effect that the
case, which had been non-suited
in Yadkin county court in Decem
ber, should be given a hearing by
jury.
Argument in the case, in which
Miss Groce Claims that while a
patient at Dr. Myers’ clinic at
Harmony she was roughly treat
ed, were made before the supreme
court by Attorneys W. M. Allen
and Hoke Henderson, represent
ing the plaintiff, on March 8.
The suit, in which Miss Groce
was seeking $50,000 damages
against the Iredell doctor, was
thrown out of court when Judge
•J. Will Pless allowed a motion of
non-suit made by attorneys for
Dr. Myers. Notice of appeal by at
torneys for Miss Groce were made
at the time.
The plaintiff alleged that she
was roughly treated while a pa
tient at the clinic operated by
Dr. Myers; that she received a
broken arm at his hands; that
she was slapped by the* doctor
and otherwise mistreated. She is
now said to be ill at the home of
her parents as a result of this ill
treatment.
Associated with Attorneys Allen
and Henderson in the case when
it was non-suited at Yadkinville
were Hall & Zachary and J. T.
Reece, of Yadkinville. Represent
ing Dr. Myers were Lawrence
Jones, of Charlotte, Eugene Tri
vette, of North Wilkesboro, S.
Carter Williams, and F. D. B.
Harding, of Yadkinville.
57 MEN OKEYED
FOR SERVICE
Pass Pre-Induction Examina
tion Out of 110 Sent
From Yadkin
MOST GO TO THE NAVY
Out of a total of 110 young
Yadkin county draftees sent to
Camp Croft for pre-induction ex
amination recently, 57 were ac
cepted into the service. Of the 57
accepted, 23 were taken by the
army and 34 for the navy. Two
others of the 110 were accepted
for limited service and are sub
ject to call. The 57 accepted are
subject to call at any time. Those
accepted were:
For the Army—Walter Erving
Vestal, Willis Edward Douglas,
James Melvin Long, Graham Mc
Kinley Wall, Dillard Young
Hutchens, Fred Ketner, Thomas
Walter Perkins, Forest Lee Hol
comb, Floyd Thurman Vanhoy,
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Hold On!
This bearded marine raider,
demolition officer of his bat
talion, is holding some Jap an
ti-personnel mines he located
and immobilized on Bougain
ville. He is First Lieut. G. S.
Codispoti of Brooklyn, N. Y.
SORRY TRUANT
OFFICER BUSY
Twenty Charges Have Been
Filed In Surry Courts
Against Offenders
SOME HERE NEXT WEEK
T. M. Robertson, Surry county
truant officer, said Wednesday
that 20 charges had been filed in
the Surry county courts for the
violation of the compulsory school
attendance laws. Of this number
12 offenders have plead guilty
and have been fined in amounts
ranging from $5 to $25, suspend
ed upon the payment of the costs
and agreeing to put their children
into school. •
Cases have been tried for of
fenders at Mount Airy, Pilot
Mountain, Westfield and Flat
Rock schools. Several cases are
scheduled for trial here next
week.
Mr. Robertson said that unless
excuses acceptable to faculty
members were presented by ab
sent students upon their return
to school that charges of truancy
would be filed against the par
ents, and urged that strict atten
tion be given to this phase of the
law enforcement.
GROWERS UNITE
ON WEED PRICE
Formula Unamiously Endors
ed For Presentation
To The OPA
WOULD FIX CEILING
Washington, March 27.—Flue
cured tobacco growers from Vir
ginia to Florida joined today in
unanimously endorsing a 1944
price ceiling formula to be pre
sented tomorrow to the office of
price administration.
The formula, developed after a
full day of debate among the
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Chatham Girls Winners
Of First Two Contests
With their two first games
safely entered on the win side of
their ledger, the Chatham girls
basketball team, taking part in
the National A. A. U. Women’s
basketball tournament at St.
Joseph, Mo., were scheduled to
play Nashville Business College
Wednesday night at 9:45 o’clock.
Chatham swept like a whirl
wind through their first game on
Monday night with Kansas City’s
North American Bombers, down
ing them by the score of 49 to 13.
Tuesday night, displaying their
usual strong attack against Dr.
Pepper, of Dallas, Tex., the Elk
in girls uncapped their opposi
tion by 30 to 21.
In their-, initial game, the local
team swept into an early lead and
were never headed as th.ey
swamped the strong Missouri
team. That victory, and their suc
cessive win Tuesday, stamped
them as one of the tournament’s
favorites for the national cham
pionship this year.
If the girls were winners of
their Wednesday night game, it
is likely that they would then en
ter the semi-finals, with two
games to- play to decide the
championship.
Allies Withdraw On
Cassino Front After
Losing Costly Drive
New Federal Tax
Is Effective On
Saturday, April 1
Effective Saturday, April 1,
a 20 per cent Federal tax will
be added to the retail prices of
numerous articles, under the
provisions of the new tax bill
passed by Congress some
months ago.
Under the new tax law, this
20 per cent tax will apply on
jewelry, furs and toilet articles,
which heretofore have borne a
10 per cent Federal tax. It will
also apply on the following ar
ticles, regardless of the mater
ial of which they are made:
Trunks, valises, traveling
bags, suitcases, satchels, over
night bags, hat boxes for use
by travellers, beach bags, bath
ing suit bags, brief cases, sales
men’s sample and display cas
es, purses, handbags, pocket
books, wallets, billfolds; card,
pass and key cases, bags and
kits for use in carrying toilet
articles or Articles of wearing
apparel without regard to size,
shape, construction or material
from which made.
The increase In the rate of
the tax with respect to jewelry,
etc., does not apply to sales of
watches selling at retail for
$65.00 or less, and alarm clocks
selling at retail for $5.00 or
less. However, such sales will
still be subject to the 10 per
cent rate of tax.
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TO PRESENT
SPER STAR
Mr. and Mrs. John Jones To
Receive Posthumous
Award For Son
PROGRAM HERE MONDAY
A program of presentation of
the Silver Star Award, which will
be presented to Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Jones, parents of the late Lieu
tenant William J. Jones, who was
killed in action in Italy, will be
held at the Elkin Methodist
church Monday, April 3, at 1:30
p. m»
The award will be presented by
Col. Herbert M. Pool, who will be
introduced by T. C. McKnight.
George Royall representing the
George Gray Post of the Ameri
can Legion, will preside. Others
who will take part in the prog
gram are Rev. J. Lem Stokes, n,
pastor of the Methodist church;
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, pastor of
the First Baptist church; E. C.
James, and Mrs. J. Henry Beeson,
who will be pianist.
Lieut. Jones was killed on Sep
tember 10, 1943. Prior to his death
he had been awarded the Purple
Heart, although his parents did
not know this until they received
a letter from a soldier in Eng
land, a friend of their son, who
informed them of the fact.
DATE OF FOOD
STAMPS VOIDED
OPA Abolishes Expiration
Date of All Red and Blue
Ration Coupons
PROBLEMS SIMPLIFIED
Washington, March 27. — Pood
rationing became simpler for
everjjbody today as the office of
price administration removed the
expiration dates from all red and
blue ration coupons.
OPA said the move was done
to cut the clerical and shopping
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EXHAUSTED MEN
RETREAT AFTER
TERRIBLE FIGHT
German Attention Is Divert
ed By Barrage
SAID HALF - STARVED
Slip Out of Net Without Loss
of Single Man Through
Clever Ruse
SUPPLIED B Y PLANES
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
March 29.—Allied troops have
withdrawn from their advanced
positions on the upper slopes of
Mount Cassino, it was disclosed
today, as the Fifth Army aban
doned temporarily its costly at
tempt to drive the Nazis from
their mountain defenses astride
the inland road to Rome.
Half-starved Ihu'm and New
Zealand infantrymen who had
held out on' Hangman’s Hill and
the nearby Hill 202 for 10 days
and nights, under constant fire
from enemy units all around
them, stumbled back into the
main Allied lines Monday night
under cover of a heavy barrage
that diverted the Germans’ atten
tion to the eastern end of Cas
sino.
Isolated and supplied only by
air, the two detachments clung to
their exposed positions high up
on the mountain slopes as long as
there was a chance of the Nazis
being ousted from Cassino. When
that hope disappeared and the
battle of Cassino settled down in
to a slugging match between the
opposing artillery, the Indians
and New Zealanders were ordered
to withdraw.
United Press War Correspond
ent James E. Roper reported in a
front-line dispatch that the troops
slipped out of the German net
without the loss of a single man,
through a cleverly - co - ordinat
ed ruse.
While the exhausted troops
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SENIORS ARE
TO GIVE PLAY
“Betty’s Millionaire” To Be
Staged At Local School
Friday P. M.
IS THREE - ACT COMEDY
“Betty’s Millionaire,” a 3-act
comedy, will be presented by the
senior class of Elkin high school
at the elementary school auditor
ium Friday evening at 8:00
o’clock.
Betty Brown, played by Mildred
Freeman, has the ambition to
marry a millionaire, P e 11 e r
Adams, played by Harvey Baker.
Betty finally meets a young man
she thinks is a millionaire, but
who in reality is a mere secretary,
thanks to a bit of scheming on
the part of her friends. Sue
Weatherbee, played by Jane Anne
Collins, and Nancy Fletcher, play
ed by Mary Windsor.
Adding spice and laughter to
the play is Mrs. Evangeline Bren
dlinger (Frances Lovelace), a jol
ly pld widow seeking to enshare
the grumpy, sour-faced old Au
gustus Winslow (Jim Garland.)
Thaddeus Atterbury, proprie
tor of Ocean Breeze Hotel where
the action takes place, is played
by Sidney Fletcher. Other stu
dents who have important parts
in the play are John Moseley, and
Janice Jennings, who take the
part of Sam Palmer and Lillie
Daniels, respectively.
A nominal admission will be
charged to the play.