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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 19
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
NATIONAL
HOLLYWOOD, April 4, — A
federal court jury, composed
mostly of women, tonight ac->
quitted Charles Chaplin of
charges of violating the Mann
act. The jury returned its ver
dict after six hours and 45
minutes of deliberation. Chap
lin, who had been accused of
violating the law by allegedly
transporting red-haired Joan
Barry to New York and return
for immoral purposes, smiled
. at the jurors when the verdict
was read. “Thank you, thank
you,” he said.
PEARL HARBOR, April 4.—
American bombers of the
Seventh army air force bomb
ed Dublon and Eten islands in
Truk atoll again Sunday night
carrying one of the Pacific
war’s greatest aerial offensives
through the fifth day, Admiral
Nimitz announced today. Maj.
Gen. Willis H. Hale’s Libera
tors made the 11th raid on
Truk since the twin air offen
sive was opened by central and
south Pacific bombers last
Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, April 4. —
Powerful United States fleet
forces sank or damaged every
Jap ship anchored at three
western Caroline bases in the
N mighty sea-air sweep that
brought them within 460 miles
of the Philippines last week,
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox revealed today coinci
dent with disclosure that
American submarines have
sunk 14 more Jap ships in oth
er operations. The carrier
borne assault was revealed to
have been of greater magni
tude than originally announc
ed. Besides Palau, the Ameri
cans also hit Yap and Woleal
islands. Knox told his news
conference that preliminary re
ports show the three-pronged
strike was accomplished at an
initial loss of 27 planes — 11
bombers, eight torpedo bomb
ers and eight fighters. He in
dicated that the attacking
forces had not yet ended their
radio silence, saying he could
give no estimate of the number
of Jap ships caught at anchor.
INTERNATIONAL
BOUGAINVILLE, Solomon
Islands, April 4. — Tankmen
here have great sport, sling -
shooting Japanese snipers out
of trees. When a sniper is spot
ted, the crew drives the tank
against the sniper’s tree, bend
ing it several degrees. Then the
driver puts the tank into re
verse gear and gives her the
gas, and the tree whips back
so smartly it hurls the sniper,
or snipers, a few hundred feet,
stunning them.
ADVANCED SOUTH PACI
FIC HEADQUARTERS, April
3. (Delayed).—The war in the
south Pacific reached a dead
end with the occupation of
Emirau island in the St. Mat
thias group, and informed of
ficers now freely predict that
Adm. William F. Halsey’s com
mand soon will cease to exist
as a combat theater for lack of
suitable objectives. It was be
lieved the south Pacific force*
may be gradually assimilated
in the central and southwest
Pacific theaters as the war
moves steadily westward to
ward China. The inevitable
question of the next task as
signed to Halsey and one of
the smoothest operating fight
ing teams in the Pacific had
no immediate answer.
LONDON, April 4. — British
empire casualties in the first
four years of world war II total
667,159, approximately one
fifth of those in the first world
war, it was disclosed today in
figures announced by Prime
Minister Churchill. With the
western invasion and its at
tendant losses still to come,
the prime minister said British
casualties up to August 31,
1943, included 158,741 killed,
159,219 wounded, 78,204 miss
ing and 270,995 prisoners of
war. British empire casualties
from 1914 to 1918 totaled 3,
190,235, of which 908,371 were
, killed, 2,090,212 wounded and
191,652 prisoners or missing.
r\ A Ain 1T\ ATT7C Henry Dobson, left, and M. Q.
L All UIUAl LjO Snow, both o£ Elkin, have an
nounced their candidacy for office subject to the Demo
cratic primary. Mr. Dobson is seeking to succeed himself
as representative to the General Assembly, from Surry.
Mr. Snow is seeking to succeed himself as a member of the
county board of commissioners, of which he is now chair
man.
Numerous Men Are Put
In. Class 1-A By Board
Classification
of Other Men
Is Announced
Reclassifications of selective
service registrants from March 22
to April 2, have been released by
the Board of Selective Service No.
2, in Dobson.
Reclassfications from 2-C, agri
cultural deferment, to 1-A, eligi
ble for military service, were:
Robert E. Hughes, Hessell Tay
lor. James E Stanley, Garnet D.
Danley, Ray C. Riggs, Joe J.
Southard, Elbert S. Hardy, Hoyt
E. Ayers, Ralph T. White, Arthur
H. Shores, Paul R. Martin, James
C. Needham, Bland Blevins, Pall
J. Wall, Steven G. Dobbins, Glenn
G. Marsh, Paul H. Bledsoe, Ervin
L. Danley, Calvin C. Johnson,
Clayborn J. Donathan, Porter W.
Lane, Roy J. Hall, Vernon P. Ball,
Ralph G. Tilley, Jacob L. Whit
aker, Jr., Roger A. Gentry, Wayne
N. Simmons, Alvis L. Bowman,
Robert O. Snow, Ira T. Wolfe,
Wm. H. McCann, Grover A. Ven
able, Marvin E. Chilton, Cecil E.
Hardy, Alton Cockerham, John R.
Carlyle.
William R. Snow, John R.
Mickle, Richard C. Vaughn, Early
J. Marion, Grady C. Fowler,
Glenn W. Johnson, Jessie W.
Creed, Floyd Z. Stanley, Grover
W. Hutchins, Wm. B. Johnson,
Willie'L. Cox, Harold W. Hurt,
James E. Fain, Everett Holbrook,
Jr., Ben S. Taylor, William B.
White, Samuel M. Bullin, David
C. Newman, Luther S. Gibbons,
Aubrey M. Wall, Paul J. Scott,
Sam L. Key, Lloyd E. Snow, Jim
C. Mitchell, Reeves Wilmoth,
Roscoe Clayton, Hobart C. Frye,
John M. Shores, Gilbert A. Slaw
ter, Ellis W. Haymore, Victor C.
Edmonds, Wendell D. Reid, Alvis
M. Key, Clifton N. Coe, Victor H.
Coe, Claude F. Johnson, Harold
B. Stanley, William P. Davis,
Henry D. Lawrence, James A.
Mickle, Carl M. Hauser, Grady C.
Vernon, James A. Jarvis, Theo
dore R. Van Eaton.
Sanford P. Miller, Ray W.
Branch, Conrad E. Harvey, John
B. Cockerham, Ralph Wood, Wil
liam C. Moser, Spencer A. Stan
ley, Louis G. Tucker, Wilson O.
Shinault, James D. Nations, Ver
non O. Hodges, Otis D. Simpson,
Austin H. Lawson, Tommie White,
James. G. Venable, Marvin C.
White, Joseph M. Hayes, Morgan
D. Stanley, Bishop C. Chilton,
Joseph M. Collins, Audrey T.
Moore, Coolidge T. Cook, McKin
ley A. Bledsoe, Robert J. .White,
Garvey D. Layell, Albert R.
White, Gomery M. White, Posey
W. Sawyers, Joel M. Marion, Hen
ry I. Sapp, Ulysses H. Marshall,
John W. Denny, Jr., Wendell C.
Edmonds, Warren L Badgett,
Esker D. Hinson, Albert L. John
son, Morris G. Davis, Floyd Cock
erham, Jr., Percy Simmons, War
ren Ziglar, Sam H. Law, Carl E.
Atkins, Clyde L. Anthony, Barney
C. Harris.
Calvin R. Atkins, Raymond
Collins, Clyde O. Snow, James Z.
Caudle, Claude W. Johnson, Wil
liam E. Wilmoth, A. Anthony,
Graham O. Scott, Robey T. Gold
en. William G. Isaacs, Calvin G.
Holyfield, Granville E. Miller,
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Red Cross Drive
Here Has Netted
$11,435 To Date
Complete figures to date on
the Elkin district Red Cross
War Fund drive were announc
ed Wednesday by Miss Ophelia
Paul, assistant treasurer, as
$11,435.41.
Mrs. A. O. Bryan, who acted
as chairman of the successful
drive, in which the local dis
trict quota was $10,000, said
Wednesday afternoon that a
number of outlying communi
ties in the district have not yet
reported. Once these reports
are in the figure above will
perhaps reach $12,000, or more,
it is hoped.
Local theatres, cooperating
in the Red Cross drive by tak
ing of collections from theatre
audiences, raised a total of
$427.35, Dr. W. B. Reeves,
manager, said Tuesday. Dr.
Reeves stated that he wished
to publicly express his thanks
to theatre patrons for their
generosity.
DOBSON, SNOW
SEEK OFFICES
Henry Dobson Candidate for
House; M. Q. Snow for
County Board
DAVIS IS SUGGESTED
Henry Dobson, of Elkin, and
M. Q. Snow, also of this city,
have announced that they have
filed as candidates for nomina
tion to the state house of repre
sentatives and county board of
commissioners, respectively, sub
ject to the Democratic primary.
Both Mr. Dobson and Mr.
Snow are seeking to succeed
themselves in office. Mr. Snow
is the present chairman of the
Surry board.
*
Also of note on the local polit
ical front is the suggestion that
C. E. Davis, of Walnut Cove, be
given the Democratic nomination
as state senator.
E. M. Taylor, of Danbury, in a
letter to The Tribune, said:
“As Stokes gets the nominee for
the Senate from Stokes and Sur
ry this year, I wish to offer the
name of one of Stokes County’s
most distinguished citizens and
most loyal Demacrats for this vi
tally important position.
“I refer to Carlos E. Davis, of
Walnut Cove.
“Carlos Davis is superbly
equipped in every way to repre
sent Stokes and Surry in the up
per house of the' General Assem
bly. Possessed of splendid busi
ness qualities, of unimpeached
integrity, and with a record of
service to the Democratic Party
in county, state and nation not
equalled by many people, Mr.
Davis will meet all requirements
of service to his constituents."
Buy U. S. Government Bonds
and Stamps regularly.
SURRY MEN ARE
CALLED UP FOR
ACTIVE SERVICE
Groups Report" For Duty On
April 3rd and 5th
FROM DRAFT BOARD 2
List of Men Who Passed Pre
induction Examination
Also Announced
MOST GO INTO THE ARMY
Selective Service registrants
who have been called into service
following pre-inducton physical
examinations and subsequent
twenty-one day or more furloughs,
have been released by the board
of selective service in Dobson.
Registrants accepted for service
with the Navy and who reported
for duty on April 3, were:
William Howard Windsor,
Claude Clyde Stuart, Wendell
Robert Lawson, Vince Swanson
Boyles, Tom Daniel Lewis, Sam
uel Cornelius McCleary, John
Paul Bed well, Joseph Hilary Key,
Tom Benbow Scott, Arthur C.
Phillips, Sam Brooks, Woodrow
Wilson Wiles, James Martin Cane,
Cola Croom Fulp, Hugh Everett
Marion.
Army selectees, who reported
for duty on April 5, were:
Richard Gwyn Chatham, Paul
Kermit Lowe, Jarvis Poselee
Steele, William Eugene Poindex
ter, Herman James Ralph
Edward Stanley, James Claude
Willaird, Edgar Wallace Moseley,
Herman Sebron Atkins, Paul Al
len Pardue, Vincent Edmond
Welch, Harlon Tyra Cox, Garfield
Hanks, Robert Wilson Bean,
Floyd Estel Davis, Martin Elmer
Jones, Paul Harvard Chappell,
Robert Truett Rollins, Jerome
Clifford Isaacs, James Raymond
Wilson, Oscar M. Tolbert, Floyd
Thomas Ball.
Also released by the board was
a list of registrants in the March
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URGE FARMERS
SAVE LUMBER
Should Conserve Existing
Supplies Due to Acute
Shortages
LIMIT USE OF WOOD
In view hi' the tjritifcdi shortages
of all types of lUttiber, farmers of
Surry county should exert every
effort to conserve existing Sup
plies and limit use of wood in all
types of construction, according
to J. A. Tilley, chairman of the
county AAA Committee.
“The supply of lumber to fill
wartime needs is becoming smal
ler each day and, at the same
time, the demand for lumber is
steadily increasing.” Mr. Tilley
said. Because of the alarming
scarcity of lumber for essential
needs, the War Production Board
on February I issued a new pro
cedure affecting materials which
can be used in farm construction.
Under this procedure, Chair
man Tirtey said, the salvage of all
reusable lumber not specifically
incorporated in a structuce is
mandatory and its destruction is
prohibited. Such lumber must be
made available immediately for
reuse. Unused framing lumber in
2” x 4” and 2” x 6” sizes may not
be used where other types of con
struction can be employed and
substitutes are available, use of
these types of lumber being per
mitted only upon specific authori
zation of the WPB. Also, he said,
use of boards for fencing, sheet
ing walls and roofs is prohibited,
as well as use of common grades
of any kind of wood for finishing
and siding.
In view of these restrictions,
the chairman said, the WPB on
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Pvt. R. E. Spainhour
Reported Wounded
In a news release from the War
Department in Washington on
Tuesday, Private Richard E.
Spainhour of Jonesville, was re
ported wounded in action in the
Mediterrenean area. Details of
his injury were not given.
Pvt. Spainhour is the son of
Mrs. Lillie N. Spainhour of Jones
ville.
Russians Threaten lo
Trap Many Thousands
Of Nazis In Ukraine
POSTHUMOUS
AWARD MADE
Parents of Lieut. William J.
Jones Receive Silver
Star
GIVEN FOR GALLANTRY
The'Silver Star award for Lieut.
William J. Jones was presented
posthumously to Mr. and Mrs.
John Jones, his parents, at a
special presentation program held
at the Elkin Methodist church on
Monday afternoon. Col. H. M.
Pool, Camp Butner post comman
der, made the presentation.
In giving the award, Col. Pool
stated: “It takes courage to face
death, and Lieut. Jones had that
courage.”
George Roy all, of the George
Gray Post, American Legion, pre
sided over the service. Earl C.
James, Elkin attorney, read a let
. ter during the ceremony from the
president of the Tennessee Mili
tary Institute in which he paid
tribute to Lieut, Jones, who giad~
uated from the school with a
commission of second lieutenant.
He then attended State College
for two years before being called
into service.
The award was for gallantry in
action, as is outlined in the fol
lowing official citation:
“For gallantry in action. On the
morning of July 10, 1943, near
Gela, Sicily, Lieut. Jones was or
dered to make the initial recon
naissance to select the beach exit
road. While proceeding on his
mission, he and his companion
were injured and rendered uncon
scious by the explosion of a Tel
ler mine, set off within two feet
of them by a passing one-fourth
ton truck. Upon recovering con
sciousness, and despite heavy
small arms fire, Lieut. Jones ad
ministered first aid and material
ly comforted his companion until
the arrival of medical personnel.
He then carried his mission to
successful completion. At all times
Lieut. Jones displayed good judg
ment, emu-age, and regard for the
safety of his companion, and his
actions reflect the highest tra
ditions of the service.”
Lieut. Jones was wearing the
Purple Heart at the time of his
death, having received this decor
ation for wounds previously re
ceived. He met death on Septem
ber 10, 1943.
Dr. Stokes To Be
Kiwanis Speaker
A talk by Dr. J. Lem Stokes, II,
pastor of the Elkin Methodist
church, will feature the meeting
of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. this even
ing (Thursday).
The program will be in charge
of Dr. J. G. Abemethy.
At last week’s meeting the Ki
wanians witnessed two motion
pictures dealing with the Japan
ese. President Garland Johnson
presided.
Chatham Girls
| Win Third Place
In AAU Tourney
, -
| The Chatham girls’ team,
after going like great guns to
mow down all opposition in the
National A. A. U, women’s
basketball tournament at St.
Joseph, Mo., last week, was de
feated Thursday by A. I. B.,
of Des Moines, by a score of
31-15.
In the consolation finals
Chatham defeated the Dallas
(Texas) Hornets by the score
of 23 to 16 to take third place
in the tournament.
Despite their loss to A. I. B.,
the Chatham team was honor
ed by the naming of Anne
Lineback, forward, to the All
A. A. U. squad. This makes the
second straight year Miss Line
back has been so honored.
Wounded
Private First Class David W.
Lawrence, above, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Lawrence, of
this city, has been wounded in
action on Bougainville, a tele
gram received Monday from
the War Department stated. In
a letter from the young man to
his mother since he was wound
ed, he said that he was getting
along nicely.
ELKIN SOLDIER
HURT jNACTION
Pfc. David W. Lawrence Is
Wounded In Action of
Bougainville Island
GIVEN PURPLE HEART
Private First Class David W.
Lawrence, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Lawrence of this city, has been
wounded in action on Bougain
ville, according to a telegram re
ceived Monday from the War De
partment.
The telegram read in part:
“Regret to inform you that your
son, Private First Class David W.
Lawrence, was on the thirteenth
of March, slightly woiihded ill
action in Boiigainville, You will
bie advised reports of his con
dition are received.”
Lawrence has been in ser
vice for a little' more than a year
and was employed here and in
Virginia before going into service.
He has been overseas since Octo
ber.
Pvt. Lawrence, in a letter to
his mother since his injury, stated
that he suffered burns on his up
per body and head, and that his
clothing was badly burned, but
that he was recovering nicely and
that his eye sight was not im
paired. He was awarded the Pur
ple Heart for his wounds on
March 15.
Schools, Business
To Observe Easter
The city schools will close this
afternoon (Thursday) for the
Easter holidays and will reopen
on Tuesday morning, April 11.
The extra holiday is given to
the students for having oversub
scribed their war bond and stamp
quota for the 4th and 5th periods;
a half-holiday being earned for
each period.
The Bank of Elkin will observe
a holiday on Easter Monday, as
will the stores and business hous
es, with the exception of drug
stores and cafes.
Rev. Walter Smith
Is Critically 111
Rev. Walter M. Smith, super
intendent of Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital here, is criti
cally ill at the hospital, his many
friends here and throughout this
section will regret to know. Rev.
Mr. Smith was stricken Thursday
of last week and his condition has
grown steadily worse since that
time.
WOULD CUT OFF
LAST RAILROAD
OUT OF ODESSA
Rumania To Seek Armistice
• Is Reported
COMES FROM TURKEY
Collapse of Balkan Country
Would Not Prove Surpris- ■
ing, Newsman Says
RUSSIANS IN COUNTRY
Moscow, April 5.—Soviet tanks
and cavalry swept into the out
skirts of the key junction of Raz
delnaya today and were expected
momentarily to cut the last major
railroad out of Odessa, all but
trapping tens of thousands of
Germans in the southern tip of
the Ukraine.
While elements of Marshal Ivan
S. Konev’s Second Ukrainian Ar
my threatened to slam shut the
enemy’s main escape exit to Ru
mania, General Rodion Y. Mali
novsky’s Third Aripy approached
Odessa from the east in close
pursuit of German units fleeing
along the Black Sea coastal road.
The Germans blew up a high
way bridge in a desperate attempt
to stem the Soviet onslaught in
the south, but Russian horsemen
quickly cut around it and resum
ed their harassing attacks on the
enemy’s rear guards while Red
Air Force planes bombed and
strafed the withdrawing columns.
Soviet planes also repeatedly
attacked shipping concentrations
massed for the gradual evacua
tion of the Crimea, already com
pletely cut off by land. Three
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MANY MEN ARE
IN CLASS 1-A
Yadkin Draft Board An
nounces List of Selectees
Available fdf Service
NEGROES 00 FOR EXAU
Acting under orders of nation
al draft headquarters tp reclassi
fy all men in the 18-26’ age
group, the Yadkin county draft
board has announced the follow
ing classifications to 1-A, as well
as making public a list of men
who failed to report for pre-in
duction examination. The men
reclassified are as follows:
The following were placed in
1-A:
Howard Williams Hutchens,
Toute 1, Yadkinville; Ernest War
ren Flynn, East Bend: Rudy
Ransom Shore, route 2, Yadkin
ville; Garvie Couch Brannon,
route 1, Mocksville; Charles Wil
son Pinnix, Cycle; Miles Alvin J.
Caudle, Boonville; Dillard E.
Brown, route 1, East Bend; Carl
J. Cranfill, Boonville; M. C. Dob
bins, Jonesville; Bonson Harding
Mickles, route 1, East Bend; Rich
ard Robert Joyner, route 2, East
Bend; Warren Jetter Mosteller,
Boonville; Dewey Max Allred,
Hamptonville; Warren Harding
Finney, Jonesville; Junior Leak
Matthews, route 1, East Bend;
Foy William Reece, Booiiville;
Dewey Harold Groce, Cycle; Thad
Robert Sprouse, route 1, Boon
ville. '
Carl Homer Eddleman, route 1,
Yadkinville; Hubert John Chaf
fin, Union Grov^; James Earlie
Fleming, Boonville; Ray Aljcn
Ireland, Hamptonville; Emory
Paul Windsor, Hamptonville;
James Jackie Shore, Yadkinville;
Charlie Cline Hobson, Yadkin
ville; Robert Lee Willard, Hamp
tonville; Gaston Columbus Ad
ams, route 1, Yadkinville; Leslie
Franklin Groce, Cycle; Robert
Lee Maynard, route 2, Yadkin
ville; Charlie Frank Hutchens,
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