ON
WIH WAR BONDS
The Elkin Tribune
with WAR BONOS
/ VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 21
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, April 18. —
The house military affairs
committee today killed legisla
tion which would have forced
4-F draft registrants in non
essential industries into labor
battalions for assignment to
war jobs. Manpower officials
have contended that the
siphoning into essential indus
tries of men physically dis
qualified for military service
would go a long way toward
alleviating the manpower
shortage. Committee members,
however, decided at an execu
tive session that no legislation
affecting manpower should be
offered at this time. They arg
ued that government agencies
have ample authority to deal
with the problem and that it
is up to them to proceed with
out awaiting legislative sanc
tion.
WASHINGTON, April 18. —
American submarines, striking
relentlessly against Japan's
far-Pacific supply lines, have
blasted 15 more enemy vessels
to the bottom to raise their toll
to 682 Jap ships sunk or dam
aged since Pearl Harbor, the
navy revealed today. The latest
bag — 11 cargo vessels, three
tankers and an auxiliary re
pair ship — brought to 1,371
the number of enemy warships
and merchantmen sunk by the
torpedoes, shells and bombs of
the United States fleet. Anoth
er 86 have been listed as prob
ably sunk and 1,142 more as
damaged. Submarines alone,
have sent 532 to the bottom,
probably sinking 36 more and
damaging still another 114.
The stir over the correspon
dence between Gen. Douglas
Mac Arthur and Representative
Miller. Republican, Nebraska,
was carried a step further on
Tuesday when Miller assumed
full responsibility for making
it public and again called for
the officer’s presidential nom
ination by the GOP. “I take
full responsibility for my act
and ask that criticisms for it
be directed entirely at me.”
said the first term Congress
man in a statement inserted in
the Congressional Record.
Representative Bulwinkle,
Democrat, North Carolina, had
questioned the propriety of
publishing the exchange. “I
did this on my own initiative,”
Miller explained. ”1 did not
consult the general.” MacAr
thur in a statement Sunday
denied any intent to criticize
the administration in his two
replies to Miller’s letters and
said he had not sought nor
would he seek the Presidency.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, April 18. — The
British advised the French
people by radio today to store
up as much food as possible in
preparation for the allied in
vasion from the west because
“the time is getting short,” and
the Germans told troops of the
vaunted “Atlantic wall” to pre
pare for “zero hour.” The
worldwide guessing game on
the invasion date intensified
sharply in the wake of Bri
tain’s sudden extension of cen
sorship to the traditionally im
mune diplomatic pouches, but
the answer remained a price
less military secret guarded by
the allied command alone. Up
on only one point did there ap
pear to be agreement: that the
unprecedented British s t e p
quarantining the world’s dip
lomats here meant that as “D
day” itself approaches the al
lies will invoke every measure
possible to safeguard the lives'
and preserve the element of
surprise even at the risk of
bruising the feelings of indivi
dual countries.
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Swimming Pool Here
Under Construction
Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A.
$25,000 GIVEN
BY CHATHAM; TO
BE SIZE 40X96
Located On West Side of The
Gymnasium
PROJECT IS APPROVED
To Be of Concrete and Tile
Construction and Com
pletely Modern
PLAN FILTER PLANT
T. C. McKnight, general secre
tary of the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C.
A. has announced that construc
tion has already begun on a
modern swimming pool to be
constructed on the west side of
the Y. M. C. A. building, with its
completion expected by July 1.
This addition to the Y.'M. C. A.
property was made possible by a
gift of $25,000 from the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company to
the Y. M. C. A. organization, to be
used for this purpose.
According to Mr. McKnight, the
pool will be 40 feet wide by 96
feet in length, inside measure
ment, and will be thoroughly mod
em in every way with reinforced
concrete construction, lined with
tile. It will have complete filter
ing and chlorinating equipment.
Plans and specifications have al
ready been approved by the State
Board of Health.
Present shower facilities of the
Y. M. C. A. will be used by patrons
of the swimming pool.
Cafes and Hotels
Are Given Ratings
The following ratings for Elk
in cafes and other eating estab
lishments have been released by
the board of health. Ratings, in
the order in which they appear
on the report, follow:
Bon-Ton Grill, A; Smithey's,
B; Turner Drug Co., B; Aber
nethy’s, B; Elk Pharmacy, B;
Home Hotel Dining Room, C; At
lantic Cafe, C; Eat Quick Lunch,
C; Victory Cafe, C; Dutch Castle,
C.
Ratings for local hotels, dining
i;ooms not including, " were an
nounced as follows: Home Hotel,
B; Hotel Elkin, B.
The State Road Cafe, State
Road, was given a rating of B, as
was the Kenlin Hotel dining
room, of Dobson. The Kenlin Ho
tel, dining room not included,
was also given a rating of B.
Cherry Manager
Gregg- Cherry headquarters
in Raleigh have announced
that W. F. Woodruff, above
prominent Mount Airy business
man, has been named manager
of the Surry county campaign
for Gregg Cherry, Democratic
candidate for governor. Mr.
Woodruff plans to open a coun
ty Cherry-for-Governor cam
paign headquarters at an early
date and will direct a vigorous
campaign.
MANY MEN ARE
RECLASSIFIED
Large Number Are Placed In
Over 38-Year Age Group
By Board No. 2
NUMBER ARE PUT IN 1-A
A large number of men have
been reclassified by the Surry
county draft board No. 2, with a
majority of them being taken
from class 3-A-H (over 38) and
being put in class 1-A-H (avail
able for military service if not for
fact over 38 years old). A number
of men were also put in Class 1-A
(available for military service).
The list follows:
From Class 3-A-H to 1-A-H:
Virgil W. Luffman, David C.
Whitt, Treely G. Blevins, Oliver
C. Caudle, Carl S. Marshall, John
W. Edmonds, Harvey R. Cum
mings, Roy T. Stone, Cletus B.
Welborn, James E. Lawrence,
Benjamin H. Thompson, William
F. Harris, Claude Oliver, Canie
Lawson, John W. Wolfe, Frank>R.
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Surry Selectees Go
To Camp Croft 13th
Selective service registrants
who were called for pre-induction
examination on April 13, have
been released by Local Board No.
2, in Dobson.
Two of the registrants listed,
Raymond Johnson 6f Rusk, and
Claude E. Flincham of Elkin
failed to report. Selective service
officials state that these men
must present reason immediately
to the local board for their fail
ure to report, or be reported to
the District Attorney.
In the group which left on
Thursday Robert Horton Tran
sou, of this city, was leader and
assistant leaders were Lester Hol
loway, William E. Davis, Ray
viend Parker and John W. Denny,
Jr.
The call included:
John Buford Hayes, Rt. 1, Elk
in; John Benjamin Shore, Rt. 1,
Siloam; Lester c' Holloway, Elk
in (volunteer); Paul B. Johnson,
Rt. 4, “Mount Airy; John Walter
Lowery, Rt. 1, Aarrat (vol.);
Thomas F. Lewellyn, Dobson; Ar
lis Milton Coe, Rt. 2, Dobson;
Claude Reece Pardue, Rt. 1, Elk
in; Gratsie H. Draughn, Rt. 4,
Mt. Airy (vol); Garvey W. Sim
mons, RFD, Elkin; William N.
Wood, Rt. 2, State Road; Folie M.
B. Stanley, Rt. 1, Elkin; Coy
Preston Boyd, Rt. 1, Ararat; Wil
liam Edward Davis, Elkin (vol);
Claude E. Fliiicham, Elkin; Her
man Gray Vaughn, Pijpt Moun
tain; George H. Jackson, Dobson;
Ulysses H. Marshall, Jonesville;
Paul J. Scott, Pinnacle;
Robert H. Trausou, Elkin (vol);
Cameron Grattice Wilmoth, Rt.
1, Dobson; Robert E. L. Hill, Pilot
Mountain; Leonard W. Collins,
Gibsonville; Jim C. Mitchell, Rt.
1, Elkin; Paul W. Shore, Siloam;
Ira Bledsoe, Rt. 2, Dobson; El
bert Virgil Bullin, Ararat; James
Hazel Poplin, Elkin; Jake Joe
Cave, Dobson: Reeves Wilmoth,
(Continued un last page, this sec.)
COUNTY-WIDE
CONVENTION
ON APRIL 29
Democrats To Map Plans For
Campaign
PRECINCT MEETINGS
Elkin township Democrats
To Hold Mass Meeting
Friday Evening
TO SELECT DELEGATES
Plans for the approaching 1944
political campaign in Surry county
will be mapped in a series of meet
ings scheduled between the pres
ent time and April 29, with the
first meetings to be precinct
gatherings on Saturday, April 22,
followed by the county-wide con
vention at Dobson on Saturday,
April 29. Meetings will begin at 2
o’clock.
Both the precinct meetings and
the county meeting were schedul
ed by R. C. Lewellyn, chairman
of the Surry county Democratic
executive committee. He has call
ed on the party leaders in all of
the county’s 18 precincts to at
tend the precinct meetings and
help with the plans for the coun
ty gathering.
Mr. Lewelljm has asked party
members throughout the county
to elect precinct committees of
at least five members with at
least two additional members
taken from the ranks of service
men.
Each precinct is asked to select
a delegation to attend the coun
ty-wide meeting at Dobson, which
will feature the election of a
county chairman, along with one
or more vice-chairmen and a
secretary to serve for the next
two years. Delegates will also be
named to represent Surry at the
state convention at Raleigh on
May 4.
Elkin’s precinct meeting will
be held at the City Hall here on
Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock,
W. M. Allen, chairman of the
Elkin township executive com
mittee said Wednesday. Everyone
is urged to attend.
PRISONERS ARE
ALL CAPTURED
Men Who Made Break From
Yadkin Prison Camp Are
Quickly Rounded Up
DOBBINS ONE OF GROUP
All eight of the white prisoners
who escaped from the State pri
son camp near Enon, Yadkin
county, Tuesday, have been re
captured.
Among the men who disarmed
a guard, forced him, a foreman,
a truck driver and a highway en
gineer into the woods and tied
them up with their own clothes
and then escaped in the engin
eer’s car, was Johnny Dobbins,
who was convicted along with
Harvey (Pee Wee) Pardue for
the robbery of the Mrs. Bessie
Myers store and filling station
near Cycle in December of 1942.
Others in the group included
Bynum Robertson, 23, of Win
ston - Salem, who was serving 6
to 10 years for robbery with fire
arms; Henry Kennedy, Thomas
ville, serving 15 years for second
degree murder; Howard Saun
ders, 17, Wilkes county, serving
six years for larceny of a truck
and assault with a deadly wea
pon; Kelly Aldridge, Durham, 12
to 15 years for robbery with fire
arms; Ballard Martin, Hickory,
15 years for attempt to commit
rape; Howard Ray, High Point,
breaking and entering, and Pink
Ogle, 61, Feverville, Tenn., five to
seven years for breaking and en
tering, larceny and receiving.
Dobbins is serving a sentence of
10 to 15 years.
Following the capture of the
men, highway officials express
ed their thanks to law enforce
ment officials in Forsyth and
other counties for helping catch
them. They said that cooperation
was 100 per cent.
Wins Award
Claude Farrell, president of
the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce, was presented the
annual Jaycee Award for out
standing: citizenship at a meet
ing of that organization Mon
day evening: at the Y. M. C. A.
The award was presented by T.
C. McKnight, general secre
tary of the “Y ”
C. H. FARRELL IS
MAN OF YEAR
Receives Coveted Junior
Chamber Award At Meet
ing At Y.M.C.A. Monday
OBSERVE LADIES’ NIGHT
At a meeting of the Elkin Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce held at
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Mon
day evening, Claude Farrell, pres4
ident of the organization and a
merchant of Elkin, was presented
the annual Jaycee award for out
standing citizenship for the past
year. Selection of Mr. Farrell for
this honor was made by a com
mittee of three local citizens who
are not members of the Junior
Chamber.
The award last year was won
by Hubert Parker.
Presentation of the medal was
made by T. C. McKnight, .who
paid tribute to the work of Mr.
Farrell and the Jaycee organiza
tion. Mr. McKnight, incidentally,
was the winner of a similar award
while a citizen of Kannapolis, be
fore coming here to become gen
eral secretary of the local Y. M.
C. A.
The meeting was observed as
ladies’ night, with 100 per cent
attendance. Jaycee Paul Royall
welcomed the ladies.
Van Dillon was program chair
man of the meeting, recognizing
Charlie Weaver, the first presi
dent of the Junior Chamber, who
presented Mr. McKnight.
Homer Edwards recognized
Jaycee Roscoe Poplin, who leaves
within a few days to enter the
navy.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
R'. W. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Laffoon.
To Close For *
Half Day Here '
Each Wednesday
At a meeting of Elkin mer
chants held at the City Hall
last Friday morning, it was de
cided to close a majority of
Elkin business establishments
each Wednesday afternoon be
ginning Wednesday, May 17
and continuing through Sep
tember 13.
A majority of the stores and
other business houses will close
at 12 noon; however two bus
iness houses, W. W. Whitaker
and Moseley Sc Reece will not
close until 1 p. m. All local
beauty shoppes will be closed
all day on Wednesdays.
The closing hours will not be
observed by drug stores, cafes,
and hardware stores. Depart
ment stores, ten-cent stores,
auto supply stores, garages,
jewelry stores, furniture stores,
grocery stores, shoe shops, bar
ber shops and service stations,
will close.
Continent Hit From
Coast To Berlin By
Hundreds Of Planes
-——* -
Elkin Has Four
Of Surry’s Five
Grade A Markets
Of the five meat markets in
Surry county receiving a grade
*‘A” rating in the most recent
report by the health depart
ment, four are located in Elk
in.
The local markets to be giv
en the top rating are The Bas
keteria, Mrs. J. A. Roberts Gro
cery, Cash & Carry and Smith
ey’s.
Other markets in the county,
in addition to C. R. Mosley, of
Mount Airy, which was graded
“A,” received “B” and “C” rat
ings, including Reid’s Market
and Hill’s Market, both of
Dobson, which were rated “B”,
and State Road Grocery, of
State Road, which received a
“C” rating.
MEETS DEATH
IN ACCIDENT
Surry Man Electrocuted At
State Road When He
Touches Charged Cable*
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Walter Andrew Richardson, 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Richardson, of State Road, was
almost instantly killed on Mon
day about 6 p. m., when he'vpicked
up a wire which had been knocked
against a transformer when a
frightened horse ran into the guy
wire that held a power pole.
The tragedy occurred almost di
rectly in front of the State Road
post office. He was brought to
the local hospital but was pro
nounced dead upon arrival.
There were at least two per
sons said to have witnessed the
accident.
The young man was an em
ployee of Elkin Lumber and
Manufacturing Company here,
having accepted a position with
them about three weeks ago. He
was a brother of Lewis Richard
son, who it will be recalled, shot
and killed his sister, Edith, and
himself, with the same gun in
late October, 1942.
He is survived by his parents;
five sisters, Mrs. Sarah Ann Ad
ams, Mrs. Frank Rycroft, Annie
Mae and Myrtle Richardson,
State Road; Mrs. Lucy Money,
Cycle, ahd one brother, Eugene
Richardson, of State Road.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at Elkin Valley Baptist church, in
charge of Rev. J. L. Powers. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
FILING TIME
COMES TO END
Democrats and Republicans
of Surry Have Candi
dates In Field
HAVE N O OPPOSITION
Surry county office seekers on
both sides of the political fence
appeared ready for action and
without opposition within their
own parties as the time for filing
for office ended Saturday at 6:00
o’clock.
Arthur Fulk, of Pilot Mountain,
chairman of the Surry board of
elections, said Wednesday after
noon that candidates filing in the
county were as follows:
Democrats — for board of com
missioner: M. Q. Snow, Elkin; S.
M. Smith, Pilot Mountain, and R.
P. Jones, Mount Airy.
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REDS SMASH AT
SEVASTOPOL ON
SEVERAL SIDES
Crush Last Axis Resistance
In Crimea
LAST OUTPOST IS TAKEN
-f - .
Naval Base Is Described As
Inferno From Soviet
Planes and Guns
MANY NAZIS TRAPPED
London, April 19. — A 2,000
plane American air fleet sent the
pre-invasion offensive to smash
the Luftwaffe into its second
straight day today with a six
pronged attack on Central Ger
many after 1,000 R. A. P. bombers
hit Europe from the French Coast
to burning Berlin in possibly the
heaviest assault of the war last
night.
Up to 1,000 American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators, escort
ed by an equal number of fight
ers, battled their way through a
screen of intercepting German
planes at mid-morning Jo drop
their block busters and fire bombs
on fighter plane factories at
Kassel and five aircraft parks to
the southeast and northwest.
Hardly had the formations of
American heavyweights returned
to their bases, than swarms of
American Marauder medium
bombers crossed the fogbound
Dover Straits and attacked mili
tary objectives along the French
invasion coast. American, British,
New Zealand and Allied fighters
escorted and covered the Marau
ders.
Still other formations of Allied
aircraft crossed the southeast
coast early this afternoon, bring
ing the triple-edged offensive de
signed to cripple German air pow
er, snarl railway communications
and wreck coastal defenses in ad
vance of the opening of a western
front to its highest pitch of in
tensity.
Moscow, April 19. — Two Rus
sian Armies stormed Sevastopol
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DROWNING SAID
CAUSE OF DEATH
Traphill Man Found Dead
Last Thursday With
Head In Spring
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Lonnie McGrady, 44, drowned
Thursday night near his home in
the Traphill community, Wilkes
Coroner I. M. Myers, said after an
investigation of his death.
On the basis of information ob
tained from the wife of the de
ceased, Coroner Myers came to
the conclusion that McGrady died
of accidental drowning while in
an intoxicated condition. Mrs.
McGrady said that her husband
left the home Thursday evening,
saying that he was going up on
the ridge to watch for some peo
ple whom he suspected were going
to do him harm. He was intoxi
cated when he left, she said.
Early Friday morning Mrs. Mc
Grady found her husband’s body,
in the spring. The position of the
body'indicated that he had fallen
into the spring and his head was
between stones in the back of the
spring, according to Coroner
Myers.
He is survived by his wife, one
son, Jay Conway McGrady, and
two brothers, M. D. and J. 8. Mc
Grady, of Joynes.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at old Roaring River church,
near Traphill.