The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 22
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Missing
Second Lieutenant William B.
(Billy) Graham, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Graham.of
Elkin, has been missing in action
since April 11. his parents were
notified Tuesday by the War
Department. Lieut. Graham was
in New Guinea area at the time.
He is a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot.
LIEUT. GRAHAM
SAID MISSING
* Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Graham
Notified Son Missing
Since April 11
THUNDERBOLT PILOT
Second Lieutenant William B.
(Billy) Graham, younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Graham of
this city, has been reported miss
ing in action since April 11, ac
cording to a message received by
his parents from the War De
y partment on Tuesday evening. No
details were given in the message,
which stated that futher infor
mation would be forwarded as
soon as received.
Lieut. Graham volunteered for
service in January 1943, while a
sophomore at North Carolina
State College, Raleigh, and re
ceived his wings and commission
at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria,
Texas, October 4, 1943. He was
transferred after his graduation
to Dale Mabry Field, Florida,
r where he was stationed until go
ing overseas in January of this
year.
He was in the New Guinea
area at the time he was reported
missing, and had been there since
he had been overseas. He was
pilot on a P-47 Thunderbolt
fighter plane.
Lieut, Graham is the younger
son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham. A
brother, H. P. Graham, Jr., is a
former lieutenant in the army,
having been honorably discharged
several months ago after service
in the Alaskan area. His one sis
ter is Mrs. LeGrande Johnson,
whose husband, Lieut. Johnson, is
in England.
CONVENTION AT
DOBSON APR. 29
W. A. Neaves Is Announced
As Co-Chairman For
Cherry In Surry
HOLD PRECINCT MEET
Democrats of Surry county will
meet at Dobson Saturday at 2:00
| p. m. to elect a county chairman,
W one or more vice chairmen, and a
secretary to serve for the next
two years. Delegates will also be
named to represent Surry county
at the state convention to be held
in Raleigh on May 4.
With the time for filing ended,
both parties of the county have
a full slate of candidates in the
field, with the exception of coron
er. Neither party has announced
a candidate for that position, but
should the need arise, a coroner
may be appointed by the county
board. None of the county candi
dates face any opposition within
their own parties.
W. A. Neaves, of Elkin, has
been appointed as co-chairman of
Surry for th* Gregg Cherry cam
paign for governor. Mr. Neaves
will serve with W. E. Woodruff,
of Mount Airy, whose appoint
■A ment was announced last week.
At a meeting of Elkin township
Democrats, held at the City Hall
here Friday evening at 8:00
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RUSSIANS LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE
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SCHOOL FINALS
TO BEGIN HERE
SUNDAY, MAY 28
Dr. Stokes To Preach Bac
calaureate Sermon
CLASS DAY MAY 29TH
Judge Johnson J. Hayes Will
Deliver Commence- #
ment Address
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Plans have been completed for
the commencement exercises of
the city schools, which will begin
on Sunday evening, May 28, with
the baccalaureate sermon by Dr.
J. L. Stokes, II, pastor of the
Methodist church, at 8:30 o’clock
at the elementary school audi
torium.
Monday morning, May 29, at
10:30 the Class Day exercises will
be held.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, 6f
Greensboro and North Wilkes
boro, will deliver the commence
ment address at the graduating
exercises on Monday evening, May
29, at 8:30. This program will
also be held at, the elementary
school auditorium.
Members of the senior class
are: Nancy Harris, Mable Leep
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STATE
HICKORY,' April 25.—Uncle
Charlie Bagby, veteran Hick
ory attorney, today voluntarily
appeared as counsel for a neg
ro bog charged with stealing
money from Bagby’s own
home. When the negro, a ju
venile, tried to act as his own
counsel, Uncle Charlie asked
court permission to represent
the defendant, who was ac
cused by Mrs. Bagby. “In 30
odd years of married life,” said
Bagby, “this is the first time
I’ve ever had a chance to
cross-examine my wife.” Ask-1
ed, after court, how his wife
liked it, the lawyer chuckled: |
“Well, I’m not going home for
dinner!”
WASHINGTON, April 25. —
The fight of North Carolina
milk producers against a fear
ed reduction in the amount of
the government subsidy pro
gram for southeastern dairy
men resulted in success today
as government officials an
nounced that the subsidy
would be slightly increased for
the 11 months starting May 1.
The fight to hold the subsidy
program was led by Rep. R. L.
Houghton, Democrat, North
Carolina, and the Tar Heel de
legation assisted by interested
dairy organizations and farm
groups. Doughton said econ
omic stabilization Director
Fred M. Vinson had informed
him the newly - adopted sche
dule involved payments of 65
cents a hundredweight of milk
produced for four months and
then 90 cents for the next sev
en months.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, April 25. —
A sharp decline in occupation
ala deferments granted to non
f(ithers during March and a
heavy increase in 4-F classi
fications were reported to the
house military committee to
day by selective service offici
als. Action of local draft
boards in handling occupation
al deferment requests. Col.
Francis V. Keesling, Jr., in
formed the committee, reflect
ed “the immediate response to
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FI KIN 1 AVCFF^S WIN Uf)Nf)I2*\ Pictured below are members of the Elkin Junior Chamber of
j/11 11 LL t llviixJlXhJ Commerce, who at the state convention in Winston-Salem last
week, were awarded first place in the fourth quarter contest for the most outstanding- project, winning over Charlotte
and Greensboro. Claude Farrell, president of the local organization, was also winner of the distinguished service
award as North Carolina’s most outstanding young man of the year. Pictured left to right, front row: Alex Biggs,
treasurer; Dr. M. O. Fox, second vice-president (holding outstanding project award); Claude Farrell, president (hold
ing distinguished service award); Charlie Weaver, and Walter Metz, secretary. Second row: Van Dillon, Jr., H. W.
Thompson, E. E. Shore, Ted Brown, Bob Lankford, Herbert Cochrane, Stauber Flynt, and Paul Royall. Third row:
Julian Elmore, Glenn Lewis, Homer Edwards, Reece Gilliam, Tom Phillips, John Sagar, and Dr. Seth M. Beale. Back
row: Roscoe Poplin, Graham Myers, Vance Byrd, James Shore, Fleet Mathis, Sam Boose, Sam Neaves, Tat Davis, Bill
Freeman, Clyde Carroll. Several members were unable to be present when the picture was made. A number of mem
bers are now in the armed services.—Photo by T. A. Redmon.
FACES 3 COUNTS
FEDERAL COURT
Fred Turner, Yadkin Man,
Alleged to Have Injured
Soldier In Chase
Fred Turner, of Yadkin county,
charged with having run down a
highway patrolman and struck a
soldier during a chase in which
he allegedly was attempting to
evade arrest, is to be tried on
three charges of violation of the
Federal revenue laws in U. S. Dis
trict Court which convenes Mon
day at Winston-Salem.
The first alleged violation was
on December 6, 1943, when he
was arrested near Walkertown on
a charge of hauling 84 gallons of
non-tax paid whisky. The second
charge grew out of events which
occurred January 21, this year,
when he was arrested on High
way 421 near the Yadkin River
bridge. It is alleged he was haul
ing 90 gallons of liquor, and that
in his effort to escape he made an
effort to run down Patrolman E.
L. Smith, and later ran his car
through a convoy of soldiers,
striking one of the cars in the
convoy and injuring a soldier.
Turner’s third and last arrest
occurred March 16 when a car
driven by him was seized by a
Winston-Salem police. He escap
ed at the time but- was later ar
rested in Wilkes county. He was
said to have had 18 gallons of
liquor in the car at the time.
Honor Elkin Jaycees
At State Convention
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Clause Farrell
Distinguished
Service Winner
The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce won high honors at
the North Carolina State Junior
Chamber of Commerce conven
tion at Winston-Salem last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
by taking first place in the con
test for the fourth quarterly
award for an outstanding pro
ject; winning second place in the
best Jaycee publication contest,
and by having its president,
Claude Farrell, receive the Dis
tinguished Service Award as the
outstanding young man of North
Carolina for 1943-44.
President Fan-ell’s state honor
is similiar to that he recently re
ceived locally as Elkin’s man of
the year.
The fourth quarterly award for
an outstanding project was won
over competition by Greensboro
and Charlotte, and was awarded
for the part the local Jaycees
played in participating in the An
nual Farmers’ Night program
held here in March. Greensboro’s
entry concerned their collection
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Business and
Professional
Men To Meet
A mass meeting of Elkin
business and professional men
has been called for this morn
ing: (Thursday), at 10 o’clock
at the City Hall, for discussion
of a matter of vital import
ance to the town. All business
and professional men are
urged to be present.
AIR ATTACK IS
COSTING LIVES
Eleven-Day Period Nets Loss
of 2,300 Airmen and
324 Planes •
PRELUDE TO INVASION
London—The 11-day-old as
sault on Hitler’s continental fort
ress, the world’s greatest sustain
ed aerial bombardment, has cost
the Americans and Britons 2,300
airmen.
It has cost 324 planes, valued
at millions of dollars.
The Allied Command considers
this loss—slightly more than 1
per cent of over 23,000 attacking
aircraft of all types — a reason
able price for the destruction of
700 fighters out of the enemy’s
precious front line strength, and
for damage to Axis air plants,
fields, rail junctions and coastal
fortifications which may knock
months off the war.
Of the 2,300 missing • airmen
most are believe to be prisoners
of war and interned for the dura
tion in neutral Sweden and Swit
zerland. The Allied Command es
timates that a small proportion of
the 2,300 was killed or wounded,
but this estimate does not include
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Sugar Registration To
Be Held On May 1 And 2
The only registration for can
ning sugar to be held this year
will be staged Monday and Tues
day, May 1-2, Charles Poplin,
secretary to the Elkin ration
board, has announced.
Places^, of registration have been
announced as follows: ration
board office. North Elkin school,
Mountain Park school and Little
Richmond school. Hours at the
local board office for registering
have been announced as 9:00 a.
m. to 4:30 p. m. on each of the
two days. Hours it the various
schools will be announced by each
school.
The maximum amount of sugar
to be allowed, when proof of need
is shown, is 20 pounds, plus five
pounds allowed by the No. 40 ra
tion stamp. No. 4 rationing book
containing NO. 37 ration stamp
must be presented when register
ing, Mr. Poplin said.
Those who need canning sugar
should be sure to register during
the two days.
PROCEDURE FOR
SOLDIER VOTING
Soldier May Apply For Ab
sentee Ballot or Family
May Do So
INFORMATION IS GIVEN
The correct procedure for en
abling a member of the armed
forces to vote in the coming pri
mary and the general election in
November, was outlined Wednes
day by R. A. Freeman, Jr., chair
man of the Surry county board
of elections.
Two routes are open to the
man or woman in service. The
soldier may apply by letter or
card to the chairman of his coun
ty board of elections or the secre
tary of state, or an immediate
member of his family (husband
or wife, brother, sister, parent or
child), may sign application blank
to the chairman of the county
board of elections by mail or in
person. Absentee ballots will then
be sent to the soldier in question.
Only members of the armed
forces may vote by absentee bal
lot in the primary. Mr. Freeman
said. He also stated that the one
application for an absentee ballot
will be sufficient for both the pri
mary and the general election.
Surry Court Holds
Session At Dobson
Surry criminal court convened
in Dobson Monday before Judge
J. H. Clements, with a calendar
showing only three days of most
ly run-of-the-mill cases, featur
ing drunkenness, violations of
the prohibition and traffic laws,
and assault and battery.
No important cases of any lo
cal interest were docketed, and
the session was expected to ad
journ Wednesday afternoon or
Thursday.
Corbett Wall, Elkin chief of
police, said Wednesday that a
number of minor cases from this
section which were originally
scheduled for trial, had been call
ed off because the various de
fendants had since entered the
armed forces.
MOVE FORWARD
ON WIDE FRONT
REPORTS STATE
Are Planning to Drive On
Into Germany
AIMS ARE DISCLOSED
Heavy American Bombers
, Raid Main Nazi Airbase
At Brunswick
HIT INVASION COAST
London, April 26. — The Red
Army has launched an attack on
a broad front in Southern Russia
from the Carpathiahs to the
Black Sea, German and Roman
ian reports said today.
The Red Army intends to drive
into Germany in a mighty con
tinuation of its 1944 offensive to
finish off Adolf Hitler’s legions
and bring about the Nazis’ capi
tulation in close collaboration
with the Allies, an authoritative
Soviet war review said.
The review, broadcast by the
Moscow radio, declared that 500,
000 Axis troops had been slain
or captured and enormous booty
swept up in less than two months
on the lower Russian front, with
out counting the Crimea. Since
last summer the Red Army has
liberated more than 65,000 locali
ties anymore than 310,000 square
miles of territory, the review add
ed.
London, April 26.—Nearly 500
heavy bombers of the United
States Eighth Air Force spear
headed the 10th straight day of
the pre-invasion assault on west
ern Europe today with a raid on
Brunswick, main German air base
guarding the approaches to Ber
lin.
The Berlin radio said the Amer
ican bombers sweeping deep into
Germany were engaged in violent
air battles, and struck in force at
Qsnabruck as well as Brunswick,
100 miles to the east.
Strong formations of fighter
planes flew with the heavy bomb
ers attacking Germany for the
third straight day, comprising a
task force of well over 1,000
planes.
Hundreds of Allied medium,
light and fighter-bombers swarm
ed across the channel in relays to
maintain the assault on the sec
tion of Germany’s “Atlantic wall”
across the rock of the channel.
Thunderbolt, Lightning and
Mustang fighters in strong force
escorted the big bombers striking
at Brunswick, 120 miles west of
Berlin in the heart of the region
noted for its heavy German fight
er opposition.
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CAMP PLANNED
Second Annual Camp Season
Will Open On June 2
For Boys Group
GIRLS CAMP JUNE I2TH
The second annual Y. M. C. A.
summer camp will be held at
Silver Pines Camp at Roaring
Gap this year, under the spon
sorship of the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A. here.
The camp for boys will open on
June 2 and continue through
June 12. The younger girls ses
sion will be held from June 12
to June 19, and the high school
girls from June 19 to June 26.
Application blanks may be ob
tained from tre Y. M. C. A. Rates
for the ten-day session for boys
are $14.00 and for the one-week
session for girls, $10.00.
A splendid leadership group
has been selected for the camp,
according to T. C. 'McKnight, Y.
M. C. A. secretary. The Silver
Pines camp equipment will be
used for the campers, in addition
to a supply of boats and kayaks.
TOBACCO
Tobacco rows should be ridged
at each cultivation so that the
plants may continue to develop
new roots, say Extension agron
omists at State College.
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