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The Elkin Tribune
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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 25
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, May 16. —
In pre-invasion announcements
possibly hinting- at the direc
tion of allied thrusts into
Europe, London and Washing
ton today disclosed agreements
with the exiled governments of
The Netherlands, Belgium and
Norway for administration of
their liberated homelands.
LAKEHURST, N. J., May 16.—
Ten men, including six naval
aviation officers and four en
listed men, were killed today
when a training blimp crashed
into a hanger at the naval air
station here, dropping its con
trol car more than 250 feet to
a concrete runaway. An 11th
crew member, an enlisted man,
was injured critically. An offi
cial announcement said that
the airship, 250 feet long and
containing 416,000 cubic feet
of non - inflammable helium
gas, was on a routine training
flight with a student crew.
WASHINGTON, May 16. —
House votes on amendments to
the “GI bill of rights” were
halted today by angry debate
on a proposal to make a four
year college course available to
all former servicemen and
women. Rep. John E. Rankin,
Democrat. Mississippi, charged
that the proposal would be so
costly that it would wreck the
entire GI bill. He said it would
double the cost of the legisla
tion,, now estimated at six and
a half billion dollars. The pro
posal to remove all restrictions
to a free college education for
war veterans was made by Rep.
Graham E. Barden, Democrat,
North Carolina, chairman of
the house education commit
tee, who offered it as an
amendment to the education
title of the bill.
New Jersey and California
Democrats put 86 more dele
gates in President Roosevelt’s
column in primary voting
Tuesday and pushed his total
far above the required major
ity for another nomination two
months in advance of the par
ty’s national convention. Just
for good measure, party lead
ers counted eight more for the
President from Deleware and
10 from Montana, and Dela
ware partisans heard Senator
Tunnell, Democrat, Delaware,
call for the “forced induction”
of the chief executive to stand
for a fourth term. The four
states, including New Jersey’s
34 and California’s 52, added
104 to the Roosevelt pledge
and claimed delegate strength
and brought his total to 677,
with only 589 needed. Four
years ago at this time he lack
ed 67 for a third nomination,
but fewer delegates had been
chosen then.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Wednesday, May
17, — A mass checkup on ev
ery man wearing the United
States army uniform in Britain
was completed at midnight. All
units excepts those in transit,
were confined to barracks for
the previous 24 hours while
credentials were scrutinized.
Military police in London and
elsewhere moved through the
streets demanding * identifica
tion of both officers and en
listed men. The move was seen
both as a security measure and
as a double - check against ab
sentees and deserters.
LONDON, May 16. — Field
Marshal Karl von Rundstedt,
an inheritor of the Prussian
military tradition, has been
confirmed as commander in
chief of all German anti-in
vasion forces in western
Europe, Stockholm reported
today on the basis of dispatch
es from Berlin. It was said that
Field Marshal Edwin Rommel,
more closely identified with the
nazi rise to power, was serving
under Rundstedt. Well inform -
ed Stockholm quarters were
surprised at the reports, a
United Press dispatch said, be
cause repeated German an
nouncements had led to a be
lief that Adolf Hitler had en
trusted Rommel with the su
preme command.
WHAT! HO HARI-KARI?
because they didn’t give their all for the “Son of Heaven”
—Jap prisoners squat around U. S. field rations, which
they managed to enjoy although still living. These prison
ers were taken at Aitape, Dutch New Guinea, during a
phase of the Hollandia invasions.
Great Interest Shown
In Race For Governor
Surry Men Are
Seeking Seat
In Congress
Major interest in the forthcom
ing Democratic primary on May
27 is centered in two races, that
for governor, and for the Fifth
District congressional post.
As always, prior to a primary
or election, both sides in both
races are busy telling the people
just why they deserve their votes.
In the race for governor both R.
Gregg Cherry and Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald are pushing their cam
paign in Surry, and supporters of
both men claim the victory in the
county. Both candidates have
spoken in Surry during the cam
paign.
The Congressional race sees
natives of Surry opposing each
other for the honor of represent
ing the Fifth District. Congress
man John H. Folger, of Mount
Airy, is seeking re-nomination,
and J. N. “Buck” Freeman, a na
tive of Dobson who is now living
in Winston-Salem, is opposing
him for the congressional seat.
One other race of importance
to be decided by the people on
May 27 is that between Congress
man Cameron Morrison and For
mer Governor Clyde R. Hoey, who
are seeking the Democratic nom
ination for the United States
Senate.
Neither the Democrats nor the
Republicans face contests in the
primary for county offices, there
being no opposition within the
two parties.
S. S. Convention To
Meet At State Road
The annual Stone Mountain
Sunday school convention will
convene with the Pleasant Ridge
Baptist church at State Road on
Saturday, May 27, for a two-day
session.
A morning and afternoon ses
sion will be held on Saturday, be
ginning at 10 a. m. On Sunday
the meeting will convene at 10 a.
m. and will be followed by the
final session and sermon at 11
o’clock.
Among the ministers and lay
leaders of >the association who
will have part in the program are
B. W. Carter, superintendent of
the Pleasant Ridge Sunday school;
Rev. J. Z. Adams of Benham; V.
W. Luffman of State Road; Rev.
Min ter Blevins of Springfield;
Rev. Jesse W. Yale of North
Wilkesboro; Mrs. J. L. Gregory of
Hayes; Rev. Grant Cothren,
Doughton; Rev. E. R. Pox, Hayes;
Rev. C. C. Cockerham, Mrs. V. W.
Luffman, Miss Beatrice Holbrook
of Traphill, and Rev. S. L. Blevins
of Hays.
The gulf stream off Cape Hat
teras is 40 miles wide and at
Nantucket Light Ship is 100 miles
wide.
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To Sound Church *
Bells Only When
D-Day News Comes
Following a meeting here
Wednesday morning of the
Elkin Ministerial Association
and other citizens, it was de
cided that in view of the grave
and solemn nature of the
forthcoming’ invasion of west
ern Europe, that fire sirens
will not be blown when the
news is flashed that the in
vasion has begun. However,
church bells will be rung and
all churches wiil remain open
all day for the benefit of those
seeking the solace of prayer.
Plans for a union prayer
service at the Y. M. C. A. at 8
o’clock in the evening of the
day of invasion (or the fol
lowing evening in event the
news should come after 8
o’clock at night), have not
been changed.
A pre-invasion prayer ser
vice for all denominations was
held at the Y. M. C. A. Mon
day night.
ACCEPTS POST
WITH CHURCH
Mrs. Dwayne Irwin Director
of Music and Christian
Education Here
TO ASSUME DUTY MAY 22
As announced by the pastor. Dr.
j’. L. Stokes, II, Mrs. Dwayne Ir
win, formerly of Kingsport, Tenn.
and recently of Elkin, has accept
ed a position with the Methodist
church as director of music and
Christian Education.
Mrs. Irwin, the former Miss
Nellie Ruth Kreger, was reared in
the home of her uncle, the late
Reverend S. Saunders Kreger, for
thirty years a Methodist minister
in the Holston and West Ohio
Conferences. She is a graduate of
the Dobyns Bennett high school,
Kingsport, Tenn., with a secretar
ial major; and of Virginia Inter -
mont College, Bristol, Va., where
she received a concert diploma in
piano, and teacher diploma in
piano, voice and organ.
For two summers, Mrs. Irwin
studied at the Washington Uni
versity School of Music, St. Louis.
She is at present an affiliated
member of the Progressive Series
Teachers at St. Louis. For three
summer sessions she was the pupil
of George F. Kruegar and Hubert
Taylor, Westminster Choir Col
lege. She is a candidate for the
Master of Music Degree.
Mrs! Irwin served one year as
public school music teacher at
Sparta, and one year as private
(Continued on page five, 1st sec.)
ENDORSE ELKIN
MAN FOR JOB IN
LITTLE CABINET
Congressional De legation
Sends Letter to F. D. R.
NOTE ACKNOWLEDGED
Janies V. Forrestal Appoint
ed to Succeed The Late
Col. Frank Knox
ANNOUNCED MAY 11TH
A letter to President Roosevelt
by the North Carolina Congres
sional delegation endorsing Lieut.
Comdr. Thurmond Chatham, of
Elkin, for Undersecretary of the
Navy following the President’s ap
pointment last Wednesday of
James V. Forrestal to succeed the
late Col. Frank Knox as secretary,
has been acknowledged by Mr.
Roosevelt.
Representative Robert L.
Doughton, who sent the letter to
the White House announced that
the letter, signed by 11 Repre
sentatives and two Senators,
brought the following reply: “As
all of you know, I am glad to
have the benefit of your judg
ment and much appreciate your
interest in writing to me on be
half of Lieut. Comdr. Thurmond
Chatham whom you recommend
for appointment as Undersecre
tary of the Navy.”
The general Tar Heel consensus
of opinion in Washington was
that Mr. Chatham has a much
better chance to win the under
secretaryship than he did the top
position, especially because of
Forrestal’s four successful years
as Undersecretary.
The Tribune received an unfor
tunate news break last week in
the matter when it was announc
ed about an hour after the paper
had gone to press with a story
concerning the activity by Con
gressional leaders in Mr. Chat
ham’s behalf for Secretary, that
President Roosevelt had an
nounced his appointment of Mr.
Forrestal.
TOBACCO PLAN
HAS APPROVAL
Tobacco Distributors Ass’n
Ends Fight Against
Leaf Quotas
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
The Tobacco Distributors As
sociation has withdrawn its long
fight against tobacco quotas and
no longer will oppose crop control
or a continuance of orderly mark
eting of leaf tobacco within the
quota system, it was learned last
week.
The announcement was made
by Joseph P. Kolodny, executive
secretary of the association, at a
dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in
Washington last week when rep
resentatives of the tobacco grow
ers of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky,
22 Congressmen from the distri
(Continued on page 4, 1st Sec.)
M..F. Roberson Is
Claimed By Death
Miles F. Roberson, 62, until a
few years ago a resident of Jones
ville, died at his home at Hudson
on Thursday following a serious
illness of several months.
Mr. Roberson was a native of
Yadkin county and well known
throughout this section. During
his residence in Jonesville he was
a member of the Jonesville Meth
odist church, transferring his
membership to Mount Zion Bap
tist church after moving to Hud
son.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. Coy Bates of
Spartanburg, s. C., and Mrs. Earl
Fox of Wilmington, and two
grandsons.
Funeral rites were held Satur
day afternoon at Hudson and in
terment was there.
Heads Jaycees
Hubert Parker, above, was
elected president of the Elkin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
at their meeting Monday even
ing. Mr. Parker will succeed
Claude Farrell when new offi
cials take office July 1.
PARKER NAMED
JAYCEE HEAD
Is Elected President to Suc
ceed Claude Farrell At
Meeting Monday
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED
The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce at their regular meet
ing Monday evening elected Hu
bert Parker as president of the
organization for the coming year,
beginning July 1st. Other officers
of the club elected Monday night,
were: Vern Chase, 1st vice-presi
dent: Julius Speas, 2nd vice pres
ident; Harold Thompson, secre
tary; Alex Biggs Treasurer and
Herbert Cochrane, publication
editor.
The club also elected four di
rectors to fill expired terms.
Those elected were John Ken
nedy, Charles Poplin, Dr. Seth M.
Beale, and Ted Brown. Directors
of the club are elected for two
years while the officers are elect
ed to serve one year.
Dr. V. W. Taylor, Jr., a member
of the Winston-Salem Junior
Chamber of Commerce, prior to
his moving to Elkin, was induct
ed into the club at the meeting.
I. H. Kolodny, technician at Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital, at
tended the meeting as a guest of
the club.
President Farrell reported to
the club at the meeting that the
Jaycees would collect waste paper
in the business section of town on
Mondays and Thursdays. The
club will fce divided into several
teams in handling this project
and each member will be called
on one week in every five to help
collect this paper. The club will
also continue its collection of
waste paper in the residental
sections of town once a month.
Truant Officer
Has Been Busy
Merlin T. Robertson, Surry
county truant officer, said Wed
nesday that up to the present
time 51 indictments had been
made in the county for non-com
pliance with school attendance
laws. Of this number 39 plead
guilty, two have been indicted for
the second time and heavily fin
ed and the children of these par
ents are now in school.
According to Mr. Robertson,
most of the cases were in the Mt.
Airy, Mountain Park, Pilot Moun
tain, Beulah and Plat Rock
schools.
He stated that no let up would
be made in the prosecution of the
law until the final day of the
school year.
Jonesville Women
Are Asked To Aid
An urgent appeal is made to the
women of the Jonesville com
munity to assist with work at the
Red Cross room. The room is lo
cated in the Jonesville elemen
tary school building and is open
Wednesday and Friday from 2
until 4 and from 7:30 to 9:30 p.
m.
Defensive Outposts
Under Fire As New
Offensive, Rolls On
Paper Shortage
Making Itself
Felt Locally
The scarcity of paper pro
ducts, long advertised but not
taken seriously by many folks,
is being brought home Try Elk
in grocery stores who are pub
lishing an advertisement in
this issue of The Tribune to
the effect that customers will
have to bring their own paper
bags, basket or some other
convenient container for their
groceries.
Supplies of paper bags, it
was said, are dwindling fast
and when those now on hand
are exhausted, no more can be
obtained.
Other types of stores are al
so feeling the paper shortage,
being faced with the prospects
of being able to buy no more
wrapping paper or bags, and
are urging that customers take
all purchases possible unwrap
ped.
CANDIDATES IN
FAVOR OF VOTE
Three of Four In Gubernator
ial Race Say They Will Seek
Liquor Referendum
FRANK PATTON FIRST
Three of North Carolina’s four
gubernatorial candidates have
gone on record as favoring a
liquor referendum to be submit
ted to the people of the state.
Two candidates, Gregg Cherry
and Ralph McDonald, Monday
answered a query sent to them by
L. A. Martin, executive director of
the Allied Church League, in
which they were asked if they
would use their influence, if elec
ted, to have the next general as
sembly arrange for a liquor refer
endum.
Both McDonald and Cherry
said they would recommend to
the 1945 legislature the enact
ment of legislation providing for
a statewide referendum.
Previous to the Democratic
gubernatorial candidates’ an
nouncements, Prank Patton, of
Morganton, Republican candi
date, announced last week that he
favored a statewide referendum
on the issue.
NUMBER MEN
RECLASSIFIED
Abolish 3-C With Men Over
26 Formerly In That
Class Now In 2-C
TWO CLASSIFIED IN 1-A
Selective service officials have
announced that the classification
3-C (farming and dependency de
ferment) has been abolished and
all men over the age of 26 for
merly in class 3-C must now be
reclassified to 2-C if deferrable for
farming purposes. Men reclassi
fied in this group by the Dobson
board are:
Raymond Johnson, Loyd E.
Bledsoe, Dan F. Riggs, Charlie W.
Draughn, Joe E. Marion, Jerry
Marion, Thomas W. Kidd, Reece
Anthony, Elmer S. Snow, Erne#
C. Ashbum, James C. Johnson,
Everette G. Michael, Roy M. Lo
gan, William R. Edmonds, Lacy
M. Bruner, Edgar Casstevens,
James W. Stroud, Vaughn F. Mil
ler, Charlie L. Key, Loyel R. Lowe,
Gilmer L. Wilson, Jack G. Slate,
Clay Moser, Wade O. Patterson,
Alonza E. Doby, Jessie M. Riggs,
Charles J. Carson, Mallory M.
(Continued on page 4, 1st Sec.)
FORTIFIED LINE
BELIEVED LAST
BLOCKING ROME
Gustav Line Defenses Have
Been Smashed
OTHER GAINS ARE MADE
Achieve Break - Through In
Valley In Attempt To
Cut Cassino Road
GERMANS ‘DISENGAGING’
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
May 17.—The Fifth Army has
reached the Adolf Hitler line, be
lieved the last fortified barrier to
the Roman plains, at key points
along a five to six-mile front af
ter smashing all Gustav line de
fenses from the Lin River to the
sea, it was disclosed today.
While the Fifth Army advanced
nearly three miles to contact the
outposts of the Hitler line, the
British Eighth Army deepened its
bridgehead across the Rapido
River to perhaps 5,000 yards, seiz
ed the enemy’s main lateral sup
ply line across the Liri Valley and
pushed to within a mile of the
Germans’ only escape road from
Cassino.
(A German communique said
Nazi troops were carrying out
“disengaging movements accord
ing to plan” on the main Italian
front in fighting reminiscent of
the “great defensive battles of the
last World War.” Mounting Allied
artillery fire from the Anzio
beachhead, the communique add
ed, “leads to the expectation that
a large-scale attack will be
launched there soon as well.”)
(The German - controlled Paris
radio reported the Allies had
achieved a local break-through in
the Liri Valley, where the Eighth
Army was said to be attempting
to cut the Cassino road).
Though the Germans were
clinging tenaciously to the north
ern end of the Gustav line hinged
on Cassino, Gen. Sir Harold R L.
G. Alexander’s sixth communique
of the “on-to-Rome” offensive
said British and Indian troops
had evicted the enemy from most
of his original positions in the
Liri Valley.
American divisions under the
field command of Maj. Gen.
Geoffrey Keyes, including some
receiving their first combat ex
perience, drove two and a half
miles west from Spigno at the
lower end of the Garigliano Val
ley and seized Mt. San Angelo, a
4,500-foot peak overlooking the
Hitler line.
m
Axis Changes
Tune About
The Invasion
London, May 17. — Nazi
sources said today that Allied
preparations for an invasion of
Western Europe were “almost
complete” and frankly ac
knowledged that no one could
predict its outcome.
American troops throughout
Britain were confined to their
barracks for 24 hours ending
last midnight while Allied mili
tary and civilian police made a
check-up of men in American
uniforms in an effort to weed
out absentees, deserters, non
soldiers and possible Axis
agents in advance of the “Mg
push.”
Buses, automobiles, trucks
and jeeps were halted 'in Lon
don and all provincial cities
and all uniformed passengers
called upon to show their
credentials. Many persons
wearing civilian clothes, but
with American accents, also
were questioned. Hotels were
checked.