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The Elkin Tribune
BUY
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BONDS
VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 29
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944
18 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Plans Are Revealed For Fifth War Loan Drive Here
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WAR
NEWS
IN BRIEF
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, June 13. —
President Roosevelt said today
that Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, supreme allied com
mander in Europe, has report
ed to him that “other” open
ings will be made in Hitler’s
European fortress and that
“the Nazis will be forced to
fight throughout the perimeter
of their stronghold.” The
Eisenhower report also describ
ed the progress of the fighting
in France as “satisfactory” to
date, but said that in magni
tude the battle “is but a mere
beginning to the tremendous
struggles that must follow be
fore final victory is achieved.”
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Wednesday, June
14. — The Nazi - controlled
Vichy radio quoted a Berlin
military spokesman today as
saying that important allied
shipping movements had been
observed in the Gulf of Gas
cony, in the Bay of Biscay near
the Spanish frontier, in the
last few hours. A region of flat,
sandy beaches, the Gulf of
Gascony lies in the Biarritz
region of France’s west shore
some 400 miles south of the
Normandy beachhead. It is too
early to say whether the ship
ping movement is a feint or a
prelude to a new invasion, the
German spokesman was quot
ed.
MOSCOW, June 13. — Mar
shal Joseph Stalin hailed the
allied invasion as a masterful
achievement and said that
“the large forcing of the chan
nel and the mass landing of
troops of the allies on north
ern France have fully succeed
ed.” Stalin’s first public decla
ration on the invasion was
made in a statement to a cor
respondent of Pravda, official
organ of the central commit
tee. Emphatically voicing his
approval of the allied assault
in the west, the leader of the
soviet union declared that “the
history of wars does not know
such an undertaking so broad,
in conception so grandoise,
and in execution so masterly.”
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Wednesday,
June 14.—Allied aircraft sank
seven and possibly eight Jap
anese vessels in Geelvink bay
Monday in new blows against
enemy shipping off Dutch New
Guinea, while American planes
began using the captured Mok
mer airfield on Biak Island to
support the Sixth army drive
on other nearby airdromes, it
was announced today. Far
ranging Liberators under Gen.
Douglas MacArthur’s c o m
mand continued to strike at
the main bases of Japan’s Car
oline Islands defense ring Sun
day, blasting Truk atol for the
seventh consecutive day, and
hitting Palau for the fourth
consecutive day in two attacks.
LONDON, Wednesday, June
14.—The spearhead of the red
army’s northward drive into
Finland plunged to within 30
miles of the important port of
Viipuri during fierce fighting
Tuesday, Moscow reported
early today, and enemy broad
casts said Russia’s whole
northern front from the Arc
tic to the White sea and Gulf
of Finland was blazing into ac
tion. Finnish and German ra
dio reports said the Russians
were attacking in the Lisa sec
tor between Murmansk and
Petsamo and that there was
strong reconnaissance activity
in the Kandalaksha and Louk
hi sectors some 250 miles
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Amateur Show Is To
Be Held On June 22,
Army Band
July 4th
FORMER NAZI
CAPTAIN ASKED
TO TAKE A PART
Now U. S. Army Private, Es
caped From Gestapo
PLAN STAGE ON STREET
Other Features of Big Drive
Outlined By Chairman
Garland Johnson
COMMITTEES NAMED
A comprehensive program to
make the people of Elkin and this
section more War Bond conscious,
and to promote the sale of Bonds
has been worked out by Garland
Johnson, co-chairman of the Sur
ry drive, and members of his
committee.
Plans to date call for an ama
teur show here next Thursday
evening at 8 o’clock, to be held
from a stage which will be con
structed in the street in the block
between the bank and Turner
Drug Co. From this same stage on
Tuesday, July 4, a military or
chestra and show will be staged
to promote the sale of Bonds. The
military orchestra and show will
come here from the army replace
ment center at Greensboro.
On June 30 the radio famous
Briarhoppers will appear at the
North Elkin school for a Bond
Rally.
Next Thursday evening’s show,
first announced for Tuesday,
June 20, but set up to Thurs
day, June 22 in order to allow
more time to prepare it, will fea
ture local talent from this sec
tion. At the present date a num
ber of good acts and numbers
have been arranged, with others
in preparation, including Gene
Hall, Charlie Wolfe, the Jugtown
Band, representing local pharma
cists; the Yokel Family, Miss
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S. S. REVIVALS
ARE TO BE HELD
To Be Staged In 20 Cooperat
ing Baptist Churches In
Surry June 17-24
WORKERS WILL ASSIST
Sunday school revivals will be
held in twenty cooperating Bap
tist churches of the county June
17 to 24. L. L. Morgan, State Sun
day school secretary, of Raleigh,
will direct thg work.
Miss Willa Marks, associational
missionary of the Surry group,
and group leaders in the associa
tion have charge of the plans.
The first meeting will be held
on Saturday at 3 o’clock at First
Baptist church in Mount Airy.
People from all of the Surry
churches are invited to the meet
ings, whether their church is
having a revival or not. All pas
tors are especially invited.
Churches cooperating are An
tioch, Dobson, Fancy Gap, Gum
Orchard, Haymore Memorial,
Holly Springs, Little Richmond,
Mount Airy First, Mt. Carmel,
Mountain View, New Bethel, Oak
Grove, Paul’s Creek, Piney Grove,
Shoals, Siloam, Simmons Grove,
Sulphur Springs and Willis Gap.
Baptist state leaders and also
workers from Georgia, South Car
olina and Tennessee, will assist
with the meetings.
WOUNDS FATAL, — Private
Walter J. (Bud) Osborne, son
of Jack Osborne, of Jonesville,
died of wounds received in ac
tion on May 21, the War De
partment announced Friday.
Private Osborne had previously
been wounded in action and
had been awarded the Purple
Heart. He had recovered and
rejoined his outfit when he re
ceived the fatal injuries. A
Memorial service for Pvt. Os
borne will be held at the Jones
ville Baptist church Sunday.
YADKIN BOY’S
WOUNDS FATAL
Private Walter J. Osborne
Dies May 21 After Being
Wounded In Action
MEMORIAL SERVICE 18TH
Private Walter J. (Bud) Os
borne, 20, son of Jack Osborne
of Jonesville, died of wounds re
ceived in action on May 21, his
father was informed in a message
from the War Department on
Friday. Pvt. Osborne had been
previously wounded in action in
April and had been awarded the
Purple Heart for his wounds and
had recovered and gone back in
to action when he was fatally in
juried.
He entered the service on May
10, 1943, and trained at Camp
Shelby, Miss., before going over
seas in October of last year. Prior
to going into service he was em
ployed with Chatham Manufac
turing Company here.
Pvt. Osborne was a son of Mr.
Osborne and the late Mrs. Flor
ence Newman Osborne, and was
a member of the Bethel Baptist
church in Wilkes county.
He is survived by five sisters
and two brothers, Mrs. Transou
Boles of Hoboken, New Jersey;
Mrs. Branford Faw of Hickory;
Mrs. Victor Poindexter, New Or
leans, La., Mollie Jean, Betty Jo,
Turner and Othel Osborne of the
home.
A memorial service for Pvt. Os
borne will be held Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock at the Jonesville
Baptist church.
Black Widow Spider
Bites Wilkes Woman
Mrs. W. J. Burchette, 45, of
Roaring River, is the second per
son in this section to be bitten by
a black widow spider recently.
Mrs. Burchette was treated at the
local hospital for her injuries, be
ing discharged on Sunday, the
day after she was bitten.
The first victim was Delon
Layne, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
C. Layne, of North Elkin, who
has completely recovered.
OFFICERS KILL
ONE, SERIOUSLY
hurt mm
Henry Newman and Conrad
Bell Surprised In Robbery
NEWMAN FATALLY HIT
Were Said To Be In Act of
Removing Sugar From
Yadkinville Store
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
Henry Grady Newman, 29, was
instantly killed and Conrad Bell,
28, was seriously wounded by Yad
kin officers about 2:30 Monday
morning when they were surprised
in an attempt to rob the Yadkin
Grocery Co., wholesale, of hun
dreds of pounds of sugar.
Newman was shot by Deputy
Sheriff W. E. Wishon as he fled
after being placed under arrest by
Sheriff A. L. Inscore at the scene
of the crime. Bell, who fled in the
opposite direction was shot by Ray
Graham, son-in-law of Sheriff
Inscore, now in the civil service
department of the government at
Washington, who was visiting in
Sheriff Inscore’s home when he
was notified the robbery was in
progress. Wishon fired five shots
at the fleeing prisoner before he
fell, but only one shot took effect.
The ball entered the right side
just above the hip and ranged
through fcne body, coming out on
the left side of the abdomen
Physicians state that internal
bleeding caused death so quickly.
The bullet from Graham’s gun
struck Bell just slightly lower but
almost at the same place and
ranged downward, striking the
pelvis bone and going downward,
lodging in the leg.
Newman, the dead man is a na
tive of upper Yadkin county, but
claimed Roaring River as his
home, as does Bell. Newman
has served various road sentences
and it was reported here that he
had recently finished a term in
federal prison. He has served
terms at the Yadkin prison camp;
one in Iredell county for robbing
a store near Harmony; a term in
Alexander county for robbery. He
one time posed as an officer and
seized loads of liquor and sold it,
commonly called hi-jacking. He
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AUXILIARY IS
FORMED IN CO.
Surrv County Chapter of Na
tional Infantile Paraly
sis Foundation
COMER IS CHAIRMAN
A meeting was held in Dobson
Tuesday afternoon to organize a
Surry County Chapter, an auxi
liary of the National Infantile
Paralysis Foundation.
Present for the meeting were
civic leaders of the county, Henry
Harris, from the national founda
tion headquarters and Mr. Crab
tree, North Carolina chairman.
Officers elected for the Surry
county chapter were: John Comer
of Dobson, chairman: Charlie
Haynes of Mount Airy, vice-chair
man; Bausie Marion of Dobson,
secretary: Mrs. Paul Folger of
Dobson, treasurer; Sam Neaves of
this city, chairman of the execu
tice committee, and Mrs. Joe Biv
ins, also of this city, chairman of
the woman’s division.
The chapter was given the au
thority to expend funds amassed
over a period of years in the
county should the need arise,
this money to be spent in the
county.
The state and national repre
sentatives spoke briefly during
the meeting and explained the
foundation and the work being
done to aid victims of infantile
paralysis.
Allies Break Through Enemy
Line In Sudden 20-Mile Push
To Capture Hun Strong Point
YANKS SAIL FOR FRENCH SOIL — American soldiers are shown
being ferried from shore to invasion boats for assault on French
soil. Thousands of these ferries were utilized to transport the hun
dreds of thousands of Allied fighting men who took part in the first
steps in the freeing of France from the Nazi conquerers.
KILLED — Henry Newman,
above, was killed at Yadkinville
about 2:30 o’clock on Monday
morning when he and a com
panion, Conrad Bell, were
caught in the act of robbing a
store there. Newman died al
most instantly when a bullet
fired by Deputy Sheriff W. E.
Wishon, struck him in the right
side, just above the hip. Bell,
who was captured, suffered a
serious gunshot wound and is
now in the hospital at North
Wilkesboro.
SET USED CAR
PRICE CEILING
Inflated Prices Which Have
Been Charged For Months
Said Ridiculous
PENALTIES PROVIDED
Charlotte, June 13.—“The news
that was received over the press
wires Saturday, announcing ceil
ing prices on used cars, was re
ceived in this district office with
no surprise,’' said L». W. Driscoll,
district director of the Western
North Carolina District of the Of
fice of Price Administration.
“Any one,” added Mr. Driscoll,
“who is familiar with the used
car market today, realizes that
the inflated prices which have
been charged for months are per
fectly ridiculous and, in good
many instances, people have paid
more than the price of a new car
for an old jallopy that, in normal
times, they would not have even
considered. Since no cars have
been manufactured during the
war, the supply of new cars for
civilian use is at an all-time low,
only 47,000 as of May I in the
entire United States to be exact.
This has automatically created a
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GIRLS ATTEND
SUMMER CAMP
Go To Silver Pines At Roar
ing Gap, Under Y.M.C.A.
Camp Program
SCHEDULE IS GIVEN
Seventy-two girls and their
leaders are attending the Y. M. C.
A. summer camp at Silver Pines,
Roaring Gap, this week, according
to T. C. McKnight, Y. M. 'C. A.
secretary.
A full program is planned for
each day which begins with the
rising bell at 7:30. Breakfast is
served at 8 a. m. and camp is
cleaned from breakfast until 9:30,
and readied for inspection at 9:45.
At 10 a. m. a Bible class is held,
followed by an hour for arts and
crafts. At 11:30 swimming is en
joyer until luncheon at 12:30.
From one until 2 o’clock in the
afternoon a quiet hour is observed,
everyone remaining in their cab
ins. A period of hiking and games
is held from 2 until 4 and from 4
until 5:30 is another period for
swimming. Supper is served at
6 p. m.
A varied program of boating,
softball and other games is held
from 6:30 until 8:30 with a one
hour camp fire program at 8:45,
ending with the call to quarters
and lights out at 10 o’clock.
A similar program was followed
by the 72 boys who attended the
camp last week.
The youijger girls will return
here Monday morning on a bus
which will leave the Y. M. C. A. at
10 o’clock to take the high school
group to camp for a week’s stay.
Morrisett To Be
Kiwanis Speaker
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, pastor
of the Elkin First Baptist church,
will be guest speaker at the meet
ing of the Elkin Kiwanis club at
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. this
evening (Thursday), at 6:30.
Kiwanian C. N. Myers will be
in charge of the program.
Last week’s meeting of the club,
a ladies’ night affair, was held at
Neaves Park with Attorney Irving
E. Carlyle, of Winston-Salem, as
guest speaker.
4-H
An endless pig chain for 4-H
Club members in Iredell county
has been started by the States
ville Kiwanis Club with the dis
tribution of four purebred Berk
shire pigs to club members.
COUNTER DRIVE
RY NAZIS SAID
UNSUCCESSFUL
Violent Attacks At First
Gained Some Ground
YANKS TAKE CARENTAN
Radio Vichy Reports “Im
portant Allied Shipping”
In Bay of Biscay
REPORT NOT CONFIRMED
Allied Supreme Headquarters,
London, June 14. — Allied tanks
and infantry bfoke through the
center of the German line today
and captured Caumont and Vil
lers Bocage in a sudden thrust 20
miles inland thai outflanked and
imperilled the enemy strongholds
of St. Lo, Tilly-sur-Seulles and
Coen.
German counterattacks — the
most violent yet hurled against
the beachhead — that penetrated
American - held Montebourg and
Carentan and threatened the
British hold on Troam, 5 miles
east of Caen, were being “held or
broken up,” Allied headquarters
announced.
Montebourg, 14 miles southeast
of Cherbourg, changed hands at
least three times in fierce fight
ing during the past 24 hours, a
spokesman said, but Carentan
definitely” was in American
hands.
Radio Vichy broadcast a report
that “important Allied shipping
movements” had been observed in
the Bay of Biscay near the Fran
co-Spanish border, but added
that “it is too early to say wheth
er this is a feint or a prelude to
an attack.”
The broadcast followed release
of a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied
Invasion Commander, to Presi
dent Roosevelt promising that he
would blast other “openings” in
Hitler’s European fortress.
Lieut. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, Ger
man Army commentator, also
warned in a broadcast over radio
Berlin that Germany must “ex
pect other large scale landings,”
since the forces so far landed in
Normandy constituted “only part
M the huge troops concentrated
on the British Isles.”
The surprise Allied thrust be
tween St. Lo and Caen was dis
closed in Eisenhower’s 17th com
munique of the invasion.
Armored forces struck south
against the enemy’s flank west of
embattled Tilly-sur-Seulles “with
great effect” and reached Cau
mont, 13 miles east southeast of
St. Lo ana 20 miles southwest of
Caen, despite “vigorous reaction
on the part of the enemy”, the
communique said.
Hold Last Rites
For H. A. Stanley
Funeral rites for Hubert A.
Stanley, 47, who died Sunday
night at his home, Dobson, Route
2, were held Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at Copeland Baptist
church. Rev. H. R. Stanley and
Rev. F. L. Hoffman were in
charge.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Sallie Mooney Stanley; three
daughters, Misses Lorene, Carol
and Gladys Stanley; the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stanley;
three brothers, Oscar and Erwin
Stanley of Dobson; Numereus
Stanley of Boonville, and three
sisters, Mrs. Esther Nichols, Mrs.
Lilia Coe and Mrs. Ersel Stanley,
all of Dobson.