The Elkin Tribune
VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 30
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1944
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Yanks Are Pressing Close To Cherbourg
Final Battle Is Under
Way For Important
Position; Bitter Fight
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GREAT PACfflC
NAVAL BATTLE
MAY BE RAGING
Between American and En
tire Japanese Fleet
NEAR THE PHILIPPINES
Outcome of Mighty Battle
May Determine Control of
Approaches To Japan
AND LENGTH OF WAR
Allied Supreme Headquarters,
London, June 21.—American as
sault forces, already through the
enemy’s first defense line in some
sectors, stormed the inner fortifi
cations of Cherbourg under cover
of a hurricane atillery bombard
ment today and at last reports
were approaching the city’s out
skirts.
The final battle for Cherbourg,
France’s third largest port and
•railhead of a double trunk rail
way to Paris, was joined and 20,
000 Germans faced annihilation
after apparently rejecting an Al
lied bid for their surrender.
(A London broadcast heard by
CBS said Marshal Gerd von
Runstedt, German commander
in France, had ordered the garri
son of Cherbourg to “hold out to
the last man.”)
Unconfirmed and apparently
premature reports said some
Americans already had penetrated
Cherbourg, but more reliable in
formation indicated the climatic
battle was raging one to three
miles from the city’s limits.
Pearl Harbor, June 21. — The
greatest naval battle since Jutland
appeared in the making, if not
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SAILOR ENJOYS
HIS STAY HERE
A. W. O. L., Seaman 2/C Les
ter C. Cox, Had Settled
Down and Taken Job
ARRESTED B Y POLICE
A. W. O. L. for more than six
weeks from the U. S. Coast Guard,
Seaman 2/c Lester C. Cox was
taken into custody here the latter
part of last week by Chief of Po
lice Corbett Wall and turned over
to military officers the following
, day.
Using the alias Roy John Zade,
and sporting a 4-F draft classifi
cation card dated February 26,
1943, Seaman Cox admitted he
was “on vacation” from the Coast
Guard. He had been in Elkin for
the past six weeks and had taken
a job at the Elkin Veneer Com
pany under the .name of Zade.
The sailor had been given a
10-day leave after returning to
port at Port Chester, N. Y., from
Casablanca. He said upon reach
ing Elkin he had found the town
such a delightful place to live he
had decided to stay a while. He
had been living at Hotel Elkin.
While in custody of local offi
cers, he talked freely of his ex
perience in service which began
before Pearl Harbor. He said his
> parents reside in Corpus Christi,
Texas,, and that he had enjoyed
his “leave” in Elkin.
“I have taken ‘time off’ before
since I have been in service,” he
told Chief Wall with a broad
smile.
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LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
NEW BERN, June 20.—Cra
ven county is believed to be the
first county in North Carolina
to pass its overall quota in the
5th war loan campaign. Coun
ty Chairman Richard Forres
ter announced today that the
county’s $1,052,000 goal has
been over-subscribed. However,
the “E” bond quota has not yet
been reached and attention
will be centered on that until
the close of the drive.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, June 20. —
“Broughton for vice-president”
today became the official 1944
campaign slogan of the North
Carolina congressional delega
tion. Meeting at the call of
Rep. Robert L. Doughton, of
Laurel Springs, Tar Heel house
members unanimously endors
ed Gov. J. Melville Broughton
for vice-president and urged
the democrats of the nation to
nominate him during the par
ty’s national convention be
ginning July 19 at Chicago.
Representative Doughton went
so far as to predict the Gov
ernor “has a good chance” to
cop the vice-presidential nom
ination” if President Roosevelt
will keep hands off and permit
the Democrats, without pres
sure, to select a nominee.”
CHICAGO, June 20. — Re
publican platform makers mov
ed on to the preconvention
scene today and, in the midst
of fresh contention over the
presidential nomination, began
sentiment-sounding on planks
dealing with a postwar inter
national peace organization
and elimination of all “un
necessary regulation” of indi
viduals and business. Also, at
% a news conference, GOP Na
tional Chairman Harrison E.
Spangler: 1. Predicted that the
convention would encounter no
balloting deadlock and would
produce a presidential nominee
on the third day — June 28—
and a vice-presidential choice
June 29. 2. Denied knowledge
of any “discrimination” in the
treatment accorded Wendell L.
Willkie, the 1940 nominee, and
presidential standard - bearers
of other years in invitations
for convention participation.
Willkie has been sent a ticket
for a seat on the speakers’
platform as a guest, but has
not been asked to address the
gathering.
INTERNATIONAL
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea,
Wednesday, June 21.—Borokoe
and Sorido airdromes on Biak
island have been captured,
completing the conquest of the
airstrips in the Schouten is
lands once held by the Japan
ese. The two strips were taken
Tuesday, headquarters an
nounced today. There was min
or enemy resistance west of
CorWo. Biak island’s other ma
jor airdrome, Mokmer, was
captured earlier this month.
These fields place the Fifth air
force within 880 miles of the
Philippines. A fourth drome
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Surry Man Is
Commander of
iV. C. Legion
GEORGE K. SNOW
George K. Snow, of Mount Airy,
was elected commander of the
North Carolina department of
the American Legion at Tuesday’s
closing session of the 26tli annual
convention at Asheville.
Thurmond Chatham, of Elkin,
now serving as ' lieutenant com
mander in the U. S. Navy, was
named as alternate delegate to
the national Legion convention.
In an interview at Asheville
Tuesday, Mr. Snow, who is well
known in Elkin and who has long
been prominent in Legion affairs
in the county and state, stated
that: “Whle the American Legion
must not enter partisan politics,
when a public official of either
party fails to his duty, I think
the Legion should force his re
call.”
He added that the time is not
far distant when the Legion will
be powerful enough to do this; in
fact, strong enough ‘ to just about
run the country.”
With the rapid return of vet
erans of this war, large numbers
of whom are joining the Legion,
the fast growing organization er
pects its present membership of
about 1,000,000 members soon to
be swelled to 4,000,000, he* said,
while in North Carolina “I shall
not be satisfied with less than
40,000 members” at the end of
this year as commander. The
present North Carolina member
ship appriximates 26,000.
Snow was quick to say that he
did not mean that the Legion
should drive an official from pub
lic life “just because he doesn’t
agree wit hall the Legion advo
cates, or favors things we oppose.”
Vanhoy Child Dies
In Hospital Here
Judith Ann Vanhoy, 17-months
old daughter of John and Mrs.
Gertha Nichols Vanhoy of Jones
ville, died at the local hospital at
9:15 Monday morning, following
a brief critical illness.
She is survived by her parents,
three sisters, Lorene, Gladys and
Dorothy, and four brothers, Roy,
Howard, Glen and Charles Frank
Vanhoy, all of Jonesville.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the Hayes-Speas Funeral Chapel,
in charge of Rev. Stephen Mor
risett of the First Baptist church.
Interment was in the Jonesville
cemetery.
Stores To Close 2
Days For July 4th
Due to the fact that the Fourth
of July will come on Tuesday
this year, local merchants, at a
meeting Tuesday, decided to close
Tuesday, July 4, and all day Wed
nesday, July 5, thus giving their
employees two full holidays.
Inasmuch as local stores are
reguarly closing on Wednesday
afternoons during the summer
months, the merchants didn’t
think it worthwhile to remain
open only three hours Wednesday
morning only to close again at
noon on the day following the
Fourth.
PROVISION IS
MADE FOR DAM
IN FLOOD BILL
Now Being Considered By
Senate Committee
ON YADKIN IN WILKES
Dam Would Be Used For Hy
droelectric and Floor
Control of River
RECOMMENDATION MADE
A flood control blil now being
considered by the Commerce com
mittee in the U. S. Senate, con
tains authorization to include a
hydroelectric and flood control
dam on the Yadkin river near
Wilkesboro.
The bill as recently passed by
the House provides authorization
for projects in various parts of
the country but did not include
the Yadkin dam because specific
recommendations had not been
made at that time by the War
Department.
The • report and recommenda
tions were received after the bill
had been passed by the House
and have now been added to the
bill. Representative R. L. Dough
ton, in a recent letter to R. T.
McNeil, mayor of North Wilkes
boro, stated that the authoriza
tion for the Yadkin dam and de
velopment could be included in
the bill to pass the senate and
would be passed in the ensuing
conference between the House
and Senate.
Recommendations for power,
flood control and navigation in
the entire Yadkin-PeeDee basin
was estimated to cost $105,840,
000, but the report of Major Gen
eral E. Raybold, War Department
chief of engineers, recommended
that the Wilkesboro dam be con
structed as the initial step and
that other projects down the river
to Georgetown, S. C., could be
well deferred for action until cir
cumstances warranted further de
velopment.
Major General Reybold stated
that the estimated cost of the
proposed development on the
Yadkin near Wilkesboro, which
would be for hydroelectric and
flood control use, was $10,840,000,
and the report stated that the re
sult would justify the expenditure
and the annual maintainance and
operating cost of $62,200 annual
ly.
Jaycees To Meet
Wilkes Team Here
An all-star softball team from
North Wilkesboro, made up of
the best players from four separ
ate North Wilkesboro teams, will
play the .Elkin Jaycees here Fri
day afternoon at 6 o’clock, the
game to be staged at the Chat
ham ball park.
In a game between the Jaycees
and the All-Stars played at North
Wilkesboro last week, the Jaycees
lost 2 to 1 in a contest that fea
tured extremely tight ball and
real playing on the part of each
team. .
Boonville Colored
Child Hit By Car
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Leon Williams, 3, son of Miles
Williams, colored man of Boon
ville, was brought to the local
hospital for observation on Sun
day after being struck by an au
tomobile on the highway. He was
removed to his home following
examination and first aid treat
ment.
Cub Pack WiUHold
Meeting Friday P. M.
A meeting of the Cub pack will
be held Friday evening at 8
o’clock at the' city hall to present
awards and attend to other bus
iness. All members of the pack
and their parents are expected to
attend.
Is To Be Guest
Speaker Here At
Jaycee Meeting
FRED DIXON
Fred Dixon, of Raleigh, agency
director of the Atlantic Life In
surance Company in North Caro
lina, and a former president of
the Raleigh Junior Chamber of
Commerce, will be the principal
speaker at installation ceremonies
of the Elkin Junior Chamber at
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. here
Monday evening at 7 o’clock.
Prior to assuming his present
position, Mr. Dixon was publicity
agent at State College.. He is an
outstanding Jaycee.
At the installation of officers
ceremony, Hubert Parker will suc
ceed Claude Farrell as president
of the local chamber, other offi
cers to be inducted are Vern
Chase, first vice-president; Julius
Speas, second vice-president; H.
W. Thompson, secretary, and
Alex Biggs, treasurer.
A number of local citizens and
out of town Jaycees have been in
vited to the installation banquet.
Jonesville Colored
Woman Badly Burned
Beatrice Martin, 34, Jonesville
colored woman, wras seriously
burned Tuesday evening when she
overturned a kettle of boiling wa
ter while canning beans. A semi
invalid, she was working in a
wheel chair. The burns extend
from her waist to her feet and
she is reported to be very uncom
fortable at the local hospital,
where she was taken immediately
for treatment.
Vacation Bible
School To Start
A daily vacation Bible school
will begin at the Methodist
church on Monday, June 26, and
continue for two weeks. Classes
will be held from 9:30 until 11:30
each week day except Saturday.
Children of the church from
four to fourteen are invited to at
tend.
Truck Owners Urged
To Call For Quotas
Truck operators are advised by
rationing officials to call at the
local rationing office before the
first of July to obtain their third
quarter gasoline quotas. It will be
necessary to bring War Necessity
Certificates to the local office in
order to obtain the quotas.
Radio Is Stolen
From Hotel Room
A small table model radio, the
property of Floyd Roberts, of this
city, was stolen from hi& room at
the Home Hotel sometime Tues
day.
Police believe a man posing as
a soldier took the radio, however,
no trace of his present where
abouts has been found.
BONDS OR BONDAGE — IT’S
UP TO YOU!
R.A.F. Flier, Vet Of
303 Missions, Is To
Be Featured Speaker
Auto Use Stamps
Are Now On Sale;
July 1 Deadline
Auto use tax stamps in the
denomination of $5.00 have
been placed on sale at all post
offices and are also on sale in
the offices of collectors of in
ternal revenue, having gone on
sale last Saturday.
Purchase of these stamps is
required of all motorists and
must be purchased on or be
fore July 1, 1944. They are
serially numbered and gum
med on the face for sticking
to auto windshields.
It has been suggested that
in sticking the stamps to the
windshield, the windshield be
dampened rather than the.
sticker, as the stamp will ad
here better if this suggestion is
followed.
KIMS PLANS
LADIES’ NIGHT
R. A. F. Colonel and Wife To
Be Guest of Club At
Meeting This P. M.
Y. M. C. A. AT 6 O’CLOCK
Col. E. M. Donaldson, member
of the British Royal Air Force,
and his wife, will be guests of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club" at the Gilvin
Roth Y. M. C. A. this evening
(Thursday), at 6:30 o'clock, and
in their honor the event will be
celebrated as ladies’ night, with
all Kiwanians to bring their wives
or, if married, their lady friend.
Col. Donaldson, now on leave
in this country from England, has
a record of 303 combat missions
flown over Europe in the present
war, and has shot down 22 enemy
planes. Following the meeting of
the Kiwanis Club, he will speak
at the Bond Rally and Amateur
Show to be staged on Main street
on a stage in front of Hayes &
Spears Furniture Store.
* At last week’s meeting, the pro
gram was in charge of Kiwanian
C. N. Myers, who presented as
guest speaker, Rev. Stephen Mor
risett, pastor of the First Baptist
church here. Rev. Morrisett made
an interesting talk, on the subject
“Prayer.”
President Garland Johnson pre
sided.
Red Cross Room To
Be In Hotel Elkin
Through the courtsey of D. S.
Miller, new manager of Hotel Elk
in, the club room in the basement
of the hotel has been donated for
a Red Cross surgical dressing room
and equipment and supplies will
be moved to the hotel this week.
Due to the lack of supplies the
work has been suspended for sev
eral weeks, but a new shipment of
gauze has arrived and the room
will open Tuesday morning. Con
tinuing the regular program, the
room will be open for making sur
gical dressing for the armed forces
each Tuesday and Wednesday
from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. Until
further notice the room will not
be opened in the evening.
Boonville Man Hurt
In Motorcycle Crash
Taft Vestal, 30, of Boonville,
suffered severe cuts on his head
and painful injuries to his shoul
der when his motorcycle wrecked
Sunday afternoon in North Elkin.
The accident was thought to have
been caused by a tire blowout.
Romie Chipman of Jonesville,
who was also on the motorcycle,
suffered only minor injuries.
Both patients were treated at
the local hospital.
AMATEUR SHOW
ARRANGED FOR
MUSIC AND FUN
To Be Held On Big Stage On
Main Street Here
EVERYONE IS INVITED
Event Planned To Promote
Sale of War Bonds In
Fifth War Loan Drive
ADMISSION IS FREE
A talk by Col. E. M. Donaldson,
a member of the British Air
Force, and a veteran of 303 com
bat missions over Europe during
the present war, will be a feature
of the Fifth War Loan Bond Ral
ly and Amateur Show to be staged
here this evening (Thursday) at
8 o’clock from a large stage lo
cated in front of Hayes & Speas
Furniture Store.
Col. Donaldson, who by no
manner or means can be classed
an amateur, he having shot down
22 planes thus far during the war,
is on leave in this country, and
the local War Bond committee
feels especially fortunate in secur
ing his services as a feature of the
Bond Rally.
The Royal Air Force flier will
be accompanied to Elkin by his
wife.
With the news that Col. Don
aldson could be here, plans for
the amateur show were complete,
and those who attend may expect,
in addition to a very interesting
talk, a show that contains plenty
of music, comedy, dancing and
all-round entertainment. The
best amateur talent available in
this community will appear in the
show; admission is free, and it is
hoped that a large crowd will at
tend.
Purpose of the show is to pro
mote the sale of War Bonds, and
a number of local young women
have volunteered to be on hand
to sell Bonds to everyone whb
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HOTEL HERE IS
IN NEW HANDS
Public Pledged Every Effort
To Make It Into Hotel
To Be Proud of
ARE TO MAKE CHANGES
D. S. Miller, who arrived here
last Tuesday from Texas to take
over the management of Hotel
Elkin, said Wednesday that he
plans to make it into a hotel of
the highest type with improve
ments throughout in both service
and furnishings, and extended an
invitation to citizens of the town
to make it their headquarters for
any and all occasions.
Operation of the hotel in the
future will be altogether different
from that in the past, Mr. Miller
stated. "Of course it will not be
possible to make all improvements
planned within the matter of
days, but I can assure the people
of Elkin and this section that it
will be a hotel in which they may
take pride. Our lobby and front
porch is open at all times to
those who desire to' meet their
friends there, and we will wel
come visitors, regardless of wheth
er or not they are customers.”
Mr. Miller also stated that
cleaning of all the rooms of the
hotel was now in progress, and
that he planned to make it a
place that the travelling public
would be glad to patronize.
Mrs. Miller and their small son
joined Mr. Miller here the first of
this week.