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VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 35
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944
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NATIONAL
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 25.—
Gov. Olin D. Johnston, who
supported President Roosevelt’s
fourth term nomination, took
an early lead over the vetem
incumbent, Ellison D. Smith,
vigorous critic of the admini
stration, in first returns from
today’s Democratic primary for
the United States Senate, with
250 of the states’ 1,540 pre
cincts reported, the 48-year
old Johnston had 13,129 votes
against 11,190 for the 79-year
old senator, who was seeking
his seventh consecutive term.
WASHINGTON, July 25. —
An irresistible movement ap
pears to be meeting an immov
able object in the flue-cured
tobacco producing territory.
Farm organizations, backed by
by a number of Governors and
Congress members, are de
manding a revision upward of
prices formally announced a
few days ago by OPA — $39
per hundred pounds for untied,
or loose leaf tobacco sold on
the Florida and Georgia mark
ets, and $43.50 per hundred for
tied and better handled tobac
co in the Carolinas and Virgin
ia. Waiting an answer on their
demands for a two-cent a
pound increase, spokesmen for
growers and warehousemen in
sisted tonight that if the
answer was “no,” their fight
had “just begun.”
PEARL HARBOR, July 25.—
Substantial gains on invaded
Guam and Tinian islands,
deep in Japan’s inner defense
arc, with American forces ef
fecting a junction on the east
ern shores of Guam’s strategic
Apra harbor, were announced
today by Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz. American forces that
invaded Guam only last Thurs
day thus controlled all of Apra
harbor’s shorelines with the
exception of a portion of the
Orote penninsula, on the south.
There an unknown number of
Japanese had been isolated as
the southern assault forces of
the Third amphibious corps
slashed across the base of the
peninsula.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, July 25. — Adolf
Hitler tonight invested Marsh
al Hermann Wilhelm Goering
and Propaganda Chief Paul
Joseph Goebbels with sweeping
powers over German public
and private life and in effect
placed Germany and the occu
pied territories under an arch
nazi quad rum virate. In a move
apparently exterminating any
conservative influence which
had remained in authority,
Hitler produced a blueprint for
crumbling Germany’s death
battle, a last fanatical struggle
to be directed by the “big four”
of nazism — Hitler, Goering,
Goebbels, and Heinrich Him
mler, the gastapo chief ap
pointed last week to be an all
powerful commander-in-chief
of the army at honie.
LONDON, July 25. — Allied
airmen battered the German
army in the frontline trenches
of Normandy and war indus
tries deep within the reich last
night and today with upwards
of 13,000 tons of bombs, throw
ing the greatest number of
heavy bombers ever employed
in a single operation into bat
tle in France and blasting a
new German tank works at
Linz, Austria. Lt. Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz and Maj. Gen. Lewis H.
Brereton, granted nearly per
fect bombing weather until
late afternoon, sent more than
1,500 heavy bombers and an
„ equal number of lighter craft
/ against German positions
fronting the new American of
fensive iii Normandy. Nearly
6,200 tons of bombs fell on the
Germans there, and one re
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Polio In County Has
Not Yet Reached Peak
V
REPORT 4 NEW
CASES; URGES
VISITING BAN
Dr. Jolley Says Keep Children
At Home
NINE CASES IN COUNTY
New Case Is Reported At
Pilot Mountain Wednes
day Morning
NO MORE IN YADKIN
With the number of infantile
paralysis cases in Surry county
now standing at nine, the disease
in this county has apparently not
yet reached a peak, Dr. J. W. Jol
ley, of Elkin, a member of the
county board of health, said Wed
nesday afternoon.
With four new cases having
been reported in the county since
Wednesday of last week. Dr. Jolley
stated that parents should not
take their children visiting in
their own neighborhood, nor
should they take them from one
county into another, even if go
ing in their own automobile to |
visit in the homes of their own
relatives.
He pointed out that one of the
new cases which has been re
ported hapl b£en in direct contact
with a Wilkes county child, a
cousin, who recently died of the
disease in the Hickory Emergency
Hospital.
Among cases reported since last
week was a child of Manie Collins,
of Pilot Mountain, the case hav
ing been reported Wednesday
morning of this week. The child’s
name was not learned.
Nancy Neaves, small daughter ]
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Neaves, who (
make their home several miles (
north of Elkin, has developed the ,
disease and has been carried to ,
the Hickory hospital. It was re- ]
ported that her case was mild.
Mary Lou Miller, daughter of ]
Worth Miller, of north of Elkin,
and a child of Harrison Wishon, .
also of north of Elkin, are two J
other victims of the disease. The j
Wishon child, it was learned, is ,
also at the Hickory hospital. (
Yadkin county health authori- ]
ties reported Tuesday that no new ,
cases had developed in Yadkin, j
and that the four cases previously ]
reported in that county are pro- (
gressing nicely. i
Wilkes county, it is understood,
has a total of 33 cases, five more i
than were reported last week, i
Wilkes schools, slated to have
opened August 14, will not open j
until such date that health au- i
thorities deem it wise, it was
learned. i
Surry county officials have re
ceived a letter from health offi- 1
cials of Horry county, S. C., of <
which Conway is the county seat <
stating that a ban had been im
posed against children coming to 1
South Carolina from this area.
Wilkes, Alleghany and Yadkin :
counties were also included under i
the ban.
Encouraging Note
Seen In Polio
Hickory, July 25. — An encour
aging note in the polio situation
was reported today by authorities
at the local emergency hospital,
who said that of more than a doz
en patients dismissed only one
left with paralysis, and that was
only a slight numbness in one
wHst. Others having a “muscular
weakness” will be treated by phy
sical therapy specialists at their
homes and on hospital visits.
Cases at the hospital now total
120.
Dr. R. W. Carver, superintend
ent of the city schools, said no de
cision had yet been reached as to
whether the schools would post
pone their reopening date, set for
September 5.
GRIDIRON RIVALS NOW PLAYING FOR “UNCLE SAM”—Be
fore the war in North Carolina, Pfc. Paul F. Couch and Cpl. Samuel
L. Cozart tangled on many occasions when they played football for
Elkin high school and Mocksville hi?h, respectively. However, the
draft board put them on the same team on January 13, 1943, and
they’ve been together ever since. Both are members of a B-24
Liberator Wing Signal Company, commanded by Colonel William L.
Lee, Weatherford, Texas. Left to right: Cpl. Cozart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Cozart, Mocksville, and Pvt. Couch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde H. Couch, Elkin. They are now in Italy.
Surry Over Main Quota
But Behind On E Bonds
Lack $256,572
Of Attaining
Assigned Goal
Figures released by J. F. Yok
ey, of Mount Airy, Surry county
Jiairman of the Fifth War Loan
Irive, disclosed Wednesday after
loon that Surry county has ex
:eeded its overall quota in the
rifth War Loan by $343,t)00, but
lad fallen down to date on its E
jond quota by $256,572.50.
Overall sales, it was reported,
imounted to $1,924,000 as against
i quota of $1,581,000. However,
n the E series, sales to date total
>nly $350,427.50, as against a
juota of $607,000. With the E
3ond campaign to end Saturday
)f this week, it is apparent that
or the first time since War Loan
Drives were inaugurated, Surry
:ounty would fall short of readi
ng its goal.
The E bond campaign in the
jounty was hurt by the quaran
,ine made nesessary by the cur
•ent prevalence of infantile par
ilysis which caused cancellation
>f all War Bond rallies that had
ieen planned at schools and in
.owns throughout the county.
Fred C. Hobson, chairman of
he Yadkin county War Loan
Irive, said Tuesday that a final
:ffort was being made in all dis
;ricts of that county to wipe out
he E Bond deficit of $23,240
vhich the county still lacked of
•eaching its E Bond goal of $157,
)00.
Wilkes county lacked $18,655 in
3 Bonds to put its E Bond drive
>ver the top. Its quota is $227,000.
B. C. Folger Is
Killed In France
Benjamin Cornelius Folger, 35,
if Dobson, son of the late Rush
and Mrs. Corinna Comer Folger,
was killed in action in France on
June 24, according to information
received by relatives in Dobson.
Mr. Folger was inducted into
service at Fort Bragg on April 21,
1942, and shortly before going
overseas was married to a New
Jersey girl, who survives, with the
following brothers: Frank Folger,
of Harmony: Marvin Folger, of
Asheville: Silas and Cecil Foger,
both of whom are in overseas
service, the latter in the Pacific
area, and Ruben Folger, of Galax,
Virginia.
Two Bond Meetings
For Yadkin County
Next Friday Night
There will be two bond meet
ings in Yadkin county tomor
row (Friday) night, in an ef
fort to put Yadkin over the top
in the present bond drive,
Chairman Fred Hobson an
nounced yesterday.
The meetings will be at Fall
Creek school building and at
West Yadkin school building,
and each will begin at 8:30.
There will be no program but
it is hoped many bonds can be
sold.
An issuing agent will be
present with the bonds and will
deliver all bonds sold at each
place.
HOME AFTER 26
MONTHS OF WAR
Sgt. Wayne Bryant Was In
On Invasion of Guadal
canal In 1942
SAW OTHER ACTION
Among a group of 2,744 men of
the Fighting First Marine Divi
sion who have returned to the
United States for their first fur
lough in 26 months or more is
Sergeant Wayne Eskridge Bryant,
30, husband of Mrs. Pearl Bryant
of this city.
He attended Mountain Park In
stitute, Mountain Park, and was
employed as a farmer before en
listing in the Marine Corps Sep
tember, 1939.
Sergeant Bryant has a daugh
ter, Patricia Ann, one year and
eight months old.
The First Marine Division men
have scored many firsts: They
were the first to strike an offen
sive blow against the Japanese
whep they landed on Guadalcanal
on August 7, 1942. They were the
first unit to win the Presidential
Citation. Later they landed at
Cape Gloucester on New Britain
to start the campaigif which has
taken Western New Britain from
the enemy.
Tough, lean and hard from
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PEOPLE SHOULD
TAKE PART IN
POST-WAR PLAN
Rep. Folger Is Speaker At
Kiwanis Meeting
SETS FORTH HIS VIEWS
Think Coming Peace Should
Be One of Righteousness
For All Nations
WARNS OF COMBINES
Stating that “we have every
reason to believe that the war in
Europe will end this year, and the
war with Japan early iri 1945,”
Congressman John L. Folger, of
Mount Airy, addressed the Elkin
Kiwanis Club at its meeting at
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. last
Thursday evening.
Stressing the fact that the
United States must seek the ad
vancement of its neighbors in the
post-war period, Mr. Folger stated
that every citizen must be con
cerned about plans for the future.
Post-War planning, he said, is
not just a job for Congress, but
a job for the people who should
aid in guiding Congress.
The peace to follow the war, he
said, must be a peace through
righteousness. To achieve it we
must follow the good neighbor
policy, and seek to instill religion
and education in all peoples.
When the men come home from
the ax-med services we must pro
vide them with jobs and oppor
tunity in industry and commer
fcial life, but must guard against
powerful ■ trusts and combines
from squeezing them out.
Speaking of Russia, Mr. Folger
said he did not know what Russia
is planning to do in the future,
but he most certainly knows what
she has done in the past. He said
he didn’t like to hear people say
the U. S. is going to have to fight
Russia. If it wasn’t for Russia, he
pointed out, this nation would
have had to fight part of the
present war in continental United
States.
The speaker was introduced by
Kiwanian W. M. Allen.
During the business session,
Jack Caudill, representing the
Elkin Emergency Squad, asked
the support of the club for the
campaign to secure an iron lung
here, and was assured of full co
operation.
Frank Lowrance, a director of
the club, was recpgnized by Presi
dent Garland Johnson. Mr. Low
rence, formerly principal of the
Jonesville school, will teach in
Davie county this fall, and had
tendered his resignation to the
club. Mr. Johnson expressed the
club’s regret that he was leavin'g.
Present as guests were the fol
lowing: Glenn Peele, with Rev. O.
V. Caudill; M. C. Whitener, with
Ira S. Yates; John Comer, of Dob
son, with W. M. Allen; Tom Shu
gart, with Hugh Royall; John
Davidson, of Philadelphia; W. A.
Neaves and Sam Neaves, with C.
C. Poindexter. Rev. L. B. Aber
nethy, of Charlotte, was a guest
of the club.
FEW MEN TAKEN
FOR SERVICES
Pass Pre-Induction Examina
tion At Camp Croft
On July 17th
FROM LOCAL BOARD 2
A list of men accepted for
service in the armed forces who
reported for pre-induction physi
cal examination on July 17, has
been released by Surry County
Draft Board No. 2 in Dobson.
Those accepted we^p:
Johnny Boyd Nelson, Pilot
Mountain; Edworth Bruce Mickel,
Elkin; John D. Mitchell, Elkin;
Bennie Lee Shumate, Elkin; John
Nicola Bryant, Jr., Rockford; Cal
vin Watson Bowman, Route 4, Mt.
Airy; Jessie Haymcre Browder,
Jr., Siloam; Dock Zachary Moser,
Route 2, Dobson; Robert Colbert,
Elkin; James Franklin Law, Rt. 1,
Ararat.
Offensive Widened
As Nazi Resistance
Is Said ’Weakening’
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Truck To Call
For Scrap Paper
Monday Morning
The Town of Elkin sanitary
truck is now collecting’ waste
paper which is donated to the
war effort, the truck calling at
every home in town on Mon
day morning of each week.
Last Monday, no • doubt due
to a misunderstanding as to
the time of collection, only a
small amount of scrap paper
was put out.
This type of paper is badly
needed by the government, and
everyone is urged to ct. operate
in saving and turning it in for
collection.
LOCKER PLANS
HERE DROPPED
F. A. Brendle & Son Decide
Against Going Ahead
With Project
WILL RETURN CHECKS
Due to the fact that a State
College official who must approve
all freezer locker plants before
they can be okeyed by the gov
ernment, deemed the building
here in which P. A. Brendle &
Son. was planning to install such
a plant, as being too narrow and
in too congested a section, the lo
cal firm decided against going
ahead with its plans for the plant,
Dave Brendle, manager, said
Wednesday.
Mr. Brendle also stated that the
state official, Dr. Brady, express
ed the opinion that the proposed
plant in the building in which it
was to be located, would prove too
much of an investment for the
amount of storage space.
However, although the local
firm decided to drop its plans
even though the campaign to rent
in advance the required number
of lockers was well under way, it
was hoped that some other citi
zen or firm would consider taking
over the project. However to date,
it was said, no one appeared to
undertake it.
All checks that were deposited
with Garland Johnson, vice-presi
dent of The Bank of Elkin, as ad
vance rental on lockers, will be
returned to those who drew them.
Singing To Be Held
At Macedonia Church
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The Edwards Township Singing
Convention will meet with Mace
donia Baptist church, 3 miles
northeast of Ronda, on Sunday
afternoon, July 30. The day will
also be observed as Homecoming
Day at the church and will mark
the beginning of a series of revi
val sei vices.
If the infantile paralysis situa
tion grows no worse, it is hoped
to carry out the full program for
the day and for the revival.
Luther Masten is chairman of
the convention and Rev. Loyd
Pardue is pastor of the church.
John Quincy Byrd
Passes Away Sunday
John Quincy Byrd, 77, passed
away at the home of his son, T.
E. Byrd, at Doughton on Sunday.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday
morning at the home of another
son, R. W. Byrd, in Jonesville, in
charge of Rev. F. P. Robinson, as
sisted by Rev. G. C. Graham. In
terment was in the Jonesville
cemetery.
Mr. Byrd is survived by the two
sons and one daughter, Mrs.
Frank Collins of Jonesville, and
eight grandchildren.
I
COUNTER BLOWS
BY ENEMY NEAR
CAEN REPORTED
Canadians Send Hurry Call
For Air Support
FORCED TO BACK UP
German High Command Ad
mits Yanks and British
Penetrated Lines
CLAIM TANKS SMASHED
Supreme Headquarters, A. E. F.,
July 26.—The American First
Army, exploiting initial gains of
nearly two miles, widened its of
fensive front between St. Lo and
Periers with a smashing new as
sault today and a field dispatch
said German resistance was
“weakening.”
The Germans were counterat
tacking with increasing ferocity
below Caen, however, and Cana
dian forces sent a hurry call for
air support after being driven
back to the northern outskirts of
Tilly-La Campagne, four and a
half miles southeast of Caen, dur
ing the night. '
Richard D. McMillan, United
Press correspondent with the
British Second Army, said Brit
ish and Canadian forces appeared
to have reached the main enemy
defense line in their offensive
thrust toward Falaise and the
heart of Normandy, with German
troops fighting fanatically under
threat of death if they attempt to
surrender.
The German High Command
acknowledged in a communique
that both the American First and
British Second armies had pene
trated their lines, but asserted the
lost positions below Caen had
been regained by “our fanatically
fighting troops.” Eighteen British
tanks were knocked out, the com
munique said.
Reports reaching Allied head
quarters indicated the German
Command was gambling every
thing on continuing the Allied
bridgehead in the Normandy pen
insula after discarding a proposal
by Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt,
former commander in the west,
to withdraw behind the Seine and
Loire rivers to take advantage of
shorter communications.
OPA COMMITTEE
IS NAMED HERE
McKnight Chairman of Com
munity Service Group
To Serve Section
MEETING IS PLANNED
A commtitee for community
OPA service has been appointed
here. T. C. McKnight will serve
as chairman of the group and
representatives from the follow
ing groups have been named to
serve with him as listed below:
Industrial representative, C. C.
Weaver, Jr.; rural sections, Hugh
Royall; men’s organizations, Rev.
O. V. Caudill; newspapers, H. F.
Laffoon; schools and Parent
Teacher organizations, Mrs. J.
Mark McAdams; Woman’s Clubs
and group secretary, Miss Mar
garet Abemethy; display and dis
tribution chairman, Dr. J. L.
Stokes.
A state-wide meeting of the
organization will be held in Win
ston-Salem within the next two
weeks and all representatives
named above will attend in order
to get further information re
garding the activities of the or
ganization.
BACK THE ATTACK — WITH
WAR BONDS!