v ELKIN
The Best Little Town
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ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 11
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
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LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
Feb. 13. — Gov
ernor Cherry today in a point
ed statement on teacher salary
requests, a problem that looms
aJ large on the legislative horizon
|| and has brought deluge of tele
graphic and other messages to
the executive desk, said that to
meet the requests the legisla
ture would have to provide ex
penditures of “approximately
$12,000,000 in excess of esti
mated revenues.” Tackling the
knotty problem at a press con
ference today the executive cit
ed a few salient {acts, notably:
1 — That if his recommended
school program is adopted by
the legislature, almost $89,000,
000 will be spent during ** >
fnext biennium to pay sc jA
teachers and other school ex
penses, a sum $10,000,000 in ex
cess of the allocation to schools
during the current biennium.
* NATIONAL
.STATE
r RALEIGH,
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 13.—At
least four men were killed and
seven were unaccounted for af
ter an explosion and fire
aboard a navy oil barge loading
gasoline at the Gulf Oil cor
poration plant at south Norfolk
late today. The explosion oc
curred at 5:30 p. m„ and a mo
ment later the entire ship was
enveloped in flames. Fireboats
from the Norfolk navy yard di
rectly across the Elizabeth river
sped to the scjjne and extin
guished the flames after a 45
minute battle. A navy yard
spokesman said tonight that
the oil barge carried a crew of
16, that four men were on
liberty. Four bodies were found
aboard the vessel and one man,
who was blown overboard, was
rescued and taken to a nearby
coast guard dispensary.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. —
Loss of the Omirtancy Bay, an
escort carrier, and the Long, a
mine sweeper, by enemy action
in the Philippines was an
nounced tonight by the navy.
The number of casualties was
not disclosed but commanders
of both ships were saved. Next
of kin have been informed. The
Ommaney Bay was the 10th U.
S. aircraft carrier and the fifth
of the “baby flattops” class
sunk in this war. The two loss
es brought the total of war
ships sunk to 209.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. —
President Roosevelt drove hard
bargains at the big three’s
Crimea conference to rid the
world of power politics and
fashion the keystone of the
proposed world peace organiza
tion. This was revealed today
by War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes soon after his
return from the Crimea parley.
He also said that military plans
by the big three call for mighty
new blows involving an un
precedented number of men.
He hinted that the biggest
blows will be struck during
March, saying that “more men
will be in combat in March
than ever before.”
INTERNATIONAL
MANILA, Wednesday, Feb.
14. — Capture of the Cavite
naval base and Nichols airfield
y
were announced today by Gen.
Douglas Mac Arthur, who said
the end of Japan’s trapped
Manila garrison was “in sight.”
Mac Arthur reported enemy
casualties of more than 68,000
for the five weeks of the Luzon
campaign as compared with
American casualties of 9,683,
including 2,102 killed. Capture
of the Cavite naval base put
the Yanks on the shores of Ma
nila bay for the first time. The
11th airborne division in tak
ing Cavite seized 10 enemy
seaplanes and a battery of
three-inch guns intact.
LONDON, Feb. 13. —A Ger
man foreign office spokesman
said today that the big three
agreements freed Germans
from all moral obligations and
they would conduct the war
henceforth by all suitable
means, Stockholm dispatches
from Berlin reported tonight.
News of the agreement caused
“by far ithe worst explosion”
foreign correspondents had
seen at any foreign office con
ference, a Berlin dispatch to
Stockholm said. Foreign office
spokesman Paul Schmidt was
quoted that, freed from all mo
ral obligations1 by the Crimea
agreement, the Germans “will
henceforth conduct the war by
all suitable means no matter
how film their effect.”
PUNS CLEARED
FOR ABATTOIR;
JOB ISPUSHED
Work On Modem Structure Is
Progressing
TO COST OVER $23,000,00
Plant, Which Will Be Located
In Jonesville, To
Serve Section
APPROVED BY THE WPB
The construction of an abattoir
for Elkin, which was started
sometime ago, is progressing rap
idly, and it is hoped that necessary
equipment may be installed and
the plant ready for operation
within the next 60 days.
Construction has been delayed
due to the difficulty in securing
equipment, but this has now been
allocated.
The War Production Board has
approved the plans and specifica
tions, it was said.
' Ivory Johnson, of Jonesville, is
owner of the new plant, which
will serve this entire sectiou. Cost,
when completed, will be something
over $23,000, and it will be modem
in every way, including a refrig
eration system and storage room
with a capacity of 125 slaughtered
animals.
The plant is located in Jones
ville slightly over 200 yards off the
Boonville highway near the home
of W. I. Shugart.
RESIGNS JOB AS
WATER OFFICIAL
J. R. Windsor, With Local
Water Plant Since 1915,
Replaced By Saylor
SAW MUCH OF GROWTH
J. R. Windsor, superintendent
of the Elkin Water Department
here since 1915, (has resigned his
position as of last Saturday, and
has been replaced by Joe Saylor,
of Elkin, it was learned from
Dixie Graham, city clerk, Wed
nescday morning.
Mr. Graham said that Mr. Say
lor will serve as superintendent
of the water department. He is
an experienced electrician but has
had no experience as a water man
other than that gained while em
ployed with the Dick Reynolds
estate at Devotion, it was said.'
Mr. Windsor, when contacted
by The Tribune Wednesday, said
he had no statement to make at
this time.
Under the management of Mr.
Windsor and the supervision of
the late T. M. Lillard, the Elkin
water department has grown from
a small filtering plant to its pres
ent imposing size, which is said
to be ample to care for the needs
of the town for many years to
come. State chemists have often
stated that Elkin’s water supply
was among the best in the state. .
Another employee of the plant,
Charlie Harris, colored, who has
been with the water department
for 23 years and is considered
highly efficient in that business,
has also resigned, it was learned.
KIWANIANS TO
SEE PICTURE
—
Movie of Construction of Lo
comotive To Be Exhibit
ed At Meeting
Representatives of the Norfolk
& Railway Company from Roa
noke and Winston-Salem will pre
sent a color picture in sound here
this evening (Thursday), at the
meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club, showing the successive stag
es of the construction of a mod
em, streamlined, ,coal-buming 'lo
comotive. The picture is said to
have created a great deal of in
terest wherever exhibited and the
club is fortunate in obtaining it
here.
At last week’s meeting Lieut. A.
A. Wilson, officer in command of
the Prisoner of War Camp at
Winston-Salem, was guest speak
er. Lieut. Wilson stated that there
.is no coddling of prisoners, or
fraternizing with them, and that
the government is simply living up
to the agreement signed by most
of the world powers at the Gene
va convention.
Sgt. Ray C. Wall
Slightly Wotuided
Sgt. Ray C. Wall was slightly
wounded in Belgium on January
26, according to an official War
Department telegram to his fath
er, Gaither A. C. Wall of Elkin,
Rt. 1.
ROUND UP TIME FOR THE NAZIS
it has been overrun by mobile detachments. Some of the German soldiers sealed off in
various buildings are being rounded up as shown in the photo above. Scenes like the
above are expected to be duplicated many times before Germany is finally defeated.
Purchase of War Bonds provides the ammunition with which to do the job. — U. S.
Treasury Photo. ' <.
ROD, REEL CLUB
TO BE FORMED
Committee Will Meet At Gil
vin Roth YMCA Monday
For That Purpose
HAVE MANY FEATURES
A meeting of a special commit
tee to organize a rod and gun club
here will meet Monday evening,
February 19, at 8 o’clock at the
YMCA. The committee is made up
of W. J. Graham, T. G. Hands,
Herbert Cochrane, Dr, Seth Beale,
Sam Boose and Glenn Lewis.
The purpose of the club will be
to provide range facilities where
citizens of the community can
learn how to handle firearms
safely and accurately and to pro
vide an opportunity for citizens
to win the regular army qualifi
cation badges and national rifle
association badges as “marks
men,” “sharpshooters” and “ex
perts.” The club, when organized,
also plans to hold local'rifle and
pistol matches under the sanction
of the national rifle association
while members will also be eligible
to participate in state, district and
national competitions. All activi
ties of the club when organized
will be in direct contribution to
the national war effort.
Incorporated into the club or
ganization in addition to thq, tar
get shooting and competition will
be the subject of hunting and
fishing. A committee of local
sportsmen interested in hunting
and fishing and conservation will
make a specific Study of the local
game situation. Consideration will
be given to the stocking and pre
serving of certain locgl areas with
game birds and fish.
Membership in the organization
will be open to any desirable citi
zen who is 18 or more years of
age.
Plans have been made to invite
a representative of the state rifle
association to attend this organ
ization meeting and speak to the
group.
All citizens of Elkin who are in
terested in its proposed organiza
tion are urged to attend the meet
ing.
CYCLE SOLDIER
IS DECORATED
Sgt. Luther W. Gray Awarded
Bronze Star For Meritor
ious Combat Service
IS ON ITALIAN FRONT
Sgt. Ikuther W. Gray, son of Mr.
and Mrs.'Martin L. Gray of Cycle,
has been awarded the Bronze
Star for meritorious serving in
combat on the First Army front in
Italy.
Section chief in an antiaircraft
artillery unit fighting under n
Corps, Gray directed hi6 gun crew
in the emplacement and removal
of its gun without injury to his
men or damage to his equipment,
while under heavy enemy artil
lery, mortar and small armS fire.
During the attempted crossing
of the Rapido river and subse
quently in the setting up of a gun
position on the forward slope of
a hill facing Monto Cassino, and
while under direct enemy obser
vation and sporadic artillery fire,
he skillfully directed the erection
of installation, carrying out a
hazardous mission without loss of
personnel.
'Hrlj&Sz&L ‘ i v i ■ ■.
Book Applicants Must
Appear Before Panel
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Beginning February 4th, no re
placements of War Rationing
Books No. 3 and 4 will be made
until the applicant appears before
the Food Panel
Each Wednesday at 10 o’clock
a. m., a member of the Panel will
be present at the local rationing
office to interview applicants.
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State Tax Experts
To Be At The Hotel
Representatives of the State
Department of Revenue will be at
Hotel Elkin on February 26th and
March 7 and 8. The date of the
26th will be allotted to Jonesville
and March 7 and 8 to Elkin resi
dents, for the purpose of assisting
taxpayers in making personal in
come and intangible tax returns.
Cpl, Howard Cothren
Wounded In Action
Cpl. Howard' Cothren, son of
Mrs. Lena Cothren, was seriously
wounded in action in Belgium on
January 26, according to a War
Department notice. Mrs. Cothren
resides at Ronda.
Boiling to death, was made a
capital punishment in England in
1531.
ELKIN CHURCH
EXCEEDS GOAL
Crusade For Christ Quota of
$3,600 Is Topped By
Several Thousand
RECORD IS COMMENDED
R. G. Smith, chairman of the
Crusade for Christ Committee of
the Elkin Methodist church, has
announced an excellent response
from the church members who
oversubscribed by a large amount
the 93,600 quota assigned.
More than $6,000 has been paid
or subscribed to date, Mr. Smith
stated, pointing out that this sum
is to be used for post-war rehabi
litation and relief, most of it ov
erseas.
The Elkin church has been
commended for its splendid show
ing by Bishop Clare Purcell, of
Charlotte, and by the superinten
dent of the Winston-Salem dis
trict, Dr. H. G. Allen.
While the initial campaign is
over, subscriptions which will sub
stantially increase the total are
still being received, Chairman
Smith reported.
Will Rogers, noted American
humorist, was neither born in the
United States nor died in the
United States.
Red Cross Month Is Proclaimed
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
. OF AMERICA
A Proclamation
Whereas, under the provisions of its Congressional charter,
the American National Red Cross, in this fourth year of the war,
is fulfilling its obligations to comfort our wounded, to cheer and
help our service men on every fighting front, and to provide an
essential link between these men and their families at home,
thereby relieving anxiety and restoring hope to all those who are
suffering, and in need of aid; and
Whereas, this organization is helping the people at home to
stand firmly behind our fighting men through its collection of
blood for our wounded, its shipment of food parcels, medical sup
plies, and comfort items to our prisoners of war in enemy hands,
its production of surgical dressings, and its recruitment of nurs
es for our Army and Navy; and
Whereas, the American National Red Cross is also carrying
on its peacetime activities by assisting the civilian victims of
tornado, flood and other disaster, and by training the people of
our nation to combat sickness and accident and thus to prevent
suffering and death; and
Whereas, by, the very nature of its services and the princi
ples for which it stands, the American National Red Cross is
helping to build a world of unity and peace and brotherhood,
recognizing no barriers of creed or race; and
Whereas this organization, which represents a tangible ex
pression of the desire of the people to reach out to the nation’s
fighting men, now far removed from them, and which is entire
ly dependent on voluntary contributions to carry out its purpos
es, is issuing to every citizen of this country its 1945 appeal for
a minimum war fund of $200,000,000:
Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the
United States of America, and President of the American Na
tional Red Cross, do hereby designate the month of March, 1945,
as Red Cross Month, confident in the readiness of the people to
respond to the utmost of their ability in support of this organi
zation built by their generous contributions in the past and dedi
cated to their services in this hour of increasing need.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caus
ed the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
/ Done at the city of Washington this nineteenth day of Jan
* , uary in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and forty-five,, and of the
(Seal) Independence of the United States
' of America the one hundred and
sixty-ninth.
By the President:
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
JOSEPH C. GREW,
Acting Secretary of State. 1
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Reds Push On Toward
Dresden As Japanese
Run Amok In Manila
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Red Cross Campaign Is
To Start Here March 6
Plans For War Fund Drive Being
Completed By Elkin Branch Heads
Plans for the local Red Cross
campaign, which opens on March
6th, are being completed by offi
cials of the Elkin Branch. Mrs.
J. O. Bivins is chairman of the
Elkin chapter and the following
have also been reappointed: Mrs.
A. O. Bryan, chairman of the
campaign committee: C. J. Hys
lup, controller: Mis? Bettie Allen,
treasurer; Miss Ophelia Paul, as
sistant treasurer, and J. H. Bee
son, director of home service.
Final arrangements for an in
tensive drive, in compliance with
the President’s proclamation,
which appears elsewhere in this
issue of The Tribune, are being
made. Workers’ committees are
being appointed soon for indus
trial plants and varibus business
and residential sections of Elkin
ana for State Road, Thurmond,
Devotion, Zephyr, Rockford,
Crutchfield, Little Richmond and
Burch. The rural districts will
YADKIN DRIVE
HEADCHOSEN
W. D. Todd Is Named Chair
man Of Red Cross War
Fund Campaign
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YADKIN QUOTA $7,100.00
Officials of the Yadkin County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross announced Monday that W.
D. (Bill) Todd has been appointed
chairman of the 1945 Red Cross
War Fund Drive in Yadkin Coun
ay, which will begin March 1st
and continue during the entire
month. He has already entered
upon his official duties and* has
perfected the county organization.
The nation has a quota • this
year of $200,000,000, which is
$1.60 per capita based on a pop
ulation of 130 million people.
Yadkin county’s quota is $7,100.00,
which is 35c per capita based on a
population of 20,000, so Yadkin
county’s quota is $1.25 below the
national average per capita. The
county quota has been allocated
to the various townships on a
percentage basis, which was based
on population and tax valuation.
The township chairman and
township quotas as announced by
Mr. Todd are as follows: Boon
ville, Harvey Gentry, quota
$994.00; Knobs, Watt Deal, quota
$1,420.00; Buck Shoals, Nelson
Ireland, quota $710.00; Beep
Creek, Joe Welborn, quota
$710.00; North Liberty, James
Williams, quota $682.00; South
Liberty, Charlie Groce and John
son H. Steelman, quota $454.00;
Forbush, Jasper Long, quota
$710.00; East Bend, Lawrence H.
Todd, quota $781.00; Fall Creek,
Worth Rockett and Chy Rash,
quota $639.00. ,
A very important county-wide
meeting is being called relative to
the 1945 War Fund Drive, Wed
nesday night, February 21, at
7:30, in the Courthouse at Yad
kinville. The public is urged to
attend this meeting and learn
about Red Cross as it relates to
the war effort. Mrs. Marion
Ritzert and Charles Skarren will
be the principal speakers at this
meeting. Mrs. Ritzert is general
field representative in this section
of North Carolina, serving 19
counties. Mr. Sharron is a former
University professor, having re
signed that position early in the
war to go with the American Red
Cross as field director.
B. & L. Re-Elects
Officers, Directors
At a meeting of the directors
of the Elkin-Jonesville Building
and Loan Association Tuesday
evening, all officers and directors
were reelected to succeed them
selves for another year. They are:
J. R. Poindxeter, president; F
M. Norman, vice-president; H. P.
Graham, 2nd vice-president; Miss
Mattie Mae Powell, secretary
treasurer, and the following di
rectors: J. L. Hall, ;C. 8. Foster,
E. F. McNeer, S. G. Holcomb, C.
N. Myers and Cone Cox.
be under the direction of the va
rious home demonstration agents,
working from the Elkin branch.
Chairmen and workers of the
various workers’ committees will
be published in an early issue of
The Tribune.
SCOUTS ISSUE
PROCLAMATION
Take Oyer Affairs Of Town
For1 Hour Friday In
Observance of Week
FEBRUARY 9 CIVIC DAY
Elkin Boy Scouts, in observance
of National Boy Scout Week, last
Friday afternoon took over the
government of the town for an
hour.
During their brief tenure of of
fice, the mayor and board of
commissioners issued the follow
ing proclamation:
“To the Citizens of Elkin, N. C.
“WHEREAS this is the thirty
fifth Anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America, and
“WHEREAS the Boy Scouts of
America has proven itself as one
of the best character building or
ganiations in the world, and
“WHEREAS members of the
Elkin-Yadkin District of the Old
Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of
America, have so faithfully fol
lowed the principles of Scouting,
and
“WHEREAS their leadership
has proven a valuable asset to
this community,
“BE IT RESOLVED that I,
Ketchel Adams, proclaim this day,
February 9th, 1945, as Civic Day,
on which a number of our Scouts
will serve as leaders of our city.”
The proclamation was signed by
Katchel Adams, Mayor; John E.
Beeson, mayor-protem, and the
following Scouts acting as com
missioners: Bobby Tulbert, Eu
gene Phillips, Daniel Collins and
Charles Hanks.
BANQUET HERE
GREAT SUCCESS
Merchants and Employees
Enjoy Annual Event
Held At The YMCA
FRANK JETER SPEAKER
The annual Employer-Employee
banquet, sponsored by the. Elk ip
Merchants Association, was held
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA Tues
day evening with a large group in
attendence.
Highlight of the program, which
was held in the gymnasium, was
the talk by Prank Jeter, of Ra
leigh, who spoke on “The Town
Window.” His talk was highly en
joyed.
C. N. Myers acted as master of
ceremonies in a highly entertain
ing manner and his part of the
program was one of the bright
spots.
Garland Johnson, treasurer of
the association, introduced the
speaker. Both the president, G. L.
Hill, and the vice-president, E. S.
Spainhour, were unable to be
present. Mr. Hill is ill and Mr.
Spainhour was out of town.
Awarding of attendance prizes
was by George E. Roy all, and went
to Mrs. Ethel Swaim, Mrs. Edna
Bumgarner and J. Walter Darnell.
A gift was also presented to Mrs.
Jeter, wife of the speaker, and a
vase of flowers were sent to Presi
dent Hill.
Report on the- year’s activities
of the association was presented
by Mrs. Willie Mae Stanley, secre
tary.
Musical numbers, rendered by
a quartet made up of Edna Bum
garner, Aliene Shore, Kathaleen
Gilliam and Vena Mathis, were
highly enjoyed. Mrs. Dwayne Ir
win was pianist.
Following the banquet a square
.dance was held.
CIVILIANS ARE
MASSACRED IN
KILLING SPREE
Allies On Western Front Are
Driving Slowly Ahead
CANADIANS NEAR RHINE
Advance In Face of Raking
German Artillery Bom
bardment
R. A. F. AIDING DRIVE
The Red Army drove toward
Dresden Wednesday, supported by
a heavy Royal Air Force assault
of nearly 300 big bombers which
lighted the Saxony capital with
fires visible to Soviet vanguards
less than 70 miles away.
It was the first R. A. F. attack
co-ordinated to support the Rus
sian forces. Whether it was the
fruit of joint Allied staff consulta
tions at Yalta was not known.
The Dresden assault struck the
network of rail and highway ar
teries and depots upon wliich the
Wehrma'cht is dependent to sup
ply its front line forces now rapid
ly falling back upon the Saxony
capital.
On the Western front shock
troops of the Canadian First Army
battled through fierce German
Opposition less than three miles
from the Rhineland strongholds
of Goch and Calcar Wednesday. i
The multi-pronged offensive car
ried within 28 miles of the Ruhr
Valley. \
The advance was going ahead '
slowly in the face of a raking Ger
man artillery bombardment that
was more than matched by the
massed fire of hundreds of Alli§d
field guns moving up in the wake
of Gen. H. D. G. Crerar’s Cana
dian, English, Scottish and Welsh
riflemen.
In the Philippines the Japanese
have run amok in Southern Ma
nila in a wholesale massacre of
Filipino civilians trapped inside
their lines.
Hundreds of men, women and
children already have been
slaughtered by the Japanese in
their senseless killing spree and
the death toll is mounting rapidly.
Civilians who escaped across the
Pasig River into the American
lines report that the Japanese
held area south of the river is an
inferno of flames and gunfire. The
Japanese barricaded every street
in the area and ordered all civil
ians indoors. Then they set fire to
the buildings and machine-gunned
the occupants when they tried to
flee.
Eyewitnesses said the Nipponese
fired the Catholic refugee center
at the College of La Concordia
with incendiary grenades, after
trying to chain the doors go pre
vent the refugees from escaping.
Before the Japs occupied the
Philippines there were thirty-six
thousand two hundred and twelve
Roy Scouts in the Islands.
A Cuban candy company re
cently shipped a ton of candy
bars to allied soldiers in Iraq.
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THE TRIBUNE.
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