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VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 22
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
32 PAGES—FOUR SECTIONS
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Elkin Receives News of
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War’s End Very Quietly
Yadkin Honor Roll
A list of Yadkin county servicemen who have given
their lives for 'their country since the outbreak of the
war, follows below. This list, complied by The Yadkin
Ripple, is as accurate as was possible to make it. Names
of servicemen from Surry and Wilkes county who have
been killed, died in service, listed as missing in action
and taken prisoner, as taken from the files of The Tribune,
will be found elsewhere on this page.
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Clyde Garfield Hill — First
from Yadkin—went down with,
ship.
Thad Steelman — Died of
pneumonia In Pacific war zone.
Donald Davis — Killed when
training plane crashed.
Russell Minish —- Died of
wound received on Guadal
canal.
Roy Edward Norman — Died
while training in Texas.
James Malachia Garris —
Killed by accident in camp.
Howard Taylor Newman —
Killed in action.
Roy A. Norman — Killed in
Alaska.
Harrison W. Cheek — Killed
in Italy.
Troy R. Mathews — Killed
in plane crash.
Paul Norman — Dies in
Mass, hospital.
Walter J. (Bud) Osborne —
Killed in action.
Vance E. Adams — Dies in
Altantic City, N. J. hospital af
ter operation.
Pvt. Ernest J. Holbrooks —
Killed on D-Day, June 6, in
invasion of France.
T/S Leak H. Smitherman —
^*ed from wounds received in
approaching Rome.
Cpl. George Curtis Hall —
Dies in Moore hospital from ill
ness.
Howard Mackie — Killed in
action in France.
Cpl. William Spencer Sea
graves, Jonesville — Killed in
action in France.
Pfc. Ivan Pinnix, Cycle —
Killed in action in France on
August 4, 1944.
Pfc. Spencer F. Campbell —
Killed in Italy July 10.
Pfc. Rex V. Boyd, Jonesville
—Killed in action.
Pvt. George W. Pinnix —
Died in France.
Coy M. Taylor — Killed in
action in France.
Pvt. W. A. (Bill) Banks —
Killed in Aachen.
Pvt. Guy Shugart — Killed
in France.
Sgt. Jay P. Wagoner —
Fatally injured in London.
Pvt. Hilory Sizemore — Kill
ed in Italy.
Pfc. Dale Poindexter — Kill
ed in France.
Seaman Bobby Dobbins —
Killed in Pacific.
A. F. Dickerson — Killed in
Pacific.
Seaman Paul Simmons —
Went down with ship.
James Welborn, (colored) —
Killed in France.
Leo Hobson — Killed in
France.
Calvin Groce — Killed in
Germany.
John Thomas Davis — Kill
ed in. France.
Harold H. Roberts — Killed
in Belgium.
Robert L. White — Killed in
France.
Ralph D. Eaton — Killed in
Germany.
Fred E. Hicks — Killed in
the Pacific.
Roy F. McCollum — Killed
in Germany.
Chas. E. Gwyn — Killed in
Germany.
Gaither Odell Adams—Killed
in Germany.
Home Front Shares In
Victory Over Germans
H' Citizens Back Up Men Doing the
Fighting In Many Different Ways
No story dealing with the end
\ of the war in Europe would be
complete without an account of
the part played on the home fr<?nt
by a large body of patriotic citi
zens and workers whose efforts,
combined with those of the men
and women in uniform, has play
ed its part in Victory over Ger
many.
Especially important has been,
and will continue to be until the
war with Japan is over, the tfork
of the draft and rationing boards.
Perhaps of all the civilian jobs
that had to be done, these two
groups have had one of the hard
est and most thankless jobs. The
members of the draft board, work
ing without pay of any kind, has
had the responsibility of selecting
the men to go to the armed for
ces. m a job of this kind it is na
tural that they have been siibjfect
to considerable criticism on the
part of people who, not acquaint
ed with all the facts, have felt
that special favoritism had been
shown to some while others had
been sent into uniform unjustly.
However, when the history of
this war is written, it is doubtful
that any home-front group will be
found that has done a better or
more conscientious job than the
draft boards of the county, state
and nation.
Also faced with heavy responsi
bility without p£# or recompense
of any kind other than the knowl
edge that they are serving their
country in time of war, are the
rationing boards. Upon the shoul
ders of these patriotic men has
been placed the burden of seeing
that all citizens get their rightful
share of all scarce commodities
which have been rationed. That
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Stores Close
As Churches
Hold Services
Elkin, which had twice been
keyed up to fever pitch in expect
ancy of the nevis of victory in
Europe, only to have hopes dash
ed in each instance, Tuesday
morning received the official news
that the Germans had surrender
ed unconditionally from the lips
of President Truman.
This time there was apparently
no excitement. Clerks in stores
grouped around radios, and as the
announcement and proclamation
by the President ended, quietly
H. P. Graham, mayor protem
of Elkin, acting in behalf of
Mayor J. R. Poindexter, who is
ill, today issued the following
statement in which he urged
that V-E Day be observed as a
day of thanksgiving rather
than one of wild celebration,
and that every citizen possible
attend the church of their
choice to give thanks to God for
the victory. Mayor Protem
Graham’s statement follows:
“Today marks the end of the
war in Europe. Let us celebrate
it in a sane sort of way.
“We of course rejoice that
some of our boys will be given
an opportunity to come home
to their families and loved ones,
but to countless others there
will be many a heartache be
fore the war in the Pacific is
ended. And for a number of
people of this community,
whose boys have been sacrificed
upon the battlefield, this war
will never end.
“So let us celebrate, not in
revelry and disorder, but in
reverence and thanksgiving to
God for the victory thus far
achieved.”
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closed up the stores and in most
cases went in groups to the church
of their choice for thanksgiving
services.
The ringing of church bells, im
mediately following the Presi
dent’s address, was the only sound
to mark the end of Europe’s most
terrible war. There was no cele
brating or other signs of excite
ment in the business section.
As all stores closed, local mer
chants put out the flags in obser
vance of V-E Day. All stores will
open as usual Wednesday morn
ing, but wil close Wednesday af
ternoon as is usual during the
summer months.
Elkin had been keyed to a high
pitch of excitement since Satur
day night of last week when false
rumors that the Germans had
surrendered unconditionally set
off a wave of celebrating through
out the nation. Although this
rumor was branded by President
Truman as without foundation,
everyone continued to expect the
announcement of victory from
day to day.
Monday the air again crackled
with news of German surrender,
this time backed by the fact, but
no official confirmation was
forthcoming. Then, Monday af
ternoon, it was announced that
President Truman would speak to
the nation by radio at 9:00 a. m,
Tuesday morning, when the un
conditional surrender of the Ger
mans was officially announced.
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Many Men Of Section
On War Honor Roll
Listed below are the names of men in service from
Elkin and this area who have been killed, listed as miss
ing in action, died in service or taken prisoner by the
enemy. Men from Yadkin county who have been killed
in action are not listed inasmuch as their names appear
in a separate list elsewhere in this section.
The Tribune realizes that there may be errors in the
list, and certainly a number of omissions, due to the fact
•that no accurate records are available. It was necessary
to obtain the names from Tribune files, and while an
effort is always made to record in the news columns all
news of this nature concerning servicemen in this entire
area, it is impossible to obtain everyone.
In event there should prove to be omissions in the list,
please be assured that they are not intentional.
The list follows:
KILLED IN ACTION
Lieut. Ben McKnight
Serpeant Russell Minish (Elk
in native, resident of Janes
ville)
Capt. Geo. Winfield Amott
T/Sgt. Thomas Ring
Corp. Dewey Hooker
Pvt. Lacy T. Hutchins
Pvt. Charles Robinson Hanes
Lieut. William J. (Bill) Jones
Pfc. George Wellborn
Lieut. Earl Clifford (Jimmy)
James, Jr.
Pfc. Phillip F. Doss
Lieut. Gilbert Russell Felts
Seaman Second Class Charlie
O. Johnson
Pvt. Walter J. Osborne
Pvt. Ernest James Holbrooks
Fred Pinnix
Pvt. Samuel Luffman
Corp. James Russell Hampton
Cpl. Benjamin Cornelius Fol
ger
Pvt. Rex Nelson Boyd
Capt. Frank Phillips
Pfc. Spencer S. Campbell
Pfc. Homer W. Smith
Pfc. Paul Luffman
Pfc. Roy H. Marion
Pfc. James ^Arthur Stone
Pvt. Glenn Brooks
Sgt. Farris L. White
S/Sgt. Elbert C. Miner
S/Sgt. Wellborn M. Woodruff
Lieut. James Lewis Byrd
Pfc. Harold M. Chambers
S/Sgt. Charles W. Hanks
Sgt. James Cornelius Powers
Corp. William Harvey Money
Corp. Gordon Kilby
Corp. Paul Miller
S/Sgt. Ralph Emory King
Pvt. Glenn David Llewellyn
Jacob E. Eller
WT 2/c Paul H. Simmons
Pvt. Linville Holcomb
Pvt. James M. Snow, Jr.
Pvt. James A. Stanley
Pfc. Ross S. Jolly
Corp. Charlie L. Holleman
Corp. William W. Bentley
Pvt. Owen E. Wilson
Pvt. Janies A. Stanley
Pvt. James M. Snow, Jr.
Pfc. Harold H. Roberts
Pvt. Ira H. Smoot
Captain Charles R. D unnag an
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T/4 Raymond Thompson
Pfc. Emmett R, Cockerham
Pvt. Marvin Ernest Collins
Pvt. William Sim Gilliam
Pfc. Robert Watson Cheek
T/S Jaimes E. Robinson
Corp. Thomas H. Sams
Pvt. Mike Hamby
Lieut. R. M. Ogburn, Jr.
Lieut.. John V. Martin
Sgt. Henry R. Southard
Sgt. Sanford White
Lieut. David Totten
PRISONERS OF WAR
S/Sgt. Donald B. Hudspeth
Pvt. John T. Keever
Pvt. Robert Hicks
Pvt. David L. Bell
Pfc. Romie C. Stokes
Lieut. Harold C. Watson
Pvt. Owen T. Alexander
Pfc. Ho: le 5E. Billings
Corp. Edwin Ashley
DIED IN SERVICE
Pvt. Rom us Walter Johnson
Corp. Geo. Curtis Hall
Pvt. Luther Key
S/Sgt. Roy S. Smith
Pvt. Harding Coe
Pvt. Glennie T. Cox
Pvt. Thurman O. Billings
Corp. Charles Dockery
Pvt. Fred Wardoll King (color*
ed)
Sgt. Robert P. Ayers
MISSING IN ACTION
John Henry Young, Radioman
2/C, U. S. Navy
Pfc. Romie Stokes
Terry D. Calloway
S/Sgt. Claude S. Kidd
Pfc. Cleatus E. Hall
Lieut. William J. Sparks
Lieut. William B. Graham
Pvt. Richard E. Spain hour
Pvt. Oscar W. Patterson
Pvt. Olen F. Alexander
Pvt. Worth Johnson
Pfc. Clero C. Swaim
Corp. Thomas B. Cooper
Pvt. David L. BeU
Pvt. Olen F. Anderson
Pfc. Oscar W. Patterson
Lieut. Ralph Casstevens
S/Sgt. E. Gwyn Martin .
Russian Soldier Is Little
Different From. Yankees
Correspondent Tells Of Meeting
With Red Troops For First Time
BY KENNETH L. DIXON
In Russian-Occupied Germany.
—In keeping with a tradition that
anyone who has livbd in Russia 10
days is entitled to write Ig book,
the following dissertation on
“What is the Soviet Soldier Really
Uke?” ^ based on an hour spent
inside the Russian lines in Ger
m'any.
The Russian soldier is an en
thusiatic, demonstrative sort of
Gi. This was borne out when they
saw us coining and fired machine
guns and mortar salutes in honor
of the impending junction.
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Tells Nation We Must
Continue Unceasingly
Fight Against Nippon
Washington, May 8 AiUP)—President Harry S. Truman, in a
long awaited announcement^from the White House, this morning at
9:00 o’clock officially proclaimed the unconditional surrender of all
German forces in Europe.
In a prepared radio address and proclamation, the President told
the nation that the hour for which every citizen has worked for and
hoped for so long, is at last here.
After announcing at the outset that General Eisenhower had
informed him of Germany’s surrender, the President said solemn
ly: “I only wish that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this
day.”
The President’s wife and daughter, close friends and associat
es, the cabinet, leaders of the armed forces, and ranking mem
bers of Congress were present for the historic broadcast.
United Press
Wires Bring
Tribune News
In order to bring: its readers
a complete and accurate ac
count of the momentous news
of Victory in Europe, The Tri
bune had access to the world
wide coverage of the United
Press in presenting this special
extra edition.
Arrangements were made
months ago with this major
news service to supply this
newspaper by wire with a full
account of the breath-taking
news just given to the world,
whether it occurred by day or
by night. Full cooperation was
also given The Tribune by Mrs.
M. C. Whitener, local Western
Union manager, in the story’s
swift dispatch as it poured over
the wire from Raleigh, state
UP headquarters.
The Tribune, in addition to
offering this extra for sale on
the streets, is also mailing it to
all subscribers, both at home
and throughout the world.
BULLETIN!
London, May 8.—UP—
The European war will of
ficially end at 12:01 A. M.
European time tomorrow,
6:01 P. M. EWT, when all
hostilities cease, Prime
Minister Churchill an
announced today.
“It means the terminia
tion of the influence of the
military leaders who have
brought Japan to the brink
of disaster.
Sac/: r/ey/Z/ac//
BUY MORE THAN BEFORE
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Washington, May 8.—(UP)—Following is the text of
President Truman’s speech:
This is a solemn but a glorious hour. General Eisen
hower informs me that the forces of Germany have sur
rendered to the United Nations. The flags of reason fly
over all Europe.
For this victory we join in offering our thanks to the
Providence which has guided and sustained us through the
dark days of adversity.
Our rejoicing is sobered and subdued by a supreme con
sciousness of the terrible price we have paid to rid the
world of Hitler and his evil band.
Let us not forget, my fellow Americans, the sorrow
and heartbreak which today abide in the homes of so many
of our neighbors—neighbors whose most priceless posses
sion has been rendered as a sacrifice to redeem our liberty.
We can repay the debt which we owe to our God, to our
dead and to our children only by work—by ceaseless devo
tion to the responsibilities which lie ahead of us. If I could
give you a single watchword for the coming months, the
word is—Work, Work, Work.
We must work to finish the war. Our victory is but
half won. The West is free, but the East is still in bondage
to the treacherous tyranny of the Japanese. When the last
Japanese division has surrendered unconditionally, then only
will our fighting job be done.
We must work to bind up the wounds of a suffering
world—to build an abiding peace, a peace rooted in justice
and in law. We can build such a peace only by hard, toil
some, painstaking work—by understanding and working
with our allies in peace as we have in war.
The job ahead is no less important, no less urgent, no
less difficult than the task which now happily is done.
Mr. Truman proclaimed the end of the war in what he
called a “solemn but a glorious hour,” and called on the na
tion to pray for strength to bring about the end “of treach
erous tyranny of the Japanese.”
“When#the last Japanese division has surrendered un
conditionally, then only will our fighting job be done,” he
said. '
Simultaneously the President issued a statement of
warning to the Japanese which said:
“So long as their leaders and the armed forces continue
to war the striking power and intensity of our blows will
steadily increase and will bring utter destruction to Japan’s
industrial war production, to its shipping and to everything
that supports its military actvity.”
He coupled this, however, in what seemed to be an ef
fort to encourage unconditional Japanese surrender—with a
statement that “unconditional surrender does not mean the
extermination or enslavement of the Japanese people.”
Before going on the air Mr. Truman, surrounded by the
leaders of his government, told a crowded hews conference
that the watchword of the nation now should . be “Work,
Work and More Work.”
“I call upon every American to stick to his post until
the” last battle is won,” he said. “Until that day, let no man
abandon his post on spare his efforts.”
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