ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North CartNna
V
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 35
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,1945
; $2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
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FLORENCE, S. C., July 31.—
The sixteen auction markets oi
the North Carolina and South
Carolina border tobacco bell
will swing into action tomor
row to begin disposing of an
estimated crop of 227,450,000
pounds, most of which will
wind up in a year or two in
the form of cigarettes. Farm
ers of the belt were counting
on getting better prices than
they did last year when the
i season’s average of 221,950,00(1
pounds was 43.25 cents a
pound. Their confidence rest
ed upon two facts: First, the
government ceiling was 44.5
cents a pound, one cent more
than it was in 1944, and sec
ond, first week’s sales on the
(Georgia-Florida belt, first ol
She flue-cured belts to open,
Iveraged from one to five
Vents a pound more than they
Hid for the same period of last
year.
WASHINGTON, July 31. —
Warnings that American
homes will be colder than evei
next winter and that American
industry’ must go on a four
day week unless the army fur
loughs coal miners, were voiced
today by the solid fuels admin
istration. Secretary of Interioi
Ickes, who is head of the fuels
administration, told a respon
sive senate committee thal
30,000 miners should be fur
• loughed immediately to pre
vent a prospective deficit of
37,000,000 tons of coal nexi
winter.
WASHINGTON, July 31. —
l The state department revealed
tonight that the Japanese gov
ernment is following the dia
bolical policy of moving Ameri
can prisoner of war and ci
vilian internment camps into
strategic areas subject to allied
bombardment. Some camps al
ready have been hit by Ameri
can bombs and high casualties
are certain. The policy, de
scribed as “persistent, me
thodical, and deliberate,’’ was
devised by the Japanese in a
futile attempt to bring a stop
to the relentless scourging ol
their home islands.
WASHINGTON, July 31. —
The army lifted the curtain
tonight on the world’s fastesl
airplane, the P-80 Shooting
Star, a sleek jet-propelled
fighter wiih contours of a
space ship, a speed much
greater than 550 miles pei
hour (possible more than 1C
miles a minute), and a ceiling
f of more than 45,000 feet. Bull!
by Lockheed Aircraft corpora
tion, the P-80 is the first jet
propelled plane ever accepted
by the army for combat. It has
not yet been in action, al
though some P-80’s have been
sent to overseas war theaters,
The super-fighter, carrying
six .50 calibre machine guns in
the nose, is designed especially
for strafing, for fast aerial
reconnaissance, and for inter
ception and attack at high al
titude.
INTERNATIONAL
SALZBURG, Austria, July
31. — Pierre Laval, arch pro
nazi collaborator and No. 2
man in the French Vichy re
gime, surrendered to American
authorities today after being
expelled from Spain and to
night was en route to Inns
bruck to be handed over tc
French justice. Wanted as a
war criminal by Gen. Charle;
de Gaulle, the swarthy formei
chief of government of the
Vichy state was expected to
reach Innsbruch tonight. With
his wife, Laval was in the cus
tody of Brig. Gen. John E,
Copeland, assistant command
ing general of the United
States 65th division. The pout
ing fugitive, who sought refuge
in Spain 90 days ago, flew into
Austria with his wife and two
uniformed German luftwaffc
fliers this morning.
BERLIN, July* 31. — An in
terruption of big three meet
ings which delayed the closing
of the Berlin conference wai
due to the illness of Premiei
Josef Stalin, it was disclosed
today. Stalin apparently hat
recovered satisfactorily, for he
President Truman and Prime
Minister Clement Attlee met
for 3 Vt hours this afternoon
It was their first meeting sinc<
Saturday. Stalin remained in
his quarters Sunday and Mon
I day by advice of his physician
' It was said that he suffered a
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fEHOOU GYM.
The photo above, made Friday afternoon by The Tribune photographer in a plane piloted by C. C. Myers, of the local airport, and himself a,
member of the Elkin Postwar Planning Committee, shows the location, indicated by dotted line, of the proposed Elkin Memorial Park. The picture,*,
looking south, shows the Elkin water tank and a corner of the elementary school building at the extreme left. At the extreme right may be seen the
high school gymnasium. According to present plans the park would extend from the elementary school westward to encompass the school athletic
field and gym. A bridge would be constructed across Big Elkin Creek somewhere between the area enclosed by the dotted lines. Playground equip
ment would be located in the area near the rear of the school building, while picnic grounds, with furnaces, etc., would probably be located adjoining
the creek. However, at this stage of the project, no plans are definite. —Tribune Photo.
LOCAL HAN’S
FATHER DIES
Reuben E. Caudill Passes
Tuesday In Marion, Va.,
Following Operation
REV. CAUDILL IS SON
Reuben E. Caudill, 76, died
Tuesday in Marion, Va., following
an operation. Funeral services
will be held Thursday morning
at 11 o’clock from the First Bap
tist church in Marion.
Mrs. Nannie Roberts Caudill,
his wife, survives him, and the
following children: Mrs. W. T.
Comer, Stony Point: Rev. O. V.
Caudill, Elkin; Carl B. Caudill,
Jacksonville. Fla., Vide A. Caudill,
Washington, N. C., Mrs. B. F.
Griffiths, and Mrs. Richard
Young, Marion, Va., Jack Caudill,
U. S. Navy, who is in the Philip
pines. There are also 17 grand
children and four great-grand
children surviving.
Rev. O. V. Caudill was called
to his father’s home a week ago.
Receives Fracture
Of Skull In Affray
Clyde Brown, Surry cc inty man
who lives on the old Dobson high
way, is in the Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital, said to be suf
fering a fractured skull, as the
result of allegedly having been
struck on the head with an iron
pipe by Mason Miller, son of J.
F. Miller, of north of Elkin.
Brown’s condition is said to be
satisfactory.
Deputy Sheriff L. I. Wade said
Wednesday morning that a war
rant had been sworn out for Mil
ler, charging assault with a dead
ly weapon. The warrant had not
been served at the time, however.
Facte concerning the cause of
the affray were not learned.
Elkin Commissioners Pledge
To Maintain Proposed Park
Resolution To This Effect Will Be
Passed At Next Meeting Of Board
Plans for a canvass for funds
for the proposed Elkin Memorial
Park are now being made, and it
is expected that the drive will
be made sometime within the
near future, The Tribune was in
formed Wednesday afternoon.
In the meantime it was an
nounced by D. G. Smith, chair
man of the Elkin Postwar Plan
ning Committee, that the mayor
and town officials had pledged
themselves, both collectively and
individually, to approve the adop
tion of a resolution at the next
regular meeting of the board of
commissioners, which is scheduled
to be held Monday, authorizing
the town to assume and under
write the maintenance and up
keep of the proposed park. This
statement, which was put in writ
ing and signed by Mayor Garland
Johnson and Commissioners C. C.
Myers, J. W. L. Benson, R. C.
Freeman and J. O. Bivins, reads
as follows:
“We, the undersigned Mayor
and Board of Commissioners of
The Town of Elkin, do hereby
pledge ourselves individually and
collectively to approve the adop
tion of a resolution at the next
regular meting of the Board of
Commissioners of The Town of
Cattle Breeders Are
To Meet In Kinston
The annual meeting qf the
North Carolina Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders Association will be held
in Kinston, North Carolina on
next Tuesday, August 7. This or
ganization was formed in Elkin on
July 19, 1944, with W. A. Neaves
as president and T. F. Cooley,
secretary-treasurer.
A group of Aberdeeri-Angus
cattle enthusiasts will meet in
Elkin at Mr. Neaves’ home on
Monday, at 2 p. m. to go to the
State meeting. Surry County
Agent, Neill M. Smith, who w&s
active in organizing the Associa
tion will attend tfie meeting with
the Northwestern Carolina group.
Elkin, authorizing the Town of
Elkin to assume and underwrite
the maintenance and upkeep of
the proposed Memorial Park, to
gether with playgrounds and
other facilities thereon when the
said Memorial Park has been es
tablished and completed.
“This the 27th day of July,
1945.”
It is expected that the commis
sioners will name a park com
mission at their next meeting, al
though whether or not they plan
to do so could not definitely be
learned.
ANNUAL PICNIC
TO BE HELD 9TH
Masonic Event At Mocksville
To Be Staged At
Clement Grove
BENEFIT OF ORPHANAGE
The 66th annual Masonic pic
nic will be held Thursday,
August 9, at Clement Grove in
Mocksville. All net proceeds are
donated to the Oxford Orphange.
Since the annual picnics have
been held $90,000 have been turn
ed in to this institution as pro
ceeds from the event.
W. Kerr Scott, commissioner of
agriculture, will speak at 11 a. m.
At noon picnic dinner will be
spread on tables in the arbor. All
food is donated by the women of
Davie County, who prepare the
baskets. The event will also be
featured by rides and amusements
on the grounds owned by the
Mocksville Masons, picnic spon
sors.
Knox Johnstone is general
chairman of the picnic. He is as
sisted by about 100 members of
the local Masonic lodge. Sam
R. Latham is master of the lodge.
Prominent Masonic 1 leaders
throughout the state are expected
to attend, as well as Oxford
Orphanage officials. V
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SURRY MEN GO
FOR INDUCTION
Leave Dobson Last Thursday
Morning, Surry Draft
Board No. 2 Announces
NAMES ARE RELEASED
The following men under the
jurisdiction of the Surry county
draft board No. 2, at Dobson, left
last Thursday morning for induc
tion into the armed forces:
Gaither Zeno Billins, Edward
Roan Snyder, Jr., Arthur William
Simmons, Willis Eugene Johnson,
Boyd Allen Shores, Harvey Ed
gar Bledsoe, Herman Bruce Hin
son, Ralph Samuel Marion,
Braxter William Owens, Ernest
William Holcomb, Elmer Paul
Rogers, Fred Wilson Melton,
James Preston Southard, Dan
Cheek, Charles E. Matthews, Billy
Jack Stanley, Joseph, Houston
Whitaker, Arvill White, William
Harry Draughn, Turner Lee Dur
ham, Gordon Otis Gambill,
Thomas Benjamin Shinault,
Johnny Clarence Wood, Calvin
Grady Bruner, Joseph Henry Coe,
Leonard Montgomery Nixon,
transferred to Clinton Tenn.
Board; and Norris Conrad Carter,
transferred to Baltimore Md.,
board.
Auction Sale To Be
Staged At Fish Fry
An auction sal? will be staged
as a part of the fish fry to be
held at Neaves Park here Friday
evening by the Elkin Exchange
Club, it was said Wednesday by
O. K. Richardson, publicity offi
cer.
Mr. Richardson stated the fish
fry will get under way at 7:30
o’clock, and urged everyone pos
sible to attend. Proceeds from the
fish fry and from the auction
sale will be used in the club’s
underprivileged child work.
YOUR COUNTRY IS STILU AT
WAR—ARE YOU?
G. W. PINNIX
DIES FRIDAY
Yadkin Soldier Passes Awaj
At Kennedy General Hos
pital in Memphis, Tenn.
FUNERAL HELD TUESD’I
Pfc. Garvey Wilson Pinnix, 23
died Friday afternoon at Kennedy
General hospital, Memphis, Tenn.
as the result of wounds received
in action in France. He received
back and leg injuries and was
sent to a hospital in New York
and transferred to Memphis, but
grew worse until his death. He
arrived in New York in January,
Pfc. Pinnix was bom near
Cycle, Sept. 27, 1921, a son of
Walter and Nannie Calloway Pin
nix. He was inducted into the
army in October 1943, and sent to
Camp Croft, S. C., and went
overseas in April 1944.
He participated in three major
battles and was awarded th«
Purple Heart for wounds receiv
ed. Besides this he wore a com
bat infantryman’s badge; ETO
ribbon with three stars and a
sharpshooters medal for pistol,
rifle, carbine and bazooka.
Funeral services were held at
Swan Creek Baptist church Tues
day morning, with Rev. Grady
White and Rev. A. S. Mathis in
charge. Burial was in the chhrch
cemetery. The body arrived at
the home of his parents Sunday
night.
Survivors include the parents;
two brothers, Odean Pinnix,
Cycle and Pvt. James A. Pinnix,
Camp Rucker, Ala.; one hall
brother, Roby Pinnix, Jonesville;
one sister, Miss Athiene Pinnix,
Cycle; one half sister, Mrs. Opal
Holbrook, Elkin; the grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Callo
way, Cycle.
Chatham Is Winner
Over Independence
The Chatham baseball club was
winner over Independence, Va.,
here Saturday afternoon by the
close score of 8-7.
Leading hitters for the locals
were J. Bfown, who feot three hits
for five times; at hat, two doubles
and one single; Dickerson, with
one double, and Holcomb, pinch
hitter, one double.
Chatham will meet Cooleemee
there Saturday,
U-Boats Shell
Jap Homeland;
Fleet Is Silent
Lions To Collect
Waste Fats Here
Sunday At 2 P. M.
A town-wide waste fat col
lection will be staged Sunday
beginning at 2:00 p. m., rain
or shine, by the Elkin Lions
Club.
All members of the Lions
Club who can possibly assist in
this collection are asked to
meet in front of Belk’s prior to
2:00 p. m.
Every housewife who has
been saving used fat for the
war effort is urged to place it
in a convenient place where it
may readily be seen, so that it
might be picked up by the
Lions. Fats are still needed
for the manufacture of muni
tions and medicines.
ONE DEAD, FOUR
HURT IN WRECK
Automobile Occupied By
Family Of Negroes Collides
With Bus At Ronda
TWO HURT CRITICALLY
As the result of a collision
Tuesday night at Ronda, in
which a Greyhound bus struck a
passenger car containing six col
ored people, all members of the
same family, one is dead and four
others are in the Elkin hospital,
two critically injured and still un-.
conscious Wednesday afternoon.
The accident was said to have
occurred when the passenger car,
driven by Walter Hunt, pulled
from a side road into the Elkin
North Wilkesboro highway direct
ly in front of the bus. The crash
was said to have turned the pas
senger car completely around and
thrown it over an embankment.
No one on the bus was injured,
but all occupants of the car were
rushed to the vJlkin hospital,
where an infant daughter, Mary
Ellen, aged 5 months, died about
6:00 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing. Two other children, Leroy,
5, and Bobby Wa. a, 2, were
said to be in a critical condition.
A girl, Josephine, age li, was de
scribed as having suffered serious,
although not critical injuries. The
mother, Hazel Hunt, was not bad
ly injured. The father was not
hurt enough to be admitted to the
hospital. Each of the children
sustained fractured legs, among
other injuries.
The accident occurred near the
Ronda Baptist Church, where ser
vices were under way at the time.
Time of the crash was said to
have been about 8:30 o’clock.
Spectators stated that the driv
er of the bus, which was en route
from Winston-Salem to Morgan
ton, made a desperate dffort to
avoid striking the car. The bus
was not damaged, but the Hunt
car was practically demolished, it
was said.
REDUCE POINTS
ON MEAT CUTS
Beef, Lamb and Veal Are
Reduced From One To
Two Points For Period
SHOE STAMP IS VALID
Of special interest to house
wives is the announcement by
District Director of OPA, L. W.
Driscoll, that nearly all cuts of
beef, lamb, and veal have been
reduced from one to two points
during the rationing period be
ginning July 29.
Mr. Driscoll added that “about
11 per cent” more meat will be
available for over - the - counter
customers in August than house
wives were able to buy in July.
Rationing of gas cooking and
gas heating stoves ended July
31, it was announced yesterday.
Oil cooking and combination oil
gas stoves, and oil conversion
burners for stoves will remain on
the ration lists.
Airplane Stamp No. 4 in War
Ration Book 3 became valid
August 1. It is of particular in
terest to parents of school chil
dren that there is a better stock
and selection of children’s shoes
in retail stores than at any time
since shoe rationing was begun.
■ iiK . -v, t
Big Ships Are
Under Security
Radio Blackout
Guam, Aus. 1. —. American
land-based planes and a subma
rine took over the preinvasion
bombardment of Japan today as
the Third F’leet remained under a
security black-out off the enemy
coast for the second straight day.
At the same time, Japanese
Imperial headquarters conceded
that American carrier planes and
land-based bombers had caused
“considerable damage” to Japa
nese cities, factories* and ship
ping in attacks last month.
It claimed that damage to air
bases and military installations
was slight, however, and said that
the Japanese Army and Navy
were steadily strengthening their
preparations to meet an “enemy
invasion.”
Radio Tokyo reported that 20
American P-51 Mustangs bombed,
rocked and machine-gunned air
bases and transportation facilities
in the Osaka-Kobe area south
west of Tokyo for 50 minutes be
ginning at 9 a. m.
Another Tokyo broadcast said
an Allied submarine boldly sur
faced a few miles off the sbuth
coast of Hokkaido, northernmost
of the Japanese home islands,
and shelled the city of Toma
komai for a half hour about 6 p.
m. yesterday.
Damage was “extremely slight,”
the broadcast said.
There has been no word from
the Third Fleet since it sent de
stroyers into land-locked Suruga
Bay to shell the city of Schimitzu
just after Monday midnight.
in today’s only communique,
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an
nounced that the fleet's carrier
planes had destroyed or damaged
89 more Japanese plan^ and
eight more ships in the second
half of their attack on Central
Honshu Monday.
NO ARRESTS IN
BREAK-IN CASE
Yeggs Enter Two Offices In
Courthouse At Oobson;
Fail To Open Vault
No arrests had been reported
Wednesday in the break-in of
two offices in the court house at
Dobson sometime Friday night in
which vaults were mutilated, but
no loot of any value stolen.
County Auditor George Welch,
of Mount Airy, reported the
break-in to S. B. I. officers. He
said the break-in was discovered
by Walter Brooks, courthouse
janitor, about 6:30 Saturday
morning. ■*
The yeggs gained entrance by
breaking down the door to the
county auditor’s office. They
then undermined the facing of
the vault door and tried to force
the door itself. Using crowbars,
they succeeded in springing the
door sharply, but failed to get it
open.
Papers from the vault were
dragged through the opening and
scattered about the floor, but
after a check-un it was announc
ed nothing of value was missing.
The yeggs entered the office of
the register of deeds where they
rifled filing cases, but apparently
took nothing. Officers said they
obviously were looking for money.
Mr. Welch said no cash was in
either of the two offices entered,
and that it was not customary to
keep cash in them, since the
vaults are for the safekeeping of
records rather than money.
It was said that damage to the
doors was so extensive it would be
necessary to replace them with
new doors.
To Honor Pastor
On His Birthday
Flat Rock church, Yadkin
county, will be host to the other
churches served by their pastor,
Rev. Grady D. White, at a birth
day celebration in his honor with
lunch served on the church lawn
on Sunday, August 4th.
Relatives of Rev. White are
given a special invitation, also all
friends who are not members of
his churches will be cordially wel
comed. Preaching services will be
conducted by the pastor in the
morning and afternoon.