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ELKIN The Best' Little Town In North Carolina ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL./NO. XXXIII No. 36 PUBLISHED WEEKLY m —" — i ■ i am i.. ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1945 - $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS * Second World War Ends With Jap’s Unconditional Surrender - *-A News Is Announced * From White House By Pres. Truman f Gen. MacArthur Is Named Supreme Commander Of Occupation Forces The second world war ended Tuesday night. President I Truman announced that hostilities had ceased, with Japan surrendering unconditionally. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was named su preme commander of the allied occupation army. He will a rule Japan through Emperor Hirohito. 'N All fighting has stopped. A formal armistice will be signed by the Tokyo government in a few days. Emperor Hirohito will remain indefinitely as a figure head ruler under the complete control of the supreme com mander of the occupation army. This was the proviso laid down by the allied “big four” in replying to the Jap peace offer. The Japanese government accepted the proviso Tues day. The President called newsmen into his office at 7 p. m. _ ... _._ k i uiiwi; ana announcea me sur* render. It took him one minute to do this. The President said: “I deem this reply a full ac ceptance of the Potsdam declara tion which specified the uncondi tional surrender of Japan. “In reply there is no qualifica tion. “Arrangements are now being made for the formal signing of surrender terms at the earliest possible moment. “Gen. Douglas MacArthur has been appointed the supreme allied commander to receive the Japa nese surrender. “The proclamation of V-J day must wait upon the formal sign ing of the surrender terms by Ja pan.’’ The President said that in re ceiving the Japanese surrender, General MacArthur will be ac companied by high-ranking offi cers representing Great Britain, Russia, and China. The following is the text of Ja pan’s fateful message accepting unconditional surrender: “Communication of the Japa nese government of August 14, 1945, addressed to the govern ments of the United States, Great Britain, the soviet union, and China: “With the reference to the Jap anese government’s note of Au gust 10, regarding their accept ance of the provisions of the Potsdam declaration and the reply of the governments of the United States, Great Britain, the soviet union, and China sent by Ameri can Secretary of State Byrnes un der the date of August 11, the Japanese government have the honor to communicate to the gov ernments of the four powers as follows: “1. His majesty the emperor has issued an imperial rescript re garding Japan’s acceptance of the provisions of the Potsdam declar ation. “2. His majesty the emperor is prepared to authorize and ensure the signature by his government and the imperial general head quarters of the necessary terms for carrying out the provisions of the Potsdam declaration. “His majesty is also prepared to issue his commands to all the military, naval and air authorities of Japan and all the forces un der their control wherever located to cease active operations, to sur render arms and to issue such or ders as may be required by the supreme commander of the allied forces for the execution of the above mentioned terms.” The war that Japan started on Sunday, December 7, 1941, with a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor ended in total victory for allied arms. It lasted 1,347 days. The next steps Japan must take are to: 1. Sign a formal instrument of surrender. 2. Arrange for the surrender of an estimated six million troops and what is left of the Jap navy and air force. 3. Release 52,000 prisoners of war and civilian internees, for transportation home. The “big four” meanwhile must complete arrangements for send ing a“*lHige army of occupation into Japan. The Jap’s known streak of treachery compels the allies to put overwhelming armed might into the Jap homeland to insure enforcement of the peace terms. IS HONORED—Mayor Garland Johnson, above, past president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, has been honored by Kiwanis Inter national in recognition of his outstanding leadership as presi dent of the local club in 1944. A certificate to tills effect was presented to Mr. Johnson by Hoke Henderson, vice-president of the club, at last Thursday’s meeting. The handsomely en graved certificate contains the following wording: “In recogni tion of his leadership as Presi dent of the Kiwanis Club of El kin, North Carolina, in 1944, and in grateful acknowledge ment of his successful adminis tration and devoted service, this token is presented Garland Johnson in behalf of the Inter nationa! Board of Trustees. Ben Dean, President, O. E. Peterson, Secretary.” HOGAN TO TAKE UP WORK 19TH Is New Pastor of Jonesville Baptist Church; Has Served Overseas Reverend Joseph Hogan, of rndianapolis, Indiana, will take up his work as pastor of the Jones ville Baptist church beginning Sunday, August 19th. Rev. Hogan is a member of the Berean Missionary Bap tist church of Indianapolis. He comes to this community well recommended having received his training at the Midwest Baptist Bible Institute at Crawfordsville, Indiana. After completing his work there, he enlisted in the United States Army and served one year overseas. Since his dis charge, he has been engaged in supply preaching and young people’s work. Mr. Hogan is mar ried, and has one child. Mrs. Eliz abeth Hogan is a talented pianist, and will assist her husband in the work. The Jonesville Baptist church was formerly a half-time field, but with the coming of Rev. Ho gan will begin having services both morning and evening every Sunday. The new pastor will reside in ;he Jonesville community. Gas, Fuel Oil, Canned Goods Are Ration Free Quickly upon the end of the war has come the an nouncement that gasoline,/ fuel oil, oil stoves and all canned fruits and vege tables have been removed from rationing, according to an announcement from the nation’s capitol Wed nesday s h o r tl y before noon. It was stated that these orders were effective im mediately. Other commodities now rationed will continue to require ration stamps until further notice, it was said. However, a gradual relaxa tion is expected as the na tion adjusts itself to peace. YADKIN MEN GO TO FORT BRAGG Twenty-eight Young Men Arc Sent Early This Morn ing For Exams NAMES ARE ANNOUNCED The Yadkin county selective service board has announced that 28 young men and boys will leave Yadkinville this morning for Fort Bragg, where they will undergo physical examination for induc tion into the armed forces. The local board has a call for a number of men to be inducted later on this month, although conditions might change this or der. Those leaving today are: Glen don Elbert Wooten, Rt. 1, East Bend; Johnnie Lindbergh Smith - erman, Rt. 2, East Bend; Thomas Edward Norman, Boonville; James Lee Shore, Yadkinville; Billy Cass Calloway, Yadkinville; Howard Charles Groce, Union Grove; June Montgomery Sizemore, Rt. 1, Yadkinville; James William Dur ham, Hamptonville; Arnold James Vestal, Winston-Salem; William Byrd, Jonesville; Phillip Warren Macemore, Jonesville; H o b e r t Marion Adams, Rt. 1, Yadkinville. Calvin John Melton, Boonville; Beecher Milford Spencer, Rt. 1, Boonville; James Carl Douglas, Rt. 2, East Bend; Charlie Prank Myers, Rt. 2, East Bend; Ralph Burges Cornelison, Rt. 1, Cana; Francis Marion Eller, Rt. 1, Jonesville; Albert Ray Vestal, Jonesville; Otho Kermit Vestal, Jonesville; Arthur Leak Caudle, Rt. 1, East Bend; Claude Green Swaim, Cycle; Alfred Carlton Adams, Rt. 2, Boonville; Dewey Graham Campbell, Rt. 1, Yadkin ville; Ralph Edward Huff, Rt. 1, Boonville; Thomas Hildon Vestal, Rt. 1, Jonesville; Climon Elsie Wilkins, Rt. 1, Boonville; Alden Pet Brown, Rt. 1, Boonville. Supervisor Meets With Local Panel Allen Parks, of Winston-Salem, supervisor of the price panel board of OPA in this area, met with local OPA clerks and volun teer women workers of Elkin here last Tuesday afternoon. Price charts were studied, and it was explained to workers how they might assist merchants in keeping prices in line. Volunteer workers present were: Mrs. James Lillard, Mrs. George Royall, Mrs. Glen Peele, Mrs. Fred Neaves, and Mrs. Margie Maissler, who is local price panel volunteer assistant supervisor. To Stage Guernsey Auction August 24 An auction sale of purebred reg istered Guernsey cattle, includ ing 23 open and bred heifers and three young bulls, carefully select ed from some of the best herds in North Carolina, will be held at Chinquapin Farm, two miles west of Reidsville, August 24, beginning at 12:30 p. m. A catalogue will be sent upon request to Dr. Wm. Moore, Box S70, Raleigh. Seaweed extract is being con certed into rayons in Britain. SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SEPT. ( Elkin Date Announced B; Carpenter; 8th Grade Mov ed To Elementary Bldg. TEACHERS ARE LISTE1 N. H. Carpenter, superintenden of Elkin public schools, announce the opening of the schools oi September 6. Grades from on through the eighth will meet ii the elementary building and nin through twelve in the high schoc building. Teachers in the elementar school are as follows: First Grade — Miss Mary Hen dren and Miss May Thompson. Second Grade — Mrs. Dalla Martin. Third Grade — Mrs. Lesli Reinhardt. Second and Third Grades - Miss Blanche Dixon. Fourth Grade — Mrs. Van Dil Ion, Sr., and Mrs. Lee Neaves. Fifth Grade — Miss Betty Har ris and Miss Irene Clark. Sixth Grade — Miss Bettie A1 len and Miss Geneva Murphy. Seventh Grade — Mrs. Hortensi Bankston and Miss Emma Cook. Eighth Grade — Denver Hoi comb. Denver Holcomb will be princi pal in the elementary school. Teachers in the high school an as follows: English Language — Miss Alici Dixon. English — Mrs. Recce Gilliam. Home Economics — Miss Mar; Holland. pcience and Coach — R. H. Ab ernathy. Mathematics — Mrs. Catherini Harris Eller. Social Science — Miss Cornells There will be no commercia courses offered unless a teacher ii granted to replace the one losl because of poor attendance Iasi year in these courses. Football practice will starl Monday morning, August 27, at i o’clock. Boys interested are re quested to bring football shoes and shorts. Hold Thanksgiving Services Locally A hundred or more persons at tended a thanksgiving service held at the Gilvin Roth YMC^ Tuesday evening at 8:00 marking the end of the war. Following the end of the service it was decided to hold a second union service Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock at the First Bap tist Church, to which everyone regardless of denomination, was urged to attend. This meeting was to be held at the regular prayer meeting hour of the Bap tist church. Tuesday’s service was conducted by T. C. McKnight, general secre tary of the YMCA; Rev. J. Lem Stokes, n, pastor of the Elkin Methodist Church, and Rev. O. V Caudill, Presbyterian minister. IS SUPREME COMMANDER » k General Douglas MacArthur, the man who promised the Philip pines that “I will return,” in the dark days preceding Bataan, and who made good on his promise, has been named supreme command er of all allied occupation forces in Japan. High ranking officers , of the British, Russian and Chinese governments will assist the American general. Announcement of Mac Arthur's new post was ; made at the time of the announcement of the Japanese surrender. Elkin Celebrates War End Enthusiastically Sirens, Auto Horns Cause Happy Din Here As War News Is Received Although Elkin and neighboring i towns and communities had beer expecting the official news of Ja pan’s surrender for days, the an nouncement of the end of the wai at 7:00 p. m. Wednesday touchec off a celebration that has not beer witnessed locally in years. With the news of the war’s end the fire siren atop the telephone building was immediately soundec and this sound was joined by the din of countless automobile home as citizens broke into spontaneous celebration to relieve pent-uf emotions. Church bells, both in Elkin anti Jonesville, rang out the glad news while those who listened in theb homes to the historic announce ment coming from , the radio were moved to both cheers anc tears. Nor did the noise and the cele brating end with the conclusion of the official announcement While a hundred or more people went to the Gilvin Roth YMCA al 8:00 o’clock to Thanksgiving ser vices conducted there, others came down town to continue the noise and confusion which had been touched off at 7:00 p. m. As the evening passed the streets grew more crowded with both pedestrians and motorists. Automobiles and trucks loaded with laughing, shouting adults and children, and with horns blowing continuously, traversed Main street from one end to the other in a countless stream. Old tubs and pots and pans, whistles and anything else with which a noise could be made, were in evi dence and someone got hold of some firecrackers which were touched off as the merriment continued. * As the evening grew later the celebration gradually tapered off, only to be renewed at midnight when employees of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, quitting work to observe a full holiday in celebration of the war’s end, again caused bedlam with their auto horns, aided and abetted by the sound of the mill whistle and the “wildcat” whistle formerly used for air raid signals. Insofar as could be learned, no one was hurt during the night’s celebration. hurry farm Bureau Federation Is Urging Improvement County Roads Recognizing the need for a gen eral improvement in all secondary roads in Surry county, and the hard surfacing of many of these roads, the Surry Farm Bureau Federation, with the approval of the Surry county board of com missioners, has forwarded a series of recommendations to the State Highway and Public Works Com mission to this effect. These recommendations, signed by Hugh Atkinson, of Siloam, pre sident of the Surry federation, and by other officers and direc tors of the organization, take into consideration the fact that a pro gram such as they outline and re quest may require several years during the construction period due to material and labor short ages caused by present conditions, but urge that the highway com mission proceed as rapidly as pos sible consistent with sound busi ness management. In pointing to the need for gen eral improvement in secondary roads, the recommendations point* out that the Farm Bureau Feder ation expects the highway com mission to improve county roads within the next six months to the extent as will prevent another breakdown in transportation as occurred during this past Janu ary, February and March. With out action immediately, it is be lieved similar conditions will again exist this winter. The Bureau also recommends than an effort be made by the highway Ncommission to secure more prisoners to work the roads than is being used at the present time, inasmuch as unskill ed labor is inadequate to meet the needs of secondary road re quirements of the county. In recommending that more Surry roads be hard surfaced, it is pointed out that “the Bureau is in sympathy with the estab lished policy of the commission in getting maximum returns for the tax dollar in highway construc tion,” and admit that the Bureau officers and directors may be a little premature to urge immediate construction of hardsurfaced highways. Nevertheless, in order that the rural citizens and the highway commission may make and develop plans for the con struction of hardsurfaced high ways, the following roads are rec commended for surfacing: White Plains to Siloam, thence to Smithtown, Yadkin County. Dobson to the Elkin-Sparta highway beyond Mountain Park, thus establishing the county seat to county seat hardsurfaced high way. Bottom to the county prison camp, thus connecting Oalax, Lowgap, Beulah and Dobson. Provide a hardsurfaced road outlet from Shoals community, the location to be agreed upon at a later date. Pilot to Westfield. The recommendations, in addi tion to carrying the signature of the Farm Bureau president, also bore the following signatures: P. S. McCormick, vice-president; P. N. Taylor, secretary; E. D. Smith, treasurer, and the following direc tors: J. Kyle Thompson, Boyd Nelson, H. C. Lawrence, Gray Lane, F.. E. Layne, Robert Jones, C. T. Hall and J. F. Miller. MacArthur Directs Representative Be Sent To Manila Surrender Terms T« Be Submitted To Enemy Leaders In Philippines Manila — August 15. — General Douglas MacArthur, taking over as Allied Supreme Commander, ordered Japan today to cease hostilities immediately and send a “competent representative” to Manila to receive surrender terms. MacArthur already has established radio communications with Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese Government, a spokesman revealed. , Allied forces throughout the Pacific and Far East will be directed to cease hostilities only after the enemy has com plied with similar orders, MacArthur said in a radio message to Tokyo. Allied forces already have been ordered to cease offensive operations, but no formal order to cease all fire has been issued. MacArthur ordered that, weather permitting, the Japa * nese representative and advisers Elkin Stores To Be Open As Usual Today (Thursday) Gaston L. Hill, president of the Elkin Merchants As sociation, informed The Tribune Wednesday after-, noon that following a con ference with directors of the association, Elkin stores would not observe today (Thursday), as a holiday, but would reopen as usual. This announcement was forthcoming due to some confusion on the part of merchants who did not know whether local stores were planning to observe a two-day holiday. All stores were closed Wednesday in celebration of the sur render of Japan. The Elkin Post Office will again observe holiday hours today, Postmaster F. W. Graham stated. The Tribune office, due to the fact that Wednesday was publication day, will observe today (Thursday), as a holiday for all em ployees. JONESVILLE TO OPEN SEPT. 4TH Faculty For Jonesville School Js Almost Complete, Deal Announces EIGHTH GRADE VACANT The Jonesville school will open for the 1945-46 session on Tues day, September 4th, according to an announcement by Watt Deal, superintendent, Tuesday morning. According to Mr. Deal, all places on the faculty are filled with the exception of a Math and Science or eighth grade teacher. The list of teachers follows: First grade: Miss Leona Martin, Mrs. Kate Key, Mrs. Ruby B. Canipe. Second grade: Mrs. Iris Canipe, Mrs. Laura Hemric, Mrs. Ann Madison. Third grade: Mrs. Catherine Wilkins, Mrs. D. P. Holmes, Mrs. Mae Brown. Fourth grade: Mrs. Ina Hol comb, Miss Ruth Atkinson. FJfth grade: Miss Lois Parks, Miss Thelma Shore, Miss Lydia Day. Sixth grade: Mrs. Eva Hine, T. 5. Hobson. Seventh grade: Harvey Madi son, Mrs. Jane B. Ewart. Eighth grade: Everet Reece, Miss Kathleen Jones. The high school faculty is as follows: Watt Deal, principal; Mrs. Mamie Scroggs, Miss Irene Shore, Mrs. Nancy Partin, Mrs. Beryl Moser. Blueberries are imported into ;he United States from Newfound land. , from the Japanese Army, Navy and Air Force fly from the south ern tip of Kyushu to an Allied airfield on Ie Island, just west of Okinawa, on Friday between 8 and 11a. m. Tokyo time (7 and 10 p. m., Thursday, e. w. t.) He directed that Japan, in com municating with him regarding the flight, use the single code word, “Bataan”— word that re calls MacArthur's worst defeat and one that spurred him to his greatest victory, the liberation of the Philippines. The Japanese Air Force adviser accompanying the main surrender delegate must be thoroughly fami liar with airdrome facilities in the Tokyo area. MacArthur said. This indicated that a high Allied rep resentative would accompany the enemy delegation back to the Japanese capital. The order was MacArthur's sec ond of the day to the Japanese. The first, addressed to Hirohito, the Imperial Government and Im perial Headquarters, called for cessation of hostilities at the earliest possible moment and ask ed that a radio station in the Tokyo area be designated for communication with his head quarters. It was acknowdedged within 20 minutes. Less than three hours later—at 5 p. m. Manila time—MacArthur sent this second communication in Japanese to Tokyo: “Pursuant to the acceptance of the terms of surrender of the Al lied powers by the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Imperial Government and Japanese Im perial Headquarters, the Supreme Commander for the Allied powers hereby directs immediate cessa tion of hostilities by Japanese forces. “The Supreme Command for the Allied powers is to be notified at once of the effective date and hour of such cessation of hostili ties. Whereupon Allied forces will be directed to cease hostilities. SENATOR HOEY TO SPEAK HERE Will Address Meeting of Methodist Men At Dinner At Gilvin Roth YMCA TICKETS ARE ON SALE The Honorable Clyde R. Hoey, U. S. Senator from Shelby, will be in Elkin to give an address next Thursday, August 23. His com ing is sponsored by the Methodist Men's organization, whose presi dent is Vern Chase. It is expected that all local civic clubs and church organizations will unite in attending this ad dress which will be at a dinner meeting at 7 o’clock at the YMCA. Tickets at $1.00 a plate will be on sale at Abernethy’s and the Turner Drug Co. The dead-line for purchase of tickets will be Monday noon, August 20. On account of the food situa tion it will hot be possible to in vite the ladies of the community. Those desiring to entertain out of-town guests on this occasion will purchase extra tickets. A colt is about three-fourths its mature height at birth, ' • •