ALLEGHANY
STAR* TIMES
OVER HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
52nd Year — No. 2. Sparta, N. C. Thursday, August 29, 1940.
Washington, D. C. — While
many Congressmen doubt that a
German victory would mean an
early attempt at invasion of the
Western Hemisphere by the Nazi
hordes, none however think that
the U. S. could escape the effects |
of a British capitulation. The I
reasops are obvious:
American industry and agricul
ture are to a large extent de
pendent upon the British market.
The domination of Europe by
Hitler would mean that German
trade methods, based on forced
labor and the barter system,
would completely kill our ex
port trade with Europe, resulting
in disastrous surpluses of agricul-j
tural products and the near
ruin of many industries. It would
also raise the question of title to
immense British investments here
and in South America. Moreover,
this country, for the first time in
its history, would be left alone
in a world full of potential en
emies, with the problem of ful
filling the obligations of the Mon
roe Doctrine and of guarding two
oceans with a single-ocean navy.
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Former President Hoover’s ap
peal to the nation to save millions
of Europeans from starvation this
■winter may have to wait until
the result of the battle for Eng
land becomes more definite and
the attitude of this government
toward the European war becomes
clarified.
The movement for sending food
and medical supplies is being sup
ported by humanitarians, eager to
relieve suffering in any part of
the world, and sincere farm
groups struggling with surpluses
and low prices. The fact that
these shipments would dispose of
large quantities of excess corn,
wheat, lard and cotton will un
doubtedly result in pressure be
ing applied in Congress soon for
legislation to permit sending such
supplies to the famine-threatened
European populations.
The 7000 workers in the U. S.
Census Bureau who are now com
piling the results of the canvass
taken earlier about themselves
taken earlier-thio y*--’ "'ill eoon
give the American people more
information about themselves
importance is the fact establish
ed by this 1940 census that the
growth of our population is stead
ily slowing down. Preliminary re
ports repeal that between 1920
and 1930 the population increase
was but 8 per cent, compared
with nearly double that figure
in the ten years preceding that
period. The U. S. now has approx
imately 133,000,000 people.
Of equal importance is the shift j
of population away from indus- j
trial centers. Cities have grown j
but 5 per cent in the last decade,
showing, that 6,000,000 young
persons now on farms would
under conditions of the preced-j
ing decade have migrated to the j
cities.
Congress has become the hys- j
teria center of the country.— i
Senator George W. Norris.
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Our wo r I d
Persistency In Destruction
London, Aug. 27.—For more than six hours the
German air force hurled slaughter and destruction on
London today in the longest air raid of the war. Sev
eral times bombers were caught in the crossbeams of
powerful searchlights and jettisoned their heavy ex
plosive cargoes to speed their escape.
Air Raids Are Becoming A Bore
London, Aug. 28.—Adolf Hitler’s night-flying
raiders continued “insomnia raids” on the London area
last night and early today, dropping incendiary bomb
clusters which started fires—and disturbed the slumb
ers of millions. But the British, after their six-hour
siege in shelters Monday night and Tuesday morning,
took the two alarms last night and today much more
phlegmatically. There was less anti-aircraft cannonad
ing and searchlight activity, and many a yawning
householder refused to leave his snug bed.
Into The Heart Of Berlin
Berlin, Aug. 27.—British bombers attacked Ber
lin in two waves early today, zooming over Adolf
Hitler’s new chancellory and other government build
ings in the heart of the capital, while anti-aircraft
guns blazed furiously and heavy bomb explosions
echoed through the streets.
Germany, The Great European Referee
Berlin, Aug. 28.—Reliable informants reported
today that German and Italian foreign ministers would
referee the Rumanian-Hungarian quarrel in a Vienna
conference tomorrow in the conviction that Germany
must settle Balkan territorial disputes to avoid at all
costs any incidents which could disturb the conduct
of her war against Britain.
Conscription Bill Gains Favor
Washington, Aug. 27.—While opposition in the
senate to the military conscription bill, urged by Pres
ident Roosevelt, was no less active today than has
been the case during the pa6t two weeks, the impres
sion became widely prevalent that the strategic po
sition of the advocates of the proposal had been
materially strengthened over the week-end. Senator
Bailey, of North Carolina, chairman of the commerce
committee, today in a formal statement gave to the
press some of the reasons that impelled him to align
himself with those members of the senate who are
advocating prompt passage of the compulsory military
service, or conscription bill.
To Tax Extess Profits
Washington, Aug. 26.—The house ways and
means committee approved today a 20 to 50 per cent1
tax on corporation “excess profits” and a plant amorti- i
zation plan designed to speed up the letting of defense
contracts. The measure, asked by the administration,
is designed to prevent the creation of “war million
aires” while not discouraging manufacturing companies
from making glint expansions needed for the national1
defense. Small corporations, making no more than
$5,000 a year, are exempted from the tax. Calling it
“one of the finest things I’ve ever known,” Chairman
Doughton, Democrat, North Carolina, announced that
the legislation was agreed to unanimously.
Travel In Comfort 250 Miles Per Hour
Miami, Fla., Aug. 26.—Pan-American Airways
33-passenger stratoclipper Rainbow set a new record ;
of six hours 12 minutes today for the 1,547-mile flight;
from Miami to the Panama Canal Zone. The 20-ton J
airliner, on a one-day round-trip flight to the Canal |
Zone, took off from Miami at 6 a. m. (E. S. T.) and!
landed at Christobal at 12:12 p. m.
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Snap Shots
and
Sun Spots
In any contest, whether between
two small boys over a few mar
bles, or in a community, or a
state, or a nation, or even inter
nationally-—between nations, when
one side begins to hurl bad
names and impugn motives, it is
a definite sign of weakness. Don’t
call your rival bad names, brother;
it only reveals your own littleness,
which needs no advertisement.
Thirty-one miles of that beauti
ful Blue Ridge Parkway, includ
ing the especially fine Blpffs
Park,—all in Alleghany County.
And if anyone has not yet en
joyed the beauty to be seen on
and from the Parkway, we beg
of you to neglect it no longer.
If you want a pictured map of
the Parkway it is yours for the
asking. Mr. Coombs, of the Park
way Patrol, keeps us supplied
with the maps for you.
My, but Sparta is absolutely
black after midnight, and now
that Judy Womble leaves one of
his brighter lights burning, it
seems almost to emphasize the1
deeper blackness elsewhere. But
of course the answer is that every-;
body should be asleep in bed after
midnight. Passing autos and,
truckers know we’re dead asleep, j
To those who find enjoyment
in looking at well-kept lawns and 1
handsome flowers, Dr. Doughton’s
yard is a source of delight.
•There’s an air of carefulness
about it, and now the handsome
hydrangea is putting forth a:
| wealth of blooms to cheer those
• who have eyes to see.
Yes, we know, we never did
get Sally home from that trip
(into the far west. She has done
| her part, and we must give you ,
the rest of her travel story. So
many things keep pressing in.
Did you see those Boy Scouts
in Sunday School last Sunday j
with their Scoutmaster, Mr.
Hanks? Troop No. 85 from Galax, {
on a camping trip, and in their;
\ uniforms and by their actions
| they added a fine touch to the
Sunday School.
Twin Oaks is certainly beauti- j
fully located, and will grow. An-;
otherjhouse is being erected there, j
and with the frequent improve- j
i ments along near Green Gables.
I and between Twin Oaks and Spar-1
Glade Valley High School
Offers high school education to worthy boys
and girls at reasonable rates with self-help plan.
Advantages: Small classes afford individual instruc
tion, extra courses, Bible, Music, Home Ec and
Agriculture now offered.
Library with 2,500 volues. Training in Literary
and Religious Societies.
A School with a Record of 30 Years Christian service
E. B. Eldridge, Supt. Glade Valley, N. C.
WRITE*FORVCATALOG
QUEEN TOBACCO VI
Martha Scott, co-starrcd with Carr
Grant in “The Howards of Virginia”, t
Colonial - Williamsburg ■ filmed pie*
ture, will reign as queen of the Sixth j
Annual National Tobacco Festival i
at South Boston, Va, September .
5th and 6th. Miss Scott will go to 1
South Boston the day after the
Richmond premiere of her new pic- i
ture and will be acclaimed Regina '
Tobacco VI by over 150,000 people
expected to attend Tobacco’s official
annual celebration. Hon. James A. j
Farley will conduct the coronation ,
exercises.
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{ Alleghany—
Oddities \
By Frances Wrench |
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We knew stripes were the “go”
this year, but really it is going
pretty far when even the hens
try to keep up with the styles.
A few days ago one of Miss
Polly Billings’ Rhode Island Reds
laid a striped egg of pretty brown
and tan combinations. The ends
of the egg are a very dark
brown; then come t\y> tan stripes;
and around the center another
dark brown band. A nice combin
ation, huh? And we’re not sure
whether it is the style influence,
or that she’s merely practicing,
up for Easter. The former seems
A revival meeting
will be held
—at Rock Ridge Presbyterian
Church, Peden, beginning Monday
night, September 2, by Rev. W.
H. Caldwell of Indepc \er.ce. The
public is cordially invited.
Communion meeting will be
held at New Home Free Will
Baptist Church, near Topia, Sat
urday and Sunday, August 31
and September 1.
ta, we see a growing community.
Not so pleasant to talk about
unpleasant things, but the town
trash cans on a Sunday morning,
after the dogs have finished tip
ping them over and scattering
the contents about are not an in
spiring sight. Are they the best
Sparta can find, or afford?
We’re looking for a correspon
dent in Twin Oaks and one in
Piney Creek. We have 27 corres
pondents around the county, but
we need two more—to cover the
county news better.
Parkway Cafe must be doing
business, when one can hardly get
in the door for the crowd, at
times.
We had resolved to leave Dr.
Bert Choate alone a while, and
perhaps we have. But now, when
he sgllies forth with shoes that
don’t match—and one a borrowed
one!—well, how are we to keep
quiet? But we’ve no quarrel with
our neighbor’s shoes. Anything for
comfort. Why should we worry?
Ouch, my bunion!
George Cheek
was chosen as
president
—of t'he Bar Association of
the 11th judicial district,
which comprises Alleghany,
Ashe and Forsyth counties,
at the annual meeting of the
association held last Saturday at
Roaring Gap, at the summer home
of Luther Ferrell, Winston-Salem
attorney.
Richmond Rucker, of Winston
Salem, was named vice-president,
and Judge G. H. Hastings, also
of Winston-Salem, was re-elected j
counselor.
Some 60 members of the associ- j
ation attended the meeting, and j
after the business session at the;
house of Mr. Ferrell they went,
to the lake for fishing and a I
picnic lunch.
Among those attending from j
Alleghany County were Gover
nor Doughton, R. Floyd Crouse, |
Geo. Cheek, Carlisle Higgins, j
Robert Gambill and Paul Swan- j
son. From Ashe County came I
W. B. Austin and Ira T. Johnston,J
and from Forsyth there were
over 30, including the district
solicitor, Erie McMichael.
Annual reunion
at Boonville
—of the Woodruff-Thompson
Myers families will be held Sun
day, Sept. 8th at the home of
Winnie Woodruff in Boonville,
N. C. All members of the fam
ilies , should attend the reunion
if possible, and relatives and
friends are cordially invited. Don’t
forget to bring the lunch baskets
and please have them well filled.
more likely. Miss Billings of Spar
ta says the hen is six or eight
years old.
Mrs, J. R. Hawthorne, and
Misses Emaline Hawthorne and
Florence Warren were visitors in
Galax Monday.
Sparta Visitor . .
MR. MONROE ADAMS
-—of Statesville, Republican can
didate for Congress, was a visitor
in Sparta last Thursday.
100 dozen fruit
jars have arrived
—from the Thomasville Baptist
Orphanage to be filled, it is an
nounced by Mrs. T. S. Moxley,
chairman of the canning commit
tee of the Alleghany Baptist As
sociation. Many churches have al
ready taken their quota. Others
can get the jars from Smithey’s
Store basement.
Annual reunion
of Royal-Miles
—Brooks clans will meet at Roar
ing Gap Baptist Church on U. S.
highway number 21 on Sunday,
Sept. 1st. at 1U o'clock a. m.
An interesting program has been
arranged including noted speak
ers and singing choirs from dif
ferent sections. The public is
eodially invited to attend, with a
well filled basket, for dinner on
the grounds.,
James Hawthorne, who i-- away
so much at his work on the 'high
ways-, spen t the week-end .at home.
That Stratford
boy still hits
Bull’s-eyes
—and, seeking to add more
laurels to the scores he has
already acquired, Master
Gunnery Sergeant Thomas
j J. Jones, formerly of Stratford,
j is practicing daily with the expert
i Marine Rifle Team, in prepara
| tion for the forthcoming National
i Matches, to be held at Camp
Perry, Ohio, according to reports
: received from the Ohio camp.
The Matches will start the first
| week of September.
] None of the group of riflemen
assembled here has had more ex
perience than Sergeant Jones. He
! was born in Scottsville, and form
erly made his home with his bro
ther, Rufus A. Jones, of Stratford.
For more than twenty years he
j has been an outstanding rifle
| men of the Marine Corps.
, He began winning prizes for
; shooting when he was serving
1 with the Marines in Cuba in
; 1918, and has added to his col
lection year by year since that
time. Back in 1921 he won places
and prizes in eight shooting
events, and since then has won
literally hundreds of medals in
China, the. United States, and
other foreign posts.
Last year he was a member of
the Marine Corps rifle team
which won the National Rifle
Team match at Camp Perry, de
feating 119 of the crack rifle
teams of the country. He also
holds the Yangtze service medal
awarded to him for his service
in China a few years, ago. One of
his greatest feats occurred in
1921. That was when he broke
the --world’s' record by making 133
consecutive bull’s-eyes at 300
yards at Wakefield, Mass,
Misses Lillie Ervin and Marie
Perry returned home Sunday
after spending a week in New
York attending the World’s Fair.
Who’ll Win Millionth 1940 Chevrolet?
This car, the one millionth 1940 model built by Chev
rolet m this year when demand for its product has
Mattered many records, is to be awarded to the winner of
a nationwide contest, and may become the property of an
owner of an old Chevrolet right here in town. Chevrolet,
whose all-time production is now nearing 16,000,000, is
conducting a search for the one millionth Six produced
after the introduction of the valve-in-head six-cylinder
Chevrolet in 1929. To the owner of that car, or of the
closest approach thereto—a* specified in rales obtainable
at all Chevrolet dealers—the company will present this
up-to-the-minute model, phis a trip to the New York
World’s Fair, where the car is being displayed in tbc
General Motors Building. In the photo are W. J. Graveson
(left), Atlantic Coast regional manager for Chevrolet, and.
Wilbur Shaw, three-time winner of the Indianapolia
Speedway race, who was a visitor,at the Fair on the day
of the car’s arrival there.
Castevens Motor Company
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