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ALLEGHANY STAR ‘"TIMES OVER HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY 52nd. Year. No. 13. Thursday, November 14, 1940. Sparta, N. C. I I ■ wShJZ I Washington, D. C., Nov. 11.— ^Campaign arguments may have confused the people of this coun try on the attitude of the pres ent administration toward the war. High officials remind us, therefore, that the prospect of the U. S. declaring war on either Germany or, Japan is nil. American policy will probably embrace a program something like this: continue giving all pos sible aid to Britain short of war; defend the Philippines so long as they remain American soil; de fend this hemisphere from all attacks, whether direct or indi rect, and gradually cut down on war supplies shipments to Japan until no more leave these shores for that country. It goes without saying that the rearmament pro gram will continue as the lead ing item of our policy. Federal authorities are finally beginning to crack down on fore ign agents in the U. S. whose ob ject is to hamper or delay our defense effort and that being made in behalf of Britain. In siders claim that the evidence gathered during a long period of caution and delay involves con suls and even officials of an em bassy in Washington. From usually reliable sources comes news that a great mass of the German Army is being moved southward presumbly for trans port to North Africa. Some re ports assert that the Nazis are to aid the Fascists in a fierce thrust, supported by an enormous weight of mechanized vehicles and air craft, against the Egyptian port and British naval base of Alex andria. Although inspired London cir cles now agree that Adolf Hitler’s scheduled plan for the invasion of Britain has, for the moment, been abandoned, there is still a strong possibility (if not a proba bility) that the Germans will at tempt a landing in Eire, to keep Britain preoccupied near home while the African campaign de velops. It is true that the pre requisite for successful invasion of the British Isles—aerial sup remacy—has hot been obtained by the German Luftwaffe, but the Nazis’ shelving of the project is regarded as due less to that than to the dangerous situation in Italy. Washington salons are whisper ing about the reported shakeup in President Roosevelt’s third term cabinet. Henry L. Stimson, who is expected to retire soon, may be replaced by Robert A. Patter son, now Assistant Secretary of War. Attorney General Robert H, Jackson is slated to fill the first Supreme Court vacancy—no successor mentioned. Postmaster General Walker is known to have only temporarily accepted by the post vacated by James A. Farley, and will probably retire before the end of tfie year. Democratic Na tional Chairman Edward J. Flynn is the man mentioned for that post. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins may be replaced by either Sidney Hillman or Daniel Tobin— both national figures in the la bor movement. Slated to be re tained are Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Mongenthau, Sec retary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Babson Predicts A New Party Roger W. Babson, business ana lyst and Prohibition Party Presi dential nominee, predicted yester day the birth of a successful new political party “within four to eight years.” “The time is coming," Mr. Bab son declared at a campaign rally, “when the voteirs will cast aside both major parties and go either to a coalition government or to some third party. “It is up to you to see. that it is a conservative third party and not some Socialist or Communist group.’’ Our wo rid... Winter’s First Fierce Blast Chicago.—A raging pre-winter storm, accompan ied by tornadic winds, blizzards and sub-freezing tem peratures, swept across the nation Monday, killing many and causing heavy property damage. The storm extended from the Rocky Mountains to the Ap palachians and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, bringing snow in the north and tornadoes and a cold wave in the deep south. The nation’s storm death toll reached at least 98 Tuesday night as terrific winds continued to pound Great Lakes and Eastern Seaboard regions and bitter, subnormal cold gripped most states. Minnesota, whose motorists were beleagured by heavy snows and whose hunters were caught in freezing temperatures or heavy winds on lakes and streams, had the highest death total—23. Eight hunters and 15 motorists were counted among the state’s fatalities. • • • Is This Sabotage? New York, Nov. 13.—Three plants manufacturing explosives—one working on defense contracts—were struck by death-dealing blasts within 50 minutes Tues day, leaving a toll of 14 dead and at least 25 injured. All three plants were in the important northeastern industrial area, although in widely-separated sections of Western and Eastern Pennsylvania and the New York harbor shoreside of New Jersey. The Federal Bureau of Investigation quickly swung into action, an nouncing that operatives already were investigating the blast which took three men’s lives at the Trojan Powder Company plant near Allentown, Pa. The concern has army and navy contracts totaling at least $202,150. • • • Earthquake, Fire, Terror Bucharest, Rumania, Nov. 11.—Huge fires burn ing out the heart of Bucharest and new earth shocks spread fresh terror in earthquake-devastated Rumania tonight and made vastly more dangerous the national task of succoring thousands of injured and homeless. African French Colony Surrenders London, Nov. 11.—The surrender of Libreville, principal port of the Gabon colony of French equa torial Africa to the “free French” forces of General Charles de Gaulle was announced today. The an nouncement said the commanding officer at Libreville surrendered at 4:40 a. m. Sunday and the “free French” warships Savorgnan de Brassa and Command ant Domineof had entered the city harbor. Hitler and Molotoff Bargaining Berlin, Nov. 13.—In a “strictly business” atmos phere, Adolf Hitler and Soviet Premier Vyacheslaff Molotoff sat down yesterday to talks which may prove portentous for the entire world. Out of them, same informed Nazis believed, the Soviet union may emerge as a partner of Germany, Italy and Japan in their shaping of a “new world order.” But authorized sources made it clear that nothing official could be expected on the trend of the conversations for the time being. British Smash an Italian Warship Rome, Nov. 12.—An Italian warship was severely damaged by bombs early yesterday in the first British air raid—a raid which Fascists termed costly—on the naval base at Taranto, at the head of the Gulf of Taranto which forms the instep to Italy’s boot. The high command, acknowledging the damage, said six of the attacking planes were shot down and three other probably hit badly. England Mourns As Death Claims Chamberlain Neville life’s aim Chamberlain, whose was to promote peacej in Europe, found his own peace in j death, November 9, while Eng-1 land was being torn by the bombs he had tried to keep from falling. The former prime minister died early Saturday night in his countryside home, a weary war rior, spent from his crusade for peace, and the taxing toll of years of bitter struggle. His strength sapped by months of illness, the 71-year-old states man had lain gravely ill in his Hampshire home for several days and had been so deeply in coma prior to his demise that it is doubtful whether he knew that King George VI and Queen Eliza beth spent an hour at his bed side during the week. His wife and two sisters were with him in his old farmhouse when he passed away. Probably Chamberlain’s body will be taken to London, and be buried i nWestminster Abbey, in Whose crypts lie the remains of many of Britain’s great. This great apostle of peace was Britain’s prime minister from 1937 until May 10, 1940, during the troublous years which saw the Munich “peace” and the first nine months which followed the declaration of war which Cham berlain broadcast to the world Sept. 3, 1939. On the day he resigned, Germany invaded the low countries of Europe and be gan the swift western campaign which cost France her liberty and Britain her one active ally. As soon as his death was made known to the populace, all Eng land went into mourning. The Uev. H. R. P. Tringham said in a brief eulogy of the former pre mier : “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God, and no one has worked harder for our peace. Al though his work seemed a fail ure, it was grand failure.” Boy Trained by Red Cross Rescues Eight When eight people get into a rowboat, it often results in trou ble. Clarence Walker, a 14-year old mid-western boy learned this in a Red Cross Life Saving Class. Disregarding Clarence’s advice, his mother and several friends set out one afternoon in a rowboat riding dangerously low in the water. Several of them were un able to swim, so Clarence went along, just in case. The inevitable happened; the small craft cap sized and came up bottom first. The seconds that followed were a busy time for Clarence. Draw ing on his knowledge of Red Cross water safety, he succeeded in getting all of the party but one to grasp the sides of the row boat—which he knew would sup port them safely until help came. In the confusion, one person was missing. Clarence made several surface dives and found his friend lying on the bottom, under the boat. Clarence pulled him to the surface as a rescue boat arrived. Twenty minutes later, through Clarence’s ability to give artifi cial respiration, the near-drowned friend regained consciousness. Countless .incidents like this are happening every summer on our lakes and beaches to demonstrate the value of Red Cross training. Senator Pittman, Foreip Relations Chairman, Dies Senator Key Pittman, 68, chair man of the United States , Senate committee on foreign relations, died at the Washoe general hos pital in Reno, Nevada, just after midnight Sunday morning, Nov.! 10, The veteran legislator, although ' not in vigorous health when he went home to campaign success-1 fully for re-election, had not com-] plained of any illness. But last Saturday, when he failed to ap- j pear at a political rally in Reno, his failing health became known i publicly. Monday night—election eve— i he was taken to the hospital, and his physician, Dr. A. J. Hood, dis-, dosed that he had been in bad health throughout the campaign. Senator Pittman, first elected] to the United States Senate in j 1912 for an unexpired term of | four years, defeated Samuel Platt, Republican, in last Thursday’s i election—his sixth successive vic tory for that office. The senator’s wife, Mimosa j Gates Pittman, was at his bed-] side when death came. His bro- ; ther, Dail Pittman, newspaper ] publisher of Ely, Nevada, was en route to the senator’s home when | death occurred. Probably interment will be in Tonopah, his home city. Key Pittman was born in Vicks burg, Miss., Sept. 19, 1872. He was educated at the Southwestern Presbyterian University and at George Washington University. In 1892 he began law practice in! Seattle, Washington. From 1897 to 1901 he was in the Northwest: Territory and ser ved on the committee which form-; Mated the “conJKnt” form of, gov-; eminent for Nome, Alaska. He : was first prosecuting attorney of : that city. ! In January, 1902, he went to ' Tonopah, Nevada, which was his ! home until his death. He Was secretary of the Sen ! ate Democratic caucus, and secre : tary of the committee on plat form resolutions of the Democrat ic national convention of 1924, j and he was also appointed by President Roosevelt as United States delegate to the Economic Conference in London in June of 1933. Pittman’s first try for public I office Was in 1912 when he ran j for the Nevada senatorial seat, | won, and remained in that job tfor 28 years. I ' Farm income in North Carolina for the first six months of 1940 is 20 per cent greater than for i the same period last year, re ports Russell I’. Handy, junior statistician of the State Depart ment of Agriculture. 4 R>f' Chairman Norman H. Davis American Red Cross Red Cross Work An International Ministration President Roosevelt knew what he was doing when he appointed Norman H. Davis chairman of the American Red Cross on April 12, 1938, for his past record as organizer, diplomat and financier shows him preeminently fitted for his present position. Mr. Davis’ career reads like a chapter from Who’s Who in the field of success. From private business he turned to public ser vice in 1917, to which he has substantially devoted his time for the past 20 years. Known inter nationally as a diplomat and fi nancier, he has served on interna tional .missions under Presidents Wilson, Hoover, and Roosevelt. His post as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Lea gue of Red Cross Societies, com prises Red Cross organization ac tivities in 61 nations. A native of Tennessee, Mr, Davis was born August 9, 1878. He attended Vanderbilt Universi ty and Leland Stanford Univer sity and holds honorary degrees from the University of the South, Columbia, Harvard and Princeton Universities. During the ' World War he volunteered his services to the Government and served as adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury on foreign loans, and as Finance Commissioner of the United States to Europe. He also administered • successively as a member of the Supreme Econom ic Council, financial adviser to President Wilson and the Ameri can Commission . to Negogiate Peace. In 1924 he was appointed by the Council of the League of Nations as chairman of a com mission to determine the status of Meinel. Briefly summarizing Mr. Davis’ official activities since he was a member of the American Dele gation to the International Eco nomic Conference in Geneva in 1927 he has been successively, a member of the League of Nations Financial Commission ; a member of the organizing committee for the International Monetary and Economic Conference in 1932; a delegate from the U. S. to the Disarmament Conference in Gen eva and Chairman of the delega tion in 1933; a delegate to the London Naval Conference in ’35; chairman of the U. S. Delegation to the International Sugar Con ference in ’37, and American del egate to the Nine Power Con ference on the Sino-Japanese con flict also in ’37. In may, 1937, Mr. Davis was awarded the Woodrow Wilson medal when he was cited for long varied services in the cause f Young Women Meet Tonight j The Young Women’s Circle of | the Woman’s Society of Christian j Service will meet at the home of Mrs. I*. H. Tompkins, Jr., on i Thursday evening, November 14, j at 6 :45 o’clock. Miss Wilma i Rat ledge will be associate hostess j and Mrs. Robert M. Gambill pro j gram leader. Sparta High Joins 4 County Athletic Association For the first time in the sports annals of Sparta High School, it has joined an athletic association I and established a regular sched ! ule of games-,' The local academic boys and girls basket ball quintets are now full fledged members of the Yad kin Valley Four County Athletic Association. The four counties represented in the athletic com | bine, are Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes ! and Yadkin. Beginning Friday ! night, when the local five, take on their Jefferson rivals at Jef ferson, the Sparta Hi basketeers will follow their new official playing schedule, which, for the, entire ’40-’41 season lists their games as: Nov. 15, Sparta vs.; Jefferson, at Jefferson. Nov. 19, Sparta vs. Millers I Creek, at Millers Creek, j Nov. 22, Sparta vs, Mt. Park, 1 at Mt. Park. ... Nov. 2d, Sparta vs. Beulah, at1 Beulah. Dec. 3:, Sparta Vs. Millers | Creek, at Sparta. I Dec. 6, Sparta vs.. Beulah, at I Sparta. Dec. 12, Sparta vs, Honda, at 1 Honda. j Jan. 9, 1941, Sparta vs, Honda, ' at Sparta.' Jan. 14, Sparta, vs. Boonville, j at Boonville. | Jan. . 30,. Sparta ys. Mt. View, ! at Sparta. Feb, 4, Sparta vs. Mt. View, at i Mt. View. Feb. 7. Sparta vs, Dobson, at Dobson, ' Feb. 11, Sparta vs. Boonville, at Sparta. Feb. 19, Sparta vs. Dobson, at Sparta. Feb. 21, Sparta vs. Mt. Park, at Sparta. A Surprise Bridal Shower A surprise shower ...was given i Mr>,'Guy. W. Pugh last Thursday afternoon, at the home of Mrs, D. M. Pugh. Many useful gifts were .pre j seated the bride, and everyone en l joyed the event.. .■ -Refreshments (consisting of cake and grape (juice were served by Mrs, Delia I Hugh and daughter, Velma, j Those present were: Mrs. Myr ! tie Tolliver, Mrs, Ella Edwards, ! Mrs. Flora Moxley, Mrs. Lena j Black, Mrs. Edith Blevins, Miss I Mozelle Blevins, Mrs, Lottie Smith, Mrs. Carrie Smith, Mrs. Dora Douglas, Mrs. Mattie Smith, and Miss Edna Rae Smith. Others who sent gifts were Mrs. Della Ward of Grumpier, and Mrs. Belle Blevins. Preaching At Cranberry Church Elder E. A. Long will preach at Cranberry Church at 11 o’clock } on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday in November, the 16th and 17th. The public will be welcome at both services. of better international relation ship. Thousands Perish When Earthquake Recks Rumania Rumania’s, worst earthquake in history occurred when the forces of nature put on a devastating blitzkrieg of their own early last Sunday morning, killing and in juring, thousands and setting fire* to raging in rich oil fields. Thousands were made homeless, while most of the buildings with in the thickly populated 5,00.0 square mile area in and about Bucharest were damaged. Entire towns were leveled to the ground, and tens of millions of dollars in property destroyed. Hardly a house in the city of Bucharest was untouched. The violent temblor struck at h:3h last Sunday morning, at which time it is averred that near ly 2,000 persons were killed out right. It is said that the damage done to Galati, site of a Rumanian submarine base, will hamper any immediate plans of the German general staff to initiate a large scale movement of troops through Rumania in any Balkan campaign. It is probable, also, that- produc tion of vital oil supplies for the German military machine will be interrupted or slowed down. North Carolina Farmers Ready for Any Defense Call “Uncle Sarri, we are ready for any def9n.se call!” North Carolina farmers can now say, according to. the facts and figures, compiled by the- N. C, Agriculture Exten sion service.. .. _ This ppiniem is no more pipe dream, but is based upon the careful observations and knowl edge of North. Carolina's S59 farm and home agents in the 100 counties of the state, plus its 80 subject matter specialists at N, C. State college. The physical condition of North Carolina farmland is better to day. than, at any time since be fore the World War. The fertility of the soil has been built up through the Agricultural Conser vation. program. Restricted pro duction has enabled farmers to “rest": a part of their, land each year, to raise and plow under legumes, and to control /erosion. Although the cash income from tobacco in . 1940 is less . than in 19.TO. the ’o9 fanners, produced about Ml per cent more tobacco .than i i.i 1949, while they used l orrespondihgly larger amounts of (turn to page five, please) Aunt Betty’s Birthday Dinner A birthday dinner was given last Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Mack Toliver’s home for Mrs. L. M. (Aiint Betty) Andrews who was 79 years old on Now 11th. A bountiful dinner was spread and thoroughly enjoyed by about sixty guests and friends who had come to do Aunt Betty honor. The religious service by Rev. Johnnie Tolliver was a splendid tribute to a mother, neighbor, and relative, loved by all who have ever known her. She is the mother of six living children. The three who were not there were George L. Andrews, of Raleigh, N. C., Kennie R. Andrews of Johnson City ‘ ,Tenn,, and Mrs. Mvrtle Hudson of Princeton, W. Va. Aunt Betty is somewhat feeble, but enjoys seeing her relatives and friends and talking with them. NAPPY By Ifv Tirman C'MON,GOOBER/SWING LIKE Y'MEAN IT/ , Y'CALL THAT SHADOW BOXIN'?DON,TCHa' REALIZE WE GOTTA FIGHT TUFFY'S EGGS?J LISSEN?IF I SWING ANY HARDER,ME, SHADOW'LL SCREAM T J AN' YOU PINKY.' WHY y'aauffed W COJAPLETELV^ HOW LONG C*N YA LAST FIGHTIN* , THAT WAY?T&K?TSKf HERE LEMME SHOW YA f 1 Y'GONNA C MUSCLES ON YER JAW.' Y'AIN'T STOPPED GAB&N' SINCE WE COME IN A NOW WHEN Y'PULL BACK YER RIGHT, LIKE t THIS .Y'GOTTA COVER UP WITH YER LEFT— ] LIKE THISfF
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