ALLEGHANY
STAR*TIMES
OVER HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
52nd. Year. - No. 48. Sparta, N. C. Thursday, July 24, 1941.
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Washington, D. C.—In spite of
the optimistic bulletins from Mos
cow, Soviet Ambassador Ouman
sky is pressing Washington for
immediate help. In a long con
ference with the President, the
Soviet diplomat is said to have
emphasized the need for a “new
European front” which would
compel Hitler to withdraw enough
troops, planes and tanks from his
offensive in Russia to insure Red
Army resistance until winter
comes.
It is foolish to predict what is
ahead for the drafted men, the
National Guards and the reserve
officers now in the U. S. Army,
but all signs point to Congress
following the advice of the men
professionally responsible for cre
ating that army. Chairman Rey
nolds of the Senate committee on
Military Affairs insists that the
men be sent home after the end
of their year in active service.
General Marshall is pleading that
the short term be extended to
within six months after the ex
piration of the national emer
gency.
The Chief of Staff is not the
first American commander to
have trouble over short-term
soldiers. General Washington
pleaded for long-term enlistments
after discovering that a first>class
army could not be perfected with
in a single year. The record
shows that in the Revolution, the
War of 1812, the Mexican War,
and the Civil War, whole regi
ments marched > home, regardless
of the immediate need and the
status of the campaign, because
their time was up. That was the
record of folly and loss which
led .to universal enrollment in
1917 “for the duration.”
When the new tax bill is re
ported out by the.House Ways
and Means Committee it prob
ably will contain the provision
for joint income tax returns by
husbands and wives. Under its
terms, a husband and wife living
together will have to pool their
incomes for tajftpurposes. Each
spOuse will ~be nabte for "his or
her pro-rata share of the tax.
In the community-property states
it has been common practice for
husbands and wives to file sepa
rate tax returns. They thus es
cape higher surtaxes. In the
other 40 states it has been a
fairly common practice for mar
ried persons to split their income
or to form family partnerships or
corporations to permit separate
returns. That this practice has
been widespread is indicated by
the Treasury estimate that joint
returns would raise approximately
$30Q|000,000 in revenue. The
Treasury, however, does not favor
joint returns.
Briefs: — Direct air transpor
tation of officials to England in
army bombers is preparatory to
establishing regular service for
army officials in the event Ger
many attacks Portugal and pre
vents service to Lisbon. . . In
a private conversation with CIO
Philip Murray, Mr. Roosevelt
agreed that it would be unwise
for Congress to interfere with the
right to strike in defense indus
tries. . . This government is be
coming increasingly annoyed by
the attitude of the President of
Panama, who refuses to cooper
ate with the United' States and
.seems to show partiality to enem
ies of this country. , . In a tank
battle, a German land cruiser
was overturned by a Russian
tank. The German crew crawl
ed out with bicycles and attempt
ed to make off toward their own
lines. “They were not very good
cyclists” the Russians said.
Safe drivers are the survivors!
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Blitzkrieg Slowed To Snail’s Pace
Washington.—Four days of what seems destin
ed to be the greatest and bloodiest battle in history
furnish only one clear clue to what is actually hap
pening along the vast German-Russian front. That is
the fact that the Nazi advance has slowed to a snail’s
pace. For the fourth day in succession Hitler’s head
quarters point to no new breach in the Stalin line,
no new strategic river crossing or rail-and-road junc
tion captured.
• • •
Uncle Sam Proposes To Get There First
Washington.—Speculation that the United States
soon may occupy Spanish and Portuguese islands in
the Atlantic to prevent German encirclement of the
Western Hemisphere increased last night following
a White House conference between President Roose
velt and his Senate consultants on foreign policy.
• • •
Two-year Training In Prospect
Washington.—Authoritative quarters disclose that
the army is planning a rigorous, two-year training pro
gram for 1,500,000 troops to prepare them for emer
gency duty anywhere. The plan envisions not only
training of the regular army but of selectees, national
guardsmen and reservists, assuming they are i*etained
beyond their one-year period of service, as requested
Monday by President Roosevelt.
• • •
Hitlerism Must Be Utterly Destroyed
Washington.—In an apparent attempt to drive
a wedge between Adolf Hitler and the Gennan people
and to encourage eventual revolt in Nazi-conquered
countries, the United States last night proclaimed its
post-war aims in the most definite terms yet. Empha
sizing that there could be “no peace until the Hitlerite
government of Germany has been finally and utterly
destroyed,” Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state,
plainly addressed his words on the post-war world to
the people of Nazi-Controlled countries.
• • •
More Improvement on Blue Ridge Parkway
Washington.—Allocation of $188,632 to develop
additional units of the Blue Ridge Parkway has been
approved by President Roosevelt, Representative John
H. Folger announced yesterday. The funds will be
used to carry-forward a number of parkway improve
ments in 12 North Carolina counties, including Ashe,
Avery, Alleghany, Wilkes, Surry, Watauga, Mitchell,
McDowell, Burke, Yancey, Buncombe and Caldwell.
Rescued After 12 Days In Open Boat
Norfolk, Va.—Four Red Cross nurses and a Marine
corporal who drifted for 12 days and 11 nights in the
North Atlantic in an open boat after the Norwegian
ship on which they were traveling was torpedoed,
arrived here last night aboard a U. S. transport. The
nurses and tfaf marine were among a group en route
to England. '5*Their ship was torpedoed 'nearly two
weeks ago and the five were believed lost until the
transport, commanded by Captain Clarence Gulbran
son, steamed into Norfolk naval base last night.
• • •
Trainees Learn Faster and Learn More
Washington. — The average draftee is smarter
than the average citizen. Tests covering 130,000
trainees show that 47.13 per cent, are above normal
intelligence, whereas only 31 per cent, of the popu
lation in general falls into the “above normal” group.
The Adjutant General’s Office declared that “this
extra complement of intelligence” would help the
draft troops to "learn faster and learn more.”
“The Postman Rings Twice” . . .
Loading and unloading barges on the Thames River in
London must of necessity go on night and day. Time out can
not be spared to call, for mail, so the postman now “rows” out
and delivers it instead.
Top: With acrobatic skill, the river postman has climbed
on board this barge which carries hundreds of barrels of beer.
He is seen handing over a letter to the barge-man. In the
background Tower Bridge, which is just being opened for some
big liner to pass through.
Bottom: Welcome and friendly, the river postman takes
the letter out of his i>ag to deliver it.
A Very Unique
Service Next
Thursday Night ;
In tJie midst of his revival ser- 1
vices at the Baptist church Rev. j
Mr. Sears has arranged for a ;
very unique program for next 1
Thursday night, July 31st. It
will be a Latvian program of
talks, music and pictures that i
probably will pack the house.
The two speakers will be Mr. j
Carlos Purgailis and Mr. Blumit, |
both natives of Latvia, and they j
will bring songs and stereopticon •
pictures .of their native land.
Mr. Blumit was a delegate :
from Latvia to the Baptist World |
[Alliance in Atlanta, Georgia, in ;
1939. Meantime the war came j
on and Russia took over his !
country so he could not go back. !
Mr. Purgailis left Latvia just j
after the World War with a large \
group who, went to Brazil to \
! colonize in a missionary endeavor, i
Later he came to the United I
States and was a fellow student ;
with- Mr. Sears in the South- !
western Baptist Seminary in Fort !
Worth, Texas. Mr. Purgailis is
now pastor of the Latvian Bap
tist church in New York.
Their whole program should be |
most interesting next Thursday
night.
Next Sunday
50th Anniversary
At Laurel Springs
A grand homecoming and re
union will mark the celebration
next Sunday of the 50th anni- I
versary of the Laurel Springs |
Baptist church. There will be j
morning services and afternoon j
services, with dinner on the
grounds at nooK. Many former
pastors and members of the
church are expected, and Rev.
Walt N. Johnson, of Mars Hill,
will be the feature speaker. Mr.
Frank Doughton has been clerk
of the church for 41 years, and
one member has been a member
there 49 years. It will be a
suitable half-century celebration.
Another Call
For Ten Men
For Fort Bragg
Last Friday nine men left for
a year of army training at Fort
Bragg. Ten were to have gone,
but one was sick and his going
was postponed a few days. And
now comes a call for another
ten men to leave for Fort Bragg j
on August 15. It is not yet
known definitely whether the new
list of ten to go in August will
include any of those who regis
tered recently.
Ralph Cheek
On Visit Here
From V. P. I.
Ralph Cheek was home for a
week-end with the family. He
has been teaching during the first i
part of the college summer school
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
This is somewhat a distinction,
as he is possibly the only Alle
ghany person teaching in college
iat fhe present time. His father,
Prof. J. M. Cheek, was president
of Mars Hill college some years
ago.
Walnut Branch
Walnut Branch, July 1.—Mrs.
Ennice Howell, from the state of
Washington, who is visiting her
brother, Morris Moxley, near In
dependence, spent last Tuesday
night here with her cousins, Miss
es Etta and Charity Moxley.
Mr. and Mrs/ Monroe Blevins,
from Galax, visited Mr. Blevins’
sister, Mrs. Dora Musgrove, here
Sunday. They also visited Mr.
Blevins’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Blevins, at Sparta, Sunday
evening.
L. K. Boyer, agriculture teach
er in the Piney Creek High
school, was a business visitor in
this community Saturday evening.
James Musgrove visited rela
tives at Galax last week.
Bruce Vanhoy lost a fine three
months-old Hereford calf last
week with Blackleg.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Musgrove
and little daughter, Betty Flo,
visited Mrs. Musgrove’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roupe, at
New Hope, Sunday.
Charles Edwards, from New
Hope, was in this community
last week buying stock ewes.
Miss Etta Moxley spent Sun
day evening in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Fender.
North Carolina Peaches
“Buy and can all the North Carolina peaches you can
afford this season” is the advice of Mrs. J. Melville Broughton,
wife of the Governor, who is shown above admiring a bushel of
peaches sent to her by the N. C. Peach Growers’ Society for
canning. “The grading program of the State Department of
Agriculture and the quality of the crop give assurance to all
housewives that they can secure the finest table and canning
peaches this year,” Mrs. Broughton observed. North Carolina’s
orchardists expect to harvest a 2,484,000-bushel crop this season.
Methodist Revival
And Bible School
Are Successful
Rev. Herman F. Duncan, came
from the Elkin Methodist church
and grave a week of earnest and
inspiring: talks in the Methodist
church here. Then the Vacation
Bible School under the able di
rection of Miss Inskeep, Mrs.
Vaughan and Maxine Reeves car
ried the grood work along, and
last Sunday Rev. Mr. Strader
had the joy of seeing seven new
ones added to the church and
60 certificates * handed to the
Bible school pupils.
This week Rev. Mr. Strader is
carrying on a series of revival
meetings at the Potato Creek
church.
Glade Creek
Glade Valley, July 22.—Prof,
and Mrs. R. C. White and their
daughter, Margaret Anne, and
son, Robert, Jr., spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Eldridge. Prof. White, of Ram
seur, was formerly a teacher in
the Glade Valley High school and
is now principal of the Ramseur
High school.
Rev. Clark D. Benson, of
Wheaton, 111., and a graduate of
Columbia Seminary, Class of ’41,
was a week-end visitor at the
high school.
The Glade Valley Presbyterian
Sunday school had a record at
tendance for the summer last
Sunday, with seventy present.
The Vacation Bible school has
now enrolled sixty-five, and on
Monday fifty-five were present.
It had been announced that when
fifty were present a balloon would
be. sent up. This number and
above being present Monday, Rev.
C. W. Ervin, of the Science de
partment of the high school, sent
a red balloon up at high noon,
bearing the name Glade Valley
Bible School. The balloon, after
soaring high in the sky, floated
in a northerly direction.
Bill Spencer, of Raleigh, is
spending his vacation at Glade
Valley.
Bryan Eldridge left Monday
to spend some time with Robert
White, Jr., at Ramseur, N. C.
Dan D. Rhodes spent the week
end at Graham, N. C., where he
spoke to the Men’« Bible class of
Graham Presbyterian Church on
Sunday, and on Monday after
noon presented the work of the
Glade Valley High school to the
Ladies Auxiliary of the same
church.
Luther Clegg, of Greensboro^
a graduate of G. V. H. S., Class
Baptist Church
Revival Meetings
Began Last Night
Rev. Mr. Sears, just home from
a week of teaching: a Mission
Study course in Belmont to an
enthusiastic group, plunged in last
night to a series of revival meet
ings that will be held each even
ing at 8 o’clock, and continue
some ten days. Assisting Mr.
Sears are Rev. Herbert and Mrs.
Miller who come as singers and
personal workers. Everybody is
| invited every evening at 8 o’clock.
Rev. Mr. Blackburn is conduct
ing a series of revival meetings
at Mt. Carmel Baptist church all
this week.
Liberty W. M. S.
Met Last Saturday
Liberty Baptist church W. M.
S. held its July meeting on Sat
urday at the church.
The president, Mrs. E. E.
Caudill, presided and Mrs. W. B.
Estep conducted the devotionals.
The program on “China and
Japan” was led by Mrs. R. E.
Richardson, assisted by Mrs.
James Me D. Wagoner, Mrs.
B. L. Jarvis, Mrs. Arthur Mat
thews and Mrs. William Wagoner.
It was decided to hold a mission
study class in August.
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of ’41, recently presented the
school with a gift of numerous
hand tools for the Manual Train
ing shop. The power machines,
seven in number, have already
been purchased, therefore Mr.
Clegg’s gifts will add greatly to
the equipment of the shop.
Rev. R. L. Berry filled his
regular appointment at the Pres
byterian church here Sunday, and
we were very glad to have Prof.
R. C. White’s family and Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Mead to worship with
us.
Miss Margaret Anne White is
spending this week with Miss Bet
ty Jo Gentry, of Glade Valley.
Oh, Your Honor,
How Cynical
Graham, N. C. — Magistrate
Charles N. Jones performed a
marriage ceremony for a couple
and the bridegroom asked what
he charged.
Said Jones:
“Whatever you think it’s
worth.”
The bridegroom handed him a
quarter.
Jones gave him back 15 cents
in change.
■;
Gov. Proclaims
“Peach Week”
July 27-August 3
Governor Broughton, citing the
nutritional value of peaches and
the necessity of food conservation
through canning to bolster the
national defense program, has
issued a proclamation designating
the week of July 27-August 3 as
“Peach Week” in North Carolina.
“I urge upon the citizenship of
our state special consideration of
the importance of the peach in
dustry and of the value of the
peach as one of the most delight
ful, nutritious and wholesome
fruits, and bring to their atten
tion the economic benefits which
w’ould result from the increased
consumption of the peach as a
fresh fruit and also for canning
and preserving, to the end that
the health of the State may be
enriched and added stability given
to this important industry,” Gov
ernor Broughton said in his
proclamation. He emphasized that
“the conservation of summer
fruits and foods is given an add
ed impetus at this time on ac
count of the ever expanding de
fense program.”
Recognizing that North Caro
lina “is blessed with a bountiful
crop of peaches of excellent qual
ity," the Governor said that “the
State, through its Division of
Markets in the N. C. Department
of Agriculture, desires to co
operate to the fullest extent with
the peach growers of our State
in the campaign which has been
[inaugurated for a greater home
[use of peaches.”
He added that “the proper
marketing, handling and utili
[ zation of this season’s peach crop
i is a matter of importance and
'concern to the citizenship of our
State.”
North Carolina’s 1941 peach
production has been estimated at
2,484,000 bushels, 85 per cent
above last season.
Woman’s Club
Will Meet Friday
The Woman’s Club will hold its
regular monthly meeting on Fri
day at 3 o’clock in the Woman’s
club room.
The program will be on Na
tional Defense, in case a guest
speaker is not secured.
Mrs. A. O. Joines is program
leader for the July meeting.
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Next Sunday
| At The Churches
July 27, 30th Sunday
Sparta Presbyterian church at
11 o’clock, Rev. Mr. Berry, ahd
Rocky Ridge at 3 o’clock.
Sparta Baptist church at 11
o’clock.
Laurel Springy Baptist church,
50th Anniversary Homecoming,
morning, afternoon and evening
services, Rev. Walt N. Johnson,
of Mars Hill and others.
Scottville Baptist church at 11
o’clock, Rev. Mr. Caldwell.
Cox’s Chapel at 11 o’clock and
Potato Creek at 3 o’clock, Rev.
Mr. Strader.
Nathan’s Creek at 11 o’clock,
Rev. Mr. Ferree.
Crab Creek church, cleaning
cemetery on Thursday and me
morial services on Sunday.
Antioch at 11 o’clock.
Mt. Carmel Church of the
Brethren at 11 o’clock.
Baptist churches of Little River
Association—*
Landmark
Mt. Ararat
Saddle Mountain
South Fork
Cherry Lane Union Baptist
church, Elder Ford Walker, of
State Road, and Elder C fa u d
Bartley, of Low Gap, will preach
on Saturday and Sunday.
Welcome Home Union Baptist
church.
Mt.
at
Cleaning at Mt.
on Thursday, July
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