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ALLEGHANY STAR-KTIMES OVER HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY 52nd. Year. - No. 52. Sparta, N. C. Thursday, August 21, 1941. Strikes and threatened strikes in defense industries are on the rise again, and chances are that they will continue to rise. The factors creating the trend are fairly well defined. Here are the major ones: Quarterly reports of large cor porations show bigger profits in 1941 than in 1940 despite higher wages and taxes. The cost of living is on a sharp upgrade and threatens to elimi nate whatever wage increases were granted during the past year. Sales and excise taxes are ris ing. So are income taxes, which may soon reach a considerably larger number of union members than previously. Last but not least is the large number of certificates issued by the National Labor Relations Board which shows that big and small plants throughout the coun try are being certified for the first time—and with the consent of the employer, thereby elimi nating the necessity for an elec tion. These forces are creating un rest among workers and are prov ing strong arguments in the or ganization drives started by union leaders of late. This may mean more collective bargaining than before. President Roosevelt has always believed that personal meetings between ranking officials of ma jor powers could accomplish much in a short time. At one time he envisioned a meeting on the broad Atlantic with Hitler and Mussolini to try to clear up prob lems without resorting to war. This is what made press cor respondents in Washington last week believe that the President was taking part in a meeting with Prime Minister Churchill some where on the Atlantic. The failure of Marshall Goer ing to bring out new models of warplanes in the Russian cam paign is causing air officials both here and in England to wonder whether something isjorng wrong wftff tBs tsemfin alMWft Indus try. These officials are becoming more optimistic about longer range implications of Russian re sistance. In April last year the United States Government froze 267 mil lion dollars of funds in the United States that belonged to Norway and Denmark. That was the be ginning of “freezing”—which was a plan to keep the funds of the invaded countries from being used by Germany and others. Today these foreign funds amount to more than 714 billion dollars. Perhaps you may have forgotten some of those nations that were stormed and crushed by Hitler. Those unfortunate na tions that are being defended by the United States are Denmark, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Czecho slovakia, Finland, Portugal, China, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Es tonia, Latvia, Lithuania. A lot of legislation before Congress is being promoted by a subterfuge under claims for Na tional Defense. These issues in clude the St. Lawrence seaway, the Florida ship canal, excessive highway appropriations, and other questionable undertakings—ques tionable because they are straight out proposals that have nothing to do with National Defense. According to the Works Prog ress Administration 4 million new jobs were created during the past kUtSMBMUmD: '/MV, HITT IT HWKOMf «. HOW TUB ROMANS NRE48UTOTCU TIMEBV OWE OF THeSf I' K1<*[IMW NDGSTir 4 CtOTM WRUNG OUT Of Mbsssstgr .[■—■ % Ou r wo r Id... Trouble In France Is Growing Vichy, Franc©.—Marshal Petain yesterday called for a showdown with his political foes, many of whom are under arrest, and announced stem measures to crush opposition to his authoritarian French regime which is moving toward closer “collaboration” with Germany. “A decision must be taken. . . Ether one is for me or against me,” said the aged chief of state in a speech at Royal. Determined to wipe out admit ted hostility to Petain’s regime, the government simul taneously prepared to announce “extremely severe measures” for the crushing of Communists who are opposing the Vichy government’s collaboration with Adolf Hitler. • • • Churchill Very Happy After Atlantic Talk London.—Wreathed in smiles and cigar smoke, Prime Minister Churchill returned home yesterday from his historic Atlantic conference with President Roose velt and in short order did all these things: Told the war cabinet about the meeting at sea and the agree ment to speed the war of extermination against Naziism; arranged to tell the public about it in a radio address next Sunday; went toi see a movie of the con ference, had luncheon with King George and gave him a personal letter from Roosevelt. U. S. Will Send Plane# Direct To Africa Washington.—In a far-reaching step to offset any. German move to French Dakar and to strengthen British forces in the Middle East, President Roose velt announced plans yesterday to ferry American war planes direct to West Africa and on to the Middle East front. The White House announcement, which quickly followed the President’s return from his his toric sea conferences with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, described the new sei'vice as "an important step to speed delivery of planes direct to the Middle East.” • • • U. S. And Japanese Relations Very Tense Tol^yo.—Relations between the United States and Japan admittedly were near the breaking point fol lowing a long conference between the American ambassador, Joseph C. Grew, and Foreign Minister. Vice-Admiral Teijiro Toyoda at which Grew reportedly warned that American pressure on this country will be intensified unless Japan makes fundamental alter ations in her foreign policy. • • • Japan Refuses Passage To British Subjects Tokyo.—British subjects trying to leave Japan are meeting the same frustrations as are Americans, it was learned yesterday as the whole subject became more and more complicated. Responding to the of ficial American statement that Japan had given no satisfactory explanation of the refusal to permit 100 \United States citizens to leave aboard the liner Presi dent Coolidge, a Japanese government spokesman disclaimed any intention to hold Americans as hos tages.—-- -*•* • • • Draftees May Be Released Earlier Washington.—Plans to release selectees and National Guardsmen from the army after they have served 14 to 18 months—instead of the 30-month maximum permissible under law—were announced by the War Department yesterday. It was emphasiz ed that the program depends upon whether the inter national situation becomes more serious. The army hoped it would not be necessary to retain the men for the full 30-month term. Oxford Orphanage Singing Group To Entertain Once again that delightful group of singing youngsters from the Oxford Orphanage is coming to Alleghany county. They will sing and recite in the Piney Creek school auditorium on Fri day night, August 29th at 7:30 o’clock (E.S.T.). Jhere are 14 • children in the group, and those who have heard them before will need no urging to hear them again. Tickets should be obtained in advance from some one of the local com mittees, headed by Ernest Hop pers in Sparta. Welcome, Oxford Singing Class! year. Employment is almost nor mal throughout the country. i _ The Congress ol tne unitea States has extended the term of service of all men in the Army a year and a half. The new legislation declares that "the na tional interest is imperilled.” All men in the Army will receive $10 a month increase in pay af ter the first year. There was a hard, close fight, in both branches of Congress over the question of extending the period of service, and the results show Congress to be in agree ment 'with the Administration, therefore the service men and the Nation will approve the final decision. . The new Washington National Airport is the world’s most mod ern commercial air field. It has all the latest gadgets, including an electric bulletin board that will post instantaneous informa tion of plane movements between this airport and other airports within a radius of 200 miles. If you haven’t seen the new Wash ington airport, then "you ain’t seen nothing, yet.” Farmers Meet At Boone Next Tuesday Farmers of Western North Carolina—men who “talk a lan guage” different from the cotton and flue-cured tobacco farmers of the rest of the State—will hold their annual meeting at Ap palachian State Teachers college in Boone on Tuesday and Wed nesday, August 26 and 27. Sev eral farmers from this county are planning to attend. F. S. Sloan, of Franklin, dis trict farm agent of the State Col lege Extension Service, and R. W. Shoffner, in charge of the TVA Extension demonstration farm program, have arranged the pro gram for the Boone meeting. A minimum of speech-making, and a maximum of discussion, has been planned. The only men mvnea to aa dress the group are Dr. H. A. Morgan, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Dean I. O. Schaub of State College; Dr. L. D. Baver, recently appointed di rector of the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station; and J. C. McAmis, director of the TVA’s division of agricultural relations. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Appalachian college, will welcome the group at the first formal ses sion Tuesday afternoon. The mountain farmers wlil have an opportunity to discuss their sectional problems — beef cattle, dairy, poultry, Burley to bacco and fruit production. Of course the growing of grass, necessary in feed production for livestock, will come in for a ma jor share of attention. The dem onstration farmers will tell of their results from the use of lime, and the superphosphate supplied them by the TVA. The meeting will open with registration Tuesday morning, and an afternoon program of two talks and group discussions. A motion picture show and a barn dance are planned Tuesday night. Reports of the groups will be heard Wednesday morning, fol lowed by two other addresses and adjournment after lunch. With this issue the Alleghany STAR and TIMES Completes the 52nd Yeas of service in report ing news to the people of Alleghany County The Lion’s Cubs Foregather rf this picture, typical ot any of the air training schools in Canada, are seen (left to right) stu dent airmen from Canada, Australia and New Zealand. They are enrolled in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the most gigantic enterprise ot its kind in the world. It is now turning out thousands ot pilots, gunners and observers at about twice the date originally planned tor this tint*. The plan now has 116 establishments ot all kinds Including S3 schools from coast to coast. Its estimated cost for a —Pastes lv Censor. period of three years is $324,000,000 of which amount Canada will pro vide $531,000,000 and also $0 per cent of the students. About 1,500j of the pupils trained or in training with the Royal Canadian Air Force are Americans and 600 American pilots are serving as instructors fpr the Air Training Plan. In addition to sending men overseas, the1 R.C.A.F., with planes on patrol duty, throughout the Dominion and lari out to sea on both coasts daily, Is a Sowerful factor in Canada-United tales Defense. / 1 Estel Bedsaul Took Prize At Fiddlers Contest Last Friday and Saturday nights the eighth annual Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax drew close to 10,000 people who love the old-time mountain music and the folk songs that have been handed down from gener ation to generation. Contests were held in seven divisions. In the dulcimer con test five persons entered; in folk singing there were 16 entries; in guitar, 41; in banjo, 25; in Addle, 36; in band contest, 33, and in clog dancing 19 contest ants. In the guitar playing, Estel Bedsaul, of Ennice and Sparta, was one of 41 contestants, and he took the 5th prize. Last year he was driving a school bus, and this year he is the able assistant to Mr. Roe in the new Western Auto Store in Sparta. In the clog dancing contest Banner Barker, of Low Gap, took second prize in a field of 19 contestants. In banjo there were 25 entries and Wade Ward, of Independence, took 1st prize, while M. B. Tri vette, of Fleetwood, N. C., took 5th prize. Among the bands the “Leaks ville Entertainers” of Leaksville, N. C., took 1st prize. And in the fiddles, D. C. Walker, of Leaksville, tied for 3rd prize. Other prizes went largely to Virginia' contestants. Dr. R. C. Bowie, of Galax, was master of ceremonies during both nights of the convention, which was held under the auspices of the Moose Lodge of Gsdax and the Galax Parent-Teacher Associ ation. Contestants were entered from Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland, and vied for a share of the $132.50 offered in prizes. British Admit Loss Of 28th Submarine The British submarine Cacha lot, which the Italian high com mand announced August 4 was rammed and broken in two by an Italian torpedo boat in the Medi terranean, was acknowledged by the admiralty last night to be overdue and considered lost It was the 28th acknowledged Brit ish submarine floss since the war began. 1 Parkway Birthday Campfire Party Sunday Night Ranger Coombs of the Park way invites us all to the Birthday Campfire next Sunday night at Bluff Park at 7:30 o’clock, E.S.T. It seems that on Monday, Au gust 25, the National Park Serv ice, created by an Act of Con gress in 1916, will be twenty five years old. The quarter-cen tury has seen many of the most beautiful scenic features of our nation brought under public own ership as National Parks, and the anniversary will be marked by celebrations in many of the 191 federal park areas throughout the Nation. The seven-year old Blue Ridge Parkway, though young in com parison with such venerables as the Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Mt. Rainier Parks, is a large and fast growing member of the fam ily, and on the Parkway we will light Jubilee Campfires on Sun day night, August 24, at Rocky Knob Park in Virginia and at Bluff Park in North Carolina. The campfire programs will be in | charge of the Parkway Rangers. | Short talks will be given by the Rangers, who will speak inform ally also of their interesting ex periences in this and other parts of the ' country. Group singing about the campfire will be a prin cipal feature of the evening’s program. The fire at the Bluff Park will bo lit in the vicinity of the mea dow picnic area, and at Rocky Knob the visitors will gather at the new playfield area near the picnic grounds where the several campfires were held last year. Everyone is invited to join us on the eve of our 26th birthday, Sunday night, next. Secretary Knox Praises Boy’s Mother Secretary Knox had words of praise yesterday for an American mother who consented to the en listment of her youngest son in the navy despite the fact that one of his brothers had perished in a submarine disaster and another already was serving with the fleet. In a letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Venaus, of Lawrence, Nebr., the navy secretary said her action typified “a spirit which has made our navy the greatest in the world —it is the spirit which built thie great country.” Womans Club To Meet Today The Womans Club will meet in the assembly room of the county office building on Thursday (to day) at 3 o’clock, instead of Friday as scheduled. Pauline Payne Shot To Death In Fries Theatre A thorough search continues for Elza Cox, 25, married man of Fries, who Shot to death pret ty Pauline Payne, 18, in a crowd ed Fries theatre Saturday night. No trace has been found of the fugitive who was iast seen late Saturday night at Anderson Funk’s home at the foot of the mountain, about four miles from Fries. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at the Fries Baptist church for the victim. Mayor Harvin B. Sutherland, of Fries, indicated that officers had reason to believe Cox had fled into North Carolina. Cox is known to have several relatives in the vicinity of Elkin and knows that section well, he said. The young girl was shot Satur day night while watching the movie, “The Invisible Woman,” with her escort, Virgil Marshall, Baywood CCC enrollee. Among those witnessing the tragedy were Lois Payne, 16-year-old sister who was sitting with friends about three rows back. She told officers that Cox walk ed up and down the theatre aisle four or five times and asked her if she and the girl with her want ed to go to Wytheville with him. She answered “no.” Then, aha related, Cox said he was going to shoot two persons before he left the theatre and asked her if she knew where Pauline was sit ting. Again she answered “no,” afraid that he would “start some thing.” Cox was an uncle by marriage of Lois and Pauline. He has been living with his wife and two little daughters on Top street in Pries. Cox finally found her sister, she reported, and sat down beside her, spoke a few words and then shot twice and ran out of the theatre. One bullet pierced her heart, the other was found imbedded in the floor nearby. Death apparent ly was instant. Cox, according to information given to officers, fled with a brother-in-law, Neal Vaughan, in a car parked in front of the theatre. Vaughan later told of ficers that Cox had said there had been “some trouble” and had driven near the Punk home where he got out and told him to take the car back to town. Bloodhounds were soon placed on Cox’s trail by Sheriff W. C. Kincer, of Wythe county, working with Sheriff Muncey T. Wingate, bf Grayson county, but to no avail Wingate said jealousy evi dently prompted the shooting. The girl is survived by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bal lard Akers, Fries; the sister, Lois Payne; a brother, and her father, Roy Payne. Her mother died several years ago. Ten Should Have Gone, But One Was Detained Yes, ten men were to have gone to Fort Bragg last Friday, to be inducted for their term of army training. But among the ten was one whom Sheriff Bryan insisted on holding in Sparta on suspicion that he knew much about the break into the sheriff’s office a few weeks ago. Not only did someone break in, they took the sheriff’s keys to the jail, and turned loose three prisoners, who have not been .heard from since. So Sheriff Bry an held Robert Fortner from going to Fort Bragg, and ii planning to tell Judge Warlicli about the loss of his keys and his three prisoners when court week opens in September. Court Week Will Open September 29 Court week promises to be an other light week when the fall term opens on Monday, Septem ber 29, with Judge Wilson War lick, of Newton, N. C., on the bench. The jury for the fall term will be chosen from the following: C. C. Reeves, Everett Handy, W. L. Edwards, Estuce Black, W. F. Doughton, Glenn Richardson, J. C. Wilson, J. H. Pettyjohn, F. A. Porter, O. Hurst Higgins, W. E. Hoppers, Millard Mabe, J. H. Miller, J. L. Duncan, Howard Bryan, R. G. Cox, R. M. Mabe, Fred Collins, Robert Taylor, L. C. Joines, Jones Tilley, Smith Nich ols, Paul Smith, Carlis Lee Mitch ell, Garnett Brown, Elbert Crouse, J. K. Taylor, John R. Ed wards, W. Mack Roberts, John M. Cheek, John R. Halsey, W. C. Edwards, Will Jones, Coy Mc Cann, S. O. Gambill, Lester Woodruff. School Opening Postponed Two Weeks Superintendent of Education W. C. Thompson announces that schools will not open before Sep tember 15, because of the fear regarding the spread of infantile paralysis. Further announcement will be made regarding a definite opening date. Dr. King, health officer, reports that there are nine definite cases of infantile paralysis, all of which are mild, and which he expects will be released from quarantine in ten days. Baseball League Standings Herewith is given the standings of the teams in the New River Baseball league through last Sat urday’s games. Results of Wed nesday’s games between Galax and West Jefferson are included. however. Teams: W L Fries . 18 3 Ivanhoe . 12 7 Austinville . 12 8 West Jefferson . 10 10 Galax .. 12 12 Independence . 8 12 Sparta . 2 18 Next Sunday | At The Churches I tsliiuninnMniimnnunniiinnniuminnniiuuniiiui[3 August 24, 34tfc Sunday Baptist Churches: Sparta at 11 o’clock. Laurel Springs at 8 o’clock. Chestnut Grove at 11 o’clock. Scottville at 11 o’clock. Presbyterian Churches: Sparta at 11 o’clock. Rocky Ridge at 3 o'clock. Methodist Churches: Cox’s Chapel at 11 o'clock. Potato Creek at 3 o’clock. Nathans Creek at 11 o’clock. Primitive Baptist Churches: Crab Creek. Antioch, Communion service, and please bring lunch. Union Baptist Churches: Cherry Lane, Communion ser vice, Elder John Toliver preach ing. Welcome Home. Regular Little River Churches: Landmark. Mt. Ararat Saddle Mountain ■M South Pork. Church of the Mt. Camel at 11 o’c ' ;.-V3f HI
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