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THE JOURNAIr-PATRIOT. NORTH WILKESBORO, N.
thday,
sh Can Hold Out
North Carolina Ne^ More
UR DEFENSE
-•i?UTr nnrl
ri»s }inv»‘ spefinl
‘> \y Army poiii?’ nlares
: henrlqiinrlnrs.
• ii!i run ronihat arms.
if they have to
lirow (k'Wji ilioir .^lide
'! ■ ir t^'lcohone i'.istru-
M'-t rvjt to show tl.e
' w to ilirow ’end at an
I'f Kn^:inee^s is the
' ' -'■I-Im  t(*'hiijral en-
I i:! V' 'he Army. It
■ in p«’arf‘tirne hv
• i Idir.^r darns, and
sTriiei nres. If
Ti 1 ‘f a tJir'y ad-
' k *hat ne«*ds dointr
.. n Army errinerr ,
. • :* done. f«>r pet- |
; ^ is the breath of |
- r All > on have I
• •ruMiieor It ran'T j
1] iheii reach in [
• ' pull ont a slide i
*inn’ you have j
(lone, lie has
■■ ■! it.
I lie Kii4:in‘‘rs
i!i In river hridp-
'I'iiey have whole
..f loldim: hridir-
u. Mm* size river.
• *t siuije foldiiii.'’
.rrtitms. a few
\nny is on its
iiims. and all.
1 uilc hiiildinps.
t>'it roads where
•• :-ii: railways.
liL'ht sysJ-ins.
;i;d defense sys-
y are ;i very
n U' have a-
TiniA*vh. 1^.—f5oremor
1 Clyde R. Hoey today expressed
hig apprecffltion “of the work and
acUs’fty of the Amerfean Leglod
n yorth Carolina in this* period
of crisis.”
MflICULTUKAi AOJUSTHINT ADHINlSVMATtCM
As shown by the map above, a considerable portion of North Carolina'a cultivated farm land la left bare
during the winter, subject to destructive erosion and leaching. It is estimated that North Carolina farmera
participating in the AAA farm program seeded 620,000 acres of cover crops In the fall of 1080. The state
AAA committee points out that farmers can prevent a large part of the annual loss of soil fertility by
further increasing their acreage of nrotective winter cover crona.
State's Youth In
De‘Iining Prison
Role Says Ezell
^-t1 anestp in 1936 were under
21 years old in contrast with
23.4 per cent in 1927.
i “State prison admKsions also
^support the cx>ntention that it is
New Beauty Salon
Will Open In City
“I wish to urge every World .
■”’’ar veteran in the State to join
the American Legion, and to be
come a part of your great or-
zanization,” the chief executive
wrote in a ^etter to Department
Commander R. Dave Hall of Bel
mont, and department member
ship Chairman Henry L. Ingram
of Asheboro.
“I call special attention of all
State employees who are World
War veterans to the fine opiw^-
tunity to Join some post of the
American Legion in this State
and thus identify themselves with
this strong and virile body of
Americans.
“I congratulate both of you
A
upon the progress which you are
not the younger peo>le who are
the heaviest contributors ic
j crime. Cr.e-haJf the admissions
!for the fiscal year ended in June
The high percentage of minors 1(^33 ^gre 25 years of age ot
among re’ent arrests by Raleigh jover. From then on the .percent-
■ I
Pvlke is almost twice as high as
it ic for the county jail commit
ment? for the state as a whole,
according to W. C. Ezell, director
of the institutions division of the
state welfare department.
“Slate department records
show the criminal of today is
older than he was a few years
ago. Of the 2«,000 persons in
carcerated in county jails in the
four months from November.
1939 through February, 1940.
two-third^ were aged 25 years
or older.
“The.se figiires are confirmed |
by the V. S. Cen us Burea.u wh’>h
repo’ts that 17.9 percent of the
;f someone
r liny eondiict licen.sed radio operators in this
Thai k. they country into a network that can
.!■ : where th«‘.augment tlie official facilities.
, i;(i hhiw up (h* |
a.s«« hl(»w up
age of older persons gradually
cUmbed up to 60.5 per cent ir
1938 with figures for later year:
not yet made available.
“The total prison population
has increased stead.ly over a long
period. Prisoners- under 25 y^arr
old in 1933 numbered 7,269 as
against 7,452 in 1938. Ic 1923
there were 7,289 over 25 yerr
in comparison w:th 11,4 21 ”
1938.
“These fig"r'- O'*" 'e r^‘r
in defense of youth today and
other statistic* :ve av.jilable
indicate that the young peopI
present not a greater, but a le-'
serious problem.
“The nv;:r;,fe: of persons ur-d^
16 confined in county
declined from ’’
Newest addi^^on to **^e husi-1 .. . , , _
life of North Wilkesboro j
will be the Vogue Beauty Salon
whtch will open on Wednesday In
quarters formerly occupied by
Eckenrod's Studio On Main street.
Owners and operators of the
new Iteauty cuU’’re establishment
are M:s3 Bra Templeton and Mrs.
Gladys Absber Kilby, both of
whom have many years exper
ience in beauty culture work here
and elsewhere and need no Intro
duction.
New and modern equipment is
•being installed and the salon will
he modem in every respect. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all to visit the new salon or to
use the telephone, number 605,
for an appointment.
784 1939. Children in detention
quarters dropped from 1,221 in
•tership and solMIfyittg your or
ganization, and preparing It for
continued patriotic and unMlflsh
service in the promotion of the
ideals' of our republic and the
perpetuation of the principles of
genuine Americanism.” ,
Governor Hoey has been a
stfong friend of the Amvlcan
Legion during his term of office-j-^J
Department off.cials are confi
dent his public endorsement of
their program and hi» plea for _
World War Veterans to affiliate ^
with the American Legion will
help the North Carolina depart
ment to reach Its goal of 20,000
members.
Headed by Commander Hall,
the North Carolina delegation
will attehd the annual national
convention of the ^
1937 to 1,040 in 1939, and the gion in Boston September 23-26.
state training school nopui'^tio'- Tpe delegation will include de-
has teen lowered from 1,051 in partment Adjutant James Cald-
July. 1933 to 894 in the same well, immediate past Comi.iander
month of 1940.“ June Rose,
•i
!■ M n
 ’t* !-'l
! !» -■ W i I t 1 k t •
- In t i« t:i.- 1k>>-
I,.. ' :h«* i 11
' ;m‘ n’'(lrr l.av*'. in
... h: -i'h ‘y.
imr.
is t’T -sTi-ry ii'»oui ii'irik
'In In'fi rnii; ’ I'.iT ‘-•oUTh i'Cl’n-S
.'. .1 L.n k jri tlj^' niu’li cn-i-
• wifh ;i f)« » f i'i lojnm shil»:'
In vvlK:)n !'.• ’ar mi* r] fli«' hikr-
on ih** snulhoni Well, ii
appnarv that U'T.’c didn’t linve
ph‘'r:f. r‘ ::|-h. r:*din. mi>-
ii»riy'-Ir>. .ird hc.jnifii.'
TUL’' !*!'': siu-l: niu’ Signal (’firp'
: ind;ty. enn unit didn't know
wh.if iIm* neM wa.? nn in. Tln-
iiihns ('n slioj’n jusl slaiurlitermi
’lie nn*!! iw they ca:nr‘ ashore Ima!
fiy hnal. That was a lessnn in
.K»jMnnnic:i!inn'.
Oar Si:;niil Corps lias all those
method.s of coinnninicalion. iti-
> I'ulinL’’ a few mori* that they have
Oip ihoir sleeves hut don’t say
•nurh about On the side, it lakes
• are of the weather, photograph.s.
iiKi moving pictures for training
lKirp’ses. It also eavesdrops on
ilie enemy communication.s and
picks up some mighty interesting
infrmation in the process.
Like the Engineers, when its
duties of keeping communications
open carry it close to the front
lines, the Signal Corps takes time
off from its other activities to do
1 little straight shooting.
Before new commercial pro
ducts and inventions can ibe a-
dapted to military' communica
tions. a con.sdderable modification
or a complete redesign is usually
iu‘cessary. Then, means of getting
I lie redosi.gned equipment manu
factured must he set up by the
Assistant Secretary of War. The
(factories capable of producing
[this equipment are selected, and
the National Defense Advisory
Cnm-mission sees to it that the
equipment is produced. This is
being done.
The Signal Corps also operates
[its own fixed radio network
, throughout the United States, and
LIGHT CONDITION NOW
' keeps in . touch with the whole
‘Army—both here and overseas.
In addition, the Army has organ
ized some 1,200 of the 60,000
Come In to Visit Us and You'll Get Real
Help Towards Better Light for Better Sight
It’s waty and inexpansire now to hove batter light from old sock
et!. Stop in ond let us explain how omoxingly simple and eco
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dozens of inexpensive suggestions that w|ll give you safer, easier
seeing . . . and odd new beouty, too. You’ll also find hondy odop-
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