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THK aOQENAIrPATRIOT JtABfBI^ZED THE TRAIL
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Bomba Claim Heavy
Tolls In Aerial Blitz
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London.—A great German air |
armada dropped thou^nds of
’bombs oTer a broad area of Lon-1
don In a six-hour overnight raid,'
dealing death to uncounted num-j
hers In the city’s most thickly
IKxpulated districts and reminding
Londoners of last Septeanbor’s
terrific nalds. It was the heaviest
raid of this year.
Rescue squads augmented 'ly
soldiers dug for hours to savs
people trapped in new ruins as
London once more took its turn
in the luftwaffe’s city-a-night
raid tactics.
A hotel was partly wrecked
and nanny homes in several areas
were destroyed. Soldiers and res-
one workers dug for victims
trapped alive.
Anti-aircraft fire destroyed at
least
VOL. XXXIII, No. 103
Published-Mondays and Thursdays - NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C,j|
Important Series 27 WilkeS Meh To
Enter Army Friday
raft fire destroyed at Monday. March 24, anr
least one raider, which feu in throughout the week
flamee, adding to the glow of j ^ Snipes, Wilkes farm agent,
\Txvl ft^rcMi and taO ... .
eonntlees Nasi flares and the
fhiahes of bomb blasts and gun
fire.
Observers said the attack,
which began as soon as Uie stars
came out and continued with in
creasing fury on past midnight,
was a renewal of the concentrat
ed and destructive assaults of
last antumn.
The bombs brO'ke a gas main in
one district but the soldiers went
oa with their rescue work.
In some areas the plane® re
turned time after time.
'V‘
Britons Fly U. S.
Planes To Front
Belgrade. Yugoslavia. — Lines
for the threatening battle of the
Balkans drew taut last night with
-word that Britain Is flying Amer-
ican-jnade warplanes to Gr^e
and that both fireece and Ger-
' many are massing more troops
along Bulgarian frontier zones.
A well-informed Greek source
gaid that, of a total army strength
of 800,000; the Greeks would
leave 300.000 men to fight the
Italians in Albania and would
throw 500.000 onto the northern
front, where the British have
brought up supplies to equip ev
ery reservist.
(Neutral observers were in-
elliu^ to consider these figures
'"for the Greek arm^ somewhat
too large, since the entire popu
lation of Greece is less thun > ,-
000.000.1
At the same lime, the Germans
were srid to be building up a
striking force of 600,000 to lOO,-
000 in Bulgaria and Rumania,
and varioius Balkan sources have
reported that 100,000 of a plann
ed British force of 300.000 al
ready are in Greece.
From Bucharest. Capital of
T^pzi-dominated Rumania, came
reports that many towns in Mol
davia have been ordered to re-
ceive German troops soon. 'This
squared with opinion of neutral
military oLservers that Germany
plans to build up rn ..iriny of -S
divisions in Rumania.
United States May
Repair British Ships
Washington.—Secretary Knox
retried v^terday that the navy bined personnel and frciUlws ot
Xlnsidering helping Great all the Hollywood producers and
Britain fight the battle of the contains 1-9 screen
Atlantic by repairing in .\merl
Begin On Monday
Food and Feed Supplies and
Cotton Stamp Plan Will
Be Discussed In Wiilkes
A series of eleven cornmnnlty
meetings on National Detense,
emphasizing the Food. Feed, Cot
ton Stamp Blan and changes In
the 1941 AAA Program, will be
held throughout the county, be
said today.
All the agricultural agencies
are cooperating In this National
Defense Program stressing to
the farmers the necessity of
growing abundance of food and
feed for the farm families and
the livestock.
‘‘Growing your food and feed
supplies tor home use is a safe
end sound system of farming in
normal times, and Sepecially is it
important in a time like this,
Mr. Snipes said.
Below la. a schedule of meet
ings and all farmers are urged to
attend one or more of these meet
ings:
Monday, March 24, at 3:00 p.
m. at Mt. Pleasant school; Mon
day, March 14, at 7:30 p. m. at
Benham school.
Tuesday, March 25. at 3:00 p.
m. at Hendren’s Store at Gll-
reath; Tuesday, March 25, 7:30
p. m. at (Mountain View school.
Wednesday, March 26, iit 3:00
p, m. at Ferguson school; Wed
nesday. March 26, at 7:30 p. m.,
at Mulberry school.
Thursday. March 27. at 8:00 p.
m at Somers school: Thursday,
March 27. at 7:30, at CHngmun
school. .
Friday, March 28. at 3:00 p.
m at Boomer school; Friday,
March 28, at 7:30_p. m^at Mil
lers Oiwwk schotd'. " *
Saturday. March 29. at 10:00
u. m.. at County Courthouse in
Wilkesboro.
For the iii'bi meeCuvs only
due to the fad that there must
be a dark room. a picture
in technicolor on vond farm pr. C-
tlces will be siiown. Some of these
picture.s wer .a cm in this coun
ty and will he of spec al interest
to Wilke.s county farmers.
J, Alvin Propsl. district .^AA
agent, plans to i.itteiid on Monday
night.
tradinfif at Noii^
■ Ika.
western'North Carol:
;DAY, mar. 20, 1941 i ?1.60 la the State-
- aJi
‘Four of * a Kind!’
Too Big for Army
Calls RKeived For
20 Additional Men
To Report April 4
'alls For Men Under Selec
tive Service Act Speeded
Up As Spring Comes
Twenty-seven Wilkes county
■nen will leave here Friday morn-
ing for Fort Bragg, where they
will be inducted into the army for
a year of training.
Wilkes draft boards have also
received calls for an additional
num'her on April 4. The total for
the county on that date will be
20 end they will go to Fort Jack-
son, S. C.
All seven of the men to go from
Wilkes draft board number one
Friday of this week are volun
teers and five are brothers and'
cousinn of the Osborne family of
Wilkesboro route one. They were
Bartle Osborne, James Dayton Os
borne, John Garfield Osborne, Ar-
lle Osborne and James Harley
The other two volunteers
[orth WiflieHNtro
Election Is Cfdlei^
Candidates File
Mayor McNiel Candidate for
Another Term; 5 Candi
dates For Board File
Mrs. Peter Lasley, 48-year-eM farm wife aad mother of Leltehteli,
Ky., obowi la the cHy JijMpilal atrlfcainrine wltb the qaadrapl^ *s«
to her at Leitchflell. babea, which were rnrted^to LoalaynM, W
(left _ * ' " " —
aa4 Beala’.,>'povnAk
hi i.
ler at lieltchfleM. **» babea, which were rusnea w lommvuw, me
i te rlfhtj i jam, poawls; ItBdred, 4 ponads; Martiae, 4
Beala’., r’poaBia. ^ , 7
Women’s D^ehs^lfeme Guard Men
Class Opened InlPerform Well In
North Wilkesboro Diill On Monday
Twenty-Throe Attend Open
ing Session Monday Night;
Others Are Invited
^ Minton.
Geerye Fischer, of New Palli, N.' to complete the quota are Charlie
T„ who was rejected by the srmy Fred Hall, of Wilkesboro route
h^nse there was too much of him! i two, and Cecil Arthur Elarp. of Twenty-three women of North
George weighs 470 pounds and is 6' Boomer. Wilkesboro and vicinity attend-
feet 4 In *es tall! For "I*® 'March 21 call Friaay women’s national de-
-'Wilkes draft board number '■'ff^jfense class session held at North
'has six of the 20 Ihsted as ^olun- ^jij5eg,boro high school Monday
Good Type of Men In Home
Guard Here; Several Oth
ers Can Be Enlisted
NpW RfiCOffl Hlfifh tper'-. They are Andrew J. C.
1\C^»W1U g^^^.g^^voodrow Wilson CooiJer,
Public Assistance'
Tray Woods, Ivy Cephus Armee,
Charles Ernest Grose and Charles
rri . »* .1 'Spurgeon (Jr.) Hudson. The re-
Grants This Month
'Jlul B«r"chett. Gwyn Jon«_KH-
Needy Aged ^ Added To by, JiaDKiMl-
55
night under direction of Miss
Evelyn Sharpe, vocational home
economics instructor and teacher
of the class.
rhe class will meet each Mon
day and Thurstbay evening, 7; 30
o’clock, for one hour until April
3. It was eaiwpn^id lo^ey^Agt
Members of the Home Guard
company here. Including veterans
of the service and many recruits,
made a good showing in the initi
al drill Monday night. Captain
Harry Pearson sraid todwy.
Included In the company’s
ranks for the first drill were two
World War veterans, several
former members of the National
Guard and 27 recruits.
Authorized strength of the
Resolutions ’^ling a municipal
election lor NMth 'Wllke^Aoro t®
be held oti May 6 and a primary
to be held on April 21. were or-
dered ipnbllshed today |by tb®
Wilkes county board of elections,
under whose authority the pri.
mary and election will be held.
It was also learned from W. K.
McElwee, chairman of the county
board of elections, that Mayor R.
T. McNiel had filed notice of can
didacy for mayor asain, and that
two incumbents, Ralph Duncan
and H. M. Hutchens, had filed for
ra-election as members of th®
board of five commissioners.
New candidates for members of
the board of commlseioners are J.
R. Hiz, now chairman of the city
school bourd and whose term will
expire this year, R. G.. Finley and
A. F. Kilby.
The election will be for naming
a mayor, five commissioners and
two members of the school board
whose terms expire. Terms of J.
R. Hix and E. E. Eller on tho
school board expire this year.
E. C. Johnson and Dr. J. 3.
Deans have filed for school board.
The board of elections has ap
pointed J. M. Anderson registrar
and Monroe Eller and J. B. Nor
ris judges for the election.
Registration books will be open
at Insurance Service and Credit
Corporation office on Saturday,
April 29, Saturday, April 5, and
Saturday, April 12.
The primary and election, will
be held at the city hall. All can.
dldates must file notice of can
didacy, accompanied by a fee of
ttol Re5eiving~tSrm«S*r
Many On Wait List
Lions Sponsoring
‘Land ol Liberty’
Public a.'sistaiice p vinents iiii
Wilkes eoiunty this month exceed-'
ed previous grants l)v sever: !
hundreds of dollris, it was learn
ed today from the welfaer office,
where the last of this month’s
checks had keen mailed onl.
Additional state funds were
Wheeling. Dallas Eugene (Ehiirch,
James Wellborn Kilby.
cer Homer Elledge. Tony Clifford
While, Gr.-nville Jones Kilby
Vernon Talmadge Mahaffey and
dote Washington Tucker. This
number exhausts eligible men
through local order number 3 4.
Wilkes draft board number one
has one eligible white volunteer
tfor the April 4 call. Board num-
allotted the county, innking 'Mber one has furnished one negro
possible to add 65 to the list of!
needy aged receiving
North Wilkesboro I,ions club
is sponsoring the showing of
“Land of Liberty’’ today and to
morrow at Liberty Theatre.
The picture was mi'de by com-
■tars. If is
one of the greatest film produc- children.
grant.s. After that numlier were
added many others who h've
been approved as eligible for
grants still are on the waiting
list.
Total payments this month to
needy Hged, dependent children
and blind were $S.4S8.
Needy aged w h o received
grants averaging slightly over $S
e'ch mimliered 691 and the a
mount was $5.83S.
.Aid to dependent children pay
ments in the amount of $2,110
went to 159 families with 321
.volnnteer, which filled the only
monthly'colored e: 11 in Wilke.s to date.
Gasoline Grade
Law Remains In
North Carolina
'er number at
sions.
“Nutrition” was the topic dis
cussed in the Initial session of
the class. At the Thursday night
session “Aids and Ap-pllances For
Care of the Sick” will be the
topic. Mlse Norma Stevenson, of
the Wilkes hospital staff, will
lead the discussions and conduct
Rctudl demonstrations.
The class was formed to af
ford women an opportunity to
train for national defense and Is
endorsed by the women’.s civic or
ganizations of North Wilkes>boro.
Ask Registration
Jobless Veterans
inent can ^^ifecopted. Captain
Pearson «aid. Others wishing to
enlist are asked to be nt the city
hall on Monday evening, seven
o’clock, when the next drill will
be held. Membership now is near
the point when the company can
.be recognized by strte guard au
thorities, after which the federal
government wilt issue equipment
and the state will supply uni
forms.
The company’s menvber.-hip
was divided in the initial drill on
Monday night and the recruits
■performed excellently under di.
rection of First Lieutenant .Mal
colm Wyatt and Second Lieuten
ant John Wells.
The gurrd ■will meet at the new
April il.
Resolution calling the primary
and election Is published in full
elsewhere in this newspaper.
Mountain View
Girl Is Winner
District Contest
Miss Dessie Hanks Will Rep
resent Five Counties In
Legion Area Contest
Mi.‘=s Dessie Hanks, who repre-
— sented Wilkes county, won tho
city hall on .Monday nights for the oratorical conte.st put on
. , K,„ afto.- American Legion and will
TB» Senate Bill Number 93,
Which Would Have Re-
pea^.ed Law, Is Killed
A Ifill introduced in the North
^an^fal^TardT^oTe^oMhe'ships H^nsan^is being shown through j F„rty-two blind were .granted
Nazi U-boats and out the countiy as a patnoUc $540. 1^^^^ Uxgisl tive fight, would have
damaged by
navf.d aid to Britain,
however, probably will be the
transfer of a number >« "f"®'
qulto’’ craft, such as
boats, submarine chasers
and converted yachts, Knox ^id_
“Pretty fa-st production Is in
immediate prospect, he added, fo
torpedo boats -and other smal
vessels designed to under
sea and surface marauders at
close quarters.
Appropriation
Of 7 Billions
Voted. 336-55
out the countiy as a patriotic
venture and without profit, all
profit going to some pat riot'c
cause.
The North Wilkeeboro l.ions
Club here will receive prof.ts
from the picture and will 1 lOply
the sum realized to eonstructioii
of the Woodlawn eommunity service at the 'Moravian
building. The club respectfully Baptist church on Sunday
Holy Land Lecture
At Moravian Falls
Rev. E. V. Bumgarner, pastor,
will deliver a lecture on “The
Holv Ijinds’’ at the 11 o’clock
sive .. -
repealed the gasoline grading law
which has been in effect since
1937 in the state.
Some of the larger oil compan
ies. through their agent.’, o rried
on an extensive campaign for re-
Frlls peal of the graoline grading law.
March whioli requires that each pump
A complete registration of all
unemployed war veterans Is asked
ty the North Carolina gtiite Em
ployment Service, It was learned
here today from B. 0. Gentry,
manager of the local branch.
R. C. Godwin, veteran place
ment representative in North Car
olina. in a communloation to Mr.
Gentry urged complete registre-
tlon of all unemployed veterans
by the end of this month.
Mr. Gentry said that veterans
are registered on a special, col
ored card end are given prefer
ence in placements when other
quiHifications are equel.
remainder of this month but aftei
April 1 will be located on the
second floor of the Poindexter
building on Main Street, former
location of the city hall.
Firemen^s And
Police Ball 4th
p; rticipate in the area contest to
he held in Statesville on .March
27.
Miss Hanks, a junior in Moun
tain View high school, is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley
Hanks, of Uehart. She is sixteen
■years of age.
The contest for the 15th dis
trict, composed of five counties,
I was held at Hotel V.’ilkes hero
Saturdtiy night and Miss Hanks
I was declared winner 'Ly the
judges. She previously had won
solicits the cooperation and
ronage of the public in th:.’
dertaking.
pat-
un-
nsi couren on ououby, ...civ,.
2;i. Snhiect matter of the lecture dispensing gasoline bear a label
was gained by Rev. Mr. Bumgar-1 tell!''"'
ner on his tour of Palestine. I (Continued on page eight)
Mr. and Mrs. John Tull, of this
city, are enjoying « vacation trip
to Florida.
Announcement is
Firemen’s and Police ■ball, which
will he held at the American Le- ^
glon and Auxiliary clubhouse °n jtj,e right to participate in the dis-
Friday. April 4. trict contest by winning over en-
The dance will begin ft nine I North 'Wilkesboro and
o’clock r.nd script will be $1.00. schools in the county con-
.\Iu.--1c will be furnished by several days ago.
Kiser and his orchestra and a de-. g^},jgg^ ,{ Jrations in the I/i-
lightful occasion is anticipated. , g[on>g oratorical contest is “The
Constitution und Its Benefits.”
Roaring River Minister Prepares Own Grave
’ —" TY/YADiMn PIVRR.—“I guess
Sperkers representing four dis
tricts will take part in the area
contest at Statesville.
Washington.-By a vote of 336
to 55 the Hotise approved the
^ 000,000,000 appropriation for
Slip to Engk-nd last night and
«nt it on to the Senate where
the leadership has
for its passage by next
ranged
"^“^Ue the House was
down opposition umendments.
Wing Senate Democrats had
d^n up plans for shoving the
s,r.«.
me it to the floor on Monday.
’ ^ f,T ■« ■■■>''i'' ■
«r::
(R). Ohio.
'^erel amendmwil* io offer.
^MWTtde the ftnanclftl
S'law. It Wtrald make
uA* th® ie®®®-i«*>d
I’m
of
roaring RIVER.—"I guess
the first man since Joseph
Arimathea to dig his own
grave.
Few
“Here," points a workman, “ia
the grave Preadier Jordan dog
for Jast beyond is the
graro of Mrs. Jordan, who diod
last Christmas. In the Jordan
plot of White PUina Baptiat
church graveyard Jordan’s grave
ia covered with a steel Ud and be
says “all they’ll havV te do when
I die is Iny -^
ff the lid and nnt Mo In.” (Twin
atj Sentinel Phptae)''^ c.
would dare argue the
point with B. C. Jordan, 11 Mis
sionary Baptist pra-.cher of the
Roaring River section, who has
his own grave reedy for the time
when he passes to greener fields
beyond.
Others may have built coffins,
may have constructed their
tombs, but not having heard of
rnyone, except Joseph of Arlma-
thew, actually digging his own
grave, there wblild certainly be
no object in doubting the word
of Preacher Jordin. . '
Of course Joa«q>h of Arimathea
hewed his grave out of solid rock
while Jordon dug his out of. the
ground—but they 'btoth actually
dug the place they hoped to even-
tually rest In eternal peace.
The Baptist mlnleUr was found
ut the store which. he operates
for S. V. TMallWh hh»r
don Cotton MlUh. tWP
(Continued on fNt*
Home Of Widow
Is Robbed Dui-ing
Her Funeral Hour
B. C. Jordan, above, a Bap-
tiat mlnieter of near Roaring
Riser, believes he la the , only
apfl aiaoe Joaeph .of Arimac
it® dig ble own ipave,
...yS-.-- ...
If tl)e (icr-on 'wbo broke into
the home of Mrs. F. N. \ annoy
1.. Po/tHVs Fiver •.(•eti-'ii of
Wilkes Friday afternoon \v>»-Id
n-veal his Ident’tv tirelv the
age-old rrgunu'nt abOTit who is
Hie ivevid’s meanest m»n could
be settled.
The hoii>-ebreak:ng and rob
bery occured while funeral
services were being, held for
Mrs. Vannoy, a widow, at Rod
dies River church.
Reports reaching here said
that the thief took a revolvw
and ab'Ut a thousand pennJee
from tiie home of the dead
widow. -’ “-
.And that is not all that haf-
pened during the funeral aepv-
loe. Attempt* were made . Jo
Iweak into the boraos 0^ tWa. of
her eoem in *he eemnwin-
Ity wblto Ifcar
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