Biiliik Ati^ CpiNMi^
Ttoop» F^t
* Athem. AjMrtt Jl.—BriUsli ai^
OiwV troops tOBgbt d«*p«r»tely
and. vasqually acainst tba Oo^-
^ ipaa ateamrollef north of Atbanr
' tdnisbt after the entire north*west
’ Greek artniee eotirpsed and King
Qearge II and Ms ^tererament
heatlly abandoned Athena (or the
^ialand of Crete.
Brltiah and Greek headquart
ers reported -intact their va’^tly
outnumbered troops who had
been holding Thermopylae pass
and the Lokris mountains 100
miles to the north but their exact
disposition was not reverled.'
Those sodlers apparently had
these choices:
Fight and die on the spot;
' -withdraw slowly to southern
barkatlon ports, or retreat into
southwestern Greece, the Pelo
ponnesus area.
Says Greece Almost
Conquered By Nazis
Berlin. April 23.—Gerinan>’8
military spokesmen announced
tonight the virtual conquest of
Greece, claiming the surrender
of Hellenic armies of a quarter of
Virgil I). Gulre, a Ix-noir
iiianufactnrer, who wa.s ap
pointed by Governor Broughton
a.s member of the slate high-
milllon and the annihilation of commission for the eigiith
a British rearguard at Thermopy
lae. gateway to Athens.
The Wehrmacht — literally
armed forces—was reported in
Berlin to be approaching Athens
after breaking-through the pass
■where the Spartans of I,.eoTildas
perished to the last man.
(One Italian renort said the
Germans were within 3 5 miles of
Athens when the British began
-mass embark?tions. abandoning
heaps of material.)
|\
Turkey Is Preparing
For Any Eventuality
IsUnbul. Turkey. April 23.
Turkey prepared tonight for any
eventuality, guarding against any
attack from the avis even though
it was declared that such a de
velopment was not expected at
present.
There was no official comment
on reports that Germans have
seized Greek islands close to Tur
key, but officials in Ankara said
their policy still is peace if pos-
sUrte «« war“if Turkey’s hMto-
pendence Is threatened.
Australian Warns
Japan In Speech
New York. April 2 3.—,ln an
impied warning to Japan, Rich
ard G. Casey, .\ustrrlian minister,
said tonight, that his own country
ard neighboring New Zealand
would fight bitterly for their free-
-dom “if the dark forces of aggres
sion venture to spread into the
peaceful waters of the Pacific.''
The.-e far-i'ff British domin
ions, C-sey said ie a speech pre
pared for the Austr-alian and New
Zealand societies of New York,
are of “greater significance than
is normally realized in this coun
try.'’
division. He lUlccef^ J. Gor
don Hackptt, of tills city, who
ably filled I lie office during
the pa-st four ye«rs.
$8,482 Being Paid
Monthly To Needy
h Wilkes County
Needy Aged Get $5,859, De
pendent Children $2,113
and the Blind $510
Number of people employed by
the Works Projects admlnistra-
tino In the seventh district has
been reduced almost 50 per cent
since the first of this year, G. M.
Crutchfield, district WP.A engi
neer, said today. ^
The total number on WPA in
the district in December was in'
excess of 5.000 but has dropped
below 3,500 at the present time,
his records .-bowed.
In Wilkes county the number
of men empdoyed by WPA has
decreased from 1.015 to 531. The |
number of women employes has!
not been cut pfoportlonately due
to the tact that many were work-''
ing on projects which could not
be dropped at present.
There are two main factors af
fecting the number of employes.
on WPA, Mr. Crutchfield said. |
One Is the 18 months continuous
employment rule and the other
being th: t all WPA employes who
had tarm.s are being released to
their farms this spring.
Will Be Lest Sunday of
To Church” Drive For
Thin_Month Hefe . Jl
'>Vvrb4.--
-Sunday. April 27, will'*/
last Sunday fn the current ^’Oo
To Church" drlvei which has he«a
somnsored during the month of;
April by civic and fraternal or-
ganiMUons of North Wilkesboro,
and sponsors are making efforts
to climax the drive with largo at.
tendances at all local church sof^
vices.
North Wilkesboro chnrchoi
have vithouf exception reported
increases in church attendance so
far this month and capacity-
crowds have attended many ser
vices. Reports of larger crowds
have also been received from
churches in Wilkesboro and la
several rural communities of
Wilkes.
Above: The U. 8. 8.' aark. leader of the a^bliW-SbUUa In tte V. 8. naval sqnadron that made I
wHl” Visit to Australia. At the right, G. •- service men are shown varading through Brisbane, postera, In^
QneensUnd. in Australia, amid bUxzards of confetti. Inset: Eaur Admiral Newton (left) commander of the “"1 personal sollol-
iqnadron, with Lord Wakehurst (center) and Lord Gewrle, govemoi>ceneral at Australia. •
Total of public assistance pay
ments sent out from Wilkes wel
fare office this month was $S.-
482, records disclosed today.
Of that amount $5,859 went
to 692 needy aged who were
granted od age assistance pay
ments.
A total of 318 dependent chil
dren in 159 families received $2,-
113 an(j.41 -'Bud ajd-cy9a.W«H’ft
givbh lf5Tfl‘*fnis mWlUll.'' '
All three m-anclie.-- of public as-
sls’ance in the county showed
slight increase- over figures fot
the previous month.
Baseball Players
To Meet Saturday
To Organize Team
Local baseball players liave an
nounced that a meeting will be
held at the fairgrounds here on
Saturday afternoon, three o’clock,
to organize a baseball team for
North Wilkesboro. All who wish
to play and fans interested in
promoting a good team here are
asked to attend.
It is understood that several
of last year's players and -a num
ber of new ones have expressed
their desire to organize a team.
Eiledge Youth Is
Seriously Injure^
Man and Wife Held
Burlson Ell^ge Cut 13 Times
With Kpife; Mr. and Mrs.
Y oung A.re Jailed
dfOianlher
Charter 0. K.’d
Application By Local Jay-
cees Accepted By Con
vention; 41 Members
Gaddy Motor Co.
To Erect Plant
New Building Will Be Erect
ed On Highway 421
West Reddies River
Gaddy Motor company has
completed plans for erection of a
plant west of Reddles River
bridge on highway 421. W. F.
Gaddy, head of the firm, said to
day.
The plant will include offices,
show rooms, parts department,
service department, spacious gar
age, used car department and a
service station, Mr. Gaddy said.
Gaddy Motor company is now
located on Tenth street. .Mr. Gad-'
dy said that the reason^ which
prompts the company to erect a
new plant and move is the lack
of space to accomodate all parts
of their business ^t the present
locf tion.
The plant will -be erected on
property recently purchased from
J. R. Finley. Plans for the build
ings have been completed and
will be ready for the contractor
in a few days.
Plans call for a modern plant,
throughout, constructed accord
ing to plans^ best suited for the
automobile business.
Gaddy Motor company is deal
er here for ChevroV>t automobiles
and trucks and Buick automo- '
biles.
Mount Pleasant
Finals May 6th
Dr. Kincheloe Will Deliver
Commencement At The
School On May 4th
Mt. Pl»as'nt’s graduation e.xer-
cises will begin Sunday. May 4,
at 2:30 p. m.. with the com--
niencemeiit sermon by Dr. John
\V. Kineheloe. Jr., pastor First
Baptist church. North Wilkes
boro. I
The class night exercises will j here,
be held Tuesday tiighl. May 6, I -pije newly organized club here
8:00 p. ni.. at which time diplom-1 .jj members with se.terrl
as. medals, and special ! others expected to become char-
will he presented The valedictory ^gn,,,e,s before charter night
address will be delivered by Ovie ,,^3^ future.
Blackburn and the saluatory ad-1 . , .
J . The next meeting will be on
dress by Alqtta Goforth. L, j «, c n -an-
I Tuesday. May 6. W. O. .\l^her
Mr. Rozell Riteliie. of Landis, >s chairman and I. H. McNeill,
was the guest of Mr. James Etner- Jr., is secretary of fhe organiza-
son Hart during the week-end. tion.
State convention of Junior
Chan>l)er of Commerce which met
in Goldsboro the pa--t week-end
approved the application for
charter by the newly or.ganized
North Wilkesboro Jaycees.
Applicction for the charter for
a Junior Chamber of Commerce
at North Wilkes-boro was car
ried to the state convention by
Tom Broughton, of the Lenoir
Jaycees. who was instrumental in
organizing the Junior Chamber
Wilke? officers on Monday er-
resfed George Young and wife,
residents of the Hays community,
for seriously w-oundlng Burlson
Eiledge, 26-year-old son of Sher
man Eiledge, of the same com
munity. that morning.
, loung^ Mid to have i^icift^
'IS -wounds on the Voting
'man’s body and his wife was
charged with hitting him on the
herd with a hoe.
Burlson Elledge’s brother, Joe.
age 16, had started to school and
was passing across some land
which Young had rented for
farming purposes when Young
ran him off with a stick, accord
ing to the recount of the affair
told to Deputies Oscar Felts and
Homer Brookshire by the
ledge.'-. The elder brother then
volunteered to accom.pany Joe on
Duke Power Line
Now At Parsonville
Duke Power company has ' ex
tended its power lines from the
home of Branson Benton four
miles into the Parsonville com
munity, Robert S. Gibbs, Jr.,
manager of the No-.'th Wilkes
boro branch, said today.
The line, about four miles In
length, makes electric service
available to 24 families.
DiriricI Meetii^
of Lkns h
1
Wilkesboro Attend Zone;
Meeting Wednesday
Twenty-five from North Wil
kesboro attended the zone meet
ing of Lions Clubs, which was
held in Boone Wednesday night
as a prelude to the 3tate conven
tion to be held in Asheville in
June.
Gene Wike was toastmaster at
El-; the meeting, which was held in
AppaUchian College cafeteria. Dr.
Amos Abrams delivered the wel-
the way across the place rented'come address. Other speakers in-
hy Young when Young attacked >chided H. H. Everett, of Chrr-
Record Number of
Wilkes Fanners to
Join Soil Program
Complete Report Sho-ws 4,-
248 Have Signed On Soil
Program This Year
A high record number of
Wilkes county farmers have sign
ed up for participating in the
farm program this year. Law
rence Miller, clerk of the Triple
A, said today.
The total who bad signed 'be-
reOfei^Tfng an Increase
of T50 over the 4,098 who signed
np Ifst year,
Mr. Miller said that it is prob
able that there will be a bigger
increase in the number who earn
payments this year. Last year 3,-
456 of the 4.098 who signed car
ried out sufficient practice.? for
which payment is nizde to secure
payments.
tation on the part of many people
of the city.
Church leaders believe that the
campaign has been very benefici
al and that interest in church at
tendance has been aroused which
will continue to boost church at
tendance in the future.
Draft Board Office
Hours Announced
him with a pocket knife.
Elledge’s thirteen wounds
were dressed at the Wilkes hos
pital. where he is now a patient.
Some hope l.s held for his recov
ery.
Five Students To
Debate At Wake
\ ,
Noi-th Wilkesboro Teams To
Take Part In Debate ,
Tourney At College
Testify on Labor Relations
WUliam H. Dav.'s (left) vice chair
man of the National Mediation
board, testifies on the labor sitna-
tion before the house military affairs
committee investigating the national
defense program. Below: Sidney
BiUman, 0PM labor director, beforo
the committee. L. to R., S. Hillman,
Bep. Harter, Rep. Thomason and Rep.
May (chairman) of the committee.
lotte, district governor and Dr.
B. B. Dougherty, president of
Appalachian college.
Two minute reports on major
contrihutiohA to communities and
on major club problems wefe de
livered from each club. Miss Mar
garet Gourley very ably reported
for the North Wilkesboro club.
Entertainment was furnished
by the Tumblers of Appalachian
and by the girls orchestra of the
college.
Total attendance was' about
300. Those from North Wlkesboro
were Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Absher.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Forester,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cashion, Mr.
land Mrs. J. D. Jloore. Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Hampton McNeill. Mr. and
I Mrs. Guy Snow, Mr. and Mrs.
Five members of the North
Wilkesboro high school .«?tudent
body will be among the 200 par
ticipants from thirty high schools person. Miss Myrtle Nor-
throughout the state who Miss Elizabeth Heath, Miss
siheduled to take part in ‘
f
' SinRfing School At
Harmony Church
Prof. Paul B. Collins, of Lln-
colufou, will conduct a singing
school a t Hannony Baptist
ehireh, beginning Monday night,
April *8, 7:30 o'clock. The pub-.
Ue wtrdtallr laritod to attond. J
who
the
J jrth Carolina High School
Speech, and Debate Tournament
sponsored by the Wake Foresi
College department of speech a*
Wake Forest April 24-26, inclus
ive. according to announcement
by Zon Robinson, debate coach
and in.Jtructor In speech at the
College.
Debating a query -pertinent to
current discussion on military
training, the North Wllkeaiborc
team is as follows; Henry Lan
don and Jimmie Moore, who wW
debate the affirmative side; Betty
Rhodes and Lilian Miller, who
uphold the negative. Winners in
ihe 'debrte division will receive a
sliver loving-cu'P, appropriately
! engraved. At the conclusion of
the eight rounds of debate Gov
ernor Broughton will make the
pre.?entation.
i Also feature-d are five speech
contests. Billy Wade Estes of
North Wilkesboro is entered in
tbi extempore speaking contest.
/ Sponsors who will accompany
the team here rre Miss Margaret j
Gourley and 8upt- Paul S. Cragan
of the high aohool faculty.
Peanut production in North
CaroUito In 1940 was 815.126,00)
poun.de, the' larg^ prodaeUon op
• record tor the-State, report*
N.J3. DapratotfW ot ikgrlctiKttr#..
^argaret Gourley, Bill Carring
ton, Bill Marlow. Blair Gwyn.
Frank Alleii, Cody Moore, Grady
Church. Riohrrd Johnston and
Edward Finley.
After the banquet at Boone a
dance was held at Blowing Rock,
TwoWPAProjects
To Begin April 30
Water and Sewer Project
and Widening Highway
18 To Be Started
W. P. Kelly, clerk of Wilkes
draft board number two with of-
flee In the city hall here, today
ennounced office hours. Monday
through Friday each week the of
fice Is open from 8:30 a. m. un
til noon and from 1:00 to 4:38
p. m. Saturday open hours are
from 8:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.
The office' to date has mailed
out questionnaires threfugh. order
Opening For ^
On NYA Projects
Supervisor Says Large Num
ber of Boys Can Be Plac
ed Here Immediately
Two major project? will be
.started hei/e by the WP.\ on April
30, C. M. Crutchfield, district
engineer, said today.
North Wilkesboro’s water and
sewer extension project will be
started on that date, he said. The
project calls for extension of wat
er and sewer lines to .several plac
es In North Wilkesboro and for
erection of a modern sewage dis
posal plant. North Wilkesboro
authorities have already authoriz
ed issuance of $20,000 in bonds
to finance the city’s share of the
cost of the project.
The other major project to
begin on April 30 will be con
crete widening of highway 18 a
db=4.ance of about one and one-
half miles north from the city.
'Emits. The project will be spon-
isored by the state highway com-
Mle°es Pose Zell Ccudill and
Margafet Rhodes spent the week
end In Yadklnville, as the guest
of Miss Libby Hall.
Mrs. I.uwrcnce Miller, super-
vi.se,r of NY.\ in this district, said
tod: y that I he NYA has been en-
larsed to ib.c yoint where she ca*
place at least 3tn boys and girls
oii NVA projects in Wilkes and
those who are interested .should
make application immediately.
On existing projects 199 hoys
and gji l.s are now rt work and a
number of new projects are slat
ed to begin immediately if laboi
is available. The NY.A haj a two
fold purpose. Mrs. Miller said,
to provide employment and to
train hoys rnd girls !u different
type.? of work. Thev work 8d
hours per month at 20 cents per
hour.
An additional number of boys
can be used in the woodworking
shop. Projects for construction of
lunchrooms at Mulberry and
Ronda have been approved and
many can be placed st those
•points. An agricultural project
has been made out for the county
home If sufficient labor is avail
able.
The program has a piece for
all eligible boys in the county
who are Interested, Mrs. Miller
said, and there is a limited num
ber of vacancies for girls in the
home making project and the
I mission.
Four feet of concrete pavement clerical project. Unemployed high
will be added to the
present
pavement, which is too narrow to
safely accomodate the large a-
mount of traffic on the highway.
school gradiirtes are e.-ipeciaily
adapted to clerical work, she
said.
Cbroner Myers Goes On Suicide Call
and Brings Back ^Victim^Much Alive
Coroner I. M. Myers went
out -on a suicide call Tuesday
and brought the “victim” back
alive and physically sound.
He received a call from the
RedlUes River coipmunity that
John Wyatt had han^ him-'
iielf at his home at Vannoy and
for him to take along the onr
-■ deitaker, 'whldi he' dld._ The
call to the coroner was'made
by Roscoe Wyatt, son oT the
suicide “ricrim:" V
’'A'Whea the coroner and on*
deitakbr airlved at the Wyatt
home they found that about 50
there bad v
^ vwr alhn^ ^
•toet np In » J«nje •
oak tree and was threatening
to jump.
The coroner learned that
previously Wyatt, who return
ed from the state iur-jiital for,
the Insane hlarrh 12, had tried
to hang himself in a tree near
the boose eariler. In the day
hot the dog chain which he de
vised tor a noose slipped and
the attempt was fu^e. The
nett time, any member of the
'family uaw Wyatt was when his
Mn mw him ,np in the oak and
tbbngfat that he was honglag
by his' neck. .He . dM not Inves-
fdIgMe but ran to ^11 fhe coro-
(Continued on page ten)
Beer License Due
First Day of May
To State, County
J. R. Rousseau, collector of
revenue tor the state, said today,
that all beer llcen.se will expire
'on April 30 and th: t all beer
! dealers are required to secure
new state and county license by
that date. Pen-.Ules are provided
by. law for those who fail to ob
tain beer license in the specified
time.
Dog Killed Here„Oii
Monday Not Rafa^^
A dqg owned by Dewey Tmn-
pleton and which w^s killed Mon. \
dry after It had bitten a..cI>Bef
and a numhes^aAf dogs did*
have Table*, .Recording to a'_
pori re««|^ trooi the
otntoriea~yy I^ce CblnC
Walky.