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I*. ;D the TRAtli QF^I *♦» »^Tr> _:r ' — gffv, ^2^>W t>- ■ -'-.Yt. f?r Britiih Smadi Main Iraq Line; CqnfKct I' Rep(H*ieI Near End *J>-- 'Catfo, Egypt, May 7,—Brltteh , t^ooito aftd th«, RAF were decUr- od offfc^Ily tonight' to -have dealt crWhlng blows to the Iraq forces- of Prentler Raahld All Ai - Gallanl, and mllltrry quarters ex- S.iwesaed belief that the conflict . . was near an end because Germany sent him no aid. British airmen systematically destroyed tnost of the Iraq rir ' force, ground troops regained ^ooBtrol of a pumping station near 5 Rntba on tl^ vital Mosul-Haifa iSAt'ihT*-- VOL- n2, «i iiii 13 lad ife .*Sar-/ ,60 in the State ^ $2^ ■ > i.j_A - „ _ ^ :l*or mutaur adTiq do your.f Wilke^jblfo. 1 ;di centw^df Nortl North Pn Cftifa^lBooh to Be h Cmsre» More Might for Unde Sam’s NaW Surveya And Recommenda tions By War Department Engineer* Comt>Iated siege Hab- oil 'Pipeline, and the Iraq of the RAF base at Lake baniyah was broken. Howitzers and cannoneers flown by blane from Basra, near the Persian gulf, helped the Hab- banlyah garrison and Iraq levies fighting with the British to rout the Iraquis holding dominating plateau positions around the air drome yesterday. Preparations are being made for fight on the part 6f the peo ple of North 'Wllkesboro and else where in the Tadkin river valley for an pppropriation by congress to construct a flood control dam on the Yadkin river one mile west of Wllkesboro, the site selected as practical by War Department engineers. •Authoritative Information from Washington some time ago was to the effect thrt ihe surveys apd proposal for construction of a flood control dam will be ready . for consideration by congress a- '°^'“^'bout the last week In June or the Senate Gets Measure On Seizure Ships Washington. May 266 to 120, the house passed | July. Senator josiah W. President Roosevelt s ship seizure. g^^gy chairman of the powerful bill today and sent It on to an . commerce committee, has given uncertain future In the senate. assurance that he will lead the ■faMi (^OBO^tCee' ^Apptmted -‘By ,.Comty Fedstmilon'^Of Demonsti^tlon Club* V.' The measure, requested by the ! . ' ' ' _ annroDrlation for! powerful fighting ships wlU be commissioned on May 15, when —I demand for an appropr ation .0 , 253-foot submarine Mackerel (upper left), and Ae 35,000-ton snper-f [ - whkes county fadersttoii of ^ home’ demonstration cltthia will .ask the Wilkes county cominl^ sfoners and the North Carolina extension service for an assistant home agent for the year begin ning July 1, according to Mrs./F, T. iMoore, president of the fed eration. A ' ' In the federation meeting heldr last week d committee was named to-bead the drive for an assist ant home agent and it is expect ed that the committee will ap pear before the county board of commissioners soon to formally present their request. If an assistant home agent is employed the cost will be paid a- bout one-third each by the coun- ty„state and federal governments. Sspwr -.1 ' ireadnaught Washington (below), are placed in service. The Washington will join her sister ship, the North Carolina, which was commissioned last month. Four other battleships will be launched within a year. administration, would I construction of the dam. the President to .seize foreign ves- jg^n R. Prevette, chairman of sels idle in American ports and j Wilkes county division of the put them to aryr use he sees fit. -^^-gstgcii North Carolina Indus- Thus he would ibe enabled to use | gQungji_ has prepared for Italian. German and Denish ''^s-1 g..jigy. ^ portfolio show- sels recently taken into protec- North W'ilkesboro before and tive custody, and others not yet gjjgj. disastrous flood of Au- requlsitioned. in the help to Eng-i^„,j when damage es- land program. | timateu 3t f've million dollars Voting in favor of the bill were s„ffergd here and two indus-1 . _ 1 . ^ T„. , 212 Democrats. 51 Republicans employing about 560 people' Semi-Annual Convention To City Council, With Three and there Progressives, opposed „,yj.g included in the destruction, i gg Held In Wllkesboro New Members, Meets To- ’were_lP Democn ts. 100 Repub- f^om many i P m’ licans and one American Laborile. I ; ounaay,.wne r. ivi. , Northwestern I Singing May 11 No Contests But Many Vote Here Camp Mulberry Open House 11th ' Air llactiwl "BUly" Btehitp of the Boyrnf Oaasdisn air force (right) In spects the huge Douglas aircraft plant at Santa Monica, Calif., where many planes for the RAF are made. He' Is laboWn with Donald Douglas, nrorident of the plant. i Public Invited To Inspect Boy Scout Camp East Of This City On Sunday local night For Organization _ , ' I people. Mr. Prevette said, urging Prune IVfllllSter Wins 'that construction of a flood con- By Vote of 447 To 3; The • Singers Northwestern Convention will Carolina ' Despite the tret that there was hold its only one ticket and no contests. ‘rf S' Londxin. f^ay 7.-—Warned in the anxious tones of David Lloyd George that .America’s war help / is yet infinitely too little to beat Germrny. the British house of commons today gave Prime Min- istar-.'Winston ChBrchiU-a-» new’ mandate to carry on with a con fidence vote of 44 7 to 3. For nearly two hourg and a half the \,hitc .''-aned world wrr premier and the prime minister of this war engaged in a sober oratorical duel before an intent chamber. It was the end of a two day debate, a totaling up of Brit ain’s newest reverses and a sum mation 'V lier determination and hopes, and it left Churchill to all appearances unshaken before prr- ‘.liament and country. He walked from the crowded Assurance has been given Uaiph T. Dunaway, assistant In-! du.strlal engineer of the North I Orrolina Department of Conser-1 semi-annual meeting in Wilke.-• almost 250 people voted in North >1, ,Tr..n.._i municipal election boro. Sunday. May 11. The convention will be held in the high school building, the ^ ^ , u ' Baptist' church, and the Metho- vation and Developmeut, that he ^ ^ ^ will do everything ' possible to | and will begin , ... . , , promptly f.t. one p, .m. in all three C about flood contmLjon ' C-agjj™ ■ Yadkin. ' Draw Jurors For June Term Court Commissioners In Regular Session Monday Transact Routine Business The convention is having its second meeting since organization and is expecting singers from all parts of this state and from adr joining states. The puiilic is cordially invited to attend this convention and .en joy the good singing th; ' will be in store for all. Wilkes county board of com missioners in ses.sion Monday drew jurors for ibe June term of house in the midst of a ' OU'-ing ^-^yjujpg superior court, which j 3tuJgnts and rare demonstration by the j convene on Monday. June 2 members. 43 Graduate At Millers Creek Hi Two Are Held On Burglary Charge Little other business of public | intere.-t was transacted by the board, which was busy with rou tine matters. List of jurors for the June term qf court follows: I’lrst Week Willie A. Sparks, .Antioch; Carry Out Final Program Of Commence ment Tuesday Night / Zane Foster and J. D. Gettys. Jr., Arrested; Confessed Many Thefts Wilkes officers today rrreSted Zane Foster. IS. and J. D. Getivs. Jr., 17. North Wilkeshoro high school students, on a charge of burglary. They are charged with having entered the home of Gilbert Fos ter. in which he was sleeping, at Millers Creek on Tuesday night. Wilkes officers said both hfid confessed, not only to entrrnce to the Foster home, but to enter ing R. J. Eller' home ne^r Mill ers Creek on f.ie same night and to many other housebreakings over a period of several months. Deputy R. C. Jennings said that Foster had signed confession to entering many homes and that Gettys had concurred in the con fession. Listed in the strtement which officers said Foster signed were admkssions of entering the home of E. C. Johnson in North Wilkes- boro last August, to the theft of 118 or $20 from Motor Market In North W’ilkesboro, entering the homes of G. K. Whittington. Homer Brookshire and Raymond Fester in Wilkeshoro; entering four houses near Mountain View; the ho.me of Walter Revis at Moravian Fallii: and the home of Bozo Davis, where $25 in quart ers was taken. Millers Greek high school sen iors did the apeakiilg and con ducted the program of their com mencement on Tuesday night. James E. Johnson. Lovelace; G. |’when diplomas of hi.gh school I). Smith. Edwards; T. C. Hester. sraduaHon were presented to 43 Moravian Falls; J; mes E. Ale-1‘'eninrs. C’anii. Edwards; Walter Miller, Fifty dollars was taken from the home of*R. J. Eller Tuesday night. Foster said that Gettys went into the house and. that he did not know any mpney was ken until today. Foster said he sred Gilbert Foster’s house ran when Mr. Foster aroused, ^ffkert said that the two boys !i»d been nnder 8naipicl,>n for two Btha and decision to make ['tlietr sTTOst was made following ‘ Ihs nAberles on Tuesday night. ■i*:aV2 ■ • 'Y*- • North Wilke.-'boro; J. H. Hagar. New Castle; J. Q. Wiles, Rock Creek: Henry Wiles and E. H. Cheek. Edwards: J. -4. Anderson, Brushy Mountain: John F. Lam- berth. North Wllkesboro; S. H. Swan.son. Boomer; II H. Sinithe. Elk- Andrew J. C. Aren. Ed wards: Ccrl Minton, North Wil- kesboro: John I. Lyon. Traphill: W. T. Masten. New Castle; J. Parks Roberson. Bra-hy Moun tain; W. T. Billings. Rock Creek; Major Blevins. Walnut Grove; .Arthur*Sale, Antioch: E. R. I>o\ve. Wllkesboro: J, C-. Adams, New Castle; A. S. Eller. Stanton. Second Week Floyd A. Perry. North Wil- kesboro; B. C. Hayes. Reddles River; T. Y. Inscore. Somers; L. E. Holsclaw, Trrphill; J. F. Cof fey. Mulberry: E. N. Elmore, ’{ock Creek: V'atson Cheek Traphill; T. S. Mvers. W’alnu Grove; .1. B. Key. Ed ward-;; W’ A. Groce. Wllkesboro; Percy Chambers. New Castle; W. M. Tiolbrook. W’alnut Grove; Odell Royal. Rock Creek; Walter W'ar- ren, Traphill: Sebon W’est, Ed wards; L. D. Wellborn. New Cas tle; Grover Sebrstian, North Wil- 'cesboro; Ovid Johnson, Traphill; W. B. Luffman. Rock Greek; A. X. Wyatt, North Wilkeshoro; O. -i. Gentry. Edwafds; Q. B. Blan kenship, North Wllkesboro; faul Holbrook, Traphill: Daniel Web ster, Boomer: W', C. Scroggs, Mo ravian Falks. Finals Tonight John A. Lang, state adminis trator of NYA, will speak tonight :n the graduation exercise.s ft Wllkesboco high school, eight o’ clock. Fifty-five seniors will re ceive diplomas of high schotA^ graduation. r J - -tin..it Presiding at the commence ment program wrs Bea’rire I,ov- ette. president of the student body. S’he presented A. V. Noli n, faculty member, who led the in vocation. Mahle Eller delivered the salutatory and presented each member of the class, after which the glee club rendered two mim- bers. Clark Kilby -presentea the theme of the program, which was “A Well Rounded Personality.” Phy.sical. mental, social and spir itual phases of the subject were discussed in short talks by J. T. Vannoy. Clate Snider. Hazel Hpyes and' Edna Whittington, re spectively. Doris Tul'bert rendered a piano solo. R. V. Day. principal, talked of crowded conditions at the .jchoci and urgent need for additional school facilities and then pre sented a number of awprds. Gor don Finley, of the Wilkes post of the American Legion, presented the Legion medal for honor, coiir- scholarshlp, leadership and service to Clate Snider. Another citizenship medal went to Doris Tulhurt. Cecil Vannoy. athletic coach, presented brsketball letters and second year emblems to Richard McGlamery. Conrad Parsons. Rex Bumgarner, J. T. Vannoy, Junior Livingston, Don ElUot and Clark Kilby. A medal was' presented for 11 years perfect attend.'nee to Con rad Parsoas and for seven years to Ddris Nichols. Fred Reeves, Rex Whittington. Doris Tulburt, Arnold Hurley and Truitt Cock- erham. R. R. Church, member of the county boird of education a- warded the high school diplomas. - Valedictory was by.Clara Bum garner rn^:beiM.cUon by Mrs. Valeria Belle EMer. Wilkesboro’s Tuesday. Mayor R. T. McNiel. unopposed for re-election, received 230 votes. The votes received by the unopposed .esndidstes for-.-com missioners were: Ralph Duncan, 2.-!6: R. G. Finley. 237; J. R. Hix, 24 3: H. M. Hutchens. 235: A. F. Kill)y, 240. J. R. Hix, by virtue of his having [eceived the high est vote,, automatically becomes meyor pro-tem. Dr. J. S. Deans received 233 and E. C. Johnson received 236 votes for membership on the ity board of education. They were also without oppo.sition in the election. The city council, composed of the mayor and five commission ers, will meet on Thursday night in a joint meeting with the out going members and w.ll organize^ for the term. The three new coniimissioners are A. F. Kill y. J. R. Hix r'>d R. G. Finley. They succeed W. K. Sturdlvi nt, Gordon Finley and J. B. Carter, who were not condi- dates for another term. Boy Scout Troop number 35 invites the public to visit its Camp Mulberry, which is located two end one-half miles east of this city, on Sunday, May 11. i Open House will be observed at the camp after 12:30 p. m. and visitors are invited to picnic on the camp grounds if they wish. Included in the camp are a 20 by 40 cabin, which has a kitchen, and 22 bunks. There are outdoor tables,' tirepiUicqs^ and other camp facilities'on the ground. / Camp Mulberry is the result of many days of hard labor on the part of the Scouts and officials. They are proud of their accomp lishments, and invite all to visit the camp during Open House Sunday. ‘‘Show the hoys that you are backing them up. One good way to encourage Such project.s Is by attending the Open House at Camp Mulberry. If you have not seen the ermp there is a big sur prise awaiting you,” Scout offici als said. Visitors may reach the camp by following signs from the lower Yadkin bridge in this city. Women’s Society Of Methodists In District Meeting Lions Club Will SponsorTourney Kiwanians Hear High School Band Fifth Annual Wilkes County Tournament To Bd Held In June This Year Band Showed Great Im provement Over Program Given One Year Ago Six numbers given by the high school band at the Kiwanis meet ing Friday noon were well re ceived and the band, under lead ership of Prof. Bill Grier, direc tor. was highly complimented. A. F. Kilby w?8 program chair man and he presented Paul S. Crag, n, who Introduced Prof. Grier and the band. The numbers rendered were "America,” “Chap el Shrine.’’ “Prince and Pauper Overture,’’ "Sabo March,’’ “Mili tary Escort” rnd “Star Spangled Banner.” Mr. Fogaiman was a guest of J g Prevette and Dr. R. M. Brame was a guest of J. B. Car ter at the meeting. ■ Lion.5 Club of North Wilkes horo will sponsor the Wilkes County Tennis Tournament a- gain. It was learned today from W. Blair Gwyn. president. It will be the fifth year of the tonrnrment. which has grown each year to Include an increas ing number of players of the Wilkesboros and rural communi ties. The divisions this year will be men's singles, men’s dou-’ales, women’s slu.gles, mixed doubles and junior singles. All who play tennis are asked by the club to he practicing for the toumrment and to enter when the entry per iods opens. Grady Church is chairman of the committee which Will handle the tournament, to be held in June. F. C. Forester,Is Hit By Automobile F C. (Tom) Forester, promi nent lecal business man, was .painfully Injured Saturday night when he w.is hit by a c:r. The ac cident occu.ed on the comer of A and .10th streets '■•ben a car driven by Marrin Greer, colored, turned the corner and hit Mr. Forester-as be wa« craaelng the street. He susUlned severe bruis es but was not crltlcallf hurt. However,'’be has been confined to his home since tfeatvtlme. Reins - Sturdivant Association Will Have Annual Meet Officers, Director*, Guests To Meet Saturday Even ing In ThU City ■ niON ,•; *> - ExperiiMieBts at tbe rntvorslty of . California : revedled thrt kon appears lO cow’*. > ollllt jrjvwlriila five mfaiiites at^r He aiili^ fa Iron-eoatAtaing^lo^ . - 1^.4 Annual meeting Reins-Stur- divant Mutual Burlrl association, which has home o|flcif l|»re and. branjehof'at Sparta, ‘W'sst Jeffd^ son, Boone and Lenoli*i will be held on Saturday evening. Mat 10, A: SO o'clock, aecordlpk annonncemant made today by A A. SturdlvanU-preeWeirt. - The babqufit wfll ^ Hotel O ' (GoBtlniied on vmS By .Miss MAMIE SOfTiWEIJ, Mrs. C. C. Weaver, of Winston- Salem, f-nd conference president; Miss Leila Epps, missionary to Brazil qnd who Is now home on a furlough: and Miss Mahle Cherry, -^of Brevard College, and a returned missionary from Ko rea: brought inspiration?! mes sages to the meeting of the Wom an’s Society of ChrtstiqA Service held at the"Wlik'e8boro Methodist church on Wednesday. Mrs. Har ry Pearson, of North Wilkeshoro. and president of the district, presided over the meeting, while Mrs. n. S. Call, of Wilkeshoro. served as recordin»secretery. The worship period for the mornitig session was led by Dr. J. C. Stokfts, pastor of the host church, using as his theme “I will life up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help, my help cometh from^the Lord which made heaven and earth.’' Dr.. Stokes pointed out different ways in which hills and moun. tains have played a Icrge part in the religions life of people. At this time Mrs. Ruth Wright Per sianoff, accompanied at the pi ano by Mrs. R. E. Prevette, both of whom are memher-i of the Wilkeshoro school faculty, sang “The Spirit of Cod.’’ To open the morning session "Blest Be the Tie” wrs sung after which Mrs. Call read the scripture lesson, this being followed by prayer by Mrs. J. C. Stoke.'. Words of welcome were spoken by Mrs. N. O. Smoak. president of the Wilkeshoro Society, to which Mrs. Mason Lillard. of El kin. responded. Mrs. Weaver at the morning session conducted an Impressive pledge service, at which time the president of each society or some representative came to the altar and made the pledge while quot ing some scripture verse, after wards all knelt at the altar for the dedication prayer. In the aft- eynoon she mrde a talk on the work of the Society. Mms Epps during the morning session ,-poke on “Open Doors for Service in Brazil,” and in the afternoon led the opening devotional period. Miss Cherry told about some of her work In Korea, and presented Brevard and Scarritt Colleges. Mrs. Lillard, district conference secretary, made a trlk on the work of the district, and others presenting some phase of the work were Mrs. Arnold. Kirk, of Cooleemee, Missionary Education and Bible Study: Mrs. J. F. Clem ent, of Mocksville. Literature: Mrs. T. A. Redmon, of Farming- ton; sjipplles; Mrs. J B. Hender son, of Wllkesboro, children’s work': Mrs. Ward Eshelman, of North Wilkeshoro, Christian Soci al -EeteUoua and local -church ac- HVt^: -and Miss Mamie Sockwell, oi' North Wllkesboro, Young. Women and CHrl’s work. Around a 150 attended the meottng and at the noon hour the IaA** of the host church served a iliUr lunch at the Community Invocation was offor- HUW A- C- Gibb*, of Elkin. DfaiafeV^. A. And GedfVi^iCninedjr D«li^V feated La Elcctkm^^^ In probably the most spirit*^', •lection ever held in He'old caj^ . itel of “The State of Wilkes," Wllkesboro voters on Tueodaqr elected a new mayor and fouv commissioners b y majoritici* ranging from'89 to 164. ' H. A. Cranor, veteran political leader who had the dlstlnstion several' years ago of being the only Democrat elected to the leg islature from Wilkes in half a century, was elected for the elev enth time as mayor, defeating L. B. Dula 308 to 219. Four commissioners were chos en from six candidates. Commis sioners elected and votes received were: S. T. Colvard, 305; James Lowe, 359: W. E.'Smithey. 380; and Dr. G. T, Mitchell. 4 72. Dr. Mitchell had the support of both factions. Defeated candidates for com missioners were Wm. A. gtrond, a veteran political leader, -who received 245 votes, and George Kennedy 'with 216 votes. The newly elected mayor and commissioners will have their first meeting in a few days. J. F. Jordan, incumbent mayor, did not choose to run. It was a non-partisan election as far as major party alignment was concerned, but factional poli tics was predominant. The de feated candidate for mayor and commissioners. Republicans, had the active support of Democratic Sheriff C. T. Doughton and sever al other active organization Dem ocrats. while Republicans frajiy supported Granor. r- The .hotly ^q^giteftedrelaedii dWitei’ sdRioI Ilgh'fih’thA t^wo yerrs ago, when T. E. Story was ousted as superintendent of Wilkas'boro district schools. De feated candidates in Tuesday’s election had the active support of J. T. Prevette, secretary of the district school committee which discharged story. Interest in the election ran so high all except about 50 of the town’s registered voters e?st votas Tuesday and both sides had workers busily engaged through out the day. After polls dosed Tuesday eve ning the ooui'thoiise square ad jacent to the municipal liuilding, where the election was held, was thronged witli iuindceds anxious ly awaiting the election results. The scene was reminiscent of election returns night after the general election. The election had attracted the interest of many people outside of the town, who gathered to learn the outcome. S. S. Convention At Maple Grove Program For Two-Day Ses sion Stone Mountain As sociation Announced Program of Stone Mountain Sundry school association to be held at Maple Grove church May 24 and 26 has been announced. The convention will open on May 24. ten a. m., with devotion al by Rev. L. E. Sparks and ser mon by Rev. T. E. Blevins. Or ganization and election of officers will complete the morning ses sion. Beginning at one p. m. the fol lowing subjects will be discuss ed in talks of ten minutes each: “VPhy The Sunday School.’’ by John McGrady and Mrs. J. Gregory; “How To Increase Sun day School Attendance.” by Mrs. Bert Brown and Mrs. W. V. Nix;^ “Who Is The Sunday School For.” by Rev. S. L. Bleyin.?. Rev. C. M. Caudill and W. M. Pruitt; “When Is A Sunday School Property Functioning?”, by Rev D. C. Miller and Mrs. Winfred Luffm.'n. Sunday’s session' will open at ten a. m. with C. C. GaniblU and Mrs. W. V. Nix discussing “Meth ods of Teaching A Sunday School Cla.se.’’ Rev. Grant Cothren wlu j»reach at eleven o’clock. Dokies Barbecue On Friday Evening r itif .y -A' North WUkesDoro DoW«s will meet at Pln« Ridge Plcnld - i eburcb extended an »'for the tone meeting M>metime dorin* gronnds near Moravian EalU day, evening, *;80 o’clock. A becM dinner Vrtll he *& enJoywIB meeting.
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