;,Ohr«r 200 In Ri
. ^»rwu Alexai^ria
.sv%^_^ Oiijro.—B»tw«en.200 and 300
penons -wera killed Saturday
Blgfat when axis bomibers pound-
€k1 the Great British naval base
at Alexandria in the second all-
night raid there within four days,
it was eeUmrted today.
‘ Extensive damage was added to
that ddne when raiders attacked
the. city last Wednesday night.
More than 100 persons were kill
ed in that raid, an official an
nouncement said.
■ Another aerial thrust at the
home of the British Mediterran
ean fleet occurred Sunday after
noon. but there were few details
available here as to its extent. A
giant three-motored Italian hea
vy bomber was interceipted over
the city during the attack and
shot down by British fighter
planes. It crashed near .\game.
31 Stores
Importwt Meeting
of Wheat Handlers
Here Weiiesday
Freed
All Threahera, Combine
Owners, MiHera and Buy
ers Wheat To Attend
Turks* Policy To Be
NeutralToward Syria
Ankara, Turkey.—The Turkish |
government will observe a hands
off policy towards iiivtded Syria,
taking only such action as is nec
essary to defend its own national
frontiers, the British embassy was
reliably informed yesterday.
The Turks, with the Germans
already installed on their Buro-
pean frontiers and dominating ^
A meeting described as being
of great importance to wheat
millers, threshers, combine own
ers. and all others who buy. liar-
ter or sell w’heat will be held at
the city hall in North Wilkesboro
on Wednesday. June 11. ten a.
m.
Bawrence Miller, secretary of
the Wilkes Triple A. announced
the meeting and said that it will
be for the purpose of informing
wheat handlers about Important
phases of the v/heat control .plan
voted in the referendum last Sat
urday. Samples of records to be
kept by millers and wheat buy
ers and threshers will be gi»"'
poan irouLieis — . era aiiu imco.ic.a —
the entrance to the Dardanelles, | and it will be explained that
were said in informed quarters to I tt,ngg who do not conform to the
view the allied drive into the [ j^w will be subject to fines up to
French territory to the south with ^ jsqo and that buyers will be re-
conslderable satisfaction. sponsible for the wheat penalty
President Ismet Inonu was on|nf 49 cents per cent bushel,
the Syrian border inspecting Ttir-1 following article about the
kish defense arrangements I subject as ,=ent out from Raleigh
the long-rumored British - ^tee , additional information.
French invasion actually materi- j^g^g jg information of impor-
alized. tance to any person who buys.
4. British military source said 1 sels or handles wheAt this year
German penetration of S)-ria with j under the -AAA’s first national
force detachments and the ad-1 marketing control program for
vance nucleus of an army expe-1 wheat,
dltion had endangered the entire | ^ y. Floyd, AAA executive of-
balance of power in the .Middle t State College, advising
East. Ithat any combiner, processi ’ or
"grower of wheat should approach
Drive Directed
Towards Beirut
And^DajBBfcicns
1/
his country .AAA office for admin
istrative details of the marketing
quota program immediately today
jfttfercd thi8.ouGia«.‘^ia^is=
Tbe non-allotment- farmer who
.. . - hars'ests wheat in exces-s of his
British Middle East Headquart. ' -g^gagg and the allotment
er^. Cairo.-Brltish and ’’Free in exccvs of
f French’’ forces paced by acreage must “clear”
can - made Tomahawk 1 with .AAA authorities
planes last night were pg„aUy of
driving swiftly toward the cities , ,.enls a tnishel on excess wheat
, of Beirut and Dama.scn.s after a providing satisfactory re-
lightning. pre-dawn invasion "f „revage from trade
■ French Syria ami I-ebanon. gf„re lliey may re-
Determined to drive n,grketing cards, l ule-s the
mans out of syna and sma.-h ,■ ,„g,. (.an show his marketing
left cla w of an axis pincers the buyer or
toward llo- Suez ralKil. .be a d.^^^
^British seized .be iiunat.ie iroin .red is subject to pen-
Adolf Hitler tor the liist time ami |
plunged into epeii war with Brtl- a prod.tcer of wheal
,te-s beaten ally oi onl.i a >i. marketing card will
^^:;:be British atid tbeir ”Kree Jli'- --rn
French ” allies belieied ' ' ,• ^ .Attorney
French resisicu-e might l-e hr.et , .e ^ ' e„urt if the
■>-
French territories to be tie. Uane.-b^ prmlucev shows a niar-
and independent sta is. ',.^,1,,., card however, the buyer
'Ca ‘ air iX mill ,0 I or combiner will know that the
nrrr;.ur a.^ releasing wheat may be bandied penaity-
them from France’s mandate and | tree,
pr^tion answered year-long de-! Special
. aw.. uml '>vnaiis.
Lewis
HeUF^^
Witlhout Bond
of Mercy for, Britain
Hearing On Murder Charge
Held In Wilkesboro On
Thursday Afternoon
Princess Stephanie Hobenlohc,
who had been held for depertation
In San Francisco, with .Alaj. L. B.
Schofield. U. S. iinm’grat'on service
head, who ap-i '-d her release.
Five Selected To
Be Inducted Into
ArmyOnThursday
Wilkes Draft Board Number
One To Send Five; No
Call For Board 2
Lewis Johnson, of the Tnnhill
community, was ordered held in
I iail without bond Thursday fol
lowing a hearing held before
Magistrate R. C. Jennings In Wil-
keshoro.
Johnson is charged with the
fata shooting of Crommle Hiitch-
Jison. 43. a neighbor of Johnson,
at the home of Osco Hincher, an-
I other neighbor, on Sunday eve
ning.
Witnesses srld that the two
I men had some trouble about two
years ago. On Sunday they were
together at the Hincher home
and Johnson, who was drinking
secured a gun and threatened to
shoot Hutchison, who ran., Hutch
ison secured another gun and
[Johnson ran outside. When
Htiichison went out Johnson fired
from behind a granary. Hutchi
son .-creamed, ran about 3' yards
and fell.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall was
assisted in the prosecution by Eu
gene Trivette. F. J. McDuffie
represented the defendant.
Agreement Sij^ _
In Canvass Made
A: Committee
Half
Morement I»
SpmMored By The Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Five men have been notified by
Wilkes draft ho-rd number one
to report on Thursday. June 12.
for induction into the H. S. Army
at Fort Bragg.
The men notified to report
were Silas W Johnson. Jr., of
Wilkesboro: James Lester Bald
win, of Congo; James William
Hugh Kilby, of Millers -Creek;'
James Monroe "Vates. of Purlear;
Hiiie Speaks, of Union Grove,
.lohn.'on is the only
The draftees iiicltide
Make Progress On
Widening Of Road
WPA Workers WiU Soon
Complete Witdening Of
Fairplains Highway
ingly .;^iil i/rWfre&'if'pn'^e' Wtr-
plains road, widening project
volunteer, j nutth of this city 'and it is ex
iitl elig bte I pelted that the work will .be com
men through order number 122. j Pieced earlier than first eRimat-
Meaiiwhile the task of sending; .
out questionnaires and classifying | Highway 13 is .being widened
men coiitimies. AAMlkes draft! "'tth addition of four feet of con-
l.oard number one ha.s mailed out | Crete pavement a dist: nee of one
questionnaires through Im-.l or-' a'id one-half miles north from
rter nnmtier 1 247 and Wilkes , Norih Wilkesboro city limits,
board number two. which has r i The job is being accomplished
larger list of regidrants. has | lj>’ means of.a WPA project .spon-
luailed them out ilirough local or-'-sored hy the state highway com-
del- naiiiiicr 1,3OH. .V warning was
issued last week demanding that
, nii.ssion.
When Ohe pavement is
completed the shoulder- will be
^‘mesti()Il“laire.s'^^ and ! wide-iied and reconstructed, bring
returned in five days as instruct-1 iug abojil much needed improve-
,.,1 iinent on the highway
Wilkes dr,'ft lioard iiuiiiliei two
has not ret-eived a call for men
tliis month.
I
will be
growers
Juniors Will Meet
On Tuesday Night
North Wilkesboro Junior Order
rouiicil will ineel on Ttiesdsv
night. 7:;!0. It will be the first
ineeling since the council sii-
Dokies Will Plan
For Ceremonial
Some of the nurses who left for England to staff the American Bed
Cross Harvard hospital, now under construction In embattled Britain.
Left to right: Miss Tbeodisia Hawley; Miss Charlotte Baymond; Miss
Helen Johnson; Mlssi Gertrude Madley; Miss Elisabeth Phillips, and Har
old E. McKensle, who is to be the hospital chef.
Many Taking Advantage Of Free Pen
Offer, Which WiU Close On June 30th
Since The Journal-Patriot
innouneed last week that the
offer to glye a Morrison foun-
ta'n pen with each subscription
most close on June 30 many
have called for their |)ens and
.several have gone out by mail
to those who mailed their .sub-
suhseriptions.
The management of Tlie
Journal-Patriot announced the
closing date of the offer a few
weeks In advance in order to
five all a free and ample op-
portnnity to take advantage of
UMA^offer and •^rp.one of
The pens are ^nniiie Morris
son fountain pen.s in either
men's or latlies’ styles, are
well constructetl, of good ap-
I>ear!ince and have a life time
service guarantee. Many hun
dreds have been given since the
several
offer was Introduced
months ago.
But Monday, June ,‘M), will
positively be the last day of the
offer and it Is asked that those
who wish to take advantage of
it do so as early as possible in
order to avoid the rush during
the la.st days of the month
wlien it may be impossible for
us to secure the liens prompt
ly.
The offer applies to all new
and renewal subscriptions and
a pen will be given to each one
who oi^ .
Local Merchants
let Instructions
On Cotton Stamps
Educational Campaign To
Acquaint Retailers With
Operations Of Plan
In anticipation of the issuance
of Cotton Order Stamps to cotton
farmers of Wilkes county par-
ticirating in the Supplementary
Cotton Camp Program within a-
iioiit 3 weeks, the Government is
iai to be held in .Vorth Wilkes-' '“’’'’.viTiB an extensive educa-
i.,ne Ml tiona> campaign to acquaint lo-
lioro on Friday, June am
Noi l It Wilkesboro Dokics cliil)
will meet on Friday evening, sev
en o’rlock. al Roaring River to
lav plans for the Dokies ccremon
arrangenienU
- L , K .jn,i -tvriaiis made to aocomniodate
mands of 1wheat hy telephone
„rea. already to the ■ or mail. Floyd
spended meetings teniporrrily ■ memliers are earnestly requested ,peraUon. •
during curreut revivals and a to attend the made
large attendance is asked. De- River home demon,stration club 1
gree work w'ill be cjirried out. will .serve dinner.
to have
.•Eree French’ cause.
The United State.s’ strong warn
ing to the Vichy regime against
sunni.ssion to -tdolf iHHer ap
peared to have had a Itart in
launching the invasion.
British Campaign
In Syria Watched
Closely By Nazis
Annual Reunion
Ellers June 22nd
British Captives of Nazis in Africa
At Boiling Springs Church;
Program Includes Address
By Judge J- J- Hayes
Berlin —British open-tions in
Svria were watched intensely ly
Berlin last night but a news ser
vice close to the Wilhelnistra^se,
-yawl the
.Annual reunion of the Eller
familv will be held on Sunday.
June ’’2 at Boiling Springs
church "about 12 miles west of
North Wilkest>oro.
Program as planned for the oi-
will iiclnde sermon at
least for
which
Dlenst AU.S Rentschland. said the
•‘affair’’ was regarded hen. at ^ (jp^rge Sebastian
r the present. a.s one basket dinner sorerd picnic
concerns chiefly i g,vp at iioon.
Thus it was said, the official j feature of the afternoon
Vichy reaction was program will be an addreas Vy
greatest attention. .Iiidge Johnson J. Hayes, of A\
‘‘The declaration of the , j^ggboro. at two o’clock. Special
government also that this i music will be rendered through-
tion of its empire will be defend- j other features of
ed to the fullest extent of French
strength is not doubted by Ger
many.” the news service said.
“The greatest reserve is being
,■*'« observed in Berlin, but neverthe-
lees it is pointed out that this
new act of aggression is in line
zrlth earlier British attacks on
Oran and Dakar.”
’.In the cases too, Dlenst said,
__ British used “false charges
-^German military plana, prepa-
ktlon l>r action” to Justify at-
will be announced
the prognm
later. '
The Ellers are one of the most
widely known and niiinerous fam
ilies in this part of the state a,nd
it is expected that the reunion
will be largely attended. All Eli-
ers and their relatives and friend,
are cordially Invited, snd with
well filled baskets, the announce
ment said.
I today by Mr. J. B. Snipes, County
' Agricultural Agent in stating that
My. L. H. Yountz a representa-
!tive of the Snrpliis Mrrketing Ad-
I ministration planned to call per
sonally on the manager of every
retailer of cotton products in the
! county.
I “It is of utmost importance.”
said Mr. Snipes “that the«e
merchant.^ and their clerks fullj
I understand the rules and regtiP-
: tions governing the operation of
'the Program. Retail merchants
I dealing in cotton goods will be
one of the most Important groups
1 in this program designed to help
our cotton farmers, merchants,
and the Smith’s Number 1 Indus
try as a whole.”
“M'-ny more citizens of the
United States depend upon cotton
for a living than upon any other
crop we grow. It la the most Im
portant cash crop we gro v. On
2 000,000 cotton farms of the
South arid Southwest more than
10.000.000 persons are dependent
on’cotton for the'greater part of
their income.”
“The war has shfrpiy curtailed
our exports of American cotton
which, more thanbi»any other
wnicn, uiuic _ .national
American crop has ibe«n depend- New Orleans on July 20.
M.5G CWfoliii and
1^2.00 pew year for out-of-state
sobscrlptlons. Those w-ho mail
their .subscriptlon.s will receive
llueir i>ons through the mails a.s
promptly a.s they can be mailed
out.
Those wlio 'lave already re-
leived jiens may during the re-
muiiuler of this month 'eeure
others hv tiavnient of another
year’s subscription.
The Joumnl-Pntriol doe'- not
want anyone to miss this oppor
tunity to secure a liigli quality
fountain pen free and we ask
that you tell your neighbors
who ina,x' xxish lo snhseribe that
the offer will close on June 3t»
and to subscribe now while
they- can get IIk-ho beautiful
and serviceable jiens. AVe re-
siM-ctfiilly urge that you act
early and by all meaiLs do not
fail to get your pen wh’le the
offer is In force liecause it
most Imi withdrawn on June
3n.
Thirty-one North Wilkesboro
merchants, representing a big ma
jority of retailers with the excep
tion of grocery and drug stores,
will be closed on Wednesday aft
ernoons at one p. m. through
June, July and August.
Announcement of the balf holi
day was made today by a com
mittee of the Junior Chamber of
Com.merce, sponsor of the half
holiday movement. Richard Deans
and Grrdy Church composed the
committee making the canvass.
The committee explained that
due to the brief time before mak
ing the announcement it was Im
possible to contact ail retailers
and that others will be contacted
relative to the half holiday. It is
asked that the retailers coope.
rate, regardless of whether or not
they have been contacted.
The half holiday movement was
sponsored In order to allow the
many employes of merchandise
firms a few hours for rest and
recreation during the .S'ummer
season and full cooperation on
the part of the public is earnest,
ly requested by those participat
ing.
The stores will close promptly
on Wednesday afternoons at one
o’clock, beginning on Wednesday,
June 11.
The agreement signed was as j
follows: “We, the undersigned.
hereby agree to close Wednesday
were
Rev. H. G. Allen
Addresses Club
Lions Name Delegates To
State Convention To Be
Held In Asheville
Rev. H. G. Allen, of Statesville,
was the feature speaker at the
North Wilkesboro Lions club xT„,,h /'em
meeting held on. Friday evening! many other western North (.a o
and he delivered a most interest- Una towns.
sftWttom* throughout
of June, July and August.”
Signing the agreement
the following firms:
North Wilkesboro Hardware
Deans Jewelry Store
Ervin's Men’s Shop
Lerner’s Department Store.
Jean’s
■Marlow’.s Men’s Sh'ip
Crrl W. Steeie, Jeweler
Payne Clothing Co.
Bclk’.-' Departnient Store
Prevette's
Prevette’s Closeout Store
J. 0. Penney Company
Southern Bargain Store
Hackney’s Department Store
Jenkins Hardware Company
Shook Hardware Company
Yale Deiiartment Store
Bare’s Fair Store
Harris Brothers Department
Store
Hayes Hardware company
Church Hardware company
Carlton Hardware company
Rhodes-Day Furniture company
Ml rk-Dowii Furniture company
Smoak F’urnitiire and Hard
ware
Wilkes Furniture Exchange
Tomlinson’s Department Store
Spainhonr’s
The Goodwill Store
Rose's 5, 10 and 25 Cent Store
Cre-st Stores company.
Shoe shops, according to prev
ious announcement, will be
closed On AVedne.sday afternoons.
The half-holiday movement
here is in line with pic ns which
have already been adopted in
Ing message.
Rev. Mr. Allen is pastor of
Broad Street Methodist church in
3trtesville and during the pa.U
week had been assisting in a re
vival at the Methodist church in
this city.
Twenty-six Lions from the Le
noir club were visitors at tlit
Friday evening meeting.
Paul Fashion. W. M. Carring
ton and I. H. McNeill. Jr., were
named delegates to the state con
veution of Lions to be held i'
/yshevllle on June 22, 23 rnd 24.
It is expected that several othei
members of the North AV llkes-
toro club will attend part of the
sessions. The club also expects tc
be represented In the Lions Inter-
convention to begin in
Wilkes Superior
Court In 2nd Week
ent on foreign buyers for its mar- , .
ket. Accordingly, It to today more 2 MamagC LlCClWC
.. I »>ion AVAV ' ’
the national Intpreot than ever
before that we Increase our do
meetlc consumption of cotton
goods grown, proceeaed. and man
Only two license to wed were
Isifced during tihe past week by
Wilkes Register of Deeds C. C.
^factur*2^ in this country.
u vtr ***“ Mary Broyhill, of Boom-
TuJa ^Ue “selftoh Brlttoh alma'er, was a vtoitcr in North Wll-
yagJIy were at the bottom.’* keoboro Thursday.
This picture, Ulieii somewherb in Atrioa, ekows a grosp af'BrUM ants,. farmers, apd' tl^; generri Russel Har-
soMler. tTerii from the ffghttof Hms •( the eeeeaw'battto of the dark pupitc should odopdrate In this J^wn. ^tondm^Ruwi «a
continent. They are ta^fte prieen to which they were re- J^iortaut national objective . of rto jnd B^ty Combe, both
moTttd »fter their oftptm bf the tweeHM Itari »»d Iteltea ' increased .cotton ^ Roifcda. —
1
Wilkes superior court conven
ed todey on the second week of
the regular June term for trial
of civil cases. Judge F. Donald
Phillips, of Rockingbam. is pre
siding.
This morning the jury return,
ed a verdict in the case of Quincy
Yates, administrator, versus A.
P. Huffman, for the death of Mr.
Yates’ child in an automobile ac
cident three miles west of this
city four years ago. The plaintllf
was awarded a verdict of $100.
Several cases of minor Interest
were disposed of during the first
week. \
Junior Outmber
Commerce To Meet
North Wilkesboro ."Junior
Chamber of tqom|iMh» moof '^i^
on Tuesdsy night,. 7:30. at
city hall. »v«7'Stoomh«r la aakir
to 'bo prosoat.’
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