Tertitt
»emiin-Rfit4an
mi P^U
, Jan* 18.-—iThe ttiiHis
of 0f'^wuaoTl»t KuMl«n r^-.^
^ «aa (ttll In Uie fontroot o|
f^acttwa tonight but
«a» an incUnatton in icMn*
rttaaitnrs to regard toswrts of Ger-
^isan troop moremehts as “obri-
I otoly** naii-lnapirod—a screen for
a anrpriae more, probabiy against
titaln.
^ By tiila reasoning the most au
thoritatiVe report of German
trb9 moTemeats. that is, concen-
tradM^aia oastern a^.northeast-
}lM^ny tahiag Rnula. vhich
wiia etiolated by Rnssia’s offici-
■ al^noira ageney. Taas, wonld rep-
jraaaat pfopaganda collaboration
-lib^een Hoseow and Berlin,
f CAn ■ unconfirmed report that
F.RjMsl& hos'declared general mob-
l^ation and canceled all army
leares was related tonight br
Martin Agronsky, National Broad
casting company correspondent in
Turkey, during his regular broad
cast from Ankara.)
Berlin Says U-Boat
Bag Is Bigger Than
That of World War
Berlin, June 15.—^Nearly 300,-
000 tons o British and British-
used shipping hare been sent to
the bottom in the first two weeks
or June, bringing shls) losses to
nearly 12,000,000 tons in 21
months of warfare. D. N. B., of
ficial German news agency, said
tonight.
The agency said the figures did
not include ships sunk by mines.
The nearly 12.000,000 tons
sunk so far, said D. N. B., more
than equalled the record made by
t7-boats during the entire world
war.
(According to Encyclopaedia
Britannica 11,189,000 tons of
lipping were sent to the bottom
the world war.)
The agency said Britain was
how in a much weaker merchant
marine position than in the worst
world war year. 1917.
VOL.
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NORTH WILKE3SBOI
tONDAY, JUNE 16): >1 In thf^SUte ^ $2,'
Fam PiiynieBtstol All THIS A8D COTTON, TPO
Wilkes Farmen
For 1940 $57,550
GrMtgr.Part of Amount Has
Been Received And Dis
tributed To Farmers
Government payments to
Wllkea county Ihrmers for com
pliance with the agricultnral con-
seryatioa program In 1940 will
have amounted to kpproximrtely
$57,500, it WBLB learned today
from the Wilkes Triple A office.
Of this amount $16,000 was in
the form of lime, phosphate and
seeds advanced'as a “grant of
Bid” and the remainder was in
cash payments.
To date the office has received
and distributed 3,840 voucher,!
totaling $66,504. In addition a-
bout one hundred checks estimat
ed at about $1,000 are yet to be
received.
I
English Forces Five
Miles of Damascus
piy Juus.15-—rJ^ijtlsh.
ficns^at Klssoue today and
In an encircling- mov*ement ad-
. yal'.ced to within five mile- on
' two sides of the Syrian capitf 1.
Briti'-h reports from the Levant
stated tonight.
At the same time a column ad-
I vancing up the central front cap-
turned Jezziiie and forced French
troops in the coastal city of Sidon.
10 miles to the west, to fall back
to within 12 miles of Beirut, the
ebpnon capital and chief port.
;^The advances were made de-
hte reports indicating the axis
is attempting to throw both sea
and air forces into the battle to
support the faltering French.
Air War Intensified
Over Mediterranean
Rome. June 15.—Sharply in
tensified fir warfare in the
eastern Mediterranean was re
ported by the Italian high com
mand today with accounts of new
axis aasaults -upon Britain s Alex-
. andria nrval base and British-
Ibeld Tobruk in Libya and RAF
raids on German and Italian posi
tions in North Africa and the
Dodecanese.
The German high command re
ported further that luftwpffe un
its. aiding the French defenders
of Syria and Lebanon, scored a
direct hit on a heavy British
cruiser near Beirut. Lebanese
capital.
-A "snccessful” attack Friday
on Cyprus. British Islrnd- bastion
guarding the sea route to Syria,
also was reported by the Ger
mans. Advices from Nicosia, cap
ital of Cyprus, said there was no
damage and only one casualty In
this second air raid of the war on
Cyprus.
Retaliatory Action
Is Ordered By Rome
Rome. June 15.—The Italian
'government announced today that
It had taken suitable retaliatory
measures, including the ordering
of a registration of United States
property in Italy, following Pres
ident Roosevelt’s blocking of Ital-
Itn and German credits in Ameri-
oa. ,
Some observers pointed out
that the Italian fction miidtt even
be the prelude to a dfelomatic
break In relations with the Unit-
«^es which «t leaet one Rome
’^vapK>nr seemed to miggfest.
.j^^lthottgh the offlclcJ commun-
idttp referred only to registration
•C United SUtea prepwty In
,, It waa thpught la Aimmiean
I that this would he tnter-
lo megn the .property of
serioan eittsena. 'Hie. only
__ Btatea governntMit -prop-
tbi Haljr ia the:eis1>aMqr whteb
MctimterrltorUl >ttVilefw.
Report On Yadkin
Rood Subject To
Be Ready Oct. 1st
Letter From War Depart
ment Official K»;ad Before
Kiwanis Club Friday
Extensive report of the engi
neers studying flood damage and
feasible means of flood control
on the Yadkin River will be
available by October 1.
That was the information con
tained in a letter from Lieut.
Col. Reading Wilkinson, of the
War Department, to J- R- Pre-
vette, who had charge of the Ki
wanis club program Friday noon.
The letter, as read by Mr. Pre-
vette to the club, stated thst the
disastrous flood in August last
■ear had given stimulus to plans
anifteKWav—ttnd nddder
much work to the preliminary re
port which has been gathered
prior to that time.
The rerarinder of the program
consisted of a talk by A. \. No
lan. member of the .Millers Creek
school faculty. He explcined a
course, purpose of which was to
acquaint students with many vo
cations and professions. He said
that the students showed much
interest in the cour.se.
At the meeting O. F. McCrary,
of Raleigh, district extension a-
gcut. was a guest of J. B. Snipes;
G. W. Smith was a gue-st of C. B.
Eller; Paul Vestal was a guest of
J. C. Reins and A. V. Nolan was
a guest of J. R. Prevette.
jnlSi 0ttce
'This North Carolina farm woman inspects the many cotton arti
cles which will be available under the AAA surplns cotton stamp
plan to cotton farmers in stores throughout the state this yean
Farmers who carl^il cotton acreage will paid at the rate 1®
cents a pound, on the basis of normal yield, with stamps good for
purchases cf any and all new cotton goods made in this county. The
farmer eats his own wheat on the farm, now he
cotton, and that without cost to him. More than 70,000 North Caro
lina cotton farmers will receive $2,000,000 in stamps and there will
be sheets' and s.hirts, socks and skirts, towels and taousers, handker
chiefs and handi-eloths a-plenty for the farm family. Cotton pnces
already have felt the stimulus of the reduced acreage and price ex
perts predict markets will hold strong througout the year. ^ _
Foster and GettyS|0nIy Two Weeks
Released Under!0ll» Of Morrison
'fhs Indicted For BurR^MondaVp June 30» ^Vlll Be
106 Are Sent From
Wilkes to Army By
Two Draft Boar^
Board Number One Has Fur
nished 39 and Number
Two 57 To U. S. Army
The two draft boards in Wilkes
have furnished 106 men under
the selective service act, it was
learned here today from draft
boprd officials.
Draft board number one has
furnished 39 and board number
two. which has a larger number
of registrants, has sent 67.
Wilkes board number one sent
three men on Thursday. They
were; Silas W. Johnson, of Wil-
ke-sboro; James Lester Baldwin,
of Congo; and James William
Hugh Kilby, of Millers Creek.
The quota was fi^e but two fail
ed to meet requirements after be
ing selected.
Board number one has mailed
qiuestionnalres to men with local
order numbers through 1250 and
board nunkber twb has mailed
through local order numbier 1800.
lary Will Face Trial At .
Augrust Term of Court
J. D. Cettys. .Tr.. and 55'ne
Foster. North Wilkesborn
ichool students who were jailed
six weeiks ago on a charge of
first degree burglary. Friday were
released under bonds of $2,400
each for appearance at the Au
gust term of Wilkes court.
After their arrest the boys con
fessed to entering many homes
snd places of business in North
Wilkestoro and several rural
communities in various parts of
Wilkes.
They were arrested shortly
after one had entered the home
of Gilbert Foster at Millers Creek,
at which time Foster was in the
home. Their confessions cleared
up more than a score of breaking
and entering cases which had
been a puzzle to local police and
the county oftlcer.s for months.
Last Date To Give Good
'A .
Peri With Subscri|ition»
First Baptist
Services Begin
Pastor Being Assisted By
Father, Dr. J. W. Kinch-
loe, Sr., For Ten Days
“Swing Out” To Be
Given Two Nights
Wilkesboro School
Hiss Helen M. Dyer, director of
‘&w4n« Out.” which- Is to be
sponsored by Wilkesboro Metho
dist church, arrived Thursday by
train from Tate. Georgia, where
she completed a very successful
show.
“Swing Out”, a thrilling com-
edy-drema with local talent as
members of the cast, will be pre
sented In the school auditorium
in WDkeaboro Thursiiay aad Fri
day,' June 2$ and 27.
Alreadr commltteea are entbas-
lastleal^ at work and an excel
lent prodaetlon is expected.
A series of evangelistic .services
began tonight at the First Brptlst
church in thlr city and will con
tinue with services each evening
at eight o’clock except Saturday
through Wednesday, June 25.
The pastor. Dr. John W. Klnch-
eloe, Jr., is being assisted by his
father, Dr. John W. Kincheloe.
Sr., pastor of the Rocky Mount
First Baptist church, in the meet
ing.
Special music will be rendered
throughout the services by the
adult end children choirs under
direcUon of Mrs. A. F. Kilby.
No service will be held on Sat
urday evening but tw'o services
will be held on Sunday, at II a.
m. and eight p. m.
A cordial ln\>tlon Is extend
ed all to attend all the sefPlCes.'*'
Wilkes Pair Held
On LiqucM* Charg^
Monday, June .SO, two weeks
fi'om today, will he the la.st date
of the offer of Free Morrison
fountain jien with each yearly
subscription to The .lountal-
P.itrlot and we urge that yon
act now lie fore the lu.st week
rusli.
Hnndrisls and hundreds of
tlioc liigh quality pens have
been given during the past year
but the offer will iKxsltlvely be
off after June SO. Th‘s remind
er Is given because The Journ
al-Patriot wants every per. on
to have e|nal opportunity to
obtain a high quality p*n ab-
soliit?l,v free.
The offer applies to new and
old tuU»«rlbers alike and pens
win be nmiled to those who
mail their subecriptions. Those
who have previously received
pens may get others with other
new or renCw'al snb vclptlons
before the offer qnds.
Have you received your pen?
Is your subscription paid well
in advance? If not bring or-
send your subscription at the
regular rale of 8-1.50 Jn North
CaroUna or $2.00 per year out
side of the state and get your
pen today ! Tell your neighbors
who do not receive Hic Jowrn-
al-Patrlot that by subscribing
now they can got a beantifni,
high quality pen f^. Thanks.
Beamans Leave
Xanthia, Greece
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Beaman
Visit Hi* Sister Here After'
Long, Exciting Journey
Hr* and Mrs. D. E. Beaman,
residents of Xanthla, Greece, un
til February 20, spent the week
end in North Wilkesboro with
Mr. Beamon’s sister,. Mrs. C. G.
Dav,
6a 1st, ikl
J ■ ^
Men Reqoirad To Repster
Must Ampear B^ore Local
DraH- Rt^d July 1st ^
Every mail ip the State of
North CafbtiHS vho ha* aUairieii
SlstiSnalversdry of the fsy
of his birth since October 16,
1640 (with Si'few ezdeptlonn nrt-
ej below), mast register vith his
local Selective Service beard oh
July 1, State Director J. Van B.
Metis stated today.
Men required to-register Jn thi*
second ro^streGon ai’® those who
were born on or between October
17, 1919, and July 1; 1920.
Aliens, as well as American
citizens, who become 21 years of
age before midnight July 1, 1941,
must register. Director Metts em
phasized. He also pointed out that
i aliens between the ages of 21
and 36 years, who have come to
the United budtes since the first
legistration on October 16, 1940
and have not yet registered, must
register on July 1.
Sipecial arrangements will he
made by local boards to register
men who cannot appear before
the local board because of Illness
or incapacity. Men subject to
registration who are Inmates of
asylums, jails, penitentiaries, or
other similar Institutions on July
{1 will be reglstreed by the warden
on the day they leave the insti
tution.
Men subject to registration on
July 1 who are away from home
and c.-nnot, except at great ex
pense and inconvenience, return
to their own local ibbards to regta-
ter, may appear before the near
est local board and i^ill be regis
tered there. Such men should be
cautioned, however, to give their
permanent addresses when reg
istering, General Metts said.
Men who aro required to regis
ter on July 1 and fail to ^o go
'will subject themaal’^es tb sevwtf
cenaltles, including imprisonment
(or not more tiian five years or
1 fine of not more than $10,000.
or both fine and imprisonment,
General Metts emphasized.
The only men within the age
limits who are not required to
register are the following;
Commissioned officers, warrant
officers, pay clerks, and enlisted
men of the Regular Army, the
Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast
Guard, the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, the Public Health Service,
the federally recognized active
National Guard, the Officers’ Re
serve Corps, the Regular Army
Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve
Corps, the Naval Reserve, and
the Marine Corps Reserve: cadets,
United States Military Academy:
midshipmen. United States Naval
Academy; cadets, United States
Coast Guard Academy: men who
have been accepted for admit
tance (Commencing with the aca
demic year next succeeding such
to the St.l»
Military Academy as cadets, to
the United States Navdl
as midshipmen, or to the United
States Coast Guard Academy m
cadets, but only during the con-,
tlnuance of such acceptance; cad
ets of the advanced course, ^nlor
division. Reserve Officers ’Treln-
log Corps or Naval Reserve Offi
cers’ Training Corps: members
of the Coast Guard Reserve other
than temporary mennhers; ?nd
diplomatic representatives, tw^
nlcal attaches of foreign embasslre
and legaGons, consuU
consuls, /Ice consuls, and consu
lar agents of foreign countries,
residing in the United Statw,
who are not citizens of the United
States, and vftio have not
their intention to become citizens
of the United States.
Dancy R^cives An
Appoinjn®Dl U. Sr
MUitary Academy
Private Albert Dancy. 20. of
the 16th Field ArUllery, San An
tonio. Texas, who 1* a nephew of
Glenn Dancy, deputy collector of
intarnal revenue end a grandsim
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Dancy
Hays, Wilke* county, had his
Andrew p. Kilby, who has
been elected commander of
Wilkes LeKloa post number
125 for the coming year. Offi-
cer.-i will be Installed the first
Friday in July.
Kilby Will Head
Wdkes Legion
For Next Year
Otfuien Elected Will Take
[ C^ice On First Friday
IJEvening In July
trip back to America from Greece
Tbev went by. plene to Bi^bay. yestarday
A. F. Kilby, prominent local
citizen and for many years a
leader in the American Legion,
is the newly elected commander
of Wilkes post number 125 of
the Legion.
He succeeds L. M. Nelson, com
mander for the past two years and
who is also vice commander of
the 15th district.
Other officers elected with Mr.
KilhXc-i4jML.,$|bo will 'he Installed
“orin July
are as follows; Dr. 'M. G. Ed
wards', assistant commander;
Charles Leckie, A. C. Bidden, C.
L. Comer, Dallas Triplett and
Walter M. Morrison, vice com
manders; Ed D. Dancy, adjutant;
W. C. Grier, service officer; A.
H. Casey, guardianship officer;
Charles Porter, sergeant at arms;
W. P. Kelly, historian; W. J-
Bason,^ athletic officer: J. B.^
Garter, child welfare chairman:’
OotdPU' Finley, Americanism of
ficer; J. B. McCoy, employment
officer; Dr. J. G. Bentley, graves
reglstrstfon officer; T. A. Finley,
chaplain.
- The Wilkes post now has a
membership of 76 ex-service men
and is a most active civic organ
ization. Leaders in the Legion in
vite the membership of all ex-
service men in the county in or
der that the post may accomplish
a maximum of public service.
Mr. and Mr*.' Bbeman had a n^o, T>nin4 nr
laost Interortlii* • and exciting choice of goUW .to
AnniwoUa, It w$* ledrned here
Wheat Allotment
Cards To Go Out
After June 16th
Every Fenner Mu*t Heve
Allotment Or Pay Penalty
of 49 Cent* Per Bushel
Lawrence Miller, secretary of
the Wilkes Triple A, said today
that his office will begin to issue
wheal allotment cards on June
17
He emphasized that any wheat
grower who produced wheat this
year must have an cllolment or
pay a penalty of 49 cents per
bushels. .
The allotment cards must be
produced when wheat Is threshed
for toll, tolled for milling, sold or
traded. iB other words, wheat
cannot be used commercially In
any form without an allotment.
There are only a small num
ber of wheat farmers In Wilkes
who produce sufficient wheat to
reach the quantity prescribed for
penalties if allotment is recelv-
edi but without an allotment,
which may Ihe secured the
Triple A office, all wheat will be
subject to ipenalty.
1$ Fatafy
Ambrose Shepherd Hdd F«r
, Death of Johuon Satur
day at Shepiierd Hoom
GeorjSB.T..AobjiBOB,--$e, died at-
6:86 S^onday mornlnj| in the
Wilks*'fririB ftro. ininek
wouoda infMcied.,.$tat\irday eve^
rilng by Amrbrose Shertierd at rtte
Shepherd home in tbe Reddle*
River community twelva mile*
korihwest of here.
Johnson was hit twice, once tiz
the neck and once in the ^ abdo
men. The bullet in his neck pen
etrated 'his spinal column.
Shepherd was quoted as saying
that Johnson went to his home
in a car,:, called .him from the
house and assaulted him. He fur-
thelr said Johnson followed him
to the house and when he came
out continued the assault as he
began shooting. tjhepherd, a
prominent farmer of the Reddles
River community, came to Wil
kesboro and surrendered to offi
cers who placed him In jail.
Hearing will be held Wednes
day, ten a. m.. In the courthouse
before Magistrate R. C. Jennings.
Johnson was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Johnson, tenants on th®
Shepherd farm, where he was
reared. For the past few yean
he lived near North Wilkesboro
and was employed as a truck driv
er by local firms.
Funeral service was held today,
two o’clock, at Reddles River
church with Rev. Edd O. Miller in
charge of the service.
Johnson Is survived by his wi
dow, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, his fa
ther and mother, three brothen,
James, Will and Arhur Johnson,
and two sisters, Mrs. Ray Bum
garner and Miss Sarah Johr.son.
BkytJe Load 01
Greensboro.—'Manley Rlcltard-
oon, 3,0, and Paul Anderson Ask
ley, 26, of Wilkes county, and
Taylor Harris, 29. Greenabort)
Negro, were jailed bm*f early
Tbnreday on federal llq*oi' law
rtoiiriion ebar^ 5 after Green*'
boro ^Uce liorestigatad * perked
eutoinoibile and found 15 tri^gal-
km can* of bootleg 11«$9^ eJioeifdr
& •
India, and the'trip waa fraaght
wih tatormlttant delays. From
India: they traveled by shlT a-
rojtnd the Cape of Good Hope, a-
ernss the j AUanOc and up , tke
coast of South Amerfea. ?They ar^
riv^. In North Carellna on. May
$0,^exactly; ihreaijhaonths after
IWrtlng Grreeft TW travried 16;-
Dft iiile* oorniBg honw.
In GraaM 'Mr. Batman: km* In
bh* U*ett^ye« Tobac-
Young Dancy is one of the.rew
men ever accorded thte honor. He
received hi* appointment# ta
the military end Mtval *care^fc>
Aftar ponderintr for
he. decided to stldc to
and wJU report to West
Ba hlW ^ ^
4rtlUei(F tor th* P*et two years,
- afire
torn J* apendlaf $ I®’'
her *l*taf, Mre. tonwn Hirer,
Itiitiation Juniors
Here Tuesday Night
A large attendance is asked at
the meeting of North Wilkesboro
(KUmeli of Jr. O. U. A. M. on
-tnesdAT »lght, 7:30, when a
pf candidates wlU h« 1*HI'
;iit^ iljSsmber* of the degree team
^ Ire eepeclally asked to be preeent.
tywncil T6iT
.. wltb member* beinif Initiated
pmctkally erery •••tin*.
Highway Patrol Sergeant
Arrests Willie Johnson.
Charge Trimaportation
Sunday was the first time that
any Wilkes bootleggers had been
caught us.ing bicycles.
Willie Johnson, 26-year-old
resident of near Wilkesboro, was
captured after a chase and wa»
arrested on chargee of transport
ing and concealing liquor.
State Highway Patrol Sergeant
Carlyle Ingle had been asked to
be on the lookout for a blcycl®
which had been stolen and when
he saw Johnson’s bicycle he de
cided to look at it more closely.
A big tray on the front of the
bicycle was filled with what
looked like onions. But under-
nerth the layer of onions were
five one-half gallon fruit jars fill
ed with white liquor.
Johnson was arrested on charg
es of transporting and his bicycle
was confiscated.
District Meet Of
Masons Here 26th
Officers Conference At Four
P. M. and District Meet
ing Mason* At Eight
J W. Nichols, district deputy
grand master of the Masonic lodge
today announced that a- meeting
of Wllke='boro district number 33
will be held with North Wilkes-
boro ledge number 407 on Jun®
2 6
An officers conference will bo
held at four P- o®*! officers cf
all lodges In the district rre asked
to attend. Supper will be served
free to those attending the offi-
C€rs* conference.
At eight T>. m. will 1»e a meeting
to which all Masons In the dis
trict are invited. A .most interest
ing program has been planned for
the occasion.
Stores Will Close
On Wednesday P.Rf.
Attention of the public. U •-
gain called to the fact that store*
here will be closed on Wedne^
dny afternoon after one o’clock
sccordlnc to an agreement whh*
became effective last Wednesday
and continue® throngh AncncL.
The 81 stores closiijg lacing*
the department atoree and k ma
jority of other store* with th* «t-
eaptlon of grocery and dm*
■torea. Barber share and*ho® ra-
palr shore klso h* eloaod oa
Wednesday sftaraooii* Jhrougfc-
out the *diwa«. - ^