Into Eiflrhth Day
I^OBdon. — Britain’s greatest
aerial oftenslTe of the wer, which
has kea.ped'^nore than 4,500,000
powtt ot^diplosiTea on Germany
ana Oerman-occupfod territory,
was eajrrtod^lnto its eighth day
late yMter'day when rtjyal air
force fighters atSophe*
shipping In the Hhiglish ' Channel
and bombed a military camp in
.Morthsrti FYance.
Authoritative quarters said
nine German planes were destroy
ed In the late afternoon raid
■while ttie British lost four fight-
ers.
The R. A. F. appeared deter
mined to carry on its destructive
work against the Rhine-Ruhr Val
ley and occupied France despite
heavy British losses, officially ad
mitted to be 49 planeS in the
eight-day campaign. Germany was
eaid to have lo^t 55 planes in the
same period.
All day Wednesday British
fighter planes carried out heavy
patrols over the Straits of Dover
and were seen disappearing in- ^
land over France. i
Confirming the lat&n atircks, j
the air ministry said .squadrons of
Dghters and banibers swept in-
land behind Boulogne while oth-,
For AotMii
'iJo youriSuyttJ^woittfc
-Wilkesboro, the^^diiif
,'Renter .of Northwestgja
Ifeiili Ctkoljnai^j^ ■
Heads U. S. O.
er fighter groups patrolled
channel and French coast.
the
|j. t'ariH-uter, who lia.s
been apiHiinbed Wilkes cliair-
iiian of the I nited Service Or
ganization. Quota of funds to
b*‘ i‘ai.st‘l in Wilkes has been
set at SId'ltO cooiM-ralioii
of tlie entire cltlzensliip of the
count V is eaniestly riHiiiested.
Libyan Thrust
“Satisfactory,”
British Claim
Cairo. Egypt.—The British ac
knowledged withdrawal of their
forces from the Liliyaii border
back into positions in Egypt east
of Halfaye (Hellfiret Pass yes
terday. but claimed that the re
sults'of their short offensive
Former Resident
of Cricket Fatally
Burned Monday
Mrs. G. S. Franklin Killed
When Gasoline On Stove
Exploded At Elkin
Mrs. Ora Hiller Franklin. .“.4.
thrust were nevertheless .-atisfac-j Grover S. Franklin, wa.-
tory on the whole. j fatally burned Monday morning
The fierce fighting atop the
the trailer home of the f: in-
escarpment, British informants ' uy j„ N„,-th Elkiti when gasoline
declared, had cost the Germans | wi,ioh she spilled while filling a
heavy losses and they had shown ; gasoline stove, preparatory to
no disposition to follow the re-1 pooking the morning meal, ignit-
tiring imperial troops, -ed.
A "rea-'-onahle tia.g” of axis pris-1 husliand took her to
oners was obtained, it was said, j hospital, nearby, but
and much damage was inflicted expired before arriving,
among axis tanks and guns. | q-jjg familv had resided tempo-
gening that the British had [hish'-T- ere - e'’~n‘’pd i’’ c'
(.•e''t'i'T high''HV' in the virini”
the
she
crushed and that hundreds of
t'-i'i-h tanks had been isolated
or destroyed I.
Turkish Pact Assures
Nazis Of Free Flank
of Elkin, work of which was al
most f rished.
t'l-. FraiiKlin wa- a tnr've r’
Hvyon City. ■ of ''r
■iiid -Mrs. George .Miller who siir
vive with her hnstiiind: one see
Charles: four linitliers, .lohn. Ed-
Carpenter SSl^ds
U. S. 0. Ca»iM^
In Wilkes Count}
Movement to Raise County s
Quota of $1,000 Gets Un
der Way Immediately
L. L. Carpenter, a local busi
ness man and civic leader, ha.
been appointed chairman of the
United Service Organization for
Wilkes county
W.Ikes' quota of funds for *hr
organization has been set at $1.
000. Discussing the sub' ,,’t Mr
Carpontei today said: “k'he quota
for MMlltes should he easily and
quickly raised. Committee mem
ber.-- will call on every citizen of
the county next week. Be rt'ady
*o give yonr sinii'ort to this \erv
-.vorthy canse. Now is our Itest
'ipportnnity to do ■^cmelliing ■ ''
kind the lines of defense. Our ef
forts now w 11 1:e more than w^el-
comed by our hoys in training
for the defense of all our people.
You m y make your doniilions to
>iiy committee or to Vermin Deal
It the N’orliiwestern B-.ink. I!Hir
(iw-vu at the Bank of North Wil-
keslioro or K. U. Carpenter, chair
man ■■
Philadelphia’s ‘Parashots’ Tune/Up
106NowiirSi^
Quotas For Draft Boards An
nounced This Week
State Headquarters
Wilkes has yet to furnish 158
men of the quotas set by the state
selective service headquarters.
The quotas as announced this
week set 156 for Wilkes board
number 1 and 209 for Wilkes
, board number two.
Of this total of 264, which in-
1
7Z ^ dudes those already inducted,
^ 106 have already been sent up for
training by the two Wilkes
hoards. Wilkes board number one
Parachute or glider invaders, or what have
yon, will ih!^*attemDt i ha--i sent 39 and board number
■city of .brotherly love’’should they atte^
S I- ’
J IT /
a landing at any time in or about Philadel
phia. Members of the Northeast gun club
seem to have the matter well In hand, and
are now engaged in doing their bit as part of
the training program of the home defense
unit set np by the Frankford Post 211 of the
American Legion. At left, members of the
club are shown receiving instructions from a
leader. Above, drawing a bead on a “raider”
at Somerton airport
Men Warned To
jnnouncement
m: dc soon.
Mr. Carpenter was appoint
Wilkes county chairman after W.
A. 3;cNiel. who was previously
named by Governor linuigliton,
resigned.
The following information a-
hout rnlfed .Service Organization
from national he- dqnarters was
given out here Iiy Mr. Carpenter
Everyone wants to help defend
his country and to heir those who
are doing the mo.-t to defend it.
That is wliy there is now lieine
organized a groat n; tion-wide ef
fort to help bring to our soldier-i
sailors and defense workers a pro
gram which will contrilute to
their morale and show ai>precia-
tion of what they are doing.
Here is the story;
Here is tne story:
-The vtMrth- of tMtr uatrion is the- -»«s4*-*€i*- '■*»««' 'W'
g 11V3 .TVS- T* nv/vat im-
Berlin—Germany gained the
signature of Brit: in’s nonfightiiig I ward. Paul and Glenn Millei of
kllv Turkev 'o a l"-vear friend. , .Swain county: and three sisters.
sh=P past last night, therohy as-. Mrs. Bunn Fox. Mrs. Turner
snrin- herself that the Turks will Stanshury. and -Mrs. I’. I . Maun
stay out of Reich' battle- Funeral service was conducted
Ituo day rfternoon at 1 o'clock al
i Reins-Slurdivant Funeral Chapel.
, I North Wilkesboro. by Dr. .1. W.
j Kincheloe. Jr. Buria! follow-ed in
of Welcome Home
;th the British.
On the other hand, should C.er
man-Kiissian friendship turn into
of Gt*nuanv O' TI _
cnanneis ui f . 1^1^^ cemeteiy
feel free of danger from an pUurch. Wilkes' county,
where a small son was Curled two
'ye:iis ago, while the family re
core of our defense.
More than 1.500.000 youn.c
.Vniericfiis are in I’nifonn toda
Over 2.000,0011 others, women
as wet! a.^ men. many of them
young people, are eirraged in nni
new defense industries.
These are our defenders. We
slake our national destiny oi
their spirit— on their vital inor
ale.
I'lie Making of Morale
IVithin earn,is and n: val sfa
lions every effort is made to de
velop morale. Not only liy mili-
tar.v discipline but by programs
of recreation, education and re
ligions .service. The objective
(Continued on page eight)
is
attack on
tering Turkish
sontlmrn flank ^
Adolf Hitler’s ace ^ided near Cricket.
Ambassador Franz von 1 apen.
scored the new triumph, signing m ,■ i s • ■ ■
the pact at Ank; ra with Turkish Make Appointment
Foreign .Minister Sukru Saracog For T. B. Clinic
which bind.s each party to respect
the other’s territorial iqtegrity j
and to take no direct or indirect
measures aimed at the other.
Germans Believe
Stalin Will Accede
Hr. A. J. Eller. Wilke.s health
officer, said today that sevenC
h: ve already made appointments
for examination in the tnlierculai
i clinic to begin on July U '‘’'I'’ **
state sanitoriirm diagnostician in
charge.
Dr. Eller urges all who have
reason to suspect they may have
transport I the dise: se to call the
Ankara. Turkey (Delayed)—A
he~vy force of German dive
bombers and troop
planes was reported to have been office and secure ap.poliit-
shifted to the Moldavian fields of i examination in the cliu-
Runiania near the Russian bor
der last night as Nazi propagan-
Jobs Found For
74 In Month
Give Information
In Registration
Melts Gives Instructions Rel
ative To Registration
Only July 1st
.Men who will register on Jul.'
1. 1941. were cautioned today hi
General J. Van B. Metis, StrU
Director of Selective Service, ti
he careful to give to the registra-
who registers them correct inter
mation as to, the plrce of theii
permanent residence. The nam
of. the township, county and state
itated sipeciflcally and
Local Banks To
Close Wednesdays
At One o’clock
111 order to conform with the
clo-iiig hours on Werlne da.v at-
p-nMiiis now being observer! b.v
thirty-one o tlie city’s retail
ston-s. The Hank of North Wll-
k«*slMiro and The Northwestern
Hank wHI lie closed on each
Wrslnesrlay at 1 p. ni. for the
isMiiainder of the .sunuiier
months.
Those having business' to
transact with the local banks
are reriucsted to look after
•same la-fore 1 o’clock p. m. on
Wednesrlaysi.
Drought Stricken
Farmers May Get
Emergency Loans
two has sent 67. Neither hoard
has a call pending at this time.
Under the new system the army
may draw on local boards for
draftees until the as.signed quotas
are exhausted but may not exceed
the quotas until new ones are set.
Headquarters will notify local
lioarA, to liave the desired num
ber of men ready on certain
dates.
Dr. Hamilton Is
Speaker At Meet
Workers Coupcil
Representative Crop Loan
Office Says Emergency
Loans Are Available
A representative of the govern
ment crop and feed loan office in
Wilkeshoro today said that
Wilkes farmers who suffered crop
losses ihecause of the extended
drought may secure emergency
loans.
registr: lion card. It is most im-
liortant that men registering -lie
24 Others Are Sent To Other
arcfiil to give the correct loca
tion of ttieir residence because
the place of residence placed on
line 2 of the registration card
wi!\ determine the local hoard
which will have jurisdiction over
them. General Metis emphasized.
On the first registration d y
many registrant.- gave confusing
information, and this resulted in
tlieir registration cards often he-
,ng a.ssigned to the wrong local
l.oard. This resulted in many
complications and Selective Ser
vice agencies w-ere subjected to
iinre; snnahle worry and trouble
tran.sferring cards. The new Selec
tive Service Regulations, prepar
ed for the July 1, 1941, .regDtra-
tioii. provide that there will be
no future transfer of cards. The
place of residence of the regis
trant, which will appear on line
of the registration card, w'ill
w'lL a D j in dird' need of funds and who
DODCI r or readily secure credit else-
Miss Elsie Fo.'ter at the office
of the Wilkes clerk of court was
d«.,n..,d .o Picnic 28th
Areas For Employment;
750 Are Registered
North Wilkeshoro office of the
North Crrolina State Employment
Service placed 74 men on jobs
during the last month, according
to information received today
from B. G. Gentry, manager.
The office also .« » 24 others
to other branches for placement
during the month.
once and for determine the
hoard whicli has control
me”nt for examination in the Clin- The ofice had a busy inonth
* , with registrations, there being
750, I’art of this increase was due
dists i n Southeastern Europe j Mrs. F. P. Taylor, of McGrady, to the requirement tliat WPA
drummed up talk of an approach- spent last weekWinston-Salem workers be registered with the
ing blitzkrieg against the Soviet ^ ,, Blatesvihe. employment office.
Union.
The German telephone system |
for the second succe&s-ive day de
clined to put through calls to |
Berlin from Bucharest, the Ru-
mrnian capital, and Sofia, capital
of Bulgaria, while rumors spread
of vast preparations by the Ger
man army for an eastern cam-
pa>?o- , ,,
Nazi circles claimed that rtl
signs point to war with Russia.”
although at the same time they
e.xpressed optimism in the belief
that Irrge concessions mig;^it be
won from the Soviet Union with
out actual conflict. '
All diplomatic quarters in An
kara asserted that they had no
direct knowledge of any Russo-
German negotiations, but it was
■ a common belief that Germany al-
re>a4.v had demanded the entire
exportatble surplus of the Ukraiite
grain crop, German direction of
the Soviet railways and oil indus
try and of vital mining enter-1
trgirises
Super-Bombs Dropped on Germany
local
over the registrant.
A place is provided on the new
I'egistration card for registrants
to indicate the place of residence
and the mailing address. The
ni.-iling address U not so im
portant as the residence address,
because the bailing address may
he changed as often rs the regis
trant c-tablishes a new- address.
But the place of residence, to be
indicated on line 2 of the regis
tration card, will never he chang
ed, and the original card will be
assigned to the locrl hoard hav
ing jurisdiction over the area of
the residence address.
The new Regulations provide
that tlu registrant shall be per
mitted to determine what place he
desires to give as his reiidence
when he does not reside in one
place all the time, but once that
election is made and is stried on
registration day and is recorded
on the registration card, it may
never be changed thereafter.
Death of Johnson
where.
Hearing Is Held Wednesday
Morning Before Magis
trates In Wilkeshoro
Area Office To
Handle N. Y. A.
j Mrs. Maude S. Miller, Coun-
Amhrose Shepherd, prominent | ty Supervisor, With Le-
farmer of the Reddies River com- j noir Area Office
munity, yesterday was ordered'
held without bond on a first de- Mrs. Maude S. .Miller, of Wil-
gree murder charge for the death kesboro. who has been county
of George T. Johnson at the supervisor for the National Youth
Shepherd home Saturday evening. Administration.* has been given
After the hearing, which was the position of area youth person
Crimson Clover
Seed Available
Crimson clover seed are now
available to Wilkes county farm-
ei-8 in the agricultural contervr-
tlon association who have not al
ready consumed their anticipated
payment in advances of lime or
other materials. Lawrence Miller,
secretary of the Wilkes Triple A,
said today.
Application tor crimson clover
seed may be made at the office
of the Triple A, Mr. Miller said
Aliei kllc J r-'
held before Magistrates R. C. Jen- nel interviewer with the area of-
nings and Carey Glass in Wilkes- (ice located in I^noir.
boro, Eugene Trivette. counsel for Under the revised NY.4 setup
Shepherd, said he would obtain an the agency will ibe handled from
immediate habeas corpus hearing area offices in.-tead of county of-
before Judge J. A. Rousseau, of fices and Wilkes is included in
this city, which may be in 'Win- the seventh area of 12 counties
ston-Sale’m today. ’ j with area office in Lenoir. Mrs.
Principal witness for the prose- will- serve Wilkes. .Yshe
-ution at the hearing was Sallie nad Alleghany counties as per-
Walker, a neighbor. She related sonnel interviewer,
that Johnson and Shepherd had She was in Lenot^,^Ti.esd?y
been quarreling in front of the receiving instructioa. V. ,tive to
Shepherd house, that Shepherd the new NY-A organization. The
went into the house, came out and office in the courthouse in W.l-
shot Jo\W as he was getting in- kesboro hereafter wil be used
to his clt\d was ready to leave only for receiving applications foi
, . work and will not be a county
the premises. ^
Fred Wyatt told that he arrived administrative office.
on the scene after the shooting,
Johnson was lying helpless in the
Fonzer Young, a unit demon-
. stration farmer of the Cane Creek
road in front of Shepherd’s house community, I* the first in Mitch
NXrOQ on
trench silo., says Assistant
Agent W. C. Maness.
Justice Retires
roaa iium, ux community, L«’ me iirsi in
and that Shepherd was sitting on county this year to dig
the porch and offered no assis- . .. c,.
tance to the man he had wounded.
Sheriff C. T. Doughton testified
of Shepherd’s admission to shooV
ing Johnson, who died seveVal
hours later in the hospital here
from two bullet wounds.
’The defense offered no testi
mony and Shepherd did not go to
the witness stand.
Johnson, age 30, was a son of
Lee Johnson, a tenant on the Shep
herd farm, but had been living
near this city for some time. He
had been employed as a truck
driver for local firms.
LIONS WILL MEET
North Wilkeshoro Lions club
win install officers in the meeting
to be held on Friday evening. 6:30.
at Hotel Wilkes. I. H. McNeill,
Jr., is the newly elected president
of the club.
Jaycees Meet Tonight
North Wilkeshoro Junior Cham
ber of Commerce will hold a husi-
'ness meeting this evening, 7:30, at
Dr. Horace Hamilton, sociolo
gist of North Carolina State Col
lege, addressed the Wilkes Coun
ty Workers Council in June meet
ing.
Dr. Hamilton spolfe on the
suliject of "Surveys W Levels of
Living.” Representatives of sev
eral government agencies com
pose the council and the meeting
was well attended. Dr. H. G.
Duncan, of Wilkeshoro, a wide
ly known educator and author of
sociology textbook-s, was a guest
t thfe meeting.
Farm Loan Group
The Moravian National Farm
Loan Association of Wilkes Coun
ty will hold a picnic on Juno 28th
at the Ronda school building with
the crowd meeting at 10:00 a. nru
This picnic has been made possible
by the cooperation of J. A. Gilliam,
A. B. Hayes, and B. C. Price, com
mitteemen.
Officials from the Federal T.,and
Bank of C dumbia, S. C., will be
nresnt and it is hoped that the di-
iectors of all the associations ser
viced through the North jWilkes-
boro office will be present as well
as members of the Moravian N. F.
L. A. An invitation is extended to
each member of the association
and his family to come and bring
a basket lunch. The association
will furnish refreshments in the
way of drinks and ice cream.
Wilkes Pomona
Grange Meeting
Wilkes Pomona Grangs met
with Wilkeshoro siiiiordinate
Grange in Wilke‘i'ioro last week.
T. W. Ferguson. Pomona mas'e.*,
presided and recommendations
were made to the North Caroiini
state Grange, which will be held
soon.
Services At First
Baptbt Progress
Evangeli.-iic services at the
virst Baptist church here are well
attended each ev^ening and much
interest is being shown.
Sermons by Dr. John W. Kinch-
eloe. Sr., of Rocky Mount who is
saisting the. pastor. Dr. John W.
Kincheloe, Jr., h ve -been suhj»cts
of much favorable comment. Ser
mon subjects Tne.^day and Wed
nesday evenings were ‘‘Palm Tree
Life of Christians” and "God’s
Barriers.” Subjects for tonight
and Friday night will be "The
Storms of Life’' and “Man’s Break
With Sin.’’ No service will he held
Saturday night hut there will he
morning and evening services
Sunday and servicas at eight each
evening through Wednesday,
June 25.
Mrs. Arthur McCann
I Is Claimed By Death
V. S. Sn^eme Court Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, 19, who
y and of vital mining euiei- Heavy bombs, some of them weighing np to 2,900 pounds, are shown i„ggg meeting this evening, ai ^ request for retbement
. 'ises. I 1^^,, loaded aboard a Brliish bomber before a raid over German terri- Edward Dancy and wilTbe made the Prestdent, elfecUve July 1, bo-
^ Mr and Mrs. ClaudT^lor, of Ury. The British censor-approved caption f*1 Mr. George Tajl)r, of Laurel members cause of ige and health,
jnr. ana mrs. v/muuc j . "beautiful” bombs, whose blasting power, five times that visited friends and rela- • 1 .
febSw at^McGrtS^ ^ ^ previous bombs, are blowing German factories to bits. McGrady Sunday. "e asked tQ att0n4-
Funeral service was bled today
at Austin church for Mrs. Stella
MoCann, age 52, who died Tues
day in Winston-Salem City Me
morial hospital.
She was the ■wife of Arthur
McCann, of Traphlll, who, wltk
two sons, survlvoo. ^