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Battle From
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center "of.
North Garbifna.
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liinnanak to Pc^and
Reported By Moscow
Mobcow,'Tinirsday. July 3.—
The red army today reported vio
lent battles with the Germans
Tmaglns all the way from Mur-
matisk In the Arctic to the L/uck
region of southeastern Poland,
marked by the fiercest fighting,
VOL. xj{^y^ No.
Bearing Facts
stubborn reslstrnce and even
strong counterattack.
The Rua;lans acknowledged for
the first time a German penetra.
tlon beyond Minsk, key communi-
catlons center on the highway to
Moscow declaring that Russian
were lighting “hard and
fiercely’’ against Germen mobile
troops 1l‘ the Borisov region.
Borisov is 50 miles northeast
of Minsk on the Mo-'cow road—
still approximately 370 miles
from the soviet capital.
Knox Flatly Denies
Use Nc-vy in Convoys
Americam Asked To Join In
Rededication To Liberty In
Ceremony On Fourth Of July
.b lor Submarine 0-9 Victims
216 Revered ia
Wilkes T^fln
2nd Registratimi
On July fourth there will be
a nation-wide program of rededi
cation to liberty, which will trike
place simultaneously throughout
the nation.
The national program will oipen
at four p. m., eastern standard
time, and will I* built around a
short sipeech 'by President Roose
velt and the playing of the nrr
tional anthem by the U. S. Marine
band. The total time for
Washington, July 2. Secre
tary of the Xavy Knox, the na
tion’s leading advocate of naval
action against the German I.-boat
menace, pointedly denied today
that American naval vessel.s had
engaged in convoying or been in
volved in combat operations of
anv nature.
He made these statements in
response to press conference
questions based ur -■ Printed re
ports that the shies of the At
lantic naval patrol had already
been drawn into ho.stilities with
the naxi submarines.
U. S. Fliers Down
Three Nazi Planes
Phillip Williams, attache in the
tl. S. embassy at Rio de Janeiro,
I Brazil, who flew to Washington upon
' his arrival in Miami, Fla., to lay
' evidence in the sinking of the Robin
: Moor by submarine before the state
department.
London. Thursday. July 3.-
The RAP’s Pa tie squadron, all
American vo’uiiteers, downed
three German planes and dam
aged two others today in its first
fcig “outing”--a deep drylight
irive over northern Prance as tar
as Lille. .
British-manned planes parti
cipating in the same
offensive over
ritory were credited
with bag.ging 15 additional Ger
man craft while the British ac
knowledged loss of two bombe s
Ini eight fighters. U was learned
two of the British ghter
losses were caused by a co -loii^
It was not stated whether any of
th“ Eagles was killed.
Tile Eagles got into action as
they escorted a strong lomber
formation. .Atiout n) Mes.seisch-
mitt lOfls ; ttacked them and a
series of twisting dogfights de
veloped. continuing until the
bombers had completed their mis
sion and headed back home.
Local Fmancial
Institutions Pay
$20,000 Dividends
Regular Semi-Annual Pay
ments To Stockholders
Made As Of June 30th
utes and all Americans are asked
to set aside that period for a re-
dedicrtlon to the principles so
forcibly proclaimed on July 4,
1776.
In accordance with a request
from P. H. LaOsiardia, mayor of
New York and director of Civil
ian Defense, Mayor R. T. Mc.Nlel
has Issued the following br’ef
tiie! proclamation relative to the re-1
ceremony will be about ten min-! dedication ceremony Frid, y.
A PROCLAMATION
Friday, July fourth, will be the 165th anproer-arv of
freedom in our country and it is entirely fitting that
every American pause’for rededication to the liberty,
freedom and independence proclaimed on July 4, 1776,
in Philadelphia. x. ,
The national office of Civilian Defense, throupfh F.
H. La Guardia, director, has planned for a rededication
ceremony to be held^ on the afternoon of July fourth
throughout the country. It will occur at four p. m., eas
tern standard time, and will be featured by an address
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, after which the U.
S. Marine band will play the national anthem. Follow
ing the anthem the President of the United States will
lead all citizens in repeating the oath of allegiance to
the United States.
A rededication of each and everj’ one df us to defend
and preserve the inalienable rights so well expres.sed by
patriots on July 4, 1776, is of tremendous importance at
this time when liberty and justice have been banished
from so much of the earth.
I respectfully ask that as a part of this great nation
wide movement we pau.se on July fourth, at the appoint
ed hour, have a radio turned on and join in the simul
taneous declaration for perpetuation of liberty through
out America.
R. T. McNIEL,
Mayor of North Wilkesboro.
Young Men Who Reached
Age 21 Since Oct. 16th
Register For Draft
The two draft Bbarda in Wilkes
registered a total of 217 young
men on Tuesday, July 1.
It was the second registration
under the selective service act
land was for the purpose of regls-
[tering young men who had reach
ed age 21 since October 16, 1940,
date of the first registration.
Wilkes draft board number one
registered 79 at Its office in the
federal building at Wilkesboro.
Members of the Wilkesboro
school faculty, including Misa
Eloise Starr. Mrs. M. G. Edwards,
Mrs. Mack Moore and Zeb Dick
son handled the registration.
Draft board number two regfs-
]tered 138 at its office in the city
Bialystok Victory
Reported By Nazis
*^ '-B«‘rlin. July 2 --The German
army tonight proclaimed a vir
tual slaughter of ’he Russian
armies tr pped east of Bialystok.
announcing a complete victory
with “unbelievable chaos over
taking the remnants of 500,000
red soldiers.
“Because of the stubborn .-oviet
Russian defense and the embitter
ed attempts to break out ’ of the
German-laid trap, said the high
co.mmc.nd. “the bloody losses of
the enemy exceed the number of
prisoners ty several limes.”
( There was no .authorized in
terpretation of the communique,
but some informed quarters be
Ueved its reference to the event
as of “w'Drld historical propor
tions” possibly meant that the
backbone of the whole red army
is considered cracked.
German dispatches said the
trappod red soldiers tried four
times to break out. failing each
time.
A total of 160.000 Rus.sian
prisoners has been taken on all
fronts s’lice the beginning of the
war a \n;ek ago last Sunday, the
army stated.
Of these. 100,000 were said to
have been counted so far in the
Bialystok trap.
German losses, pn the other
band, “in all are gratifyingly
small,’’ a communique .-aid.
Home Coming At
Harmony Sunday
Local financial iiistitiition.-
havp mailed out dividend check.s
totsling more than $ip,000 for
the first half of the ca.endar year
1941.
Financial ins4.it«H«»tW'*«re who
paid their regular dividends were
X'orthwestern Bau's. Ban'^ o’
•North Wilkesboro. insnran-e Ser
vice and (’redit C'orporat.on
X’orth Wilkesboro Building : lu!
l.oan association.
.AiMioiigli detailed stale.menls
have not been released, official-
of the institutions report business
growth during the first half of
1941 and with assets far atmve
he mark of a year ago.
Regular semi-annual dividends
if three per cent were mailed to
itockhoiders on July 30 by both
banks. Insurance Service and
Credit Coi'poration aLo paid a
semi-annual dividend of three per
cent. Building end Loan associ
ation paid its usual dividends on
association stock.
Turner Named
On Committee
Commander Of 'jpanish-
American War Vets Camp
On Advisory Group
W. W, Turner, commander of
the Wilkes post of Siranish-Amer
ican War veterans, has beei. an-
nointed by Governor J. M.
Broughton to serve on the ad
visory committee of the Old X’orth
State Fund.
Ptirpo.se of tlie organization is
to raise f-und for the purchase of
an airplane rmhulance for Great
Britain and the quota for Wilke.-
county has been set at $7.50.
The active chairnian for the
drive in Wilkes has not been se
lected but announcements are
e.xpected in a few days.
Four Taken On 14-H Club Picnics
Liquor Charges i Are Being Held
Federal Officers Raid Still,
Raid Home and Arrest
On Warrant
Four arrests for federal liquor
'aw violations have been m-de in
Wili'f s during the past week.
Woodrow Goforth was arrested
>Ti a warrant and gave bond for
iiwearance at federal coni-t in
Winstoii-S- lem on tlie fir.sl Moti-
day in Novomher.
James A. Moore and Mac'n
Stikel’eather. of Alexander coun-
*y. were arrested in a raid on a
still in Wilkes near the Wilkes-
Alexunder county line. Officers
Roy Reece and G. H. Gilbertson
made the arrests. Rond was given
for trial in federal court in Wil
kesboro in November.
Jacob* Dawson Wolf, a re.si-
dent of the •western part of
Wilkes, w.as arrested on a charge
of having 50 gallons of illicit
liquor in his home. Officers Reece
ind Gilbertson. Deiputy Marshal
■!. R. Bessent and Deputy Sheriff
W. B. Sparks made the raid.
Wolf gave bond for Novemlier
court in Wilkesboro.
Hegjrings for all those arrasted
were lield in Wilkesboro before
J. W. Dula, United States com
missioner.
The Coumiy Agent, Assistant
Agent and Home
—Moulmgi iVPftti ”
Wilkes county 4-H clubs arf
in a series of picnics.
The picnics are being held fo
recreational purpa-es during th-
season when the clubs are no
Iiaving regular .meetings. Count;
-Agent .1. B. Snipes. Assist."n
Agent Howard Colvard and Mif
Elizabeth Williams, home dem
onstration agent, will attend th
picnics.
Mulberry club had its plcn’
Wednesday: Wilkesboro will 1
next Monday and Ronda on Mon
day. July 14. Oata^ for others
will he ajinonnced later.
Club members are being select
ed to attend the 4-H short course
at State College and many club
members will also have the op
portunity to attend the 4-H camp
at Swanannoa the first week in
August. The camp v’iil cost each
memlier going five dollars in
ca.sh and they will be required to
take a quantity of food.
While seamen, oflBcers and navy ofBcials stand at attention on the
deck of the snbmarine Triton, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
losses a wreath upon the Atlantic In honor of the men entombed In the
sub 0-9, near Portsmouth, N. H. The navy formally abandoned hope
of raising the wreck after divers made inspection in 440 feet of water.
I liall building here. Paul S. Cra-
gan, city schools superintendent,
'.and members of the X’orth Wll-
[kesboro school faculty did the
I clerical work of the registration,
j Teachers who helped included
Mrs. .1. B. Williams, .MLs Be-
latrice Pearson, Mrs. Lucille
Farmer, Miss Etta Turner, Misa
Elizabeth Finley, Miss Sallie Out-
I law. Miss Rebecca Moseley and
Ira Lee Baker.
Niswonger To Talk
At Club Meeting
H. R. Nis'wonger, horticulturist
of the extension service, will mee’
with curb market producers or
Monday. July 7, at the court
hou.-e in Wilkesl.bro.
Miss Elizabeth Willia.ms, home
agent, made announcement of the
meeting, which she seid will be
for the purpose of instructimg
club members about preparation
of foods for market. Women of
Surry and Yadkin counties have
also been invited to attend the
meetios, which
Public Assistance Richard Deans
Grants In Wilkes
$90,030 For Year
State Director Of Public As
sistance Releases Figures
For Past Year
Public assistance payments for
Wilkes county’s aged, needy and
•lependent children
Catches Robber
Richard Deans caught a robber
in his jewelry store here Tues
day night and turned him over
to police. ^
Deans went into his store a-
bout 9:30 Tuesday night. After
he entered he heard a slight noise
in the rear.
Going toward the back, of the
Union Services
For Wilkesboro
iunday Evening Services
Will Be With Exchange
of Pastors Two Months
Mrs. Silis Carpenter, of
eolnton. is here on a visit
her sLster. Mrs. John Tull.
We know one good way to
-save electricity—quit .so much
horn blowing in North Wilkes-
Iboro. Just how the electricity
Un-j saved could be used for defense,
with I we don’t know. But we iu.sist the
liiiea is sound.
•Methodist and Baptist church
's in Wilkesboro have planned a
eries of union services for Sun
day evening through July and
August.
The union .services Sunday eve
nings will begin on July 6 with
Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr., Baptist
prstor. preaching at the Metho
dist church. On the following
Sunday evening Dr. J. G. Stokes.
■Methodist pastor, will preach at
the Baptist church. The same ro
tation will continue for evening
services on Sundays through July
and August.
Sunday morning services will
continue at Woth churches on reg
ular schedule.
The plan for union services is
apparently popular with the peo
ple of the town i nd community
and it is expected the services will
l>e well attended.
Sea Invasion Maneuvers in Cape Cod
Banks To Be Closed
On Friday, Saturday
A ho-me coming service will be
held rt Harmony Baptist church
fuor miles west of this city on
Sunday. July 6. Everybody is in
vited to attend. The service will
also mark the beginning of a ten-
day revival at the church.
of Sheriff,
k Close 2 Days
uncement was made 'voday
8 offices of Sheriff C. T.
>n and Clerk of Court C.
M In the Wilkes court-
rill be closed on both Fri-
1 Saturday, July fourth
Tlie Bank of X’oHli Wilkes.
Ix-TO and tlie Xortliwe.'itern
Bank will Ih- o1os«1 on Friday
and .Saturday, .Inly I and a.
Tlie rlfrsing for a double hol
iday is in aeeordanee witli a
proclamation Issueil b.v Govern
or .1. >f. Brougliton and whioli
wa."* publi 4iel earlier this
week.
Walsh Sisters To
Be on Radio Sunday
The Wrish sisters, a well
known quartet of tbe Reaver
Creek community, will bo guests
artists Sunday mornihg on Grady
Cole’s farm program l from seven
until nine a. m. over radio sta
tion WBT in Charlotte. AU are
invited to listen in.
’feltoif, director of the public
assistance division of the Strte
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare.
Yelton said $60,747 wa.s spent
during the year for old age as.
sistance in the county with 689
persons receiving grants from
this fund during the month of
June. In addition, 15 widow.s of
Confederate veterans received
$4,700 tor the 12-months period
making the totJil spent for need:
aged $65,447.
Dependent children received
$24,593 during the year, with
307 being given checks during
the month of June. Grants in
both categories were paid from
combined federal, state and loca'
funds of which the county paid
one-fourih the cost of grants and
administration, with the state
making up another fourth and
the national government provid
ing one-half the total outlay.
Yelton said the total expendi
ture for the state during the fis
cal year was $6,416,528.
The public a.s.sistance director,
who has managed the program
for four years and two months
leaves the state welfare depart
ment this week to take over as
secretary to the State School
Commission.
Mrs. W. T. Best. State welfare
commissioner, announced the ap
pointment of R- Eugene Brown,
as-iistant to the commissioner
since 1930, as acting director of
the public assistance division ef
fective July 1. Brown will serve
as division head until a director
is chosen from the merit system
register to lie set up following
merit examination.s this fall. I
will be the first prominent post
In the state government to U
filled from a merit register.
Unlimited Quota
White CCC Boys
Applications Being Taken
At Welfare Office Fftr
Enlistment Tuesday
Poliee rugheif to the '-atore icbd'
took the young man to jail. Ho
gave his name as Charles Frank
lin Stevenson and his home ad
dress as High Point.
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
Deans found that Stevenson had
taken a few pens and some other
small objects in the store and the
merchandise was found on hia
person by Deans. Howeyer, the
valuable jewelry had been locked
in the store safe.
Stevenson told Police Chief
Walker that he had hitchhiked to
North Wilkesboro froim High
Point and arrived here about
eight p. m. He said he had been
sentenced in High Point to 18
months for larceny and receiving
but his sentence had been su
spended. Police Chief Walker waa
checking his story today and said
a hearing will be held before
Mayor R. T. McNiel .^oon.
Stevenson entered Deans store
by breaking the glass in the rear
door.
Assistant ^ent
Begins His Duties
Howard Colvard Began Du
ties As Assistant County
Agent Tuesday, July 1
Charles McNeill, Wilkes wel
fare officer, said today that the
Howard Colvard, of Wilkes
boro, has entered upon his duties
a^ a-ss'stant county agent in
Wilkes.
O. F. McCrary, district exten
sion agent, was in Wilkes Tues
day assisting County Agent J. B.
Snipes, Assistnat Agent Colvard
and Miss Elizabeth Williams,
home agent, in beginning work
of the new fLcal year.
,Mr. Colvard, a graduate of
State College, taught vocational
agriculture for six years and is
well experienced in farm work.
He is a son of the li’te C. H. Col
vard and Mrs. Colvard, of Red
dies River, y'ilkes co-unty. For
the past few years he has been
making his home in Wilkesboro
and has been engaged in the lum
ber business, here.
Mr. Colvard was employed by
agreement between the Wilkes
regular quarterly enlistment of county comimlssloners
and- the
Wilkes -boys In the OCC will be
on Tuesday, July 8.
I 'The white quota is -unlimited
and I hoys Interested in enlisting
are asked to make application im
mediately at the county welfare
office. They will bte Jnducted at
»41.. npvPiM enraaa to Tea Invasion maneuvers at West Falmontb, Cape the Laurel S'prlngs camp.
Mau Pictnre at the ^ht shows them goinf over the side of the army transport, Ki«t. ooampe^ The county’s quota
Uniil ev« t?e idt^llp^Wt: *The T-boat. .peed toward. ••«*«■«. toft: The toeel qred ha. already been flUed, the
helmeted treepa make a awlft landing on Old Mvet keaefa and head lor vital obtoenvei. ^
Cod,
-welCare officer said.
North Carolina extension service.
Wyatt Infant Dies
Last rites were held today at
Halls Mills cemetery for Wanda
Wyatt, Infant daughter of Nora.
Wyatt, of Halls Mills. She dletf.
Wednesday afternoon.
Surviving are the another and
one sister, Kay Wyatt.
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