1.)'
Soviets'
Nazi Pu^ On
Central Front
'RoMUm forcM on me vital cen
tral aeetpr toAar appeared to have
toocbt Adolf Hitler’s blitskrieg;
troops to a momentary standstill)
bat the Vails claioned a break
through Into the Strlin fortifica
tions defending the Ukraine.
The German high command
claimed the capture of Cernauti
and said Narl forces had driven
forward to the Dniester River. To
the south, it asserted. Russian
counter-attacks were beaten off
by German - Rumanian forces
while to the north German troops
WMf« said to be thrusting toward
the upper roaches of the Ovina
River.
Terrific fighting was in pro
gress from the Dvina River, just
.aouth of Dvlnsk, to the region of
Robrulsk—a central sector of
bout 200 miles.
All along this line the Rus
sians claimed they had brought
the German panzer divisions to a
standstill and in at least one sec
tor, around Lepel on the northern
hinge of the front, the Nazis were
said to have been forced to take
the defense by powerful Red
counter-attacks.
Everett Wiles WiD
Be Tried For The
Murder Of Wyatt
Wilkes Man Being Brought
From Federal Pen To Be
Tried For His Life
Nazis Tighten Noose
On 52,000 Russians
Berlin, July 6.—Tightening of
a nazi noo^e upon 52,000 Isolated
soviet troops west of Minsk—a
roundup apparently intended to
clear the way tor an all-out as
sault upon the Stalin line was
declared by the German high
^command today to have increased
Mts roll of Russian prisoners to
about 300,000.
(A German soldier war report
er wrote that Minsk, capital of
White Russia, had been in Ger
man hands for three days, but
the high command has not yet an
nounced its capture. He said a
German panzer division rolled
A|%-ough smoking ruins after hit
ler street fighting and took the
■'city of 140,000 inhabitants.)
“Under pressure of the Ger
man pincers.” a special Berlin
communique phrased it. the • .
000 Russians “deserted” the rM
army cause. (These apparently
were among units of two Russian
field armies, totaling prehips
600,000 men. which were deciar-
”5d July 1 to have teen surround
ed between Bialystok and Minsk,
the White Russian capital.)
Efforts Of Germans
To Cross Important
Dnieper River Failed
Moscow, Monday. July "•
Fierce red army counterattacks
have thrown on the defensive
some German blitzkrieg columns
^^Iving for Moscow and Lenin-
et^d and all na2i attempts to
■•ess the vital Dnieper river on
the S'alin failed, it was
reported early today.
The soviet information bureau
communique on fighting yester-
Jay and last night indicated the
Germans had not gained an inch
in their pushes in the Baltic
itates and in White Russia, al
though heavy fighting w'c.s in
progress all along the jagged
Europe-long front.
The red army reported Sunday
;hat it had taken the initiative
igainst German troops it said
ifere weakened by hecvy losses
Ind the communique early today
indicated the soviets were press
ing their counterattacks on wide
fronts.
Many mechanized units were
involved in the battling and the
Ru.'Sians told of one battle in the
continuing action in which 300
German tanks were destroyed.
In the Ostrov sector, near the
Latvian frontier, the Russians
jaid “energetic’’ counterattacks
“resulted in heavy losses to the
enemy.”
Everett Wiles, former Wilkes
desperado who yesterday com
pleted seven years In the federal
penitentiary for counterfoitlng,
will be reutrned to his native
county to face a first degree mur
der charge.
Sheriff C. T. Doughton and
Deputy George Holland left Sun
day for Atlanta, Ga., wher„- they
were to take Wiles into custody
when released from the federal
penitentiary.
Wiles is charged with the mur
der of Nathan Wyatt. Rock Creek
towmshlp constable, on March 24,
1932, at the hoane of Wiles’ mo
ther, Mrs. Janie Wiles, in Trap
hill township.
Wiles is alleged to have shot
Wyatt as Wyatt was attempting
to arrest Wiles. Wyatt had ar
rived on the scene with S. M.
Shumate and Jim Nicholson.
Wiles was seated on the ground
with five other men and some
liquor was in a jug in the circle
made by the seated men. When
the officers arrived some of the
men ran and were followed bv
Officers Shumate and Nicholson.
In the meantime Wyatt w'as at
tempting the arrest of Wiles and
was fatally shot.
For two years Wiles not only
dodged officres hut engaged iu
other criminal activities. On one
occasion when he was found near
Hays he and Deputy George Hol
land exchanged a number o
shots hut neither was hit.
In 1934 agents of the 1 nited
States secret service began trail
ing Wiles on charges of counter
feiting and Wiles led the officers
on a rapid chase over parts of
six .states.
He was finally captured in a
tourist cabin near Mount Airy.
Federal agents s«-ld Wiles had
unprecedented recoE* for
counterfeit money in bogus teii
dollar currency and had passed
thousands of spurious dollars. At
the time of hi. arrest he had a
quantity of the counterfeits and
some counteiteiting equipment.
He wa.s sentenced in federal couit
t (.Ireeiisboro to seven years in
the penitentiary.
It was reported at the time of
the murder of Wyatt that the of
ficers were at Wiles’ home to look
(or some property which lies
was alleged to have stolen. Wyatt
was a former police chief in
North Wilkesboro.
It expected that trial of
Wiles for the murder of Wyatt
will be called during the August
term of Wilkes court.
Guard Trainkf
Now Progressing
aft Registrants
To Go On Rolls
ishington. July 6.—Names of
lewest draft registrants-
ll-year-olds who were signed
jly 1—will be mixed in with
of older men registered a
Field Day In Near Future Is
Planned For North Wilkes
boro Company of Guard
... •
3 was announced officiaiiy
by Brig.-Gen. Lewis B. Her-
deputy director of selective
B, w'ho said it had been de-
to integrate the names of
ew registrants instead of
g them in a single group
ahead of or behind the
’ the men previously signed
re local selective service
can undertak”,the Integra-
ocess, new ^(ational draft
must be held in Washing-
fficl^ls indicated that it
be ordered for late this
le lottery, the new regls-
In each dra^t board area
irn their rel^ionship to
her by having “sequence
s’’ drawn.
North Wilkesboro company of
the North Carolina State Guard
needs five men to replace those
recently discharged, it we.s learn
ed today from Harry Pearson,
captain.
Trainin.g of the company is pro
gressing according to plan and
has advanced to the point where
it is planned to give them one
day of actual field work in the
near future. It is hoped that some
club in the county will undertake
to feed the company one meal on
field day.
The regulation state guard uni
forms are to be delivered to the
North Wilkest.bro company this-
week and every member of thf
guard is anx'ously awaiting their
arrival, as well a.a many other
interested people of the city and
community.
The committee composed of
Mayor R. T. .McNiel. J. B. McCoy.
A. F. Kilby, W. G. Gabriel and
R. G. Finley has done a splendid
job in raising funds to buy equip
ment not furnished by the state
and federal governments, for
which all members of the com
pany are sincerely grateful. Cap
tain Pearson said today.
Any man Interested in becom
ing a member of the guard con\-
pany here is asked to get in touch
with CapUin Pearson, First Lieu
tenant Malcolm L. Wyatt, or Sec
ond Lieutenant John L. Wells.
Miss Elizabeth Duncan has re
turned to Richmond, Va., after a
few days’ visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P.alpti Duncan.
Farmers .To Attend
Annual Field Day
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes farm a-
gent, said today that several
Wilto a farmers are expected to
atten the annual field day at the
test 1 J’ln near Statesville oil July
17. Clyde R. Hoey, former gov
ernor, will be the piinciprl speak,
er, announcement of the field day
said.
Senator Bailey
Asks Completion
Of Flood Survey
Senator Wants Survey For
Consideration By Com
merce Committee Soon
This picture was taken late Saturday ni'fht as flames were doing considerable
damage to Wilkes Milling Company plant in this city. The fire was discovered
about 11:.30 p. m. and had gained much hjadway. Local firemen fought the flames
valiantly and succeeded in saving the two low’er floors of the four-story building. .
(Photo by S. T. Taylor)
Holiday Is Quiet Regional Meet Of
In Wilkes Despite
The Heavy Traffic
One Accident In North Wil
kesboro Early Saturday
Morning; Four Hurt
W'ilkes county, long famou.® for
happenings unusual and some
times awful, as usual had a quiet
holiday period.
During the long holiday week
end there were no automobile fa
talities from holiday traffic and
there were no major disorders to
mar the holiday season.
Hamp Eller, of Wilbar. died
Sunday morning but the fatal In
juries were received Thursday
afternoon before the holidays be
gan. He died of a broken neck re
ceived in a fight or automobile
rccident with Charlie Faw, of the
same community. Officer.3 were
unable to know today the exact
cause of his fatal injuries.
Early Saturday morning about
2:30 a. m. a car driven by Her
man Garber, of Roanoke, Va., and
occupied by one other man and
two women crashed Into Dick
Cashion’s building in the north
ern part of this city. They re
ceived minor injuries which were
treated at the Wilkes hospital.
The driver was jailed for reck
less driving after his injuries re-
ceived attention. ^
Officers reported only a slight
increase in the number of drunks
jailed.
Traffic on all highways leading
into this city and on the Blue
Ridge Parkway near here was ex-
..eedingly heavy Fh-iday. Satur
day and Sunday but there were
few accidents, notwithstanding
frequent showers and steady
rains which kept the pavements
wet.
Wilkes Milling
1.0.0. F. July 12 Company Is Badly
Memliers of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows from Jef
ferson, Lenoir and Statesville,
will meet with the local Lodge.
Union No. 331, Saturday night,
July 12th, to greet Grand Lodge
Damaged By Fire
Fire Late Saturday Night
Destroys Two Floors Of
Milling Co. Plant
Annual Reunion
Of Hubbards Held
On Sunday, July 6, the Hub
bards bold their annua! assembl
age with sixty-five members pres
ent. On account of the rain the
crowd gathered at the home of
W. R. Hubbard at Moravian
Falls instead of at the old Hub-
lard homestead near Moravian
Falls.
After the bounteous dinner.
Mrs. Dorothy Hubbard Kearns
read an interesting p.aper written
hy Mrs. I^ella Hubbard Surratt.
Those attending the reunion
from out of the county were, Mrs.
... L. Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Harris, and daughters.
Nancy and Elizabeth, of Elkin;
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Scroggs. and
daughter. Miss Virginia Scroggs
St. Petersburg. Fla.; Mr, Wil-
ll?m Hubbard, of Salisbury; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Loftls. of Mayo-
dan;: Mrs. W. W. Greer and son,
Williatm, of Newport News, Va.:
Mrs. W. S. Surratt, Washington.
C.; Miss Hope Hubbard, of
Farmer and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Kearns and daughter, Elterta, of
Greensboro.
Mr. Henry Leckie, of Lumber-
ton, spent last week. In Wilkes
boro with his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. J. H. Leckie,
AL M. LANE
JOHN W. rL.API*
Officers. A1 .M. Lane, Grand Mas
ter; John W. Clapp, Grand Sec
retary, both from Greensboro,
and W, H. Strickland. Deputy
Grand Master of Lenoir, will be
present at the meeting.
The meeting was planned hy
the Grand Master, who is cover
ing the state organizing the lodg
es for a campaign to improve at
tendance and add new members.
This plan was approved by the
Grrnd Lodge which met In May
and was presented by Mr. Lane,
who is an advertising man on
the staff of the News-Record In
Greensboro. Many of Mr. Lane’s
ideas hare been adopted by the
members In past years with re
sulting benefits to the Order. Mr.
Lane hrs been Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the 1. O. O.
F. Home for the past twelve years
and was again elected to the of-
. (Continued on page eight)
Fire of undetermined origin
late Saturday night almost de
molished the building and plant
of Wilkes Milling company here,
causing damage estimated to ex
ceed $20,000.
Flames -wcteiaililB'likirom the
wuiu()WB
der the roof when the fire alarm
was burned in and firemen began
a fight which continued for three
hours before all fire was extin
guished. The two upper floors
were almost completely demolish
ed rnd water did extensive dam
age to the two lower floors and
destroyed the stock of wheat,
corn, flour and feed on hand.
The building and plant was the
property of W. H. H. Waugh and
for many years had been used in
manufacture of flour and feeds
here rnd has been the leading
grain market in Wilkes. Mr.
Waugh said today that an accur
ate estimate of the damage now
is impossible but may exceed
$20,000. He said he hoped to re
establish the plant. The loss, he
Slid, Is only partially covered hy
insurance.
Cause of the fire was not
known, although firemen express
ed the belief It could have been
from electricity or from spon
taneous combustion. Flames had
evidently made much headway
before the fire was discovered
and extinguishing the fire before
the building was totally destroy
ed was a difficult task.
Washington.—Sipeedy comple
tion of flood control surveys of
Yadkin River was urged Thurs
day by Senator Josiah W. Bailey
in a letter to General Julian L.
Schley, chief of army engineehs.
Pointing out the tremendous
interest in this project proposal
in North Carolina, Senator Bai
ley stressed his desire to have
the surveys ready for the con
sideration of the Senate com
merce cpmmlttee when it begins
work on new flood-control legis
lation in the near future.
The survey of the Yadkin was
authorized nearly a year ago and
was said to have been completed
by July 1. It was tied up. how
ever, with some other surveys
and its completion has bteen de
layed.
Senator Bailey urged the chief
of the engineer corps to exert
every effort to expedite work on
the report and transmit it to the
'committee which he heads at the
earliest possible moment.
Haniph
DiesOtlfi’tfKeA
Neck; Faw
W2!bar Resident Is Chai’^ed
With Death rtf Hamp El
ler On Sunday Evening
George Hampton Eller, age 47,
citizen 6i the Wilbar community
of Wilkes, died at five a.m, Sun
day in the Wilkes hospital from
a broken neck received Thursday
evening.
Engineers Return
To Fort Jackson
Wilkes SoldiersI In 30th Divi-
nessee Few Weeks
Jobs Found For
116 During June
Employment Office Has A
Busy Month; 1|193 Regis
tered For Emplojrment
Employment office here placed
111 on jobs Ir its territory last
month fnd sent five to jobs at
outside points, B, G. Gentry, man
ager, said today.
During the month the office
registered 1,193 persons, which
was a record month for registra
tions. However, much of the in
crease was due to the require
ment that all WPA workers be
registered.
The unemployment compensa
tion division of the office handled
111 new claims and 848 contin
ued claims during the month of
June.
Brotherhood To Meet
On Tuesday Evening
North Wilkesboro Methodist
brotherhood will meet at the
church Tuesday evening, 6:30.
Dr. W. A. Kale, Methodist minis
ter, of Kannapolis, will be the
guest speaker.
Wilkes soldiers, members of
Co. A.. 105th Engineers, return
ed to Ft. Jackson, at Columbia.
S. C.. la.st week after a month of
large-scale maneuvers in western
Tennessee. Traveling by motor
convoy the 30th Division started
some of its companies back to
Ft. Jackson on Monday, with the
last of the companies expected to
reach the camp Thursday. Small
detachments were sent to pre
pare for the arrival of the main
forces.
The 30th Division, of which the
105th Engineers is a part, re
mained at Fort Jackson from the
time the national guardsmen were
called into active duty laH fall
until they left late in .May for
the Tennessee war games.
Then termed the nearest ready
of any division in the entire army
for actual combat duty, the fam
ed 30th took part in the mimic
battle which raged over the
Tennessee hills and got a taste of
mechanized warfare. The 2nd di
vision, armored unit of the regu
lar army, took part in the mock
war both with and against the
Wilkes county soldiers.
M^th their stay in service due
to be prolonged beyond the one
year previou.5ly ordered, members
of the local company have no
inkling of what their next move
mig!'t be, after they get a brief
rest at Fort Jackson with prob-
ally a bit of brushing up on any
weaknesses which the maneuvers
may have revealed.
Charlie Faw, also of Wilbar, Is
being held in Wilkes Jail in con
nection with the death and 1*
charged with murder.
Wilkes officers said investiga
tion of the complicated case la
in progress and that a hearing
for Faw may be held soon. Offi
cers have been Investigating a
number of reports, some of which
were conflicting.
It was first' reported to the of
ficers that Faw tlnd Eller had
been fighting, that Eiler was hurt
and Faw started to North Wilkes
boro from near Wilbar with Eller
■to the hospital. On the way the
car wrecked at Deep Ford Hill
on Highway 16 about 10 miles
northwest of here. When Eller
reached the hospital examination
disclosed a bad fracture of ths
spinal column in his neck and
little hope was ever held for hla
recovery.
Another report being investi
gated by officers was that Paw
hit Eller with his car as Eller
was walking on the highway and
that he was on the way to the
hrspital when the auto accident
occured at Deep Ford Hill. Offi
cers also were looking into re
ports that Eller and Faw had
been quarreling earlier in the
day. Eller reached the hospital
here Thursday about six p. m.
Officers said today there was
evldenct that Eller wad hurt
prior to the auto accident.
The car was practically demol
ished in the accident. Officers
said itssUiyS^ traveling at high
It cHKii^Unghf'^ngles Into '
the high road bank. Faw was not
badly hurt. Officers were seeking
to determine wheth'^r Eller’s neck
was broken in the auto accident
or in a previous altercation with
Faw.
Faw was arrested soon after
the auto accident by Highway
Patrol Sergeant Carlyle Ingle
but he was released under bond
of $1,500. On Saturday Wilkes
officers again took Paw into cus
tody when it was learned that
Eller was in a dying condition.
The highway patrol officer charg
ed Faw with driving while under
influence of intoxicants.
Funeral .service for Eiler was
held today, two p. m.. at Red
dies River church with Rev. Ed
O. Miller in charge, assisted by
Rev. Dave Roten. Surviving Ell
er are his widow, Mrs. Alice Vir
ginia Taylor Eller, three daugh
ters and one son: Mrs. Charles
Cothren. Roaring River; Faye,
Junior and Minnie Eller, of Red
dies River.
Charter Night
. Jaycees Planned
Will Be Held On July 17th;
Club To Make Final Plans
In Meet Thursday Night
July 17 has been set as the
date for charter night for North
Wilkesboro Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which was organized
a few weeks ago.
In a directors meeting held
during the past week the date of
charter night was .set and the en
tire club will meet on Thursday,
July 10, to co.mplete arrange
ments. The meeting will be held
at the city hall,, beginning at
7:30 p. m.
Grady Church has bqen elected
secretary of the Jaycees, succeed
ing Charles Day, who resigned.
Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Pardue, of
PayettTille, visited Mr. Pardue’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Par-
due, at Moravian Falls Friday.
Mr. “Red” Fnlp, of Cleveland,
Tennessee, spent the week-end
with friends here.
Plan Farm Tour
Tuesday, July 15
TVA Demonstration Farms
In Various Parts County
Will Be Visited
A tour of TVA demonstration
farms in Wilkes county will be
held on Tuesday, July 15.
The purpo.se of the tour, Coun
ty Agent J. B. Snipes said, is to
acquaint farmers with results of
demonstrations which have been
carried out. It is especially desir
ed, he said, that all TVA demon
stration farmers and all others
interested he in the tour. The
group will leave the county court
house at eight a. m. and visit each
demonstration farm.
The following farmers are ac
tive in TVA demonstr.-’tion work:
B. L. Johnson, Roaring River;
Janie Spicer, Ferguson; N. C. An
drews, Boomer; Paul E. Church,
North Wilkesboro route two; Coy
Durham, Lomax: T. W. Ferguson,
Ferguson; J. M. German, Boom
er: C. C. Hayes. Purlear; Mrs.
Addie Howell Jones, Cricket; G.
C. Vannoy, Purlear; Paul J. Vest
al, Moravian Falls; C. E. Tharpe,
Honda; Bruce Billings. Dockery;
John William Hurt, Honda; Gra
dy F. Miller, North Wilkesboro
route one; W. K. Sturdivant,
North Wilkesboro route one.
Those on the tiur will carry
lunch and spread it picnic Style
at some point during the tour. At.
lunch time Mr. OoHins, *I*VA ^
lallat, will addresa the grono.