North Carolina Newspapers

■ 4*; .^K- >PATRIC^HAS BLAZED-^: ir News it U. S. May Place Pressure On Japan Wlishington.—JaiMioese occu pation of strategic air and naval bases In French Indo-Chlna ap peared Imminent last night. If not actually under way, bringing nearer a possible clash with the United States and Great Britain over Singapore and The Nether lands East Indies. Responsible quarters here ac cepted as virtually an accom- pushed fact the Vichy govern ment’s capitulation to Japanese demands which were expected to put Indo-Chlna under almost com- £ —-t '.. . - . %T , ^For motosrsdvantsfs Tdo yourbtjrti^4n Nii^ wiki VOL. XXXIV, No. 35 ^.kesbo^'^ths trs^^igr center of Ifbrt&wemia North Carolhia.. -’H - i Published Mondays and^lfaursdayg. NORTH WILKsfeORQ. N. C . tHUBSD&, JULY 24, 1941 fltSO H jfee State — $2,pO^Ou|of HftlUe s Union Services To Begin Sunday In Churches Here Congregations To Join In Union Services For Six Sunday Evenings WOODUWN COMMUNITY HOUSE COMPLETED| GoVemor AsMt^ Daylight Saving Time StartSunday plete domination of Tokyo. Thus the Japanese, already en trenched to some extent In the French Far Eastern colony, would gain better striking positions for an attack on British Malaya (Singapore) and the Immensely rich Netherlands East Indies. The apparent French rea(Kness to accept not only Japanese “pro tection” of Indo-China but T(> kyo’s viewpoint well—that It was necessary to avert a British- Free French-Chinese attack put a new strain on American rela tions with both the Vichy and To kyo governments. New R. A. F. Units To Guard Outposts London.—“Singapore and oth er British Pacific outposts were reported last night to have been “forewarned and forearmed with new R. A. F. contingents to meet a Far-Eastern climax expected here to arise within 2-1 from Japanese demands 0 n French Indo-China. R A. F. reinforcements which In accordance with the custom for the past several years, the Methodist, First Baptist and Pres byterian churches of North Wil- kesboro will conduct union ser vices on Sunday evenings during July and August, beginning on Sunday evening, July 27. Rev. A. L. Aycocic, Methodist pastor, will deliver the sermon in the first of the union services, which will he held at the Presby terian church. The remainder of the union ser vice schedule will be as follows. August 3- Rev. W. M. Cooper, Presbyterian pastor, at First Bap tist; .\ugust 10, Dr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr., at Methodist: Au gust 17, Rev. A. L. Aycock at First Baptist; August 24, Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr., at Pres byterian; .August 31, Rev. W. M. Cooper at Methodist. Pastors, of the individual churches will precah In their own pulpits on Sunday mornings as usual. Woodlawn community house, now completed and in use, is a striking example of ^operative effort on the part of many people in Nirth Wil- kesboro. Thq building is entirely completed and furnished. A Bible school is in progress this week and other community activities are planned. (Photo by Dwight Nichols>. arrived in Singapore Five Auto Deaths last Saturday were ^id '>y I _ p Wilkes County Date b 1941 Eden expressed Britain s offici j concern as well-authenticated re pork from the Orient said Japan ^cas making sweeping demands on Indo-China, presumably for military bases in the south. British and United States gc.v Auto Fatalities For Entire State Fifty-Per Cent Above 1940 Toll traffic fatalities Community House , For Woodlawn Is Now Being Used ‘Tuning Up’ iBoys and Girls Chosen For Short Course Next Week Raleigh.—Governor Broughton yesterday directed all state offi ces, agencies and institutions to put daylight saving time Into ef fect Sunday, July 27, and Issued a proclamation urging local gov ernmental agencies, firms and in dividuals in North Carolina to set their clocks up one hour on that date. His action followed President Roosevelt’s request last week that all southeastern states adopt day light saving time as a measure to conserve electricity needed In vital defense activities. If Broughton’s proclamation is followed. North Carolina will go on daylight saving time at mid night Sunday and continue through midnight on September 28. Immediately following the President’s request, Broughton sent massages to mayors, chair men of county commissioners and various statewide organizations asking their views on the propos- ’al. He stated yesterday that re sponse to the suggestion indicated ly. Woollawn community house, erected by cooperative effort of North Wilkesboro for the 'benefit of the people of the Woodlawn coiiimunity, has been entirely completed, furnished and placed into use. The project is one of the best examples of cooperative efforts ever put forth here and all the .s.ponsors have been extremely well pleased with the int#est_ Four Boys and Seven Girls be adopted by the state as a whole Plans To Attend Annual 4-H Short Course Instead of following the origi nal plan to inaugurate the new time August 1, the proclamation set the beginning of Sunday in order that industries might adjust their shifts during the idle day. Certain to be follO'Wed by all state employees, the change will mean that Capitol employees, highway workers, teachers and others will report for work an hour earlier—by the sun—and will leave their jobs an hour ear lier. Of the 75 mayors he messaged regarding the time change, Broughton said, 74 responded fa vorably. He said 35 boards of county commissioners had indi cated they would place their coun ty administrations on the new time and that merchant associa tions in 30 of the larger commun ities had reacted favorably. He quoted Secretary Willard Dowell of the state merchants association ns saying that all local units were unanimously favorable to the change but that commitment had been delayed until they polled their membership. “I think that automatically the rest of the population will fall in but that it would he done willing- illne,’’ Broughton said measures necessitated by the | safety Division covering growing Japanese pressure on the French South, Pacific colony. Well-informed sources .said the human lives reaped on two governments had been , Xorth Carolina streets and high- closest consultation .since a Japa-1 first half of this year, nese decision to move southward jgj persons killed in the became known. same period last year. This in The need of a building for the „„„ Woodlawn community became ap- the first s.x months of tWs year ^ I Thi.. report showed a grim toll Nazis Admit Drive Slowed By Russians Berlin.— A Cterman military spokesman acknowledged last ni.ght that massas of fresh Rus sian troops fighting with ‘‘fenati- cal obstinacy” have slowed down the Nazi armored drives on Mos cow and Leningrad. The German spearheads point ed at the two great Russian cities are not only trying to force their way eastward 'but are constantly compelled to fight off “extremely ferocious Soviet counter-attacks, he said. The spokesman told of large “Dockets” of Russian troops hold- •out deep in the rear of the Litr.'inan advance forces, forcing Nazi supply columns to make ex tensive detours along the main highway from Smolensk to Mos cow and in some instances pre venting these columns from catch ing up with the panzer vanguard. Further aggravating the ad vance of the Germa^s upon Mos cow and I.,eningrad, it was said, was extremely unfavorable weath er including cloudbursts that turned roads Into quagmires and mired mechanized equipment. The fighting front was said of ficially to he 30 miles deep in some places as the Germans at tempted a series of encircling at tacks in an effort to wipe out the strongly resisting Russian forces before the approaches to Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. crease of 50 per cent is well a- hove the increase for the country as a whole. In the face of thw steadily vis ing slaughter, ten North Carolina counties succeeded in having clean traffic fatality records for the six-months period: these be ing .'Vlexander, Alleghany, Avery. Camden, Cherokee, Dare, Hyde, Jones. Polk and Yancey. Nineteen counties with 10 or more traffic deaths each account ed for an almost even 50 per cent of the total. These were: Wake, with 29; Cumberland with 2t; Mecklenburg, 22: Guilford, 20; Buncombe and Columbus, IS each; Halifax and Durham, 14; Rol)«son. 13: Rockingham and Alamance, 12; Davidson and Gas ton, 11: and Harnett. Hender.^on. Johnston, Pender, Sampson and Wilson. Fifty-seven of the 100 counties in the state showed increases over the first half of last year. The greatest increases were re corded in Wake, Columrbus. Cum berland, Henderson, Halifax and Rockingham. The report showed further that 94 persons were killed in traffic accidents in the state during the month of June. This was a 50 per cent increase over the 62 traffic deaths in the state last June. The state’s 1941 traffic toll to date is averaging three lives a day. Poultry Growers Must Keep Record Wheat Purchases It was announced by the coun ty Triple A office today that pouitrymen who purchase wheat from farmers must keep the re quired records of such purchases. Poultrymen are warned not to purchase wheat from farmers who do not have allotment cards be cause the wheat would be subject to a penalty of 49 cents per hush- el, for which the buyer could he held liable. Footwashing Service At Bethany Church Annual communion and foot- wXshing service will he held at ethany ehurch in Rock Creek ,Dwnship Sunday, 11 a. m. The service will also be the beginning of the revival. The pastor. Rev. Jimmie Bryant, will he assisted by Rev. C. E. Bartley and Rev. 0, W. Curry. All are Invited. T. L Blalock Plans Lectures Missionary To China For 47 Years To Speak At Six Baptist Churches Rev. T. L. Blalock, for forty- seven years a missionary to Chi na. has announced a lecture tour of six Baptist churches. All the lectures' will he at 7:30 5 duct afternoon Sunday school and as many ks 200 children would gather in the grove for the ser vice. there being no building a- vailable. Interested people from the Preiibyterian, First Baptist and Methodist churches in the city formed the organization which put the movement for the build ing before the people. Rev. Watt M. Cooper, Presbyterian p-stor wa-s general chairman of the fi nance committee which raised the money for the sponsor’s contri bution to the project. It was carried through the WPA with North Wilkesboro as the sponsor. Other members of the commit tee were as follows: P. M. Wil liams, chairmrn committee on in dustries; J. B. Williams, chair man committee on business dis trict: A. A. Cashion. chairman committee on fraternal organiza tions; Carl VrnDeman. house to house canvass chairman; W. K Sturdivant, xhairman committee on profe.ssional people. Each com mittee chairman had several as sistants. Rev. W. M. Cooper wms pur chasing agent for the sponsor’s committee. J. B. Carter was treas urer of the fund and W. H. :ic- Elwee, attorney, aided in trans actions with the WPA. services of both ibeing very valuable to the movement. Work at the Woodlawn com munity house, which is well un der way with the people of the community showing much inter est, is in charge of the three downtown churches, members of which have contributed much In time and money to make the work a succe.sfl and have cooperated splendidly. Activities in the community house are well under way. Pres byterian young people are con ducting a Sunday school. On Monday a two-weeks vacation Bi ble school began with Miss Ruth Webb, Miss Mary Elizabeth Foutz, Miss Mary Louise Clements and Miss Corinne Fsuw in charge. At tendance is excellent and the chil dren are showing great interest. The Baptists plan to begin " I p. m. and the schedule will be as ^ ^ follows: Antioch church in Alex- work among the hoys and girls ander county on July 29; Zion ' nuuci V.WUXH.J V,— w-.j there soon and the women of the Hill Baptist church at Boomer on 'Methodist church have 'planned _ . -- , July 30; Moravian Falls Baptist church on July 31; Cub Creek Baptist church on August 1; Oak- work among women of the com munity. Mrs. J. L. Clements, town wel- woods Baptist church on August fare worker. Is spending three afternoons each week at the com- 2; Bethany Baptist church on August 3 at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The lectures will deal 'With mis sion problems, especially the situ ation In China where the war is ^ raging. Pastors of all the church- disbursements for the commun es are urged to attend and the ity house fund, will be pabiished pttblio la invited. Monday. reading and other recreation and activities. Her work Is received With appreciation. Statement of contributions and lando, Florida. Soldiers of the Sixty-first field ar tillery “tuning up” a huge anti-air craft gun for maneuvers, during which more than 66,000 men will move Into simulated warfare over 600 square miles of central Tennes see. Sixteen Boys To C.C.C. Thursday All Eligible White Appli cants Accepted; Others May Apply Now Charles McNeill, Wilkes wel fare officer, said today that ap- Dlicrtiong may be made now at his office by young men who are interested in enlisting in the Ci vilian Conservation camps. It is possible now to place all eligible white applicants, he .said, and the next enlistment will he in the next few weeks. On Friday, July 18, Mr. Mc Neill carried 16 white boys to the Laurel Springs camp for enlist ment. They were; Willirrd An derson, Clifford Ford Bauguess. Claude Wane Blevins, Van Her bert Blevins, Walter Odell Brook shire, Arnold Wesley Eller, Per ry Jane Livingstone, Percy Wren Minton, Thomas Elzle Parsons, Paul ’Thomas Waddell, J. E. Wiles, Delos Casey, Erwin Shep herd. Harlow Sheets. Hanzel Sheets, Johnnie G. Glass. Wilkes boys and girls have been selected to attend the an- anual 4-H club short course to be held at State College In Ra leigh next week, J. B. Snipes, county agent, and Miss Elizabeth Williams, home agent, said today. J. B. Williams’ Leg Is Broken In Freak Accident J. B. Wiliams, prominent in surance and building and loan executive-beroi suBtaiaed_ft .broJt" Change In WPA Office Personnel New Setup In Winston-Sa lem (Mfitt For Cc Mountain View club, Irene She^, of Millers Creek, and Lucy Bur- chette, of Ronda. Boys selected are as follows: Jack Howard and Haywood Mill er, Wilkesboro: J. E. Smith. Jr„ of Ronda; Earl Fairchilds, Cham pion; John Ahsher and Jack Brewer, Traphill; and Joe El- ledge, Mountain View. The young people will be ac Mr. Williams was in a Char lotte hotel when he arose from a chair and he was tripped as his shoe caught In a carpet on the floor. His ankle turned and he fell. , , Examination disclosed a break just above the ankle. On Wed nesday he was moved from a Charlotte hospital to the Wilkes The young people wm oe ^ companied to. the short course by|h P return to his home H, c. coi.ard, r«. r™: .«>«: b. co..«.d »« Almninum Collectioii Drive Gives All Opportunity To Aid Defense The aluminum collection drive is being carried out this week in Inch a manner that every person will have an opportunity to dm nate some kluminum and aid in national defense, W. H. McEl- wee. chairman of the defense council for Wilkes, said today. This afternoon Boy Scouts of the Wilkeshoras are making a house to house canvass to collect rluminum. Two aluminum collection mo- where admission will be a VlOS VV a- piece of aluminum have nounced by the theatres. The show at the Liberty theatre will he on Friday morning ^ here, people in the rural section will have an opportunity to give aluminum. Miss Elizabeth Wil liams, home demonstration agent, is collecting scrap aluminum through the home clubs in the county. J . . . Boxes have been placed in front of both theatres here for the con venience of rural people who will bring aluminum here. They are urged to bring their aluminum in this week because the aluminum drive is scheduled to close here on Saturday. Old pots and pans made of a- luniiniim. picture frames, vacuum cleaners, refrigerator trays, alum he on Friday ^ Lnday' inum cylinder heads and pistons and at the Allen t^ea^® ^ i of the suggested articles Aluminum ShoW At Allen Sunday Admission to SKow At Alien Theatre Will Be Piece of Aluminum Sunday Edward S. Finley Assigned To Base At Orlando, Fla. Edward S. Finley, a first lieu tenant in the army reserve offi cers corps who was called to ser vice early this month, has been assigned to the air base at Or lando, Florida. A motion picture show will be shown Sunday afternoon, three o’clock, at the Alien theatre as part of the drive to collect alum inum for national defense. The show will be under spon sorship of the North Wilkesboro Lions club. W. J. Allen, proprietor of Mien theatre, said today that all fwll- itles of the theatre will he given In the interest of national defense and that the showing of the pic ture win be donated by the the- Lieut. Finley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Finley, of this city, received his training at Davidson raunity house. 'She directs play. College. At present he is taking „ special course at Washington, D. C„ and on completion of the course will be stationed at Or- Spaln wants Its railways to modernize thelt“Bl»n*l synto^ atre. Admission to the show, which will be a com-plete movie, will be aluminum, and all who see the show must put one or more pieces of aluminum In the 'box at th front In order to enter. There will be no cash admission charge, the p« the purpose of collecting alum Innni- . ' ^ y Aluminum Show At Liberty Friday Admission At Show Friday Morning Will Be Pieces Of Scrap Aluminum Winston-Salem, N. C., July 22. —Two major local changes have been made in the community ser vice division of WPA. formerly known as the professional and service division, with the promo tion of Mrs. Josephine Shaffner Requiam and the transfer of Miss Ila Holman, it wa.s learned Fri day. Under the new setup recently authorized -Mrs. Requiam, who formerly was. a.ssistaiit director of the seven-county district that had its headquarters in Winston-Sa lem, is now assistant state super visor of the cummulative records- project. This is the .state-wide project arranged for the state board of instruction. It provides for the installation of a record .system, and bringing the records up to date, so there will be a record as complete as possible of all individual students who have attended the public schools of the state. Miss Ha Holman was formerly in charge of the division that had Its headquarters at North Wilkes boro prior to the consolidation. Miss Euzelia Smart, who for merly was head of the .‘;even counties that had headquarters here, is district director of the newly created seveijteen-county division. Included are Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Davie, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Ire dell, Randolph, Rockingham, Ro wan, Stokes, 'Surry, Watauga, and Yadkin counties. Administrative division heads serving under Miss Smart in dis trict four are: Miss Holman, as sistant director; A. L. Fristoe, di rector division of employment. Miss Wilmot Doan, assistant; Leo Lawrence, director division of fi nance. Under the new setup the di vision is. divided into three de partments. These departments and the project supervisors for the district are: Welfare program: lunchroom. Liberty Theatre will present an aluminum collection show on Fri day morning, ten ®'gardening and canning, Mrs. An- Anderson, manager, jj Cragan; sewing and house- j keeping aids, Mrs. Irene F. Gsm- The sho-w will be given by thei^jjj. p„,,ng health assistance and theatre for the purpose of col- j augmented service, Mrs. Myrtle lectlng aluminum for national de-jp^ Leonard; cleaning, renovating . —a oamianinr. will he a 1^^^ landscaping, W. Lane fense and admission v’ill i>® ® piece of aluminum. No money will he needed, just drop an old alum inum pot, pan or any kind of scrap aluminum in the box In front of the theatre and go in and see the show. “Burled Alive,” a full length feature picture, will be shown. The theatre Is donating all Its facilities for-the performance in the Interest of national defense. All are invited to the show but are reminded that In order to be admitted they must give a piece of aluminum. Bcallope have ears but cannot Barksdale; commodity distrihn- tlon, Charles Wilson. Community service programa: library, Mrs. Olivia M. Anderson; arts and crafts, Mrs. Ceciie H. White: adult education, W. Lane Barksdale; recreation. Miss Znia Pierce; music, Talmadge Henry, Inspects Buses ’ J. W. Smith, Vho is connected with the state ntillties '^commla- sion, was here today inspeetlnv the buses used by-the JUfOkfla Tranegiortatlon Co. ffir.r Smitt states that he fonnd. thei^com. patty’s bnsea in good U 3 j: ~ -'V , ■ 'T a..