RepMrt Reds
!^r' Retreat After Losing
' ' ■ Liurge Sea Base
Vi
Berlin—^The S»viet army of the
Ulaeine was reported falling: back
.(•pidly to the hanks of the Dnie-
vi l>er River today after losing the
atrategic Black Sea naval base of
.Ij^c^ev to German and Hungari-
,,, juv forces in ‘‘hard fighting.”
y German troops were said by the
bish command to be in ceaseless
*^:,.l;Hir8nit of the retreating Red for-
ces, describing as “more and more
F ^II^MBtegeatingt” and informed Ger-
“'"man*'’ quarters said the region
around Kherson near the mouth of
. the Dnieper River was directly
$ ..threatened.
X Att official news agency dis-
IMNeh reported heavy fighting in
j^wgress around Odessa, major
Kack Sea port 70 miles southwest
of , Nikolaev. No details were
available, but apparently strong
- T#i|rtlt-iaree8 are finding the re- j
encirdad, wy wbije the|
_ Red navy atWmpts to evacuate
" troops and heavy equipment across
the Black Sea.
VOL. XXXIV, No. 42
Published Mondays and Thursdays.
NQRTa WnJK^BQRb, N. Ov
AUG. 18, Jn thAState
12.00’Out of State
J. B. WiBiams
Named President
Of Kiwanis Club
Unloading Silk From Japanese Ship
Officers Elected For Next
Calendar Year and Dele
gates Are Named
J. B. Williams, prominent in
surance and building and loan
executive, has been elected presi
dent of the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club for next vgar.
f^iibds Confirm Nazi
Capture of Nikolaev
Moscow—Battering their way |
close to the Dnieper River, power- j
ful German forces have captured j
Nikolaev, Black Sea naval base, j
and Krivoi Rog, in the heart of the
Ukrainian iron mines 220 miles
southeast of Kiev, if Russian com- i
munique admitted today. I
The Red army gave up both
towns after stubborn battles, said :
the communique covering Sunday’s
operations. The Russians succeed-1
ed in blowing up the naval dock-1
yards at Nikolaev before abandon- |
ing the town, it reported. |
Loss of Nikolaev, at the head of j
the Bug River estuary, gives con-1 other officers for ne.xt year,
trol of that river to the Germans were named in the lunch-
and puts them only 40 miles from meeting Friday noon, were;
the Lower Dnieper. | A. F. Kilby, vice president; T. E.
At Krivoi Rog, approximately gjopj, trea.surer: Dr. E. N. Phil-
100 miles northeast of Nikolaev,
the Germans are about 50 miles
west of the Dnieper.
Fighting raged throughout Sim
day along the entire 1,800-mile
tic io.the^ Bfcck
,T. B. WII,LI.4>IS
Story, treasurer; Dr. E. N. Phil
lips. Cecil Adamson, Pa.ul S. Qra-
gan. J. R. Hix and C. B. Eller,
directors. The officers will also
be members of the board of di
rectors.
“tiemendous” numbers of men.
So vast are the Nazi losses, an
earlier communique repotted, that
the Germans are blasting mass
graves with land mine.s and dump
ing truckloads of corpses into
them.
As the war raged into its ninth
week. Germany appeared to throw
the brunt of her offensive into the
Ukrainian and northwestern
'the coming year are elected prior
to the conventions. Delegates to
TriedDuring Court Term
AmbrQseShepherdl
Gets 3 To 5 Years
for Johnson Death
A Fast One
And
Plan
of Moose
Lodge WiB
Convention
Women Of Moose Meet To
night and Men Meet Tues*
day to Complete Plans
Court Adjourned On Friday;
Submission Taken In Cri
minal Assault Case ]
August term of Wilkes super
ior court, featured by trial of six
homicide cases, adjourned on FVi-
day afternoon. j
Lpst of the record breaking'
number of death cases tried was
that of Ambrose Shepherd, prom
inent Reddies River community
farmer who was sentenced to
from three to five years in the
state penitentiary for the fatal ^
shooting of George Johnson at i
the Shepherd home a few weeks
ago. ‘
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall did not
ask the death penalty in the
In this soundphoto longshoremen arc shown unloading silk from ths Shepherd case, but asked a ver
Tatuta Maru, Japanese merchantman, at San Francisco, Calif. Tb« diet of second degree murder or
:argo, valued at $2,500,000, is being shipped by rail to New Jerseyi manslaughter. The jury after
vhere* It will be stored pending the outcome of libel suits filed against short deliberation returned a ver- [
T 1— nr....o Qf guilty of maadaughter.
HYK Lines, owners of the Tatuta.
Buildings For
Fair Here Have
Been Completed
New Grandstand, Stage and
Concessitm Buildings For
Silver Jubilee
CampfiresSunday,
Aug. 24, at Parks
On Monday. August 25, the
National Park Service created by 1®^
The defendant through his coun
sel filed notice of C'ppeal to the
supreme court.
Shepherd in his testimony said
that he shot Johnson in defense
of his own life when Johnson
was advancing on him with a
rock in each hand. He said he
started shooting and continued to
shoot until Johason fell.
Previously Sallie Walker, an
witneaq^ had testified thft
ini ^
streamlined San Diego, one of the
speediest ernisers ever bnUt for ths
navy, launched st the Bethlehem
Steel company’s Fore river plant,
Qnincy, Mass. Bearing some resem
blance to a destroyer, the new light
cruiser has no raised forecastle.
North Wilkesboro lodge num
ber 243 of Loyal Order of'Moosa
will meet on Tuesday night, An.
gust 19, In the lodge hall on C
street to lay final plans for the
annual conclave o f Carolina
Moose Association to be held
here August 30, 31 and Septem
ber 1.
I Regional Director Charles A.
Kirby will he present at the meet-
jing to assist In making arrange-
Iments for the conclave, which la
j expected to be the largest con
vention ever held In North Wil
kesboro.
Wm. H. Duhling, of this city,
is president of the Carolina
Moose association and several
hundred delegates are expected
■ here from lodges in North and
South Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee.
j VVomen Meet Tonight
Women of the Moose will meet
tonight to lay final plans for
their activities in the conclave
and a large attendance Is re
quested. Regional Director Kirby
j will be present at the meeting.
E.E. Eller Produce
Company Moving
Deferred Men Are
Now Located In Three-Story
Warehouse Building On
Forester Aventie
Construction of "a grandstand,
stage and new concessions bulld-
the Carollnas' district noevention | ings on the fairgrounds here hrs
to be held at Myrtle Beach Sep-! been completed in preparation for
.... . /s 1 A ns 1 .. y". i XT !.•
temher 7, 8 rnd 9 will he A. F.
Kilh.v and T. E. Story. Alternates
will be J. B. Carter and E. G. Fin
ley.
W. D. Halfacre was elected as
a director for the remainder of
thl^. year to fill the unexpired
,n ana iiui i.nwtrsLk’i ii —• .... w..
fronts. In the south the Russians terir. of J. R. McCartney, who has
were carrying out an orderly with- moved to Salisbury.
drawal uader protection of strong. ’^as pro ,
rear-guard action. ebairman Friday and he presen ed
I his o^^n program. He spoke on the
Hopkins May Direct
Plans To Speed
Aid For Russians
Washington — Harry Hopkins,
President Roosevelt’s personal
lend-lease co-ordinator, probably
will be given the task of speeding
war materials to the Soviet Union
but not under the lend-lease pro
gram, reliable quarters said last
night.
Hopkins lunched with Lord
Beaverbrook, British supply min
ister, immediately on returning to
the Capital .with Mr. Roosevelt
from the historic sea rendezvous
with British Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill. Presumably they
discussed coordination of Ameri
can and British aid to the embat
tled Red army.
There appeared to be no doubt
of the administration’s firm inten-
|ton to follow out to the letter the
y pledges of aid made by the Ph-esi-
and Full Lite.” He stressed the
need and the importance of men
to preach goodwill.
The club voted approval of the
recent action of the city cou icil
asking that a better bus station
be provided for the city.
The secretary distributed letters
asking cooperation of the club in
arrangements for the C.arolinas
Moose Convention which will open
August 30.
the Great Northwestern Fair to
open on September 16 for a five-
day exposition.
W. A. McNiel, general manager
of the fair, said that plans fer the
big gala event for northwestern
North Carolina are pro'gressing
well and that a successful fair Is
anticipated.
The old grandstand and other
buildings on the grounds were de
stroyed in the flood of August 14,
1940. The fair was held last year
Without buildings.
Premium list for the 1941 fair
have already been mailed to 1,500
former exhibitors and others in
terested may secure lists from the
secretary of the fair in this city.
Many thrilling sta.ge acts will be
presented before the grandstand.
A new feature of the fair this
quarter.century has seen ihahy of
the most beautiful scenic features
of our Nation brought under pub
lic ownership as National Parks,
and the Anniverscry will be
marked by celebrations in many
of the 191 federal park areas
throughout the Nation.
The seven-yecr old Blue Ridge
Parkway, though young in com
parison with such venerables as
the Yellowstone. Yosemlte, and
Mt. Ranier Parks, is a large and
fast growing member of the fam
ily. and on the Parkway we will
light Jubilee Campfires at 7:30
(Eastern Standard Time) on Sun
day night, August 24, at Rocky
Knob Park in Virginia and at the
Bluff Park in North Carolina.
The Park Service has always be
lieved that its uniformed person
nel. the Park Rangers, are the
key men of its organization, and
the campfire programs will be In
Sourwood Honey
Much In Demand
... . . u .. I chicrge of the Parkway Rangers,
year will be a Aow which, - ^,,,rtblng the nation-
1 will be under direction of i. l uv
Kenerly. of this city. Mr. Kenerly | park system will he given b>
^ * , - . 1 the RanKers who will speak in-
!has not announced details of t^eir interesting
show but promises a major
“"Marks Shows and rides will oc-1 Parts, of the country. Group sing-
cupy the midway. It is one of the ing about the campfire will be a
s. V. Tomlinson, Wholesaler,
Wants 5,000 Pounds;
Much Being Sold
Icrgest carnivals on the road and
will fill all available space for that
department of the fair.
Ample space will be provided
for exhibits In every department.
The fair here will he one of few
to have f Reworks. The fireworks
, , r J J u T>_ ■ I Sourwood honey, a delicacy
' with a flavor and quality all its | „,enufacture of fireworks
dent and Churchill in their joint produced only j giopped because of the need
, Soviet Premier Josef ^ eastern slopes of the south- materials In defense work,
^bn. Planes, guns. nr-: ^ ,
di^ce and explosive materials, ^ ,
will be e'fered the Red army on ^ receiving a substantial in-
on immediate delivery basis, in- . ,
formed sources said. | tor sour- !
NY A Office Not To 'evldenced_by the
principal feature of the evening’?
progr,'’m.
The fire at the Bluff Park will
be lit in the vicinity of the mea
dow picnic area, and at Rocky
Knob the visitors will gather at
the new playfield area near the
wereVrdUd and made up before
was
of
I advertisement of S'. V. Tomlin-
Receive Application*, son, prominent local wholesaler
^ - fL.tr . . jje wanted to purchase 5.000
pounds of sourwood honey this
Friday This Week
— '.^ason. Already Mr. Tomlinson
NYA office in the Wilkes court-' received a substantial amount
house will not be open for work | ig expected,
applications as usual on Friday, , Meanwhile, private sales
August 22, Mrs. Maude S. filler, I j,oney are gaining in
Pay 1940 Taxes
Afid Save Costs
campfires were held last year,
“Everyone is invited to join us
on the eve of our 25th birthday,”
Announcement by the parkway
said.
Real Estate Being Advertis
ed For Sale For 1940 Tax
es; To Be Sold On 1st
May S^n Now For
1942FannProgram
of
interviewer, said today.
Instead, the office will receive
applicatloas' on Monday, August
25. After that date, however, the
office will be open for applica
tions as usual on esch Friday.
Alexander county has been add
ed to the territory served by Mrs.
Miller as interviewer. Other coun
ties In her territory are Wilkes,
Alleghany and Ashe.
volume and prospects are that
oee keepers will sell record break
ing quantities in Wilkes and ad
joining counties this ysar at high
er prices than have b'jen received
in many years.
Grange In Meeting
On Tuesday Night
Wilkesboro Grange held an in
teresting meeting Tuesday night
at the community house.
Mrs. C. F. Bretholl directed an
Y t. Pisgah Church
Ha* Good Revival,
A very successful revival closed interesting program on the sub-
Safurdai at Mt. Pisgah church. Ject of “Citizenship.” An-ange-
There were 25 added to the ments were made for mowing the
h bv baptism Community House grounds,
wwtor Rev. R. C. Welsner. which was done Friday afternoon,
nf OIuTwas aselsted by Rev. S. 1 Next meeting of the Grange
Blanks In Triple A Office
and In Hands Of Com
mitteemen In County
louse to Shepherd
quarreled with Shepherd, pulWtf*
off his glasses, threatened his life
and picked up two rocks. It ''.-a.?
then, she said, that Shepherd
went into his house, got his gun
went back to the road and shot
Johnson as he was preparing to
leave the scene.
The last case tried, in which
Wiley Greene and Laney Woods
were Indicted for stealing meat
and for theft of an axe, ended in
a mistrial when the jury failed
to agree on the axe stealing
charge after acquitting the de
fendants of stealing meat.
Frank Reynolds, of North Wil
kesboro, was ordered by Judge
Hoyle Sink to serve a 5 to 7 year
sentence imposed i n Augur (.
1939, and which was suspended.
Two negroes charged with tiieft
of a small truck load of sugar
from S. V. Tomlinson’s store here
received penitentiary sentences.
Bill Tldline, who pleaded guilty,
was given eight months, and Mar.
-hal Dowell, who was convicted
by the jury, IS months.
Jesse Wrycroft, only 15 years
of age, entered a plea of guilty to
National Defotise
State Director of Selective
Service Points Out Pa
triotic Duty of Men
All .Selective Service regis
trants who have been deferred
from military service today were
urged by General J. Van B. Metis,
State Director of Selective Ser
vice, to offer their full assistance
to State and local civiian defense
agencies.
Many young men have been
granted deferment because of
Nbitli Cai^
Una’s best known firms, has
moved Its location in this city
from the corner of Tenth and D
streets to the Phillips three-story
warehouse building on Forester
Avenue.
At the new location, which af
fords ample space to house the
plant, the firm will continue to
handle all kinds of poultry, eggs,
butter and dried fruits, rendering
the same high class service which
has characterized the firm
throughout its 35 years in busi
ness in North Wilkesboro.
E. E. Eller is head of the firm,
which for many years has been
known as one of the outstanding
cash markets for poultry and pro
duce throughout the south.
Numerous customers of the
their occupations, because they
have dependents or because they
are not physicaly capable of un-.
dergoing service in the armed ! firm are asked to remember the
forces, the General said. Never-1 change in location and all who
'have poultry, eggs and produce
to sell are invited to call at the
company’s plant on Forester Ave
nue.
theless, he rdded, they are quali
fied to perform some work in
connection with civilian defense
activities and .should offer their
services to existing agencies or |
those which are being organized.
By granting certain men defer-
when it adopted
oi Hge, eiiicicu a u.cQ. -- ment. Congress, .,
a.ssault to commit rape. The plea j the Selective Training and Service
wr s accepted and he was sentenc
ed to one to three years in the
state penilentiarj'. He was charg
ed with criminally assaulting Bet
ty Jean Hurley, nine-year-old
daughter of a neighbor of the
Wrycrofts in Reddies River town ■
ship.
All jail cases were tried except
a l.Tceny charge against Johnnie
Booher, who was charged with
faking a robbery of over $1,600
at Webb Byers’ service station 12
miles west of thU city on highway
421 three months ago. His attor
ney, F. J. McDuffie, said the ca.ae
may be heard in court at -Mocks-
ville this week if bond is not ar
ranged.
Bond was arranged for Wiley
Greene and Laney Woods, who
were in jail and whose case end
ed in a mistrial.
Attention is again called to the
fact that real estate listed by I
persons who have not paid their j Farmers of Wilkes county may
Wilkes County taxes for the year i now sign blanks signifying their
1940 is being advertised and will! intention to participate in the
be sold for 1940 taxes if the tax-j farm program for 1942', Lawrence
es are not paid by September l.j Miller, secretrry of the Triple A,
which will be the date of sale. said today.
Many who have not paid their
taxes for the year 1940 may save
by making settlement now before
the date of sale, after which there
will be additional costs.
During the past week many
have paid and it is expected that
many others will pay their 1940
taxes ibefore the lands are sold
and additional costs are added.
E. L. Parham of Rt. 6, Oxford,
has three acres of Sudan grass
averaging more than six feet in
hevht, 'reports C. V. Morgan,
county agent of the N. C. State
North Wilke*boro
Bus Line Hearing
Held At Raleigh
Act of 1940, gave no indication
that it intended to excuse these
men from the obligation which
rests upon every young mrn—
that of helping his country in
times of emergency. General
Metts declared. Each man is ex
pected to do his share, in one way
or another, when a crisis threat
ens the naional security, he said.
General Metts quoted from a
recent statement of Brig. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, Director of
Selective Service, as follows:
“Many of our young men have
entered the armed forces, leaving
at home others who tor one rea
son or another have had their
mlUtary training deferred. Those
who remain owe it to those who
have been called and owe It to
their country to help in its de
fense when they are needed.
“They can do their part by of
fering their services in the inter
ests ff civilian defense.’’
Pointing out that the Office of
Civilian Defense is coordinating
civilian defense activities of the
Two From Wilkes
Get Patrol Jobs
Dwight Horton and S. M.
Carter Get Appointments
Following Examination
Raleigh-The Utilities commls- State and expanding them to com-
• f„yi = honrinir last week munltles where they are not or-
sioa conducted a hearing last weeK , Director
sioaconduc^ a nearing — I the State Director
on applicatw" of that In the very near future
on applicatw" OI ww ^ future
Farmers are invited to call at
the Triple A office In the court
house and sign or contact any one
of the committeemen in the coun
ty Mr. Miller said.
Agricultural authorities ^11 'to^Sa ria Rolrii^^ activities cover a wide range and
endeavor to get as many^fems jWilkesboro to Millers ahould include a task for almost
as possible on the program. The iforth 'Wilkesboro to every young man who is deferred
number who signed for this year „ . Wilkesboro. | fro® military training for one
was 4,248, about 1.500 lew company is seeking reason or another.
the total i“'to lease franchises of the Atlantic
Wilkes as reported by the 1940 ^ Coin(pany, Wilkea
Transportation is seeking new
farm census.
Miss Qzeaa Onrbam. of Roar- fnmcMeea over the roob^
ing Rhreri is Tlsmng. lJi^.
The Associated Press says Bra
zil now is using wood ga^ and
alcohol as fuel beqause transpor-
■ “ * ""itles fdr,lmi»ortt ■ of
Two Wilkes county men wero
among the 29 new highway pa
trolmen announced Saturday by
T. Boddie Ward, of the state de
partment of motor vehicles.
Tliey were C. Dwight Horton,
of North Wilkesboro, and S. M.
Carter, of Ronda. Horton is a
.-on of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Horton,
of this city. His father is a mem
ber of the police force here.
The 29 were selected from com
petition in which many applicants
failed to make the gnde.
It is expected that they will
begin work on September 1 and
their first assignments will be to
work with veteran patrolmen.
Local Men Lose
Plane In Flames
Charles Day,^Jr., Cecil Bum*
gamer and Woodruff Wal-
laee Lose $1,000 Plane
One of the 16 plrnes which
were destroyed in a tire at the
Winston-Salem airport Wednes.
day night belonged to Charles
Day, Jr., Cecil Bumgarner and
Woodruff Wallace, of this city.
Their plane had been taken
there for repairs prior to the
fire. L .
The plane, a Cob monoplane,'
waa-,