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tfc^’SoTtot fWiBt In the Baltic at
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Ik tho Paelflc, strained Japa-
neo^Amorlcan relations neared a
poaatble showdown as United
States tankers of aviation gaso
line prepared to enter the Sea of
JalMm en route to Vladivostok.
Major war developments in
cluded;
A smashing Russian assault
south of Leningrad, led personal
ly by'Ma”^al Klementi Voroehl-
lov, was reported officially to
have hurled the Germans hack
three miles from the almost en-
clrclei'-wity. The Nasis were re
ported from 15 to 45 miles dist
ant from Leningrad, with a steel
ring slowly closing. On the cen
tral sector west of Moscow, a
Strong Russian counteroffensive
was said to have swept the Nazis
back 32 miles, inflicted huge
casualties and recaptured 22 til
lages. The Ukrainian sector in
the south was relatively quiet.
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City Council h A
Busy Meeting On
Tuesday, Sept. 2d
‘Ever Nom^ Grj|i|^’
Fi^ed To Reach
Five Registranto
Several Matters Taken Up
In Meeting Of Board
For September .
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Four Spys Taken
New York.—The federal gov
ernment. moving on two fronts to
smash German spy activities in
this country, indicted four more
persons yesterday on charges o
conspiring to send vital defense
Information to Germany, and im
mediately obtained guilty
from three of them
IS-year-old girl-
Simultaneously. 1’' persons a.-
rested in June in the govern
ment’s nationwide roundup o
went on trial m
Brooklyn
pleas
including an
spy suspects.
feueral court alter
three others pl?aded guilty to he-
' .agents of a for
con-
ing unregistered
There w’as iio
^^io^’luthJities .id. h^een
the quartet
and those who went on tna, m
Brooklyn.
Shortly after their indictment
Luev Boehmler of
blue-eyed and well
city, blonde.
,dress6” Hans Pagel. -'1 a
Brooklv../.brewery employee wh
came here in 1931 from his na
tive Wunstorf. Germany, and
Frederick EdWtl Schlosser. I?,
a native New Yorker,
guilty.
Several matters of public in
terest were handled by North
Wilkesboro city council in Sep
tember meeting. Mayor R. T.
McNiel and alt commissioners, J.
R. Hix. Ralph Duncan, Hoyle
Hutchens, R. G. Finley and A. F.
Kilby, were present.
L. L. Carpenter, representing
a number of citizens In Finley
Park addition to the city, asked
action of a petition for street
improvement in Finley park and
immediate action on location of
the road in the center of the
street. The matter was referred!
to the Street committee.
The town assumed liability for
fire insurance on the Community
House tor a period of three years. |
Attorney Eugene Trivetle. rep- |
resenting the Parkway Bus com
pany, presented a petition offer
ing ten dollars per month for
privilege of using streets for de- •
livening passengers. The matter
was tabled.
Nath Ford a.-ked for use of the
fairground.^ Octo,ber 2. 3 and 4,
to hold a colored fair. The privi-
' lege wi s granted for the sum. of
$50.
The audit hy Charles E. Haga-
man was approved.
The board expressed appreci
ation for fine services rendered
by I. H, McNeill. Jr., as clerk and
treasurer for the past 4 1-2
years and extended good wishes
as he leave.s this week to enter
service as a first lieutenant in
the army. W. P. Kelly had prev
iously been elected clerk and
treasurer during a leave of ab
sence of one year for Mr. McNeill.
Questionnaires mailed by Local
Board No. 2 to the following reg
istrants failed to reach them. In
formation as to the present ad
dress or whereabouts of these
parties will be greatly appreciat
ed by the local board in order
that.these registrants may have
an opportunity to receive and fill
ont their questionnaires, as it is
not the desire of the l^elecU,re
Service Officials to report any
registrant as delinquent to the
District Attorney except aa a last
resort.
Robert Lee Wells, James Pre-
vette, Haywood Graham Mc
Queen, Earl Harrison Felts, Olen
Lee Thomas Blackburn.
Uraw Jurors For
Session Of Court
To Begin Sept. 29
Judge J. A. Rousaeau Ex
changes With Judge Sink
and Will Preside Here
Jf-,
M^eft a farmer of Middlewest corn belt shovels
com from one of the bins of the department of agri-
cultnre’s “ever normal granary.” The department
took over this surplus corn in payment of loans to
farmers in ’38 and '39. Now farmers are buying it
back to feed their stock. Right: A farmer shoveling
corn from “granary” to his hogs. •
New4-HCIubs To
Be Organized h
Wilkes County
cases,
Sep-
Program Among Boys and
Girls Enlarged To Con
tain 1*1 Cluhs for Year
Orchards, Farms and Homes Have
Excellent Products For Exhibits
At Great Northwestern Fair Here
3 Marriage License
pleaded
Fuel Dealers Seek
System of Priorities
For Eastern Autos
Philadelphia. — Representatives
of 100.000 gasoline dealers on
the Atlantic seaboard called up
on the government yesterday to
establish a priorities system for
motorists during the present gas
oline shortage.
Promptly after organizing the
Eastern States Conference of gas
oline retailers, the delegates told
K. Davie:^, acting petro*-
that
Freemont Man Is
Winner Of Auto
John M. Davis, of Freemont,
was winner to the new Ford car
given away in connection with
the 16th annual conclave of Crr-
olina Moose association held here
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
D, 0, Program _
Weil Under Way
Johnnie Booher
Get term In Pen
w.fe-.
County Agent and Home
Agent Review Prospects
For Exhibits At Fair
During the past week license
to wed were Lssued by C. C. Sid-
den, Wilkes register of deeds, to
the following: Edward Bauguess
and Dorothy Blevins, both of
Ronda: Wm. A. Blackburn and
F,"nnio Johnson, both of North
Wilkesboro: Odell Eller and
Veora Greene, both of Purlear.
Nineteen Apply For Part
Time Employment In Di
versified Oucupations
Convicted Of Taking $1,600
From Service Station
and Faking Robery
such
Ralph
eiicn co-ordinator
step would “remove from the re
tailer unmerited blame in the
eyes of the motoring public.’’
The 500 dealers from 16 states
they believed that
commodity trucks
indica,ted
ambulances
and others on imperative busines.s
should come first on a PnorX
list of retell purchasers and
pleasure motori.ns last.
All-Out Aid Urged
By Labor Union
Oamden. N. J.. Sept. 2.—
out mention of recemt
ist utterances by John L.
L’ „.Jor u.lt or
today
states must give quick
r..Uon. .
Bv a vote of 382 to 5, the con
mention of the Unlted_F.lecrt.cal
^i^"“a;d Machine Workers of
J^erica paaeed a resolution de-
‘^^“"Ss'Sn^on approves the pol-
vemment in declar-
Diversified Occupations depart
ment of North Wilkesboro high
school this w-eck began its sec
ond year.
Prof. W. Bryan Collins is head
of the department, which gives
industrial arts instruction and
actual experience in occupational
work.
The department had a highly
succe-sful year last term and In-1
creased interest is being shown
this year hy students, parents
and employers.
Twelve boys and seven girls
have applied for work and school
"uthorities hope to be able to
place all applicants. The .students
will spend half the day in class
rooms and the other half in em
ployment in whatever trade they
choose.
Local Firm Gets
Liquidating Job
Ernest Littman Corporation,
of this city, has secured the job
of liquidating the plant of Story
Furniture company i n Elkin,
which inventories about $30,000.
Johnnie Booher. young man
|who came to Wilkes a few years
ago from Indiana, was convicted
in Davie court last week of lar
ceny of $1,600 from Webb By
ers’ service station 12 miles west
of this city on highway 421 a
few months ago.
His sentence was from 32
months to 5 yeai's.
Booher’s ca.se was not reached
during the August term of Wilkes
ccurt and because he was in jail
his case "ts transferred to Davie
for trial.
Booher aid not take the stand
and offered no testimony in his
own behalf. The jury deti'ierated
almost h- If a day before return
ing verdict of guilty.
The state offered evidence to
show that Boohe.- faked a rob
bery and hid the money outside i suit,
in an oil can. He said three men
attacked him and knocked him
unconscious. Physicians from the
Wilkes ho.-pital srid they found
no Injury to Booher sufficient to
cause an unconsciousness and
that various tests indicated there
was nothing seriously wrong with
Boohey’s ph.ysical condition.
Wilkes has an excellent crop of
fruit, field crops, poultry and cat
tle tor exhibit at the Great
Northwestern Fair to be held
September 16-20. J. B. Snipes,
county agent, said today.
The county agent said a meet
ing of department superintenden-
dTOtA^'TP1^Biif'*BMtBIt'~(ilTT8foii of
the northwestern exposition will
•^be called soon to lay plans for the
exhibits.
It was earned from ..Miss Eliz-
aibeth Williams that at least four
special exhibits will be placed by
the home demonstration club
women. One will be by Gilreath
club, another by Mulberry, one
by the Curb Market and the
fourth by the county council of
clubs.
Each of the four special exhib
its will deal with the .subject of
“Nutrition”, Miss Williams said,
because the subject is being
stressed in home club work as
a part of national defense.
She said there may be other
clubs and groups who will place
special exhibits at the fair. The
prize money won will be used by
the respective clubs who are try
ing to raise funds to finance
school lunchrooms.
Th'e county agent described
field crops, fruit, poultry and
cattle this year as being excel
lent and good exhibits should re-
Mow Your Weeds!
And Beautify City
Mayor McNeil Makes Ap
peal In Interest Of Beau-
—■ - ttfkrafion This^ City
Machinery, belting, buildings Three was a slight cut on his
and other items are included in ’ head.
the plant. The local firm deals in | Officers found the hidden mon-
new and used woodworking
chinery.
ma- I ey a few days after the alleged
robbery.
New Economic Defense Council
icy of the gov
?h;7all possible aid
try requires the
that the defense of this^coun-
requires
China and other na-
be given to Great
soviet union
tlons resisting
Hitlerism, and
urges the government to put this
poficy into effect with all possible
speed and energy ■
Enrollment in
School Here 932
Enrollment in North MTlkes-
schools. which hegar
Monday, had reached
it was learned to.
boro city
the term
z T'
mtendent. The total does not in
/•iiide the colored school.
The high school "
20 higher than last year and the
Increase is in ® ®
e where 127 have registered
The schools are progressing
ell and a successful term is an
ticipated.
Members of the President’s cabinet, and their representaUves, hold
an organixaUon meeting in the office of Vice President Henry WaUace,
forming an economic defense conneU. Seated, left to right, Henry Mor-
genthan Jr., Frank Knox, Henry WaUace, Henry Stimson. Standing:
left to riokt, Francis Biddle, Jesse Jones, Dew O. Acheson and Clande
E. Wick’wA •
N. C. S. E, S. Office
fas Busy Month;
Workers Wanted
Mpyor R. T. McNiel today Is
sued. a public appeal to people of
North Wilkesboro and vicinity In
the interest of beautification of
the city and community. He ask
ed that property owners and eth
er residents keep unsightly weeds
mowed. His statement follows;
It Is urgently requested that
citizens living in the corporate
limits of North Wilkesboro, and
especially on the highways and
streets, keep weeds mowed in
front of their property. By do
ing this it will beautify your prop
erty and make It more attractive
to the traveling public Your co
operation in this movement will
be sincerely appreciated.
Cordially yours,
R. T. McNiel, Mayor
C. Johnson
Head Lions Club
72 Placed During August;
List Of Tjrpes Of Work
men Wanted Published
Local branch of the North
Carolina State Employment Ser
vice and Unemployment Compen
sation had a busy month during
.‘Vugust, according to figures on
the report of B. G. Gentry, man
ager, today.
During the month the office
nlrced 72 on jobs and handled
497 registrations and renewals of
previous registrations.
Original claims filed for un
employment benefits totaled 12 5
and 862 continued claims were
handled. A total of 2,628 person
al calls were handled at the of
fice during the month.
The office publishes weekly a
list of the type? of workers want
ed locally and at other points.
Kills Big Rattler
M. L. Yates and Thad Yates,
of Purlear Route 1, killed the
biggest rattlesnake heard of in
that section In years. While mow.
ing hay Wednesday morning near
the bam the big snake rolled out
from under the mules' feet. It
had eleven rattlers.
Emmett C. Johnson will !)»■
elevated to the presidency of
North Wilkesboro Lions Club In
the meeting to be held Friday
evening, 6:30, at Hotel Wilkes.
Mr. Johnson was elected first
vice president and will he presi
dent to fill the unexpired term
of I. H. McNeill. Jr., who on Fri
day will report for duty at Fort
Bragg as a first lieutenant in the
army.
J. Milton Craig, of Mount Hol
ly, 'district Lions president, will
address the club and install Mr.
Johnson as president.
The 4-H club program in
Wilkes county will be much en
larged for the coming year, J.
B: Snipes, Wilkes county agent,
said today.
Seven clubs, were in operation
last year and the number will he
increased to 11. The county a-
gent, Assistant Agent H. C. Col-
vard and Miss Elizabeth Wil
liams, home agent, will give the
4-H club program much atten
tion during the year.
Clubs are being organized in
the following schools: Wilkes
boro, Ronda, Roaring River, Mul
berry, 'Mountain View. Millers
Creek. Champion, Ferguson,
Traphill, Clingman and Benham.
The new ones will he Roaring
River, Ferguson, Clingman and
Benham. . «,b -
“Poultry” will be the
theme of 4-H club work in Wilkes
this year. “Dairying” was last
year’s theme. The extension
workers said subjects of prime
importance to Wilkes agriculture
are being stressed.
Wilkes county commissioners
In September session this week
drew jurors for the next term of
Wilkes court and transacted oth
er routine business matters.
All members of the board, com
posed of M. F. Absher. chairman.
Max Foster and Vilas T. Walsh,
were present for the meeting.
The next term of court, which
will be for trial of civil
will convene on Monday,
tember 29
of North
Wilkesboro. will preside. Judge
Hoyle Sink, of Greensboro, on
courts of this district for the last
Juris-” with
Judge Rousseau, who was origin-
Judge Rousseau ha.s presided
Jistrict.“wL°h
eh a g^d reputation as a jurist
as evidenced by the follow^
SceiSt j”ri”''. “Ah
ef a terra
county court;
cora'I,leHng^atrra''of?"'
In the months
this
""
many Iswvo,. . '^uoation
many lawyers and laym^u
lu his ears.
and
■Have
$7,110 NYA Money
To Wilkes Schools
Represents Sum To Be Spent
By Agency For Stu
dent Employment
A total of $7,110 has been a
lotted the public schools of
Wilkes county by the National
Youth Administration, State Ad
ministrator John A. Lang rn-
nounced yesterday. Funds allocat
ed will be used in carrying on
the NYA student work program
in the local schools during 1941-
42.
The Wifkes county unit was al-
lotted $6,300, while the North
Wilkesboro city schools were giv
en $810.
Total NYA school allotment
for the state was $315,631, going
to 171 high school units.
■Mr. Billie Crews and Mr. James
Crews have resumed their teach
ing positions at Lake Wales and
Anburnaale, Florida, respectively.
Billie spent the summer here
with their mother, Mrs. W. H.
Crews and James attended sum
mer sessions at University of
Florida during part of the sum
mer.
Sweep Channel for Downed R.A.F. Fighters
.'S'
Judge
jurors.
hs'-o
and
tl.«
of
ringing
■p."
in^ conducted
urt through several terms
judicial poise. Spectators
been impressed hy Jndee
nas he demonstrated an exalted
at an times he has evinced the
h^ighest respect for the re.spon-
■ ible position he occupies.
nreT*’*’? absence It
!„ the superior
court here during his service on
the bench, but stilted formality
and over-preciseness have had no
place in the courtroom. Lawyers
litigants and spectators
•““’1 m^-de to feel at ea.se
" t'cen impressed by
“■”•’1 personality and atti
tude of fairness displayed by the
North Wilkesboro jurist.
"The fine impression made hy
Judge Rousseau by reason of his
attitude ?nd the accomplish
ments of the court, which includ
ed the clearing of a number of
very troublesome cases from the
dockets, is highly pleasing to his
many friends in the city.
“The State is fortunate in hav.
Ing a man of Judge Rousseau’s
calibre on the superior court
bench. The hope is that he may
be assigned to hold court here on
special assignments often before
returning for a six-month period
again under the rotation system.’’
List of juniors for the term to
begin September 29 follows:
First Week
Philmore Adams, Reddies Riv
er; George Smith, Edwards- J
A. Elmore, Rock Creek; Luther
H. Lowe, Brushy Mountain; A.
Wingler, Mulberry; C. M. EI-
Scene in the Strait* W Dover ai the crew ef a high-epeed reecne
launch makes routine inapdetioa of one ef the new B.A.F. booyi_ wMch
are moored nt tntervala ttt the English channel, as havos for downed
air flgiitm. These sted tdiambera are fltted with warm bonks, prevV
sions, medlesl supplies nnd a radle te flash werd of their eoenpaaer.
ledge, Mulberry; E. M. Harrold
Rock Creek; Charlie Shumate!
Walnut Grove; Rufus Sheets, Da
vid Roten, Jake Patrick and S
I. Dancy, Union; Richard m!
Vannoy, Reddies River; Tom Os
borne and John D. Wyatt, Union;
DeWltt Bumgarner and F. J.
Church, Reddies River; W. A.
Benge, Jobs Cabin; D. H. Caudill
-Mulberry; R. D. Hayes. Reddies
River; A. E. Foster, Beaver
Creek; L. B. Mathis, Antioch;
Luther Moore, Wilkesboro: Joe
Gambill, Reddies River; J. a.
Cothren, Traphill; Elmer Hol
brook, Walnut Grove.
^Second Week
L. C. Minton, William H.
Faw, L. R. Wheeling and George
D. McGIamery, Reddies River; D.
F. Shepherd and H; rrold Pierce,
Lewis Fork: Frank Bauguess, I.
F. Faster, Leonard Brooks, D.
W. Miller and J. C. Crabb, North
Wilkesboro; Charlie T. Sexton,
W. O. Blackburn and L. M. Wood.
Edwards; Quinton Spicer and
Walter Spicer, ’Traphill; Wm. A.
Stroud, Harrison Speaks and EM-
mond Dancy, Wilkesboro; C. C.
Brown, J. T. Hawkins and Israc
Hawkins, Rock Creek; Lonnie L.
Moore, Brushy Monntdln; R. L.
Sale, New Castle.
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