North Carolina Newspapers

1T^. S. Faces Sev^ " - ^ •. ^ . ,; ..ifcSrv ;VOLt XXXIV, No. 56 ■' - ' '^ubwiie^ilQikdayaand NOB^ Monroe, 0«t. 4.—Ueut. Gen. HusI) A^ firam sent the otttcere of the 'U. a. first army off ""to two months of intensive training manenrers yesterday with the adtnonitlon, ‘‘We Americans face war under circumstances predict ing the severest war test the na tion has ever faced.” Speaking in the great, circular fairgrounds on the outskirts of ■ this little town which will be army headquarters during the ^Parolinas w.'.r games starting 'Monday, he told 12.000 of his of- Iteers and senior noncommission, ed officers that “force, and su perior force only, will save us in ,'thls national crisis.” General Drum was joined by the commanding officers of the three corps making up the army In appeals to the officers to take full advantage of the opportunity offered by the maneuvers to de velop leadership and to weld a well-organized, disciplined field army out of the units heretofore trained separately. Major General Qharles F- Thompson spoke for the first corps, comiposed of the eighth, ninth and thirteenth divisions; Major General Lloyd R. Freden- hall for the second corps, em bracing the twenty-eighth, twenty- ninth and forty-fourth divisions, and Major General Karl Trues- dell for the sixth corps, made up of the first and twenty-sixth di visions. The first army’s officers and men were welcomed to the area by Governor J. M. Broughton of North Carolina and Governor Burnet R. Maybank of South Carolina, who both pledged full co-operation on the part of the authorities and the citizenry of their respective states. To Destroy Hirism In Ci^ Says Place To i Vest Pocket Rations Destroy Hider Is h Germany David Withon, of, Elkin, and Virginia Man Are Killed Hsnrris Girl !•' Hmt •V' ‘ Naval Hero Raps Isolation ists and Pacificists In Address Today Mrs. F. M. Jennings Wins An Essay Prize Rear Admiral Percy W. Foote, of Chapel Hill, a naval hero of World War number 1. returned to his native Wilkes this after noon and delivered an address in which he expressed the opinion that sea and air power of Great Britian and the United States could conquer Hitler. Speaking before a crowd at the city hall, his appearance was sponsored by Woman’s Clubs of North Wilkesboro and Wllkesboro and the W’ilkes unit of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary. He denounced the neutrality act as being embarassing, some thing that must be erased and discarded. He said it was an ef fort to avoid war by running away from it—sticking our head in the sand. “We have got to face the mu sic,” Admiral Foote said. "We have got to stop trying to run away, turn around and look the devil in the face.” Lieut. Col. Paul Logan shown with the army’s new “vest pocket” ra tion for paracbnte troops, now being tested by tl>c quartermaster corps. Three complete meals will be con tained in’ these tiny boxes, each weigh'ng h"t ?. '~~r c"-— Draft Boards Send Nineteen To Army b October Quota Mrs. Floyd M. Jennings, of Pores Knob, a member of the Wilkes Valley Guards of the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy, was advised last week by the His- -torian-Geo.eral. that she JvapJUxA. essay prize on “Zebnlon Baird Vance as War Governor.” offered by the Bethel Heroes chapter. Rocky Mount, in honor of Mrs. B. M. Pearsell. The prize essay brings Mrs. Jennings quite an honor within the organization since competition was keen in a state-wide contest. It will be published in the year hook of prize essays and later ■sent out to all its chapters. Boards Eighteen Short Of Number Asked For; Mat thew Estes Returned He compared the United Stales and British Empire. He said the sun never .sets on our interests on the globe and that our interests must be prctected. The speaker said that Hitler Wilkes’ two draft boards sent wants to conquer England, not only 19 to the army Friday in the because of what he could get | October selective service caU. there, but because England is an The call was for 16 from board obstacle tp reaching the western number one and 21 from board hemisphere, which has the terri. | number two. However, board tory»nd -.1o“® able .to fend^on- asked and answered the 1 ly seven and board number tw»v> He question: “Should we wait and heat the eneqjy from our own shores, or should we destroy him before he reaches onr territory? Hitler is not going to come but he would if we followed the ap twelve. ’The time of the call wms moved up about two weeks earlier than usual and the board did not have a sufficient number who had been placed in class lA ten days pre- peasers. There is only one place 1 vious to the notification date. ^r. Robt. Moore Addresses Club Hitler can be destroyed and that is in Germany.” . Admiral Foote deplored the pacifist idealology which domi. nated the U. S. Government fol lowing every major war; hence the subject of his address was “Will We Never Learn?” Board number two h?d six class! fication appeals ..'hich made it in creasingly difficult to fill the call. In the seven Wilkes board num ber two had two volunteers. John Talmadge Minton and William Clayton Miller. The others were Charlie Richard Joines. Acie Lee He said he had no fears about I Spears. Sycho Lewis Hartley, Wal the determination of thii; imme-1 ter Grant Blackburn and Fred diate part of the nation, but he ! Franklin Gilbert. hie part Dr. Robert S’. Moore, of Prov idence. Rhode Island, delivered an address Friday noon l>efore the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis cluh on the subject of “Fecr.’’ Pr. Moore, who was presented to the club by H. H. Morehouse, program chairman, said that ■,,,,^everywhere men are filled with apprehension ami misgivings. He mentioned fear as being responsi- for the unwillingness on the of people to invest in busi ness and called attention to fear and uncertainty in the body politic and in the church. The speaker said: “The remedy is faith in God. 'Vhen we recog nize that God is all and in all, them we may hope to get some where. Faith is the greatest thing in the world . . . ’What I believe I can do. I can do no more ... No man can enslave 4B«; I enslave myself. No one degrades me ... I degrade my self. Every road to the good is a thoroughfare to God.” The address of Dr. Moore, who spendfng some, time on the Brushies with his daughter. Mrs. Robert Morehouse, was received with much interest. Joe E. Johnson, Jack Turner the speaker were guests of Morehouse at the meeting. was at loss to understand the at titude in other parts who seemed unwilling to awaken to the fact that the world situation is critic.al and involves us whether to want to be involved or not. Jury Selected In Hartley Land Case Jury was selected today for trial of the ease of State highway J. ’ j Hartley , local youth and leader of the 1 group, friled to pass the physical Board number two had two volunteers. Waiter Lee Mastin and .lesse Fred Yarhro. The oth ers wei’e Wilton Reece Lytton, Clifton Wails, James Sherman Harris, Paul Everette Bryant. Matthew Yates Estes. Wardner Mastin, Gilbert Harold Wendlar.d. James Boydon Blackburn, .lohn- sie Lonzo Bowers and Raymond Arnold Billings. Matthew Yates f8-Ball) Estes. ■ Martinsville, ’Va.—^A 19-year- old boy was killed and his VDkes county girl friend wna- critically injured in an rirhiane crash which also took the life of a duPont nylon plant engineer near Mar tinsville late yesterday. The dead were listed as: David Wishon, 19, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John ’Wishon of near Elkin, and believed to he rn em ployee of Chatham Manufacturing Company. C. Manley Wade Jr., 26, office engineer in the construction di vision of the new duPont nylon plant at Martinsville. At the point of death In a Mar tinsville hospital Ipst night was Miss Macie Rae Harris, 18, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Har ris, who live on a f?rm about five miles out of Elkin in Wilkes county. The girl’s parents were sum moned to her hospital bedside shortly after she was admitted to the hospital about 6 p. m. suffer ing critical burns, cuts and frac tures received when the small cruiser plane in which she and the two men were flying crashed ne?r the airport here. I I Witnesses said the ship, with | Wade at the controls, took off I from the airport and sideslipped [from a heaght of about 75 feet while in a right bank. I The plane burned after it struck the ground, making diffi cult the identification of the two bodies in the wreckage. Miss Harris either jumped or was thrown from the plane, but suffered extensive burns about the face, both arms and the low er extremities, according to Dr. J. C. Mortiii of the Henry county Meiporfa^ 'Ho^pita|;>- ■ conSclSite was admitted for tNatment but was still under the influence of anesthetics about 11 o’clock last night. Dr. Martin quoted her as say ing when she arrived at the hos pital that she could remember none of the details of the crash. He said he considered her con dition “very critical” and listed injuries including a fractured leg, fractured pelvis, fractured bones in the left foot, “very extreme’’ cuts about the pelvis and hip, cuts about the head, and exten sive burns on the face, arms and legs. Relatives of Miss Harris who arrived at the hospital early last night indicated that she and young Wishon were visiting in Martinsville for the week-end. in Charlottesville, mayor PROCLAIMS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Whereas, uie week of October 5-11 has been designated nationally as Fire Prevention Week, and Whereas, it is cf utmost importance that all pur people be educated to the danger and destructiveness of fire, * I I do hereby proclaim observance o^ Fire Pre vention Week in North Wilkesboro and earnestly so licit the cooperation of every resident of the city. During this week annual inspection will be made of business property in the city anjd it is hop ed that home owners and tenants will carry the in spection work to every building in North tVilkesboro. Take time now to check your home for fire haz ards and to remedy them as they are located. Check your heating systems, furnaces, flues, stoves, wiring and remove apd destroy all rubbish which consti tutes fire hazards. ^ By cooperative and individual effort Fire Pre vention Week can be successfully observed and many destructive fires can. be prevented. Respectfully Yours, R. T. McNIEL, Mayor of North Wilkesboro Contest In SchoiJ Inspection Into Homes of City Prizes Will Be Given Ac cording To Work Done In Homes and Reported commission versus F. case in Wilkes court The case involves payment by ! exmaination at Fort Bragg and the state of Parkway lands on ^has returned to his home here. Tompkins Knob and is a new trial of the action which went to the ! Isaac Burns, age eight months. Supreme court from two former son of Edward and Violet Burns. Wilkes terms. .local colored residents, died Fri- Judge J. A. Rousseau, of this J day and was buried Saturday at city, is presiding over the Wilkes | Fairplains nurch. Surviving are term of court, which entered into the father and mother and one the second week today. sister. man is Lend-Lease Material Arrives at Singapore and H H. Smith Captain Of Railway Police Frank L. Smith, a former po lice chief of North Wilkesboro. has been promoted to captain of the Richmond division of the Sent hern Railwey Police, accord ing to information received here by W. A. Bullis, former mayor, k Mr. Smith has been vice cap- and has -been located in l^merset, Kentucky. His many friends here will learn with much Interest of hla promotkm. 100 Horses Expected To Be Shown In Horse Show Saturday Afternoon * Quarter-year Tags Sold to Motorists Since price of state automobile Over 100 animals will he shown in the big horse show to be stag, ed at the fairgrounds here Satur day afternoon. October 11, at 2 and truck license plates dropped i o’clfick, members of the com- to one-quarter price on October 1 mittee said today. 'The show will 1, many have been sold, It was be put on under sponsorship of here to&y from J' 0. Wllkoeboijo Methodist church and WllkesbOTo branen of the Ohrd- lina Motor club in charge of li cense plate sales for this terri tory. Young Men Are Making Inquiry About The Navy The First Current Recruit In Wilkes Interviewed By Journal-Patriot Editor Since the United States Navy began its advertising campaign in -The Journal-Patriot ten days ?go much interest in naval ser Wade lived in Charlottesville, created among the Va., before going to Mrrtlnsv e jjjg„ qj wilkes and adjoin- to work with the duPont com- - - - . pany. Tom A. Leeper ing counties and some have al j.ready enlisted. ! Several inquiries have been Vmade at The JournaJ-Prtriot of- j fice by young men interested in 1)6 811 TrafktafSlthg #vhht with horses from several pal't* of the state entered. Fifteen classes were included in the offi cial announcement of the show. P. W. Edwards, of Wilkesboro. is manager and is rccepting en tries. Included in the entries al ready received are 30 horses from Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Members of the horse .show com mittee with Edwards are Law rence Miller, who will be master of ceremonies; William Barber. J. T. Prevette, Kyle Hayes, A. H. Crsey, Worth Tomlinson, J. A. Lenderman, A. R. Gray. Jr.. Vern Irvin and James Cranor. W. J. Alspaugh, of Winston-Salem, will he ring steward and J. Y. Brown, also of Winston-Salem, will be ringmaster. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cranor have don.-ted a trophy to the winner of the five-galted claa.s Plans were being made here today for Intensive observance of Fire Prevention Week in North Wilkesboro this week. The fire department said the annual inspection of property ia the business district for fire haz ards will be made during the week and that the drive will be extended to reach the homes of the city through a contest in the city schools. The fire department will give five dollars in cash prizes, two to the white schools and one to the colored, as Inducement for the children to have fire inspections made of their homes. North Wilkesboro Junior Cham ber of Commerce is sponsqring the distribution of blanks to be given the children in the schools and the prizes will be given ac cording to the information on the blanks as turned in to the school. The blanks will call for a com plete, inspection of the homes and elimination of fire hazards dis covered. The whole idea of the plan to promote consciousness of fire hazard in order that fire may be prevented throughout the year as. well as during this week. Mayor R. T. McNeil today is sued a proclamation calling (or observation of Fire Prevention week and asking the cooperation of all residents of the city in ell- Local people who were awaken ed at two a. m. this morning by the fire^ftifen thought Fire Pre- ventipqi^lK^eek had gotten off to a hkd'litart. However, the tire was only an automobile blaze on Sixth street, which was extin. gulshed with littie difficulty. f Moore Addresses Legion-Auxiliary Joint ^^eetmg and Banquet Held At Clubhouse On Friday Night Dr. Robert S. Moore, of Pro vidence, Rhode Island, addressed the American Legion and Aiixi- luc ,,, ]iary in joint meeting Friday and other trophies will be provid- nig^t at the Legion and Auxiliary ed. P. T. A. To Meet Here On Thursday First meeting of the North A I llCC UJ JUUltSr X on-xz Jii • ...jv Elkin Dwight! Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher asso- ciilloLiiiJiS Liic iiary aiiu w n v/ Nichols, navy editor named at the ! ciatlpn will be held on Thursday suggestion of Col. Frank Knox, | afternoon, 3:15, at the school. I OUfiftCOLIUII WS A'XUUfX V • - - , Flkin Oct. 5. Thomas Alex-i secretary of the navy, has inter- A band concert by the high school ander 1,'eeper 41. district engln. viewed others in addition to those | band will be one feature of the for the slate highway and who filled out coupons. ^program and a business session I.,ankford Enlists will be held. All school patrons Among those interviewed by asked to attend. public works commission in this section for the past 11 years, died clubhouse. Total attendance at the ban quet was 65 ?nd the occasion was very much enjoyed. A. F. Kilby, commander of the Legion post, opened the meeting and L. M. Nelson, program chairman, was toastmaster. Dr. Moore’s address, whiclj was received with much interest, was “Insistence, Persistence and Re sistance.” 36CnOn lur Lll7 J—- - .MlUUllfj LUVDX; about 6:30 o’clock this evening t^e navy editor of this newsp-per • A ^ A L X WV —. T AM Vr f A ^ ^ This plioto sbtiws one of the many crates of Important war materials of the lehd-lease plan on the Singapore '^acks. ^ On the right is seen an American ship with the Stars and Stripes painted on her side, inward bound with war material for Malaya and ontward huond with raw ma- ‘erials, especlaUy tin and rubber, for tlw D. S. A. at his home following a heart at tack earlier in the afternoon. Mr. Iveeper was well known through out this section where he had made his home for the past 12 •years. Mr. Leeper was prominently identified with civic and religious activlUes in Elkin. He was su- nerintendent of the First Baptist church Stinday school and active ly engaged in other church work, lie was a native of Belmont, son of the late W. A. Leeper and Mrs. Surviving are Uis wife, the for- mer Miss Mable Cathey: a daugh ter Miss Mabel Cathey Leeper; two sisters, Mrs. C. M. Butler. Spindale, and Mrs. Gus Arm strong, Belmont, and a brother, J. Price Leeper, Asheville, shortly after he reached his home. Funeral will he held Monday sfternoon at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist church of Elkin. The body will remain at the church from 1 o’clock until time for the funeral. The body will be takea to ■ Belmont where Inteirment will trke place ’Tuesday morjilng. Mr. Leeper underwent a sinus operation at Charlotte about 10 day.s ago and was released early last week. . , i. was Warren Lankford, of North Wilkesboro route one, who en listed at the Salisbury recruiting office. • Claude Lankford, of the same community, also enlisted. Navy Officers Here Recruiting Officers F. A. Yar borough and J. L. Brown, of the Salisbury office, were here on Thursday and gave whole heart ed approval of the efforts of The Journal-Patriot in assisting in se curing'recruits for the two-ocern navy which Uncle Sant is now building. They secured at The Journal-Patriot office 'a number of names of young men who had made inquiries and had filled out coupons asking for the navy bul letins which- may be obtained here. While a definite report has not been received, it is expected that additional recurlts will be secured. Opportunitlee in Navy The navy offers wonderful op portunities to young men for training and practical courses valned at many hundred dollars. And the men in the navy receive pay trhile they leefn." Pay raises are freqnen tto young' men who advance In training and practical experience.' Life in the navy has often been called the moat In- i Polk county frrmers are sav ing a record tonnage of hay this fall, according to S. H. Dobson, assistant farm agent of the N. C. State College Extension Service. At Serb Luncheon Litms Here Enjoy A Motion Picture Representatives Of Chrys ler Corporation Show How Trucks Are Vital terestlng In the 0% 4- Cordis MUosevlch pins a meda. OB ll^nleU WUikle at limclieefi in New Terk, to mark eighteenth hirtli- day ef King Peter of Jngoslavia. The aA^ vas 4oiu3ied tqr the Amerl- oaa friends of Jugoslavia, j King Pe ter made an address from Loadan. f,ions cluh here was enter- trlned^ Friday night by a motion picture presented by T. J. (Red) McCartney, of Charlotte, a rep resentative of Chrysler Corpora tion. The program was in charge of Paul Cashion, who called on T. S. Kenerly, a guest of James M. Anderson, to .present the pro gram. Mr. McCartney wrs accompa nied by W. R. Grier, also of Charlotte, who, with A. A. Cash- ion, was a guest of Paul Cashion. Emmet Johnson, president fo the ' club, succeeding I. H. McNeill, Jr, presided over the meeting. The picture was on the topic of “Singing Wheels” and depict ed vividly the vital part trucks play In the economic life of America. It showed hotf tracks cariT the burden of commercial transportation and concluded with some Interesting pictures of some of the army’s mechanised equipment. , . . ' % I