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The bitter Russian winter clos
ing down oa the eastern front and
stubborn So'^et resistance appear
ed Wednesday virtually to have
halted the German advance on
Moscow and along the Azov sea
shore.
Heavy fighting had by no means
ceased, but Its tempo had slowed
and no Important German gains
were reported. From the stand
point of position, on the Moscow
sector the lines have been almost
stationary for three days. Nazi
and Soviet front dispatches agreed
that snowstorms, bitterly cold
winds and, farther south, driving
rains were sweeping the long front
and impending military opera
tions.
Competent German sources
them.selves indicated that although
furious fighting continued for
Moscow, no sensational develop
ments could be expected f’-om that
quarter any time soon. 1 he pos
sibility began to appear that win
ter might virtually immobilize the
front with Moscow—and I.,enin-
grad—still firmly in Russian
hands.
Nazi Take “Breathing Spell’’
Fragmentary front reports from
both sides gave this picture:
1. Nazi military commentators
said that axis forces assulting
the Donets basin in the south
had slowed down for a “breathing
spell” and that driving snow
storms and freezing nights were
impeding panzer ,;perations
against Moscow. Armored divi
sions were reported advancing
slowly, however, from the Kalinin
and Tula regions north and south
of Moscow in an effort eventually
to close a giant pincers on the
city. Minor, indecisive clashes
were reported before Leningrad
and at the entrance to the Cri
mean Peninsula,
2. The Russians reported that
in addition to beating off a gi
gantic tank assult on Moscow’s
defenses and stalling the German
drive on the city, they had stopped
dead the Nazi sweep along the
Sea* of Azov towards l^ie oil port
ralS and howling winds were r^
ported all along the front, th'rougb
which tanks and armored cars
charged desperately only to be
destroyed. The official newspaper,
Pravda. however, admitted with
out identifying sectors that “in
some sectors our troops retreated
to new line’’. The Germans were
reported landing from Giant trans
port planes parachutists, light
tanks, armored cars and field guns
behind the Russian lines—and ef
fort to Isolate Soviet units, de
stroy communications and create
panic.
Japanese Say U, S.
Reaches Ever Nearer
Japan, — The Japanese
press charged withe growing wrath
today that the I'nited States was
seeking Siberian bases for use
against Japan, and warned that
“Siberia belongs to Asia.’’ ^
Most outspoken was the news-1 ed in a practical way to the Amer-
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Flood Dam Sites
George E. Campsen, assistant
engineer of the Charleston, S. C.,
flood control office in charge of
a party of field engineers sur
veying piospeetlve flood control
dam sites on the Yadkin, said to
day that several weeks will be re
quired to complete the field work.
The latest work accomplished
on two prospective sites was seis-
mographic examination of bed
rock and he expressed the opin
ion that either of two proposed
dam sites are practical for con
struction of an adequate flood
control dam.
T\i’0 sites are being examined
by the engineers, Campsen said.
One is the Mack Moore ferm
site one mile west of Wilkesboro,
which had generally been conced
ed as the site selected, .ind an
other is near Goshen three miles
further up the river.
Speaking of the two sites,
Campsen said either is practical
and that it may he that the upper
site has some advantages in rock
formation and in the fact that
much good land below would be
saved for agricultural purposes.
He said either site would he ad
equate for flood control in the
Yadkin valley.
The next work to be accom
plished will be drilling of bed
rock for samples for thorough ex
amination and analysis. However,
he said he was convinced from
previous examination tlu t a dam
could be constructed on either
site.
Navy Day
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th
Refunding
Sold For County
At Lower Interest
$52,000 Worth Of) Co«nty
Obligations Average About
Two Per Cent Lower
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Army Tests New Bombsight With jReal BombSi||
Wilkes county refunding bonds
sold Tuesday by the Local Gov
ernment commission were at in
terest rates averaging about two '
per cent lower than the original
obligations |
Barcus, Kindred and company, i
of Chicago, bought $37,000 worth
of road and bridge bonds and $15,- I
000 of school refunding bonds. Of i
that amount $10,000 will be at j
three per cent and the remainder j
at three and one-quarter per cent. '
The'bonds wore sold t« retire
old bonds which were bearing
interest from four and three-
quarters to six per cent. The
bonds were issued during the high
interest period about 20 years
ago.
The board of county commis
sioners has been investigating the
possibilities of refunding all of
the county’s bonded debt which
has option of prior payment.
Navy Recruiters
Coming Saturday
Monday, the twenty-seventh of
October, the Nation and the Navy
join in celebrating Navy Day. This
0«te. th« «DDiveiiB-|jtiH talk with tUa navy .ittcroltiAg
ary of the first bill providing for officers.
government
Navy recruiting officers F. A.
Yarbrough and J. L. Brown, of
the .Salisbury navy recruiting of
fice, will be in North Wilkesboro
at the city hall on Saturday. Oct
ober 25. for the purpose of en
listing applicants in the naval
service.
AH those who have made in
quiry about the navy in response
to advertising and all other men
between ages of 17 and 49. in
clusive, who are interested in
learning, earning and service to
their country all at the same time
are urged to be on hand Saturday
ty
the ■ construction of
warships and also the anniversary
of the birth of our first “Big
Navy” president, Theodore Roose
velt. has been observed annually
since 1922.
On Navy Day, the city and coun
schools will hold appropriate
exercises in observance of the
occasion. Radio talks relating to
the Navy will be broadcast over
local and national networks. Ci
tizens are urged to observe the
day by the proper display of flags.
On October 27, 1773, the first
Naval Bill was submitted to the
Continental Congress and provided
for the construction and fitting of
thirteen ships of war. These ships
formed the nucleus of our present
day Navy.
October 27 is doubly appropri
ate as Navy Day .since it marks
the birth of Theodore Roosevelt,
ho. while President, demonstrat
paper Hochi. which said the F.
S. was pushing her military bases
toward Japan step by step and
asked whether the nation should
ican people that the Navy is a
potent factor tor the promotion of
peace.
In commemorating this day.
asKea waeuici
keep quiet in the face of British- President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
American attempts to “enslave a
great number of Asiatics in Siber
ia as well as its enormous natural
resources.”
A Hochi article by Denzo Hira-
take said American supplies were
being unloaded at northern Siber
ian ports whence transportation to
the European front would he im
possible.
Supplies Now Go In
Artie To Archangel
Washington, D. C.—The Soviet
port of Vladivostok will be aban
doned after October 2 8 as the
main funnel for American war
aid supplies to Russia, the mari
time commission announced l?st
night, and It was understood that
future shipments would be routed
to Archangel in the Artie.
The commission said the change
is being made because of "con.
stantlv increasing Volume of ship
ments' essential to Russia's de
fense efforts.” A spokesman sale
that future shipments, which will
be made through the port of Bos
ton, Mass., would be able to
“make greater use of the facili
ties of various ports and prevent
possible congestion.”
Football Team To
Be Idle On Friday
has said. “From the very begin
ning of our national life, the Navy
h?s always been, and justly de
serves to be, an object of special
pride to the American People. Its
record is indeed one to inspire
such sentiments. I am glad to say
both Congress and the country
understand what we are doing in
building up the Navy and about
its use. The Navy is not only the
first line of defense, but the most
important line of defense”.
Colored men may^ndw enlist Be
cause there are a number of va
cancies.
Some of the many training
schools now available in the navy
are: aviation mechanical, radio,
signals, clerical, metalsmiths,
machinist, electrical, carpentry.
In addition, a worthwhile and
pviifitable program is available for
college men.
The officers here Saturday will
accept enlistinents for the regular
navy and the naval reserve. Those
who enlist in the naval reserve
will be released from active serv
ice at the end of the present nat
ional emergency while those who
enlist in the regular navy will be
for regular term of enlistment.
Public Assistance
Totals $8,534.59
Over 1,000 People Benefit
Directly From Grants
For This Month
Left: View from a flying fortress, 15,000 feet np, of a target area at Barksdale Field, La. The dashes
ivhlch make up the oblong ’ mark “troop concentrations”; the dots within the area are obsolete tanks.
Picture at right was made after the flying fortress and 12 army bombers using the new army bombsight had
‘msed 12 tons of bombs in 10 minutes. Almost every over-age tank was put out of action.
Citizens’ Meetii^
On Monday Night
In The City Hall
Would You Like
To Learn To Fly?
Needs Of Boy Scouts To Be
Discussed; Judge Hast*
ings Heads Movement
A meeting of citizens of North
Wilkesboro is called for Monday
aiB^^hg a •Stiwe^ of the * take xnis course lo
‘tfeOilli’' dr the Bby S20nts^ in this j ggj 'touch with Charles
community. All public spirited clt
izens from North Wilkesboro and
Wilkesboro are Invited to attend.
Judge G. H. Hastings of Win
ston-Salem, General Chairman of
a Citizens Committee in this dis
trict. is heading this movement
and meetings are scheduled for
the various communities in the
Winston-Salem District. It Is un
derstood that Herbert Stuckey,
Deputy Regional Executive, will be
present and probably W. E.
Vaughn-Lloyd, Scout Executive of
Winston-Salem, will also address
the meeting.
Mayor R. T. McNeil and P. W.
Eshelman, District Scout Commis
sioner, are urging every one inter
ested in Scout work to be present
at the above meeting.
People in North Wilkesboro or
any surrounding territory will
have this opportunity offered
them beginning Sundry, October
26, Hopkins Flying Service, of
Reidsville, N. C., will have train
ing planes and a licensed instruct
or stationed at North Wilkesboro
Airport for the purpose of teach
ing those to fly who would like
learn. Prices are very reason-
flnid unyonw Who would Ifke
this course is asked - to
Day
Fall Federation
Home Clubs Meet
Will Be Held In Wilkesboro
On Tuesday Evening, Oc
tober 28th, 7:30 P. M.
District Farm
Defense Meet In
Wilkes Tuesday
Increased Production of Dai*
ry Products, Poultry, Eggs
and Meat Is Wanted
" (ing tl
y to lea
y.Utblefl
Furniture
Jr., at Rhodes-Day
j Company, or go out to the North
Wilkesboro Airport and get In
touch with Mr. Hopkins.
“Also we will have planes for
passenger service, so come out and
get a btrds-eye vilw of your town
and country-side from the air”,
management of the flying school
said.
Fall Federation meeting of
home demonstration clubs and the
county club courdl will meet on
Tuesday evening, October 28, 7:30
o’clock, at the county courthouse
according to an snnouDceinont;hy
Mias Elizabeth Williams, WUkes
home agent.
R. W. Shoffner, of State College
will speak on the subject of “The
Well Planned Homestead” and
will show movies illustrating his
i subject.
Other on the program include:
Mrs. F. T. Moore, council presi
dent, who will preside: Mrs. J.
M. Bentley, secretary-treasurer;
and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ferguson.
Mrs. Ruby Moore
Gets $15 Award
Girl Scout Week
To Begiu Suudayl
G.O.P. Meet lu
Charlotte 25th
Union Service Will Be Held
Sunday Morning At First
Baptist Church
Several Wilkes Republicans
Will Hear Chairman
Martin At Rally
In celebration of Girl , Scout
Week, which begins October 26, a
Several Wilkes Republicans plan
to attend the Republican rally and
Public assistance payments
which went out from the Wilkes
welfare office this month to needy
aged, dependent children and
needy Itlind tot'led $8,534.50. ac
cording to statistics released by
the welfare office.
Greater part of the total. $5,-i
869.50, went to 698 needy aged '
over 65, while 155 families with
302 dependent children received
$2,113. Forty-four blind received
$552.
Throng Attends “Apprecia
tion Day” Celebration
Here Wednesday
union’ service will be held at the banquet in Charlotte Saturday af-
Fir,l Baptist church in this city Tseph ^
Sunday morning, 11 o clock. Martin, chairman of the national
Dr. John >^V. Kincheloe, Jr., pas- Republican , executive committee
tor, wll have charge and will de- house minority leader,
liver the message on the subject, j chairman Martin will spend Fri-
“Be Prepared.”
I day afternoon and Saturday in
Wilkes Farmers Will Easily Meet
Goals for ‘Food for Defeuse’ iu ’42
Farmers of Wilkes county will [ county in the state, will he easily
have no difficulty in meeting t re, ched by flock increases and
North Wilkesboro high school
football team, happy over a 6-0
victory over Taylorsville last week
does not have a game this week „„
but will play China Grove here on production in Wilkes, already the
rridar. October 31 outstanding poultry producing
goals for their part in national
defense if they continue their pro
gram of progress. J. B. Snipes,
county agent, said following the
district meeting Tuesday in
Wilkesboro.
Already production of food and
feed in Wilkes has been stressed
and production of food poultry,
eggs, hogs and feed is on the up
grade, th| county agent said.
The suggested minimum goals
for Wilkes calls for a four per cent
increase in milk production and
an increa.se of three per cent, 270,
in number of milk cows. The an
ticipated progress in dairying will
carry the county far beyond
those figures, especially if a dairy
products plant is located here.
The 11 per cent increase In egg
better management. A twenty per
cent increase in oats is expected
and the 100 per cent increase in
barley production may be exceed
ed because there have been but
few farmers producing barley.
A five per cent increase in hay
is asked but may easily turn out
to be a ten or twenty per cent
increase. A record crop of hay was
produced this yeir and with
growth of llvesto.ik production
the hay crop may be treraendu-
ously increased.
The minimum reimlrement for
home garden will be growth of at
least ten vegetables and every
farm family will be urged to pro
duce all food' and feed possible
Mrs. Ruhy Moore, wife of B.
Moore, this city, was awarded
fifteen dollars Wednesday after
noon at the “Appreciation Day’’
celebration for being selected
“goodwill embassador’’ for the
week.
On next Wednesday afternoon,
3:30 o’clock, another ‘apprecia
tion day” celebration will be held
and another cash award will be
made from the treasure chest,
which has grown to $175.
Those who did not receive an
award because they were not pres
ent yesterday were Mrs. W. G.
Shepherd, of Daylo, $15; Fred
C. Baldwin, of Haw River, $75;
Noah Hayes, $30.
In addition to the award for
selection as goodwill ambassrdor,
four “appreciation day” mer
chants gave extra prizes. Ervins’
Men’s Shop gave a tie. Crest
stores bedroom slippers. Red
Cross Pharmacy, a bottle of lo
tion and Gray Brothers a smoking
stand.
The "appreciation day” celebra
tion W.P.S enlivened by performance
by the North Wilkesboro high
school band.
A record crowd estimated at
1,000 attended the event, which
was held on the lot next to the
city hall.
3e '.day aiiemooil
The public is cordially invited to gt^te and vvill make, several
attend and all parents and rela- public appearances, including an
tives of Girls Scouts are urgently
requested to be present. Boy
Scouts will be ushers at the ser-
vice.
Baptismal Service
address under auspices of the Po
Htical Union at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fri
day.
License to wed have been issued
Croplands, pastures, feed lots,
gardens and poultry houses of
Northwestern North Carolina will
play, a definite and Important part
in the nation’s defense program
and in meeting demands of food
by nations resisting Hitlerism.
This fact was strongly indicat
ed Tuesday when more the 100
from ten counties gathered In
Wilkesboro at a district meeting
of U. S. Department of Agricul
ture Defense Boards. The meet
ing was called to acquaint county
farm defense boards with the farm
defense program as launched by
Secretary of Agriculture Wlckard.
T. Weaver Cathey, representa
tive of the state Triple A, presid
ed. He said that every farmer in
the nation will he visited be- ■
tween now and December 1 and
will be asked to work out a com- ;
plete production plan for his fann.T
in 1942. This canvass will be car
ried out in each county by th^'?
farm defense boards, which ar
composed of representatives o1 ^
agencies of the department of ag-,'
riculture. J. M. German, of Boom^.J^
er, is chairman of the Wilkes defi:
fense board.
Each county will have a proifi
duction goal and each farmer wi
have his own individual goal
a part of the country’s goal. Th*;|
goals will not be considered qufl
tas which must be met but
represent a measure to be attaini
or exceeded.
Increased production of ml
and other dairy products,
poultry-nod eggs wfll be stre
-■ ’Cbiihltes' ’■'Ve’&Tesefitea in
meeting were Wilkes, Alexahdet,
Alleghany. Ashe, Avery. Caldwell,
Mitchell, Surry. Watauga and Yad
kin.
Needs and objectives of the pro
gram were explained by represent
atives of agencies under the de
partment of agriculture . as fol
lows: T. G. Sprlnkl^, AAA; Fred
Sloan, extension service; Miss
Anne Rowe, extension service;
R. B. Winchester, vocational ed
ucation:' E. C. Jernigan. soil con
servation service; W. Bryan Oli
ver, farm security administration;
Miss Margaret Fuller, farm secu
rity administration; W. R. Sech-
ler, farm security administration;
F. R. Farnhara, dairy specialist
of the extension service; C. F.
Parrish, poultry specialist of the
extension service: Bryan Collins,
TVA and extension ser'vice; Vance
Swift, Farm Security administra
tion; Jrck Lynn, district exten
sion agent: Mr. Manchester, nat
ional forest service: Gwyn Price,
state REA supervisor.
Plans were made for county
meetings in each of the counties
represented. J. B. Snipes. Wilkea
county agent, said the Triple A
committeemen will carry the food
production appeal directly to the
farmers following a meeting to
be held on Mondey
The farm defense program is
basrd on supplying Britain with
25 per cent of her food require
ments with emphasis on high pro
tein foods and the building of a.
There will be a baptismal ser
vice at Ferguson Sunday morning,
October 26, ten a. m. The service
will mark the close of a very sue- ^ RknaHcs
cessful revival at Beaver Creek Roanng River. Grover Rhoades
Baptist church. and Hessie Walker, both of Hays.
during the past week by Wilkes: vast stock pile of foods in the
Register of Deeds C. C. Sidden to | United States
two couples: Robert Brooks, of' Such a stock
Boonville, and Hallie Roberts, of
Five 4-H Cliib Members Get Over
pile, it was ex
plained, will insure this country
adequate supplies of food in case
of hostilities and may be the
great lever with which a satisfac
tory peace can be obtained at the
end of the conflict
$1,000 In Prices and Prizes for Calves j
2nd Month raid
Sailors In Uncle Sam’s Navy
, J J , who are performing “night watch”
which is needed and some surplus. , . , i k*
receive an extra meal every nleht
receive an extra meal every night
of the desired commodities which vrhile
Five Wilkes 4-H club, members
received $1,028.40 for their seven
baby beeves at the State Fair
last week, J. B. Snipes, Wilkes
farm agent, said today.
Of that amount $938:40 repre
sented the money received for the
seven calves when they were sold
at auction after the Judging and
$96 was in prizes.
Top price received for any of
the calves was $169.55 by Paul
Hutchinson for his very excellent
calf. Other amoi^nts for sale of
calves were as follows; Mary
Hutchinson, $120.00; Frank
Hutchinson, $132.67; Mary Huth-
Ison, $110.20; Paul Hutchinson,
will be needed.
« au e&Lrti uitstii ever/ msut ^ At ja
on duty. It consists of many $133.40; J^esse Hutchlmmn. $140 -
sandwiches and a beverage.. '
children of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Hutchinson, of Abshers, excent
Frank Hutchinson, a son of Mr.
Mrs. S. C. Hutchinson.
The calves were purchased bv
A. and P. company, of Raleigh;
KInghman and company, of Rich
mond: G. W. Murphy and comua-
Total Expenditures For Sec
ond Month Were More
Than $35,000.00
.uuuv, w. Second -month payroll of the
ny, fo Louisburg; L. L. Williams.-Wilkes county school system went
of Greenville; and White Preking emt this week to teachers and all
company, of Salisbury. other employes. ^
Wilkes County White corn ex-| The vouchers were delivered at
hlblted by 4-H club members took the close of work on Tuesday af-
the county sweepstakes prize and temoon, last day of the second
a number of individual awards
Brushy Mountain apples exhibi
ted by Mrs. D. E. Davis and Nath
month.
The total payroll was $36,66837,
of which $31,694.21 went to teach^
an Davis, of Pores Knob, won ' ers and the remainder to to driv-
major prizes at the state fair. In- ers, contract bus drivers, janitors,
eluding several firsts in Indlvldu- administrative employes and other
al awards. . expenses.
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