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71 Published Moiidayt N(»TH WILKESBO^>,R C., MONDAY,4AN. 10^ 19#
Victories
Yanks Gain; Russians
Advance; Jap
Ships Hit
American troops have captured
Olnsto In a bitter houae-to-hous©
. BtrusKle with British forces have
now hammered nearly half-way
throngh the solid six-mile Ger
man defense belt girdling Cassino,
It was announced yesterday.
The Germans were reported
counterattacking furiously in the
hills to the northeast where Lt.
Gen. Mark W. Clark’s American
right wing was threatening to
i_lum their Rome road positions
a new battle was raging for
lajo which the allies had tak-
r'ednesday.
The Red Army struck to with-
33 miles of the main Germ.\n
escape railway between Odessa
-and iWarsaw yesterday with the
a of Khornishche, threaten-
ing t^Aflict the war’s worst dis
aster iVhundreds of thousands of
Ger^l^s in Southern Russia.
^•Two powerful armies under
Generals Nikolai P. Vatutin and
Ivan S. Konev swept through 110
more towns and hamlets, killed
2,300 Germans in two actions
alone, beat off scattered enemy
counterattacks, and captured im
mense booty, said a Moscow-
broadcast-communlque recorded
by the Soviet Monitor.
American airmen, in day and
night attacks to support maiines
driving on enemy held Bergen
Bay on New Britian, have sunk or
damaged eight more Japanese
barges and shot down 10 addi
tional enemy planes, it was an
nounced today.
The continued pounding of
Japanese installations, shippin,g
and airdromes was disclosed in
General Douglas MacArthur’s
daily communque.l which also re-
4^.ported. UiAt atArinoL had aUahed
^ with Japanese remnants in the
• hills south of the Oape Gloucester
airstrips, but that the ground sit-
▼ nation generally was unchanged
as of Friday.
Funeral Today
For Miss Faw
Funeral service for Miss Lena
Mae Faw, age 51, well known
resident of this city, was held
this ftfternoon at the home of her
mother, Mrs. George W. Johnson,
Jr.
Miss Faw died Saturday eve
ning. She had been in U1 health
for several months and critically
111 for a week.
For many years Miss Faw had
been engaged in bookkeeping
work In North Wllkesboro and
for the pest several years was a
member of the personnel of Jen
kins Hardware company.
She was a daughter of the late
Allen D. Faw, and Mrs. Roxie
Churrb Faw Johnson, of North
Wllkesboro. Surviving are her
mother, one half brother, Hilton
Johnson, and one half sister, Mrs.
Clay Perdue. Miss Faw was a sis
ter of the late Mrs. T. B. Scott,
who lived in Norfolk, Va.
(Continued On Page Pour)
DRYING TO
ART AGAIN
ON WEDNESDAY
lyfO SHIFTS TO BEGIN
ON EGGS AT COBLE
DAIRY PLANT
gg drying will be resumed
Inesday morning at Coble
7 Products company plant In
cesboro.
impany officials said today
four carloads of eggs have
»dy been bought in prepara-
to begin dehydration, and
operations will begin with a
I of about IBO employes work-
in two shifts.
:g bnylnp stations are already
atlng in five states and ef-
I will be made to purchase
Iclent eggs during the spring
summer months to keep the
t operating at full capacity
nghont the year,
any millions of eggs were
eased Into powder last year at
Coble plant and shipped to all
I of the earth, prlnclpsUy as
entrated food for men of the
ti forces and for lend-lease
Killed In Action
PPC. OJBORGE WELLBORN
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Wilkes Soldier
Killed On Makin
Islands Nov. 24
PFC. GEORGE WELLBORN
LOSES LIFE IN
GILBERTS
Pfc. George Wellborn
was killed in action on
Makin i&land during the
invasion of the Gilbert is
lands on November 25, ac
cording to news received
by his parrats, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Wellborn, of
Ronda.
Pvt. Wellborn was a
member of the famous
“Fighting 69th Infantry”,
which made a heroic as
sault on Makin island.
The regiment was com
manded by Col. James
Gardiner Conroy, of New
York, who was killed at
the heed.pf hisjropps.
Pfc.~Weili»om was 28
years of age. He was in
ducted into the service on
April 11, 1941, and receiv
ed training in a number of
camps. Prior to his in
duction he had graduated
from Ronda high school
with the class of 1935 and
in his community was
known for his good char
acter and industriousness.
Surviving Pfc. Wellborn
are his father and mother
and the following broth
ers and sisters: Wess,
Kenneth, Charles and
Pless Wellborn, all of
Ronda; Petth Wellborn,
of Roaring River; Mrs.
Charith Wilmoth, of
Jonesville; and Mrs. Ethel
Mitchell, of Cleveland.
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Workers Needed
Ehnpioyment Service office
here has an urgent call for la
borers at Ooble Dairy Products
company plant in WUKesooro
and for carpenters at Oliesry
Point.
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“The enemy watches and lis
tens!"—Prime Minister Winston
Churchill.
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Now In Italy
, smouat of eggs which can
it prMttMny tmiinit-
4 tlms-all surplus eggs are
from tlio market, resuKing
M> itaMliafttioii.
This Newsp^f£Wins Puipwbbd'
Campqigin^ Award of Merit
AWARD OF
MERIT
—TO—
The Journal-Patriot
North Wllkesboro,
North Carolina
FOR AN
OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION
to the nation’s war program . . and for the
effective effort of this newspaper to increase the
production of pulpwood during the 1943
Victory Pulpwood Campaign.
PRESENTED BY NEWSPAPER PULPWOOD COMMITTII ./lit
AMERICAN NEVf^PAPER J>UBLISHEI« ASSOCIATION
Promoted
Joumal-tatrlot,
North t^flkesboro, N. 'C. i
Dear Editor:
You have cooperated most gen
erously It the 1943 Victory Pulp
wood campaign, and I am happy
to send yi|u the enclosed Award of
First Lieutenant Lawrence A.
Miller received official notice
of his promotion to his pres
ent rank on December 29 at
Camp Davis, triiere he has been
lor the past six months as oom-
manduig officer of the supply
Division. Lt. MlUer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. 17. A. Miller, of North
Wllkesboro route tnree, was
executive officer of the Wilkes
’Triple A before volunteering
for service. His wife holds a
position at Camp Davis and
their son is in school.
Neal Explains
4thWarLoagto
Kiwanis Friday
Club Has Interesting Meet
ing Featured by Address
War Finance Chaumum
Pvt. Wllliun O. Churdh, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Church,
of Pnrlear, is somewhere in
Italy. Pvt. Church entered
servioe March 18, 1948, receiv
ed bis basic training at OsBip :
RoHuson, Ark., and g medal
for rifle maitomsashtp. In r^
cent letters home he stated be
was o. k. and to teU an^^hte*.
firfemdi "hello”.
W. H. Neal, vice president of
Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany, Winston-Salem, and dis
trict chairman of War Finance, on
Friday explained the forthcoming
Fourth War Loan to the North
Wllkesboro Kiwanis club in meet
ing Friday noon.
Prior to the program J B. WU-
liams called attention to the ur
gent need of having something
done in the community to provide
for the housing of scrap paper
that the government is now call
ing for. J. B. Snipes also stated
he had contacted with penons who
wished to purchase the paper.
President A. F. Khhr stated be
would IhTsstlfate the matter and
mske disposfUoa of the reQneet at
the n^ meeting^
W. D. HUfSora.acted for J. R.
(OeMfsneff «b ftaa fo«r)
Merit as «. token of appreciation
from the Newspaper Pulpwood
Committee of the American News
paper Publishers Association.
While We cannot yet estimate
the results of this newspaper
campaign In terms of pulpwood
produclton, I believe we can feel
Justly proud of our record. Your
newspaper, with the support of
your local pulpwood committee
and your community, has per
formed a patriotic and vital serv
ice for our country and the men
(Continued on page five)
RATION NEWS
TRUCK GAS—Gasoline cou
pons for the first Quarter for
tracks are not being mailed In
Wilkes. Truck operators may
cell for their coupons at the
rationing board office In
Wllkesboro.
In calling for gasoline cou
pons truckers should take their
ODT certificates and cover of
the expired ration book, to
gether with any unnsued cou
pons.
AUTOMOBILES — Any per
son who transfers a motor ve
hicle must deliver to the pur
chaser at the time of the pur
chase duplicate copies of a re
ceipt issued by the seller’s war
price and rationing board lor
outstanding gasoline rations.
Without exception, the pur
chaser of the motor vehicle
must present the original of
this receipt when applying for
hia title, and must present the
copy to his war iwrlce and ra
tioning ihoard when applying
for a gasoline ration.
8I)OA1L>-Book 4, stamp SR,
good tor five pounds, will as-
plrs Jaauoiy 11.
OASCHANlLr-Conpons No. 8
in A book good tor three gal
lons became effeetlve Nor. 9
and will expire February 8.
SHOBS —Coupon 18 In tho
sugar and ooffee rattoa book
valid for OB# pair of ibosa baa
no explratloB data. No. 1 gfr^
plane ettunil|:- tn took tttree. be-
oame vi^ttRhreinW 1 tor obe
pnlrahogi. ■ j.-"
lt>0>sa.Srewo etmiMq Rook
8, .B, B* Tf on TTan. J».
Injured In Iran
Ffc. Luther B. BUUngs Is In
an army hospital In Iran, where
he is being treated for a broken
leg, according to a letter receiv
ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Billing of Hays. Pfc.
Billings entered service in May,
1942, received his basic train
ing at Camp Olairborne, Ia.,
and sailed for overseas in Oc
tober, 1942.
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Panel Member Campaisn Will Open
Jan. ISp^Close On
Febr«^29th
P. Ward Eslielman, president
of Wilkes Hosiery Mills com
pany has been named as a
memoer representing maustry
on the War Labor Board’s panel
to study and recommend set-
tlemen of any labor disputes
arising in North Carolina.
Eshelman Named
On WLB Group for
North Carolina
Wilkes Hosiery Mills Head
Named to Membership On
Vitally Important Group
Scout District
Committees Are
Named For Year
District Organization Sets
Goal For New Yesur At
Two New Troops Here
Wilkes county district of Boy
Scouts has organised for another
year of Scout expansion and pro
motion In Wilkes county.
Last year under the expansion
program the number of troops
was Increased from three to nine
and there are' now a total of' 14
Scout units, including nine white
and two colored Scout troops, one
white and one colored Cub pack
and one Cub neighborhood den.
In a recent meeting of the
county committee J. B. Carter
was nianiud'district chairman for
the ensuing year; James M. An
derson Tice chalrmapi and Gor
don Tinier, distrlRt
mee^^^th*
domntttou held dsqmc
' m -«p:
P. W. Eshelman, president and
general manager of Wilkes Hosi
ery Mills company, of this city,
'aTS^'SiftBibirdtr'fhAWiir lAbor
Board’s panel for settlement of
labor disputes in North Carolina.
Mr. Eshelman, who is promin
ently known in industrial circles
thioughout the south, will be a
me.Tiber of industry’s group ou
the panel. Other groups represent
the public and labor.
The following article used in
the dally newspapers explains the
functions of the panels:
Settlement of North Carolina’s
wartime labor disputes, through
the aid of the war labor's three-
member hearing panels, is being
carried to the state’s “grass roots"
these days.
Under WLB procedure, when
workers and management disa
gree, representatives of North
Carolina labor, industry and the
public go to the scene of the la
bor dispute, study the case, and
recommend settlement.
“This system gives both work
er and management the right to
have his case heard by a three-
member group composed of North
Carolina peojde who are familiar
and sympathetic with North Car
olina conditions," said M. T. Van
Hecke, dean of the University of
North Carolina law school, and
chairman of the fourth regional
war labor board.
“The panel member knows of
special problems or conditions
which may exist in the locality
of the dispute, and can reach a-
gireement where persons not fa-
(Continued On Page Four)
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Organisation has been set up
for the Fourth War Loan cam
paign in Wilkee county, which
will opdn on January 18.
W. D. Haltiacre, was finance
' chairman for Wilkes, said the
county’s quota in the Fourth War
Loan is 1843,000 in purchase
price (not maturity value) on
bonds, and must not include pur
chases by banks, either directly or
indirectly.
I Included In the overall quota of
1843,000 is a quota of $238,000
in senier E 'bonds to be purchased
.by individuals. All series E
'bonds sold in Wilkes during Jan-
, uary and February will be credit
ed on the quota bat attention la
called to the fact that the series
E quota is 40 per cent more than
have been purchiased in Wilkes in
any 60-day period.
The three major purposes of
the Fourth. War Lioan, Mr. Halt-
acre said, are: to finance the war,
to control inflation and providg
future security.
For Kurposes of organization,
the county has been divided into
districts along lines of central
school districts and each school
principal will be a district chair
man, who will name his own work
ers. Bonds sold by each district
will be credited by districts and
from time to time the standing of
the various districts will be pub
lished.
Subscriptions for bonds, along
with the money, will be received
by the principals and his named
workers. The subscriptions and
money will be turned over by the
principals to the Bank of North
Wllkesboro, which will mall the
bonds directly to the purchasers.
North Wilkeeboro city achoo!
district will not compete with the
central districts throughout the
county. In North Wllkesboro the
bond drive will be in the form of
a house-to-house canvass with
Mrs. Edd Gardner and Mrs. Gor
don Finley being canvass chalr-
nsan for the city. Workers will
call at every home in the city and
will uke subscriptions for bonds.
The canvass will begin Immediate
ly after January 18 and people of
the city are asked to receive the
workers cordially and to buy
every bond they can.
Employes who are purchasing
bonds on the payroll saving plans
are asked to continue to buy them
and to buy an extra $100 bond
during the campaign.
Attention of corporation offi
cials and firms who will buy the
larger bonds is called to the fact
that the bonds for the larger in
vestors will be dated February 1.
For bookkeeper convenience they
are urged to buy the bonds as
near February 1 as possible be
cause of interest calculations.
W. H. Neal, vice president of
Wachovia Bank and ’Trust com
pany, Winston-Salem, and who is
district War Finance chairman,
was in North Wllkesboro Friday
conferring with Mr. Halfacre on
plans for the Fourth War Loan.
While here Mr. Neal addressed
the North Wllkesboro Kiwanis
club.
Now Recovering
•lenkiHS Heads
Polio Campaign
In The Connty
Quota For County To B«
Raiaod This Year $920;
Organization Set Up
4b
iAtoaimr-'
0. B. Jenkins, Jr., has been
named chairman of the Infantile
ParalyBls fund campaign for
funds in Wilkes county.
Mr. Jenkins'said toter that an
organlsston is being formed' for
ial^g the quota for the. county.
7Cileh has been set at |920. BUI
Harlow will act as publicity chair
man for the orgaainatlon.
Plans fqc the asmfiaign hen do
not include a President’e- Ball,
bqt efforts will he msde to Rive
eYeryone an opportunity to have
a part In ndsing the county's quo
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