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^ORRMNEARM REACHES ORT IRTORAZIS Sorlet troops of the north poBhiag Germans back as j as IS miles, yeeterday ■maibed Into the streets ol Dno, laat major Nazi stronghold on the trsatward roiad to Pskov, and cap- tared more than 180 towns and settlements along a front moving BteadOy toward Latvia and South ern SSstonla. Northwest of Dno, the Ruscdens advanced six miles and captured the large district center and rail station of Stmgi Krasnye, 41 miles northeast of Pskov on the Lenin grad-PskOT, Warsaw trunkline. In the Ukraine, Gen. Rodion Y Malinoxsgy, Third Ukranlan Army stN||h out from newly-captured Rog and took several un- 'ied points northwest and of that great Iron center ich the Red Army won on Inesday. Moscow said approxi mately 6,000 Germans were killed - lu'the battle on the approaches to j^Kidvol Rog. WDLniRRfr RAZIS READY IN REWAHACKS Badly hurt but still fuU of fight, German forces are gather ing themselves to lash again at the stubborn defenders ol the Al lied beachhead below Rome, ad vices from that bloody battle ground indicated yesterday. Across the complaratlvoly flat no-man’s land ringing the 100- BQuaro-mlle beachhead. Field Marshal Albert Kesselrlng’s divi sions could be plainly observed even by AUled ground troops as they rearranged themseves for a thlrd'head-on smash at the offend- 'llng bulge In Italy’s cctastline. This 8iaarlng-oll for another ales were accompanied by a [raging artillery duel, with long- »nge Nazi guns raking the entire belachhead hour after hour Plane Mechanic n Pfc. Elmer G. Jarvis, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Jarvis, of North WUkesboro, has oomplet- ' ed the B-24 Liberator bomber medianlcs school at Keeeler Field, Mlse., and a few we^cs advance course at Willow Run airport TpsUantt, Micbigan. Pfc. Jarvis was given a fiftemir day furlough home. At the ... exi^tton cf his fnrlongh Ffc. Jarvis will report to Salt Lake C*ty, Utah. ’Ihere he wlB be Into active Une duty Icing the four-engine aliv or t o aerial gnnnery iwhool. His wife, Mbs. Loree Jarvis, has been with him since ^ entering service. Birthday greetings to Chief Petty Officer Gwjna C. Beshears, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Beshears, of Summit. He en tered the service in 1087 and is now stationed somewhere In the Pacific. If Label Says 3-44 Renew at Once! The Journal-Patriot is adhering strictly to the paid-in-advance policy for all suhscriptions as re quired by law and postal regulations. Consequently, on March 1 all subscriptions bearing address labels of 3-44 (March 1, 1944), will be removed from the list if not renewed by that date. Look at your address label now and if it reads 3-44 renew promptly in order that yon will receive all copies of The Joumal- Pati^iot. Prayer Services Friday Afternoon All Requested To Observe World Day Of Pruyer By Attending Services ■y/orld Day of Prayer will be obsen’ed here on Friday after noon, two o’clock, with a special service for the entire community at the First Baptist church. Ladies Auxiliary of the Presby terian church will Wave charge of the program. In addition to the service at the First Baptist, church, a brief serv ice «rill be held at the town hall from 1:00 to 1:30 for the benefit of the people In the downtown business district. Business hous es are requested to close for 30 minutes in order that all may at tend the service. V Clinic March 9th A cripple clinic will be held at the Wilkes hospital on Thursday, Mhrch 9. Examination, without charge, will be given to all crip pled and deformed persons present for the clinic. RATMR HEWS ■,-i ^ In ■ lot 1^: SUGAR—Book 4, stamp 36, good for five pennds, will soi- plre March 31. Stamp 40, five pounds for canning, expiree Pebmary 28, 1945. OABOLINE!—Coupons No. 9 in A book good for throo gal lons became effective Feb. 9 id will expire May 8. SHOBS — Coupon 18 In the sugar and coffee ration hook valid for one pair of shoee has no exidpstlon date. No. 1 air plane stamp In book three bo- oome vnlld Novembor 1 for one pair shoes. , FOOD—^Brown stamps. Book I, meats and fats, V, W, X good t^ngh Fsbruary 81. Orten ■tampa, Book 4, proeoHod fooda. X. L. M expire on. BUY MORE WAR BONDS At Great Lakes LIEOTERAHTCOMliiD COMMEMTS OR NAUIE AID WITH MALADflmii Men in service outside of the United States, know fully well the value of the American Red Cross work among service men. Evi dence of that fact Is contained In the following statement bjr It. Commdr. Jas. H. McNeill, of tha navy’s medlcai corps, who is now' home on leave: "Among the many things which the Ameridan Red*i>oss does lor men in military service, one of the most Important is its work with maladjusted soldiers. On the is land of ’Trinidad, where I have been located, 1 have seen the Red Cross in action, and have observed the Red Cross case workers mak ing case histories of soldiers who had developed nnusuhl mental conflicts . and fears. These case studies, and the consequent forms of treatment, resulted In the nor mal readjustment of men who would otherwise be unfit for mili tary service in battle areas. Red Cross services to the men in uni form are an immeasurable asset to mlUtary morale—and morale is an essential for nltimate victory in war. “’The work of the Red Cross de serves the highest confidence of American people. To meet Its ob- LT. OOMMDIW% H. MoNmiL ligations to nzUlqlRr m«U, the Red Cross Is dependeilit cp the volun tary support sad loy«t^-of citi zens In the hoBtelaiid. In the coming Red Cross War Fund cam paign in Wilkes soaBty, 1 would urge a faithful Iht:'' Mersi re sponse on the pact'-of-all the peo ple’’. . • Heny Everett Bbyiaer, sea* wjooiid class, son o( ‘Mr. and m-n. Bhynwr, Sam- mtt, retnmed'to his station in Great lakes. 111., after spend ing several days with,his par ents and wife, who bef«R« hCT marriage was Wlaman Walsh, of SmaBiit. wme nunrled In Toik, 8. Oh os Fetarnary fitii. Bliyner eoteaed liie awry Dec* The Northwestern Dank Gains Rank In Nation’s Banks New York City. — The North western Bank, North Wllkeshoro, N. C., gained 180 placee in its stgiidhif among (be hanks qf United States, compared with 981st a year ago, according to the annual roll call of commercial banks as of December 31, 1943, compiled and puibllshed today by The American Banker, New York City, the only dlally banking news paper. During 1943 deposits of the Northwestern Bank rose from ?8,413,029 to fl3,375,788, an In crease of SL962.759.00. James C. Holder Is Claimed By Death EsheimatGenres At a HeiringRy War L^r Panel P. W. Esbelm«n,„, general n)ansgw ery Mills president and STRHilE 18 MAI« ONLY 1,500 MILES :: FROM TOYKO’S BACK YARD! A giant Pacific fleet task force. Inelnding hundreds of carrier- borne plapes, attacked Saipan end Tinian in the Mariana Islands less than 1,500 miles from Tokyo Tuesday while Infantrymen and marines wiped out the last des perate Japanese defenders of Enl- wetok atoll, it announced yes terday. It was the deepest penetration of the war by AdmlilaJ Chester W. Nlmltz’s forces toward the Japa nese homeland, taking the attack more thu 635 miles closer to ’Tokyo than Truk. Nlmitz, announcing the Marian as raid, said thiat H was made by a takit fore®, ‘-including’’ several hundreds of aarrier-borne planes, thos possibly indicating that war ships might have-approached close enough to the Islands to shell them aw writ tas blast Installations with bombs. — New Bus Service Begins March 1 Two Buses Will Be Placed On New North Wilkes- boro-Lezington Route Bus service will begin on March 1 between North WUkesboro and Lexington. Franchise was recently grant ed the Parkway Bus company to operate between North Wllkes- boro and Lexington by way of Unlon_ Grove. Harmony and MockOTille. . • "Tilksf- Funeral sarvlce.waa held today, 11a. m., at Pilgrim Baptist church for Jiames C. Holder, age 64, citi zen of the Pores Knob communi ty who died Tuesday at his hone. Mr. Holder Is survived by his wife, nine children and four step children. Rev. Lee Minton, Rev. Ed Hayes and Rev. J. W. Edwards conducted toe funeral service. 2— Parsons Child Dies Last rites were conducted to day, 10:30 a. m:, at Friendship Methodist church for Auburn Ar turo Parsons, two-year-old son of Auburn and Bertha Spears Par sons, of Reddies River township. The child died Wednesday. Surviving a’-e the father and rjother, four brothers and five oisters. mOmber the case in '^nston-Salem S^prday. The cate Involved Independent Bus Linos, owned by John and Powell ^Imer, and Winston-Sa lem Lodai 433 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the union with which the bus company era-' ployes are affiliated. With Mr. Eshelman the panel member representing Industry, the other two members were: Dr. Albert .S. Keister, of W. C. U. N. G., Greensboro, lepreeentlng the public; and Ray C. Nixon, of tb» CIO, Charlotte, as labor’s mem ber. The hearing, held in the federal courtroom In V Inston-SaJem, be gan at ten a. m. and continued throughout the day. ly— Mf3. James R. Kilby Found Dead In Bed Mrs. Annie Shepherd Kilby, age 69, was found dead In bed ’Tues day mcming at her home In Union township. Mrs. Kilby, wife of James R. Kilby, died of a heart attack. Coroner I. M. Myers, who investi gated the death, said. Mrs. Kilby is survived by her husband, three sons and three daughters. Funeral service was held Wed nesday at Miller flamily cemetery in Union township. .ring a Rewberii, .Goldsboro, Wilmington, Schools of the Wilkes county system have sold a total of |80,- 700 in war bonds during the Fourth War Loan campaign, W. D. HlaJfacre, chairman, reported today. In the standing among be schools Ronda district maintains the lead in the contest with f28,- 125, but liillers Creek made a big jump during the week to reach a total of 817,076. Much of this Increase for toe Millers Creek to tal was realized during a war bond Jamboree on Thursday night, when cakes were auctioned off for a total of over 86,000 In bonds. A program was put on for all bond buyers and their families In the dlstrltt and was well (attended. The program consisted of a.min strel show by Btudmits of the ele mentary grades, mnsioal nnmbers and a "manless wedding" by la dles of toe aehool taonlty provided much entertainment.;. Standing of the schools in the -war bond selling contest follows: ’Thomasvllle, High Point, Greens boro, Durham, Kannapolis, Con cord and many other points in Piedmont and eastern North Caro lina. B. O. l^tathls, seaman second class, is now on sea duty, ac cording to letters received by his mother, Mrs. Ina Blathis, of TmohlU. He entered the navy Sep^ber 18, 1»48, and was in tmhtfaig Ttt B^nbridge. Md., and NOffiilk:, ' ‘The' total stohgfcter of smd cattle in 1943 exceeded the to tal for the preceding year by a million head. PFC. HUGH M. OAMBUJi V Wounds Fatal To Wilkes Man, Ffc.Gambill Private First Class Hugh M. GamMlI, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. qambUl of Dockery, Wilkes county, died Feb. 6 In the Central Pacific area of wounds suffered Feb. 3 In the Marshall Islands In vasion. Pfc. Gamblll was wounded on Kwapaleln Atoll in the Marshalls when the veteran army end ma rine troops Invaded the strong hold of Japs. A message from the War Department said he was wounded Feb. 3, but gave no de tails. A native of Wilkes county, Pfc. Gamblll entered the army Sept. 16, 1942. He trained at Fort Mc- ClelKan, Ala., Comp Butner and Fort Ord. Calif. From there he went to the Alaskan area and par ticipated in the fighting when the army and na'vy invaded the Aleu tians, taking part In the campaign on Attu. ^0 Aleutto cam- kwaUan He Is BUiviv^ by his parents: six brothers, Cleve, Seahon, Dale, Herbert and Squire Gflmblll of Dockery, and Pfc. Earl GAmbill, of the U. S. Army in England: and five sisters, Miss Velna Gam'blll of Winston-Salem, Misses Mary Nell. Martha Sue, Betty Lou and Doris Gamblll, all of Dockery. V Scrap Faper Canvass Again Here Saturday Boy Scouts ■will again collect scrap paper in North Wilkesboro on Sat urday of this 'week. During the two Satur days that the scrap paper salvage campaign has been carried out here Scouts have collected over six tons, t People of the city are asked to tie all available scrap paper in bundles and place it on thw front porches Saturday morn ing. This will not tmly aid the war effort but wiU help parcanotsi-SoevtiiV this cominunSly. ' ^ Madagascar has ordered a reor ganization of its merchant marine service. MINTON BROTHERS IN SERVICE Ronda District, E. R. Spruill, prin^pal ~GA4'>12&00 Millers Creek, R. V. Day, principsd —to ^^17,075.00 Wilkesboro District, W. T. Lmg, prfn^pal — 103SO.OO Mt. Pleasant, E. M. White, principal Moravian FaUs, E. I. EUedge, prmcipal Mtn. View, P. W. Grear, prtndpai —- Ferguson, O. M. ProftFit, prircipal Mulberry, Grady M0t«', principal RtMurinf Rivar, G. A. ibhatoB, princ^Md Btiiauun Sdiool, Coy Dnrliain, prind^ Traphfll, Zeb V. Didcson, principal _—. Lincdn Heighte, J. R. EdsUh, '^nbc^Ml Clingmaa, J, R. Callbway, priae^ 6.426.00 4.275.00 3.626.00 2,680^)0 3,ORO.OO, 2.628.00 i378.00 880.00^3 " 378.00 nOO.064 I Red Cross'War Fund Cam paign To Open Jistj Town ship Chainnen Named The "4>eelpJ Gifts’’ Committee, composed of P. W. Eshelman, R. O. Finley, and J. R. Hli, has ac- cegtted a quota of eight thousand dollars as Its share In the Wilkes County Red Cross War Fund camptign, which begins next Wednesday, March 1, and which bias a county-wide quota this year of 818,200.00. Large tinanolal gifts will be solicited by this com mittee, and numerous buBlnees firms, corporations, industries, and individuals will be canvassed early In the campaign. ’The Quota* to be raised by the Special Gifts committee this year Is considera bly higher than that for last year, due to the larger quota assign ment for the whole county. ’The work of the Special Gifts com mittee was very successful in last year's Red Cross appeal, and the committee antlciplstee a favorable and liberal response In the prM- ent canvass for funds. On next Wednesday morning, at a specified time, the fsMory whistles will be blo'wn to announce the official opening of the 1944 Red Cross campaign in Wilkes county. Solldtors In the several divisions of the canvhas will then begin to solicit people In their as signed areas In the business, resl- 'dential, and rural sections. Fac tories and industries are being re quested to manage the solicitation among their employees In the manner that best suits their sche dules land convenience. Ten thousand five-hundred Red Cross window emblems, receipt cards, and metal lapel tags have beC'U reeved from the National Headqu^ften, sad these are being packaged ttris week and delivered to the cNalymen in the various Areas of itelRtffktion. Area chalr- toe.AttppPeo. igtlw scores of canvassers for the town and rural commnnties. All canvassers are urged by the War Fund chalr- mlan to read carefully the direc tions and Instructions on the back of the "Contributors’ Lists" which are being distributed to them. Campaign supplies have been mailed to chairmen in the rural Townships. The following are be ing asked to serve as chainneu In the vaiious townships: Antioch, Miss Florence Mathis: Beaver Creek, Mrs. Oeno Walsh; Boomer, Miss Eva German; Brushy Mountain, Ray Hendren; Edwards, E. R. Spruill; Elk, W. O. Barnett; Job’s Cabin, Mrs. Moe Whittington; Lewis Fork, Mrs. Taft Foster: Lovelace, Mrs. Eva Glass; Moravian Falls, Mrs. Mae Hendren; Mulberry, Grtady Miller; North Wilkesboro, Rex West; New Castle, J. R. Calloway; Reddles River, Mrs. Gilbert Foster; Rock Creek, J. L. Gregory; Somers, L. P. Somers; Stanton, Mrs. Florence Vannoy; Traphlll, Miss Beatrice Holbrook; Union, Miss Lizzie Whittington; Walnut Grove, J. W, Jolnes; Wilkesboro, Clifford Moore. The public is urged to study the record of Red Cross services to military forces, and to keep in mind that the greatly expanded wartime program of the American Red Cross will require a minimum operating budget of two hundred million dollars. Red Cross is snp- ported solely by voluntary p^Ue glftp and assiatanca WUkea olti- zens are asked to oontrlbu4« lib eral gifts to tbe Red Gross War Fund. "Give More In *44’’. V F S A Borrowers Rave Good Record Annual meeting of the fum ownership borrowers of the Farm Security Administration In WUkea oonnty was held In the FSA office in North WUkealibro. Panl OhnrclL FSA snperrisor, reported' that all of the 24 bor rowers were present for the mel^ log oad that splendid ropoiita 'were mods. Slnoe loss, 84 Oimkes farm ton- ontz hav» become owners throng the long, torn credit ottered tijr 1«A and |o«a flVmaBbi taf* ftoiM earaeptkmB^ go^ One karrearw Jill ibaiB oft la Ml.trom tka o8 noto tor dim yeaii w the fhrht kb paretaUnd, ,lCr. Cbnnh yapeRtad. ' ' V- TPvt. JNnez A. Mmton, laft, u mm stwtKMiao^M^ . Hi & HSs brothar, Pat. C. Mintpn, ia.«t * *Fort They reoiBotly fttrioafip wMi lini. Wa«y MaitaB, ol Coogt^ _B66L068lB ^ grtqnd ztoiu^ ■ oaptdy od ' wfll a era. llBnMIh w yedUfF'
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