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NA2I TROOPS
One of the first oontrlhotlons
to be received In the 1944 Wilkes
County Red Cross War Fund cam
paign was sent by Captain Richard
B. Johnston from the Muroc Air
Base In California.
Captain Johnston was a member
or a fighter squadron of the army
air force which helped to clear
Jap planes from Guadalcanal dar
ing the first phase of the Ameri
can offensive In the Factfle and
i he spent a year in the Haelfio war
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Oaptaln Johnston la a well
known citizen of Wilkes county,
and his loyalty to his native coun
ty was well expreesed In a recent
letter to, the local Red Cross
Chapter just previous to the
opening of the War Fund cam
paign. In his letter, which en
closed a generous check to the
War Fund, Cap^taln Johnston had
the following to say in apprecia
tion of the work of the Red Cross:
"After seeing the great work
that the American Red Cross has
done in both. Pacific theatres of
war, I think It Is ft privilege 'o
support such ftn organization.
Their work Is carried on well and
efficiently In all areas from the
rearmost bases right up Into the
front lines. When an Invealon
takes place, the Red Cross goes In
with the first troops.
“One of the flneat Jobs the Red
Cross Is doing Is to furnish recrea
tion places and rest areas for
troops. This has been one of tho
army’s greatest problems, and the
Red Oros has helped them solve
it.
"This is only one of the aumer-
ouB services rendered by the Red
Cross, They are ready and will
ing to do anything that the men
oriteamiygalcifthwto do,^*n4,
th««0 popWi^ afo « wen. ' Too mncE
not be said ip their >behalf. I’m
only too glad to have an oppor
tunity to help a little In support
of this great work”.
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’The Red Anny bloodily overran
fresh German reinforcements
north and northeast of Pskov
Sunday, the Russians said today,
giving promise of early capture of
that railway hub by tlJrustlng
down to seise a strong station on
the line miles north of the city
and libeiiatlng more than 210
towns and vlllngee In a great arc
(t^ging around 100 miles to the
Mtheast.
'•^J^ODg more
reported taken In the Im-
nedlate vicinity of Sskov, several
jere tiny Inland communltlea 15
Id 16 air miles away, but the
most Important from a tactical
was Maslogotltsy, whence the
standpoint In that marshy land
railway runs through four small
er stations directly south 18 mllee
to Pskov.
Tne Germans, realizing the im
portance of Pskov, with its trunk
railways reaching out In six direc
tions, put new troops Into the de
fense. said the Soviet communique,
but Russian Infantry and artillery
smashed them, killing 800 on a
single fleM, and capturing the
guns, shells and mines with which
the Germans tried to stem the
advance.
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Play at Ronda School
Sells Many Stamps
The play entitled “Schools At
■^r", sold the fine sum of J105.10
war stamps “at the Ronda
m^hool Friday. Admission was one
PtfiStra war stamp In addition to 'he
N * number the school Is buying regu-
I larly, and the play, which was
I given by the elementary pupjls
I under the direction of Mrs. Mamie
I Miller and Mrs. Ruth Miller, was
given In order to encourage the
buying of more war stamps and
bonds.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
TION
SUGAR—Book 4, stamp 30,
good for five pounds, will exr
plro March 31. Stamp 40, five
pounds for canning, expires
yobruary 28, 1945.
GASdUNB—Coupons No. 9
In A book good for three gel-
ions became effective Feb. 9
and will expire May 8.
SHOBS — Coupon 18 in the
and coffee ration book
3|alid for one pair of ehoee has
ao eviration dote. No. 1 alr-
plaae stomp In book three be-
aome vstlld November 1 for one
pair ehoee.
PROOESSBD FOODS—CReen
L and M (Book 4) empire
Uarch 20. Blue A-8 through
|}.8 (Book 4) now xoUd at 10
pdflts each, for use with tok
ens; expire May 20.
KBATS and FATO—^Brown
¥ ud Z (Book 3) expire March
lo. Red A-8, B-8, 0-8 (Book
)) now valid at i« points
,«aoh, for dse irtth tokens; sx-
plre May 20. (Red IV8, B-8
me valid Jdaxch 18; expire
Board of Stewards
Will Meet Tuesday
Board of stewards of the First
Methodist church will meet Tues
day, seven p. m., at the home of
Dr. J. S. Deans.
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Church Board Of
Education to Meet
Board of education of the PTrst
Methodist church will meet Wed
nesday evening at the church Im
mediately after the prayer serv
ice.
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DEMOCRATIC CODIFrY
TO DE HELD SATIRDAY,
Pvt. John T. Myers
Succumbs In Florida
Pvt. John Thomas Myers, sob
of Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Myers, of
Hamptonvllle, died Sunday in on
omy bosirttal'la novido. kto Jted
S erfilMttr. m
Pvt. Myers Is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Ehnma
Myers, of Joneeville; two children,
Caroline and Gayl^ Myers; his
parents, three prothers, Pfc. Mar
cus Myers, of Obispo, California,
Lee Myers, of Statesville, Frank
Myers, at home, Mrs. Ruth Reavls,
of Hamptonvllle, and Mrs. Dicie
Renegar, of Baltimore, Md.
Pvt. Myers was an active mem
ber of the Baptist church.—Re
ported.
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Dr.McLarty Speaks
To Kiwanis at Meet
In This City Friday
Flight Officer
Jones Praises
The Red Cross
FO WUJJAM HALE JONES ^
Flight Officer William Hale
Jones, of the U. S. army air force
and who spent several months in
England with the Royal Canadian
Air Force, Is high in his praise of
services rendered mau in service
tby the American Red Cross.
Flight Officer Jones In a letter
from Santa Maria, OaHfomla, Fe^
ntory 21, had the following ]to
say about the Red Croas:
I’m always glsd to say a good
word for the Amerkan Rod Croat.
While la Englaad 1 found the
American Red Ocas Service Clubs
to be ft bit of home for all the
American boys—^headanafters for'
any of the Mlowa with' a little
oft. Ihey provide entertala-
ment aod relaxoUon of ad) typea.
af well as a real bed and maala.
Personally, I think they wm
‘tapa\ ‘liie Servlee Clubs mrej
are nloe, -and the frilows really
apprselato them". .—..
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Boone Minister Delivers Ad
dress on Subject of ‘Ufe Is
The Unity of Interests”
Precinct Mwet
22i
^‘The state
Mf Nortii
-W^tortwr#?" WediMwd»y;
.'Miariji^''li2||l ^ m.. wrfaeti '
will be
ipidling attention
pabple to the open-
ct Ait very important
Wericera have been
nuned for all parts of the ■
city load county. The quo*'
I* fpr :tiM county ia f18,-
donatiotu frmn
.gdbio can five will be
needed to raise the qnota.
”Givb More In ’44”.
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IbtiQi Tokens
Are Deiig Used
With the advent of and blue
"chance" tokens' |uul the use of
. ration stBn^ over the
fkatm this ¥eek, hbuse-
ttmtOfMid tyiKr. Dris-
ofihe Office
North WUkesboro Klwanls Club
on Friday held a most enjoyable
meeting.
Prior to the program Dr. John
W. Kinchel^e, Jr., chairman of
the Red Cross War Fund drive,
spoke briefly of the coming cam
paign and urged the cooperation
of the olub members. He stated
that he had received that morning
a letter from ono of the Wilkes
boys In the > war zone who sent
825.00 for the campaign and com
plimentary remarks of the Red
Cross -there. v ■
The presidenif announced that
the directors’ meeting ’Thursday
night was favored with a written
report from every committee'
chSilrman. ’The secretary read a
part of the repbrt of the Klwanls
Educational Chairman Genlo
Cardwell on extermioation of rats.
The report of John Prevette for
(Oontlnnea on page eight)
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senmlttee Thn:
elgh as its oo;
eapttol lAre, the ^mlji^ed’’alii>.
voted to hold eojmty oauventions
April 29 and preclnot meetings
April 22. •
Following >t|e meeting, commit
tee Chairman' Monroe Redden, of
Hendersonville, announced the se
lection of John Kerr, Jr., of War-
renton, speaker of the house of
the 1943 general assembly, os the
keynote speaker at the state con
vention.
With 119 of 160 committee
members present. Redden said
this was the first meeting “In
years that we did not have to tele
phone or telegraph a number of
persons to get a quorum preeent’’.
At the meeting, Redden an
nounced the resignation of Arch
T. Allen, of Rftleigh, as secretary
of the state committee. Allen has
accepted a commission In the
naval reserve and has been order
ed to report for duty Mardi 4. A
resolution praising his work was
pcissed unanimously.
Redden appoti^|d. Blanks Aren-
dall, of Raleighrae Alien’s suo-
cesBor.
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J. R. Rousseau, Wilkes county’s
member on the state oxecntlve
committee, did not attend
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Rod CrOM Funds
Aid Mgu fa Service ’
W. KINCBBI/OE.
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PR. JOHN W. KINOHBLOB, JR
JAPS SUFFER
BLOWS; TRDA.
SCORE HHIilER
From Burma to RAbanl, the
Japanese met new reverses yes
terday while the United Stotee
Navy disclosed that the blow, to
Truk was more damaging to Ja-
9an evm than at Prat b^leved.
Atolpal Chester W. Nlnlts said
now i^wtographic btfotaiatloii
showed tbai' the enemy t(^ 28
IMtomaged In toe PWbruary ,16
1’^-.ifamsgad
' IhiiMi,
of enemy
stliA;, gnd>
of ‘
PMkai^ It .will be your son or
brother — husband or uncle —^
nephew or cousin — who will on
some occasion be greatly in need
of the services which the Red
Croee can offer him. Sometlmsa
the need will only be a casual but
enjoyable one—coffee and dough
nuts after a hard period of drill
ing' and training, when food and
retreriiments are not otherwise
a'vaileble. . Frequently the need
Vlll be for ft place to stay for a
few days rept and furlough In a
crowded city like London, where
rooms are not available in hotels
or homes, bnt where military men
dan find a Red Cross club, with
comfbrtable beds and meals that
taste like those enjoyed back
home In America. - But at other
times, the need may be far more
smdoug. ’The boy from your home
—or your neighbor’s home—may
be severely wounded on a battle
frontier. He will need a Red
Cross ambulance to take him to
the hospital behind the battle
Rne»—be will probably need sev
eral blood traafuslOns from blopd
plasina toBected In the IBrited
Btatea through the faciHtles of the
Bed Cn^b—and for many days he
WiU hbad- the supervtetat and
■yrrlqea. c^ B Red Cross nurse he-
4qw hwii^lwtbred to heoito and
Or It hr aoare
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Dew Cominnnity
Price Cdlhp
On March 6th
New . oeillBC price posters
wOl be delivered to all retail-
gtoeers om or obosC March 4.
local ratomlne oCBdolB sold to-
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tmUoaiam oifOcr bobh;;
bsir U and w«R fsplaee nlliNi-
bmiaame3uailm it,-H' .'-i.
me waw fUtoeB win beeane
effective Msi^ 4.
lav. toqillvM, toot thepB
' lto.f tried, iB #«.
nBjgplaiiisu vlafla 1» the
ail riena will MehMlb>
«d berileeu MMUh 18 «ad fade
see if toe Mrincg isra pnveriy
meeting in person, but sent In hla
proxy to be used In toe voting.
Heed Woilera To
Diild Carriers
In-ocmawtlim with toe lanneh-
ing of to* 8hengri-La Thursday.
R. B. Davis ahd M. B. Oload, rep
resentatlvee of the Civil Service
Oommlssloa and toe Norfolk Navy
Yard, eadd here today that thous
ands of additional workers are
stlU urgently needed to complete
other ships now under construc
tion at Norfolk. ,
Mr. Davis, who is stationed at
the U. 8. Employment Servloe of
fice here, worked on toe ShaWi-
La hlms^. He. Is a regular civi
lian employee of toe yard, one of
more than fifty senb oat is aa In-
tenrive effort to seeurwthe badly
needed additional labw>.
i^-dlha Navy Dsnariment hoa aa-
honndsd that toe Tuawa. a see-
dnet a«w girerallt oarrl«r, to
befhg bniU at Noifoik," Mr. Claud
said. vThe Tuawa wae named for
the lu^qjlght’ae Marines meda
kr t^Paritte iiasad.
"If toe TriB-wa and otoir
Mhw Boir nndsr eonsto^ogi-ire
to tie eeaiptatad on ttam we nnst
get sddlMonal woriwm we nerit”
Mr. Ctoode-riild' tnnged. men’:
»>t aow (toi-
Udllbdtol riisfe.htokari aklB id bb
SS? tKsp»»j4*k« *t;
oBoa to to* K to MiiCloiWriri
Sarrioe offiee here for Kavy Twd‘
ted h^ snivliee of tokens
daring the first week, Mr. Driscoll
added, food stores are permitted
to make change from the red “A”
stamps by using one-point brown
Y and Z stamps and to make
change from blue "A" ste.mps by
using one-point green K, L and M
stamps. Such procedure will be
permitted until March 20.
Other reminders on the use of
tokens included:
Tokens will be given in change
by storekeepers only. They will
not be Issued from local rationing
boards.
Tokens may not be exchanged
for stamps and housewives can re
ceive a maximum of nine tokens
In any one trapsaction.
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Will Assist State
Income Taxpayer
J. R. Rouseeau, deputy collector
for the state, will be In his office
over ’Tomlinson’s Dei«.Ttment
Store on the following dates to
assist taxpayers in making out
their state income tax returns:
March 3, 4, 6. 11, 13, 14, and 15.
Mr. Rousseau urges every tax
payer to file his state Income tax
return on or before March 15th,
thereby saving the p.enalty for
failing to do so.
at wldespreBd Pacific points.
'Hiere was still no additional
word from the powerful American
fleet units that were last reported
making heavy air attacks ot Jap
anese ibases in the Marianas, less
than 1,400 miles from Tokjo, on
February 22.
From General Douglas MacAr-
thnr’s headquarters came new in
dications that Japan’s Southwest
Pacific Air Force bos reached
such a low ebb that it must be
carefully hoarded. If It Is not al
ready reduced to utter helpless
ness.
A communique said that for the
fifth straight day RabauT had
ibeen attacked from the air with
out a single Japanese plane rising
to Intercept, and that the anti
aircraft fire was getting weaker.
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Helps Service Men
In Applicatiqn For.
Mustering Out Pay
W. M. Morrison, of Roaring
River, a member of the Wilkes
post of the American Legion,
stated that he will assist any dis
charged service man In making
application for mustering oat pay.
Mr. Morrison may be found at the
Roaring River depot>
PFC. ARemEMGNEILL PRAISES
In a letter from Baglfcid, dated
Pebruary 14, 1944, Pfc. Archie
McNeil, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
McNeil of North Wilkesboro, gave
some of his personal obswvations
on work of toe' American Rad
Cross jn London. In his letter to
his mother, Pfc. McNefl made the
following conmient: / ,
«1 was off dutrthto aftenuxa
and had sapper in the Jtod Crow
Club. iWa .toe oaly ptoe* M
can get'onytotts to eat whin off
duty on fiBBdoys. Too fttood fii
'your letter whob to* jBa4--Cpoif
was dofaic foif Tw 4® pl^i
(fnien yoo s!o to'.lpStom on
fttrfDogh toey gri rm a xoom,
wfaito If fbo had, to tor gri
one ty yowiett wtoolii ha a .ptob-
tem. fallto if to toUB’bfortfai
Itod Croai In Loodril toe bv« who
went ttwa qa vfatoHSh
hoM to stay in pator or air*pld
■hatters. I don’t iMWr ttot* w*
helping toe txViiii
wiito SrfM ‘n* oof had, ^ . .,
IworiMta^S^^Sto totoiirior n«
s
m
lee.
Wherever your friend or rela-
time may be In service,—Africa
. . . England . . . Iceland . . .
Italy . . . China . . . Australia ...
New Guinea . . . the Solomons
. . . or the scores of other points
In the 'wldeepread theatre’of war
—“Your Red Cross Is At Hts
Side’’.
The American Red Croas is sup
ported by the voluntary service
and contributions of the public.
The annual Red Cross War Fund
begins Wednesday, March 1. The
national quota, which represents
the minimum amount required
for the Red Cross to render Its
vital services to o'Ur greatly ex
panded military forces this year,
la two hundred million dollars. Of
this amount. North Carolina’s
quota is three mlllon dollars. Our
quota In Wilkes county is $13,-
200.00
*11118 Is a “total war". Wo're
all In It till It’s over—whether we
hare a i>art In military campaigns
abroad, or whether we do our part
to bring necessary war-time cam
paigns to success In the home
land.
“Give More In ’44". It will
take more gifts—and much larger
gifts to reach Wilkes county's
qnota this year. Make a generous
donation when the local solicitors
come to you and ask for your per
sonal contrlbutln to the 1944 Red
Cross War Fund.
Remember—“Yopr Red’Cross
Is at his side". It Is a matter of
great personal sattsXactlon to
know that our personal gifts,
alOBg with the gifts of millions of
other Americans, go to help “him”
In his hour of need.
J. T. Blind Dies
At Floridi None
Formar Editor aoiii PobUaher
of The wakes Pstriot}
WenKttownilne >
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woidd do wittant Jfcrii, W* of
timsa wbM w*we opt oq .*^.f^J*i**
niaftt *0^,
J. T--Rntond, tomer .
editor of ‘fb* WtMtoa Patriot,
dttsd in DalABd. Fla..' r Snadoy,
i’cArnaty. 20to, aoeoiding to a
Itosossre ^steihrad by Mr, aad Mn.
J. Slariunr, of thto rity.
I Mr. Rntond bad bsea in lU
L^hoalto alBOe toat Angnst Ito
JNnthro(t,. Ian« fstomt, N. T..
i^Mre b* aad Jbe. Rntoad matt
ytof to IDpltoad' la too ,
fie* fNely to. tha
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