wuifaat Baner Biatbls, fire-
Ma* MOO»d elMB, is BOW on bob
^ty»v BOcardlBg to l«tt«n re-
^•▼*4 hf hto painnta, Mr. «im1 '
Mn. Win Mathis, o the CUttg-
nan onmainnlty. He entered
tBe navy in Septei^ber, 1948,
aad was in training at Baln-
hrMgn, Md., and Norfolk, Va.
Scolb Will Not
Net Scrap Paper 
UatHMarch 18
Paper Sahrage Canvass Will
^ Every Two Weeks In
North Wilkesboro
Boy Scouts will not make their
scrap paper canvass In North
Wilkeeboro again nntil Saturday,
March 18.
Daring the past month they
have canTSssed the homes of the
city each Saturday and h^te car-
i rlod ont a very saoceesml cam-
: win-'» e^whea
with a hpose-to-honse canvass
fevwy other gat^ay.
AU are urged to save' all scrap
paper and pUme, it on front
porches on the Saturdays when
the Scouts make their canvass.
Is the meantime, all who have
paper on hand and who wish 1.0
dispose of it immediately are ask
ed to call Gordon Finley at
Wilkesboro Manufacturing com
pany.
V
Survey Of Price
CoRtrol Will Be
Started
Monday
Price Panel Repreaentatives
Will Conduct Survey of
Every Food Store
A drive to mobiliJe price con
trol forces among retailors and
''consumers in Wilkes county will
be launched March 13th under the
direction of the local war price
and rationing board, W. H. H.
Wangh, chairman, announced to-
day.
Tb6 program calls for about 35
(Continued on page four)
T.Aitn—Now ration free.
SUGAR — Sogar stamp 30
book four) good for five lbs.
finitely. Sugar stamp No.
(ibook tour) good for fire
ponnds, be90mes valid April 1.
Sugar stamp No. 40 good for
are ponnds of canning sugar
until February 28, 1945.
- SHOES — Stamp No. IS
(book one) expdres Apr« 30
Airplane stamp No. 1 (book
three) r«lll Indefinitely. An
other shoe stamp, yet to Iw dM-
Ign^, win (become vaHd May
1.
OASOUNM—Gonpons No. 9
la A boek good tor thrw f»i-
lona became effecUve Feb. 9
aad wlU expire May «.
PRCKJHBSBD TOQJya—Orwn
Md M (Book 4) expire
Blue A-8 through
4) now vaUd at 10
expire May «•
W«ATB AND FATS—Brown
umrt*y
Farmers of Wilkes county will
receive approximately 1125,000
through the Triple A program
this year, according to the report
from H. C. Boberts, chairman of
the Triple A committee for the
county.
Interesting information about
the Triple A program In the coun
ty was given at a luncheon Mon
day noon at Hotel Wilkee by S. L.
Turner, executive secretary of the
Triple A.
Those attending the luncheon
were Mr. Turner, Triple A secre
tary; Paul J. Vestal, chairman of
the county board of commission
ers; H. C. Roberts, W. M. Absher
and J. A. Poplin, who compose
the county Triple A committee;
J. Mack Reavls, county account
ant; end Dwight Nichols, editor
of The Journal-Patriot.
The Triple A now is mainly In
terested In promoting the war ef
fort to the fullest possible ex
tent, especially In the production
of food and feed.
The -report of Mr. Roberts to
the board of commissioners gives
a comprehensive, although brief,
resume of Triple A activities. His
report follows:
TO THE HONORABLE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF WILKES
(X)UNTY:
In order that you may have a
clearer understanding of the acti
vities of the Agricultural Conser
vation program In Wilkes county.
We are submitting herewith a re
port of these activities during the
past year, together with figures
for previous years which may be
ttoad la compaiiBOB.-t'
As you know, the AAA has been
operating In Wilkes county for
more than ten years, daring which
time It has sought to preserve our
most valuable resources, the pro
ductive soil, and to maintain farm
income by adjusting production.
Now that we are at war,' the pri
mary objectives of the program
are: (1) To effect Immediate In
creases in the production of those
food, feed, and fiber crops neces
sary to win the war; (2) To main
tain the productivity of the soil in
order that maximum production
may be obtained from each acre
of land as long as necessary dur
ing the war and In the post-war
period; and (3) To conserve our
sell resources for future genera
tions by protecting It against ero
sion and replacing the Ufe-glvlng
plant food removed each c^op
year.
To attain thfese objectives, the
AAA has adopted certain flarmlng
practices, as recommended by
farmers through county and state
AAA committees, designed to In
crease production and, at the same
time, maintain productivity of the
soil. The extent to which these
practices have been carried out by
Wilkes county farmers Is the basis
for this report. For carrying out
these practicee, farmers In Wilkes
ccAinty will receive approximately
1120,296.47 under the 1944 AAA
program. They will also receive
approximately $4,294.92 in special
crop payments. Applications for
payment now are being executed
by Individual farmers. This fig
ure includes the costs of conserva
tion materials obtained by farm
ers in lieu of cash payments. It
may be noted that the cost of ad
ministering this program In
Wilkee county during 1943 was
only $11,970.37, which Includes
payments for services of duly
elected county and community
committeemen and office person
nel chosen by them.
The report of these practices
since 1936 is as follows:
1936-30 average — Limestone:
1,994 tons; phosphate, 74.9 tons:
green manure crops, 8,969 tons;
(Continued on page four)
Kc. Henry Clay Adams, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Adams,
of Bmsliy Mountain township*,
was recently promoted to Ws
present rank. Pfc. Adams en
tered service June 22 at t^rt
Bragg and was transferred to
Camp Haan, California. Re
cently he was home on a 15-
day furlough.
St. Sgt. Painter
Killed In Action
In Burma Crash
Wilkes Man Killed In Action
Against Japsj Parents
Get Official Notice
Bt. Sgt. Uoyd J. Painter, age
23, was killed In action in Bur
ma on Pebniary 2B,
Uffldal notice that St. Bgt,
(Continued on.page four)
Sgt. Harold Profftt, who is
spending sevmd days at bmne
pn PnVlear route one after 81
months in the Caribbean area.
Is shown here with his brtde,
the formw Miss Meneta W^-
b»n, dangbtw of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Wellborn, of Manchester,
Md., and formerly of hft. !5Km.
Sgt. Profflt is the son of Mrs.
A. J. Profflt, of Pnrlear.
Workers Ui^ed To Cpplete
Red Cross Campaign Canvass
At Camp Wheeler
Good Reports Are
Received From
Some
Anoont Received Date Is
Only A Start Toward
$18^(X) Quota
At Great Lakes
Pvt. Robert F. Shoemaker is
taking training with an infan
try regiment at Camp Wheeler,
(ia. Before entering service he
hold a ^wltlon with Horton
Drug Omnpany in North Wilkes-j
boro.
U. S. BOLSTERS
ITS POSITIONS;
BOMB KURILES
Ineffectual Japanese attempts
to seize the offensive In th^ bat
tles for Los Negros Islands In the
Admiralty group w«re havered
down iby American }troops« who
have killed at least },500 of the
defending garrlsosfc ^ General
Douglas MacArthur |^erted to
day. ,
A more powerful attempt by a
strong force of Japanese moving
out from Talosea failed to keep
United States Marines from con
solidating their newest beachhead
on Northern New Britain. The
enemy counterthrust from Talasea
came Monday night against ma
rines who landed five miles away
on Wllllaumez Peninsula, less
than 170 miles from Rabaul.
,
Many cities In South Africa are
advocating half holidays on gen
eral election days.
Wilkes Red Cross leaders to
day urged that all worker^ In the
War Fund campaign complete
their canvasses os early as possi
ble and turn In their reports.
In some sections excellent work
has been accomplished and almost
one-fourth of the quota has h^en
turned In.
However, several substantial
amounts from Industrial groups
and solicitors are near completion
and win increase the total ma
terially.
The quota for the county Is
$18,200 and much work remains
to be done before all people are
contacted and the campaign Is
completed.
Dr. J6hn W. Klncheloe, Jr.,
War Fund chairman, stated to
day that a most excellent report
has been received from Wilkes
boro. Rev. Howard J. Ford,
Wilkesboro chairman, reported
that the canvass of Wilkesboro
had been completed and that re
sults were very encouraging.
(Continued on page four)
y k.
Wounded
WILKES MAN IN GERMAN PRISON
CAMP APPRECIATES WORK BONE
BY WILUNG RED CROSS GROUPS
A special food package from the
Red Cross was very much appre
ciated by Pfc. Thornton Staley,
Wilkes man ^ Prisoner
in Germany.
In a letter to to sister, Mrs.
Owyn Eller, Pfc. jBtaley did not
fail to mention the special food
package, along with letters he had
received from home.
His letter, dated at the prison
camp December 2'6, was received
here last week. Text of the let
ter was as follows:
“Your letters of August 10 and
24 were a treat the night before
Christmas. I am in good health.
Had a special food package from
Red Cross for Christmas. -I’ve
seen no one since I was token
prisoner from closer home than
MecklMibnrg county".
James Isaac Jolnes, seaman
second class, was promoted to
his present rank upon compie-
Oon Of his boot traHing
Great Lakes. HI. He has re-
tnmed to Great Lakes after
spending Ills leave with his
wile, me tonner mjss Binyi
Gentle, and two sons and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Jotnes, of Pores Knob. He has
a brothw with marine corps
forces in Italy and another
brother In the army in England.
Unnneiy Sergeant S. O.
tenon, brother of Pat Patter
son, manager of Pat’a Place
Oafe hero, haa been seriCiudy
wounded in oambat agaiast the
Japa. Sgt. ■ Pattplrmv » noa-
rhtiie gnn instmctcr, has a rec
ord of S6 yean in toe rnaxttm^
coips aad la a veteran of auy
engegetoente.
Child Kiiy When
Lightning Strikes
Home On Monday
Home .Of C. H. Baker Near
Wilkesboro Almost De-
molithetl Monday Night
Wade Deforest, Raker, Uve-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Baker, was instantly killed
Monday night when Ughtnlng
tstmck the Baker home in the
Brown’s rord community west
of WUkesbOTo.
Lightning almost demolished
the residence of Mr. Baker. The
child was struck In the face by
a piece of flying timber in the
honse and died instantly. Travis
Bernard Baker, otheil> child of
Mr. and Mrs. Baker, was injur
ed but recovered. He received
bums on one toot.
windows were thrown from
the bouse, large boleu were
tom in the walls aad the roof
was partially tom from the
bnilding. , Mrs. Baker was not
Injured. Mr. Baker was away
at work.
pWeral service for the child
was b^d wedncMlBy altemoon
at Shady Grove church with
Herr. Isaac Watts in charge.
Buitel waa in sdie Mount Plcaa-
ant ocnetery.
The United Btotes eontalns only
25,600 street can and lent toen
10,000 elevntor and rabway cars.
"m-:
What la the greatest need of
Wilkee conntyT A flood control
dam ... a more highly develop
ed poultry Industry i . . more
lime, legumee and live stock . . .
better coopemtlon among the
busineee men . . . more industries
better enpport of the churches
a larger donation for the Red
Cross ... a higher sale of War
Bonds ... a better environment
for boys and girls to grow Into
dependable, well balanced citi
zens? Yes—Wilkes county needs
all of them, Ihut if she has that
“better environment”, won’t, evea-
tually, “all these things he added
unto” her?
On Sunday afternoon, March 5,
a group of young people, who call
themselves ‘"The Federation of
Christian Youth In the Wllkes-
boros”, and a sprinkling of adults,
met In the Relns-Sturdlvant chap
el to discuss the possibilities of
more recreational programs for
thb young people of their com
munity. They bald Invited to
lead their discussions Mr. 'T. C.
McKnight, general secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. In Elkin. Mr.
McKnight’S life has been given to
Y. M. C. A. work and his talk
centered around that greet or
ganization. The following dnfor-
matlon was brought out during
the discussions by way of ques
tions from those present.
A Y. M. C. A. is frequently
started at a mass meeting of re
sponsible citizens who then elect
12 of their members to act as a
board of directors who formulate
pcUcies to fit condUioiu. Mr.
: suggested t^t a Com
petent lawyer be Included for the
obvious purpose of keeping them
on the straight and narrow legal
path. The organization Is then
usually Incorporated to afford
certain legal protection to those
(Continued on page four)
38B0MBERS7
16 FIGHTERS
LOST II^ID
U. S. Flying Fortresses and
Liberators with a tremendous
fighter escort, which made up an
armada estimated at 'between 1,-
600 and 2,000 planes, struck at
Berlin yesterday for the third
time In five with what a con
servatively worded Anerloan com
munique qalled "good results”.
Out of the huge fleet 38 bomb
ers and 16 fighters were losrt, but
the escorting planes alone knock
ed down 83 enemy aircraft, gun
ners aboard the bombers destroy
ed others yet untabulated.
The communique named the
5)rkner ball-bearing factory In an
eastern Berlin suburb as one of
the primary targets for "a con
centrated attack by divisions of
B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24
Liberators of the Eighth Air
Forces” and said that other indus
trial and military targets In the
capital area also were 'bombed,
i Ten thousand high explosive
bombs and 350,000 incendiaries
were cascaded down upon the
ruined capital, the communique
disclosed,' and this devastating
load was estimated at approxi
mately 2,000 tons.
V
Draft Dodger Gets
Three Years In Pen
Silas Edgar Hutchison, of
Traphill, Gets Sentence
At Rockingham
Silas Edgar Hutchison, 20-
year-old' resldeht of the Traphill
community, was seittenced in fed
eral court Tuesday to three years
In a federal penitentiary for fail
ure to report for induction Into
the armed forces.
The oase was tried in Middle
Dlbtrict federal court st Rocking
ham before Judge Johnson J.
Hayes, of Wilkesboro, who pass
ed sentence on Hutchison.
Sam Ogllvle. clerk to Sdectlve
Service board number two' In
Wilkes, was a witness for the gov
ernment In the casa He testified
that Hutchison had failed to re
port for induction -as ordered
through the Selective Service
bosnl.
Fvt. FPtdl L. Gnandler, of
Wilkesboro route one, Is report
ed missing in action since Jan
uary 22 ta Itlay. Pfc. Chandler
Is a son of Cpl. Arthur L.
Chandler, of Winston-Salem.
Band Instruments
Wanted For Men
Of Armed Forces
— I" " '
North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola
Bottling Co. Is Serving As
Collecting Agency
Wanted — musical Instruments
for our fighting men! In re
sponse, to a request from the Ar
my, a campaign to round up all
those banjos, saxapbones, and
other musical Instruments that
are lying forgotten in closets and
attics will begin here on March s
13. It will run for two weeks.
The variety of instruments
wanted fs wnllrntted,’ except that
pianos, and bull fiddles are ex
cluded because of their size, and
phonographs because of a lack of
facilities for keeping them in re
pair at the front.
Instruments collected In this
nation-wide drive will enable the
soldiers In all parts of the world
to form orchestras to entertain
themselves and their .camp bud
dies. It will also enable them to
engaged In less formal musical
recreation like gathering around
In the evening and singing to the
accompaniments of a banjo, har
monica, or other Instrument.
Because of their distribution fa
cilities the army has asked the Co
ca-Cola bottlers all over the coun
try to act as collecting agents for
this drive. Any person who has
any Idle musloal instruments Is
asked to take them to any grocery
store,' filling station, drug store,
or other place that sells bottled
Cooti^TOla.” The 'bottling com
pany’s trucks will pick them up
there land ship them immediately
to the Army for distribution at
army camps all over the world.
"There are hundreds. If not
thousands, of these Instruments
hidden away and forgotten in the
closets and attics of homes In this
area,” said W. A. McNIel, president
of the North Wilkesboro Coca-
Cola Bottling company. The
Amerioan soldier loves his music,
but he particularly likes to make
his own. Through this campaign,
we shall be able to help make his
life In camp and at the fronts a
happier one”.
SOVIETS GAIN
TOWARD VITAL
RAIL JUNCTION
The Soviet First Ukrainian Ar
my hurled back repeated counter
attacks by reinforced German In
fantry and tanks yesterday and
advanced along the north bank of
the Upper Bug River to within
seven mUes northwest of the key
junction of Proskurow on the
Odessa-Lwow railroad by captur
ing the town of Gruzhavlsta, 69
miles north of the Rumanian 'bor
der.
Attacking toward Preskurov
and the railroad on a curving 60-
mils front, the Russians also psn-
eitrated the ontaklrts of Storokon-
stantlnov, German stronghold 24
miles northeast of Prosktirov,
Moscow's broadcast oommanlqnes
said fierce flgkttoS it now In pro
gress tor that town of 11,800 at
the top of a German salient ex
tending northward into the Rna-
sian Unea.
-
Ihidar Nasi preessro Dntoh
cities «r* eoatfs^tnc htf* kMM
to nntntoln municipal serrlesa. ’’-^.
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