North Carolina Newspapers

iTHIRKHfiOFBOVHK ABOil? Men Are Dying While You Make Up Your Mind! I^t’s face it. That tough ^ge of the war is here—it’s 1944, America! ' This year men aren’t thinking of at tacking the enemy on the bloody invasion fronts. They’re doing it now—and it’s costing a lot of them their lives. Think of this hard when you’re think- ihg of doubling your bond purchases dur ing the 5th War Loan Drive. Think of the v-^ed, maimed, the captured and the dy- J^g. Then stop thinking and start buy ing. ./ Dtetriet Quotas And Committees Now Ameni^ Fifth War Loan Drhre Gets Under Way To Sell $990,. 000 In Wilkes ONE WILKES MAN KILLED AND 4 ' ANOTHER IS WOUNDED EARLY TODAY BY OFFICERS OF YADKIN HENRY NEWMAN KILLED AND CONRAD BELL • WOUNDED Now In Hawaii Henry Newman, 29, was killed and Conrad Bell was wounded at two a. m. this morning In "^ad- klnvUle. According to Information ob tained from A. L. Inscore, sheriff of Yadkin county, the men were fired upon by deputies at Yadkin Grocery company, where New man and Bell were alleged to have been stealing sugar. Newman and Bell were residents of the Roar ing Rlyer community of Wilkes county. Sheriff Inscore said that he was Informed about two a. m. that the wholesale establishment was ^depntlee, W. B. "Wllshon and Ray '^Graham, he approached the stoie ^,and went In . He said he found * Newman and Bell in the act of carrying out sugar and that he or dered them to throw up their hands. Instead, they Jumped on him and a scuffle ensued, during which the sheriff’s gun accident- * ally discharged but did not hit anybody. Newman and Bell started to I run. Sheriff Inscore said, but were accosted by the deputies, who or dered them to halt. They did not stop and Wishon fired at Newman and Graham at Bell. Newman and Bell were both bit with one bullet each in the hip. bnt the bullet striking Newman penetrated his spine and he died within a few minuies. Bell Is a patient at the Wilkes hospital in this city and may recover. Completion of a coroner’s hear ing at Yadkinrille was scheduled late today. No funeral arrangements have been made. Shi-?-. Fifth War Loan campaign of ficially opened today with the opening day being designateddrl- llan D-Day In the grreat offen sive now under way against the nazls In Europe and the continued drive against the Japanese. With a quota of $990,000, It is expected that Wilkes -will again respond to the call and carry the proportionate share of the 16 bil lion dollars asked of the people of the nation to finance the invasion of Europe and other offensives de signed to bring a victorious end to the war. ^ In North Wilkesboro block leaders tomorrow begin calling at the homes. In rural Wilkes dis trict quotas have been assigned and committees have been desig nated to put each district over the top. W. D. Halfacre, war loan chair man, today announced the names in the district organizations as follows. Mulberry District— Quota $5,000.00—Grady Mil ler chairman, H. H. Jennings, Mrs. Glenn Eller, Mrs. C. P. McNeil. ld^gason District- Quota $5,000.00—^T. W. Fergu son, chalrmaUj Fate Matherly, Mrs. S. P. Miller, Mrs. J. C. West. Mrs. Vilas Walsh. Mount Pleasant District- Quota $10,500.00—T. O. Min ton. chairman, E. M. Huffman, Mrs. Taft Foster, Mrs. Bruce Miles. Honda District— Headquarters, ISth AAF, South Pacific.—^IGrst Lieuten ant Donald D. Story, Wilkes boro, N, C., Is pilot of a 18th AAF medium Mitchell bomber and veteran of 50 bombing mls- sioits against every Jap strong hold from Guadalcanal to Ra- banl. lit. Story hedds the Arm.v Medal with one Silver and four Oak Leaf Clusters, and was a pilot in the first sqnardon to break throng Jap defenses to make the first low level bomb ing attack on the Kabanl air fields. He is a member of a 13th AAF medlnm bombard ment group under command of Colonel (Light Morse) Harr>- Wilson, West Point athletic star of the late twenties. Mis parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Story, reside In Wilkesboro. A gramiate of wUKeeooro high school, cla.ss of $989, ho joined the AAF In IMl-os a private. He received Ms wQlgs as a staff Amerteana troops drove Son- day to leta than 112 miles from Cherbourg and In a hand-to-hand battle atomed Carentan at the base of the Qotentin Penlnenla while a great armored battle, per- hape signifying the start of the first major German counterattack, broke ont north and west of Caen In a spectacular advance at the center of the beachhead, Ameri can troops threw bridges across the Inundated flatlands and ad vanced Inland 16 mllee, capturing the village of IJson and effecting a new junction with Anglo-Cana dian forcee on the eaet flank. With the support of a tremen dous three-way bombardment from land, sea and air, the Brit ish had cMitared Tilly on the Senlles River eight miles south of Bayeux and held it against fierce counterattacks, throwing the Germans back on a secondary line across the stream. It was from this line that the enemy was now apparently launching his first all-out counterattack. The new gains put all the vital landing beaches beyond the range of German artillery and “the phase of securing a ^eachhead is drawing to a close”, It was of ficially stated at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters. Will Speak Here W. If. HALFACiRE 5TH.8TH ARMIES MOVE 80 MILES NORTH OF ROME The Fifth and Eighth Armies, pressing close behind the mauled Germans who have lost 70,000 men In a month, sped northward yesterday in a general ten-mile advance that over-ran the import ant Industrial city of Pescara on the Adriatic Coast. Midway on the Italian penin sula east of Rome the former German bastion of Avezzano also fell to the Eighth Army which was fighting over difficult roll ing wooded land heavily mined and studded with stubborn rear guards. Avezsano lies on the Im- ToPeivioli^ IwamiAttiMS Home Front Urg^ Not To Oo’m Men VlHio Are' Facfailr Death For Us. By W. D. HALFACHE, War Loan (Aurinnao T^y, June 12, 1944, oor government — which means yon aiid every other citizen — begins its Fifth War Loan drive. Our county’s quota in this 16-bUlion-doIIar drive is $99U^OUUUO . We have fsuth that we shall meet this request. Day-by-day the war and Its costs in "blood and tears”. Is be ing brought more vividly home to the people of our country. More and more frequently those fateful messages, beginning ‘‘The govern ment regrets”, are being delivered to our county homes, signifying that some man has given his full measure of blood, his loss wring ing the full measure of tears from the loved ones left behind. These messages and reports from the fronts are making us all more and more aware that the only possible way to stop the in creasing flow of this bad news to our homes is to bring this war to a close as quickly as possible. There Is no sudden way to end the war, but there is a way to hasten that end; to keep a cease less stream of supplies of every sort flowing to the battlefronta. The men getting those supplies will do the rest, and do It effec tively and speedily. THEY HAVE IR LET Sgt. Willard Burke, of Halls .Mills, Is now In HawaU. He volunteered for army service In September, 1940, received hls basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., and was sent from there to Bermuda, where he was sta tioned for two years. Sgt.. Burke was then transferred to Camp Pickett, Va., and later to Hawaii. He is a son of Mrs. Nancy L. Burke. 7 JAP SHIPS, 22 PLANES ARE DESTROYED “Dad’s Day” Next r, June 18 Sunday, “Dad’a Day’ this year falls on Sunday, June 18 —next Simday. It’s the one day of the year Dad is remembered more than usual. Get him a nice gift, and you’ll find the local men’s stores ready to serve you. Don’t forget Sunday is ||^ ‘Father’s Day. I RATION NEWS SHOES — Airplane stamps No. 1 and No. 2 (Book 3) val id Indefinitely. OASOLINB—Coupons No. 10 in A book good for three gal lons became effective May 9 and will expire August 8. SUGAR—Sugar stamps No. SO and No. 31, (book 4) good for five pounds indefinitely. Stamp No. 32 becomes good In- deflnKely June 16 for five ponnda. OUtlOnNO SUGAR —Sugar •tamp Ko. 4« good for firs poaads o» eanidiig augar nntil relmniy 2$. 1*46. PROOBSSBID foods—Bine AS througH Xi (Book 4) now VmlM at 10 points each, for use with tokens. (Jood Indefinitely. meats AltD FATS —Red AS through W8 (Book 4) now ToUd at 16 points each, for use wHh tokeim. Good Indefinlto- Sr. U. S. Liberator bombers flying from Southwest Pacific bases de stroyed 22 Parker Japanese air planes In an attack Friday on Palau Islands in the Western Carolines, while other American airmen on Saturday sank an ene my 1.000-ton freighter, six coast wise vessels and a barge off Dutch New Guinea, It was announced today. Apparently catching the Japa nese by surprise, the small group of Liberators swept over Palau and dropped their explosives on the airdrome without encounter ing resistance, Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur announced in a communi que which also revealed another attack on 'Truk, 1,200 miles east of Lalau, where three enemy fighters were shot down. ley, Mrs. Everette Dobbins. Traphlll District— Quota $3,000.00—Charlie Miles chairman, H. G. Pruitt, Miss Bea trice Holbrook, Mrs. Etta Yale. Mtn. Itleiw (Hays) District— Quota $6,000.00 — P. W. Grier, chairman, C. C. Blevins, Paul Church, Mrs. B. W. Pendry, Mrs. Claude Johnson. Roaring River District— Quota $8,000.00—G. M. John son, chairman, T. J. McNeil, G. M. Alexander, Mrs. J. P. Pardue, Mrs. Clyde Carpenter. Wilk-ceboro District— Quota $75,000.00—Dr. M. G. Edwards, chairman, W. A. Stroud. A. R. Gray. Jr., Mrs. O. K. Whit tington, Mrs. Norman Smoak. Gilreath— Quota $3,000.00—Ray Hendreu, chairman, J. M. Costner, Mrs. W. H. Tevepaugh, Mrs. Edd Hendren, Mrs. Lula Hendren. Moravian and Boomer District— Que’a $9,000.00—Mr. J. M. German, chairman, W. R. Hub- hard. G. B. Carlton, Mrs. Charles German, Mrs. G. W. Scroggs. Mrs. B. M. Pardue. Cycle District— Quota $10,000.00—L. P. Som ers, chairman, E. H. Glass, S. G. Mayberry, Mrs. X. F. Combs, Mrs. Parks Weatherman. Millers Creek District— Quota $15,000.00—Guy Tul- burt, chairman, A. T. Nichols, Mrs. Sall-r V. Vannoy, Odell Whitting ton, Mrs. M. F. Bumgarner. Lincoln Heights District- Quota $500.00—Prof. A. M. Overton, chairman, Tom Redding, Florence Blackburn, Sarah Harris. V' flight seas since May, 1943. Wilk(» Leading In Raising Fnnds For Meredith College Serving In Italy Hvt, Foal E. Cluarefa, who tered service September 1, 1948, is BOW iB Italy, aooordlng U> a noeot lettarreceivecl hr hi* eats, Mr. and Mrs, Giwdy Uuttvh, o BoMhiE Biver. Report Received By T. £• Story, Regional Chairman, Says Good Start Made .A?* Wilkes unit is leading region seven in the current campaign in North Carolina to raise $565,000 in the Meredith College expan sion program, according to a re port received by T. B. Story, re gional chairman, from state headquarters. A quota of $10,000 was set for the seventh region, which con tains a number of northwestern North Carolina counties, and the part assigned to Wilkes was $2,- 200. The workers in the Wilkes or ganization to raise the fund ara J- Allle Hayes, chairman, Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, W. K. Sturdivant, D. E. Elledge, Rev. Howard J. Ford, Maurice Walsh, C. B. Eller, Mrs. W. J. Bason, Mrs. Annie V. Gray. Mrs. R. T. McNlel, Mrs. Gilbert Foster, Mrs. R. P. Casey. Miss Doris Tulburt, and Mrs. Clara C. Calloway. y- Money cao fight, buy bonds. A. O. Kimrey, dairy specialist of North Carolina State College and the extension service, will be Fanners’ Day speaker at the North Wilkesboro Klwanis club meeting Friday noon, when many farmers from all parts of the county will be guests of KJwanlans for the luncheon meeting. Subject of Flood CoRtrol Discussed At Kiwanis Meet Correspondence With Saia- tor Bailey and Representa tive Burgin Favorable North Wilkesboro To Contest Elkin In Softball Game First Inter-Town Game Will Be Played At Smoot PaiHk Here Wednesday 3:30 A major sports event of the season will be a softball game Wednesday afternoon, 5:20, be tween North Wilkesboro and Elkin mt Smoot Park In this city. A team Is being formed among the players of the Wilkesboros *o playxteams of'neighboring towns and the opener -will be on Wed nesday afternoon, The Inter-town games not Interfere vrith the regular games of the churches’ league, which will continue to be played on ’Tuesday and Tbnrsday evenings. V- Comblne schools are now being held In the Piedmont section of North Carolina usder the dlreo- tim of Joe Bliekle, extension ea- fineer. ^ ' Killed In Action Pvt. Howard L. Fefgnson was kUled te acUoii Man^i 10, 1944. He entered the service March 15, 1048. He took his basic train ing at FerC Betvoir, Vo., and Qreenvllle, Ps. Me wrote his ' pamnto he laBded hi. north Af- r«M oMety hi SopOobhImf, iPiM. He to be son o€ Fliik FagoeoB •ad wtte* etdONd NBMeids of CheBoo«!9W Discussion of matters of public Interest comprised the program for the Kiwanis club meeting at Hotel Wilkes Friday noon. Program Chairman J. E. Jus tice conducted a discussion with the assistance of John Prevette, W. D. Halfacre, Paul Osborne and others on recent rulings of the OPA and the developments of the flood control project for Wilkes county. Paul Osborne discussed the rul ings of the OPA with reference to the celling prices of lumber. John Prevette made report of his correspondence with Senator Bailey on the Wilkes flood con trol project. He also read a let ter from Representative Burgin bearing on the matter. John E. Justice reported ho had been In Washington and had seen Mr. Burgin and discussed the situation with him. Mr. Burgin states he is doing all he can to help get the project through Congress with Wilkes Included. ' Prior to the program W. , D. Halfacre announced the beginning of the Fifth War' loan, calling at tention to the fact that Wilkes has a quota of $990,060. County Agent J. B. Snipes stat ed that a large numibor of farm ers would attend the, annual Fanners* Day meeting n«t Fri day. ‘ Rev. T. Sloan Ony, 3t.. *nOPl7 pastor of the First Baptist eh-orch, was preswt sad wza i^^BStoted The Fourteenth German Army, which turned to make a brief and costly stand six miles north of Viterbro, was in full retreat again and the Fifth Army pushed ten miles north of that city. V STALIN SAYS SOVIETS NOW IN FINLAND The Red Army, on the march again four days after the Allied Invasion of France, has opened Its Summer campaign with an offen sive against j.”inland and in two days of fighting has pierced Ffli- nish defenses on the narrow Kare lian Isthmus above Leningrad to a depth of almost 15 miles, Mos cow announced last night. The Soviet offensive, launched by Gen. Leonid A. Govorov’s Crack Leningrad Army which drove the (jermans back from the former Czarlst capital during the winter, opened Saturday and through last night had overrun more than 80 towns and settle ments, Including the coastal city of Terijokl, on the Lenlngrad- Vllpuri-Helslnkl railroad 28 miles nortwest of Leningrad. Put pigs on so^eans or lespede- za pastures this summer for more economical production of pork, says Ellis Vestal, Exten sion swine specialist at State Col lege. In Marine Corps eyetr man taking part Ih that u- vasion will meet his assignment with courage and determination. We are confident In that assur ance. To fortify those men with an equal assurance that we at home are backing them to our ut most, we must meet this 16-bU- lion-dollar war loan. This Is our assignment for this Invasion pe riod. ^ When We evaluate dollars along with what we expect our soldiers, our sailors and our marines ».o GIVE us, we feel a sense of shame that our government finds it necessary to emphasize that It Is only asking us to loan—not give —this money; that such loans ara really investments on which we shall receive good returns, Wh.sl returns did we assure those ma rines who landed on Tarawa or the men landing on Europe’s western coasts? We could not, we can not as sure them they will return home, but, by meeting this war loan— to keep the sinews of war flowing to them and giving them every aid possible—we do assure them that the folks at home are backing them with every dollar they can muster for the cause. All of ns must buy more War Bonds than we have ever bought before. 5 Organizations Make Donations Y.M.C.A.Fund X>Yt. XABdy H. mOtuteluM taraed to the mavlae'eorpa bow at Fanto S. OL, after ominB dapB «Uii bis Mfo^ MM. itortha aMebpia. oaul itotee ohfldrcm, CbpMt, mtoto IMw oad HMd Bye -waimbotb 'll 'm'iiiiitg&iiiii Several churches and fraternal organizations in North Wilkesboro have led the way in making sub stantial contributions to the $160,000 building fund now be ing raised to establish a Y. M. C. |A. In North Wilkesboro after the war. The first of these group con tributions reported was $100 do nation from the North Wilkes boro Knights of Pythias lodge. Others include $160 from the Ma sonic lodge, number 407 A. F. & A. M., $76 from the Dokies club, $100 from the Men's Bible class of the North Wilkesboro Presby terian church and an amount ex ceeding 1160 from the Men's Bible class of the First Methodist chnrcb. ,, NdT report has b«Mi made to data on donations by Indlvldnals and coatrlbntkps, bnt the cam paign is todl dogimlaed and irlO soon enter a'.more ' InteniHil'- stage. The tint out-of-town contribu tion to the *7" fund was from T. C. MoKnlgbt, general seeretgir et the T. M. A. la aWa,8ad Whe bga been, irecr'helpful ^ organtsattoa work' |or a; p, I ■ft M ^|C.&.A.hdra.