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VOL. XXXIX, No. 4«
Publuhod Momloyt mmI Than^yt. NORTH WILKESaORO. N. C.. THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1944 Wfh Y—r UM—Kooy Y
PaU !■ A4tmm
4 Fronts
Forty Mei Seiii
For Indiwtioii h
Army and Navy
Serves In France
AACHEN’S FALL
IS EXPECTED
ANY MOMENT
Serves In France
can
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German forces began evacuat
ing flaming Aachen last night,
taking their chances on fighting
^rough to safety to the northeast
than 12 hours after the
>ricans opened an all-out as-'
t on the besieged city that had
ored an offer to surrender
Ithout destruction.
Several hundred of the esti
mated garrison of 1,500 to 2,000
failed to Join the retreat but In
stead crossed the fields due east
of the city to surrender to Ameri
can infantrymen, accordln.g to
[fflcrlcan pilots who witnessed the
tacle by the light of an enor-
Uft fire in the center of Aachen.
The pilots, whose reports were
quoted by Supreme Headquarters,
saw a long line of troops and
transport filling out to the north
east where they presumably hop
ed to Join forces with two relief
columns which, ordered by Adolf
Hitler to break the siege or die
In the attempt, were attempting to
force open an escape corridor.
A technical gap of nine-tenths
of a mile existed northeast of
Aachen, according to latest field
dispatches, but it had been birri
caded by artillery and machine-
gun fire and was regarded as im
passable.
With the Germans evacuating,
it appeared that Aachen now
might quickly fail into the hands
of American assault Infantry as
the first of Germany's major citif.s
to be occupied since the nation
invaded in September..
Gernyin broadcasts Wednesday
id that the city had “lost its rail-
ary importance” — the usual
Nazi preliminary to admission of
the loss of an important citv
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BELGRADE IS
SURROUNDED
BY RUSSIANS
The Ked Army roared up to the
Hast Prussian border west of
Kaunas Tuesday, isolated the
great Baltic port of Memel, and
on the southern front within the
aid of Romanian troops captured
Sseged, second-largest city in
Hungary, and Cluj, capital of
Transylvaala.
In a day of glittering success
for Soviet arms, Marshal Tito an-
nt^linced that the Russians and hu
'Vngoslav Partisan troops also had
surrounded Yugoslavia’s capital
city of Belgrade, but this was not
confirmed by the Russian com
munique, which inexplicably was
not broadcast until well after mid
night. A Russian column reached
the northeastern approaches to
Belgrade a week ago but ap
parently it was decided not to risk
wrecking the city by frontal as
sault.
For the first time since 1941,
fresh apples from the United
States will be on sale in England
this winter, says the WFA.
RATION NEWS
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8HOK6 — Airplane stamps
1 and No. 2 (Book 3) val-
tadeflaitely.
OASOLINK—Coupons No, 11
In A book good for three gal
lons became effective Aug. 9
and will expire November I.
SUGAR — Sugar stamps 30,
31, 32, 33 (book 4) good lor
five ponads Indefinitely.
PROCBSSBD FOODS—Blue
A8 through R6 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, for use
with tokens. (Jood indefinite
ly.
meats and fats —Red
A8 through Z8 and AS through
^6 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each for ns« with tokens.
sugar: Sufnr stnap 4#
g«o4 for five pends eanlns
sugar nnttl Fshrnnry 21. 1245.
0li^sr coupons R-225 issued for
inning sugar are valid in
definitely and did not expire
October 1.
l^t. Koby Khodee Is serving
in France. He entered the army
In Xovember, 1942, and went
overseas in September of this
year. He was in training at
Fort Itennlng, Ga., and Camp
Gordon, Ga. Pvt. Itoodee’ wife
Is the former Miss Mabei Faw,
of Reddles River. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Khodee,
of Hays. In recent letters home
he stated he is getting along
fine and to tell all his friends
“hoUo”.
County Council
Of Home Clubs In
Meeting Monday
I Wilkes Selective Service board
number two yesterday forwarded
the following men to the Induc-
itlon center to begin service in the
army and navy:
I Henry JNoel Anderson
Marvin Billings
' Clyde Rowan Sebastian
Thomas Noland Triplett
Cecil Everett Brown
James Claude tSinrch
Lona Roten
Lonnie M. Haynes
James Paul Williams
Luther E. Holbrook
Kudd Guy Miller
Cliarlie Franklin Tucker
IJoyd Ijee Stone
Ira Harrison Vestal
Shonn Leonard Kerbaugh
Marvin Maford Byrd
John Robert Cheek
Franklin Paul Adams
Paul Edgar Church, Jr.
James Dewitt Cheek
Ruffin Dale Camblll
Harley Haston Carter
Kay Eugene Norman
Bill Richard Pardue
James Edwin Bnrcham
Robert Reece Jolly
William Kenni th Anderson
Kankie Ebert Billings
Paul James Johnson
Arnold Kilby
Conrad Federal Baldwin
Rex L. Shumate
Harold Timothy Barker
William FrankUri Dowell
Sam Wade Colbert
Richard Bee Btavls
Vestal Junior Rachele
Arthur Ulysees Billings
Hubert B, Farring^ton
William Sam Spears, Jr.
TKA.NSF'ERRED TO
tyi'HER HOARDS—
Kay Ed^r Anderson
Fain Glenn Beshcars
Romie Wagner
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Clubs Meet Here To Plan
Next Year’s Work
Plan of work for 1945 tor the
home demonstration clubs In
Wilkes county was adopted in a
meeting ot the council of clubs
held at the town hall here on Mon
day afternoon.
The council Is composed of the
officers of the various clubs in
the county and 52 were present
for the couticil meeting. A most
active year is planned for the
clubs of the county.
Achievement Day to be held on
November 1 was also discussed
and plans were formulated.
•A motion picture entitled “Can
All You Can” was shown through
courtesy of Paul S. Cragan, s’.per-
Intendent ot the North Wilkes-
boro schools, and Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home, which granted use
of the Reins-Sturdivant chapel for
the showing.
Registratioli Books
To Opel Satirday;
Register, Traosfer
Books To Be Open On Three
Saturdays For New Regis
trations and Transfers
United Singing
Convention 22nd
The United Singing Convention
will meet with Wesley Chapel
Methodist church three miles
Fifiy-Two Officers of Home Windsor Cross Roads
October 22, beginning at 2:00
o’clock.
All singers are invited to at
tend and take part in the singing.
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4 Boys and Girls
Win Calf Prizes
Place Orders Now
For Lime Supply
Farmers are notified that they
will not receive their allotment
of lime through the Triple A pro
gram unless they make applica
tion at the Triple A office within
the next 30 days. Under present
conditions and with shipping fa
cilities limited, orders must be
placed in advance.
By J. B, 8MPE.S, (,'ounty Agent;
JAMES E. I«>LL1NS, .AssLstam
(.'ounty Agent.
Lucille and Buddy Mathis,
Roaring River; Billy Bumgarner,
MHIers Creek, and Irene Pardue,
Traphill, won $35.50 at the
Statesville Junior Dairy Calf Show
and $37.27 at the Lexlngtor. show
making a total of $72.77 at the
two shows. Seven dairy calves
were shown at the Lexington show
and eight in the Statesville show.
We hope to have more 4-H Club
members with dairy calves next
year. Boys and girls growing
these calves get a great deal of
information and good training
which will be valuable in future
years.
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OWI says Jap rats currently
producing about 1,500 planet
monthly.
J'vt. KiitulorU tv. vvtMKue, son
of Mrs. Cora Woodie, of North
WlUcesboro, is now in Prance.
A recent letter home stated that
he had been in plenty of tough
fighting but had come tlirough
without a scratch, and that he
did not get scared at the time
but found It a liUlo exciting.
Pvt. Woodie volunteered for
service with the National Guard
In 1940 and went overseas in
January this year.
Registration books will be open
at the 29 polling places in Wilkes
county on three Saturdays for the
purpose of registering people to
vote In the November election.
The dates for registration are
October 14, 21 and 23. Saturday,
November 4, will be challenge day
and the election will he on Tues
day, November 7.
Those who have reached age 21
since last registration or who for
any other reason are not register
ed In their respective precincts
I must register If they are to vote
in the election.
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Elkin Fatstock
Show and Sale
ToBeHextWeek
Serving Overseas
Eye Clinic Will
Be Held Oct. 16
Examination Will Be Given
Underprivileged People
With Defective Vision
An eye clinic for underprivileg
ed people with defective vision
will bo conducted at the Wilkes
county health office on Monday,
October 16.
Through sponsorship ot the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club, the
county welfare department, the
health department and the state,
commission for the blind, free
examination will be given those
unable financially to obtain eye
care from regular sources.
An eye specialist from Winston-
Salem will examine the patients
and prescribe glasses for those
needing them, or other care and
treatment found necessary.
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Paperboard Industry asked
By J. B. BNIl’ES, Oounty Agent;
JAMES E. ItOLUNS, Assistant
Oounty Agent.
4-H Club boys and girls who
have carried out a successful
project this year are invited to at
tend the 4-H and FPA Fatstock
Show and Sale to be held in Elkin
on Wednesday and Thursday, Oc
tober 18 and 19. All boys and
girls who are going to exhibit
calves and the agricultural lead
ers are Invited to a banquet Tues
day night, October 17th, at 7:00
p. m. in the Y. M. C. A. Mr. W.
D. Halfacre, vice-president of the
Bank of Nof|b Wilkesboro will be
the sicker. u .
PROGKAWr FOR
WEDNESDAY, Oerr. 18—
All boys and girls attending the
show are invited to soe a moving
picture at the Y. M. C. A. at 10.
In addition to the picture, talks
will be made by L. R. Harrlll,
State 4-H Club leader, and Fred
Greene, secretary ot the North
Carolina Bankers Association.
PARADE—After lunch the boys
and girls will parade their calves
up and down Main street.
JUDGING CONTEST — Each
boy and girl Is expected to enter
the judging contest which will
consist of placing three or four
calves which have been selected
by the judges. Calves will he
placed according to type and qual
ity.
WEIGHT ESTIMATING CON
TEST—All boys and grls expect
ing to enter the weight judging
contest will have an opportunity
to estimate the weight of a class
of animals. Prizes will be offer
ed.
SHOWMANSHIP—One member
from each county will be expect
ed to enter the showmanship con
test.
PROGRAM THURSDAY
OtrrilBER 19th—
JUDGING DEMONSTRATION
FOR ADULTS AT 11:00 — All
farmers from the surrounding
counties will be given an oppor
tunity to study the animals and
enter a judging contest. After the
contest the Judges will point out
the different types of animals and
points to look for In judging.
AUCTION—Auction sale will
start at 1:0) p. m. Mr. Oscar
Pitts, superintendent of prisons In
Raleigh, will be the auctioneer. It
Is hoped that a large attendance
I from each county will be present
jto buy local calves and back up
' boys and girls from each of the
counties.
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First Aid Kits
Placed In Schools
WPB to continue regulations on
use and production; paper short
age that severe In Immediate post
war period.
ric. James S. Bangngg enter
ed the army Dec. 1, 1944,
celved training at Camp Crowd
er, Mo., and Camp Ellis, HI.,
and is now in New Guinea. Pfc.
Bau^ss went overseas In July
of this year. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Baugoss, of
North. Wilkesboro route two
and husband of the former Miss
Beulah Price, of Blowing Rock.
His wife and small son are mak
ing? their home on North Wilkes
boro ronte one.
Red Cross Furnishes Wilkes
Schools With Well-Equip
ped First Aid Kits
Wilkes chapter of the American
Red Cross has furnished fully
equipped first aid kits to. all
schools in Wilkes county.
Supt. C. B. Eller, of. the coun
ty school system, said that all
connected with thb schools ap
preciate this fine service on the
part of the local Red Cross chap
ter.
The equipped first aid kits will
make it possible for first aid to bo
rendered In case of accidents at
the schools.
STALIH AND
CHURCHILL
PLAN FINISH
Discussions of the problems
of peace and plans for bringing
the war In Europe to a speedy
close went forward in Moscow yes
terday in an atmosphere of warm
Allied friendship and co-operation
sparked by Premier Marshal
Stalin.
Foreign Ministers Anthony
Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov met
after luncheon yesterday following
a meeting from 6:30 to 8::J0
o'clock Tuesday night, and a
British spokesman said the separ
ate staffs were working “very
hard” at the moment.
U. S. Ambassador W. Averell
Harriman and Maj. Gen. J. Rus
sell Deane, chief of the U. S. Mili
tary Mission, were hosts at a
luncheon for the British Military
Staffs, including Field Marshal Sir
Alan Frances Brooke, Chief of the
Imperial General Staff; Gen. Sir
Hasting L. Ismay, Chief of Staff
to Prime Minister Churchill, and
Lieut. Gen. Brocas Burrows, Chief
of the British Military Mission to
Moscow.
Foreign missions in the Soviet
capital said that Stalin had given
a masterly lead at a state banquet
Tuesday night when be called for
security organizations of the Unit
ed Nations to see that aggressor
nations do not again disturb the
world.
Stalin’s reference with such em
phasis to the security of the world
after peace was taken to indicate
Russia’s great desire to eliminate
war and the reasons for war. The
Premier’s remarks were held to
bear out the assertions of many
Soviet writers that Russia’s burn
ing desire Is for peace and an op
portunity to build up her vast
country, and for happiness, com
fort, and security for her many
millions of people.
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Pfc. P. J. Baldwin
Seriously Wounded
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Baldwin,
of North Wilkesboro route two,
have received a message from
the War Department that their
son, Pfc. Percy J. Baldwin, had
been seriously wounded in ac
tion in France on September
nth.
Pfc. Baldwin, age 29, was In
the infantry and had been over
seas about four months. He en
tered tile army about two years
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Serves In France
^UiA^ion Many
Worthwhile Causes
Fighting Nazis
Drive In Wilkes
Now Under Way;
Goal Is $18,000
All Asked To Give Liberally
to Funds For UWF and
Community Chest
Pfc. Elmer G. Green, son of
Mrs. SalUe Green and thr, late
F. F. Greene, of Deep Gap, en
tered the army in January,
1943, was in training at Camp
Phillips and Fort Klley, Kansas,
and went overseas in October,
194.3. Prom England he went
to France, Belg?ium and Hol
land. A recent letter to his
mother stated that he was get
ting along all right and hopes
to be home soon.
Teachers Meeting
Will Be Saturday
Health Program Will Be Dis
cussed At County-Wide
Meeting On Saturday
School and community health
problems will be the topic for
discussion at the first mooting of
teachers of Wilkes schools to be
held at the Wilkesboro high
school building on Saturday, Oc
tober 14, ten until 12 o’clock.
Supt. C. B. Eller, who announc
ed the meeting, stated that school
committeemen will also attend
because of the importance of the
health plan to be discussed by Dr.
Ernest A. Branch, of the State
Health Department, and Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith, of the State
Department of Education.
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EVACUATION
OF GREECE IS
STIPULATED
Bulgaria last night accepted
preliminary armistice conditions. these supplies.
Campaign to raise $18,00- for
United War Fund and communi
ty chest activities Is now under
way in Wilkes county.
C. J. Swofford, county chairman
for the campaign, said today that
the orgnlzation for the task has
been completed and that the work
of calling on the people for con
tributions has begun.
The budget this year will pro
vide for 22 agencies of the United
War Fund. This should mean
liberal donations, because so many
causes are combined into one cam
paign with a “Give Once For All"
slogan.
In order that the people may
know more fully about some of
the accomplishments of the Unit
ed War Fund for aid to service
men of the United States and Al
lied Nations, and aid to suffer
ing people In war-stricken areas,
the following facts are given:
USO operated more than 3,000
service units for our armed forces
—a home away from home for
them In their off-duty hours.
Estimated monthly attendance
Is over 30,000,000 persons at USO
clubs and service units from Alas
ka to Brazil, from Newfoundland
to Hawaii.
More than 1,600,000 men per
month are entertained by U80-
Camp Shows units, not counting
those overseas.
There are 87 USO-Camp Shows
units providing entertainment in
the combat zone.s, giving pertor-
mances close to the lines of bat
tle. In this country there are 86
troupes appearing at training
camps and hospitals.
USS (United Seamen’s Service)
operates 82 rest centers and clubs
in six continents, and expends in
direct ratio to the occupation cf
new ports by the armed forces.
Over 800,000 services have
been given to members of the
merchant marine in 1943.
Prisoners of war now number
as many as 7,000,000. War
I Prisoners Aid provides many of
them with recreational and edu-
, catlonal materials.
More than 300 tons of supplies
have been shipped by War Prison
ers Aid to the “barbed-wire le
gion”. Textbooks, games, musi
cal instruments, craft materials
and athletic equipment made up
Pfc. Reuben G. Hendren to now
in France, accowUng to letters
received by hto parents. Sir. and
Mrs, B. M, Hendren, of Wilkes
boro route two. Pfc. Hendren
entered the army tn Novesnber,
1942, and was In training In
Texas, Lonlstona and New Jer
sey b^ore ^Mag overtess.
from the Allies, agreeing to
evacuate within two weeks terri
tories seized from Greece and
Yugoslavia, In what was appar
ently speedy result of Moscow
conferences between Marshall Sta
lin and Prime Minister Churchill.
Bulgaria’s acceptance of prere
quisite demands made by Russia,
Great Britain and the United
States was announced In a Mos
cow radio broadcast recorded here
■by the Soviet monitor.
Simultaneously, a Cairo broad
cast heard here by The Associated
Press said that Bulgarian troops
in Greece had already received
their orders to withdraw.
A . tripartite military commis
sion under the chairmanship of a
Russian representative will check
and supervise the evacuation of
Bulgarian troops and officials
from the occupied territories, the
Moscow announcement said.
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Stone Mountain
Singing OcL 29
Regular session of Stone Moun-.
tain Union Singing Association
will be held ai. Roaring River
church two miles west of TfspUll
on Sunday, October 29..
J. A. GilUam, chairman of the
association, announced that the
day’s program will open at ten a.
m. and all attending are asked to
carry lunch and spend the day. All
gospel singers are invited to par-
jticipate in the djty’s program.
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I Wood is now supplying 98 per
cent of Serbia's honsehold fuel
'needs.
Aid la given nearly 26,000
Chinese war orphans.
Canteens care for 5,000 home
less war orphans.
Canteen care for 6,000 home
less children In Athena
Care to provided In this country
for 2,000 child evacuees from
Europe,
130.000 pounds of powdered
milk have been shipped to Axis-
stripped Corsica to aid $6,000
children.
$108,000 worth of dried milk
provided for undernourished Nor
wegian school children.
Aid has been given 20,000
Chinese families In famine-strick
en Honan Province,
8,400 medical kits for Tngo-
slavs.
3,795,530 pounds of seed to re
plant scorched earth of Russia.
Aid In providing subsistence ra
tions for 3,000,000 Greeks.
Aid to many of the 2,600,000
Polish refugees scattered through
out the world.
22.000 Belgian refugees in
Britain aided. 5,674 food pack
ages for Belgian prlsoners-of-
war In Germany.
80.000 packets of seeds for
British home Victory Gardens.
200 different kinds of operat
ing instruments for Russian army
surgeons.
Aid to 200,000 French refugees
and fighting forces.
'2,500,000 antl-malarla tablets
flown to TngosUvla.
Senricee of National War Fund
agencies extend over six con
tinents Into 91 oonntTies and ma
jor geographical areas.
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BUT MORE WAR BONDS
ElERY DOLLAR GIVEN TO UNITED WAR FUND WILL HELP TORN SON, BNOtHEN, NRSBANO, FIIERD, IN SEWICE OF.HB COWniT