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w«y. A
: dtw* to raise
bounty’s
,PMt today!
f!
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Subseriben vbbae mImoi4v>
ot lti44~
\ ttoas bwurJJw. date ,
are rebfiiiiaed'tl^at their lolh
'^’^V'«acriptlon»-will expire Novem-
'^j^^'ber 1*'>. Banew oumediataly
,a ,-^A a a fn mt^ an tsma
^1^83
' THE JOtlBNAL-PATUIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROG^^ IN THE •‘STATE OF" WaKES” OVER 88 YEABS.^M ao* to n
rPabluhed Mondayt a^ ThitrKiay>r WORtil WlLKESBORO, MONDAY, OCT.'^^^ Your
aiaiani«Bie.
Paid la Adyaiaee
l^h Raakm^ Narml Office-
Ternu ProgreM of Pacific
War “Near Incredible”
Capuin Brnest M. Eller, high
waking atTnl offioer, in a recent
'Mter to hla parent*. Mr. and Mrs.
». ■. Bller, el thla city, gare some
mtereatlag eomment on prog-
resB of Allied forces In the Pacific.
Captain Bller ia a member of
toe staff of Admiral Chester W.
«tolt*. Goinmander in chief of the
^Wlfic flew, and in that capacity
fa well informed on progress of the
against Japan. Recently
Captain Bller was promoted from
the rank of commander to his
pmrot rank, which is next hlgh-
that of admiral,
cerpts of CapUin Eller’s let-
o his parents follow:
o donbt you hare maps these
on port and starboard hands
so that yon may follow the prog
ress of onr forcee on each far
fung and Tlctorlous front.
“Although I have little {ime to
follow the war news as sneh, and
often sit back and gase in wonder
t my maps. Although the war Is
Jjif in. a measure as I thought,
hard for me still to believe
otlk sometimes incredible suc
cesses, achieved at so little loss
and at such cost to the enemy. To
have crossed the great Pacific
from the Ellice and Gilbert Is
lands into the Philippines In less
than a year since the day I sailed
from here on our Gilberts expedi
tion is an achievement that is not
matched even by our Normandy
and French successes. There have
been no amphibious operations
like these in all our history or any
history. We h^ve acquired a
strength, a toughness, a sureness
of drive and teamwork, an over
whelming power that the Japanese
could never have dreamed possi
ble else they would not have
launched their bid for world con
quest.
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58 Japanese
YANKS HOLD
TWO-THIRDS
OF ISLAND
Methodist {^«8tor
Britt Steelman, .senior in
Wllkeeboro high school and
president of the WUkesboro 4-H
club, ha.s been elected president
of the Wilkes County Council
of 4-H clubs. Britt has an ex
cellent record in 4-H club work
and has shown splendid quali
ties of leadership. He is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Steelman,
who live on the Wilkesboro-
Moravian Falls highway.
Hard-driving American forces,
who made new gains of nearly
I four miles yesterday, have "vir
tually accomplished" the libera
tion of a million and a half Filipi
nos on Leyte and Samar Islands,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur an
nounced in a communique.
The Yanks control roughly two-
thirds of Leyte, with an area of
approximately 1,800 miles, while
on nearby Samar-steppingstone to
Manila—the small Japanese gar
risons "are helpless and can be
destroyed at will". I
All organized resistance in
Leyte Valley has ceased, and the
Americans control this vital area,
I after capturing Dagaml, a key
I communications center on the
jmain highway.
I On the northern front, the 24 th
Division made gains up to four
miles In a three-pronged drive to
ward the island’s northwest coast
to cut off a major enemy escape
route.
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NIP DEFEAT
IS HEAVIEST
IN HISTORY
Mrs. Lott Named
Vice President Of
U.S.E.S. District
J. R. Rousseau
ReiiEns Petition
Funeral was held Sunday at
2:30 o’clock In Mount Olivet
Methodist church for Mrs. Mary
Jane Barnhardt, 76, who died
Friday afternoon at her home at
Concord. Burial was made in
Oakwood cemetery.
Daughter of the late John P.
and -Mrs. Katherine Cline Trlece,
Mrs. Barnhardt was bom in Ca
barrus county and spent her en-
Asheville, Oct. 29 —Mrs. Hath- tire life in the Wlnecotf neigbbor-
ryn Lott, manager of the U. S. I hood. February 3, 1887, she was
Employment service office in'married to William Nelson Barn-
North WUkesboro was elected hardt, who died February 4, 1941.
vice president of the western dls- She was a member of Senter
Manager of Local Office Re
High Honor At
Meeting In Asheville
ceives
Mrs. Ira Payne’s
Mcther Stricken
Rev. J O. Ervlii ha« assumed
Ills duties as pastor of the
Wilkesboro and Union Metho
dist churches. Rev. Mr. Ervin,
who has an exo«dlent record as
minister and church builder
over a period of 36 years, came
to Wilkesboro and Union
churches from ttie Ijcnoir
Methodist circuit.. Rev. Mr.
Ervin was greeted by large con
gregations at the services held
Sunday at WUkesboro and
Union.
DEATH DATTLE
PLANNED DY
40,000 NAZIS
trict of the state chapter of the
International Association of PuMc
■Bmpl^ni^T^rvfeiPat a'meeting
Collector Revenue organization in the Lan-
gren hotel yesterday.
Rogan Rousseau has tender
ed his resignation as a state depu
ty revenue collector after serving
for 22 years In this capacity In
various sections of North Caro
lina.
Mr. Rousseau forwarded his
resignation to Edwin Gill, state
revenue collector, a month ago
but announcement of his retire
ment from the position of trust he
has held for so many years was
not made known until today.
Mr. Rousseau stated that he was i Employment service office for the
She will be Installed at a state
meeting to be held early next year.
Simon P. Davis, incumbent vice-
president, paid tribute to two
former western district vice-presi
dents now In service.
REPORT IS HEARD—
M. R. Dunnagan, publicity
chairman, gave a report on the
meeting of the international as
sociation held last June in Mil
waukee, Wisconsin.
Reports were given by Davis M.
Nichols of the Spruce Pine U. S.
Grove Lutheran church.
undecided as to what work he
might engaged in In the future,
but intimated that he might en
ter business here.
Mr. Rousseau has made a
splendid record with the revenue
department.
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BIJY' MORE WAR BONDS
RATION NEWS
SHOES — Airplane Stamps
Nos. 1 and 2 in book three good
for one pair of shoes each in
definitely. Airplane stamp No.
3 will become valid November
1.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 11
in A book good for three gal
lons became effective Aug. 9
aud win expire November S.
SUGAR — Sugar stamps 30,
31, 32, 33 (book 4) good for
five pounds indefinitely.
PROCESSED POODS—Blue
|I|A^ through RB (Book 4) now
PW points each, for use
I m tokens. Good Indefinite-
w
'mM’TS and FATS — Red
__'g'through Z8 and AB through
AB (Book 4) now valid at 10
points sseh for a»e with tokens.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp 40
good lor five pounds canning
sugar until February 28. 194S.
Susar ceupons R-325 issued for
..ttiitf sugar are valid In-
dettuHely and did not expire
October 1.
Effective November 1, B and
B coupons which are not serial
ly numbered and which bear
the deatennted, “mileage
tlon", win “o longer be valid
tor transfer *
eoawmer. Coamimers with In-
,»Udsted cottpon* may e^
Ssngt them at rationing board
■ Peikons planalWf to
« —heatdrs ore requested
' bZ^ mind flq« >l!»r?Mng
McnJetlons no till ra-
iulr be iaaned fqr a apace
fheeteTqtMiif^ after AM«*t
’ ■ ■ ■ ■ ...
credentials committee, and by
.Mrs. Edlih P. Alley, head of the
WaynesvUle USES office, for the
entertainment and resolution com
mittees.
P. Lane Gaston, manager of the
Asheville USES office, gave the
address of welcome The main
speaker at the afternoon session
was Ralph Moody, general counsel
of the N. C. Unemployment Com
pensation commission. Mr. Moody,
who has recently been appointed
assistant state attorney general,
spoke on the subject, “Unemploy
ment Compen.«»atlon and Readjust
ment Allowances”.
V
Funeral Saturday
At First Baptist
For S. L Pardue
eers, Mrs. L. W1 Wlnecoff, of the
home, Mrs. L. W. Barnhardt of
Concord, and Mrs. Ira D. Payne,
of North Wilkesboro; five sons, J
V. Barnhardt of Durham, C. H.
Barnhardt of Charlotte, L. W.
Barnhardt of Raleigh. O. F. Barn
hardt of Danville, Va., and Dr. A.
E. Barnhardt of Kannapolis; 12
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Those from here attending the
funeral service were Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Payne, Mrs. P. E. Brown, Mrs.
Kyle Hayes and Petty Officer First!
Hard-driving Allied columns
captured the Dutch fortress city
of Breda Sunday and in slashing
advances up to seven miles vir
tually cut off the enemy’s es
cape from Southern Holland. In
creasingly heavy German counter
attacks on kheir east flank sup
ported by a fuD-. Panser Division
,ughi|fBlls4 t»r-Aeflssb ton-*AttlM! purtii^l
Balked at almost every turn by
Allied road blocks, interdictory
artillery fire and aerial power,
some 40,000 Germans were report
ed turning to fight a “battle to
the death” across the sandy
wastes and reclaimed fields below
the Maas. Such Nazi stands in the
past have often collapsed in mass
ed surrender after brief fighting.
To the west, the drive to open-
the S'chaelde Channel to Antwerp
also took a tremendous stride. Ca
nadian regulars and British am
phibious forces linked up on South
Beleland Island and captured
The ’Third and Seventh U. S.
I Fleets sank or damaged B 8
Japanese warships In the second
battle of the Philippine Sea,
scoring one of the most crushing
ocean victories of the war and
perhaps the most decisive in naval
history.
Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz yester
day reported first details- of the
three related actions which were
fought In the early days of last
week, • and which cost only six
American vessels.
This overwhelmingly one-sided
victory was more devastating to
the Nipponese Navy than the ham
mering given It In the first
Philippine sea battle last June 19,
during the early stages of the
American Invasion of Saipan ,in
the Marianas.
Nimitz said that the toll of ene
my ships in the second Philip
pines battle was 24 ships sunk,
including four cruisers and two
battleships; 13 so severely dam
aged they may hare sunk, and 21
damaged
“Amplifying reports, although
still subject to revision as more
Information is received. Indicate
an overwhelming victory”, the
Admiral stated In an 1,100 word
communique, his first since he re
ceived preliminary figures Wed
nesday midnight.
"The Japanese Fleet has been
decisively defeated and routed.
The second battle of the Philip
pine Sea ranks as one of the ma
jor sea battles of World War II In
the Pacific”.
Not more than possibly two
Japanese warships, escaped de
struction or damage In the three
phases of the battle.
Nimitz communique listed B8
to possibly 60 ships In the three
Japanese forces.
Wounded In^Fwftft
VNrFiDd
r^lblYJMD;
Short Over HiK
Class ahd Mrs. Richard
and daughter, Judy.
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Cranor
Navy Day Friday
Observed By The
Kiwanians Here
Goes. Its largest city, smashing
nearly half-way across the Beve-
land Peninsula and heading for
the qnemy's last Schelde bat
teries on Walcreren.
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V/z-Lh. Apple
Latest addition to the freaks In
the show window at The Journal-
Patriot office Is an apple which
■ II—1 1 tips the scales at one and one-half
Paul Cragan, Cadet Horace I pounds. The apple was grown on
I F la tree at D. L. Wellborn’s farm at
Mmton, J. E. Huffman,
Speakers On Program [calls the "Gloria Monday” varie-
ty. He produced several bushels
Kiwanls jypg apples this year.
V
Well Known Local Citizen
Died Friday Morning Af
ter Several Day* Illness
Sylvester Loyd Pardue, known
•to his friends and relatives as
I “Jack”, died at his home on C
! street, Friday morning. Mr. Par-
due was horn October 19, 1877,
[having lived 67 years and eight
' days.
I Mr. Pardue was a son of John
Oliver Pardue and Mary Ann
Elizabeth Hartin Pardue, of
I Wilkes county, both of whom pre-
, ceded him in death man> years
[ago. He had one sister, Mrs. Mat-
tie Pardue Bare, of Ashe county,
'who also preceded him in death.
'He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Leona Mastin Pardue, two broth
ers. B. M. Pardue of Moravian
Falls and R. A. Pardue, of Wilkes
boro, and one sister, Mrs. A. B.
McNeill, of North Wilkesboro, and
nnmarous nephews and nieces and
great nephews and nieces. Mr.
Psrdne was married to Leona
Mastin, of Roaring River, on An-
gast 14, 1928.
He was a member ot the First
Baptist church, of North Wilkes
boro, haring joined In the year
"Ol 1906 and was a loyal memoer
itlt death. He was also a loyal
(See S. U Pardue—pace five)
1
North WUkesboro
Club observed Navy Dayhere Fri
day with an excellent program,
E. G. Finley was program chair
man and he presented Paul Cra
gan, who read an interesting pa
per on the history of Navy Day,
setting out the outstanding ac
complishments of the United
States navy since Its beginning
October 27, 1775, when the first
navy bill was passed by congress.
Cadet Horace Minton, of
Wilkesboro, a navy veteran of six
years service who has recently
been engaged In study and train
ing at Dartmouth and Harvard
universities, was then presented
by Mr. Finley. Cadet Minton gave
an interesting presentation of his
experiences in the navy, which
has carried him to many parts of
the world. During the time he
was on active sea duty he served
on a number of capital ships ot
the navy.
The third speaker on the pro
gram was Navy Recruiter J. B.
Huffman, specialist first class. He
commended this community and
county for the excellent men who
have volunteered for naval serv
ice.
The program closed with a
sound picture emphasizing the Im
portant part the navy has had In
progress, past, present, and fu
ture.
J. B. McCoy, Inter-olnb com
mittee chairman, announced thst
toe local clnb will meqt with Bl-
kin Kiwanians at Blkln on
Thursday, Nchwaber t,; 6:80 p.
m., at the Blldn Y; M.-O. A,
At the meeting Friday Cadet
Hinton and Recruiter Hoffman
were guests rf B. G. Finley. J.
P. League, of Raleigh, was a
guest of J. B. Snipe*.
Jr. Choir Practice
Junior choir practice at the
First Methodist church will be on
Wednesday afternoon, four
o’clock, instead of ’Tuesday.
Serves In Navy
Is Killed In Action
Message was received Friday
that Pfc. Gordon Kilby was
killed In action in France on
Angnst 526, 1B44.
Pfc. Kilby, son of Mrs. Etta
Kilby, of Purlear, had previous
ly been reported missing In ac
tion since August 25.
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Girl Scouts Week
Is Being Observed
In Wilkesboros
Extra Effort and IJberal Do-
natioiu Needed To Put
Ccunpaign Over Top
Pvt. Wade H. Palmer was
illglitly wounded in action in
France on October 8, accrntdlng
to a War Department message
I'ecoived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Palmer, of North
WUkesboro. Pvt. Palmer en
tered the army September 1,
1043, and went overseas In
March of this year. He served
In Italy and was sent to France
during the invasion. He has a
brother, Pfc Lloyd Palmer, who
is now serving In Belgium,
Office Here Will
Move This Week
Less than hlaf of the |18,000
goal for the United War Fund and
community chest activities In
Wilkes county has been raised to
date.
C. J. Svyofford, chairman of the
campaign In Wilkes, stated today
that approximately $7,BOO has
been turned In.
This amount, of course, is from
only a part of the workers and
committees in the drive, and some
others have yet to complete their
canvasses and make their reports
However, It is evident that the
campaign Is lagging and that In
creased effort will be necessary In
order to put the county over the
top.
Pointing out that the money
will be used •directly for the rec
reation and welfare of members
of the armed forces, and for re
lief of war suffers In allied na
tions, leaders in the campaign are
urging liberal contributions on the
part of every resident of Wilkes
county who Is able to make a con
tribution, in order to reach the
goal.
It is probable that the convas-
sers will not be able to reach all
the people, and thoso who are
not contacted are especially urged
to mall or carry their contribu
tions to the fund to C. J. Swof-
ford, chairman, or W. J. Caroon,
treasurer. North Wilkesboro, N.
C.
V-
Office Here Will Move To
Reins-Sturdivant Build
ing; Be Closed 3 Days^
Offices of Local War Price and
Rationing Board number two will
be moved this week from the sec
ond floor of the Bank of North
iBnilrmhawj lytfijjkig to .tos ■**a*ft
floor ot the Reins-Sturdlvant
Special Service Held Sunday;
Events Scheduled For Re
mainder This Week
Robert W. ..Cheek, .seaman
second clasa, Is mow stationed to
(MUmd*. Hs X«>tomd w
servlod JTnne 9th,, 1^*4, and
reoelved his boot 'teatoing qg
Gamp Feory, Vo. Heh^tbe aqp
of JIto Cheek, of North WBke#>
hev« ntorte two, and hnahmMI #
Vduimii,,
the-former Miss Davis fc
of Bkya Hi# wife and two
children, Baitoin* and Ammto,
—thetr hoine with her
eats, ‘TSr. ’ Odd Bohsrt
Johnson, of Haps.
Girl Scout week had its first
observance Sunday at the First
Baptist church when a large
number of the Wilkesboros’ 8B
Girl Scouts and leaders sat In a
group as honor guests of the
church.
Each day this week the various
six troops will be observing Girl
Scout week in their meetings and
on Saturday all Brownie Scouts
and Girl Scouts of the two towns
will meet at Smoot Park from
3:00 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Each of the week’s seven days
Is being dedicated to a project
with long-term as well as war
time value. Girl Scouts’ Sunday
calls for renewed a.ileglance to
moral standards and spiritual
values so that the rebuilding of
the world may rest upon un-
shakeable foundations of Indivi
dual character. Homemaking
Day, Citizenship Day, Health and
Safety Day, International Friend
ship Day, Arts and Crafts Day,
and Out-of-Doors Day will In
turn focus on high points in the
wide range of Girl Scout training
for future -wives, mothers, and
citizens.
Since Pearl Harbor almost 400,-
OOO girls have Joined the organi
zation and taken Its pledge ot
service to God and country. Now
the national organization num
bers more than a million girls and
women-:ln: unlfonn .pledged to na
tional serrlco. ^ ; . .
The Girl ^ut movement,
which has served America for 32
years, is now oelebraitlng ltit.an
nual ’ Girl Scout mek la eom-:
memoraflon ot toe birthday ot, It*
founder, J-nllette "^w, oa Octo-
bw Slit '
. Hie current-Wdr IMve ineIndM
a budget tor Qtri Seonte aa well
*g Boy loonta aad tilt bi*b7 (rther
eaasea.
Funeral Home building.
The rationing board office here
will be closed on November 1, 2
and 3, and will be open on Satur
day, November 4, in the new lo
cation in the Reins-Sturdivant
building.
“.A” GAS APPLICATIONS—
Local rationing officials are
appealing to the public to make
applications immediately for new
A” books In gasoline rationing.
The present "A” books will expire
on November 8 and the new "A”
coupons will be valid on Novem
ber 9. To date only a small per
cent of motorists have made ap
plications for the new books If
all the new books are to be Issued
by November 9, applications must
be made now, officials said. Ap
plication banks may be obtained
from service stations. After the
blanks are properly filled out.
motorists should mail them with
their tire Inspection record sheets
to their rationing boards.
V
Henry Landon, III,
Gets A. B. Degree
Henry C. Landon, III., Naval
Medical Cadet at the University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., has
completed his first year as a medi
cal cadet. He received an A.B.
degree from the University of Vir
ginia Ocotber 23, 1944, for work
done In college and first year In
medical school. While in college
Cadet Landon was a Dean’s List
student, holder of intermediate
honors, member of the staff of
ypa.T book, “Corks and Curie”,
member of staff of “College Top
ics”. and a member of Kappa Al
pha social fraternity. He Is al
so a member of Phi Chi medical
fraternity.
-'■■I:
BUT MORE
BONDB
Celebrators On
Hallowe’en Must
Abide By Laws
Police Department Issues
Warning Against Damage
Or Destruction Property
Pt^ice Ctilef John B. Walker
today Issaed a wamliig to Hal-
lowe’ea, praOksters who may
have * notion''to take adTaa*
tage of Hallowe’en night to
daouige or destroy property.
Chlet^Walfcer said tlis pottee
i^ve no Intentimt ot pssvenltog luhas of today.
iMldton from harfag toaomot
tost toe fw'fbrm'irf
the bnr wl)l belbrpdtfkt to'hlidS!
on say who damans, or dsstoMj
imgerty, pnbile or pitrate.. ^,
f BztM pefkMsen oftt be' od
dnty to -srrtot omf who violate trs*. Uss tnw tops sad otoir lof
the lasr on Hallowe’en at^it. [ging waste ss feel wood.
Mrs. A. J. Pendley
Passes at Durham
Mrs. A. J. Pendley, 86, died
yesterday morning about 6 o’clock
at the Duke Hospital at Durham
following an illness of several
weeks.
Mrs. Pendley, a former resident
of this city, and mother of the
late R. Neal Pendley, had been
lamlrlst ti'rr Immn In-Dnrham for
a number of years with her daugh
ter, Mrs. R. S. Whitmore.
In addition to Mrs. Whitmore,
another daughter, Mrs. T J. Gar
rett, of Southern Pines, also sur
vives. Mrs. Pendley is also sur
vived by five grandchildren and
two great grandchildren. Another
son, Otto, is deceased.
A short funeral service was
held this afternoon at 2 o’clock
In Greenwood cemetery whore the
remains were interred.
Harvey C. McNeill
Is Taken By Death
Harvey Clay McNeill, age 72,
member of a well known Wilkes
family, died Saturday at his home
oix Purlear route one.
Mr. McNeill is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mary Jane McNeill, two
daughters and one son: Mrs.
Richard Pierce and Mrs. Jake
Wellborn, of Manchester. Md., and
Clifford McNeill, of Purlear. He
was a son of the late Oliver and
Sarah Ann Stout McNeill.
Funeral and burial services
were held today, two p. m., at
Mount Pleasant Baptist church.
Rev. Ed Hodge conducted the last
rites.
G.O.P. Speakings
At Seven Places
Republican Campaign In
Wilkes County Is Intensi
fied In Final Week
Republican candidates and
other speakers will address the
voters of Wilkes county this week
at the following places:
Tuesday night, Oct 31.—Lincoln
Heights school.
Wednesday night, Nov. 1.—
Buck school bouse.
Thursday night, Nov. 2.—Wood-
lawn school.
’Thursday night, Nov. 2—Ttap-
hlll school.
Thursday night, Nov. 2.—Sum
mit school.
Friday night, NovX 3.—School
house near A. R. Miller’s store.
Friday night, Nov. 3.-^Monn-
taln View sehoo).
All citisena of the above men
tioned communities arg Invited to
he present and es^eelally are the
Jadlas urged-to attend. Splendid
hers will. appear, at all of
iese''pttees to disenn the politl-'
The epeaUnge will hsgjn at
7/10 p. m., toe.^9ttnoeaent8 Is-
ne4 by RepnhUoaf Isadhrs said.
When harreatiiMr tlmbw prs-
Vuif 'waats by ntllMng the whole..
ttV?