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XXXIX, No. es PublUhed Mondaya and Thuradaya. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. t„ MONDAY, DEC. 11th, 1944 , Watch Your Ubd—S«baeri»tion Paid In Adwanca
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. Killed In France
Rationing Boards Ordered to
Follow Regulations Very
Strictly In Future
Local rationing officials hare
recelTed the following telegram
from Office of Price Administra
tion officials in Washington:
"PAW adrises that gasoline is
running 89,300 BD over our al-
I location for the first half of the
\ current quarter. In addition, the
continuation of the European war
presents a strong possibility that
K military demands for the first
quarter of 1945 will mean no in
crease and probably a decrease in
the civilian allocation. If we con
tinue to run over allocation, we
lUl probably be forced on January
take emergency measures to
reduce ration demand. To
foraatall this possibility, it is Im-
iratlve that each board and gas-
'^Ine panel follow the regulations
exactly and more strictly. The
intense cooperation of all gasoline
\ apecialists with board supervisors
and gasoline panels is necessary to
avoid, if possible, emergency ra
tion cuts January 1,' 1944".
.T) GRADE TIRES
RE.MOVED—
fective December 5. 1944, all
III tires and used Indus-
;pe tires may be transfer
red, m'^unted and used without re-
■trlctio'B. At the same time, new
passeng-'r-type tires made of re
claimed rubber and new passen-
ger-type “factory seconds", pre
viously classified as Grade III
tires are reclassified as Grade I
tires and must continue to be sold
on certificate. This action was
taken because the inventory of
Grade III tires has been decreased
In the last six months and their
distribution is extremely spott.v.
It is hoped that in those areas
where usable Grade III tires are
available that persons eligible to
[9 apply for Grade I tire certificates
■will be encouraged to purchase
Grade Ill’s outside of rationing.
®ven though the Grade I tire quo
ta for December is 2.000,000 pas-
ger tires, this quota is still in
to allow a broadening
blllty for these tires.
V
Navy Man Home
On leave, He Sells
$4,750 In Bonds
Leaving Wilkes
Gordon Forester Goes To
Work On Wilkes Quota
During Week’s Leave
trial-*
Pvt. Carter Triplett, one of
five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Triplett, of Purlear, in service,
was killed in action in France
on November 20. Pvt. Triplett,
who entered the army Novem
ber .SO, 1043, lacked ten days of
serving one year. He is surviv
ed by his father and mother,
his wife, the former Miss
Rozelle Johnson, who makes her
home in Wilkesboro, and the
following brothers and sisters:
'X.Sgt. Jake Triplett, who is a
patient at a hospital In Spokane,
W'ashlngton, where he is re
cuperating from illness con
tracted overseas; Sgt. Earl
Triplett, who was recently
wounded in France and Is now
in a hospltdl in England; T-5
Claude 'rriplett, with the army
medical corps In France; Cpl.
Mack Triplett, in England;
Cooper, Brooks and Eugene
'IVlplctt, Mrs. John Watson and
Miss Loree Triplett, all of Pur
lear.
Grocer - Consumer
Campaif;n Against
Inflation Is Begun
Gordon Forester, storekeeper
third class in the navy, sold S4,-
750 in war bonds while on leave
last week from his station at Nor
folk, Va.
Forester, who held a position as
salesman for the North Wilkes
boro branch of the Duke Power
company before entering the navy,
put his selling ability to work for
Uncle Sara during the time he was
home on leave and made a
splendid record.
This sales record of a local man
in service should give stimulus to
people at home who are asked to
aid in the Sixth War Loan cam
paign.
Incidentally, Mr. Forester’s di
vision of 100 men at Norfolk are
100 per cent on the payroll deduc
tion plan for purchase of bonds
and 80 per cent are buying extra
bonds during the Sixth War Loan
campagln.
Farm Census Will
Begin January 8;
Want Assistance
Local People Interested May
Apply To Office Of Su
pervisor In Monroe
Of «lig
•ire Damages Barn
And Stock of Feed
Grocers Meet With OPA
Public Relations Panel To
Plan Cooperative Drive
Fire, originating in the loft of
the barn owned by John T. Irvin
& Sons, local livestock dealers,
did considerable damage yester
day to the building and destroyed
a large quantity of feed.
The fire was discovered in the
loft about 12:30 p. m. and spread
rapidly. Both the Wilkesboro and
North W'ilkesboro fire depart
ments were called to fight the
flames, and soon had the fire un
der control. The burning feed,
consising of many bales of hay.
continued to burn and gave the
firemen much trouble before final
ly being extinguished.
Mr. Irvin stated today that he
■uttered considerable loss by the
which was not covered by in
surance.
The large number of mules,
horses and cows In the barn were
driven to safety by those first
A grocer-consumer campaign
of cooperatlo.n in the fight
against inflation was launched
here Thursday night in a meet
ing of grocers and OPA offi
cials.
The campaign seeks a double
purpose of pledging grocers not
to charge more than celling
prices and consumers not to pay
more than ceiling prices.
'The campagin is being put
on by the Public Relations panel
of the local War Price and Ra
tioning lK>ard. Rev. Sidney
Crane is cliairman of the Public
Relations Panel.
Local grocers are cooperating
s-plendidly in the campaign, and
window displays are being used
to emphasize the importance of
not violating ceiling price regu
lations.
reaching the scene of the fire.
Buy Extra Bonds!
RATION NEWS
REDS DRIVE
ALONG DANUBE
NEAR BUDAPEST
./ii
SHOES — Airplane Stamps
os. 1, 2. and 3 In book three
ood for one pair of shoes each
idefinltely.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 13
j A book good for four gal-
>ng became effective Nov. 9
n* will expire December 21.
S]|^R — Sugar stamps 30.
ySW33, 34 (book 4) good for
1^ pounds indefinitely.
MEATS, FATS—Red Stamps
8 through ZS and A5 through
5^ood indefinitely. No new
afllps until December 31.
PROCESSED FOODS — Blue
Stamps AS through Z8; A5
through Z6, A2 and B2 remain
valid indefinitely. No new
blue stamps will be validated
antll the first of next month.
[JGAR: Sugar stamp 40
I for five pounds canning
ir until February 28, 1945.
A Red Army battering ram
smashed along the Danube’s east
bank yesterday to within seven
.miles nortluof Budapest, as other
^ Russian columns far to the north
reached the Central Slovakian
border on a front of at least 11
miles.
Soviet tanks and infantry over
coming stiff German resistance
bolstered by fresh armour and
motorized SS (Elite Guard) Di
visions. smashed six miles from
Vacs and captured Alsogood in the
closest approach to Budapest from
the north.
Along the Slovak frontier the
Russians advanced more than nine
miles from Balassagyarmat and
captured the road junction of
Drcgelypalank, on the Slovas
frontier.
The agricultural resources and
the production of U. S. farms will
be measured by the coming U. S.
Census of Agriculture schedule
to begin on January 8. Basic in
formation on agriculture. Includ
ing Btatistics on farm acreage,
crops, livestock, farm labor, and
other Rems related to farm opera
tions will be obtained.
Several local people will be
needed to serve as enumerators
during this period of census tak
ing, Hayne Baucum, of Monroe,
fifth district census supervisor
here Friday, pointed out. Those
desiring to do this work are asked
to apply to Monroe office. It was
explained that a three-day course
would be given here for those who
are chosen for enumerators and
that they would be paid by the
number of farms which they enu
merated.
Information obtained by the
census takers will be strictly con-
fld’ential and the records from in
dividual farms cannot be used
for purposes of taxation, regula
tion, or investigation, according
to Dean I. 0. Schaub. of State Col
lege, who heads an advisory board
of all agricultural agencies in
North Carolina to work with cen
sus officials.
Who is a farmer? Under the
census rules the grower must farm
three acres of more or if less than
three acres, his agricultural pro
ducts in 1944, whether sold or
used at home, must have amount
ed to J250 or more, to be consid
ered as a farmer.
The census schedule lists 184
questions hut happily no one farm
er must answer this number of
questions about his own opera-
Pfc. E. E. Carter
Missing In Action
I Pfe. Edsel F. Carter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dallas Carter, of Pleas
ant Hill, has been missing in ac
tions.
7TH ARMY
BATTLES WAY
TO RAIL BASE
tion in Germany since November
17, his parents have been notified
by the War Department.
Pfc. Carter volunteered in Jan
uary, this year, and was inducted
at Fort McClellan, Ala., where he
received his basic training. In
July he was sent overseas, and
was in Scotland and England be
fore going to France and entering
Germany with the First Army.
A brother, Sergeant Max C.
Carter, is now in France.
The U. S. First Army renewed
its Rhineland offensive on a 10-
mile front Sunday and in advances
up to two miles through a blinding
snowstorm burst out of the north
ern edge of the Hurtgen Forest to
the approaches of Duren, storming
seven towns before that keystone
of the Roer River line. ^
This third anniversary of Ger
many’s declaration of war on the
United States found doughboys
grappling with the inner defenses
)f the once far-extended' Reich on
a front of nearly 300 miles where
fighting was reported reaching an
unprecedented peak of violence.
The First Army ended a week’s
lull on the main Rhineland front
with a surprisedawn attack tha'
pushed two columns within three
miles of Duren from due west, but
brought quick reaction from
aroused German paratroopers or
dered to stand and die on the
plain of Cologne.
J. B. Snipes Will
Go From Wilkes
To Chatham Jan. 1
For Commissioner
Wilkes County Agent Re
signs To Accept Similar
Job In Home County
J. B. SNIPES
First Aid Classes
Finish Training
The 27th First Aid Class in
Wilkes county has recently been
completed. Classes were begun in
1939 and have been taught by
various volunteer instructors since
that time. Each class has been
composed of men and women, boys
and girls who have been Interest
ed in learning how to give aid to
injured individuals before the
doctor can arrive. Those who
have taught the course have given
their time without compensation.
The present class was composed
of Miss Lula Hinton, Miss Mary
Charles Alexander, Mrs. Frank
Bouknlght, Miss Virginia Adams.
Miss Edna Bullis. Miss Corlnne
Faw and Mr. Carl Mayberry- It
was taught by Mr. Frank Bouk-
night assisted by Miss Ruth Col-
vard. Bpnknlght’s daughter,
Nancy, aBrvniriM the “victim" In
demonstrations. Each member of
the class did excellent work and
will be presented with a certificate
in first aid. This class was con
ducted through the Wilkes county
chapter of the American Red
Cross.
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county
agent since July, 1940, on Satur- j
day resigned his position to ac-1
cept the position as county agent j
in Chatham county, effective
January 1.
Mr. Snipes submitted his resig
nation to the Wilkes county board-
of commissioners and to O. F. Mc
Crary, northwestern district agent.
Commenting on his decision,
Mr. Snipes stated that he regret
ted leaving Wilkes but had decid-
. ed to accept the position offered
I in his home county. District
I Agent McCrary stated that a suc-
I cessor would be named as soon as
one is available.
During his four and one-half
I years as Wilkes county agent, Mr.
{Snipes has made an outstanding
' record, and agricultural produc
tion in the county has vastly in
creased until Wilkes In many lines
of agricultural production is a
leader among the counties of tho
state. When Mr. Snipes came to
Wilkes he inaugurated a program
of agricultural emphasized on the
theme of “Lime, Legumes and
Livestock", which has been pro
moted extensively.
In addition to his good record
as county agent, Mr. Snipes has
been very active in civic and
church work and in home front
organizations in behalf of the all-
out war effort.
He is superintendent of the
First Methodist church school and
member of the board of stewards,
member of the Klwanls Club and
committee on agriculture, grand
chancellor of the Knight of Py
thias, member of the County
Workers Council, member of the
county war board, county salvage
committee chairman, member of
Civilian Defense organization for
the county and was actively affi
liated with other organizations.
ComplaGeiicy Is
Blamed For Our
Lagging S a I e s
Extra Effort Now Csua Put
wakes “Over The Top”
In Campaign
I With the time running out,
Wilkes still lacks $97,877 of
reaching the “E” bond quota of
$198,000 in the Sixth War Loan,
W. D. Halfacre, chairman, report
ed today.
At the close of business Satur
day Wilkes had already passed the
overall quota of $809,000, but to
keep its record In war financing
[perfect, Wilkes people should pur-
i chase at least $97,877 more in
I “E" bonds during the current
campaign.
I A dangerous attitude of compla-
Icency on the part of the public is
blamed for the lagging "E” bond
sales. The belief that the war Is
almost over and that they no long-
jer need to buy bonds is not sub-
isfantlated by developments on the
; fighting fronts.
I General Eisenhower told a con-
j gressional committee in Europe
_ , ~Z , _ during the week-end that his ar-
Resolution Pasted By City: jjjjgg short of ammunition.
Council In The December j which can be supplied only as the
Meeting; Record Praised I People buy Londs to finance the
, ....— —J transportation
GORDON HAOKETT
V
City Council Here
Favor$ Hacketf
For Highway Job
' manufacture and
North Wilkesboro city council of ammunition and other supplies
in December meeting passed a to the men at the V ont.
resolution requesting the appoint-1 The war in the Pacific grows
ment of J. Gordon Hackett, of this 1 more expensive dally as larger
city, on
mission.
the state highway com-
The resolution passed by the
! forces are taken longer distances
for all-out offensive operations.
The men are now facing their
mayor and board of commissioners * hardest and most uangerous fight-
. .. \\rttr nnanflltfPQ arp monnfin"
Navy Kit Bags
Mrs. John Leyshon, chairman of
Kit Bag committee, has asked that
all navy kit bags be turned in to
the Red Cross office immediately.
Shipment will be made within the
next few days.
Missing In Action
Pfc. Roby Paul Yates, son of
the late Conrad Yates and Mrs.
Clearsle Yates Robinson, of
Purlear, lias been reported miss
ing In action In Prance since
November 13, according to a
War Department message re
ceived by his mother. Pfc.
Yates entered service October
28, 1942, received training at
Camp Blanding, Florida, Camp
Forrest, Tenn., Camp Phillips,
Kansas and desert training in
-Arizona and California before
going overseas in April, 1044.
He was wounded In Normandy
when he was hit by four Ger
man machine gun bullets: in
his right heel, left hip, right
arm between elbow ami
shoulder, and one in his right
shoulder, which lodged In his
chest and was removed in a hos
pital In Prance. He recovered
In a hospital In England and
was returned to his outfit Octo
ber 15. His mother has received
his purple heart award.
High School Baud
Renderc Program
At Kiwauio Meet
The North Wilkesboro high
school band, under direction of
Miss Betty Story, rendered an ex
cellent program Friday noon be
fore the North Wilkesboro Ki-
wanls club.
W. J. Caroon was program
chairman and presented Paul S.
Cragan, school superintendent,
who introduced \Vs8 Story and
the band.
The following program was giv
en:
Star Spangled Banner.
1. —O, Davidson.
Cherrio
2. —Trumpet Duet—“I’m Get
ting Sentimental Over You"—T.
C, Plexico, Dick Sloop.
3. —Ragtime Wedding — Read
er; Pat Hunt.
4. —Washington Post March.
6.—Cornet Solo—“Begin the
Begulne”—Carl Swofford.
6. —Stardust.
7. —Coin’ Home.
The program was well rendered,
and the band showed evidence of
splendid training.
Prior to the program W. D.
Halfacre, war bond chairman,
spoke briefly and urged members
of the club to encourage the buy
ing of “E” bonds in order that
Wilkes may reach Its “E” bond
quota of $198,000 during the
Sixth War Loan.
Guests Friday were as follows:
J. H. C. Thomas with J. B. Car
ter; Rev. A. C. Waggoner and
Presley Myers with W. G. Gabriel.
G. W. Smith and Howard Powell,
of Lenoir, were visiting Ki-
wanians.
pointed out that Mr. Hackett as a I‘"g- Casualties are mount,n
member of the highway commIs- ®“d the people at home should
Sion during the administration of'^o.-l e their ef orts to ^tU'Ply 'He
Governor Clyde R. Hoey made a , «ghtlng men with everything they
splendid record as a member of,"e®d- A shortage of araraunition
that body and that he is equipped j . "‘^er
with a splendid knowledge of the American men,
highway aystem and its needs for h'”"® so
I complacent as to cause such a coat
, i in lives.
1 While the people at home will
R-1
Improvement.
The resolution, which will
forwarded to Governor-elect
Gregg Cherry, follows:
“It being made to appear
to
spend Christmas in comfortable
homes, the men on the front will
crouch in foxholes and In hillside
the Board of Commissioners of the j shelters, and with a prayer that
Town of North Wilkesboro, N. C.,
that J. Gordon Hackett Is seeking
the appointment of Highway Com-
they may receive the backing they
need to crush the enemy in the
least possible time and wi'h the
Mrs. J. M. Byrd
Claimed By Death
Buy More Bood$!
Mrs. Mary Franklin Byrd, age
* 82, wife of J. M. Byrd, of Roaring
I River route one, died Sunday.
Mrs. Byrd was a member of a
I'promlnent Wilkes family. She is
survived by her husband and the
following sons and daughters; T.
F. Byrd. Ronda; C. M. Byrd, Tuc
son, Arizona; Mrs. L. L. Gentry,
I Roaring River; Mrs. Hugh Couch,
'Elkin; Mrs. John Q. Burcham,
[Roaring River.
* Funeral arrangements are In
complete
missloner for the Eighth Division least posible coat In In of
of the State of North Carolina and j American men. Surely, those at
each individual member of the home will rally to the call for
Board having personal knowledge | bond buying, which should be
of the experience and capabilities j biassed as a privilege because War
of Mr. Hackett and the competent! Bonds today are the world’s safest
manner in which he performed his j investment.
duties in this position when he All bond sale committee mem-
was Commissioner under Governor! hers are urged to put forth a
Clyde Hoey, and further having special effort this week to put
knowledge of the great Improve- their communities over th" inn,
ment made in the road systems of and retail stores are asked to
this Division while he was in
charge, therefore,
“Be it resolved by the Board of
Commissioners of the Town of
North Wilkesboro in session regu
larly assembled that this Board
go on record as heartily endorsing
J. Gordon Hackett for the ap
pointment of Road Commissioner
and be it further resolved that this
Board hereby respectfully peti
tions Honorable R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina, ap
point J. Gordon Hackett as Road
Commissioner of the Eighth Divi
sion of North Carolina”.
V
METERANS OF
GUAM FINISH
DARING MOVE
Vetei in 77th Division troops
yesterday captured the bomb-bat
tered port of Ormoc, main Japan
ese base on the west coast of
Leyte Island, and scored the first
Mg American ground victory since
Gen. Douglas MacArthur led his
avenging forces back to tho Phil
ippines 52 days ago.
Fighting hand-to-hand through
the town, Maj. Gen. Andrew D.
Bruce’s conquerors of Guam
crushed Japanese resistance in
Ormoc after a four-day battle that
began Thursday Peart-Harbor
Day — when they made a daring
amphibious landing a few miles
below the port.
Most of the men of the 77th are
from New York, New Jersey arid
Connecticut.
The Ormoc victory drove a solid
wedge behind the main force of
Lieut. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita’s
battered Japanese 35th Army—es
timated at 40,000 men—holding
positions northward for some 18
miles along the Ormoc corridor
bisecting the northwestern bulge
of Leyte.
hare their reports on bond appli
cations in early this week so that
they may te included in the report
of stores to be published in this
newspaper Thursday.
V-
North Wilke$boro
Men Jailed For
Stamp Violation$
Cookeville, Tenn.—Three Norlh
Wilkesboro, N. C., men were ar
rested and jailed hero Friday on a
Federal warrant char'^in" them
with possession of counterfeit su
gar ration stamps.
U. S. Deputy Marshall George
Bragg, the arresting officer, said
the men gave their names as S. W.
Queen, W. S. Burchettc and Z. T.
Handy.
Bragg and other Federal offi
cers arrested the men and. they
said, took ration stamns which, if
valid, would be worth approxi
mately 8,000 pounds from an an-
tomobile tearing a North Carolina
license plat"
The warrants for their arrest
were sworn out by .(
Investigator for the Nashville Dis
trict of Office of Price Adminis
tration.
U. S. Commissioner E. H. Boyd
fixed their bonds at $5,000 and
set a preliminary hearing for De
cember 19.
The wrapper leaves of the cab
bage are higher In vitamins than
the head, says Extension Service
nutritionists.
KEEP ON
WAR BONDS
ijjL^DUILDING FUND DRIVE NOWON-YOUR INDIFFERENT IS A VOTE AGAINST, YOOR CONTRIDHTHM A VOTE FOR Y.M.C.A.