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Q®*ni—Intaatirmen attaeUnx
tWHB the eaat and north Wednea-
4»y alowly eloaed a plaeera on
hejBtone of Japan’s wayen-
' tax Sonthern Okinawa defense
Itae, while thnndertnx nayal and
•rtlllerT barragee aapported the
bloody Btrnxsle which has taken
a toll of 46,605 Japanese dead.
Stubborn resistance slowed the
drlTo toward Shari from the
northeast and American lines a-
long the Mve-mlle front were sub
stantially nncbanged through the
day.
But soldiers on the east coast
above Tonabarn city opened an
attack westward to cut behind
Shnrl as the main force of Ameri
can gunfire was brought to bear
on the strongly defended city.
J The Japanese death toll showed
an Increase of 5,136 killed In the
past six days of the most vicious
campaign of the Pacific war. But
American casualties rose, too.
Rojral Paivou
U Winded
Iss Onardia Held, N.^ 7;-;-*Cor“
pond Royal B. I^uspnsi'ofjftoale
1, North 'Hmkedbero, K.' C.,' ar-
rlved today at the Air Transport
Command’s La Onardia Field in
stallation after a trans-Atlantle
flight on a wounded evacuation
aircraft. The plane, which landed
at 10:46 a. m., was the first to
arrive at this field after the an
nouncement of Germany’s uncon
ditional surrender bad been made.
Corporal Parsons is the son of
Mr. E. T. Parsons of Route 1,
North Wilkesboro. Prior to his
enlistment in the army he was
employed with a trucking con
cern in North Wilkesboro.
He weaVs the l^urple Heart
Medal, with one Oak Leaf clus
ter.
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Laborers Wanted
At Radford, Va.
Laborers are needed at Hercu
les Powder Company at Radford,
Va. This company starts laborers
at 70 cents an hour with chance
of advancement. A recruiter from
this company will be stationed
at the United States Employ
ment Service the week of May
21-26, who will pay fares of
those signing up for these Jobs.
Pfc. Granville Cleary
Wounded 2nd Time
S. S. Convention
At Baptist Home
May 26th-27th
Pfc. John Granville Cleary, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Cleary of
North Wilkesboro, was slightly
wounded in Austria on May 2.
according to a message received
by his wife from the War depart
ment. ’This Is the second time Pfc.
Cleary has been wounded.
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Music Recital to Be
Monday Night Here
Miss Ellen Robinson’s pupils
in piano and voice will be pre
sented in recital In the North
Wilkesboro school auditorium
Monday, May 21, eight p. m. The
public is cordiaUy Invited.
RATION
NEWS
MEATS, FATS: Red Stamps
T5, Z6, and -12 through D2 will
expire June 2; Red Stamps E2
through J 2 w.ll expire June
30; Red Stamps K2 through
P2 will expire July 31. Red
Stamps Q2 through U2 expire
August 81.
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue
Stamps H2 through M2 will ex
pire June 2; Blue Stamps N2
through S2 will expire June
30; Blue Stamps T2 through
X2 will expire July 31; Bine
Stamps Y2, Z2, Al, Bl, Cl
will expire August 31.
SUGAR STAMP 35 expires
June 2; Stamp No. . will ex
pire August ^1.
SHOES—Airplane Stamps 1,
2, and 8 in Book Three, good
Indefinitely.
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On West Coast
stone Mountain Baptist Sunday
school convention will he held
with Baptist Home church on Sat
urday and Sunday, May 26 and
27.
J. A. Gilliam, chairman, has ar
ranged the following program for
the convention:
Saturday — Convention will
open at ten a. m. with songs by
Baptist Home choir, followed by
devotlonals by Rev. J. E. Hayes
and Introductory by Rev. S. L.
Blevins (Rev. Jesse Yale, alter
nate). Welcome address will be
by the superintendent of Baptist
Home Sunday school and response
by Rev. Grant Cothren. Organi
zation and appointment of com
mittees will complete the morn
ing program. The afternoon pro
gram will open at 1:30 with
praise and thanksgiving led by
Rev. L. B. Murray. “How to en
roll the church members who do
not attend Sunday school” will
be discussed by Mrs. V. W. Luff-
man, Rev. J. Z. Adams and dele
gates from different Sunday
schools. “The pastor’s part in
Sunday school” will be the topic of
dlsftHSiteiL.,bx &SV. -JoBse'Y«l«
John McGrady. C. C. Gamblll and
F. Miller will conclude the after-
ALUEDAIMIS
SMI»HIIAZI
WAR ABILITY
ParU—^A program of sweat and
dlsclpllno under which Germany
wUl have to earn her way back
into the community of nations
under strict military control was
laid down by the AWee yesterday.
The so-called German Govern
ment of Grand Admiral Karl
Doenitz was declared officially to
be only a temporary stop-gap,
“fully controUed” by the Allies
while It fulfills a useful purpose.
A supreme headquarters state
ment said Doenitz “and certain
other selected German officers”
were being used only temporarily
as an instrument for facilitating
the smrender and disarmament
of German forces and were act
ing under complete Allied con
trol.
The formal statement made
clear that there was no thought
of recognizing Doenitz and his!
“Flensburg group” as a German
Government.
WILKES SAILOR GETS PURPLE HEART
Local Civic Clubs
Will Hear Bruner
The importance of research in
developing new chemical products
and replacements for unavailable
materials required in America’s
allout war effort will be told by
M. H. Bruner, Consultant, Du
Point Extension Division, speak
ing before the Klwanls Club and
Lion’s Club, on Friday, May 18,
according to program chairmen
of both clubs.
Mr. Bruner will give results of
recent studies which led to wider
uses of cotton and forest products
%wo of the basic farm resources
of the South.
He will emphasize the fact that
young people, as well as older
folk, must realize that the war
is being fought not only on the
fields of battle, but in the home,
in the factory, and on the farm, as
well.
noon program with discussion of
told the advantages to come from
chemistry finding new ways to
“Teaching missions in the Sun
day School”.
Saturday night—Program to be
arranged by committee.
Sunday—9:45 a. m., songs by
Baptist Home choir; devotlonals;
Sunday school lesson by Mrs.
utilize agricultural crops,” he
points out. “That prophecy of the
yesterdays is a fact today. The
war, necessity, and industrial re
search make It so. Chemical re
search will continue to find more
and more new uses for the South’s
raw agricultural products
John R. Jenes; sermon by minis-) To illustrate the fact that large
ter to be appointed. #«««.
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Red Cross War
Fund Reached
Record
quantities of farm products even
tually become weapons in the war
for freedom as well as the imple-
! ments of everyday living and
.farming, Mr. Bruner will display
'a wide selection of chemical pro-
Serves In Gatmany
s4i4««*4«*»*«M«4IMl4«M%M4Mi«M«r
Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.—Captain Her
bert E. Schonland, chief staff a; d executive officer at
this naval base, cr~ ^ulates George Edward Miller,
fireman first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl P.
Miller, RFD 2, Wilkesboro, N. C., after decorating him
with the Purple Heart Medal. Miller was wounded by
shrapnel during the Second Battle of the Philippines.
COMMIHEE IS FORMED FOR HEW
COOPERATIVE TO OPERATE HERE
In accord with the recent in
terest that has developed in
Wilkes and surrounding territory
for the erection of ft tieftser-Loek-
The .ftme»^'hfte~-4eax- bewtlerPteat tob*
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I ducts now being made, particu
larly those utilizing the raw ma
terials produced on the farm,
i Mr. Bruner is a graduate in
Grand Total of $24,062.37Pennsylvania State
Was Contributed In Wilkes l^oHege and has a Master’s de-
Durinx Campaign I Schopl of
I Forestry. He took additional grad-
The final total of funds recelv- ' uate work at Yale, specializing in
ed by the Wilkes chapter of the soils, botany, plant physiology and
American Red Cross In the war pathology. He has had experience
fund campaign this year was with the U. S. Forest Service In
$24,062.37, Mias Kathrln San-;North Carolina, Tennessee, and
ford, executive secretary, said' to
day.
This was by far the largest a-
mount of money ever collected in
Louisiana, and with the Agrlcul
tural Extension Service in Arkan-
sas and South (Carolina.
Mr. Bruner is a member of the
a Red Cross campagln In Wilkes Farm ForeStry Committee of the
and the quota of $19,400 was Society of American Foresters.
exceeded by $4,662.37. Rev.
Howard J.*Ford was chairman for
the campaign.
The campaign was carried out
in March but many late reports
and miscellaneous contributions
were received after the active
campaign was completed.
He is also secretary of the Fores
try Section of the Association of
Southern Agricultural Workers.
His home Is in Clemson, South
Carolina.
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Australians now refer to strik
ing foal miners as underminers”.
ber of interested oitiiens met ftt
the Courthouse on Thursday even
ing, May 10, and discussed at
length the (procedure and plans
for such a proposition. Copies of
the Organization Agreement were
distributed to those present by
Carl VanDeman and Bob Smith,
both of whom have 'been giving
some attention and work to the
proposition In recent weeks.
Bob Smith called the meeting
to order and asked Carl VanDe-
manto discuss the plan of organi
zation. Other citizens present
were: J. M. Crawford, Paul Os
borne, Sam Winters, Dewey Broy-
hlll, N. S. Forester, Jr., C. F.
Jones, Charles German, Earl Ger
man, Atwell German, John Le/-
shon, Vaughn Broyhlll, and T. E.
Story.
In the discussion it developed
that the plans are to have 500
Individual lockers In the plant
and that 60 per cent of these must
be rented and paid for at the
average cost of $15.00 each be
fore priorities can be obtained for
the erection of the plant. And
further It Is understood that the
plant will have large space for
processing, freezing and storing
of agricultural products. It was
stated by the chairman that well
over one -half of the regulred
number of sign-ups for lockers
had been secured.
At the conclusion of the ex
planations and discussion the
group voted favorably on the
question of organizing a Freezer-
Locker Cooperative for this ter
ritory and that the group pres
ent with other interested Indivi
duals to 'be added be constitued
an organized committee to con
tinue the campaign of securing
—diiimhlx Ooap«wittv»i
Bood Start Mi(ie
Wth Sales of T
Bawls at’33,375
Aboat One*tenth of E Bond
Goal Sold In Early Days
Of 7th War Loan Drive
Cpl. Ralph Q. Miller, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Carl P. Miller, of
Wilkesboro route two, served
with General Patton's famous
Third Army in Germany. He
entered the army January 1,
1948, completed his basic train
ing at Camp Hood, Texas, and
went to Camp Omber, )kla.,
where he was attartied to a
tank destroyer outfit. He com
pleted his training at Camp
Dlx, N. J., and went overseas
in August, 1944. After three
weeks in England he Joined the
Third Army in France. Before
entering service Ralph and bis
wife, the former Miss Bernice
Hefner, made their home at
Granite Falls, where he was as
sistant manager of a Western
Auto Associate store.
To Organize Home
Club at Cricket 24th
Women of the Cricket com
munity are asked to meet at the
home of Mrs. E. R. Eller on
’Thursday, May 24, for the pnr-
with a large quota of E bonds
to bo sold, the Seventh War Loan
got off to a good start in WUkes
this week and E bond sales
through May 14 totaled $38,875,
W. D. Halfacre, chairman, said
today.
The total quota for Wilkes in
the campaign is $896,000, of
which $320,000 is to be In E
bonds.
To reach the high E bond
quota, a county-wide organiza
tion has been formed with a
quota sqt for each district. In ad
dition, the town of North Wilkes
boro win be covered by block
leaders In honse-to-house calls,
and retail stores will sell bonds.
Maple Springs district, with
quota of $2,400, was the first
to “go over the top’’ in the
campaign. T. O. Oeborue^ and
C. O. Crane, co-chairmen,
bron^t the report in to W. D.
Holfacre, War Loan chairman,
this morning.
At a rally held this morning
at the Allen theatre, there was a
large attendance of store mana
gers and sales personnel despite
a downpou^ of rain. Through
courtesy, of W. J. Allen, theatre
owner, the assembled sales
people were shown a motion pic
ture entitled “Victory Comes
High.” The picture showed In a
graphic way the high cost of
transportation and materials and
combat against Japan In the far
reaches of the Japanese empire In
the Pacific.
Althongh the war In Europe
The group elected Carl Van
Deman temporary Chairman and
T. E. Story Secretary of the’Or
ganization Committee. It was de
cided to hold the next meeting on , tare the date.
Thursday evening May 24 at 8:30
o’clock at the County Courthouse
and each urge attendance of all
persons who are interested in the
organization to sponsor the erec
tion of the Freezer-Locker Plant.
At that time It Is expected that
60 per cent of the Individual
lockers will he taken and the
other necessary requirements ue
In readiness for setting up the or
ganization.
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.jJtaa-aadad, attention of the peo-
onstratlon club. All Interested In [pie of Wilkes Is called to the
the organization of the club are'fact that already Wilkes has lost
asked to give the announcement more men in com'hat against Ja-
as much publicity as possible be-
Associational
W.M.U.Meet
Annual meeting of the Wo
man’s Missionary Union of Brier
Creek Baptist association will
meet with Shiloh church near
Cycle on Wednesday, May 23.
Miss Bertha Smith, of China,
and Miss Kathryn Abee, of Ra
leigh, will be the principal speak
ers for the program, which will
open at ten a. m. Rev. John L.
Wells, Jr., will close the meeting
with a short talk.
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OWEN E. BLEVINS
HOME ON LEAVE
Fireman First Class Owen B.
Blevins, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Blevins, of Wilkesboro route
2, arrived home Sunday after 16
months service In the South Pa
cific.
Two Youths Hurt
In Auto Accident
Elkin—Ralph Kilby and Jimmy
Elledge, youths of North Wilkes
boro, Route 1, are patients in
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
pital as result of a week-end au-
tomo'bile accident on Ronda Road.
Kilby suffered a fracture of the
spine and painful lacerations on
his face and limbs, while Elledge
received a fractured leg and nu
merous cuts.
Causes of the accident were not
learned.
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pan than against Germany, with
only a fraction as many partici
pating in the Pacific warfare. To
supply fighting men with mater
ials and supplies for complete
victory over Japan, the people at
home are asked te buy bonds and
more and bigger bonds to back
up the men on the far away
: fronts.
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Methodist, Baptist
Teams Winners In
Games On Tuesday
All four teams In the softball
league got Into action this week
with two splendid games on Tues
day evening.
Wilkesboro team played Its
first game of the season, and lost
a 19 to 9 decision to the Baptists,
who have not been defeated in
the three games played.
Methodists took the measure of
the Presbyterians nine to 6 In a
well played game at Smoot Park.
Games are being played each
Tuesday and Thursday evening,
6:30, at Smoot Park and Wilkes
boro athletic field. The public Is
invited to enjoy the games. ■
New Irish Potatoes
For Mother*s Day
Mr. and Mrs. H .G. Reeves, of
North Wilkesboro, Route 1, had
new Irish potatoes out of their
garden for Mother’s Day dinner.
They were of good size. Mr. and
Mrs. Reeves had as dinner guests
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Reeves, of
Winston-Salem, and daughter.
Miss Helen Reeves, of Morganton,
Mrs. Conrad Reeves and daughter,
Julene, of North Wilkesboro,
Route 1. Mrs. Reeves received
Mother’s Day greetings Saturday
from her son. Pvt. Conrad Reeves,
who Is In service In Italy.
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SEAMAN ANDERSON
VISITS HOME HERE
Seaman Allen Anderson visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Anderson, of this city, a few days
last week. Seaman Anderson had
Just returned from overseas duty
and Is expected to return over
seas again some time this month.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
five sons of MR. AND MRS. CLARENCE TRIPLETT SERVE IN ARMY AND NAVY
Pfc, WilUam J. Wheeler, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wheeler,
at Pores Knob, and brother of
M». fMT Triplett, of NOTth
IXilkesboro, is now on the west
eomtU He ottered service Jane
g, 1941, and was in training
■6 Angnsta, Ga., and Keesler
•Md, Miss. He served while
la the states in the mlUtarr
pbKoa.
MB. and MRS. C, B. TBIPLBTT
Five sons of Mr. and Mrs.
C3aience B. Triplett, of 809 F
Street, North WilkMbon>, are
In service in the army and na-
8GT. ABOHIB B. TRIPLETT
Technical Sergeant Anhle
R. Triplett, vrtio serve(7 R7
ntonths In Australia, waj re
cently home rat fnrloufdt and
is BOW at the army air base
at Homestead, Florida. Before
CPL. CLAUDE H. TRIPLETT
going overseas he received
training at Augusta, Ga.
Oonmal caande^H. Triplett
received training at Shreveport,
La., and is now in Germany
with the Ninth anny-
PFO. STEPHEN H. TRIPLETT THOMAS NOLAN TRIPLETT, F2c GLABENCOB R(WT. TEUFLIBn
Pfc. Stephen E. Triplett is in
the First army in Germany.
Btf«m going overseas he was
stattoned in training at Osmp'
Wheeler, Ga. J - '
Thomas Nolan Triplett, fire
man second flwBS far, the navy,
received training at BMnbrldg^
Hd., Camp Peary, yOn and is,
now in Efaa Bruno,' CMltomla.
aarenoe Robert Tttatatt,
seaman second daas tai thp na-
\\
vy, received training at Bain-
bridge, Hd., and Ousp Peary,
Va., and is nog at Son BraniH
Oallfomia. ,, .
ita. and Mrs. midett hare
»e sas, Lay Triplett, at hooae.