OONOTRDCnON UP:
RftMcb»\fey 10.—^nlidlng »o>
^ tlvlty In tl' Rortta Carolina cities
daring AprU ran »«,4 per cent a-
* ’ liead of April 1*87, the labor de
partment reported today, and
67.7 per cent ahead of March.
DOG SHOOTS MAN
Stuttgart, Ark., May 20.—A
squirrel dog shot and killed his
master on a hunting trip near
here. Will Duke, 38, timber orer-
seer, and two companions were
hunting with the dog near Cass-
coe yesterday. When Duke hand-
ed dead squirrel to one of the
other hunters, the dog leaped for
the'game, struck and discharged
a small caliber rifle, killing Duke.
TOOK 257 SnrCHEB
Concord. May 20—Charlie San
ford, about 25, of Kannapolis,
died in the Lowrance hospital at
Mooresville shortly after mid
night this morning from wounds
said to hare been received ■ late
Saturday night at the home of
Albert Wllkerson, 39, of the Tow
el City, and Wllkerson isi,‘being
held In the county jail here pend
ing an Inquest Coroner N. J.
Mitchell has called for 10 o’clock
Monday morning at Kannapolis.
Sanford was severely cut about
the face, head and abdomen, 257
Stitches being required to close
his wounds.
HAS nr.AT'.im^.THTt'TkAli: Of PROGRESS IN TgE "STAtR
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ROBIN SUIQDE
Burlington, May 20.— Truly
truth is stranger than fiction, for
with all the fantasy which guided
the pen of Edgar Allen Poe, he
never envisioned his famous rav
en as committing suicide by hang
ing—and just such an incident
came to light here today. The
r bird, a robin which had for some
time made its habitat In a shade
tree on the lawn of a residence
on West Davis street was found
today suspended at the end of a
string tangled around its neck,
its claws barely resting upon a
limb below the branch to which
the string was ensnared.
WPA WORKERS FIRED
Washington, May 20.—The
Roosevelt administration a n-
nounced the dismissal of 10 WP.^
employes In Pennsylvania for po
litical activity today and simul
taneously made what was w.dely
inttrpreted as an effort to .'.wing
the C. 1. 0. behind the I'emo-
cratic ticket in that state. Harry
L. Hopkins, the works progress
administrator, disclosed that the
10 employes had been dismissed
and eight others penalised for
“political activities for rival can
didates" in the recent bitter pri-
. mary campaigns.
MORE WAR CLOUDS
London, May 20.—European
powers warily shuttled warships
and troops in imposing numbers
fn the vital Mediterranean area
tonight while diplomats bickered
over the Svanlsh war. France and
Italy, unable to come to terms in
moves for a friendship pact be
cause each backs a different side
In Spain, prepared for almost
simultaneous maneuvers in their
bordering African colonies of
Tunisia and Libya. Diplomats
were frankly worried over the
rapidly developing, tense situa
tion but refused to express open
alarm.
BEGIN NAVY WORK
Washington, May 20.— Con
gress received a presidential re
quest today that it appropriate
323,875,000 immediately to be
gin strengthening the nation’s
eea and air defenses in accord
ance with the three-day-old naval
expansion act. The President out
lined the intended uses of the
fund as follows in a letter to
Speaker Bankhead: For three
new warships, 10 auxiliaries and
a fleet of small ve.ssels of great
speed and maneuverability, $16,-
500.000. For nine patrol planes
of the latest type, $3,375,000.
For a rigid airship—the first
since the Macon and Akron crash
ed several years ago—$500,000.
For Improvements at navy yards,
$3,500,000.
Wai Open No. 421
Middle of Week
Traffic Using the Old Boone
Trail as Detour Until
New Surface Sets
Highway officials said today
that work of surface treating
;hway 421 east from near Wll-
oro to the Yadkin county line
been completed and that the
road will be open for traffic by
the middle of this week, weather
permitting.
Wlhlle* the work was In pro
gress traffic was detoured by way
of the Old Boone Trail.
North Wilkeeboro High To
Cloae Successful Year
On May 31st
48 SENIORS IN CLASS
President Lenoir-Rhyne Col
lege to Deliver Sermon
Here On Sunday
North Wilkesboro city schools
will close another successful year
on Tuesday evening. May 31,
when Secretary of State Thad
Bure will deliver the commence
ment address and diplomas of
high school graduation will be
presented to a class of 48 sen
iors.
The finals begin on Sunday
night. May 29, eight o’clock,
when Dr. P. E. Monroe, presi
dent of Lenoir-Rhyne College,
Hickory, will deliver the com
mencement address at the First
Baotist church.
The class day program promis
es to be unique and interesting
and will he an outdoor program
on the school grounds Monday
afternoon.
The candidates for graduation
are as follows; Edith Mozelle
Beaman, Virginia Marie Bum
garner, Agnes Elaine Elledge,
Ruth Janet Elledge. Evelyn Paw,
Rebecca Kathleen Gentry. Alva
Carolina Forester, Sibyl Amy
Harrold, Mattie Pauline Henson.
Gwendolyn Somers Hubbard.
Beth Winfrey Jones. Mable Hard
ing Johnston, Mary Parker Kelly,
Ada Sue Kilby. Ruth Pauline
Lowe, Dessle Lassie Minton, Eliz
abeth Brown Neel, Mary Frances
Pardiie, Thelma Sue Rhodes.
Gladys Thelma Shumaker, Annie
Lee StJohn, Louise Wellborn.
Edith Rebecca Wiles, Nell Ray
Douglas, Elizabeth Cashicn, Eliz
abeth Wllkerson.
John Baker, Jr.. Ralph Irving
Bowman, Jr.. William R. BiilHs,
James Edward Chnrch, James
Ralph Crawford, Thomas Dancy.
Matthew Estes, Hancil Clint P’os-
ter. Odell Jones, Thomas Locke
Kenerly. Edward Eller McNeill.
Rufus Grady Miller, William
Hardin Owens. Robert Schaefer,
William E. Turner, Jr.. Paul War
ren, George H. M'ells, Charles
Finch Whicker, Arthur Dwight
Miller. Spencer McGrady, Jr.,
Henry Todd and Ed Day.
Following is the program for
the service Sunday night:
Organ Prelude, Miss Ruby
Blackburn; Call to Worship,
choir; Piocessional: Lead On, O
King Eternal, choir; invocation—
Rev. W. M. Cooper, Pastor Pres
byterian church: Hymn No. 24:
"Day is Dying in the West’’, con
gregation; scripture. Rev. A. L.
Aycock, pastor Methodist church:
prayer, Rev. A. L. Aycock; Anth
em: King All Glorious—Vail—
choir; announcements, Mr. W. D.
Halfacre; Offering: Offeratory,
Miss Ruby Blackburn: Solo: The
Holy City—Adams—Miss Gwen
dolyn Hubbard: commencement
sermon. Dr. P. E. Monroe, Presi
dent Lenoir-Rhyne College. Hick
ory: Hymn No. 33: “Saviour,
Again to Thy Dear Name’’, con
gregation; benediction. Rev. W.
M. Cooper; Postlude, Miss Ruby
Blackburn.
According to confidential re
ports, Leni Reifenstahl may be
come the wife of Adolf Hitler,
l eni, who received the cinema
prize for her Olympic film during
the May Day celebrations in Ber
lin, has been seen with Der Fueh
rer during many public functions
in recent months. It is rumored
the event will take place in Au
gust.
60 Days For
Being Drunk
In U.S. Court
While the ini’}- was getting
Barney Call out of serving a
sentence for nianufactiiring
iiioonsliine he was getting him
self in niore deep water .and a
60-day jail sentence.
In a ccmpaiadively weak c.asc
ajgainst. Call the jury convicted
him in federal court Friday
hut reeommendel mercy. But
while the jury' was out Call
became intoxicated and Judge
Jotinson J. Hayes ordered him
into custody.
With Call sober the case was
calleyl for Judgment Saturday
niomhig and Jud^e Hayes fol
lowed the jury’s recoininenda-
Uon and let Call off on tempor
ary probation on the liquor
charge. But the judge made a
new ease and .sentenced Call to
jail 60 days for rontempt of
court.
Republicans Form
Clubs In Precincts
A. A. Triplett, chairman of
Young Republicans’ clubs for
Wilkes county, today reported a
number of precinct meetings and
organizations.
North Wilkesboro
Young Republicans club of
North Wilkesboro held an inter
esting meeting Friday night and
elected the following officers:
Max Foster, president: Joe God-
by. first vice president: Jim
Brewer, second vice president;
Clifton Byrd, secretary; Isaac El
ler, treasurer: Pressley Myers,
member of township executive
committee: Dewey Minton, pub
licity chairman. The next meet
ing will be held on Friday night.
May 27, at the office of Attorney
Kyle Kayes. Every Republican in
the township has an invitation to
attend and ladles are especially
invited.
Antiocii
At a meeting held In Antioch
.precinct Wednesday night a
Young Republicans’ club was
formed with the following offi
cers: Curtis A. Sparks, president;
L. M. Jarvis, vice president; Pet
tis Wellborn, treasurer; R. Sta
ley, secretary. The following were
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Short Cut Grade
Work Completed
Lower Bridge Road to Get a
Coat of Stone Within
Next Few Weeks
Work of grading a 1 1-4 mile
short cut from highway 421 east
of Wilkesboro to the lower Yad
kin bridge in North Wilkesboro
has been completed, highway en
gineers said today.
Highway forces will soon begin
the task of •placing crushed stone
on the link of road, which will
shorten the distance into North
Wilkesboro over highway 421
and 115 by approximately one
mile. However, no truck traffic
will be allowed on the short cut
because of the load limit on the
Yadkin bridge.
Highway maintenance forces
will do the work of applying
crushed stone and surface treat
ment.
, Frank B. Johnson, commander
of Wilkes post of the American
Legion today Issued the following
announcement of the Memorial
Day service to be held May 30:
i. Next Monday, May SOth,
-lieSnprlat when our nation
wliUa^in assemble to. honor Us
hefolc dead. A thousand battles
da land antfisea echo the glory of
their valiant deeds. Under the
quiet sod, or beneath the mur-
liiuring waves, their bodies sleep
in peace, but in the destinies of
men, their souls go marching on.
Because of them our lives are
free, because of them our nation
lives, and because of them the
whole world Is blest. In deepest
reverence, we would honor the
memory of those heroic dead of
all wars; the War of 1861-64,
the Spanish-Amerlcan War and
the World War.
The Wilkes County Post No.
125 of the American Legion will
observe this Memorial Day with
special services and ceremonies.
On next Sunday morning veterans
of all wars, whether members of
any service organization or not,
together with members of the
Daughters of the Revolution,
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, and American Legion Aux
iliary, will as.semble at the Pres
byterian church for the eleven
o’clock service, when the Rev.
Watt Cooper will preach a Me
morial sermon. A separate sec
tion will be reserved for the serv
ice men and auxiliaries.
On Monday evening. May 30th
at seven o’clock. Memorial cere
monies will bo held at the World
War Monument on corner of C
and Ninth Streets. A fine pro
gram is also being arranged for
this occasion. There JFill be a
parade in which various units
will participate, including the lo
cal Company A of the National
Guard, the several Boy Scout
Troops. .American Legion, Legion
Auxiliary, Veterans of 1861,
Spanish American Veterans, D. A.
R.. U. D. C„ and perhaps other
patriotic organizations. A feature
of the parade will be the Ameri
can Legion Band of West Jeffer
son, who have promised to be
present. Further details will
given in 'Thursday’s paper.
be
Annual Visitation
Day at Junior Home
Many members of the North
Wilkesboro council of the Junior
Order are expected to visit the
Orphans’ Home at Lexington on
annual visitation day Sunday,
May 29. Those who do not have
means of transportation are ask
ed to get in touch with C. G. Day,
Paul Hutchens or Claude Canter.
The day’s program will begin
at 10:30 with a concert by the
little symphonv orchestra and an
address at 11 o’clock by Governor
Clyde Hoey.
.At two o’clock will be presen
tation by Sam F. Vance, memor
ial tablet by R. A. Grady and ac
ceptance by Gurney P. Hood. Also
in the afternoon will be another
concert, finals in the oration and
essay contests, quartette contests
and presentation of prizes add
scholarships.
Pre-School Clinic
At City Schools
Announcement was made to
day of the pre-school clinic to be
held May 25, 26 and 27 at the
city schools, beginning at nine
o’clock each morning.
The clinic was postponed from
a former date on account of a
prevailing epidemic of measles.
All children who are to enter
school next year are invited. The
clinic will be conducted by Dr. A.
J. Eller and Mrs. Bertha Bell, of
the county health department.
Science Battles Baby’s Doom
Darkness—or death! This is the choice confronting seven-week-old
Halaine Judith Colan, bom a victim of glioma, a malignant
which destroys first the optic nerve and then the brain. Unable to
decide her fate, toe baby’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Herman Colan, al
low^ a jury of twelve to decide tetween life and deat^ chose j^jng Ita -Mork satle-
life, if medical science could save it. Here Js ItoUine to the arms of ' gaid. ■/:-
• 'H- '
her nurse after the firat operation remoi^ the $i|^t eye.
Kiwanians Attend
Twin-City Meeting
Fifteen members o fthe North
Wilkesboro ittwahLticln'b: attend
ed a division three- Inter-club
meeting hold with the Winston-
Salem clnb’ oh the roof garden of
Robert H. Lee Hotel Thursday
evening...
Lieutenant Governor Charlie
Armstrong, of the Salisbury Club,
had charge of the meeting and
took occasion to compliment the
ten clubs of this division for their
fine work. He stated that there
was no club In the division that
Is now delinquent In any of the
major requirements ^of JClwanis
International. He then Introduced
Mrs. Ames Haltlwanger, flMt lady
In Klwanls of the GaroHnas dls^
trlct. Ames Halt}wakger, Gover
nor of the Carollnas district, was
then presented. He addressed the
group on “The Ideals of' Klwan
ls.’’ He urged that there Is no
place for a Klwanlan to feel like
the task Is finished. “We do our
work through committees and
each group need i constantly to
check Itself to order tp know
Many From Wilkes
At State Meeting
Democratic Party
Wilkes Men Honored In Par
ty Caucus of the
8th District
Here is picture “Diamond Bob” Vannoy and his pretty young wife
as he awaited disposition of his case in U. S. court at Wilkesboro, Sat
urday. Vannoy is alleged to have been the “brains” of a gang which
printed and cashed $2,000 in forged checks on Montgomery Ward & Ck».
(Cut Courtesy Winston-Salem Journal.)
Air Mail Week
Observed Here;
Plane Visits City
Saturday closed observance of
“National Air Mail Week’’ and
North Wilkesboro had a part In
the event.
To stimulate interest in the
event a plane visited the North
Wilkesboro airport on Thursday
afternoon and picked up outgoing
air mail.
The plane was piloted by John
W. Terrell, of Lenoir. He came
to North Wilkesboro by way of
Boo.ie and West Jefferson and
proceeded from here to Salisbury,
state headquarters for "Air Mall
Week.’’
While no special effort was
made to solicit air mall business,
181 letters were dispatched from
North Wilkesboro in special cach
ets provided by Postmaster J. C.
Reins.
Several local citizens gathered
at the airport to witness the ar
rival of the plane, which was ten
minutes earlier than schedule.
Thursday marked the second
time that a plane had visited
North Wilkesboro to carry out
going air mall. A year ago when
“Air Mail Week” was first ob
served a large crowd gathered at
the airport, among the number
being prominent people from ad
joining counties which were not
visited by plane.
Wilkes county Democracy was
well represented at the state
Democratic convention held in
Raleigh Thursday and several
were honored in the eighth dis
trict party caucus and organiza
tion preceding the state conven
tion.
Representative Warren, of
Washington, N. C., was the key
note speaker of the convention.
He upheld the principles of the
New Deal as something of per
manent benefit and not to be
discarded.. About 3,000 attended
the convention.
Those from Wilkes attending
Included Sheriff C. T. Dougiiton.
J. R. Rousseau, J. G. Hackett, Ce
cil Howell. Homer Broolcsliirf:.
Odell Weittington, W. H. McEl-
wee. C. B. Biler. V. Stewart.
C. A. Hayworth, J. E. Walker, W.
A. McNiel, Howard Pharr, Miss
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North Wilkesboro
Wins 3 Ball Games
Defeat Highlands, Boonville
and Hanes Hosiery
Clubs Here
North .Wilkesboro was boosted
to a more prominent place on the
baseball map during the week
end by three victories over strong
amateur teams.
On Thursday the Forest play
ers won over Highlands team
from High Point by the score of
6 to 3. Leslie Rhodes, of Millers
Creek, a former Carolina League
hurler, held the visitors to four
hits until the eighth and did his
part at the bat with a home run.
'He was relieved in the ninth by
Lee Bullls.
On Saturday the locals played
Boonville here and came through
with a well earned victory by the
score of 6 to 5. Nichols, Rhodes
and Reid were the Forest pitch
ers.
On Sunday Lee Mullis pitched
well in the pinches and Hanes
Cubs, of the strong commercial
league In Winston-Salem, went
down in defeat 6 to 5. Dula led
In hitting with three hits while
Mason an.l Carter were outstand
ing at the plate for the visitors.
Other good games are schedul
ed to be played soon and It Is
expected that the local team will
provide just the tonic needed for
baseball fans In this vicinity.
Witness Said He
$2,000 In Forged-Ciied^;’^ ^ /
During Thar's ' Vr ”:
MAIL FRAUD CHARGED ;£
^
Sent Forged Checks ThiwSHu^
Mails to Purchase
Equipment
R. L. (Diamond Bob) VannoT,
brilliant Wilkes mountaineer who
is alleged to have perpetrated a
number of schemes, was on Sat
urday sentenced to four years in
the federal penitentiary at At
lanta, Ga., on a mail fraud charge
growing out of an alleged swindle
of 42,000 in checks forged on
Montgomery Ward & company.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes pro
nounced the sentence atted a pos
tal inspector had related to too
court what was termed a brief ac
count of Diamond Bob’s amazing
operations in printing the forged
checks passed by his confederates
in North Carolina, Virginia,
Tennessee, West Virginia and
South Carolina.
The first scheme, and which
was not uncovered until recent
ly, was forgeries of $103 worth
of checks on Lambert Brothers, a
contractor on the Blue Ridge
Parkway a few miles above Van-
noy’s home at the postoffice
bearing his name about a year
ago. The checks were successful
ly passed in North Wilkesboro
and the proceeds used to finance
the gigantic scheme of forgery
on the mail order house.
With the checks, the govern
ment witness said, Vannoy order
ed through the malls a small
printing press and materials used
to print Montgomery Ward
checks at his home in the moun
tains on the headwaters of Red
dies River in the Blue Ridge.
His known confederates who
traveled over parts of five states
cashing the checks on a fifty-
fifty basis were Roscoe Church,
a former resident of Vannoy’s
community now serving a term
in West Virginia; Con tOdell)
Wyatt and Odell Key, who are
serving two to three year term*
ill the state i,....ientiary for
cashing checks in the vicinity of
Kannapolis and Concord.
Vannoy’s first effort was foil
ed, officers here said, when one
of his confederates who called
himself “foreman’’, ordered from
a Winston-Salem printing house
a quantity of checks on NhUo
Tear, another parkway contrac
tor. Suspicious of the order, the
firm shipped blank paper instead
of the checks.
Attorneys Eugene Trivette and
H. A. Cranor, members of the lo
cal bar, made eloquent pleas be
fore Judge Hayes for a Judge
ment mingled with mercy •' tor
their client, who they said for
several years had led a model life
as superintendent of the Sunday
school, member of the board of
deacons and church clerk at the
little mountain church in hJs
community where he was looked
upon as a leader.
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Jumping Off Place
Has Slide of Stone
Tons Fall From Top of Prec
ipice About 75 Feet ''
Above Road
Miss Marcella Pendley, former
ly of North Wilkesboro, now of
High Point, and Don Michael, of
Wilkesboro, are among too one
hundred'and seven students who
are to be graduated from Brevard
College, June 1- The commence
ment program will begin at elev
en o’clock, Sunday, May 29, when
Dr. C. C. Weaver, pastor of the
First Methodist church In Char
lotte, North CaroUna, will preach
the commencement sermon.
Week-end rains caused a rock
slide on Jumping Off Place on
highway 16 on the Blue Ridge
between this city and Ashe coun
ty, highway officials said today.
The mass of stone, more than
a ton in weight, fell about 75
feet from the top of the embank
ment to the roadbed.
Highway officials said today
that steps will be taken Immedf-'
ately to prevent future slides an4
removei danger to traffic on the
road. Workmen will be lowered
to the top of the bank by ropes
and all loose stone will be . dls--
lodged and others which appear
to be insecure will be blasted off,-
Dlstrict Engineer a. V,-’BlewSft
said today.
Due to the fact that a rock
quarry was located at that point
a few hundred feet of roadwar .;;^.
was not surface treated alo^
with the remainder of tfie
way and that work fill bp doaa^^
soon,-Mr. Stewart saM. ” - > -iS-rS