THE'TRAIL. OF PROGMS
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KILlED BY CAR
R«MKb. May 31.—Mrs. Alice
Jfohiisoii, 63, of R&lelgh, was fa
tally Injured tonlgbt when struck
by an automobile wblle she was
walking along the Wendell high
way here. She died on the way
to a hospital.
REORGANIZATION BILL
Washington, May 31.—Repre
sentative Lindsay Warren, of
North Carolina, and Senator
Byrnes, of South Carolina, chair
men of government reorganiza
tion committees, issued late this
afternoon a formal joint state
ment saying no further attempt
would be made at this session to
revire the reorganization bill.
CONFEvSSES KILLING
- Cincinnati, May 31.—A 15-
year-old former newsboy today
viewed the mutilated body of
Shirley Ann Woodburn, 6, and
confessed, police said, the brutal
attack-slaying of the golden-hair
ed child. Police Capt. Patrick
Hayes reported the youth, Llnd-
berg Heist, alias Trent, was tak
en to see the girl’s body at a mor
tuary, whore he muttered; “I did
It, I did it, but I guess I must
have been out of my bead.”
LOAN SLUMP ENDS
Winston-Salem, May 31.—Fed
eral Home Loan Bank of Win
ston-Salem in May ended a four-
month seasonal slump with a
gain of f513.800 in loans out
standing, President O. K. La-
Roque reported today. During
the past month, the district bank
here made 69 new advances, to
talling 1943,800, and received in
re-payment.s $430,000. 'The net
gain of $513,800 raised the total
amount in loans outstanding to
$17,298,500 as compared to $12.-
145.400 reported May 31, 1937,
LaRoque said.
CLUES ARE FOUND?
New Rochelle. N. Y., May 31.—
While withholding the exact na
ture of their discoveries, investi
gators indicated tonight that the
finding of the body of 12-year-old
Peter L.evine gave them several
clues which may lead to the kid
napers who killed him. After a
series of emphatic denials to oth
er queries, the detective bureau
suddenly became mute when the
question of fingerprints was
brought up. -No comment” was
the only answer to the question
of whether prims had beer, found
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S^ret^iy State
Addresses Class
At'Rnals Here
North Wilkesboro School
Ends Very Successful
Year Tuesday
46 GET DIPLOMAS
Eure Urges Graduates To
Discover and Develop
Frontiers
WALLACE REBUKED
Washington, May 31.—Six jus
tices of the Supreme court, with
Chief Justice Hughes as their
spokesman, rebuked Secretary
Wallace in sharp language today
for contending the court had been
inconsistent in a recent decision.
Hughes c.-iUed the contentions of
the secretary of agriculture “un
warranted.” His remarks were
not addressed directly to Wal
lace. but were in the form of a
categorical reply to Solicitor Gen
eral Robert H. Jackson, who had
represented Wallace before the
court.
Diplomas were presented to a
large class of 4 6 graduates Tues
day night in the final program of
the high school commencement
closing a most successful year for
the school.
Presentation of diplomas fol
lowed an address by Thad Bure,
North Carolina Secretary of Stats,
who' used .“Advertising” for a
subject and’ 'dSclared that the
most outstanding assets of North
Carolina is its citizenship.
Awards were presented as fol
lows; Mary Frances Pardue and
Joe McCoy, Jr.^ American Legion
medals as most outstanding girl
and boy in courage, honor, schol
arship, leadership and service,
presented by Frank E. Johnson,
commander of the Wilkes Legion
post.
Attendance medals: Clint Fos
ter, li years; Thomas Dancy,
Robert Schaeffer, Fannie Johnson
and Hazel Wyatt, seven years:
presented by J. B. Williams,
member of the school board.
Supt. W. D. Halfacre made the
following awards: scholarship
medal for highest high school
grade, Ralph Bowman, Jr.; Bal
four Key for loyalty, achievement
and scholarship. Mary Frances
Pardue; science medal for three
years outstanding science work,
Ralph Crawford. W. E. Jones,
member of the school board, pre
sented seventh grade diplomas
and high school diplomas were
presented by D. J. Carter, vice
chairman of the school board.
J. R. Hix, chairman of the
school board, introduced the
speaker. Mr. Eure said that the
word advertising automatically
suggests “placing the best on dis
play.” He said that North Caro
lina realizes that advertising is
the most successful thing in the
world and is spending a quarter
of a million dollars to advertise
the state. He called attention to
the fact that North Carolina is
the only state in the union that
can fill ip. every blank on the
farm crop census report, the val
ue of agricultural products last
year was $260.0.00,000, the value
of manufactmed products was
$900,000,000, the state lia.s a
fine climate and has wonderful
resorts.
But he said that of all the as
sets its people are the greatest.
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CHILD KIDNAPED
Princeton, Fla.. May 31. Se.-
eral hundred persons who had as
sembled here to search for kid
naped James Bailey Cash, Jr.,
dispersed tonight upon request of
the federal bureau of investiga
tion and the parents of the five-
year-old child. It was feared a
demonstration would frighten the
abductors who took the pajama
clad-boy from his father’s apart
ment bouse on the Miami-Key
West highway Saturday. Cash re
ported be paid, early today, the
$10,000 ransom demanded.
WAR IN THE AIR
Shanghai, June 1.—Both Chi
nese and Japanese claimed victory
today in one of the greatest air
battles of the war in which more
than 100 planes fought high over
Hankow. A Japanese naval com
munique declared 300 Japanese
planes raided Generalissimo Chi-
ang Kai-Shek’s capital and shot
down 20 Chinese planes while
only one of their own failed to
return. China’s aviation head
quarters, however, declared 54
Japanese planes attempted to
make the rajd but were beaten off
with a loss of 15 planes. Disput
ing Japanese reports that the
Hankow airfield was heavily
bombed, Chinese declared the
Japanese were prevented from
carrying out the raid.
May Get Credit For
Work Outside State
Local office of the employment
service announced this week that
regulations governing unemploy
ment benefit paymenU have been
changed to allow credit for work
done in other sUtes where unem
ployment insurance benefits are
provided in a manner (dmilar to
W31 Begin Gym
Project Tuesday
Brick Veneer Physical Edu
cation Building To Be
Built at Millers Creek
Work on a $16,000 project
calling for erection of a physical
Creek high school will begin on
Tuesday, June 7, it was learned
today from the office of C. M.
Crutchfield, area supervisor of
the Works Progress administra
tion.
The first task to be undertaken
in the project will be demolition
of the old elementary
building, from which part of the
materials to be used in the physi
cal education building will
salvaged.
The building will be 50 by 80
feet and will be of brick veneer
construction. It will be located
near the modern school building
erected last year.
The project will be jointly fi
nanced by the WPA and the com
S' ■: ?
Hailed as one of the most im
portant political developments
since 1930 was the Pennsylvan
ia primary which gave.the Dem
ocratic Senatorial nomination to
lukewarm New Dealer G o v.
George H. Earle (above) and the
nomination for Governorship to
his running-mate, anti-C. I. O.
Charles A. Jones. Republicans,
led by James J. Davis polled a
greater total vote than did the
Democrats.
Carlisle Higgins
Gets Nomination
To Succeed Self
Sparta Main Recommended
By President For Anoth
er 4-Year Term
Carlisle W. Higgins, of Sparta,
United States attorney for the
middle district of North Carolina,
was recommended for reappoint
ment by President Roosevelt.
The young .\lleghany county —
attorney was formerly solicitor of said. This means that about fifty
the old eleventh judicial district, children who otherwise could
Porter nave been helped will not be
reached with the present budget
succeeding the late S.
Graves, of Mount Airy.
He entered office ds- federal Kb
district attorney four years ago In the June meeting the board
after outstanding work as pros- passed on 47 applications for old
ecutor in Forsvth and adjacent age assistance and approved 37.
counties The nomination for re- Seven of the nine applications for
appointment went to the Senate aid to dependent children
yesterday for confirmation. 'approved.
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Montii^ Grants to
Ne^ Ipbildren Is
Raised By Board
In Compliance With Order
From State Board Of
Welfare
INCREASE $150 MONTH
Means Smaller Number Can
Be Helped Within
Budget
Scale of monthly grants for
aid to dependent children in
Wilkes county have been revised
to raise the average grant per
child to $4 in compliance with
orders from the state department
o f welfare, Charles McNeill,
Wilkes welfare officer, said to
day.
He said that it was the inten
tion of the department to do a
thorough Job with cases which
are approved hut that the revis
ion in Wilkes will mean that all
ellgiibles cannot be helped under
the present appropriation from
■state and federal and county
funds.
In compliance with request
from state authoritie^the Wilkes
boa-f'd of welfare, composed of
Dr. W. W. Miles, W. A. Stroud
and P. J. Brame, met and revised
the grants for aid to dependent
children in order to make the
county average $4 per child and
this revision added $153 per
month to the budget, Mr. McNeill
2S Cold on HU'ifi&th
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A. T.'Caudill Is seen here sUnding beside a sluice set up on the
creek where cold-bearlnc sand and gravel were found. Cao^ Brst
discovered the gold when-he found a Urge pure niufget wortt ^5.
He is now panning the creek bottom with fair success. The WUkes
farmer believes ttere nuy be a large lode on his farm.
(Photo courtesy .Winston-Salem Journal)
$272 Forged
Checks Are
Cashed Here
Police here today reported the
arrest of two persons identified
as being parties who have cashed
a known total of $272.60 worth
of forged checks at local business
houses within the past ten days.
Tommie Land, Wilkes man of
.sJHiut 65..y^rs pf age, was identi
fied by merchants as being the --
man who cashed a $50 forgery on through Tuesday.
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A King With A Common Touch
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jjiiyaiuoi Britain prepares to defend herself on land and sea and in the sky and
education building an extensive there is no more interested and enthusiMtic supporter for his
landscaping of grounds at Millers try’s military preparedness than His Majesty King Geoige VI. 'While
„ injecting new landing fields and bases, the King enjoys^a jc
try S milliary preparcuiicas wmii inij -- . ,
inspecting new landing fields and bases, the King enjoys a joke with
Air Vice Marshal E. L. Gossage (left) and Captoin A. H. Orlebar, com-
mander of the Northold Station of the Royal Air Force.
CAROLINA-CALIFORNIA CARAVAN
LEAVES FOR SIX-WEEKS JOURNEY
The Carolina-California Contl-
a*fh*n”o*i nental Caravan—three young men
in an old model Ford—left here
at daylight Wednesday morning
headed for California and all
parts west. “Back in about six
weeks, the time of the trip to be
determined by the number of
flats,’’ they said.
The party is composed of Joe
McCoy, Jr., age 16, owner and
driver of the car, son of J. B. Mc
Coy, manager of Hotel Wilkes;
Hotel
iiciuocu uj nicj rt..v. I...W uvu. Shelton Canter, clerk at .xw...
munlty as sponsor. Required cash Wilkes; and Lowery Wilson, who
contribution in addition to ma- joined them at Lowell,
terials on hand is $4,000, three-
fourths of which
been subscribed.
When they left the car speed-
has already ometer reading was 85,000. Wien
R. V. Day, they return, young McCoy said,
school principal, said today, the speedometer should read 93,-
Thoso interested in success of the oOO.
project and who have been solicit- The outfit will nromisciioiisly
ing funds have been accorded advertise the Old North State and
wonderful cooperation. also has a word for Wilkes coun-
Mr. Day asked that persons in
terested in furnishing framing,
rough lumber, sand and gravel
get in touch with him or P. W.
Greer at Millers Creek. Framing
dimensions range upward t o
2x8 25 feet long and 6x8 18 feat
in length. Contract will be award
ed to th« lowest bidder.
ty. One of the slogans printed in
big white letters across the side
of the car said “Wilkes county’s
loss, California’s gain.” Another
said “San Francisco, open your
golden gates, here I come.’’ Cith
ers were of less originality, in
cluding one which said
Coin Here” and the bir*pl>eknl'
on the luggage box attached to
the rear displayed the name of
the caravan in bold letters.
Wednesday’s schedule said
make Atlanta, Ga., by nightfall
and the trip will continue through
New Orleans, Texas, Ne#‘Mexico,
Arizona, California. Nevada, Utah,
Yellowstone and back through
the midwest with side trips to
all outstanding points of interest,
including the national parks and
a sojourn of Hollywood.
The caravan was scheduled to
get off Tuesday but at the last
minute was held up in order that
McCoy might attend the North
Wllkesboro high school com
mencement and receive the Amer
ican Legion’s medal lor the most
outstanding^ student in point of
courage, honor, scholarship, lead
ership and service. He was a jun
ior this year.
Pastor Lectures
At Conference
Kentucky Folks
Rev. Watt Cooper At Con
ference Of Young People
Of Kentucky
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of
the North Wilkesboro Presbyter
ian church, will deliver the in
spirational message each evening ,
before the^ Ypong reopla*'l-nea— -6or'nianit1wtiw«* for
ference of' Kentucky Tlwreday.
V. McGhinnis and checks of
$26.50 and $25 on other parties.
He has been olaced under bond
of $1,000 for appearance in
Wilkes superior court.
The most intriguing scheme,
however, has been the forgery of
about $175 worth of checks on J.
W. Jones and C. C. Ke^. well
known citizens who live near this
city on highway 18.
Claude Elledge, 23, son of
George Elledge, of near this city,
has been Identified as the youth
who cashed several of the checks
and is being held by police. Of
ficers said that Elledge has failed
to divulge any details of the
scheme or to tell from whom he
received the checks. It is their
opinion that he did not Write the
checks, all of which are in the
same handwriting and all but one
were written with a pencil.
Of the seven checks bearing the
forged signature of Jones four
were for $18, one $21, one $12
and one $11. The known Key for
geries were $18, $17 and $21.
Payee names on a majority of
the Jones and Key forgeries were
Paul Price and Paul Anderson
but the names are said to be fic
titious and that Elledge introduc
ed himself as Price or Anderson.
Due to the predominance of
checks of $18 denomination, it is
thought that the perpetrator of
the scheme patterned his opera
tions after R. L. (Diamond Bob)
Vannoy, who was recently sen
tenced to four years In the peni
tentiary on charges growing out
of a scheme in which he is said
to have made forgeries on Mont
gomery Ward & company total
ing over $2,000 and in denomi
nations of $18.
in Winston-Salem, will fill Rev.
Mr. Cooper’s pulpit and no eve
ning service will be held with the Republican
exception of the young people’s gress.
service, it was announced this
week.
Summer School
Begins June 6th
At City Schools; For Benefit
Of Students Who Failed
Subjects
...l.i'S.lA-..
On Sunday morning, June 5,
Rev. J. J. Hayes, assistant pastor
of the First Presbyterian church ceed Solicitor John R. Jones, who
Senatorial
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Races"Sp^d^.
Five Seek NMnination For
ConKreM; G. O. P. IIm,
Two Contests
Voters of both parties will vls-^
it their respective polling places
Saturday to choose nominees for
the November election.
Polls will open Saturday morn
ing at seven o’clock and close
Saturday evening at seven o’
clock, according to the new pri
mary law which fixed voting
hours in primaries.
Because of lack of spirited
contests for county office nomi
nations the primary is not expect
ed to attract a large vote for
either party.
In Wilkes Interest of Demo
crats is centered on the. ,races for
congressional nominAfoh^ithd. the
contest between Senator ^ Robert
R. Reynolds, of Asheville, who is
asking renomination, and Frank
Hancock, fifth district represen
tative who is opposing Senator
Reynolds.
In the race for Democratic
nomination for congress in the
eighth district are William O.
Burgin, C. B. Deane, Roland F.
Beasley, George Ross and Giles
Y. Newton.
The other contest for Demo
cratic nomination lies between
Utilities Commissioner Stanley
Winbourne and Paul Grady, his
opponent for the nomination.
The Democrats have no contest
for county office nomination and
the Republicans have only one—
that being tor representative with
D. C. Sebastian, J. C. Wallace and
A. Caudill as candidates.
The lone cenSest among Repub-
mae-dbr niSinhwtioM' tor
office lies between J. F. Jordan,
of Wilkesboro, and Avalon E.
Hall, of Yadklnville. They seek
nomination for solicitor to suc-
will retire from that office at the
end of his present term and is the
candidate for con-
Postmasters To ,.
Meet June 8-9th
Mrs. Greer Announces Con
vention To Be Held In
State Capital
Episcopal Service
Vesper service at St. Paul’s
Episcopal church Sunday after
noon, June 5th, at four o’clock.
In charge of the rector, Ret. B.
jt, Lackey. Vlgitow and
hrd Intiied’to attend thU
License Bureau
To Reopen Here
The automobile license bureau
and a North Wilkesboro branch
of the Carolina Motor Club will
reopen Saturday in North Wllkes-
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The bureau will ha located at
Landis Tire store on O street and
will be in charge of J. ?. McDlar-
mld, who has moved back to
Wilkes with his family from
Charlotte. They will make their
home on the Brushy Mountains
this summer.
A siiinnipr s''hool for ti> liene-
fit of students co-ditioned in one
or more subjects will 1)p held at
the North Wilke.shoro M.gli school !
June 6 to July 9. Supt. IV, i).
HaUaci? an'toiinceil Tuesday
night.
The summer school here has
been conducted for a number of
years and has been used exten
sively by students here, from ad
joining communities and fre
quently by students from other
counties.
Regular faculty members are
in charge of the school but since
tax money cannot be used the
students are charged tuition of
$6 for the first subject and $3
tor each additional course. Class
es will begin at eight o’clock and
continue until 12:10 six days
each week. It is important that
students register of opening day,
announcement of the school said.
Poppy Sale Here
Very Successful
Over 1,500 Memorial Flow
ers Sold On Streets Here
Saturday
Prirtiary At City Hall
Charles Pearson, chairman of
the iwunty board of electloM, has
Uiat ‘^e imtaary 'jaae
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Sale of memorial day popples
by the American Legion Auxiliary
here Saturday broke all prerious
records of number sold and a-
mount raised, Mrs. J. B. McCoy,
poppy day chairman, reported
this weeks.
More than 1,600 of the little
memorial flowers were sold for
a total of approximately $160, a
greater part of which will be used
in Willkes county in child welfare
work by the Auxiliary.
Speaking for the Auxiliary Mrs.
MoCoy'expressed thanks to all
who purchased pc^plw or who in
any way contjcibttted tow>i|rd W®*
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hsU. fc^ of the pndset this ysar.
North Carolina State Branch of
the National League of Post
masters will hold its annual con
vention In R-'icigh Jim'’ ' md 9.
Announcem'-iit of t’" conven-
I'o'i -'O*; ’ir-”.' lo'i'iv* by
F. Gi'~( r. P'i-’r'- ’'‘r at
i- '1 (jcr'i-.'-icvv ■ state
bruiicl'.. 8he uraed I’l''. every
third and fourth class postmaster
in the state be present.
Representatives of the postof
fice department and the national
league will participate in the pro
gram. They include William J.
Dixon, superintendent of the di
vision of postmasters, Washing
ton, D. C., and Roy M. Burchett,
of Ells-berry, Mo., member of the
national executive committee.
Other guest speakers, Mrs.
Greer said, will be J. M. Brough
ton and Clyde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public Instruc
tion. Discussions .aiid question
box will be conducted by a post-
office inspector and a representa
tive of the central office will de
liver an address.
Registration will begin at nine
a. m. on June 8 and the conven
tion will open at ten o’clock. En
tertainment in the afterntxm and
evening of the first day will in
clude ai tour of the city and. an
Informal banquet. The second day
sessions will end at noon In order
to allow time for those att^HUoK
to return to their homes on tkat,
day. 1
Mrs. Greer said that piogram«’'!^L
are being mailed all postmaatere
and that all postal employees and j
their families are inrited. Cdm-’’*-
ventlon headquarters will be hi ’
Sir Walter hoUl.
Officers of the North Carollah
branch are as follows: John ■ A»',
Davis, of Waxhaw, president;
Mrs. M. F. Greer, of Boomer, sec^
retary; Mrs. Annie C.^Burns, of
Lawndale, first vice ''preeideii5;>g^
W. L. Browne, of Waco, hecoiiO'
vice president; execnttve;«
tee composed of prehidoht,
and second vice pr^4e&^ Ml*/
Flosslo M. Davidson, of
H. atant, of Ridgew«y,’«^P.
ppd, of Oroyer.
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