OF THE 8T4ji'
goffey winner
PUltdelpbla.—U'. S. Senator
JOM^ P. Gnftey. victor In a
atltf tettle for the Democratic
senatorial nomination, last night
took over control of the party in
PenBaylvania as his foremost op
ponent, David L. Lawrence, an-
nonnced he would retire as state
chairman. Gnffey defeated Law
rence’s choice for the nominatlop,
Walter A. Jones, in Tuesday's
Prtaary >baIloting by almost 100,-
006 votes.
NAZI CONTROL PORTS
Berlin. — German authorities
reported last night that their
troopa controlled Southern Nor
way between Oslo and the south
western port of Stavanger, 200
miles from the capital, and that
the Reich’s naval and air forces
had scored 57 successful attacks
on Britain’s navy in the Norwe
gian campaign. The Germans laid
claim to southern Norway after
the high command communique
on Tuesday’s fighting declared
that German troops had disarmed
Norwegian divisions/ in the
Stavanger vicinity.
“FREEZE” HOLDINGS
Washington. — Working with
t unaccustomed speed, the Senate
and House banking committees
yesterday approved legislation
empowering President Roosevelt
to prevent Germany from getting
possession of any wealth in this
country as a result of its invas
ions abroad. The President has
already acted to "freeze” the A-
merlcan holdings of Norway and
Denmark to prevent their with
drawal from this country without
special license. However, New
York bankers had raised Uie
question whether he had suffici
ent authority to require licenses
for transactions in foreign-owned
securities.
"Jock,” unlike most cats, prefers
water to milk—and likes to draw
his own. His owner, Mrs. E. J, Mo-
Langhlin of Bound Brook, N. J., loos
ened the faucet so "Joca” could
work it with his paws.
Many Children European War Crisis Causes Stirin Nation’s Capital
Served Food In
Lunchrooms
Ihe
Statistics For Year For WPA
Project in Wilkes County
Are Given to Public
Number Bahies
FarOutnumhers
Deaths in County
In WPA lunchrooms at nine
Wilkes county schools the average
number of lunches served daily
during the school term now
drawing to an end iwaa 1,400, ac
cording to information relative
to the project made available
here today.
Other statistics reveal that the
average number of free lunches
and lunches given in exchange for
food products was 900 while 500
lunches daily were paid tor with
cash.
The schools at which lunch
rooms have been operating are
Ferguson, Wilkesboro, Mountain
View, Roaring River. Millers
Creek, Moravian Falls. Congo,
PIney Ridge and Harmon.
This week the lunch rooms
have been opened to visitors and
many school patrons have taken
advantage of the opportunity to
get first hand knowledge of how
lunchrooms are operated and the
benefits derived.
Immediately following the close
of the school term, another phase
of the project will begin. In order
to provide vegetables for the
lunchrooms next year gardens
Se^riiier 10 to 14
T^ Ei^osit^Wai B« I
itoid Many
trOctioBs Planned
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Reported disturbed by the rapid spreading of Europe’s war. President Roosevelt out short his rest »l
Hydo Psrk and returned to Washington to meet with government offloUls. Proudly dispUying s new can^
which he Jokingly referred to as "the big stick,” the President was greeted by (left to right) Secrtt^ sf
State CordeU HuU, Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson and Undersecretary of Stole Snrjiner WeUes.
Population Increase Shown will be planted cultivated by
^ „ . . n WPA workers at Wilkesboro, Mil-
By Vital Statistics Rec
ords For Wilkes
PRIMARIES PROBED
Washington.—An investigation
of money-spending in the recent
Nebraska presidential ^primary
In which Thomas E. Cewey de
nted Senator Ynndenberg (R),
There were 81 births and 23
deaths in Wilkes county during
the month of March, according to
vital statistics compiled by the
Wilkes county health depart
ment.
There were 77 white births,
four colored; 22 white deaths and
j|ne opiored
i^ay by the Senate caniiPalgn
^ inveotigatlng committee.
-v.-airman Glllett (D), Iowa, an
nounced that committee investi
gators would be dispatched to
the state and would go. as well,
to West Virginia to scrutinize ex
penditures in the senatorial pri
mary there. In the Democratic
primary in West Virginia Senator
Holt is opposed by former Gov
ernor H. G. Kump.
b«tteF^n>y fieun
first quarter of the year, showing
that there were 217 births as
compared with 85 deaths.
There were very few case.s of
communicable diseases during the
month and nothing approached
epidemic stage. There was only
one case of measles reported,
three of whooping cough and
eight of scarlet fever.
that
^CLAIMS DELEGATES
Washington.— Admitting
Thomas E. Dewey has made in
roads on North Carolina’s slate of
delegates to the Depubl.can na-
ftional convention. Senator Ri^hert
Taft of Ohio maintained yester
day that he not only would garner
a large majority of the Tar Heel
votes but would enter the con
vention with a larger total than
the New York "racket buster.’’
Senator Taft’s declaration may-
end the controversy raging for
several days between manager.s in
the rival camps regarding previ
ous claims that the North Caro
lina delegation waf solid for the
Ohioan. Dewey supporters have
contended that they have the
pledges of "several' dele.gates.
Women Prepare
For ‘Poppy Day’
Memorial Flowers in Honor
of War Dead to Be Sold
Here on May 25th
AIRPORTS BO-MBED
London.—Showers of Bnt sh
,ombs on five Nazi air bases ov.er
400-mile radius in Germany.
)enmark and Norway blasted the
ray yesterday for new Allied of-
ensive action on the soil of Nor-
ray while British infantrymen,
ighting off a vigorous German
ounter-attack, were officially
tated to have clung to their
ocky positions in the Trondheim
rea. While the big bombers of
he royal air force ferried their
cads of death across the North
rea (two of a "larger number”
ailed to come back). Allied land
olumns were reported converg-
ug on strategically important
dllehammer. valley gate to the
outh of Norway.
Allowed To Sell
All Tobacco From
Alloted Acreage
le misunderstanding has
over the amount of tohac-
mers will We allowed to sell
rear without penalty, Law-
Miller, secretary of the
: A in Wilkes, said today,
plained that a tobacco farm-
11 be allowed to sell all to-
growm on his allotted acre-
Ithout penalty, if a farmer
I more than his allotted
fe he will have to pay a
;y of ten cents per pound
actly the amount he has
lers Creek, Ferguson, Mountain
View and Roaring .River schools.
WPA workers will can the vege
tables produced.
The gardens will have a total
of 20 acres and 20 people will be
employed on the project until
canning time, when the number
w'ill he Increased.
The Gardening, Canning and
Lunchroojn project is state-wide
witfai. tbs state Iioard of charities
Bright red poppies, crepe pap
er replicas of the famous poppies
of Flanders Fields, fill Legion
headquarters here today as the
women of the American l.egton
.Auxiliary prepare for the annual
ob.servaiice of I’oppy Day on Sat
urday, May 2 5.
The poppies were received
from Oteen Veterans llospital,
Asheville where they were made
by disabled World War veterans.
They show the iratieiit and devot
ed work of the.se men who made
them In remembrance of their
departed comrades. .4'.! hand
made, the flowers vary slightly
according to the skill of the vet
erans.
"Poppy-making means much to
the disabled veterans,’’ explained
Mrs. W. D. Halfacre, Poppy Day
chairman. “For those in the hos
pitals, it provides an interesting
occupation to fill the long hours
of illness and convalescence. It
has high value as occupational
therapy, helping the men speed
their recovery. It gives them the
encouraging experience of again
earning money and of being aWe
to send money home to help sqp-
port their families.
“The poppy work rooms main
tained by the Auxiliary in a num
ber of states, provide employ
ment for disabled men outside the
hospitals who are unable to do
other work. For them the poppy
work is an eagerly sought relief
from unhappy idleness, from the
almost hopeless search for a job
their limited strength can per
form, and a means of supporting
themselves and families.”
The disabled veterans are the
only persons who receive pay for
po.ppy work. The Auxiliary wom
en who handle and distribute the
flowers serve as un-pald volun-
'eers, all contributions received
on Poppy Day going to support
Legion and Auxiliary efforts for
the disabled and the needy fam
ilies of veterans.
Bdr. The local sponsor is the
Wllke^ county board of education.
To he eligible for operation of
a lunchroom the sponsors must
furnish adequate space for cook
ing and serving, equipment and
food.
The .sources of food used in the
lunchrooms are: food from V’PA
gardens, food given by children
in exchange for lunches: food
from the Surplus Commodities
Corporation; and food purchased
with money paid by children. All
these resources a'.-e pooled and
palatable and beneficial lunches
are served alike to all students.
The part played by the WPA
consists of lal>or and supervision
in preparation and serving. For
each of the.se workers the spon
sors must give 20 free lunches
per day to undernourished and
underprivileged children.
A plate lunch with plenty of
food for a growing child is served
in school lunchrooms for only a
nickel. It the appetite is greater
than that which a nickel plate
will satisfy the child may pur
chase a piece of pie or a salad for
a nickel extra.
Teachers interviewed on the
subject are high in their praise of
lunchroom projects. The children
are much better behaved in the
afternoon after having eaten hot
lunch and they are better phys
ically prepared for afternoon
study.
Billing County
Supervisor AAA
Appointment Based on Best
Record Among Local Com
pliance Supervisors
Lonnie G. Billings, for many
years a local compliance super
visor for the Triple A program in
Wilkes, has been appointed coun
ty supervisor for the program,
Lawrence Miller, clerk of the
Wilkes County Agricultural Con-
servatior association, said today.
Mr. Billings’ appointment came
from H. A. Patton, who has
charge of compliance in the state,
and the appointment was made
on the 'hfest record of accuracy.
Mr. Billings has been working on
the program in Wilkes since
1936.
License To Wed
Only one marriage license has
been issued in Wilkes county
during the past two weeks, that
being to Odell Riddle, of North
Wilkesboro route 2, and Pansy
Slmpeon, of Roaring River.
G-Mari^s * Arsenal* Demonstrated Tuesday
At Officers School Being Held In This City
Courses Continue
April Session Of
Wilkes Court to
Begin on Monday
News Flash-3-Weeks
Baby Has One Tooth
Judge Bobbitt to Preside Ov
er Term for Trial of
Civil Actions
April term ot Wilkes superior
&'ih~wnkf!nNfftr on llinMili
April 29, with Judge Wm. H.
Bobbitt, of Charlotte, presiding.
Calendar for tht term of two
weeks ha,-* been arranged by the
bar association and contains many
cases, some of which have been
pending tor several years.
Jurors for the term were drawn
by the county bbard of commis
sioners as follows:
First Week
A. B. Matherly, Elk: N. B.
Smithey. Wilkesboro; A. B. Mc-
Niel, North Wilkesboro; J. M.
Wells, New Castle: Ira Shepherd,
North Wilkesboro: Gene Carlton,
Elk; L. G. Prevette, Traphill: Ted
K. Nichols, Reddies River; Walter
S. McGuire, Jobs Cabin; Alex
Cleary. Mulberry: G. C. McGlam-
ery, Reddies River; C. J. Trip
lett. Elk: W. Tom McNeill, Red
dies River; W. A. Hayes, Reddies
River; William Ashley, Union;
W. C. Shumate, Walnut Grove;
George Brown, Moravian Falls:
Henry Brown. Somers; R. D.
Cooper, Stanton; W. C. Church,
Jobs Cabin; R. S Absher, Ed
wards; John Martin, Rock Creek;
F. R. Layell, Edwards; A. F.
Combs, North Wilkesboro; J. G.
Bumgarner, Wilkes-horo.
Swond Week
Johnson Caudill, Walnut Grove;
E. W. Wooten, Edwards; H. M.
Broyhill, Moravian Falls; R. S.
Whittington. North Wilkesboro;
S. I. Minton. Elk; T. C. McGhin-
nis, Beaver Creek; Sherman El-
ledge, Mulberry; B. M. Pardue,
Moravian Falls; Odell Rash, Red
dies River; L. S. Spalnhour,
Wilkesboro; Lin Bumgarner,
Reddies River; Olin Souther,
North Wilkesboro; J. M. Dicker-
son, North Wilkesboro; H. Tal-
madge Chambers, North Wilkes
boro; A. C. Wellborn, Wilkes
boro; W. C. Huie, Walnut Grove;
Conrad Eller, Lewis Fork; J. M.
Ferguson, Beaver Creek; R. F.
Church, Lewis Fork; S. B. Gray,
New Castle; I. B. Casey, Traphill;
J. W. Joines, Moravian Falls:
Gordie Harris. Antioch; Hamp
Wyatt. Mulberry: W. L. McCar
ter, Rock Creek.
■Vance H. Cordell, Jr., three-
wee':.s-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vance H. Cordell, of this city, has
a tooth!
The husky youngster is far a-
head of the average baby, which
requires from four to seven
months to show the first tooth.
Mrs. Cordell is the former Miss
Beulah McNeill.
Grants in County
$7,264 For April
570 Receiving Old Age As
sistance; 332 Dependent
Children Are Aided
Public assistance payments to
needy aged, dependent children
and blind in Wilkes county this
month totaled $7,264, according
to record.s in the office of Charles
McNeill, Wilkes county welfare
officer.
The greatest amount of public
assistance funds, which are paid
by federal, -state and county, went
to 570 needy aged, who received
$5,032. In addition to the 570
who are receiving monthly grants,
there are 134 in the county who
have been certified as eligible to
receive aid, w'hose applications
have been approved by the wel-
tare 'board, but who are not re
ceiving monthly grants because
of lack of funds. Welfare authori
ties expressed a hope that some |
Through May 3rd
At the City Hall
Special Agents of FBI Dem
onstrate Methods in Law-
Enforcement Practices
If any criminally minded peo-
aentienaBlAte. Jbank.... robbery,
kidnapping o r other henious
crimes they should have witness
ed the firearms demonstration
conducted Tuesday aifternoon by
G-Men as a part of the officers’
course in progress here.
G. W. Carlson, firearms expert
of the FBI in Washington, D. C.,
demonstrated before about 25 of
ficers In the Tuesday afternoon
session of the school many of the
weapons and devices used by G-
Men In apprehending dangero-us
criminals. He explained in detail
the uses of the various items in
the "arsenal” and told how they
might be effectively used Wy po
lice officers, sheriffs and highway
patrolmen.
After the indoor session the
group, which included sheriffs,
police officers, highway patrol
men and one curious newspaper
reporter went to a remote spot a
few miles from the city (where
flying lead was not calculated to
endanger human life) and there
Carlson demonstrated the u.se of
firearms and other devices for
dealing with desperate criminals.
Of main interest to the group
was the demonstration of the use
jf a Thompson sub-machine
(Tommie) gun. The model which
Carlson used spit lead at the rate
The Great Northwestern fair
jIUl he held in North 'Wilkesboro
48il0ltoinh«r 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14,
fiuooritiBg to an announcement
^oin. J, B. Williams, president ot
fair association.
Accordfn«^ to present plans, the
1940 fair will be the lest one in
this city and fair officials are
making every effort to make the
last one the .biggest and beet.
The lease of the fairground*
hy the fair association ■will ex
pire and the city,plans to devel'
oip the fairgrounds into a mu
nicipal iplaygronnd.
The premium catalogue will
soon be off the press and a large
volume of cash premiums will be
offered in an attempt to make the
Northwestern Fair of 1949 the
biggest show of exblbita ever as
sembled in North Wilkeriioro.
Contracts have already been
signed for a big aggregation of
carnival attractions and ■will
bring to the city two trainloads
of shows, rides and other amuse
ment features.
Through an international pro
ducer of outdoor acts the fair as
sociation has obtained an excel
lent show to be carried out each
afternoon and night in front ot
the grandstand. The show wilt
feature some of the world’s best
acrobatic acts and an excellent
revue, fair officials said.
FurUier announcement rela
tive to the 194.0 fair, which prom
ises to be an outstanding gala
event for northwestern North
Carolina, are expected soon.
Youth Week M
BuptistCl
ii*l t-«i
Young People Will Conduct
All Services at Baptist
Church Sunday
measure of relief can be provld- of 600 .45 calibre bullets per
Wilkes County Girls
Will Sing Over Radio
Miss Grace Myers and Miss Eva
Wiles, who won the prize for the
best singers at a contest at Moun
tain View school April 6th, will
sing over radio station WAIR, in
Winston-Salem on Saturday, April
27, at 8:46 a. m. on the regular
program by the Southern Har-
monizers.
These two accomplished young
laOies, daughters ot Mr. and Mrs.
Z. L. Myers and Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Wiles, are high school students
at Mountain View and possess
unusual talent for vocal music.
ed after July 1.
Aid to dependent children
grants this month totaled $1,774
and went to 143 families with
332 dependent children.
Thirty-eight blind persons re
ceived grants totaling $490 for
the month.
Surplus commodities were dis
tributed to 512 relief cases in the
county.
Senior Class Play
At Traphill High
The Senior Class of Traphill
school will present its annual
play on Saturday flight. April 27,
at 7:30. The title ot this year’s
play is “Aunt Lillie Goes to
Town.’’ It is a three-act comedy
and lasts a full evening. The cast
of characters Include the follow
ing members of the senior class:
Tillie Trask (Aunt Tlllie), Sallie
Gilliam; Lucinda Talbot, her
maid, Mary Belle McGrady; Pa
mela Marsh. Sallie Bauguess;
Lizzie Parsons, Annie Lou Col
lins; Ellen Neeland, Gertrude
Gamble; Ronald Howland, Ker-
mlt Spicer: Luther Lorrlmer,
Bveret Lowe; Mervln Tucker, |
Blackburn; Charlie One Lung,
Warren Cox; Mrs. 'nilie Tucker,
Maxine Sparks; Dr. Hattie Bing,
Nina Yale. , ■ ■
A smAll admission fee will ^
chargeiL
minute.
The target the size and propor
tions ot a man’s body was set up
against stack of coi'dwood and
Carlson cut loose with a clip of
20 cartridges. Before the spec
tators knew what was taking
place there were 20 holes in the
target 50 j'ards away and they
were so distributed over the hu
manlike target that if it should
liave been a man it would not
have had as much chance of sur
viving as a snowball in the hot
country.
To make the Tommie gun dem
onstration more Interesting, flare
bullets were used and the effect
was not a great deal unlike light
ning. Had it been dark those
present could have seen the re
sults of the shooting just as well
as in daylight.
Equally interesting was the
demonstration in the use ot tear
gas (bombs and gas hand gre
nades.
With a specially built gun
which was capaible of projecting
a one and one-halt inch gas
'bomb about 500 yards Carlson
fired into the woodpile and blue
gas Immediately 'Began to enve
lope the snrronndlngs.
Other officers tried ont the
gun and also practiced throwing
gas hand grenades.
Some of the officers veBtnred
into the gas area to find ont what
it was like and reported the ef-
I (Contlaned on page eight)
Youth Week, being observed
now at the First Baptist church
of North Wilkesboro, will come
to a climax next Sunday when all
the services will be conducted by
young people of various ages.
Beginning at 9:30 a. m., a
group of boys will have charge
of the ushering, with Mack Ker-
ley as chief. Jimmy Moore will
serve as superi,"itendent of the
Sunday school and will use sev
eral other young people to assist
him in the opening program at
9:45 a. ni. The singing will be led
by Billie Barnes, with Jesse Far
ris at the piano.
At the worship service, begin
ning at 10:50, five-minute talks
will take the place ot the cus
tomary sermon. These will be giv
en by Harriet Crutchfield, Lewis
Hill Jenkins, Paul Haigwood and
Beth Jones. Others will partici
pate in the worship program, in
cluding Peggy and Mary Nichols,
and Wayne Caudill. Special music
for the morning service will be
rendered by a chorus of Interme
diate girls.
At 7:30 in the evening a chorus
of thirty young people from Lin
coln Heights school will assist
with the service hy singing some
negro spirituals. The rest of the
program will be rendered by a
group of young people ot Inter
mediate ages.
Wednesday night of this week
the service was under direction
of Edna Bullis, leader of a Jun
ior young people’s group. A pro
gram on, “Learning to Pray” was
given by a group of boys and
girls consisting of Patsy Ruth
McNeil, Tal Barnes, Jr., Mary
Evelyn Crook, Elizabeth McNeill,
and Dick Chamberlain. Billie
Barnes led the singing, assisted
at the piano by Jesse Farris.
The program for this week In
cludes visitation to all members
of the young people’s organiza
tions. It is expected that there
will be a record attendance In all
departments of the church next
Sunday.
Plan Tacky Party
And Square Dance
The Pythian Lodge and tl>®
Dokies Club are Joint sponsors
of a tacky party and square dance
to he held on Monday night.
April 29, at the Womsn’i clnh-
honse on Trogdoa otreeL .
Admission 'will b*.. fifty hliiits
.per couple and an enjojrable er*-
iting is assured all who will at*
tend.
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