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PRIJtARY RESULTO
- In!omplete returns from Tues-
primary elections showed:
Csllfomla; President Rooseyett
runninc tar ahead of Vice Presi
dent Oaraer and two other elatee.
Indiana: Incunsbent Congressmen
seeklnc renomination all in the,
lead, Inclnding those opposed by-
Townsend old age pension organ
isation. Florida: Senator Andrews
ahead it this contest for renoml-
nation; Francis P. Whitehalr
leading tor Democratic guberna
torial nomination.
First Census F^es Snow
IfiA
BERLIN REJOICES
Berlin.—Germany rejoiced last
night over British Prtme Minister
Neville Chamberlain’s "laugh
able” defense of his policies be-
With only one more Saturday |
_ left for registration of voters be
fore Parliament and warned that fore the primary to be held on
" May 25 there are thousands *“
an "insufferable situation” may
apresul the war to the Mediterran
ean at any hour. Meantime, a
spokesman said, the embattled
Naii garrison at Narvik, In north
ern Norway, has repulsed strong
new Allied attacks while German
-.—bombing planes have devastated
1|^ British land and naval concentra
tions in the Narvik area.
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EFENSES WEAK
Washington.—Two men high
in the nation’s councils during
World War days. James W. Ger
ard and Bernard Baruch, yester
day pictured the country’s de
fenses as inadequate and urged
-quick action to remedy the con
dition. Gerard, who was ambas
sador to Germany before the
United States entered the war,
lunched with President Roosevelt
*nd later told reporters that there
would be “a great danger to the
United States” should Germany
win the present conflict. En
croachments in Latin America
probably would follow such a
victoi-y, he Indicated.
FAITH IN NAVY
Washington.—Secretary of the
Navy Charles Edison yesterdu./
reasserted the navy’s faith in the
Imttleshlp as the backbone of na
tional defense despite its vulner-
AblUty to air attack. The secre-
tBM tire S«nate‘B«vtt'wffair»
eoramittee be plans to ask Con
gress to appropriate sufficient
funds before sine die adjourn
ment—scheduled for June 1 to
start construction of all naval
vessels authorized but unbuilt.
The program would Invc've 2 60,-
000 tons and would bring the
fleet's strength to 1,500,000 tons.
CRITICIZES F.B.I.
Washington. — Criticizing J.
W Edgar Hoover as "the greatest
•* publicity hound on the American
Continent.” Senator Norris (Ind),
Neb., told the Senate yesterday
♦hat police methods used by the
F. B. I. were a menace to dem-
y cratic institutions. "Hoover has
an organization maintained at
imbUc expense, writing speeches
for him to make.” he said. "Co
pies are sent to practically every
newspaper in the United States.
The aim. he said, was to create
a "furor of adulation and omnip
otence." Such a system, he added,
eventually will find the secret
police "directing the government
by tyrannical force instead of
protecting the people."
DEFENDS BATTLESHIPS
New York. — Rear Admiral
Clark H. Woodward, commandant
of the third naval district, de
clared flatly yesterday that "no
battleship has yet been sunk by
an airplane” and cited U. S. Navy
tests to support his assertion
Without referring to German
claims that Nazi planes sank a
British battleship last week, he
spoke of the plane versus war-
ttitp controversy in connection Coffey, youth of near this city.
with a description of the U. S.
Navy’s present situation. "I n
1924,’’ he said, "the battleship
Washington was taken off the
capes and bombs were rained up
on her.
Baseball Club
To Open Season
Only One More ] Candidate Dewey Addresses ^Chicagoau»
Saturday Left
For Re^tration
Thousands In Wilkes Have
So Far Failed To Regis*
tw To Vote
Wilkes county who have not reg
istered, scattering reports from
.glstrars of several precincts to
day indicated.
WHkes Is one of the 68 coun
ties in the state where a new
registration of voters was called
this year in accordance with the
new election laws which required
either a new Registration or re
listing of voters.
Registrars will be at the poll
ing places on Saturday, May 11,
for the purpose of registration
and it is expected that registra
tion Saturday this week will be
heavier than on either of the two
previous Saturday^-.
Attention is called to the fact
the previous registrations do not
count because a new registration
of all voters was called this year.
Ai^
To Ne^Faotiii
Winning Form
Trained Houaekeepera’He^
Needy Familiea In Time
Of Diatreea
Briar Hoppers to
Render Program
PerftMinance Friday Night in
School Auditorium; Ben
efit Underprivileged
Johnny McAllister’s famous
Briar Hoppers starring Pappy
and Hank in peraoii«-.|riU raader
a program on Friday night. May
10, eight o’clock in the North
Wilkesboro school auditorium.
The Briar Hoppers, heard dally
over station WBT, Charlotte, are
one of the most popular groups on
the air in the south and the many
who have heard thorn on the ra
dio are Invited to see and hear
them in pc^on Friday night.
Their appearance is sponsored
by the Underprivileged Child
committee on the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanls club, which has
been doing work i othlng short
of phenominal for underprivileged
children of Wilkes county.
The committee is in need of
funds to carry on the work ef
fectively and proceeds of the per
formance here on Friday night
will go to that fund.
Admission charges will be 50
cents for adults and 25 cents per
children.
The Briar Hoppers will put on
a very good show and all who at
tend may be assured that their
admission price will be helping
a most worthy cause.
Youth Arrested
For Theft Here
Recreation Center Entered
Monday Night; Pin
boards Robbed
Police Tuesday arrested Alvin
North Wilkesboro baseball club
will open the 1940 season at the
• fairgrounds here on Sunday. May
12, 2:30 p. m.. with a game a-
galnst the Banner Elk Bobcats,
an aU-collegiate group with a
reputation for playing a fast
brand o' baseball.
The local team, composed of
semi-pro stars of the past few
seasons here and some new base
ball faces. Is reported to be In
good condition for the opener
and apparently Is In position to
stand near the top among ama-
ture and semi-pro teams of west
ern North Carolina this year.
Sunday -will be Ladies’ Day, the
team managemeat said today, and
ladles will be ai&ittetf '
on a charge of entering Recre
ation Center Monday night.
One or more persons ‘entered
the Recreation Center place on
Main street through a transom
and jimmied open two pinboards,
, from which it was estimated that
i four dollars in nickels were tak
en.
Police Chief J. B. Walker said
that Coffey was arrested on su
spicion and is being held pending
the examination and comparison
of fingerprints.
Thomas E. Dewey, racket-biuUng New York district attorney and
for the BepnbUcan prealdentlal nomination, as he addreaaed
a a. O. P. mass meeting in Chicago recenUy. It waa the second speech
d Dewey’s enrrent midwest invasion. He charged that oormpt practices
axisted in the administration of relief.
Ezell Tells Of
Operating Costs
County Homes
Wilkes County Home Costs
$3,79 7 But Less Than
State Average Inmate
Wilkes county taxpayers foot
ed a bill of $3,79 6.74 for opera
tion of the county home for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1939
with an average population of
25 Inmates a day costing $12.»5
each to care for every month,
which is $3.25 under the state
average.
Flfufes rdlMWed this 'week by
W. C. Ezell, director of the divis
ion of institutions and corrections
of the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare, showed ope
rating costs for all North Caro
lina alsmhouses still operating to
taling $647,934 for the year. Fin
al Taibulatlons of financial reports
were completed and released this
week and showed an average dai
ly population of 3,078 in all coun
ty homes. The state-wide average
monthly cost of caring for these
old people was $16.90 and the
annual per capita figure was
$202.80.
Garden produce used in all ope
rating homes was valued at $138,-
843 for the year, $40,988 being
obtained by some institutions pro
ducing a surplus for outside sale.
Several homes had no surplus
farm products to sell.
Since the public assistance pro
gram became effective in North
Carolina in 1937, eleven county
homes have closed and placed
their former inmates on the aid
rolls to receive cash grants for
living purposes. Mitchell, Greene,
Hyde, Cherokee, Yancey, Chow
an, Transylvania, Cumberland,
Madison, Swain, Polk counties
have discontinued their almshous
es since 1937 and some few oth
ers are considering similar action,
Ezell said.
In placing their eligible old
people on the public assistance
rolls, the counties closing their
institutions paid only one-fourth
the monthly grant, the remainder
being made op iby the state and
Federal governments under the
social security legislation.
Ezell pointed out the fiscal
1939 total operating expense was
lower by $269,000 than the prev
ious year and set a new record in
lowered expense to the taxpayers
for institutional care of the in
digent aged.
Burnii^ House
Ignites Forest
Near Parkway
Raleigh.—A forest fire is rag
ing in the Elk Creek section of
Watauga county, northeast of
Boone, and has burned within
about a mile of the Blue Ridge
Parkway, the state department of
conservation and development re
ported yesterday.
District Ranger E. P. Simmons
of Lenoir, in charge of forces
fighting the fire, informed Assis
tant State Forester W. C. McCor
mick that the blaze had covered
3,000 to 5,000 acrosv It was dia-, ^ ,
c(>Tared Monday «mi
spmd to the forest fnnV|rttni8liliKik
ing house.
“District Ranger Simmons re
ported that he had more than
300 men working on the fire, in
cluding our regular fire fighters,
men from two civilian conserva
tion corps camps and special
fighters,” McCormick said.
’’In addition, he said he had
just put in a call for help from
a third OCC camp on the Blue
During the pest six months the
Housekeeping Aide project of
the Works Projects administra
tion has serviced from 19 to
homes in Wilkes county each
month, the homes including a to
tal of 71 to 99 persons.
The project, ono of the most
interesting of the WPA set-np,
has furnished employment to
from 14 to 20 -women In Wilkes
county under supervision of Mrs.
Pauline J. Henderson, county sup
ervisor, but the employment
phase is only one feature of the
project.
The primary purpose of the
project, which is sponsored joint
ly by the State Board of Chari
ties and Public Welfare and the
county in which it Is operated, is
to give employment to women
eligible for WPA work but of
equal or greater importance is
the furnishing of aid in needy
homes where such conditions as
Illness, blindness, death or Inflr-
Ity make it Impossible for the
housewife to carry on the borne
work without help.
Before serving as housekeepers
on the WPA project the appli
cants are trained In the training
center and their training is con
tinued during time of employment
as much as possible. For the cen
ter in Wilkes the project has tak
en over a two-room structure
which a few years ago was a part
of the prison camp.
Hn. floretU D. McCntchean, 8S,
worid’i ohampion woman bowleri
demonstrates her wlnninf form In
New York city alleys. Sie has
rsBed !• perfect "3M’’ games since
she took np the sport at the ago
of $S.
Convention Of
Democrats Will
Be On Saturday
Will Meet At Courthouse In
Wilkesboro On May 11,
1:30 P. M-
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First preliminary figows
xn the 1940 census for North.
Wilkesboro show 4,462 popa-
iation.
The figures, preliminaiy
amd subject to change, were
released today by A. S. Cas-
sel, supervisor of the census
in Wilkes county.
On the basis of the prelim
inary figures, the growth in
pop^tion of North Wilkes
boro during the past decade
was 794 over the 3,668 count
ed in the 1930 census.
North Wilkesboro has 991 oo-
cupied dwellings and eleven va
cant houses were listed by tha
1940 census enumerators. How
ever, practically all of the vacant
houses are considered in the un
desirable class.
Wilkesboro has also grown
rapidly, according to the prelini-
inary figures released by Census
Supervisor Cassel.
Wllkesboro’s population, ac
cording to the first figures, is 1,-
319, an increase of 277 over Uie
1,042 counted in the 1930 censes.
Mr. Cassel said that he hoped
to be able to release flgrurea on
North Wllkeaboro and
boro townshlpp,;
craft project the drab two-room
building which formerly -was used
to house unruly prisoners has
been transformed Into a very neat
and clean place and is fixed up
In cozy style. There Is a bed.
couch, chairs, curtains and even
a baby bed containing a Mg doll
which is doubtless used as a hu
man guinea pig for such opera
tions as changes of underwear.
Ridge Parkway, near Laurel etc.
Springs, equipped with fire-fight
ing pumps and hose.
“These men are especially
equipped to tight forest fires a-
long the Parkway and are under
national park service supervision.
Every effort is being made to
In the kltchln there is a little
stove, built-in cabinets, table,
chairs, kitchen utensils and oth
er oibjects used in training the
women to prepare and serve sim
ple meals and go through the
processes of mopping up after-
keen the fire from getting any wards and placing everything in
closer
way.”
He expressed the opinion the
blaze might be brought
control by today.
Most of the area has been cut
over and part is being "logged”
now. As tew roads lead into the
section, fire fighters must walk
several miles over the roughest
type of mountains.
neat and healthful con-
to the Blue Ridge Park- a clean
dition.
Workers sent to needy and dis
Many Inqiwe Of
Farms For Sale
Secretary Of Commerce Bu
reaus Wants To Know
Of Farms Available
A total of 114 persons were
killed in traffic accidents in
North Carolina the first two
months of 1940.
W. P. Kelly, executive secre
tary of North Wllkesboro’s Com
merce Bureaus, said today that
he Is frequently receiving inquir
ies from people who wish to pur
chase farms in Wilkes county.
With the commerce bureaus
wishing to render all services
possible to persons directing in
quiries about this section, Mr.
Kelly suggests that persons who
have farms for sale and real es
tate firms furnish him with lists
and particulars in order that he
may answer the inquiries.
_ >-VUllkCl9 ocxxw «.w —
under tpessed homes from the training
center have been able to render
invaluable aid, especially to ma
ternity cases and to families
where the housewife is tempor
arily ill with some non-commun-
Icahle disease or some member of
the family who Is ill requires her
time to such an extent that she
cannot carry on the work. Homes
asking for aid are first investi
gated by a case worker to see if
there la real need and to ascer
tain the circumstances as to fi
nancial ability to hire help..
May 20 to May 25 will be open
house period at the training cen
ter in Wilkesboro and the public
has a cordial invitation to visit
the project headquarters and get
first hand Information about the
manner in which the project is
carried out.
Both Banks To Be
Closed On Friday!
The Bank of North Wilkesboro ,
and The Northwestern Bank in
this city will observe a holiday
Friday, May 10, which is South
ern Memorial Day.
Fifth Shipment Of Morrison Pens Is
Ordered For Journal-Patriot Readers
Music Recital
On Tuesday Night
Pupils of Mrs. Ursula Blevins’
piano classes will appear In a
recital on Tuesday night, April
14, in the North Wilkesboro
school auditorium. The public has
a cordial invitation to attend.
Another shipment—the fifth—
of Morrison fountain pens to be
given to subecrlbers of ’The Joun-
al-Patrio4 is expected to ag;lve
today.
While the offer continues In
force we urge each and every
subscriber to renew your sub
scription now and oibtaln one of
these high quallij- pens free. A
pen, either ladies’ or gents’
style as preferred, is given with
each yearly sikbscription. '
Gall at the office or mail your
new or renewal subscription while
the pens are available. We are
obtaining them direct from the
factory through an introductory
advertising offer and the time
must necessarily be limited.
’The pens carry a life, time serv
ice guarantee and a large number
in this territory .have already
found them to be pens of iiigh
quality and equalling every claim
made for them
at tbHr^MlfthMse in Ptrilkeaboro
on Saturday afternoon. May 11,
beginning at 1:30 o’clock, accord
ing to the date set for all the
counties In the state and the call
issued locally by J. R. Rousseau,
chairman, and C. O. McNlel, sec
retary of the county Democratic
executive committee.
Precinct meetings were held In
the various precincts on Saturday,
May 4, and were largely attended.
Party leaders are predicting a
very enthusiastic and harmoni
ous county convention.
Attorney John Bowers, of Lex
ington, a prominent Democratic
leader and former solicitor, will
speak at the convention, it was
learned today from J. R. Rous-
aeau, county chairman.
Thd convention will be held for
the purpose of perfecting the
county organization and the elec
tion of delegates and alternates
to the state convention, which
will meet in Raleigh on May 17.
N.C.S.E.S. Office
Has Busy Montb
Jobs Found for 95, 277 Ne-w
Registrations and 474
Original Clauns
Wilkes county’s populatton.' fa
1930 was 36,420 and it Is ezipect-
ed that the popolation of tha
county will show a greater per
centage of increase than the
towns, due to the fact that tbo
corporate limits of the towna
have not been enlarged and theta
has not been much territory tor
residential expansion within tha
town limits.
Mr. Cassel said yesterday after
noon that any persons who hava
not been counted in the census
should get in touch with the ces—
SU8 takers for their respective
towns or townships at once and
if not convenient to get in touch
with the enumerators they ai'e re
quested to write or phone A. 8.
Cassel, North Wilkesboro postof-
flce box 85, or telephone 423.
Commencement
At Roaring River
Hunting Creek
Line Completed
New Power Line Extension
Furnishing Electricity
to 30 Families
A six-mile power line extension
along highway 115 southeast of
the Wllkesboros has been com
pleted and is now rendering serv
ice to about 30 customers, It was
learned today from Robert S.
Gibbs, manager of the North Wll-
kesboro branch of the Duke Pow
er company.
He also said that work Is In
progress on the Cycle postofflce
line extension, which will make
electricity available to ah|Out 30
customers and will be tour and
one-half mllee In length.
North Wilkesboro branch of
the North Carolina State Employ
ment office placed 95 on jobs dur
ing the month of April, according
to figures released today by B.
O. Gentry, manager.
Of this number 48 were placed
in private employment and 47 on
public works projects.
The office ended the month
with an active file of 1,734 ap
plicants for jobs. During the
month 277 new registrations of
Job seekers were recorded and
612 renewed their former appli
cations for work. ,
The unemployment compensa
tion claims department continued
active with 474 making applica
tion through the office for un
employment compensation.
Train Schedule
Here Is Changed
Pedestrians should alwaire walk
on the left side of the road, fac
ing traffic.
Southern Railway Officers have
announced a change in train
schedule between North Wilkes
boro and Winston-Salem.
The train now leaves this city
at 3:30 p. m. instead of two p.
m. except on Sunday, when it
continnes to leave at two p. m.
lUore accidents ooenr on the
highways in daytisje than at
night, but more ^Ulltles _ occur
at hlfSit . .
The Roaring River high school
commencement closed Thursday
night, April 26, with the high
school graduation. John A. lAng,
NYA State Administrator, made
an Inspiring address to the sen
iors on what the world expects
of the youth.
W. C. Grier, of North Wilkes
boro presented the American Le
gion .medal to Clifton Sparks.
C. P. Parmer, principal, deliv
ered the following medals: Citi
zenship, 11th grade, Myrtle Pre-
vette: Citizenship, 10th grade,
Mary Helen Ward; Citizenship,
9th grade, Wilma Blackburn;
Citizenship, 8th grade, Lacie
Love: Girls basketball. Bpsia
Blackburn; Most outstanding boy
1 n basketball, Jarvis Mathis;
County basketball, Eileen Staley;
Valedictory, Bernice Byrd; Salu
tatory, Edith Howard: Balfour,
Lillie Porter.
Sunday afternoon, April 21,
Rev. Watt Cooper, pastor North
Wilkesboro Presbyterian church,
preached the Baccalaureate ser
mon to a large congregatlox
'Thursday morning, April 26, at
ten o’clock. Rev. J. H. Greene,
Moravian Pails, delivered an In
teresting address to the seventh
grade graduating class. Prior to
the address the seventh grad*
presented a program.
The senior play, “Wild Ginger**
was given March 29.
Monday night, April 16^ «h
operetta was given by, the first
five grades of ' the elementarr
school.
Twepty-flve seniors gradunted
from Roaring River high schooL
C. P. Pawner,-principal,'dettreced.i*
•;be dlplonnas' to the foWp5|rlnE.'j
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