On 2 Fronts
CoBditioa Snioas
London. — An autborltatlvo
British spokesman today descrlib-
ed conditions on the front as
“pretty grim,” saying that ge
ographically the situation is no
better and there is no use pre
tending it is. He said that, moral-
f, the situation was improved.
-
PdinUiiC. oU'that the adsant-
«t the Oegiiglng must be with
the eggdWisor. A> spokesman said
it mnst he so letsrfally with “an
aggressor aa efficient sad ruthless
as the Germans."
He said the base of the "bulge”
M^n Into northern rrance by
the Nails had been widened
slightly ibut was not siKich deeper,
aad that the greneral direction of
js^reonents at present was north-
traet.
(French military authorities
admitted the Germans had taken
St Quentin, 80 miles northeast
of Paris, and were fighting in
the region east of Cambral, 25
atf-m further north and only i7 0
diOes from ‘he channel port of
'■ftnonerone.)
Air Fighting Roars
^Give-and-take air fighvJng roar
ed on the edges of the warfronts.
Loss of the escort ship Whit-
a 1,090-ton converted de-
>yer, bombed and subsequently
beached, was disclosed by the
British. The admiralty said there
were four casualties.
British bombers, the air minis
try announced, continued their
raids on the Nazi rear Sunday
night ‘‘against enemy lines of
cotntmunication in the south of
Belgium and selected military ob
jectives in western Germany.”
Announce Dates
For Vaccinations
Claims .\dmiltel
Paris. — French military au
thorities today admitted capture
by the Germans of St. Quentin,
bloody battleground of the World
War that lies 80 miles northeast
of Paris.
Tbe morning communique from
the high command said the
French troops were combatting
an enemy “push’’ north of St.
Jn while a war ministry
th« o«
.^Iwnna aeeking to drive through
to the channel ports had attack
ed heavily east of Cambral.
Cambrai is 25 miles north of .
*St. Quentin, and the westernmost health officer, has announced
point the Nazi army has attained dates for administering vaccina
in its attempted drive toward the tions ' ’ > — «■
coast.
Drive British Back
Berlin.—Pounding German on
slaughts against the allied north- yenient appointment
em flank are driving the British
toward the channel ports
iPRler forced march, the Nazi
high command declared today. v:resc. lu a
Seeking a southern outlet from ^ p jp
” —- dren’s store, 2
Grove school. 3
the Nazi pressure along the Bel-
Jgtan-French border, it said, the
inch and Belgians have fallen iiome. 4 p. m.; Pleasant
and . ,
back between Valenciennes
Mauheuge.
Capture of the inner tort sys
tem at Liege as well as all but
one tort at Namur, was claimed
by the high command. (A Brit
ish military spokesman said the
Belgians still were holding Liege
and Namur.)
Germans, it said, are pursuing
the Allies in Belgium, have
crossed the Dendre River west of
Brussels and reached the upper
Scheldt River west of Antwerp.
■■■ ■ ■ ■ i'-^
Stores Close On
Satusdajr N^hts
At Seven o’clock
22 Firms Begin Earlier Cloe*
ing; Cooperation Frmn
Public Appreciated
By agreement as expmssed in
a meeting a few weriks ago,
twenty-two mercantile stares In
this city closed on Saturday
evening at seven o’riodt, in
stead of nine p. m. aa formecly,
and will continue to close on
Saturday evenings at seven o’
clock.
Reports today indicated that
the public accorded splendid
cooperation with the merchants
on the declrion to close at sev
en o’clock Tbe earlier closing
on Saturday evenings was
adopted in order to allow em-
ployM of the stores more time
for week-end rest and in order
that they might have opportun
ity for Sufficient rest on Satur
day nights to enable them to
attend Sunday school and
church services on Sunday.
'The Merchants Oommlttee,
as stated in an advertlsemeiit
elsewhere in this newspaper,
today expressed appreciation
for the co^ratlon by the pub
lic in spewing up slumping
Saturday and for the many
favorable comments the change
in Saturday closing hour has
received so far.
The earlier closing hour does
not apply to drug stores, groc
ery stores, cafes and service
stations.
ism Iliin" ,
Captured ‘Mystery Gim’ Puzzles Mlitary
Climbs Above 7)0^
Popjdatioa Both ‘
TlQ^Aiiilliiyi’'
MW
w-
Sees Mother After
^f^s Sepention
A Finniata nmnery expert Is shown examining one of the strange weapons csptnred from Soviet
Russian forces during the recent Busso-Fbmlsh war. The gnn, a teld jdece, U ^eved » b« ■
non-reeoU cannon. It te shown ready to fire (left). The funnel attachment is thought to he *
which ti«uv« explosion gases to produce a forward movement of the gun barrel, thns nentralislng
normal recoU. Bight: The funnel arrangement is swung aside to show the breech. Experts confess
themselves baffled.
Ibn. BIB Grayson had the
pleasure during tbe past we^
of a visit from her mother,
whom she had not seen since
Infaaqr.
Mrs, Grayson, who before
her marriage was Miss Estelle
Abaher, foster child in the
home of a Mr, and Mrs, Absh-
er, of FairplninB, recently
learned that her mother, Mrs.
Virginia Estelle Drawbom, was
living in Chicago.
Correspondence was begun
and Mrs. Drawbom decided to
visit her ten^ter. She arrived
last week and spent several
days in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Grayson.
Members Of Henltb
On Immunizations
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes county
and immunizations. H e
_rged that all who possibly can
take advantage of the services to
be rendered and meet the health
officer Or nurse at the most con-
The dates announced follow:
Monday, May 27, June S, 10
Oakwoods, 9 a. m.; Mountain
Crest. 10 a. m.; Mrs. Thersia
Mr. Norris Hen-
p. m.; Cherry
I. tn.; Mrs. Jones
Commencement
Season Begins
RaciUl By Music PupBa Giv
en; Final
Program On May 28th
Hill school. 10 a. m.; Benham
school, 11 a. m.; Pleasant Ridge.
1p.m.; Mine Ridge school, 2:30
p. m.
Tuesday, May 28, June 3, 11
Adley church, 9 a. m.; Goshen
school, 10 a. ra.: Hays Walkers
home. 11 a. m.; Maple Tree, 1 p.
m.; Ferguson school, 2:00 p. m.;
Denny school, 3 p. m.; Darby,
4 p. m.: Temple Hill old school,
9:30 a. m.; Union school, 10:30
a. m.; Somers school. 11:30 a.
Many From Wilkes
At State Meeting
Of N.C. Democrats
Convention Instructs For
Third Term; Districts
Are Organized
Wilkes county was well repre
sented iby more than a score of
delegates at the state Democratic
convention, held Friday In Ra-
TTie convention, described by
HAIL BIG AS
School Faculty
Here Re-Elected
. ‘Moonshine’ Cases „„
PULLET EGGS Crowd Calendar S’*-*
vraaaMja vsvetyr _ ty-Two Teachers
Hailstones big aa pullet eggs
fell at 3:10 here this afternoon
and following the hail a much ap
preciated shower of rain came as
an end to several days dry wea
ther.
The hall continued for about
five minutes and had almost cov
ered the streets before rajn came
down heavfly and melted the ac
cumulate wa',,'
m.: Osbornville,
Lovelace, 2:30 p.
1:30
m.
m.;
Morrison Pens
Goii^[ Rapidly
North Wilkesihoro high school
commencement began on Fridr.y
night with a recital by pupils of
bijae Ellen Robinson's music
classes.
& The studenU showed evidence
III splendid training and render-
e a varied program before an
"s^reciative audience. Those tak
ing part were Jane Carter, Bette
Blackburn, Jean Summers, Jane
(jnignn, Frances Gllreath, Mary
Edna Bauknlght, Jo Ann Jonee,
Harold Turner. Ann Cragan, Bet
ty Summers, Jimmy Hethcock,
Blair Coffey, Lloyd Turner, Patsy
Waller Pauline Billings, Billie
Moore. BilUe Rudd Trogdon, Emi
ly Olive, Gordon Reins, Margaret
Rhodes. Annie Ruth Blankenship,
Betty Hutchens. Rose Zelle Cau
dill, Iva Faw and Sue Landon.
The commencement will con
tinue with the baccalaureate ser
mon on Sunday night. May 26.
eight o’clock, by Dr. Raymond
■gmlth, director of religious edu-
jAUon at Greensboro College. The
fp^mon will be delivered In the
iflrst Baptist church.
*nie final program of the com
mencement will take place In the
■chool auditorium on Tuesday
Qlgltt, May 28.
The Journal-Patriot has just
received another lot of genuine
Morrison fountain pens to give to
subscribers W The Journal-Pa
triot but at th» rate they are go
ing the shipment will soon be dis
tributed.
While this offer remains in ef
fect and we are assured that we
can secure these pens to give a-
way as an introductory advertis
ing offer we urge each subscriber
to renew his or her subscription
and tell their neighbors about the
offer. A pen, either gents’ or la
dies’ style as preferred, will be
given with each new or renewal
subecrlption.
Many of these pens have been
given away and all are giving ex
cellent service and are backed by
a life time service guarantee.
The pens are of high quality.
Coffey Not Held
On Larceny Charge
Alvin Coffey, local youth who
was apprehended several days ago
by local police following the
breaking In of Recreation Center
on Main street, was not held lor
the crime and no chargee were
preferred, It wa« learned today.
There was no evidence connecting
him with the crime and he was
released.
party leaders as the most enthus
iastic and successful in many
years, was harmonious through
out.
The convention highly praised
President Roosevelt and Governor
Hoey and instructed the state’s
26 delegates to the national con
vention to rote for President
Roosevelt lor a third term nomi
nation. D. Hiden Ramsey, editor
of the Asheville Times-Cltizen,
was tbe convention keynoter.
Earlier in the day the congres
sional district meetings were held
and district organizations were
perfected.
The organization of the Eig'tith
district was set up a.s follows:
Permanent chairman, Lee D.
Robinson, Anson.
Credentials committee mem
ber, Thomas G. Neal. Scotland.
Permanent organization com
mittee 'member, F. Armstrong.
Troy.
District . assistant secretary.
Miss Mae Oliver, Lee.
Platform committee member,
Lee D. Robinson, Anson.
Presidential elector, Kemp
Armfield, Union.
State Executive Committee
Members—James A. Hardison,
Anson: Miss Meacham. Davidson;
Mrs. Nannie Hayes. Davie; J. B.
Thomas, Hoke; Miss Margaret
Lassiter, Lee: Paul Clark, Mont
gomery; W D. Sahlston, Moore;
W. B. Harris, Richmond; Joe
Cox, Scotland; Mrs. George S’.
Lee, Jr., Union; Miss Zell Harris.
Wilkes; and David L. Kelly, Yad
kin.
Judicial Executive Committee
Members—Charles B. Caudle, An
son; P. V. Crltcher, Davidson:
Rufus B. Sanford, Jr„ D. H. Hod-
gin. Hoke; H. M. Jackson T.«e;
T. Wade Bruton, Montgomery:
D. Shields Cameron, Moore; Dr.
B. W. Wdlllamson, Richmond:
Thomas G. Neal, Scotland; E. Q.
Ayscue, Union; J. G. Haokett,
Wilkes; and Clint Hahsan, Yad
kin.
Congressional Executive Com
mittee Members—T. Hill, An
son; S. E. Raper. Davidson: Ja
cob Stewart, Davie; Paul Dickson,
Jr., Hoke; J. Glenn Edwards,
Lee; W. J. Batten, Montgomery;
W. P. Sanders, Moore: W. L. Par
sons, Richmond: Dr. J. D. Pate,
Scotland; R. P. Stegall, Union;
J. R. Rousseau, Wilkes; and Wil
son Hedspeth, Yadkin.
Senatorial Executive Commit
tee Members—Milton Stegall, An
son; George W. Hundley, David
son; S. M. Call, Davie; Archie
Wateon, Hoke; 8. Ray Byerly,
Lee; W. L.,Currie, Montgomery;
H. P. Kelly, Moore: Z. V. McGlrt,
Richmond; W. S. James, Scot
land; H. K. Helms, Union; W. H.
McElwee, Wilkes; and C. A. G«-
Ibard, Yadkin.
comt^ni ,
very' 'sev^e hailstorm
much larger quantity
than fell here.
Of Federal Court
May Term For Trial Csises
On Wilkesboro Cirenit
Convened Today
Activity on the part of agents
of ths fjdera! tax unit
One person, giving The Journ
al-Patriot a report by telephone,
said “We had never seen anything
like it before. Hail fell big as ben
egg* and completely covered the
ground. Window panes were
broken and the hall made a lot of
noise. We thought Hitler had
struck sure. The ground under
every tree was covered with
leaves and much damage was
done to young plants.’’
WPA 0penHou8e:sj^„^,^^^t3j„
mMf I ■ V ^_li •»
Week Proidaimed
By Local Mayors
during the past six months has re
sulted In many arrests and suib-
: IjpQ^at liqvor Aa»gsa%>Wi now
_ stitute eases''‘to be tried In the
with a ’May term of federal court open-
of bail _ing today In Wilkesboro.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes Is pre
siding over tbe term and many
cases are awaiting trial. It Is ex
pected that the term will ibte In
progress two full weeks in order
to clear the docket.
Court opened at ten o’clock this
morning and following the judge’s
charge to the grand jury work on
the docket began Immedlatelyy
District Attorney Carlyle Hig
gins, of Sparta, and his assistants
will represent the government In
prosecution of criminal cases-
S. S. Convention
Citizens Asked To Cooper
ate Toward Making The
Event A Great Success
V,’’. P. A. “Open House’’ week
for all women’s projectgi is being
celebrated in every state in the
union during the entire week be-
ginlng May 20th.
All citizens of North Wilkes-
bojo and Wilkesboro are asked
to cooperate and civic groups are
asked to combine their efforts to
ward making this event the suc
cess it deserves to be.
Pointing out the importance
that all citizens should know
what is being done in our com
munities on these projects. May
ors R. T. McNiei and J. F. Jor
dan today Issued the following
proclamation:
“We hereby proclaim the weiek
of May 20 th as ‘Open House’
week on the WPA projects for
women and respectively ask the
cooperation of all public spirited
citizens and residents of our two
towns.
“The work that Is being done
on these projects Is worthwhile
and is proving to be a valuable
service to our communities.-’The
women working on these projeots
are the sole support of their fam
ilies. There Is no private employ
ment for these women. They are
receiving valuable training and
are jupportlng their families be
cause of the WPA work which
they have.
“During ‘Open House’ week we
are requesting that every citteen
make a special effort to visit at
least one of these {crojects. ThlB
work helps make our towns a
better place In which to live.
“Let us put this event over In
such a manner ttiat none ns
will be ignorant of the import
ance of these WPA projects for
The entire faculty of 32 teach
ers in North Wilkesboro schools
has been re-elected for another
term, according to information
received from J. R. HU, chairman
of the city school board.
Paul S. Cragan, superintendent,
was elected last year tor a two-
vear term and If there are no
resignations iHlODS faculty
hefors. t^, beginning , o»-
Aitoidl te*m next fall the entire
school personnel will remain the
same.
The faculty members are as fol
lows:
Elementary Grades
First grade, Sam Johnson, Lu
cille Farmer and Sallie Outlaw;
second, Susie H. Williams, Emma
Eller and Beatrice Pearson; third,
Lucille Ivey, Elizabeth Finley and
Etta Turner; fourth, Rebecca
Moseley and Ruby Blackburn;
fifth. Kathryn Troutman and Ma
bel Hendren; sixth, Lucille
Young and Nonle Gordon; sev
enth, Marguerite Harris and Mar
garet Gourley.
High School
Ruth Webb, science and Math
ematics
economics; Annabel Lee, Mathe
■matlcs; W. P. Grier, Jr., history
and band; Anne Jones, English:
Estelle Ardrey, librarian:
Will Be Held On May 25 and I Massey, history, English and
26 At Piney Grove
Baptist Church
Annual Sunday school conven
tion of the Stone Mountain Bap
tist association will be held with
Piney Grove Baptist church on
Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and
26, according to the outline of tbe
program released by the commit
tee.
The Saturday session will open
at ten a. nu with devotional by
Rev. J. A. Blevins, followed by a
sermon by Rev. A. B. Hayes.
Following organization and ap
pointment of committees. Rev.
Grant Cothren will lead a dlacus-
alon on “Who is the official head
of the Sunday School?’’
Mrs. V. W. Lnffman will lead a
discussion on “Is the Sunday
school a part of the church or Is
it a separate organization?”
The last dlsodsslon, to be led
by Rev. S.'L. Blevins, 'will be on
the query, “Should Sunday school
teachers have special training and
should Baptist teachers be mem
bers of a Baptist church?"
Sunday morning’s program will
feature a discussion on “How to
fcaUld a Sunday school,” led by
Mrs. J. L. Gregory.
All pastors, Sunday school
superintendents, teachers, laymen
and others Interested are Invited
to attend the convention, the com
mittee said. '
French: Robert G. Taylor, scl
ence; Lilyan Miller, commercial;
T. J. Haigwood, custodian of
buildings: Elsie Nichols, Secre
tary-
Colored School
F. B. Parker, principal; Frank
lin N. Rider, Helen Plnkett, Jo-
Evelyn Hamm and Teressa Pride.
Revival To Begin
At Moravian FalU
Revival services will begin on
Sunday, May 26, at Moravian
Falls Baptist church. Bar. B. V.
Bomgarner, pastor, Trill bo as
sisted ^hy Rev. C. C. Holland.
Servlcee will be held each evening
at 7:46 and hour of day servlee
win be announced. The public
has a cordial Invitation to aU
8orvlc»' '
Preliaaiury Figures Of IMQT'
C4MIMU Show Big Pop
ulation Growth
North Wilkesboro township baa
a total population of 7,061, ac- .
cording to the first prelimlnarr
censna figures released today by
A. S. Caoael, census sapervlsor la
Wilkes county.
The figures, which a^e prelim
inary and sutbject to change,
show 4,501 within the corirarate
limits of North 'Wilkesboro and
2,560 In North Wilkesboro town
ship but living outside the cor
porate limits of the city, making
a total of 7,061 for the townshiit.
The township extends only a-
bout two miles west of the city
and to Falrplalna on highway 18
northward.
‘the township population for
1940 shows a big Increase over
population figures In 1930.
The population of North WU-
kesboro township outside of the
town in 1930 was 1,760 and the
population of the town 3,6(8,
making a total of 5,418. The In
crease in the population of North
Wilkesboro township In the ten-
year period was 1,643.
Mr. Cassel said today that cen
sus reports for the other town
ships in the county are not com
plete but that preliminary fignrm
may be ready tor release later
thlg. Feek^.3~
According^ to pr^ailnii.
ores Wilkesboro town has a pten-
latlon of 1,319.
It Is estimated that the popular
tlon of North Wilkesboro. Wilkes
boro and Immediate environs will
be approximately 10,000 people.
Lions Planning
Major Projects
Plans for operation of the
swimming pool between the WU-
kesboros and the annual Wllkee
county tennis tournament were
discussed in the meeting of the
North Wilkesboro Lions club held
eUb. science ana main- evening.
Evelyn Sharpe, home Committees were appointed to
arrange for the operation of the
projects and definite announce-
ments are expected soon.
JaCK -wvlll f
The club will operate the swim-
Massey, history, English and ^ ^ivlc pro-
coach; Esther Lee Cox, Latin and furnish healthful recro-
Gene Autry Cub To Meet
It was announced here today
that the Gene Autry club will
meet Saturday morning, nine o’
clock. at the home of Jimmie
Moore.
atlon, especially for young peo
ple, and it will he on a non-profit
basis as usual.
The tennis tournament last
year was a successful event and
the club Is planning to have an
even greater tournament thin
summer.
The program Friday evening
was In charge of John Blackburn
and he gave the Current BJvents
quiz put on by “Time” magazine
for Lions Clubs. The individual
high scorer will receive hts choice
of any current book and the clnb’e
collective score will be entered.
In the Lions district contests.
No Markers Allowed b Primary;
To Keep Record Ballot Markings
The 1939 General Assembly
made a very drastic change In the
use of markers In primaries.
The only voters who may be as
sisted In the marking of their
ballots are those who cannot read
and those who by reason of physi
cal handicap, such as blindness,
paralysis or other disabling de
fect, are unable to mark their
ballot.
In an offlcUl opinion, the At
torney Genersd ruled that only
those Illiterates registered under
the Grandfather Clause of the
Constitution were entitled to as-
alstanee by reason their Inabil
ity to read.
When a voter Is entitled to as
sistance In the marking of the
ballot, he must obtain the assist
ance from a near relative, (hus-
iband and wife; parent and child:
htrotber and sister; or grandpar
ent and grandchild) but If no
such near relative Is present, he
may than, ask any other voter of
(hft precinct who has not assisted
any other voter, to give him th»
assistance. If, however, there Is
present no near relative, or other
voter who has not marked anoth
er ballot, the voter may then, but
only then, call upon the registrar
or a judge of elections for as
sistance. ’
The registrar is required to
keep a record of all voters who
receive assistance and the namss
of the persons giving assistance.
It Is not only unlawful for any
person to give assistance, out also
unlawful for any person to re
ceive or permit assistance except
under the terms of the Act.
The Act does not prevent mem
bers of the same family (hna-
hptwi and wife; parent and chM;
brother and slater; graadpatewt
and grandchild) from aashrtlBE
one another, and no neoofd te
quired of such. .
The above Informgi^jitfAMh Vf-
pared and released A. I«»-
cas, chairman of the mats hoapL
of elections.
"i
. ,v,-.