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Paris.-—The French declared
Paris an open city’’ today to save
It from the devastation of total
war, counterattacked German
forces curving around the north
western suburbs and published
an appeal to the United States for
j'PreiBil«r-S.ih»»»i. “ »
■age to'PresWeSJ RotfbeTelt,-Wife-
Ilslied *t Touts, pledged’ an
dying fight to be carried on
need be, from the last corner of
Ftanee, ot from North Africa or
even frbitt- preach posseeslons in
Amerien. * ' ? -
“We are struggling In front of
Parls,’|W..are strw**^'** behind
Parle'ilBd'We irlll shot ourselves
up la ,oae of onr provinces and.
If wo are pursued, we will go to
North Africa and. If need be, to
our possession In America.”
Reynaud said he was “going to
^he armies’’—Apparently meaning
Ome was assuming personal direc-
’^*tlon of the French forces now
battling, with some British sup
port, a German drive across
■•^orthem France Into which 120
rati divisions, or about 1,800,00P
men, had been thrown.
The French counterattack in
the Beaumont region was report
ed to have thrust German besieg
ers back five miles from the
northern outskirts of the city.
Beaumont Is 20 miles from the
center of the capital and only 12
miles from the northern suburb
of St. Denis.
TTiat, however, apparently fail
ed to halt the steady German en
circlement of Paris.
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LiR,r
Thousands May Perish
Unless Relief Is Provided
NOBTH W1LKE8BORO. N. C tgUBSDAY, JUtfR
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of I^fstkvoftors^
tfotidi CaroBiU.
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Kills Baby Son to ,Save Him Froni
^ Cross Fund
Here Increases
Total Of The Contributioiu
Climbs To $235.16; Funds
Are Needed Badly
Mrs. J. C. Smoot
Ira D. Payne
Mrs. R. B. Pharr
Berlin. — The German high
command claimed today that ‘ a-
long the entire front the German
offensive is thrusting forward
rapidly.”
A communique Issued from Hotel Wilkes
Adolf Hitler’s field headquarters TOTAL
said that In heavy fighting Ger
man divisions had crossed the
Jlarns at several points.
.Ie'”capfuf3 of Cfiattras Ws
claimed and the high command
gaid that after passing the 1915
battlefields before Paris, the Ger
mans were in pursuit of the en
emy.
The communique said that ac
cording to preliminary estimates
more than 100,000 allied prison
ers had been taken since June 5,
in addition to huge quantities of
war material. Two allied armies
the German west wing were
^iMtroyed, It was claimed, and
more than 200 allied tanks were
captured.
Total of Red Cross war relief
contributions here today was
$235.16, an increase of more than
$100 over the amount contribut
ed through Monday, according to
the report of W. Blair Gwyn,
chapter treasurer.
As yet no canvass for funds
has been made and those who
have contributed have done so
without personal appeal. How
ever, the chapter is far short of
its revised quota of $1,600 and
It Is hoped that many additional
contributions will be made this
week. Mr. Gwyn is accepting con
tributions for the Wilkes chapter
of the Red Cross at the Bank of
North Wllkesboro.
Contributions since the last
published report Monday follows;
Previously reported .$133.96
B. Williams 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Finley 10.00
Meadows Mill Co. 25.00
P. E. Brown -
J. and R. S. Ogilvle
Miss Anne Duncan
Mrs. B. F Profflt
Dr. F. C. Hubbard —
A Friend”
WilUams Makes
Plea For Donors
Suffering and Hunger Raun-
pant In The War Scarred
Countries Of Europe
5.00
20.00
1.00
1.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
1.00
1.20
10.00
$235.16
London.—About 6,000 British
^troops and an unspecified num
ber of ether allied troops have
been captured by the Germans in
their drive to the Seine River,
Britain admitted today.
The L'rltlsh troops, part of one
division, and other allied troops
had been trapped In the St. Val
ery Ex Caux region, 35 miles
northeast of Le Havre.
The war office had made
known that part of a division
numbering at full strength be
tween 19,900 and aOiOOO.men—
had been trapped, and*ws»
lleved to have been c«^ured, a-’
long with other allied troops in
the region.
Rome. — Italian planes have
bombed the French naval bases
at Bizarta. on the North African
coast, and Tonlon, chief base on
the French Riviera, Italy’s sec
ond communique of the war as
serted tbday.
* ’The communique said that Ital
ian aviation had caused consider
able damage.
At Blzerta, the communique
said, fires had been started and
line French airplanes and part
ft the airdrome had been de
stroyed.
It wss said that all Italian
planes returned safe to bases.
It was admitted that allied
places had bombed Turin, but it
was said that they had caused
only slight damage and that there
were few victims.
North Wllkesboro
Plays. Mopresville
“Queen” Contest
Now m Pr^ess;
Over ^ Entrante
Meanwhile Plans For Many
Phases Of Celebration
Are Going Forward
The MooresTllle Cubs, widely
ognised ns one of the best
^ateur baseball teams In the
pestern part of the state, will
J»y North Wllkesboro on the
^r;jronnds field here Sunday
Xternoon, three o’clock.
North Wllke&boro played
JooresvlUe three games last year
nd copped two victories. Moores-
Ulle hf reinforcements this year
and hopes to reverse the proceed-
tngs. i
With more than half a hundred
young ladies entered, the contest
to select a “queen” to reign
through four glorious days of
North Wllkesboro’3 60th anni
versary celebration July 1, 2, 3
and 4 gets under way In earnest
today.
The “queen” will be selected
by votes and votes will be mainly
through the sale of tickets to the
presentation of “On Wings of
Time,” historical spectacle to be
staged each night of the celebra
tion. Each dollar’s worth of tick
ets sold coanU 1,000 votes and
vote coupons in local newspapers
count ten each.
Mrs. Palmer Horton. Queen
Contest committee chairman, said
today that ballot boxes are being
placed in all six drug stores In
the Wllkesboros and that a list
of nominations for “queen” will
be placed on each box for the
convenience of the public.
Meanwhile rehearsals for the
pageant are In progress every day
at the armory under direction of
Keith Gingles. pageant master
and promotion manager for John
B. Rogers producing company. If
there are others who have not
been contacted and who wish to
have a part In the historical
spectacle they are requested to
report at the armory.
Mr. Gingles said today that he
had secured an additional feature
from his company to include In
the pageant. It will be scenic ef
fects portraying the first railroad
train to come to North Wllkes
boro 50 . years ago.
Plans for other phases of the
event. Including parade, addresses
and other features, are progress
ing satisfactorily under direction
of the various divisions and com
mittees and all Indications iK)lnt
to a very successful anniversary
celebration event which will draw
large crowds to this metropolis of
northweetern North Carolina.
North Wllkesboro’s Commerce
Bureaus are sponsors of the cele
bration.
By J. B. WTLMAMS
Wilkes county fathers, moth
ers, sons and daughters, I have
been reading In our local papers
the names of those who have been
contributing to the Red Cross
Drive in our county for funds
aid the suffering humanity
Europe, and I must say that I am
personally disappointed In the a-
mount of funds that have been
contributed thus far. I was con
nected with the local chapter for
many years and I am still very
much Interested In seeing Wilkes
county keep its wonderful record
of the past. We have never failed
yet to put over a drive and con
tribute more than we were asked
for. I understand that our chap
ter has been asked to raise $1,-
600.00 of a total sum of $20,000,-
000.00 that Is now being raised
throughout our nation.
I am sure we would contribute
if we would only sit down and
think for a moment of the ter
rible condition that exists In
Europe, and think of those fath
ers, mothers, sons and daughters
that are suffering physical pain
as well as mental anguish; the
thousands that are hungry, maim
ed and without food or medical
attention, with no place to lay
their head. They have been put
out of their comfortable homes
by the war lords of Europe; their
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B(ra. Katherine Kelly ot Chicago, •nScHnc frotn "invobittoaal
pretslOD,” and her flve-year-old aon, John, whom ohe killed with a baso-
ball bat becanse she wanted to save him from the war. The tragedy
ocenrred while Aostln, her IS-year-old son, was attending tbn fnrnsee.
The Jnry recommended that ICra. Kelly ho held an a mnrdet charge.
Progress Is Made WiDiams, Stroud
Improving A Part On Program State
M w,. m A m ^ - •
Of Highway 421 B.& L. Convention
Four AdditionsJ Feet Of Annual Meeting Of, Building
Concrete Being Applied
East Of WBkesboro
and Lostn League At
Blowing Rock Soon
When WPA projects now In
progress are completed “bottle
necks” will be removed from
Highway 421 In western North
Carolina.
For several years 421, the
famous Boone Trail highway and
a highly important interstate
thoroughfare, has had four sec
tions which were decidedly below
par for such an important road.
Between North Wllkesboro and
Millers Creek, a distance of about
J. B. (Bid) Williams, secre
tary of the North Wllkesboro
1 'b-.-.' -4
psemf
traw
tet Singi^
At Mt. Pleasant
Blue Ridge quartet sin^njg Ra
tion will hare its next slag-
seadon at Monnt Pleasant
Ba^ist church on Sunday, June
16, beginning at 1:30 p. m.
All quartets are invited to at
tend and take part in the singing
during the afternoon.
Cmnmittee Is
CalledToMeet
Coheres Bureau
ElectionPostponed
Reuaoii For M^thdrawl Of
Resignation Stated In
Letter To Conunittee
J. R. Rousseau, chairman, and
C. O. McNlel, secretary, of the
Wilkes county Democratic execu
tive committee have called a
meeting of the committee to ho
. T J ****** ** Hotel Wilkes on Saturday
No Quorum Present Tuesday afternoon, June 15. 2 :30 o’clock.
at which time they will withdraw
their resignations as chalrmaa
tea-
u - tho
committee on June 1.
Withdrawal of their reeigna-
Night; Meeting To Take
Place On July 9th
_____ and secretary, which were
The annual election of a board '*«■«'* ******** * meeting of
of directors for the North Wllkee
boro Commerce Bureaus which
ooro commerce ccreaus wnicn
was to have taken place Tuesday “O*** ss head of the Democratie
night, was postponed until the *** Wilkes was explained la
seccud Tuesday night In July,
(this being July 9th,) at 8 o’-
c^>ck. On account of the failure
of a quorum being present.
Although the meeting had been
advertised and Individual letters
had been mailed to the bureau
membership only about thirteen
members out of a meurbershlp of
Building and Loan association, slxty-flve attended tho meeting
will speak on the subject of scheduled to have been held
rviii o|/s7c»s. \/R* cRRv/ w. gcaeauiea iv u«ve
‘Keeping Our Feet On The Tuesday night. President Rlch-
Oround” at the 87th annual - — - ^ •j--* **--
meeting of the North
srd _Flnley, who presided at the
Carolina meeting, announced the postpone-
oicDiius meeiing, announcea mo yoouiruiio-
Bnllding and Loan League to be n,gnt of the election of directors
* -1:1 W 40 4A OA . a _ -C.
.. w J 6 1-2 mlloe, the eonficete. fisva-
Uves l»Ma.beSfl wjecteiMi40>S£
held on June 18, 19. 20, at May-
view Hanor, Blowing Rock. Mr.
Williams Is also a member of the
Entertainment Committee.
Wm. A. Stroud. Secretary of
the Wllkesboro Building and
cannot see'even^a gffin'i^ie bTSbpo
for the future, but In this hour
of their great and terriMe suf
fering I feel that It behooves all
humanity who can to contribute
In a substantial manner to the
aid of these suffering people.
Mrs. Mable Walsh
Is Taken By Death
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Boomer church for Mrs.
Mable Hester Walsh, age 22, who
died Monday.
Surviving Mrs. Walsh Is her
husband, Willard Walsh, her mo
ther, Mrs. Lou Hester, five broth
ers and three sisters.
can visualize a mother with a
little babe In her arms, perhaps
sick and hungry, standing In the
rain with the babe crying for
food, with nothing but disaster
staring ber in the face, not know
ing what the next moment will
bring. This mother loves her
baby, she loves her husband and
her son who may be at the front
fighting for their very existence,
and I might add too, that they
are fighting for our very exist
ence. Here at home we do not
know what suffering is. We some
times think we do but we cannot
even comprehend In a small way
the terrible condition existing
over there. When we get sick we
can easily get a doctor and get
medicine. We can get food and
clothes and can lie down at night
with a security that we will not
be killed before morning. 1 am
sure ihat our people are thankful
and grateful to a just God that
we are not at this time Involved
In the terrible and perhaps most
disastrous war in all history.
In appreciation of our existing
condition here it behooves each
of us to do all we can to help,
and I personally hope that the
good people of Wilkes county will
respond immediately with their
money to the local chapter, and
that by this time next week we
will not only have raised $1,-
600.00 but considerably more
than that, thereby continuing our
splendid record of the past In
doing more than we are asked to
do. There are very few of us who
are not able to give at least one
dollar. Many are able to give
more. This is a time when we
should give until It hurts. There
are over 43,000 people in Wilkes
county and certainly should aver
age $1.00 per person. Wouldn’t It
be a splendid record? After all it
is not the record we are thinking
about but what the money would
do for a suffering people.
This article Is being given to
the press unsolicited on my part
and I sincerely hope that It will
bring Immediate results. Send all
contributions to' W. B. Gwyn,
Treasurer, Wilkes County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, North
Wllkesboro, N. C.
and the same applied to about
7 1-2 miles of concrete road east
of Wllkesboro and In Watauga
county east of Boone. West of
Boone the highway was narrow
and crooked.
By means of a WPA project the
highway between this city and
Millers Creek has been widened
by placing bituminous strips on
each side, the tot^l being about
seven feet additional pavement.
Considerable progress has al
ready been made In placing four
feet of additional concrete east
of Wllkesboro and about three
miles of wldeningi there has been
completed. Four feet is being add-
.3d to the concrete pavement In
Watauga county.
The state highway commission
has been revising and rebuilding
portions of highway 421 west of
Boone.
When all the projects are com
pleted highway 421 will be a
modern highway all the way
through northwestern North Car
olina.
for the ensuing year due to lack
of a quorum and designated the
second 'Tuesday night In July aa
the time for the election to take
piace.
a letter to committee members.
Excerpts from the letter follows:
‘Since our resignations Satur
day, June 1, a rumor has *>eeii
circulated which tends to Injurs
the Democratic party, and In the
interest of the Democratic party
we want to withdraw our resigna
tions . . . and If yonr committee
sees fit to re-elect us as chairman
and secretary we will endeavor
to give our very best to the par
ty.”
The letter concluded with the
call for the meeting ot the com
mittee to be held Saturday.
Bhs Sdiedoles
the subject of “How the FHA
Has Affected Our Appraisals” od
Wednesday morning.
the memlMnhip ot the buresns so
that the board of directors may
be duly elected.
Amateur ProfiT*«n
At Boomer School
On Saturday night, June 22,
the choir of Boomer Is sponsoring
an amateur program at the
schoolhouse. All amateur musici
ans are invited to be present and
take part with Instrumental and
vocal selections, stunts, etc. There
will be a grand prize of $6.00 giv
en to the best musician. Other
prizes are offered aa follows; In
strumental-best band, quartet,
trio, duet, solo; Vocal—best quar
tet, trio, duet and solo.
Paul B. Collins, of Llncolnton,
and his quartet, will be present
and entertain before and after the
program.
'The proceeds are to be used for
the benefit of tho Baptist church.
Admission 15c and 25c.
County Baseball
Lei^e Organized
Bus Station H«re
Timos For Deparhm
Of Buses
Purlear, Moravian Falls,
Fairplains, Rock Creek,
and Clingman
Dr. G. T. Mitchell Is spending
this week at Chicago, Illinois.
Miss Margaret Hubbard, of
Richmond, Va., is here visiting
her mother, Mrs. James Hubbard.
Ten
- VOTES -
NORTH WILKESBORO’S
50th Anniversary Celebration
Ten
My Choice for Queen of the Celehrotion Is
Name:
Address: — -
Contest Closes at 10:00 A. M., June 27
Ten - VOTES - Ten
A Wilkes county baseball
league with teams representing
six rural communities was formed
In a meeting of players and fans
here Wednesday afternoon.
The member teams in the ama
teur league are Purlear. Moravi
an Falls, Fairplains, 'Traphlll,
Rock Creek and Cllngman.
Although organization of the
league was not perfected, a sch^
dule of games for Saturday and
Sunday. June 15 and 16. was an
nounced as follows; Saturday
Rook Creek at Purlear, Moravian
Falls at Traphlll, Fairplains at
Cllngman; Sunday—^Purlear at
Moravian Falls, Rock Creek at
Traphlll, Cllngman at Fairplains.
The complete schedule for the
season will be announced next
llveek.
Schedule of buses on __
lines will change on Saturday,
June 15, It was announced hera
this week by M. C. Woodle, local
agent for Greyhound bus lines.
The Following schedule glvea
times of departure at the bos
station here for buses on all lines
ont of this city after June 15:
To Winston-Salem: 7:30 a. m.,
10:45 a. m., 3:15 p. m., and 7:49
p. m.
Statesville and Charlotte: 7:28
a. m., 8:15 a. m., 11:00 a. m.,
3:15 p. m., 6:20 p. m., and 7:4(1
p. m.
Bristol and Knoxville: 9:45 a.
m. and 7:40 p. m.
Lenoir, Morganton and Ashe
ville: 9:40 a. m. and 7:40 p. m.
Siparta: 7:30 a. m. and 3:49
p. m.
Wytheville, Bluefleld and
Charleston, W. Va.; 7:30 a. ,m„
9:45 a. m., 10:45 a. m., and 7:40
m.
Persons desiring further Infor
mation should call the bus statioa.
in this city.
Wilkesboro Grange
Has Good Meeting
Swimming Pool
To Open Saturday
A large attendance of members
and an Interesting program fea
tured the meeting ot Wllkesboro
Grange held Tuesday "night.
Mrs. W. R. Absher, statistician
Lions Club Will Again Oper
ate Pool Near Yadkin
Between Wilkesboros
Mrs. w. IV. /vuauc*, The North Wllkesboro Lions
of the county welfare department, again operate the swim-
I*.*,.. nnA rinllv. . .
was the guest speaker and dellv- mjng po,i pear the Yadkin be-
ered an Interesting address.
AYS OFF OVERTIME PARIPG
TICHET WITH WOODEN NICKEIS
Will welcome ine xne pool, waicn was cousiruuL-
persons Interested in promoting private Interests several
the welfare and progress of rural ygars ago and later leased to th«
people.
ONfcY IN POND
Farmer—“HI, there! Can’t you
see that sign, ‘No fishing on these
grounds’?”
Rastus—-“Co’se I kin see It;
but I ain’t so Ig’rant as ter fish
on no grounds. I’s fishing in de
ponid.”
Wooden money Is being used
here for almost evevythliig—
even for paying off traffic vlo-
latloDs.
Presley Myers, local merch
ant, forgot about parking his
car on Main street and when
he returned there was a traffic
ticket for overtfane parking.
“They haven’t get a tiling on
me,” Mr. Myers said, 'Tm go
ing to pay off that ticket with
wooden money.” He carried the
ticket to L H, McN«4Ji. c**?
derk and treasurer, and paid
him the prescribed amount in
wooden nickels.
The wooden nickels are souv
enir ' eertifloates' m^ln^ to
pabUdze Kdrth Wfilmsbon^s
dune 30 through July 4 but
they an good in local channds
of trade Mid are even good at
the banks.
The certificates In denomina
tions of one, two and __flv»
“wooden nickels.” lliey are
printed «m,very thin aUm of
real wood and bear the like
ness of Daniel Boone.
Any part the 91,000 worth
of wooden nickels put Into cir
culation here and not tacked
away by souvenir hnntera will
be redeemable In carii until IB
noon on July 1 at rittier local
bank. ‘
'Oie tdeens are circulating
freely la trade and Iwdiaad.of
being shunned are aetnsUy ta
Singing June 30th
At Boomer ChuriJi
tween the Wllkeeboros and the
©a ftn ilium $»b***& ta%aaaz«»»w. CWCHU lUO WllAmiUUiUO auu VlAW
Tho Grange Is now In the midst jjg opened on Saturday,
of a membership campaign and 15, club officials said today,
will welcome tho membership of ipjjg pool, which was construct-
Southslde Singing association
win convene at Boomer Baptist
church on Sunday, June 30, ac-
edrdtil^ to an announcement to- the club’ In Us activities for
day iby F. J. McDuffie, chairman, benefit of underprivileged
Lions Club .to operate as a part
of Its program for boys and girls,
has been repainted and the bath
houses have been repainted and
renovated.
The pool is operated on a non
profit basis and the admlsslou
charges of 10 cents for school
children and 20 cents for aduKc
gbes to pay operating expenseu
and the surplus, if any, is used
The day’s program will begin
at, ten a. m. and at noon lunch
will be spread picnic style. '
All who slug go«»el music are
invited to attend and take part
in the program, which will con
tinue through the afternoon.
the benefit of underprivileged
children. Season tickets will be
placed on sale Saturday at $2.60
for school children and $3.60 for
One or more persons who have
passed the Red Cross Hte savlas
and first aid course will he
duty at the pool at all times' to
Mrs. D. S. Lalie to bunding a',
seven-room brick veneer resWsnosI assure safety of thasuwlMg th»
— i, ^ gMmmlng *-
his bsen, torn doin».j^^;
■ -q-
lf_ desired.
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