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Somewktr* ■ Oa Th« English
Coast, jQljr 2.—Dnevn IwyonetB
1' of Britain’s finest fighting men
glistened In defiant watch tonight
along England’s new front line—
beachee cleared of holiday crowds
and studded with gon emplace
ments and pillboxes.
Guns are wheeled Into place,
pointing out to sea. Sentries stand
ready to cry the warning and
fire the flrst shots against expect
ed bUtskrieg troopa
Military officials took reporters
on a topr of defenses around this
once-tecimlng beach report from
which the civil populace is barred,
"^effectlye tonight.
Guides pointed out machine-
gun neats in the sand and heavlor
guns hidden in the hills behind.
Ilnakcrque Vets on Guard
Troops we saw along the sandy
front were the men of Dunkerque,
bitterly experienced In the Nasi
war technique, hut ready for an
other crack at “Jerry.”
The Germans chased them out
of Flanders, but It’s different
now, as one veteran put It:
“Because we’re fighting for our
homee.*'
The troopers hustle Bren gun
carriers resembling light tanks
over hills heavy with history and
spread smoke screens In rehears
al for attack.
The depth of the coast defense
system was not disclosed, but one
high officer commented, "It’s
deep, all right.”
Only a few civilians turned out
for their last day on the beach.
Pillboxes On Beach
They strolled in the sand beside
concrete pillboxes which the Brit
ish officers say are as strong as
those of the Maginot line, and not
so easily attacked.
One sun-browned two-year-old
wanted to touch a blue-black gun-
barrel that pointed skyward. His
mother held him back.
Prime Minister Churchill, who
has said. "We will fight on the
beaches and landing grounds, In
the fields and in the streets,”
visited the Sussex coast himself
for a new inspection of the de
fense works.
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VOL. XXTO No. 31
NOM WiiOTiBOR0e i^ r rmmm*sxwt
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Urges Co-operation
Greater co-operatioa between state
and federal social agencies to lessen
the economic problem was nrged re
cently by Secretary of Labor Fran
ces Perkins before the LaFcdlette
committee In Washington.
Many Examined
In The T. B. Clinic
Now In Progress
Suspects Urged By Health
Authorities To Be Exam
ined During the Clinic
London.—French and British
r*:? ,Warships are lighting each other
k off the north coast of Africa, the
f British ministry of information
reported today, as a result of
Great Britain’s renewed efforts to
keep the navy of her conquered
ally, by force it agreement, from
falling Into the hands of Germany
and Italy.
The British reported that a
sudden move to place all French
warships in British ports under
control of the- royal navy was
completed successfully with "on
ly two casualties.” However, ac
tion had to be taken in the lo-
tf , callty of Oran, Algeria, because
^ the French admiral in ^command
would not accept British condi
tions. The ministry of informa
tion said the operation off Oran
is continuing.
London.—At least 1,000 Ger
man and Italian alien prisoners
en route to internment camps in
Canada were drowned Tuesday
in a wild death battle of flying
fists and Iron bars when a Ger
man U-'bioat sank the 15,475-ton
British steamer Aracuora Star oft
the Irish West Coast.
The death toll may reach 1.200,
If was feared, because about 300
crew members and 200 British
soldiers guarding the prisoners
also were aboard.
Of 1,640 German and Italian
aliens, seized in wholesale rouniL
ups in the British Isles to crush
"fifth column” activities, only
572 were gaid to have been saved.
London. — Six persons were
killed and 78 were injured In
German air raids yesterday wh ch
swept the length of the British
Isles, the ministry for home se-
-/ curity announced early ^^ay.
One of the dead was We engl-
^ ueer of a train which was bomb-|
ed while en route between two
southeastern coastal
The air ministry said thn at
leait six and possibly nine Ger
man planes were shot down In
violent air fighting.
I Hold Last Rites
V For James Hamby
fi Granite PaUs, July l.--Funer-
^ al services for James
Hamby, 26, accident victim in
Hickory Sunday, were held at
Dunkurk Baptist church in
•Wilkes county this afternoon at
r r o’c^ck. Rev. Lnther Haas was
in charge of the services.
^ He Is aurvlved by i'*®
M Mrs. Lonellen Clwrcfc H^y and
one daughter, Anne Hamby of
Granite Falls and foUowlng b^
thers and aliiters: Raymond and
Willard Hamby of Rhodhias: Mrs.
Boy Mariey, Wllkesboro and Mrs.
Dewey Helton, Rhi^hlss-
The tubercular clinic for adults,
being conducted in Wllkesboro
under auspices of the Wilkes
county health department, i a
progressing splendidly. It was
learned today from the office of
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health of
ficer.
Dr. H. F. Easom, sipeclallst di
agnostician from the state sani-
torium. is making the examina
tions with the aid-ol a -lieuro-,
scope and a large numitter can be
examined daily. Thirty-seven were
examined on Monday, first day
of the clinic, which will continue
through next week.
Dr. Eller has urged that all
persons who have reason to su
spect they may have contracted
tuberculosis to be examined dur
ing clinic. No charge is made
for examinations and appoint
ment may be had by calling the
county health department.
Federal Court Not
To Begin July 8tli
Special Term In Wilkeaboro
Called Off; Jurors
Are Notified
$2,218
LocaLhdu^riy
DuriniSi
Includes Only Wagns Padd
By Employers Pajriny
UCC Taxation
Raleigh.—Payrolls were about
231,000,000 greater In 1939 than
In 1938 for about 8,500 employ
ers in the State who were subject
to and came under the provisions
of the N. C. Unemployment Com
pensation Law, the approximate
figures being $373,000,000 in
1938 and $407,000,000 In 19^9,
Charles P. Powell, Commission
chairman reports.
The employer contributions,
the 2.7 per cent tax on payrolls,
amounted to $10,131,314 In
1938, compared with $10,976,-
999 In 1939, reflecting better ope
rations.
ITnempIoyment Compensation,
or jobless benefits, amounted to
$8,159,368 in 1938, the first year
of payments, and dropped to $4,-
256,864 in 1939.
North Carolina had 8,416 em
ployers subject to the UC law In
the year 1939, and in the same
year 449,897 workers were pro
tected by the law.
Applications for work in the 56
Employment Service Division of
fices in the State and at about
125 “service points" and about
150 “spot points” visited by rep
resentatives from these offices,
numbered 307,954 in 1938, as
compared with 331,161 in 1939,
while placements on Jobs number
ed 89,694 in 1938, increasing to
107,621'in 1939.
Wilkes county, a breakdown of
the State figures shows, had 60
employers subject to the law and
2,933 workers protected by It in
the year If 19.
Payrofl*
to the law and paid on employeee
protected by the law, amounted
to $1,914,274 in 1938, as com
pared with $2,218,201 in 1939,
while contributions paid by the
liable employers of Wilkes coun
ty amounted to $52,468 in 1938,
as compared with $59,983 in
1939.
Benefits to unemployed or par
tially unemployed workers in the
county amounted to $94,398. as
compared with $41,482 in 1939.
Central UCC office records fur
ther show 3.483 applications for
work in 1938 and 3,082 in 1939
in this county, while placements
in jobs numbered 1,104 in 1938,
and 888 in 1939, Chairman Pow
ell said.
4] 1940 n.6aiNTHS8tAllMt^0(||rtl^THEi
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flliESBOKH
BAND
Night Cano
Because Of
There will be no federal court
In Wllkesboro next week, accord
ing to advice given the clerk by
Judge Johnson J. Hayes.
At the end of the May term
Judge Hayes announced that
court would convene on Monday,
July 8, and instructed the jurors
to return on that date.
However, Linville Bumgarner,
federal court clerk for the Wil-
kesboro circuit, said that he had
been Instructed by the Judge to
notify the jurors that the court
has been called off and that the
jurors have been notified.
The special week of court was
originally set to clear up the
criminal docket but some of the
cases pending have been disposed
of at other terms in the dis
trict.
Ask Inoculation Of
Austrian Winter Peas
Government authorities have
asked that Austrian Winter peas
be Inoculated, it was announced
today from the office of the
Triple A in Wilkes, and arrange
ments have been made with New
ton’s Cut-Rate Drug store In
WU^estgiro to carry a supply of
the inoculation on hand for the
farmers.
Agreed on
J. T. Anderson, 37,
Funeral Held Today
Jess?. Talmadge Anderson, 37,
citizen of Wllkesboro route two
community, died at 8:35 a. m.
Wednesday. Funeral service was
held today at Hunting Creek
church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Oma Anderson, two sons. Jack
and Paul Anderson: four daugh
ters, Beulah, Doris, Oma Jessie
and Nona Anderson; parents,
Noah and Maxtha Staley Ander
son; four brothers and five sis
ters.
Fountain Pen
Offer Still On
Morrison Pens Will Be Giv
en With Subscriptions
For Limited Time
The Journal-Patriot announces
today that for a limited time on
ly the offer to give a genuine
Morrison fountain pen with each
new or renewal subscription will
be continued.
We now have a number of these
Tom—So you went fishing with
Dick yesterday. What did yon
catch?
Harry—^Ask Dick. I’ve forgot
ten the number we agreed on.
SHOULD WORSHIP IT
Clara—George says he wor
ships the ground I walk on.
Hayton (rejected) — I don’t
blame him. A farm that size is
not to be sneezed at.
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Here is North Wilkesboro’s high school band jnst blossomed out in pretty blue and gold uniforms.
The band was organized during the past school term and has improved rapidly. ..Left to right: front
row—W. P. Grier, Jr., director; Glenn Kerbangh, drum major: Dick McNiel, symbols; Wayne Gen
try, bass drum; Betty Hntehens, snare drum; Lynn .^ugh, drum major; Nellie Gabriel, drum maj
orette; Annie Ruth Blankenship, color bearer. Seeand row—Henry Waugh, baritone ho™? Frances
Kennedy, baritone horn; Tommie Kilby, baritone bom; Tal Barnes, Jr„ trombone; U>max Killv, trom
bone; Third rowv-Mike Quinn, alto bom; Bobby Hubbard, trnmpef; Didde Sloop, trumpet; Bill Ga
briel, cornet; Mike Williams, cornet; Andrew Johnson, cornet; BUI (Gardner, comet; Jay Johnson, Jr.,
trumpet. Buck row-Joe aemente, clarinet; Mack Miller, clarineit: M, W. foeene, Jr,^re "um?
Tommie Gih^ath, alto bom; Bob Day, tuba; Walter Jones, Jr., bass bora; Carl Gwyn Coffey, flute;
Tommie Caudill, comet player, was abeent when the above picture was taken.
City High School Band Has New ]To Hold Meetii^^s
Uniforms And Better Equipment To Explain Voting
Tobacco Control
Triple A Office Annouixiaa
Time and Places For
F
North Wllkesboro high school
band, which was organized during
the past school year, blossomed
out in strikingly beautiful uni
forms for Its performances this
week during North Wilkesboro’s
FUtietb snntTeeisar^eeli
superintendent, along With aoine
other Interested school people
here decided about a year ago
♦hat North Wllkesboro high
school should have a band and
immediately set out to make the
preliminary arrangements neces
sary to organize and train a
school band which they hope will
be second to none as the years
pass and additional training can
be given the members.
W. P. Grier, Jr., who was
known to possess certain qualifi
cations and training essential for
a band Instructor, was employed
as a member of the school faculty
and one of his assigned tasks
was the organization of a school
band.
With a few Antiquated pieces
of equipment and with no exper
ienced students Mr. Grier set out
to aceomplisii what looked like
was next to ImposslMe hut before
the school terra ended he had
gathered a number of students
into a .veiT,
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Thotuands Yet Have Opfio^o
tlpiuty To WitneM Hiet»>
rical Spectacle Here >
HOEY TO SPEAK TODAY
State’s Chief Executive Tm'
Deliver An Addreaa At
Four O’clock
Because of rain and wet
grounds, last night’s presenta
tion of “On Wings of Time,”
historical spectacle-pageant be
ing shown as the headline at
traction of North WUkeeboro's
SOth anniversary celebration,
was called off and the pageant
win be shown tonight and Fri
day night.
Tonight's performance was
to have been the last but oa
account of the cancelled per
formance last night due to rain,
the pageant will be shown on
Friday n4d>t, elgfht o’clock, te
order to give numerous people
who have not witnessed the
pageant an opportunity to
enjoy the prodnclioa, whlclr
has been enthusiastically ao
claimed as a strUdngiy good
presentation of the history of
northwestern North Carolina.
The pet and novelty parade
scheduled for yesterday after
noon was also cancelled on ae-
ocunt of weather condltiona
and participants will be give*
a section in the Mg Fourth of
Jnly Parade. The parade oom-
mittee asks children who will
take part, to
letlc engsgedie^s. ,
More students with musical tal
ent were attracted to the group
and the need for equipment and
uniforms became acute.
Quietly the school authorities
put the proposition up to business
firms and individuals of the city
to see if their Interest in a school
band was great enough to inspire
financial backing to the tune of
about $1,000 for uniforms and
equipment. The response was ex
cellent and little difficulty was
experienced in raising the desired
amount. Now the hand is attrac
tively clad in blue and gold and
has good equipment. Great things
are expected of the band during
the coming years in North Wil-
kesboro.
Annual Meeting North Wilkesboro’s
Commerce Bureaus Tuesday Night
Horses In Pageant
Are Highly Praised
Compliments to performers in
On Wings of Time,” historical
pageant being shown as a feature
of North Wilkesboro’s SOth an
niversary celebration, have not
been confined to men, women,
boys and girls but even the ani
mals have come in for their share
of praise.
A number of beautiful horses
for the pageant were graciously
furnished itJy John Irvin, live
stock dealer, and Tomlinson’s
stables. They represent some of
the best horses available in this
section.
Cripple Clinic
July Eleventh
Will Be Held At Wilkei
Hospital Next Thursday;
. Attendance Urged
Cripple clinic for the month of
high quality pens on hand and July will be held at the Wilkes
are assured that we can secure hospital on Thursday, July 11,
a considerable quantity during according to sin announcement to-
the next few days. This means day by the Wilkes county health
that for a limited time every per-j department.
son who renews his subscription j The clinics, which are conduct-
for one year or as a new subscrlb- ed under the jqipt sponsorslilp of
the health department and’"; the
North Wilkesboro Klwanls club,
have been very.succdesful In dis
covering patients whose physical
Directors For Ensuing Year
Will Be Elected At City
Htdl On Tuesday
Annual .meeting, of North Wil-
kesboro's Commerce Bureaus,
Inc., for the purpose of electing
directors and for the transaction
of any other business requiring
the attention of the members,
will be held at the city hall on
Tuesday, July 9, eight p. m.
The meeting was originally
scheduled to be held on June 11
hut sufficient number of members
was not present to constitute a
quorum and the president called
another meeting to be held July
9.
The Commerce Bureaus are a
central organization of business
and professional Intereets in the
city and were organized last year.
Wllkesboro Revival
Closed Last Nig^t
A splendid revival meeting at
er orders The Journal-Patriot for
one year will get one of these
pens, •which could not be dupli
cated for tSore than the price o^
the subscription.
The pens arts available in
either men’s or ladies’ styles with
fine or medium point. Pens will
be forwarded by mail to subpcrib-
defects could be corrected and
the sponsors are asking the co
operation of the public In having
persons present at the cUnlo who,
alre In need of orthopedic examl-
ers who mall their subscriptions, nation. j - . V;
closed last night after being in
progress tea days. Bey. C. W.
Kirby, of near Winafon-Salem,
Wilkes, today announced ' that
four meetings will be held for the
purpose of acquainting tobacco
farmers with provisions of the to-
ib|a'cco referendum to be held soon.
On Tuesday, July 16, a meet
ing will be held at Austin school
at 12:30 p. m. and at Clingman
at 7:00 p. m.
On Wednesday. July 17, a
meeting will be held at Somers
school at 12:30 p. m. and at Ben-
ham school at 7:00 p. m. It was
explained that the meetings are
scheduled immediately after noon
30 that farmers may attend dur
ing the lunch rest hour and at
seven p. m. because the school
houses win not be lighted and it
will be necessary to conclude the
meetings before dark.
J. A. Propst. of the state Triple
A office, and Mr. Miller will con
duct the meetings. All tobacco
growers and other interested
farmers are especially invited to
attend the meetings.
Mrs. Pearson Is
Acddent Victim
Wife Of Konrad Pearson
Killed In Crash Near j
Tau'boro Mtmday
Tarboro. — Mrs. A. Konrad
Pearson, Sr., 23, of Raleigh, died
in the Edgecombe general hos
pital Tuesday morning at 10:45
o’clock of injuries received Mon
day at t:30 p. m. when the car
in which she was riding between
Rich Square and Woodland blew
a tire and overturned. Dr. W. W.
Green of the hospital staff said
Mrs. Pearson died of a head frac
ture And undetermined internal
Injuries.
After receiving first aid from
a Rich Square doctor, Mrs. Pear
son was trfken to Tarboro where
she was admitted to the Edge
combe hospital. Her husband was
not injured.
Mrs. Pearson is survived by her
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the Wllkesboro Methodist church, husband, a son,. Albert Konrad
Peaxson, Jr., and her grandmoth
er, Mrs. J. R. Pender of Tarboro.
Funeral servlees was held in
conducted the series of eervlcee, the Bdenton Street Methodist
church In Raleigh Wednesday
morning at 11 o'clock, with hur-
being assisted by the pastor. Dr,
W. J. Pllnt. , ^
The. meeting resulted in many tol following in a Raleigh ceme-
re-dedicatlons and a ntuniber of tery.
conversions, and the series of
services were well attended.
Rev.- Mr. Kirby la one of the
DIDN’T KNOW
Anna—I’m so glad you like It,
■■t
aUe preachers of the Methodist [dear. Mother says chicken salad
conference and his wwk among and strawberry tarts are the only
the young pewle of the cpmmnn- things I . ,
was outstanding. ' Alford—Whdeh is this, darllngT
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The pages of time have
turned back more than 200 years
and then again unfolded in North
Wilkesboro’s SOth anniversary
celebration which is in progress
and will continue through Friday
night.
On Wings of Time.” historical
spectacle-pageant being staged
each night at the fairgrounds by
more than 500 costumed partici
pants amid beautiful scenery, has
exceeded the expectations of even
the most enthusiastic backers and
each performance so far has 'ueen
before highly appreciative audi
ences. Larger crowds are expected
for performances on Thursday
and Friday nights as the fame of
the pageant has spread rapidly in
northwestern North Carolina.
The pageant goes way back to
the age when the Cherokees were
yie only inhabitants of the hills
and valleys along the Yadkin.
Next are the scene.s of Daniel
Boone’s exploits and the coming
of the Moravians and other fron
tier pioneers. The covered wagon,
drawn by oxen, the spinning
wheel and other crude implements
of pioneer days have their psrt
in the show, which is being staged
by John B. Rogers Producing
I company, of Fostoria, Ohio., with
local talent.
The wedding of Col. Ben Cleve
land to Mary Graves is carried
out very effectively and later in
the pageant many of the charac
ters of this area in pioneer days,
whose names have become fam
ous in the history of the state and
nation, are paraded on the page
ant scene on horseback.
The dances in the pageant,
ranging all the way from the
Creation Ballet to a drill typify
ing the United States navy of to
day, are exceedingly well carried
out and receive rounds of ap
plause at every performance.
Many big events are planned
for today, Jnly 4. The first
event of the^day is planned es
pecially for visitors and will be
a motorcade tour of the Bine
Ridge Parkway in northwestern
North Carolina, leaving North
Wilkesboro about 9:30 and re
turning about noon.
Another simultaneous event
will be a county-wide singing et
the fairgrounds, beginning ThnifR..,
day moraine at ten o’clock. Sing
ers will use the stage in front oC
the grandstand and the ampUflf-
lag system will accomodate epee*
tatora In the grandstamL , '■*
At 2:30 in the attadtfiifn, ■
mammoth parade vltKsnoeronn
attracdona will font on .the ooiw-
ner ol Tuith and D strp$d» an#,'
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