»N
Th« G«m»* hWi;
Itix “blew
„ Fnncb co»at ItjPotfm*
aiMss far «»
latitt^tag of Adolf Hltler*a pro^
Isod fci¥*^oii of tho British Isloiv
hlrh Nwd. quarters said last
nli.dlt.
to addition to*a frontal assault
br ffto Wtd j* 09. Brttato*s ch«-
«r(^ »• toaals, 4?«w-
mylt also mar attack from the
on of Ireland through the
~ Q^orto CliMnel
to^ Ir» Sea. It was Intimated.
Tko organ of the l^asl high
eornmand "Dio Wehrmacht" said
|hiat*‘Oennan naral craft already
aM vstog "splendid bases tor ope-
ratMve on the French coast" be-
twesi Brest and Dunkerque from
irhSeh they could reach English
soil in as 'brief time as 42 min
utes althoitgh some naval units
would require Iwir hours and
troop transports would take three
times longer.
"Jumping Off Pointy”
The high command publication
» ed as '‘possible Jumping off
Its” the French ports of Dunk
erque, Calais, Boulogne, Abbe-
^^e, Dieppe, Lehavre, Caen,
jBkrbourg, Saint Malo and Biest.
of these 10 points have
been equipped for good defense
from the sea and are served by
good rail communications, enabl
ing the Germans to bring up large
quantities of men and materials
for the attack on Britain, it was
stated.
LK>ndon. — Britain announced
yesterday that Italian bombs
damaged a cruiser with ?ome cas
ualties in last week’s Mediterran
ean Sea fight, added to her sea
losses an Irish steamer ministers Invited to supply at the
the British flag, and weighed Baptist will take part 1-
4 r'rvwr« n Tl V id TlfliSCQ s..1_
warnings that Germany is poised
for one mighty air attack then
invasion.
The admiralty said the cruiser
was attacked July S, the day be
fore the Brltish-ltalian naval ac
tion in the mid-Mediterranean,
and that “the damage, however,
did not affect the ship’s
ifficlency and she took bar ful
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VOL. xxxm. Nq. 36
NORlfi-WItEESBOBO. N. 0 THtlRSDuir, JULY la 'lMOfl Mim
■ 1''I' ajjjr
-T
Series Of UniMf
Serykes In City
ToBej^SiOwy
Ministers Of ThreA Cbvirdws
To EstebMice Pulpits % '
Sunday Evenings j
Beginning Sunday evening,
July 21, the First Baptist, Meth
odist and Presbyterian churches
of this city will hold a serfts of
six union services on Sunday eve
nings, eight o’clock.
The scheJule was announced
today as follows:
Sunday, July 21, Rev. A. L.
Aycock, Methodist pastor, at the
Presbyterian church.
Sunday, July 2S, Rev. W. M.
Cooper, Presbyterian pastor, at
First Baptist.
Sunday, August 4,-Baptist min
ister at Methodist clfurch.
Sunday, August 11. Rev. A. L.
Aycock at Baptist church.
Sunday, August IS. Baptist
minister at Presbyterian church.
Sunday, August Rev. U.
.\I. Cooper at Methodist church.
Rev. Eugene Olive has resign
ed a.s pastor of the First Bap
tist church to accept a call to the
Wake Fore.st Baptist church atid
'77"^
I. ‘‘n' ”
.New Coimty Ag«nt
" I IM'^ I ■ *—
J. B. rfnipes (>egan lus out t».
a.s Wllkcei fanii agent Monday.
He is a grttduate of State Col
lege and has ten years e.\i>cr-
ience a.s avslttant county agent,
five at Rocky Mount and the
last five at Roxboro in Person
•■•ounly.
Heads IC. of P.
the union service schedule.
New Officers In
Charge Of K. P
That some of the cruiser’s crew
•were killed or wounded was ac
knowledged In a brief statement:
•*Next of kin of the casualties
have been notified. ’
The Dublin steamer City of
Limerick. 1.359 tons, was sunk
in an air attack, off Cape Cues-
sant (Ushant), France, last Mon
day while carrying fruit to Uver-
All but two of the crew
saved.
^Whlle German bombers
Dew«y
Minton Chancollor
idor; Tl*^P
■KB .rm m ■
Fwllui^e^S^
- ■' .. b . -
Totel it W9OJ00»moc^-
ed TolliloBipM* Ste^B** ^
Soctioo of Parkway
Funds have been allocated to
complete 12 projects making the
Blue Ridge national ^arkwqy
completfely available from Ashe
ville to the Virginia line, which
“mhraces the entire section of
'■he parkway passing through the
'ccal erea.
A total of $2,890,000 was al-
’ncsted for the 12 projects on the
Vorth Carolina section of the
•parkway, which will Include sur
facing, grading, construction of
I’rnctures, and maintenance of
-he 12 sections. A majority of the
iroject.s are scheduled to be
- tarted this fall and all will be
launched by May 1, 1941.
West of Asheville, the program
will link the existing roadways of
the state highway system. Scenic
'rives will be provided from
'.Vaynesville to the Sunburst road,
a portion of the Blue Ridge park
in-ay and the Pisgah road, which
terminates at Candler.
The program will also provide
a practical entrance into the
Smoky Mountains national park
"rom the Soco Gap road,.-^^hich
would cross the Cherokee Indian
'•eservation lands to Ravensford.
The allocations for the parkway
-,vere made under authority of the
cresent cpngre-w and have been
approved by Secretary of the In-
■erlor Harold Ickes. A portion of
■'he funds will 'he immediately
available. ^
STAHS-aiJa OUT ^ ‘
■ '
"^1
^eives
iy‘*Qii
' 3l-
up sporadic flights over southern
England last night. King George
MngBted munitions factories
*^Kre. The announcement did not
say whether he was in any of
the sections where bombs were
(filing.
Wilkes Pomona
Grange Picnic On
Tuesday Evening
Harry B. Caldwell and Kerr
Scott Will Be Speaker#
For The Event
Annual picnic of the Wilkes
County Pomona Grange will be
held on Tuesday evening. July 23,
five o’clock, at Pine Ridge picnic
gronnd on the Wllkesboro-Mora-
vian jail# highway. Grange ofli-
ciala announced today.
Speaker# for the occasion will
be> Harry B. Caldwell, of Greens
boro. master of the North Caro
lina state 'Grange, and Kerr
Scott, North Carolina commis-
aioner of agriculture.
>»Grange officials point on. that
^e'bubllc has a cordial invita-
Uon to the picnic and thaJ all
Ttottors will be welcome. The
picnic supper will be a ®
annual gathering, which U
always famous for good dinners
and Inspiring speeches.
The Wilkes Pomona Grange
was the first county unit of the
farm fraternity organized 1 n
. North Carolina and its annual
j^piciile is always looked forward
’ With eager anticipation.
t
Meeting Veteran®
Of Foreign War®
kfThe regular meeting of Blue
ke poet Veteran# of Foreign
^ will W held at the nmmcl-
bitUdlng In WUkmrboro, Tues-
r«ay night, Jnly the 23, at eight
o'clock, AU member# are asked
^ bf there promptly at eight as
1 la mqch business to be tak
en ante of, and.the meeting wlll^
'adBonrn at nj«e'prompUy.jr^
lie
Dewey Minton assumed the dr I
ties of Chancellor Commander of|
North Wilkesboro Knights of
Pythias lodge number 67 Monday
night, along with other officers
who were installed at the prev
ious meeting.
The other officers of the lodge
are as follows: Dr. A. C. Cham
berlain. vice chancellor; William
■ Marlow, prelate: Paul Osborne.
.master of works; Presley Mve s.
master at arms; V. E. Jennings, j
master of finance: Paul Church, j
master of exchequer; R. E. Cald-1
Weil, Inner guard; Glenn McNeill, [
outer guard. i
.At the meeting two candidates. |
Mack Moore, Jr,, and Joe Brame. I
were initiated into the rank of A
page. I Brier Creek Bapti't church
It was decided to have second | Sunday morning, July
degree work at the next meeting, continue tor a week or longer, j
Mack Moore, Jr., will be a candi-|The pastor wl}l be assisted by'
date for the rank of Knight. All Rev. E. G. Jordan, of Elkin, aiid
Pv. I. G. Greer, superintendent
-'f Mills Home, Thomasvllle, will
neak at the Fi^ Baptist
-hnrch in this city oh Sunday,
July 21. 11 o’clock.
Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor who
'-as resigned to accept the call
to the Wake Forest Baptist
church, has been released from
active duty as pastor of the First
Baptist church here, although
his resignation was originally set
I for September 1. His release was
p>t his request In order that he
'might devote time to some spe
cial work for Wake Forest college
.during the next lew weeks. Vls-
revivai will begin at O'diiting ministers and speakers will
"" ■ supply until his successor is
21, and pbosen. , ,
IVwc' MjiiR'n, who on 3Ioii-
day niglit assumed liK dnlies
r.' riiancpljer f’ommunder of
North IVilkeebopo Knights of
Pythias lodge number 67.
Old Brier Creek
Revival To Begin
Mrs. C. L. Sockwell entered ihe
date tor tne rank or ivnignc. ah icev. a. u. juruau, ui ainm, a,m Wilkes Hosp.tal Wednesday
members are urged to attend and the public has # cordial Invitation j vhere she will be a patient for a
take part in the work. to all services. . l/e^days.
WILKES PEOPLE ARE PURE AMERICANS
‘■'m
CuidMate To Be
Tonight
ilE ■
Rootevlt State# Detire Not
To Run But Acceptance
Of “Draft” Certain
Tobacco Are Announced
Will Present PIi^f*
On Friday Night
Three one - act plays which
promise to be an excellent even
ing’s enterta'nment will be pre
sented by Moravian Falls com
munity players at the Wilkesboro
school auditorium on Friday eve
ning, eight o’clock.
“Age Rebels” 1# the zitle of the
first pieeentation and the others ;
are “Sauce For the Goslings” and
“The White Phantom.’’ ’The cast
of each is made up of talent of
the Moravian Falls community
and have been well coached for
the performance. Proceeds from
the admission, charges-of 15 and
25 cents will be for th«5 benefit
of the Moravian Fall# community
I house fund and all are Invited to
'attend, being assured of splendid
' eutertainment while helping a
m(^t worthy cause.; ■ ^
Council Formed
For Girl Scouts
.Chicago Stadium.—’The Demo
cratic national convention nomi
nated President Franklin D.
jJRoosevelt last night for a tradi
tion-smashing third term cam
paign.
I It took this action despite—-or
because of—a statement from the
Chief Executive that be had “no
desire or purpose” to run again,
hut did not state whether he
would accept renomination.
None of Mr. Roosevelt’s leading
representatives here, however,
entertained the slightest doubt
that he would become the 1940
(standard-bearer.
The nomination, voted a full
day ahead of schedule, followed
convention sessions which saw
numerous speakers, from the
very start, delivering what were
virtually nominating speeches for
the Chief Executive.
It all reached its first climax
Tuesday night, when—after the
President’s message that he was
not a “candidate’’—had been re
layed to the delegates by Senator
Alben Barkley, the convegdioK
Naur .ItraulBS ntty-miautr
oratninoSivDose aomlnanl thegte
was the repeated outcry: “W®
want Roosevelt.’’
Speculation was turning to the
question of who would take the
second place on the ticket. ’The
friends of Jesse Jones, Texu
banker, and federal loan admin
istrator, were more than confi-
— I dent, and there was much activity
Farmers Will Vote Saturday on his behalf.
On Question Of Market
ing Quotas 3 Years
cicj: ,,
V
mil
■q ^
Regiosial Director Here On
Monday Assisting In Or
ganization Of Council
Ik
ifW,
A Girls Scouts council for the
Wilkesboroa was organized here
this week under direction of Miss
Helen Oppenhieimer. national di
rector of Girl Scouting in the
Juliette Low region composed of
North Carolina, S«th Carolina
and Georgia. ^ lV
The Girl ScoutvCOUhclI. for the
Wilkestoros is composed of the
following: Mrs. ’f. A. Wnley, com
missioner; Mr#. Bousseatt^
■vice commissioner; fJ*
Smoak, second vice ooinmlsaUm-
er. Mrs. C. 0. Faw,^ treasurer;
Paul S. Cragan, aacTstary and
recorder. ■
Girls Scouts troojg la the Wll-
kesboroe have >0 rogiitered Girl
Scout# and the Girt «out more-
menl contlnuee'“P*
idly. .
ICoiMiiftFan^ ^
Reunion Ptrtfponed
'^'The Goforth Reunion as an-
Voting places and election of
ficials for the tobacco.crop con
trol referendum to be held Satur-
duy, July 20. were announced for
Wilkes today from the office of
the county agent in Wilkesboro.
Wilkes will have five voting
places and farmers may vote at
any time from seven a. m. to five
p. m. This year they will vote on
one-year quotas, three-year quo
tas or no quotas.
Tobacco farmers of Walnut
Grove and Traphill townships will
vote at J. C. Adams’ store. J. C.
Adams is the registrar and the
Judges will be Ralph Holbrook
and-B. C. Sparks. The other vot
ing places with election officials
will b«i as follows:
Edwards township at Benham;
,J. A. Poplin, registrar, J. F.
Fields and L. B. Murray, Judges.
New Castle and Antioch at
Cllngman; M. L. Gray, registrar,
William H. Jones and G. C.
Greene, Judges.
Somer# township at Gus Myers'
store: Albert Myers, registrar,
Otto Somers and B. P. Roberts,
Judges.
All other tobacco growers in
Wilkes may vote at the county
agent’s office in the courthouse
in Wilkesboro, where U. A. Mill
er ;wlH be registrar, George
Brown and J. C. Tedder, Judges.
Educational meetings were
held this ■week at Austin, Ben
ham, Clingman and Somers.
County Agent J.,B. Snipes, J. A.
Propst, of the state Trlplfe A of-
flce, and Lawrence Miller, secre
tory of the ’Triple A in Wilkes,
explained conditions of the ref
erendum rto the farmers. 'The
meetings were well attended.
Information from several
•ource#'dndlcated that the tobac
co growers In Wilkes will favor
crop, quota# by large majorltleSi
Vm^r service will’ he held In
St.;jPahl’B Episcopal church Sun-
d^ afternoon, Jnly 21st, at four
o’elockj.'|ir. Grant Fpliid*ee. of
the Senior 0^» of thg PhlWel-
pWa'Divinity School, who, 'li to
charge at Bt. Duke’s Episcopal,
church to Boone this aummer,
irHl-'-prea^ at this service.
Arguments Delay Schedule
Arguments over foreign policy
had caused a delay in the care-
fullv draw,i schedule of conven
tion leaders, a time-table calling
for the reiomination of the Pres
ident quickly, noisily and, if pos
sible, unanimously.
In spite of the big night ahead,
only about half the delegates
were in their places at the time
set for the seaslon to start. Of
ficials decided to wait awhile be
fore starting.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
in a dark summer suit, was on
hand early, smiling proudly and
greeting friends on the platform.
Senator Wagner of New York;
chairman of the resolutions com
mittee and with a copy of the
freshly drafted platform in the
pockets of his brown coat, fidget
ed in his chair, waiting for the
preliminaries to be cleared away
so he could read the document
to the convention.
Chicago Stadium.—The Demo
cratic national convention shout
ed quick approval last night of
a 1940 platform promising not to
send United States armed forces
to fight in foreign lands, outside
the Americas, “except in case of
attack.”
Action came after Senator Rob
ert F. Wagner of New York, plat
form committee chairman, read
the document amid frequent In
terruptions of cheering and ap
plause.
Just before the vote. Represen
tative Elmer J. Ryan of Minne
sota, offered an amendment to
the platform declaring that no
man shall be eligible for a third
term for president.
Booing drowned out the clerkM
voice ee he read the anti-third
term proposal and then the dele
gatee shouted It down vociferous
ly 1>F * voice vote.
A BIG BOOK.AND NOTHING TO PUTIN IT—C C- Haw*, cl«ik of Ar‘R,«*dav7^W ilst,
is ehown here l.^okinc at the large blank piwvided T^"b«en ?>st”iS aatn some, ,
ago for rojiatrJtion of.alien*. So £»r not»I*®“ ha« regwteced Si tTsep^h^r. ^hf date Friends and visitors are torited
in® that the people of the county are 100 , P«f cent Amerw. r,42jf te anm>nnced toterr^ ^ [to attend. -
- ^ VDwight NkhoisL -* i t .% - ■- ^
- ' ' ij,-.,,-.- ■. ■
Quartet Sin^oig
I At Plea®aiit G«W
■■
Anaonncement wee mad® till®
week of the Bri« Creek Quartet
Btogteg Conventloili which Will he
held on Bnndey' afternoon, July
'jl, St rteasant Grove church. Ike
BTOdritin will »e» ,
1>80 Pn n»- *11 quMtfte*o
furiited to take part
A'