m
'3
'' Lo«doa.-»(}many nnt 4md^
HT*4K>mlMn ewivred , ^ wwiii tja
Fr«aiA the Brttla^ ,lv^ Xgmi, q.X.
•'lielea Id ol hmnhtBt and
laeehln^ttnBlnK atUichi yeeter-
aftM' British, fliers struck
ep into the Releh and "partilal-
destroyed” the greet Doriner
jrplene flrerlu, the elr ministry
orted.
C-; j:ln the Bnglish Channel the
["first eeuedron of Oerman motor
f^drpedo boats to be sent against
'thO British Isles was said to have
heeh turned back Wednesday in
f». ijre^lairn battle with a lone
B^Iah '9K>tor torpedo boat
*'MIM*'lbsn '100 planes battled
r‘nrioU8ly OTcr the Thamee estu-
■a^. yiht^day when IX # Sermah
.pBuafla. #«re 'riiot' down against
■ the IriB of only two t British
i^Itiaaes, it was said.
In one of the many air battles
_ squadron of British Spitfire
[ tUlhters was said by the air mln-
latry-to have shot down an A-
mei'ican-made Vought-156 dive
. bomber.
Other American planes seized
by the Germans In the m'.lltary
collapse of PYance were radd to
I? have participated fn the attacks,
ifkie Vought “Corsair” V-156
;.scWP^bomber monoplane Is an
export version of the Vought
; 'i«|^lr” plane.s used by the U.
and made by the Chance
' VoBWt Company, a division of
- the Cnltfcd Aircraft Corporation
at .'Best Hartford, Conn. There
are"two types of the V. S. Navy
Corsairs, fitted with 750-horse-
power Pratt-Whit'ney Twin-Wasp
engines.)
1 The Communique
The air ministry, in a communi
que shortly before last midnight,
described as follows Oerman air
attacks on the British Isles ex
tending throughout Wednesday:
“Since the small hours of this
morning our Spitfires and anti
aircraft guns have been beating
off attacks by Oerman bombers,
fighters and mine-laying aircraft
' against ships and shipping routes
around our coasts.
“Twelve enemy aircraft are
known to have been destroyed,
10 by fighters and two by anti-
aircraft guns. Two of our fighters
J.; are missing but the pilot of one is
nown to be safe.
In heavy
French Fj^^-
THUHSDAjj^Ylgf
Wdt«f .Syitan^h
Kriur
OPTING
r«dS'
Dam Filling .With Water
'Main Being Laid In Town
To The Storage Tank
Trflhtfng Basle
. jtfll Conntrf liffl
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, imder-
■ecretary wt war in Paul Beyaand’s
cabinet, who heads a French war
committee in London to continue the
war against Germany. He has juris
diction over all French cltisens in
England.
Public Assbtance
Payments For Jul'
Amount To $73?
Wojk Is progressing v on the
final phases of Wllkesb'oro's wat
er works system and It Is xpectr.
ed to he in operation in a , tew
.weeks, it was learned today’from
Masror J. F. Jordan.
The dam which will store w»t-
er from several springs on the
Brushy Mountains has been coni-
pleted and la now filling with
crystal clear water.
The storage tank on top of the
highest elevation in Wjlkesboro
was completed a few months ago
and now workmen are laying
the pipe line from the main near
the Baptist church to the tank.
The line has .been completed
from the dam to connect with the
present water main near Midway
Service station between the Wil-
kesfcbros. The distance from the
Dam to the town is over 19,000
feet, or about 3 3-4 miles.
The water works ^system is be
ing constructed by means of a
i / .
.1 >'
•. -r
■ T.e
b- v\
# , .'A a
Many Aged Persons Yet On WPA project and the total cost
will be approximately $80,000.
,-)f which the town pays about
Waiting List Because Of
Lack Of Funds
Public assistance payments to
needy aged, dependent children
and blind in Wilkes county for
the month of July totaled $7,292,
a report from the office of
Charles McNeill,' superintendent
of public welfare, showed.
Old age assistance payments
one-half.
The town for many years, has
purchased water from North Wil-
kesboro and it is understood that
the mains will remain intact for
use in ca.se of emergency.
In planning the project the
Wilkesboro officials estimated
that the money now being used
for the purchase of water will
This tug-o-war scene is typical of the gaities and contests' played Saturday after
noon when male employes of the Wilkes H>siery MiH compeny gathered for a picnic
given by the management of the firm. Ths pichic-outing took'place at the fish hatch
ery near Boone and about 130 men participated. The event was described by those
attending as being thoroughly enjoyed.
.. *„ 'nav for the w.iter system and that
r6?'aJed peifonr:"4ir number , the project will be se.f-liquidat-
leaves 130 whose applications
^ouds, pilots of the fighter com-
iand fought Heinkel. Dornier
: and Junkers bombers, Messersch-
I mitt fighters, a new Helnkel-US
fighter and even Ameircan air
craft captured l)y the Germans
from the French.
"Anti-aircraft gunners saw a
Dornier-17 and a Dornier-21o
crash after they fired at them.
Dornier-17 was caught by
thiights over the northwest
of England at 3 m. and
one battery reported that ‘Our
1 B«ftond burst pushed its tall up.’
have been approved but who are
not receiving aid due to lack of
funds and 133 who have made
application but have not been In
vestigated and passed on.
r^nn
147 with 32'4 children and
total for this division was
849.
Thirty-four blind persons
ceived $432 in grants for
month.
The water will flow by gravity
from the dam on the mountains
,to the town and there will be lit
tle upkeep and operating costs
to the system, engineers who
dr»ir the plana said. . .
- disi
Physical Defects
Bein; Corrected
w I
13 Carried To Hospitals;
Another Cripple Clinic
On August 8th
Mrs. Bertha Bell, Wilkes coun
ty health nurse, said today that
the August cripple clinic will be!
held at the Wilkes hospital^.
i ear^u(
(m Draft Call Is
Set For Sep. 1st
Work Is Started
On New Building
ijniwgii
Wilkes Farmers
Vote For Control
By Big Majority
Tobacco growers in Wilkes
county Saturday voted over
whelmingly for three-year control
of the tobacco crop by the gov-
New Building On
To Have Basement and
Two Floors
Construction of a new brick
jbuilding on Ninth street was be-
Igun today.
Washington. — Registration
under the pending conscription
program has been set tentatively
for September 1. it w-a!' learned
today, with the first 400,000 con
scripts expected to start training
a month later.
Although Congress has vet to
The building, with dimensions
of 37 by 90 feet, will bfe erected
by Attorney Kyle Hayes on his
lot between Rhodes-Day Furni
ture company building and the
Central Electric and Telephone
company building.
The building, with street floor.
ernment.
Three-year control carried
throughout the tobacco growing
sections of the nation with a tew
Ninth St. scattering votes being given for
one-year control and some for
no quotas.
The vote in Wilkes was 447
for three-year control, 13 for one-
year control and 24 tor no quo
tas, making a total of 484 votes
cast in the county.
. iplrltUd ipbtfpUi
the county make everjr effort to
have crippled and deformed per
sons. especially children, there
for a free examination by an or
thopedic specialist.
Mrs. Bell said that the clinics
during the past several months
have been very successful and
that examinations are being fol-
j lowed up by corrective surgery
land treatment. She carried eight
patients to Charlotte and five to
Gastonia Tuesday for treatment.
Although congress has vm u. basement, will have
act on the necessary ‘ approximately 10.000 square feet
a War Department official ais- . e
- , , 4J, of floor space and will be rushed
closed that agencies in ^he s , within a short time.
states already have begun prep- j ihoi the huild-
aratlons for the selective service
plan. The Initial trainers probably
will bb chosen from men between
21 and 31 years old.
The Senate military committee
started the compulsory training
issue toward a Congressional de
cision by verting yesterday to rec
ommend enactment of the Burke-
WaSsworth bill. Committee mem
bers thought It would be ready
for Senate debate next week. Vig-
f ,s ©position has been forecast,
h e committee, meanwhile,
fced to perfect details of the
measure, which provides for reg
istration of all males between 18
and 64 years—a total of 42,000,-
©00. Only those -between 21 and
It is understood that the build
ing will he occupied by Duke
Power company.
Draft BiU WiU Not
Affect NeededMen
Negro Captured
For Auto Theft
Turnip, Weight
Over Six Pounds,
Exhibited Here
,J. .A. Reeves, a citizen of the
Plea.>iant Home community
near Millers Creek, this week
:‘xhibited here what many de-
'cribed a.'i the largest turnip
they had ever seen.
The turnip, which grew- in
his garden from seed sowed
l|U)t sprtBf,
■.the
Dnmk Driver
Hits Cops’ Car
jjo .V w .
Moral v aa4
Yadkin County Man 1a Sen
tenced To Five Months
On The Roads
Reece Hutchens, a resident of
Yadkin county, hit the wrong car
here and ^ow serving five
mojUha --
iMtttf greater . santport tar
MTt rittirebes, W. KerrifleoUk'
latete. eommlasiooer ,cd agrienHm .
f toM the mflies Pomona Graacw
'^h^dfzy .evening that countiF
ehUrohM have pot kept in stafl.
with progress along other liaefl
during the past 26 years.
i llie address of the state com
missioner of agriculture was de
livered before the annual Pomona,
Grange picnic held at Pine Ridge
picnic grounds on the Wilkee-
horo-MoravIan Falls highways.
The program was opened by T.
W. Ferguson, Pomona Master,
who welcomed the visiting Grang:-
©rs and presented Harry B. Cald
well, of Greensboro, state Grange
Master, to act as toastmaster, .r
Some of the visiting Grangen
who spoke briefly were Dave
Radford, assistant county agent
in Iredell county; Richard King,
a Grange deputy from Iredell;
Mr. Broom, an agricultural teach
er from Rowan; L. L. Ray, rural
electrical engineer for Duke Pow
er company.
He also presented Paul Dykes,
of Greenville, Tenn., master of
the Tennessee state Grange and
gatekeeper of the National
Grange, who spoke briefly.
Commissioner Scott opened his
address by calling attention to
the progress in the school system
of the state, growth of the road
system, expansion of rural electri
fication and progress along many
other material lines but stated
that country churches have made
little progress in the past quar
ter of a century.
He said that It had been cus
tomary tor country homes to
eight iochea in diainetw
Save
wrong one to hit but of all. cars
Hutchens had to pick on the po
lice car. A car Hutchens was driv
ing crashed into 'the police car
occupied by Chief J. E. Walker
and Policeman Cecil Hayes on D
street near the Reddies River
Bridge Tuesday.
The officers te-tlfied that
Broken In Collis-. Hutcbeu.s was drunk. Consider
able damage was done to the po
lice car.
C. B. Eller Hurt
In Auto Accident
Left Arm
sion On Highway 18 Near
Halls Mills Tuesday
Police Chief J. E. Walker re
ported todav the arrest of James
We.sley Hall, notorious Wilkes
negro, on a charge of automobile
theft.
Hall, who In company with
-\rvil Lee Llppard is alleged to
I have stolen an automobile from
Conscientious Objectors May I Wilkes Auto Sales company here
,, 'aeveral weeks ago, was chased
over several acres of corn fields
Not Be Called To Com
bat Training
8 From Wilkes
At Short Course
4-H Club Boys And Girls En-
Whshlngton. — Men with de
pendents were assured yesterday
that they would not be drafted
tor military training In time of
peace under the army’s conscrip
tion program, while the Senate
military committee virtually de
cided to exempt “conscienUous
objectors” from combat training.
The assurance to men with de-
joy WectC At N. C.
State College
on the Yadkin here yesterday by
Chief Walker and Cecil Hfyes,
policemen. He eluded them, how
ever, and caught the train going
out of this city toward Winston-
Salem. The officers phoned to
Elkin officers and Hall was ar
rested when the train pulled Into
that station.
Llppard had previously been
apprehended and is now serving
a terra Imposed in federal court.
The automobile alleged to have
been stolen by the negros was
taken Into Virginia and^bandon-
belng held this week at
46-^me o^''''Th^WiIkes representatives at
liable for active service^ 7“^® "l the course are: Curtis Sturdi-
Other ages could be used for home course »
defense purposes.
jChildren’s Class
To Perform Here
A singing class from the Ma
ple orphanage at Oxford will
orm In this city on Monday
Mng, August 5, it was an-
^fed today by members of
Irth Wilkesboro lodge number
,vant, of Mulberry; L,ouIs Wiles
and G. B. Gentry, of Mountain
View; Thomas Green, of Ronda;
Ray Stroud, of Wilkesboro; Ma
bel Wagoner, Mary Nell Crysel
and Arnold Hurley, of Millers
Creek.
Mr. Snipes said that a splendid
program of courses and recre
ation is being carried out at the
short course and that It will be
very beneficial to those attend
ing.
^The class will render Its pro-
fmm In the North Wilkesboro
lehoool sadltoriam and no ad-
^aiMion will be charged, although
^re 'wUl be an ottering for the
^neflt of./tha bf*h»aa«e.
Ilcai
Hall has a long court record or
automobile thefts and breaking,
entering and robbery.
pendents was given by Brigadier
General William E. Shedd, assist
ant chief of staff, while he was miisvllle
testifying before the House mlM-
tary committee in support of the
County Agent J. B. Snipes _ wadesworth compulsory
rled eight 4-H club members bju xhls measure was
Wilkes to the 4-H short i approved with revisions by the
^ ® Senate committee Tuesday.
General Shedd also said that
provision had been made to
place In a “deferred” classifica
tion all men “essential to indus
try.”
Defines “Conscientkms Objector”
Chairman Sheppard (D), Tex
as. of the Senate committee. In
Squirrel Season To
Open September 1st
C. B Eller, Wilkes county sup
erintendent of ac’-Aois, is a pa
tient at the Wilkes hospital,
where he is receiving treatment
for a broken arm and other in
juries received in an automobile
accident near JIalls Mills on
highway 18 Tuesday evenin.g.
Mr. Eller, in company with R.
C. Faucett. was traveling toward
this city when his car waa hit by
a car driven ty Herman Wbodle.
who was arrested on a charge of
reckless driving. Sheriff Dough-
ton investigated the accident and
the evidence tended to show that
Woodie -was on the wrong side
of the road and that his car
crashed Into Mr. Eller’s car bn
the left aide.
Mr. Eller’s left arm was broken
and there were severe bruises on
his arm, shoulder and side.
Three Sentenced
For Robbery Here
GwyoTGarwood
Temiis Cbiamps
Win Men’s Doubles Title On
Tuesday Over Brsune-
Crawford In 5 Sets
Blair Owyn and Albert Gar,
wood successfully defended their
Wllkee county men’s double* ten
nis championship by de|featlng
Bill Brame and Ralph Crawford
i Tuesday evening on the Pearson
J 'court In Wilkesboro.
.. . J J®" ‘ Rramo --ui Crewfnrd .ptpt up a
partinent of conservation and de- battle for the Utl«
velopment‘advises'that at s r^ match went to’ ttvsfsets before
cent meeting of the board e ^^nnlng pair vrss determined.
for squirrel hunting oarwbod took the
Surry
Nathsm Combs, Ira Belcher,
and Joseph Combs Get
Terms From Court
A notice from the state
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today that the arrest and convic
tion In city court here Monday of
three young men for breaking,
entering and larceny may clear
up a series of petty robberies in
this vicinity.
Joseph Combs, Nathan Combs
and Ira Belcher were convicted
of ’enter .g Hill Top Service sta
tion on June 29 and taking a
quantity of cigarettes and other
merchandise.
B y im^ns o f fingerprints
found on parts of a window pane
which was broken out in order
to' enter the store officers appre
hended Nathan Combs and he
confessed and also implicated
Joseph Combs and Jra Belcher.
Mayor R. T. McNeill on Monday
gave Nathan Combs a total of
two years on the roads. Joseph
Combe-received 12 months active
sehtence and 12 months suspend
ed. Belcher was sentenced to
plight months at the county home
and-.was given additional eight
; mont^ suspended on good be
havior.
. Nathan Combs, officers said,
has previously been convicted of
housebreaking in this city and
has served a term.
various lines of endeavor. He em
phasized the fundamental Import
ance of moral and religious train
ing and the important part coun
try churches have In the welfare
and progress of any community.
He said that the Grange cannot
do better than put the church In
the forefront of its program.
Following thj address of Com
missioner Scott the assembly ga
thered about the picnic tables,
where a bountiful dinner waa
spread and thoroughly enjoyed.
The picnic was featured by a
large attendance of Grange mem
bers and was described as tha
most delightful occasion of ita
kind held in the history of tha
Grange in the comity.
Wilkes was the first county In
the state to have a Pomona.
Grange, it was organized in Wil
kesboro in 1929.'
Red Cross Fund
Climbs To $1,15S
Employe* Of Internalioo*!
Shoe Company Give
$37.15 To Fund
open season
as. of the Senate committee, in -vyiikes, Alleghany and get easily 6-2,. «toPP«d the
talking to reporters, defined a was set at from Septem-' ^ g_g third was
oHiector” as one Jjgj. J to January l.vboth i™. .jr^wn oat 9-T. Brame and
lucluslve. This means that the »
season will open fifteen days ear-.
'conscientious objector*’ as one
who could prove that he was ap
posed to war on religions
— - -- istNUM/iA. - -
groanda. Such exemiitions I thflA formerly. PreTlously,
.* ww % t La J wa4# iin_
Divorce Granted
A news dispatch from Jackson
ville, Florida, tella of a divorce
the World War, he said, were
based upon memberships In
churches whose creeds'forbade
military service rather'thaa upon
individual religious views.
Sheppard explained, however,
that while "consclentloaa' objec
tors” vronld not .he' roqulred to
squirrel hunter* had to wait un
til September 16 to shoot aqulr-
rela. ^ - v '•
Dairy manager’s wife—sent
my huoband to the hospltgl he-
canse of hU knee.”
jjCeilv’'* «BM’o,r-"Dld '.ha -have
_ 's
hgisg granted Ine* Spalnhour itake combat training, Ihe^F would water on
C^« from Richard Cortltt, Jr„ be subject tox other ioum* o/ do- |l*nhiart_wt»— wo;
of Hendersou. N. C.. on July 12. tadsa aarvioo, -
■ :l.. ■■ ■
veto socrat^.’’
Crawford came bacit strong to
Uke the fourth 3-6 bit drepped
the fifth 6-4. ^
The Uons ,Club- .topruament
will continue Fridaf oyeolng; six
o’clock,' with * samMtnal' mixed
Church’To Be Open •
F^ Meditation And
ft^yet Wedneflday*
r
Announcement'was made today
that'the Wilkesboro Prep^
byterian church ■wlir hr open for’
O’CtOCK, witn • mm Leh^Wed^
double match. Lawrpnuo Crlteher meditation and praj^r e^ Wed-
and LnclUe Seroggp. of ^opivian na^ ^twnoon from 6.0# to ^ a, gatp. to bad
Falla, will'play SHI’B:S# o.elock. , . ... ...», i*
Dr Chrirtyn-Tarfor to datamln»|A«»ro»e who-^r^ to ^
iv .iXr «tfrr PMnda may enter tha ^rch for pTayar "Wh »
gnlFnnqaa MaHilU to this «l»lw* *» 4hat tiaa Rha^dafla^
TlSSw slaved hJarr .-.,^„^.Wad«aBday attarnoon. , ^ ^ ^ “?*■*&?***- . »»
10.60
2.00
2.00
•
War sufferers relief fund of the
Wilkes county chapter of the
American Red Cross now totals
$1,158.80. a report from W.
Blair Gwyn, chapter treasurer,
said today.
The largest contribution since
the . last published report was by
employes of the International
ishoe company plant here, who
I donated $3’.15.
I The-contributions since the last
'report were as follows:
Previously reported — $1,107.65
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Trlvette
Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Hudson
MUs Blanche Ferguson
Employes International
Shoe Co. — — 37.15
total — _$L158.8®
Meanwhile, officials of the
Wilkes chapter are urging that
people who have not contributed
do 80 as early a* possible be
cause the need for relief of war
sufferer# in Belgium, Hollsad.
Polaad and France is great-
WUkea county's quota was origlw-
«1^ set at ISiOO but waa doublad
vken Httler’a war machine '
vaded Hollaad, -Belgium
France. --5 '-cc-^ ' ■■
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