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rr„ l#6iKWtt—Orear Britain, oonnt-
k iS^ OQ 'ltftf heritage x>f naTal su-
l^ireiniley tor erejitual victory,
ihroadened her blockade of the
J(Sluropean continent laat night
^with a guard ot. warships which
IfiEMched from murky arctic seas
Ito-tb* OTD-whlte beachee of Nyrth
fAftka, V
’5?^i«Si6fc’x*4w ta'-dw«Wtl ’t«l“^ut
blockade Into effect
^ _ Bikata .'talaed bar-
.. __^^6f iietl T>il1^ and red tape
|{ to eit off all Atlantic European
' ooamorce not to her liking, that
la, likely to Impair the empire’s
irar oltort
vBpaln and Portugal were chief
ly’‘affected. The British are de-
terintned that they shall not be-^
come routes for trans-shipment
ot eupidlee to Germany and Italy.
Minister of Shipping Ronald H.
Cross declared In an empire
broadcast that Britain was pre
pared for “sudden changes in our
port arrangements” and confirm-
t that sjme of the busiest pre-
r harbors now are virtually
aed, while normal traffic in
hers is displaced by war com-
Eerce.
. bhigland expects to
*‘all such handicaps,
Cross said, relying on
net merchant fleet the world has
«ver seen.’’
The volume of shipping han
dled by the big London docks has
not been curtailed 1)V German
bombardment or threat of bom
bardment but rather by the nat
ural inroads of the war on the
world’s shipping, other British
officials said.
GamePri^^r
Cites Regulations
Some Changes Made In ThU
Open Season; Unlawful Th
A-l^.
Sino-Japii>&e Savagely Ah(
mi
L>i
Sell Rabbit Or Squirrels
surmount
however,
“the great-
Number Planes
Reported Down
London.— .' ferce air battle
raged along England’s southeast
coast last night. There was a
deafening roar of wide-open mo
tors and Maxing maehlne-gua fire
British, and .German planes
Homer Brookshire, Wilkes
county game protector, today an
nounced that combination hunt
ing and fishing license for the
past year have expired aod that
license for the ensuing year,
state-wide as well as county, are
now on sale by the several deal
ers in Wilkes county.
He also called public attention
to game laws and regulations, in
whi^h a number of changes have
been made by the state board of
conservation. One of the changes
for Wilkes was moving up the
squirrel season to open on Sep
tember 1 Instead of September
15. The same date applies to
Alleghany and Surry countlw.
Other seasons and regulations'
listed by Mr. Brookshire were as
follows; bear, October 20 to
January 1, season bag limit two;
deer, no open season in Wilkes,
Alleghany, Ashe, Yadkin and
Surry counties; opossum and
raccoon with gun or dogs, Oc
tober 20 to February 15; opos
sum, raccoon, mink and muskrat
trapping, November 1 to Febru
ary 15; quail, Novembei 23 to
February 15, daily bag limit 10,
season 150; rabbit, November 28
to February 15, bag limit ten
per day (sale of rabbits and
squirrel prohibited by lawk; tur
key, no open season in Wilkes or
Ottm in Sis'Moafhs
Raleigh. — /^ile- .tiiere ha*
[Seen a small drop In^^'nev regBK
LrtratlMis ter .work in
and 10 colored epiplQynient of-,
Ifieee in'North Ctmliu duri|^
‘*the first slx^ month* of 1940, a|
compared with the ^respond
ing period In '1939, the grehtedl
..drop w'as. la,-th%.number of place
ments on job*,’ wbiph showed
36,829 in the first six months of
this year and 51,168 for the cor
responding period^ of last yea^
, ' This drop was nntirely in the
‘placements in pabliu works, large
ly PWA projects,-while private
'• I placements remained about the
WhUe the war in Europe has diverted attention away from the ‘•‘e
Japanese oonfllots, scenes like the one above show that hoatilltles are ^ ^
still In prOfeYeas. The Japanese soldier h one of a party wiping ent bright, director of the Bmploy-
the streets of Icbang, one of the most important strategic points in the ment Service Division of the N.
defending army of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. A bomb expiodes. in C. Unemployment Compensation
the background.
Dr. Bumgarner
Locates Here
Physician To Be Associated
With Dr. J. H. McNeill
In Practice Here
Dr. John R. Bumgarner began
counties west of Wilkes; ruffled' medicine In North
grouse, November 28 to January
16, season bag limit two; no
open season on beaver, buffalo,
elk, doe deer, fox, squirrel, south
ern red squirrel (boomer), and
Brookshire cited the fol-iHo received his high school edu-
Wilkesboro today.
Dr. Bumgarner Is a member of
a well known Wilkes family, be
ing a son of Rev. and Mrs. J. L.
A. Bumgarner, of Millers Creek.
Mr.
Ication at. Millers ftrwk and WIl;,
U. S. Marines
Have Recruiting
Officer In The City
Will Be At North Wilkes-
horo Postoffice All Next
Week to See Applicants
According to an announcement
from the U. S. Marine corps re
cruiting station in Raleigh, rep
resentatives of the Marine corps
recruiting service will establish
temporary officee at the ipost of
fice building in both Hickory and
im t^ 6th
C. Unemployment
Commission.
In new registrations for work,
the figures for the first six
m'onths in each of the past live
years have remained reasonably
constant, except for a large drop
In the first half of 1937, and a
large increase in the January-
June registrations in 1938, due to
the beginning of jobless benefits
under the Unemployment Com
pensation Law. iPIacements on
jobs have shewn a gradual de
cline In the same five half-years,
except for an, unusually large
drop In 1938, due in large part
to the "recession.’’
New registrations In the Em
ployment offices In the January-
June periods of the past five
years were as follows: 1936—
60,765; 1937—39,430; 1938—
118,816; 1939 — 87,475, and
-- As • aaans of aiding cftiieiia to
detMt cwmterfelt billa and coin,
paper match foldera sncb aa the
young lady above Is holding are be
ing issued by the V. S. secret serv
ice in Washington, D. C.
Two H«fg Aro KHImI, Tfad
Bufldintt Hitd,'PowwA'
Linp* Danuifod
Company ‘A’
Leave Sunday For
Training Period
Will Be In Camp At Hatties
burg, Mias., and Take
Part In Maneuvers
clAtiom .Ttport^ thsA'^tOerniasi
had appeared snddenly
rJ^’oker northern Ireland—apparent
ly the first attack on Ulster since
the start of the war—and that
heavy gunfire continued tor a
half hSur.
One Nazi plane was seen over
northern Ireland and the noise of
other planes was heard, the press
« sociation said.
The air battle along the soulh-
st coast began late in the after
noon when a strong force of Nazi
^ombers and fighters swept upon
ijji? coast from the English Chan-
and British fighters climbed
rapidly into the clouds from all
directions to give battle.
Supply Minister
At First Baptist
UksiL rilxM shells In mags-
sine and firing chamber combin
ed; minimum fine of |50 for sell
ing quail; unlawful to chase deer
with dogs In western part of
state; hunting license revoked
upon conviction of violation of
game laws.
Willie—Daddy, do they raise
political plums from seeds?
Father—No. son. Sometimes a
bit ot grafting is necessary.
Jfcte Colleg* tnil^fiPSfeltikted with
holtors at Rloluhond Medical Col
lege, where ha was a member of
Pbeta Kappa Psl medical frater
nity. During the pa.st year he was
an interne in Erlanger Children’s
hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dr. Bumgarner will be associ
ated with Dr. J. H. McNeill in the
practice of medicine and his of
fice will >e with Dr. McNeill’s
over Horton s Drug Store on Main
street in this city.
Morrison Pens To Be Given For
Limited Time With Subscriptions
Rev. E. C. Bobgood. of Wake
Forest, will preach at the First
Baptist church during the month
of August.
He is a graduate of Wake For
est College, had one year in the
Baptist theological semlnarj- and
has a degree from Yale univers
ity.
Richardson Gets
Parole Monday
Reiejtocd After Serving Sev
en Year* Of 22 To 30
Year* Sentence
Several days ago 'Tlie .Journ
al-Patriot announoed that the
offer to give a genuine Morri-
,son fountain pen with eacli
.subscription, new or renewal,
would be closed .soon and to
day we w'ish again to call at
tention to that fart.
While these high quality
pens are beingf given away we
wHi to hold the opportunity
open for a few more days In
«.rder to allow many more sub
scribers the opjiortnnity'to oh-
tain one free bv renewing Ihe'v
subscriptions to The .Journal-
Patriot at the ivgu'ar price of
Ifi.an anywhere in Nortli Caro
lina or A2.(M) per year outside
ot file stale. The same offer
applie.- to new snbscriliers.
Witii a lifetime service guar
antee, hundreds of tliese >Ior-
ri.son pens have already been
given away but the offer is ne‘-
e ^arHy limited and ea-lv as--
tion Is specifleally urged. If It
is not conrenlent to rail at the
office, payment for subscrip
tion may be sent by mail and
the pens will be mailed out.
Be sure to specify wiiether a
men’s or ladlevf’ style pen is
preferred.
In a few weeks schools w'll
•c^in and children ivlll be In
the need of pen s Tills Is the
one b'g opportvnlty to secnre
a highly sorvleeable pen of
high quality absolutely frVe
for the t>oy or girl soon to en er
school or college for the next
term.
for ,theTli»Tto**-ff W
and ezsininlng young men for en
listment In the Marine corps.
Young men selected will be
furnished transportation to Ra
leigh for enlistment. Those en
listed will be transferred to the
Marine barracks, Parris Island,
S. C., for a brief period of train
ing preparatory to assignment to
some service school, ship, foreign
station or Marine barracks, for
duty.
Due to the tact that the Ma
rine corps Is being doubled in
strength, there will be an unlim
ited number of vacancies during
the next several months. This
means that there will be thous
ands of promotions made avail
able for those coming Into the
Marine corps now. Ijcam travel
and earn while serving with this
famous branch of the service.
For further Information see the
recruiting office at the post of
fice building in either Hickory or
North Wllkesboro between the
5 th and the 9 th of August.
Young men to he eligible for
enlistment must be; white, sin
gle, of good moral character. In
sound physical condition, 18 to
30 year* of age. 64 to 74 Inches
in height, and without any de
pendents. Consent of parents or
guardian Is required for boys un
der 21 years of age.
periods" foilowr 198«^T1,338:
1937—61,032; 1938 — 34,302;
19^39—51,168, and 1940—35,-
829.
In Wilkes County, the records
show that 697 new applications
were filed for jobs in the first
six months of this year, the by-
mqnth registrations being as fol
lows: January, 151; February,
108; March. 81; April, 148;
May. 126 and June, 83.
Placements on Jobs of the resi
dents of this county in the first
six months of this year numbered
306, while the by-month place
ments follow: January, 28; Feb
ruary, 31; March. 58; April, 44;
May, 76. and June, 69.
Com.pany A of the National
Guard, located here, will entrain
Sunday afternoon for three weeks
encampment and training. Cap
tain Ralph R. Reins said today.
The company will spend ten
days at Camp Shelby near Hat-
tlesBurg, Mississippi, and will
DID HE GO?
Playfoot—Your face is famil
iar. Haven’t I seen you some
where?
Sally—Perhaps; that’s where I
live. Next time you get around
that way drop in and see me.
pate In army maneuvers with de
tachments df the regular army.
Captain Reins said that three
officers and 67 men will compose
Company A In the encampment.
The officers are Captain Reins,
First Lieutenant E. P. Robinson
and Second Lieutenant Fred M.
Wyatt.
According to present plans, the
company will return to North
Wllkesboro on August 24.
The encampment this summer
is three weeks instead of two. a
third week of training having
been added by congress early
this year and it was decided to
have three weeks continuously in
stead ot haring the extra week
at some other time. *
Bl*etrtc sUmn* la WUk«*
ing the past few Tbtys’ craia^
««MHld*Mt)le damage’Irat no toei;
of ^kekpae life, aecjpding to ea*
fiSrto'tecelved today from alt ae*>
tlon* of the county.
On Monday evening llrhtntin’
struck a sycamore tree in a hoc
lot at the home of T. P. HutoU
In the Hays community and killed
two hogs which were lying bw>
neath the tree. One of the hose
was a brood sow and the other
was a smaller bog. The tree wa*
badly tom up.
At least three homes in thw
county were hit during the storaw
Saturday night and Monday eve
ning. On Saturday night the home
of Vaughn Church near Purlear
was hit but no one was badly
hurt. Slight damage wasi done tex
the building. The former resi
dence of C. M. Tevepaugh near
Oakwoods was hit on Saturday
night and considerable damage
was done to the house. On Mon
day night lightning hit a chim
ney of the Arthur Anderson home
in the same neighborhood.
On Wednesday of last week
lightning hit and set fire to Beth
any church on North Wllkesboro
route 2. ’The building was totah-
ly destroyed.
It was learned from the North
Wllkesboro branch of the Dnke
Power company that extensivw
damage wag done to electric line*
in Wilkes ’by lightning and troa-
bl'e crews worked practically all
the time from Saturday evening
through Tuesday evening repair
ing damage. Many transformen
were put out of commission la.
several ‘comiminitles.
The rains accompanying tha
griUt HHflikyt ot electricity Mon
day and Saturday evening wecw
decidedly welcome because cropa
were threatened with daimsga
from drought and Intense heaX.
The rains also offered temponuy
relief during the sustained heat
wave when temperatures soared
above 100 in the shade and up to
130 to 140 in the sunshine.
Concert Monday
By Orphans Groiqi
Here Anticipated
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
Vesper service will Lie held at
St. Paul’s Episcopal church Sun
day afternoon, August 4th, at
four o’clock. Friends and visitors
are invited to attend.
BIG AS MAN’S HEAD-ALMOST
Raleigh. July 30.—Governor
jey today paroled eight prison-
B, Including Hershel Richard-
n, sentenced in July. 1933 to
rve 22 to 30 years for the sec-
d degree murder of L. M. Hin-
8W in Wilkes county.
Richardson, a native of Wilkes
unty, was paroled to the cus-
ij ot authorities in Maryland,
lere he has obtained ^-unlo'-
jnt, parole commission officials
tiers nsroled '«’ere;
)hn Mills, sentenced January,
I to serve 8 to 20 years for
slaughter in Halifax county;
ge piyler, sentenced January
1937, in Onloa county to
B 10 to IS y«trs for roMwy
firearms: Paul Wilson, sent
ialy 3. 1919, *ro“ 0”“*
ily to servt. tb.
g for manslaughter; Joe
ty last October 2 of break-
4l}»» OsJlli-A tiv». '
tree to five yekrs; H. V. Nor-
rent UP March 20 from Davie
tv for a year tor bribery,
1 Skrith, sent trp -Ap^ril « t^r
-- far drunkjen driving in
'%lTsnla county; Pete Smith,
to 10 m«»tli» I
Court To C(«veiie
Monday Momii^
Judge Allen Gwyn To Pre
side Over Term For Trial
Of Criminal Cases
Judge Allen Gwyn. of Relds-
ville, will preside over the Au
gust term ot Wilkes superior
court, which will convene In
Wllkesboro on Monday, August
The two-weeks term will be
for ttjal of criminal cases and a-
bout 150 cases are pending trial.
With the exception of fonr
murder cases and one In which
manslaughter and hit and run
are charged, a majority, of the
casies Involve only minor crimes.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, m
Yadklnvllle, will prosecute the
docket.
The membership of the NortB.
Wllkesboro Masonic lodge la
looking forward with interest
a visit here Monday by a claaa
of children from the Masoni*
orphanage at Oxford and a coa-
cert by the class to take piaca
on Monday night, eight o’clock,
in the North Wllkesboro school
auditorium.
The concert this year -will bo
open to the public without any
admission charge and everybody
is invited to attend and have an
opportunity to see something oC
the type of training given the
children in the institution. A freo-
will offering will be taken for the
benefit of the orphanage.
Legion To Install
Officers Friday
August meeting of Wilkes poet
number 125 of the American Le
gion will be held In the Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse cn Fri
day night. August 2. 7:30 o’
clock, Legion officials today an-
.lounced.
It is requested that the entire
membership be present to assist
n the installation of officers for
he ensuing year.
Advertise Land
For Taxes Soon
By Immiedlate Payments Ail-
vertising Cost On County
Taxes May Be Saved
Albert Garwood, left, and Blair Gwyn, n>’ * are the tsnnis i-ham'
piens of the men’s doubles in the Lions Club toumST; for Wilk;**
connty by virtae of hsving defeated Hit Brame and Bal|iih Crswfotd
in five gradUng sets. Ftnab ia the toixed dmiblea and womctt'a
singles of the tournament will b« played so«u^ (Stoff photo if
Dwight Nichda) _ ' ■ - -
prayer service -
Aimounqement has been made
of a prayer service to be hel^^
City Blachsmlth Shop In 0>1*
on Friday evenWA J****?^
Special singing and epeci^ja^c
Vlll feature th* eecvlce dW
jybody toyWftod «a attoaft Tto
-XT.*
I vw. '•'5^-- aj • _ vvow s»aa«a aww
J- >wtteae* Beeve* la shawa her* with wh^ My be^ W la point!
tarhia produced hs the *DBnty. tanift ifcaM oa M geiiB^uont
alaast •• big aa hi* Itoad, giey tl^ inade up soon
th« PIsBsMt Hom wtoiu * meat is neeeasary in
poaadB sad It vaa Jt^htohi* aro^^f fheto by Dwigift Nle^ advfSwJTeSln '
Lands of Wilkes connty taxpay
ers w.ho have not pkid their 1M9
county taxes ’will be advertiaed
according to law by Sherlft
iDooghton, beginning next week,
county officials Mid today.
{ Payment o^ 1939 coanty tan*
at once la urged In order fisad
; the,.county may have the oae iC
the funds and taxpeypg* mayaaM
a swbetantial anm (p. *dvaitMhi|I
costa and feee. v ’lEiw
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pointed oat
radrT.e*
m
ta*»*y*r» «*at
made up soon and Imi
mneli Ihtereat waa