Loadon.—London was being
ttMled early todar nnder the
fuiT of Adolf Hitler^ "total war"
as "wares of Naal "planee hurled
themselves upon the bomb-torn
metropolis where Britons still
dug their dead from burning,
smouldering ruins leveled in Sat
urday night’s fierce siege.
Guided to their targets by the
8tni-burnlng shambles of the ear
lier attack, the Nazi raiders
heaped high explosives and in-
o^^iAiles on the east end siums
rriMre loss of life was heavy Sat-
nrd^ night and Sunday morning.
I^iy today "many hundreds”
of liutiidlngs had been damaged,
some sWecked, by hundreds of
exptoefte' and incendiarj' bombs
phiDSlng out of the pitch-dark
sky lighted only by the reflection
of spreading fires and searchlight
beams.
The embassy of a European
power was hit by a bomb.
Many Flrw Startetl
Many rires were started by the
Nazi incendiaries, literally piling
burning wreckage upon the still-
smoking debris of the earlier at
tack. ^
With at least 400 dead and a-
bout 1,400 badly injured in the
Saturday night assault and many
others undoubtedly killed. Lon
don had a bare 15-hour re.spite
from crashing bombs before Hit
ler’s “all out” assault was resum
ed at 7;5S p. m. last night.
As the attack entered its sixth
hour the air ministry warned of
worse horrors to come because
“we have not yet reached the top
note of this cre.scendo of air at
tack.”
There were grave warnings in
authoritative quarters that Hit
ler might be attempting to deliver
a “killing blow"’ to the Royal Air
Force as a prelude to an invasion
of the British Isles by sea.
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Fair Will Opaa Here Tuesila]i
Free Attractions At This Year’s Fair
_ _ The famous Billetti Troupe of premier high wire artists, are the
MaV headline feature attraction of the free act show at this year s fair.
dHlSCnPUOll may High in midair, 65 feet above the heads of. the wowds and without
^ ■ the protection of a safety net, this celebrated trio of daredevils lit
erally flirt with death while perforaidni: sensational stunta upon a
skaider ateel cable. It ia one., of the biost senaatiowal acU ^
:ome
Law Byi
Washington. — Congressional
leaders believed last night that
major differences in Senate and
House versions of draft legisla
tion would be ironed out quickly
and that unprecedented peace
time conscription would become
the law of the land by the end
of the week.
Some predicted that, in its fin
al form, the legislation would
not carry the House-approved
clause for a 60-day “waiting per
iod” before the edraft is invoked,
but would retain the House pro
vision making men from 21 to
43 subject to the draft.
The "waiting period” provision,
beaten by a two-vote margin in
the Senate, looms as the most
controversial issue of the three
main points on which ibe two
houses differ:
60-Dny Clause
1. The 60-day clause. Under
this provision, the draft would be
delayed for two months during
which time President Roosevelt
would issue a call tor 400.000
volunteers who would enlist in
the anny for one year. Should
the response fill that quota, there
would be no draft. The House ap
proved such an amendment by a
207 to 200 vote before passing
the conscriptioii bill Saturday
night. The Senate version of the
measure contains no such provi
sion.
2. Draft age limit. The House
bill calls for registration and
potential draft of men from 21
to 45. The Senate measure w'ould
make those from 21 to 31 subject
to conscription.
3. Industrial “draft.” Both Sen
ate and House proposals would
empower the government to take
over the operation plants of non-
co-operating owners. The Senate
provided that such plants would
be taken over by condemnation,
while the House provided tor
their use on a rental basis.
Singii^s Will Be i
Held Sept. 29tli
Blue Ridge Singing At Yel
low Hill and Southside
At Moravian Falls
Regular session of Blue Ridge
Singing Association. which in
cludes half of Wilkes. and
Watauga counties, will be held on
Sunday. September 29. at Yellow
Hil! church near Summit, accord
ing to an announcement by J. C.
McNeill, chairman.
The day’s program will begin
at ten o’clock and all gospel sing
ers are invited to attend and par
ticipate.
P. J. McDuffie, ehairmaii, an
nounced today that the next ses
sion of the Southside Singing as
sociation will be held at Moravian
Falls Baptist church on Sunday,
September 29. All singers are in
vited to take part in the day’s
program.
Stone Mountain
Association To
Meet Sept. 20-22
School Children
To Be Admitted
Free Opening Day
Exhibit Tents Being Filled
With Exhibits; Marks
Shows Arrive
The Great Northwestern Fair,
annual gala event for Wilkes and
adjoining counties, will open Its
1940 five-day exposition on the
fairgro'unds here Tuesday, Sep
tember 10.
Tents have already been erect
ed to house the exhibits because
the armory building previously
used for an exhibit hail was de
stroyed in the Yadkin flood .'In-
gnst 14. Two spacious tents, one
for general exhibits and one for
livestock and cattle, have al
ready been made ready for the
fair and numerous exhibits were
placed today.
The acrobatic acts this year
will take place high in the air
.so every body can see. The grand
stand and stage w'here acts had
previously been performed were
destroyed in the flood, W. A, Mc-
Niel, general manager of the fair,
said the program of acts has
been changed to trapeze and high
pole acts in place of sta.ge revues
and acrobatics, thus enabling all
who attend the ,fair to see an ex
cellent show of attractions. By
means of the change, some of
the most thrilling outdoor acts
obtainable were booked for the
fair, officials said.
Marks Shows with 30 rides and
shows, some of which are de
scribed as recent attractions at
the World’s Fair, will fill the
, . ^ _ commissioners
Assdomon lo 1'^ '
BeSept.i7,i8jCounf3^ torm Land
Brushy Mountain Associa
tion’s Annual Meeting
To Be At New Hope
Industrial Development
Several outstanding Baptist
leaders are on the program tor
the 67th annual session of
Brushy Mountain Baptist associa
tion, which will be held at New
Hope Baptist church on Septem
ber 17 and 18.
T. E. Story, moderator, and ,1.
F. Jordan, clerk, have announced
the complete program for the an
nua] meeting of the association,
which includes the Baptist
churches of a ereat part of
Wilkes county. The association
theme will he “The Sfesdfa.st
Church in a Changing World.”
TiiesUiy, Sepfeiol cr I”
Prior to roll call of churches
devotional will be conducted iiy
Rev. A. W. Eller, pa“for of New
Hope church. The moderator will
name association committees and
state the theme of tiie gather
ing. R. C. Meadows will report
on the Biblical Recorder, f'liaricy
and Children and mission litera
ture. David R. Morgan will lead
the discussion on those topics. J.
C. McNeill will report on the
Baptist orphanage and Dr. I. C.
Greer, superintendent of Mills
hiome, will lead the discussion.
The annual association sermon
will be by Rev. Ernest Bumgarner
or alternate. Rev. P. C. Watts.
Tuesday Afternoon
After devotional by Rev. Glenn
Huffman mission reports will be
given as follows: state xnissions,
Mrs. R. T. McNiel; home mis
sions, Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant: for-
ei^ missions. Rev. F. C. Watts;
ifcussion by Rev. iC. C. Holland.
Department Head
W. Bryan Collins, liead of
ilie newly foni;ed deiMirtment
of industrial arts and diversi-
fled I'ccupatlons in .N'ortii Wil-
keaboro higli srliool. Col
lins lias already organizesl iiis
ela^.ses and work is proj^ress-
ing .splendidl.v.
Rev. M. O. Ale*»»der will speak
relative to the Ba^Urt Coopera-
Persons Leaving
May Register To
Vote November
TIiom Entided Tp
Pass Resolutkitl
Offering Lands 'M
A ’Nominal’ Price!
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Also Ask CongressmMi
Use Influence For Flood
Control Facilities
Hastening acti-in in order that
ndustrlalists may be offered defl-
•iie propositions, the V.’ilkee
coiiniy Board of Commisslonera
la'i adopted a resol:ilioti offering
• Part of ti.e Wilkes county home
farm northeast of the North Wll-
ke:i:oro c"’ty limits for industrial
■ievelopmcnt.
The action v. ,;i ta’.*e»i as a part
"f a rchu'jjlitaf.on program here
following the August 14 flood,
when !Io.me Chair comp.any plant
was totally destroyed by fire ia
he flood, the main plant of In
ternational Shoe company was
'i rned and several other Indus-
'lies p'jffered heavy losses in the
flooded Yadkin.
Because of the danger of
floods, J. D. .Moore, president of
Home Chair company, .said that
his company could not see fta
way clear to rebuild on the old
site and it was intimated by
spokesmen that an available site
for the International Shoe com
pany plant above the danger of
Yadkin flood would receive dne
consideration from the company's
hoard of directors.
Annual Session Of Baptists
Will Be Held This Year
At Mountain Valley
Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Philips had
as their guest recently, Mrs. W.
Alice Smith, of Rural Hall.
-Annual session of Stone Moun
tain Bapti.st association, which
embraces about 30 churches In
j northwestern Wilkes, will be held
at Mountain Valley church be-
itween highways 16 and 18 on
I Reddies River September 20-22,
both dates inclusive.
The fir.st session on Friday,
'September 20. will open at ten
a. m. Rev. Grant Cothren has
been assigned to deliver the an
nual sermon with Rev. Wade
Houck as alternate.
T'iteresting sessions are antici
pated and each church is asked
to b|e well represented. C. M.
Caudill is moderator of the as
sociation.
County Agent Outlmes Itinerary For
County Farm Tour To Be Held Friday
will cUmaz each niginSl.llWKU mr
ance and fair officials have ex
pressed satisfaction over the pro
gram of attractions. An added
feature for one night of the fair
will be the presentation of a
new Ford automobile to some
one In attendance.
Tuesday will be school chil
dren’s day and school children
and teachers will be admitted free
throughout the day.
Despite the eflood. the fair
grounds are in excellent shape.
No mud was left on the groundti,
the grounds being in what was
the center of the current during
the high water of the flood and
mud was not deposited.
The exhibit tents were being
well filled today with exhibits in
all departments, indicating that
the exhibit department of the fair
will be excellent this year.
Marks Midway Shows
Once again the always popular
Marksi Shows “Mile Long Pleas
ure Trail is here again, after an
absence of several years, to pre
sent the midway attractions at
this years Great Northwestern
Fair. And once again midway pa-
discusalon by R*v. M. A. Adams.
Wednesday Morning
Guk Now
Persons who will be eligible to
'The morning session will open j register and vote in the fall elec-
with praise and worship led by tion and who wilt be away from
Rev. Edd O. Miller and reports I the county during the period pre
will be given on the topic of
“Teaching Service” as follows:
Sunday school work, Hayden
Hayes: Training Union, Mrs. W.
F. Jones: Woman’s Missionary
Union. Mrs. G. T. Mitchell; Vaca
tion Bible school, Mrs. George
Johnson.
D. E. Elledge will deliver the
Christian education report, to be
followed by an address, by Rev. J.
M. Hayes, of Winston-Salem. Re
port of the nominating committee
will conclude the morning ses
sion.
Wertneitlay .Afternoon
scribed by law for registration in
the various precincts may regis
ter prerir to that time by filing
notice of registrations with W. H.
McElwee, chairman of the Wilkes
county board of elections, J. R.
Rouaseau, Wilkes Democratic
chairman, said today.
Mr. Ronsseau said his atten
tion had just been called to the
provision in the law allo'wing reg
istration of eligibles who are go
ing to te away during the regular
registration period. He said this
apr.'lies to National Guard (mem
bers going for a year’s training
. i^ .of th« etmmtf
bom* fans at a "nodainal” prie*
but made the same propewition to
the Southern Railway company
for a right of way through th«
county farm lands for a sour
track.
—- - - and to others taking up work
Rev. R. F. Day will open the of the county. They may
r..,^orram U7IH1 HovnMon- under provisions of the new
absentee ballot law, he said.
afternoon program with devotion-
a!. Report on the Baptist hospit
al will be by Rev. A. E. Watts,
followed by an address ty a rep
resentative of the hospital. Re
port and discussion of providing
tor aged ministers will be by R.
L. Proffit. J. F. Jordan will give
Fair. And once again mia y P ".jjjg (jjgest of church letters and
Irons will have the ] reports of committees will con-
of enjoying some of the greates , ^ association nrogram.
here
First Meeting Of
P.-T. A. Thursday
first meeting of the North
Ikeeboro Parei:t-Teacher asso-
tlon wlU be held in the school
litorium on ’Thursday after-
m. 3:15, according to an an-
incement from Mrs. J. B. Mc-
f. president.
^ew officers will take charge
1 committees for the year will
announced. An interesting pro-
m will be carried out by fac-
V members and all school pa-
Qg- gre asked to attend.
>gel ia the principal traffic
ufltm In- North Carolina, ac-
for 25 per cent of
fijtiaoa on traffic Munts.
By J. «. SNIPES j
(County Agent)
The Wilkes County Farm To'’r|
such as is scheduled for next
Friday will prove to he a fine
thing in the future. Right here in
Wilkes county are farm projects
that every other farmer in the.
"oiinty should see and you can’t
-ee them unless you go to the I
other man’s place of Insiness. j
We have a progressive farming i
county and tour.5 of this nature
will prove to many exactly what
is going on in our county.
We agricultural workers try to
oass new ideas on to all farmers
'n the county, but the farmers
can’t see them all. Their farm
tours can take care of all farm
ers who want to go and this tour
has been planned eo that you
•:an soe some very good projects
which axe designed to help our
farmers have better living condi
tions.
E. H. Meachem. Extension soil
conservationist, T. W. Bridges,
'istrict conseirvationlst of the
[Yi-Creek district, P. W. Ed-
•ard*. local work unit conserva
tionist, and myself will conduct
tha tour.
Below is a schedule for y^ur
convenience and we would like
lor the 'farmers to meet at I. J.
w
Broyhill's farm no' later than 9
o’clock Friday morning, Septem
ber 13th.
9:00-11:00, 1. J. Broyhill’s
farm to observe terraces, tree
planting, timber thinning and
kudzu.
11:00-11:30, John .Andrews’
farm to observe new terraces in
process of being built. Permanent
strips of Jaucea to protect terrace
flow lines.
11:30-Noon, Tom Parson’s
farm to observe terraces.
1:3D-3;00, P. E. Church’s to
obsi‘1 ve contour furrowed pasture
with excellent sod, gully control,
timber stand improvement, per
manent alfalfa strip on critical
slope, new pasture preparation
and kudzu for erosion control.
3:00-3:30, J. L. Gregory’s farm
at Hays to observe Kudzu plant
ing to be used for water disposal
area. Permanent stripe of Jaucea
and Serlcea lespedeza and strip
crop rotation.
3:30-4:00, J. A. Blevins’ to
observe beginning of strip rota
tion.
4:00-5:00, G. M. Alexander’s
on highway '268 to observe new
tractor graded meadow strip,
strip crop rotation, terrace outlet
channel,^taidxa meadow strip and
treatment of abandoned old road
bed.
shows and rides ever seen
or in this vicinity.
The Marks entourage arrived
yesterday afternoon via motor
trucks and this morning, its
showtraln with additional attrac
tions came to town via the South
ern railway.
There will be fourteen high
class feature shows combined
with sixteen of the latest thrill
rides on this years Fairs midway,
the largest ensemble of tented
attractions in the history of the
Fair.
Among the many feature at
tractions on the Marks Showsi
midway this year will be the
“World’s Fair-est Beauty Revue”:
the Monkey-Land Circus” which
features “Princess Patricia’’ the
famous Hollywood chimpanzee
.movie star: Club Chocolate min
strel revtie: the Wall Death
Motordrome: Jungle-Land; Inter-
Trained Wild Animal Circus; and
national Casino posing revue:
many other feature offerings.
The sixteen rides, mos(tly new
this year. Include the Rolloplanes
the Octopus; Auto , Speedway;
Sky Rocket; Stiver Streak; Rldee-
0; Caterpillar: Dangler; Waltz-
er, and many others.
Rev. Edward Lon^
Fills Pulpit Here
Rev. Edward Long, of Green-
rllle, S. C„ filled the pulpit at the
rinrt Baptist church here Sunday
and will preach at .both moming
and evening services next 6hin-
Second Baptist
Revival To Begin
Announcement has beene made
of a two-weeks revival to begin
at the Second Baptist church In
iue tllC aOOLrA/IOUVl* ... ... s r, . u
Morning sessions of the annual this city on Sunday, Sep.emher
gathering will open at 9:30 a. m. j22. Rev. George Curry, pastor,
and afternoon sessions at 1:15 ! will be assisted by Rev. Mr. Frost,
p. m. Leaders are asking that eve-lot this city. Services will be held
ry church in the association bejat 7:30 each night and all are
represented by delegates -invited to attend.
Testing Law Curbing Use of Hag
d»y.
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conrt battle to decide whether the America* flag
ofOD a commercial track. Hr. a*d Mr*. Ohariea W.
1 with a warrant alter LMg (at toft> fliwa
The resolution also asked that
Senators Josiah W. Bailey and
Robert R. Reynolds and Repre
sentative W. O. Burgin use their
influence for the placement oC
facilities which would prevent a.
recurrence of disastrous Yadkin
floods.
The resolution a.s adopted by
the commissioners follows;
"Whereas, by the recent floo#
in Wilkes County, lives hava
been lost, inestimable damage ta
property sustained, hundreds left
homeless and other hundred*
thrown out of employment—the
Home Chair Company and the In
ternational Shoe Company’s tan
nery have been almost destroyed
and other ihdustries badly dam
aged: and
"Whereas, the Home Chair
Company and the International
Shoe Comipany gave employrnent
to about four hundred men and
w^omen and in addition, purchased
large quantities of raw materials
from the citizens of Wilke*
County, and. thereby, gave em
ployment and. furnished an in
come to many more; and
“Whereas, many farmers hav»
lost their entire crops and others
have lost the best part of thetr
farms by reason of the recent un
precedented flood; and knowing
that all of onr citizens thus af
fected want to readjust themsel
ves, but in order to do so must,
at an early date, be given em
ployment and believing that the
rebuilding of the Home Chair
Company and the International
Shoe Company’s tannery, so as
to give our citizens employment,
will, do more than anything else
to help those in the flooded area*
to rehabilitate themselves and
give employment to those left
idle and, realizing that unless
these two institutions do rebuild
our county will lose. In taxes from
them alone, more than 34,500.00
annually.
“Therefore, Be It Aesolved th*t
we earnestly request the Horae
Chair Company and the Intern*-
tional Shoe Company to rebnild
la the town of North Wllkesboro,
if saitoble locations can be fotud;
horwever, In the event loc*tloni|
can not be found In tte town
North Wllkesboro, th*l
mlssioners propose to si^to those
companies and other lanUtatloM
and individaals stadlsrilT
ed and those who give stmilar
emplorment, faetOiV
^ hetog served
fl| a Bsitiinon poHm stotton to tovtte the tael.
the Connty Hbjne'^i^ At
tiiai price,
RallwaF eKWad!
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