North Carolina Newspapers

iM , — Kn^. ^bw» in 8vwrm» «- W(M> tiM l^mlaute lnt«w*l» Ju?o« > P Adott mu«rt |••^|tWl■lo» fjpru** tOgbt tod*y „i» tl» R. A. F/« mtak i»n«e \ spoa the N»«j4«d FrenA flwwt. Toni nt bonbe crashing et at the rate of 100 a minute aiiread a path of fiery destruction ' »fter a duel of unprecedented In tensity between British and Ger man long-range guns pointed at each other across the channel. At midnight the British aerial bombardment had been under way five hours and seemed to be inereaalM in Its fury, with flight after flight of British planes tak ing off In cui almost unbroken, droning arc above the channel. The roar of the bursting bombs and Nail anti-aircraft fire was al most constant, with reverbera tions breaking dishes in houses along the English coast. The channel was dead calm, with a low-hanging mist beneath a brilliant full moon. Hundreds Watch Fight Hundreds flocked to the Eng lish chalk cliffs to watch the Ikxiotechnic display. HFit’s good Invasion weather but the R. A. F. got there first,’’ HiU one Briton atop the cliffs. % ■ ' TuW I and T^undnyB OCT.*^21?rl^a- ’'31 i ftuilw f2.00 Out i At Party On Thursday Ih City Addreaa of Candidate For Governor amd By W. O. - Burgin Feature. Meet It’s ... . )L. ■ . ■te" Hliv Wilkes ConfereniM ^ *Wllkes county Democrats ga thered Thursday evening for a rally and fish fry at the North Wllkesboro School gymnasium. Features of the rally were ad dresses by J. M. Broughton, can didate for governor, and W. CiihBmiigarner Killed Instantly o. in con- erlin.—A powerful new sub marine offensive unleashed by the German admiralty against British shipping and convoys was reported by the high the president would mean reten- yesterday to have tlon of Cordell Hull, whom he de day total of sunken men to 327,000 tons. Forty-three ships, said the high command, were shot out of two convoys In two nights of devastat ing undersea activity. (British naval sources said “the Germans make these claims to annoy us. We ignore them.’ ) Rome. — American-owned oil refineries on Bahrein Island last night were reported to have been set on fire when Italian war planes refueled from submarine “undersea tankers” carried the war Into the Persian Gulf In the longest bombing flight ever un dertaken. The Fascist lilgh command said the Italian heavy bombers, flying 9 tton piles U>. reach, their rf>- ’^f,je«TT»rstartod “hugs flreef’ at refineries and stores on the 27- mlle long Island which Is a Brlt- f Ish possession but whose oil In dustry Is entirely American own ed. The attack was staged Satur day night, the high command s communique said, and informed quarters, said they believed the miuadron of heavy bombers had g|jwn through the »ub-stratos- most of the distance, a- lighting only to re-fuel from sub- “ marines. ^aval Surgeon, Roaring River Native, Killed Philadelphia.—^Dr. Ovid Clem mons Foote, 53. retired naval surgeon recently called back to service aboard the schoolship -An napolis, was killed Thursday night when his car struck a tree here. He was a native of Roaring River, N. C.. and wa.s a brother of Rear Admiral Percy Foote, U. S. N. He had been practicing medicine In Washington until he was recalled to service. Survivors include his widow and two sons, O. C. Jr., and Ed ward Potter Foote. Cars Collide On Band 6th Streets CollUioa Occurred Under Traffic Light; Two Are Slightlty Injured Burgin, representative gress for this district. The gathering was well attend ed by an enthusiastic number representing all sections of the county and the addresses were well receivi,d. The address of welcome was by Mayor R. T. McNlSl and dur ing the evening the high school hand and the “Blue Ridge Fox Chasers’’ furnished music. Representative W. O. Burgin spoke first, defending the pres- e n t national administration, pointing to its record of achieve ment and advocating the re-elec tion of President Rooeetelt. He pointed out that re-election of merchant- «on of Cordell Hull, whom he de- statesmen of all time. Bringing subjects closer home, he stated that he had obtklned authority for a flood control sur vey In the Yadkin valley and ex pressed the hope that flood con trol measures can be brought a- bout. W. H. McElwee. prominent lo cal Democratic attorney who managed the candidate’s success ful primary campaign In Wilkes, Introduced Mr. Broughton, who spoke enthusiastically In behalf of all Democratic candidates, county, state and national. He stoutly defended the record of the Democratic party. He specifically urged that Wilk§s elect a Democratic repre- sentative In the nexf'15jWtJtpre and help In electing a Democratic state senator of the 24th sena torial district. He brought word of Demo- crat'c confidence in every section of the state. His address drew frequent bursts of applause and was enthusiastically received. Attorney Eugene Trlvette, of this city, was master of cere monies at the rally. Many party leaders, including candidates lor the legislative and county offices, were present and were presented. Governor Nominate Broughton spoke oil Thursday afternoon at Taylorsville, along with Repre sentative K. L. Doughton. On Fri day they spoke at Democratic ral lies held at Sparta and Mount .Airy. The newly constructed brick veneer ■ building which housed Benton’s place on (Jordon hill just west of this city burned ear ly Sunday morning, about lour o’clock. The lire, of undetermined ori gin, had practically enveloped the building when discovered and the lone attendant sleeping Inside crawled to safety through a win dow. The building, property of Gor don Benton, had recently been erected on the sa*u*^ location where a frame structure burned about one y«nr ago. American College of Surg eons Makes Announcement of the List Today Dr. Cooper Is On Program Meet Retiring President Lectures at Convention Held In Kannapolis Thursday Two were slightly injured and a pickup and an automobile were badly damaged in a collision Sat urday night under the traffic light on the corner of Sixth and Main streets here. Sam Smoak. of Wllkesboro, was driving an automobile west on Main street and Carl Mitchell was driving a pickup north on Sixth .street when the vehicles collided in the lnters«ciion. Mitchell’s wife and Smoak re- ' celved minor injuries. None of the other occtrpants of either ve hicle were hurt. Mitchell claimed the light was as he entered the Intersec- JMbn. smoak and his companions '^d ’;helr car, which had been stopped while waiting on the light, entered the Intersection when the light changed, afcord- ■gng to accounts of the accident . glTMi policemen. Dr. E. S. Cooper, of this city, was on the prog: am of the con vention of District One, North Carolina Chiropractors associa tion. held Thursday in Kannapo lis. The subject of Dr. Cooper’s paper was “Bronchial Asthma.’ In the business session Dr. O. Z. Rollins, of Morganton, was elected district president, suc ceeding Dr. Cooper. The other officers are Dr. Gaither Cauble, of Salisbury, vice president, and Dr. Perry Starnes, secretary and treasurer. Afternoon and night sessions were held and an ex-service men’s chiropractic league of doctors who served during the World War was formed with Dr. Cauble as chairman. ” The Auxiliary also elected of ficers; Mrs. Gaither Cauble was elected secretary: Mrs. F. R. Burris, vice pre-sident; and Mrs. Perry Starnes, .secretary. Mrs. Aik. g*t sMBBtipa-md iMoltil er, of this city, who declined re- election because of her duties as treasurer of the state organiza tion of the Auxiliary. A joint meeting of the associ ation and Auxiliary was held at the Y. M. C. A. hall. There are 51 members of the district esso- ciailon. TOO MTOH IRON Small Boy: You got too much iron in your blood. Other Boy: WhyT Small Boy: -Well, your hands are rusty. O. O. BoBigiuTter, 48, was In stantly Ulied about 6:80 this eveni]^ on highway 421 one mile west of this city when hit by n car driren by Ed Lyalls, 21, local taxi driver. Lyalls told officers that Bnm- gamer wsa pnMilng scales across the road, that he was meeting a car and did not see him in Ume to avoid bitting him. Bumgarner was a well known . track line operator and mer chant. No funeral arrange ments bad been made tonight. Be HeM Friday At Courdioaie \ ' ■■ Board Memlieri to Reeeioa Definite' Instructions In Regard to Duties a ' .■’•i President BoeseveK, ea roote to ground breaking ceremtmies for the new Recorder of Deedg bnUdlng in Washington, Is pieinred as his'oar was parked before the Boosevett BepnbUcan dub headgnartora.' BigM: The Bepnbllcaa presidential candidate, Wendell WiUkie, la here shown ahakfaig hands with E. B. Blattbews when his train stopped at Dickinson, N. D. People came from far and near to see HmUe and to hear him speak, whils on bis western tour. Benton’s Place Burned Sunday S On Approved List The Wilkes hospital Is again on the fully approved list In the nation. Official announcement of the 1940 list of 2,806 approved ho.5- pltals in the United States, Can ada, and a few other countries, wa.-i made at the twenty-third an nual Hospital Standardization Conference opening this morning In Chicago in conjunction with the Clinical Congress of the A- nerican College of Surgeons. In making the advance announce ment, Dr. Irvin Abell of Louis ville, Chairman of the Board of 'Regents, and head of the advis ory committee on health recent ly appointed to assist the Coun cil of National Defense, declared: 'Health is always an import ant essential to the well-being of nations, and in a time of gearing for defense it Is a vital Issue. Hence the fact that we have 2,- 80h hospitals la the United States and Canada that are fort resses of defense against disease (Continued on page eight) Leaders May Set Date of Lottery In Conscription October 29 It Expected Be Named at Day For Lottery Drawing to B UVB wflV Washington. — Conscription officials said last night they ex pected that the date and details of the .national lottery—next big step In the draft program— would be announced today. One source said “It looks very mi^ lUA’’ October 29 wlH be dhSw^ef diRWyag detertnlne the order in^wnfieh the estimated 17,000,000 draft regle- trants will be classified and se lected for, service In the nation’s armed forces'. The lottery will be held In a government building here. ■ President Roosevelt probably will draw the first numher from the famed goldfish howl which was used for the World War draft in 1917. This detail was to be worked out at the White House today. Numbers ranging from 1 to about 10,000 (which represents the biggest, anticipated any* one local area In the coun try) will be enclosed In capsules Klo>ntz Is Arrested On Charge of Theft Five Enlist In Marine Corps Sergeant Cari Harper Takes Five Wilket Men For the Final Examinatimu Police Chief T rijgi'fHniirnr said I today that Edgar KlonU, a youth who lives near this city, haa been arrested and bound to superior court on a charge of breaking and entering. Klontz, in company with Bill Reayls and Zeb Wilcox, Is al leged to have broken Into Charlie Brown’s service station here, tak ing a quantity of merchandise, several weeks ago. Reavls has al ready been tried and sentenced and Wilcox has not been taken. Safe Robbery On WednMdayHwe Sixty Dollars in Cash Taken From Wilkes Auto Sales Co., Forester Avenue Police Chief J. E. Walker said today that investigation of the Robbery at Wilkes Auto Sales company’s office on Forester Avenue Is still in progress but nothing of conclusive evidence has been uncovered. Thieves entered the estahllsh- Flve Wilkes county men en listed In the U. S'. Marine corps here last week while a represen tative of the Raleigh recruiting office spent a few days here In terviewing men interested 1 n that branch of the service. Sergeant Carl Harper, who was In charge of the temporary office here, said he took applications for enlistment from the following: Lawrence Eugene Church, 18, Purlear route one; Clarence Eu gene Call, 19, North Wllkesboro Ssnlzed. route three; Samuel Blihu bastlan, 27, North Wllkesboro route two: John Stacy Scroggs, • 18, Moravian Falls; Colonel Wll- ton, of Cham^on, la Mam Holbrook. 24, AbAers. - " The men were carried by Ser geant Harper to Raleigh for final examination and were to be for warded to Parris Island, S. C., for two months training before they will be assigned to some ship, service school or Marine station for duty. iiy, mil uc ... ment by breaking a window of and p"laced"ln the fish bowl for the garage and bursted the com- the drawing. Only One Drawing Draft officials said there would hination on the office safe Wed nesday night. Sixty dollars in currency and a $3.00 check made Uiaii. uiiiA-iaiD ao»u VSSXL.1 ^ - - - J 1. A be only one drawing—that alliPayU'ble to and endorsed by Avery ^ . . . w . A... 1. A aF numbers would be pulled from the fish bowl beginning the night of the date fixed for the lottery. The task of drawing 10,000 num bers is expected to take 16 to 20 hours. In an effort to facilitate ar rangements for the lottery, selec tive service headquarters urged all possible sipeed by local draft boards in assigning and posting serial numbers of the men who registered last Wednesday. Earlier plans to hold the draw ing either In the Senate or House chamber have been abandoned Barnes were taken. A number of checks which had not been en dorsed were not taken from the .safe. Rev. John Pons Addresses Club Valdese Man Gives History of Waldensians in Burke County During Past Dr. Hubbard Elected As Chief Surgeon Ashe County Hospital Merchants Meet In City Tuesday Will Lay Plans and Make Arrangements for Holiday Lighting and Decorations Fred C. Hubbard, operator and chief surgeon of the Wilkes hos pital and president of the North Carolina Hospital Association, has been elected head of the surgical staff of the Ashe County Memor ial Hospital, members of the executive committee announced this week. Dr. Dean C. Jones, of Lansing, ell known Ashe county doctor Merchants and other business men are asked to attend a meet ing, which has been called by the Commerce Bureaus to he held at the city hall Tuesday, October 22, four p. m. The meeting, to which all merchants and business men are West Jefferson, Oct. 17.—Dr. I kin told members of the execu- tlve committee. ! invited, regardless of whether or “Dr. Jones is a graduate of one nf the . . . J. , f 1 .V not they are members or tne of the best medical schools In the ^ and surgeon, was elected as an Perry Starnes ««cretary. ^r^ assistant to Dr. Hi^bbard. super- Starnes succeeds Mrs. E. S. Coop- . . „ nhvsician. intendent and resident physician. By-laws weri adopted, making the institution an open hospital ami provlddng that all regularly licensed physicians should be en titled to practice in It. The selection of Dr. Hubbard id Dr. Dean Jones was made at ’.he suggestion and with the val ued assistance of Dr. W. S. Ran kin, director of the Duke Enaow- nent. “Dr. Hubbard is not only one North Carolina’s outstanding of surgeons, bat tine country and has bad some fine experience,” he said. . “Yon are fortunate In having a man here in your county with his qualifi cations.” The executive committee first contacted Dr. Hubbard with the view of leasing the hospital to him. Because of his heavy respon sibilitles In North Wllkesboro, he | said he could not lease the instl- Commerce Bureaus, will he held for the purpose of laying plans and making definite arrange ments for holiday lighting and decoration.^ In North Wllkesboro. The meeting will also be open for any other business needing attention and a large attendance ' of business men le desired, the announcement said. tution, but would be glad to serve as head of the surgical staff and perform the major opera.- tlons. He agreed not to charge Negro Apprehended On Robbery Charge Police here today reported the LswMWP. — — jroiictj the hospital anything except his arrest of I^ee Grlnton, negro regular surgical fees per patient i,ad been seeking for Dr. Jones Is to be In full charge.a,charge of breaking - - — ~ f It VU under Dr. Hubbard and will re- into Nathan Ford’s establishment eelve a salary of $3,000 for the on A street. wvwwju that mart. If it doesn t, Dr. Jones colored men convicted wlU-Uke the loss of salary. He connwstlon'with the sained glon saystherms preeo^ wiii-vaac — V* connwiuon wun me ^ ~ wfll also ajiare in profits bsjond ti/m hsvs slready bsea sentence |n«, such thing as sn wrmamom V ~ - accident. - ' Rev. John Pons, of Valdese, gave the North Wllkesboro Ki- wanls club Friday some interest ing bits of history and current Items about Valdese, a thriving little town in Burke county. He began by telling about the Waldensians in northern Italy. Two men were sent by the Wal densians to locate a suitable place for a colony in America and after considerable research they select ed a large tract of land in Burke county, where Valdese is now lo- Draft hoard members of ten northwestern North Caroltnx counties have been notified to at tend a conference to be held ad the courthouse In Wllkesiboro on Friday, October 25, 10:30 a. m. Notices of the meeting, which will be one of several conferences throughout the state, hare bees sent to draft board members by General J. Van B. Metis, head of selective service In North Caro lina. Draft board members, attMs. neys and physicians appointed te serve with boards and board clerks are asked to attend. Notice of the meeting said that definite Instructions relative to duties and responsibilities sd draft boardf will be outlined. Draft hoard members from thw following ten counties will at tend the meeting In Wllkesboro Friday: Wilkes, Watauga, Yad kin, Alexander, Ashe, Davfa, Caldwell, Alleghany, Avery and Surry. The draft board for the area la Wilkes with Wllkesboro as head quarters has already met and or>- O. K. Whittington, od Se- Wllkesboro, was elected chafr- man and J. W. Dula, also of WU- keeboro, is secretary. T. O. BU»- the third ateBiiber and Wm. A. Stroud has been appointed Clerk. Office ad the clerk will be In the fedsrtf bnllding. Mr. Stroud, the board auDooinced, is rendering his ser vices without compensation. Dr. E. N. Phillips and Attorney F. J. McDuffie are the medical and legal advisory members of the board. The board for the North Wi$- kesboro district of the county to day was Incomplete because no one had been appointed to auo- ceed Ernest Edwards, of Ronda. who declined to serve. ’The other members are J. R. Hix and J. B. Williams, of this city, and they are awaiting the appointment of the third member before holding a meeting. Dy. J. H. McNeill and Attorney Eugene Trivetle are ad visory members of the board. Registration cards have been delivered to the draft boaidn. They will give each card a ser ial number and the numbers will be forwarded to Washington ta be drawn according to the num ber of men desired by the aimy. The first drawing Is expected to be on October 29 for call about the middle of November unlesa the number of volunteers makea a call unnecessary at that time. After irumbers are drawn tbo men will receive questlonnalr cated. Two groups of Walden- —. elans came and established there , to be filled out and the informa- as the beginning of what Is now an enviable community in this state. The real growth of the place started In 1913 when they began On their industrial program. The town now has more than a dozen industrial plants, which Include cotton mills, hosiery mills, bak ery and others. ’The population is over 2,600, of whom 480 are Waldensians. The town recently established a bank, which is a part of.the Northwestern Bank with- home office In North Wll- kesboro and branches in nine northwestern N o r th Carolina towns. Rev. Mr. Pons has baen an out standing man in his community. He has led In establishment of Industries and has preached in their churches. He speaks to them in French, Italian and Eng lish. W. J. Caroon was In charge of Friday’s program and the speak er wae presented by J. B. Wil liams. At the meeting Friday W. D. Test was a guest of R. G. Fin ley; C. W. Myers, Jr., and Rev. John Pons were guests of W. J. Careen and W. A. Combs was a tion thereon will determine the clasBlflcatlon of the men. There will be four classes: men eligible for service, deferred because of occupation, - deferred on account of dependents and a fourth j;laee exempted by reason of not beins qualified to serve, according te the selective service act. Apple hdustry Program Topic Address by VanDeman smI Showing of Film .Features Program of Lions Club —IS- —- , The N. C. Hi^way Safsiy Wvi- sruv aav bv as Aiuv ^ ~ a ' V ^ gentleman and eiUsen,” Dr. Ran- that smonat, are sQy,;:;.vod. A film showing progress of the apple industry in the Appa lachians and an address by Carf E. VanDeman, orchard specialist, featured the program of the North Wllkesboro Lions Cluh In meeting Friday evening at Motel Wilkes. James M. Anderson had charge of the program, which wee well recolved by the clul^ ■ Vs^v. Deman, who hee chargtf 'oif apple resear^ labiamtiw Brushlea. spoke very IptePosUnB- ly ot the htatory M thl^'a^Wi Auetry iM prMPfela ;|pr- ^ued growth sad impoi Stgatsn Amerles. ■i 3 diaiin'