Loadon.—Axto skT raiders b)
haadr«d>i came earlr and
at^ed late over England yeater-
day. A>at succeeded In breaching
Londoa’a defenses only In the last
of three tries, then returned aft
er dark to keep thplr nightly ren-
desTous with the besieged capi
tal.
Sweegdng across the southeast
coast la Mg formations, the at
tacking planes ran into massed
aquadroDs of Brltl^ Hurricanes
and Fanning air battles raged far
ont'OTor the channel.
• British Damage
Italian Navy
London.—The British announc
ed yesterday that their bombers
had left half of Italy’s elusive
battleships Crippled and reeling
in Mussolini’s main naval base of
Taranto, and claimed that the
blow had altered decisively the
balance jf Mediterranean naval
power.
“This glorious episode.’' Prime
I linlster Winston Churchill told
a exultant House of Commons,
Resoutnes Both Banks
Here Reach New High
Rosources LocaT " iVousseau
Bai^s $7^,000
For New Record
Rise In Business Activity In
This Section Continues
At A Steady Pace
Business activity as reflected
in bank deposits and resources
has reached a new record high
in North Wilkesboro and vicin
ity despite all Handicaps, a sur
vey today revealed.
Resources of the two banks
here today were reported at ap
proximately $7,325,000, an a-
mount far in excess of last year’s
^jwill,
JITiioa
moreover, leave its Impres- figures or any other time in the
in
on "on the naval situation
every quarter of the globe.”
The admiralty said photo
graphic evidence showed that
two battleships were lying part
way under water, one of them
beached; that a third "probably”
was severely damaged: that two
cruisers were leaning tipsily in
the inner harbor of Taranto and
that the sterns of two fleet auxil
iary vessels were submerged.
Greeks Continue To
Advance
Athens. Greece.—The Greek
high command declared last night
that in “successful attacks’’ in
the Pindus Mountains region its
troops had occupied a new series
of hill tops on Albanian territory.
No more precise location of
the counter-offensive was given,
but a government spokesman had
said earlier that the Greeks were
moving forward rapidly in a mop-
m; Of territory 4, was good .throughtJttt-Ahja Vw.
.jSWan -tnvii«er8"t& ' the Pindas
region and along the Greek west
wing.
There was little or no activity
in the Macedonian sector, he re
ported. adding that Greek troops
still were “holding fast the posi
tions they occupied some days
ago.’’
history of North Wilkesboro.
The Bank of North Wilkes-
horo, largest unit bank in North
western North Carolina, has re
sources now of over $2,175,000,
which represents a new high tor
the Institution. Officials of the
bank said today that business
conditions here are good and that
prev^pects are bright for continu
ation of the upward trend.
Resources of the Northwestern
Bank, which has home office here
and branches in eight other
northwestern North Carolina
towns, have grown rapidly and
today were approximately $5,-
050.000.
This represents an increase of
more than 20 per cent over re
sources at this time in 1939,
which were approximately $4.-
165.000. Speaking of business ac
tivity. Edwin Duncan, executive
vice president of the bank, said
that the past three months es
tablished a new record for the
bank and that business general
Berlin Bombed
jk Berlin. — British b o m b i n g |
planes, turned back by a heavy
anti-aircraft barrage before they
could reach the heart of Berlin.
r "dropped their explosives “at ran-
^dom’’ in the suburbs last night,
an official communique reported
today.
Several attic fires were started
in the bungalow colonies, it was
said, but no damage was reported.
“A few enemy planes attempt
ed to attack the Reich’s capital
Wednesday evening.” the com
munique said. "Owing to the
powerful anti-aircraft defense,
however, they did not succeed in
breaking through the barrage of
the defenses or flying over the
center of the city.
“Instead they dropped their
bombs at random over the outer
ring of suburbs on bungalow col-
and private houses. This re
sulted in several attic fires which
were extinguished speedily.
“No other damage was report
ed.”
The sirens sounded while a
farewell reception was being giv
en at the Soviet embassy by V.
M. Molotov, Russian premier and
foreign commissar, in honor of
PWreign Minister Joachim von
Ribbentrop.
ritdry served by all branches of
the bank. He said that farmers
have received higher prices for
cattle and that quality has been
better and prices higher than at
any time in the past ten years.
He also expressed the opinion
that conditions for continued
rise in business activity are very
favorable in this section of North
Carolina.
I^ed Workers
Are Needed Now
Civil Service Commission
Representative To Take
Applications Here
C. V. Purcell, a representative
of the Civil Service commission
in Washington. D. C.. will be at
the postoffice building In North
Wilkesboro Thursday and Friday,
November 14 and 15, ten a. m.
to six p. m., to take applications
from persons for civil service
jobs.
Announcement of Mr. Purcell’s
appointment here said there is a
distinct shortage of skilled and
qualified workmen to carry on
the work of the national defense
program, especially in the metal
trades, such as machinists, sheet
metal workers, ironworkers, etc.
’There are also some jobs open for
draftsmen, architects, civil engi
neers. engineering aides, radio
operators and technicians, inspec
tors of textiles, hoisiery, cloth
ing and there are some openings
for nurses.
w Armistice Day Observed Here By
Legion And Auxiliary At Banquet;
Mortgage On Clubhouse Is Burned
Armistice Day was celebrated
In a dual manner Monday night
by the Wilkes County Post No.
125 of the American Legion, and
the American Ijegion Auxiliary.
Not only was the signing of the
Armistice 22 years ago appropri
ately celebrated, but the burning
of the mortgaige on the attractive
legion hut used by the Legion
d Auxiliary was also enthusias-
lly celebrated.
A hundred or more of Legion-
nairee. their wives and friends,
some from adjoining counties,
ware present for the meeting
Monday evening. The gathering
opened with one verse of “Amer
ica,” led by Mrs. Andrew Kilby,
followed by Invocation spoken by
S Comrade A. H. Casey. Then eve-
* »yone enjoyed a delicious two-
Fifteen-year-old Delvlna Walker
of Luray, Va., leans against her 76-
year-old hnsband, John Heflin. Re
cently married, they took np resi
dence on his big farm nearby.
American Legion
Again Will Give
Awards In Schook
Both Boftrda bl'WlkM Onrtf
Order Nurabera To Men
Who Regutered
Questionnaires ai-a being mail
ed by the two draft boards in
Wilkes county to men who regis
tered on October 16 and whose
numbers'were drawn tn .the na
tional lottery on October 29.
The qaeetionnalres are being j
mailed to the men In the order
which their serial numbers were
drawn In Washington. Those re
ceiving . questionnaires are re
quired to fill them out and deturn
them to their retentive draft
boards in not less than three
days.
Draft board office for area
number one is located in the fed
eral building at Wilkesboro. Wm.
A. Stroud is clerk to the board.
W. P. Kelly Is clerk to the
draft board for area number one
and its office Is on the second
floor of the city hall building in
this city. The telephone number
ia 615.
Following are some of the first
order numbers assigned by the
two draft boards In Wilkes. The
first number preceding each name
Is the order In which the men
will be called for classification
and the second Is the registrant’s
serial number:
District One
1—158, Carlle Venson Cornett
2 192, James Stacy Pardue
3 106, Jlles Franklin Parsons
4 188, Cecil James Whitt
5—120, Lincoln (none) Kelley
G 846, James Isaac Joins
7 i6i_ Roey (none) Cardwell
*1
In.WiBcet;
Sp^lH,p84,
InW^es^Y^
■- -f.
Fleig War Zone
Money Wu Spent By- Wilkiw
Chapter On Eleven Woic
' thy Bndget Dtrisloiu
Outitandint Studenb In All *—»• “'t""
Nin. Higk Sch»l. wai
Be Given Med ala
WHker^peat swnber 125 of the
American Legion will again give
awards to outstanding students
in the nine Wilkes county high
schools, it was learned today
fram members of the post in
charge of that activity.
The bronze medals will be a-
warded at the close of school to
the students voted as excelling
in Honor, Courage, Scholarship,
Leadership and Service. A mem
ber of the Legion will make the
awards at each comiiiencement.
The activity. Legion officials
said, is designed to place em
phasis on the development of
character and scholarship 1 n
school pupils by the presentation
of medals to outstanding .stu
dents.
Wilkes county chapter of the
American Red Cross spent $1,-
740.84 In Wilkes county dnrtng
the past Jegr, accordipgjto .a fi
nancial statement Issued by Blair
Gwyn, chapter treasurer.
This sum, of course, does not
include more than ten thousand
dollars spent In the county by the
National Red Cross for flood re
lief foliov.’ing the disastrous flood
on August 14 this year.
The Wilkes county chapter re
ceived a total of $1,982.18 dur
ing the year and with the excep
tion of $518.88 which went to
the naitonal Red Cross for mem
berships, the money was expend
ed In Wilkes county.
Expenditures of the Wilkes
chapter during the year were as
follows:
Child welfare ...$223.20
Emergency relief 132.00
Ex-service families 97.91
First aid and life saving 167.76
Pellegra 25.00
Home hygiene 160.99
Reserve fund - 42.97
Incidentals j_-- - 28.42
National memberships 518.68
Home production — 20.00
War relief - 323.71
The chapter ended the year
with a cash balance of $241.34.
A budget was adopted shortly
after the 1939 roll call and was
followed throughout the year.
However, all funds alloted to
some of the iprojects were not
Officiate of toe chapter point
to the ^ffe65rd of service of the lo-
cal chapter and the fact that
187. Martin Letcher Redding |much of the roll call money is
John Bverette Norman'expended locally In making a
plea for generous response to the
roll call now under way.
9-
10— 153. Roger Vernon Waters
11 19, Albert Sidney Wither
spoon .
12— 786. WlTMgfe "ItkT BOSlwr'
ner ''
13— 172, Owls Loyd Johnson
114 126. Cicero Charlie Call
15
16—1854,
17 167. Charlie Vestal Welborn
18 1369, Herman Ishmael John
son
19—162. Rufus (none) Church
20 147, Heg Woodrow Blanken
ship
21 1300, Ed (none) Welborn
22—1355, Hubert Ervin Vickers
23 689, Walter Glenn Pennell
DidWondakd
Job Caring For *
Flood Vkdins
People Learn Somadiin# Of
Value Of Red Crou Tn
Suffering Humanity
Grange Sponsoring
Program On Friday
Night Wilkesboro
wilkesboro Grange Is sponsor- ’
a personal appearance of
Adlam Ahmed, Torkixh waiter
aboard the Egyptian refugee ahip,
El Nil, grins as he holds Moses
'-v’lt, of Pa!:s’.ine, when the El
' —y C;ty.
November Term
Federid Court To
Segin On Monday
Many Liquor Cases Calen
dared; Judge Hayes Will
Preside Over Court
November term of Federal
court will convene In Wilkesboro
on Monday, November 18.
The Wilkesboro circuit is com
posed of Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga counties. However,
being a part of the middle North
The National Red Cross speat
$10,044.95 for flood relief In
Wilkes county following the dia-
astroug flood on August 14 oa
the Yadkin and Its trlUutaries,
the Wilkes county chapter an
nounced today in making an a|>-
peal for liberal memberships ta
the Red Cross during the roll
call now In progress.
It la generally agreed hera
that the Red Cross did a master
ful and thorough job of provid
ing relief following the flood aad
cared for the flood stricken sa
well that Wilkes people who caa
are urged to support the orgaa-
Ization. “We now have first bsa#
knowledge of what the Red CroM
means in times of disaster and wa
should be Inspired to make this
roll call the most successful ia
the history of Wilkes county,"
one official said in discussing tha
report of the National Red Croaa
for flood relief In Wilkes.
Following is the report of flooA
relief operations of the Rad
Cross as given to J. H. Whicker,
chairman of the Wilkes chaftar,
by Mrs. Margaret C. Laprestm,
(Continued on page eight)
Carolina district, yip court oWe". I—5xtA^4fcLa*i.„» >
H«inr iafleS^rirtclr-orflflBatwt Acqumsaj-fc
C. Jennmgs Found Not
Quilty; Others Tried
ing u s-w. - , .
24 — 1295, Bransom William |Tennessee Ramblers and the Ok-
Russell Bil-
Wel-
Erecting 2 Houses
On D Street Here
C. O. McNiel w having two sev
en room residences erected on D
street in this city. The houses
will be attractive and well con
structed.
25— 1234, Millard
lings
26— 31. Albert Eller Minton
27— 156, Johnson Harmon
born
28— 676, James Emmett Dough-
ton
29 -11.2, Noah (none) St.John
30 185, Clarence Morrison
31— 1362. Hermon Monroe Ali
sher
32— 108, Ernest. Alonzo Eller
33— 109, Willie Franklin Hamp
ton
34 1443, Archie Weldon Laws
(Continued on page four)
lahoma Sweetheart on Friday
I night at Wilkesboro school build-
ling. The program will begin at
i eight o’clock.
The 'Tennessee Ramblers are
one of the best known groups of
radio entertainers and it is ex-
jpected that a large crowd will he
present. Profits from the small
admission charge will be used by
the Grange to carry out its com-
mendalle activities.
Mr. J. D. Phillips, of Lenoir,
a l)usine.5s visitor to the
county yesterday.
other counties in the district.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Wilkesboro, will preside over the
term, which will probably be in
session two weeks.
The court will face the usual
docket of cases In which viola
tions of the federal liquor tax
laws are charged.
The following jurors have been
drawn for the court:
Wilkes f’onnty
Glenn Reeves, North Wilke.’-
boro: W'orth McGrady, North
Wilkesboro Route 1; Tyre Petty,
colored, Roaring River; A. R.
Myers. Hays; Dock Vannoy, Red
dies River: Walter S. Rcavis, Mo
ravian Falls: Treely Prevette,
Traphill, Route: R. D. Cooper,
Purlear: C. A. Sparks, Roaring
River, Route; S. A. Lyon, Thur
mond: Re 11 Caudill, Millers
Creek: Jarvis Walsh. Boomer:
.Mrs. Chas. H. Cowles. Wilkes
boro; W. J. Templeton, Hays:
Will Rose. Benham: W. V. Shu
mate. North Wilkesboro; Clar-
nce Hendren, Glireath: F. P.
niai’- .Ir. North W'ilkesboro; J.
(Continued on page four)
Special Term Of
Court Under Way
course dir ner served by the mem
bers of the Auxiliary.
Members of Mrs. R. G., Fin
ley’s dramatic class gave a splen
did program. First was a recita
tion, “I Am An American,” by
Betty Gwyn Finley. Little Miss
Ruth Long gave an old-fashion
ed dance and Carol Hayes and
Carolyn Moore gave dance num
bers. This program was inter
spersed by popular songs of
World War days.
Following the program b y
members of Mrs. Finley’s class,
the meeting was turned over to
L. M. Nelson, post commander,
who In a most pleasing manner,
welcomed all—^visitors, comrades,
and members of the Auxiliary.
Mr. Nelson stated that it was
(Continued on page eight)
Sunday, November 17 th, is
Bundle Day.
John K. Black'hiurn is general
chairman, and the event is spon
sored by Dokies, Klwanis, and
Lions Clubs.
Its purpose Is to gather buTi-
dles of clothing, toys, furnish
ings, etc., which can be used by
needy families.
Trucks will call for bundles
Sunday afternoon, beginning at
1:00 o’clock. Place bundles in
plain view on your porch. Fasten
bundles well. Place articles in a
cardboard box tied securely, or
in a bundle which will not come
apart when loaded in the track.
’The articles collected will be
sorted, and those which can be
used will be distributed by the
county and city welfare depart
ment to needy families.
County as well as city will par
ticipate. Collection routes will
cover all the streets in Wilkes
boro and North Wilkesboro, and
Highways 421 to Millers Creek,
and 18 to Mulberry and Moravian
Falls.
If you do not live on one of
these routes, you can bring your
bundle to the North Wilkesboro
fire department. If you cannot
bring your bundle, call telephone
480 and leave your name and ad
dress, and a truck will come to
your house.
Tell your neighbor about Bun
dle Day.
A special term of Wilkes sn-
perior court for trial of criminal
cases Is under way In Wilkesbor*
with Judge Allen H. Gwyn pre
siding.
The term will adjourn this
week. It was called to be held
in place of the second week of
the regular October term, which
was cancelled. Court proceedings
this week include the following:
Smithoy Acquitted
Judge Gwyn directed a verdict
of not guilty in the trial of C. H.
Smithey, local contractor who
was charged with embezzlement.
The case was Instituted a few
years ago by Jenkins Hardware
company. The judge ruled that
the prosecution had not produced
sufficient evidence to allow the
case to go to the jury and ac
quitted Mr. Smithey.
Jennings .AcqulltisI
R. C. Jennings, deputy indict
ed for aasault with a deadly
weapon, was acquitted yesterday
afternoon when the jury returned
a verdlct^of not guilty.
Other cases disposed of thia
week follow:
Millard Cleary versus Nettie T.
Cleary, divorce granted.
William Martin versus Wavlo
C. Martin, divorce granted.
Belo Queen, abandonment, U
months sentence suspended.
W. C. Casstevens. abandon-
■nent, prayer for judgment con-
iniied for two years-''.
W. R. Joyner, abandonment,
prayer for judgment conUnued
or two years.
Notices Of County
Taxes Mailed Oat
Early Payment Will Be Ap
preciated By County; Pen
alities To Be Added loiter
Sheriff C. T. Doughton has
mailed to all taxpayers notices
stating that 1940 county taxes
are now due.
The Sheriff, who la also tax
collector, has the books for col
lection and all taxpayers, regard
less of whether or not they re
ceived their notices of amoast
though the malls, are urged to
pay their taxes as early as poo-
slble. The county needs, the mo^
ey and payment will be appreci
ated. - . I
Early paymsst will^ ■
advantage to the UatiUPlM '• Jo
that they will eecape psyaieBt ■
penalties which will
ed to unpaid taxes. ^