°lt%liaiMi ttim Fast
Prom Greeks
LtkMm. Or«««e. — A ’ Kovorn-
mMt >»okMm«c"« dectsrad lut
nlglit that lUllan troop* war*
ratroatlBK so rapldlr along the
central Albanian front that It was
cUtttenlt tor the Greeks to keep
np with toem.
Hie l^lUm front. It wa» sald>
was broken northwest of K>hMaa.
Oreeoa, some 10 kilometers (a-
boat aiz mllea) Inside Albania
andr'^eat of the rirer Aooe. It
was daaeribed as an otter rout,
and the spokesman said ‘'rery
Importaat booty”—^including mu-
nltlona. trucks, guns—had fallen
to the Oteeks. ^
He asserted, too, that a battal
ion of Albanians in the Italian
forces had reyolted and been dls-
arsted.
In the Korltsa sector, where
Greek artillery fire was declared
to be thundering down upon eve
ry road leading from that besieg
ed .Itali^ base in Albania, the
counto^'^Ctensire was proceeding
last in what was described
here as a virtual cessation of
ItaliAB air activity.
Earlier, the action of Fascist
bombers was acknowledged to
have slowed the advance.
Nazi Bombers Hit
m Industries
London.—Nasi planes swarmed
out of the night for a second
"total” attack on Britain’s indus
trial Midlands but early today it
was reported that a terrific anti
aircraft barrage had dulled the
edge of the new offensive.
Ground guns, firing with new
effectiveness, were said to have
dispersed waves of planes at
tempting a mass raid on an East
Midlands town after less than two
hours of Incendiary bomb dropp
ing which is merely the first step
in the “Coventry technique.’’
The bombs were extinguished
and little damage was reported.
How the rest of the Midlands
fared was not known.
Fiercest Vet
The rapid fire of ground de
fenses and the rumble of bombs
caused observers In the Eastern
Midlands section to say it was the
fiercest attack ever made on
that area.
'The Eastern Midlands were
nhowered with incendiary bomba;
voi>. xxxm, % 70
PubUilied
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Bri
Wat Re-^eciod
The State Highwaj^ Bridge
Forces Meke Good Pro
gress Replacing Bridges
State hglhway, forces today
completed construction of a
bridge across the Yadkin at Hon
da. The bridge there, along with
all others on the upper part of
the Yadkin except at Blkln and
North Wllkesboro, was destroyed
in the flood August 14.
The bridge at Roaring Rlker
was completed several days ago.
The only bridges across the
river which have not been re
placed are the Cnrtls bridge near
Wilkesbpro, the Adley and Gosh
en bridges between Wllkeeboro
and Ferguson. The Ferguson
bridge was the first on* on the
Yadkin to be replaced because It
was practically the only outlet
lor several communities.
The Lower Yadkin bridge near
this city was replaced by a temp
orary structure a few weeks ago.
License Plates
Will Go On Sale
November 30th
New Plates Will Be Yellow
On Black; Sales This
Year Sets Record
J. C. McDiarmld. manager of
the North Wilkesboro branch of
the Carolina Motor Club and lic
ense bureau, announced today
that 1941 state license plates for
automobiles and trucks will go
on sale at the bureau’s office
here on Saturday, November 28.
The 1941 North Wllkesboro
city tags will also be available
there and motorists are urged to t®"-
buy both at the same time. The
Id 1
|J?low Hyjd* '
Meeting Fridmyj;;^
. Night To Ditcuit
Street pecorations
A meeting of.' all bntineto
and prole«niini*l Ben aad nil
others hatereeted has been call
ed to be held Friday night,
7:SO o’elook, to make definite
plans and amuigetnents for
hoUday Hating and decora
tion* in Nortli WUkeaboro.
Plans for more elitooraie
street decoration* and Uniting
have been discaseed and final
arrangement* will be made at
the meeting- Hiere ha* been
a growing' seatlmient to secure
SM Fiaud
Draws T«ii
For Wilkes Jim
One candidate who had no
cause for worry over whether
or not he was going to br re
elected was Earl Oaudlll, pic
tured above, who was re-eleet-
ed WTIkes county surveyw In
the November riectlon- One
vote wonld have been suffici
ent to rtect him but he receiv
ed well over 8,000.
Power Service
Interruption On
One Line Sunday
the most attraj^ve decorations
add to give the city
praoticaMe
a strlkiiig appearance for the
Yuletide season.
Achievemrat Day
Home Chibs On 21
Mnny - Sentoncdii ^ To Penk
tentinry In Cues Ittwdlw-
iag Liqaof Laws
Interesting Program Plann
ed For Annual Event By
Demonstration Clubs
Annual Achievement Day for
home demonstration clubs i n
Local branch of the Duke Pow- Wllke« county will be observed
er company ha-s requested it ne
announced that there will toe a
power service Interruption of a-
bout two hours Sunday, morning
on the Millers Creek line and
lines extending into the Reddles
River combiunity.
The company is rebuilding the
line to Millers Creek and the
work will make it necessary that
the current be off tpr a short
while. The current on that line
will go off Sunday morning about
eight o’clock and remain off uB-
wlth an appropriate program Frl
day night, November 22, 7:30 o’
clock,* in the Wilkesboro high
school touildlng.
Mrs. F. T. Moore, club council
president, will preside. JRoll call
will be by Mrs. Eula Bentley, sec
retary. After singing of "God
Bless America,” Mrs. J. M.
Wright,'of Union Grove, will lead
in prayer. A group discussion
led by Mrs. C. F. Bretholl will
be the next number, followed by
special music by the Honda wom
an’s quartet. Mrs. B. F. Proffit,
kitchen contest .Winner, will dls-
^uu "What khDrovpmeiU of
Longest prison sentence meted
out in federal court by Judge’
Johnson J. Hayes in Wllkeeboro
this week wax for Hamp Sparks,
of Roaring River, who wat sent
to the federal penitentiary in At
Inata, Ga„ for three years attor
he submitted a plea of nolo coU'
tendere on a charge of using the
malls to defraud.
Sparks, accordlig to the evi
dence, had used the mails to send
false statement ;oncerning his
financial wotW tqt.8p«lBel A com
pany, a Chicago credit mall order
firm, and had received a high
credit (rating enabling him to
purchase |450 worth of merchan
dise, for which he-did not pay
and the company was unable to
collect. •
Court records showed that he
had a record in that type of trans
actions for the past 29 years. Mrs.
Sparks, who was Indicted with
him. was placed on probation for
three years.
Charles B. Sharpe, for viola
tion of the white slave traffic
act, was sentenced to two years
in Atlanta prison. The only oth
er ease tried this week except
liquor cases was that of James
Rush, who was sentenced to 15
months in Atlanta prison for
forging endorsement on a gov
ernment check.
Results of liquor cases in which
sentences other than probation
were meted out follow:
Bill Miller, fine of $100 and’
in.
id Hoadred Order
hmn An Pabli>b«d For
Each Draft Board -
yesiw
Bd Beeheers, with 11 .
experience with prisoners and
“Mx years as assMaat camp snp-
“ erintendent, ha* been appoint
ed sHperiateiklent of the prison
camp here, succeeding Captain
E. h. Hlgbt, who was killed
recently in an automobile acri-
deat.
Scold Materials
Added To County
Library In City
Complete Set Merit Badge
Pamphlets and Other
Puhlications Given
Material calculated to be very
beneficial to Boy Scouts and to
all interested in Scouting has
bben added to the Wilkes county
public library in North Wllkes
boro, according to advice receiv
ed today from Scout officials.
The Boy Scout Court of Honor
has placed in the public library _
here h new and complete set of order numbers for
mer^ badm wianilUeto. ,110 Ip “
two d>-aft board org
(Ions (ti Wilke* county are
Ing on classification and sat
of men tor the first call,'^irlttfc
will bd within the neat tow isgsA
probably by December 1.
Wilkes county will furnish a«-
ly ttv* in th* first call, two tooan
board number 1 and three fram
ttoard number 2.
' In all prObablHty, no one wflt
have to be drafted in Wllkea b*^
shuse both boards hare ample ap^
plications to volnnteer prorldod
the volnnteers are In the elifiMw
olassifiCBtion and pass the phytik
0*1 examination.
The first questionnaire to hp
returned to the draft board la
this city was from John Aadmr
Bowlin, of Daylo, In Ualoa toWM-
shlp.
The first volunteer for haaril
number 1 was Raymond Pearsoa.
of Wllkesboro route one. Volaw-
teefs for a year of training win
receive consideration in the
der of their applications to volaa-
teer.
Questionnaires are now beinc
returned to the boards by thoaa
who received them in the malla
last week and this week. Regula
tions require that each registrant
fill out and return the questloii-
nalre within five days after it la
mailed.
Attention is called to the fact
that registered men may volun
teer for a year of training. Shoald
there be a sufficient nnmber of
volunteers, no one wonld have to
be drafted in order to fill Wllkea*
quota of 141 by June 30 next
year.
Today The Journal-Patriot la
publishing the second hundred
both boards.
ia,..OBRt, .^dmd, ware put
ta^ was being raided again, but
not so heavily as before.
Here in the metropolis the an
ti-aircraft. fire was so heavy that
buildings shook.
The nightly bombing of .Lon
don .started with lighter-than av
erage gunfire and bomb explos
ions.
¥•
,^ell Giant Planes To
British
Washington.—The government
disclosed yesterday that 26 giant
four-engined bombers ordered for
the Uni'od States Army were be
ing released for sale to the Brit
ish as fast as they could be pro
duced and that negotiations were
under way for the early release
of 20 “flying fortress” bombers.
Lean, lanky General George C.
Marshall, the army chief of staff,
called in reporters and outlined
the terms of the transactions.
Speaking shortly after massed
German raiders had followed up
their smashing attack upon Cov
entry. England, with a fierce as
sault upon the industrial city of
Birmingham, Marshall said he ^
understood that the first of the j
26 four-engined B-2 4 bombers j
had been deliv'red to the British
The 1*41 license plates will be
yellow figures on a black back
ground and will be the same price
as prevailed this year. "Before
the rush begins is the best time
to buy plates.’’ Mr. McDiarmid
said.
Sale of license plates here this
year set an all-time high record,
exceeding the number sold in
1939 by 790, Mr. McDiarmid
said.
Agreeable Surprise
Mr. R. Don Laws, Editor of
The Yellow Jacket, received an
agreeable surprise recently when
he was officially notified that the
will of a w’ealthy ranchman In
Nebraska had been probated and
it set forth that a substantial
legacy had been left to The Yel
low Jacket in token of the splen
did work that the paper had done
In the ps3t. Mr. Laws says he
deeply appreciates this considera
tion from a friend of the paper
In the Northwest and that he
hopes that The Yellow Jacket in
the future as in the past will
live up to its motto: “One Flag.
One School. One People. America
for Americans.’’
Subject Of Talk
Keith Saunders Speaks At
Fathers’ Night Meeting
Of P. T. A. In City
oaa oeeu uc... : “Come, all yo’ come and be
last Saturday by the Consolidated baptized,’’ cried the colored Bap-
Aircraft Company at San Diego, | tist evangelist. ^
Calif. The remainder of this I “But ah done been baptized by
group is to be delivered between the Presbyterians.” said Rastus.
now and the first part of March, "Lo’d.” cried the Bapt st min-
he added I iater, "yo’ only been dry cleaned.
Wilkes’ Diversified Agiiciilture Calls
For Referendum On Burley, Cotton
Proof of Wilkes county’s di
versification of agriculture and
varied climate can be found In
the arrangements for referenda
under the Triple A program.
On Saturday of this week
Wilkes will vote on hurley tobac
co control and no December 7
will be the cotton control referen
dum.
Barley tobacco Is a mountain
crop for cool temperature. Cot
ton, of course, is the predomi
nant crop throughout the more
sunny portion of the south.
However, the two crops repre-
Lnt the extremes of possibilities
cropping in Wilkes. There are
only a few hurley tobacco grow
ers in the mountainous part of
the county—five, to be exact—
snd they will vote at the court-
nouse in Wllkesboro.
Cotton growers are more num-
erons, there being HI, and prac-
southeast corner of Wilkes where
the county borders on Yadkin
and Iredell. The one voting place
tor cotton growers will be at
Myers’ store In Somers township,
according to announcement by
the county Triple A committee.
There are several hundreds
producers of flue cured tobacco
in Wilkes.
Other evidences of agricultur
al diversification are seen in a
survey of the principal crops.
Corn is the leading field crops
but wheat, rye. oats, potatoes,
cabbage, beans and hay crops are
also grown in abundance.
Wilkes also has a thermal belt,
that phenomenon of nature which
provides an area also free of
frost. That belt is on the Brushy
Mountains where so many apples
are grown. The east slope of the
Blue Ridge also has some fine
apply growing territory.
Almost anything will grow
Mr. Barefoot, director of pub
licity for the North Carolina State
Highway Safety Division, ad
dressed the North Wilkesbtoro
Parent-Teacher association as a
feature of Fathers’ Night pro
gram Thursday.
The subject of his address was
the three "E’s”. In relation to
safety he described them as “En
gineering, Education and En
forcement.” Engineering, through
proper construction of highways,
eliminate accident hazards; saf
ety education teaches safety on
the highways, in the homes,
schools, jobs, etc.; enforcement
Is the remedy for those who
cannot or will not look out for
their own safety and the well be
ing of others.
Keith Saunders, director of
publicity for the highway safety
dvilslon. was also present at the
meeting. Special guests included
members of Scout troop 35 and
the members of the School Saf
ety Patrol.
More than 200 were present at
the meeting and the attendance
Included many fathers. Following
the program many of those pres
ent visited the newly organized
Industrial Arts department of
the school.
Attendance prizes were a-
warded to Miss Blackburn s
fourth grade and Miss Gordon’s
sixth, grade roo'ns.
on "What the keeping of'home
accounts has meant to my'fam
ily.” ^
Awards of merit in home im
provement. ' award of prizes in
kitchen contest and award of
prizes for perfect attendance will
close the program, except for
recreation and refreshments.
Allen Theatre
New Firm Name
W. J. Allen Purchases All
Interests In Orpheum
Theatre Here
Thanksgvii^ Day
Singing Nov. 28th
W. J. Allen, for mairy years
part owner of the Orpheum Thea
tre In this city, has purchased all
interests in the business and is
now sole owner.
The deal was completed on
November 15 and this week the
name of the theatre was changed
to Allen theatre.
The Allen theatre will continue
to be operated at its present lo
cation On Main street between
Tenth and Ninth streeU. Since its
establishment there it has been
known as one of the most at
tractive theatres in northwestern
North Carolina and is modernly
equipped.
However, Mr. Allen has a num
ber of Improvements planned and
installation of a new and high
ly modern heating system is now
under way, which will assure
proper temperatures and comfort.
Mr. Allen has been in the mo
tion picture business for 16 years
and is one of the best known
theatre men in this part of the
state. His knowledge of the the
atre business is assurance that
good entertainment will continue
to be provided for the theatre’s
many patrons throughout this
section.
in
all of them are in the | some part of Wilkes
One of the interesting holiday
events in Wilkes twice yearly is
the Wilkea County Singing con
vention, which will have its next
session at the county courthouse
on Thanksgiving Day, November
28.
The singing meets twice year
ly. on July 4th and Thanksgiving
Day, and each time attracts a
large crowd of singers and listen
ers. The singing on the 28th will
begin at ten a. m. and cjDtinue
through the day. The organiza
tion is headed by J. A. Gilliam,
of Hays, as chairman, and Wm.
A. Stroud, of WUkeaboro, a* sec
retary.
Marriage License
Business Is Down
Only five license to wed have
been Issued by Wilkes register
of deeds, Oid Wiles, during the
past two weeks, representing a
big drop over the number for the
pre'vlous fortnight.
Four of the couples were: Dean
Wiles, Roaring River, and Gladys
Prevette, Lomax; Charlea John
son *lAd Violet Johnson, both of
North Wllkeeboro ronto three;
Harley Gray and Samantha Shep
herd, both of Cycle; R. H. Jen
nings and Hazel Minton, both of
^North Wllkesboro. One couple
requested no pnhlleify
Jsy’’t* Chlllteo -
formatory; Garvey Bnrchette and
Grayson Dowell, temporary pro
bation.
Warren Pruitt, Laud Bowers
and Hugh Gamblll, year and a
day each in Chllllcothe.
Glen Redmond, year and a day
in Chllllcothe.
Romulus Billings, year and a
day in Petersburg. Va., reforma
tory.
William Henry Henson, year
and a day in Atlanta.
Marshal Thomas Marley, 15
months in Lewisburg, Pa., prison.
Lonnie Gentry, 15 months in
Chlllicothe.
Marcus Lyon, fine of $150 and
three years probation.
Willard Church, year and a day
in Petersburg, Va.
Jamet H. Holler, year and a
day in Chillicothe.
Charles William Cain, of Guil
ford county, year and a day in
Chillicothe.
Sewell Roberson and Theodore
Porter, year and a day each in
Petersburg, Va.
James Parks and Llnnie Gen
try; Parks, 18 months in At
lanta; Gentry, 15 months in
Chllllcothe (concurrent with sen
tence in another case).
Tallle A. Barnett and Walter
Moore, 15 months each in Peters
burg, Va.
Charlie Clay Souther. line oI
$150 and three years probation.
William Grinton, 15 months in
Lewlsburg, Pa.
Odell Poole and Cabell Smith.
Pool-3, three years in training
school for boys at Washington, D.
C ■ Smith, temporary probation.
"cases in which all defendants
were placed on probation are not
included In the court news listed
a’love. This newspaper plans to
publish a list of all defendants
placed on probation later daring
the term.
Court adjourned Wednesday
afternoon until Friday morning
because today is the Thanksgiv
ing holiday as proclaimed by
President Roosevelt. However,
the holiday will generally be ob
served in this state on the last
Thursday In November, the 28th,
as proclaimed by Governor Hoey.
iMoij^aud one l»ok of igames.
The complete list of examiners
was also placed at the library for
benefit of the Scoute.
These publications cost a total
of $25. The Court of Honor made
the purchases. Each of the three
Scout troops contributed five
dollars and the Klwanis club al
so helped In a financial way.
Scout leaders expressed un
qualified satisfaction over the li
brary material, saying that It
should be substantially helpful
in Scout activities in the Wilkes-
boros.
Two Holidays
Raleigh.—The administrative
employees of the WPA in North
Carolina have two reasons to be
thankful this year. They will
hdve holidays on November 21,
which President Roosevelt had
proclaimed as Thanksgiving, and
on November 28, which Governor
Hoey ha* proclaimed as Thanks
giving.
Hlck-
and not to rely on their ..plMss
In the national lottery, wh$.-h
appear much higher than they
are In each local area. And regis
tered men should not confss*
their serial number assigned Im
mediately after registration with
the order numbers which have
since been assigned.
The local order number means
that the registrants will be call
ed for classification and selectlom
in the order of the order num
bers assigned.
Following are the local order
numbers and serial numbers of
the second hundred tor the two
draft board areas in Wilkes.
Mr. Henry Smithey. of
ory, spent Sunday In Wllkesboro
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Smithey.
District One
101— 1869, Chadclp Lee Pennell
102— 25, Claude Woodrow Bll-
ling.s
103— 609. Arvil Robert Johnson
104— 603, Cox Aaron Blevins
105— 154, Avery Claude Wood*
106— 1428, William Paul Can
non
107— 77, Lonnie Rufus Wagoner
108— 160, Rayford Loney 'Trlp-
(Oontlnued on page eight)
North Wilkesboro Aad WilkeslUro To
rhi ’ r*1«aec*i* Fw*l«ttoW
Plav Wilkes’ Football Classic Friday
'— _ _ nrl 11 U ^ 4*. mi A
Parents Invited
To See Children
In Dancing Class
The mothers and fathers a^
Interested friends of Mrs. R. w
Finley’s dancing pupils are ,ln-
Ttted to a program sf dances to
be given by the children at the
Finley Studio of Dance Friday
o’clock.
Wilkes county’s own football
classic—North Wllkesboro versus
Wllkesboro high school—will be
played on the fairgrounds field
here Friday afternoon, Novemiber
2 i 'The kickoff will be at three
o'clock.
Neither team has an impressive
record In the victory column this
season but records count for
naught when the Wilkes teams
lock horns for the grandest prize
of the gridiron here—the Wilkes
county championship.
Comparative scores with mutu
al opponents during the past sea
son show the teams are nearly
equal as possible but Wllkesboro
Is conceded the edge In weight
and playing experience. North
Wllkesboro took the game last
year by two touchdowns. ’The
game the year before was a tie
and Wilkesboro won three years
ago on a last minute play. Prior
to that year North Wilkesboro
was the winner.
To offset the weight advant
age North Wllkesboro offers a
ers. North Wllkesboro Is quartsr-
backed by Bucky Faw and hi*
mates are Kennerly, Hunt and
Elledge In the starting lineup.
Llnney and Dennis are out
standing linesmen for Wilkesboro
while the Foster brothers at tack
le In North Wllkesboro’s lino
somehow manage to get in on al
most every play.
The team which wins Friday
afternoon will consider it has had
a very successful sea*on, desplto
previous loeses, and the team
which wins will be the one which
plays an Inspired brand of foot^
ball like they have not played
previously this year. It may b#
exceedingly close or the “IneplP-
ed” team may hold a big edge.''-'
In any event. It Is going to bo
a bang-up game such as has not
been played here tht; year aad
should draw all football fans to
the fairgrounds.
Seventy-six business firms aad
Individuals In North WUkeshoso
contributed to a full page a*rs*^
tlsement of the game, whleli ap
pears In The Jourtial-PatrioS to-
age North WUkesooro oners » .
fiLt charging line and backfleld day on page ^«e.
But wtlkesboro ment give. 4ntormaU«rtl v—
eveniBg at 7
packs power In its backfleld
beaded b y the hard-charging
Bouchelle and fast Llnney broth-
to the game and Ust$; hlt^
together with th* '
on both football-eqwMMi. 5? h