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itomt.—Italy's dssert le(lAi8,
^bavt«a back Into Ubyi tn the
k Moodleat haai>ti>-haBd and me«h-
^aaised nshtlak they have knowa
' alaer the World War, drew Sun- ■ f.
4ay OB reserves to stem Britain's
Bcyptlan counter-offensive.
Observers In Rome, analysing
official reports of the Italian
withdrawal, believed that the
fate of the Fascist African em
pire hung by the outcome of the
irar In the wastelands—a week-
'(Hd struggle between land, air
and sea forces.
Oi'iicial communiques indicat-
'•d that the three-month-old Ital
ian Invaaton of Egypt had heea
turned into a stubborn defense of
Italian-held Libya, at the sand
storm-swept northern Junction of
the Bgyptian-Llbyan frontiers.
British Soldiers Now
In Libya
Cairo. — British., mechanized
forces. Invading Libya through a
desert sandstorm to carry the
.war to Italian soil, last night
ere reported driving upon the
Fascist coastal base of Bardia
which already is ablaze under
terrific siege by warships and
bonrbing planes.
The sinking of the 787-ton
Italian submarine Naiade with a
normal compliment of 41 men
and the repulsing of “abortive
attacks’’ by Italian torpedo boats
in defense of Bardia were de
scribed in a communique by the
commander-in-chief of the Medi
terranean fleet.
Both Bardia, 10 miles across
the border- from Egypt, and the
port of Tobrux farther west were
reported in flames after British
air and sea attacks.
The big Italian’ naviil base of
Tripoli was bombed during Fri
day night, it was stated official
ly, and two ships were hit direct
ly.
iThiihsdayB
1940?
AtMeetti^Here
Mass M stinf Names Execa-
tiwo Board' Of Wilkes
County Public LibHiry
France Forbidding
Passage Troops
Bern, Switzerland-—A report
ed German attempt to send Nazi
treopS' through France to Libya
i^iirMng {He ItsIIpe hduie mor
ale was delated early today to
have been rebuffed by France
with a flat "no’’ from Chief of
State Marshal Philippe Petain.
Petain and a majority of his
ministers were said In advices
from Vichy to diplomatic sources
here to have considered the Ger-
s man move, reportedly made
V through Vice-Premier Pierre La
val before he was ousted la.'=t
week from the French govern
ment, as an axis attempt to gain
lx a foothold on the French Medi-
Wilkes county library associ
ation was organized at a mass
meeting here on Friday night by
the election of an executive board
of six members, who will com
plete the organization by election
of a chairman and secretary.
Named on the board were C.
B. Eller, county superintendent
of schools, Mrs. J. C. Reins, W.
K. Sturdivant, Mrs. L. B. Dala.
Mrs. Fred Gaither and Mrs. L. G.
Crltcher.
The meeting was reasonably
well attended, although Inclem
ent weather kept many from rur
al sections away from the meet
ing. Several talks concerning fu
ture growth of the library were
made during the meeting and
much Interest was shown in the
institution.
The principal talk was by Miss
Margaret Gilbert, a field worker
for the North Carolina State Li
brary commission. Others who
talked included Miss Ha Holman,
supervisor of the Woman s divis
ion of WPA. W. D. Halfacre, Mrs.
Frank Johnson and Mrs. Jones, a
district supervisor.
Miss Hazel Horton, librarian,
gave a comprehensive report of
the activities of the public library
and the rapid growth in circula
tion of library volumes.
The Wilkes couaty Public Li
brary has grown rapidly since it
was established only a fsw years
ago with a small num’jer of do
nated books and books loaned by
the state library comiBlBilon.
iFrom ‘Sit-Rres’ to Spitfires
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UfMBq)lo]rnMmt. Gompana^
ticNi HmuU List Of'Ten Di«
^ I vuion Social Seenritjf
Approximately $470,1^6.00 has
been distributed In Wilkes coun*.
ty through operation of nine of
4^1, tea dlvisiona of the Social
Bscdrity Act, from its beginning
j^-ifarough June 30, 1940, it' is
estimated, on a basis of official
figures, by Charles G. Powell,
.Chairman of the N. C. Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission.
Normally, Unemployment Com
pensation, or benefits to workers
temporarily out of jobs, Is the
largest item in the program, ex
cept In agricultural counties. The
more and larger the industries a
county has.^e more jobless ben
efits it gets. In the 2 1-2 years
benefit payments, through
Of
a '-'i 9
A government appeal for alnminnm pots and pans brought thousands of tons of these kitchen ntensUs from
an over England into the rapaciora maw of Britain’s war machine. From sitting on fires these pots and pans
will Ko to clond-hopping in defr'ise of the tight little island. At left, workmen are cleanlier mimitwMi
Bight, tons of ingots, once str.wpots, on their way to become “Spitfires" and Bnrricim pfames..
scrap.
Rev. J. S. Stokes'Plans Made For Poultry School h
« ^ ■ n ^ «vT«ii 1- yv • rtf 11
Is Speaker Before
Kiwanians Here
“Situation In The Fsu: East*
Subject Of Address Be
fore Club Here
TwoNewHtnne
Clubs Formed
North Wllkesboro Kiwanis
club held an interesting meeting
Friday noon, featured by an ad
dress by Rev. J. S. Stokes, mis
sionary in Korea.
Program Chairman Jimmie Mc
Cartney asked Rev. A. L. Aycock
to introduce the guest speaker,
who has been a Missionary under
thfi^jiaapices of ,btbe Methodisj(,
Wilkes; Poultry Organization talked
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes
farm agent, announced
that a one-day poultry short
course for poultrymen of Wilkes
and adjoining counties will be
held in Wllkesboro some time in
February.
We intend to make this school
an outstanding event of the year
for poultrymen,’’ the county a-
f gent said and explained that
four poultry specialists from
county handle many problems now out-
Indus-
,r the past 3$ year* -
arrived home front
Mulberry and Mt. Pisgah
Communities Enter Home
Demonstration Activity
Two new home demonstration
clubs have been organized in
■ Wilkes and will enter the regu-
har program of work in January,
' Mias Elizabeth Williams, Wilkes
I home demonstration agent, said
I today.
The two new ones are Muiber-
I ry and Mt. Pisgah. The others
terranean bases.
The Germans, it was reported, | Ronda. Mountain View, Gil-
sounded out I.aval while he still \ reath. Roaring Gap, Roaring I.iv-
e r. Boomer, Moravian Falls.
was “No. 2 Man’’ in France, as
vice-premier, in an effort to find
means of getting aid to the Ital-
Pores Knob and Ferguson.
Officers of the newly organ-
lUt;all9 ui — k.»liit:ci9 ui cue uew*/
ians. hard pressed by the British Mulberry are; Mrs
and Greeks,
through Italy.
without passing
LeafleU Dropped
On Berlin
Berlin.—British planes swept
upon Berlin last night for the
first time in 19 days, causing
consternation among tens of
thousands of persons caught by
surprise in the streets, but *he
raiders “merely dropped leaflets’’
or. one suburb. It was stated.
The British raiders, taking ad
vantage of layers of clouds, were
said in an official communique
to have met heavy German anti
aircraft fire which drove them
"off to the north and south.
Squadrons of German Bombers
-were said to have dropped out of
heavy clouds Sunday night upon
an Important town of Britain’s
industrial midlands, starting 30
Urge fires which “colored the
clouds red.”
The communique did not re
veal the number of British planes
which came over Berlin but from
the United Press office on Unter
Den Linden in the heart of the
capital the raid appeared to he
an uneventful one.
Join R. Jones, president: Mrs. C.
M. Elledge, vice president: Mrs.
W. D. Elledge. secretary.
Mrs. R. L. Prevette is presi
dent of Mt. Pisgah club, Mrs. Ray
Felts is vice president and Mrs
Ben Collier is secretary.
Miss Williams said the clubs
in the county will enter a two-
year study of foods and nutri
tions in January. The first year’s
work wll] be centered on “Foods
For the Home” and the second
year will be devoted to more ad
vanced phases of the topic.
had jnst
Korea.
Rev. Mr. Stokes spoke on the
subject, "The Situation In The
Far East.” It is just the situation
that is going on around the
world. It is the struggle or the
conflict between the two opin
ions. those favoring autocracy a-
gainst those favoring Democracy,
he said. Mr. Stokes reviewed his
work in the Far East, speaking
of the progress he has made a-
mong the Korean people. The
situation has become so strained
there that the missionaries have
been required to return home. He
things, however, that the wo:k
will go on. Inasmuch as the
churches there are already 75 per
cent self supporting and a recent
law of the Government requires
that they shall be entirely self
supporting.
The Japs are bogging down in
China. They have as it were a
tiger by the tall. He thinks they
are gradually trying to get out
of China and will probably be
fore long attack Indo China and
he East Indes, which vould
bring in the United States.
There is the appearance of
today' standing in the poultry
try.
In discussing the suggestion
the county agent said he had in
cluded It In his annual report
and that some action may be ex
pected at an early date, probably
prior to the poultry school In
February.
Poultry production In Wilkes
county has made phenomlnal pro
gress and has outstripped pro
state College will be on hand to! gress in marketiug. An organiza-
conduct the course and give prac
tical Instruction in every phase
of poultry production and mar-
And eipeaklng of marketing,
the county agent said that a
leading poultryman In Wilkes
had suggested to him that poul
trymen in this section should
form an organization to promote
better marketing facilities and to I try industry.
tion of poultrymen, the county
agent said, would endeavor to
bring about standardization of
products so naBeb .|» demand Jn-
leadlng poultry markets of the
nation. He pointed out as as ex
ample that eggs are sold on lead
ing markets by grades and that
grading and standardization is
an important phase of the poul-
June 30, these benefits reached
$165,813.34, included in 24,369
checks issued to residents of
Wilkes county.
Chairman Powell reports that
State agencies handling phases
of the Social Security Act coope
rate with him in supplying fig
ures of their activities, which
gives him an accurate picture of
distributions In counties of the
State. These include the State
Welfare Department, Mrs. W. T.
Bost, superintendent, and Nathan
H. Yelton, director of public as
sistance; Dr. Roma 8. Cheek, sec
retary of the State Commission
for the Blind; Dr. Carl V. Rey
nolds, State health officer; and
the Department of Public In
struction, particularly T. E.
Browne, director of vocational
education.
Old Age Assistance, help for
needy residents past 65 years of
age, in the three years of distri
bution, through last June 30, a-
mounted to $125,448.00 in this
county.
Aid to Depen'*e'it Children,
"CoUeagnes cheer as one Ihdr
eentrades takes ^ s Jhtf
dn$(ng a baaebafl IM
wsjr an Earllah newspaper
Midbed this cisaadisu seidtar*s M>
Raf efforts daring a camp gsaM tn
Britain.
Welf|u« Department Know*
Several Families Who May
Have Blue Christmas
’The Wilkes connty irelfare de
partment knows of at least 1$
needy families whose chlldrea
will not know the joy of Christ
mas unless some help is received,
a spokesman of the department
said today.
The welfare department is
am lu .making a call for voinntews who
help for those -deprived of to spread Chrietmas-^eheer
Dates Of School |Trainii^ Classes
Holidays Fixed in Defense Work
Large Number Of Schools
Will Close Wednesday
and Re-Open Dec. 30
To Be Established
Schools of Wilkes county have
set dates for the Christmas holi
days, it was learned today from
C. B, Eller, connty stiperlnten-
dent of public instruction.
With the exception of Wilkes-
boro arid Mount Pleasant dis
tricts. the larger schools will close
on Wednesday, December 18, and
open on December 30.
Mount Plea.sant will close De
cember 20 and open December
30.
Wllkesboro district schools will
rice!close on December 20 and open
Final Arrangements Being
Made Today For Classes
To Train Workers
plenty in Japan. However,
is scarce as well as coal and gas. 'on January 1.
One can only buy 15 gallons of North Wllkesboro city
Griffin Is Held
Ota $1,000 Bond
.chools.
One can only ouy xo ganuns ux
gas per month and must buy with ! according to previous announc^
every pound of rice some other'meat, will close December 18 and
sort of cereal. Their apparent re-open December 30.
ate
Wilkes Man Charged With
Manslaughter In Auto Ac
cident At Winston-Salem
R. O. Adams, 82,
Is Taken By Death
Funeral service was held Frl-
ay, December 13, at Covenant
’^nreh for Reuben Oliver Ad
ams, 82-year-old citizen of the
Dehart community who died
Wednesday. Rev. Monroe Dllljrd
"eondnoted the last rites, assist
ed by Rev. Jimmie Bryant.
- Surviving Mr. 'Adams are his
.widow, Mrs. StiUna Blackburn
Winston-Salem, Dec. 13. —
Mack Griffin, of Crlckett, Wilkes
county, driver of the car In which
three persons were killed October
26 in a collision at Reynolds
Road and Polo Road, was bound
over to superior court Thursday
on a charge of manslaughter.
Bond was get at $1,000.
Preliminary hearing of the
case was held before Judge Bai
ley Lllpfert In municipal court.
Griffin’s wife, Mrs. Pauline
Ross Griffin, and twe children.
Jo Ann and Jean Griffin, lost
their lives when their car col
lided with that of W. P. Grubbs,
of High Point. At the time of the
accident Griffin was driving a-
croas the Reynolds Road on Polo
Road.
Griffin himself did not testify,
but Grubbs went on the stand to
show of plenty means they
bleeding China.
No one knowg just how strong
Japan Is. No one knows how large ;
their army is or how many planes
or ships they have. They have |
nevei 'ought a major war. No one ■
knows how well they will fight
against a real foe. However Ja- ^
pan may be counted as one of
the strong countries of the world.
tmCOwp’ »ro. ' a \
Jttams,’'twd' fiWWr Shober And pfesent his version of the accl
WhMler Adams, and one daogh-
Xias Ila Adams, all of De-
kart.
denL Deputy James Ziglar also
described tjio circumstances as he
found them after the collision.
Hill Is Speaker
FooBk^ Banquet
Milk Fund Dance
Former All American Center
Shows Pictures Of Duke-
Georgia Tech Game
The annual football banquet of
the North Wllkesboro high school
■ took place Thursday evening at
If1_ ‘he Woman's Club building and
fgCl C 15 OUvCv55 was featured by an address by
Dan Hill, former Duke All-Amer-
The dance sponsored by the
North Wllkesboro Dokies club
and held Thursday night at the
American- Legion arid Auxiliary
clubhouse for the benefit of the
milk fund was an outstanding
success from every standpoint,
members of the club said today.
A considerable sum was raised
to help pay for - milk for under
privileged and underweight chil
dren In the nutrition classes in
the schools here and the dance
was largely-sttended.
Music ‘and entertainment skits
w,ere furnished by the Arizona
Ranch Hands and the Oklahoma
sweetheart, popular radio and
stage artists..
"'I.'''-
lean football center and now as
sistant director of athletics at
that well known university. Mr.
Hill also showed a motion picture
of the Duke-Oeorgia Tech foot
ball game played at Durham the
past'season.
The meeting opened by invoca
tion spoken by Zane Foster, after
which all present thoronghiy en
joyed the two-course dinner serv
ed by members of the local Wom
an’s club.
Supt. Paul 8. Cragan, • of' the
city schools, served as toastmast
er, and after expressing his
gratitude to the business hfen for
making the hshfinet ppeBil^,''and
(Continued on' piige (our) '■ •
It is expected that final ar
rangements for opening of de
fense training classes -will be
made here this afternoon at a
meeting of the city school beard
with other Interested parties.
Paul S. Cragan, superintendent
of North Wllkesboro city schools,
has conferred with Q. E. Mathis,
supervisor of defense training di
vision of the North Carolina de
partment of vocational educa
tion, and other authorities, rela
tive to the establishment of class
es and assurance was given, that
classes may be established here.
The classes will he under sup
ervision of the schools and the
department of vocational educa-
•tloii. Insttjuetors wtlj be skilled
craftsmen in local Indnstries co
operating with the program.
Persons between the ages of 17
and 26 who desire to take cours
es in machine operation, sheet
metal work, carpentry and other
trades should register with the
Employment Service office here
for the course, which' will be tor
12 weeks with 30 hours of in
struction per week.
After completion of the course,
the employment service will en
deavor to place persons who re
ceived adequate training.
Sponsors said the cost of the
courses will be paid by the fed
eral government and no charge
will be made the students.
Defense classes are being or
ganized in order to train an ade-
toriefi, munitions making and
other defense work where a rea
sonable degree of skill is essen
tial. T
KSTUWATE
The U. S. Department of Agrl
culture has eetlmsted the^tl40 >1so ending
cotton crop at'12.$8$,OOP workers in the county
nearly a million bale#
1939 crop of 11,811,000, hales. ’
normal breadwinners, amounted
to $41,797.00 in the same period
In this county.
No county figures are avail
able tor Old Age and Survivors
Insurance. Monthly payments in
this division .started after Jan
uary 1. 1940. due to a 1939 a-
mendment, after lump-sum pay
ments for three years. This will,
in due time, become one of the
most important of the five ma
jor divisions of the Social Se
curity Act.
With practically accurate fig
ures. it is evident. Mr. Powell
points out. that about $3.38,-
686.00 was distributed in this
county to July 1 in four of the
five major divisions of the Act.
exclusive of Old Age and Surviv
ors Insurance.
In the other five divisions,
classed as "services,” approxi
mately $131,460.00 has been dis
tributed in this county, including
about $2,630.00 in Child Welfare
Services and about $5,115.00 in
Vocational Rehabilitation.
Disbursement of funds in the
other three “services” is made
through county or district health
department3, and only 76 of the
100 counties having such depart
ments June 30, 1940. participat
ed In this distribution. (Three
other counties—Gates, Lincoln
and Rockingham—started organ
ized health work as of July 1.
1940, but did not share in the
funds in the period considered).
Twenty-four counties, therefore,
received practically "
these divisions, and what they
would have received, and didn t,
increased the funds to counties
for Maternal and Chim
and any member of the welfars
office personnel will be glad to
give full Information relative to
those families and where they
live. In the event any persoa
wishes to make a Christmas do
nation to any of the families and
cannot deliver it personally, a
case worker will make the deliv
ery immediately before Christ
mas.
The welfare office knows of
one family which consists of a
widow and four children. At
present the widow is confined to
her bed with a broken hip. She
has no source of income and
there will be no toys, na caudles,
nothing extra for the children at
Christmas time unless some one
agrees to play the part of a big-
hearted Santa Claus.
Need Donations
For Needy Here
Toys, Candies, Fruits, Gro
ceries Needed For Several
Families In The City
Health
;ervice“s7 $20,250.00 for Services
to crippled Children; and $80,-
106.00 In Public Health Wor .
These five “service"
reports are approximate. The
1940 Census figures of
990 for the State and 42,917 for
this county were used In prorat
ing the funds, made up of Fed
eral allotments, matched by the
State and counties.
Wilkes county. Central UCC
quate number for work In do- ''j"”.hnw has 64 res-
fense construction, airplane fac- tJffle^ subject to the
TtenT emp'loyera
Unemployment Compensatl n
and i839 workers protected by
It. Liable resident employers paid
tl77,341.10 Into the State fund
n 8 1-2 years, ending last June
)0. as compared with $166,813.34
in benefits drawn in t 1-2
“'' \)j rest*
■The records show that in
,^,fConUnned on "page four)
30
There are several families in
North Wllkesboro who will have
nothing during the ChrlstuMS
season but the barest necessitiea
unless donations are made fov
Christmas Cheer work locally, it
was learued today fro-ru Poltea
Chief J. E. Walker, who la also
the city’s superintendent of wel
fare.
Chief Walker knows who all
the needy families are and will
be glad to furnish names to any
person or group who wishee to
spread Christmas cheer this sea
son. Purchases for the families
may be made and delivered to
Chief Walker, who will deliver
them before Christmas.
Robert PoBey’s
Body Removed To
Tennessee Toum
The body of Robert I. Posey,
age 36, who was tonnd dead I«
his automobile trailer desr tUs
city on November 26, was renfot-
ed from the funeral home here to
Elizabetbton, Tenneeeee, »ysKsr
day—rthere to be claimed by rela
tives. > ‘ VI
After his sudden dei^. whieB
Coroner I. M. Myers attilb'nteA to
a heart stuck, anthdiritiao/
some trouble locstliiS..;tata .
Uvea. It was Uter’tcWNSSd
lived new
see, and tkjkt'IsS blo’llwo’
1ng aa s atolta t«( "
Want VohmtMn
To Help Nee^ At
Chrub^ Time