?moT
K_
'idl
IfJ
»«'S.
%omben raid-'
•d tk* mld-iAantan bas« ot Xl
>aa«iil today throoKtii snow, eleAt
aad rain, dropplaf heary aaplos-
Ires aad isoendiarr bomba .pan
t^mUttarr ^pply baUdtnga, the I\.
A. yl. command In Greoca raport-
:ad. , ' -
. - Daapite poor -risibility, the R.
. T. communique declared, fU-
en eould see hits on^ several
.bnlldlaas and fires which were
atarted by the bombs. ,>
^ rJtaly'B army in- southern Al-
IntBia, shoved back nearly 60
'^les from its penetrations two
months, ago into Qrteece, is re-
l^rted to have shipped 86,000
4hk and wounded home from the
port ot Valona alone.
A Greek spokesman declared
last night that in addition to
those, the Fascist losses in dead
and captured since the quickly-
reversed Invasion of Greece last
October 28 could be counted “in
the tens ot thousands.’’
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VOIi.
Annoiy and City
RecreatuHiProi^
■‘“5^
ffmdajrhiind.Tbi
Aid Infantile’
Sufferers
)Ro;wr c-; TirfflWH>Ay.,^^ .
NiCMSr Office
He^
•/A
Also Passes Resolution Few*
oring Rcapitointnent Of
Hacket On Commiision
Cairo.—British Imperial forces
today smashed at the outer de
fenses of Italy’s big Libyan base
'it Tobruk after capturing tbe El
Adem airdrome 15 miles south of
the Fascist stron.ghold.
Carrying their desert offensive
farther along the Libyan coast
with the aid ot royal air force
bombing planes, the Hrit^ land
forces sought to take JSyantage
of the capture of Bardia by press
ing hard on the heels of the Ital
ians before the)* can organize new
lines.
The British drove upon the
outer defense.s ot Tobruk after
capturing or destroying 94,000
Italian soldiers in their smashing
drive across the western desert.
Athens.—A squadron of Greek
destroyers has churned into the
Adriatic, penetrated by night in
to the Albanian Gulf of Valona
and shelled the Italian-held city
with 60 rounds without even so
much as sighting Italian war-
craft. the Greek marine ministry
announced last night.
(Greek destroyer.^ have been
built both in Italy and Britain).
Then, said the communique,
the squadron loafed back to its
bases “at reduced speed.’’
The action was reported to
BP - 'place on Sunday
'coMMUted with anotbor
A. F. ix)mbardment of Valona.
The city council meeting
Tuesday night discussed at length
the proposed project* to erect an
armory and develop an athletic J
■field, recreation area and stadium
near North Wllkesboro schools. |
The proposal was outlined to i
Mayor R. T. McNlel and the mem
bers of the board by Paul S. Cra-
gan, city school superintendent,
who had given the subject much
study during the past several
days. ‘
It was explained that an arm
ory must be constructed if the
city is to remain headquarters for
a military company and that
there has been evident need for
several years for a municipal
playground. The proposed plan is
to secure the property adjacent
to the school property on the
east anti in one big WPA project
fill several needs of the city. The
city council took the matter un
der advisement for further con
sideration soon.
The board also passed a resolu
tion urging Governor J. M.
Broughton to appoint J. Gordon
Hac'xett to another term on the
state highway and public works
commission. The resolution cited
the faithful and valuable services
of Mr. Hackett in the Interest of
highway progress during the pa.st
four years and his splendid rec
ord ic that office.
President Roosevelt has authorized the use of his birthday, January
86, to raise funds for infantile paralysis sufferer®. The committee for
the celebration of the Frtpident’s birthday is here shown. L. tu R„
George Allen, of Washington; Eddie Cantor, noted r.adio, stage a.u'
screen star; and Keith Morgan, national campaign chairman.
Spectacular Army Films To Be Shoivn
At City Hall Fri^y Night, 8 O’clock
ing office. They will remain in
North Wilkesboro through Friday
nad Saturday, and will have
headquarters at the city hall.
“The most spectacular film ev
er made in peace time’’ is the
way U. S. Army recruiting offi
cers describe one of the talking
movies to be shown at the city
hall here on Friday night, eight
o’clock.
“Army On Wheels’’ is the title where they will interview young
of the movie which will show the men interested in enlisting in the
pahzar divisions of the United U. S. army and will receive en-
States army in maneuvers never llstments.
before made available to the pub- The reerpsting officers invite
lie. The other movie is entitled the public to the presentation of
“Service With the Colors’’ and the pictures on Friday night and
both offer a wonderful opportnn- will glgtdly give information to
jity for the public to acquaint young men interested^ in enlisting
Poimd^Ye«iH;For 1,-
■40ft;,Unc^plo7teent Claims
4 For Yaaf Total 4,461 '
r v' -'
B. G (^ntry, manatfer of the
North 'Wlikesboro brattcb of the.
North Carttlina State Ehnployment
Service, today releas^ 'a report
pf the office’s acttvltlds for the
year 1940.
During the year the office
found Jobs within the territory it
serveq. for 1,408^applicants ^ap4
referred 357^ to other branch of
fices tor placement.
Registrations of applicants for i
the year totaled 2,949 while re
newal registrations were 3,288.
Renewals are those who after 60
days have elapsed requests that
their applications continue in the
active file of applicants for place
ment when opportunity arises.
Those who do not renew applica
tions are plaqed in the Inactive
tile after 60 days if placement is
not made.
The Unemployment division of
Fascism’s End
der direction of Sergeant Wm. D,
Montgomery and Sergeant Ernest ^the office handled 4,461 original
A. Rohr, of the Charlotte recruit- claims tor benefits during the
A
in which fires were declared left
burning in warehouses and else
where on the waterfront.
Now, Greek military reports
say the Greek forces are menac
ing Italian land communications
bet-ween Tepeliiii and Valona, ma
jor Southwestern Albanian sea
port.
C. M. Crutchfield, district en
gineer for the WPA, appeared be
fore the board and stated that the
WPA will be ready to begin work
on the water and sewer extension
project for the city within the
next ten da-s. TT*’ was instructed
to proceed with the project , 6^
goon as , praoty^f^tti
could be made.
themselves with what the army in any branch of th^.army
offers,in the way of defense prep-! They are spendin^^thia
arations to date. The movies will
be in technicolor and are authen
tic presentations of army life
and activity.
The qovies will be shown i»n- Wilkesjior^
weekr
Carolina
in northwestern Nojih
counties and are showing the pic
tures in Boone,, Taylorsville and
West Jefferson ks well as North
year and this number filed 25,-
107 weekly continued claims.
Mr. Gentry jaid today that his
office has received new calls tor
skilled workers at Fort Bragg
and ■ Holly Ridge. Some of the
pos^ions open and number want
ed were listed as follows: 16
iron workers, 50 skilled carpen
ters, 1 plumber’s draftman, 9
rodmen, 12 solderers, 30 pipe
calkers, 15 baeP hoe operators,
25 yarners, 12 caterpillar crane
operators, 15 electricians, line
linemen, 10 sheet metal workers,
^5 stenographers, 16 time check
ers, five cooks. There is also a
shortage of common laborers
Fort Bragg, Mr., Gentry said.
at
Caant Carlo Sforza, farmer ItalisD
premier, who is credited with the
statement that the Italian people are
dissatisfied with Fascism. He is now
an exile in the D. S.
Mrs. Bumgamer
Fatall^^umed
Wife Of F. F. Bumgarner
Dies Wednesday From
Serious Bums
Nineteeii¥i$i^
Me n M b
Macimery Class
Second Course M«y Be Start*
ed Soon To Care For Ad
ditional Applicants
Mrs. Viola Fairchilds Bumgar
ner, wife of F. F. Bumgarner,
died at the Wilkes hospital early
Wednesday morning from burns
received when she fell into an
open fireplace at her home on
Wilkesboro route one Tuesday
'morintttg.
Nineteen young men who en
rolled Monday in the .first nation
al defenpe class estAbllshed hem
are showing keen interest in th*
instructions and training offered
them and the supervisors aro
faced with the task of cutting
out four ,because 15 is the maxi
mum number which can be train
ed in one course.
The boys a.ssembled on Mon
day after'ioon at the North WiL
ke.sboro high school for organiza- .
tion of the course and then pro
ceeded to Meadows Mills com
pany, where training sessions ar»
being held from four until ninn-
p. m. each day.
' Meadows Mill company, manu
facturers of corn mills, hammer
mills and sawmills, ha.s an excel
lent machine shop, which wan
made available to the couran.
Emmett Johnson, superintendent
of Meadows Mill company and n
machinist with many years ei-
perlence, is Instructor for tha
class and W. B. Collins, head of
the industrial arts department of
the city high school, is supervisor.
J. Warren Smith, professor of
industrial education at North
Carolina State College, spent
Tuesday in North Wilkesboro ont-
lining the course of study and
observing the class in session., Bn
said he was very favorably loo-
pressed with, the elasi
i
«
Life Of Christ’
Showing Monday
Tfl
— Washington.—President Roose
velt today laid l)efore Congress a
$17.4So.52S.049 budget "for the
total defense of our-^Jemo( racy.”
He served notice T!.Jt he soon
■will a.,k still more billions to
provide niunilions for Britain and
other countries battling the axis.
Informed legislators talked in
terms of $:!.ou0.000,i»00 to $10.-
000,000.00 lor helping Britain
over a long period, .Vny such sum
would push the budget far past
$20,000,000,000.
But today's budget was all tor
Araertca---au America in which
the President said “democracy as |
a way of life is at slake.”
The figures he presented for
4he 1942 fiscal year, beginning
\hls July 1. shattered precedents
in. almost every category.
Projected spending hit within a
billion dollars of the 191S-19 all-
time high when the nation ac
tually was at war.
“The Lite of Christ” a motion
picture depicliii'’ scep'° fro
nativity to the ascension, will be
slinwn at the Wilke.sboro Metho-
dls' church Monday, January i:l.
7::i0 p. ni.. according to an an-
nonncemeiit by Rev. J. C. Stakes,
pastor.
W.th beautifuh music accom-
raniinenl. llie picture has magnif
icent scenes, including the tri
umphal entry, trial, crucifixion
and resurrection of Jesus. It is
based upon and patterned after
the world famous Olperamniergau
and Freilburg “Passion Pla.vs”
and was aetually filmed in Eur
ope, the Holy Igjud and in Egypt.
The picture will be presented
by the National Bureau for Re
ligious and Educational Films.
! the pastor said, and no admission
I charge will be made. A freewill
I offering will be taken.
Here are shown W. H. and H. M. Ham y. twin "lytys”. who were
recently honored with a birthday party on their 85th birthday an
niversary. Thev are shown here when Wt H., who lives in Lenoir,
visited H. M. at his home at W’ifbar. 'They are hale and hearty de
spite their four score and five years. '
Dokies Ladies Night
And Dance Tonight
The local Dokies’ club will ob
serve Ladies’ Night on Thursday,
^•Buary 9. with a banquet at
Loses Finger
Johi? Powell, well known North
Wilkesboro citizen, had the mis
fortune of losing the forefinger
on his left hand Tuesday after
noon while cutting wood.
The forefinger was cut off and
other fingers on the left hand
were injured. Powell received
treatment at The Wilkes Hospit
al.
99 Farm Checks
Arrive Tuesday
Mack Moore Is
Taken By Death
Revocationa For Counties
Listed By, State Highway
Safety Division
Drivers license revoked in
Wilkes county during 1940 to
taled 57, according to a report
received here by the state high
way Safety division.
Revocations were greater in
Wilkes in August than during
any other month of the year,
which Is attributed to the fact
that a term ot criminal court was
held in Wilkesboro, when 16 lost
their license' because of driving
drunk. Eleven were revoked in
Wilkes in October, when another
term of criminal court was held.
Revocation.^ for the year in
other northwestern North Caro-j
Una counties were as followsbounty
Alexander. 30: Alleghany. 10; '
Ashe. 25; Caldwell. 60; Iredell.
93; Surry. 97; Watauga. 46;
Yadkin, 17.
for some' rime, fert Into
the fire. Her clothing caught fire
and before effective aid could be
rendered .she was fatally burned
and little hope was ever held for
her recovery.
Funeral service will he held
Thursday, two o’clock, at Mount
Pleasant Baptist church with
Rev. L. B. Murray in charge, a.-;-
sisted by Rev. Isaac Watts.
,’Vtrs. Bumgarner, age 50, is sur-
tween the ages bf.17'arfSl
show unusual zeai in their work.
Advisory committee for th*
courses is composed of A. F. Kil
by. J. L. Wells, Edd F. Gardner
and W. E. Johnsoz.
Plans are being considered for
the beginning of another course
',0 care for the four who must be
cut off. fo;- six additional appli
cant and other young men who
may make applmatlon soon. The
vived by her husband and seven . pmpidyment service office here ie
children: Mrs. J. W. Cardwell,
Troy, Arnold, Clyde, Paul and
Mildred Bumgarner and Mrs. S.
S. Marsh, alb of Wilkesboro route
one.
handling the applications.
Commissioners
Met On Monday
Kitchen Wrecks;
Woman Not Hurt
Mrs. R. R. Crater Escape*
Injury When Kitchen
Range Explodes
Abrams To Speak
At P.-T. A. Meet
Dr, Amos Abrams, profe.5sor of
Board Transacts
Routine Matters; One
Constable Appointed
Wilkes county board ot com-
■Mrs. R. R. Crater miraculous-
I ly escaped death or serious iiv-
Ijury Monday morning when Iho
I kitchen stove exploded in her
home at Ronda.
Roaring River at 6:30 p. m.
After the banquet a milk fund
’beiiefit dance will be staged at
the Legion and Auxiliary club
house in this city with profit.® |
going to the fund to purchase
mHk for underprivileged and un
dernourished children in the nu
trition classes of the schools here.
The Arizona Ranch Hands will
{nrnish music and stage enter-
talninent for the dance.
Escape Nazi Bomb
Farmers Notified To
For Checks At County
Agent’s Office Friday
will address the North Wilkes
boro Parent-Teacher association
Call Prom’nent Farmer Dies Sud- in meeting this afternoon, 3:15
denly At Home Near l°’=lock, in the school auditorium.
When it was all over the kitch
en looked like it had been hit
with a bomb but Mrs. Crater,
who was standing in the midst of
education at A. S. T. C. in Boona. and V. T. Walsh. j the wreckage, was unhurt except
Routine matters and discussion : for a slight bruise on her should-
mis.sioners held a quiet meeting
Monday with all members pres
ent. The board is composed of M.
F. Absher, chairman. Max Foster
Births In North
v WUkesboro Exceed
Deaths By 142 in ’40
Birth.s in Ni . .h Wilkesboro ex-
4"'‘*c**ded deaths by 142 during the
life:,; past year, according to a report
focolved today from "W. A. Bullis.
". yVq^trar of vital statistics in the
idt*.
Hlrtba, during the past year
-236,'Of which 18 wore
ilrths. There were only 87
ha within the city daring the
mr
Ninety-nine Triple A checks
for Wilkes farmers were receiv
ed Tuesday by the Triple A of
fice in Wilkesboro.
It was the third batch of
checks received In Wilkes for
'•ompliance vith the farm pro
gram in 1940 and total of the 99
checks was $1,124.91. represent
ing the net cash sum after de
ducting amounts for lime, phos
phate, seed and other things pur
chased at government contract
price under the program.
The 99 for whom checks have
been received have been notified
through the mail to call for their
checks on Friday, January 10.
Wilkesboro Wednesday
His address will ^ be "Public
Schools and National Defense.’’
All P.-T. A. members, other
of CQunty affairs occupied the
time'for the board, which recess
ed to meet again on Wednesday.
J. P. Roberts was appointed
constable of Mulberry township
and bond tor Weaver Byers as
Mack Moore, one of Wilkes gchooi patroas and others Inter- constifble for Stanton township
county’s most promine'nt farmers, ested are Invited to attend. was approved by the board,
died suddenly Wednasday
Brother Of J. H.
Rector Succumbs
Mr*. Ann Baltrecht and her aen,
(■howB oa arrHgl^in. New To»k>
who had narrow escape in their Entp>
lizk banie when » tomb pieraed iliNi
I which the boy wac atneShi
ccBlhitd thtwBgh the Seer, aad
pleded In the baeemeiit. ‘
J. H.. Rector, of tli1>> citv. r°-
ceivpd woVd today that his broth'^
er, Thomas B. Rector,, died this
morning at his home at Chil-
fapwle. Va. ; *
^t. Rector' left hare today for
Ch^ovie, Vtu, where he will a3-
tpnd tbe funeral aerrice tomesr-
at his
home near Wilkesboro. .
Mr. Moore came to Wilkes sev
eral years ago and purchased the
Sewell Wellborh farm on the
Yadkin near Wilkesboro. He Ap
plied modern methods of farming
and had become one of the coun
ty’s most progressive agricultur
ists.
He had also taken an active in
terest in public and. county af
fairs and for the past two yearf
had been a member of the Wil
kesboro district school board. Miv
Moore was a former member of
county board ot education.
He was a member of a promi
nent Caldwell county family and
the body was taken to Lenoir to
await funeral arrangements.
Explosive .Train Wrecked—Hint Sabotage
er and neck where a flying pieco
of the' stove landed.
The hot water heater in tho
range, which evidently had froc-
en, exploded and threw pieces of
the range, kitchen utensils and
foodstuff all over the rooms.
Parts of the.^ceillng in the room
were shattered and considerable
* damage watt done at
points to the room and kitclm.
equipment.
j Neighbors gathered i n the
home that evening and helped
Mrs. Crater clean up the debris-
Inai^uratioB Of
Broughtim Today
brothef wag
Mtk
KNOWS ms POWDER
“I want a box of'powder for
my please,” ifaid the aagel
child..;?^^:- • ^4. 'Of
“■fhe Iklnd that goes off with-
A 'bsnE?'^ asked the' ]oily
rJNo. thb kind that foiai
several Wilkeia people are plan
ning to attend the InaugBratlon
of Governor J. M. Broughton in
Raleigh today. The inaugural
ceremonies are scheduled for
short*y after noon after a big pa.-
rade from the governor’s mansion
to the capltol and to the audlter-
lum,- where Governor BfoeglitOB
will deliver his inaagulral
dress.
An elaborate parade hbj
planned to J»cl®d® ■**
from Fort * ‘
of Hie coaat guard and
Itary^anits. ■«. ■«*..
’’ Tke legialatnre
terdky.’,'^,'