North Carolina Newspapers

(Airtw: m.. --W ¥ is fF m ■ -Tobruk Wro. S«>9t—Th« fall ©f the Italian Ltbjraiv baa* ,of /Tparak to the Brttlah African vrtn wae announced officially/ IMk Mtht. v» 'UdqK^nK.np operations contln- 1* tbe town’s western defens- "^-^ee alone. *^he remainder of the defenses -3, In our hands,” said a military ooBiiaunlque. *' Anstrallan shock troops led the toreea storming Tobruk. They Im- taedtataly cut off the Italians- still bedding out beyond the port to -"the west. These advanced units — the ' name Australians who had led the y way in a campaign that now has . all but coneolldated SO Libyan coast line in British hands —entered Tobruk at noon after | more than 24 hours of violent at tack upon the town and port by I British troops, warshlps' and ^bombers. Thousands of Italians—no pre. else count had been made—al ready had been reported captur ed. In the Tobruk fortress was the greater part of an Italian garri son of 30,000 and the fact that units of the British Mediterran ean fleet had been able to bom bard the town for hours suggest ed that there could be no hope of retreat bV sea. Above the town, smoke rose over the rubble left by the shells pumped into it so long. The general attack began ear ly Tuesduy morning. “Free French” troops fought bitterly and successfully beside the Brit ish and Australians. Like Bardia. Tobruk wa.s ring ed by a strong outer arc of de fenses about 25 miles from the coast and. with the .-ea. encircling , che whole town. I tOGRBSS^lN THE ”STATl!, FOR Oti ..... A- -- THII^^ mm ■ •' 'll hBiBwrfii ' Mp VOL. No. 87 Published Mondays and WIl Plans Miide To Raise To Fight Paralysis Juti'or And Senior Dances To Be Meld On Night Of January 31st Here Final plans were announced to day for activities to rrtse funds in Wilkes to f'ght infantile pa- mlles of ralysis. A President’s Ball will be held On Frid>iy night. January 31. The junior dance will be at the Woman’s Clubhouse and the sen ior dp nee will be at the I^egion and Auxiliary clubhouse. An or chestra has been engaged for this dance. "Tag Day’’ will be observed in North Wilkesboro on Saturday, Janibary 25. "Fight Infantile Paralysis’’ tags will be on sale all day Saturday, the sale of the tags to be handled by the young ladies of the town. Deputy Marshal Takes Trio in Wilkes j Greeks Repulsing Italian, Assaults Athens. Greece.—-The Greek airforce reported last night the destruction by bombers of an en tire Italion convoy of more than 100 trucks on the central ..\lban- lan front. Italian troops also were bonib- and machine-gunned in repeat .tt-w tawted. tranaport column was said to have been smashed after a Greek nombi had dislt>dged a great boulder which rolled Into the road, blocking a narrow mountain pass and enabling the Greek planes to pour bombs upon the trapped trucks. . , . . In this sector Greek iiifan r> was reported far enough advanc ed to permit the tmnsfer of ar tillery to new forward positions. At one point 20t( Italicn prison ers were taken, a Greek govern ment spokesman said Four Italian counterattacks a- long the central front, he added, had been easily repulsed with "heavy losses’’ to the Fisci.-ts. Nazis Slowing Down V, I % Aik Illepal operation of a distiller;' was charged again.st three Wilkes county residents arrested during t h e week-end. I’nited States Marshal W. T. Dowd said yesterday. They were named as Minnie Johnson, Clingjnan Johnson and Kdward Johnson. Deputy Walter Irwin, Wilkesboro. arrested them on 1 capias, and they were re leased under $500 bond each. London A,u..u - German bombers made relatively minor stabs at the' southeist coast and over Yorkshire yesterday and two were reported shot down in aer ial combat. Nowhere In Britain were raid casualties reported during the day. Six bombs fell in a town on the Kent coast—harmlessly, the government said, and a area was reported bombed with similar negligible effect. German planes also appeared over a northeast coast town and over East Anglia, but no incident o f consequence was reported from those areas. As part of the prognam to keep British planes well supplied. Geoffrey Lloyd, the governments petroleum administrator, urged motorlrts last night to be more e*T«f«l than ever’’ in their con- -omption of gasoline. “Every ship, every plane, every mechanized vehicle that is added to the nation’s growing strength from our own industry and from ^ the United States must and shall have waiting for its suppUw of fuel to enable it to srtike at the enemy.” he said in a^adcast. I Prevette, Durham Hearing Feb. 8th Hearing uTHater Prevette' »nd Vtaugbn Durham, charged With the injury of Belva Grimes at Says during the latter Pa« ‘ TvLmher. will be held on Febru- Wilkes officers said today. prevette and Durhrm are und- ar bond. They ore charged with of an automobile which the Grimes girl and did tte’s name was erroneous- ^tad a* Luther Prevette In raport of the accident eev- r» Over 1,000 Helped InCounty Through Public Assistance $8,102 Go«s To Needy Aged, Dependent CliHdren and Bl'nd This Month Over l.rtdii people in WilkfcS county w e r *' =' tied dirt'*.-tly through the put.lic assistance di vision of the welfare department, it was learned today front figures released b y f'liarles .McNeill. Wilkes .superinteiideiu of welfare. The numlier receiving old age sssLstance for January totaled 63.3 in the amount of $5.I5S. ■\id to dependent children funds totaling $2,12ti were paid to 150 families with 336 needy children. Thirty-nine blind re ceived $-524 lor the month. The total for all three divisions of public assistance payments in Wilkes this month was $,6,102. Figures also released by the welfare department disclosed that 700 cases had been aided by distribution of surplus commodi ties. The case load for aid through food and clothing was greatly increased during the lat ter part of the summer to care for flood victims. Roaring River Community To Sponsor Ball 24th The Roaring River commiinitv will sponsor the President’s Ball at the .'Imerican la^gion (’lub Hoii.se in North Wilke.sboro, Fri- d.iy evening. January 24lh, at 9 o’clock. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Admission 50c. Round and square dancing. WILKES VOLUNTEERS AND CO ■VJjs or , _ do7Hirol ♦ Wi Koftk Mortki ■■■■'" Pictured here are the 18 volunteers and conscripts who made up Wilkes’ quota for the January selective service call, with draft board officials present to .see them off at North Wilkesboro Monday morning. The front row are from Will^ board arw num ber one left to right: William Blaine Nichols, Owtdis Uoyd Johnson, Charlie Cicero CaR, Archie Laws. Robert Hami y. Arno d F. Bum garner, Alonzo Koit k. O. K. Whittington, draft Iward momhe- and W'm. A. Stroud, draft board clerk. Back rew are from Wilkes >,oard. ; -:F number two area, left to right: William Bud Burchette, Willie Par sons. Oid Edward Shumate, Thurman Franklin Bowlin, Howard Willi am Carrigan, Rudy Walker, Sanford David Brown, Woodrow Bain Wood, Paul Eugene Rhodes, Claude Taylor, Jesae Caudill, Eugene Trivette, appeal agent, and W. P. Kelly, draft board clerk. James Harvey Holler, whose postoffice address was listed on his registra- ti*'n card as Joynes, failed to appear here as ordered and only 11 *’"'"* f"-m this board area. (Photo by Dwight Nichols). Large Number Of Laborers Wanted On Defense Works Jobless Who Want Work Asked To Register At Em ployment Service Office n. G. Geniry. manager of the North V/ilkesboro branch of the North Carolina State Employment Service, said today that there ore openings for a large and rlmo-t unlimited number of laborers and ditch diggers at Holly Ridge and Fort Bragg defense projects. There are also calls for skilled laborers. particnl.’.rly carpenters, sheet metal workers, trench dig ging machine open tors, hack hoe shovel operators and deisel trac- t6'niTeetfSr«le8. he said. ' Mr. Gentry explained that it U not the purpose of the employ ment service to take people who are already employed ond send thenn to other places but urged that those in need of a job should contact the e-*nployment service rt the earliest possible date. The call for laborers at Holly Ridge said an “unlimited nu.m- ber" is wanted for 56 hours per week at 40 cents per hour. Fort Bragg asks for 600 for 4S hour week at 30 cents per hour and 2.500 ditch diggers at 40 cents. Skilled carpenters are paid 90 cents per hour at each plrce but may work 56 hours per week at Holly Ridge. All Fort Bragg worknien are for 4S hours per week. There is a tall for one stenog rapher at $120 to $135 per month but the Hpplicanl must pass an cxac’^ng test, Mr. Gentry said. Want Orders To Complete 3rd Car Of Superphosphate Two carloads of phosphate have already been ordered and the Triple \ office is t nxioiia to complete toniii ge foi' a third car. I.awrence Miller. Triple A secretary, said today. The phosphate is ordered by the farmers and payment will he deducted from earnings in the soil program. Farmers who have not placed orders are urged to do so at once in order that the third Oir may be filled. North Wilkesboro Schools Closed On Account Of Ilhiess 208 Absences Tuesday On Account Of Flu, Mumps and Chicken Pox North Wilkesboro schools closed Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock because of a foat growing epidemic of communicable diseas es'. Paul S. Cragan, superinten dent, said that 208 students were absent from tne white schools and 40 per cent were out at the colored school unit. Both were closed until jdonday, January 27, l'/2 i, ’ WPA Project Sptmtored . Highway Commission For LocaJI Road Approved ^ A project oalling for concrete widening of highway 18 frMS -- North ’W’llkeeboro city linrite northward to Fairplelns has beeta approved. It was learned her« .te>' day from WPA and state hi|^ way officials. It will be a WPA project spon sored by the State Highway and Public Works commission and work will not begin until spring; WPA officials said. Four feet of concrete pavement will be added to tho present con crete pavement and shouldene will be constructed, thus modern izing the highway for a distance of slightly more than one and one-half miles. WPA officials also said that A* project for widening highway 421 from Wilkesboro a distance of ten miles eastward has been completed. Four feet of concrete pavement was added to the high way and new shoulders were con structed. Flu Not Bad b Wilkes Schools County Schools To Remain In Operation; Absences Not Very Numerous The flu epidemic ha.« not reach ed Wilkes schools to any great extent, C. B. Eller, county sup erintendent of public instruction, said toduy. Wilkesboro and Millers Greek reported a large number of ab sences this wqekJLhaii usual but iir a bi TO srho'ilin beh received for the right. (Photo by ]lpv|Fht Nichols) ff the local chaptef^of Moose. Hic flags were by Paul S. Oragan, superintendent, shown at James Claimed By Death iam° AskingFarmersTo Sign Appbeations Funeral Service Held Toda* For Local Citizen Who Died Tuesday Night Remove Nazi Flag From German Consulate James F. W lliams. local hiisi. ness man and manufacturer, died Tuesday night at 10:30 o’clock. He had been 8erioii.--ly ill for sev eral days. For the fi st several years Mr Williams had oper: ted a lumber pliiiit. reoair shop, cafe and tour ist cabins immediately west of this city on highway 421. He was a World War veteran, having served in France, end was affil iated with the American Legion and Veterams of Foreign Wars. Surviving are his widow. .Mrs. Nettie Williams and four chil dren. Ralph William.''. Mrs. Ruby Bottomley. Faye and Mazie Wil liams. ; 11 of North Wilkesboro. Also surviving aro his tjther. E. V. Williams, of North Wilkesboro. one brother, T. H. Williams, of North M’ilkesboro. and two sis ters, Mrs. W. P. Holder, of Char lotte. and Mrs. Mona Reavis, of North Wilkesboro. Funeral service was held at Laurel Springs BaptUt church this afternoon, two o’clock. Rev. Eugene Olive, of Wake Forest, former pastor of the First Bapti.--4 church here, conducted the last rites. World War veter ans conducted miliU ry rites at the grave and were pall bearers. Mrs. Ellen Saunders Is Claimed By Death Over 1.000 Applications For Benefit Payment Now Await Signatures One main reason why a larger number of farm payment check.s for 1940 compliance have not been received is because fitrmers have not signed final applic.ation for p: yment, Lawrence Miller, -secretary of the Triple A in Wilkes, said today. Over 1,000 applications for payment are in the office of the county agent awaiting the signo- tures of farmers before being for warded as the last step before payment is received. Farmers who hpve not signed a.*e urged to call at the office of the county agent on the earliest pos.sihle date and p’nce their names on the applications. A few hundred Wilkes farmers whose applications were forward ed to Washington some time ago have already received payments. w^i while epidbihles were re ported in practically every section of the country and people here were hopeful that any serious epidemic could be averted. I But flu and other diseases struck Monday in ever increasing numbers, there being 170 out of | the white .schools Monday. There I jwere also three teachers out t)c- caiise of Illness—Miss Emma El-' ler, Ray Cline and Miss Evelyn Sharpe. Absences were not all due to flu. There were 40 out Tuesday because of, mumps and 10 on ac count of ehickenpox. The remain, der were classed as colds and flu. Su.perintendeiit Cragan .-aid he conferred w i t h school board members, physicians and ineni- bers of the lieallh department, all of whom .said closing the schools in order to prevent further epi demic would he the proper course Physicians generally described the prevalent illness here as a mild form of flu which is likely jto keep patients‘laid up for a I few days but without .serious re- jsuits except in severe cases with complications. Many parents were known to ‘ have kept their children at home I because of common colds in order to prevent more serious illnes.i. Mr. J. B. McCoy has recovered from an attack of flu. trbuUble to flit and,tea schotHe h.-’ve continued in operufion. Re ports from some of the other larger schools indicated only e slight increase in number of ab sences and schooF authorities deemed it advisable to continue in operation. School aulliorities expressed a hope that the flu epidemic may not reach any greiit intensity in the rurcl schools. Several cases of mumps, whooping cough and ehickenpox have been reported in different parts of the county. 1 Case Meningitis At Moravian Falls Billie Anderson, a six-year-old student of Moravian Fall.s. is ill with some form of spinal menin gitis. which has caused coii'iidei^ able alarm mnong the jieoiile of the community. Becau.'e of the alarm end a numlier of ciises of flu and mumps among the studeiils, the .school was closed this afternoon until Wednesday. January 29. The meningitis case in s been isolated and is apparently recov ering. Dr. A. J. EIUt county health officer, said today there is little cause for alarm because it had not been determined whe ther or not the disease wa.S' of the particular type which is com- munioable. A Nasi swastika flag is here shown being removed from the window of the German consulate in San Francisco. Two sailors, Harold James Stdkdevant, fireman on the destroyer Craven, and E. J. Lackey, seaman first class on the destroyer Perkins, were booked at the city prison on n ebarge of malicious mischief while en route to the U. 8. navy. Photo shows Stordevant throwlni; a tarpanlin over the flag. Lackey is ahown on the right at pletnre. :prvice was held Thursday morning at Edgewood BaptLt church for Mrs. Ellen S"iinders. age 73. resident of that community who died Tuesday at her home. She fell in the ft-e at her home and wns fatallv burned. Surviving Mrs. Saunders ere three sons and one daughter: Sanford Dotson, Edgar Dotson and F. A. Parker, of Winston- Salem. and Mrs. T. L. Cooley, of Fort Worth, Texas. Also suryiv. ing are one brother and two sis ters, Tom Parker," of Grumpier, W. ’Va.. Mrs. Minnie 'Wlddington. of Statesville and Mrs. Ardley Brock, of Dnvldsoti. Miss Beatrice Godfrey baa been 111 with ftu tbta Local Colored Glee Club Sings Delightfu? Program of .Sonsr.« Rendered At Kiwanis Club Meeting Friday North Wilkesboro Kiwanis 1 club on Friday noon was enter-1 tained by the glee club of North I ‘ Wilkesboro colored school, under i direction of Prof. Frank Parker. Twenty-seven students were in, the chorus, which very delight-1 fully rendered two groups of songs'as the feature of the pro-i gram. W. D. Halfacre was pro gram chairman for the day. j : Prior to the program President [ J. B. Carter presented L. S. i Weaver, of the Elkin Kiwanis, club, and Paul S. Cragan led in singing “Bells of 81- Marys, j ' Program chairmen tor meetings ! through February were announc- ,ed. V Charles Crutchfield, of New York City, and, T. O. McLaughlin, 'of this city, ** ■ Ekihelman. Mfd,! of Morgahton, uihl President Takes Oath at Third Inaugural Scroggt, filBh i This sonadpheto shows Chief Justice Hnehes," extreme Wt, tering the oath of office to President FranUia Detaao-Boot^.,^ was iaaagarated as the first third-term President at tae'Th4^ KB w r. n. ; «■“Monday, Jsaaary 2fi. la his iaaagand sddreta th Johnson,. elared that "democracy la not dyinf" aad'*^ajmot.dlfk"'B^ ggest of Miss aarksd hy constaat refereaoes to Us fmlth la AaicrWMI ■i' -• ^ '