r ’
m
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Quartert
New Mpv«
Against Grebes
, fcWHonf—Oermany^ full-fore*.'
oaeVMttott of BuU»rla.'
Mr ^Ktta todMT. aocorcMnc to to. ’
*orai*Uo» roaelrtuy authorttatiTe!
BrtUA QMtfton, for the .purpose I
of toretec Greece to subm'lt to |
.a .42cteted peaee -with Ital^.
■ .t^ese quarters said they were
cosTtaeed tbat the main. forces
of Adolf,Hitler's Balkan army
'JMitUd bflSin {loarlnk Into Bulger-
' acroes tlie Danube this week
1 tiiat U woald be "not in the
aorprisink'; If the bis push
SsjaTt. today, /r."'
1 Balsaria, howerert was said to
'^'only a “lOiBor staGos" on the
tiw to. a Baach aio>^ fmiwrtant
destladtion which Ifitier aopears
^ to hare fixed as his ultimate ob-
jeottre.
The German army and air
force, ft was hellered in Informed
British Quarters, will ip^aie In
'Bulgaria and fasten its tentacles
firmly upon tiie nation of King
Boris while Hitler gives Greece
a "last chance’’ to come to terms
with Italy.
Sven if Germany invades and
subdues Greece, it was speculated
In london, and obtain strategic
Gre^ and submarine and air
bases the Nazi forces are to be
expected to push on to even bigg
er objectlv.38 at an early date.
Turkey, ?yria and Iraq are be
lieved in British quarters ‘o be
the major goals .of Hitler’s Balk
an thrust and, for obvious rea
sons connected with the vast ap
petite of the Reich's mechanized
war machine, the Iraq oil fields
may be regarded as “the No. 1
prize.’’
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Mussolini Admits
10th Army Defeated
Rome.—Admitting that Italy
has suffered enormous blows in
, Africa. Premier Benito Mussolini
kyesterdiy told his Blackshirt fol
lowers that German mechanized
detachments as well as dive-
bombers have arrived in both
j , ,, Libya and Sicily to herald a “new
l'i'5 season ot success for us’’.
' RrlUlii apoa will be
.Italian
iifng
affd **ihleǤify our hate" in order
to achieve a final victory over
Britain.
He told the Italfrin people
frankly that it may take "a long
time’’ to obtain victory, but that
an Itiilo-German triumph was cer
tain.
In a 4 4-minute exhortation to
e Blackshirt rally in the Theatre
JAdriano. II Puce said that "our
’tenth army has been destroyed’’
in Libya and the fifth F sefst sir
squadron wiped out hut “we will
fight to the last drop of blood
against England. ’
Mussolini said It.ily’s ‘‘destroy
ed’’ 10th army in Ubya number
ed 10 divisions—about 170.000
men—includinjgp, native Libyan
warriors. January XI. he
said, a totat*4^'410,358 officers
and soldiers fed been sent to
Libya and organized into two
armies, the fifth and tenth.
(The Italian army shattered
in Libya has been estimated by
‘ the British e-t about 250.000 men.
I'of which the British army of the
^Aile is reported to have taken
more than 125.000 as prisoners.)
Hf asserted that the United
States need not fear any Italo-
Germ.in attack any more than she
has cause to arm agrinst “an at
tack by the inhabitants of Mars"
and. in reply to rumor and specu
lation abroad that Italy might
soon be knocked out of the war.
said:
“To apeak of a separate peace
fpr Italy is to speak idiotically.
"It is ridiculous to count on
Italy’s being more weakened . . .
Italy has 2,000,000 men under
arms now but before the end of
the year, if necessary, we will
have 4.000,000,”
March Of
Siipen^ Court
Begins Mmday
Over 150 Casas Afit Listed
For Trial On Calendar
Made Ay Solicitor
Wilkes su-perior coart for, trial
of criminal cases will convene in
WUkesfcoro on Monday, iMarch 3,
with Judge F,‘ Donald Phillips,
of Rockingham, ffresldlng. Solici
tor Avalon E. Hf’l, ot Yadkin,
vllle, will prosec e the docket.
The calendar as made out by '
Solicitor Hall lists over 150 cpses
for trial during the term, which
will he for two weeks, and it is
expected that late reports will
swell the total of cases pending
to 175 or more before court opens
Monday.
However, there are only a few
oases in which felonies are
charged and many cases Involving
misdemeanors only are calendar
ed for trial. A full calendar has
been announced for the first week
and homicide cases ere set for
trial Monday and Tuesday of the
second week.
The solicitor said that w.itnes8-
es In cases from the preceding
term of court are required to at
tend court without being re-sub-
poenaed. Witnessee in cases not
reached on the day they are cal
endared are required to remain
in court until the case is dis
posed of or the w-itnesses are
dismissed by the solicitor.
Cases not appearing on the cal
endar, the solicitor said, are sub
ject to call during the second
week of the term.
The court oilendar is publish
ed elsewhere in this newspaper.
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Here are the eighteen young men who made up
Wilkes county’s draft quota for Fe'bruary and ^o
entered into trainin;; at Fort Bragg Friday. The
front row are from Wilkes draft board arw num
ber 1 and are all volunteers, left to right,_ Commie
Guy Roberta, Raymond Earl Greene, Felix Luns
ford, Ben Parrish, William Earl Estes, (Sarvey
Huffman and Boonie Madison Lane. Back row,
from Wilkes draft board area number two, left to
right: Ronald B. Sturgill, Edward Lee Gregory.
Robert Winfield Chnrdi, Ctinton Ray Smoot,
Jemes Harvey Holler, Charlia Howaid Owens,
Joseph Owens, Lawrence Alonzo Handy, Howard
Cothren, Rufus Hall and Howard Rrasier. Al
bert Bentley Parsons, who had been selected from
board area number two, was unable to go because
of illness. Six from area nimfber two were vol
unteers and five were conscripts.
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‘Planned TdTi^
A;AJL'Pr^^:i^
February 281 Wilkes Date;^
Cotton Stamp Plan Will
Receive Attention
Against
Associational
S. S. Meeting
(ill K Iflel^ WitK Maple
Grove Church On Satur
day, March 1 Sth
MembersWp Drive 1 Measure To Pay
Of Public Library At Moravian Falls Wilkes Deputy For
Is Continued Here I® Passed
All Are Asked To Join
brary Association And
Ho'.p Maintain Library
Drive for membership in the
Wilkes County LU)rary nssocia-
:lon will continue this week, it
was learned today from members
of the executive committee of the
Library Organization.
The campaign was initiated
iMt week In order to raise fnnd
the‘llbr4ry~and''toweure mem
berships in the association which
rletemiines the policies of the 1:
brary as a county institution.
The drive was continued
J. A. Gilliam, cha rman. ^as)
announced that an '; opportunity to join ’i”*
Sunday school meeting for Stone. ,
LMountain Baptist association will
Funeral service was help this
afternr-on at Moravian Falls Bap
j tist church for H. J. Steelman.
L;.'well known citizen of that com
munit) who died Sunday morning
at his home.
Mr. St'jelman wts S6 yeirs of
age. As long as his health per
mitted he was active in churct
and community affairs. He was
a deacon of Moravian Fills Brp-
tist church.
He had been in ill health for
the past few years, having suf
fered with apoplectic strokes sev
eral times.
Lje^jytiree sons ..ani
two'danglfters;'A. C. Steelmpn.|
Yodklnville: M. G. Steelman
North Wllkestoro: J. S. Steel
man, Moravian F'alls; Mrs. Julia
Burcham. Courtney; Mrs. Myrtle
Tish, Clemmons.
Funeral service which was
largely attended, was conducted
R. C. Jennings Will Receive
$300 From County Un
der Provisions Bill
A county-by-county campaign
to acquaint Ndrtll Carolina' tann-
«cs. -witb prorlslotts ot the dou-
^b^barreted 1941 supplementary.
jtrogriim begins this *week,
anneunces John W. Goodman, as^
sistant director of the N. C. State
College Extension Service.
. ^ First of the meetings start
Thursday in ten counties, as an
equal number of teams of agrl-
cnltnral specialists open the
drive. Last of the meetings will
be held iMarch 8. In the time in
tervening, every county affected
by the program will have been
reached.
In Wilkes county, a special
meeting has been called for Fri
day, Feb. 28, 9:30 a. m„ at the
courthouse in Wllkesboro.
Representatives of all farm
agencies and organization and
others Interested are asked to
attend.
As outlined, the new program
will enable growers to take cot
ton land out of production for
which they iwill receive Federal
sbamps exchangeable in retail
stores for cotton goods manufac
tured in this country.
Then, too, Goodman explained,
those who qualify for cotton
stamps may also receive a pay
ment for producing and conserv
ing food supplies. A payment of
$1.50 per farm garden is already
Thonmnds of Eftlepfatni h*v»
Jofaied Ihe Britiih forces in LAfs*
This 14-yesr-oId boy of Bsrite bM
boon wagliig war sgsiast tho Itsb-
Isas for live years. Be is westfag
tbs cap of an Italian silcer ad^ti
during one of Us eueonnters wHb
Ae enemy.
Uons Win Help
Needy Children
Obtain Glasses
$50 Made Available For Im
mediate Use For Under
privileged Children
A bill introduced in the state i ■, ^ ^ _ ,,, .
house of repre.sentativft^ jjyj allowed ^ ® , *•»*
M’ilkes Representative T. E. Story j Carolina- Now an extra $3 ma
to pay R. U. Jennings, deputy, > earned by growmg additional
for seHous Injury sustained while
in performance of duty has been
passed by house and senate and
ratified Into law, -
garden produce, storing food pro
ducts, or planting smell fruits to
add to the family food supply.
However, to earn this special
be held with Manle Orove church
on Saturday. March 15. The day's
program will begin at ten a. in.
and c,ontinue until three p. ni.
A 11 pastors. Sunday .school
leaders, teacher.s and workers ore
invited to attend and take part
and the Sunday School Board will
send workers to assist in the pro
gram, Mr. Gilliam said.
Army Recruiters
In Auto Accident
A telegram received by The
Journal-Patriot Saturd>iy
Sergeant W. D. Montgomery, of
the Charlotte office of the Army
Recruiting service said that he
rnd his associates who were sche
duled to he here during the v.-eek-
end were prevented from being
here on account of an auloniohile
accident. No details of the Occi
dent were given.
tion and to have a part in pro-
moting progress and growth ol •
the library Those who
the library are asked
-V .'i . DLiymest, groweej must t^petAjte
- Depute* Jelhrfffgk-^as criHcrtly cotton stamp plaiiT'
hurt on 'September 22, 1939, “Because of the importance of
when he was hit in the chest by
a .-hotgnn charge fired by Silas
this program to the cotton farm
ers of North Carolina," Goodman
srid. "we hope that every grow-
i,,s -.---...I—« . - g[. affected will make a special
Miss Toby Turner on the Brushy gffort to attend the meeting in
Mountain Road as she was driv- - • . —.
Higgins, whom he was apprehend
ing for the attempted holdup of
Wllkesboro early
grrner.
will join I
to take
their membership dues to the li
brary. which is located in the
city hall building here, or mall
to Wilkes Comity Library Asso
ciation, North Wllkesboro.
The minimum membership fee
was set at 25 cents hut it was ,
pointed out thiat no limit was
placed on any contribution. '
The library was opened four
Holiness Services
Three Evenings Here
Rev. C. A. Stroud, of Marion,
superintendent of the Winston.
Salem district ot the Pentecostal
Holiness, chinch, will conduct
services each evening, seven o’
clock, at the Pentpca^tal Holiness
ill this citv Wednesday
The library was through Stinday. The public has
year.s ago as a Pi’o.ie ^ „ a cordial invitation to the ser-
jointly by local c vlc organiza-
his county so os to get full de
tails of this new plan.’’
ing to North
that morning.
Higgins was Icter decLired in
sane.
The officer was badly hurt and
was a patient at the Wilkes Hos
pital for several days.
The provisions of the hill as .
passed by the legist ture in ker ischool auditorium on
payment of $3ou by the county ’afternoon. 3:30 o’clock
to the officer mandatory
MUSIC RECIT.aL on
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Miss F/tlen Robinson’s mnsir
pupils will he presented in a re
cital in the North Wilkeshorr
Thursda.'
The i.v,h-
lic is cordially invited to attend.
from lions and interested individuals, vices
is
G. O. P. PROP.AG.WD.A ?
Teacher: “Harold, where
the elephant found?’’
“But teitcher, the elephant
so big that it couldn’t get lost."
Without public .ippropriations it
has grown rapidly and the asso
ciation seeks to continue its
growth and broaden its useful
ness in Wilkes county Ity continu
al additions ot de-lrahle books
end n ading matter as it be
comes aviailable.
The membership fees are th-
principal source of inco.ne and
the success ot the preset t drive
and response on the part of th
people of the county will deter
mine the future growth of the
institution.
Basketball Game
On Tuesday Night
Ersriiie College freshmen has
ketb.’ll team will play Norl'.i
Wilkeshoro high here on Ttie.^
day night in what should be the
outstanding game of the seasor
There will be a cake walk be
tween halves and all pre invited.
The game will begin at 7:30 p.
m.
Mountain View Girls And Millers
Creok Boys Are County Champions
Mount-in View girls and Mill- The teams were evenly matched
ers Creek boys won their respect- in playin.g ability Imt size and
ivp basketball championships of height were with the Roiid:t
VtClkes county Thursday night in ! girls.
finals of the annual Ooodwil' Millers Creek hoys nu de f
Basketball tourm ment conducted four consecutive county cham-
here under sponsorship of the pionships by coming from behind
North Wilkeshoro high school for twice to defeat Honda hoys 20 to
the other high schools in Wilkes. 14. The game wa.s not "in the
Mountain View girls defeated bag” until Irte in the final qimr.
North Wllkesboro Lions Club
directors in February meeting
voted to make $50 immediately
available for purchase of glasses
for underprivileged children in
Wilkes and also appropriated
$10 yearly to be used by the Girl
Scout organization in North Wil-
keshoro.
Aid to underprivileged chil
dren with defective vision is one
of the principal projects of the
club and this work ■will be car-
. xtad 4>ut as thoroughly as,.pos
sible.
In the cluih meeting Friday
evening Paul S. Cragan, school
superintendent, and Emmet John
son, instructor of the defense
class here, addressed the clnh
concerning progress being made
in the defense class and exhibited
.1 d-ill press and other objects
which were made by the class.
Entertainment at the meeting
was furnished by Garley Foster,
radio and recording artist, who
gave delightful imitations and
rendered musical numbers.
Phillip Brame and T. 0. Mc-
Liiughlin were in charge of tho
program Friday evening.
Several members of the North
Wllkesboro club are planning to
meet with the Avery county Li
ons club at Banner Elk Tuesday
evening.
Defense Cleiss Is
Program Subject
Drill Press Made Bv Defense
Class Is Shown Before
Kiwanis Club Here
Feature of the progntm Friday
Friday, February 28, Will Be Observed
As Day Of Prayer; Services Planned
f Istaabul.—-A warning that Tur
key might be forced to go to war
: against Bulgaria if the German
“• army is permitted to use Bulgar-
sf ian territory as a base for aggres-
' 8lon was seen in informed quar-
tors last night in a statement by
^7 Foreign Minister Sukru Saracog-
’%arrcoglu said that Turkey is
oreFired to back up her alliance
■J. Great Britain and “cannot
k' 1b any way remain indifferent to
«:«Drelgn activities which might oc
In her zone of security.’
' Baracogln, whose ststement ap-
ik^naaredJn the semi-official press
TjiTnSt state wlvft limits Turkey
stecM'On her “zone of security
i wfiw that the Turks will “de-
k ISCurartre. If attacked."
fkiah poliUcal quartern said
'^consWer Saraaofla’a- ztate-
BBd hla tmpliod wanUng to
’.tetanria ^^Bld CfaB^aiw,
tbit T»rk^
mm tb* ^
-.y-s
Friday, February 28, will be
observed in Wllkesboro and
North Wilkeehoro as a Day of
Prayer for the world. It has been
the custom for the past years of
celebrating the World Day of
Prayer in North Wllkesboro by a
nrogn'm held in one of the
churches in the afternoon. This
year an hour for prayer when v
progrrm will be "presented wll'
be held In the First Baptist
church in North Wllkesboro at
2 p. m. and at the Baptist church
in Wilkeshoro at 3:30 p. m. Be
sides the special hour for prayer
there will be cottage pmyer meet.
Ings at 9:45 a. m. In North Wil
ke*.oro and at 10 a. m. In Wll
kesboro. It is hoped that these
prayer groups will be well at
tended in each neighborhood.
Special attention to the World
Day of Prayer will be made et
the Ki-wanian meeting and at as
sembly hour in the high schooh
of Wllkesboro, North Wllkesboro,
and Lincoln Heights, also at the
colored graded school in North
WUkenboro.
. Ilin program for this year has
J,. bMB (prng»r4d by a committee at
Siwittaituftal, China. This commit.
SCOUTS DO GOOD JOB ON \^D0W DISPLAY
tee. composed of women of eieht
or ten different nationalities, has
chosen the theme “Thy Kingdom
Come." Christians of more thru
fifty countries of the world w4I'
be praying together for God’-
mercy, guidances and forgiveness.
The world and all its neople
without regard to color or race,
or geogpjiphical position need this
prayer. Beginning at the day
break of February 28th. (which
will be the night of the 27th
here) in the Fiji Tslrnda the
first prayers will be made. The
close of that day will hear thr j
same prayer being made (thirty
miles from the International date
line oft the Alaska coast). Let us
he present at the meetings in our
town snd join our -peritions to
the many that will assend to
God, our Father.
Prayer groups will start in
North ViaikBehoro on Thursday
night and will he held at the fol
lowing places and times:
Thursday, 7:30 p. m„ Mrs". A.
M. Handy; Hipahaw Strwt.
Friday, B:46 a. m., Mrs. M. L.
Gllrewth, 8 Street; Mn. A;, B.
Johnston, B Street: Mn. Carl B.
(Oontiauad on page «lglitl
Dr«f alo#
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Mountain view gins aeieainn uag uuin t.*:; ^ ^ \ * r»i u
Ronda girls 18 to 14 in tho fast- ter when Millers Creek succeed-. y,oon at the Kiwanis Club meeting
est girls’ game on the loc,il court. (Continued on page eight) Uas an account of progress being
® ® - I made in the defense class main
tained here.
Paul S. Cragan. superintendent
of schools, B. G. Gentry, manager
of the Employment Service office
here, and Emmet Johnson, in
structor of the defense class
ing conducted at Meadows Mill
company, talked concerning the
class t*nd a drill press made by
tl e boy.s in the class was ex-
li lited before the club. They ex-
- that the 13 hoys in the
class are Cast developing me
chanical akin in the course and
iiave made many useful objects,
which will be placed in the In
dustrie! arts department of the
school here and in other schools
in the state.
Another feature of the progn m
was vocal and instrump-" '
..libers by Ruth Mouney and
Prof. Frank Parker, of u.s loc.,i
colored school.
Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr.,
new pastor of the First Baptist
church, joined the club and re
ceived his Kiwanis button at Fri-
day’s meeting.
Fe(bru»ary meeting of the board
of directors will be held ob
Thursday evening, 8:30 o’clock,
with Dr. F. C. Hubbard as boat.
A brlcktorer working o* U»
top of a higb building aeddentaS-
ly dropiied A brick ,eu tli*(ftc*#
pi a