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Barlqt^w G«VMn» •mpluttitad
tfcejlMii^tMMd inapo «rf tb^ s«a
. wuatfe ywtetday with aeeooiitt
. flf new blow* «c«inst Britiih
ud bailed reported ae-
-: ' -tijtt of Naxi land foieee in Libya
M • tomins point in favor of the
axis in Africa.
With more than 280,000 tons of
Britm ah^M dedar^ already
■nak “in tite past few days” the
Mtowfaig addikbnal adueveraents
were didned yesterday:
. Siakina; of a foitish destroyer i
jP*svNaxi speed boat off southeast!
and dsstroction of an 8,-1
'TtMIMair' amraied merchant ridp!
Mod .a British patrol boat by sob-1
Published Mondays antfj
fays
NdB*H WHj^feBORO, N. C„ /raURSDAYi PBB. 27, 1941
Fbr ms
doyovrl
^tlkesbc
^ding e;
western [
tl SO Ittihe Statej
ite
Officer*
Read^. For Enlistmenl
Officers Receive,
Appointmeiits and
Take Hieir O^i
Here Oime uie Marw^-Out of the Sky!
•rf:
‘Defender’
1*1;
ri
Ihrse British cargo shipa total
ise 81,000 tona bombed and set |
afire by the htftwaffe northwest)
of beland ^srly today, and dam
age to a lOjOOO-ton British moni
tions ship and another merchant
vsBsel of equal sise is a raid—
thne unspeetBed—on British-oeco-
pied Tobruk, Libya.
Dodecanese Base
Near Turkey Seized
The British hammered relentless-;
ly at Italy's empire yesterday, un-:
officially claiming control of Ita
lian Somaliland with the capture
of its capitsd, Mogadiscio, and an
nouncing the occupation of a small
Italian island seaplane base in the
Mediterranean. j
London revealed the first cap-'
lure of an island of the blockaded
Dodecanese—Castelrosso, 10 miles |
off the southwest coast of the Tur
kish mainland. |
A joint admiralty and war office'
communique said the occupation,
was carried out Tuesday. Xaval j
circles described the operation as i
a “very snaall and unimportant” j va^' planrsince iVlV
one, undertaken chiefly to get pos-1
session of the island’s seaplane |
base.
Although the operation thus was
played down officially, naval quar
ters did not deny that Castelrosso,
only 80 miles east of Rhodes, could
be used as a British jumping-off
place for attacks on other strate
gic Dodecanese guarding the en
trance to tha Aegean Sea.
Garrisons Cut Off
Garrisons on the DodMapese, de-
Cut o^^om ""supplies fftnr’
Italy except by airplane, are re
ported short in many essentials.
Harry Pearaoii Captam, Ma|»
colm Wyatt anA- John
Weils Lieutenants
A sentry stands framed In the
doorway as workmen' at Baldwin
Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pa.,
pot finishing tonebes on new eight-
inch railway gon for U. 8. army.
The gun, which fires a 65-pound shell
18 miles, is the first built in a pri
Rome Reports Victory
For Nazis In Desert
Rome—German's armored troops
and fliers are taking over efforts
to blunt the British spearhead
driven deep into Italian Libya, the
Fascist high command indicated
yesterday in a report of the first
battle between Nazi and British
mechanized detachments in that
North African colony.
“Enemy truck.s and tanks were
destroyed,’ the Italian war bulletin
said, “and prisoners were taken
without German losses” in this ini
tial coi.^act.
The battleground was described
as an area southeast of Agedabia.
100 miles south of Bengasi and
near the spot of the farthest Brit-
Seek Opening Of
Lime Deposit In
Yadkm County
Would Reduce Cost Of Lime
To Fawiier»^n "PMliSbc*
non
Men recommended as trfficeti
for a Home Guard company in
North Wilkesboro have been
pointed by Adjutant General J.F;
Van B. Metts and have received
their commissions and executed
oaths as officers.
Harry Pearson, well known
young business man here, was ap
pointed captain. He is a fomrf
Marine officer, having complet^
SIX years in the Marifie corps in
1934. Malcolm L Wyatt, former
lieutenant in the National Guard,
is first lieutenant of the Home
Guard company and John |Wells, a
former officer in the National
Guard, is second lieutenant.
Captain Pearson said today that
he has application blanks and
would be glad to accept applica-
t'ons from all who are interested
m being members of the company.
The authorized strength wall be
fifty men.
The North Wilkesboro unit will
be an infantry company and will
meet once each week.
The substantial manhood of the
community is desired in making
up the members of the company
and certain rules for enlistments.
!-ave been outlined by Adjutant.'
General Metts as follows:
The men will be enlisted tfe-'
tween the ages of 18 and
years, excepting men ages of
and 36 unless such persons ato
subject to call into fed^^
'lifAdepiendeBts
Uncle Sam heUevet that parachute troops may ceme' in handy some day. These plctnres, taken at the
U. S. naval air station at Lakehnrst, N. J., show bow U. 8. marine parachutists are being trained to meet . j- ■■
the threat from abroad. Shown In oval are men wBlt'lng to go aloft for a Jump. The other pictures show
what happens later. In six plane trips aloft 52 marines jumped.
WanurPay^TtOi
> Abide By Laws
k^quire Blood Tests For £x-
pectant Mothers Aiul D^h*
therie Imimnussttion
br. A. J. Eller, Wilkes healtii
bffioef, said' in SB- iatertlsir t»--
that iitaasr ttovle japtiroe to.
ebtfm th^ SK igitiaimtr'a. eom-
laatuiea :«if,^ tfae pobue
health lawx of the itm.
Be specifically mentioned the
laws which require expeetaat
mothers to have a blood test and
the statate which requires that
children be immonis^ against
diphtheria when they reach six
months of age.
He explained that the laws are
to prevent suffering and death for
the children and that parents
ihonld not need any threats to
comply with them. Blood tests to
ascertain whether or not an ex
pectant mother has syphilis is in
erder that treatments may begin
and that she may give birth to a
healthy baby even if she has the
YminaManUHAM Sebastian, 58,
I OUug ITlall IS nClQ Succumbs Wednesday
Charge Criminal
Assadt 0 n Girl
Vshe County Girl Charges
Parsons Youth With Cap
ital Offense
James Robert Parsons, alias
:9tacey Parsons, was ordered held
iHthout bond on a charge of crim
inal assault following a hearing
ITedneaday before
. J -i' ^
Men must be p
Wilkes County Agent J. B.l''"'* “1**^
Snipes, Lawrence Miller, secretary'
of the Triple A, and J. M. Ger
man, member of the Wilkes Tri
ple A committee, were 'n Raleigh
today with county agents and in
terested people of neitrhboring
counties seeking to have the state
open a lime mine in Yadkin coun
ty-
The Wilkes county agent and
Mr. German attended a meeting
of coun*^y agents. Triple A leaders
pud county commissioners of six
counties in Yadkinville Wednes
day. Counties represented were
Stokes, Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes,
Forsyth and Davie.
It was explained that the lime
deposit is covered with stone and
is not easily accessible until the
ish advance
Tripoli.
from Egypt toward
Nazi Troops Rule
Northern Holland
To Quell Rioting
Amsterdam—Six civilians were
killed and a number wounded yes
terday in clashes between the po
lice and ‘‘disturbers of the peace,”
it was official announced last
night.
A brief German announcement
stated that these deaths had oc
curred in police actions during
which “the ringleaders of nightly
attacks against the police patrol
and a secret Jewish organization
were unco-vered.”
;*During the act of restoring or
der six disturbers of the peace
were killed and a number more or
less severely injured.
“A great number of persons re
sponsible for the disturbances or
haring participated therein were
arrested.”
The riots brought the imposition
of a German military administra-
forming such military du'
msv be incumbent upon tbeiu.'
Men must be citizens 6t the
United States.
Ehilistments should be represen
tative of the community at.Jarge
and n''t necessarily confined to,any
paiticular organization or nrdup.
Those who make applicatfpli are
asked to give .three refeto»oes,
which will be helpful in selfcting
the type of men desired.
Captain Pearson said thyt a
meeting will be called soon to ac
cept enlistments but urged ‘that
any persons interested mak^ ap
plication to him as soon ax con
venient and not wait fo» an
nouncement of meeting. - >>
He further stated that helioped
a very creditable company1|^uld
be formed and that he wouldfitrive
to make membership in thw. unit
beneficial to each iiidividuaL- He
stone is removed. Efforts will be
made to have the state remove the
stone and crush it for use on
country roads.
It was estimated at the Yad
kinville meeting that if the lime
deposit in Yadkin county is de
veloped that the cost of lime in
the six counties would be lower
ed an average of $1.00 per ton. On
the basis of the amount of lime
used last year, that would repre
sent a saving of approximately
$22,000 for the farmers. i
It was decided at the meeting!
that all those who could would 1
meet in Raleigh today and seek a j
conference with Governor Brough
ton, at which time they would ask
that the state make the lime de
posit available for, agricultural’
use. ’
_____________ ikes county is called to
Charlotte Youth if'nSihT'*'
Will Fight Axis I This means that .thos'
fpay their county taxes
Charlotte.—Sam Glasgow is go- ■ will save the amount of
ing across the Atlantic this spring crease in penalty, which
to fight against the axis partners.'in accordance with ttelstote
The 22-year-old Charlottean
said that in addition to
■drills and instructions in
tactics that emphasis wo
placed on physical educatid
training.
Captain Pearson is mueb^
(sted in formation of the'S
pany and solicits the wholiq
cd cooperation of all public I
ed citizens.
Penalty On CoBty
Taxes To IncrSse
Attention of persons w{|p^have
not paid their 1940 taxes doo Wil-
fact
af-
tax
the flying bug a long time ago March 1.
tioD upon all the province of North I and in recent months has ta’en. "•
Holland today and the people quite a hankering for the British' town of Wilkean
were warned that violations of or- cause. He wanted to go across,' .
d*r«i might result in 16-year sen-, even more when they told him which will be ad^
^es and even the death penalty.' Canada: : taxes after Ml
Strikers were ordered back tol ‘.Well, fellow, this isn’t any pic-1
work by'Oiursday, and all parades, »riic. We're expecting them to W-C.U.N.C. All
demonstrations and assemblies on shoot the works this spring and. Will Maaf Tlsi
chances are you’ll be over in Ekig-' IVierl .III
land rather than in Canida.” So’ g. Jackson of
ctor
llljl!^);,iilfeanlthl Miss HinnK J"ar
dan at the home of Parsons’ fath
er, Waiiam Parsons, in Uie Ad-
kin Shop community of western
JtVilkes on the night of February
16.
The prosecutrix, a daughter of
Mrs. Bessie Jordan, of Fleetwood,
was stayiii^g the Parsons home
the week of February 9-16 and
she testified that on Saturday
iiight in the absence of other mem
bers of the family that he beat
her up, forced her to her room
and criminally assaulted her twice.
The defendant did not testify at
the hearing and the magistrate
.said he could not fill bond because
there was probable cause on the
capital offense charge.
Arthur T. Sebastian, ^ ■'211 known
citizen of the Haymeadow com
munity of Hays route one, died
last night at his home. Fhinerai
service will be held Friday, 11 a.
m., at Haymeadow Baptist church
with Revs. Blevins and Hayes in
charge.
he was 68 years of age and is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Prudy
Sebastian, and the following chil
dren: Theodore and Ehrly Sebas
tian, Basset, Va.; Rgy, Percy,
Charlie, Claude, Troy, Arthur,
Lura and Myra Sebastian, Hays;
Bfl^ie Cblldrfsi^ .North Wil-
Mrs. Mary N. Grist
Claimed By Deati;
Aged Lady Died Tu^day
Afternoon At Home Of
Mrs. A. A. Cashion .
WwldDayOf
Prayer Frid?iy
Many Home arid Church Ser>
vices WiH Be Held In
Wilkesboros Friday
’The World Day of Prayer is to
1)€ observed here Friday, February
28, with a number of union ser
vices to be held in Wilkesboro and
North Wilkesboro. Prayer groups
will start in North Wilkesboro on
'Thursday night and will be held
at the following places and times:
Thursday, 7:.30 p. m., Mrs. A.
M. Handy, Hinshaw street.
Friday at 9:46 a m., Mrs. M. L
Gilreath, B street; Mrs. A. B.
Johnston, B street; Mrs. Carl E.
VanDeman, C street; Mrs. C. C.
Kilby, D street; Mrs. F. C. Fores-
'ter, D street; Mrs. W. J. Bason, K
street; Mrs. P. J. Brame, E street;
Mrs. T. C. Caudill, ftth street; Mrs.
C E. Jenkins, 9th street; Mrs. J.
G. 'Smoot, 10th street; and Mrs.
W/ F. Gaddy, Trogdon atree'
. Friday, 2 p. m. at the First Bap
tist church and at the Kiwanian
Luncheon, and the Assembly peri
ods of the different schools.
’Two special services are planned
Public Assistance
tion is to save lives of children, he
said.
He also said that under the law
a physician or midwife may re
fuse an expectant mother attention
^ p|i| • n|r I I at childbirth unless she has had a
urants IhlS IVlOIlUl|''’“°^ test as the law requires.
SetNewH^hTotalJIarch Court To
Open on Monday
Over $8,000 Paid To Needy
Aged, Blind and Depen
dent Children
Public assistance payments to
needy in jWilkes exceeded $8,000
this month and reached a new high
for monthly grants, according ^
figures released by Charles)) Mc
Neill, welfare officer.
About 175 Criminal c^ses
Are On Wilkes Docket
Awaiting Trial
March term of Wilkes superior
court for trial of criminal cases
will convene in Wflkesbero on
r,. .14ardt^S.v.
$666 was
6^8 needy aged received $6,601 in
old age assistance grants.
Aid to dependent children funds
for 162 families totaled $2,136.
Romiudikm. wm preside and
paid to 38 Windj while, g
cute the docket.
More than 176 cases are pending
trial. A full daily calendar was
niade for the first week and cases
of major interest will be tried as
they are reached during the last
■week of the term.
Solicitor Hall has stated that
witnesses in cases continued from
preceding terms must attend court
without being re-summoned and
that wi’jiesses in cases not reached
on the day calendared must re
main in attendance at court untfl
the case is disposed of or dismiss
ed by the solicitor.
Jail Breaker Is
^ain in His Cell
Ed Shew Taken On Sunda)’
Morning Near Dobson By
Sheriff And Others
Ed Shew, young white man who
broke out of Wilkes jail several
■■ays ago while awaiting trial for:
murder, was recaptured early,
Sunday morning. j
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, High
way Patrol Sergfeant Carlyle In
gle and Surry county officers ar
rested Shew at the home of his
brother, Lloyd Shew, near Dobson
in Surry county.
The officers aroused Shew while
he was sleeping and he had no
•opportunity for^ resistance, al
though a 46-calibre automatic was
by his side.
Shew escaped from (Wilkes jail
by using a piece of pipe to pry a
bar loose from the 'wrindow and
Ten Wilkes Boys
Enter C. C.Camp
All Applicants Accepted On
Monday And Enrolled
In Camp At Danbury
Ten Wilkes boys were admitted
into the Civilian Conservatiin
Camp at Danbury this ■week,
Mrs. Mary N. Grist, died Tues- W/ F. Gaddy, Trogdon atree' Charles McNeill, Wilkes welfare
dav afternoon at- the home of a Friday, 2 p. m. at the First Bap-1 Shew escaped from (Wilkes jail today,
a nf M e A'^^A ranhion in church and at the Kiwanian by using a piece of pi^ to pry a ipj^g welfare officer explained
daughter, Mrs. A. A. Cashion, in Luncheon, and the Assembly peri- from the window and the enrollment this week was
this city. ods of the different schools. jumped sever^ feet to the ground. [ intermediate enrollment re-
Mrs. Grist, formerly of Lenoir, Two special services are planned “e ***“ cently instituted between quarler-
was a member of a widely known in Wilkesboro, the first at the, " ® ® enrollments in order to keep
mother of home of Mrs. N. 0. Smoak at 10 ^unity were jail^ last month forl^^^p^ strength and that
’clock Friday morning, and at d^th of Sinclair Adams, loc^ there ■will be another enrollment
Nu^’Carolhfe commissioner of 6:30 o’clock in the afternoon at the colored ma^who died of br«n time in April.
^ commissioner oi Everyone is cor- .Th®/®h«irged withj enrollment of ten this week
iiad taade her home with dially invited to attend these inflicted the fatal blows. I represented the total number of
1928 and during the past 18 «ttend the cottage prgpr .group able to Ls^the rf men interested
ha.d h^ii, jn.X?Hd. She f convenient for to po camps shojd make
the widow, of the late John T.,*® applications now for the April en-
Lenoir, who died in 1903.' ' , _ ^ 187*11 * ■ rollment. . , .
Surviving are five^ daughters, SpeCial TabeniaCle l|,||V Will Arrpnt n
Mrs. Alice Bddinger of North SerYlCeS .SundaV IT U1/XCVCpi strong likelihood that part or all
WiUefesboro, Mrs., W. C.^less^ Everyone Is ipvtted to attend
family and was the .. , , , ^ j
Frfflik Grlat, of Charlotte, former ® clock Friday
Lenoir, Mrs. Cashiion, Mrs. T. W. services Sundqy afternoon.
Steading of Greenville, S. C., and o’clock, at thp S. M. Fox four-'
Mrs. S. J. McClure of lakeland, tabernacle two mjlcs west of
Wilkesboro Call
the streets were forbidden.
BROILERS
H. G. Walker of Weshlngton-
N O. Ij now constructing a .broil
er plant which will accomodate
40,000 chickens, reports W. G.
Andrews, assistant farm agent of
■P^nfort county.
^During 194-9 larger numbers of
.^rebred animals titan In any re-
aent year were certified tor tree
teto the United ^
,der piarieloa* Tariff Act
Glasgow qualified as an aerial
gunner. ]
Sam, his folks say, is a lucky,
good-humored fellow who has a
way of making narrow escapes.
jSt" ■t't’' .'j
Episcopal Service
Vc5g)er Service will be held at
SL Paul’s Episcopal ehurdi Sun
day . afternoon, March 2nd, at
four o'clock. FViends and viiitora
•re Invited to attend.
N. C. is going to talk 3
Alumnae of Wilkes Cou
dinner meeting at ' the
Chib House, Thursday,
at 7:30.
“We have a list of_.
Alumnae in this county, j{
t^ether and see who
ybu 'know 'some one wfl
jget a letter please
swtd a postal for a
to Min..^Vmmon Deal,’*
nouoceaient add.‘
, Charl^to H. B. Gnsfi of New gpgg^i service rrith msic and Baptist church
I Haven, Conn., R. G. singing by the Myn 'Duet from . Wilkesboro
Gr^nvaie, S. C., and L W. Gnst G|Bstonia. BvartfeSit Kathryn I ®^Rg^ jjr. Sloan has been assist-
of Washington. other gofpel workers] ^ gducational director
Funeral services were from Gastonia wUI be present toi^ ^^g„„g g^p^ist church
nesday afternwn Rev. Watt M. for a conven- hg„ since last June, his work
Cooper, assisted by ^v. A. L. ^ be held soOh at-the taber-j^p^p^ boys and young people
being outstanding. He received
^ ^ attend.
the a service was held at the Le- I purther announeemmts will ap-
,t a “olr Methodist church at. 3:30 with'pg^^ jji this newspaper. ’
the pastor. Rev. Mr. s. Moser In
the boys who enroll in April may
be sent to camps west of the
Rocky Mountains.
The Wilkes boys accepted into
Sta'tesville.—Rev. T. Sloane Guy'the Danbury camp this week
a-ere: Glenn Calvin Dameron.
Charlie Dancy, Roscoe Houck,
iilj — jjon to DC aeia sotKi av u>c i
Aycock, conducted a brief service aacle with eveiy pimacher of '
. u. the CasWon home at two o’clock aenomination iuyitlid .'h to a1
5^ charge. Burial was in Lenoir.
"lalftteh to me, X*m eick .and
tired of bearing you talk .-a^bout
car" and ‘my fumitore’ and
j»tT*my son’. It's getting on my
nerves and you're going to ^rii
to ney-_‘o»r."; 'W^^ are you
1)1$ nowIn titotr dloMtt^
2' "Oar panto.'''-■■
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to
R$lpk Duncan’s Home
Damaged On? Monday
Fire Jthoaght to wr« originated
from i flu did cq«HdSraWe d^-
•ge to the home he RVlliih Dtpiciai
oq, C itwrt fftfnioon.
^ did • jprdiiDit «»>
_ the although,
wal huriiiag
' ■
the call to Wilkes’ooro several
weeks ago, but deferred decision as
to acceptance. He announced his
Hugh Hudson Hurley, Spencer Ar-
vil Johnson, Fred Ed ward Laws,
Ewert D. I^we, James Boyd Mc
Guire, Monroe Dancy, Daniel
Pennell.
T. T. Billings Is
Oaim^ By Death
Funeral service was held a$3
resignation to the church here Round Hill church for T. T. Bill-
Sunday. He plans to go to Wilkes-^ingi, age 61,» well known eitizea
' of the Traphin community,^ who
died Tuesday at hia homa.-
boro April 1.
Interest in consemation is def.
Inltely on tha. increase In' For
syth county. With tomelng, time,
phosphate, leipliBCA- VtotVA •nd'
Other good praetloes
gyia . . -J
Surviving are fiya sons; 0. Eup-
ton BOIiii^^ North Wilkssbors;
C. O. Billtegt- Fresno,
Boy Jf*J
showtag toga, Tisp
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