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•Si-firtire 'DaiBiibe i^Ter. .;
The report caused alam in the
capital because it wpnld be one
of the logical points froas which
^the Ocrmans mlcbt launch an
•t attack on Belgrade ttsel£'
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Germany’And Italy
Fila New Protests *
Oyer'Skip Seizures
WashfoKton, April 2—flew' and
■* stronger prote-sts Were lodged by
Germany and Itrly today over
the selzbre of axis ' ships and
crews while the United States
prepared repliba formally reject
ing earlier notes.
The new axis notes, said to be
couched In stronger language
than those delivered on Mondaj.
took special exception to the ac
tion of authorities in imprisoning
members of the crews.
Sec^.tMeiu»
l^tssTo-Begin
Heipe^MoDday
Yorniy Men WaaUny Train
ing Should Register'At
Emploympat. Office
Italians Believed
Ready To Surrender
Cairo, Epypt. April 2.—Be
tween 30.000 and 40.000 Italian
soldiers, the beaten remnants of
the fascist army in Eritrea, are
fleeing southward toward Addis
Ababa, Ethiopian capital, as fast
as they can, British military
sources said 'onight.
The only major point left und
er the Italian flag in Italy’s old
est colony Is Massaua, Red sea
port, and that city was described
as on the brink of capitulation.
Joint Plan To Stop
U. S. Devised
Rome. April 2.—Japanese For
eign ilinister Yosuke Matsuoka
has agreed with Premier -Musso
lini and Adolf Hitler on a joint
plan of action agrlnst the United
States in the event of American
tnvtHvement—declared or under-
dared—in hostilities against the
axis powers, authoritative Ital
ians indic."ted today.
The Japane.se statesman -said
goodby to Premier Muasolini be
fore returning tomorrow to Ber
lin for further confenuices with
Hitler.
The second > national defense
class to train young men in
skilled trades-iRj^arder that they
might be employt^ la defense in
dustries will open 111 North Wil.
kesboro on Monday, April 7, It
was apnounced today.
The class will ibe in machine
operation and will be held for
twelve weeks at Meadows Mill
company plant with E. C. John
son. the plrnt superintendent, be
ing the Instructor. The defense
classes here are conducted under
sponsorship of the schools with
W. Bryan ColHns, Industrial arts
instructor, as supervisor.
Several applications for mem
bership in the class to begin
Monday have been received but
there are openings for sdditional
young men who wish to obtain
this free training, it was learned
today. Registrations for Uie class
may be made at the employment
service office on the second
floor of Duke Power company
builciing on Ninth street.
p-»sodauoa ‘ssBia isjij
young men, completed the
course on Fvldsy night of last
week and members have been
registered with the emplojiment
service for placement.
The cla.s8 meets each afternoon,
four o’clock until ten o’clock, at
.Meadows Mill company. The
course consists of actual work in
machine operation in making
tools to be used in industrial arts
cla.sses of the schools in the
state. Welding is also included
in the course.
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' We skonM go te church., in,the
firet plaee, fdr «>»niWlco with
God. A .Chrietian eongregatkm
is not priauflly a group of
pie' assenting to correct doctrine,
though that is iiaplied. But it
is a company of believers whose
■belief finds its living expression
in corporate community With
God. Bread is important, but'u*
can not live by bread alone-
’Then we should go to church fer
worship. Many people go to church
r>'. ff/r..
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rauttHir Adv«hU|rc
do>our jbjQdBf.ia Mortb
Wilii^3b^, th»4i70ir^
fading a^Toi North-
westera North CaroBhiii
'I '»i uKii 11, '.".T , ■'
s4:
Braiii«''Re-Appouil^
; By B. Sttiihoy
~ By Hie Commiaaioners
!tat
leiniSteel
' Two members of the Wilkes
county iboarthTof welfare have
been re-appolnted.
^ P. Jy Brame. present board,
chairman, was reappoipjted by the i
strte board of charities and pub-j
lie welfare for a term of three ]
years. I
W. E. Smlthey, was re-appoint-
worsnip. many peopit; gv UV t.iiu*va»} ». C. >;:>uiit.ucy, waa ic-o-jypiAiUL-•
to watch the preacher, or to hear ©d by the Wilkes county board ,
the choir. But they get little, if of commissioners. j
anything, out of such attendance, j The law provided that the!
We should go to church that we be state board appoint one member
lifted into higher companionship jhe county commissioners one
.JO
13
Appeals Board
Meets In City
District Selective Service
Aopeals Board Passes On
Six Appeals Wednesday
Selective .service district hoard
of appeals held its monthly meet
ing here Tuesday in the office of himself.
Cranor, Duia In
Mayoralty: Race
At Wilkesboro
Jordan Withdraws From the
Race; Kennedy New Can
didate Commissioner
Last day notices of candidacy
Tuesday and changes brought a-
hont pdditional developmeiita in
Wilkesboro town politics when
•Attorney H. .-t. Cranor filed for
mayor and George Kennedy filed
for cummis-ioner.
Those who had previously filed
for mayor were J. F. Jordan,
of kindred aspiring souls.
In the next place we should go
to church to pray. There is great
good in corporate prayer. To
have God is to pray. Prayer is
the natural expression of human
need and desire. It is the- neces
sary link between the human and
the Divine. Jesus was first of
all a man of prayer. He prayed
for Himself, He prayed for oth
ers. He taught His desciples to
pray. He taught them that men
ought always to pray and not to
faint. Jesus taught also that
prayer is the instrument of
greatest power with God.
Then we should go Ic church to
hear the inspiring Word of God
le^d and expounded. The Bible is
the word of truth. It is of tre
mendous and continuous value,
that those who give allegiance to
Jesus Girist should assemble from
Sunday to Sunday to hear the
Word of God, for further illumin
ation of their minds, for the
chastening of their spirits, for the
strengthening of their faith, and
the conformation of their hope.
Then we should go to church
prgtty much as we come home at
the -...claaa.Tftt.j- jha
worn with the perplexing prob
lems of the day. at home we find
rest and comfort. At church we
should find for our Spiritual na
ture something of what we find
at home for our physical nature.
We should find rest and comfort.
Jesus said ‘Come unto me all
ye that labor and are heavy la
den, and I will give you rest.”
Matt. 11-28.
member, and the two members]
shall appoint the third. Dr. J. G.
Bentley Is the present third mem
ber of the board.
3‘he state board appointee will
be for a three-year term, the
''mem.ber appointed by the com
missioners for a two-year term
and the member to be named by
the other two will be -for a one-
I year term.
I To date the two appointed have
not met to complete the board
in Wilkes.
The board of welfare will ap
point a welfare officer to begin
his dutias' on July 1. Under the
new law the welfare officer will
serve indefinitely and not for a
two-year term as before.
Charles McNeill is Wilkes’ sup
erintendent of welfare.
Head ;Cpmih^
Comnuttee Will
.-■'if
Senat»’ Sati^EMd
trol Will ^ Brovght 
Xlo^ On Yadkin
County Spelling
Contest April 12
Will Select Winner To Rep
resent County Schools In
rilutsBi
Northwest
, „—
■Schoola.-of 4)?^lkcB eonnty this
week lare selecting entrants to
competerin the codnty-,Wide spell
ing conte.st to be held on Satur
day. April 12, 10:30 a. m.. at
Wilkesboro school buijding. C.
B. Eller,’county supeirintendent
of schools, said today.
Under the watchful eyes df 'Pennsylvania state troopers, C.I.O. pickets,
some of them carrying Amerk.^ flags, demenstrste outside the Bethle
hem, Pa., plant rf the Bethlehem Steel company. Work-bpnnd men,
singly and In sman groups, passed into the mill uumolested. The strike
held up the production of defense materials.
County Board Of ^ucation To Name
County .l^nperhdendent And School
Then we should go to church, be
cause we can not live without it.
We can no more live without going
to church, than we can live without
food. Our spiritual nature must be
fed, or we perish. We would not
James M. Anderson is registrar
tor the North Wilkestioro Pri
mary and election, to be held on
April 21 and May 6. Books were
One entrant from each school, Insurance Serv ce an
w'lll be allowed to pfrticlpate in [Credit Corporrtlou office Satur-
the county contest and compete open on P’‘
for the county title. The county ^2. All who have not prev
winner will represent the Wilkes registered to vote in mu
, school s.vstem In the Northwest j ni^iP^l elections must do so on
Spelling Bee in Winston-Salem. 0"^
sponsored by the Winston-Saieni
.iLi-ral-Sentinel. ‘ Several registered last Satur-
City Re^i^i^fion I Change In Law Provides
Books Are Opened Continuing Contracts For
Principals, Teachers
J. T. Prevette. one of its mem
bers.
The board, which represents
12 counties, passed on six appeal
cases.
'The board is conrposed of L. A.
Martin, of I.,exington. chairman;
J. T. Prevette, of North Wilkes
boro; Dr. T. V. Goode, of States,
vine; H. L. Arndt, of Conover.
Miss Alice Virginia Price, of Lex
ington, was secret}'ry to 'the
board in meeting here.
. think of doing without food for a
incumbent, and ^ i . r j, week. Neither should we
Cranor filed Jordan voluntarily, spiritual
withdrew from the race and will
not be a cmdidate to succeed.
The Psalmist said—“I was
glad when they said unto me,
let us go into the House of the
I.ord.”
A. L. AYCOCK
day, Mr. Andefson said.
May Form Jaycee District Junior
George Kennedy filed for com- j
missloner. bringing the total who
had tiled for the four places on
the board to six. Those who had
previously filed were W. E.
Smithey. James Ixiwe, Dr. G. T.
Mitchell. Wm. A. Stroud, and
Sherman T. Colvard.
(Continued on page five!
Mr. N. G. Landis, proprietor of
Landis Tire and Parts store, was
a business visitor in I.enoir to
day.
Britain’s Most Powerful Battle Wagon
Wosk Under Way
On Lower Bridge
N
Bowers Construction Cont-
■■ pnny Starts Work On
New Bridge Structure
Bowers construction company
has begun construction of a
bridge across the Yadkin river
near the old lower bridge site in
this city. Contrret was let by the
state highway and Public Works
commission .several daj's ago and
operations began here this week.
The bridge will be about 100
yards upstream from the present
temporary bridge, which re
placed the old steel bridge de
stroyed in the August. 1940
flood. The new bridge will be of
concrete construction with a fill
on the north side and will inter
sect with eaht Main street at the
Intsrsectlon of the approach from
the north of highway 268.
The lower bkldge serves the
short cut road bnlU two years
ago from the east end of North
. Wilkesboro to highway 421 two
mUes e«st of Wilkesboro.
Unit In This City
On Friday Night
Young Business and Profes-
sinal Men to Meet At The
City Hall Friday Night
Meeting April 22
Will Be Held With North
Wilkesboro Council; State
” Councillor Is Speaker
The Fourth District Junior Or
der United American Mechanics
Young business and profes-lwill hold Us annnal spring dis-
sionj 1 men of North Wilkesboro I trlct meeting at the Junior Order
will meet on f rlday night. 7:30,'Hall of North Wilkesboro Coun-
at the city hall here to discuss,cil No. 51, Tueadry, April 22.
organization of a Junior Cham-1 The bti.'tness meeting will con-
ber of Commerce. |vene at the Junior Order Hall at
Thomas Broughton, former 3:30 p. m. with the election of
president of Lenoir Junior Cham-la tnistee, to serve the fourth dla-
ber of Commerce, will be present trlct for the cdmlng year on the
to address the meeting. He spent j board of trustees of the Junior
several honrsj Saturday here con-1 Order Childrens Home at Lexlng-
ferrlng with a number of young ton. Following the afternoon
men making arrrngements for the j meeting supper will be served by
the North Wilkesboro Council
Number 51. After the supper the
evening meeting will convene at
7:30 p. m. with the degree team
of North Wilkesboro Council con*
fering the degrees of Vlrture Lib-
large
organization meeting. He Is a
member of the board of directors
of the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Every North Wilkesboro 5’cung
man between ages of 21 and 25 —
Is invited to attend the meeting erty and Patriotism on a
Friday night end hear the move- !cl"sg of new candidates,
ment discussed fully by repre- i J. L. White, the,State Council.
sentaUves of the Lenoir organl- or, of Oxford, will V« I”’*”
zation. cipal •■’ipeaker and other state of-
During the past five years the fleers who are expected to be
number of Junior Chamber of present are Vice State Councilor
Clyde Stancil, of Smlthfield, Gur-
• w
Great Britain’s newext and mightiest battleship, the King George V,
is shewn here—somewhere In the Atlantic—filing its quadruple 14-lnch
guns on the quarterdeck. This was the ship on which laird Halifax,
the new British ambassador to the U. S., was bronght to the United
States. Be was quite safe. Judging from this picture.
Commerce organizations in North
[Carolina has increased from foftr
to 36. Mr. Broughton said. The
Vfst one organized was at Mor-
ganton, which will receive its
charter Thursday,
j The organization committee
Ihere to make arrangements for
the Friday night meeting is com-
posed of 1. H. McNeill. Jr., Fred
Hubbard, Jr., B. G. Gentry, Bar
ney Arthur, Frank Allen, Phillip
Brame, J. R. .McCartney', Grady
Church and Dwight Nichols.
ney P. Hood. State Treasurer, of
Raleigh; JuniorJPaot'State Coun
cilor N. Srnkoy' Gaither, of Har
mony. and Geo. W. Wrenn. field
secretary of the secUon
of the state,' of Mountain.
Bradley DancoR ^ North Wil
kesboro, is thf^tifW,Councilor
Wilkes county board of educa
tion will meet on Monday. April
7, to elect a county superinten
dent of school* and to name com
mittees for all tlie school dis
tricts in the county. Appoint
ments will be for a two-yecr per.
iod.
It is expected that C. B. Eller,
now" completing his fourth term,
will be re-appolnted as county
superintendent,
tendent.
The board of education is
composed of C. O. McNiel, chair,
man. R. R. Church and D. F
Shepherd. The term of Chairman
McNiel expired this year but he
was re-rppointed in the omnihu?
bill of the legislature for a six-
year term. He was reco^mmendeil
for re-appointment by the Wilkes
County Democratic convention
last year.
School committees appointed
Monday will elect principals and
terchers for the coming year.
Supt. Eller pointed out today
some changes In the school jna-
chlnerv act. The change of great
est interest to teachers Is the
continuing contract provision.
The superintendent must notify
a teacher of his or her rejection
for the next school term by the
end of the present school term or
the teacher is automatic lly re-
emnloyed for the next term.
District committees shall elect
principals, subject to approval of
the county superintendent and
board of education. The principals
shall nominate rnd the commit
tees shall elect teachers, subject
to approval of the county super
Intendent and board of ^uca-
tion. Teachers shall enter into a
written contract before .becoming
enable to receive pry for teach
ing-
One other iniporUnt chang
provides that the state school
commission shall give each bus
a rated capacity and it ehall be
unlawful to load any school bus
more than 25 per cent above Its
rated capacity.
u. dT^to meet
' Replying to a letter from John
R. Prevette, chairman of the
Wilkes committee of the Weet-
ern North Carolina Industrial
Council, Senator Joslah W. Bailey
said relative to flood control on
the Yadkin: ‘Tt Is my Intention
to press for an appropriation for
this flood control measure with
all earnestness, and I am satisfied
We will got it sooner or later, and
the sooner the better.”
Senator Bailey said that he ln
troduced the amendment to a
flood control measure which au.
thorized a comprehensive survey
of the Yadkin valley and that ho
had been informed that the sur
vey would be ready for congress
within a few weeks.
The survey ha.s teen made by
War department engineers and
has already been examined and
passed on to Washington by the
regional offices.
Senator Bailey is chairman of
the Committee on Commerce and
in that position wil! be able to
weild a great Influence in the
request for an appropriation to
affect flood control in the Yad
kin valley. It is understood here
that War Department engineers
in their comprehensive survey,
which included damage by the
disastrous flood of August 14,
1940, have recommended con
struction of a flood control dam
ooe mile west , of WUkeeii>oco_at.
eluded a statement that construc
tion of an adequate dam there
would be feasible and practical.
Mr. Prevette had sent a survey
of industrial possibilities i n
M’ilke.s to Senator Bailey, the
War Deiiartment planning board,
J. T. .Anderson, industrial engi
neer for the Wederii North Car
olina Industrial Council, Repre
sentative W, O. Burgin, Repre
sentative K. L. Doughton, chair
man of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. and to Cecil K. Bell, in
dustrial engineer of the division
of commerce and Industry of the
North Carolina department of
conservation and development.
With the survey he sent a copy
of the North Wilkesboro end
Wilke.s county advertising book
let.
He also wrote Fre-i M. Allen,
Jr., chairman of the Western
North Carolina Industrial Coun
cil, at Hi-ndersonvllle. and asked .
that a diittrict meeting be held at
North -Wilkesboro.
Mr. Allen informed Mr. Pro-
vette that a district meeting will
be held here when surveys of
industrial possibilities for all the
counties have been completed
and assembled.
kesboro, IS tup Rilkes Valley Guards chapter
of the Fourth stMeitlct, and will of the U. D. C. will meet on Mon-
fresldo at ali^he nwetlngs. day afternoon. 3:30. at the home
The Fourth t* made up of Mrs. Mlnme Hunt,
of the C(wntiqipf ii>l’'wtt>'!«®’ Surry, J -- . . __j„
and YadJdn.' e **"**“•
Firemen, Police
Benefit Ball 4di
Friday night, April 4, is th«
date for the North Wilkesbore
police and Firemen’s Benefit Ball
to be held at the Ameriern
gion and Auxiliary clubhouse.
Advance sale of tickets for the
ball has been large and many
are expected to attend.
Wiley Kyser and his orchestra,
of Winston-S: lem. one of the
best dance orchestras in this part
of the state, will furnish music
and a full evening’s entertain
ment is assured.
Dokifes Club Dance
North Wilkesboro Dokies club
will sponsor a dance to be held at
the American Legion and Auxil
iary clubhouse on the night of
April 11. Jim Suddreth and his
Darktown Bwingsters will furnish
music and there will not be a
6ake walk, announoement of ths
dance said. The dance will be to
ralee funds to carry out acUvRIoB-
of the club and admtealon
be one dollaif per couple.