^ Allies To Make
Sts^^^n SouUi .
•( Mountain Ar^
'.V • V
? Adolf Hitler’s rampaging pan-
■columns were reported leas
^ thaa 150 miles from Athens to-
thrusting south along ,the
^ sl|mlle wide' plain of Thessaly In
1 i$^tktn}r Greece, as the Allies ac,
*toowledged they hare fallen hacV
^g»>n to a new. shorter defense
^_rently the next major
'by the British and Greeks
to be made in the southern
mountain barriers guarding the
i . approach to Athens bet-ween the
Gulf of Corinth and the Aegean
>p«rt of Lamia.
BrlUsh Middle East headquart
ers said the Biiti-sh withdrawal
...was “In conformity with the
;moTement of the Greek army
fighting on their left.”
Australian and New Zealand
troops executed ‘‘brilliant’’ rear
guard actions w'hlch Inflicted a
heary'toll on the Germans, the
British communique said.
Chairmen For
6 Conuniinities In
County Appointed
Workers Council Extends
Organization To Promote
Food, Feed Production
Wilkes County Workers Couij-
cil, formed several days ago to
promote production of food and
feed On the farms, met on Satur
day and appeinted community
chairmen to cerry the organiza
tion by communities throughout
the county.
J. B. Snipes, county agent and
chairman, appointed the follow
ing community chairmen: Com
munity A. composed of Beaver
Creek. Boomer, Smshy Mountain.
Itish communmuc Moravian Eafls and Wllkesbaro,
The London radio declared that Lawrence Miller, Triple A secre-
ths new line “is unbroken” and tary.
From.Conte^M
Mayor .of this City
Left Mayor McNiel Unop
posed and No Primai^y
Was Held Here Today
said the German assault was
proving so costly that the Nazis
had to “throw in still more rein
forcements in mechanized units,
.infantry and aircraft.”
Meanwhile, »a JUvas ( ren
news agency) db >tch from Sof
ia said the Bulf7ian army start
ed this momii / to occupy se.c-
tions of northern Greece and fall-
Community B, Antioch. Love,
lace. New Castle and Somers,
Mrs. Mable Smithey. head of
WPA garden and lunchroom pro
ject.
Community C. Elk, Jobs Cab
in, Ijewis Pork and Stanton. Dr.
A. J. Eller, county health officer.
Community D. Reddles River.
I Mulberry and Union, Charles Mc-
R. T. SIcXiel, mayor of
Nortli Wllkesboro who had
filed for re-election, wa.s left
without opposition when T. .1.
Krazier withdrew. Sumlay night
and tlie prlniao' scheduled to
day was called off.
en Yugoslavia. „oiioa ! Neill, superintendent of welfare.
Greece’s King George II ea p ,njty e. Rock Creek.
Community E.
North Wilkesboro
Rock
rnd W’alniit
on'’hte troops to fight “to the
very end” amid allied j Qrove, P. W. Edwards, soil con-
whlch saw the Germans i servation suipervL’ior.
through northern " 1 Community F. Edwards and
tenses on the Mt. Olympus-I j p Hlghsmith, head
nine)' front, reportedly capiu | Security administration
Larisa, and Trikkala. an here.
down the flat plains Mr. Snipes has mailed out 5.-
toward historic Thermopylae
Trikkala l» » control ,^1 .nd feed Production
000 lettera to farmers explaining
the railway through
Greece from Salonika to Volos, on
the Aegean. ^
Indian Motor Troopt^ turn, pledging their
pla^B in the interest of national
defense, togethfer with blanks
showing food requireownts and
cards for farmers to sign and re-
to
t^>«pe have Joined th*
produce inefr .wwn food add feed
gn poa.-
Aistrallan firrison defending To
bruk. It was disclosed today.
The Indian troops had fought
first in East Africa and then In
the Akhbar Hills of Libya.
A general headquarters com
munique reported that further
German-Italian attacks on To
bruk had been repulsed and th:»-.
mO‘blle columns of the army of
the Nile had inflicted serious
losses on the Germans and Ital
ians in the Sallum area, on the
Libya-Eg>"Pt frontier, taking some
priswners.
Respoa-ihle quarters here are
quietly confident regarding the
general situation in North .i^tnca.
The county asen’ , is chairwM
of the county council; P- W. Ed
wards is vice chalrmi n and J. B.
Hlghsmith Is secretary.
North Wilkesboro high school
band, smallest entered in the
state contest at Greensboro Fri
day. WPS highly complimented for
_ • the quality of its music -but was
Jury L-Onsiaers {urged to bund up as rapiaiy as
Charge Against I passible to at least 10 instru-
Italian Crew. small band here compet
Band Is Praised
At State Contest
North Wilkesboro School
Band Smallest Entered;
Quality of Music Good
Mrs. Kirby’s Songs
Are On The ^r
Several Numbers By Wilkes
Composer Being Used By
Famous Radio Artists
Mrs. Carrie P. Kirby, of Mora
vian Falls, whose aongs are now
being published, has been advised
by her publisher. American Mus
ic, Inc., of Portland. Oregon, that
several nationally known radio
artists are now using her compo
sitions. ......
* 11.. o. Her lo-
IWtber with the artist’s folto in
T. J. Frasier withdrew late
Sunday night as a candidate for
mayor of North Wilkesboro,. leav
ing Mayor R. T., McNiel unoppos
ed for election to mother term,
W. H. McElwee, chairman of the
Wilkes hoard of elections, said
today.
WlthdAwal of Frazier as a
candidate automaticrlly canceled
the prljn^ary which was called to
he held today and no primary
was held. All the candidate; for
city offices which filed notices of
candidrcy’with the board of elec
tions are unopposed. 'The election
will be held on May 6.
Frazier told McElwee that be
cause of the shortness of . time
before the primary, which was 1
called Saturday, that he was not
rerdy for a primary contest and I
asked that his name be with-'
drawn.
The unoppo-ed candidates for
commissioner are H. M. Hutch
ens, Ralph Duncan, A. F. Kilby.
CommiMioner
Eiglidi OhrisiM-
Benton Pribce, of Hender^
■onville, Will Be CheTn."
man of Commission
Rftlelgh.—^Governor Broughton
yesterday aprpothted LawrenciS
* Benton Prince of HendersonvUlb^
lawyer and member of the st
hoard of elections, as chairman
of the highway and public work*
Commission.
J At the same time the Governor
announced appointment of the
Other ten highway commissionenr,
—7! r- - -ii . « resignation of Robert Grady
Tlie wirld’ii alrplalie, the IWllao B-W, pictured la a new Johnson as director of prison.
Msltloii tai Its at 8s Jta Moafca, CaHf„ en the final assembly floor, and Johnston’s appointment to
The KCdan saoer-'hoBthor wIng measweo tit leet. It is powered wtth four succeed Cutlar Moore as chair'
. Tv .a wlll It DOA- 11^11 Of thfi sIaIa hnArrf nf thlsoi’i.
Z,iM bonepow^ Diipto-CycMiie tagbM, which wiU carry it non
stop more thnn
Wilkes Health
Otficer Tells
of HeaMi Laws
Applications For
C.C.C. Are Taken
man of the state -board of alco
holic control.
Law Requires Diphtheria Im
R. G. Finley and J. R. Hix. Un- j munization, SntaHpox Vac
cinations, Bloqd Tests
opposed for the two places on the
city hoard of education this year
rre Dr. J. S. Deans and E. C.
Johnson.
The closing date tor filing no
tices of candidacy was Tuesday,
April 15.
Dr. A. J. BJiler, Wilkes health
officer, said today that 'he fre
quently meets people who say
they do not know that the law
>ni 13. ;
Mr. Frasier said today that he; makes compulsory certain health
had no desire to 'pot the city to j safeguards,
the extra Wnse of a 'Primary, Discussing the matter of pub
and that rumors circulated to' . .
that effect were without founda-}
lie health. Dr. EU«r reviewed the
tion.
statutes designed to protect the
several
‘public from ravages of
He said he wished to expire
sincere thanks and «^eepest appre-
V". Mvcuer wun iuc arum »
katsMhA'il’
He first called attention to the
lap which says »hall have
Tuesday, April 29
Wilmington.-federal srand bands having as many as
jury today began consideration of j ninety members,
sabotage charges against the j rpjjg piembers of the North Wil-
captain and nine crew members of , kgsboro band gong to Greensboro
the Italian freighter \ illaperosa. j p_ Grier, Jr., director,
one of 28 Fascist vessels seized | elements. Tommie Eshelman.
by the United States on March 30
I'. S, District Attorney J. O.
Carr said he hoped to obtain a
true bill from the grand jurors
‘‘within an hour” after the court
opened at noon if a true bill is
obtained, the ca.se was expected
to be called for trial immediate
ly.
Will Set Precedent
Jimmie Moore. Bill Gardner. An
drew Johnson, Vickie Sloop, Tom
mie Gilreath. Henry Waugh, T.o-
max Kilby. Tai Barnes. Jr.. Bobby
Hubbard, Jay Johnson, Jr.. John
E Justice. III. Mike Willirms
Iowa;
'Old Pal. We’ll Be Restin’ Over
'There,’’ in Tex Ritter’s Folio
No. 1: “Restin’ By My Ranch
Hou.se Door.” in Cowboy Joe and
Horseshoe Mike. Folio No. 3;
“Rock River Valley,” in Don
White's Folio No. 1: “He's Sleep
ing Tonight By The Trail.” in
Jerry Smith’s Folio No. 1: "The
Old Moss Covered Mill,’’ in Bar- Calendar ^ f commencement
ry Wood Folio No. 7; ".Molasses events at Ronda school-hius been
Makin’ Time In Carolina,” in announced by B. R. Spruill, prin-
Patsy Montana’s Folio No. i; cipal.
"Sally Brown.” in Hiram Hignhy The first program will be the
Folio No. 2; "Lonesome Moun- coinmencemeni for Ronda, district
tain Trail.” in Golden West Cow- schools on April 23. R. It. Church
R. R. Church to Address Dis
trict Finals; C. B. Eller
High Finals Speaker
boy’.si Folio No. 1.
Dog Thought Rabid
Killed Here Today
membef of the Wilkes board of
education, will be the speaker.
A minlstrel by students of th°
high school will be given on April
24.
Rev. T. Sloan. Guy. Jr., of Wil
jvrt > . I . *■ t V. X-.- , , - -
, Police Chief J. E. Walker said kesboro, will deliver the bacca-
today that a dog -belonging to lam-eate sermon on Sunday. April
Dewey Templeton, of this city. 37. three o’clock.
was killed today and its head
:ent to the state laboratory for
e.xamination for rabies.
The dog is sa.d to have bitten
a child and some dogs.
C. B. Eller, Wilkes superinten
deni of -chools. will deliver the
commencement address at the
high school finals on April 29.
.tVimouncement is made of rn
Iredell county singing convention
jreisn of age. Flitters to do
nakes parents ’ Hs^lo to prosecu
tion In the courts with resultant
fine, imprisonment or both In
the discretion of the court.
The law also requires that
children be vrccinated against
smallpox before entering school.
Moves will be made in Wilkes,
Dr. Eller said, to enforce this
law. Although there have been
no cases of smallpox in Wilkes
in many years, an epidemic could
happen with so many people not
vaccinated.
The health officer said that
the law requires dogs to be im
munized against rabies and point
ed out that a dog owner who neg
lects this duty is respoarible for
damage done by his dog if it has
rabies.
One other compulsory law la
that all pregnrnt women shall
have a blood test in early months
of pregnancy. A physician or mid
wife may refuse an expectant
mother attention if a blood test
has not been mrde. 'The law is to
protect unborn babies from syph
ilis.
The other law which Dr. Eller
cited is that comprelling a person
with venereal disease to take
treatments. Recently one syphil
-3UUC8 oi xiryson uiiy
Wilkes Boys May Apply At was named to the state Board of
^ AIaaSIvxmm ^111 -
Welfare Office For C.
C. C. Enlistment
Charles McNeill, Wilkes wel
fare officer, said today that ap
plications for C. C. C. enrollment
rre now being accepted and that
the next enlistment period will
be In May.
Young men age 17 to 24 will
be accepted and about the on
ly requirement, the wefare offi
cer, said. Is that the applicant be
unemployed.
’Tlie quarterly enlistment sever
al days ago exhausted all white
applications: which had been
filed at the elfare office, Mr.
McNeill said.
Under new regulations the C.
pndd SWF^
placed ’oh depqelt monthly and
paid at the end of the enlistment
period, and »15 monthly are sent
home.
Finals On Friday
At Traphill School
Over 40 per cent of the farms
in North Carolina are open ted - to he held at Central school au-
by tenants, mostly with family ditorium on Sunday afternoon, , j ■ wiiiroQ-
labor. reports W. T. Wesson, ! April 27. Wilkes county singers is patient was jailed in Wit -
r,. jusni.t. junior stati-tician of the State are invited to attend and take boro for violation of th s aw, r.
Bill Gabriel, Bob Day. Dick Me- Department of Agriculture. part. Eller said.
Nlel. Wayne Gentry. Tommie Kil-
The trial would he the first of
some 20 to be held as result of
the nation-wide seizures, and was
expected to provide legal prece
dent for the other trirls.
Each of the 10 Italians ts
charged with sabotage and con
spiracy to commit sabotage, un
der a 1917 World War .-tatute
making it unlawful to damage
wilfully vessels harbored in U. S.
ports.
by, Glenn Golliher and Betty W.
I Hutchen.;.
The band was carried to
Greensboro bv Mrs. P. W. Eshel
man. Mrs. W. G. Gabriel. Mrs.
Paul Hutchens. Edd Gardner. A.
F. Kilby and W. P. Grier. Jr.
America Is Arming, and Arming Fast!
a
Wilkesboro High
Defeats Boone 8-7
Jordon Elected
President Of Bar
McDuffie New Secretary;
Calendar For April Term
Of Court Made Out
Getting revenge for their only
defeat of the season, Wilkesboro
high school slugged out an 8 to
7 baseball victory over Appalach
ian high at Boone Friday after
noon.
^ Boachelle was on the mound
for “Wilkeeboro and limited the
Boone nine to only five hits. He
•track otrt ten but wildness at
times aided Boone in scoring. J.
Dennis was the other battery man
for WSkeoboro. J. Bingham and
were the Boone pitcher
and catcher. Bingham gave up
tax bite but had good control.
Aiiomaa snd Bteelman led
atuck. wtth three
J. Floyd Jordan. Wilkesboro
attorney, was elected president of
the Wilkes Bar as.sociation in the
annual organization meeting held
last week. F. J. McDnUie. Wil
kesboro, Wilkesboro attorney,
was elected secretary.
They succeed A. H. Casey and
Kyle Hayes, retiring president
and secretrry.
While In meeting the* bar ar
ranged a calendar of civil cases
for the two-weeks term of court
to begin on April 28. Judge F.
Donald ■ Phillips, of Rockingham,
now presiding over courts of the
17th judicial district, will pre
side.
Dr. Kincheloe WiU Deliver
Commencement Address
On Friday Night
W. V. Nix, principal of Trap
hill high school, has rnnonneed
the programs foT the high school
commencement.
The baccalaureate sermon was
delivered by Rev. A. B. Hayes,
pastor of Mountain View church,
in a service at Traphill school
Sunday night.
The gr.-’duation exercises will
be held at the school on Friday
night, April 25. eight o'clock,
when diplomas will he presented
and the commencement address
will he delivered by Dr, John W.
Kincheloe, Jr., pastor of the
First Baptist church of North
Wilkes-boro. C. B. Eller, county
superintendent of schools, will
Miss Grace Kilby Is sending,
ittril North WUksrtoro.—
niiistrste the irive tomniM jdamptelie armament
LeH: Owrte thf strals|^ aitr*
eowM 8ef«Me got. «,is-,h^ ^
'tm Wtolfif • fhBN *• » #nMv
[ by ibe' 17*
lliU
and diplomas will be presented by
the principal. Twenty-three sen
iors compose the gn-duating
class.
The list of seniors, together
with parents’ names, follows:
Burr Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs.
Hilary Hutchison; Glenn Hutchi
son, Mr. and Mrs. W. R
son; Paul Blackburn. Mr. and
Mrs. McKinley Blackburn; Roby
Spicer, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Spicer:
Silas Newman, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Newmen; Wallace Billings.
Mr. and Mrs. Uo>d Billings:
Ward Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Reec^
Carter: Hardin Royall. Mr. and
iMrs. J. A. Royall;-Austin Hayes.
I Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hayes; Disa
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
Reynolds; Ersie BUckburn. Mr
and Mrs. Lee Blackburn: Lois
Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Car.
ter; Mae Alexander, Mr. and Mrs
J. H. Alexander; Mattie Jane
Warren, Mr. end Mrs. H. Y
■Warren; Maude Johnson. Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Johnson: Melba Bil
lings. Mr. and Mrs. Hillary Bil
lings; Metta Joines. Mr. and Mrs.
Dexn Jolnert Okie Lee Billings,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Billings; Ora-
▼elle Sparks, Mr. end Mrs. Wil
liam 'Sparks: Rosa Cleary, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Cleary: Roxie
Mgyherry, Mr. and Mrs. J- W.
Mayberry: Velda Warren. Mr. and
Mra;; H. H. Warren: Lillie Billie
BUgN^s. Mr. and Mrs. 'Hillary
BllUBgB.
The Governor said that he
would recommend to the newly-
appointed highway commission
the promotion of Oscar Pittas
present prison superintendent, to
the post of director of prisons.
Baxter C. Jones of Bryson Ctty
elsctions to fill the vacancy cre
ated by Prince’s appointment •»
highway chairman.
Members of CominLs.sion
Members of the highway com
mission follow;
First division—Carroll Wilson
of Roanoke Rapids.
Second division—Edward C.
Flanagan of Greenville.
Third division—Dr. Guy Ver
non Gooding of Kenansville.
Fourth division — T. Boodin
W’ard of Wilson, incumbent.
Fifth division — George W.
Saite of Roxboro.
Sixth division—D. B. McCrair
of Asheboro, incumbent and act
ing commissioner.
Seventh division—^Thomas R.
Wolfe, of Albemarle, incumbent.
ulfe hf Ldbolr.
Gulre is a native of Guilford
county but has lived in Lenoir
for many years. He is a manufac
turer of furniture and has served
as postmaster and as mayor oC
Lenoir, and is chairman of the
board of Appalachian State
Teachers College.
Guire will succeed J. Gordon
Hackett, of North Wilkesboro.
Ninth division—T. Max Watson
of Forest City, incumbent.
Tenth division—Percy B. Fere-
bee of Andrews.
Here are somfe facts about the
new highway commissioners:
Wilson is a native of Kentucky,
but came to North Carolina -when
a child. He served in the U. S.
.4rmy during the World W’ar and
gradiK'ted from Yale Univensity
in 1919. He is now an editor and
publisher at Roanoke Rapids.
Flanagan has lived in Pitt
county all his life. He is a presi
dent of a Gjreenville hank and i»
president of several other Pitt
bu.siness concerns. He is a mem
ber of the advisory commission
of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and has represented
his county several times in both
houses of the General Assembly.
Dr. Gooding is a physician at
■rm!
present the speaker and awards Kenansville. A native of I.«noir
(Continued on page eight)
3 Baseball Games
For Lions This Week
Mountain Lions hasebrll team
of North Wilkesboro will play
Hutchl- three games this week: A Chinn
Grove today; Maiden here Tues
day. 3:30; China Grove here Fri
day, 3:30.
The game scheduled here last
Thur.-day afternoon with Millers
Creek was rained out.
kf. Whltw Myers, -who hol^ *,-.-
at Draper, Viu, apent the'j»ta|i^^ ^
wtth Alfi ffiOiUy here
Comforters Will
Be Made In WOkes
Comforter Making Scho*'i! To
Be Held Thursday At
Mulberry Center
;ir
Mattress centers and NYA
workers in mattress centers will
meet at the Mulberry mattress
center north of this city on Thurs
day, April 34, for an all-day com
forter sehnsl^ • • Sa
The project plans to make com
forters and the workers will ba
drilled in comforter constrnotkMV.
The school will open at'nine a.
m. and continue throughout th* ^
day. I' >„ ' ^
Miss Pauline OOrdoaT hoiaa laay;^
provement apeeialtat bf the extaotijj
sion Borrlee, Miil^ .by
ei)Dd«oMiMk-«no(ilg