■t'f.-jj. -li
-
-0." S. AirplAiiM ;
Score Heavily
tacking in ware after ware, and
oaing new sn-per-bombe, started
hnce tires in the southwest Ger
man industrial center of Mann
heim Tuesday night, the eir min
istry announced, and also heavily
attacked Nazi airdromes and
shipping off North Sea coasts.
Oil More* Rotterdam . also
were bombed, the air ministry
said, admitting that from these
night operations one British plane
failed to return.
It was the 36th raid of the war
on Mannheim, whose docks are
the third largest of Interior Ger
many, but the first since Febru
ary 8. Large railway stations and
storage yards- adjoining the
docks and industrial installations
are eztensive.
To Fort Bragg
Ten Men Will Go From Each
Board Oil That Date; Two
Colored Going May 5
Wilkes draft boards have re
ceived crlls for'.White and colored
men in tae month of May.
Wilkes draft board number one j
will furnish two colored men to |
go to Fort Bragg on May 5. On i
May 16 that board will send ten
white men to Fort Bragg. Thrt
number will Include five white
men rejected for technical rea
sons at Fort Jackson recently.
Wilkes draft borrd number two
does not have a call tor colored
' men but will send ten white men
to Fort Bragg on May 16.
Wants Two Million
Tons To Aid British
Washington.—President Roose
velt last night ordered the Imme- i
diate pooling of 2.000.000 tons of , «
merchant shipping to expedite na- £jV0r6ll T03.15011
tional defense and aid Great
Britain in winning the battle of
the Atlantic.
The order was transmitted in
a letter to Chairman Emory S.
Land of the maritime commission.
The President said the drastic
step was necessitated 'by growing
congestion of viUl war materials ,
on the docks. '
He called tor sacrifice and co-1
operation by ship owners, empha-1
sizing that “we must supply those ,
ships at once."
.A. II. (Lon) Folger, of
Mount -Airy, fifth district con-
Igressional representative, died
ill Mount .-liry b'.st- niglit from
auto accident injuries he r“-
ce'ved yeterday in Mount Airy.
Buys 1st D0f0us0 .*.-.1 ,'ic'Ill .Tivuiii riir^.
Bond Here Today | “Lon^Fo^ Die
^ n 1 & _ -1 CA.^ ^ A W m
ptsr uk &vr ya,i tick-
patlon .J^^e 'soll program this
year, lo'a statistical re-,
port TecWlred front the state of
fice' by Lawrence Miller, Wilkes
Triple A aecretary,-
Wllkee this ye.-r had 4,24 8 to
sign upi which is a record high
nnraber;.lter the county-and about
250 ov« the number tor last
year. '
The flw counties which exceed
ed Will^ai ibis yoar were: Samp
son, 5.4.}h: GOtumbus, $5,139;
Union, 4^804; Robinson. $4,679;
Wake. 4,604. Dare county had
the least number of signers in the
state with only 52.
Defense Bonds And Stamps
Went On Sale Today At
Postoffices In Nation
British Claim
More ©f B. E. F.
To Everett Pearson, local
I wholesale merchant, goes the
] honor of purchasing the first de-
I fen.=e bond at North W'ilkeslioro
postoffice.
I JThe bonds, in denominations of
$25 to $1,000. went on sale here
today and at other postoffices
cent—or throughout t h e country. Mr.
Pear.son bought one of the $25
' bonds at nine a. ni. today. Post
master .T. C. Heins sc id.
j .Mr. Reins also explained that
,1. . tho ■ postal savings stamps from ten
indications thct f cents each to five dollars also
is continuing despite ,
From Auto Injury
Clements Is Elected
President Student
Body School Here
, . itf. t -.k
Smoulderiiig ruins pf the home of Maggie Wyatt
-near Daylo 18 miles'of North Wilkesboro, where
Saturday at noon her three children were burned
to death. Charlie Wyatt, brother of the mother
and uncle of the fire victims, is shown pointing to
where two of the bodies were found. Below is a
picture of Maggie Wyatt, who said she tied twa
of the children and put the ba'by in a box before
leaving the house to go to the store and postoffice
two miles away. (Photos by Dwight Nichola).
Congressman Hurt On Mt.
Airy Streets When Car
Strikes A Tree
Escaped Nazis
per
London.—Eighty . „ ,
about 48,000 men —of the Brit- I
ish expeditionary force sent to
Greece has been safely removed
from the German-conquered king
dom. it was announced early to
day amid
evacuation
Mount .^iry.—.\. D. (Lon) Fol-
ger. member of Congress from the
fifth North Carolina district, died
in a hospital here about 11:30 i matter iiy ucav
o’clock last night of injuries .-tif-1 president of the Hi-Y club
^ pre-election pep meeting was
Joe Clements was elected pres
ident of the North Wllke^iboro
high school student body by the
very slim margin of one vote in
the election held Tuesday.
The school paper described the
race as the most spirited and
closest ever held at the school.
Grant Stewart, the loser, auto
matic; lly becomes next year’s
Maggie Wyatt Held For Court Under
Bond of On Charge Manslaughter
After Hearing Held Tuesday Morning
—•
held On Monday afternoon and
eloquent speeches were made for
Folger was leaving town ^oth candidates.
went on sale '.oday and that m; ny
German attacks. n i loc:.l people, inclnding children.
Prime Minister Winston expected to take advantage of
to b«y_ bonds by
Commons yesterday that inatalmeuts. The atamps may be
rear-guerd tikbting against the
Germans by a few ®
imperials enabled io.OOO of
ish
the original 60.000 in the B. E.
K. to escape from Greece by sea.
instalments. The atamps may be
e.xchanged tor t>onds when a sut
ficioiii amount lias been aociumi
lated.
Dr. Kinchfloe, Sr„
Turkey Is Critical,
Board to Send Out
But Loyal to Britain Questioiuiaires
Ltanbul.-•'Belayed I.— Mhile X.
scolding Britain for its failure to
snpplv Greece with adeqiute as
sistance. the Turkish press ston -
iv affirmed Ibis nation’s friend
ship with the allies yesterday and
said that any German threat o
Turkey^ ind^reudenct* would
mean war
Directions Are Sent to Local
Draft Officials On Orders
From Washington
with
tluential
entitled
Raleigh. April 29.—State selec
tive service headquarters today
to
send questionnaires
not
, -.iliince boards
We ere loyal to otii_ allia _ miestionnaires immediately
to
England. ® , to all registrants who have
Aksam in heeii classified.
Will Turkey Be Forced 100.000 ^
Enter the Mar.’’ ^ i Carolinians have already been
North
i nll'fkflHV’
Nothing will change this
''‘"'laiional! who have not received question
those
fered in an automobile accident
on a Mount Airy street yesterday
mornin.g.
Mr.
to deliver\a high school com
mencement address in Person
county when his automobile graz
ed another car. tlien crossed the
street and struck a tree.. No,
charges were., iifpiight, again.?
Meggs Witlafd;
pcnter.'who wfs driving rfe other
car.
Mr. Folger suffered head and
chest injuries, a lirnken ankle and
several broken ribs. , , _ . ,
Lung Puiictu.'e Mi..s Futal Dr. J- W. Kincheloe. Sr., pastor
Dr. M. S. Martin, the attending >f the First Baptist chme
physician, said i> punctured lung ; Rocky Mount, N, C., as r.cce ^
and a chronic asthma condition an invitation to pieac in a s
caused the death of the congress- of ^''‘‘“eelistic services at t
i First Baptist church. North Wil-
Fred Folger. a nephew. ,=aid kesboro from Monday June 1C
Mr Folger was suffering from through Wednesday. June 2. .
asthma when he ; rrived at nis; The visiting minister has been
home here from Washington pastor at Rocky Mount
Tuesday night. The nephew ex-, past twenty-five ^
Johnston, Taylor Solicitor Contends Tieing Of
Are Volunteers In j Children Was Violation
Army Air Corps of Uw. Csiused Death
Father Of Baptht Partor To
Conduct Series Evange
listic Services Here
luesnay Illglll. I lu: ncpucw ca- ,
pressed the belief that an attacking that time has conducted man
might have been a contributing! series of revival and evangelistic
cause of the accident. A spray I services at churches througho
used for asthma was found in the ! North Carolina. His visit to the
automobile. First Baptist church ^
EARI.IEK REPORT Wilkesboro in June is anticippt-
Mount Airv, April :50.—Fifth ed with interest by many. While
District Congressman A. D. (Lon) in North Wilkesboro he will be
“ Folger was injured in a„ automo-, the guest of his son who has been
■ bile accident on South Main I pastor here since February 16.
street here this morning and is in
Martin Memorial Ha-pital in a
„r inrieoendcnce will 1 in class "one' " | critical condition. Congressman
coucerning o.ir P _ 1 awaiting physical exam suffered a fractured jaw.
force Turkey 'nio (nations. There will'be no change ^ broken left leg.
I in the rule of requiring 'and is suffering from lacerations
I examinations within Ie.s.s than 60 ; _ . . .
Two of North Wilkesboro's
best known young men left Wed
nesday to enroll in the U. S. air
corps as flying cadets.
They were Richard Johnston
and Robert Trylor.
Mr. JohusUm', ,a son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Johnston, Is a gradu
ate of the IJnlver.rity of North
Carolina and for the past few
years had held an executive posi
tion with American Furnitiirf
comp; ny. He went to Camden, S.
C., for a course in Southern
School of -Aviation before he will
be assigned to one of the army’s
air fields.
Mr. Taylor has been teacher of
math and science in North Wil
kesboro high school for the past
four years. Prior to leaching heir
he taught in Cherry-vdle high
school. His home L ft Laurel
Springs. Hft will also train a
Camden. S. C.
T. J. Haigwood. Jr., of this
rity, who has taught at Sparta tor
two years, succeeds Mr. Taylor
as teacher here for the rem; ining
month of the school terra.
suh is beat for the
good. We are ready i nd believe
ir our strength. Any demand
naires.
Officials explained that
in class “one’' will be placed in '
Next Move Awaited
As Germans Feint
Iiondon.—A grand-scale
days of induction time.
Ger-1 The directions went to the lo-
Ihe 1 cal boards on orders from nation-
“" caSf
Palestine is likely within 10
informed military ciicles
last night.
Mindful of Adolf Hitler s boa.U
that his conquest of the
days,
said
j Negro Gets 24 Months
I of the head and from shock.
I His condition is complicated by
'an asthmatic attack, hospital at-
jtendants said.
I The accident occurred about
8:30 o'clock. Congressnirn Folger
was' driving down South Main
Federation Home
I Clubs h Meeting
Officer Marine
Corps Is Coming
Temporary Recruiting Office
Will Be Located Here
Through Next Week
Maggie W'yatt. 26-year-old un
married mother of the Drylo com
munity in the foothills of the
Blue Ridge 18 miles northwest
of North Wilkesboro, was order-_
ed held under $590 bond follow,
ing a hearing Tuesday morning
before Magistrate R. C.' JSteftBjSf \
in Wilkesboro on charges of
causing the death of her three
children when her home burned
Saturday noon.
State Solicitor Avalon E. H.Tl.
prosecutor in the hearing, called
only three witnesses to the chair
and rasted the case. T. R. Bry-1
an, Wilkesboro attorney, was au
pointed by the court to represent ,
the defendant and at the close I
of the evidence nirde a motion lei
dismiss the action, which wa.s.
overruled. '• |
Charlie Wyatt, middled aged \
brother of the defendant, was the,
first witness. His account of the |
tragedy was pathetic. He said
that he was workin,g lie r hi.--
home about 400 yards from the
home of his sster when he heard
children screaming in the d st-^
ance. He looked up and saw |
■-moke in the direction of
gie Wyatt’s home
M.iGGIE WYATT
Cowks Is D09utyj
Ckrk U. S. Court!
Succeeds L. Bumgarner, Who
Resigned Because Of III
Health, At Wilkesboro
ranean would be complete by Au-
gu"rsome observers believed the
ttuek already
might be under
way
Miss Anamerle Arant Speaks
^Ten Clubs Lay Plans I Representatives of the -T'. S.
nisirict Meetin'/ Marine Corps Recruiting Service
^ ^ j will establish a temporary office
spring Fedel^tion meeting of at the City Hall buildi^ in
For Larceny At ,gagement at prospect Hill, j ^ j* wilkesboro. j purpose of nterviewing and'exam
the accident occurred.
His car grazed, one driven by I Ten of
J, T. Little.
These sources said a ""'•‘he';" j’•ecriyimt
20-year-oId ^ grazed, one driven by | Ten of the 12 clubs in ^ne
negro, was sentenced in city court I williard and then crossed I county were represented. The
this week to 24 months on the ^pp.^ently out of con- Principal address was by MUs
Charge of larceny and ^ | Anamerle Arant. district ho _
roads on a
flange of the thrust probably
would be across the Black vSea
German-controlled Ruman-
bases to Balum, in the So
viet.^ Georgia Simultaneously, a
southern assault would be launch-
ed from eastern Mediterranean is
lands at Syria, only 500 miles
from Rhodes, an Italian base.
Little, whom Police Chief J-
ining young men for entrance in
the United Strtes Marine Corps.
Only volunteers serke in the
Marine Corps. You mry now vol
unteer your servees wth the Ma
from
ian
Viet
mn defi-, demonstration ageni - ^ duration of the
nitely established, it is believed I the part ' isj=H«n»I Emergency. When this
- - - , . that the. congressman suffered National Defense program.
ci-iniinal record and had been ott
E. Walker .-’aid h; d a lengthy j
in :'een on . . .
, .L’.« after an attack of asthma, caa-ing him
the roads onlv -a ® rarceny, jto lose control of his car momen-
R. & o! tarily.
of
2 Marriage License
Only two license to wed were
iBSued during ‘he past week by
Wilkes Register of Deeds C. L-
Sldden. The contracting couples
were: McConnelly Pilkington and
Stella Mae Wyatt, both of ^Ml-
E G..,w Gvlfiln.
■Wilkesboro. and Myrtle Bowe ,
of Wilkesboro.
serving a ■ p!',-c-’ce
admitted breaking into
Grocevv stove on the corner
Sixth and B streets.
Police said Little took 400
pennies, one dime and a few car
tons of cigarettes.
iWilkes Superior
Court In Progress
Legion Will Meet;
Dance Announced
Over April Term For
Trial Civa Cases
Wilkes post of the American .
Legion will meet Friday night. | wilkes county superior court
7-30 8t the Legion and Auxiliary j i^ progress this week with
clubhouse. Idudge F. Don Id Phillips, of
After ti e meeting a square ' Rockingham, p-esidlng.
and round dance will begin at | Among the cases disposed of
The meeting opened wth Sing
ing “God Bless America,’’ and
praver led by Mrs. J. B. Bell, of
Honda. Mrs. J. M. Bentley, sec
retary. called the roll of clubs
and submitted report of the tieas-
Uiry. In the business session five,
dollrrs were contributed to the
Jane S. MacKlmmon fund, which
, lis used to loan as a scholarship
'Judge Phillips Is Presiding yearly to ‘^1“
* girl An offering was taken tor
the'“Aid To Britain” cause.
r Wallace Very HI nine o’clock, script will be 50 were two divorce actions on
cent* per couple and the public is : grounds of two years separation.
.mi rr«U ..V ^ *>A
Plana were discussed for the dls-
National Emergency. 'When this
emergency no longer exists you
'may reutrn to civil life. 'Why watt
to be drafted when you can vol
unteer for this colorful and in
teresting branch of the service?
Your opportunity for advance
ment and promotion in the Ma
rine Corps is unlimited. Hundreds
of young men are trained in vo
cational schools of the Marine
Corps yearly to fit its needs. This
is addition to correspondence
courses on any subject derived
are offered free of charge to the
irict federation meeting to be,personnel of the C^ps^ ThU is
„ o.k H.n .chooi I. cid. »yr'?.““r “,.S;
well cwmty May 29
“Stories of Work Well Done
were Included in short reports
Irom the following clubs repre-
your education, travel extensively
and serve your country with Hb-
errl paX- ,
Applicants to be eligible must
J C. Wallace is crlticr41y ill at
hia home in this city. Mr. Wal-
lace, a lormer register of deeds
of Wilkes county for several
years, had been an active magis
trate in this city until hia health
tailed a few moatha ago.
invited to attend.
They were Theodore Fairchilds
[Versus Mildred Fairchilds, and
— jvcniiu© mjiuicu a «**%^«**i*ac,, ——
One acre of pearl millet plant-; Arowood versus Cecil Arc
ed now will graze two cows from wood. « -
July to frost and half an acre of j in a civil action J. M. Blackr,
Sudan grass will do half as mneb iburn waa, awarded verdict
—^If the soil is rich.'-'" j against'Hfs. W.fj: Benib'iL''’’W''
r
eented: Boomer, Ferguson,
reath. Moravian Fails. Mt.
Gil- lie'unmarried, without depend-
Pls-
gah, Mulbeiry, Pores Knob, Hon
da, Roaring River and Roaring
Gap.
^ ^ will furnish you with
T1i« largeBt open graulto qaik ,
burning building, found its roof
caving in. He looked around the
house for trreks to, see it the
children might have escaped but
found none, fie said he almo.-t
knew the children were Inside
and were burned to death. He
said he threw water futilely on
fhe flaming structure and when
the fire died down he found
charred remnants of the bodies of
his sister’s children, Jimmie 4.
Claude 3. and Clara M?e 2. The
witness showed considerable emo
tion as be told of the tragedy and
at times his voice broke with
stiffled sobs.
Coroner I. -M- Myers told of go
ing to the fire Saturday aflern^ion
and of his conversation with the
mother, who told him Ih t she
tied the two oldest to the wall
•with a stout cord and placed the
iiaby in a box before she went
that morning to the postoftic:
and store two miles away. She
said she had been doing tha'
when going awry in order that
the children would not get out
and get hurt. She told him she
left a few smouldering coaL ir
the fireplace Saturday morning.
Mrs. Mattie Ross, a neighbor
testified th&t on one' occasion
previous to the date of the trag
edy Maggie Wyrtt bad told her
that she left the children alone
and untied and that they rolled
fire out of the fireplace and the
floor caught fire, but she put it
out.
’The defendnat mother was
calm' througbout the
(riiarles H. Cnwlns. of Wilkes-
lioi’o. ban a-'suniod his duties as
dp’inty federal coi-il clerk of the
Wilkeshoi'o circuit. Henry Rey
nolds. clerk of the middle district
court, said tod. y.
.Mr. Cowles, a former represen-
Mag-ltative in congre-.-. succeeds L.
He ran to the . Bumgarner. Wilkesboro citizen]
who resigned liis posit inn in Feb-1
ruary becjuise of ill liealth. Mr.I
Bumgarner had been deputy clerk|
for several years.
The position of federal deputyl
court clerk at Wilkesilioro is al
full time job.
Jim Somers Able
To Be Out Againl
ents, white, single. 18 to 29 years
of age. of good moral character.
The irecrultlng officer at the City
Hall Building In North Wilkee-
■ full
-'ft.
, !»'th»-,»orid arjt-locatq*.
fil&.-JSfillOMsIUk j-Ji-ysti.®"''
the latriDu,
iSv;,
Jim Somers, well known yo'-ugj
l)U8ine.-s man here. _is able to ’-el
out again after being confined tel
the hospital ; nd his home sincel
February 13. On that date Mr.l
Somers, who is a menvber of thel
Yadkin Valley Motor companyj
firm here, received a spinal frac-l
ture in an automobile accident onl
highwry 115. His car wrecked afll
be was trying to dodge a lioy whoj
was riding a bicycle.
W. R. Call, 95^
Is Taken By Deal
W. R. Call, one of the oldest!
citizens in this part of the state^
died Wedne-day evening at hll
home in Antioch township. H«
was 95 years of age.
Funeral service will be held
Antioch church Fridry afternoo*
two o’clock.
Surviving are his widow. Mr
Delphia Call, and the followin$
sons and daughters: Olin Cxh
Hugh M. Call,
jNaihan Call. Hugh M.
hearing, jjorth Wilkesboro; A. D.
which lasted less than half an Winston-Salcm; Slater Crll, M
hour. She sat with her head rest- Ben Call, Mrs. Berlle Curry, M
ing on one_ hand
■Bollcltor'Hall in a brief argu
ment against the defendant’# mo
tlen to dismiss the charges cited
a statute which makes it a mis
demeanor'to confine or tie chtt".
- onipj^n flw)
'Ujvrti'- . '• jr, ——-I
Lonnie Oakley. Mrs. Bdga:
brooks, all of North WllkesbM
and Mrs. Jim Clark, of West
glnla. ^
—■k -... - v4i,m. to. -
Ask state CMlW^how
hlnaberries at h^e,