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.London Press Says
_ U. S. Is Virtually
^ AtWarWitk Axis
•> Ij^ji^oa.—MorntaK newspapers
proclahned today th&t after Pras-
:td«at Rooaerelt’s apnach the Unit
ed States is Tirtually at war with
the axis powers and predicted
that *‘it is guns that will speak
auct.”
>Ranner headlines over page one
tdj^atches from 'Washington said
*fW.9 a^^ in. says America’’ and
S. declares country already at
^ jy The speech was widely regrrd-
|t‘i' od as a pledge the United States
•, will use armed force if necessary
to check further German expan-
at(Hi anywhere in the north or
aouth Atlantic.
“America is at war with Ger
many without yet being in ‘a
state of war’,’’ the Dsily Mail
said. “President Roosevelt in his
great speech could .scarcely put
the matter more plainly outside
of a formal declaration.”
VOL. XX'XI^, >to. 19
German Blitz Warfare—on Two Fronts
Nazis Claim British
Seek Ways To Flee
Berlin.—British forces are try
ing desperately to evacuate Crete
after losing Canea, the capital,
to German mountain troops, au
thoritative quarters said last
night, and It was predicted the
entire strategic Mediterranean Is
land would be in German hands oi me nuge ucu.i.u
i El Brega, after rnshing the British back into Egypt
within a few da>s.
Fighting in fierce heat, the
Man k bugged,
Robbed Of $1,900
Johnnie Booher Is Kno^cked
Out At Phil Yates’ Ser>
vice Station At Purlear
Robbers assaulted the lone em
ploye at Phillip Yates’ service str.
tion and cabins place near Pur
lear some time Wednesday night
and stole an undisclosed S".m of
money reported to be as high as
$l,S0n
Today the affair was shrouded
in mystery, due mainly *o the
fret that Johnnie Booher. who
was at the station and who was
.slugged on the head, presumably
by the robbers, had not regained
consciousness.
Booher. age about 23, was
I found in the station at out two a.
'm. todi y. He was unconscious and
was carried to the 'Wilkes hos-
' pital, where his condition today
remained critical. There were
I wounds where he had been slugg
ed on the head, presumally by
mm
« W
’ These pictures show, German blitzkrieg machines at rest after vic
tories I9 Greece and North Africa. At top, Stuka dive-bombing planes weapon of sufficient weight
being serviced at a Greek airport with gas, ol’. and bombs. Below: Some ' concussion,
of the huge German tanks are shown in the North African desert at gj,e^jff q T. Doughton and
I deputies visited the scene of the
Nazi invaders were reported by
the high commsnd to have
“broken” Briti-h resistance, cap
tured Canea and to be pursuing
the defenders south of Suda Bay.
The high command said the
British were trying to remove
their troops by l>oat on Suda
but that swarms of Nazi dive-
bombers were harassing the re-
PurpleRhododendron ReachEndLoBg
Flame Azalea Bloom _ . ^
Docket Cases In
Purple rhododendron rnd flame
azalea are now at the height of
their beauty in Bluff Park and
at other points on the Blue Ridge
along the Parkway.
In order that park visitors may
movEl attempt. ! have more access to beauty of the
Authorized sources said that j niouiitains park service officials
until all of Crete had been occu- j plan to open the road constructed
pled—now confidently considered | through the park from the foot
only a matter of a short time—| of the Blue Ridge near Spring-
the hieh command would con-j field to the Parkway soon.
Uuue lU policy of revealing no | ^^
, r.rH.“r 'A““Ajuiual Memorial
[-1 "WSlgt-thw-British. hWOD»H V'S
those released by the high com
mand and the official DNB news
agency were not available.
i If — - -T -V
I Service On Friday
Will Be Held At 6:45 P. M.
I At Memorial Marker On.
D and Ninth Streets
Annual Memorial Service to
honor the dead of all wars in
which America has participated
■will he held on Friday evening,
May 30.
The brief service will lie held
at B:45 o’clock at the uMemorial
French North Africa, coupled Marker on the corner of D street
with fighting between British and icnd Memorial avenue.
French Plane., over Syria air- I During the .service placemen
dromes at the other end of the I of wreaths on the marker will
Mediterranean brought a danger- be in honor of those who gave
ous worsening of relations be- their all in te Amoncan Revolu-
the former allies. (tion.. War letween the States.
It was disclosed here ; linost Spanish-Amt(ican War and t.m
simultaneously that axis powers World War
French Ship, Two
Italian Vessels Hit
Vichy, Unoccupied Frence.- —
BrRish warplane.s pursuing a
Libya-bound Italian convoy at
tacked the Important French
Tunisian port of Sfa.x yesterday,
setting 1 French steamer afire
and hitting two Italii n vessels.
This outburst of air war in
coupled
had relaxed the armistice to per
mit France to rebuild a continent
Dr. John W.> Kincheloe. Jr.,
pastor of the First Baptist
al air force
French Empire.”
Almost all members
for defense of the church, will deliver
niorial rddre.ss
The public has a cordial invi-
»v. ..ten. and ^
State Petain were in Paris last
night for collrboration negoti
ations with the Germans.
Official information said the
atuck on Sfax. which caused an
unstated numter of French and
, native casualties, began with
British bombing of an
merchantman which was hit and
took refuge in the Kerkennah Is-
lands, off the Tunisian shore.
Jordan Is Clerk
Wilkesboro Town
Former Mayor Succeed. J-
R. Hendermn A. Clerk
and Tax Collector
J F Jordan, former mayor of
Wilkesboro. has assumed his du-
tie. as Wilkeaboro town clerk and
tax collector. In that position he
succeeds J. R- Henderson, clerk
for the past .several years.
* Jordan was elected clerk by the
of commissioners on May
19tlr The town council Is com-
ooeed of H. A. Cranor, mryor. tV
rtmUhey. S. T. Colvard and
James Lowe. Dr. G. T. Mitchell,
who was also elected in the elec
tion May 6 to the board, declined
to serve and the vacancy has not
),««B fiHed.
Memorial Service
At Union Church
^anish-Amer-can War veter-
rand Veterans of Foreign Wars
eondcct a memoriaJ service
'wt Union MethodUt church near
®Crtoket Ponday morale. 11^ “
t-TM fc** ^ cordial InrlU-
1 tloa toattoxd.
vice men and members of their
or.ganizations and Auxiliaries are
especially urged to be pre-sent.
To Close Bluff Park
Streams To Fishing
R. M. King, warden on the
B lie Ridge Parkway and park
areas, wid today that all streams
in Bluff Park will be closed to
fishing after May 31.
This necessary, he said, in
order to cnoserve the supply of
trout and because the extended
drought has greatly reduced the
water flow in the streams.
The park service is endeavor
ing to keep Basin creek in the
park well stocked with trout.
4 Types Skilled
Workers Wanted
The Employment Service office
here has received rush calls for
four types of skilled workmen.
Milling machine operators, en
gine lathe operators, machinl-ts
and shaper operators are wanted
immediately on defense projects.
Experienced men who can work
on close tolerrncj and who can
read blueprints sre desired but
consideration will be . given to ap
plicants with defense class train
ing.
All who are Interested in the
Jobs must register at the employ
ment office here Friday because
Saturday will be too late.
Banks To Be Closed
Friday,MemorialDay
Both banks will be closed here
on Friday, May 30. observed as
Memorial Day and Is a national
holiday.
'These ten youpg men of the Wilkes draft board number two area
boarded the bus ’Tuesday for. Fort Bragg to h* inducted into the ar-
,my. Pictured here they are, left to right, front,row: Raymond Raf-
ford Pierce, James Homer Zeigler, Ivan W. Luffman, Ira DeWitt
Blackburn, Everett Carson Holbrook; back row, standing: Walter
Lee Jolly, Ira Calloway Billings, Henry Solomon Lyon, Jesse Major
Joines and John Vernon Sebastian.
holdup shortly after Booher wrs
found and there saw Indications
that a struggle had taken place.
There was blood at several places
on the floor and walls of the
building. The struggle apparently .
p I I lud extended outside of the door.
rCUCrSU vOUrii Au automatic which had been
I kept in the station was found ly-
I w u OF n;« ing there and appeared to have
Large Number Of Cases Dis- ^uer one shot
President Proclaims
Unlimited Emergency
I
posed Of During Term;
Many Sentenced
Federal court in
has completed work on a leng- ^ ness
thy docket of criminal cases.
The term began on Monday,
May 19, and scores of oesas' in
volving-violations of the ■ llquo'-'
tax laws were tried .before Judge
Johnson J. Hayes, of Wilkesboro.
who presided.
Cases tried this week follow:
.Allen Dotson, year and a day
in Atlanta. Ga.. prison.
Harrison Fred Hayes, Judmeiit
•suspended.
had been fired.
Officers have apparently reach
ed an imprsse In the investigation
Wilkesboro until Booher recovers consclous-
■if he does.
Commeiic
North Wilkesboro Seniors To
Render Program; 49
Will Graduate
Seniors of North Wilkesboro
school 'will carry out their
Mervin James Holloway, year "'S"
and a day in Petersburg, Va.,
prison, John Edward Holloway,
temporary probation.
Execution of sentence for The
odore Calloway Bauguss was su
spended until next term.
Herman Gordon Fostar. 15 j
months Petersburg, Va.
Gilbert Johnson. 15 months in
Petersburg. Va.
Lawrence Triplett, execution of
sentence .suapended and placed on
temporary probation.
Jack Church, year and a day
in Chillicotlie. Ohio, reformatory.
Ivon Ray Johnson and Travis
Triplett, 18 months in Peters,
burg, Va.; Theodore Marshal
Church, temiporaiy probation;
Lonnie Wolf, year and. a day su
spended and placed on temporary
probation.
Howard Ferguson, fine of $500
and placed on pro.bation three
years.
In addition to those above
named the following were placed
on temporary or term probation:
own commencement urogram on
Friday night. May ’'.0, beginning
at eight o’clock. «•
Boh McCoy, president of the
,,itiident body, will preside and
invocation will be by Katherine
Finley. A group song and pledge
of allegiance will be by the au
dience. Betty Haltacre will de
liver the salutatory address rnd
Henry Tendon, class president,
will present the class.
Certifio.ates of promotion to
high school will be awarded sev
enth grade graduates, after which
the class president will present
the theme of the program. Short
addresses will be delivere.d by
Sherwin Turner and Betty
Rhodes.
Presentation of awards and
high school diplomas to 49 grad
uates will conclude the program.
Marshals at the program will
be Maine Kilby. Grant Stewart.
Joyce Kilby, Joe Clement?. Mary
Moore Hix. Frrnces Rousseau.
Bill Halfacre, Tommy Kilby and
Bill Gabriel.
Baccalaureate sermon was de-
Un VI i-v.* t — J t U* nt
Ivan G: mbill until June 6, Com- livered on Sunday nlgnt at
mie Johnson. Clingman Johnson,
Minnie Johnson, Roger Clay
Combs, James Henry Harris.,
Presley Bynum, John E. Hollo
way, Charlie Walker. Charlie
Bauguess. Spencej Blackburn,
Robert Lucias Anderson, Charles
Guy Harris, Calvin Holloway.
Revival Begins
Here On Sunday
Rev. H. G. Allen To Assist
Pastor Of The Methodist
Church In Services
Rev. H. G. Allen, pastor of
Broad Stj-eet church in ' States
ville, will do the preaching dur
ing a series of revival services j butter plant here.
First Baptist church by Rev. R.
Paul Caudill, pastor of the Urst
Baptist church at Augusta, Ga.
The next’ program of the com
mencement w'ill he the high
school band concert on Thursday-
night.
Butter Plant Is
Being E^ablished
Presidential
Proclamation
Washington.—Following is the
text of a presidential proclama
tion of an unlimited national
emergency; i . j i, .
Whereas on September 8. 1939. j nationally and throughout
because of the outbreak of war world.
Wfshington, May 27.—T-resi
dent Roosevelt tonight proclaim
ed an unlimited national emer
gency and pledged full use of
United States armed might,
necessary,' tp crush Hitlerism.
He announced the proclama
tion—placing the nation on a war
tooting—during a 45-minute fire
side chat which was broadcast
the
in Europe a proclamation was Is-
lued declaring a limited national
«icyi “4ea*.
for the purpoee of strength-
Diplomats of the other 20
American republics. Vice Presi
dent and.MWi- Hatiry.. A. W.aH&ce.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, cabinet
Whereas a succession of events
makes plain that the objectives
of the axis belflgerents in such
war are not confined to those
avowed at its commencement, but
Include overthrow throughout the
world of existing democratic or
der, and a world-wide domiim-
tlon of peoples and economies
through the destruction of all re
sistance on land and s©a and in
the air. and
Whereas indifference on the
part of the United States to the
increasing menace would be peril
ous, and common prudence re
quires that for the securHy of this
hemisphere we should pass from
peacetime authorizations of mill-
trry strength to such a basis as
will enable us to cope instantly
and decisively with any attempt
at hostile encirclement of this
hemisphere, or the establishment
of any base for aggression a-
gainst it. as well as to reipel the
threat of predatory incursion by
foreign «■ gents Into our territory
and society.
Now, therefore, I, Franklin D
Roosevelt, president of the Unit
ed States of America, do proclaim
that an unlimited national emer-
gency confronts this country
which requires that Its military
naval, air and civilian defenses
te put on the Ix-als of readinesf
to repel any and all acts or
threats of aggression
-ward any part of the Vlestern
Hemisphere.
I call upon all the loyal citizens
engaged In production for defense
to give precedence to the needs
of the nation to the end that a
system of government that makes
private enterprise possible may
'“rlatl ®hr loyal workmen
ifs well as employers to merge
_ rtf At their leaser differences in the
Rosemary Creamery, Of At- insure the s
ening ou/Tatlonal defense with officers and other dlgniUrles
the llmiU of peacetime authori- were gathered about him in thf
, ,, historic east room of the Whiti
zetiona. ■
lanta, Ga., Erecting Plant
South Of The Railroad
Rosemary Creamery, of Atlan
ta, Ga., which has teen operrtlng
butter routes in North Carolina
for tour years, has established a
to begin on Sunday, June 1, at
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church.
He i? a former p-i stor of the
North Wilkesboro church and has
■many friends in North Wilkes
boro.
The pastor. Rev. A. L. Aycock,
will begin the series of services
Sunday and will be Joined by Rev.
Mr. Allen Monday.
Day services -will be held at
C. E. Jameson, the productloii
manager, who came to Noi||Ji
Wilkesboro several days ago.
stated in *n interview, that after
■geveral cities and loca
tions, they have decided to erect
plant ^e(»e in North Wilkesboro
on the oomer of Cherry and. 9th
Lrger effort to Insure the surviv-
S of the only Wpd government
which recognises the rig ts o
'^TcalTu^on loyal state and loca^
lerders and offlclaU to cooperate
lith the civilian defense agencies
rrthe united States to a?su^
our internal security
elgn directed subversion
nut every community in order fo
maximum productive effort
minimum of waate. and unneces
sary frictions.
1 call upon all loyal citisens to
plfce the nation’s needs first in
•mind and in action to the end
that we mat mobilise and have
ready tor instant defensive nse
House as he made his momen
tous declaration.
Win Deliver Aid Safely,
Bluntly reasserting the “free
dom of the seas” policy which
this country abandoned tempo
rarily under the neutrally act
the President stated emphatical
ly that fll-out aid will be deliver
ed safely to Great Britain and
other nations fighting on the sid*
of democracy.
Delivery of this aid. he said
■‘can lie done; it must be done;
it will be done.”
He left unanswered the ques.
tion whether convoy.- would be
used to safeguard war cargoes
He pointed out. however, that
the extended operations of the
neutrality patrols in the Atlantic
are helping to insure safe transit
of munitions.
Military and naval technicians,
he asserted, are working out new
and additional safeguards which
will be put into effect as need
8d.
Nalioiuil PoIic.v Defined
Clearly and unmistakably he
stated this country’s national
policy to he:
“First, we shall actively resist
whenever necessary, and with all
our resources, every attempt by
Hitler to extend his Nazi domina
tion to threaten it. We shell re
sist his every attempt to gain
(Continued on page eight i
Officers Elected
By Junior Order
T. H. Waller Heads North iWoodrow Wilson.
Wilkesboro Council
For Next Term
From
‘LCjdei4« StAdqr,.
Florence Ret^or Succiunfw) *
Two Improred;
Driver Is Jnfled
Florence Recter; 43,- cue f of-
four Valdese residents injured la
an auto accident ln Wilkesboro
Sunday afternoon, died Tuesday-
morning at the Wilkes hosplUl.
Miss Rector, who received
breaks of both legs and other se
vere Injuries, was never expected
to recover.
The other two who were badly
injured are improving. Virglo
Rector, who sustained a broken
leg. severe cuts and bruises, and
Ben Evans, whose chest was In.
Jured, are on the road to recov
ery. Evans returned yesterday to
his home in Valdese.
The fourth member of the par
ty, A. D. Kaylor, also of Valdese
and "Who drove the car on what
witnesses described as a “wild
ride,” was not badly injured and
b being held in Jail on charges
of driving drunk, reckless driv
ing and manslaughter.
The “death car” came from to
ward Lendlr and approached Yil-
kesboro at an excessive rate of
speed. It failed to negotiate the
curVe near Groce’s service station
and lammed into a telephone
pole. Next it stopped headon
when it hit a large tree on the
lawn at the C. H. Hulcher home.
The impact was so great that win
dow panes rattled in homes al
most a hundred yards- away.
Two ambulances carried the
.njured to the hospital.
Young Man Injured In Acci
dent On Oakwoods Road
May Not Recover
North Wilkesboro council of
Jr. O. U. A. M. in meeting Tues
day night elected officers for the
next half-year period.
T. H. Waller was named coun
cilor and the other newly named Condition of Woodrow Wilson
officers were as follows: J. M. Johnson, Oakwoods resident 'bad-
Eller, vice councilor; C. A. Can-.ly injured in an auto accident on
ter, recording secretary; G. T. the Oakwoods road Saturday, wa»
Bare, oseistant recording secre- reported today as very critical,
tcry; C. G. Day. financial secre- Johnson, a son of Noah John-
tary; treasurer. Northwestern son, sustained spinal fractnrea
Bank; Jones Bowles, conductor; and other injuries which may
A. G. Anderson, warden: Ben prove fatal.
Tharrlngton, Inside sentinel: Ray
Hendren, outside sentinel; R. B.
Church, Junior past councilor; B.
State highway patrolmen who
investigated the accident said
that Johnson was in Hugh Rob-
CUUia;Ui j umw» . — —
F. Bentley, Paul Butchens and C.'ertson’s car and it waa reported
O. McNiel, trustees; B. F. Bent-j that Robertson .was driving, al-
B cordial in-vitation to attend any
and all the servicea.
Marine Office
Here June 3-13
RecFuIring Officer WilHib4iiii
Stationed At City Hall
For Ten Days
Representatives of the U. S.
Marine Corps Recruiting Service
will establish a temporary office
at the City Hall in North Wilkesi-
boro, from the 3rd through the
13th of June, for the purpose of
interviewing and examining young
men for enlistment in the l.’nited
States Marine Corps.
Only volunteers serve in the
Marine Corns. Due to the existing
national emergency, the Marine
"orps is expanding rapidly, and
ill's reduced it.? minimum age re-
iiiirements to .seventeen years.
Vacancies al-o exist in the .Ma
rine Corps Reserve. Resen-ists are
enlisted for the duration of the
emergency only, and have the
same opportunitie.s for advance
ment as regular marines.
The Marine Corps trains hun
dreds of young men .ve: rly in its
vocational schools. This in addi
tion to correspondence coursea
on any desired subject are offer
ed free of charge to all men of
•.he Corps. .A young man enlisting
now has an excellent opportunity
to further his education, travel
extensively, and serv-e his country
with liberal pay.
Applicants to lie eligible must
■)e unmarried, without depen
dents, white. 17 to 29 yei rs of
-ige. and of good unoral character.
The recruiting officer at the City
Hall in North Wilkesboro will
furnish full particulars to anyone
interested. The Marine Corps al
so has recruiting stations in the
•■’ost Office building in Raleigh,
Charlotte. Winston-iSalem, and
Hickory.
Johnson Is Hurt
streets, Ibis city is the ideal ubc -vz ihwhc. —
location:’; Heretofore route men ready ^ ^ K.‘Pope, repreeenta-1 though he has not, been appre-
have Pleitod np farm butteR ojiMjaU of tM ^ ^ council; Paul bended. The car apparenUy was
uay services -win oe new at * weekt «nd in the future'. -ylUj^ moral gww nttlon. Hntchens and D. E. Elledge. al- traveling at a gnat rate of speed.
8:30 a. m. and evening service pick ttft-.;farm butter two and, material reaaon ^ ternate repreeentatlves to stete turned over on the eoad a > few
at eight o'clock. The public has three tMes a week. Their ppo-|; ^In the oonniell; H. U Mechem, chaplain; itimes and finally atpppsd en.ltk*
« I—— I.—tt—J —_ OroUna.ls to get nnto . miadmi.- aaalstant chaplain, lawn of a homo near the rda4>
i«a4 oa®«*o oliW)i;^ » •(Oontinaod-o^ JMI u.awsogw, «« ■ ^