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»U Say Strength
|azi Drive Dwindling
Caseow.—"The blitzkrieg Is a
^oat,*' Rnssian’s official press
biChsmeB declared early today
fhe Red army continued to
'ahat the German spearheads in
draiiced zones defending
r;£eningrad and Kiev,
a the l|azi invasion dragged
1 Ita S7ibi day. the Soviet in-
tioh * bureau reported no
en^iagements except in the
ak/ Nevel and Zhitomir
ora, names ■ grown famiiiar
Hi^rly two weeks of conflict
)§e same areas.
i,^et accounts described the
^gth of the German offensive
Refinitely dwindling and meet-
h with local counter-attacks
Edlng to stahilize the long line.
The press spokesman, S. A.
ovsky, vice-commissar of for-
affairs, said the battlefront
aVa gigantic, continuous \er-
t," referring to the celebrated
"> where the Germans were
pped on the Western Front
(Ting the World War.
f n addition to the land fight-
the Soviet information bu-
au credited the Red air force—
hlch the Germans long since
ilive claimed was knocked out—
, destroying 104 Nazi planes
o sinking two German torpedo
■oats, two tankers, a submarine
^ some patrol boats in the Bal-
all on Saturday.
•vjaturday night also was mark-
k-by air battles in the approach-
■^'to Moscow. The capital was
tier alarm for three hours and
'minutes but the Russians said
tht fighters and anti-aircraft
pt all but five to seven of the
nan bombers away from the
jl^zis Drive To 43
liles Of Leningrad
— Advance German
pzer” forces are reported last
kt. on the basis of official
rs agency accounts, to be with-
43 mile.s of Leningrad after
Ottering resistance of the Red
hy’s 41st division and isolating
units of Soviet troops,
terman motorized forces strik-
^ eastward from the Estonian
'er were said to have reached
yiclnity of Volosova or per-
■ ■■PJ ba.vond—along the a n
railroad running from Tallinn and
•fs'arva to Rus.sia’s second city.
German military officials with
held any confirmation, however.
Southward on the vital central
front Soviet resistance, which had
slowed down the German drive
on Moscow, was said to have been
crushed with the "complete anni
hilation’’ of two Russian divisions
around Mogilev, 90 miles south-
■west of Smolen^sk
r I Japs Prepare Quick
TPf Drive, Eye Siberia
And Thailand
Chingking. China.—Japan is
making feverish preparations for
an opportunistic move in either
of two directions, south into Thai,
land or northward into Russia’s
Siberia, operatives of the Chinese
Intelligence service reported yes
terday.
Close upon her moves to occu
py air and naval bases in French
Indo-China, Japan presented de
mands for Thailand to join the
j^Tapanese “new order’’ in East
f^sLa. said a statement by the na
tional military council which
made public the intelligence re
ports.
At the same time. The Japanese
were said to have drafted a quar
ter of a million men into service
between July 7 and 18. and
swelled the forces in Manchoukuo
and Korea to 17 full divisions.
These forces are in position to
be moved up to a new front in
Siberia should the Japanese de
cide the course of the German-
R^Bsian conflict wras favoraWe to
an incursion.
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VOL XXXIV, No. 36
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Aluminum Drive
Here Is Success;
Two Shows Given
Scouta Make Canvass of Two
Towns; ^hows At Thea
tres Get Good Results
Aluminum collection drive in
North Wilkesboro and Wllkesboro
was very successful and a large
quantity of the metal was donat-
de tor national defense.
The drive began on Thursday
afternoon with a house to house
canvass in North Wllkesboro and
Wilkesboro by the three Boy
Scout troops.
The Scouts worked faithfully
throughout both towns and col
lected a truck load, w'hich was
deposited at the city hall.
On Friday morning a show was
put On hy the Liberty Theatre
with the admission being a piece
of aluminum. Response was very
satisfactory and a capacity crowd,
all of whom donated aluminum
in varying quantities, saw the
show.
On Sunday afternoon Allen
Theatre gave an aluminum mat
inee with e.xcellent results. The
theatre was filled and more than
1,000 piecn^ of aluminum were
given. Don Snyder, of Millers
Creek, had the distinction of giv
ing the largest number of pieces,
his collection numbering 25 ar
ticles.
Roth theatre.s gave the shows,
without cost, including use of all
their facilities, and the shows
were responsible for collection of
a large amount of aluminum.
BARRAGE
BaUoon barrage crew of the 301st balloon barrage bat alion s4 Fort
Davis, N. C„ shown inflating s D-5 dUatable ty^ which holds
of helhim. It is made of synthetic rubber fabric, and can be tateted ta
less than a half hour. This is the first barrage balloon to be Inflated at
jFort Davis.
Eight Homicide
Cases on Docket
Scenic Funds Are
Approved By FDR
Allocation Of $188,632 To
Develop Additional Units
Okeyed By President
Allocation of $188^32 to develop
additional units of the Blue Ridge
Parkway has been approved by
President Roosevelt.
The funds will be used to carry
forward a number of parkway im
provements in 12 North Carolina
counties, including Ashe, Avery,
Alleghany, Wilkes, Surry, Watau
ga, Mitchell, McDowell, Burke,
Yancey, Buncombe and Caldwell.
Plans for the project, forwarded
to Washington by State WPA Di
rector C. C. McGinnis, call for the |
restoration, conservation and pro
tection, of natural resources along,
the parkway, including water, soil,
forest and wildlife. |
Sponsored by the national park
service, the project will cover ^
many activities, such as the de-,
velopment and improvements of
operating units for organized
camping, camps, picnic areas and
similar facilities: to provide park
structures, fences, telephone and
electrical facilities; beautify roads,
develop swimming facilities and
beaches; reduce fire hazards; the
planting of trees and general land
scaping work; perform mosquito
control, and undertake surveys for
future improvements.
Grand Officers
Visit. Chapter
Order Of Eastern Star Chap
ter Here Receives Offi
cers At Official Visit
Important Meeting
Merchants Tuesday
An Important meeting of all
North Wilkesboro merchants has
been called to be held on Tues
day night. 7:30, at the city hall.
Paul F. O’Brien, trade counse
lor for North Carolina, will ad
dress the group. All merchants
are urged to he present or send
representatives.
Legion Will Meet
On Friday Night
W’ilkes post of the American
Two First Degree
Murder Cases Are
On The Calendar
Solicitor Hall Says Murder
Cases Will Be Tried Dur
ing August Term
Eight homicide cases, including
at least two in which the death
penalty will be asked, have been
Legion will meet at the club-' calendared for f-ia during the
hoL on Friday night, eight o’- August term of Wilkes court it
clock All members are urged to was learned today from Solicitor
be present.
Play In Tennis
Tourney Begins
Annual Wilkes Teni^is Tour
nament Sponsored By
Lions Under Way
Avalon E.* Hail.
Excepting a few jail cases
some minor matters which can
he disposed of quickly, the cal- ,evei—r
endar for the August term con- y^^ced far more, he said,
tains only cases in which felonies - ■—
Whittii^ton Lad
Saves Playmate
Billie Whittington, 12-year-old
1 of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Whit-
gton. of Wilkasboro. is in line
• a Scout life saving medal and
L6r well deserved honors.
Billie saved the life of Thomas
Smith, 11-year-old s*on of T.
Smith, while swimming in the
dkin recently.
Billie and Thomas, with other
rs were swimming in Moravian
jek near the Yadkin when
omas was swept out into the
dkin and deep water by the
Tent. He went down twice and
heroic action Billie dived in
i rescued Thomas, taking him
safety on the north side of
river. .
BttUe is a member of the vvii-
g>oA) Boy Scout troop. Imme-
|aty after taking Thomas out
tiie water he used artificial res-
aUtm methods which he had
rned as a Scout.
Play in the Wilkes county ten
nis tournament sponsored by
North Wilkesboro Lions club
opened todey in the men’s singles
division.
The tournament, wiiicli is ex
pected to attract a record number
of players and much interest
from sport followers, will also
have men’s doubles, mixed dou
bles, women’s singles and junior
divisions with trophies for win
ners and runnersup in each.
The six seeded players in the
men’s singles in order are Dr.
Wm. L. Bundy, defending cham
pion, Albert Garwood. B 1 ? i r
Gwyn, Paul Haigwood. Mike Wil
liams and Dr. .1. C. Stokes.
Other entrants in men’s sin
gles are Archie Tomlinson. B. G.
Gentry, Frank Allen. Grady
Church, Ed Caudill. Ralph Craw
ford, Frank McNeill, Lawrence
Critcher, Fred Hubbard, Bill
Brsme. Rev. Watt M. Cooper.
Pat 'Williams. Carl Coffey, Har
ry Pearson, C. C-. Faw, Jr., and
Clyde Pearson.
Pairings apd score? will be
posted daily at R. M. Brame and
Sons Drug store window.
Jeter,
At Annual Picnic
Kiwaniant Guest* Of Farm
ers At Enjoyable Occa
sion At Millers Creek
Annual Wilkes county farm/
era’ picnic was held Friday at
Millers Creek school six miles
west of this city with a large at
tendance of farmers and members
of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanls
club were guests.
After a sumptuous picnic din
ner on tables in the grove an in
terastipg program was carried
out in the school auditorium with
F. H. Jeter, of Raleigh, editor of
the extension service, and Harry
B. Caldwell, of Greensboro, mast
er of the State Grange, as speak
ers.
Program for the day was ar
ranged by J. B. Snipes, Wilkes
farm agent, and was opened by
remarks by J. B. Carter, president
of the Kiwanis club.
Jeter was Introduced hy the
county agent. The speaker told
of progress and expenditures for
education and for roads in North
Carolina but deplored the fact
that greater efforts and expend!
tures had not been made for agrl
culture. He said that although the
state ranked third in value
farm crops that the surface had
not been scratched in develop
ment of a balanced agriculture.
He urg" 1 greater cooperation
between farmers and business
men and asked constructive criti
cism and assistance from business
men in building a greater kgri
culture.
T. W. Ferguson, master of tne
Wilkes Grange, introduced State
Master Caldwell, who delivered a
■brief ana inspiring message deal
ing with farm problems.
He described business and la
bor relations as being "almost a
class war” and that farmers are
caught between two vises and are
entirely out of line. While farm
prices have reached parity—1909-
1914 level—other prices have ad-
The speaker declared that de-
are charged and there is little ^o^racy could not thrive with
likelihood that all those can be gjaas predominant but
aiijr , ^
that all had to have a square seal
be and their place of economic im-
tried during the two weeks.
First homicide case will --
called Monday, when J. C. Drum portance. He urged the u.se of pa-
will be tried for the death of tience and tolerance among bus-
Bristol Mathis at Ronda more jness men, labor and agriculture
than a year ago. A verdict of sec- in order that problems may be
ond degree or manslaughter will solved for the mutual good of all.
be asked, Solicitor Hall said. Jim
Pruitt, charged with manslaiigh.
ter in connection with an auto
death, will also be tried Monday,
according to the calender.
Trial of Everett Wiles, despe
rado charged with the murder of
Constable Nhthan Wyatt nine
years ago, is set for Tuesday, Au
gust 5. The state will ask the
depth penalty.
The other first degree murder
case will be Lewis Johnson for
the murder of Crommie Hutchi
son in the Traphill section of
Wilkes last month. Johnson is al
leged to have shot Hutchison from
behind a building after they had
some trouble.
Charlie Faw will be tried for
second degree murder for the
death of Hamp Eller a few weeks
ago in the Reddies River com
munity.
The case of Ambrose Shepherd,
charged ,with the murder ofL
In conclusion he urged greater
organization among rural people
in order that they wield an in-
flence to assure a square deal for
agriculture along with labor and
business.
Guests in addition to the Ki-
wanians included R- V. Day,
Millers Creek School principal;
Frank Strupe. overseer of the
State Grange, and Mrs. Strupe, of
Forsyth county: Miss Pearl
Thompson, secretary of the State
Grange, H. J. Thomps n, Mrs. R.
C. Adams. Mrs. Jack Thompson,
Miss Mary Lou Moore, Miss Nellie
Sue Moore, Bennie and Hugh
Thompson, all of Rowan county;
L. L. Ray, agricultural engineer
Duke Power Company.
NOT ALL IX)SS
"I expect to get something out
of my teeth.’’
‘•But I thought yon were going
George Johnson, is calendared for to have them pulled?”
Sal Wednesda;. It has not been ^ "I am; hut I’m going to sell
(Continued on page eight) the gold ftllings. ’
In the new and beautiful lodge
hall, amid a background of gor
geous flowers. Wilkes Chapter
No. 42, Order of the Eastern
Star, was honored in a special
meeting Thursday evening July
24, when the W’orthy Grand Ma
Iron, MLs Bessie Gaddy, of Win
gate and Raleigh, made her offi
cial visit to the local chapter. She
in her own plea.siiig manner made
a very interesting and instructive
address. She praised the Worthy
Matron, Mrs. Ira D. Payne, and
other officers for the splendid
way in which they opened the
chapter, and commented very fav
orably On the work of the chap
ter as a whole. The chapter pre
sented the Grand Officers with
corsages which carried out the
W’orthy Grand Matron’s colors of
red, white and blue. To show Its
appreciation for services render
ed, Mrs. H. T. Clark, presented on
behalf of the chapter a little tok
en of love to Miss Gaddy. To Mrs.
Elizabeth Cash ion Robinson,
youngest member of the chapter,
and the daughter of the conduc
tress, Mrs. A. A. Cashion, Mrs. L.
L. Carpenter appropriately pre-
(Continued from page five)
LARGEST DRAFT QUOTA FOR BOARD NO. TWO
J >
j
Daylight Savv^
Time Is Adop'
S-
Enemy, Beware
Factories, Stores,
Offices- All Move
Up Time Ose Hour
Faster Time Went Into Ef
fect Sunday Midnight In
Southeastern States
Private Herbert Davis of the U. 8.
engineers attacks a pillbox with new
model flame thrower at Fort Bel-
voir, Va. This model is portable ^
and can be used by soldiers for at
tacks on fortlficationa or defense
against enemy tanks.
North Wilkesboro today wa*
operating on daylight savings
time.
Time keeping devices wer*
moved up one hour last night and
practically all factories, offices,
stores, banks and other places of
business here today were operat.
ing on daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time was
adopted in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia and several
1 other southeastern states at the
request of President Roosevelt.
The move was in the interest of
conserving electricity to be used
in defense works.
, Governor J. M. Broughton Is
sued a proclamation putting the
state government on the earlier
time and asked private industry
to cooiperate.
On Friday Mayor R. T. McNiel
Issued a proclamation here urg
ing full cooperation in adoption
of daylight saving time.
With but few exceptions, which
include railway, bus and airline
schedules, business in the state
is on the earlier time.
The proclamation Issued here
by Mayor McNiel follows;
Whereas, the President of the
H ~ «J I United States, by communication
|H||||||fA jVa IfQAfl with the Governor of North Car-
*^'****'*^'' lollna, has called attention to the
fact that the country is faced with
s^iHoua shortage of electric
I power, which is impending the
Registrants who ,;et married ' na^onal defense, and that studies
on the eve of induction or after indicate that extension of laylight
being ordered to report to the savings time would reduce civil.
Marriage At Last
For Deferm^:
doctor for physic:!', examination
will do so at their own risk and
will find that their marriage will
not keep them out of the Army.
This wes made clear today by
General J. Van B. Metts, State
Director of Selective Service, as
he announced a modification of
the former policy of Leniency to
ward married men which has
■been recommended by State
Headquarters. General Metts stat
ed that a modification in this pol
icy was made necessary by an in
creasingly large number of reg
istrants who are apparently un
dertaking to abuse the policy of
leniency in an effort to evade mil
itary service.
The modified policy, which was
passed on to all Selective Service
agencies in the State today, is as |
follows:
“Wnen a registrant acquires
married .status after issuance of
‘Notice to Appear for Physical
Examination’, it should be as-
.sumed that both parties conclud
ed the marriage knowing that the
ian use of electricity and leave it
available for defense work, and
Whereas, J. Melville Brough
ton, governor of North Carolina,
has by proclamation directed all
divisions of the state gevernment
to go on daylight saving time ef
fective at f2. midnight, Sunday,
July 27, and
Whereas, the etty council of
North Wilkesboro in .neeting on
July 18 went on record as co
operating with the Governor of
North Carolina:
I, R. T. McNiel, mayor of North
Wilkesboro, do hereby proclaim
that ail departments of our city
government shall operate o n
Eastern Daylight Saving time, ef
fective midnight. July 27, and
I earnestly urge and request
that all industries, offices, stores
and business houses in North
Wilkesboro and vicinity, by vol.
untary action, conduct their busi
nesses and actlvitie.s on the basis
of daylight s.'>.ving time.
'Tc avoid misunderstanding and
confusion, I ask that each and
registrant was subject to early every one on the night of Sunday,
call for service and were prepared I July 27, move jour clocks and
to take the consequences, and watches forward one hour which
therefore deferment in such cases will be in accord with the time
would not appear to he justified
But when a registrant has indi ^
cated on his questionnaire that states,
he Is engaged, giving the date set
tor the wedding, or has given
similar information in writing to
to be obsefved throughout the
southeastern as well as northern
R. T. McNIEJ.,
Mayor of North Wllkesboro.
HeVe are shown the men in the largest call
either board in Wilkes county, the 19 who left
July 18 for Fort Bragg from Wilkes board Num
ber Two. Left to right in tlie front row: J*n
Frarft (Bill) Day, leader, Alger CTfaidon Walls,
assistant leade-, John Harley Glass, HomCT Aldine
Haie, Robert Clay Mayberry, James Garfield Bar
ker, Robert Lee Adam#, Matson Dewitt Bl«k
burn and Qdmer Adams; Wk Ira C^ay
Burdiett, Earl Watts, Paul WiHwm
Floyd Hincher, Fred Bowers, Gwrge 'rtomas
WyalL Wallace Douglaa Wiles, Jsmes Veraon
Staley, Trnman Clyde Stone and John Carl
Owens. ,
the local board and the wedding
date falls after issuance of ‘No
tice to Appear for Physical Ex-
1 aminatlon’. his case should be
considered in the same way as
those who married after registra
tion, as provided by Amendment
No. 77 to Selective Service Regu
lation.?. Of course, there may be
other conditions which would ob
viously tem'per the above an
nounced modification of policy,
g„ proof that the wife was
pregnant, or conclusive evidence
absolute dependence wherein
the wife would suffer undue
hardship if compelled to live on
the registrant’s income as a sol
dier, etc.’’
This modified policy. General
Metts pointed out, is in line with
recent amendment to the regu-
laitons, which is as follows;
‘It Is not advisable to defer
any puch registrants if he acquire
such status for tiie purpose of
avoiding training and service,
-nd, therefore, no registrant
should' be placed in Class HI if
he acquired such status after the
day when he was required to be
registered unless (1) he or his
claimed dependent or dependents
ipresent to the local board written
(Contiaued on page eight)
Morning Mail To
Hays and Traphill
Star Route Leaves Here At
7:30 A. M. Instead Of
12 O’clock Noon
Hays. Dockery, Traphill. and
other postoffice.s in northeastern
Wilkes get morning mail service
as the result of a change which
went into effect today, according
to information from C. E. Bil-
llngs. postmaster at Hays.
Effective today, the star route
from North Wilkesboro to Trap
hill by way of Hays and Dockery
leaves North Wilkesboro at 7:30
a. m. instead of noon.
'The carrier will arrive at Trap-
hill in one and one-half hours. On
the return trip he will leavetTrap-
hlll in 15 minutes after arrival
and arrive in North Wllkesboro
one and one-half hours later.
The change is considered a
great Improvement in the mail
service to the offices on the route
because they will receive the
greater part of their mil about
six hours earlier each day.
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