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^ Nazis Report Soviet
W Army Falling Apart
Berlin.—A new triple-pronged
German otfenslTe “decisive for
the irorld’s future’’ was rerport-
ed early today striking toward
Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev fol
lowing official boasts that the
Rod army Is falling apart after
losing more than 4,000,000 men
In the past 46 days.
Eager to halt an admitted out
cropping of “false rumors’’ a-
mong the German people, the
high command yesterday pro
claimed a final victory in the bit
ter battle of Smolensk.
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VOL. XXjili No. 39 Published Mondays and Tliursdays.
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'N0RS« WajESSBOSp^ N.C . THURSDAY, AUG J, im.
For mtit|ial adVantagv
doyov btiy-njr in Nortt
tha^ tradinf
of Northwestern
Carolina.
Wiles Is Now*On Trial
Speaks Tonight
North Wilkesboro'
Schools Will Openl
On September 1st
The Marines Have Landed
Buildings Renovated and
Cleaned and Supplies In
Readiness for Opening
Soviets Claim
Positions Mold
Against Drives
Moscow.—Mentioning for tbe g meeting of North Wilkes-
first time in days the Geaman-; boro board of education Monday,
Finnish attempt to smash into ^ September 1, was set as the open-
Leningrad from the north across | [ng- date of the 1941-42 sehool
the Karelian Isthmus. Soviet^ term.
Russia reported early today that Paul S. Cragon. superintendent,
the Red army was fighting stub- | reported that during the summer
bornly against the invaders in the i months all needed repairs to
Kakisalmi sector, about 75 miles school furniture and equipment
north of Leningrad. have been made and that the
The same war report, issued by ' buildings have been thoroughly
the Soviet information bureau, j cleaned and renovated,
told of continued bitter battles; Complete supplies of newly
in the familiar Smolensk and Bel ' adopted textbooks are on hand
and all worn hboks have been re
placed. Instructional supplies for
the new year are On hand and in
readiness for the beginning of
work.
Both the elementary and high
school continue to hold highest
ratings with the accrediting agen
cies. The state department recog
nizes the elementary school a.s
fully accredited and the high
school is accredited by the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Secondary schools for the nine
teenth consecutive year.
Lewis Johnson To
Tserkov sectors of the center and
south, where official Soviet Re
counts have told of counter-at-j
tacks holding up the Nazi ad-;
vance, 1
Only in those areas und in the'
Estpnian sector, where the Ger
mans are trying to put the
squeeze on Leningrad from the
southwest, was there major fight- ;
ing, the Russian communique i
said. I
Kakisalmi is a Lake Ixidoga
port which the Russian.? gained
in the 1939-40 war with Finland. J
With this new development on |
a front hitherto comparatively
quiescent, official accounts por-1
trayed the Red .Army as counter- j _ T* * 1 17
attacking in sustained fashion on , I I IH I ••loI HQJT
the central and southern ap-
proaches to Moscow and Kiev in
a deepening battle of movement
on a 450-mile front.
Action Designed
To Forestall Japs
Washington. — The United
Sftates and Great Britain, in pa
rallel representations, have urged
Thailand (Siami to take a firm
stand against Japanese demands
for military bases and hrve prom
ised Thailand war supplies in
event of an attack by Japan, a
responsible source revealed last
night.
'The disclosure came
the United State.?, hinting at new
economic reprisals, warned Japan
to stay out of Thailand—poten-
State kAsIdng the
Death Penalty For
Murder Of Wyatt
Harvey Money, Eye Witness
To Shooting Of Wyatt, Is
State's Star Witness
Harvey Money in Wilkes court
yesterday quoted Everett Wiles
as saying “D—n you. I’ll kill you’*
and said that he saw Nathan Wy-
ftt, constable, fall dead from a
bullet from Wiles’ gun on March
24, 1932.
Wiles, who recently completed
seven years for counterfeiting, is
on trial for his life for the killing
of Wyatt, who was at the Wiles
home to execute a search warrant
for property Wiles is alleged to
have stolen.
Money, a resident of the Jones-
ville section of Yadkin county,
was the state’s star witness in the
trial yesterday. The Jury was com
pleted at 11:30 a. m. The Jurors
are; W. H. Canter, Lonnie Jones,'
C. W Goforth, Spencer Harrold,
W. H. Ferguson, J. H. Crawford,
(Continued on page eight)
This photograph was made at Jacksonville, N. C., daring marine
nanenvers—arst time—between army-navy and marines on beach ^ -
og practice. Transports unloaded armored cars and troops carrying p , ^ pi.
iqnipment, etc. Photo shows marines going over the side of transport jrrOUClllUU
nto landing boats.
Commissioners Ask
iiis ufHWonday poi*New Bus Station
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State Will Ask First Degree'
Verdict For Death Of
Crommie Hutchison.
Lewis Johnson will go on tricl
for his life in Wilkes coun Mon
day, .August 11, for the death of
a neighbor, Crommie Hutchison,
in the Joynes community a few
weeks ago.
.According to evidence at the
preliminary hearing, the men had
'some trouble previous to the
* ^ shooting. Johnson, witnesses said,
was behind an outbuilding when
he fired the shot which killed
tial powder keg of the | ”“johnson will be arraigned in
The court this week and a special ve-
pronouncement by Britain J?as gu„,moned to report
contained in a Monday morning, according to
statement by ^‘ate by Solicitor Av-
Cordell Hull who declared that
any Japanese thrust into Thai ter
ritory would be a matter of in-
crea-sing concern to the United
States.
Hull, a.sked at hi.? press confer
ence whether he has had any con
versations with or made any rep
resentations to Thailand, replied
obliquely that he was not ?hle to
go into any details now because
nothing very definite has been
decided.
The United Press .source said.
howev«>. that representations al
ready have been made for the
purpose of encouraging Thailand
alon E. Hall.
! Judge Hoyle Sink, of Green.s-
boro, will preside over the second
; week of court, which will include
I the first degree trial of Johnson.
Solicitor Hall will prosecute
the case and Attorney 1. J- Mc
Duffie will be John.soii's counsel.
Mrs. Jennings Is
Claimed By Death
Last Rites Held Wednesday
For Mrs. Sallie Jennings,
Who Died Tuesday
Mrs. Sallie Brown Jennings.
f,ge 83. member of a widely
known Wilkes family, died at two
a. m. Tuesday at her home in the
Pores Knob community. She had
been ill for several months.
Funeral •service was held Wed
nesday, two p. m. at Walnut
Grove BapUit church. The body
lay in state for one-hclf hour
prior to the service. Interment
was » the church cemetery. The
pastor. Rev. E- U. Shoe, of Tay
lorsville, was assisted by Rev. C
C. Holland, of Hickory, a former
I^astor.
She was the widow of the late
Leander C. Jennings and is sur
vived by three sons. W. .Andrew
Bom C. and Floyd M. Jennings
all of Pores Knob, and three
daughters, Mrs. C. W. Carlton, of
Williamson, W. Va., Mrs. John
G. Kenerly. of Mooresville, and
Miss Maude Jennings, of Greens-
Also surviving are two sL?-
Mrs Josephine Bentley, of
.wrJes Knob, and Mrs. Laura Pen
nell. of Moravian Falls, 20 grand
children and nine great-grand
children.
PEDESTRIAN, 105,
KILLED BY AUTO
Oakland. Cal.—Despiie his 105
vears, D^. S. J. Von Hirsch was an
enthusiastic walker. So he arose
early, dressed, picked up his cane,
stepped into the street—and was
killed by an automobile.
Marriage Licenses
Four license to wed were issue)/
during the pest week by Wilkes
Register of Deeds C. C. Bidden.
Two of the couples were: Ernest
D. Luffman and Naomi Brown,
both of Ronda; Philo F. Phillips
and Josephine McGuire, both of
Walsh. Two coupler requested no
publicity.
Air And Ground
Rodeo on Sunday
A group of widely known per
formers will put on an air and
ground rodeo Sunday afternoon,
2:30, at the North Wilkesboro
airport.
The show will feature some of
the most thrilling stunts ever ex
hibited. including motorcycle
crash through plate glas.5. death
drag through fire, a parachute
jump by Miss Jean Whisnant and
many other outstanding rttrac-
tions. including stunts by Tony
Kivette, of Chicago.
Admission charges will be made
and August 17 has been set as
date for the show in case of rain
Sunday.
'The show is under spon.sorshi'P
of the North Wilkesboro Lions
Club.
Co
w
to Order Cliange
Clerk Ordered To Proceed
According to Law to Col
lect Taxes For 1940
Maggie Wyatt Is
Put bn Probation
For Death of Three
Baail L. Whitner, of Gaston
ia, president of the North Car.
oina Junior Ohambor of Com
merce, will addreag the Nortli
Wilkesboro Jaycees In meeting
at 7:30 this evening at Hotel
Wilkes. He is a member of the
legislature from Gaston coun
ty and is widely known as a
civic leader and speaker.
Sept. 16-20
Dates Fair
This Year
Great Northwestern Fair, which
will include many new features,
will open a five-day exposition
on the fairgrounds here Septem
ber 16, W. A. McNlel, general
manager, said today.
Premium lists offering a large
sum for excellnece In products of
homes, farms *nd orchards are
off the press and are being mailed
-- r • rapidly to a list of former ex-
bmiiiih nilii I
faughVer jff Wilkes court Tues- ^
Mother Whose Children Per
ished In Flames Enters
Plea In Court
Maggie Wyatt, unmarried mo
ther of three children who per
ished when her home near Daylo
Ijtomed in April this year, enter-
Copimissioners of North Wil-^
day.
Judge Clarence B. Blacksto*
gave her a one-year sentence,
which was suspended and she was
placed on probation.
Neighbors salo that Maggie
Wyatt had tied the children to
the walls of her mountain home
by ropes before leaving to go to
the store and postoffice two miles
the secretary, Mr. rington.
12.00 of State
'ee Mm
Wilkes Win
Leave On Monday
13 From Board One and 20
From Board Two Will
Go To Ft. Bragg 11th
Thirty-three Wilkes men have
been notified to report here on
Monday, August 11, where they
will leave for induction in the U.
S. Army at Fort Bragg. Thirteen
will be from board num,ber 1 and
20 from board number 2.
Board number 1 had 14 slated
to go but one appealed to the
President of the United States on
his classification. Cyrus B. Whit
tington, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
P. Whittington, of Purlear, asked
that he be placed in class three
becau.se of dependents after hia
questionnaire had been returned
with no dependency claim. His
appeal was denied by the draft
board and the district board of
appeal.?, after which he appealed
to President Roosevelt.
In the 13 to leave Monday
board number one has five vol
unteers. They are Howard Russell
Segraves, Joseph Dwight Fergu
son, Chadcie Lee Pennell, Charles
James Everette and Russell
Deane A-nderson, Carlos Johnson
Stout. Vernon Stokes Woods, Lil-
lard Lunsford, Dachie Albert Mar
low, Odell Clarence Bentley, Rob
ert Byers and Verlin Blankenship
are conscripts.
Board number 2 has one vol
unteer, John Eugene Benge. Con
scripts are Charles Roby Spicer,
Garvey Ree‘'a Cheek, Elbert Bur
ton Wlshon, Reginald Pickena
Jackson, Jr., Charlie Clay Ban-
guess, Willard Finley Higgfne,
Morris Shumate, Crom Glen
Sparks., Roy Madison Wooten,
Bruce Adrian* Phillips, Samnel
.Quentin Byrd, John Starling Mas-
tin, William Hale Jones, Richard
Lee Johnston, Bruce Charlie
Felts, Elarl Johnson Gamblll,
James Lee Frazier, Jackson
Mm
kesboro in August meeting pass
ed a resolution petitioning the
Utilities Commission to pase an
order in.structing the Greyhound
Bus company “to make provisions
to lease or build a suitable and
safe terminal without delay’’ In
North Wilkesboro.
The resolution, as unanimously
passed, set out that traffic in
North Wilke.-bnro has been in
creasing. that streets are narrow
and steep, that the present bus
station is situated on a steep
street and with no faciLties oth
er than streets for parking, that
the buses take needed parking
room on the .streets and that
parking the buses on the incline
is dangerous.
The resolution asked that the
commsision take action on the
matter without delay. It also ask-
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away.
While away the building
j burned and neither of the chil
dren, ages one, two and four, was
able to escape.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall said
that the act of tying the children
was a violation of the law, re
sulting in the manslaughter
charge against the mother.
One other of the nine hoonicide
cases on the Wilkes court dock
et was dl=(posed of Tuesday. J. C.
Drum submitted a plea of invol
untary manslaughter during pro
cess of trial for the knife killing
of Bristol .Mathis at Ronda sev
eral months ago. There was evi
dence that Drum was acting in
self defense.
Drum was given a two-year
sentence, which was sa?pended
and he was placed on probation
with the condition that he pay the
costs for which the county was
liable.
should write
McNiel said.
One of the new features for
the fair this year will be a horse
show, which will be in charge of
T. S. Kenerly, of North Wilkes
boro. Mr. Kenerly will work out
the details for this attraction
soon, Mr. McNiel said.
Marks Shows, one of the larg
est carnival aggregations on the
road, will again play the midway.
Mr. McNiel has Just returned
from reviewing the midwey at
tractions at another town and
was enthusiastic in his praises of
the new midway shows and rides.
A revue, acrobatic and come
dian act.s have been secured for
presentation on the sta.ge in front
of the grandstand. Workmen have
almost completed work on a new
grandstand and stage, which will
replace the structures destroyed
in the Yadkin flood August 14,
1940.
The fair here will be one of
the few in the entire country to
have fireworks this year. The
fireworks were purchased for the
1941 exposition i bout a^ year ago
and were already made up before
manufacture of firew'orks wa,:
discontinued because materials
were needed in defense industries.
Oxford Class To
Visi^U City
Orphanage Class To Render
Concert At Lodge Hall
On Tuesday Night
The Oxford orphanage singing
class will give a concert Tuesday,
August 12. at 9:00 p. m. daylight
saving time, in the new lodge hall
over Reins-Sturdivant Funeral
home. The program will consist
of songs, recitations, pageants,
and patriotic drills.
The singing class has been
coming to North Wilkeslioro for
many years, and concerts have
always been enjoyed by all who
attend. “Come and bring a
friend,’’ the announcement sirid.
Women Of Moose
Meet Friday Night
Woman of the Moose will hold
their regi-’ir meeting August
8th. at 8 p. m. at the .Moose Hall.
All members are urged to be
present and please report.
Camera Highlights In The Everett Wiles Murder Case
S. M. Shumate, former deputy, pointing out to Vernon Kizer, of
The Journal-Patriot, where he found the body of Constable Wyatt
on the premises of the Wiles home. Shumate heard the shot which
killed the officer but had left the scene while chasing a man with
liquor.
♦
Everett Wiles, now on trial
for hw life in AVilkes court '
the killing of Nathan Wyatt,
Rock Creek con.stable, at the
home of Wiles on Marcli ’i4,
1932. The above is a reproduc
tion of a prison picture of
Everett made when he was
serving a term In a midwestern
state.
The home of Mrs. Janie Wiles, mother of Everett. Six men were
seated on the ground when Officers Shumate and Wyatt, with Jim
Nicholson in Shumate’s car, arrived on the scene to execute a search
warrant for an automobile motor which Everett was alleged to have
stolen from Nicholson. Harvey Money, of Yadkin county, one of the
men, was the state’s star witness during the trial this week.
Trial of Wiles began Tuesday afternoon. Tne jury was comp;etd
Wednesday morning and since that time the state has been offering
testimony in an effort to secure conviction of first degree murder.
, (Photo by Dwight Nichols)
f
George Holland, AVilkes dep
uty who was fired upon by
AA’Uett as he was trying to ap-
preiiend Wiles for the murder
of Wyatt. Holland and Wiles
exchanged three shots each at
about 75 yards but neither was
bit.