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VOL. XXXIV, No. 44
Mo8c6w.—Mammoth taok bat
tles raged totey aloog the ap
proaches to Leningrad and on the
central front before Moscow
where stiffening Red army de
fenders reported destroying 135
tanks and routing a Nail infan
try division over a battlefield
literally carpeted with German
dead.
On the Leningrad front slow,
heavy Soviet steel Behemoths
were ramming, burning and
shooti'.g aside the Germans in
a mighty defensive effort while
on the central front forces of
Soviet General Konev were de
clared continuing a counter-
' thrust through the debris of shat
tered German tanks- and armored
vehicles.
The early Monday morning
communique said Soviet troops
were heavily engaged along the
entire front and were putting up
particularly stublorn resistance
in the Kakisalmi area on the
shores of Lake Ladoga north of
Leningradi in the Smolensk and
Gomel directions before Moscow;
and in the direction of Dniepero-
petrovsk.
The mention of Dnieperopetro-
vsk was first officirl
Large Cli^^or
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Otir tojr'ng 1
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Be In Ctmclave
Mayor McNeil Heada Class
To Be Initiated In Con
vention On Saturday
Loyal Order of Moose and
Women of the Moose here are
closing their drives for member
ship prior to the Carollnas’ Moose
convention to be held Saturday,
Sunday and Monday.
The large class for the lodge
will be headed by Mayor R. T.
McNiel and will be Initiated in
the convention session at 8:30 p.
m. at Hotel Wilkes On Saturday,
August 30.
The ritual will be put on by
the Raleigh degree team, now
state champions, and will be un
der the direction of A. Jack
Mount, membership director.
In addition to the initiation,
there will be a number of good
speakers, including a large rep-
pen>i.cuu- resentation of Supreme Lodge of-
admission I ficers here for the convention
wo we
Paul Shew, Age 14,
Victim Accident b
Call Ctmununily
Gun In Hands of Sylyeater
Benton, Age 15, Is Acci
dently Discharged
Paul Shew, age 14, wm acci
dentally killed Friday morning
0 ',by Sylvester Benton, age 15,
Here are some of the Z62 doUar-a-year men in the defense program while squirrel hunting near their
_ a At -S— tt _a oil Mr—ooaodw Cl Off
uere are some oi me aoc aouar*a*yesr meu m wc ucicu^c program wane squirrel nunuiig near il
m their recent “pay day.” Total of aU payments was only $126 to the homes in the Call community.
!62 workers as many of them had not worked a fall year and could not re- Coroner I. M. Myers investif
selve their “total” salary. Distributing checks above (center) is Ed- ed the death and classed it
yard Stettinins, priorities director,
that fighting had reached the vi
cinity of that great hydroelectric
power and industrial center on
the Dnieper River.
The Baltic Red fleet was re-
^ported to have sunk two enemy
M transports and in air fights Fri
day and Saturday the communi
que said 5 2 German and 39 Rus
sian planes were destroyed.
W'ashiiigton.—The Federal Re-
The class is forming rapidly,
with the small initiation fee and j
many are taking advantage of Board Thursday night issu-
the opportunity to enroll in the I ^ .. n. ..1—OT
lodge and to attend and take
part in the big cnovention. which ,
will continue until Monday mid
night. I
At the same hour on Saturday i
Restriedons Ordered On bstallment
Buying Effective On September 1st
Encirclement Battle
Rages, Nazis Report
Berlin.—A great encirclement
Jiattle was declared by DNB to
develo.ping yesterday on the
150-mile sector between Kiev and
Gomel and German dispatche.s
told of increased civilian rein
forcement of the Soviet Russian
^"strong Soviet forces under
Marshal Semeon Timoshenko he
’news agency said, are
hemmed in between the left wmg
_^-Fteld Marshal General Karl
■*~fon Riinstedfs southern army
•group and the right wing of Field
v„i npneral edor ^ ni
fromal regulations restricting
installment baying after Sept.
1 in an effort to curb a trend to
ward inflation.
Acting under euthority of a
' '‘7 1 presidential executive order the
night a large class will be Initiat- j announced that after Sep-
ed into Women of the Moose at, ^ ^ oi.iwtptitiaiiv Inraer
the lodge hall on C street.
investigat
ed the death and classed it as
{accidental.
Shew and Benton, with four
other boys, were hunting when
they stopped , at an apple tree.
Benton was picking up some ap
ples when he accidentally tonch-
|Cd -the trigger of his .22-caliiire
ber 31 these businesses must reg-.’’oP®®*-**** rifle. . , .
ister with the Federal Reserve' The bullet entered Shew s ab-
ISiei W11.U luc I'cuciaj
Bank of their district specially doraen in the region of the sto
I «. TT«. ... vvIaaaJ I rt o AQ T* T/%
! ach. He was placed In a car to
Free movies are being shown
each evening, eight o’clock, at
the lodge hall on C street. 'The
movies .show interestingly some
of the benefits of Mooseheart and
Moosehaven.
Meanwhile, other plans for the
conclave are going forward r?ip-
idly and several hundred dele
gates are expected to attend.
'tember 1 substantially larger
down payments would be requir-
Improvements In
Church Building
Interior Of Wilkesboro Bap
tist Church Renovated;
Lights Are Installed
Marshal General "edor
Bock’s central army.
Machine-gunning of 2 4 trains,
dariruction of 500 cars and dis
persal of 12 large Russian march
ing ooliinins were reported by,
German fliers along the eeiitval .
front. . „ ,1
The developing Kiev-Gomel |
battle rpFiirently was one I Ceiling of the church wes painted
of two widely-separated thrus s colors and the windows
During the past several days
many improvement, have been
made on Wilkesboro Baptist
church building.
The interior of the church has
been renovated and redecorated
ed and periods of credit limited
to 18 months on 24 durable
goods.
Apply lo Small T»ajLs
The regulations also apply tc
small ’oans and credit extendei’
on modernisation o f private
dwellings.
The regulations follow closely
a tentative outline made public
last week, but with the addition-
to the liat household furniture,
pianos and electric orgpns, sew
ing machines, phonographs, wat
er pumps, attic ventilating fans,
and musical instruments compos
ed principally of metals.
The rules also call for down
payments of one-third on new
and used automoldles, aircraft,
power-driven boats and their mo
tors, outboard motors, and motor
cycles.
Twenty I’er t'ejit. on Others
prepared forms. i - ,
It said that administration of be carried to the Wilkes hospital
the Installment buying regula- but died on his way.
lions would be decentralized as] He was a son of Mr. and Mre.
far as possible through the 12 i Simon Shew. His parents, 11
Federal Reserve banks and their . birothers and sisters survive.
•>4 branches I I^nerai service was held at
“ By making less liberal the Pishing Creek Arbor church Sat-
terms for installment credit, the urday.four o’clock.
government hopes to reduce con
sumer demand for certain dur
able good.3' which are competing
with production of articles need
ed tor national defense.
Graduate Defense
Class Is Speaker
At Kiwanis Meet
The squirrel season will not
open until September 1. Homer
Brookshire, Wilkes game (protec
tor, said action will be taken a-
galnst the hunters for violation
of the game laws.
Bill Reynolds Tells' Benefit
of Training; N. C. Bare
foot Is The Speaker
• , „ I m light colors and the
eastward reported by the .ei i , newly decorated,
gh coraniand in the zones oi
naceU Leningrad and Kiev,
'Vhich coincided with renewed
pressure upon two bitterly con
tested centers of i.-olated resist
ance, Tallinn and Odessa.
British Leader
Says Grabbing
Must Be Halted
London. — Prime Minister
Churchill, describing -\dolf Hit
ler as “surprised, startled and
^staggered” at the bloody, cost of
fN'be Ce'/man invasion of Russia,
declared in a broadcast last night
that Britain T,'ould jc:n the
United States in action against
Japan, the Asiatic axis partner,
if the Japanese persisted in ag
gression.
In the speech, his first puhlic
utterance since the historic con
ference with President Roosevelt
in the Atlantic two weeks ago. it
was implied that Germany was
too .Involved upon the great
plains of Russia to turn now to
anetber sphere of war.
Churchill estimated that “per
haps a million and a half, per
haps two million” Germans had
fallen in the 9-week campaign
and said that the Invaders were
retaliating with literally “scores
of thousands of executions’’ of
Russian patriots.
“But Europe is not the only
continent to be tormented and
devastated by aggressions,” he
said. “For five long years Japa
nese military factions seeking to
emulate the style of Hitler and
Mussolini, taking all their postur
ing as if it were a new European
revelation, have been invading
and bqrrying 500,000.000 in
habitants of China.
The Presbyterian young people
will give two plays in the Relig
ious Education Building at S o’
clock on Friday evening, August
2 9. These plays are given in hon
or of the young people of the
town, who are leaving soon this
fall for school and college else-
(where.
Everyone is cordially' invited
to attend. There is no charge.
Part Of Milling Co.
Plant In Operation
Wilkes Milling company, which
ixperienced a disastrous fire a
weeks- ago, has reconstructed
top floors of the plant,
of the plant have resum-
Jation but it lu^y be a few
before ail the plant can be
Bttored.
Beuatiful floiirescent lighting
has hoeu installed and othei im
provements have been made,
which were stitijects of much fav
orable comment by members of
the con.gregation Sunday.
The improvements, which co.sts
.-everal hundred dollars, have
been p: id for by the church and
a dedication service i.s planned
for the latter part of Seiilemher.
Rev, T. Sloan Guy. Jr., is pastor
of the church.
Two Plays Friday
At Presbyterian
Bill Reynolds, local yo-uth who
completed a course in the nation
al defense c'lass conducted here
during the spring, talked before
. . ,. . _ , the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
On other groups of articles at-1 dub FTiday noon, telling how the
fected such as iiiechanical retrig-1 training secured in the class had
erators. washing machines, elec. | enabled him to secure a good
on^Sinday; AlUlOUIlCe FaCulty
Bluff Park Picnic
In Tbe State
Moravian Fails
Man Is Killed In
Alexando’ County
Fred Sloop Dies Iiutantlj
After Shot Hit* A Vital
Point In His Neck
John Lee Smith, prominent
attorney of Throckmorton,
Texas, and Supremo Vico Chan
cellor of the Knights of Pyth
ias, will vi.sit three points in
North Carolina this month dur
ing an official visitation to the
southeast. He will be In .Salis
bury tonight, in Lenoir on
Tuesday night and in Fayette
ville on Tliursday night. In
each Instance, lodges at the
three places will bo host to the
lodges throughout their areas
in order that the Supreme Vice
Chancellor may be heard by
large groups.
Fred Sloop, age 29, citizen of
Moravian Falls, was accidentally
(killed FViday morning while
i squirrel hunting In northern
{Alexander county, by his brother-
in-law, Lee Deal, age 16.
! The two had been hunting In
j the woods near the home of Mr.
1 and Mrs. Edgar Deal, parents of
I Mrs. Sloop and Lee Deal, when
(the accident occur«d. Lee, think,
ling that Sloop had gone to the
I house, shot at what be thought
)was a squirrel. One shot which
penetrated -Sloop’s neck 30 yards
away was attributed as the cause
of his near sudden death. Other
shot hit him on bis head.
’The shooting was termed acci
dental and It is understood no
action will be taken against Deal.
The accident victim is surviv
ed by his widow, his mother,
Mrs. A. H. Sloop, of Moravian
Palls, one brother, Paul Sloot),
of Moravian Falls, and elgtit
sisters: Mrs. Cal Johnson, Mo.
ravian Falls; Mrs. John Craig
and Miss Beatrice Sloop, Bur
lington; Agnes, Irene, Ella Sue,
Laura and Margaret Sloop, all of
Moravian Falls.
Funeral was held at Mount
Olive church in Alexander coun
ty Saturday, 2:30.
job.
trie dishwashers, cooking stoves,
vacuum cleaners, and radios, the
minimum mandatory down pay
ment was fixed at 20 per cent of
the pnrehrse price.
A down payment of 15 per cent
will he necessary on furnaces, a job as an electric welder at
water heaters, plnmbin.g. pumps. | Hoboken, N. J., beginning work
■ind 10 per cent on new hou,?e- under supervision at 35 cents per
hold fiirniinre, pianos, and house- hour. Since then he has advanced
hold elei'lric organs. j lo earn 90 cents per hour.
The hoard placed no limitation Next .>.-.peaker - was N. C. Bare-
nn down payments for credit | foot, of the State Highway Saf-
Northwestern district of the
North"' -Carolina Photograph®'*
■Association enjoyed a picnic Sun
day at Bluff Park with 35 pres
ent.
Mrs. Valeria Smith, of Salis
bury, was elected chairman to
succeed Ben Stimpson, of States
ville. 'Who resigned. Johnnie Fris-
by, of Elizabeth City, pre.sident of
the state organization, was pres
ent at the meeting.
A sumptuous picnic dinner was
enjoyed. Group pictures in colors
were made by Paul Harvel, Jr.,
of North Wilkesboro.
' 'SevefaT "New' Teachers In
High School For Term
To Begin Sept. 1st
The program was in charge of
Win. A. Stroud and he asked
Paul S. Cragan, school siipenn-jP^^^ ^ | | aI-
tendent. to present the speaker?. |1 CU UlCl d V'flll Vltl
Reynolds srid that he olitained
modernization of homes but spec-' ,ty Dh-ision. He expl ined hi=
ifipd Uial such credit must me- ^ work, that of training school bus
lure within a period of 13 j drivers- He liad just completed a
•uonths. 'course tor Wilkes drivers. He
Fiitiii-o qii«iige-i Kmk-cHmI {said that the course and instruc-
Thc hoard said there would be ’ fjons helped drivers to realize
future changes in the regulations | their responsibility and fitted
and some of the articles covered them for the job. He .-aid that
“as experience ... I- gained and Ohio was the only state with
Wheat Insurance
Few Trial Applications Will
Be Accepted In Wilkes
For Coming Year
The county .^AA office has
been advised that during the
la^ week in .August a few trial
applications for wheat iiisiir: nee
will be accepted from this coun
ty. All farmers who grow a.s much
as 10 acres or more will be per
mitted to in-cure their crops a-
.gainst the ravages of freezing, di-
the
as chan.ging economic. conditions
indicate the need.’’
All business rnd persons carry
ing on credit transactions must
obtain licenses after December
31, 1941. the board said. Until
the end of this year, however, all
persoa? engaged in credit bust-1 with Paul S. -Cragan, N. C.
more school buses than North soage, fire, incursions of animals.
Carolina and that none of
states haul more children.
Guests at the meeting Friday
were as follows: Charles Crutch
field and T. G. McLaughlin with
llCiU ttl»u ». w. - - -
p. W. Eshelman; Bill Reynolds i jtg equivalent.
nd a number of other plagues
that are not mentioned. The to
tal cost of such insurance to
wheat farmers is approximately
1-2 bushel of wheat per acre or
ness will operate under a general fo>t with C. B. Eller. Visiting
Plant fall gardens now.
license and during the interval
between September 1 and Decem-
At Civilian Defense School in Cape Cod
Kiwanians were: J. D. Holcomb,
of Elkin; H. C. Towmsend, How
ard T. Walker, Frank Irving, Dr.
Albea and Harry Ferguson, of
Miami.
County Schools
To Open Aug. 27
Any farmer who would like to
insure the crop that i.? seeded
in the fall of 1941 should make
application in the AAA Office.
List City Schools
Workers Council
In RegidarMeet
Faculty list tor North Wifkes-
boro city schools, which will open
on September 1, was announced
today.
Faculty members, as elected by
the city board of education, are
as follows: elemenUry—Mrs. Lu
cille Farmer, Miss Sallie Outlaw,
Miss Muriel Coykendall. Miss
Emma Eller, Mra. Susie Williams,
Miss Lucille Ivey, Miss Etta Tur
ner, Miss Elizabeth Finley Miss
Rebecca Moseley. Miss Ruby
Blackburn, Miss Kathryn Trout
man, Miss Beatrice Pearson. Miss
Liicilie Young. Miss Nonie Gor- ^
don, Ray Cline and Mias Mabel i
Hendren.
High school—Robert G. Tay
lor, math and science; W. B. Col
lins, indu-strial arts; Miss Lily.-n
Miller, commercial; Ira L. Bak
er. English and French: Miss
Evelyn Sharpe, home economics;
Lawrence Cameron, math and
hand: Miss Neta Blackwelder.
English and Lrtin: Miss Douglas
Clonk, English: Miss Helen Vir
ginia Hamrick, history: S. H.
Franklin, science and coach;
Miss Mary Parham, English.
Paul S. Cragan - is superinten
dent, Miss Elsie Nichols is secre
tary and ’P. J. Haig wood is cus-
todirn of bKiildings.
Miss Louise Younce is the new
public school mu.ric teacher. She
is from Spencer. A graduate of
W. C. U. N. C., she has had sev
eral years experience teaching
(Continued on page eight)
A,»k Maximun Food Produc
tion In Fall Gardens;
Want Cane Production
Wilkes County Workers Coun
cil, au (jrganizatioii of represen.
talives of government agencies
to promote the food and feed pro
duction program in Wilke.s, in
meeting last week decided to
send le'ters tn Wilkes farmers
a.sking that th-'v strive for maxi-
•»r”” food p'.odnction in fall gar
dens.
Letters were read from Sec
retary of Aer'cnlture and exten
sion authorities in the nation and
state.
An activity of the council ear
ly next yecr will be encourage
ment of farmers to grow cane for
a supply of syrup and molasses
for home consumption. It was
brought out in tbe meeting that
only 19 per cent of North Caro
lina farmers Rrow cane.
Dr. Stokes Wins
the Singles Title
They’re in the U. S. Service Now
Won Easily Thursday Even
ing In Three Sets Over
Ralph Crawford
All Except Mulberry And
Few Small Schools Will
Begin On Wednesday
Two women students are shown demonstrating the "two-man-carry’
with another student for a patient daring a class session at the civUiai
school at Barnstable, Mass. ’The Barnstable high school bnUding anc
grounds are used by the Massachusetts women’s civilian def&se com
mittee for instruction of wardens, motor corps drivers, home nurses, etc
i Everything is in readiness for
i opening of schools tn the Wilkes
I county system on Wednesday.
August 27, it was learned today
'from the office of C. B. Eller,
superintendent.
The county .system, with the
exception of Mulberry and a few
small schools to open Septem
ber 1, will open on Wednesdry.
North Wilkesboro schools will
open on September 1.
Mrs. J. C. McDlarmld. Miss Ell
en Robinson and their brother.
Captain Edmond Robinson, spent
last week visiting relives at
Glasgow, Kentucky.
Dr. J. C. Stokes, Wilkesboro
Methodist minister, is 1941 ten
nis singles champion of Wilkes
county.
Dr. Stokes won easily in three
sets' over Ralph Crawford In the
championship match Thursday
evening on the Pearson court in
Wilkesboro. The scores were 6-4,
6-3 and 6-2.
Both had advanced to the fin
als in the tournament over strong
opposition. Dr. Stokes In the
semi-final match won over Al
bert Garwood in five sets and
Crawford had a struggle to win
over Mike Williams in five.
Stokes and Crawford are
slightly favored to win the dou
bles championship. They have ad
vanced to.the finals, having de
feated Pat and Mike Williams
on Wednesday evening. Blair
Gwyn and Albert Garwood are
seeded number one spot to be op
ponents of Stokes and CrawforiL
Noah Ha3me8 Dead
Funeral service was held this
r , j afternoon at Haymeadow church
President Roosevelt has ordered all armed forces of the Philippines. for Noah Haynes, former clUzen
Into the' U. S. servlo®. The order placed some 15#,000 trained and semi- ^ of that community who died Sun-
trained FHipinos under tbe command of MaJ. Gen. George Gnm^ Here day at the Wilkes county home.
Philippine scouts, oi Battery ^ Niaety^rst artillery, are ahem loading
a It-lnch gun during a coast defense drill on the island.
He is survived by three dauglu
ters. i
.