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VOL. xxmv, No. 82
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REPORT IS HEAR^
Kiwan^Here
Have Review Of
Activities In ’41
J. B. Williams Installed As
President Of Club For
The Ensuing Year
Published MonWa and Thursdaya NORTH WILKBSB'6R0. N. C, MONDAY, JAN, 5th,. 1942
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Ten Hurt in
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Parkway Totby
Senito’s Contribution to Singapore Defense
A rr
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Installation of officers and
reading of the annual achieve
ment report by the secretary fea
tured the first meeting of the
new year for the North Wilkes-
boro Kiwanis club FYiday noon.
Prior to the program Secre'ary
T. B. Story announced that a
meeting dealing with work tor
undorprivileged children ^ ill he
held here on Januay 15 at 11:30
a. m., at which time national
and state leaders w;!' di.scuss
plans to extend the work. Repre
sentatives of all clubs will be
urged to at'end.
J. B. Snipes offered sugges
tions that a meeting be planned
for the near future with the
Lions Club and represen* ative
guests of the Coble Dairy com
pany. This suggestion wa.s ap
proved.
President J. B. Carter asked ,
the secretary to read the Annual
ichievement report. This report
is a resume of the activities of
the club for the past year. It in
dicates that the club has now .tS
members and the .attendance for
the year has been 91 per cent.
The following members made per
fect attendance: Cecil Adamson,
Dan Carter, J. B. Carter. Charlie
Day. A. C. Chamberlain, Edward
Blnley, R. W. Gwyn, W. D. Half-
acer. W. E. Jones, |^. F. Kilby.
J. B. McCoy, C. O. McNeil. Paul
Osborne and J. H. Rector, The
following only misi-;ed one meet
ing: Paul Cragan. Richard Finley.
Robert Gibbs, George Kennedy
(Continued On Page Four)
THE NORTHWE^ERN—
To Meet Jan. 13ffi
Annual Meeting Of North
western Bank To Be
Held In This City
D. V. Deal, secretary of the
Northwestern Bank, has issued a
call for the annua! stockholders’
meeting to be held at the bank’s
offices in thfe city on Tuesday,
January 13th. at 11 o’clock a.m.
The puropse of the meeting is
to elect a board of directors for
■he ensuing year, hear reports in
regard to the bank's condition
and progress made during 1941,
and for the transaction of any
other husines.s that may come be
fore the s'ockholdeno
Tlie Northwestern Bank, in
addition to the bank in this city,
operates branches at Taylor.sville.
Blowing Rock. Bakersville, Sp’ir-
>a. Boone. Valdese. Burnsville,
and Jefferson.
IN THIS COUNTY—
Civilian Defense
Wants Volunteers
Wilkes County Civilian Defense
Council under direction of Chair
man jW. H. McElwee will soon
have forms for volunteers for civi
lian defense work.
Volunteers will le needed for
many types of work, including air
raid wardens for every part of the
county.
A full time office for civilian de
fense will be set up in the next few
days, meanwhile those who wish
to volunteer for any type of civi
lian defense work should call
Chairman McElwee.
WPA Truck and
Auto Colfide
Morning
Luther Miller and Ulysses
Yates, of Jefferson, Dead;
One Is Critically Hurt
Air Raid Shelters at Bargain Prices
MORE MANPOWEI^
New Regu^ndHNi
Mot For MBMarjr
Seryice Feb. IRk
Men 20 Through 44 Not Rue*
istered Will Be Required
To Register That Day
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These Breda guns, captured from the Italians in Libya, are being
econditioned in Malaya for use against Jap invaders. During WavelPs
:escrt blitz a tremendous amount of Italian equipment was taken by
he British. It has since been useful on other fronts, and will serve the
Hied cause again in Malaya.
SINCE BAN ON SALES CARS, TIRES—
Automobiles Now
Two were killed, one hurt be
yond much hope of recovery,
three badly hurt and six received
less serious injuries this morning
when a WPA truck and an auto
mobile collided head-on on the
Blue Ridge parkway three and a
half miles west of Laurel Springs.
The dead are: Luther Miller,
of Jefferson, who waa instantly
killed and whose body was taken
to West Jefferson; and Ulysses
Yates, of Jefferson, who died
while On ’he way to the Wilkes
hospital here in a truck with
several other injured. Both were
in the car. an A model touring
model.
David C. Smith, of Jefferson,
had a had skull fracture and oth
er injuries and is not expected
to recover. Other occupants of, Mass production air raid shelter, shown during a tryout In Boston,
the car who were badly hurt i ft Is bolted on a concrete base. VentUatlon comes in at the top where
were Andrew South of Jeffer- ] tbe Uttle cone crowns the steel pyramid. Tes, this shelter can accom-
son with a dislocated hip and | Tiodate 13 people. With air raid alerts on both coasts, Interest in shel-
severe lacerations, and Willie O * rs is increasing. Some can be bought for as little as 1206.
Bare, of Jefferson, who had se
vere laceratloiw. of the right leg.
cheat Injuries and minor hurts.
South, who was said to Jiave
been the driver of the car. wa.s
in a seini-conscions condition to
day but may recover.
Occupan’s of the truck who
were injured were listed at the
Wilkes hospital as follows:
McKinley Wagoner, driver of
the truck, contusion of the chest
wall, condition not regarded
critical.
Roecoe Tedder, of Springfield.
Registration of men from 20 to
44 years of age, both inclusive, wiH
be on February 16, according
news today from Waiteigten, B*
C.
This is in accordance with an acO
passed by congress soon after thn
nation entered the war on Decen*-
ber 7th after the attack by Jap
anese.
This registration will be foi alt ■
men 20 to 44 who had not regto-
tered for military service in eitib-
er of the two previous registrar
tions of men between ages of 21 to
35.
Details of the registration wiH
be announced later.
Jumors Will Install
Officers Tuesday 7 ;30
of
Motorisb Are
Curbii^ Speed
To feve Tires
Less Speed and Elimination
Unnecessary Driving Pro
longs Life Of Tires
Government ban on sale of tires
and new automobiles to the "aver
age motorist’’ has done what law
enforcement agencies and I another WPA truck, which had
courts have not been able to do on the side of the park-
praetically eliminated speeding on collided direc ly with
the highways. | traveling northeast to-
That was the opinion voiced by | Laurel Springs. Information
many who observed w'eek-end traf-; destination of 'he au-
fic on highways over this section , ,,j,e „ecupied by the Jeffer
Motorists were tak- immediately
less strain . ,, today because
North Wilkesboro council
the Junior Order will ineei on
Tuesday night, 7:.30. in the first
meeting of the new year.
Officers for the first six mon'hs
of the year will be installed.
Monroe Miller will be councilor,
succeeding T. H. Waller, head of
the council during the past six
months.
There will also he degree
work and a large attendance of
members is reques'ed.
THURSDAY NIGHT—
Fred W. Grpene
Will Speak Here
Secretary of North Carolina' Particularly on tire^ freelv ' o>'^«on interviewed.
And the opinion was also treeiy ^ fnreman o
or cuts and bruises. .
Sam Brown, of Springfield,
sprained shoulder and minor
hurts. ...
Paul C. Hall, of Dehart, mild
concussion of brain, not serious.
Lu’her Wint Brown, of Spring-
field, bruises on right leg.
Quincy Wagoner, of Springfield
fracture ot cervical vertebrae in
iieclc-
The truck was carrying 16
WPA workers from their homes
in the Springfield community of
Wilkes county to work on the
Parkway projec. The accident
occurred when the truck passed
ON THREE FRONTS TODAY—
Some War Reports
More Encouraging
600 Japanese Are
Ultimate Jap Defeat
Pr^idicted By Wavell
—7 Wi^ '•OJ-
in Tne Philippines
Russians Continue To Make
Big Gains Against Cold
Stricken Nazis
confidence and frank recognition^
of the problems—even the ftoqT-'l
ses—th;4t lie ahead. General Sir'
Archibald P. Wavell. the newly
named supreme ABCD comman
der in the southwest pacific, pre
dicted yesterday that Japan fac
es only ultimate defeat.
-The situation may become
worse until the tide urns, sa pj,jgg forces under Gen-
the sof'-spoken British geneia a £),ug.i[gs MacArthur had killed
a farewell interview, m urn Japanese soldiers while Amer-
it will with inexorabl.’ s reng p'ilipino casualties were
when the time comes. very low in comparison.
Naturally he did not isc ose American and local defend-
where he will establish ns new forces are making a determin-
headqarters or who would sue ^ stand north of Manila and near
ceed him as Britain’s commander /■, :.i„,
in chief in India.
FUNERAL SUNDAY—
Miss Duncan k
Taken By Death,
Mias Lola Gertrude Duncam
Died Saturday Morning;
Was III Two Weeks
the island fortress of Corregidor
since the fall of Manila last week.
IN THIS CITY—
I
of the state.
ills it easy-putting ^^tgUiahle
and wear on their automobiles and „ i
none ot be occupants were
foreman of the
on the parkway.
Defense Bags 4 Out
Of 21 Enemy Planes
While the Japanese, as if liy
.some prede'erniined l■■iglK^l. s-id-
jdeiily widened the scope ot their
Name Is Changed To United operations over an area re.ngina
I f4Tk»>» Ri'ilien Ri
Hour Chaises At
N.C.S.E.S. Office'
expressed here by officers and J""' '^ject
others that the reduced speed - ^ere In his
would save a majority of lives r
Hall, a siih-fore-
Education Association to
Address The P. T. A.
save a majority
Fred W. Greene, of Raleigh, which would otherwise ha^^ ^beetl ,vPA
ruck, brought the others, includ
ing Yates, who died on the way.
Hall’s truck was in front ot
three others carrying men to
JANUARY 12, 13, 14—
Army Recruiters
Coining 3 Days
Col. H. A. Wells, of the Char
lotte recruiting office for the
United States Army, has informed
The Journal-Patriot tha* a partv
of recruiting officers will spend
three days In North Wilkesboro
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day, January 12, 13 and 14.
The recruiting officers while
here will be prepared to take
applications for aviation cadets,
enlist men for the air corps and
to enlist' men for the Army of
the United States, unassigned.
The officers will interview per
lost on the highways in accidents.
.c... Numerous people who had been
Carolina Edua'tonal Association, -atan on if’ at
accustomed to step on it ai
will be the feature speaker at the ^ .
annual Fathers’ Night prograni to keen
of the North Wilkesboro Parent- hour ai^ now deternunedteke^^
Teacher association on Thursday 40 gs the^r maximum and he told ’hein that the wearii-
nigh’, January 3. 7:30 p. in., emergency. They er waa
‘"orrtaterr'he program If-;;hat ‘iTh^k^^lhey found the
will be a concert b.v the ^°rth , A S^rkwav
Wilkesboro high school l^a"d. ; dead and ^
and "open house for the entire ^jieage than at high speed. | ranger arrived to make InvestL
school plant. Automobile dealers here have a tion of the accident^
Following the program all the j According to Information ob
classrooms and other depart-, ^ government order but are tained ;rora some "J ^rkers
ments will be open tor visitors, supplied with used cars rang- who accompanied the injured to
and teachers and students will . to almost new. | the hospital here, there was some
be hosts. Refreshmen’s will be Dggigrs are featuring the impor- rain, which was freezing on the
served in the Iiome economics ggrvice and garage windshields and had tro^n on
department. 'departments to keep the present the parkway pavement. The ac-
Special efforts are being made jtggg condition to r-o- cldent occurred on a portion 01
to secure a large attendance of j serviceability, tho parkway which was almost
„I1 tnt»ro«Ad in the the national emergency, s'raight. The collision was .mid
All agencies dealing with automo- to have occurred on the automo-
States Employment Ser
vice; Want Workers
B. G. Gentry, maiia.ger of the
local branch of what has
been known as the North Caroli
na State Employment Service
said 'oday that the name has
been changed to United States
Employment Service, since the
agency has bden taken over by
the federal government to sjieed
na'ion-wide placements on de
fense work.
New open hours for the office
are from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday and 8:30
a. m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
Arrangements may he made to
have the office open at lea t one
night per week, Mr. Gentry said,
for convenience of those who
work all day but who wish to reg
ister for defense jobs elsewhere.
a rea
from British Burma to .\u,stra-
hia's Bismarck .Archipelago, Gen
!eral Douglas Mac.Arthur’s I’hilip-
' pine rtefeiiders Sunday carried 011
their grim and ga!laul bat le
against tremendous odds.
The island fortre;s of Cnrredi-
dor, at the entrance of Manila
Ray. drove off another homhing
a‘tack, the War Department an
nounced. In 30 minutes Corregi-
dor’s anti-aircraft guns bagged
four of the 21 raiding planes and
damaged others, boosting to at
least 11 the number of rising sun
bombers these batteries have
bagged in three aseaults
Mi.ss Lola Gertrude Duncan, 6flb
member of one of northwesteiWf-
North Carolina’s most prominent;
families, died early Saturday
morning at Davis hospital in
Statesville. She had been ill fov
about two weeks.
She was a daughter of the lato'
Jesse G. and Mary E. Canter Dun
can and was a resident of the Oak-
woods community. Surviving mem
bers of her family are threa
brothers; W. M. Duncan, of Mom-
vian Falls; Ralph Duiu^n,
North Wilkesboro; and( Eff
Duncan, of
home at Oakwoeds Sunday air 1
a. m. and remained therd until®
1:30 P. M, The funeral service’
was held Sunday afternoon, 2:30,
at Cub Creek church near Wilkes
boro. Rev. W. -M. Cooper, pastor
of the North Wilkesboro Presby-
jtcrian church, condu .’ted tlie ser-'
vice. Burial was in the Cub Creek
cemetery.
BEGANLAST MONTH—
Inscore Is Head
Of Prison Camp
E. P. Inscore Superintendent
of State Highway Prison
Camp In Wilkes
E. P. In.score, widely known citi
zen of Livelace township, ha.s been
appointed superintenflent of the
state highway prison camp located
near this city.
-Mr. Inscore succeeds Ivdd Besh-
cars, who resigned as superintend
ent of the camp pending trial on
charges of perjury in federal
court.
The new superin'endent began
his duties on Decem’oer 8th.
all persons interested in
chool, both men and women
IN THIS PAPER—
Annual Report
Clerk PuUished
'bile service have found that auto- bile’s right side of the,highway
Ulic aciviv-c —
mobile owners are more willing to going northeast. The car w as
(take their advice and obtain regu- comple'ely demolished and the
I lar lubrication and repair .tervlce truck was badly damaged.
»o keep the machines capable of i I
maximum performance with mini- A^HlUC
mum wear.
IN THIS COUNTY—
Owens Child Is
First ’42 Baby
The annual report of Clerk of AhiericA Raslf
Court C. C. Hayes, showing am
ounts of funds held in hte office
for various people, is published
on pages three and six of this
newspaper.
January clinic for crippled and
! deformed will be held at the
Succun3bsa Sunday. Wilkes hospital onf Thursday
! morning, January 8., according to
i Mrs. Amerwa Rath, 61, wife of announcement today from the
Jim Rasbt ot n»r this dty, died coonty health department.
A daughter born to Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Owens at 12:30 p.
m. January 2 was the firet 1942
. 1 J O..I. baby in Wilkes born to white.
For Crippled, otn parents, and will receiye Ihe priz
es offered by local firms. Dr. G.
T. Mitchell attested to the time
of the birth of the baby.
Business firms here giving i
presents were Tomlinson’s De
partment Store, Belk’s G. P-
Store. Emily’s Beauty ^ Salon,
Rhodee-Day Furniture Co., Carl
Persons calling for the funds Sunday. Funoral,. arrangements l^t year hundreds were
should give the docket number j had not bean Wfidie'today. lined to th e gtore. The
The officers will In’ervlew per- and case number In order thatrBurviving Mrp Iwr hnsbaad, one cHntes and sj^wra hope Store Bramo’s Drug
«>r jerosted In any branch of the records can be found without | daughter, Dellft Wfi Sartl, and one ra«ih an ev^ this
army service. delay. A. RMIH ,;fv:? ’
Chinese Slash
Trapped Fo*>
Chungking. Monday.—The Chi
nese high command announced
today 30.000 Japanese were kill,
ed and wounded at Changsha
yesterday in a battle in which
the Japanese offensive against
the Hunan Province capi'al was
trned into "a catastrophic de
bacle.’’
This makes a total of 52,000
invaders declared casualties in
three days before Changsha in a
slaughter of all but eclipsing
anything witnessed heretofore in
the nearly 4% years of bloody
fighting In China ,
The official announcement said
‘he Japanese were in general and
disordered retreat after yester
day’s dclsive action In which the
invaders’s 6th division was virtu- home Saturday
ally wiped out.
Other invaders, it was
were moved down when
tried to break through a ChlneM
ring of steel thrown
Changsha.
RESPONSE GOOD—
Red Cross Drive
Near Completion
All Workers Urged To Com- j
plete Canvass and Make
Report Early Possible
A. F. Kilbv, cha'rman of the
Red Cross War Relief fund driv«rj|
in Wilkes, said today that thsij
drive is progressing splendidly but'*,
that more funds are needed. Hb-
urged all workers who served ilkil
the roll call to complete canvass
their communities and to make re-3
port as early as possible. b 1
Good response has been receiveAl
from many parts of the county iw/
addition to the city and indust
drives, he said.
The county’s quota is $4,000, al
greater part of which has air
been raised.
James A. Roberts
Claimed By Deal
Funeral service was held at tba
afternoon fpg
79, of BoomerJ
Burial was all
James A. Roberts^
said who died Friday,
they HoHy Springs.
inese He was the father of Aadjr BoIm
aronnd erta, of this eiqr, and Mis, Da^—
McNi^ of Boomdr.”