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VOL. XXXY^ No. 13
PARENTS SAY IT LOOKS LIKE HIM—^
WILKES YOUTH IN PICTURE?
THIS
State Omird An4
iRain Rdinguisli
In Forests
Fires
i Local Company With The
j Guardsmen From Lenoir
Help Fight Fires
1
Two members of the A.E.F. in Australia are shown
here with two pretty. Australian girls and the dough
boys seem to have the situation well in hand. Many who
saw this picture in the Charlotte Observer say they be
lieve that the soldier on the right is Wade Osborne, a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wint Osborne, of McGrady. He sail
ed from an American port for an undisclosed destina
tion several weeks ago.
HAVE YOUR FAMILY INFORMATION READY—
Sngar Rationing Registration
i Monday Through Thursday
-I
Registration Is To
Be Two To^ At
All Public Schools
i A timely rain on Tuesday niKht
1 helped put the finishing touches
; to control of fires which had
' raged for a week in Western
North Carolina Forests and
caused destruction of vast tim
ber resources In many areas.
North Wilkesboro company of
the state guard under command
of Captain Harry Pearson was
called out Sunday and with the
Lenoir company helped fight fires
in the northern part of Caldwell
county and parts of Watauga
near Blowing Rock. Tl.e fires
there were practically under con
trol when the timely rain fell
Tuesday night and dampened the
forests,, making it much easier
to put out the fires. The guards
men returned here Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the other fires
which had caused much destruc
tion were already under control.
Forest wardens in Wilkfts un
der direction of County Warden
A. A. Triplett worked constantly
for several days under great dif
ficulties because of the spring
drought and winds which s.cat-
tered the flames rapidly over big
areas.
The fires in timber lands on
the Blue Ridge in the northern
part of the county last week were
some of the most destructive in
recent years and burned over
much good timber areas.
Soviets Halt
Fierce German
Counterblows
Kuibyshev, Russia. — Russian
» soldiers engaged in what the ar
my newspaper Red Sbar called
the most serious recent battle” on
the central front, have beaten oK
many German attacks on a river
position in which the Germans
A*ew tanks, planes, flame throw-
Whs. and smoke screens in'o flC
tion, it was reported last night.
The scene of the action was not
Indicated other than that it was
a wooded sector along the river,
but front line dispatches indicated
it was important tactically to both
sides.
Ladies and Gentlemen, irfeet tfe
FROli BOTH BCMpOS—
28 From 1,
35 From Board 2
Receive Notices
Taken on Bataan
Men To Be Accepted After
Physical Examination At
Induction Center
The*Jecp and the Peep have become famous to Uncle dam’s army,
but there Is "somethtog new—the “beep.” Pretty Elaine Gunderson, m Wc-
rctary at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho., delivers a package to technical
sergeant James Ladd, from the carrying box of a • heep.” With a s^d
of 25 m.p.h., this anto-glidc scooter is the army’s answer to the rubber
shortage.
75 To Graduate
At Wilkesboro
Friday, May 8
Dr. J C. Stokes Will Deliver
Sermon On Sunday After
noon, May 3, at School
IN AIR CORPS—
Edward Finley
Is Captain Now
Wilkesboro high school com-
i '.nencement program will begin on
Local Younir Man Ggta fifOr
motion To Captaincy Af
ter Less Than One Year
IN THIS CITY—
New Firm Makes
War Materials
EMward Finley son of Mr. and
Any Member of Family Over Mrs. E. G. Finley, has been pro-
18 May Register For The
Entire Family
V in
The following information
am.ut .sugar rationing was releas
ed here by C. B. Eller, sugar
rationing administrator for
Wilkes county:
Consumer registration for sug
ar will be held in all the schools
of the county May 4, 5, 6 and 7th.
The hours for registration in the
county schools will be from 2 to
6 p. m. except in .some cases
where the schools will be closed.
In ca.se where the hours are
changed it will be announced
I through the students of those
schools.
Franciaco Couple Mov- The hr urs for consumer re,gis
ing Machine Shop Here
tration at the North Wilkesboro
to Make Aircraft Parts
school will be three to eight p.m.
.All are encouraged to register
during the announced dates be-
Stout Manufacturing company registration after May
is the newest addition to the -jj, i,g j„ the rationing board
atrial life of North Wilkesboro.,
pfce new firm owned and oper-
by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Stout,
u, already engaged in the making
of war industries materials. It is
a. small machine shop, wWch will
be expanded as soon as Mr. Stout
receives additional machinery from
his shop in San Francisco, Cahfor-
"*Mr. and Mrs. Stou^ operated_ a
office in Wilke.sboro or North
Wilkesboro. and at least two
weeks after the close of registra
tion in the schools.
Every one should register ev
en If they have more than six
pounds of sugar per person on
hand, however they will not re
ceive a war ration book but can
make application for one from
moted to captain in the air corps
of the U. S. army, according to
news received this morning here.
He is now sta^ioAed at Westover
Field, Massachusetts. Prior to en
tering the service on June 30 he
held a position with Meadows Mill
Company here. He is a graduate
of Davidson College, where he re
ceived his military training and.
was commissioned as a first lieu-!
tenant. *
His preliminary training was ati
Orlando, Florida. |
Captain Finley’s brother, Robert
Wood Finley, is a second lieuten
ant. He reported recently for ser
vice at Fort Benning, Georgia.
I Friday night. May 1, at which time
' a program will be given by the
elementary school with each grade
rendering a number.
Dr. J. C. Stokes, pastor of the
Wilkesboro will
ileliver -the -
at the schoed on Suh&y evening,
May 3, three o’clock.
On Tuesday night. May 5, high
school pupils of Mrs. R. E. Pre-
vett’s music classes will appear in
People To Get
Gas According
To Their Need
Washington.—Itoputy Oil Co
ordinator Ralph K. Davies yes
terday announced abandonment
of plans to cut East Coast gas
line deliveries to 50 per cent
of normal before rationing is
started May 15, while Repre
sentative Mendel L. Rivera (D)
S. C., moved for a congression
al investigation of the eastern
seaboard "shortage."
Washington.—When card mt-
bMferti seabdard area May 15,
motorists win be given gas ac
cording to their needs, It was in
dicated last night.
Persons necessarily using their
vett s music Classes will appear m
recital and the high school band, ^ according
will give Us first concert program. I ^
Diplomas to a class of 75 high
school seniors will be presented at ' f mHnn
the final program on Friday night. I I" his application tor a rat on
May 8. Class day exercises by card, each motorist wi g •
members of the class will precede naD're ® ^ °
the presentation of diplomas. mileage from s o
' 1 .r/laoe of work or commuting point
Beauty Shoppe* To
Close Wednesday*
At Twelve O’clock
lomobile in carrying on his work
Paul Cashion’s
Home Is Damaged
I Eight beauty shoppes and two
schools of beauty culture here
1 will be closed each Wednesday
I afternoon, beginning at 12 o’clock
I On Wednesday, May 6, and con-, neighbors.”
Itinuing through August.
Those to observe the half holi.
! day will be Vogue Beauty Salon,
undetermined origin j wisteria Beauty Salon. Wilkes
Beauty Shoppe, Grace's Beauty
, Shoppe. Mae's School of Beauty
Cashioii near Wilkesboro. jCul'ure. Emily’s Beauty Salon,
The Wilkesboro fire department | ideal Beiiity Parlor, Frazier’s
extinguished the blaze, which ; Beauty Shoppe, ’Mayflower Beau-
badly damaged por's of the in-1 ty ghoppe and Hlnshaw School of
Beauty Culture.
and the average daily mileage
customarily driven In such work
and also answer the question;
“Are you making every possible
effort to reduce this mileage by
using public tmnsportation and
bv 'doubling np' \v1ih your
Wilkes county draft boards list
63 men who are about to be induct
ed into the army.
Of that number 28 will be from
board area number 1 and 35 from
board number Z.
'The men will report to the draft
board offices in Wilkesboro and
North Wilkesboro on the date they
were notified to report and will
proceed to the army induction cen-
Jter for physical examination and
induction.
Board number 1 lists the follow
ing; Fred Stone, James Theodore
Waters, Claud Woodrow Billings,
Charlie Hayes Blankenship, Wil
liam Morse • Duncan, Marshal
Thomas Marley, William Robert
Mathis, Edward Carl Laws, Robert
Lee Oakley, Lillard Lunsford,
Samuel 'Theodore Cain, Hubert
Call, Gordon Council Church, Wal
ter Stedman Earp, Charlie Taft
Williams, Romie Sylvester San
ders, Robert Ray Gentle, James
Presley Laws, Rufus Love, Richard
Edward Minton, Jlra Hill Hamby,
Clyde Curry,.. Robert Anderson,
Robert Parks C.Hurch, Barney
Pleasant Segraves, Richard Eugene
Yates and Turner Shew.
From Board number 2 area:
Ivan Cecil Garabill, Arvil Toliver
Shomate, Paul Wellborn Greene,
Bnrchette,
Hampton Day, Jr., James Harlies
Combs, Leroy Bauguess, Stancel
Roland Gentry, James Berkley
Barnett, Roy Prevette, John A.
Johnson, Romulus Call Jennings,
Jr., Sherman Alvin Billings, Theo
dore Vestel Walker, Luther Bert
Billings, William Thomas, Elmer
Boyden Dunn, Paul Thomas, Wal
ter Jess Hayes, Arthur Grant
Rhodes, George Comiedore Taylor,
Garvie Huffman, Odell Monroe
Jones, Albert Virlen Alexander,
Thomas Rayvon Sparks, Isaac
Stanley Church, James Gwyn Hig
gins, Granville Columbus Porter,
William Clyde Durham, Arlie Dur
ham, David Cornelius Gentry, Ben
ny Barnett, Jesse Pipes, Lee Wyatc
and Floyd James Goss, .Jr
Fire of
late Sanda.v night did expensive!
damage to the new honu, of Paul j
liberty AM) Bl,-\rKOUTS
the
damaged por s
terior of the new home.
‘‘Rastus, do you all know why
dev has such smell little lights
on the Statue of Liberty?”
“Ah diinno, Mandy, unlessen
its cos de less light, de more lib
erty dey is.”
BUT DEFENSE BONDS
Merrily They Sail to Continent ‘Down Under’
• a for ‘“e rationing board of their dis-
nxcMjne shop in , trlct when their sugar has heen
ev€W years but had to close he
al years but had to emse oe- ^kich person is allow-
cxnae they were ^ ,^ucta ed two pounds of sugar without
for the type penalty, but for each pound in
^ ' of two poundd a stamp
terials —
tJiey had been making, ‘r' 'T“i „cess
North Wilkesboro in
spending their vacation with Mr.
aSl Mrs. John Alexander at Ab-
gheis. Mrs. Alexander is an aunt
of Mrs. Stout.
Because H was difficult to make
contacts for sub contracts on the
west following information:
their shop here and It IS l^atedin ^
Cashion building at the inter-
Hinshaw and Trogdon
will b'e removed from their war
ration book. If they have over
six pounds per person they will
not be issued war ration books.
It win simplify the registra
tion if each person who registers
for others will have available
lection of
Mr Stout said he had experi-
,nced' no difficulty here in making
;^„it»cts with manufacturers and
jetting sub contracts for small
lircraft parts. ^
WAS HE RIGHT?
A young lawyer, ploading his
S t case, had been retained by a
ber to prosecute a railway
kpany for killing twenty-four
)B He wanted to impress the
luiT with the magnitude of the
"^‘“Twenty-four hogs, gentlemen!
irenty-four! twice the number
«« are In the Jury box.” I
1. Fhill name and address of
each person they plan to register
for.
2. Age of each.
3. Height.
4. Weight.
5. Color of eyes.
6. Color of hair.
7. Amount of sugar in posses
sion of the family.
Any member of the family over
18 years of age may register for
all the members of bis or her fam
ily. All persons are urged to take
care of their war ration book as
there is no provision at the pres-
/ent time to replace those lost or
stolen.
THE SMALLEST—
^Gallon Still
Is Captured By
Three Officers
Two of the top ranking officer* r*
ported by Japs as captured on Bai
lafrw are pictnred here. At top it
MnJ. Gen. Edward P. King Jr., coaa>
mander of the U. S. forces on Bm
taan. Below: Maj. Gen. Albert Ifl
Jones, commander of the FIrM
army corps.
UNDER $3,000 BOND-
Jack Calloway Is
'
Will Gwyn, Negro
Gwyn Fatally Shot At Callo
way Home In Altercation
Over Quantity Liquor
Two Men Arrested At Out
fit Capable Of Making
One Gallon Per Day
Jack Calloway, ^ TO year-old
resident of North Wilkesboro
route two. east of this city, was
ordered held under $.1,000 bond
Tuesday afternoon when he
waived evidence before Coroner
I. .M, Myers on cho-rges of killing
Will Gwyn, Ronda negro, at the
Calloway home Saturday after
noon.
Three witnesses. Rn> Edwards,
Ralph Hunt, Jr., and Daniel Ed
wards, all colored reddenls of
Honda, were held under bonds of
$500 each.
The three colored witnesses
had told the coroner that Gwyn
was trading a quanMty of empty
bottles to Calloway for two gal
lons of liquor and ihat when
Gwyn was in the house wi.h Cal
loway they heard a noise as if a
fight was under way. Gwyn
emerged from the house with a
gallon jug 01 liquor in each hand
. , , and Callowav fired a pistol shot
One of the smallest stills seized behind. The bullet hit thn
m Wilkes since prohibition was de-
stroyed by a force coinposed of an
alcohol tax unit ^i^ht ride. Gwyu whirled around
uty marshal and sheriff the, Calloway shot him between
Grassy Fork community near Ben-1
.r. u- ■ f Calloway had previously told
Roy »Reese, chief of the Wilkes I
group of alcohol tax mvesliga^s
said the still was made of copper I
him before he fired the shdb.
and held eight gallons. With Reese ^
on the had been carrying the 38-ealthm
Walter M. Irwin and Sheriff C. T., f„r protection
Doughton. They arrested J. F.
Hayes and Hubert Chapman as
operators of the unique outfit.
The outfit was composed of an
eight-gallon copper still, a five-
gallon can for doubler and a coil
welded in an eight-quart well
bucket for condenser. They esti»
mated its capacity for a full day
being slightly less than one gal
lon.
At the still, which was making
its first run of apple brandy, were
50 gallons of apple pumice 4;o
which 26 pounds of sugar had been
added.
special revolver
about his home.
On Sunday officers destroyed
a still near Calloway’s home.
Calloway’s son admitted owner
ship of the still.
4TH REGISTRATION—
2,763 Registered
In Wilkes Monday
-BUY WAR BONDS—
There’s m«y » happy «nlle Mid cheer from these U. 8. soldiers (^1) « «*y
from their trmmport ship. They ore now aghtteg under commmKl ef ^ £ iS
•t the sea . “poUywog” (one who hasn’t crossed the ^ • thelHiacX oe «e imi
posses the imagtoary Unc. No exception woa made M thta Aaotraltan convoy,
coart are U oostnues, officiattog.
Irwin Honored
Robert Louis Irwin, son of
Deputy Marshal and Mrs. Walter
M. Irwin, of Wilkesboro, has
been elected to the legislative
branch of the student government
at the University of North Caro-
Total for the fourth Selective
Service registration in Wilke*
Monday was 2,763, according to in
formation received from the coun
ty’s two draft boards.
Of that number 1,290 were in
board number 1 area and 1.473 in
number two.
Teachers handled the registtn-
tion at designated schools tinnagh-
out the county as the names of
men between 44 and 6B WisTe ro»
Una at Chapel Hill. He is a third ,— __ —
.. . . - vj, year pharmacist student and is corded as a part of IhO araon^
Here Neptontos Bax and hh ^ .piondld record. i manpower count.
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