IvrOL. XXXV, No. 16
It 2S schools—
l^egistration Of
GasoUne Users
BegmsTuesday
Bond
Canvass
Continues
lotoriais Will Be Able To
Buy Gasoline According
To Essential Needs
ji Wilkes rationing board officials
mnounced today -that rationing
Jrangementa have been coniple-
JM for registering motorists for
psoline rationing.
The registration will be car-
i ed out on Tuesday. Wednesday
\d Thursday at 25 schools, lo
tted in every community in the
lanty.
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
Income Eearners
Are All Asked To
Buy War Bonds
Some Industries Are Now
Hundred Per Cent, Chair
man J. R. Hfat Reports
he county schools and a member
1 Wilkes rationing board num-
ir 1, said teachers and other
iluntebrs would conduct the
•gislratron on Tuesday, Wed-
psday and Thursday afternoons
the following schools:
North AVilkesboro, Wilkeeboro.
Oomer, Ferguson, Moravian
Iftlls, -Mountain Crest, Somers,
tount Pleas.ant. Hendrix. Maple
prings. Summit, Millers Creek,
^ittlngton. Cricket. Mulberry.
^tS'.intain View, Traphill, Double
^tek, Benham, Ronda, Pleasant
tin, Clingman, and Roaring Riv-
•. North Wilkesboro colored
hool and Lincoln Heights co!-
i-ad school.
' The hours in the county
Ichools will be from two until
Jx o’clock. At North Wllkeeboro
fchool the hours will be from
‘ee until eight p. m.
[asoline sales will not be at-
by rationing until Friday,
Under the terms of the “meal
icket” rationing plan, essential
■ehicles — trucks, buses, taxis
ind tractors— would receive an
^limited supply. Between that
:ronp and the “non-essential’’
ilassiflcatlon would fall the
housands who drive to work or
Le their cars for business pur-
)0ses.
To take care of that group.!
ifuel Administrator Henderson j
aid that three additional ■‘work"|
ifications would be set up on
^^asis of need. Depending on
^classification, the owner of a
work” car would be entitled to
2, 30 or 36 gallons for the peri-
d, or a little more than three.
>ur or five gallons a week re-
pectlvely.
The bond buying pledge cain-
I>ai(^n in Wilkes Is progresslnlg
sAtJsfaetorlly hut all Income
earners) who have not. been In
cluded are urged to sign a
pledge to buy bond-s, J. H- Hix,
AVilkes chairman, said today.
'The canva-ssing part of the
drive ’was carried into this
%veek in order to contact every
income earner if possible.
.■Alread.v some of the imlus-
trit-s and other organliaUons
are buying bond-s or have sign
ed pledges for lOO per cent
buying. Chairman Hix said. All
local industries and business
firms are being well canvassed
and the canvas.s of homes will
be to include those not contac
ted through industrial and bus
iness flrm-s.
J. 1$. Sni|*es, county farm ag
ent. has been assi.sflng with the
campaign among farmers and
other rural residents.
Tl»e (luota for Wilkes county
has l>een set for May at .?13,-
HOO. rnolTiclal reports from
sales last week indicate tliat
the l“ofa may be reached or
exceeded provided the interest
in bond buying Is maintained
among Individual wage earn
ers.
Liberal buying oT war box^s
On the part of all Income earn
er ma.v forestall large increas
es in tares Or a compuisorj
sy.stcm of bond bu.ving bj’ in
come earners.
Wilkes Is expected to an-wer
the call ^rntrioflcally but it is
emphasized that financing the
war is everybody’s rospoasibil-
Ity, duty and privilege.
A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY
TMC BCCfirTAiivorTHC mcAtynv
ikrl«l9U
fD THE nant or warn camuai
TbU wmk • utm **«r*c" for sal* 1^ B»nd* aod
1TlT ^ wter 'Mj ttmitmit th* ItUaB. It i« tJte Vu* Bead Qmw
It ii MOMMTy ttet bm 4Mbit tbt rtW at jm
trt BOW bi^inc ^ heuta and SUivt. Iblt will •tr* •*“
to lAdlTlitetl AatrlotM of Wkr Boodo ond 8U^ to
1«M Um ob« billtoa doUtro wrwff mAh.
•Mn tbo oalo dlrtei
Um lapwit of BOt
{kM'MlUon doUATO ■ it tbt Mtiontl qQOtt.
to OM-Uot^ tho ooiAiAtd Ibcoh of tU iMrlotns.
It it oqotl
Thlt mooaj it ntodtd to tht tooli of «ur for jour ficbtltf
forett. It trill not pojr for «U of Um. Oar mr tupmUUrw new
irt at Uit r»U of abont PDUI BX12IO0 a aontb, tad tbar axo rowiac
daily* Bat a dolUrt ■ aonth dlrtot trm tht pt«|>lt «U1
mka all'^t prodaetlen pet tibia, ntfaoat It m cannot do otnr btttf
without It tet cargMt pat forth o«r fall offort.
It ia dMptftUIy aotdod for taothor rtaaon. Vt can*t fi4bt a
awr and at tbo taat XAm llvt and tptad at utual. Ibtrt art not tooB|b
fo^o to fo around — tho thlaft wt with nontp. If wt fo « opond-
lA( At tho 19C- toalt, tt*U bo rebblac tho fliht^ nan to add to otr
om eonfort or ploaturo. bo drlrinc ^ tho oott of livifiK for
all of oo. *0*11 bo li^flnf dlro htfdohlpo os oar noifiAoiw.
*iat it atktd of yna io ton por eont of jour oamlatt “ • titbt
for Liberty* It la net t tax} it U not o?to t oontrlbatloo; it it a
loon at inttrtft, for your ott and protoetion later.
Ibur Oerenmot atkt joa to cat doon your o*p«iditarM, 10 Sill ’—
jew beje on tho firing lino and la tho irainlat ni^po, throu|b yMr
OoWmno&t* a^ jeu to mto oo that thay maj ba?t ohat they oood to
win 1WR UB for you — laorioa aaks you to M«t| to 8kjt TO RIB TRl SUI;
to buy lor Bondo and Btoapo up to not looo ton per oont of lear
lno"^r
Is Liberty worth ItT It OMooraey worth ItT It Aatrlea worth itt
I think I bmt jrour answer.
SiACorwiy,
Coundl Olid
• lian Deftate WoviEMwTo
' Hare All.Day 'Sdiool
Civilian D^nse offi;ial8 and
workers of several' nortfiwes;
North Carolina counties will meet
in Wilkesboro on Tuesday, May
12, for a civilian defense school.
District schools were planned
by the state director of clTillan
defense as a means of coordinat- ^
tng civilian defense activities and
to further^ acquaint councils and *
work with civilian defense'
plans.
The school, which will be held
irf the Wilkesboro school build
ing, will begin at ten a. m. and
continue throughout the day.
Dog Sfentry
LOT PURCHASED—
Fanners Co-Op
Plans Warehouse
Spacious Buildings Lots For
Warehouse Purchased
From W. M. Day
The above letter was sent to this newspaper by Secretary Mor-
genthan in Washington. We pohUab It io^tbe interest of the War Bond
Quota Campaign and earnestly recommend that all onrtrOnders do
their share in the tremendous job ahead of flnanclng the War effort.
Motorists Swarm
Highways On Last
‘Sunday Joyride’
■ Unofficial peport-s carr.rtl in
press dispatches from Washing
ton are to the effect that the
Kneeaentiar' motorist will get
about three gallom* of ga-soline
per week. In that case, each
unit could be mvd to purcha.se
three gallons of ga.solline. The
ratlomlng hoards today hal re-
oateed no official confirmation
«%Jyhe value of a tin it.
SATURDAY NIGHT—
One Wounded In
Fight Of Cousins
Police Seek Clay Holland,
Jr., for Inflicting Wound*
On C. A. Holland
The five clasjea are:
—Xo application necessary,
isued to any motorist presenting
regis'ration card—7 iinils.
Bl_.persnns who drive overt
■1^ and one half miles per day |
Kless than seven in going to
fd from work or in using their
irs in connection with their em-
loyment—11 units.
B2—Persons driving seven or
but less than nine miles
C. A. Holland, young Wilkes
man, wa.s painfully injured on Sat
urday night when he was cut iv’th
a knife in an altercation witn his
cousin, Clay Holland, Jr., police
said today.
C. A. Holland escaped death byi
a fraction of an inch from a knife
laceration on his neck. He also
sustained a painful cut on his
treatment at the
back. After treatment at
Wilkes hospital he was released, .m wnicn mere ait; vciy it:w, nt
Police are seeking Clay Holland,, rughed with business yesterday.
-1 I ....ri. tjie mo'orists’ swan
They went In all directions
yesterday—thousands of them—
motorists who wanted to enjoy
their last Sunday driving before
gasoline rationing begins.
Not since automabile tires were
frozen in late December had the
highways in Northwest North
Carolina seen so much travel.
Automobile owners, pu'ting
aside rubber shortage worries,
turned to the highways for long
distance trips, mountain picnics,
and plenty of joyriding. They
knew that gusollne rationing
would be more acu'e than the
curtailment of tire sales.
But they drove carefully, for
public officials had recorded no
serious accidents in this area at
late hour last night.
' Trees, nepy in green, ind the
rolling coun'ryslde called. Rec
ord gasoline sales Saturday antic
ipated the mass movement yes
terday. Stations open on -Sunday,
of which there are very few, were
to and from
»r Oay in going
ork or in using their cars in
mnec’ion with their employment
-15 0^:118.
B3—Persons driving nine or
ore miles per day in going to
id from work or in using their
ir* in connection with their em-
loyment—20 uni’js.
X ^All vehicles used as ambu-
mces, hearses, taxis, buses, jit-
gya or other vehicles for hire:
ITS belonging to clergymen and
lyslciani); vehicles belonging to
idefal. state, local or foreign
yvernments, and used in official
DRlnen; vehicles used in truck
Jr- who is charged with weilding
the knife. The altercation follow
ed an argument between the two
men.
ENDED FRIDAY-
Many Complete
1st Aid Course
song—for it may be a blue moon
before he can ride again into a
filling station and say ’’flU'er up"
on Sunday again.
Those who didn't take off yes
terday will probably try to ’heaf
gasoline natloning by making
that trip before rationing begins
on Friday, May 15.
About 200 Wilkes people com
pleted the first series of first eld
courses being conducted in Wilkes
county under auspices of the civ
ilian defense council.
The courses ended Friday night
at North Wilkesboro. Moravian
hauling, towing, freight- Falls and Roaring River. ^
iring mail carrying, delivery) Physicians volunteered their
messenger service: and vehi-1 services as instructors of the
■ need in transportation of ma- j courses and the members of the
lAls and equipment for con- classes were appreciative of the
action or for mechanical, elec- sacrifice on the part of the phyal-j
sal structural or highway i clans.
intenance or repair servkesj Those who classes
for the transportation of work , were Dr. J. H. McNeill, m. H. B.
w. *n nerform these services Smith, Df. John W. Morris, and
J Dr, J. G. Bentlejr. Textbooks were
“'*3 furnished the'classes through tho
|-Iiincll*6d8 American Red Cross.
lAnt nunareas ^ ^ McETwee. chairman of
F How the civilian defense council, and
Miss Annie Laurie Herring, home
demonstration agent who helped
organize the classes in rural com
munities, said that other first
aid classes will be conducted if
there is sufficient Interesj^ and
demand from the public.
Judge Johnston Dead
Judge A. Hall Johnston, of
the North Carolina Superior court
died ip an Asheville hospital
where hd had been taken Tuesday
after he had collapsed in a phy
sician’s office.
lilt Hundreds
Carpenters Now
>n,e tl. a. EmploymeJH Ser-
M office hwo ***** ^***'
Bninvhi of caip®***’®*'* t® worfc
tli0 mtmy camp near Dur-
Onrpenters interested
apply now *t> the em-
oM-slee offiee, which
Power
ATTACK!
ATTACK!
ATTACK!
Amwica’i attacking on Both tba
fighting front and tba homa front
’n flvisf tfae Axi* * Wttsr
tt>t* of whit’i to coaw.
W*’n fishtlnc Ik* >ai*ti«ur)r
Sth cobnaa that blows {iricM tky-
Bt home.
, trery one of mi
at lo*it'»%"oi hi. par to War
Bands J* aa Import tat a*M«r ia
LARGE / UriENCE—
75 Graduate At
Wilkesboro High
Interesting Graduation Pro
gram Carried Out Friday
Night By The Class
Wilkes county Farmers Cooper
ative. Inc., has purchased build
ing lots in Wilkesboro for erec
tion of a warehouse, it was
learned today from J. B. Snipes,
county agent.
The cooperative was organized
recently and chartered as a cor
poration under the laws of the
state.
The lots purchased by the or-
gi9.nization front on Wilkesboro s
Main street and were bought from
W. M. Day.
Detailed plans for the building
or time of construction have not
been announced.
Scenes like Uiis, wiUi * soldier
and his sentry dog, msy soon be a
reality at monitions plants. The
army has asked for 200 trained dogs
for sentry work. Dogs are especially
nsetnl as sentries because they can
detect the presence of intruders.
Can Register
Rationing Boards
After May 16th
No More Consumer Registrar
tion Until After May
16, Official Says
IN WILKESBORO—
H. M. Phillips
Suffers Injury
THURSDAY NIGHT—
Grangers Have
Good Meeting
Suffers Severe Blow On The
Head From A Piece
Of Wood
Address By State
Features Meeting; Plan
Increased Membership
-I
Seventy-five seniors received
diplomas of high school gradua
tion at Wilkesboro high school suostanuai ...
commencement finals on Friday j membership and activities
night. *
Members of the class presented
interesting program entitled
Substantial expansion in Grange
in
H. M. Phillips, well-known cit
izen of Wilkesboro, was painfully
injured Friday morning while at
work at his wood-working plant
Master located in the western part of
Wilkesboro.
Mr. Phillips wa.s engaged in
cleaning sawdust and particles
of wood about a saw which was
running at full speed when sud
denly a block or wood caught in
the saw, which threw it against
an interesting program
"Alma 'Mate'’s Children”.
The cist of characters for the
prpgram was as follows:
Whi.Htle. Bill Proffit; Cheers,
Hal Edmiiaton; Alma Mater, Mar-
grre’ Ferguson; Solomon Grun
dy, John Wright; Doctor Foster,
Jack Howard; Professor Query,
W. G. Johnson; Salutatorian. Al-
lie Ixtu Saylors; Valedictorian.
Josephine Martin; Testator, Fern
Poster; Senior Girl. Azile Mar
lowe; A Child. Rosetta Clark;
Poe*, Belva Woodie; Old Woman.
V. C. Brooks; Class President,
Ray Inscore: Historian, Carol
Glass; Dancer, Mary Gage Bar
ber; Pianist, Barbara Ogilvie;
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Maude T. Wil
liams.
William T. Long, Wilkesboro
school superintendent, presented
the diplomas. Awkrds to out
standing students were presented
as follows: citizenship medals to
boy and girl of senior class pre
sented by V. E. Jennings to John
Wright and Barbara Ogilvie;
scholarship medals for highest
four-year average presented by
Miss Helen Avett to Josephine
Martin; honor medals to seniors
selected as outstanding in ail
phases of work, presented by Van
G. Hinson to Presley Blevins
and Mary Gage Barber; medal
for most progress In band for
year presented to George Littman
by Walter F. McCanless, band in
structor.
Wilkes coun’y is under wry fol- ^.
lowing several days work in the! the right side of his head wlih
county by Mrs. King, lecturer of much force.
the State Grange.
A most successful meeting of
Wilkesboro, Ferguson and Little
Mountain Granges was held in
Wilkesboro Thursday evening, at
which time an inspiring address
was delivered by H- B. Caldwell,
of Greensboro. Master of the
State Grange.
The report of Mn?. King was al
so received and it wias indicated,
that other Granges may he or |
ganized soon In the county.
iMr. Phillips was carried to
The Wilkes Hospital for medical
attention aa qiCjkly as possible,
where it was found that he had
suffered a soilp wound but no
(frac’ure of the skull. Mr. Phillips
was reported as getting along
satisfactorily today, and his many
friends in the Wilkesboros and
over the county hope for him an
early and compllte recovery.
-BUY WAR BONDS—
Meet in Burma to Fight Nipponese
In Wilkes county approximate
ly 37,600 persona were registered
for sugar rationing, a rationing
board official said today.
Of that number 36,4040 recei
ved rationing stamps, indicating
that about 900 of those who reg
istered had more than six pounds
of sugar per peison on band.
The total number registered is
about 5,000 short of the total
population of the county- This
would indicate that there are
that many yet to register and reg
istration of those who failed to
register at the schools will lie at
the rationing board offices.
But no consumer can register
at the rationing beard offices un
til after May 16. When they reg
ister stamps will be romoved
covering the period from the be
ginning of rationing until date of
registration.
Atten’ion today was again call
ed for the fiact that each ration
ing stamp is good for purchases
of one pound of sugar, which Is
two weeks sup^ily. Elach stamp
must be used for the two weeks
period it represents and will not
be good after the end of the per
iod for which it was issued.
FULL WEEK—
Activities At
Local Schools
North Wilkesboro schools be
gan a full week of extra-curricu
la activities this afternoon with a
musical program by primary
grades.
On Tuesday morning ’ will be
the pre-school clinic and vaccina
tions will he administered on
Tueiiday afternoon.
On Tuesday night, eight o'clock
will be a musical program by pu
pils of the upper elementary
grades.
On Thiirsduy night, eight o’
clock, viH be the concert by the
high school band and glee club.
In addition registration of
motoris's for gasoline rationing
will begin Tuesday and continue
through Thursday, three to eight
m. each day.
J —BUY war TONDS—,,
Tuesday Will Be
Hospital Day
Attention to aUleci to the fact
that Tuesday, May 12, will be
National Hospital Day, when
attention of the public will be
called to the Importance of
hospltab especlaJly their'
pan in the w»r and
clvlliiui defense,
WUfces Hoap4t«l will obeerve
the ocoortoB aMi viatton are
eaptedfaiUy^ call «t tbe
;.‘Wi
Bombers Fired
Tokyo Targets
Army Reveals
Washington.—Lifting a hither
to Impenetrable wall of official
secrecy, the Wjc Department last
night disclosed that lest month’s
hUtory-shattering raids on Tokyo
and other Jap d ies were carried
out by U. S. Army bombers which
struck out of a clear noon sky to
start great fires among vital mil
itary objectives.
It was the first official conflr-
motlon by this government of the
raids which occurred April 18
and which heretofore had been
d^crlbed in detail only by the
the Japanese themselves—mostly
in frantic a’tempts to learn from
whence the planes struck.
.Accurately Attacked
‘‘TTie selected targets were un
mistakable and were occur tely
at'acked,’’ the communique said.
“Military,, naval and ‘industrial
plants ware the objectives in the
vicinity of Tokyo. Tokahama, Va-
goyn. and other localitie*. Large
fires were started which coatte-
ned to bum in some instaneas
for at least two days.”
, • J!,-- . ■ ‘■‘■i ' T
‘ Chinese generate are.ibewn (fani) as they met hi Bgrma t* jeia forces
agaiiikl the JapfLC CUaew Ckn. Uea KwaidMiV AtaeaMes o|wraUea>
with West. T. Jf. tetlea aa« staff eOMre. At betteai. Otaeee eel-
Atera tratMnfteii;Jffth- to A Banaaw riBagc thnath which «»y
—
U. S. Sends 6 Tons'
Medicine To Vfidkjr,,
Vichy.—Six tons of metUcihae
from the United States, InelnAfhi
16,000,00^ r.nito tff iaanlia .Tor
.Alahht^ arriveA .ta Vidqf tht*
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