(Hl^ve ittak§r
Sains In Rnsira
A naval convoy, escorting U. S. merchant ships on the At
lantic coast, lost one collier to a mine planted by enemy subs,
becanse there was no wake. In picture at left a survivor dries
Us face after being nearly blinded and choked by the oily waters.
Bowever, in war no chances are taken, and depth charges were
loosed with the result shown in picture at the right, jUst id case
a sub was lurking around.
SEE CAPT. PEARSON— (BY COMMISSIONERS—
State Guard UnitO|«^0|o $|i0r|f{ To
b N. Wilkesboro
Needing Recruits
Turn Over Liquor
. Recruits are needed for the
Non! Wilkesboro company of
the State Guard. Oaptiain Harry
Pearson. commanding officer,
Board Chairman Says Part Of Large Am
ount Of Tax Paid Liquor Gan Now Be
Sold And Proceeds Go To School Fund
Wilkes county commissioners
.^siiiid today.
* The company has been doing in July sc.s^ion this week ordered
some excellent work and has rat- ■ Sheriff C. T. Doughton to . turn
. ed high at every inspection. How-: over to the board of commissioii-
ever men called to service and | ers quantities of seized, tax-paid
oth^ leaving for war Jobs have i liquor^no^JH^h^
-tStmteiT the- nanks and the need"
for recruite is urgent.
Plans are under
way for a
Discussing thi stf
.Abeher, chairman of the board,
said that the sheriff has sevenal
1^'
week’s training and outing for thousand dollars worth of liquor
the company. Captain Pearson „n hand, which was seized by
said, and the company soon will him. his deputies and highway
receive some much needed equip- patrolmen. Some of this liquor
ment. which will facilitate tnein-
into the county
such sale go
school fund.
The law provides that seized
ax paid liquor can be sold by
the county after the .cipise in which
ing.
Men who can enlist in the com
pany are urgently requested to | ppard, he said
get in touch with Captain Pear-j
son at the earliest possible date, j
court
Land Tax Sale
The sheriff was ordered to ad-
■ verlise real estate for sale for
j taxes during August and sell on
the first Monday in September.
wn now be released to the board | All members of the board com-
“ county commi-ssioners for le- POsed of M. P. Atsher, chairman,
gal s«le ‘through the state ABC Max Foster and
V. T. Walsh,
Proceeds from were present for the July meeting
RATIONING
Tire Permits By
Wilkes Board 2
Gas Re^tration
Will Begin Today
Weekly meeting of Wilke.s
rationing board number 2 was
held in the Bank of North Wilkes-
ei^oTO building, and all members
*i«re present.
The following were i.ssued cer
tificates to purch;>e new tires or
tubes: Roosevelt Wood. Xor»h
Wilkesboro. two tires, two tubes:
Dr. E. M. Hutchens, one lube;
Thomas Garfield Brown, Hays,
two tires, two tubes; John Thom
as Royal. McGrady. two tires: B.
W J. Caudill, .North Wilkesboro. one
' •tire: Jame.^ M. Crawford, 1.7, . ,,v the applican’s and
Wilkesboro. one tire, one tuheiin lea
Basic ration books for auto-
inobUes and motorcycles will
be i.ssued at the following
staiools Thursday, FViday and
Siitunlav of tilts week, one to
.six i>. Ill-; Nortli Wilke-horo.
Wilkesboro, Boomer, Fergus®**,
Moravian Falls, Mountain Orest,
Ixivelace, Mt. Piea-sant, Maple
Springs. Millers Oreek, Ollng-
iiuin and Idncolu Heiglits. .All
jia.s.s(‘nger cars will get “.A"
books at schools.
Application forms for “B”
hooks may be secured at regis
tration places at the
named schools a^d are
warned that they must have
their federal tax stickers be
fore they can be issuiMl ration
cards. It is .sugfeewted tliat when
they purcliase the Stickers tliey
record on the driving card.s
tlic s-rial number of the stamp
sticker in oi-der that they will
have a Wcord of the federal
stamp nuinlier with them at all
times.
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above
to bo
Tal J. Pearson. North Wilkesbon.
one tire; Bradford Hendren
North Wilkesboro
tube; North Wilkesboro Ice and
Fuel. North Wilkesboro. two
tubes; Curtis Johnson. Roaring
River, iw'O tubes, two tires;
Dewey M. Adams, North Wilkes
boro, two tires; Joe Patrick,\an-
noy, one tube, one tire; Alva E.
Foster, i^orth Wilkesboro, two
tlree; Eliza B. Haynes. Mertie,
two tiree. two tubes: Glenn Haw-
Hays, one tire and one
kins,
tube.
Those issued ceriifinstes tor re
caps or retreads were: Dr. E
Hutchens. North Wilkesboro;
Walker W. Luffman. State Road:
Hickory Auto Parts, North
Wllke^oro Wilkes Baking Com
pany, North Wilkesboro; ,J. L.
Cothren, Elkin; Eetel Bell. North
■oyilkesboro: City Cab Company.
North Wilkesboro: I. Everette
Pearson North Wilkesboro.
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delivered to the ration boards
diret-'lv or by meil after July IS
one tire, one' The bonds will pass on the ap
plications within ten days.
Rati >n books for trucks, bus-
et tax s. ambulances, govern
ment vehicles, and other vehic
les except j>a.s.senger auto-
mubUes and motorcycles will lx*
issued at the North Wilkesbo-
r«» town liall on Thursday, Fri-
tlay and Saiurtlay of this week.
.Application forms must be se
cured at rationing board.s offi
ces, Yadkin Valleyi Motor com
pany, Culler’s E.ASO Station,
.sheriff’s office, bus station,
Wilkes .Auto Sales company.
Motor SeiTf'ce company, and
AT METHODIST—
Revival Is On
In Wilkesboro
Cairo.—Biitlsh lightning col
umns have Joined a new force of
long range fighter-bomber planes
in savage attacks against the ax
is army on the Alameln line 60
miles west of Alexandria, a Mid
dle ESastetn command communi
que said today.
The mobile columns, made up
of tank, artillery and motorized
Infantry, struck at the enemy line
throughout yesterday, the com-'
munique said.
They destroyed some enemy
tanks and took a few prisoners
at the coastal end of the line, west
of El Alameln.
Strong' forces of fighter-bom
ber plane.s, bombed an’d machine-
gunned the enemy lines and at
tacked tanks, trucks and gun bat
teries throughout the battle area,
the communique said.
Direct Hits Scored
Direct hits were scored on
many axis targets it was said,
and fires were started at oil
dumps.
Light bombers, joining ^ an
intensified aerial offensive caused
violent explosions' and fires in
areas farther to the enemy rear.
Detailing aerial activities, the
communique, issued Jointly by the
.Middle Eastern command and the
Royal Air Force, said that three
enemy fighter planes were shot
(kw n - yeaterdajf.
lisffMeiit. 'ft' Hoj«l idi
Force planes successfully attack
ed targets in the area of the ene-
emy base at Tobruk on the Libyan
coast.
It was noted that axis planes
continued an intensified attack
on Malta yesterday and the com
munique said that nine enemy
fighters were shot down and teth
ers damaged.
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To clear up some misunderstanding about the cur
rent sugar ration, hiere are some condensed facts which
should be easy for everybody to ^tocertain:
Stamp* number 5 may u*«d up to and including
July 25 and is good for two pounds of sugar.
Stamp number 6 will be good from July 26 to Aug
ust 22 and will be good for two' pounds of sugar.
In the meantime stamp number*, seven is good for a
txvo pound bonus, or extra allotment, and may be used
between July 10 and August 22. >
Furniture Men At
Chicago Exposition
Local furniture industries are
displaying their new lines this
week at the midsummer furniiture
expneltion in Chicago.
Representatives of local firms
there are us follows: J. R. Hix
and A. B. Johnston, of American
Furniture company; John E. Jus
tice. Jr., of Oak Furniture com
pany; N. O. Smoak, of Forest
Furniluip company; Henry Moore
and Ray Hoover, of Home Chair
company.
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Killed In Wreck
A Mr. Green, clerk al the
Green Park Hotel In Blow-,
Ing Rock, was killed In an
automobile wheck near VUas,
Watauga county, yesterday
morning abont 2 o’clock when
the cat In which he was tid
ing left Highway 421.
A Mr, Ronch, in the car
with Green, was carried to a
Charlotte hospital seriously
injured.
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Wilkes Quota Of
Tires For Month
Wiilkes county wlff receive a
total of 106 new tires and 153
recapped tires for the month of
July, rationing board \ officials
said today. * ' N
This number has been divided
between the two rationing boards
for distribution at the rate of
not more than one-fourth Of the
quota per week.
For passenger cans the county
will receive only 13 new tires,
46 recapped and 30 tubes.
The county was allotted 93
new truck tires, 107 truck recap
ped tires and 1C2 tubes.
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Little Rock Church
Will Have Revival
FOUR TIED NOW—
Two Teams Will
. Tie For Lead b
Softball League
Presbyterians ' Romp Over
Local Methodists 14-0;
Local Baptists Win
With only one playing date
left, four of the five teams In the
churches’ eoftbeJl league are all
tied up for first place at four
games won and three lost.
And after the games to be play
ed this evening two teams will
he tied and a playoff will be
necessary toj decide the first half
Hitler’s Big Push Toward
River Don Under Way De
spite Big Losses
WINGS IN NAVY—
Clyde Waugh
Commissioned
Revival services will begin .it
Little Rock Baptist " church on
Sunday evening, July 12.
The pastor. Rev. W, 0. John-
eoii^ will be assisted by Rev. Mr.
Couch, of Whltnel. The evening
service will begin at early candle-, W. Ba.ptl.-t
light and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
jb;^rians surprised ''everybody,
InclnAing themselves, 'by 'blank
ing the North Wilkesboro Meth
odists. who at that time held a
slim first, place lead, by a score
of 14 to 0.
Finley did a great Job of p4tch-
ing for the Presbyterians and
allowed only one hit. a eingle by
Collins, while his team slashed
out 16.
First Baptist got into a tie for
first place by knocking off
Wilkesboro Baptist 10 to 4.
Walsh for the North Wilkesboro
Baptis’s and Reavls for the
Wilkesboro team led in hitting
with two each.
w;ilkes/boro 'Baptists will not
play Thursday evening, leaving
the four top teams to eliminate
each other.
The standing now is as follows:
Moscow.—The Germans' relent
less offensive toward the River
Don gained momentnm today as
they threw additional machines
and widened their salients west
of strategic Voronezh and south
west of Stary Oskol.
The latest Soviet advices said
the enemy still was storming the
approaches to the river, but they
did not confirm the establishment
of bridgeheads, let alone the cap
ture of Voronezh, which the Ger
mans claimed yesterday.
The front-line correspondent
of Izvestia, organ of the Soviet
supreme council said all evi
dence pointed to the German be
lief that this was one cf the most
decisive battles of the war, and
that the Nazis were sparing noth
ing that might .^ndanger Its suc
cess.
While uninterruptedly pushing
forward their wedge west of Vo
ronezh, through which runs the
last important rail link between
Moscow and the oil of the Cau-
oesuB, the Germans took a series
of precautionary moves to fore
stall attacks on their flanks.
ArtUlepy Moved Up
They moved up heavy artillery
immediately behind their tankA
and kept up a terrific bombard
ment from the ed^^of the. yxUt
1' t '
heavy.' In the last two days, in
fighting on a river bank, dis
patches said, the Germans lost
200 'anks, Soviet air reconnais
sance yes’erday reported that 10
trainloads of damaged German
tanks and armored vehicles were
moving westward for repair.
The strongest blows of the Ger
man offensive were directed—for
the fourth straight day— at the
central sector before Voronezh, al
though the entire battlefield was
more (han 100 rnilee long.
“.Mammoth ('eiiielt'i-y"
Dispatches described a "mam
moth cemetery of Germhn men
and machines.”
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iSC.
Navy Recruiter
Coming Two Days
A representative of the Salls-
TEAM
W
L
PCT
N. WJ Methodist
... 4
3
571
W. Methodist
. .. 4
3
571
Presbyterian . ..
...-4
3
571
N. W. Bapfist - .
.. 4
3
571
W. Ba.ptl.-t
.... 2
6
250
—BUY WAR BONDS—
service will be at the town hall
here Thursday and Friday of this
week to accept applications for
enlistment in the navy. All young'
men interested are asked to see
the recruiting officer here on
Thursday or Friday.
TO REPLACE LOSSES—
NEW METHODS SPEED UP SHIP PRODUCTION
Revival services are under wav
this week at the Wilkesboro
church with Rev. A. C. Gibbs,
superintendent of the Elkin dis-
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
I H. Waugh Now An En-
I sign In U. S. Navy
Clyde Waugh, son of Mr. and
jtrict of the Methodist church, ^
IsTokel and delivering Inspiring J=eived Ms commis^on as an d«-
I sign in the U. S. Navy.
1,1 K ' Ensign Waugh, who graduated
The services, which are held at, » .
'9;.30 a. m, and eight p. m„ are [ '•°>« \
well attended and much interest «** ‘s ® n y
i.s being 'shown. The public has a
: most cordial invitation to attend u „ in
, „ . , J _ cember 24. when he entered in
I any and all of the services dur- ,
ir.g the revival.
gust 15 last year and was sta
tioned at Atlanta, Ga., until De-
M.
Mother Of Mrs. Jack
to intensive tra nlng at Jackson
ville, Florida
Ensign W-.ugh is a pilot in tho
naval air force and at the end of
m* .. f-v* C 1 ^his leave on July 18th he will re-
must bo micxl out before goinjf , Martin DlCS Suddenly Ji^ksonvIUe. Flori-
To Repair Church
Bids for placing a new roof on
e) wilkesboro Methodist church
e now being received by the
of trustees, which hopes* to
re propositions to place before
'tike Church memberahlp within a ,
short time for spprovsl.
0ther improvements about the
ehsrcl* are also *«Ib* Planned, It
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to get ration books at town hall.
Capable per-son-S are asked to
help people fill out applica-
tlous.
Ration books for trac’ors, sta-
I tionary
' non-highway Uses
at the federal building in Wilkes
boro on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday of this week.
V'olnnteeir heli>ers will regis
ter for canning sugar at the
schoohf along with gasoline
registration, *l^ur|lay, Ftklay
and Saturday afternoons of this
week. ^
Mrs. F, W. Charles, mother of’da, for service. He is now spfend-
Mrs. Jack L. Martin, of WHkes- j ing a few days wRh his parents.
boro, died suddenly on Sunday,! V-;
June 28th. and funeral and burial j Committee
, J services were conducted at Yadr .
engines and other ^ SeCUFe PastOF
wull be issued ^
June 30th.
Mrs. Charles wasiapparently in
good health when suddenly
stricken.
Surviving In addition to the
husband, and Mrs. Martin, are
the follorwing children;. Misses
Hilda and Virgin's Charles, , of
Wlns*on-Salem;
Miss
Hazel
w^liy«cnied' froot -mcmihera of the vehicles.'
. Persons registering must have Clearies, of Yadkin 'College; !Mrs.
registration cards for their mptor Clinton Koontz. of Lexington:
petoerday.
All motor rddcle owner* are
^ilnd fittgene CharlM -4^;’T^|dklB
Cdllege.
A pulpit commitiee has been
appointed in Wilkesboro Baptist
church to secure a pastor to suc
ceed Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr., who '
will leave after July 26 to enter] ., . - . _ . _ . - . - •
tiM nsat vlM parts lx th«
meUL- Ctirtsr: Wktll^ ‘
'IM. ■*■■■ Si « hsgi.
Carl a: Lowe, T. B. Story,
Hayes, ^rS. G. T. Mitchell and
Mrs. Wm.'A. Stroud. *The^
Malts thstr rsport
upon .'i-n—
zewrr roporz Htv.sw emwa, y,, , , -.-r--——r
completion of thsU^ ^
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..riMtp'daft) shews a huge eawl bei^ttvaa a *4«lh» le a hat ef i
' 'are ireaed as! by a —all baiMiar*’ Mihl: A
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