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Jo your buying in Noitb , W'ilkesboro, the growing trading center of North western North Cai^olina. li VOL. XXXV, No. 37 ' , .--1. ■■ -V.- -7-- - ■ ■ h ii, m m i IIii r ■ i » ' »L_ - " '■' -1 ''■! 'JWiiiai^ii Publiihedltod>7. agd Thun4l.y3. NOBTH OT^BORO, N. C.. THPaSPAY, JULY 23, 1942 $1.60 la th« SaV- Out-of Suli Supply Gasoline Ration Books For trucks Runs Out 4,700 Vehicles Are Registered In Tins County ON TUESDAY— 121 Wilkes Men SrattoArmyBy The Two Boards Commander McNeill VisUor Here Lt. Commander J. H. McNeill, local physician -who volunteered his s-jrvices a few weeks ago and was assigned to the naval hospital «X Charleston, S. C., will return there tonight after spending a few days at his home here. Warren Sebastian Writes The Journal-Patriot appreciates the following letter from. Warren Sebastian, who Is ’’fpjKioned at Corpus Christl, Texas: "I have Just received my copy of your line paper, and am very ranch delighted to see that you had added a feature titled “Men With The Colors”. This Is indeed * a fine thing I think, because a lot of follows In the service prob ably have a feeling that since for W Ration Boards To Be Open Only In Afternoons For Next Two Weeks . Over 4,700 motor vehicles were registered in Wilkes county for gasoline rationing, according to information ob tained from rationing board officials today, lit that number were 3,- 200 cars which received A coupon books, only nine mo torcycles, and 1,500 trucks. Bo^k Supply Out But not all the trucks can Set gasoline, on account of the fail ure of rationing officials to send enough coupo.n books to Wilkes rationing boards. Officials said todey that the boards have no SI and S2 coupon books and truck operators entit led to these books have no alter native but to park their trucks Men Accepted Return Home For 14 Days Furlough Be fore Beginning Service NOT TOO LITTLE AND NOT TOO LATE— SAFE PASSAGE TO INDIA’S CORAL STRAND The two Wilkes selective ser vice boards this week sent 121 men to Fort Bragg for examina tions and inducted into the army. The men left here On Tuesday morning in three buses and a ma jority of them were examined ft Port Bragg on the same day. Out of the entire nunvher about 30 were rejected for physical reasons. Those accepted returned Imme diately on a furlough of 14 days and win return to begin their service at the end of the furlough. Under the policy which took ef fect July 1 all selectees receive a furlough of 14 days Immediately after being accepted at ,the recep tion center. ' This time Is given them for looking after any unfin ished business they may have. V they have been away for some time, that«.they are being fo~got- ten by a lot of their best friends. No(c.thls feature which you have j t^e coupon books arrive, added to your fine paper gives us j bpokg ^111 be mailed out fellows In the service a chance to received by the rationing ..... • « a a boards. let those who might be Interested ;s know where we are and vimat we are doing. "Since I finished high school at Mountain View In 1938, I have been away from Wllkee , sioaaty mo*t of the time. I stud Radio Operator, so I joined! B and C Books The boards have not passed on applications for B and C books for automobiles but will at the earliest possiWe date. Meanwhile, automobile operators ean get 4to»g om %ooinr v*. ^rf- - Value of Coupons 'the Navy In January, 1941. After Value of coupons as announced ..-rj .. here by rationing board officials going to a naval radio school ln,{oHows: A, 4; B. 4; C, 4; D Charleston, S. C , I was sent 1° 11.2; s;, 1; R, 5; SI, 5; S2. duty as a radioman. Now after | Boards Close Momlng.s >^ng tranfiferred twice I have ^ order to ca'ch up with accu ’ Aanded ashore down here in south-: book work, both ration ^n Texas as an Aviation Radio- - — .. man third class. The air station here is the world’s largest naval air station.” Bible Teacher Is Employed For The City Schools Miss Margaret Nifong Em ployed; Miss Sharpe and Miss Lauder Resign Clem Broek.shire Home Clem R. Brookshire and a friend . of his who are in the army and stationed at Fort Bragg, spent the week-enl with Mr. Brook shire's parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Brookshire. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. -I. M. McCarter and Miss Beatrice Burchette. of North ■Wilkesboro route three ing board offices will be open to ; the public only in afternoons for two weeks, beginning Monday. I July 27. The open hours for two I week.s will be from one to live o’ clock. With registration work on hand, the limited office force has not had time to keep up Ihe I hook work required on the rec ords. ^Corporal Hanes Returns Corporo! Charlie W. Hanes. Jr., has returned to Camp Polk, La., after a week’s visit wl*h his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hanes, of Ronda. IN MEETING— Fruit Growers Seek Best Ways To Market Fruit Home on Furlough Pvt. Richard F. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Johnson, |nl North Wilkesboro route three, ^■"at home on furlough. He is stationed at Camp Chaffee. Ar kansas. The Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers Name Committee To Map Marketing Plans Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow ers are seeking means to most advantageously market their ap ple crop this year. The orchardists have an excel lent crop in the making and they Miss Margaret NIfong. of Cherryvllle, has been employed as Bible teacher In North Wilkes- boro schools. Miss Nifong, who will be the I Bra' Bible teacher in . the lo»l -4tor»lr Wilkesboro highly recommended. She % a gnaduate of Greensbo ro Collee*. where she had an ex- cellent record, being president of the Religious Education club, a member of the honor society, ac tive in the glee club and many other activities. Miss Nifong has been engaged in graduate work at Soarrett Col lege. religious education school of Vanderbilt university In Nash ville. Tenn. The Bible course in the schools here will he financed by the churches, which' have raised $1.- 500 for the first year. The course will be offered in the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary Rchwil and throughout the high school. Thvo Teachers Besign , Miss Evelyn Sherpe. vocational j home economics teacher in North Wilkesboro schools, has resigned. ' In , her letter of resignation she j stated that she will enter another field of work. Her home is near Greensboro. Miss Kathleen Lauder, commer cial teacher, has resigned and has received an appointment in the U. S. Navy. She will be located in the Navy procurement office in Charlotte. WPA Trucks Wi Tranqiort Scrap Metals In County Emphasis Placed On Sawiiif Excess Cooking Fats For Use In War Materials According to the censor, the picture at bottom shows part of the largest convoiy to leave Britain for India as ft ni> .red an un-named Indian port. The ships brought soldiers, planes, guns and tanks tense of India. Above: This picture, made at some un-named Indian port, shows hundreds of tanks lined up ready to go into action against the Japs. \ War Neisrs Today Itusamns rvKism Rostov Terrible Day*” « The storm of German assault swept last night to within 20 miles of Rostov and to the lower Don more than half way from that city to Stalingrad, and thus the Russian nation was plainly face to face with the "terrible 130 miles east of Rostov and 120 miles southwest of Stalingrad. Allied Planes Rule Air Over Egypt Cairo, Egypt.—Under cover of Allied planes ruling the elr al most Without challenge, British days” which its military spokes-1 imperials attacked the axis for- men say it will have to endure. i ces all along the 40-mlle desert The midnight communique of i front west and sooth of Alamein the Soviet Information bureau re-1 l^st night In an onslaught that ported battles at Novocherkassk | begun Tuesday night and raged and Tsimyansk. Novocherkas.sk . Inconclusively through yesterday. *is on a ravine-cut plateau 20 ; While It was still too early to miles northeast of Rostov, sur-, see dlflnlte results, the British Paul Warren Promoted iM^rTenrwlrr'lnlnTtTert^- m tbe news that f Warren of Wilkesboro government purchases of apples L. c. warren promo- for use by the armed forces and Orient «nk Tt the for lend lease will he much ted to Parris Island, S. greater than last year. Marine base at service In a meeting of fruit growers ausfV?9“o ” the.“age of held at Moravian Falls commnnl- August 8, Jjjg ^ g committee was named 18. corporal get to Investigate apple marketing work, and '* War- possibilities. The committee is as hte J he follows: Ray Hendren - ren. in the Marines as soon us g , becomes IS years of age. I r am rounded by small tributaries of the Don. Tsiinlyansk is on the north bank of the lower Don 601 progress under the leadership of General Sir Claude Auchineck reported i^^nese Armies Recapture Kienteh Chungking. — Chinese have recatrtured rmies Plans are under way for aa Intensive salvage campaign in Wilkes county, J. B. Snipest chairman of the county ^alraga committee aald today. Mr. Snipes said that a WFA ■project Is now in operation for collection of scrap metals from persons who do not have meum of bringing it to the dealers. 'Truck To Haul Scrap A WPA truck with men -wll! call for scrap metak, if quantitlaa ere sufficient, to justify a trip, will weigh the metals and tha persons furnishing It will be paid the prevailing price. Fats And Oils Salvage Special attention Is called to the campaign to .salvage fats'and all housewives are asked to savo excess fats to be turned In. There Is great need of fats in the war program and every housewife can indirectly' contribute to the vic tory by saving excess fats In the kitchen. Unofficial reports Indi cate they will be paid five cents per pownd for fa’s turned In. Other Salvage Items Attention Is also called to the fact that In addition to scrap iron, and steel, other metak such as aluminum, copper, brass, tin and lead are needed. Licensed scrap dealers win pay prevailing prlc» PiiPHiiaieMieilig.it' m .More Rubber Needed It any persons failed to turn In scrap rubber during the campaign it may be sold to scrap dealers. Klenteli. xhere is no limit to the amount county seat 65 miles southwest ; scrap rubber which can bs of Hangchow, after a severe five- day battle, and are heavily at tacking Wenchow, a Chekiang province seaport which has chan ged hands three times since July 11, a war communique said yes terday. (The London radio said that United States bombers sank two Japanese river craft on the Fu River, in Klangsi province, near the Fukien border. Llnchwan, Japanese base which American bombers raided Sunday for tne second time, is on the Fu about 60 miles southeast of Nanchang. 154 Cases Put On Court Calendar' Cases docketed for the August term of Wilkes court to date to tal 154, It was learned today from the office of C. C. Hayes, Wilkes clerk of court. Court will convene on Monday, iai»Fv,.c. , August 10, for two weeks and Neither vacancy has been filled, criminal cases will be tried. Judge y j Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, •BUY WAR BONDS preside over the court Piro wliJch started from an oil water heater did mnrii dam age Just before noon today at Heins’ Market. Firemen answered the call and extinguL-ned the flames be fore much damage was done to the building. However, fire and water damage to merchandise and equipment was heavy. V- -BUY WAR BONDS— of Gil , chairman: R. C. Stewart, 1 North Wilkesboro route three; . i-.~ ™ Fort 'C. F. Bret hoi, Moravian Falls; CoiTWral Perry Lowe. D. E. Davis, W. A. ^vn will re- Jennings and Dewey Broyhill. of Bragg Saturday after Pores Knob; Carl Fortner, Tay- turn to Fort Br gg lorsville; Clarence Fletcher, North spending a we k jyj^, h. Wilkesboro route three; D. t.j with his parents, . • Milstead. Hiddenlte; I. J. Broyhill, W. Gwyn. Boomer; Robert Morehouse, Oak- kC Frank Aflen Now At .woods; C. E. Tharpe Ronda^ At. *. . . \ Adlvsory members to the above M^^Corporal William F. commlt’ee are: J. B. Snipes, Acting sta’loned at Wilkes county agent. George B. Allen, wn ^j^bama. has just Hotson, Alexander county agent: hlB werents, Mr. and Mr?. Carl E. Van Deman, research written _ city..that he horticulturist of the apple re- ttlne along fine. Frank was search laboratory. S' h Inducted at Fort Bragg, j The committee will meet on ETk- has been at Camp Rucker Friday, August 7, eight p. m. at ^ t lx weeks His address Is the laboratory at Kilby’a Gap to shout » p ^ jjq discuss ways and means of mar- jke’lng Brushy Mountain apples ' r^rlton In Caledonia j ' rt.tite f^ltoo w>ho -Is • In the- j. b. Church, of Roaring New Caledonia River, wias among those here for ^ ubontlnued on page elghtf) several hours yesterday. CARL GRAHAM NOW WANTS TO HUNT GERMAN SUBMARINES— Former Wilkes Man Has Narrow Escape When Sub Sinks Ship On Atlantic Carl S. Graham, former Wilkes man who has. been a seaman with merchant freighters on the Atlantic for ten years, escaped with his life by the barest frac tion of an inch when the ship he was on was torpedoed by a German sub June 17. Now Graham,'who was second mate on Lhe ill-fated ship, wants to get back on the sea—but in a different capacity. n**AKam ftAirl wKild* in Wllfcfer 18i1s ' Graham said while in ‘ Wllk®# ’T8»1s week visiting relatives that he had ask ed the navy foy a commission and com mand of a ship with which to hunt sub marines. He particularly wants to avenge the death of 11 of his friends on the ship on^ which-he t^^Ss serving, and he doet not feel kindly about the cuts and bruises he received while he fought for his life around the sinking freighter. It was 15 miles off the coast of some part of Cuba at five o’clock in the even.- ing when the. dawi^ taking^ with it the weifl' of' II' of the' 3S”melh aboard. Graham had just finished the evening meal and had left the other officers in the mess room. For about three^ minu tes he stood against the rail amidship, smoking a cigarette, when a torpedo from a nazi sub struck without warning. He was thrown from the ship into the sea. Under the ship he went about the middle and emerged at the stem after encthmtering a propeller of the ship. That almost cost his life. Propeller blades struck'his head, face, arm and one leg. One shoe was pulled' off. But luckily, none of the blows rendered him unconscious and he reached the surface fighting for his life. He was pulled under the water again, but fought his way but without a second encounter with the propeller. This time Graham 'grabbed some '.wreckage of the smkmg ship—a piece of himber.^A youthful mpm^ bf the; * navy gun icrew, was floundering in the (Continued On PagejStx) FOR ARMED FORCES— Records Wanted handled and every pound is bad ly needed. Call Snliie.s Persona who hove scrap metals and want a truck to call for it should contact Mr. Siiipe.s at the county agent’s office in the Wilkee courthouse. V- Mrs. Rousseau Taken By Death Mrs. Lila G. Rousseau Dieid Wednesday; Funeral Service Today American Legion and Auxiliary here are starting a campaign to collect old phonograph records. Mrs. Lila Gilbert Rousseau, 'age 81, mother of one of north- 1 we.stern North Carolina’s best known families, died Wedne.sday morning, 7:20 at her home on Ken sington Heights. I Mrs. Rousseeu had been la meet om pnonograpn recorob [ health for the past sever- -The object of thl. project is to ^een seriously secure materials for use in mak ing records to be used for enter tainment of men in the armed forces. Miss Ruth Colvard, Legion Aux iliary president, today announced the drive here, saying that the goal for the nation is 37.500.000 old broken or discarded records. According to available figures, this Is only ten per cent of the to tal number of records in homes of the nation. There is an acute shortage of materials used iti making phono graph records, and there is onlj' one way for the men in the armed forces ’0 have the necessary am ount of recorded entertainment for keeping their morale high—- that is to collect old records and use the material again. Those who have records which they no longer care to use are asked to carry them to Yadkin Valley Motor company, record collection depot, at the earliest possible date. The Legion and Auxiliary are urging all to take time to do this little service which may mean so much. Miss Colvard said HARVESTED 750 BUSHELS GRAIN al years and had been seriously 111 for the past two weeks. Mrs. Rousseau was a daughter of the late James D. and Marga ret Gilliert, of Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Rousseau wae born and reared ■ in Atlanta. Ga., and waa educated in private schools there. She was married to James Park* Rousseau, of Wilkesboro, and she has made her home here since her marriage. Her husband died oa October 25, 1905. Mrs. Rousseau was Ihe mother of seven sons and daughters, five of whom survive: Mrs. S. V Tom linson, James Rogan Roussean, Judge Julius Addison Rousseau, (Continued on page four) V- COUNTY AND TOWNS— Tax Advertising^ To Be In August Attention of all who have not paid their county and town taxes for the year 1941 Is called to the fact that tax advertising will take place in August and tax sales will be conducted early in September. Those ■who wish to save the cost of advertising should pay their 1941 taxes due Wilkes coun ty, North WUkeaboro or Wilkes- boro towns at the earliest posal- D. B. Swarlngen, a prominent — - ■ farmer of the TraphWi «muhuiii- , ble date In order to save cost of ty, last week complex the task of harvesting 750 iMishels of grain. He «hd two jwim dW $£U the .work, with tfaf «d of a J»m- bine. Tax advertlalng Hs boon ordered ibitjJto ptaee durte* the month of August ■» provide*, by law. i , J' J
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