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.-•txV For muteal advantage do your buying in North VfTilkeaboro, the growing trading center of North western North Carolina. VOL. XXXV., No. 39 Publid.e.1 M»d.y. Th.ir~l.y.. NORTH WIUCESBORO, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 30,1942 $1.50 In the State — $2.0O Out of State NEUTRAL COUNTRY— SWEDEN WALKS TIGHTROPE, BUT IS READY RDDS STALL Moscow. — Premier Josef Stalih ordered the Red army to halt its retreat today. With the Soviet army fall ing tok before masses of German tanks and dnfantry south of Rostov and the naz- is drawing reinforcements from other fronts to wedge the bend of the River Don in a giant vice, the army news paper Red Star reported that St^in had ordered every sol dier and officer to “stand and fight to the death”. “Not one step back,” Red Star quoted Stalin. “The ex ecution of this task means the preservation of our coun try, the destruction of the hated enemy and a ^arantee of viebnr*” Red Star reported from the Bataisk area, 12 or 15 miles south of Rostov, where the noon communique had repor ted new German advances, that only an excellently orga nized defense, and an obsti nate, self-sacrificing struggle' for every foot of land could halt the Nazi drive into the Caucasus. The battle was mounting in ferocity and the Germans were constantly throwing in fresh reserves of tanks and infantry. Red Star said. NOW TO AUG. 6th- TRiAL STILL UNDER WAY— LEADERS AT SABOTEUR TRIAL Reeves In Jacksonville Bernard Reeves, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reeves, of Wilkes- boro Route 1, who has been s'a- tioned at the Naval training sta tion in Norfolk, Va., ia now sta tioned at the Naval Air Base In Jacksonville, Florida. Meeting of Committee For Salvage Campaign Called Pvt. Mathis Home Pvt. Abram Mathis, who Is stationed at the Army Air Base at Smyrna, Tenn., spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Mathis, of Wilkesboro. County Salvage \ Minute Men Flag Group To Meet ’‘v On August Sixth REPORT SHOWS— Radio Address By Governor Broughton Will Be Heard - At TWw-HuiUilwe Have you noticed the beauti ful white and blue flag wlUch is flying just underneath Old Glo ry at the Wilkes Hosiery Mills t.’ouipany plant. No, it’s not .a flag of one of Uncle Sam's Al lied Nations, bur a “Minute Men" Sag awarded to the own- k Wilkes county salvage commit tee will meet at the North Wilkes boro town hall on Thursday ev ening, August 6, S p. m.. to launch Wilkes county's part of an intensive salvage campaign throughout the nation. J. B. SnipesJ. couuly salvage committee chairman, has called the meeting at the request of James B. Volger. executive sec retary of the state salvage com mittee. which was contained in the following telegram. “Washington has requested that every county, city and town in Nitrth Carolina hold a niaa.s meeting of .salvage comniittee members, workers and citizens, (m Tliur^tlay night. ,\ugn.st «, eiglit o’cUK-k. North Carolina is callel uj>on for thri-e hundrel ninety-two million |K>und.s of scrap metal.s in the next six months. Your country' netsls your help. Put everything you have behiml this meeting. Gov ernor J. >f. Urouglitoii will speak at 8:30 on a hookup be tween (^larlotte and Kaleiglt Stations. Be sure to have ra dios where meetings arc to be held. Chtiirman hntpes siiid today tnat he earaestly urges every member of the salvage committee to he present and emphasized that all other citizens Interested in salvage of scrap metals and other materUils for war produc tion are asked to a'tend. Meanwhile, considerable activ ity Ip salvage of scrap metals is already under way in the county with scrap dealers buying sub stantial quantities dally. Mr, Snipes again announced that persons who have scrap met als and have no way of taking tt to dealers may call his office and he will arrange to have a WPA truck call for it. The metal.-- will be weighed and prevailing prices will be paid. Is pTBiMeat, for co-operation in promoting sales of War Bonds and Stamps, having 100 per cent of its em ployes purchasing bonds regu larly through a pa>TOlI deduc tion plan. Over 1,000 Books Added To Library During Past Year Total Circulation For Year Pfc. Archie Laws Home Ptc. Archie Laws, of Fort Jackson, S. C., spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Laws, at Parsonville, Caudill At Parris Island Pvt. H. D. Caudill, Jr., of the United States Marine Crops sta tioned at Parris Island, S. C., has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Caudill, Sr., of Millers Creek, that he Is well and getting along fine, and tell all his friends •‘hello’’. Begin Drive In Wilkes County For China Relief J. H. Whicker, Chairman, Appoints Executive Com mittee For Campaign Has 3,290 Volumes Industrial And Institutional Users To Get More Sugar Allotment For Institutions Increased 50 to 75 Per cent; Industrial 80 • * Attorney General Brands Biddle. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, and Jolonel Ristine are shown seated around a table In the courtrooin In Vashlngton as they listened to the proceedings of the famous sabotem rial This Is the trial of the eight Nazi saboteurs who were landi^ to ills country Ly suhm»rtoe Increased allotments have been granted industrial and institution al user.s of sugar, rationing board officials said here today. For July and August period j ttip allotment ’ for institutional 1 users is to be increased from .>H to 75 per cent of the sugar baise. ; Industrial u.sers may get SO in- .stead of 70 per cent of the sugar base. Certificates for this increase j will ■'.« issued by ration hoards on and after August 15 and may be secured at the same time a;s the certificate for the regular al lotment for the next two month period. This news is Iteing issued now- in order that commercial and in- stitu'ional sugar consumers may step up u-se of sugar now in an ticipation of the inrrease. GOT BLIND’S FUNDS— Over 1,000 new books were ad ded to the Wilkes county public library during the past year, ac cording to the annual report submitted by Miss Lizzette Stone, librarian. The exact number of new vol umes added was 1,052. These In clude new books for every de partment of the library. Recently many of the latest fiction hooks were added to rental and free shelves. ' The library circulation had a big increase during the year, rising to 74,100. These figures include circulation from the bookmobile, -w-hich operated for several weeks from the library into rural communities. During the year there was a total of 2,409 registered bor rowers. This year ended with 3.290 volumes in the library, which represented a big increase over j former years. j The library served 67 schools , and 50 public s'ations through ' the library, which is located in the town hall building here, and the bookmobile which toured the Etb. recei ved a letter from her son^ Sgt. Eustace Williams, who Is In for eign service with the U. S. Army. He had reached his destination, which was not disclosed In the letter, and was feeling fine. Sgt. Williams, who enlisted in May, 1941 -was formerly stationed at Fort .Screven. Ga., and also had served at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. eight were t* Jones Is Parachutist Wilkes has one young man in the parachute troops. He is R-iy (Buck) Jones, son of Mrs. J. M. .Tones, of the Lewis Fork com munity. He Is stationed at Camp Wheeler in Georgia. Miller At Camp Lee Lawrence Miller, former Wilkes Triple A executive officer who enlis'ed as a volunteer officer candidate at Fort Bragg, has beeil transferred to Camp Lee, Virgin ia, for his basic training. He sends greetings to his many friends in Wilkes. —V Rural Carriers Will Sell Bonds, Stamps BY OFFICERS— y, Judge Rousseau Corn Liquor fjot Yet Received Still Seized OCD Appointment county. History Union Church Given Adamson Attending Tax Conferences Meanest Thief” Is Still At Large ,lr. and Mrs. C. F. Adamson spending several days In hmond. Va., where Mr. Adam- attended Thursday the coa- >ace on Pay Roll Savings for r Bonds, held under the direc- 1 of the Treasury Departmen;, the John Marshall Hotel. >n Fridey Mr. Adamson will , attend the regional Ta.x iference under sponsorship of Virginia Manufacturers A.s- iatlon and the National Asso- lon of Manufacturers. Ir. Adamson is office manager «riikes Hosiery Mills company. The meanest thief or thieve.s probably has not left Wilke.s county, according to members of (he local IJons Club. Tale last night or early this morning unknown party or par- tie,s stole the che-ivingr gum vendinj^ nw-'hine located on Main street in front of the Al len Theatre, which contained between six and seven dollars. This was money that was be ing K.'i,sed by (he I.ion’s C'ub for caiTyiixg on its aid to the blind. The thief or thieve.s un screwed the vending machine from Its stand, leaving the lat ter on th^ sidewalk. This is not the first time that the “meanest thief" has pil fered the Lions dub vending machines, there being other recent thefte of similar nature. New Building Will Be Dedi cated By Bishop Purcell In Service Sunday Union Me'hodist church, which Is to be dedicated Sun day afternoon by Bishop Clare Purcell, has been an effective re ligious organization in Wilkes county for many years. The earli est records reveal that the con- grega’ion first convened in a log cabin, which wss also used as a school building, located several hundred yards from the present site of the church. In 1875. with a Rev. Mr. Smith the circuit rider, a parcel of Jand was secured as a gift frr .n the Hackett family, and an ‘‘arbor” building was constructed, having a substantial shingle root, but with the sides open to the wea'her. In the course of several years the church was enclosed and completed In all necessary re>?pects. This building served the con gregation until 1938, when, un der the leadership of the pastor, Rev. A. W. Lynch, a substantial brick structure was begun. Dur ing the pastorates of Dr. W. J. (Continued on page four) M. F. Bumgarner, postmaster at Wilkesboro, has called atten tion to an additional service be ing rendered patrons by the two rural carriers from that office. The carriers have with them on their daily trips a supply of war stamps and have application blanks for purchase of war bonds. This means that patrons can purchase war bonds and stamps wi'hout a trip to town. Arrangement.s for making w»m whiskey at an. old time still were dLsrupted by federal alcohol tax unit agents Wed nesday noon. Six officers swooped down on an 80-gallon still In Somer.s town.ship and found 1,300 gal lons of pure com mash. The operators had Just started the still and had turned out only ten gallons of li(|uor when the raid was made. Tlie officers arresttsl Jolin I*reston Weatherman, Jr., at Mie still. He filled bond for ap- jtearance in federal court fol lowing a liearing held before ■I. W. Dula, United Stales com- mLs.sioiier, in Wilkesboro. Officers making the .seizure were Roy Ree.se, C. S. Pelts, H. H. Botson, J. S. Cabc, Rob ert Gambill and Leon Poore. V r.\STUBES The frequency of reques's for ori infofmation concerning fall pas tures from Harnett county far mers Indicates a growing realiza tion of the necessity for an eco nomical feeding program. W. H. McElwee Civilian De fense Chairman Until Successor Named Judge Julius A. Rousseau said today he liad not received an ap-1 pointment as civilian defense j chairman for Wilkes county and that Attorney W. H. McEIweo is ^^.*1'’'®’ J. H. Whicker, Sr., well known local attorney, has been appoin ted United China Relief chair man for Wilkes county. The quota for the county ha« been set at $500. Mr. Whick er said today that plans a-e to raise the quota by August 6, The United China Relief moTO- ment has the support of all Am ericans who appreciate the way the Chinese people have resisted aggression by the Japanese for the past five years and the tre mendous help the nation is giv ing the cause of the Allied na tions. In a letter to Paul G. Huff man national chairman of the organization, President Roose velt said; "Famine, pestilence and exposure have taken and are taking a terrible toll of a people who prefer death to slavery. Chi na has paid in blood, tears end treasure as high a price as a peo ple can possibly pay for the free dom In which it,b«Ilevee.i’ . Funds yiUs5d,.4>T' dss»-.^ perateiy needed medfclne for tfcs ^ ^ sick end wounded, clothing for victims of exposure, food and ! shelter for children whose fath- ! era have been lost in the war. I Mr. Whicker has appointed tho following executive committee: J. B. Williams, vice-chairman. W. D. Halfacre, treasurer, R. G. Finley, C. F. Adamson. A. B. Johnston, J. R. HIx, K. E. Eller, P. W. Eshelman. J. B Carter, Paul Oshome. Dudley liill^ John Prevette. Joe Pearson^ C. O. Mc- Niel, C. B. Eller, John E. Jns- tice, Henry Moore, ,Boyd Stout, Bryan Gllreath. Paul S. Cragan, Wm. T. Long, C. E. Jenkins. W. F. Gaddy, F. D. Forester. E. F. Gardner, A. F. Kilby, Wm. H. Duhling, S, V. Tomlinson, Robert accepted by any com mi’- IN CITY SCHOOLS-^ still serving in that capaci'y. A telegram from Ben Dcugle.s, state director of civilian defense, to Tlie Journal-Patriot Sa urday said Governor Broughton was ap pointing ■ Judge Rousseau as chairman of the Wilkes Civilian defense council. A telegram this week from Douglas said that notice of Judge Rousseau’s appointment had been held up a few days due to a death in the family (Mrs. Lila Rous seau, Judge Rousseau’s mother died last w'eek.) ’ • r» _ It is expected that Judge Rous-1 Teacher, Resigns Because Dwight Nichols and publicity — Ray Erwin. Contributions will he for United China Relief one of the above named tee members. Teacher Resigns; One Is Employed ’i M iss Louise Younce, Music seau will receive his appointment in a few days. Meanwhile. Mr. McElwee will serve as civilian defense chairman until Judge Rousseau takes over the duties as chairman, at which time an nouncement w'ill be made. WHILE VISITING RELATIVES IN WILKESBORO Eight-Year-Old Girl Tens How Japs Ruined Mctilc Little Miss Diana Coxhead, who is vis iting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Corum, in Wilkesboro, vividly re- memhers Sunday, December 7, 1941. She remembers that date because she was living in Honolulu when that town ind nearby Pearl Harbor were attacked by he Japanese. The girl, age 8, is a daughter of Boat swain Victor Coxhead, who is in the navy ind is stationed at Pearl Harbor, and Mrs. Cloxhead, who is now working m an air craft plant in Nashville, Tennessee. The family were making their home in Honolulu on December 7, as they had for years. Diana blames the Japs for disrupi^g her plans on Sunday, December 7. Tl»e family had planned a picnic for that date. Instead, “we ate the chicken in the house”, Diana said, “and we had 21 others in the house with us.” The extras refugees from parts of the town struck hi; Of Mother’s Health Miss Ij)uise 1'oiince. public school music teacher in North Wilkesboro schools, hrn resigned. Her letter of resigna ion .stat ed that .she would have to be at home because of ill health of her mother. Their home is at Spen cer. Miss Younce had a good rec ord as a member of the faculty here last year. One Teacher Employed Miss Myrtle 'Tuttle, of Walnut Cove, has been employea as a grammar grade tercher here. Miss Tuttle, a graduate of Wom ans College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, did graduate work at the University bombs. . . “Searchlights and anti-aircraft guns woke me up,” Diana said, “They sounded like big firecrackers.” ..... u ■Diana’s mother recently visited her sister, Mrs. Corum, in Wilkesboro and left Diana for an extended visit, which Diana said she had enjoyed very much. She will return to Nashville, Tenn., the latter part of this week to join her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Corum will also go back to Nashville after being here for four months, during which time Mr. Corum has been instructor in the aircraft sh^t inetal and riveting courses at North Wilkesboro school. of Chape' Hill and for several -.years has been a member of Griffith school faculty in Forsyth county. Joe E. Johnson’s Mother Succumbs Joe E. Johnson yesterday re ceived a message that his mother, Mrs. M. E. Johnson, of Pinevillo, was dead. Funeral service 'was held today at Hopewell, S. C. Mrs. Johnson was 86 years ot 8ge. —buy war bonds—
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