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Russians Hammering
Away Iii Drive
To Rostov
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British bombers on Satur-
1 day and Sunday nights raid
ed Berlin.
Returning flyers said the
raids, urith many planes,
were highly successful and
that great fires were left
burning in the German capi
tal.
The Germans retaliated with
raids on London but were ineffec
tive.
RUSSLINS ADVANCE
On the eastern front Russians
today were reported driving on
Rostov from the north and south
and were inflicting heavy losses
on the retreating raazi forces,
fsny populated points have been
ken during the past few days
ii.JBussian offensive, now In
week. Other successes
eported on the central
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Publishers Only
Can Send Papers to
The Men Overseas
MA-
MCA
This picture shows how the Alumni Gymnasium at
Davidson College will look when it is constructed after
the war. Upper left in the picture is Representative
Cameron Morrison, honorary chairman of' the campaign
to raise the
Oren Moore,
Finley, of .
Wilkosboro surei.',
Norflf^
iim funds, and upper right'is Dr.
tte, general ^hairman. R. G.
kesboro, is chairman for the North
M-
According to a recent govern
ment ruling, pnbltohers only
can send newspapers to men
overseas.
In order for a member of the
armed forces, overseas to re
ceive a newspaper, he must in
writing order the. paper direct
from the publLsher.
Present subscriptions now go
ing to men overseas may con
tinue imtil . tbeir expiration
without the dlreet order from
the sabscrihCT. Relatives want
ing to .send a newspaper to men
«vers-as should, write the men
to order the subscription from-
the pnWishei-.
The order i.s designed to less
en the great load of mail now
going overseas, and at the same
time fulfill the wislies of the
men themselves.
IN AFRICA NOW
Plans For Annual
Event jo Be Blade
h Bleetmg Friday
A^cultural authorities of
26 piedmont and northvres*
tern North Carolina counties
vill gather in WilkOthoro
Friday, January 22, for a
meeting which will greaitly
influence agricultural pro
gress in more than a quarter
of the state for years to
come..
Coble Dairy Products com
pany, which operates large
plants in Wilkesboro and
Lexington, has invited the
countv agents, assistant
agents and vocational agri
cultural agents from all the
milksh'ed of the Coble Dairy
Products company to the
meeting.
now less than lOo'miles from
Tripoli and are hjommering the
remnants of Rommel's forces by
land and air. The British are ad
vancing on a "wide front east of,
Tripoli. I
■Weather conditions have held j
land fighting near Tunis and Bi- i
serte to a minimum but -Allied j
planes shot down 46 enem.y planes
during the past fe* days while i
losing only 16.
IN .SOl'TH PACIFIC j
American force.s on Guadalcan-.
m.1. many of them in their first en-
^i^ement, have taken a Jap
Strong point near Henderson I
field, thus removing the last im-1
mediate threat to American posi-1
tions there.
LV A.SIA
British forces from India con
tinue to make progress against
the Japs in Burma. However, no
big developments heve been re
ported since last week.
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Stockholders Of
Hotel To Meet
E. G. rinley, secretary of the
North Wilkesboro Hotel Com-!
pany. has issed the following no-;
tice of stockholders’ meeting. |
“The annual meeting of the ■
stockholders of North Wilkesboro
Hotel Co. will hie held at Hotel ‘
' Wilkes, North Wilkesboro. at 4:30
M., on Tuesday. January 26th,
"^?’'Thla meeting will be for the
P^Tpoae of hearing the report of
officers, electing a hoard of direc
tors and transacting any other
business that may properly come
before the meeting-
THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT’S
I Head.s Davidson
! Alumni Campaign
CIRCULATION REPORT
As Of January 15, 1943
Total Number Copies Printed,
Number Copies Held In Office
Total Copies Distributed „
Number Copies Going Outside
Local Trade Area . — -
Total Number Distributed
In Local Trade Area -
,750
25
3,725
534
3,191
(Circulation Records Open to All
Advertisers)
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Publishers The Journal-Patriot
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
Bleeting Held
In Interest Of
Proposed Gym
Leaders Of
Farm Groups
Met Friday
Wilkes 1
Hornet^s
At
Albert SetUc, one of the
four “Fighting Settles’*, sons
Mr. and Mr.- T. H. Settle,
tbi. city, told a,graphic
ry oT the last battle of the
t«i a S Hornet, aircraft car-
Nomber 26.
- ^ AXbert fed 'rf»eU. to Mti-
f’-L'uiift gnu. until the order
ab«don Iho
wa. later Minfc
T-waa
,ald toe Hornet was
o«t b/ to. J*P»,
of «at Md toi^
wto entered oB
while otli« *hh»
’MragardM-
the on tret at toe
toe BomeC. pw-
pellors, ■which made it aln^ost a
still target for the Jap boulbers.
Albert told that according to
tabulation by some of the ship’s
crew, 103 of the first 105 Jap
planes attacking the hornet were
shot down, and that Jap planes
fell all around the ship like hail.
But the Japs kept coming, disre
garding frightful losses;
Three sulcldfr dive- bombers
crashed their planes Into the Hor
net, Albert said, rnd two others
barely missed the shiiTadeCk and
dived into the Pacific to'come up
,no more, y
Pilot of one of th. suicide Jap
tembera, Albert, told hts fath.'’’
wu a woman, and that toOt was
OBtobUshed by doctor, wlui exam-
foed nmaasU ot tbe-E^oto body
gftto to* plane’s load oc-
plo^ oB'Hrek. --,■.7.
After Albert climbed down the
ship’s side he swam for one and
one-half or two hours before he
was picked up. His brother,
Robert, an airplane mechanic on
the Hornet, hfd left the ship to
go lo’liSother at the first of the
attacks. ^
During the attacks, Albert was
in the thick of the'fighting, and
put shells into an anti-aircraft
gun which fired so much and so
rapidly that the palut ■was, burned
off the barrel. , ‘ .- ■'
Robert Settle remained 4|t
A large number of Neigh
borhood Leaders, whick'head
communkv organizations
throughout Wilkes county,'
met on Friday afternoon at
the courthouse to discuss
farm mobilization in co
operation with the war pro
gram.
J. B. Snipes, county agent, H.
C. Colvard. assistant county
agent, and Mrs. Annie \,aur:3
Greene. home demonstration
agent, discussed with the neigir
boriiood le.'ders the food goals
for 1S43, and special emphasis
was pl.'ced on vlcfory gardens.
The opinion was freely express
ed that the goals for war produc
tion WQ-Uld be reached, in spite of
shortage of labor end many other
war time difficulties which the
ianners face. ,
'After discussions, the number
precent elected A oounty .wceP^f*
an
imdljB^osetk South r-PActoe
while* AU^ cam#h^ito
ak«»A maansr
There' are *1.10 ' oUrar^ sond ^
Hr. and Mrs. *?. fi;-Settle iiT the
sert'iee. Sroest'SatHe ]. 1& Li|i^
Davy and is also wldr-Ehe Pacifle
fleet. .Cains Settle Je nowJ^-fto
Iset eoarse re- m army
Fifty-three alumhi and
friends of Davidson College
gathered at the alumni ban-
nuet at Hotel Wilkes on
Thursday n'ght to hear an
address by Dr. John R. Cun
ningham, president |of Da
vidson College.
R. G. Finley, alumni chairman
for the district composed of
Wilkes, Surry and Wataugi coun
ties. wrs toastmaster at the ban-
(I'uet and presented Dr. Cunning
ham.
Dr. Cunningham spoke very in
terestingly about the record of
Davidson College, saying that by
any yardstick David.son was one
of the best colleges in the coun
try. He told how the faculty
ranked among the ediicrtional in
stitutions and success of alumni
of the college.
Dr. Cunningham also spoke at
the material assets of Davidson
College, including the college
buildings, and pointed out tiv.t
the principal needs now rre for a
new gymnasium and a new
church.
Plans for the new gymnasium,
to be called Alumni Gymnasium,
have been completed and a miove-
ment is now on foot to raise the
estimated cost of $250,000 in or
der that the gymnesium may b.-
constructed as soon after the end
of-the war as possible.
The General Board of Educa-
I I'.on has appropriated $50,000 on
the cost, on condition that alumni
furnish the remaining $200,000.
Of thi't amount $150,000 has al
ready been subscribed, and, it is
predicted that the remaining
$50,000 will be taken care.of in
the next few months.
The meeting held here was one
of 96 being held from Miami.
Florida, to New York City, in the
interest of raising the gymnastnm
fund. ' .
Mr. Finley stated here on the
day following the -benquet meet
ing that alubHil and friepds of
Daridwti CoUege f&m Wt of
to* state wlH be.. wiitoetea and
ttoM# KiiM), tt«a4ulto; .1. K
me*;'.of iaembaf to
. ^ qie sure , ,,
tive commlttoe contiireed -krf to» riyti antatantlPi-tWiB
fQ}iowinc toatoL-brep.dQpt>Si>^^
re” to aalutopMto**
tore’ atotfkg 0* ttetotofiwL .jj-
Sgt. Ba.vter M. Hayes, left,
and Sgt. .\inlrcw K'lby, right,
iire with F. S. forces in M«i-
i-oco, North .AfricJi. Sgt. Haye.s
is a son of Mrs. I). C. Hayes, of
Hays, and Sgt. Kilby is a .son of
.Mr. nnd ^irs. Ti-oy Kilby, of
Ktsldies Hiv«-r. Hotli eiitei-ed
the serv-ice witli tlie National
(jiiiarrl l■olll|>aIly here in Septem
ber, 1040.
NOW IN AFRICA
guests at the new Coble Dairy
Products company phint in Wilk-
esl)oro ac 11:30 a. ni. There they
will h-e shown over the plant,
which is now furnishing enor
mous quantities of powdered milk
and other products to feed men of
the U. S. fighting forces and their
allie.s as well as. supplying the
company's dome.stic trade.
Of particularly iiit?re.st will be
the egg drying machinery which
has been installed ind is ready
for use in dehydrating eggs.
Following the tour of the plant,
those present w-ill go to the .\mer-
ic I) Legion clubhouse in North
Wilkesboro. where they will be
.served a barbecue lunch.
.After the lunch a meeting will
be Iield for the purpose of plan
ning a Piedmont Dairy Show as
an 'innual event in the part of the
state touched"^ Coble Dair.v Pro-
(lueets milk routes, which now
^comprises 26 counties and i.s enn-
linning to expand.
Coble Dairy products company
will donate $1,500 each year as
prizes for the dairy show, which
will be held at some convenient
point in the territory ye>ar!y.
I At the meeting here Friday
committees will be named to make
iarrangements and plans for the
shew, which is expected to iye an
outstanding event annually.
Some of the state’s leading ag
ricultural authorities who will be
present for the meeting here Fri
day include; I. 0. Schaub, dean
-)f the North Carolina extension
.service; O. F. McCrary, district
I agent; T. E. Brown, head of the
• vocational agricultural depart-
iment; Kerr Scott. North C.--ro-
lina commissioner of agriculture;
larry Crldwell, master of the
State Grange; John A. Arey, ex
tension dairy specialist: A. C.
'Clmrey and F. R. Farnhom, ex-
‘enaion dairymen; and Dr. A. O.
b’haw. head of the animrl hiisban-
Iry department of North Carolina
State College.
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Sgt. 'Fred P^ndry, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bnrt'Pendry. of
is with U. SL forcee In Morocco.
North Africa. 8«t. Pendry has
been in the army since Septran-
her 16, IMO, riaving begun ser
vice with the. National Guard
company in North Wnkesboto.
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Louis Irwin Makes
Honor Roll At The
University Of U. C.
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Depuftr VbM«rslk»l and
[r*. Walter
Mr*. Walter IM. Irwin have
been, notified tliat tbeir
Mr. ‘iditoU Irwin, ae-
of Pbar-
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