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totes Army. Prt. Ronnie Johnson, left, whose mmie is on North
. Mtkesboro route three, volunteered for army service six months
l/'i -90 and is now at an air base at Colnmtas, Ohio. His sont CpL
^ Pred Johnson, has been in the army for nine months and is now in
overseas service, having sailed in D«:ember.
BIG FIRE TODAY
DESTROYS PLANT
OF YELLOW JACKET
Moravian Falls Postoffice Also Burns In
Disastrous Fire; Much Property
Totally Destroyed
ttiva plant of the Yellow
pnblSahed
at
Falls by R. Don
•LailPSy and the Moravian
FaSa portoffice, which occu
pied a part of the large
hailding, were totally de
stroyed by fire early this af
ternoon.
. The fire,'of undetermined
origin, was discovered over
Mr. Laws’ library in the
bnildmg about one o’clock
at that time had made
roKh headway. The North
tAfilkesboro fire department
/was called and firemen were
able to save a store building
nearby, which also belonged
to Mr Laws,- but the Yellow
Jacket building fire had al
ready practically destroyed
the building.
The loss to Mr Laws was
type,, an automatic pre^
nudU^Ui
Mr. Laws carried no^fire
insurance on the property,
which represents a total loss
to him.
Also in the building was
Mr. Laws’ library of numer
ous volumes. He is an au
thority on history and had
collected many books which
cannot be replaced. Only a
few books and some office
equipment were removed
from the library.
Burning of the Yellow
Jacket office and plant was
the third large fire loss to
Mr. Laws in four years, dur
ing which time he lost two
residences by fire.
Loss to the postoffice
could not be determined to
day. Only a few items were
estimated to run into many 1 removed from the postoffice
thoutonds of dollars. The and the amount of loss of
newspaper plant was well, mail and records by fire was
equ^ped, including a lino-1 not in^mediately ayailable.
Wflbar Resident
'akes Own Life
\y Hanging Self
0«nth of John Eller Satur-
PwwKwnced Suicide
By Coroner Myers
f Ftinwa! service was held today
mt Ualon Baptist church near WU-
bir for John EUler. 42. resident
of thst coHnnualty who hanged
blnself In the bam at his home
Satardsy morning.
Coroner I. M. Myers tovestl-
—tb» death and tironounced
(t i^ide. Eller had been a pa-
tlekit at tlie state hSspltal atMor-
caaton. where be left without
Sire one week ago. Member
of the family said he appsrenUy
pa normal mentally unUl Satur-
, morning, when he hroame
at and they called the sheriff
JIme for him and to return
to the state hoepital.
W When depnttas, errived
toond his lifeliss *
hr a rope In the bam,
K » ^
mteabeth Pleveo Bller wd is snr-
ky hls widow. Mm.
, K' B«W »P«
J iL Hayea eonducted the
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they
hanging
mile
CalRs
Margie
Service Here
Sunday For
Scout Week
Free Movie Tuesday
and Civic Day
On Friday
Boy Scout Week, desig
nated throughout the nation
as February 6 to'12, is being
observed by the Scouts of
the Wilkes district.
The first event of the ob
servance was a special ser
vice for Scouts at the
North Wllkesboro Methodist
church Sunday mwnmg 11
o’clock.
'There were 60 Scouts, Cubs and
Scooters in attendance and were
seated in a body. At the begin
ning of the service they dedicated
a United States Flag and a Chrts-
tion flag, which had beeB donated
to the ebnrcb. Rev. A. C. -Wag
gon^, pastor, delivered an inspir
ing and eppre^date message.
The next event in ai>servance|'
(rf the vMf^- vpitl be on Tuesday
Wh^ all Seohts 'ifjU be
tk* M**lar iltowgikisbe
Ltnu^ Theatre se a speolat
(Oontinned on pagei'flghtj' '
War news today featured
powerful offensive opera
tions by Britidi and Ameri
can air fmxes fi> nAny parts
of the world.
In North Africa today
American airmen hammered
away at axis held positions
and shipping from Italy to
Africa. The port of Naples
was bombed in daylight and
great fires were left raginr
in the city and port.
28 SHIPS SUNK
British submarines during the
past few days sunk 23 axis.ships
near Italy and three ships were
hit by bombs in Naples harbor.
STRIKE BASKS. INDUSTRIES
British and Aroerlcpn flyers
trom England again bombed the
submarine base at Lortsnt,
France, and British rclded Ger
man industries in the Ruhr thI-
ley.
RUSSIANS AT ROSTOV
From Russia comes more en
couraging news as Red Forces are
hammering at the gates of RostoiP^
and have cut off 200,000 troop^
In the Caucasus. Meanwhile, Rus
sian troops are driving swiftly
.estward |A oth'
H-/.
Oaptaln James M, Hayes, Jr.,'
who has Just 'retnmed from
oomlmt swvice on Guadalcanal
in the Solomon Islands, address
ed a large audience Snndaf
nigiht at the Wllkesboro Bap-
^ tLst church.
V
iy Eggs
Friday Farnttiri! J0W
’ L««at Xliiprf
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Pl|tnt In Wllkesboro
Will Dry 1,100
Cases Daily
Capt. Hayes
Tells About
Guadalcanal
John
State- _ . .
lb« Norfii
exiMuira garrien, wlR' adf
diiiM« the Norftr WRkeabdf^
Klwania Club and
snests on Friday noon. Fob-
niary 1^.
J. B. Snipes, county agent and
who 4 program chairman for the
meeeting, announce that a change
had been made and that Goodman
would speak instead of F. H. Je
ter, agriculhiml editor at State
College, as previously announced.
-It will be farmers day for the
•kiwanis cluh and each Kiwanian
is expected to have one or more
farmers as guests at the meeting*'
A total attendance of 150 is ex
pected. The meeting will be held
in the banquet hall of Hotel
Wilkes.
'
.Coble
' John W. Goodman, assistant
director cf the North Carolina
extension service, will address
the North Wilkeaboro Kiwanis
clnb on “Farmers’ Day”, Friday,
Fobmarj- 12.
•Marine Officer
Speaker Sunday
At Wilkeabono
Pennies For Bonds
WomenWork
In Furniture
FactoryHere
Forest Furniture Co.
' Is Now Hiringr
Womep
Captain James M. Hayes,
Jr., marine olTicIfjr hoMe on
For tbe fir*t time in the
ibbtory of Nor^ Wflkasboroj
Ipdised* tiHfli
MANY JAPS inLUED
Americaq and Australian forces
on the northeast const of New
Guinea continue to slaughter
many Japs and Amerlcaft ai.men
have been very successful in de
stroying planes and scoring hits
on Jap ships while raiding Jop
ports and airfields.
No further news ha.s been re
leased concerning reports of a big
naval battle last week near the
.Solomon Islands, end it is thought
that the reports were principally
Japanese propaganda in efforts to
get Information relative to Amer
ican naval forces.
V
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Icaxtel,
audi^i
ice Suiiday
Wllkesboro
Pleasure
Drivers
Are Tried
Rationing Boards
County Hear
7 Cases
In
Wilkes rationing boards
during the past week pena
lized persims In seven cases
for violation of the oleasure
driving ban and other rati
oning regulations.
capacity
night at the
Baptist ehurcb-
The audience listened with
intense interest and the
young officer related experi
ences of the marines on
Guadalcknal, where they
were recently relieved after
getting the “situation well in
hand.
“We have Just started to fight,”
Captain Hayes said «s he spoke
of the war situation In general
and cautioned against over opti
mism.
During the course of hls ad
dress he related many incidents
which happened on Guadalcanal,
two of which he scid were the on
ly things which could he called
funny during those long months.
Captain Hayes said the Japs
there bed broken every rule of
warfare and were fanatics who
apprrently did not care to die. He
told of how hundreds of Japs,
many of them armed with small
weapons and some with no weap
ons at all, stormed Bloody Ridge
one night and lost a thousand
men in the unsuccessful attempt
to capture- the position held by
350 marines.
He said that soon afeer he and
hls men arrived on the island he
shocked to see an American
veexAigitip.w^ today in a
vr-rxlwori
Dairy Prodnete,
company plant in Wflket-
boro ■ today began drying
e»9*.
‘By high preMure and beat
tbe wateV is taken from tbe
eggs and a fine powder is
the resultr. Add water and
you have scrambled eggs.
The company plans to de-
>hydrate eggs in tremendous
quantities and will buy from
six states.
George S. Coble, “prealdent and
principal owner of the company
which operates large pjants in
Wllkesboro and Lexington, saM
the eggs drying capacity of tks
Wllkesboro plans will be l.lOt
cases per day and that be intend
ed to keep the plant running at
capacity 24 hours per day.
A large warehouse recently
erected. Is being converted into a
cold storage plant for the egga
and another warehouse is being
constructed.
Already a small addition to'the
main plant has been eonstmeted
to house the extra machinery
necessary for preparing eggs for
dehydration. The same machin
ery used to powder milk wiU
r'' *
m
Tommie Turner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. E. Turner, of Crick
et, last week exchanged 1,875
pennies foi a war bond. Tom
mie had consistently saved the
pennies over a period of time
with his goal a war bond. Ex
changing the pennies for a bond
not only helped the war effort
by furnishing money, but releas
es 12 pounds and thirteen ounc
es of copper, a vital and scarce
war material.
woovfworifinw plant.
Forest Furniture company to-
9sy placed on the payroll several
women employes and plans to Jn-
croese the number as the need
arises. During the past few weeks
workmen have been making
changes and Improvements In the
nlant especially to provide con
veniences and comforts for wo
men employes.
An official of the company to
day stated thi3t It is one of the
changes brought about by the war
rnd resultant scarcity of labor.
The company, he said, does not
expect the venture to be profita
ble. but is offering employment to
women who cannot very well go
elsewhere to engage In war work.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Addition of egg drying to ll»
plant's" activities wiU not affect
buying of milk and manufacture
of dairy products, which Is con
tinuing with many dairy products
being turned out in large quan
tities.
Coble Dairy Products company
proposes to r-iirchase all the eggs
available during the low price
egg season, thus stabilizing the
price of eggs. Last week the price
paid was .33 cents per dozen. Bach
Mond-y the company will quote a
price good for the entire week. At
the present time the company Is
buying only from Jobbers in lots
of not less than 25 oases each.
Tom Story, who, has held an
office position with the North
Wllke.sboro branch of the Duke
The armed forces and war in . ,v .
dustrles in larger cities have l ■’
draluc-d many potentirl workmen
from this vicinity. The Forest
Furniture company has made ar
rangements for women to replace
many of the men who have been
called away and thus will be able
to continue operation and to fur
nish a substantial payroll locally.
was
Disposition of the cases tried, 'carrying the bead of a Jap, .but he
High School Girl
Overpowers RoUber
as related by the rationing offi
cials. was as follows:
Tim Vates—charged with pleas
ure driving—all gasoline ration
for the car which was apprehend
ed revoked until May 21, 1943.
This case was carried over from
January 28.
Ell Prevette — speeding and
reckless driving—all gasoline ra
tion revoked lor period of IJ
months. j.
Ralph Sawyer—charged with
pleasure driving—two coupons re
moved from A book.
W. B. Church and Gordon
Church—Gordon Church charged
with pleasure driving in car own
ed by W. B. Church—1 coupon re
moved from W. B. Church’s A
hook. Gordod- Church barred
from obtaining any gasoline ra
tion tor period of six months.
Warner Miller. Jr. — charged
with pleasure driving—two cou
pons removed from A book.
L. H. Patterson and Hobert Met
Lean — McLean charged with
pleasure . driving Id Patterson’s
car—one coupon removed from
Patterson’s coupon book; McLean
barred from obtaining any gasov^
line ration in eix monlha.'
James Dowefl—charged with
pleaanri drlxing—^failed to aiK
ipear;. all _
montiiil
soon learned that the Japanese
has resorted to every cruelty
imaginable. On one occasion, he
said, Jap soldiers carved a wound
ed iparine to pieces while he was
still alive. He told of how Japs
shot and killed two companions
of Barney Ross as the three
were on their way to bring back
a wounded man, and bow Ross
(Continued on page eight)
^^
New Furniture .
Store To Open
North Wllkesboro'’ is soon to
have a new furniture store, which
will be operated In the original
Marlow-Shook Hardware bnilding
now owned by Mrs. J. R. Marlow,
by Messrs. Avery and Qnlncv
Whittington. The nanr* of the new
store Will be “Batter Homes Fur
niture Co.”
Mr. Avery Whittington, is a for
mer meaager of the .^fark-Dow®
FuAiitifre this •e^, bnt
has hwu at Elkin- tor .paid
two JtonrM rngoffer of, Huk.Roiuo
IfwmHnro Cogwanf to iWUeh >e
owns a half interegu ,
fhe new flirai-irm he OIWQ to
in itte puhlio.:.:iteut'
Ifandi,' 'aatt iriil Uatej A'
of hope tetellMKlk
Armed only with a fire poker.
Miss Hope Allen, a North
Wllkesboro hljdi school student,
attacked a burglar in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Ailem, and recovered the
money and other things he had
taken from the home.
Not only did Miss Allen re-
oovhr the stolen property, bat
she’was instrumental in ,H»e
•eaptnre of the barglair, Oari
iyalls, age 15. a son of Mr. ^
Mm. Avery Lyalls. of near this
city.
on Frituiy afternoon whep
Miss Allen returned from school
the other members of the fam
ily were away. She heard a
aolae upstairs and before she
could Investigate she saw a
man contlng down the stops. He
was masked with a handker
chief around the lower pert of
hls face.
She' stood aea* the foot of
the etairr and vrtieu the maMc-
ed hiftw > came down M»o weot
tote a«tR>^ eeeult wto
she wrenclipd ften KIs
kdsdk » JMtek njbowt,tiw> feet
lodir, te wan
Md.to^ from Wm a poacefe
book 'oootote^
then arrived and Hope told her
what bad happened. Then thc>
called the police. Olvigg Chief
John Walker a good description
of the man, (Tilef Walker
recognized him as he stepped
oat of the poUce office to the
street and made hls arrest.
Hope positively Identified
Lyalls as the wonld-be robber.
The Allens told police that
several things had been stolen
from their home daring the
past several weeks.
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GIANT HEN EGG
“^T. E. Anthony, Ronda ritl-
zen, was here Saturday showing
the biggest hen egg of them all.
The egg had a weight of over
one-qnarter pound, waii 8 1-2
Indies ' in elretnnference the
lon9 way and •' 1*2 Inches
aronnd the short wny.
He said he kB«w» timt U was
» heu egg, becnase It came from
^ riildM Wi where there
WMh nn gmeo .of Ugger tewL
—-T-y-T—’, ■-
e^t”, Anstralian Ar«y
whkh
he had
is bel^ JWppBea
caV'ftfCM hi Anstedte at the re-
mn
WAR BOROS
eral years, ha.s accepted a position
with the Coble company as egg
receiving clerk. Warner Miller
Jr., who has been In charge of
distribution of newspapers for
the Wlnston-.'ialem Journal and
Sentinel in Wilkes, will operate
the egg drying machinery and *a
being trained for those duties.
Addition of egg dehydration to
the Wllkesboro plant will provide
jobs for about 90 more people
then have been employed there.
Thirty-five women and girls were
placed on Jobs there today candl
ing and breaking eggs. As s(»n
as the pla-.t gets Into /uli prodne-
tion two more shifts of women
and girls will be added, keeping
that hha.se of openr'tions under
way 24 hours daily.
The government will t/uy all
(Continued on page eight)
Shells Stolen From
The Allen Theatre
Thief Takes Manv .Shot^n
Sheila and Box of Cigars
From Allen Theatre
Thieves of unknown Identity
entered the office of Allen Thea
tre here on Sunday night end
took some things which are val
uable and hard to replace.
W. J. Allen, manager of the
theatre, said that the thieves did.
not get any money, which they
apparently were looking for, bnt
did make awy with many of hls
shotgnn shena and a box of Nnrlca
cigars.
The sbotipin aheUs constated of
ane wbola ea«oi M, Arrow shells.
ie-«aiiKp. asipiter I tJwtj also 1#
ot^n’ hoteawf idx ol whteh
hnd',5
■hat, and
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Mr. AlleF^vrtil tlte a Hhoral H-
wafA tte. intemaiM lealfit# te
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of':fha'al
thi.i|nfiiV^ritei'
lad ooBV^
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