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SJAtfPATRIOT HAS, aaA2ED THE! TRAIL, ir ‘II' —~i‘ • ■ - ’V . i mod^al adyafitaff kfWff buying in Ndftb ukaabOTO, tb« gro^S ^vadins center of North Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WlLKESBOR0.1f. C., MONDAY. MAR. 22. 1943 rt. War FiiiidlR*»"Hto8 W Now Near $14,000 Red Croon Campaign To Go $4,000 Over Goal Red Cross war fund total for Wilkes county should reach $14,000 by the end of March, Dr. John W. Kinche- loe, Jr., war fund chairman, said today. At the close of business Satur day actual bank deposits tor the fund totaled »1V458.98. accord ing to the report of Vernon Deal, treasurer. In addition to that amount $455 web reported as ready for deposit, making a total collected of $13,913.98. Those who have not been con tacted may yet send contributions to Vernon Deal, treasurer of the WUkes Red Cross chapter, at the Northwestern Bank, or to Red Cross headquarters over Tomlin son's Department store. Some of the substantial amounts received and which have not been published, follow; Coble Dairy Products company and employes donated a total of $282. P. El Brown lumber company and employes donated a total of $200. J. R. Edelln, canvass chairman for tte colored population in 'WUkes, made a good record, tum- iu a total of 1100.76. lers let Raise In Salary For Four Months Pay Raise Going Back To January 1 Will Be Paid At End Of Term ■Wilkes county teachers, along with other state employees, will receive a raise in salary as pro- led by an act of the Wgislature year. ’ The pry raise Is retroactive to January 1 of this year. The pay raise begins at $lo per month for teachers making np to $900 per year and $22.50 per month for those in the next wage bracket. In Wilkes the half-term point w?8 reached prior to January 1 and the teachers will receive the increase for four months of the present term. This Increase will be added to the eighth month voucher to be delivered at the end of the term in the latter part of April. For a greater pert of the Wilkes teach ers, the added amount will be either $60 or $90. Pay raises were provided by the legislature for all state employees. ^The teachers are by far the blg- wgest group of sta.e employees In Wilkes. -V The United States Army Re cruiting Trailer, with It’s staff of Sergeants James S. Nash, John Muilenburg and Willard H. Dunn, shown above, was manufactured by the Auto Cruiser Trainer Com pany, Inc., of Bradenton, Fla., and delivered to the Quartermas ter Corps July 26, 1940. , This trailer was the first of it’s type to be built and the first one it it’s kind ever purchased by the army. The Recruiting Trailer was im mediately assigned to the J.ack- .sonville, Florida, recruiting dis trict for the purpose of recruitng men for the army. The command ing officer of the Fourth Corps area visualized great posclbillties from this luxurious trailer. Elarly In August, 1940, this re cruiting trailer was moved from Florida to the State of Georgia. The trailer has gained such popu lar recognition while in Florida that netional ne-wapMem and Yank Patrols On Way To Maknassy t-' With U. S. Forces on The Tn- nlsian Front.—American troops seized Sened in an early morning attack yesterday rnd advanced elements pushed eastward toward Maknassy. 20 miles further along the Gafsa-Mahares rrllway. Italian troops stationed in the fiened area offered only slight re sistance. U. S. Infantry, armored units and rrtlllery routed Fascist de tachments yesterday from the {,HI|ts and a strategic pass over- loKing Sened in a day-long ad vance which met with only scat tered opposition. The rttack, preceded by a re markably rccurate artillery bom bardment of Italian outposts, pul the Americans In a commanding position more than halfway along (be route from Gafsa to Maknassy key petnt guarding Oie sonth- «fn binge of the north-«>nth onntaln range wWch forms the n«tnrsl harrier rgainst firtbnr winner to the gulf of dabas. It .was «. surprisingly easy fata. printed stories about it. Some of these stories and color pictures were published in the Life Maga zine explaining fully it’s value to the United States Army Recruit ing service. Such valuable pub licity proved th»at the trailer would have a prosperous and romantic future as well as it’s staff. The trailer’s first itinerary carried it through the southern part of Georgia in the heart of the ‘Tench Country.” After traveling the southern part of scenic Georgia, the trailer, on October 12th, 1940, left Geor gia en-route to Chattanooga, Tennessee. While in Tennessee this trailer visited the largest cites of central and eastern Tennessee. The trailer then left the “Volunteer State”, crossed the Great Smokey Mountains Into Jtorth Carolina. ■While in the “Tar Heel” State the trailer traveled the Piedmont Region. The first cities visited while in North Carolina were Asheville, Shelby. Gastonia, ond Charlotte. After leaving Char lotte the trailer went into South Carolina. The tr,-iler traveled through South Carolina into Ala- iw.ma then into Mississippi before it returned to Florida. Sergeant James S. Nash, pic tured above, is in charge of the enlisted personnel and has been on duty at the trailei since Janu ary, 1941. He joined the trailer’s staff while it was in Alabama. He reports that records show that as many as 500 to 1,500 people visited the trailer in one day. This trailer is now assigned to Colonel H. A. Wells of the Char lotte Recruiting Office and tours (Continued on page five) Wilkes Lady Has Tea Mrs.Roo3evelt Mrs. W. F. Rash, of Cycle, Guest of the Na tion’s First Lady At Tea In White House Friday Afternoon Y.M.C.A. For City May Begin Raising A Fund For Use I .ater Mrs. Margaret Rash, wife of W. F. Rash, a farm wo man of the Cycle com munity, had tea Friday afternoon with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D. C.' accorded complete she was pri^ege was Mrs. Rash as a surprise —- and happy! Mrs. Rash went to the capital to look after some business matters and to call on Representative R. L. Doughton, chairman of the Ways and Means com mittee, and his daughter. Miss Reba Doughton. Mrs. Rash gives Miss Reba Doughton full credit for having the opportuni ty to meet and talk with the first lady of the Ismd in the White House. Miss Doughtm called Mrs. Roosevelt and asked would she like to meet a farm wife from the hills of Wilkes count/, North said she wouk jbe delighlk-. ed and an appointment was arrsuiged for five p. m. Miss Doughton acccmi- panied Mrs. Rash. Mrs. Rash, of course, was thrilled, and Mrs. Roosevelt found the meet ing with the Wilkes lady very interesting. The First Lady was ex ceptionally sweet and kind spoken, Mrs. Rash' said, and she spent one hour with her in the White House. * A movement has been started in the North Wilkes- boro Kiwanis Club for or ganization of a Y. M. C. A. and erection of a building in North Wilkesboro at some future date after the war. The suggestion was offered the club in the meeting Friday noon by Dr. A. C. Chamberlain, who was program chairman. He urged the members of the club to start a campaig-n for raising a fund to be used for erection of a Y. M. C. A. building. For the program Dr. Chamber- lain entertained the club with a humorous stunt. Two dummy fashion models were placed on the stage and four members of the club were selected, two for each model, and given the aasigrnment of dressing the models in| accord ance with all the taste in modem styles. The four selected proved their ability and the stunt ■was I'eceived with much merriment. Kiwanian Chas. J. Karre, of Reading, Pa., was a g^iest of ^nio Cardwell; Alex Biggs, of Elkin, was a guest of Edd Gardner^ and W. G. Sloan ■was a gnest of ~ Finley. V LT. RICHARD JOHNSTON V E. G. Members Of Boards File Election Is Called By the Election Board For This City Lt. Johnston Gets Second Decoration Air Medal Awarded Lt. Johnston Recently First Lieutenant Richard Johnston, a fighter pilot with U. S. Amiy air force* m the south Pacific, has twice been decorated for outstand ing nerformance. The second decoration received was the new *‘Alr Medal,” which awarded for meritorious Practice Blackout it Very Near Perfect In Wilkesboros The practice blackout lu the Wilkesboros Thursday , night was very nearly lOB per cent perfect, many servers agreed. The blackout was callij by State Civilian Defense of ficials as farther practice be cause the firat one a feir weeks ago with the revisefl signal system was generally considered a failnre. The 'Wilkes Civilian Defense or ganization, under direction sC Judge J. A. Rousseau, chairmaa. and J. E. Walker and J. B. Nor ris, coordinators, functioned wsH. Air raid wardens and auxiliary v»- Hce were on their posts through out the Wilkesboros and In maaf rural communities. The alert signal, a steady btaat of the tannery whistle and flis sirens, sounded at 8:50 and lights were quickly extinguished. A fesr automobiles traveled a short dis tance and parked. At nine o’clock came the dan ger signal, a zig-sag blowing ot the sirens, which means danger, all traffic stopped and take cover. By that time the blackout was al ready'about perfect. Tho'neil it' hs fRfcember Previous Lt. Johnston hsd been awarded the Silver 6tar, a highly coverted award, for gallantry in action. Lt. Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Johnston, of this city. Is credited with shooting down a number of Japanese planes. V BUTTER, FAT. OIL FROZEN Lost: One Parachute Commanding officer at Mor ris Charlotte, in a com munication with Police CSiie# J. E. Walker here last week said that one parachute was lost when tlie crew of a bomber which crashed near Moravian F'Vills several days ago balled ont. The officer asks that if the parachute Is found that it be turned In to the police depart ment here, which tvlH forward it to Morris Field. V- BIGGEST SNOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING V-mail is private, it goes thru thfc photographic machine at ter-j rific speed, and only the censor sets the letter. According to the calendar, SiM-lng arrived Sunday—and so did the biggeet snow of the sea son. Snow fell all day Sunday but little of it remained in the Yad kin valley. AU other parts of the county had considerable snow, wiiich ranged from one inch in low lands to five to eight indies on the mountains. Peo ple here today from Summit said the snow was five to ei^t inches deep. From the Brushies came reports of much more .snow tlian around the Wilkee- boroe. _V BUY MORE WAR BONDS Mayor R. T. McNiel and ell members of the North Wilkesboro board of commissioners have an nounced their candidacy for re- election in the city election, which has been called to be held on Tuesday, May 4. The Board’s members ore R. G. Finley, Ralph Duncan, A. F. Kil by, J. R. Hix, and H. M. Huteb- i ens. I Announcement of the mayor i and members of the board fol lows: “Believing this course to meet with the approval of a majority of the citizens of North Wilkes- boro, and having been urged to do so by many people of the city, ! we, the mayor and all members of the board of commissioners, here by announce our candidacy for re election in the city election to be held on May 4. We deeply ap preciate the splendid support giv en us by the people of the city ^.nd if re-elected we pledge our continued efforts for progressive and economical city government.” D. J. Carter and J. B. McCoy, members of the city board of edu- (Contlnued on page five) Cheese and Meat Are Not Included In Order Washington. — The Office of Price Administration yesterdoy suspended retail sales of butter, lard, margprine, shortening, cook ing salad oils covered by the meat-fats rationing program for one week beginning at 12:01 a. m., Monday, prevailing time. The sales freeze does dot apply to any of the cheeses or meats in cluded in the new rationing pro gram, but sales of canned fish and canned moats—frozen Feb. 18— will continue snsnended until ra tioning -begins Monday. March 29. There will be no freeze of spies of mayonnaise or other salad dress ings not included in the rationing program. OPA officials said suspension of these foods ere not sufficient to support the anticipated heavy public buying during the one week remaining before rptionlng. The week-long freeze is designed, to enable storekeepers to replen ish supplies in {preparation for rationed sales. bad on lights. The all clear was gi^- en by turning on street lights aai by radio and telephone signals. Officials point out that the naai blackout may be without wamixf and urge oil to cooperate as th||f did for the one which was a»- nounced ahead of time. SURPRISE BLACKOUT! It was learned today tliat a .snrpiise blackout will be caur- lied out in the very near fa- ture, firobably this week, aai all (Tvllian Defense and volnw- tcer workers are asked to operate as they did in Um bl.-ickout last Tuesday nigiit. Churchill Reports Drive On Germans Important Data About Meat And Fats Rationing March 29.—Housewives, insti tutions and industrial users be gin surrendering red point stamps for meats, cheeses, butter, and other rationed products in the program. Red A stamps good for 16 points during first week. March 29-ApTll 10. — Institu tional users get points allotments from local boards. Industrial us ers register with local boards dur ing same period and receive point allotments. April 11. — Retailers, whole salers and primary distributors. Including processors, begin sur rendering points for their pur chases of rationed items. April 26-May 1.—Allowable In ventories of wholesalers and re tailers based on sales In points during this week. May 1.—Rebtllers and whole salers take point Inventory at }(& District Office. close of business on May 1. May 3-May 14.—Retailers and wholesalers register with local boards end get allowable point inventories. Beginning April 30.—Primary distributors, including processors except farm slaughterers, make compliance report to District OPA Office for first reporting period ending on or after April 30 and covering operations from March 29 to that date. Filing of extra copy of the report serves as reg istration. Farm slfughterers will file reports with local boards. Damaged Shoes Dsioeged shoes which eannot be exchanged for ration currency ■wlU he sold es ‘‘non-rationed” at tar Jaipectlon by District OPA Ot- m^BB Wd subsequent approval by Blue Stamps Stamps D, E, and F amounting to 48 points, valid from March 25 through April 30. Blue stamps A, B, and C expire March 31. There fore. from March 26 through Mar ch 31„ A, B, C, D, E, and F stamps are valid. Although consumers are allow ed to use April stamps during the last week In Mrrch, they are urg ed to budget their 48 points for April carefully. Farmers The farmer’s position In the ra tioning of meats and fats Is nni- que. In all cases he is a consumer but he mry also be s slaughterer, a pixicessor, or a butter maker: Farmers who slaughter live stock for personal consumption value of the meat to the point consumed. Should termers wish to slaugh ter and sell or deliver meat, they will be required to secure a per mit from the Department of Agri culture, like any other slaughter er-vendor. They will be required to collect points for the meat sold, end must make a monthly report of their sales to their local Ration Board. Buyers from “farm slaughterers” may surtender red stamps not yet declared valid for general use. » - Farmers who make butter or lard iHll'not be'reqplr^'tb jp- enre 4 permit from tbe Ds^arf- ment of Agriculture. However, At London. — General Montgom ery’s British Eighth Army is ”*a the move” against Marshal Rom mel in Southern Tunisia. Prime Minister Churchill announoe4 dramatically Just before 10 p. m., (5 p. m.. e.w.t.) last night, la what apparently is a major of fensive to smash the Axis troope left in Africa and prepare the •way for an Invia.sion of Ehirope. ‘‘I have just received a mea- sage from General Montgomery that the Eighth Army is on the move and he is satisfied with the progress”, Churchill announced at the end ot his world broedcast. The Prime Minister had just concluded his long survey of poet- war problems and was turning to warn the nation it must ’‘gst back to the job,’’ when suddenly he read Montgomery’s message— which was in turn heard by tbe general’s troops swinging into bat- Retallers the start of rationing, re-jtje against Rommel's Mar'etb for- tallers as well as all other sellers tifications. will be required to collect points I -V— oil moat ottooao /«onno/f fta>i for all meat, cheese, canned fish and fats and oils they sell to con sumers, institutions, industrial users and industrial consumers. During the first two weeks of the rationing program, retailers will not surrender points to their sup pliers. This will provide these dealers with an opportunity to build np a working capital of “points” for future operations. ■AftCT this two-week period> jr^ll- «r« eu replenish their etot^ oai^ BUTCHERS MAY HOLD “SALES” ^ j^j^terlng point*.- t!on fopplleijs. ItetaileTs will be reqataid .tq' mHster with their local iMten Boardsut SB7 Ub« frog* llsy I to they, will he’required to collect subsequent to the start of ration- j points for the sale of any butter. ing will be reiineited to retain'or lard, and sucb points are to bojltay 14» 1949. At tbia registra and’ not spend stamps equivalent .turned In to the local Board. (Continued on ftpfp flv*)iVT _ _ ^ Washington — Here’s a ■wrinMe in the meat rationing program which ought to tickle bargata hunters. Butchers will be able Ss have "clearance sales” of some kinds ratio* ■ deecrilML 'Sis- JUndnlstHs- ■In' U m ti -Jb-" to juisllw.- OeswthBy, baWte "UOl V«i. Nk; cKsrie oonpon 'whifs red pons in rwaisrbswf Ns. a siBiiiu " to a tabnlstlM to be thu week, , :« 1
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