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Producers and Retail Prices Set On Cured Meat m Wilkes War Price and Ra tioning Board has set defi nite ceiling prices on cured hams, shoulders and sides. The prices apply to this territory and it is expected that other definite ceilings will be quoted within the next few days. Ratiohing officials said a full time clerk will devote his time to control of prices and that price ceilings are to be enforced. The board quoted the following ceiling prices which may be paid to farmers: cured hams, all sizes. 44 1-2 cents per pound; shoulders, all sizes, 36- 3-4 cents; sides, all sizes, 30 cents. Retail ceiling prices which may be charged consumers are as fol lows: hams, whole. 61 cents per pound; hams, sliced, 66 cents; shoulders, whole, 51 cents; shoulders, sliced, 57 cents: sides, whole, 41 cents; sides, sliced, 47 cents. Truckers and wholesalers may wo^k >ut ^riqM ^between the fartoeM *'prlcee fjud retaH pfloeST Pfc. Edwin J. Canter, who Is .serving with fleet marines on the Pacific, was wounded in ac tion on March 26 but has re covered and is getting along all right, according to letters re ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Canter, of WOkes- boro route one. Pfc. Canter was knocked down by concussion, his right ear drum was ruptur ed and his hair and eyebrows were singed while on duty on a ship. High School Finals Here Raid Strikes Hardi Japs on Attn Back At Flensburg, Kiel To Their Last Line -V- POPPY DAY ON MAY 29 On May 28th McLarty Will Deliver Sermon Here May 28 Men who served in the first World War were urged to be first to put on a poppy on Poppy Day, Saturday, May 29, in a message issued today by W. C. Grier, Com mander of Wilkes Post of |Whe American Legion. > Recalling the service end sacri fice of the men who fought for America twenty-five years tgo Commander Grier said: ■'Men are again being called upon to give their lives for Amerf- oa, as did our comrades in 1917 and 1918. Our own boys and our ‘ neighbors boys are among them. Our hearts are heavy at the thought that these young men must meet the same late as those other young men we left beneath the poppies of France twenty-five years ago. ‘•To show that we honor anil remember the dead of both wars we have our memoriel poppy. By wearing this little flower on Pop- V py Day, we express feelings we A cannot put into words. We sig- ^ "klfy that we are carrying on in their spirit for the final triumph of the cause for which they laid (Continued on page eight) _ North jyjlkimlxirft mhooU will close a successful year with graduation exercises for the high school on Friday evening. May 28. The first program of the high school commencement will be the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday evening. May 23. eight o’clock, at the First Baptist church. ' Rev. E. K. McLarty, pastor of Boone Methodist church, will de liver the commencement sermon. The program Sunday evening will open with organ prelude by Mrs. L. M. Nelson, and song, “God of Our- Fathers.’’ by the choir. Invocation will he by Rev. A. C. Waggoner. Miss Lucille Casey will render a solo, "The I.ord Is My Light’’. It will be a union service with the congregation of the First Bap tist. First Methodist and Presby terian c'hurches meeting together. The graduating exercises at eight p. m. on May 28 will be carried out by members of the se nior class. Two Girls Sell $150 War Stamps l-'VaJices Gilreath and Virjftnia Day have .sold S150 in war stamps to neighbors and friends during the past two months, thus eontrlbuting time and ef fort to a vital part of the wa** prugrani. ( t PrancN is the daughter of .Hr. and Mrs. John Giir^ath and Virginia is tho daughter of -Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Day. They are 14 years of age. London.—A powerful fleet of American Flying fortresses bat tered the sprawling U-boat yards at Kiel and PleViburg yesterday, filling the air with so many high explosive and Incendiary 'bombs that a pilot reported they hinder ed his vision of the target. Rounding out the U. S. Eighth Air Force's greatest week of the war. In which an even dozen tar gets were hliasted throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, the big Boeing bombers flew through heavy German fighter opposition and dropped hundreds of tons of explosives on the twin targets In northwest Germany. American headquarters an nounced that the target at Kiel was the Deutsche Werke, which employs several thousand workers and builds long range submarines. The plant also has the largest floating drydocks in Germany. German planes came over Lon don early today for the fourth straight night. The capital had two alerts, making a total of ten in four nights. ^ The‘■'first 'sounSed about mid night and the all-clear came with in a half hour. The second came shortly after 1 e. m. and lasted tor more than an hour an--' a half. A small number of raiders fly ing up the Thames Estaury caus ed the second alarm. Bombs fell at two points near the Estuary and at two points in southeast England. A high explosive was reported dropped in one London district during the first alert. M^ishington. — Jap troops on Attu Island are trapped in the jaws of an American pincer and are retreating toward the sea for a last, desperate stand, the navy disclosed yesterday. Advance elements of two American columns slicing across the eastern tip of Attu from op posite directions sprang the trap by joining forces and capturing a vital mountain pass. Save for a few snipers, all ene my troops have been cleared out of the p«ias and hard-bitten U. S. Infantrymen now are In a posi tion to roll down upon the retreat ing enemy from the heights they captured Monday. The Japs thus are or soon will be fighting with their backs to the sea (Radio Tokyo said they would tight “to the last man.’’) A noon communique indicated the Japs were preparing to make thqlr last stand on a tiny penin sula. in the Chichagof Bay area. Their plight Is desperate. In front of them are the advancing Ameri cans. Bahind il.^the^|M wbwe Pvt. Thomas Edmund Ham by, w'ho entered the army Sept. 14, 1942 and rec^ved his basic training at Camp Wallace, Tex as and Anall IsWd, CbUifomia, is now stationed in India. Pvt. Hamby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hill Hamby, of Pnrlear route one. His wife is the for mer Miss Ovie Blackburn, of North Wllkesboro. 14QCarlDads LimeShipped Into Wilkes Ask Farmers Order Lime Now For Fall Use ^xqc«tnr!| Enter Lions Club’s ^V’ Garden Contest L. -Turner, are lurkldf^-reai^'% deliver the ^ Tripiiei A today urged W31^ ; farmers who plan to use lime The Jap doom apparently wasi., . , „ . i • j ' sealed Tuesday when forward ele-1 *his fail to place their orders ments of the American columns— | now, one driving from the Holtz Bay j Early orders will assure deliv- area in the north, the other, tromjery, he said, and It is Imperative Massacre Bay to the south—join- j that orders be placed long before ed and seized the mountain pass ; the desired delivery date because that commands the gateway tojof congested railway shipping fa- the Holtz Bay and Chichagof j cilities. Harbor areas some 2,500 feet be- Already 140 carloads of lime, a lo'w. I total of 8,398 tons, have been de- approximately 1,500 KILL A RAT EVERY DAY-SAYS JOHN E. JUSTICE, ONE OF OUR FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS Rodents.Doing Much Dam age In Wilkesboros and Wilkes Couqty John E. Justice, local furniture manufiacturer, had his 22-rlfle In action Tuesday morning about his plant, the object of his hunt be ing rata, large or small. John E. ^vdoing w^ many other citi- Kms are dolro—^trying to rid his ^^mlses of all the rats possible, and some local citizens kill as many as eighteen or twenty some days. ' Mr. Justice made a nHghty fine suggestion Tuesday morning when talking with a Journal-Patriot representative- He suggested the slogan; “KILL A RAT A DAY” ft everyone who can would adopt slogan and put it Into action it would not he long until the .4|yilXasboras and Wilkes county Would be nearly rid of rets. Tt is reported that the large rats are doing much damage to growing gardens, especially near the river. And some citizens re port many chickens killed iby the rodents. Tuesday morning Mr. Floyd C. Forester found that one of his guineas had been killed and devoured during the night by these large rats that are so nu merous in the commuunity. Chief of Police John Walker and Jim Hauser, both well known local men, who have gardens near the Yadkin river, are also paying their respect to these garden-de stroying rats which have been pulling up young corn by the roota and eating that portion of the grain left in the ground. At an rate kill every rat you oan—It will save your property and that of your neighbor’s, too. Nineteen local people have entered the North Wilkes- boro Lions Club victory gar den contest, L. L. Carpenter, chairman of the contest com mittee, said today, and many others are expected to enter within the next few days. Drug stores and hardware stores have application blanks for entering the contest, and .the club is asking for a large number of entrants in order that competi tion may be as keen as possible. Commenting on, the contest, Mr. Carpenter said: ‘‘Register your victory garden now. Let's give the ones who i hove already signed up a real ] race for the prizes. Regardless of bow large or small your garden may be, get it registered today. Plant tor victory. If you are go ing to eat, grow it. Let’s all show that fine spirit of cooperation in this and future campaigns hav ing to do with victory.’’ (Prizes in the contest are J25, J15 and JIO, making a total of 850. Later in the season e com mittee from the club will visit and judge the gardens entered. The contest is open to all residents of North Wllkesboro and Wllkesboro. Already signed up in the con test are the following: Dan Hud son, Jr., T. G. McLaughlin, 0. H. Bracey, Mrs. A. C. Chamberlain, Fred Gaddy, Will Obey, B. P. Bentley, Mrs. Annie Anderson, Harrison Glenn, Mrs. C. C. Kil by, Mrs. B. E. Eller, O. K. Pope (never been known to garden be fore), and L. L. Carpenter (mem ber not competing), all of North Wllkesboro. In Wllkesboro en trants to date are R. A. Chiirch, H. H. Dotson, Harold -Bumgar ner and Mrs. W. L. James. Mr. Carpenter said others ex pected to sign up any minute in clude Pat Williams, J. B. Hender son, Dr. John W. Morris, J. C. Reins and Mayor R. T. McNiel. DAIRYING Five more registered bull calves from Biltmore Farms will make a great contribution to the growing doiry industry of Rutherford County, reports Assistant Farm ^ ment payments are earned by soil Agent J. J. Hamlin. . 'building practices. livered on farms, Mr. Turner said, and ther'e are now orders for enough lime to make the total over 10,000. Mr. Turner said that- he ex pected Wilkes farmers this year will use in excess of 15,000 tons, and that the Increase is mainly for the purpose of growing le gumes as feed and pastures for the rapidly expanding dairy-branch of agriculture in the county. The lime is advanced to the farmers at contract price and the payment for the linve will be de ducted from whatever govern- Pay? Taxes With' 693 Dimes J. 8, Bumgarner, of North Wllkesboro, paid his Wilkes county taxes Wednesday with 695 pieces of money. The amount consisted of dimes, one nickel and one pen ny, making the total of $09.86. •Mr. Bumgarner, a local gro cery merchant, had accumulat ed the tax money by placing dimes which he could spare from his cash register change into a special tax fund. -V No New Data On Pressure Cookers Mrs. Annie H. Greene, Wilkes home demonstration agent, said today that she is receiving numer- FIRST RATION BOOK LISTING BY MAIL TODAY ous Inquiries from persons who office workers. • Ration book 3 will wish to purchase pressure cook ers. The county has' been allotted some cookers, but no information has been received on when the cookers will be' available. Mrs. Greene said. League Is Oi^anized Rev. A. C. Waggoner Heads League This Year Many Sentenced In Federal Court (Churches Softball League, which operated very suc cessfully last year, was re organized in a players and fans at the town hall Tuesday evening. Rev. A. C. Waggoner, pastor of the First Methodist church here. w:as elected president of the lea gue. Other officers are W. J. Bason, vice-president, and G. R. Andrews, seeretary-trepsurer. In addition to the officers there wil) be two representatives from each participating'church on the hoard of directors. The season will open on June. 10 and close on September 1. It will be a split season with the first and second half winners playing « aeries for the champlon- 1 ship unless the same team is hlgh- I est percentage winner in both halves. Games will oe played on Tues day and Thursday evening at sev- The first ration book reg istration by mail began to day' when postmen started delivering application cards for War Ration Book No. 3. The local post office force be gan handling application forms, first duty being for each postman to deliver one form for each fam ily group living at the same ad dress. After June 1 householders 'Will be mailing these forms to the CJharlotte OPA office, making another heavy Job for inside post wo Ion book 3 will contain stamps to supplement present books and will be adaptable to any changes that may be necessary in the rationing program. Distribu tion will continue until June S and application forms may be mailed to Charlotte any time ber tween June 1 and 10. The Ofties Of Price. Admiids^Upii. wni tlw^. but not to mall them until June 1. when the post office will hare mall channels cleared for fast handling. Al' cards must be in the mail by midnight, June 10, as those postmarked after that date will not be accepted before Aug. 1st. Application forms are In three parts with complete directions for filling in the blanks and mailing them. First Is an identification stub to be detached and retained by the applicant. On it is the number that is printed on all three parts to identify that parti cular form. The other two parts are to be .sent intact to the Charlotte of- f fice. On one part Is b space for meeting or i name of the head of the fami ly and the address to which ra tion hooks are to be sent. On the other is space for the name and age of everyone who is to get ra tion book 3, including the family head. One application must be made for each group of persons who ar»; related by blood, marriage or adoption and who regularly live at the same address. Students, travelers or hospital patients who are temporarily away from home are to be included in the family application and persons living at the same address but not related must file separate applications. V Make your dollars fight. BUY MORE WAR BONDS -V- I en o’clock. ' Home field for the Many defendan'ts, most of i North Wllkesboro teams will be Small World After all, it’s a small world. lit. Johnnie Alien and Ql>l- Conrad Kilby are cousins, and tlieir homes are on the same block on Trogdon Street in North Wllke*oro. Lt. Allen has been in the ar my air forces for the past year. CpI. Kilby haJ been in for sev eral months. They had not seen each other in a period of sev eral months. A tem ago In India, al most OB the offtoslte side Sr the 0obe ttom their homes.in the jP>od old V. 8. A., Lt. Allan xmll^ in on hi»jcoo- aln, Cpl. Kilby. Needless to say, the contdns who bad been playmates as boys and who neighbors thronghont their liven, wes’e' more than iflMd to see endi'oth- ••' . ; whom pleaded guilty to liquor charges, have heen sentenced in the May term of federal court, which con vened in Wilkeshoro Mon day with Judge Johnson J. Hayes, presiding. Longest term meted out to date was to Wilsie Gray Bai ty, of/Yadkin county, who was given four years in the Millpoint, W. Va., prison on charges of violation of the Selective Service act. Baity had failed to report for in duction as ordered by his lo cal board. Practically all other cases were for alleged violatlonB of the fed eral liquor tax laws. Cases In. which sentences were paswd fol low: f jDeorga Dewey Ferguson, viola tion probation, sentence put In to effect. , - ; - ' Frank Lee Tatum, fti^e of $300 and two years pnrfistldo.: .,''' -,. . W ' lfcKihtey Bls«kh«i!ai tins " : (Contlnosd on page sight) the new playing ground in the city •park and for the Wilkesboro .teams the Wilkesboro school ath letic field. Board of directors ’will meet on Monday evening, eight o’clock, at the North Wllkesboro town hrll to arrange further details and regulations for the playing sea son. Demonstrate Methods F(^ ‘ Conservation Marlow’s Store To Be Enlarged Conservation Workshop Con ducted at The Mulberry School; 25 Attend Floor Space To Ba Increased apaoi Double; To Have New Front In Store That up and coming lo^ eatSfb' lishment—Marlow’s Mod’s Shop— is getting ready,to stop put with a new front and doable its pres ent floor space^- ^ Uariow’a Hen's Shop has been operated the past . s'eveml yesn 0X‘ the eomer of Ninth and B streets by’W. C. Marlow, and has enjoyed i splendid pstr(dts||ls, wMch has neextly i tnsms8d#«D such ta ttot «isjp«isj|»8y ’ . V, (CemUzmed oi page eight) Mrs. Annie H. Greene, home demonstrstion agent, conducted a very successful food conservation workshop at Mulberry school. Present for the demonstration in the various methods of food canning, drying end pickling were 25 neighborhood leaders and pro ject chairmen. Each of those present was des ignated and urged to carry to their neighbors the knowledge gained In food conservation through viewing the demonstua- *' • liOBB. * .)■ Methods demonstrated IncludsA prsssnre takers, hot letter batli,*^'^ irArfpiiB tyiNs of piekles aBd dryi”-'',! M'"' ' i -•'* •• ■ -— 'Whethw a iw'liin’tal in a lum-'‘ btae omp' or sits M a desk, h» k;4 aefis , aipi^iioxinjstely., same ^ v uuoiiat at n«at:eMh.dsy.^,.irka . • " ‘ dipU vs^tie e7 meat Is lor pt^ Is. sappHed'hy Jshit.s.,
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