THIRDOFSICILY
HELD AND 30,000
ARE CAPTURED
Shortage Of
Tirests^n
Latest war news dis>
patches from the European
war area today tol d of
hombinjr of Rome, the capi-
tol of Italy.
U. S. bombers in gisantic
daylight raids rained t^-
moidous explosives on mili
tary objectives in Rome,
starting great fire#.
Prior to the raid the peo
ple were warned by airmen
dropping pamphlets of what
was going to happen. They
were tmd that^ bombing
would ^ in daylight in or
der that military objectives
only would be bit.
Warnmgs Given On
Use Of Gasoline .
Coupons
Allied Headquarters, North Af
rica.—Amerioan troops, scoring
new gains of eight to 10 jnlles
along their entire front, have cap
tured Porto Empedocie and are
joeing in on the communications
^pey city of Enna in the center of
Sicily as the British heat at the
-gates of Oatania, dispatches re-
last night. • ■
(The.Algiers radio said that
British tanks had broken into the
outskirts of Catania and a Lon
don Daily Mall dispatch reported
that fighting was raging in the
suburbs from street to street and
from house to house!.
The conquest of Sicily h«is been
expanded to one-third of the is
land’s 9.936 square miles, it was
announced, and the Americans at
some points were reported 40
miles inland from their beach
heads. The British had driven 60
Rationing Officials state
that the next six months will
be the critical period in so
far as tires are concerned.
Rationing Board tire quotas
are not now sufficient to
meet the demands" of auto
mobile owners in Wilkes
county. Each motorist is
warned to save his tires to
the last mile.
Rationing Board Officials are
again warning the public that no
person, dealer or individual, is al
lowed to exchadge tires on any
passenger vehicle, unless auth
orized to do so by the Rationing
Board. The only tires that may
be transferred without a ration
ing certificates are i^rs oat tires
teing sold to" the'*Jnniniealer for
junk.
The tire inspection record sheet
mu.st be presented to the ration
ing board with all applications for
gasoline and tires. The tire in
spection record sheet must also
go with the automobile when it's
traded.
Gasoline Warnings—
Beginning July 16, 1943, ra
tioning boards are not allowed to
issue any temporary gasoline for
!r”cks. No gasoline may be is
sued for trucks until the owner
neaus. luc — - -- -
miles to the Catania area from has his ODT certificate.
Cape Passero fnd the city was ex
pected tc fall at any hour.
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^Guire Speaker
^ At Friday Meet
OfKiwanisClub
Highway Commiaaioner Telia
of Highway Work and
Talka About War
Rationing boards are not af-
lowed to replace «ny gasoline
books or coupons which have been
lost or stolen. This makes it
necessary for each person to see
that his gasoline coupons are not
lost.
Persons driving on “B” books
must display '“B” stickers on the
windshield of their car. Persons
driving on “C’’ books must dis
play ‘‘C” stickers on the wind
shield of their car. Any gasoline
dealer who delivers gasoline on a
“li” or “C” book is violating the
rationing regulation, if the cer
1 alii/Ullilp 1 eg u itl vikJii» fciiv tyo 1
Nor’t.h Wilkesboro Kiwanis club into which he pumps the gasoline
on Friday held an interesting] does not display the correct wind
luncheon meeting. shield sticker.
Program chairman C. G. Day I Y
presented Judge J. A. Rousseau,
who introduced the speaker, Virgil
Guire, of Lenoir, who made a
splendid Ulk, first giving some
account of his work as Highway
a^mimissioner. He stated that the
Wigineering department of the
commisaion is doing everything
possible" to have in readiness ev
ery project that had been planned
by the commission before the be
ginning of the war so that at the
end of the war work can begin
immediately on every project. He
said the list of projects included
No. 18 from McGrady to Sparta.
The speaker then gave attention
to the war situation. He said he
Schdol Here
ToOpenSOth
Calendar Tor School
Term In City Is
Announced
Visitor Here
Prices
^liroc^esln
liiiwe Grades
Shown above are three of the large
number of newspaiiermen attending the
annual convention of the N. G. Press As
sociation held in Winston-Salem last
week-end. They are: J. Frank Stroud,
'publisher of _The Davie Record, Mocks'
Dwight Nichols, editen- of ^Tbe
JouriiM^atriot; Bert L. Cbipman, rep-
resentativ^for many years of the Bow
ers Ink Co. IPhoto courtesy Joumal-Sen-
tinel).
Prominent National
Figure Is Guest
Here
State Conventions In Twin
City Big News Of the Week
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North Carolina Press Association and State
Bar Association Members Gather
In Winstoi^-^le«i For Meet
The big'kiews in North Ckrolipa the past Kreek was
centered around the holding of the 71st annual con
vention of thd North Carolina Press Association and the
State Bar Association, and, believe uk, any city that esn
undergo the entertaining of newspaper men and women
and lawyers at the same time in sucK a splendid way is
a real city, indeed.
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Naturally, where publishers of the daily and weekly
press and the lawyers of North Carolinia converge for
their annual convention, politics is ih the air even though
the state-wide primary is ten months away. The candi
dates were on hand. Senator Gregg Cherry apd Mrs.
Cherry were guests, at the press association luncb^n.
Friday noon. Editor Stuart Atkins and Mrs. Atkins,
(the former Miss Clara Blanche Pugh) of the Gastonia
Gazette, played host and hostess to gubernatorial can
didate Cherry and Mrs. Cherry of their home town. At
the dinner at 8 o’clock Dr. Ralph McDonald was the
guest of friends. The Doctor, who made such a fine
showing eight years ago as a candidate for governor,
had a wonderful time mingling wHh the newspaper
folk. And then, Governor Hoey was there to renew his
many friendships and acquaintances with the press and
members of his own profession. In the best of health
and in the best of spirits, Governor Hoey found enthu
siastic support of his senatorial candidacy. But it was
not all Hoey. There were both newsmen and, lawyers
present who warned: “Don’t sell Boh Reynolds short.
He has the knack of getting the votes.” Congressman
Burgin and Mrs. Burgin were also among the conven
tion visitors.
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Two Taken
In Materials
Employe of Shipyard
Had Great Amount
Of Contraband
Didn’t see a single practicing Wilkes lawyer in Win
ston-Salem for the state bar meeting. Judge and Mrs.
Julius A. Rousseau, of this city, arrived Saturday morn
ing and were Wilkes’ only representativ es. They hewd
Governor Broughton’s splendid address at noon, this
being a joint meeting of th^ press and bar.
North WUkesboro schools will
open on Monday, August 30.
Ptnl 8. Crsfaa, superintendent,
WJ me ■ said today that the calendar for
U not a .preacher nor the son of a the school term was set in a re-
prescher but is giving as his i tent meeting of the city board of
opinion that the hand of God is education.
directing in .ttie present great con-| School opening date will be oh
flict He feels that it was the August 30 rnd the next date in
^Mance of God that the Germans' the school oalendar of Interest to
^ not'ge into England^ afte
Dnnkirk. He thinks it is His di-
wrtion that two great heathen
Nations, tii* Germans and the Rus-
siMs. shonkl be in copflicl untU
Christian nations eould get
£Zdy He believes tiie Christian
will win but w«l pay in
— t and eaerific^ • .
the public will be Thanksgiving
holidays on November 25 and 26.
Christmas holidays will begirt
on December "l7th and classes be
resumed on January 3.
The term will close on May 25.
The calendar of school events
will follow closely the dates of the
last term. . .
'Missed the presence of Rob Rivers of the Wa^uw
Democrat (Boone); Ben Sronce of the State wile Daily
and Landmark; Bill Johnson, of the Mount Airy News;
Dan Thompkins of The Jackson County Jouirial; Con-
way Sha^e of The 'Taylorsville Times; Roy Wallis, of
the Lenoir News-Topic^ ^
Joel H. Clark, editor-puhHsher of the Gr^field
Gazette. Greenfield, Tenn„ "ij^o has w^tly Imome
nationally famous for hu newspaper efforts, made one
of the finest addresses of the convention. He «^ke to
the non-daily group Fridaty afternoon end, in the lan
guage they understood.' Clark talks m no uncerUm
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Arrest two men in
Wilkes by State Highway
Patrol Sergeant Carlyle In
gle has solved a problem
which 'puzzled officials of
the shipbuilding company at
Wilmington for some time.
Sergeant Ingle rrrested Roy
Clyde 'Walker, of Lenoir, and
James W. Barlow, of Boomer, in
a.car on highway 268 between
Wilkesboro and Lenoir.
In the back seat of the car the
officers found numerous items of
plumbing and construction sup
ples, including a drill, valves of
several dimensions,' hack saws,
files, electrical supplies, vise,
dies, brfSB door knots* and m>Jny
other articles.'
Sergeant Ingle communicated
with officials at the shipyards
and learned that the irtlcles, with
a. total value of about 12,090, had
been stolen. Walker and Barlow
were employed at the shlpysrd
and h'ad told the officer they were
on vacation.
Walker and Barlow were re
turned to Wilmington to face;
charges.
Shipyard officials there said
materials had been stolen at in
tervals for the ppst few months
and they had been unable to find
a clue to the ideptlty of the per
sons doing the gtqallng.
Senator Kenneth G. Wher
ry, of Nebraska, a figure of
national prominence since
he defeated the veteran
Senator George W. Norris in
last November, spent Sun
day in North Wilkesboro.
Senator Wherry, a member of
the Small Businessman’s Com
mittee of the United States Sen
ate, has been inspecting furni
ture plants and their connection
with the war program and civilian
economy.
While here Senator Wherry,
Mrs. Wherry and children, Mar
ilyn and David, were guests of
Mr. and,^MrB. John B. Justice at
luncheon at Hotel WUkes and al
so at Roaring Gap, where Mr.
Jaatteo met them ea, route to
In North Wilkesboro he also
conferred with J. R. Hix and A.
R. Johnston, of American Furni
ture company; N. 0. Smoak, of
Forest Furniture company; and
Henry Moore, of Home Chair com
pany.
Senator Wherry later was quot
ed as saying that it was obvious
to him thet the plants were not
equipped to go wholly on war
contract business because the
products they were capable of
turning out were notorequlred for
war purposes. On the other hand,
he said it was absolutely neces
sary to keep the furniture indus
try in production because it wa.s
furnishing the chairs, beds, tables
and household necessities needed
by the workers producing war
materiials.
“There ?re 185.000 persons em
ployed In the furniture Industry,
and it is necessary to keep those
people occupied in the furniture
industry else there will be a com
plete breakdown,’’ he said.
"We have recently appropriat
ed five hundred million dollars for
housing for war workers in areas
of concentration. What good will
‘hat ’’ni'slng be if furniture is not
provided. The family that occu
pies ;»e of those houses jnwi
have beds to sleep in, tables and
other furniture.”
Senator Wherry said that he
intensely interested in all
• WflkM- rationing boards
hav« announced the exact
ceiling prices on many food
it«iQ« for this territory.
DPA community celling prices
hSTS besn set for a district com
posed ot Wilkes, Alexander, Al
leghany,. Ashe, Avery, Burke,
Cald(well, Catawba, Cleveland, Da
vidson, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln,
McDowell, Rowan, Rutherford,
Surry, Watauga and Yadkin coun-
ttis.
Ceilihgs differ in stores of the
four classes, which were set ac
cording to volume of business.
Class r and HI are the classes
which contain a great part of the
stores In this vicinity. Class I in
cludes the small, independent
storM and class three Includes the
chain groceries.
For that reason, the rationing
boards here have requested pub
lication nf ceilings for class I and
class III stores. Ehtch store mast
have ,a eonspiclous marking on
ivT^HPipUili^pricee now pw-
ed m stores and will he published
in the Journal-Patriot Thursday.
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was
small trusiness.
Ordination Of
Sidney Crane Is
Carried Out Here
Impressive Service Held Sun
day Evening At' Local
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Sidney Crane, supply pas
tor of the North Wilkesboro Pres
byterian church, was ordained In
an impressive service held at the
church Sunday evening.
Composing the commission
which ordanied the pastor, who
recently c^mpletei his theological
training and began his duties
here, were the following: Rev.
P. J. Garrison,' pastor of George
W. Lee Memorial Presbyterian
church in Winston-Salem; Rev. J.
W. Witherspoon, ot the First
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Rations
Tent Services
Here Broadcast
On 2 Sta^^
Food Meets
Scheduled
Rev. George Coopw' Cbn-
ductinff Retvivel Ik Tent ;;-^
f li North Waketboro
Food conBcrvation demon-
otretioiM 'are Imhtit condneied
tliroagticwt- ran] commaaltiee
ta Wflkea county, Mrs. Amrie H.
Greene, , home demonstritlon
anent, saJd today. .
mn.' MMM ftidthey, fonnet ^
WPA. InnehroOT •npervtoor la
Wllkee, vnti recently employed ,
, the county i,commls8loBers
" for a period of oti weeim to aa-
stet the home agent in carryteg
out the food eoDoervatlon pro-
fpNUVIe
Ten denionitradilm hi can-
nh« omd. dxyiMg mHl bo held
.thfa twrifr on TJmwdliy,. duly
til, ». 1% ^:th* tiime ot
BLUE STAMPS—
(For canned, frozen and ccr*
tain dehydrated foods) -
Stampa N, P, Q, became
|iv«,daly 1 and remain so na
til Angnat 7.
COFFEE—
stamp No. 21 In War Ratios
, Bofdc good for one ponn*
of coCtee, became valid Jaly 1
and ti good through July XI.
GASOtIME—
hook coupons No. R goo«'
for three galloas each and moat
hue tffl Mr SI
RED STJ^PS—
(Vhr- meat prodneto, eannei
fMl, moM edtUe oils and cheea
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■ IM stapipa P, Q, R, 8 became
effective on the follovrfaeg dates
and are Atongh dnly •
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