Story Chairman For
Consolidated
Campaign
The United War - Relief
campaign for the purpose of
raising $133,000,000 to be
expended through various
agencies for the purpose of
bringing relief and comfort
to the allied fighting forces
is now in process of being
launched throughout the
United States.
The project is to iuclude the
following War Relief agencies:
USO, United Seaman’s Service,
Aid To War Prisoners. Aid For
Unoccupied Apeas, Relief for Oc
cupied Countries, Aid for Refu
gees, Contingent Fund. The pro
gram is to Include all of the pres
eat sources of raising funds for
every hlud of relief and comfort
to our armed forces. It is to be a
continuing prognam until we are
again out of the war emergencies.
The administration of the pro-
am will be under the direction
Prentiss M. Brown, of Wash-
ngton, D. C.
The campaign director for the
State of North Carolina is Chester
A. Kerr. The executive secretary
for North Carolina is Thomas L.
Carroll. Pepper building. Win
ston-Salem.
The chairman of district includ
ing the following counties: Avery.
Burke. Watauga, Caldwell, Ashe
Allegheny. Alexander and Wilkes,
known as District One. is Henry
Wilson, of Morganton.
The chairman of the campaign.
/ recently appointed by Cov. J. M.
’ Broughton for Wilkes county is
T. E. Story, of Wilkesboro.
A plan of organization to reach
every person of the county is now
In the making and will he an
nounced in the near future. It is
sufficient to say now that evety
person in the county will be ex
pected to share in this fine work
yW mercy and appreciation
to
those who are giving most to pre
serve our way of life.
V
Group
S.C.
Visits Here
(By DWIGHT NlOHODS[ii»'
**The Japa ahoot^^ not be
undereatimated uiidar any
conditiona. We will win tbia
war but not tbia year. There
remaina much work to be
dope.”
Those are the words of
Capt. Richard B. Johnston,
who arrived home here on
leave this week after more
than a year in the Seuth Pa
cific theatre of the war,
where he was in combat with
the Japs as a fighter pilot
and brought down a number
of Jap planes.
Captain Jotmsiton fought
the Japs on, over and around
Guadalcanal Island in the
Solomons when the Jap
planes outnumbered ours
four to one, suid helped
whittle the Jap air force
CAPTAIN JOHNSTON
down to our size, in the ear
ly stages of allied offensive
operations in that part of the
Enlisting in the air fore*, thi. collated honor for hc^*
during the janrly atagea dci^ a Jap plane while
the national emergency-, | in cmnhat agai^t superior
Capt. Johnston was cmnmis- numbers,
sioned a second lieutenant
in the U. S. army air forces
December 12, 1941. In Jan-
Id tlhat engagement the Ameri
can piaaes were outnnmbered four
to one and dog fights were out of
QUMtlpU tpr our fighters. In-
uary, 1942, he sailed for stead, they had to resort t> kit
Australia, spent some time end run tactics, and the clouds
there and was transferred 1
/I I j • .taking shots at Jap Zeroes,
to New Caledonia. Capt. Johnston got In several
In August he‘was a mem- shots at Jap planes and had the
her of a squadron of fighter I satisfaction of seeing one of them
, 1 J I ..burst Into flames and fall. It Is
planes sent to Guadalcanal probable that he destroyed
soon after American Marines at least one more plane in that
began their iqvasion of that i battle but the flyers get credit
4 ....I :* only lof tbe ones which are seen
strategic island, and it was.^^
there that he received hit| battle was over the
baptism of fire and came out American plenes were scattered
with flying colors and a dis- and trying to find their way back
J to the field. Capt. Johnston’s
tingu r- ^ ^ 1 V • plane was low on fuel and low on
In the first air battle m and while flying
which Capt. Johnston par-l{iiong he saw a plane two miles
(Continued on pege eight)
ticipated he brpught doum a I
IDLfWILLGETJOBOFFERS
PRESENT
AWARDS
E. H. Tomlinson
Dies In Kentucky
George Kennedy
Grows Cucumber
In a Perfect “V”
Certificates Sent To
Members of The
Committee
A committee of 12 sena
tors and representatives
from the South Carolina leg-
ielxture and two representa
tives from the office of gov-
of South Carolina
last night and today in
Wnkes county inspecting the
dairy industry. '
XccoiUPanying the group were
F. R. Parnham, district agent and
r extension dairyman of the North
’ Csrollnft Extension Service. Head-j
iBg thp South Carolina group
were C. O. Cushman and Prof.
Starkley, of Clemson College.
Bhirly today they inspected Co
ble Dairy Products company plant
IB Wllfcesbo™ and visited a num
ber of the dairy farms In Wilkes.
'-Testerday they vlstted a milk
plant near Statesville and the Co-
Me ptant at Lexington.
In Wilkesboro the delegation
was esyeclally. interested In the
J. B. Snipes, chairman of
the Wilkes salvage com
mittee, has presented each
member of the committee
with a certificate of recog
nition of accomplishments in
that important phase of the
war effort.
The certificates are awards from
the War Production Board in
recognition “tor patriotic effort in
the national salvage program of
1942-43."
In presenting the certificates.
Chairman Snipes eraphasl.’.ed that
salvage work is not over and
must continue until the end of the
war.
.Mrs. T. A. Finley is vice chair
man of the committee and Mrs.
Annie H. Greene is secretary.
.The following members of the
committee have received their
awards:
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T'Pn'henal services was held Sun
day at the Tomlinson home at'
East Bend for E. H. Tomlinson, j
age 58, brother of S. V., F. C. and
John Tomlinson, of this city. Mr.
Tomlinson died in a Louisville, ^
Ky., hospital Wednesday night
after an illness of several weeks. '
Mr. Tomlinson was a son of
Mrs. W. V. Tomlinson and the late
Mr. Tomlinson, of East Bend, but
had lived in Kentucky for o. num
ber of years. On several occa-1
sions he had visited in North
Wilkesboro and had many friends
Tfeorge
the North Wilkesboro
branch of_ the Central Electric
and TelejJionc company and in
his spare time looks after a vic
tory garden, yesterday brought
The Jottmai-Patriot office
a most nterestlng freak.
His contribution to the V-for-
VicUHTj- ’s.nnbols Is a cucum-
lK"r wlii^i grew from one stem,
and whfch has two prongs In a
perfect “V’’’ formation. Tho.se
who are interested may see this
amazing vegetable at The Jour
nal-Patriot office. »
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U.S.E.S Will
133, Tons Of Bombs
Fall On Bairoko
On Gula Gulf
Allied Headquarters In
The Southwest Pacific,—
Allied boml^rs, lashing
fiercely at Japanese defense
on New Geturgia Island,
dropped 133 tons of bombs
on Bairoko yesterday.
This heaviest raid of' the
Southwest Pacific war was an
nounced in today’s communique
from General Douglas MacAr-
thur’s headquarters.
Bairoko is located on the south
ern end of Kula Gulf, north of
Munda, site of the Japanese’s
great central Solomons air base.
At Munda Itself, enemy coun
terattacks against American
ground forces were repulsed with
haavy losses.
Sharp ground skirmishes flared
anew on New Guinea and 282
Japanese dead were counted In
the vacinlty of Komiatum, seven
miles from the enemy base at
Salamaua.
.y
Lartfe Number Axis
Rimf Guard T roops
Now Cut Off
Parts County
j Area served by the North
j Wilkesboro office of the U.
; S. Employment Service has
; been selected for an inten-
i sive workers recruiting cam-
here. !
Surviving are the widow; two Pqq| Washinfif At
sons, Ralph Tomlinson of Ann ~ r> .L * r'U U
Arbor, Mich., and William Tom-' Dettiaiiy GnUrCn
linson of the U. S. Army; one An all-day service, including
daughter. Miss Pauline Tomlin- communion and foot washing
son of Lexington, Ky.; one grand- rites, will be held at Bethany
child; his mother, Mrs. W. V. church Sunday, July 25.
I Tomlinson of East Bend; three, The services Sunday will be the
sisters. Misses Maggie and Myrtle beginning of the revivoi, which
Tomlinson of Blast Bend and Mrs. will be conducted by Rev. Jimmie
R. W. Sullivan of Wilmington. Bryant, pastor, assisted'by other
Del.; and six brothers, Walter and
Jessie Tomlinson of East Bend:
S. V., P. C. and John Tomlinson
of North Wilkesboro and Dr. F.
X. Tomlinson of Winston-Salem.
ministers. The public is In.'ited
to all services.
Quarterly Conference
The third quarterly conference
Those from here attending the for Wilkesboro and T'nion Metho-
funeral service were Mr. and Mrs.
S. V. Tomlinson and sons, James
and Worth Tomlinson, Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Tomlinson, John Tom
linson, Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle In
gle and Mr. end Mrs. John W.
Hall.
dist churches will be held at
Wilkesboro Sunday evening fol
lowing the sermon to be delivered
by the district superintendent.
Rev. A. C. Gibbs, of Elkin. The
evening service will begin at 8:30
p. m.
paign.
In a meeting Monday ni;,ht of
employment service executives and
the advisory committee of the lo
cal office, E. C. McCracken, chief
of the placement division of the
War Manpower commission in
North Carolina, outlined, the cam
paign which has been designed as
an experiment in the North
Wilkesboro area, which is com
posed of Wilkes, Alexander, Wa
tauga, Ashe and Alleghany coun
ties.
MoCracken explained that there
are not now enough people work
ing In.the state to fill all jobs bat
it w«8^ his opinion that there
would *be a surplus if all vvould
work.
The campaign here will be bas
ed on the Idea of taking a job of
fer to those who are idle.
Staff members from the office
will'visit every community, talk
with community leaders and oth--
(Continued Ajjt page five!
Prospects For Crops In Wilkes Good
apples as much as 90 per cent of a
crop while others have practically
no apples. The general average in
commercial orchards will range
between 40 and 60 per cent of av
erage crop. Incidentally, Mr
Snipes said he had inquiries
people wfto wish to gather appl
Generally speaking, the
outlook for food and feed
production, in Wilkes this
year is good, J. B. Snipes,
county agent, said tod*y-
Mr. Snipes stated that he had
opportunity during the ®^-.on shares. Any orchardist intev-
son to observe crops in prartJWiy j„ay contact Mr. Snipes,
sll parts of the county ana tMt county agent recommend'
with few exceptions proapMts for weeds be mowed in pasture
record production are excellent. fanners should pay raori
Frequent rains during the past attention to pastures because
month have been good for com, tures, when properly mam.
milk and egg drying processes at i pasttures, but Uiere pay real dividends and often
the Ooble plant. While here they ^ much rain for'cotton and the most profitable adres on th
conferred with County Agent J. j tgi„,cco in the eastern part of the farm.
.A JnlP®* learned of the pro- j g„„yty ^nd rain had greatiy dam-
being made in livestock Pto- Lgej gmall grain which was art
-fXltion In Wilkes. harvested before the rains bei
'^From hare they proceeded ^^-o, ^ county i«ent reported
.■fW- • • - ’ ^ —-—— TwK> - ^ -
ten
REVIVAL TENT IN CITY
ELECTION
The Wilkes office of the
Agricultural Adjustment
agency has announced that
Wilkes county flue-cured
tobacco growers will be giv
en an opportunity to jvote on
marketing quotas for a one-
year and three-year period
on July 24th.
This question of tobacco quotas
for 1944 is of vital Importance to
tobacco farmers not only from the
standpoint of price but from the
standpoint of food and feed pro
duction which is so vitally needed
in the “all out" war effort. All
persona engaged in the produc
tion of flue-cured tobacco are urg
ed to take enough time off from
their work to cast their ballot at
one of the following places he
tween the hours of 9:00 a. m. am’
6:00 p. m. on July 24, 1943:
Austin—J. Z. Adams’ Store.
Benbam School.
Clingman — Harry Green’s
Store.
Shepherd’s Cross Roads.
Somers School.
Wilkes County Courthouse.
Grier Is Again
Commander Of
the Legion Po$f
wheat In xHo^- h»rf damaged
grei^y and thhtrgraiA left
tnjf fmr etanWhing had aho' dam.-^
to a met extent, hi some
vas BOt ni ^ -
est
Officers of Post Number 125
For Enauing Yeiur Are
Inatelled Here
AQied Headquarter! In
North 'Africa. — Ameriesm
and Canadian forces have
captured the Sicilian com-
mimications hub of Enna,
cutting off large numbers of
Axis rear-guard troops, and
the surviving enemy was re
ported in headlong retreat
to the Catahia-Mt. Etna line
Ismt night for a final stamd
with German reinforcements
tram Italy. '
Battling desperately to cover
the retirement, German tanka
counterattacked against British
siege forces south of Catania but
were beaten buck, with heavy
losses and crew casualties in con
tinuation of the fiercest fighting
of the 12-day-old campaign.
(An NBC dispatch from the
front said that the Germans had
thrown paratroopers and new in
fantry reinforcements Into the
Cataxl^^^^lna desperate effort
m* J^|ii>’^d(F:^BflHsli > break
through.
(The British Exchange Tele
graph Agency reported that the
Eighth Army repulsed a series of
fierce counterattacks by aimost
100 per cent Germau troops south
of Catania yesterday. HeaVy fight
ing continues, the dispatch said,
over a battlefield strewn with
German dead.)
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Johnson County
Group Is In City
The county agent of Johnson
county, accompanied by a number
of other Johnson county citizens,,
spent last night at Hotel Wilkes
enroute to Hort Doughton’s farm
at Laurel Springs, where they
planned to purchase a number of
Hereford calves for distribution
among 4-H club members of
Johnson county.
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Guernsey Sales
A number of Wilkes farmers
are planning to attend the Guern
sey ale Friday afternoon, two
o’clock, St Boone. County Agent
J. B. Snipes has also announced
that a (^ernsey sale will be ueld
at the mown farm near Salisbury
on August 12.
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Rations
-
Snipes fidd
make an excellent eombiohif them (or brdjdlng purpose*. Those
both gimin wul ■
The fruit ooBook lal: not
good. Some few orchariib repozi, ones.
the brge tesR-wiikk Rev. B«er|
. ehpry, necs fsr revivate and'
|let nsiir Um' ja^BalL Laip** eroed* we
Vhkh am hsl4 «t 8:S0 each imifcy. .
Hesteri. Rev. Mr. Ceoaer heeelfaats irsm the tent,
bsaoMs tva US s
so.aakM to -imSM’LHr. Sdtpes at
Hestsd. Rev. Mr. Cooper '
FiUar sftecMMX at 4:41, Baf
pietved shave was left ent
M U —
Officers of Wilkes post of the
American Legion have been in
stalled (or the ensuing year.
W. C. Grier, who succesatnlly
led the post during the past year,
Was re-elected post commander.
The other. of (leers are as fol
lows: Dr. M.' Q. Edwards, vice
commander; John L^hon, adju
tant: W. D. Balfacre, A. F. Kilby.
John Hall and John Bdmlpsten,
imbershlp committee; W. J. Ba-
, Americanism officer; Dr. M.
Edwards, gravea'reglstratiim
ofUesr; -A. F. KUhr, service oftt-
and'Otslnna|k,o{ house cPB'
hUttee; A. .Finley, hlstortasi
to;
^toemhef •
i?*U «r4^ce biVlfr
Tw|afT
Mr'. bTfd "Sr*. Bpwieer HsrrlW,
. Who reside nesr WUkesbon M
proud parentejpr twiq*—e
St U:15 end ll jS p.
andiriglri—het» yeitterdsy gteh-
fservhm^ ^ »# tent *t Jhe Wilke*.BasplUL
BLUE STAMPS—
(For canned, (rosea and cea
tain dehydrated foods)
Stamps N, P, Q, became
eve Jnly 1 and reranJn an na
tffl Angnm 7.
COFFEE—
Staiiip.No. 28 in War RaMon
Bo«A One, good for oae psnni
of coffee, beeame valid July BX
aed Is good throogh Aug. 1*.
GASCHJNE—
; book eoi^ims No. * good
Dip tiH«e galloaa amek aed i
last tiO NovcaOMr il.
REQjrrAMrS—.
■1 (PW nMIt prad
ftA, moot odipiia sOs aed
Bel stamps P. Q. R, S. a
ypod tteen^ Jnly SI.
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