GovernorPut
3 Agencies to
WorkonCase
Higrhway Patrol, SBI
And the Attorney
General
Governor J. Melville
Broughton has asked heads
of three state departments
to conduct investigations in
to the alleged disappearance
of 90 cases of seized liquor
in Wilkes county.
Lt. W. B. Lentz, of the state
highway patrol, and Guy Scott, an
agent of the State Bureau of In
vestigation, were indicted by the
Wilkes grand Jury last week on
rges of larceny of 90 cases of
Iriced liquor alleged to have
Sn part of 697 cases seized at
s'home of Phillip Yat^s on June
Special Term May
Be Held For Trial
Lentz, Scott Cases
was learned today
a special term of
It
that
Wilkes court is being con
sidered for the trials of
W, B. Lentz and Guy
Scott, who were indicted
last week in connection
with alleged disappear
ance of 90 cases of whiaky
seized from Phillip Yates
on June 1.
According to reports
here, the matter of a
special term, which would
convene on Septemlier 13,
has been placed before
Governor J. M. Broughton,
who had not acted on the
matter at noon today. It
was first reported that the
cases would ^ transferred
to Yadkinville for trial
this week and that this
plan wap abandoned in fa
vor of a special term of
Wilkes court.
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Above are pictured the members of the Newspapers Pulpwood Campaign com-_
mittee for Wilkes county. Left to right are: Mackay B. Bryan, extension farm fores
ter and chairman of the committee; L. L. Carpenter and W. G. Gabriel, well known
business and civic leaders hereg The campaign has as its purpose increased supplies
of pulpwood for making paper and other supplies vital to the war effort.
Committee For
County Appointed
Leonard Caudill
Is Critically Hurt
M. B. Bryan,the Farm
Forester, Heads
Committee
Brain Concussion and Brok
en Arm Sustained In Ac
cident Thursday Night
%
lit shstfoh'ed here •
was one of several witnesses who
testified in the grand jury inves
tigation, on Friday was summon
ed to be in Raleigh today, pre
sumably for conferences with
those who are to conduct investi
gations.
The Governor said that he had
asked Attorney General Harry
McMullan,- under whose division
the State Bureau of Inrestigation j
functions, to make a personal in
vestigation of the case.
Also to make investigations arc
T. Boddle Ward, who in his capa
city as State commissioner of mo
tor vehicles is in charge of the
highway patrol, and Director Fred
Handy of the S. B. 1.
The three department heads
conferred with the Governor late
Thursday, hut the Governor said
after the conference that no action
would be taken until all facts of
the case have been ascertained
and the investigations completed
Lieutenant W. B. Lentz of
Asheville, head of the patrol in
W'estern North Carolina, and
Ag^ent Guy Scott of the S. B. l.’s
Winston-Salem office, are under
bonds of $500 after a Wilkes
county grand jury ordered them
Coupons
Leonard Caudill, 15-year-old
son of j(r. and Mrs. Earl Caudill,
of WUkeshoro, was critically in- j
. ... ^ n.
Mackay B. Bryan, exten
sion farm forester in Wilkes
county, has been appointed
chairman of the pulpwood
.committee in Wilkes county
to direct the Newsfiaper's
President of N. C.
Press Assn, h City
Pays Visit To The Journal-
Patriot Office While In
City Saturday
\7 1^ * IReds Score
Vacatioii 1 rips
Local Boy Scout Troop
members are enjojring
their annual vacation this
week.
Troop No. 35, sponsor--
ed by the Baptist and
Meth^ist churmes of the
city, is spending the week
at Winkler’s Creek near
Beone, and will be chap
eroned the entire week by
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Clark.
Troop No. 36 of the
Presbyterian church left
this morning for an en
campment at Edgemont.
Gordon Forester,^ scout
master, accmnpanied the
boys, and they were car
ried to Edgemont in one of
the trucks operated by the
Carolina Mirror Cmnpany.
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' John B. Harris, of the Stanley
[News and Press, whlcl; is publish-
at AibMBarle, and ,ne.w griNli::]
114 Nazi Airplanes In
Italy Destroyed
In 4 Days
The German radio today
smnounced the vrithdrawal
of Nazi troops from Khar-
kovj key base in the Rus
sian Ukraine which haa been
under seige by Red armies
for the past several days.
This represents one of the
biggest single victories for
the Russian army during the
cui]rent summer offensive,
and opens the way for ad
vance On toward the Dnq>er
The date for exchanging oid
t^pe ‘‘B’’ and ‘‘C” gasoline cou
pons for new type “B” and "C”
coupons has been extended to
August 31.
-■it midnight .August 31, all ‘‘B’
and “C” coupons issued on Forms’ Md., have arrived to hr with their
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swat 15 ■ riiH&s sou’tli
Wllkesboro.,
“ Reports' froih lhe"Wllkes hospi
tal today indicated some improve
ment in the condition of young
Mr. Caudill, and he may recover.
Bill Soots was driving the pick
up truck and was accompanied by
Caudill, John Wright, and Ray
Watts. Watts sustained minor
injuries and Soots was not injur
ed.
The Caudill youth’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Caudill, who
hfve been working in Baltimore,
or to
of ing the campaign in Wilkes eoup-i^ity ih-lday and Saturday. While
ty, which has as its purpose the j„ the city, Mr. Harris paid The
stimulation of interest in increas-1 Journal-Patriot a most pleasant
Ing the supply of pulpwood for
war needs. j jjr. Harris was on his way Sat-
Other member' of this com-' urdsy to Sliatley Springs to attend
mittee appointr'* by The Journal- the meeting of the Mid-Western
Patriot are L L. Carpenter and , Press Association and he was ac-
W. G. Gabriel. jcompanied on the trip by Mrs.
Commenting on the need for ’ Harris and Dr, and , Mrs. Outlaw,
pulpwood, Mr. Bryan today re- The Outlaws visited their friends,
leased'to The Journal-Patriot the Dr. and Mrs. Wm. K
Ollie McQuage Is Elected President
Mid-Western Press Association At
Meeting Saturday at Shatley Springs
Large Number Of Publishers Attend Meeting; Bill Daley,
N. E. A. Washington Representative,
Speaks At Banquet
Early in the afternoon Satur- posed of Dan J. Carter, Julius C.
day, publishers of 28 mid-western Hubbard, Vernon Kizer, Dwight
j counties began to gather at the Nichols and Caswell Yates made
noted Shatley Springs in Ashe its appearance. Soon publish-
held for trial, probably in Decern- qjjq jhe regular ers, their families and guests,
b®*"- I monthly meetings. came in from other sections of the
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j known editor of The Yadkin Rip | The afternoon was spent Infor-
Iple, W. E. Rutledge, of Yadkin-■ mally, with the members of the
[vllle. and shortly afterward The I press enjoying horse shoe pitching
^ I in Journal-Patriot’s delegation, com-1 (Continued on page eight)
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^ Lions Club Has a
Picnic On Friday!
Dr. Amos Abrams, of Boone, 1
Lions district governor, rddressed'
the North Wilkesboro Lions Club i
Friday evening. ,
A large crowd of members ard
guests attended the meeting,
which was in the form of a pic-1
nic at Smoot Park, I
Dr. Abrams, a most able speak- j
er, delivered an inspiring mes- j
sage on the subject of “Lionism." ■
He reviewed the objectives of the j
organization and told how the
work of the Lions Clubs through- [
out the country are helping in the ^
war effort. i
The meeting was well enjoyed..
After the meeting of the club .
Dr. Abrams met "with the club’s |
direcurs for a brlet seBsloh and,
■Ians were outlined for work of i
e dob during the coming year.
Edward McDowell
Is Accident Victim
Local Man Instantly Killed Today When A
' Motorcycle and Truck Collided
Near North Wilkesboro
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following article:
“Our Government is urging
woodland owners throughout the
south to cut more pulpwood. To
meet the war demands our pulp
mills must be kept iu operation at
fuii capacity. During recent
months some mills have had to
cut down on production due to
lack of pulpwood and other mills
are rapidly using up their stock
piles.
"Pulpwood has become a criti
cal war material because of its
wide range of uses both as a wrr
material and as a substitute fpr
critical metals. Paper, plastics,
rayons, gun-powder and a large
variety of chemicals are just a
few of the products made from
pulpwood. Over a mijlion and a
quarter tons of paper-board v/*ll
be required in 1943 to pack food,
supplies, and munitions for over
seas shipment. Enough blueprin’
paper alone will be produced thi.s
year to make a band a yard wide
which would reach around the
world six times. Yet. one southern
pine tree may yield enough nltro
cellulose to provide the gun pow
der for thirty-five 105 mm. shells
or 7500 Garand rifle cartridee.s.
“There is almost an endless
■supply of pulpwood in Wilkes
county. Thousands of cords of
tree laps that could be turned in
to pulpwood will rot in the wood*
this year where they are left after
sawmill op-erations. Also most of
the farm woodlands in Wllkee
county could be put into better
growing conditions for the pro'
duction of high quality timber by
Newtou,
while in the city.
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Kiwanians
Hear About
AirFighting
State Places North
Wilkesboro at Top
Of Honor Roll
Captain Johnston Is
Speaker at Club
Meeting
Capt. Richard Johnston
addressed the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis Club , Friday
noon, telling of his experi*
ences while a member of an
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State officials recently
certified the excellence of
North Wilkesboro’s Elemen
tary schools and reported in
a letter to Supt. Paul S. Cra-
gan that the system had been
graded I-A. This is the
highest rating obtainable.
Notification of this top rating
was reported by Miss Hattie S.
Parrott of the State Board of
Education.
In commenting on the school
plant and organization Miss Par
rott stated further that ‘‘the main
j problem at the present seems to
I be more space for playground. It
is hoped that plans for securing
additional space can be carried
I through In the very near future.”
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Mr. Dave Mink returned yes
terday from Shatley Springs to
exceedlngL —,
the Reds thrust back tlMlr
counterattacks one after another.
DOWN MANY PLANES—
In the Mediterranean area
allied planes during the last four
days have destroyed a total of 114
planes In southern Italy. Bombers
devastated railway yards near
Naples and many other military
objectives in Italy were hit.
his home near Wilkesboro. His
daughter, Mrs. Oma McLean and
children, went over Saturday to
decompany him home.
Drive For Workers
Gets Good Results
OBJECTIVES HIT—
Bombers from England today
laid waste railway yards and other
centers in northern France,
where the allied flyers found no
lerial opposition, indicating that
Hitler has withdrawn air strength
for greater protection of points
inside Germany.
British long range bombers last
night hit war industries near Co
logne in the Rhine valley.
PACIFIC QUIET—
Pacific allied headquarters to
day announced that Salamaua was
•inder artillery bombardment. A
Tokyo dispatch said that an al
lied landing on a central Solo
mons Island had been repulsed
was not confirmed.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Rations
ti
The Employment Service during
the campaign made a total of 125
placements In essential work In
Worker recruiting cam
paign conducted here by the ^ ^
U. S, Employment Service wilkes county.
remortM ««r«l cord. o( «.1( iw., ,«ry .ucceuful *”•'
'ed citizens.
thing that can be done at^ojd ^ ewential jqba
'Big' Tobacco
Bugene Reavls. of the
Gll-
comfhhnlty,» brought to
Edward McDowell, age 23,
was killed instantly today in a
trnck-tnotpreyde coUision two
mUes west of'this city on hlgli-
way 421.
'liie accident happened at I
noon when McDowell on Ws ^
motor cfcle left William.s Motor
company bollding, where he is
employed, and started toward
North Wilkeetooro. ’The track.
posed of A. F. KUhy, E. E.
Hawks, P. E. Forester, P. E.
Dancy, E. M. Blackbom and T.
H. Settle was empanelled. The
Jury ordered Woods held on a
raansUughter charge and he
filed bond of $500.
The Journal-Patriot office Satur-'
dav two tobacco leaves which he i driven by B. C. W’ood, of North
Mid are samples of tobacco on a *1...
2 1-2-acre tract.
-The lenvpi were more than a
yard l^lnchee In width.
WAR BONDS—
Wilkesboro, and the motorcyde
collided headon. McDowell,
whose body was crushed, was
ktiM blatantly.
Conmer I. M. Myen invedU-
gated lilb death and a Jniy'omn-^
McDowell, who lives larNorth
WUke^ro, was the son of Mrs.
Mona Williams McDowell, a of
thW. city. Rnrvivlng are his
mother, his wife, Mrs. Clandlne
Waddell McDowell, and one
daugtitai-, Joan. ^
PnnelM arrangrineaits bad
not beeb completed this after-
SiodfbSleTSrVcarie! interwievers from the employ-' Aldra
accumulated for several months’inent service office toured the Ralrfgh office,
without damaging: and,, except .county and contacted 266 people,
. la to. he noeied ii « “ • Parker,, also of the'Raietgn
for many of whom were not engaged ^gigted local personnel In
can be cut at any time In the y»ar | gggg„ugj ^ork. - the woft. ' “ ^
In addition, the county wel Members of the Employment
fere 'department ' referred the seVvicq'^ound thal'there are many
pames of 50 people. people yet who are not gainfully
’The report released •' today employed and who can aoeept Jobs
.'showed that 65 of the Wilkes peo- here or eleeifhere and thus contrl-
saw timber aSould be cut into'pie contacted had accepted Jobs bate more to the war progrsm by
milnwood Trees of sawtlmber • and many more are expwted to essential labor. '
size will bring 4be owner more be placed as a resnlt of the sor- The employment servioe office
money if cutter lumber: and Ittm-lTey. H»e eanipaign continues to Is loeatpd Duk* Po^c^j
I “Although pulpwood Is now
I badly needed to help bring the
war to an early close, I do not
want to leave the Impreaaion thft
trees of saw timber slse or trees,
that will eventnally make good
money u Conor iumutjr, lum-1 — - —
ber to qnantWdd 1» »« offiefeson Wnth_a^ i j.
. . . . J:"- T._t Zlxjt ifi**r#ia4r«ni had husn all neraens not dHWHfiWt*** IPP? - . Pi
needed to arlu
, .r: (OohtiisMri
JOiaIhut of liatorVidfeni had
aJJ. peraops not
to r«i;ul«r
ULIJE .«5TAMPS—
(For canned, frozen and ces
tain dehydrated foods)
Blue stamps R, S, and T, ti»
came valid August 1 and will
1m- good through Septemlier 7.
GASOLINE—
“A” book coupons No. 6 good
for three gallons each and must
last tilt November 21.
RED STAMPS—
(For meat products, canned
fish, most edible oils and chees-
ee).
Bod stampe T, D. V, and W,
wfll remain vaUd tiirongli Aug-
net 81.
Bed stamp X became valid
todiqr and Is good nntll OcZtdior
2. Y will be valid Angnst 28 -
and Z on Heptember 5 and w«l
be TaUd until October 2.
In Wi^ Itotinw
Book j«8 ,iooa for one polo
Ocfiber Slst.
.(>•
No. 14, good ter nve
haoMMSi ralld today a«d
to «6od BlPM«b Notosnhev 1,
: TKm.: >•
\ Book Olio towir mm
War nation