HAZIS PUSHED
BACK TO RIVER
OR WIDE LIRE
BRITISH DRIVE
REAR 'DROME;
LIRE HARDERS
MET IF ODR PEOPLE
FORDS IR BOROS
Mory ard erd war
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Soviet forces are driving
the Germans back to the
shore of the Dnieper in fierce
fighting along a 250-mile
front from Kiev to Dneprope
trovsk and the R«;d Army is
forcing the stream North
and South of the Ukrainian
Capital under devastating
fire of German guns moimt-
ed high on the river’s west
bank, Soviet communiques
Sind front dispatches said to
day.
German radio reports said So
viet forces had attempted to Iwnd
paratroop units behind the Nazi
lines to outflank Keiv, and left
room for speculation that they
su'ceeded. DNB news agency at
first reported that a parachute at
tempt had been repulsed et Kie^.
Later it reported:
"Soviet parachute troops tried
to land behind the German lines
almost everywhere. Parachutists
who landed • among the densely
concentrated German troops were
.Immediately encircled, driven to-
^gether and annihilated. Only in
e. few places where they could
find a hideout In the terrain, they
still hold out, but are localized
■ trad" face annihilation."
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British troops, smashed 25
miles in Eastern Italy, have
forced the Germatns to aban
don Foggia’s 13 airfields
while ad the Naples front the
Fifth Army is driving ahead
in “many columns" through
fierce Nazi artillery fire, it
was announced last night.
A frontline dispatch from
Reynolds Packard of the United
Press said German resistance
stiffened on the road to Naples
with the arriwai of heavy Nazi
reinforcements following an "Im
portant’’ British advance Satur
day. Troops said the fighting was
the hardest since the first hours
of the landing on the Salerno
front. *
A light drizzle began falling
after 18 dry, dusty days and it
appearc5l the enemy was stalling
for time in hope that the Autumn
rains would set in.
Loss of the Foggia fields, as
approaching British guns made
them untenable, meant that the
Luftwaffe has conceded defeat In
the aerial battle of Southern Italy
Qnd is concentrating its limited
forces possibly as fir north as the
Po line.
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Coy Marley Fills
Bond For $3,000
Coy Marley, of the Ferguson j
community, who was indicted on ^
liquor charges by the grand jury |
in the special term of court, came !
to Wilkesboro Friday and filled |
J.3.000 bond o.s set by .Judge R.
Hunt Parker. j
Mariey. alleged to have held
Red Cross Askiig
Volunteers In Job
Making Dressings
Schedule of Work At Red
Cross Room Given and La
dies In Charge Named
meeting of volunteAs for
Pfc. Rex Handy, son or Mr.
and Mrs. .t, M. Hand.^, of this
city, is in the air cor|>s it Kees-
ler Field, SUss., where he is tak
ing an nin>hn'e mecRanlc’s
course. He entered the army In
May. Pfc. Handy’s v/lfe and
little son, Eugfene, are visiting
‘•him at Keeeler Field.
Annual Meet
Of Baptists
Held Sept. 22
Brushy Mountain As
sociation Holds
Meeting
federal liQVior' license, was indict- j Red Cross sui'Kical dressing work
ed alone with his son, Turner' was held Thursday ofternoou to
Mariey, and Webb Byers. Others decide upon the following sche-
IntMcted on liquor charges were dule for the fall and winter
Chester Jolly and Shirley Ander-1 months. The ladies listed will be
son.
.All have filled bonds.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
responsible for opening the rooms
'The hours are: mornings, 9:30 to
(Continued on page five)
Fathers to Be Called
Here In November
The Selective Service
Boards Classify
Fathers
November quotas of men
to be drafted into service
will be compoaed partly of
prc-Pewl Herbor fathers, it
was learned here today from
Selective Service board offi
cials.
According to present regula
tions, the first pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers to be called >111 be those
engaged In non-deferable occupa
tions Officials said there are a
number In Wilkes who ere in that
classification. ...
Lt Col Thomas Upton, of state
headquarters of Selective Service,
conducted a meeting of draft
board members and cierks here
on Friday. Present for the meet-
inc were draft board members
ind board clerks of Wilkes. Alex-
sBder, Ashe, Watauga and Cald
well counties. „ ,
Various problems in Selective
Service were discussed and meth-
itA* and regulations for the classf-
^Uon and Induction of pre-
Harbor fathers received
modi
Boac4
o’clock, at the home of
R. C. Jennings, Jr.
Badly Wounded In
Action On SepL 16
T. Sgt. Gunner on A Flying
Fortress Seriously Wour-*
ed Telegram Says
'r. Sgt. R. C. Jennings, Jr.,
gunner on a fly'loR fortress, was
•seriou-sly wounded in.action in
the European theaU« of war
oper»tlon.s on September 16.
News that T. Sgt. Jennings
was wounded was received In a
telegram from the war depart
ment received by hla parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jennings,
Sr., of Pores Knob. j
The telegram stated thatjthey
would be advised as reports of
•Sgt. Jennings' condition Is re
ceived. No details as to the ex
tent of wounds received were
given.
T. .Sgt. Jennings Is well
known here. For .several years
he had held responsible posi
tions with Auto Parts company
here and in Stat«*vlHe brfore’
Brushy Mountain Baptist
association held a most inter
esting and impressive one-
day session Wednesday at
Elk Baptist church.
In keepiug'"^ith the .
throughout the Baptist state
convention the association’s
program was confined to
one day.
T. B. Story, moderator, and /.
F. Jordan, clerk, were re-elected
to head the group of 33 churches
for another year. Htnshaw street
Baptist church in North Wilkes
boro was chosen as the place for
the 1944 associational meeting
with Dr. John W. Kinchelo'e, Jr.,
pastor of the First Bap-1st here,
to deliver the annual sermon.
Rev. Charles Poole is the alternate
preacher.
Sermon of the program Wed
nesday was delivered by Rev.
How.ard J. Ford, pa.stor of the
Wilkesboro Baptist church, who
delivered a most inspiring mes-
siige on the subject of "Real
Greatness”.
Others taking part on the
morning program were Rev. A. J.
Foster, Mrs. George Johnson. .Mrs.
Edlyn Freerks, D. E. Elledge.
Rev. Isaac Watts. Smith Hagaman.
superintendent of Baptist hospi
tal and J. A. McMillan, who also
.gave a hospitrai report.
In the afternoon those taking
part In the discussions were Rev.
E. C. Hodges, Mrs. C. E. Jenkins,
Rev. ^ohn Well.s, Rev, E. C. Shoe,
Rev. J. C. Pipes, Bijlle Proffit,
and Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr.
, A memorial service for Rev.
Finley C. Watte, a widely known
minister in-th* association who
died recently,' was conducted by
Rev . Isaac ^Watts, Rev. E. C.
Hodges, Rev. Fred Blevins and
Rev. E. C. Shoe.
The association considered the
propo.sal for providing the ex
penses of a missionary but no ac
tion was takeii'and the matter was
deterred to a meeting of the Pas
tors' Conference.
Seventeen pastors were present
for the assoclatioDsl meeting, and
a large percentage of the member
churches were represented.
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With the amount war bond* •old during
the Third War Loan one-half nriUiem dollars
short of the it i» time for Wilkes people
to not only bhek the attack, but to jom the
attack, by loaiung their dollars to the nation.
Last week of the Third War Loan is here.
The Wilkes quota is $1,169,000. The amount
of war bon^ Bold through Saturday wm
$625,000, W, D. Half acre, War Loan chair
man, said today.
REACHING QUOTA JOB FOR EVERYBODY--
Wilkes has gone over the top in every previous cam
paign for the all-put war effort and cannot afford to fail
to meet the quota set in this campaign.
While the quota is large, it can be reached if every man,
woman and child in the county will invest their idle dol
lars in war bonds. In so, domg they will not be giving,
they will be investing, their money in the safest securities
known and at good interest rates.
Raining the quota will mean
insuring the quickest possible
end to the war and complete and
Thomas Lenderman
Praised For Heroism
Caanisy Let Aagtlet Kxtmimr.
Pharmacist Mate Second Class
Thomas W. Lendeman, of
HOHBl
AT THE LIB^TY THEATRE;
ARTICLES GIVEN TO BOND BDYERS
Do you w^t something
as a free gift—something
useful and vailuable ? '
Then attend the War
Bond auction luesday
night at the Liberty Thea
tre.
The bond auction will
be under sponsorship of
the Hi-Y club of the North
Wilkesboro high school,
with the Liberty Theatre
cooperating, and is for the
purpose of boosting war
bond sales to help Wilkes
meet its quota in the Third
War Loan drive.
Many valuable and use
ful articles will go at auc
tion and absolutely free.
In other words, the person
buying the most in bonds
when an article is auction
ed off gets tke article free
—and at the same time is
helping his country to an
earlier victory.
Merchants of North
Wilkesboro are cooperat
ing splendidly by furnish
ing the articles to be auc
tioned off to bond buyers.
The following firms are
dolHkting merchandise for
• Spainhour’s,
Marfhw’s Men’s Shop,
Prevette’s, Penney’s, The
Watch Shop, Rose’s, Jenk
ins Hardware comply.
Western Auto Associate
Store, Rexall Store, Hor
ton’s Drug Store, Rhodes-
Day Furniture Co., Red
Cross Pharmacy, Wilkes
Tire Store, Tomlinson’s
Department Store, Steele’s
Jewelry Store, Carlton’s
Hardware, Wilkes Drug
Co., Better Homes Fumi-
tufe Store, Bare’s Fair
Store.
Be sure to be present at
the bond auction, buy
bonds and get free articles
of lasting usefulness.
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”of oMttmendatloB jfor Irtecfc ac
tion la the South Pacific area
during an air laJd.
Pharmacist Mate Lenderman^
is a son of Mrs. P. L. Lender-
man and the late Mr. Iicnder-
man of Wilkesboro, and before
entering the serx'ice l>©ld a po
sition in tlie office of Relns-
Sturdlvant Funeral Home and
Burial .Association here.
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SHEPARD BROTHERS IN SERVICE
Attorney Faw Is
Speaker Friday
At Kiwanis Meef
Lady Attorney Delivers Ad
dress on “Youth’s Concept
of Post War World”
Get 691 Tires
At "■■■■■
Motor Co.
T. H. Williams Is Put
Under Additional
$2,500 Bond
Federal officers on Thurs
day seized an additional 489
automobile and truck tires
at Williams Motor company,
owned and operated by T.
H. Williams two miles west
of this city.
The seizure Thursday was in
addition to 202 tires and l.SOt
pounds of retreading rutber
, « which were seized earlier during
. lithe week.
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Williams at the time of the first
seizure wos charged with
thorough victory for the Allied
Nations. Quicker victory meamK
lives saved—lives of Wilkes coun
ty men who are fighting In all
•teot^hj
hors, your friends.
MANY REACH fWAIiS—
Latest reports on the drive na
tionally show a total of $13,300,-
000,000, which is only $1,700,-
000,000 short of the goal for the
nation. .Many counties and cities
in North Carolina have already
exceeded aheir quotas.
.MORE BUYERS NEEDED—
However, reports show that not
nearly enough individuals have
purchXised bonds in substantial
amounts and thus the drive will
partially fail in one of its pur
poses. If the individuals in the
nation will invest their increased
income in war bonds, disastrous
inflation can be avoided. If they
refuse to invest, a system of en
forced savings or higher taxation
—perhijps both—must be inau
gurated in order to secure war
finances and to ward off infla
tion.
(AN REACH (Jl tm.S—
The help of every person with
any money is needed to reach the
Wilkes goal. The bond buyer who
can buy only the smallest bonds,
which cost $18.75 and will be
worth $25 at maturHy. may think
his part is siniill, hut together
thousands of others investing the
same amount, the quota can be
raised.
Regular bond buyers are asked
to buy an extra bond—a $!()•
bond If po.ssible—during the Third
War Loan (wmpalgn.
FARMERS CAN HELP—
Many farmers are marketing
their crops, and some of them are
glad to learn that they have made
money this year. This money can
be safely Invested in War Bonds,
good interest rates, and will
provided a financial backlog after
the war and during the period of
illegal
possession and sale of rationed
ires and recapping rubber and
was placed under bond of $5,000
when he waived preliminary hear-
ng before U. S. Commissioner J.
W. Dula in Waikesboro. readjustment certain to follow
Following the second seizure
on Thursday he was placed under EARLY AtmoN' ASKED—
|an .additional bond of 1^,500 on j xo back the attock, to evidence
another count charging the same your patriotism in an effective
offense. [manner, to secure early victory.
The tires included both truck'to gave lives of your sons, broth-
and automobile ti,res in many ers, and friends, buy an extra
entering the army. In servlci-
he* advanced rapidly and had a .[■ North - W^eeboro: ;;;jJ5:hraaw4
splendid service' record. He *CIub in meetfiig; Frhlaj^'enjo^ed'
had been overseas . a most Interee^dg ^ ' - -
in IbigUnd for
of Ids
. 'vt. Paul L. Shepard, left,. .
army in June, 1943, U now etatiimed* at Clinton, Mias.
Before, entering” the Army Pirt. Shepard waa i^ployed
NorfoU^Vs.
sizes. They included new tires,
retreaded tires and used tires,
many of which were on wheels.
Federal offlcei? malting the seiz
ure worked many hoars talcing the
.^tlres from the wheels.
Bstlmates plaimd on the valne
of the tires and ml^r seised ran
Into several thouaeind dolfaira A
total of tires
Mr.'Yr^Hams’ nla£8M
bond TODAY.
Wilkes YoHthb
KHMBjfHH-lu
r.“
rank trf Maff sergd^,^^.
cal sergeant was roqHiw .. .
Joamal-Patrlot yeatorday trooi
the Eiidith Air FVMtse headqnar-
ters.
1atli]^M9'had
his speaker.
Hies Faw stated she was speak-
(Oeatiavtd oa gaga ftre)
"Wtg
WittMabwa route three.
Lewis R. S^epfiirdi
‘‘A
Tli^ are eoug «f Mr* mmI Mnu
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.jr-ts.-.- ... ..
tons are needed adt Id to AatltorHIeB said the Jioutk
piae^t strikes or worlr**tfiis*!r br« aaknowqJriWr-shortly
MStaunes. CCoetfnned tie Fw
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