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Pictured at the riyht is the press, no doubt, will be shot
bia No. 1 MMile printina^ to the Japs or Germans
press purdiased from Dod'
Printers Supply Com*
ly of Atlanta by tiie Car-
[ubbard Publishing Co.
which will be used to print
The Journal-Patriot. This
press has taken the place of
the one used in the past
which wfll eventually go to
Ae Japs m a far different
manner than the scrap did
several years ago. The old
the way of bombs or go into
other war material.
The big press, used to pub
lish the issue of The Journal-
Patriot you are now reading,,
weighs eleven and one-half
tons, and is one of the very
latest types of newspaper
presses on the market. The
press just installed covers a
floor space of approximately
10x15 feet, and will miable
the publishers of The Jour
nal-Patriot to render an even
better service as it is faster
and more up-to-date in every
respecL If convenient, come'
in and see the press in oper
ation. You’ll be cordially
welcome at anytime.
The Journal-Patriot was
not printed Monday in order
tLat installation "of the new
press might be completed in
time for the regular issue to
day.
FOUR WALKER BROTHERS IN ARMY AND NAVY
^-Convicts Held
iRirRoblienr, Thefts
Too
convicts who escaped
Hatoritoy trom tiie prison camp
tn' Jiray coxaty and made a
' (rail of crime la this section
daring the week-end have been
arrested In Johnson Ity, Tenn.,
Police Chief J. E. Walker was
advised hy who from that dty
yesterday.
OPIfc MUlRVPI O. WAUtER PEC- ER>fEST B. WAUKKR
and Mrs. H. A. Walker, of North Wilkesboro
CPIi. TRACY C. WALKER
HF.t
S.C.,
foute three, have four sons in service, three in the army
lind one in the navy. CpI. Marvin C. Walker, who en
ured the army on September 27, 1942, is now at some
^discloaod point overseas. He received his basic train-
^g at Camp Wallace, Texas. Pfc. Ernest B. Walker,
v^o is in the army air forces, is at Scott Field, Illinois.
He entered the army on June 3, 1943, and had his basic
training at Keesler Field, Mississippi. Cpl. Tracy Clay
ton Walker is in Iceland. He entered the army on May
17, 1939, and was stationed at Fort Jl
before going overseas. Hu wif«^
gene Runnels, of (Nclahmu*^ ^ ^ _
Herman D. Walker, store keeper third class, is m tl
navy and is stationed at Bremerton, Washington, after
receiving “boot” training at Bainbridge, Md. He enter
ed the navy in February this year smd was recently
home on leave for a few days. The Walker brothers are
getting along fine in service, according to their letters
home.
A postoffice and store robbery
and theft of two antomoblUs
:could be solved with tile arrest of
two negro convicts who escaped
from the prison camp in Avery
county Saturday, was the opinion
expressed by officers investlgat
Ing the robbery of Cricket post-
office and D. B. Tamer’s
vMr,e4 iNiu
building, was entered through a
rear window, which was, broken
open. Tlie postoffice cash amount
ing to about |87, and store funds
of about |60 were taken. Some
ice cream had been removed from
an electric ice box but the thieves
apparently were In a hurry and
left the Icre cream to melt.
Next officers were Informed
that a 1937 model Ford car was
stolen from the home of W. R.
Craft near Cricket some time
Sunday night.
- Officers are of the opinion that
the escaped convicts, after aban
doning the car stolen from Avery
.county, laid lew until Sunday
store 1 night, when they robbed Cricket
stole the car from the
Maximum Products
Of Food Is Asked
For Next Year
The 1944 ^ood and Feed
goal for Wilkes county will
be discussed in a county
meeting which will be held
in tile county courthouse on
Friday, November 19, at
1:30 p. m.
Meetings on a national
and state level have been
held. All agencies are unit
ing their forces in develop
ing information, material
and plans for the food and
feed campaign.
"1116 following county workers
are urtfed to be present for the
neetlng; cbidrman of Civilian
Defense, chairman of Nutrition
committee, chairman of the AAA
Committee, the eonnty aoperln-
tendent of school^ the P. 8. A.
personnel, the S. C. 8. personnel,
the Extension personnel, the
county health officer and the com
munity service chairman of the
W. P. B. board.
O. P. McCrary, district agent;
I. J. Peeler, vocational agricul
ture education; Mrs. Mary Me-
AlUster, and Miss Catherine Dan-
iron otftee will be
Party Lines Vanish As High Praise Is
Heaped Upon Coagressman Doughton
|G.OLP.Makes
Big Gains In
Off Year,Votes
Eloded Govenor m,, Ken-
tmeky^and Increased Ma-
joritiee in N. Y., N, J.
Bepa^liesns throughout the na-
^ tioa aia elated over the gains
made in the off-year elections
held in several states last Tues
day.
Biggest reversal for the Demo
crats was In Kentucky, where the
Repnblicans elected a governor
for the first time in many years.
RepuMlcans also won the election
.^for lieutenant governor in New
York State and in New Jersey in
creased their majorities over
those of two years ago. The same
held true*in scattered elections
throughout the north and mid
west.
Washington, Nov. 7.—^President
Roosevelt took the lead today in
honoring Robert Lee Doughton
on his 80th Wrthday anniversary.
Party lines vanished as praise
was reaped, on the North Carolina
Democrat who heads the house
ways and means committee, which
originates all tax legislation.
In a letter to Doughton, the
President said;
“Dear Bob;
"Hearty congratulations on
your reaching the. four-score
mark.
"The host thing about being 80
in your case is that you are too
busy with the present and future
to spend much time dwelling on
the past.
“With every good wish for your
continued health and happiness.
“Very sincerely your friend,
“FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
Representative Knutson of
Minnesota, ways and means Re-
publioan leader, called personally
to congratulate Doughton, and
later told newspapermen:
(Continued on page eight)
CARDWELL BOYS IN ARMY-NAVY
45,000,000 E^$ Dried_
In iCoble Dairies Plant
Second Growth Of
$1,440,415.57 Worth
C. B. Yates tried to steqo
ciously looking car, which Imme-
clousiy looking car, wnicn imme- nw^^pi nw
diately took oftat higkape«fcaitt;arnTTiave retainers
■- - -- ^ u— jn gjx states, officers
they chased it to near Curtis
bridge on a country road Just
west of this city. There two men
abandoned the oar and ran.
Officers soon learned that the
car had been stolen in Avery
county Saturday afternoon by
George Polite and Joe Smith,
negro convicts who escaped from
the camp there.
Search for the two men Sun
day was fruitless and Sunday
night Cricket postofflce, which is
in part of the D. B. Turner store
Both nognml
Stores Open All
Day Wednesdays
Practically all stores in
North Wilkesboro have
discontinued the half hol
iday on Wednesdays suid
are now open all day each
Wednesday.
Apples On Display
Norman Graven, farmer and
orchardiat of the Pores Knob
section of the oonnty, added to
The Journal-Patriot's sapfdy of
freak fruits wid vegetables Sat
urday by bringing In several
second-growth ripe Jane a^les
and one second-growth ripe
Ebu-ly Harvest. ,
The hot dry weather of the
fall caused many frait trees to
bloom for the second time this
year and several people have
brought to the office apple and
fherry tree bloMn8, second
growth grapes, to say nothing
of the various fToits and vege
tables which have grown In the
shape of the victory ‘“V”.
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TWO MEN HELD
FOR NUMEROUS
THEFTSHERE
FREELAND JOHN MILLER
AND WALTER STEELE
FACE CHARGES
Wfc 3*»plie Cardwell, wko entered the" army July,
atetsoned at Taecea, Ca. Conrad .Car^vwll,
ttritfi is BOW on soa duty in the AtlMUc.
Mtvy 0(8 June 18 t^ yaar, Both #re
ahnyr Am lit the service, occordins'to letters
MwtjMrs, waue
Arrest of two men here have
..apparently solved the mystery of
numerous thefts of sawmill parts
and supplies in Wilkes county.
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today.
Preeland Miller and Walter
Steele, North Wilkesboro men,
were arrested by police here
Thursday night and a number of
sawmill parts in Miller’s car
prompted officers to carry out a
more thorough investlgntion.
Police Chief Walker said that
Mt was learned that Miller and
Steele had taken belting and
>ther parts from R. A. Oreer'a
I sawmill, about 1175 worth of
parts from P. O. Johnson's min,
in Aahe county, an air hose sad
kolstory mmtaafn tentik
and tksre were numsrone
from aavrajOls m ye* nnl* “
(la.a" ‘
Of Dehydrated Eggs
For Government
The Coble Dairies of Wllkes-
boros, having finished their tabu
lation and eccoanting of the
amount of eggs handled and
processed by them at their
Wilkesboro plant during the
1943 season, found that they ac
tually delivered 81,440,415.57
worth of powdered eggs to the
government for Its own usC and
for Lend-Lease, and the Journal-
Patriot is further Informed that
to produce this volume it took
46,000,000 eggs. These figures
are for eggs o-'ly and do not in
clude any of the dairy products
processed In the Wilkesboro
plant.
Wilkes. county and this great
northwest section of North
Carolina is to be congratulated in
having In its midst this splendid
industry owned and controlled by
Mr. George S. Cobls, one of the
sbnth’s most outstanding dairy
men.
The Journal-Patriot is further
informed that Mr. Coble is no«'
planning for even a greater vol
ume of egg processing for the
1944 season.
(The above news item was fur
nished The Journal-Patriot by J.
B. Williams, who secured the fig
ures given in a telephone conver
sation with Mr. Coble Monday,
November 8.)
V
Climax lii Puipwood Drive
rally FRIDAY
EVE A SUCCESS
Troop 36 Gets Blue Ribbon;
Troop 35, Red; Troop
32, Yellow
K. M. Alta Taken
By Diitli Friday
, 1
Keener Means ADsai 72,
widetr kabim eMl eaflaeer mad
arekiteet, died-Friday.
llr. AUea had h«ea la ill heapi
fbiP seTeral aumths aad erltieally
111 ior a week Immediacy preeed-
sawmill supplies from Paank Coat bv Jds death. ^ 14;
fioa of the late Geone 7«aes
gusgd ftoat Tbm Ofeer at BOMiff, A»»i «d miakhea Camp*-
a tire and whael from Model Up- hbU Allen, of A^eiMt^
'MM Mk. Allea-wae heoh.% Mental^
XAa a yonth Mr. Attpi entered
iff; |toHWlaa,%lita
“THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT:
“VICTORY PULPWOOD DRIVE MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS IN PRACTICALLY ALL COMMUNITIES
BUT WAR PRODUCTION BOARD AND TOP GOV
ERNMENT OFFICiXLS ASK FOR INCREASED EF-
FORTS AS PULPWOOD SHORTAGE I8 STILL SE
RIOUS. OUR DRIVE “CUT-A-CORD FOR EVERY
LOCAL BOY IN SERVICE”, SHOULD PUT US OVER
THE TOP. THEREFORE WE ARE ASKING YOU
AND YOUR COMMITTEE TO DO ANYTHING POS
SIBLE TO MAKE THIS DRIVE A SUCCESS. LET’S
NOT LET OUR BOYS DOWN. THE NEWSPAPERS
IN PULPWOOD AREAS HAVE BEEN CHALLENG
ED TO DO THE JOB. BUT I AM SURE THEY WILL
ACCEPT IT AND PUT THIS DRIVE OVER AS THEY
DID WITH SCRAP METAL AND WITH WAR BONDS.
WALTER M. DEAR,
Chairman Newspapers Puipwood Conamittee”
Wilkes district Boy Scout rally
held at the high school gymnasium
here Friday night was an out
standing success end was very
much enoyed by the Scouts and
spectators present.
Troop number 36 won the blue
ribbon for the highest score in the
contests and troop number .15 was
awarded the red ribbon for second
place. Troop number 82 (Wilkes
boro) was given the yellow rib
bon.
Over 50 Scouts participated
and carried out their parts almost
to perfection in many instances.
The Judges were as follows;
Gordon Finley, Scout commission
er, attendance and uniforms; W.
J. Bason, signaling; C. D. Coffey,
Jr,, rope climbing; H. P. Bouk-
night, first aid; L. M. Nelson and
Sidney Crane, knot tying; Paul
Green, three-legged race; Dr. A.
C. Chamberlain, compass.
V-
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Kelly, Mrs.
Bernice Jones and daughters, Jo
Anne and Loretta, of Charlotte,
were here Thursday to attend
funeral service for Mrs. J. A.
Jones, mother-in-law of Mrs.
Bernice Jones.
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WILKES HOSIEliT
MILLS COMPANY
ANDERSON BROTHERS IN SERVICE
■ - ^MriMniniir^wf vn-mrT-fn M
GETS AN AWARD
794,323 Hour* Worked WWi
(My Oue DUablInf te-
jury Bamis for Award '
Wilkes Hosiery Mills company
has been awarded the trophy eer-
tiflcate In gronp 4 of the state
hosiery safety contest. P. W.
Behelman, president of the com
pany, has been advised by T. A.
Wilson, chairman of the North
Carolina Indnstrlat .OammMop.
Group 4 Is compoeed'of-hosiery
plants with 551 or niore employ^
7%e Jeeprd of tli4 local kifituitij’
Is diSeribed.nellrieptional^ fhihi
The t«iti of ,fhe 19^: fatnt
Conunissioner t
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4WmlMtyi4W0n the
~;)a^^aa8f |ii Orpiip Number ronr,
'taeoidi' 8t*tew»e ttnieiy
Safety Osateet According to onfr
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