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(^nyass By
ScoutsInCi^
People Asked to Place
Paper On Porches
Each Saturday
Boy Scouts of North Wilhea-
boro irero very successful in the
H*«t day of their scrap paper sal-
oampaigu Saturday.
Soouts Volunteered for the
)fi scrap paper salvage to aid
war effort and to provide a
ins for salvaging scrap paper
this coinninnity.
The plan being followed is for
r#BDuts to canvass the homes ,of
Negth Wllkesboro each Saturday,
of the city are asked to
paper In boxes or tie
StHMles and place on their
front porches each Saturday
morning. Newspapers, magazines,
books, cardboard end other
forms of frw paper will be ac-
oeptad. ^
On Saturday ^er two large
truck loads of papei wore gather
ed and prospects are good for still
larger collections Saturday of this
'^•vreak.
“nie house-to-house canvass ap
plies only in North Wllkesboro.
In Wllkesboro those who have
paper are asked to telephone num
ber 354 or 531 and someone will
be sent for the paper.
Rural people who have paper
and who will bring it here a.'e ask
ed to leave it with Gordon Finley
at Wllkeeboro Manufacturing
company.
The Scouts are working faith-
fuly In the scrap paper drive to
cation building of the Preebyterl-
^^jfOTlda.» mean* far Mlvaci^
'^Sjtepap paper in this community for Watt M. Cooper., now a
lythe war effort, and deserve un
sjFstlnted cooperation from th'j peo-
^Ple.
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St Sgt. Creech Is
Missing In Action
St. Sgt. Ceber M. Creech has
been officially reported as miss
ing in action since January 24.
His wife, Mrs- Merle Owens
Creech, has been notified tha.t her
husband is reported as missing in
action over Germany since Janu
ary 24. It is presumed that St.
Sgt. Creech wias in service in the
air corps. ,
St. Sgt. Creech is a son of Mrs.
I_ S). Absher, of North Wllkesboro
route one. He had been overseas
since November 1, 1943.
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LtWillianG.6iiyHnllirR)w;
Escape In MIy Damged Hilfe
WILUAM C. GRAY
Presbyterians
To Observe Last
Payment of Debt
New Religious Education
Building Debt Free; Mrs.
Cooi>er Will Bum Note
Sunday, February 20, will :be a
happy occasion for the congrega
tion of the North Wllkesboro
Presbyterian church, at which
time there will be a brief program
In observance of payment of the
last remaining Indebtedness on
the new religions education build
ing.
Erected in 1940 at a total cost
of 132.495.29, the religious edn
From England comes the story
of how a flying fortress returned
to Its hue after two engines
were knocked out and crew mem
bers stripped the plane of every
thing that could taken loose,
including the ball turrdt, to make i
It light enough to be flown to Its i
base with very limited power.
Navigator of that plane was Lt.
William C. Gray, of Wllkesboro.
Lt. Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
R. Gray, volunteered for the air
corps in 1942, was In training In
Texas and recently went overseas.
The story of the plane's miracu
lous' flight as told by James Mac
Donald in the February 9 issue of
The New York Times follows;
By JAMES hlacDONALD
In New York Times
A United States Army Air Force
Station, Somewhere in England,
Feb. 8.—Two of the strangest
stories yet told by American fliers
•in this theatre of war were among
the many eyewitness accounts re
lated today by United States
Eighth Air Force crews upon their
return to this station from the
Frankfort-on-the- Main mission.
One was about the crew of a
badly crippled Flying Fortress
jettisoning everything they could,
including their bail turret—said
to be the first time this ever was
done In combat—to lighten their
plane’s weight and struggle home
safely.' This they did. The other
was about another Flying Fortress
cut in half, wltn Its tail gunner
still shooting at enemy lighters as
he hurtled to earth to certain
death.
Obmmanding officers blinked
their eyes In amazement when
they heard about the hitherto
unnickednamed. Fortress, which
henceforth Is going to be dnbbed
“Lady Liberty’’, that landed on
thia field minus its ball turret and
Return From Florida
ff
i- Manchuria has a labor shortage.
Attorney and Mrs. Eugene Trl-
vette and Mrs. Ethel V. Moore, of
-this city, and Attorney and Mrs.
J. E. Holshousor and son, Jimmy,
of Boone, returned to their respec
tive homea Saturday after epend-
Ing three weeks at Port Lander-
Bale, Fla.
While in Florida they visited
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Triplett, of
Porlear, yvho are spending much ot
tholr time at Miami, Fla., In the
Interest of Dr. Tr^lett’s health.
Dr. Triplett has purchased an at
tractive home at Miami and his
health Is much Improved, his
friends throughont this sec-
will be ^d to learn.
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RATION NEWS
SUGAR—rBook 4. stamp 80,
food lor Fouadi, wfll «-
fb« Mueh Si. 8(tamp 40, five
pounds for oannlng, expires
MuruMT *8, 1946.
OAflOUNB—OonpoBS No. 9
In A 'book good for three gal-
loBB boouae effective Feb. 9
and win expire Key S.
Coop^,,now
naval chaplain in“ the Routh Paci
fic area, was pastor of the church
when the building program was
carried out.
In that connection it is appro
priate that in the program to be
carried out in the morning service
Sunday Mrs. Cooper, who now
makes her home in Burlington,
will bum the last note of the loan
which was secured as pari of the
finances for erection of the reli
gious education building.
In addition to paying the in
debtedness, the church now has a
substantial balance in cash in the
building fund which will he used
later for erection of a new church
auditorium.
The building committee of the
church is composed of E. G. Fin
ley, chairman, D. J. Carter, A. O
Finley, W. Blair Gwyn, A. A.
Qeehlon and C. D. Coffey, Jr.
R. R. Markley, of Durham, was
architect for the religious educa
tion building and Ervin Construc
tion Company was the general
building contractor.
The new building has a,ttract-
ed much attention and the church
school of the Presbyterian church
here is often referred to in vari
ous parts of the state as a model
church school. ,
E. P. Robinson
Now a Major at
Fort Jaekson
Fort Jackson, S. C.—The pro
motion to major of Capt. Edmund
P. Robinson, Billeting Officer at
Part Jackson, S. C., has been an-
srt
noi'nced by post authorities.
It
, ,SBOI8 *-* Coupon 18 in the
Hgar aaO eottee ration book
faBd for one pair of shoes has
10 «xp(9tton date. No. 1 alr-
|ixw iWamp in book thtpo b»-
mOKliaUd L' rmber 1 for one
■ptit teoeo.
fiMM>*.;Sro#a atampe. Book
% nedtb l&d tata, ▼. W, x good
tferMish Fabnuuy
ataatfi. Book 4, proeaaaed
fMda. 0, B and J-aaUro .Fa«>-
ruafy gO. K, L. Jf e^lre on
Blank fO.
Coming to Port Jackson with
the 105th Engineers of the 30th
Division in September, 1941, Maj.
Robinson later was transferred to
the Station Complement at the
post and has filled several assign
ments .with that organlaatton
since.
Maj. Robinson was appointed
Post Billeting officer last Novem
ber and at prosrat has his office
in the Chamber ot Commerce
Building in nearby Colnmbto, S.
C.
A National Guard officer, Maj.
Robinson saw service In the First
World War with the t06tb Bn-
glneers ot the Sath IttvMon, and
rose from the grade ot pflvate to
th^rank of_8ocpnd.lieutenfn^t dfr-
that time. Be eontteu^ bto
essbebtion wttb the Niatlonal
Oaafd, In tie Intervening yean,
and. returned to aetlre duty in
September, 1940
A natlTa of Mecklenburg eom-
ty, N. O., Maj. RobtaUMm’a borne
now is Nortk 'WillMpbore, N. C.
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|^/W«r Bonds and SiUQM
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Pvi. Albert L. Parduo, son of
Mr,^ and Mrs. Luther Pardue, of
Roaring River, was serionaly
wounded on Bougainville on
January 80, according to an of-
flcM War Department message
received by U* parents. Pvt.
Pardue, who was tervlng In the
anny, nad oem overseas for
five months. The War Depart
ment triegnun fine no details
of Pvt. PaKlne*s^ Injuries bnt
stated thet other Information
would be forwarded as soon as
reoelTed.
A-36’sBUST
ROME RAILWAY
YARDS AOAIN
American A-86 Invaders dhre-
bombed the Rome railway yards
for *he second straight day yes-
teruay and the Bari radio appeal
ed to ItsUan patriots behind , the
sion and ugly holes In its
wings.
The plane was piloted by Lieut.
William C. Johnson, 24 years of
age, of Lewis Chapel, Tenn., who
had Lieut. Matt Farmer, 25, of
Mankato, Minn., as his co-pllot;
lilent, 'WiUlam C. Gray, 23, of
Wllkesboro, N. O., as his naviga
tor, and Lieut. James P. Cain of
Barnum, 'Iowa, as his bombardier.
But After Bombing Targets
They said that after they had
dropped their load of bombs
(Continued on page six)
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Parkwiy Winner
Bus Franchise
Here to Lexington
Schedule Will Be Msde and
Buses Placed In Opera
tion on Route March 1
GOTeral Sfr Xarbld Alexander
Commander-ln-Chlef of Allied
forces in Italy, said Arawlcan and
British troops were winning the
second round- of the battle on An-
zlo beachhead and ultimately
would smash on to Rome without
assistance from the Cassiho front.
Mac ARTHUR’S
BOMBERS HIT
KAVIEHG HARD
American kesvyTbbabers stariH
bed westward, to Ponape Monday
to blast that important ^S^ese
h^e la ^ numdatod Cai^rae Is
lands wldi 66 tons of bombs in Us
first' elr attack of the war.
The daring raid, farthest west
ern penetration by land-hosed. ar
my bomfberB, was made in “con-
slrable force” and wlthont the loss
of a single plane, Admiral Chester
W. Nlmltz announced yesterday.
The Liberators of the American
Seventh Army air force dropped
most of their bomb loads on ene
my installations hut also sank a
small cargo ship in the harbor.
There was no air interception, and
anti-aircraft fire was not mention
ed, Indicating the midday strike
caught Japanese by surprise.
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Htadf Divifioii
IMOrd
Tax Oollectiois
Reported Good
County and Towns Receive
Much Money on 1943
Levies, Officials State
WUkee coUnty and both the
towns of North Wllkesboro and
Wllkesboro have received much
money on their 1943 levies, offi
cials reported this week.
J. Mack Reavls, county ac
countant, reported that the sum
of $167,621.68 had been paid up
to and including February 1st, on
the total levy amounting to $245,-
050.66 for the year 1943 as charg
ed against Sheriff C. G. Poindex
ter. (This is 68 4-10 per cent of
total levy). • To date, the county
accountant’s office has collected
$84,014.52 on 1943 taxes, whllo
the sheriff’s office has collected
$88407.16 SliWi
Parkway Bus coApany, which
has headquarters in North
Wllkesboro, has been granted
franchise to operate bus service
between North Wllkeeboro and
Lexington. ,
Much interest in the proposM
route has been shown by the peo
ple of Northwestern North Caro
lina, who are glad to learh of the
decision of the Utilities pommls-
sion to allow the franchise, which
will Improve bus service from
North 'Wlkesboro to many points
In the Piedmont eectlon of the
state.
The new route 'will be by way
of Union Grove, Harmony and
Mocksvllle, and will 'be the most
direct ronte between- North
Wllkeeboro and Lexington. Park
way Bus company offidals here
today said that plans are to begin
the bus service 'between North
Wllkeeboro and Lexington on
March 1, giving connections to
Raleigh and other polnto east.
HMifng on the application for
the franchise were held in De
cember in Wlnston-Salam’, whan
a large number of people from
this section appeared there favor
ing the granUnc ot the tranebiaa
Attomeya’ arfomento beCwe ti|||
UtUUlce GonunlaeioB ,„In\ RaleiiAj
Allied bombers and attack
planes, smashing Tuesday at
Kavieng, New Ireland, in the most
damaging raid of the war on that
Japanese base, left fie town a
mass of flames and sank four
ships in the harbor, General
Douglas MacArthur’s communique
announced today.
Following up three heavy raids
during the past week against the
Kavieng and Panapai airdromes,
the Allied planee thundered over
the Japanese supply center at the
porthem tip of New Ireland in a
low-level attack which struck a
crippling blow in the reduction of
the enemy’s Bismarck bases.
A single iceberg sometimes con
tains enough ice to cover an en
tire sqnare mile to a depth of 608
feet.
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ported '■ BpTendlS’’"cbllecilontr for
the month of Jianuary and through
February 1st, this being the pe
riod Just before the 1 per cent
penalty Is added to the net amount
of tax. The sheriff’s office col
lected during this period the sum
of approximately $65,000.00. In
the meantime, the county account
ant’s office was having good col
lections on delinquent tax ac
counts.
W. P. Kelly, clerk and tax col
lector for the Town of North
Wllkeeboro reports total 1943 col
lections amounting to $43,976.80
for the period ending February
1st, this being against a levy
amounting to $61,377.76. The
sum collected .through February
1st is 86 1-2 per cent of the total
1943 levy.
J. F. Jordan, clerk and treasur
er of the Town of Wllkesboro, al
so reports good collections on
1943 taxes. The 1943 levy of the
town amounts to $9,896.96, and
for the period widlng February
1st, Mr. Jordan reports as collect
ed the sum of $6,660.61.
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N«edf6(M)00EBoiifii
Bef4jie Feb. 29 To '
Make Quota
A. P. KUhr has been ^ipolni-
ed (diaimiaa for tlie bostness
district of North WUkaabore for
the Red Cross War Fond drixe,
whidi wUl b^in Marrii 1. Mr.
Kilby plans a thorongb canvass
of the business dlsUict in the
campaign. Wilkes quota in the
Red Cross campaign this year
is $18,200. Rod Cross activi
ties with the armed forces has
greatly Increased as the war has
become more intensifled and
with vast numbers of American
fitting' men partlciiiating.
Yellow Jacket
Press Rebuilt;
Plait Operates
Wilk«$ .eoimtjr has pMt»4
ito quota'el $8^000 in llie
Fowi^ War Loan, D.
Hatlacre, chairman, said yes
terday.
AMioiigh ^ the overaH
qoGlA has been reached, Mr.
Hallacre pointed oat duR
WOkes is still aboat $60,000
short in E bmids, for which a
quota of $244,000 was Mt
for the county.
All E bonds purchased dning
the remainder of this month will
bo credited on the county's toCsl
toM-ard the E bond quota, and
Wilkes people can put Wilkes
over the top in this phase of the
campaign as well as the overall
quota which has already been
reached.
The national goal of fourteen
Mlllons has already been achiev
ed, bnt the nation, like Wilkes, is
lagging in amount of E bonds pur
chased by individuals. The State
of North Carolina has already
passed its overall quota, but the
quota on E bonds is still unfilled.
Local leaders urge that Wilkes
people buy those extra bonds and
make WUkee one ot the counties
which will go over in every ro-
R. Dw Uw. Cowlrtes Tusk ^
Wiar
"■MMI JllliJ JUI'lilWl
nationally faiflous YeUow money Invest
published at Moravian Falls, has now.
hls big automatic press humming
again.
And It is the same press which
was in the Yellow Jacket plant
wfor
those idle
H. P. Eller Row
Owner of Wilkes
Traisporttliofl
Now' In Texas
Buys Stock of W. A. McNidl
In Company Operating
Buaea On Local Routes
f rrr rrrf *
were on Febnitry 4
Parkway Bus company, ot
which B. 0. Woodle is
owner, now ha# a large, networic
of Intw-dty and local'4>oa Unea
Carolina aad nMi^boring ail^.
laoMeolallri 4hi» to I4R-
iagton wfll
nectlon by ?$i4nmy Upe$ fpom
Lexington, M. C., to BBmbetli-
toB, Tenn. I^nriwny lia4« turn
operate betwa$$ N»rib Mpewboro
ind SBMbetkton, Tern.,
of the Jetfinnons, Tllnde, Monn-
tatn Cl^ and Bntler, Tenn.
A iteget «m- bill, «f MowjUiw
H. P. (Pat) Eller is now sole
owner of M^llkee Transportation
company, having pnrehttsed the
stock of W. A. McNlel.
Hr. Eller assnnied control of
the company Wednesday and of
fice of the company is now locat
ed at Central Service Station,
which is alad owned and operated
by Mr. Eller. /
MUkee Transportation Company
operates 9niaas on( ot North
^kesboro to many points in.
WOkaa mnntf. Bight bnses are
openibei «a Oft followlnt rontoe:
west to ipaiafs €^k and Panoa-
vfflla. fofth and west to Boomer
«nd Pons Knob, east to Cairo,
south to Oakwoods, west to tat-
gntpn, and north to IWrploina
The company hesui openOon
wttb two bases os llbveailber IS.
198|,v fllnba teat tiQie the bael-
haja ftam iwiidly and hra
of gr^ beseOt lb the people
xC th$ eotm$y. Two nbw b«Nic
para rectmtly added to the eom-
pqsy'a eqalpaeiiik
Mr. ffllw laid today that the
qoOvoor MW eaiolriMI aplesdtd
'daiMMft.
to mum
statiaoed sd Oujlw WoMurs.
tteaa.' Prt dwiftail eutufed- ,
the aarvloe hi N«MMr, IMS. P^«$C« ft* atVKtftetloa
Ha loiMWta that beuBid Mahl^
^ -yW. MMf$oa ftuUK
Joy rmOaf JSto
triot, -
U^'avafy anwt-wtU ba pot
to mstehda 0>« heat htw
IwaMeyoMilbla on theYostto aanr-
ad by rito oompaiiy,^
which was destroyed by fire on
February 8, 1943.
Destruction of th^ entire plant
by fire (and with no fire insur
ance to cushion the loss), did not
put the Yellow Jacket publisher
oat ot business.
Mr. Laws continued publication
of the Yellow Jacket in one page
size, which was printed on Carter-
Hubbard Publishing company
presses ait North Wllkesboro, in
which he proposed to rebuild hls
plant if response from stibecrlhers
and friends throughout the coun
try was sufficient.
From every state in the union
Mr. Laws received many subscrip
tions, which enabled him to begin
the task of rebuilding.
Representatives of the company
which manufactured the high
speed press which had print
ed over one hundred million Yel
low Jackets before the disastTpus
fire last year hesitated to under
take the job of rebuilding the
burned press.
Mr. Iaws, whose knowledge of
mechanics is surpassed only by his
knowledge of things historical,
Utorary and political, waded into
the job himself. Skilled labor was
hard to find, bnt with the help of'
mechanics of various branches ot
the trade he has rebuilt the press
(Continued On Page. Twelve)
Back Taxes To
Be Foreclosed
The office of J. Mack Reavis,
county accountant, is now engag
ed in collecting delinquent taxes
for the years 1928 to 1935, inclu
sive.
Parties owing taxes for the
above years will be advertised by
township, and the first list, which
is Antioch, will be found else
where In this issue.
If payment Is not paid at once,
foreclosure proceedings will be
started against the property, and
the land will be sold by the coun-
Partiee Interested are urged to
call at the accountant’s office and
make Immediate settlement. In
case of errors in listing, etc.. In
terested parties are requested to
call at the office and- get thyn
corrected.
Payment now of taxes for the
years 1928 to 1936, inclusive, will
save extra costs and penalties.
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The Eastern Carolina Fat Stosk
Show and Sale will be held at
Rocky Mount on April 6 and 7, it
is announced by L. I. Case, Bxtao-
tlon Animal Husbandman at
State College.
Schools’ Total In Sale Bf Bonds Is
Now S66,35B;Ronda Still In Lend
Total
through
of war bonds sold
the district schools to
'Wilkes county doubled doring the
past week, according to the latest
report releahed b^W. D. HaUacre, MtUan Creak ia ssoond,
Fourth War Loaa ckatmaa: with. 110,876, The riwdlhf i|||i
Tha total aa
showed
that the sehoole have sold $66,$60
In bonds during the canmalga-
In the eontsbt among the: dis-
tiioU, Ronda sAool star leads
with a total ot $88,700, followed
foUowi:
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Bondft district :-’E. B- SpruQl, Principal $^700.00
Millem Creek: Day^ Piincipal r 10,8t8.Ci0
Wilke«b«ro District: W. T-Ltfflg^ Principal
Moravian Falls: |L I. KHedfaJETiis^ipal - 4,S7$.00
Mi Heasanti B. if. White, Princlphli-..^,.,. , 6/4$M0
Mtn. 'Wew:;?,. tiYlt^hreer, PriiKipal";-..‘..._.4r- ^
Fei^nisbn: 6; M.lPktjffii PKmclpal 00
Malherry: Grai|y'Miller, Edacj^pal
RoAring Biver: Ok A. Johnson, Prindpal; / l^^S.GOr
Benkhm School r Coy Dnrham, Rtindpal
TrapMIl: Zeb V^ blelhswi, Pri^l^
CltogmAh: J. R.'Calloway, Pi^lt^phlA.ir;;.^.';.^
Uncola
Total Sales for Combined
1^.00
650 JO
160.00
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