lERICAN 1ST
ARMY REACHES
6ERMAN SOIL
The American Third Army be-
.gan a powerful drive Wednesday
'toward the Siegfried Line with the
I way blazed by patrols whlch^ al
ready had Invaded German soil,
ayd early today a great battle—
perhaps the decisive struggle of
the European war—was reported
developing near the Reich fron
tier.
Their initial Impetus carried
the Yanks across the Moselle
River in force and to within three
miles of the fortress of Metz,
which patrols were reported lo
have reached last week. Progress
beyond the Moselle was slow due
to strongest resistance by the
Germans and the absence of sub-
ataatial air support because of
inging clouds, front dis
les said earfy today.
■eral Dwight D. Eisenhower
^^unced that "battles will soon
fought on German soil’’.
Simultaneously, the American
First Army, having wiped out a
huge pocket near Mons with the
capture of 25,000 prisoners, drove
eastward on a 25-mlld front in
Belgium, crossing the Meuse all
S ftthe route of its advance.
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Cev. Edward Long
At First Baptist
Rev. Edward Long, of Green
ville. S. C.. will occupy the pulpit
at both services at tl^e First Bap
tist church Sunday. Rev. Mr. Ivong
is former pastor of the B’lrst Bap
tist church here.
Mrs. Sue Turner
Taken By Death
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday morning for Mrs. Sue Mc
Neill Turner, wife of Lloyd L.
Turner. Mrs. Turner died Mon
day night at the Wilkes hospital.
3be had been in ill health for sev-
mmthB but critically-ULfor
only a short tlmd^
f Mrs. Turner was a member of a
(Well known Wilkes family, being
k daughter of I. H. McNeill, well
known groceryman, and the late
Mrs. McNeill. She is survived by
her husband, two suns, Lloyd, .Tr..
and Harold Turner, her father
and four brothers and one sister:
Capt. I. H. McNeill. Jr., Fort
Bragg; K. G. McNeill, Asheville;
James W. McNeill, Welch, W.
Va.; Cpl. Howard A. McNeill, in
the army in EngU-nd; and Mrs.
V. H. Cordell, Statesville.
Mrs. Turner was a member of
the First Methodist church of
North Wilkesboro. Rev. A. C.
Waggoner, pastor, conducted the
funeral service, which was held at
the home of Mr. McNeill, and
burial was in Greecnwood ceme
tery.
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Tom Lenderman Home
Tom Lenderman, pharmacist
aate Hrst class, has arrived home
m a 30-day leave after two years
ervlce in the South Pacific. Tom
tas been attached to field hospl-
als with the marine corps and hag
een much service in combat
,reas. He was attached to the
leld hospital unit which treated
lapt. Eddie Rickenbacker and his
rew after they were picked up at
ea following many days on a rub
ier raft. At the end of his le-ive
'harmaclst Mate Lenderman will
eport to Annapolis, Md.
SOVIET DRIVE
, ON PRUSSIA
PA^O GAINS
J Red Army has smashed
the Danube into Yugosla-
"to join with the Yugoslav Par
ing, Marshal Tito's radio station
adcast early today shortly after
nightly Ru-ssiau communique
I announced capture of Turnu-
erin, oi^the Romanian bank of
river.
Ihe Russians did not announce
;ro88lng into Yugoslavia, and
j'g broadcast gave no details,
the development was entirely
sonable, particularly since
jcow dl»patche.s have said the
I Army often has outrun offi-
Btatemente by ten miles or
re. Tito’s broadcast did not
e that a Junction had yet been
le between his Partl8.ans and
Russians, but the fact that he
1 able to announce the Russian
il Indicated some connection
mIt existed.
M Danube la 4,000 feet wide
•umn-Severln, but an inkling
a cross*" g n»ay have been
s by air was contained In a
ilsht Jloscow dispatch from
ktod PnM Correspondent
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Polio Ban Lifted
But People Asked
To Use Precaution
Children Should Not Visit In
Counties Where There
Are New Cases
Pvt. Harl A. Marlow has been
in .service overseas since March,
1944. He entered the army in
June, 1043, and was in training
at I’ort Jackson, S. C., and
Camp Lee, Va. Pvt. Marlow,
Ifrandson of Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Marlow, of Gilreath, re-
iuests Ills friends to write him.
Plans Complete
For Observance of
Victory Day Here
Stores to Close; Services To
Be Held In Churches of
The Wilkesboros
Arraiigeraents have been com-
pioied for observance of "V-Day”
in North Wilkesboro.
It news of victory over Ger
many is received before one p. m.
stores will close immediately and
remain closed through the re
mainder of the day. If victory
news is received after one p. m.
the iktores will close immediately
and remain closed throughout the
remainder of the day and all the
following day.
The Ministerial A.ssociation of
the Wilkesboros has arranged a
uniform program ol,«oerVlces for
V-Day.
If the news of Victory over Ger
many is received before ten p. m.
at night a service of thanksgiving
and prayer will be held within 30
minutes at all the churches. If
the news of victory is received
after ten p. m. the services will
be held in the churches of the
Wilkrsl)oros at eight a. m. the fol
lowing morning. In addition,
the churches will remain open
throughout the day for ronveni-
ence of those who wish to visit
the churches for prayer and medi
tation.
Official news of victory in
Europe will be made known here
by five minutes sounding of the
fire siren.
Churches, civic and business
groups earnestly urge that all peo
ple attend the services at the
churches.
Ban against children being in
public or attending public gather
ings in Wilkes county as a precau
tion against spread of Infantile
paralysis was lifted Tuesday but
health authorities continue to
urge that the people use every
reasonable precaution to prevent
another outbreak of the disease
In allowing children to be in
, public again Dr. A. J. Eller, coun
ty health officer, called itten
' tion to the fact that new cases of
polio are being reported daily in
other counties in the state and
that parents here should not allow
their children to visit in counties
where there are new cases, and
that children from these counties
should not visit in Wilkes.
There have been 35 cases in
Wilkes since June 1, but the last
case was reported on August 2,
more than a month ago, and
health authorities are hopeful
that there will be no more cases
in the county this year.
Today Dr. Eller Issued the fol
lowing statement to the public:
“We have had 35 cases of polio
myelitis, or infantile paralysis, in
Wilkes county. Some cases have
been mild and others severe—^in
fact, three died. We-are glad to
say that a majority of the pati
ents are making satisfactory im
provement.
"The Wilkes county board of
health wishes to thank the people
for their hearty cooperation in
trying to'carry out the quarantine
and in improving sanitation.
“The quarantine Is now lifted.
We would earnestly request
everyone to continue to be careful
about sanitation around homes
and premises. And we advise the
children against bathing in
streams or any polluted water”.
Ottis Davis Stricken;
Funeral to Be Friday
Ottis Davis. 37-year old citizen
of Wilkestx>ro died suddenly Wed
nesday at his home. He bad been
in ill health but had not been se
riously ill.
Surviving Mr. Davis are his
wife. Mrs. Gertha Mae Lunsford
Davis, and two children, Gladys
Clara and Elizabeth Alaine Davis,
both of Wilkesboro.
Funeral service will bo held
Friday. 11 a. m., and burial will
be in’Mountain Park cemetery.
Mr. C. C. Watson, who holds a
position at Portsmouth, Va., is
spending several days at his home
at Wllbar.
Returns to Camp
Mrs. Carpenter
Taken By Death
Mrs. Betsy Dark Carpenter, age
37, wife of L. L. Carpenter, died
Monday night in a hospital at
Richmond. V’a.
Mrs. Carpenter, a native of Bur
lington, had been ill for a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter resided
in North Wilkesboro for several
years, during which time Mr. Car
penter was engaged in the auto
mobile business. During their res
idence here Mr. and Mrs. Carpen
ter made many friends who re
gret to learn of her death.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter left
North Wilkesboro to make their
home in Newton, where Mr. Car
penter is owner of the Chevrolet
dealership.
Surviving Mrs. Carpenter are
her husband and three daughters,
who make their home in .lewton,
and two sisters who live in Bur
lington.
Funeral service was held today
at the First Methodist church in
Newton with the pastor, Rev. M.
Q. Tuttle, in charge, assisted by
Rev. A. C. Waggoner, pastor of
the First Methodist church in
North Wilkesboro. Burial was in
a cemetery in Burlington.
Additional $75.59
In Polio Donations
AreSent to Hickory
Journal-Patriot Polio Fund
for Hickory Emergency
Hospital Is Growing
This week The Journal-Patriot
forwarded another group of dona
tions to Hickory for the fund be
ing raised for buildings and
equipment for the infantile .para
lysis hospital there.
The amount sent this week was
composed of the following dona
tions which have not been pre
viously acknowledged in
newspaper;
John E. Luther, Jr.,
Deep Gap S
this
5.00
6.00
2.00
1.00
Quincy Monroe Brown, sea
man second class, has returned
to Camp Peary, Va., after spend
ing a ten-day leave with Us
wife, the former Miss Ada HmI,
and son, James. Seaman Brown
has been in service twelve
weeks. He is the son of Bfar-
tia Brown, of North WUkee-
boro route one.
Lovette-Walker Esso Serv
ice, North Wilkesboro ...
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Moore,
North Wilkesboro R-1...
L. C. Hall, Halls Mills
Mt. Zion Church Sunday
school, Mrs. B. C. Hodges,
f secretary, Mt. Zion 32.69
Turner Oil Co., D. B. Tur
ner, Cricket 6.00
Mt. Zion Sunday School,
North Wilkesboro R-1.... 25.00
TOTAL
$75.69
Miss Lisette Stone and Miss
Lncreda Tedder qient last week Id
Charlotte as guests of Mrs. Berr
$ile» Jones and Mra. B. V. Kelly.
Gpi. John l>. ileynda, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Maynps, was
wounded in action in France on
Angu.st 12, according to a War
Department message received by
his wife, the former Mias Helen
Wyatt, of this city.'Cpl. Haynes,
who has been awarded the Pur
ple Heart, is now in a hospital
in England. He joined the ar
my in September, 1943, and
trained at Fort McClellan, Ala.,
and Camp Butner at Durliam
before going overseas witli an
infantry unit In Slay of this
year.
Plan A
At North
Snnday Is Rally
Day In Churches
Of Wilkesboros
Visits Home
Polio Ban Cifted and Large
Attendance at Sunday
Schools Is Urged
Wilkesboro Fire
Department To
Collect Paper
Members of the Wilkesboro tire
department, who collected about
2,000 pounds of waste paper In
the town Tuesday evening, will
make another canvass on next
Tuesday, starting about 7 o’clock.
Residents of the town who were
overlooked when the truck made
its rounds Tuesday are requested
to call Arlie Foster at No. 14 8.
If you have any waste paper of
any kind about your home it is
hoped that you wl\l plsoe It^n th
porch or lawn and meiifhiers of the
fire department will pick It up
Tuesday evening.
Sunday, September 10, Will be
rally day for the church schools i
of the churches in the Wilkes
boros.
'The polio ban has been lifted
and children may now resume
Sunday school attendance. It is
urged that there be large at
tendance at all Sunday school and
church services Sunday.
Ministerial Association of the
Wilkesboros announces the rally i
day In a full page advertisement*
of page 12 of this newspaper.
Representative Of
State Department
Starts Movement
Would Make NHth W|lkes-
bwo Shipping Point For
Northwestern Counties
City Couneil In
Meeting Tuesday
M. A. Beshears, Jr., seaman
second clas.s, has returned to
Rhode I.sland after s|>endliig a
few da>'8 leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Besliears, of
Walsh. He entered the navy In
May this year.
Policeman W. C. Bentley was
promoted to the rank of sergeant
on the North Wilkesboro police
department In the meeting of the
city council Tuesday night.
Mayor R. T. McNiel, Clerk W.
P. Kelly and all members of the
board of commissioners were
present for the meeting. The
commissioners are J. R. Hii, R. G.
Finley, H. M. Hutchens, A. F.
Kilby and Ralph Duncan.
A motion was passed for the
city to retain its membership in
the North Carolina League of
Municipalities. *
Police Chief J. E. Walker was
authorized by order of the board
to spend a ret^sonable sum clean
ing off the city cemetery.
A taxi permit was granted Ran
dolph Williams.
Few towns the size of North Wilkesboro has as much,
activity ?h a building way during this present war emer
gency as you 'will see in North Wilkesboro. . . . There’s
John Tomlinson’s big, two story business house on “A”
street under construction. . . . Tal J. Pearson is having a
new warehouse con.structed at the eastern end of A
street. . . . The Yadkin Valley Motor Company is enlarg
ing its service department by adding much eirtra floor
space at the rear of their present building and just l^ck
of the one occupied by C. D. Coffey & Sons. . . . The Pre-
vette's Stores is opening a new woman's apparel store to-
morrow in the building formerly occupied by Miller &
Long which has been completely remodeled and the new
est in fixtures installed. . . . Bill Marlow, our,enterprising
young merchant, is branching out—he’s having the build
ing next door to The G. P. Store remodeled for his ne'w
store featuring a full stock of work clothes for men ... and
the remodeling of the building between Belk s and Harris
Bros, is being completed for the Newtons who will soon
open a department store.
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State Guard Is To
Have Encampment
At Fort Bragg
Information from Col. Howell,
North Carolina State Guard regi
mental headquarters at Waynes-
ville, has been received ty First
Lieut. John V. Wallace, Jr., that
the annual encampment of the
State Guard at Fort Bragg, which
was originally scheduled for July
but was postponed due to the polio
epidemic, will be held from Oc
tober 18th through 29th.
"'■TbioLien of the 32ndCo., North
Carolina State Guard, of North
Wilkesboro, will attend this en
campment, which Is an annual
school of instruction for the men
of the State Guard. Officers and
non-commissioned officers • will
report on October 18 th for ad
vance instructions with the main
body of troops reporting on Oc
tober 22nd. First Lt. Wallace,
commander of 32nd Co., stated
that 40 of his command will at
tend.
A very extensive training pro
gram has been outlined and all
men who attend will be greatly
benefitted by it. This encamp
ment is considered one of the
highlights of the year’s training
of the State Guard, and all com
panies are urged to have as many
men in attendance as possible.
The 32nd Company is growing
A movement Is under way to
make North 'wilkesboro a farm
and livestock shipping point for
several northwestern North Caro
lina counties.
News of the proposal to estab
lish a shipping point here for co
operative selling on the part of
farmers In Northwestern North
Carolina was revealed by Robert
S. Curtis, of the markets division
of the North Carolina department
of agriculture, who supervised the
shipment of 610 lambs from North
Wilkesboro on Tuesday.
The lambs, Mr. Curtis said,
were choice lambs from farms in
Watauga county with the excep
tion of a number from the Camp
bell farm near Taylorsville. The
lambs filled two double-decked
cars and were purchased by Swift
and Company, which shipped
them to Jersey City. The farm
ers received $15 per hundred, live
weight at North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Curtis said the movement
to establish a shipping point here
with adequate facilities has the
support of Harry M. Hamilton,
Jr., county agent of Watauga
county, and many farmers in
Northwestern North Carolina.
Southern Railway officials
have already been contacted rela
tive to enlarging the yard here
with a view to construction of
loading pens and other shipping
point and market facilities for
livestock and sheep.
Mr. Curtis said that marketing
^in. norUiwestem counties has
tieen on a'haphazard basis and
that in many Instances fanners
have not received a fair return
for their livestock in view of
market conditions and demand. A
shipping point for several coun
ties, with adequate facilities,
would attract the buyers and en
able the farmers to secure top
prices at all times.
The only railroad out of Wa
tauga, Ashe and Alleghany coun
ties is from West Jefferson into
Virginia. Much livestock is sold
from those three and other coun
ties and goes immediately out of
the state Into Virginia and Ten
nessee, depriving North Carolina
of the benefits and stimulus
which could be derived from
marketing within the state.
With shipping point facilities
at North Wilkesboro, farmers of
at least ten counties could reach
North Wilkesboro and sell co-
The other day we had an item in your newspaper that
Bob Pardue was improving and would soon throw his
cane away. Bob kept the faith with us and he’s thrown
that walking stick away.
Both the Allen and Liberty Theatres have been com
mended for the record each made during the Fifth War
Loan as bond salesmen, and Mr. Anderson of the Liberty
and Mr. Allen of the Allen have just received citations
making them members of the “Fighting Fifth Legion of
Honor^’, this coming from the war department. And, by
the way, may we make mention again that our local
theatre managers are getting the best pictures first for
their many patrons.
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rapidly, and new members are
welcomed at any time. Anyone operatively in large quantiUes and
command top prices. Mr. Curtis
interested should contact Lt. Wal
lace. It is believed that service
In the North Carolina State Guard
is beneficial to the character of
its members and promotes good
will between this town and others,
and patriotism to our country.
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Pfc. McNeill Home
Pfc. Archie McNeill arrived
home last week after service in
France, during which time he re
ceived shrapnel wounds in his tauga county, Mr. Curtis said. The
pointed out that farmers fropi all
the northwestern part of the
state can reach North WUkesboro
in a few hours over good high
ways, and he stated that time is
an Important factor in livestock
marketing.
The more than 500 lambs which
were shipped by rail from North
Wilkesboro Tuesday , reached
their destination one day earlier
than by any other route from Wa-
chest and one arm. However, he
has made much headway toward
lambs were milk fed and lose
weight rapidly from the time they
complete recovery. Pfc. McNeill Leave the farm until they reach
is a son of .Mr. and Mrs Cyrus tj,e slaughtering pens of the pro-
McNeiU, of this city. cessors.
Our neighbor across the street, Tom Caudill, has had
a hard time keeping cool the*hot days this summer. In the
morning, sometimes Tom moves across Ninth street,
then in the afternoon back to his side of the street in
order to keep in the shade all the time. One hot after
noon he was standing in the middle of the alley running
between Ninth and Tenth doing his best to get every
bit of the breeze stirring.
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In the death of Dr. B. E. Reeves at West Jefferson last
week not only did Ashe county lose one of its most in
fluential citizens but all of Northwest North Carolina h^
suffered a great loss. Mr. Reeves was a man that was the
same vear in and year out during his long and active life.
His pface in Ashe will hot be filled.
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Jim Culler, a familiar figure luwmd the Wilkesboros
for years, has been visiting his brother, J. E. Culler, over
in WilkeslxH’o. Jim resides in Winston-Salem now, and
his fame as a “fiddl«r” continues with him as the years
go by. He’s looking fine considering his age.
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Jiiss Julia Whlanant is back at her post of duty with the
local Western Union as assistant to the manager. Miss
Melo Blankenship, after giving, relief to operators at
Moore^te and Newton. Our hats are off to the . ladies
at the Western Unlon—we think they giye their P«ti^
plea^ gwod aervtefe-Hwpecially in these ww dAys. ^,7.
DECISIVE BLOW
IN ITALY IS
APPARENT
Marvin Jotanson has re-
tamed to Camp Isijeaae at
New River after spending sev
eral days leave with his poraita,
Mr, sad BITS. Jesse Johnson, of
Madlcal. Fvt. Jphpson enteied
ttae marins corps JZne 9 and re
ceived boot tmlid^'aS .Mnrfs
Ubnid, g. a
The decisive battle for northern
Italy on the broad stretches of the
Po River valley appeared near
last night after Eighth Army
troops plunged within five miles
of Rimini on the Adriatic Coast
and Americans on the opposite
end of the front seized Lucca,
provincial capital ten miles
northeast of Pisa.
Once Rimini is captured, Gen.
Sir Harold Alexander will ponr
out onto the flatlands of north
ern Italy the greatest armored
striking force ever aaaembled In
the Mediterranean area to pro
ceed with the annlhUatlon of Field
Marshal Gen. Albert Keszelrlng^
armies.-
Mr. and Ibrs. WUUam Cranor
and little :daaghtsr, Kitty, oil tFIn-
ston-galon, .ytattod ICr. Oranpr'a
panats, Mr. apA.lInu ,n«B]LCn>
dZrbyr the Kitty
rntmiftt'-tut a' ’«RtoadWl
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