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MAKES 0MS
M HUNfiARY
Russian troops struck 2S miles
deeper into Yugoslaria yesterday,
ttghting through the mountains ot
Northeastern Serbia to within 43
miles of the Belgrade-Nis railway,
main escape hatch for 200,000
Germans imperilled in the lower
Balkans.
Simultaneously, an unconfirmed
Budapest dispatch via Turkey
said other Soriet forces and Ro-
nlanlan contingents had smashed
22 miles inside Southeastern Hun
gary, chewing up the troops of
that shaken Axis satellite pre
liminary to a swift mobile thrust
across the farmland plains toward
Budapest, Magyar capital less
than 100 miles distant. Budapest
officially acknowledged Russian
but did not disclose their
cow was silent about the
ligerian drive, and also about
Warsaw situation, which
Bblish patriot reports described
as "Critical", and where Berlin
said the Nazis were badly mauling
the dwindling guerrillas.
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3, C-3 Gas
Coupons Out
October On 1
B-3 and C-.3 gasoline coupons be
came invalid on October 1, the
local War, Price and Rationing
Board announced.
Third quarter T coupons expir
ed the same date.
Regulations require that deal
ers having in their possession on
September 30 B-3 and C-3 cou
pons “acquired in the lawful
transfer of gasoline” must attach
the stamps to gummed sheets on
which no other coupons are plac
ed. The dealer must also fill out
a summary form on which no oth
er coupons are listed, and must
surrender the coupons to his dis
tributor or exchange them at the
fitlmring board orr or before Oc
tober 10,
No distributor may accept B 3s
C-3s after October 10, and on
. before October 20 each dis-
ributor must deposit all B-3s and
:3s in his ration bankin.t; account.
Procedure and dates for ex-
hange of T coupons are the same
,s for R-3s and C-3s.
Wilkesboro Revival
Meeting Will Cose
Rev. Ralph Miller, pastor of the
Jordon Baptist church, announc
'd today that this will be the last
iveek of his revival meeting which
las been in progress in Wilkes-
joro the p;ist four weeks.
Rev. Mr. Miller is doing his
preaching in a tent oi: the old
Jalloway lot across the street
from the county courthouse, and
arge crowds have been attending.
Services will be held all during
diis week each night at 8 o'clock
ihd a special service will be held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rev. Mr. Miller especially In-
rites the pnblic to attend the serv-
ces this week.
Yale Child Dies
Funeral service was held today
t Roaring River church near
raphill for Thelma Frances Yale,
ge 12, who died Saturday.
Surviving are the father and
lother, Mr. and Mrs. John H.
ale, two brothers, and two sis-
>rs all of whom live at Traphill.
GREEK FORCES
AID ALLIED
DRIVE
-Allied Mediterranean
in its second an-
d blow against Germany’s
astern Kuropean holdings
many days, disclosed that
Ir Henry Maitland Wilson
ken command of all Greek
In Greece and that the
1 of the two main patriot
there had pledged full co
on In a struggle for the
liberation of their coun-
ew promise of trouble for
gged Germans in the Balk-
; Greece came as head-
invoked strict secrecy on
^ess of the air and sea-
yaslon of Albania and the
lal&ndB of Yugoslavia,
Isclosed Wednesday. It
l^p^tood to be proceeding
orlly.' hut headquarters
offl^l report of any but
Ity in the Adriatic area.
54 Bushels Apples
Grown 1 Tree
W. A. Jennings, of Pores Knob,
probably holds the record' for
amount of apples harvested and
sold from one tree.
Mr. Jennings sold 64 bushels
of apples from a tree this sum
mer, which is a big lot of apples in
any man's language. The apples
were of a summer variety.
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Dr. Johnson Is
Speaker Kiwanis
Meeting Friday
AMERICARS
TAKEPELELID;
10,000 KILLED
‘Socialized Medicine” Topic
of Address By Physician
To The Local Club
Dr. Wingate M. Johnson, of
Winston-Salem, delivered an in
teresting address Friday noon be
fore the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club on the subject of
“Socialized Medicine”.
Dr. John W. Morris substituted
for Dr. F. C. Hubbard-as program
chairman and presented Dr.
Johnson.
The speaker stated that so
cialized medicine is a pjai^ for
political control of the medical
profession. He indicated that
there had been considerable ten
dency in later years of those who
have socialistic ideas to get the
medical profession under govern
mental control. He contended
that, already we have many forms
of socialized medicine in the vari
ous hospital organizations. Insur
ance societies, etc., saying that
the doctors generally are not op
posed to any of this sort of thing.
But. said he, generally the doctors
do oppose socialized medicine as
proposed in the Wagner Bill as
now pending in the Congress of
the United States. This bill puts
the whole profession under the
Surgeon General of the United
States, setting the hours of work,
the scale of pay and many other
restrictions. He called attention
to the W. P. A. survey made in
1935-36 which found that there
are 800,000 families in the United
Statee who receive less than }1,-'
000 per year and that there is a
larger percentage of ill health
among this group of families than
among an equal number of fami
lies of larger income. With this
as a spring board those favoring
socialized medicine began to howl
for a law to be passed setting it
up. Dr. Johnson’s address was
most interesting and was de
finitely opposed to the plan.
The finance committee of the
club met and decided that the club
may purchase a Wilkes champion
calf at the 4-H caif show to be
held in Elkin.
-\t the meeting Friday Richard
Chamberlain was a guest of his
father. Dr. A. C. Chamberlain. Dr.
H. B. Smith and Rev. A. C. Wag
goner were guests of Dr. John W.
.Morris.
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American forces have secured
all of Pelelltt Island except iso
lated "Bloody Nose Ridge”, Ad
miral Chester W. Nimftz reported
in a communique yesterday. Ma
rine planes were smashing the
strong positions still held by the
Japanese in the heart of Umor-
brogol Hill.
The admiral disclosed that more
than 10,000 Japanese soldiers
have been killed in the Southern
Palau Islands, of which Peleliu is
the largest. The Yanks now con
trol not only Peleliu but all of
Angaur, Nigesebus, Konhauru and
five smaller Islets in the same
general region.
Fliers of the Second Marine
Aircraft Wing hammered the Jap
anese hill po.siliona last Friday
with "numerous” 1,000-pound
bombs in an effort to demolish
remaining Nippon fortifications.
Isolated enemy remnants contin
ued to offer bitter resistance from
hillside, caves.
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Methodist Revival
Clbsed On Friday
The series of services at the
Wilkesboro Methodist church
came to an end Friday night after
being in progress since Sunday
night. The pastor. Rev. Fred H.
Shinn, was assisted in holding the
revival by Rev. Fletcher Nelson,
pastor of the Methodist church in
Morganton.
Much interest was taken in the
revival and attendance was good.
Special musical numbers added to
the effectiveness of the series of
services.
Arbor Grove Revival
Meeting In Progress
A revival meeting is in progress
this week at Arbor Grove Metho-
dltt church, of which Rev. J. L. A.
Bumgarner is pastor, and will
continue throughout this week
with services 'being held At,
m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. STr. Bum-
gamer is being assisted in hold
ing the revival by his son-in-law.
Rev. J. Waldon Tyainger, pastor
of the Wesley Methodist church
in Mooresvillc.
The public has a most cordial
invitation to attend each and
every service.
Riverside Revival
To Begin Oct. 24
Superior Court
e n s Session
Op
Civil Term of Court Opens
Today With Judge War-
lick Presiding *
Wilkes .superior court opened
its October term today with
Judge Wilson F. Warlick presid
ing.
The term, scheduled for two
weeks, is for trial of cases on the
civil docket and criminal cases
will not be tried.
Calendar for the term was made
out in a recent meeting ot the
Wilkes bar association.
RATION NEWS
Revival services will begin at
Riverside Church of the Brethern
on Sunday, October 24th. Rev.
W. A. Reed will preach each eve
ning during the week. Rev. Mr.
Reed is a widely known minister
of Polk county and it is expected
that a large congregation will be
present to hear him.
We invite all the folks of the
neighboring churches of all de
nominations. Come and make
yourself at home with us. We
need you to sing and pray and
work for the unsaved.—Con
tributed,
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Returning Vets To
Get $20.00 Week
SHOES — Airplane stamps
No. 1 and No. 2 (Book 3) val
id indefinitely.
GASOLINE—Cioupons No. 11
in A book good for three gal
lons became effective Aug. 9
aad will expire November 3.
SUGAR — Sugar stamps 30,
31, 32, 33 (book 4) good for
five pounds indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS—Blue
A8 through R5 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, for use
with tokens. Good indefinite
ly.
MEATS AND FATS —Red
AS through Z8 and A6 through
K5 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each for use with tokens.
SUGAR: Sugar stoMp 41
good for five pounds canning
sugar until February 28, 1946.
Sugar coupons R-325 issued for
canning sugar are valid in
definitely and did not expire
October 1.
If you ari a veteran of World
War II and need some money to
tide you over during your re-ad-
Justment to civilian life and a
suitable Job, you can file a claim
for re-adjustment allowance at
your U. S. Bhnployment Service
office.
The following length of service
in the armed forces will qualify
you to draw 120.00 a week:
Ninety days service any time
from September 16, 1940, until
peace is declared—or less time,
if Injury or disability was Incurred
in -line of duty. If your service
was for only 90 days, you would
draw $20 a week for 24 weeks:
and for four weeks additional for
each additional month of service
up to 52 weeks. Thus, in order to
draw $20 a week for 52 weeks,
you would have had to be in serv
ice for a period of 10 months.
Illness or disability which oc
curs during a period of nnemploy-
ment for which allowances have
already started will not disqualify
you.
If you are a veteran and want
to file a claim for readjustment
allowance, call at the U. S. E. S.
office at any time from 8:30 to
4:30 each day from Monday
through Saturday, bringing your
discharge paper with you.
Sailor: “I suppose you think
Ernest M. Eller, above, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eller, of
North WlU-.eeboro, who has been
on the staff of Admiral Oieeter
M. Nlmltz at Honolnlu for two
years, has been promoted from
commander to captain. Captain
Eller, a graduate of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis in 1925,
has served in China, the Philip
pines, and the Cnited States as
well as in Honolnlu. He has
served as professor at the Naval
Academy and in 1941 was
special observer for the United
States Navy in England. He is
the author of “House® of
Peace”, a book on the history
and traditions of Old Salem.
His ivifo is the former Miss
Agnes Pfohl of Winston-Salem.
District Meeting
Of Junier Order
Here Thursday
District Seven to Have Meet
ing With Local Council
On October 5th
Seventh district of the Junior
Order will meet with the North
Wilkesbora .coniNil
hlght, _
Large delegatkms from' all
councile in the district, composed
of Wilkes, Yadkin, Surry, Al
leghany and Ashe counties, are
expected.
Important business matters will
be taken up and there will also be
class initiation. State officers will
take part in the meeting. Re
freshments will be served all
those attending.
LOCAL COUNCIL MEETING—
All members of the N#-th
Wilkesboro council, and especial
ly all the degree teams, are urged
to attend the council meeting
Tuesday night, October 3, at
which time plans for the district
meeting will be perfected.
Mrs. J. Clay Eller
Is Taken By Death
Mrs. Chessic Faw Eller, age 29,
wife of J. Clay Eller, of North
Wilkesboro route one. died Sun
day.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, 11 a. m., at Mountain
Valley church.
Surviving Mrs. Eller are her
husband and one daughter, Faye
Eller, of North Wilkesboro route
one.
Wouned In Action
CHURCHIU
REliOSNTS
SUCCESSES
London.—Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill said that the
European war might well last
several months into 1945 and find
the desperate nazls still fighting
as outlawed guerrillas in the
German forests and mountains af
ter its officially declared end.
But in a speech to the house of
commons, reviewing seven weeks
of allied victories, Churchill gave
a breath-taking picture of gfltter-
ing allied successes. In ringing
tones Churchill described the col
lapse of Adolf Hitler’s Portress
Europe and pictured the impend
ing collapse—possibly even this
year—of Germany herself with
the .aid of “enormous additional
United States forces . . . brought
to bear in the final struggle”.
Thereafter, he said the full
American and British war power
will be diverted Immediately to
beat Japan.
8,000,000 AT FRONT—
He TCTealed that the allies
landed 260,000 men in 24 hours
on the Normandy beaches and 1,-
000,000 in the first 20 days and
he said that the allies now had
between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000
men on the western front.
He announced that the Ameri
can forces including the Seventh
army had suffered more than
145,000 casualties In killed,
wounded and missing and Brit
ain’s forces 90,000. But he point
ed out that the Germans had lost
perhaps 400,000 killed and
wounded, nearly 400,000 prison
ers and possibly 200,000 men now
trapped in Holland.
Rationing Boards
Be Closed Tuesday
As has been thb custom during
the past several months, offices of
the rationing boards In North
■Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro will
be closed on Tuesday, October 3,
in order to make monthly reports.
The offices arb closed on the third
day of each month.
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Union Service
Welcomes Pastor
At First Baptist
Dr. David E. Browning Be
gins Paiatorate At First
Baptist Church Here
Dr. David E. Browning began
his pastorate of the First Baptist
church In this city Sunday before
large congregations at both the
morning and evening services.
The evening service was a union
service with the congregations of
the First Methodist and Presbr-
terian churches joining with the
Baptists in welcoming the new
pastor to North Wilkesboro.
As pastor of the First Baptist
Dr. Browning succeeds Dr. John
W. Klncheloe, Jr., who resigned
here to take the pastorate of the
First Baptist church in Norfolk,
Va., on June 1. Rev. T. Sloane
Guy, Jr., a former pastor of the
Wilkesboro Baptist church and
now a divinity student at Yale
university, supplied as pastor here
during the summer months.
Dr. Browning came to North
Wilkesboro from Louisville, Ky.,
where he recently' received his
doctor’s degree at the Sonthem
It Jbe*Hag|g>t
GECONOARMY
HASeOHTROL
OF SITUAYIOM
A host of German tanks and in
fantry poured out of the Rhine
land Sunday In a major counter
attack against the Up of the Al
lied salient through Holland but
last night the British S^ond Ar
my, supported by waves of Ty
phoon rocket planes and bomb
ers, had the situation "well In
hand”.
Lighter counterblows fell
against Allied spearheads along a
350-mlle, front southward, touch
ing off swaying battles. The Allies
generally strengthened their toe
holds in the Reich’s main western
defences but gave ground slightly
in the Belfort Gap and southwest
of Pruem in Germany near the
center of the line.
Powerful German armored and
Infantry forces were ascertained
to be moving south across the
lower Rhine at Sulssen, eight
miles north of Nijmegen, early
Sunday. Contact was made with
the Second Army at 4 p. m. after
the enemy attack groups had been
roundly blasted by the Typhoons
despite poor visability.
There were few details on the
ground action other than that the
British were in control of the sit
uation and that the Germans had
made no important advances be
yond the distance they had to cov
er to reach the Allied line, be
lieved established a few miles
above Nijmegen.
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Romla Placed Or
Btisiness Is Purchased
Oakboro Manufacturing com
pany, of Eenoir, has purchased the
buildings, equipment and lumber
of the Oakboro Lumber company
of Lenoir and North Wilkesboro.
which are located near this city.
The Oakboro Lumber compaiiy of
Lenoir and North Wilkesboro has
been liquidated.
The Oakboro Manufacturing Co.
is under management of I. C.
Tiiplett, Jr., president, and James
Hamlet, manager.
Two Arrested For
Assault On Byrd
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter said
today that George and Darius
Shumate, of Surry county, have
been arrested on a charge of as
saulting Reece Byrd, of this city
at Ronda on Friday night, Sep
tember 22.
Byrd was found on the high'
way at Ronda, unconscious from
effects of a head injury, and he
was unable to tell anything for
several days.
When he regained conscious
ness he told Sheriff Poindexter
that the Shumate brothers slug
ged him in a car at Ronda and
then threw him out. Further, in
vestigation of the affair Is being
made by Sheriff Poindexter.
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Pvt. Glenn Brooks
is Killed In Action
Ronda Soldier Was Killed In
France On August 12,
States Message
I’m a perfect idiot?”
Blonde: “Oh, no,
are perfect!”
none of ns
MW. Udy O. Wood received a
telegram from tibe War I)e|iart-
mmit notifying her that her
hnaband. Staff Sergeant Udy O.
Wood wae wounded in action on
September 10 In France. Wnc^
then had a letter from him-
saytag he was making splendid
progTBM and la in a goseral
boapital fat Italy. Hie was in'
the invasion of Sonthera France
and waa within SS5 miles of ttie
German border when he
woimded.
Private Glenn Brooks, son of
Mrs. llorothy Brooks and the
late Clarence Brooks, of Ronda,
route two, was killed In action
In Prance on August 12, his
mother has been notified in a
message from the War Depart
ment.
Private Brooks went into the
army in July, IMSi kiln
ed at camp*! in Texas and Wis
consin before'going overseas to
July, 1948. He was stationed
in JEreland, being transferred to
England I»iw to the invasion.
In addition to his mother be
is survived by four brothers
and two sisters, Faol, Ciarenoe,
John and Owl{8it Brjoks, and
'Misses Knby and Bnth Brooks.
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Age .limit for military service
In the Isle of Man haa been raid
ed to 46. ^
Dr. and Mrs. Browning and two
sons moved last week Into the
Baptist pastorlum here.
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Ike Tells Grmans
Allies Conquerors
But Not Oppressor
London.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hour told the people of Germany
that his allied armies are coming
“as conquerors but not as oppres
sors”, with the purpose of
eradicating the nazi party and
German militarism.
Elsenhower’s first proclama
tion to the Germans said the allies
intended to abolish "cruel, oppres
sive and discriminatory laws” and
to try all military and party lead
ers, gestapo men and others sus
pected of war crimes and atroci
ties. They will be punished "as
they deserve” if found guilty, the
proclamation said.
The supreme commander- has
suspended 'in German territory al
ready occupied all German courts
and educational institutions until
conditions permit their reopening.
Military governments have been
established to punish offenders
against his edicts.
The proclamation, ordering all
German officials and public utili
ty employees and essential 'work
ers to stay at their posts and obey
all Instructions, made it plain that
supreme legislative, judicial and
executive authority, within the
occupied territory has been in
vested in Eisenhower.
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Huns Not to Upset
Pacific Timetable
Washington.—Military authori
ties here anticipate that the war
against Japan can be pressed
along on schedule even if the
European war should be prolong
ed into the ■winter as front line re
ports say is now a possibility.
With no large land forces yet
Involved in the Pacific, it was ex
plained, a continuation of the
nazi resistance for several months
more would not seriously affect
the time table of operations which
in the present stage is primarily
naval.
Large amounts of shipping
would be freed by defeat of Ger
many, and would be helpful In
the Pacific, but shipping is not
now a serious bottleneck there.
In a report based on military
plans and other data, the, office
of war Information cautioned to
day that surrender of Japan
should not be expected for m least
18 months to two years after de-
fmit of Germany. This conclu
sion, OWI added. Is supported by
information from the war, navyicnlt^
and state departments, and. the]slackened
foreign economic administration.
Even'"'though wartime condi
tions have handicapped schools
the country over, the Ronda
school No. 7, was fortunate In at
taining a full faculty for all
places in the district. With the
exception ot two cases the faculty
is fully certified.
The enrollment for the district
is the largest for several years.
The central 'high school has felt
a loss of boys, yet the total district
enrollment, according to the
principal, E. L. Spruill, has reach
ed 1,008 students, with others yet
to come in.
Prof. Spruill reports that the
Ronda central school has been
placed on the State’s Standard Ac
credited schools, 'both high school
and elementary schools are now
accredited. This is something to
be proud ot for all. Prof. Spruill
and his teachers have been work
ing hard on this for sometime.
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American Legion To
Meet Friday Night
The Wilkes County Post of the
American I.«gion will hold its
regular meeting for October at the
Legion-Auxiliary club house Fri
day night at 7:30 o’clock. "All
members are urged to be present.
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Church Child Dies
Funeral service was held today
at Pleasant Grove church for Ber-
cle Church, four-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vertie
Church, of Buck. The child died
Sunday.
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Revival at Shady
Grove Progresses
Revival services are in progress
at Shady Grove Baptist church.
Rev. J. A. Isenhour, of Hlddenlte,
is assisting the pastor, Rev. L. T.
Younger, in the services. The
meeting began Sunday, October
1st, and will continue throughout
this week. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend any or all of
the services.
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Yadkin Swelled
By Heavy Rains
Here On Friday
Rains Friday and Friday night
swelled the Yadkin river out of
its banks but little damage was
done.. 0
After mldni^t Friday the swol
len waters* overflowed the Tad-
kin's banka ever the loweat of fhe
ivated lands bat the rains'
In time to.„preveat a
damaging flood.. ■:-K.
UniME, PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO SAVE WASTE PAPER-SHORTCH THE