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CHMESE OFFICIALS TO
TOW WILKES SOIL PBOJECTS ON
NOVEMBER 28; StVDY PROGRESS
Dr.
G. Lowdermilk, aniat-
«»J?***!!i“** ^ coBoor- Carolina Boomerang
▼kUo* Mrrtoe, recootlr retumod ”
toon CUm whero ho helped the
Chlneoe goTemmeat set up a soil
frrrrttr r «« ^*****^***»** ■ ■ a
GroBps of Mn I Woundad In France
Sent From Here
To Army, Navy
•Bd water eonaerratloB program to
laereaae tood production aa a part
of the war effort, will rlalt Wllkea
oonntj TBoedar, Not. 28, to ‘ob-
aerre the aoU conaervation pro
gram of the Trl-Creek Soil Con-
aerration district, aa well as to
see some of the leading agricul
tural enterprisee In the county.
Dr. Lowdermilk, who visited
China at the request of Oeneralis-
sima Chlang Kai-Shek, will be ac
companied by a group of outstand
ing Chinese officials, who are o fa
ring conaervation farming In
ler-operated soil conservation
ystiicts, work of state agricul-
iral experiment stations, and
pother agiicBltural activities In the
Southeast.
The group Includes Dr. P. W.
Tsou, representative In the Unit
ed States of the Ministry of Agrl-
cultnre and Forestry of China; N.
P. Chang and Chi Chen, members
of Dr. Lowdermllk’s party In
''jjCJilna: Y. C. Ku, president of the
farmers’ Bank in China; and Dr.
^arm
nm^c
Yeh, agricultural economist
counsellor of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry on
marketing and planning, and a
member of the Chinese Mission to
UNRRA. Mr. Chang was chief
soils man of Dr. Lowdermllk’s
party and is now a member of the
Chinese mission to UNRRA. Mr.
Chen has been sent to the United
States by the Province of Kansu
for training in soil conservation.
E. B. Garrett, State Soil Conserva
tionist, ana Staton Mclver, dis
trict conservationist of the Soil
Conservation Service with head
quarters here, will be with the
group.
Besides observing the work of
the soil conservation district, the
gronp will visit the milk and egg
drying plant at Wllkeshoro and
one of the large poultry farms of
^ dOBBty.
liberty, N. C., on July 1, 1888. He
Ived his training In forestry
dology at Oxford University,
I where he was a Rhodes scholar,
f and later took his Ph. D. at the
' University of California. He be
gan his career as a forest ranger
In Arizona, where he first realized
the significance of soil erosloB
a result of observations on the
overgrazed ranges of the west.
Deeply impressed by evidences of
land destruction In his youth, he
has since devoted his. life to soil
erosion investigations and plan
ning for conservation of agricul
tural lands in many countries.
After serving two years with
the engineers of the A. E. F. in
the first World War. Dr. Lowder
milk went to China on a project
of the University of Nanking for
famine prevention. For five years
he made agricultural explorations
throMhout the vast loessial re-
gUBs. studying the ancient en
gineering works of the Yellow
River basin, charting the Incredi
ble course of erosion in the up-
i lands which was clogging the
8gt. Roster P. (BlacUe)
Blackburn, writes from Prance
(or Germany) and sends the
picture above to let the people
of the Mountain View communi
ty and all Wilkes county know
that a modified version of the
"Carolina Boomerang" Is still
In action In Europe. "Carolina
Boomerang" was the name of a
flying fortress on which Lt. Ed
win Blevins, of Hays, served be
fore he was killed In action over
Germany several months ago.
Lt. Blevins, Pvt. EMward M.
Templeton and 8gt. Blackburn
were neighbors and close friends
before entering the army. Lt.
Blevins was killed over Ger
many last year and Pvt. Temple
ton was killed while serving In
a tank destroyer battalion No
vember I this year. Sgt. Black-
bum, who is a signal corps sol
dier, has named his jeep “Caro
lina Boomerang" In memory of
lit. Blevins.
AIMED AT RHINE
Four American armies smashed
forward on the Western front In
battles of kindlminished fury to-
hreached the Germans’
Vosges mountain positions with a
10-miIe thrust through the Saales
pass to the Alsace plain, captured
Weismeiler on the road to Cologne
and overran 10 Nazi-held fort
resses in the oid Maginot line.
Those were the most spectacular
accomplishments as Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower’s .Allied armies
hurled the Germans back ail along
Both Selective Service boards In
Wilkes on Friday sent groups of
men to the Induction center for
Induction Into the army and navy.
The lists of men sent by the two
boards follow:
BOARD NUMBER 1—
Clint John WUeox
Mont Hendrix Nelson
Turner William Qiurcb ^
Vernon Spencer Church
Paul Woodrow Swaim
Charles Bruce Walsh
J. C. Piimlx
BUI PhiUJps
Vaughn Walter Brown
Bert Harley Byers
Steward Vernon Paw
WilUam Vaughn Moore
Willard Alonzo Williams
Richard Brame Mathis
Joseph Stephen Spears
Samuel David Shatley
Charles Edgar Candle
Beauford Odell Shores
The following failed to report
for Induction as ordered:
Eugene Brooks, Calvin Carl
Combs. George MillArd Johnson,
Arthur Bruce Miles, Arnold Bruce
Cooper.
BOARD NUMBER S—
Preelln Reeves
WiUlam Barnett Wyatt
Harvey Ed^ar Haynes
Vernon Eubanks Johnson
Albert Harvey Spicer
William Clay Alexander
Ruffin Dale Gambill
Julins Paul Brooks
Lonnie Blaine McCann
Wilfred Gay Refves
Clarence Robert Triplett
J. W. Smith
Richard Plltnore WIngler
Robert Glenn Davis
Eugene Jame.s Moore, Jr.
Jessie Paul Childress
Billy Wagoner Turner
Kern Evridge Church
David Otis Brooks
Mack Auther Settle
William .Amos Lyon
Lawrence Kerley
Claud Rex Dancy
Jack Combs
Matthew Mayes
CofliiaceiiQf Is
La^ng Bond Sales In Drive
Christmas Seal
Sale Campaign
Woman’s Club
Killed In France
Cpi. iian€:el CUnt Poster, son
Of Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Poster, of
this city, was seriously wounded
in France on November 11. Opl.
Foster served in a tank destroy
er battalion. He entered the ar
my December 23, 1942, and
went overseas in August this
year. His wife, the former Miss
Margaret Craven, makes her
home in Asheboro.
Millers Cred(
Man Is Killed
In Philippines
Billy Joe Shumate
Chester Elwood Darnell
Charles Dawldns Osborne
Bramlet Alfred Spicer
John Robert Poster
Pvt. James Andrew Whittingf-
ton, of Millers Creek, wm killed
in action in the Philippines on
November 8.
Pvt Whittington, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Whlttlngfton, of
Millers Creek, had been in the
Pacific area for several months.
News of his death was receiv
ed Tiiursday in a War Depart
ment message received by his
wife, the former Miss little
Ashley.
He is survived by his wife,
his father and mother, several
brothers and sisters,
JoYnson is visiting
The North Wllkeshoro Woman’s
Club will again sponsor .the
Christmas Seal sale In coopera-
I tion with the North Carolina Tu-
I berculosls Association. Mrs. J. E.
' Johnson, president of the club,
: appointed Mrs. Jack Swofford,
j Mrs. T. H. Waller and Mrs. Thur
mond Kenerly, Seal Sale com
mittee this year.
Miss Lula Belle Highsmith, field
secretary of North Carolina Tu
berculosis association, spent Mon
day in town working with the
committee. She also met with the
Woman’s Club and gave a very
interesting talk on the work of
the association In fighting tuber
culosis.
Members of the Senior Troop of
Girl Scouts and Mrs. L. S. Spain-
hour, troop leader, recently
joined volunteer workers to as
sist with preparations of the
stamps for mailing. The girls
work for the association each
year as part of their contribution
to civic activities.
The queta for Wilkes county
this year is $1,000.00. Every
package, every letter, every post
card you send out this Christmas
should bear your own personal
good wishes In the form of
Christmas Seals. You’ve taken a
bit of insurance out on your health
and the health of the nation when
you buy Christmas Seals.
V
Mrs. Vern
Rationing Boards
Be Closed Friday
Rationing board offices in
Wllkeshoro and North Wllkeshoro
will be closed on Friday, Decern-
personnel may hive'
TRANSFERS—
7Iande Elledge Billings
Don Wyatt
Claude Evert Hall
Pvt. Edward M. Temple^,
age 26, was killed in action,In
h'rance on November 1. PVt.
Templeton entered the army De
cember 14, 1942, and went
overseas In August this year,
being a member of a tank de
stroyer battalion. Pvt. Temple
ton was a member of one of
Wilkes’ best known families,
being a son of the late 'W. J-
Templeton, of Hays, and Mrs.
Templeton, who has made her
home here for the past several
months. Pvt. Templeton’s wife
is the former Miss Sadie John
son. Surviving are his mother,
his wife, and six sisters: Miss
Audrey Templeton, North
Wllkeshoro; Mrs, Harold Mad-
son, Kings Park, Long Island,
N. Y.; Mrs. Alfred Levesque,
Brentwood, Long Island, N. Y.;
Misses Era and Paye Temple
ton, North Wllkeshoro; and
Miss Dianna Templeton, New-
the office
time to make regular monthly re
ports.
V
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
CONTINUE HGHT FOR FLOOD CONTROL
Senator Josiah W. Railey has removed
the proposal for erection of a hyrdo-elec-
tric dam on the Yadkin from the rivers and
harbors bill pending in congres.s.
Senator Bailey objected to the proposal
because the plan recommended by engin
eers would call for construction of a gi-
the sprawling front. The ground gantic dam With a high water level lake for
forces had the aid of tactical air ,. i i j jj-i- i
generating electricity and additional reser-
forces which, taking advantage of
clear weather, poured bullets,
bombs and rockets Into German
strong points and communications
lines.
At the southern end of the
front, the 4th and 79th divisions
of the U. S. Seventh Army widen
ed the Saverne Strasbourg corri-
great rivers with silt, and start-Idor despite vicious counterattacks
Ing a aeries of experimental (from the north while Lt. Gen.
studies of accelerated erosion
audlU effects on human communl
ties and ancient civilizations.
Dr. Lowdermilk assisted Dr.
Hugh Bennett In organizing the
nationwide soil conservation pro
gram for the United States In
1933 and has since traveled wide
ly as a representative of the Soil
Conservation Service of the U. S.
'j Department of Agriculture to
’ study the soil conservation prob
lems of tbe world and to discover
erosion control and water saving
% practices adaptable to the soil con
servation program of farmers >n
Ke. United States.
^'Tir LoJvdermilk believes that
Jorts of all nations to
^ and build up the fertile
noil resources of the world and
thus provide a bounty' of good
things for all people will go far
• toward removing one of the causes
of war and toward helping to es
tablish secure social structures
and the basis of a lasting peace.
Alexander M. Patch’s Sixth corps
sped through the remaining 10
miles of the Saales pass
voir space for flood control. Such a dam.
Senator Bailey said, would flood more
homes than it would protect, but he indi
cated his willingness for construction of a
dam purely for flood control, or for some
other flood control plan which would not
flood such a great territory.
But the fact remains that flood control
in the Yadkin Valley is highly essential. It
may be impractical to fight for the dam as
proposed by army engineers, over objec
tion of Senator Bailey, who is chairman of
the committee, but people interested in
flood control may continue their efforts to
secure flood control.
Senator Bailey stated that he would ap
prove a project calling for a smaller dam,
purely for flood control, at the Wilkes-
boro site. And there are also indications
that he would approve construction of
dams on tributaries of the Yadkin.
As we understand it, the people have six
months to get a flood control project into
the pending bill, and no time should be lost
in letting those in authority know that
North Wllkeshoro and all the Yadkin val
ley wants flood control. It has been esti
mated that a dam purely for flood con-
(Continued On Page Two)
Mail Cbrisfmas
Gifts This Week
Distant Points
Total E. F. G.
DondstoDate
Only 833,290
Some Good Reports Receiv
ed; Maple Springs Com
munity Exceeds Quotsi
A dangerous attitude ot com
placency and a mistaken belief
that the war is practically over are
blamed for the poor showing 'to
date In the Sixth War L(>an cam
paign.
The Federal Reserve report of
sale of E, F, and Q bonds is
Wilkes county through November
24th, which Included all bonds In
those series sold since November
1 in tbe county, showed a total of
only $33,290.25.
Attention Is called to the tact
that the attitude of complacency
and belief that tbe war is just
about over is by no means justi
fied. The war In Europe is by no
means over. The most difficult
undertaking lies ahead, and that
is successfully crossing the Rhine
river. General Eisenhower in a
statement Sunday said the prob
lem Is as big as tbe invasion of
Normandy. In a radio appeal he
said that guns have had to re
main silent because of the lack of
ammunition,-which can be provid
ed only by loaning money to the
government with which to manu
facture and ship ammunition.
The public must keep In mind
that the European war is expen
sive beyond anything previously
undertaken and that the war In
the Pacific will become even more
expensive than the offensive In
Europe. The cost of transportation
will multiply by many times the
cost of shipping across the chan
nel from England Into France.
totyhtlng into the
expensive than to Europe, and
PEARSON BROTHERS SERVE IN ARMY AND MARINE CORPS
TOKYO GETS 2
BOMBINGS IN
THREE DAYS
CPL. RAYMOND 8. PEARSON
PVT. JOE B. PEARSON
SG'T. HENRY ML PEARSON
PVT. ALVIN W. PEARSON
Absher Youth Is
Taken By Death
Funeral service was held Friday
at Chestnut Grove church for Ar-
reports today told of the
* »Mond 100-superfortress raid on
1 Tokyo In three Tan tkur Martin Absher. age 15. who
L Tb^huge _,,,v died Wednesday at Baptist hospi-
in the CSPital city . . . •nrT«a*rtw_Qa1csTn • Tlov Trf»a
, ..,"reased tonnage of ^mbs. w
Tbe first big raid was on Thurs-.
1 dsy and the second followed so ntes.
rcIOMly eangbt the JaP* by snr-
iprlse, radio reports said
tal in Winston-Salem. ' Rev. Les
ter Johnson conducted the last
He Is survived by bis parents;
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Absher, of
but moke war bonds
. Mertie, and fonr brothers and six
sisters.
Four sops of Mrs. Rosa Pearson Holcomb, of Millers Creek, and the late G. E.
Pearson, are serving in the army and marine corps. 'Cpl. Raymond S. Pearson was
the first volunteer under Selective Service in Wilkes county. He entered the army
December 11, 1940, and for 35 months was stationed in Augusta, Ga. He is now serv
ing with the signal corps at Macon, Ga. His wife and daughter make their home in Au
gusta, Ga. Pvt. Joe H. Pearson entered service February 2F this year and r^eived
training at Camp Blanding, Florida. He is now stationed in England. His wife and
children reside at Millers Creek. Sgt. Henry M. Pearson entered the marme corps
April 11, 1940, and received most of his training at Quantico, Va. He u now seiz
ing in the Pacific area. Pvt. Alvin W. Pears^ entered the marine corps m June mis
year, received training at Parris Island, and is now overseas in the Pacific area. Hu
wife, the former Miss Mabel Kilby, of Millew Creek, U engaiF^d *n war work m Bal*
timcMre, Md.
This week is your last chance to
mall out-of-town Christmas gift
packages.
That last minute reminder came
yesterday from Mr. L. F. Man-
neschmidt, district manager ot the
Charlotte district office of defense
transportation.
Heavily overburdened trans
portation facilities can handle the
enormous volume of 1944 Yule
gift sending only If the December
1 deadline set by the government
is met, the ODT official emphasiz
ed.
So, the ODT district manager
urged, if you haven’t mailed your
gift package yet, get them off at
once.
Packages mailed after the De
cember 1 deadline may not be de
livered in time for Christmas, he
pointed out.
V
N. G. Snyder, 81, Is
Claimed By Death
N. O. Snyder, 81, a well known
and highly respected citizen ot
the WilLesboro route one com
munity in Reddies River town
ship, died at 11 a. m. Sunday at
his home. He became 111 Friday.
Mr. Snyder, a son of the late
Noah and Sallie Stout Snyder, is
survived by six Sons and one
daughter: R. B. Spyder, Wilkes-
boro route one; W. E. Snyder,
Winston-Salem; W. T. Snyder,
Wllkeshoro route one; R. F. Sny
der, Winston-Salem; John B. Sny
der, North Wllkeshoro; D. V.
Snyder, Millers Creek; and Mrs.
R. G. Bumgarner, Millers Creek.
Funeral service was held today,
two p. m., at Reddles River
church, of which Mr. Snyder was
a member. The service was con
ducted by one of his sons. Elder
W. B. Snyder, ot Winston-Salem,
and his sons were pall bearers.
many more transports are needed.
An army of from 11 to 12 mil
lion must be housed, fed, clothed,
and supplied with munlfons and
the cost will continue even after
the war until the men are demobi
lized. The biggest job lies ahead
and the people on the home front
must not and cannot fail those on
the fighting front who are not
failing them.
Each retail store in North
Wllkeshoro has accepted a quota
of $100 in bond sales for every
member of the personnel, Includ
ing the manSger and office help.
The stores have been supplied
with materials for taking bond or
ders and some of the stores have
already exceeded their quotas.
'There are 17 districts In the
county with a chairman and com
mittee for each and each district
has been assigned a quota.
T. C. Osborne, chairman for the
Maple Springs district, has al
ready reported sales of $2,343.75.
issue price, in ’’E’’ bonds, which
exceeded the quota of $2,000.
That amount of ’’E" bond.s was
sold by Mr. Osborne and associates
on the first day of the campaign
by canvass of the people of the
district. W. D. Halfacre, bond
sale chairman, today extended
congratulations to Mr. Osborne
and associates for being the first
district to go "over the top” and
predicted that splendid reports
will be received from other dis
tricts in the next few days.
Mr. Frank Cranor, Jr., of Ral
eigh, 1s spending this week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. T.
Cranor.
GERMANS LOSE
122 FIGHTERS
OYER MISBURG
At least 1233 Nasi fighter
planes of approximately 200 which
rose to protect Germany's largest
natural oil refinery at Mlsbnrg
were shot down in aerial combat
Snndav by an American fleet ot
700 flghten and 1,100 heavy
bombers.
SHOES — Airplane Stamps
Nos. 1, 2, and 3 In book three
good for one pair of shoes each
Indefinitely.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 1.1
in A book good for four gal-
long became effective Nov. 9
and win expire December 21.
SUGAR — Sugar stamps 30,
31, 32, 33, 34 (book 4) good for
five pounds Indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS—Blue
A8 through W5 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each. Good
indefinitely.
MEA’TS AND FATS — Red
AS throiigh Z8 and AS through
PB (Book 4f now valid at 10
points each for use with tokens.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp 40
good for flva pounds eaiaiag
sugar antll Pahruary tl. IKS.