North Carolina Newspapers

^ ^ TOIEtT WAimmC! / SoHeet *** Ta Meeattr Um Bixth 1 -Ki H««... Til It'a Ov«r 0«r TiMn’V X»No.63 ' iHiMieifiMia mS Waac B^Pjir. Mb>-« THE JOUENAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE "STATE OP WIL]^”‘FOR OVER ^ 88 Te“ '*'**'" •- ■ -i- ^.- . ... . .'it*;' ; -.- . '■ _ —'- ’7»«\ •*!r Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO. N- C.'J' MQNDAYi DEC. 4th, 1944 * lahal—Kaup^^ SuhscHpUoii Paui %Aaauicil '■;.-i-i-:r:.:.'-L.„... ,. ■!; "tt'r »r’'"ter!^rv>' ■■■i!.‘‘r: ', ..',.'.:„-i-—tr' Returns to Sea By C.A.A. local Project Is Inctided in Group For E Carolina .r. . « ^■e-- Now In Mississippi Need for Airport Facilities After War Stressed In Report of CAA Washington. Nor. 29. — Acting (to meet the needs of postwar avla- |tion, both commercial and prlrate. Civil Aeronautics administra- has sent to Congress recom- Idations for a giant national _ rt program under which iKorth Carolina would receive more than *19,000,000 to be ex pended on 122 projects through out the state. North Wllkesboro is included in the program with a recommenda tion of a class 2 airport to cost S380,000. Practically every community in {he state would benefit under the program. making its recommendations [ress, the CAA emphasized that tAt,^present airport system is not adequate to serve the needs of aviation expected immediately after the war. County Officers Sworn In Today; Officials Nam^ J. C. Grayson County Ac countant; Edd Eller Keep er of the County Home On a natlon-wjde basis, the CAA j recommends that this nation con struct more than 3,000 new air ports and improve 1,625 of the 3,- 000 existing fields. The total cost of the nation-wide program was estimated by the CAA at *1.- 021,567.945 and would provide for clearing, grading, paving, lighting and installation of radio I facilities. The cost of land and I construction of buildings other I thau hangers would boost the to- t .-'tv an additional $230,000,000. ^ .The report recommends that Con- creas Immediately appropriate $3,- ^cco,coo for surveys and preliml- Kua^'work. It was also recom- V mended that the huge uadertak- Ing be financed by Federal and governments on a matching Ibnd basis over a period of from I five to 10 years, the estimated time for completion of the pro gram. As a by-product of the war. i CAA pointed out'that we have the I necessary manufacturing facilities. ( and a huge pool of potential pi lots. There will be at the end of the war approximately 350.000 Army and Xavy pilots and 150,- 000 civilian pilots and students. Also interested in flying will be 2,500.000 men trained by the arm ed forces in other aviation skills . and an almost equal number em- ^ ployed in our aviation factories. >\ Add to these the 250,000 students who are taking aeronautics course.s in the high schools each year, and L thvre l^,a total of 6,000,000 pros- flyers. 5,,^^under the new program CAA sets up five classifications of air ports. The largest airports are classed under five classifications, which airports have minimum standards as follows: Length of landing strips. 5700 feet and over, width of usable landing strips, 600 feet; length of runaways, 5500 feet and over; and width of runways, 200 feet. Edenton, Elizabeth City, Maxton. Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Cherry Point have been placed in classification number five. Pvt. George W. Call, of North Wllkesboro, and who Was em ployed in Winston-Salem at the time he entered service August 16, 1944, is now stationed at Jackson, Miss. His wife, tl>e former M:ss Stacie Williams, aad t)vo daughters, Barbara .and Marjorie, make their home in Winston-Salem, Lions Club Here In Interesting Meeting Friday Make Plans To Provide Christmas Cheer for Num ber of Families In City North Wilkesboro Lions club, dispensing with a regular pro gram, took up a number of mat ters Friday erenlng. A delegation of Lions from the local club will attend charter i night programs for the Taylors ville club on Monday night and Sparta club on Tuesday night. The North Wilkesboro club is sponsor ing organization of clubs at Tay lorsville and Sparta. Paul Cashlon distributed a number of blank bulletins to members of the club in servicp will each receive a club bulletin with a greeting from each mem ber. Members of the club volunteer ed to furnish baskets of Christmas cheer materials for needy families in the city and will distribute the baskets in cooperation with the city welfare department. Dr. J. S. Deans reported that blind persons in the county will receive Christmas gifts through the club this year as a part of the club’s program of aid to blind. Wilkes county officials elected in the November 7 election took office today. They were sworn In at ten a. m. before Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes. Officials beginning their terms today intluded all three members of the board of commissioners. Register of Deeds Troy Foster and Tyre Casey, county surveyor. The commissioners now are C. C. Bidden, of District 1; I. J. Broy- hlll, of District 2, and M. F. Ab- sher, of District 3. All three are Republicans and thus control of the county government is changed from a board of two Democratic members and one Republican to a board composed entirely of Re publicans. M. F. Ahsher only incumbent member sworn In today, was elect ed chairman. J. C. Grayson, former assistant county accountant and office deputy sheriff during the past two years, was appointed as county ac countant. At noon today an as sistant accountant had not been named. Edgar Eller, of Reddies River township, was appointed keeper of the Wilkes county home. Tax books for 194 4 were turned over to Sheriff C. G. Poindexter for collection. Sheriff Poindex ter has made settlement for 1943 Seaman Kinit Class Fred H. Walker, son of Earl W. Walker, of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Annie Mae Walker, of Hays, has returned to New York af ter 8i>endlng a IS-day leave with his mother and is now back on sea duty somewhere In the Atlantic. He has been on sea duty In forel^ countries for the past eight months. He entered the navy In Jnne, 191:), and received training at Itnin- bridge, Md., and Norfolk, Va. taxes. Gifts For Service Men In Hospitals Marine Veterans Arrive Here After 30 Months ‘Over’ F BI Official Is Speakilr Friday AtKiwanisClub North Wllkesboro Klwanls club held an enjoyable meeting Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes. Program Chairman Dr. John W. Morris presented Roy L. Morgan, of Greensboro a member of the Cpl. Max Ki'by and Sgt. Clarence Call, Both Twice Wounded, Here on Leave Free Bond Movie At Allen Dec. 7th HEAVY TOLL 1$ COUNTED F BORNEO 7^S. warplanes and light naval Traft have sunk or damaged five Japanese merchant ships totaling 10,000 tons and destroyed or dam aged 12 enemy planes in a series of wide-spread attacks against the Philippines and the Island of Borneo, it was announced yester day. The heaviest toll in enemy ship ping was taken off Borneo by heavy bombers which sank a 3.- 000-ton merchant vessel and two 1,000-ton freighters and probab ly sank another 1,000-ton freigh ter. These attacks were made Wed nesday and Saturday. Bombers based in Australia accounted for the 3.000-ton vessel in an attack a Japanese convoy off the l twhern coast of Boreno. They mtmered the vessel with direct limits and It sank within one min ute. Patrol planes accounted for the other ships off the north coast of Borneo and also strafed Kudat airdrome. V I BUY MORE WAR BONDS The Allen Theatre of which Mr. W. J. Allen Is proprietor, is com memorating December 7th—‘Pearl Harbor Day’—With a free show to all theatre-goers who buy a bond on this date of any denomination at any place of their choice. All you have to do to see the Allen show free is to present the bond for identification at the box office and you will be admitted free. The Allen is featuring for its free bond movie day the splendid motion picture, "Carolina Blues’’, featuring Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, and Victor Moore. So there will be no confusion about the gifts to the wounded and sick soldiers, let us explain that the American Legion and Auxiliary together with the Camp and Hospital Council of the Red Cross, have boxes in the various stores. You may put your Christ- was presents to the hoys in these boxes and they will he distributed to the various hospitals. Hospital ships are coming back daily bringing more wounded from the hattlefronts—these boys won’t get their gifts from home on time. There’s so little we can do to repay them. Any article that would please your soldier will be aecentahlo. Make it. Make it Chrlstmacy, wrap it with loving care, in the brightest, gayest package you can and place it in a box during the first week in December—Remem ber that means this week. And when you are remembering G. I. Joe—don’t forget G. I. Jane with a gift. The gifts will be packed and sent to the boys for Christmas by the American Legion and Auxi liary, and the Camp and Hospital Council of the Red Cross. WINTER DRIVE Cantata at First Baptist Dec. 17 OPENED ON A WIDE FRONT Three battle scarred veterans of Guadalcanal and several other tough campaigns against the Japs in the southwest Pacific, arrived home during the week-end for a 30-day leave after 30 months overseas. Two of the three were wounded twice. They are Sgt. Clarence Call, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Call, of^North Wllkfjjioro route these, and Cpl. Max 6. Kilby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gyriis Kilby, of this city. The other marine vet eran arriving home was Pfc. Charles Canter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Canter, of this city. Other marine veterans tm their way home Include Cpl. Bill Min ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Minton, of Wilkesboro route one, and Cpl. Wra. Arthur Nichols, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Nichols, of Purlear, and Cpl. W. Jay Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hudson, of North Wilkesboro route two. Sgt. Call received a shrapnel wound in his shoulder while on Guadalcanal an'’ received tr'^at- ment at a hospital In Australia. Later on New Britlan he received a shrapnel wound on his head and was in hospitals in New Guinea and Australia for five months. He was awarded the purple heart with star denoting the second wound. He also has five cam paign stars and the presidential citation. Cpl. Kilby was wounded on Guadalcanal and on Peleliu, the latest campaign for the first dl vision marines, and was awarded the purple heart with star. He likewise has five campaign stars and the presidential citation. Col. David H. Cowles Visits Friends Here On the evening of December 17, at 6:30 o’clock, the choir of the First Baptist church, under the direction of Mrs. Andrew Kilby, will present the candlelight Cantata, "The Story of Christ mas”, by H. Alexander Matthews. The public is cordially Invited to this presentation. L. G. Critcher Home L. G. Critcher printer first class in the navy and stationed at Camp Peary, Va., spent the week-end with his wife and his mother, Mrs. J. C. Critcher Sr. at Moravian Falls. KEEP WITH WAR BONDS The U. S. Third Army smashed , organized resistance in most of the factory city of Saarlautern and broke across the Saar River into ■ the Siegfried Line yesterday as the i First Army seized four towns in 1 1 triple assaults west of Cologne' that rolled back the Roer defenses a mile or more. \ The tempo of the Allies’ Winter offensive rose furiously. The British Second Army sprang to the attack in Eastern Holland with a. dawn assault that swept up to 600 yards Into the stout Maas River defenses at Vanlo, last Ger- I man bastion on that front short of ! the Reich. ■ I Hundreds of American and British fighter bombers swarmed up in support of the new drives In the north, and the German Air Force met the challenge with the biggest show of strength in weeks, sending at least 75 jet-propelled ' planes against the British. I The Third Army’s 95th Division boldly seized a bridge over the formidable Saar and sent Infantry and armored tank destroyers rac ing across In the first attack on this front against the Siegfried Line. V Col. David H. Cowles, son of the late Calvin D. Cowles, and who has been head of all of the pur chases of supplies for the Pacific war area, accompanied by Mrs. Cowles, Tvas a distinguished Wilkes visitor last week„ and while here Col. and Mrs. Cowles were guests of Hon. and Mrs. Charles H. Cowles, of Wilkesboro. Mr. Cowles being Col. Cowles’ un cle. Col. Cowles has just been re tired from active duty with the army because of ill health, after rendering that branch of the serv ice many years of faithful service. Col. Cowles is also a veteran of World War I. While In this part of the coun try, Col. and Mrs. Cowles will vis it the former's brother. Col. Wil liam H. Cowles, also a retired ar my officer In Washington, D. C., before returning to their home In San Francisco. V. BUY MORE WAR BONDS Samples of bales of cotton going through the government classing laboratory at Raleigh are about 10 per cent higher than last year. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Who as Is his custom made a very interesting talk about bis field of work. He took as hla subject, "Inter nal Security", and said that it is of the greatest importance to each of us. He said that it is of importance, not only to protect us from subversive influences, but also to protect us against internal criminals. He called attention to the period of the racketeers of the twenties and stated that with all the new devices for committing crimes they could give us much more concern in the coming years. He told the story of Jake and Ralph Flagle, Howard Royster and George Beaker, ail bank rob bers, who were eventually caught by the FBI. He told the story of the kidnaping of Charles Lind bergh, Jr., and the capture of Richard Bruno Haupman and his trial and conviction. He told the story of the eight saboteurs who were captured in the early months of World War II and trial ami conviction. These men were trained in Germany and landed in different places on our eastern coast line with $192,000 of ex pense money as a part of their be longings. Mr. Morgan had the closest at tention of hla audience as he urg ed the members of the club to give every possible aid to the law en forcement and legislative branches of our government. Guests at fhe meeting Friday, were as follows: James Poindex ter, of Elkin, with Dr. F. C. Hub- hard; Pvt. Edward Day with his father, C. G. Day; E. N. Land with Robert M. Brame. E. W. Smith and Howard Powell. Lenoir Kl- wanlans, were visitors. 5erve« In Naw Grocers to Meet With OPA Panel Thursday Night December 7, Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor, to Mark Be ginning Price Program William Allen McGuire, sea- man second class, has returned to BaJnbrldge, Md., after spend ing a nine-day leave with his wife, the former Miss Winnie Barlowe, and two children, Lu cille and Christine, who reside in Wllkesboro, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McGuire, of Ferguson. He entered the navy in August and completed his boot training before coming home on leave. But Over $100,000 In'E’Bon^N^ed ToPiitWDkesOver Extra Efforts Now On Part of Volunteer Salesmen and Buyers Is Needed Prisoners May Be Used For Work at Sawmills, Etc. Officials of the War Manpower Commission will be at the em ployment office , in this city Fri day, December 8, two p. m., to in terview employers who would be Interested in using prisoner-of- war labor in this vicinity. priaoners are avalla^te for esr tabilskThg a vicinity to work at sawmills and in the pulpwood industry if there is sufficient need. All employers who feel that they could use prisoner-of-war labor are urged to meet with the Manpower Commission represen tatives. Purchases by corporations and other large investors have swelled the total of war bond sales in the Sixth War Loan to $732,983, a report received today by W. D. Halfacre, war loan chairman, from the Federal Reserve system, showed. This amount lacks $174,000 of reaching the Sixth War Loan goal of $809,000. While a large gain is shown in the war bond sales, attention of the public is called to the fact that the gain was made principal ly by sale of corporation bonds, which are all included, and that the remaining $174,000 of the quota must be made up in pur chases of “E”, “F” and "G” bonds by individuals and small inves tors. The "E” bond total at the close i of business on December 1 was $85,996, which is less than half the "E” bond quota of $198,000 set for the county. With continu ed work on the part of volunteer I bond salesmen, and retail stores promoting and pushing the sale of war bonds, it is believed that the county’s quota in "E" bonds can be reached during the pre- holiday season. Commenting on the war loan campaign, Mr. Halfacre said to- 'day: “Every person who reads the newspapers or listens to the ra dio can realize, that our soldiers are meeting the toughest kind of opposition on every front. Prac tically every communique indi cates the need for more supplies and munitions, which can only Harry L. Sumers Gets Appointment Thursday nigh; December 7. 8:00 o’clock will ,)e the date of a meeting of grocers in Wilkes county with OPA ..fficials at the town hall to launch a (;onsumer- grocer campaign against rising prices. All grocers are urgently re quested to attend the meeting. A cooperative program designed to be beneficial to grocers, consum ers and the general public will be launched in Wilkes county. Harry L. Summers well known local man, has been appointed deputy revenue collector for the State of North Carolina, and will I succeed J. R. Rousseau, r'-signed, .who held the job for more than 20 ' years. ' Mr. Summers is well qualified for the position. During the past several years he has been con nected with the International Shoe Company here, the Piedmont Freight Lines in Charlotte, and before returning to North Wilkes boro the past summer was a resi dent of Hickory. Mr. Summers went to Raleigh yesterday where he will receive instructions In carrying on his new duties. Liberty to Have Free “Bond Movie Day” All local theatre-goers who buy a war bond of any denomination on Thursday, December 7th, and who present same on that date for identification at the box office will be given free admission to the Liberty Theatre. The Liberty is showing a fine picture for free bond movie day which is entitled, “An Ameri can Romance’’ a technicolor screen attraction with an all-star cast. Buy a bqnd Thursday and see the show at the Liberty free. RED ARMIES SEIZE LAST NAZI POINTS , ’Three Russian armies’ yester day toppled Miskolc and Satoral- jauphely, last big German strong holds northeast of Budapest, push ed closer to the Hungarian capital along the west bank of the Dan ube, and drove to within 72 miles of the Austrian frontier. Marshall Rodion W. Malinov sky’s Second Ukranlan Army, stormed the great rail center of Miskolc, 85 miles northeast of Budapest, and elements of his troops together with General Ivan Petrov’s Fourth Ukrainian Army captured Satoraljaujher. on the Slovak frontier 45 miles northeast of Miskolc. Dr. John Q- Myers Is Taken By Death Prominent Charlotte Physi cian, Native of Wilkes, Died Sunday Evening Dr. John Q. Myers age 67, died Sunday evening, seven o’clock, in a’Charlotte hospital after an ill ness of about two months. Dr. Myers was a native of Wilkes county, being a son of the late T. C. and Julia Ann Myers, of the Newllfe community, where he was born and reared. He began practice of medicine in North Wllkesboro with Dr. W. M. Hutchens and later moved to Charlotte, where he had been a leading member of the medical profession for the past 37 years. Surviving Dr. Myers are two sons and one daughter: John Myers, of Norfolk, Va., Billie Myers, district manager for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company at i Roanoke, Va., and Miss Elizabeth Myers, of Washington D. C. Mr. I. M. Myers, of this city, a cousin of Dr. Myers, left today to visit the family in Charlotte and to attend the funeral service. your Christmas list for members of the family and friends war bonds. You give a ‘present with a future’ when you give a war bond”. Pilot Life Buys $25,000 Bonds In Wilkes’ Quota Pilot Lite Insurance company with home office in Greensboro and represented locally by W. A. Brame, has allocated piircha.se of $25,000 in War Bonds to Wilkes county’s quota in the Sixth War Loan. The purchase of the bonds by the company was made locally through Mr. Brame, agent, and the amount is a substantial help toward Wilkes reaching the war bond goal of $809,000 during the campaign. Elizabeth Combs Claimed By Death Funeral service was held today at Mt. Sinai church for Mrs. Elizabeth Combs, age 56, wife of Edgar Combs, of Lovelace town ship. She died Saturday. Surviving Mrs. Combs are her huspand, one son and one daugh ter. Rev. J. P. Robinson con ducted the funeral service. B-29’s BLAST TOKYO ON 4TH TRIP OFF SAIPAN Mammoth American Super Fortresses, attacking Tokyo for the fourth time in six elapsed days, hurled hundreds of tons of bombs on the sprawling Musashlna aircraft works yesterday and left big fires, whipped by a galelike wind, raging behind them. Twelve of a fleet of Japanese fighter planes, which rose in an attempt to head off the raiders. ■ were destroyed or damaged seri ously and one of the B-29s was lost to fighter action. It was the toughest mission yet for the Super Forls. In groups of three to six, the Japanese waited for the last planes at or above bombing level and attacked vici ously. ' But returning crews reported bombing weather perfect. One tall gunner saw eight to 10 fires burn ing through heavy smoke In the ' target area and the blow the Super Ports delivered was descrll)* ed a smashing one. For 90' minutes, according to Japanese admission, the Super Porta attacking Tokyo in waves, flying at levels np to more than , six mllet high.