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^ • — —y-., ^ -. ^ '•^Tmii JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED ,THB TRAIL Of PROWIM XN^TMl 'ijikiL-- - - ■ y.: ■*■' ■ ^ : ±:~' ^ • - '■ -V -' 'Ail WILKES”, FOB over; f« Ymi^ Bring vs&si ,-... ■ .Vl?-' v' lrbt..xxxix. No. 79 1 BILL 10OR$ UKE EFFORT ISeonts Sipperee tOBET STATE TO PAY LERTZ AND scon TRIAL EXPENSES IN COURT Measare Would Reimburse Officers For “Unjust” Prosecution In Courts Mftny people In Wilkes are ex pressing more than nsnal Interest about Senate bill number 70, srhlcb was Introduced In the sen ate by Senator J. Hampton Price, ot Rockingham, and referred to Judiciary committee number 1, of which Senator Price Is chairman. The bill Is entitled "An su:t to authorize the goremor and coun cils of state to reimburse any state ger or employee for legal ex- reasonably incurred in de- ^g himself against unjust entions growing out of the nance of his public duty”. Section 1 of the bill Is conclud ed with the statement that “The proTisions of this act shall be ef fective as to any such reasonable expenses incurred by any such of ficer after July 1, 1943”. Because of the retroactive pro Tisions, and published reports over a year ago, Wilkes observers see In the bill an attempt to make it lawful for the state to pay trial costs of W. B. Lentz, state high way patrol lieutenant, and Qny Scott, investigator for the State Bureau of Investigation, who were tried and acquitted of charges of larceny of 60 or more cases of expensive liquor when more than 600 cases were seized from the premises ot Phil Yates near Pnrlear in the summer of 1943. Lenta and Scott were tried In a special term in September, 1943, before Judge R. Hunt Parker, who freed them on a directed verdict after the state had failed to pro duce sutfieleot eTldesce for the I ,the> Jury.’ Yates, THW* ras to have been principal witness lor the state in the trial of Lentz and Scott, failed to show up at the trial and was Tiot located. What many people In Wilkes have want ed to know but have never learn ed Is what went with over 60 cases of expensive liquor which Yates said he had on hand over and above the number of cases hauled to Wilkesboro by the state highway patrol officers and SBI men. Text of Senate Bill number 70, which is being considered with more than casual interest here, follows: A bill to be entitled an act to authorize the governor and council of state to reimburse ^ any state officer or employee ' ''Sot legal expenses reasonably incurred in defending himself against unjust prosecutions growing out of the performance of his public duties. Whereas, at the last meeting of (See Senate Bill—^page 5) Pfc. Arthur Gentle Missing In Action Pfc. Arthur Gentle has been re ported missing in Belgium since January 4, according to an offi cial War Department message re ceived by his mother, Mrs. Annie Gentle, of Oakwoods. Pfc. Gentle entered service In March, 1941, and has been overseas since Aug ust, 1944. ALLIES KILL 5,000 GERMANS; CAPTURE 2,500 French and American forces have launched a new Alsatian of fensive along a 65-mlle front north and south of Strasbourg and killed more than 5,000 Ger mans and captured some 2,500 prisoners in the first 48 hours, It was disclosed today. Virtually the entire western front was stirring into offensive action. Lieut, Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army drove into Germany at two new points along the Our River, while two divisions of the U. 3. First Army Invaded Germany along a four-mile front east of Malmedy, advancing to within rifle fire of the Selgfrled Line under cover of a thundering artillery barrage. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tas- signy’s Frencl^lrst Army, which Includes troops, gained up to four'^'liftles in what dis patches from the Alsatian front called a “multiple offensive". Is Planned Here Friday, Feb. 9tb lii Scouta and Dads To Banquet On Anniversary Of Boy Scouting; Other Events Wilkes Mmi With The Colors Edward R. Bishop Is Seeing The World Petty Officer Third Class Ed ward R. Bishop, stated In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bishop, of Purlear, the places he had been since going to the South Pacific In April, 1944: Panama Canal, Marshal Islands, Marianas, Guadalcanal, crossed the equator and International date line, New Guinea, Australia. Also in the In vasion of Saipan, Palau and the Philippine Islands. )IES Pfc, Charlie W. Elledge Gets Conduct Medal Pfc. Charlie W. Elledge, son of Mrs. Martha J. Elledge and hus band of Mrs. Opal Elledge, of Hays, was recently awarded the good conduct medal at an air aerv- ica command post In England. SERVICE MEN PRAISE WORK OF AMERICAN RED CROSS ABROAD Scouts and Scouters Snpperee. Yes sir I We have camporees to camp, why can't we have sup- perees to sup? All Scouters, Scouts and their dads are invited to a hot dog feast to be held at the North Wilkesboro American Legion hut on Friday evening Feb. 9, 6:30, to celebrate the 36th an niversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Along with the eats and fun will be a few serious mo ments to emphasize the Impor tance of Scouting In the American way of .life. The Wilkes District Boy Scouts ^f America will be the hosts and there will be no admission charge. The arrangements for the Sup- peree are in charge of the Camp ing and Activities committee, BUI Absher, chairman, John Leyshon, Jack Swofford and John E. Jus tice, Jr. Each Scoutmaster in the dis trict is asked to contact each member of his troop committee and every Scout in hia troop and make It plain that the Scouts’ dads are invited. The Scoutmasters are asked to notify any one of the above mentioned names of the number in their troop who will at tend. Mr. Lewis Nelson, chairman of the committee on advancements will preside and will be assisted by Mr. Gordon Finley, district commissioner, in directing the ac tivities. Each troop Is expected to put on a stunt within the time limit of five minntes. , In connection with tlv oel^ra> tion ^ annfraMary wefk sevoi^ twoprare'going 16 deAnie" wlfa. dows demonstrating varies phases of Scouting. To date four windows have bssn Mstgasi: Troop No. 36 will use Marlow’s Men’s Shop window; Troop No. 36, Belk’s; Troop No. 90, Duke Power Co.; Troop No. 96,’Insur ance Service and Credit Corpora tion. Mr. Bill Absher states that an attractive prize will be award ed to the unit with the best dress ed window. Eight troops are now active in the district and too much credit cannot be given the Scoutmasters for the fine, unselfish work they are doing. These Scoutmasters, their troop members and the sponsor Institutions are as fol lows: Carl Bullls, No. 32, Wllkee- boro Baptist church; Harvel Howell, 36, North Wilkesboro Baptist and Methodist churches, Boyd Stout, No. 36, North Wllkes- boro Presbyterian church; Dewey Minton, 70, Knights of Pythias Lodge; Gorman Johnson, 83, Roaring River Community clnb; Joe Johnson, No. 90; North Wilkesboro Kiwants club; P. W. Grier, No. 95, Mountain View school; R. V. Day, No. 99, Mil- % Work of the American Red roes with service men -In ail arts of the world Is highly prals- i In letters home. Read what gt. Luther Saylors has to say in letter to Rev. Howard J. Ford, iptlst minister In Wilkesboro: 'T enjoyed your very welcome ;ter this afternoon, and let me iress my sincere gratitude and .predation for writing me. “You ask what the Red Cross Is (fng here. Naturally, there is a ist difference in their work with e army and with the outside, it I will attempt ot tell you. “You see our organization trans- »rt» all patients who return from e Pacific area. We transport em from Letterman General ospltal to hospitals closest to elr home*. That Is whenever It possible, i Naturally it Is a very ring and monotonous trip, lore’s when the Red Cross comes On each hospital train that ares San Francisco there Is a «mber of the Red Cross on It 1th different varieties of games, tarettes, musical Instruments, jBOgraphs, etc., anything that lase the discomfort of the ents here on buses. The Red Cross met them with small gifts, a sweater and other trivial things, but things that mean so much to a fellow just returned from over seas. “Then too, they make necessary monetary loans to fellows who for some reason or other hasn’t re ceived his pay In a couple of lers Creek school. OLONGAPO NAVAL BASE IS CAPTURED ; months. They advise of housing 'situation In the city, etc. In my 'estimation, any Red Cross chapter "Then too, at most big cities ey serve doughnuts and coffee, lere we stop for a few minntes, J. Hiey buy newspapers, maga- les and other reading material r their convenience. “Here at the Presidio they are K) on hand. For instance, a aple of days ago, twd hospital Ips docked. In fact, on Christ- is day. They bronght the pati- whlch Is organized solely for the benefit and convenience of the needy, Is undoubtedly a most worthwhile organization. "Also let m^ relate a little Inci dent told to me by a patient who just recently returned from the Southwest Pacific. He had been badly wounded on some small, Jap-Icfested Island—wounded so badly that It was necessary to take J2 Stitches across his ab domen. , When he awoke from the ether, the nurse told him, "We thought you were agoner, Johnny. If It hadn’t been for blood plas ma, you would of been”. That is more important, I .think, than anything a civilian or service man can do—give a pint of blood—It isn’t much to you, but it may mean the very life of your broth er, your husband, your father or yoiRr sweetheart”. ^ And here Is a paragraph from a letter by Ensign Owen B. Duncan to Rev. A. C. Waggoner, chairman of the Wilkes chapter of the Red Cross: “It should not be difficult for (See Service Men->^age 8) Eighth Army troops secured Subic Bay, Including Olongapo naval base, Tuesday without op position, and the TJ. S. Seventh Fleet then entered the bay while to the east the Sixth Army seized Calumplt and crossed the Pam- panga River, 28 road miles from Manila. Fleet entrance Into the good anchorage and repair base on the fringes of Manila Bay followed unimpeded occupation of Grande Island, Subic’s “Little (Jorregl- dor”. American guns which were de fending Grande Island when It fell to the Japanese in 1942 were recaptured. Olongapo was dotted with dugouts and pillboxes—all abandoned. Sexton Child Dies Firemaa First dase Yhomas Mack Brock, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Brock, of Pores Knob, husband of the former Miss Ag nes Craven, of North WUkea- boro, is now in Newport, Rhode Island. He received his boot training at Camp Peary, Vir ginia, and completed further training at Gulfport, Missis sippi, and New York City, Aiii,$biy On List "I call upon the millions of victory gardeners who have done so much to swell the nation’s food supply In these war years to con tinue their good work”. President Roosevelt says. ^%ttie fact that It was lin- fo revise the mailing list tM6\we^ Journal-Patriot Bubifcrfbeiis whose labels bear the date ot a-45 (February 1, 194S) have through the re mainder of this week to renew their subscriptions without miss, lug any Issues of the paper. If Uie pink label on yonr pa per has :Ae date of 2-45, won’t you plf^ bring, mail or send yonr rmewid now in order that you may continne to receive the Journal-Patriot. War time 'restrictions do not allow carry ing past due subscriptions on the mailing list. Those who are sending The Journal-Patriot to service men are urgently requested to renew subscriptions before they ex pire. It Is impossible to notify parents and friends of explra- tlon dates on subscriptions which they are paying. Con siderable delay may result In relnstaUng subscriptions which have expired and have been re moved from the list. It Is our ahn to get The Jonmal-Patriot to service men who have re* quested It, and to that end we urgently ask relatives who are paying the subscriptions to co operate by renewing before the expiration date. TNUEE-GOUHn COMMITTEE ASKS FLOOD CONTROL DAMS, RATIORAL PARK OR THE YADKIN WATERSHED Used Pianos Now Under Ceilings A R. Henderson, In charge of the retail price division of the lo cal rationing board, announces that celling prices have been fixed for used pianos. ITiose desiring Information relative to the prices are asked to call at the rationing board office. V RED ARMfS ADVANCE IS UNCHECKED POLIO FUND HALF RAISED; DATE CLOSING MODED TO FEBRUARY 15 TO GIVE AU CHANCE TO GIVE Approxunately |%00j0 Giv- To BeSdh $64^0 Goal with approximately one-half of the county’s quota of |64S0 con tributed, it was announce today that the polio campaign has been extended In Wilkes coun^ until Fel>ruary 14. «am Ogllvle, Wilkes chairman of the Infantile Paralysis cam paign, stated that the postponment of the closing date was In ac cordance with Bdvlce received from Dr. Ralph McDonald, state chairman, asking that the cam paign be extended beeanse weath er conditions during the early part of the campaign ma^ It Impos sible for all the peo*lH> con tacted during the amo'.^’jno. The response In^;^'^^ has been good so far, Mr. d’^lvle said, but explained that much work re mains to be done If the county’s goal is reached. Substantial amounts have been raised by various means. These Include solicitation from busi ness firms and Individuals, con tributions gathered by rural chair men and school children, March of Dimes sponsored by Lions Clubs, and the President’s ball held on Friday night, at which time a sub stantial amount was raised. Sev eral schools are carrying out pub lic entertainment programs for the benefit of the fund and theatres here have been active In taking contributions. Mr. Ogllvle today urged all workers to make a thorough can vass In view of the fact that the fund 1s only half completed at the present time, and to take what ever time is necessary between now and February 16 to give all the people an opportunity to con tribute. Again Mr. Ogllvle re minded the people that the Na tional Foundation during the past year spent approximately $30,000 for care and treatment of the 37 cases from Wilkes during the 1944 epidemic, and that the Foun dation must have ample funds to ease which annually cripples so many children. ■V tr'kiiiririr'kit' 0W80W WITH THI COMRS, Van Church Transferred First Class Petty Officer Van Church, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Church, of Moxley, has recently been transferred from sea duty to shore and Is now stationed at Oakland, California. Pfc. Eller Transferred The Red Army, dashing un checked across the frozen ap proaches to Berlin, was 63 miles from the Nazi capital by Its own account today and a scanty 48 ac cording to the alarmed German radio. The Soviet communique late last night announced the capture of Beyersdorf. This represented a 10-mile advance In 24 hours for Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov’s First White Russian Army, which took the big communications cen ter of Landisberg in passing. One report from the German ra dio placed Marshal Zubkov’s men north of Frankfort-on-the-Oder In the Oder River valley, not more than 36 miles from the capital, and driving on Kustrln, a rail center 41 miles east of Berlin, scarcely more than the distance from Washington to Baltimore. Sgt. Minton Home Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Minton, arrived home Tuesday night af ter over two years service over seas. Sgt. Minton entered service with the National Guard company here In September, 1940, and went overseas with North African In vasion forces in the fall of 1942. He participated In the North Af rican, Sicilian and Italian cam paigns, serving with the 176th en gineers. He has a 30-day fur lough. Committee In Meeting Here Tuesday Passed Resoln- tions Adcing Control Ivey Moore Returns Pfc. Ernest Eller has been transferred from New Guinea to the Philippines. He stated he was getting along fine and was hoping to get a furlough back home some time this year. His wife, the for;*'"" WIss Ila Church, holds a pdi at the carbon plant In Wiu Pharmacist Mate First Class Ivey Moore left Monday for Treasure Island, California, after spending 30 days leave with his family here. Before coming home he spent many months on duty In the Pacific. ^Salem. Cpl. Wiles In Hospital In England Cpl. C. D. Wiles Is a patient at an army hospital In England, where he underwent a minor operation a few days ago. Cpl. Wiles, who is serving In the army mall service. Is a son of Mrs. D. G. Wiles, of this city. Nine-Year-Old Boy Killed When Run Over By a Tractor Sam Porter, Age Nine, Vic tim of Accident Tuesday; Funeral Held Today Vaughn Cook Here Chief Pharmacist Mate and Mrs. Vaughn Cooke, of Seattle, Washington, are visiting Mrs. Cook’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Canter, of Wilkesboro route one. Cook has been trans ferred from Seattle, Washington, to Oakland, California, and will report at Oakland at the end of his leave. Funeral service was held today at Rachel church for Sam Porter, continne Its fight against the dls- nlne-year-old son of Will and Les- aooA w1i1/»Tl ATITIIIAltV n*fnnlAII flfv • sle Pruitt Porter, of Roaring River. Death occurred Tuesday night V iieatn occurrea luesaay uism. Gordon Church Gives from injuries received earlier In een AA t**® day when he was run over by $5UvUU to rolio runa a tractor.^ According to reports Gordon Baptist church, which the boy was riding on a Funeral service was held today at Austin Baptist church for Ray- bum Charles Sexton, five-year- old son of Charles and Mae Lyons, Sexton. The child died T^iesday. Surviving are the father and mother, one sister, Doris Anne Sexton, and one brother, William Sexton. Rev. Charlie Miles conducted the funeral serrioa. has liberally supported many worthy causes, contributed $60 to the polio fund last Sunday. Rev. Ralph Miller, pastor, steted that It was the desire ot the church that the money be used for the patients which hare been treated at Hickory and have been transferred to the polio depart ment of Charlotte Memorial hos pital. Boy More Brads! tractor when he fell from his seat and the rear wheel of the tractor passed over his body. Ex amination at the Wilkes hospital disclosed that his chest was emshed.^ Surrivlng are the father and mother and the following broth ers .Md slaters: Hasel, Roselle, Pauline, Opal, Arlee, Wanda, Nancy, Bobby Jean and Larry Poiter, AlVnt Hoaring River. fiev. '^ohn Bnrcham condneted the suTise. Pfc. John J. Kennedy la Honored With the Twenty-Ninth Infan try Division—Pfc. John J. Ken nedy, son of Nathaniel Kennedy, of Thurmond, N. C., has received a certificate personally signed by his commanding general honoring him for fighting with the Twenty- Ninth Infantry Division from D- Day to St. Lo. The honor is a personal salute from MaJ. Gen. Charles H. Oer- bardt to the officers and men who battered their way through | with flooded areas and the Normandy hedgerows and stormed the key city of St. Lo In a campaign where the taking of every 600 yards was a major battle. forestatlon methods of flood and erosion control, which would bo combined with flood control dams for complete flood control In the valley. RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE NAMED IN WILKES R. M. Brame, Jr., Disaswr Re-1 lief chairman, announced today that aI)proxlmately a thousand North Carolinians in nine counties were left in need by the four dis- j asters that struck during the year just ended and said immediate steps are being taken to prepare Wilkes county for any evratnaltty throng an 'American Red Cross Disaster preparedness and .idief program. North Carolina’s four major disasters in 1944 were nnsed by two hurricanes, toriiado and one flood. ■li Through a committee from three counties an agreement has been reached in the fight for flood control In the Yadkin river val ley. As a result ot the agreement, citizens of Wilkes. Surry and Caldwell counties will press the fight for Good control on the Yad kin; and also the creation of a na tional park, on the suhmarglnal lands along the Blue Ridge on the Yadkin watershed. The committee In resolutions passed In a meeting at North Wilkesboro Tuesday asked that the park be named R. L. Dough- ton National Park. Members of the three-county committee agreeing upon the ob jective of adequate flood control and who formed and passed the resolutions here were as follows: John E. Justice, Jr., North Wilkesboro; George F. Wiese, Ledgerwood; Mark Goforth, Le noir; John R. Prevette, North Wilkesboro; T. W. Ferguson, Fer guson; R. G. Finley, North Wilkesboro; W. M. Allen, W. A. Neaves, C. A. McNeill and R. G. Smith, of Elkin; Judge Johnson J. Hayes, Wilkesboro. The resolutions follow: "We, the committee from Cald well county. Wilkes county, and Surry county, respectfully resolve that a complete flood control proj ect he inaugurated in congress for the protection of the Yadkin val ley, commencing at North WUkes- boro and controlling the flood waters necessary ahoss . woasbtiwfd purely Good control dam or dams at sneh sites as the engineers of the government deem necessary for complete flood control pur poses; and to create a national park, to be known as the R. L. ] Donghton National Park, to be lo cated on the sub-marglnal lands ot the Yadkin valley watershed of the Blue Ridge mountains”. The committee selected repre sentatives who were Instructed to make the necessary contacts In Washington Immediately. With the people of the three counties united for flood control, leading advocates express the opinion that a system of Good control can be proposed and en acted which will not meet with vigorous opposition as did the proposal by the War Department engineers to construct a combina tion hydro-electric and flood con trol dam near Wilkesboro. Be cause of protests of home owners In the upper part of the valley In Wilkes and Caldwell counties, Senator Bailey had the project removed from the flood control bill which was before the Senate Committee on Commerce, of which Senator Bailey Is chairman. Rep resentative Doughton of the Ninth District and which includes Cald well county, also stated that he had received vlgirous protests from the people ot the Happy Valley section of Caldwell. The movement now Is for Good control by whatever means may be adequate, and the resolution as fomed by the committee suggests a dam or dams purely for Good control and which would not be as large as a dam which would also be used to create a power reservoir, and consequently would not take as much land. The National Park request Is In line soil conservation and re- Mr. Brume said there is an arg ent need for an organized local group that can administer relief daring the emergency period of any disaster that occurs—and,,; more important, one which will be' 'ready to help rehabQitate strickea families. Fmiher evidmice of the I need tor such a move was offered in Red Cross statistics showing that 89,414 persons in Bl Noifli Carolina counties required 6s a result of tile 81 tomadoM, 8 floods, and 8 htirrieanes . the state,in the 81 year (See Bed dross Piqte 8).
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