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Worid IldTe SUt« Pay Coflts of Polandiny ThemaalrM Ob LIquur Tb«ft Ckarga Boom ot t«pmentattTea Thurs day- 0T«olii( passed and sent to lha aanate a bill which ^would pro- Tide payment of $725 each to Ltoatenaat W. B. Lents, of the state highway patrol, and Inrestl- «ator Ouy Soott, of the SUte Bu- rean of Iirreetl^tloa. for costs of their trial In Wilke*, court on tharKee of la^eny of about TO cases ot axjMnslTe Bquor from the Uiptor Mixed on Phillip Tates’ ’preS^ee near Purlear In Wilkes In »4S. Listed as Introducing the hill, which is of much interest In Ikes, were Representatives Vz- i Of Rowan, Dobson, of Surry, Oass and Welfare, of (Scott’s county), Loftin, ad Shuford, of Buncombe, jt. Lents is now stationed and Scott were Indicted led In Wilkes court lor lar ceny of about TO cases of liquor, the difference between the amount Tates said he had on hand and the 400 cases which were turned over to Wilkes au thorities by the patrol and later sold by tha^countf with the pro ceeds golnji^ito the school fund. Tates failed to show up at the trial as a witness against the two officers and the state failed to make out a case against them. They were acquitted at the Sep tember special term of Wilkes oonpt by directed verdict of Judge R. Hunt Parker. .Tates was not located during the entire week of the special term, although It was stated by Tides In court testimony In the trial of Tates at the December, term that he was with Lt. Lenta and some other patrol offi- csrs at a steak supper In a cafe In North WOkssboro the night be- Tors tho trial of Lents and Scott $y Lsists and Seott $726 each Is follows; A, ^l to, be entitled an act to * reimbnrse W. B. l«nti and Guy Scott for personal expenses in curred in connection with an indictment while carrying out their duties as law enforcement officers. Whereas, W. B. Lentz of the State Highway Patrol and Guy Scott of the State Bureau of In vestigation were Indicted in con nection with arrests made i by ' them and other officers in Wifkes eonnty. North Carolina, ip the year 1943; and, llWhereas, these state employees carrying out their duties as fs after having been called Ikes county to aid in clear- tdhe whiskey traffic; and, lereas. In the process of do- /■iglthelr duties they were falsely ^nsed of abusing their offices; 'and. Whereas, thes© state employees were tried at a special term of anparior court called by the Gov ernor of North Carolina for that purpose; and, Pereas, the state employees wore adjudged by the superior court to be Innocent of the (See • LENTZ-3COTT—Page 4) Serves in Pacific RATION E.W S PATS — Red BtaSps Q5,R6, S5 will expire Harch 31; Red Stamps T5, U5, T6 W6 and X5 will expire on Aprt 28; Bed Stam^ T5. Z5, and A$, B2. C2. D2 will expire June 2: Red Stamps B2, F2, G2 H2, J2, wUl expire June 30; „W stiwap. will be validated April 1. . PK0C»88BD food — Blue Stamps X5, T6, Z6. ns will wire March 81; Blue Twlre Jana t;Blne Stamps P2. W. EB. S2. wUl «plre ,ao» *«• atamps will be ^dated April 1. AMfAR STAMP—35 will «- ^SJtne 2. No new stamp will l^^^toted until May 1st. All oonpons •rn*!* OIL Mined It gallona- P«lod 1» >■ Stampa i. Jatnee Bobert Smoot, gunners mate, third class on a landing craft, has been in the navy 18 months and for the past ten months has been in the South west Pacific. He is the son of the late B. A. Smoot and Mrs. Dora Hall, of Hays. His wife, the former Miss Virginia God- beo, and son, James Robert, Jr., make their home In Wilkesboro. Before entering the navy Smoot held a position with Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company In Baltimore. Md. Legion Speaking Contest Is Held; Mitchell Winner Wilkes county contest was held noon. Tills part of the nation wide contest sponsored by the American Legion was on the sub ject, “The American Constitution In a Changing World.” The na tional winner will receive a $4,000 scholarship in any college of his or her choice. Many other prizes will be given other contestants. The winner for Wilkes county is Phil Mitchell, of the North Wil kesboro high school. Ho will compete in the contest for the 15th district of the American Legion to be held at the Hotel Wilkes on Wednesday, March 21, 5 o’clock. The 15th district comprises the counties of Iredell, Wilkes, Alex ander, Ashe and Alleghany. The public is cordially invited to at tend this contest. The winner of the district con test. will compete in the 4th di vision contest to be held in States ville March 30. L. M. Nelf,on, commander of the 15th district, presided over the county contest Friday afternoon, and will preside over the district contest. Judges for the Wilkes county contest were Mrs. R. G. Finley, Mrs. Hadley Hayes and Mrs. W. D. Halfacre. Mr. Nelson stated that the American Legion is ever mindful of the priceless values of the American Constitu tion to -our nation and to the world fn general: and the Legion desires especially to instill these values Into the hearts and minds of our young people' V- Plan to Ooinpteto War Fand Effort By Satnrday, 24 Workers Asked To Complete CanvsuM And Make Re ports Here This Week With $16,822.73 fn cash and pledges already turned In, Wilkes chapter of the American Red Cross Is planning to complete the War Fund campaign during the week ending March 24. Rev. Howard J. Ford, War Fund chairman, today urged all workers to complete canvass of their communities and to make their report to the Red Cross of fice during the week if possible. Some divisions of the campaign have already met their quotas and response, generally speaking, has been good. Returns from the In dustrial canvass are expected to be slightly under last year’s to tals for that division because local plants have fewer employes than a year ago. The Special Gifts committee has already exceeded its quota, having raised $8,480 in cash and pledges. North Wilkesboro resi dential section, with a quota of $1,060, has raised $1,220. Wil kesboro business district with a quota of $651 has raised $764.65, and Wilkesboro residential, which had a quota of $421, raised $740.25. Edwards township has doubled last year’s figures by rais ing $453.76, and Lewis Fork has gone ovet its quota with $358.15. Jobs Cabin township has also reached its quota. Returns to date are incomplete from other rural townships and from North WHke«tK>ro bnsiness Prospects are good for reach ing the county's goal of $19,400, Rey. Mr. Ford said. V Pfc. Fred Wingler Slightly Wounded Pfc. Fred M. Wingler was slightly wounded in Germany on February 23, according to a War Department message received by his wife, Mrs. Zella Wyatt Wing ler, of Whitehead. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.. Gordon, Wing ler, of Hays, and a brother of Mrs. Howard ReavlB, of North Wllkes- horo. He has been overseas since September. V Rural Scouting Meeting Planned Thursday at 1:30 Citizens Of Rural Communi ties Interested In Young People To Attend PATTON’S MEN REACH RHINE AT BINGEN Paris, Mach 18.—United States Third army tanks swept uncheck ed across the Nahe river, 21 miles from the toppling Saarland’s rear door at Mainz today while the First army beyond the Rhine broke almoslMo the Inner German plain despite the collapse of its important Remagen bridge. The Nahe;—last harrier before the onrushlng Fourth armored di vision and the Rhine bend—w.as crossed at Bad Kreuznacb, a wa tering place famous In the last was as German headquarters. ■ While tanks fought Into that town on the Nahe’s east bank, the 90th Infantry, a short distance north, in a slx-mlle push, entered the'west-bank town of Bingen, 17 miles west of Mains. •V. PFC, BROOKS IN ABMI HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND Pfc. Bdd J. Brooks, who was wounded In France, is now Infsn ari:^ hospital in England. Pfc. Brooks, son of Mrs. Jasper Dy son, served In Itwy and later In France. Citizens of rural communities In Wilkes county who are Interested Ih young people are asked to at tend a meeting to be held at the Relns-Sturdlvant chapel on Thurs day, March 22, at 1:30 p. m. B. H. Bakken. national director of Rural Scouting, Boy Scouts of America, New Tork, will conduct the meeting on the subject of “The Rural Boy Needs Scouting”. The committee in charge of the meetihg is composed of Paul Os borne, W. F. Absher, Gordon Fin ley, Jack Swofford, Robert S. Gibbs, Jr., G. R. Andrews, and C. B. Eller. V Reeves Brothers on Western Front Meet Mi^iStaNoii TownTmeklllRII Vi$it Hones Here Every Wedne^y Now in France Pfc. JuniH> Souther, age 22, only son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Sonther, of Union Grove, was killed In action In Germany on Febmary 28. Pfc. Souther,' who served In an Infantry raiment, had been In active service for two years and three months. He was home on furlough In Au gust, 1M4, before sailing for overseas service. Mr. and Mrs. Sonther received the purple heart medal awarded their son for wounds received on Decem ber 2. Prevlonsly he had been awarded two good conduct med als. In addition to bis parents, Pfc. Souther is survived by one sistm-, Mrs. Carr Dancy, of this dty. Pfc. Soutiier was a member of Ht. Plsgah Baptist chnrch and while at home was a regu lar attendant at church and Sunday sdiool services. He at tended Wilkesboro high school. Junior was popular and he had many friends In his community. Rationing Board$ Will Be Clo$ed ywil# Both lock! War Price and Ra tioning Boards will be closed to the public on Wednesday, March 21, and Thursday, March 22, on orders from the district office C. T^. Walter and C. H. Cowles, chairmen of the boards, said to day. The rationing and price work load at the boards is accumulat ing to the point where It will cause confusion unless we close the board to the public for two days and give the clerks an op portunity to bring it up to date, they explained. The board chairmen have asked the' public to anticipate their rationing and price needs In ad vance and not to try to transact any business at the boards on these two days except In case of extreme emergency. Going to Sea Paper Should Be Tied In Bundles And Placed On Porches Wednesdays Canvass ot the residential parts of North Wilkesboro for collection of waste paper will he every Wed nesday; it was announced today by officials of the town of North Wilkesboro, which has taken over salvage of waste paper and tin In behalf of the war effort. The town truck will begin the canvass of homes at ten a. m. each Wednesday and all people of the city are asked to tie all scrap paper and cardboard In bundles and place It on their porches with full assurance that the truck will call for It during the day. Busi ness firms will be visited dally or as often as necessary to remove paper and cardboard which ac cumulates. Those who find they have a quantity of paper on hand which they want removed immed iately may telephone the town clerk’s office, phone number 86, and the truck will call for it. Officials of the city also ask that tin cans from which food !s taken be prepared for salvage and saved for the tin collection. Four Boy Scouts Become 2nd Rank Three mepibers of Boy Scout Troop No. 95 at Hays, and one member of Troop 36 In North Wilkesboro, were advanced from tenderfoot to second class rank In the March meeting of the Wilkes district Boy Scout court of lionog »ad * Tb« Scouts of *i>oop 95 advanc ed were A. C. Tale, Jr., Charlie Ashlln and Ray Wheeling. The Troop 36 member becoming a sec ond class Scout was Jimmie Day. The meeting of the court of honor was held Thursday night at the Presbyterian chnrch Scout room. .V. Pvt. Emeet G. Walsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Walsh, of Porlear, entered the army Jnne 14, 1944, was in training at F(^ Bragg, N. O., and Ounp Chaffee, Ark., and is now in France. Pvt. Walsh's wife is the former Miss Helen Biiimgar- ner. Rev. Howard Ford Is Speaker Friday At KIwanIs Meet Lions Hear Talks About Needs of North Wilkesboro Campaign Setup, Project Planning Council, Radio Station Discussed A central organization to handle fund raising campaigns, a council to plan and seek public works, projects, and a radio sta tion were the three major propos als put forward In a planning program carried ont Friday eve- nlng*before the North Wilkesboro Lions Club. The program was In charge of C. E. Jenkins. Jr., and Dwight Nichols, who presented the speak- Groupa Go Fim Two Boards For Pre-induction amd to Begin Senriee ers. Pfc. Herman Reeves and Pfc. Gwyn Reeves, sons of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Reeves, formerly of North Wilkesboro, and now resid ing at Martinsville, Va., recently met On the western front In France. It was the first time they had seen each other In two years and spent several hours re counting experiences and talking of home, letters to relatives here said. V Pvt. Vernon Jones Prisoner of War A card has been received fron; Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Cooper, of New York City, stating that the German radio on the night’ of March 9th, said that Pvt Vernon Jones had recently been saptur^l ed on the western front nod Is now a prisoner of mr In Qer- many. .4-. u ■ Arvol G. Dyer, yemnan first class, recently spent a short leave at home prior to his trans fer to sea dnty. On March 1 be wgs aothorisad to wear the navy good conduct lihhon upon com pletion of three yean’ naval aervlce with' high proficiency In rating and condnct marks. Prior to his transfer he was stationed at the U. S. naval anodllary air station at Pnngo, Va., as yeo man in charge of the centinl personn^ c^oe. Teomso Dyer la a 4on of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Dyer, of Mcmvlan Falls. His wtfe, the fanner Ulas FToye Spean, and SMntwra, were wltti hint dtolag Shir past two yeaVk^at Pi^qSh will now knaka'thahrvniilt «t OUds with her jpajrsnl|.-, , Jack Swofford opened the series of three talks on the subject of What North Wilkesboro and Wilkes County Need." As a for mer chairman of the United War Fund campaign lu Wilkes, he stat ed the need of a central commit tee in the county to set up organi sations for the Red Cross, United War Fund, polio and other fund raising campaigns. Under the proposal he set forth, the perma nent organization would select chairmen and workers for all the campaigns. Second speaker on the program was Staton Mclver, who advo cated that a council be formed of leading civic and business people to plan and seek post-war proj ects If and when a public works program is put into effect, and to seek each project wltlf unity and understanding of the objectives.' C. E. Jenkins, Jr., concluded the dlscnaslons with a talk show ing the need of a radio station tor North Wilkesboro and "advocated that the Lions Club give serious thought to backing a movement for' the establishment of a North Wilkesboro radio station In post war years. Prior to the program Flake Cooke, local manager for the Stan dard OH'(Jonrpany, was Inducted Into membership of the club. Rev. A. C. Waggoner delivered the In- dnction message. Lloyd Pardue wi» a guest of President Yeraon Deal'At the meetlns. jlyde Peareon Warn ed to membership fu'the )Afllb'att- er an absence of several weeks. Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of Wilkesboro Baptist church, de livered an inspiring message Fri day noon before tho North Wllkes- boro Klwanis clnb. “Christianity Looks to the Fn- tnie” ma the topk of the address by Rev. Mr. Ford, who stated that great changes have recently been made In the world, mentally and materially. He pointed ont that countries ■we have liberated are( now almost our enemies. "We face dissolution, youth delinquen cy, drunkenness, vice and immor ality. Christianity should and must meet the demand of this era,” he said and urged that bet ter business methods be used in the churches and that religion be practical and usable. “All of us must have a place Id future con struction, with youth having Its place in the onward march of Christianity," Rev. Mr. Ford said. The mem'bers and guests were deeply Impressed by the address. Edd Gardner was In charge of the program and presented Rev Mr. Ford. Another feature of the program were two solos by Mrs. T. G. McLaughlin: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” and "Irish Lullaby." President Paul Osborne -pre sented Troy Perry, of the local employment office. Mr. Perry, a returned veteran, is in charge of veterans’ placements through the employment office here. He said that plans are nnder way' here to develop' openlngrs for 300 vet erans. Guests FYlday were as follows: Rev. A. C. Waggoner with Edd Gardner; Cpl. Dean Miller with Paul Church; Opl. Asa Reece with J. B. McCoy; Mrs. Kathryn Lott and Troy Perry with Paul Os borne; Rev. L. J. Yelanjian with H. H. Morehouse. Mrs. McLaugh lin 'was a guest of the club’s music committee. y CARRIER SHIPS ATTACK JAPAN; NAGOYA IS HIT Guam, Monday, March 19.—^A United States carrier plane fleet, estimated by the enemy to total 1,400, attacked southwestern Ja pan Sunday and a giant armada of 300 or more Superfortresses fol lowed u®4«r dropping 2,600 tons of fire bombs on -Nagoya, Japan’s third city. In the early hours of this morning. Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz, an nouncing the carrier plane attack, said only that a stirang force of carrier aircraft attacked enemy aircraft and Installations on Ky ushu, sonthwesternmost of the Ja panese honia islands^ But;detafle4 raemy broadcasts said that the ariack, emended to Shlkoka and Honshu Mand^ ad joining and the attack arM wiu that In 'Vrhich the haj^tered Japa- maln fleet ^ bettaved hiding. wse n MORS WAR BONDS Both Selective Service boards in Wilkes Ihst week sent groups of men to Fort Bragg for pre-In- ductlon exai^Inatlons and to be gin service In the army and navy. Those going for pre-inductlon examination from the two boards were as follows; BOARD NUMBER 1 Coleman Treadway Robert Hendrix Woodrow Wilson Shew Ral{di Douglas Jones Donald Duncan Jamee Lloyd BroyhlU Paul Taylor James Vestal Johnson Clarence Marshal Shonn Charlie Ridhard Smithey Floyd Abe Minton Glenn ElbMt Laws Lather Leroy Marlow Walter Basil Parller Joe Royal Jdmson James Tedro McGlamery Fred Edmon Cardwell Albert Glenn Jarvis Denver Woodrow Johnson William Port Barlow PblUlp Lloyd Scroggs Willie Clifton Harris James Tliomas Foster Harold Howard Hartley Dewey PhllUp Yates Sherlie Don Elledge Robert Lee Treadway Raymond Elijah Fergnson I Weaver Byers Thomas Casper Hawkins Fonse Blanche John^n Onvllle Lee Gregory Cletns Franklin Powell Sanford Eugene Mastin James Abe Marley Wiley Thomas Lambert Tom Ernest Walsh Heni^ Clay Mitchell Ernest Marshall Lackey James Claude Cagdill Robert Smith Anderson AnMe Gffitert Segravee dutrfle Manon Adams Harm Johnson ICkane Henry Roosevelt Anderson Walter Le© Glass CbarUe Guy Harris BOARD NUMBER 2 William Grant Holbrook Sam Oothren John Alexander Elliott Victor Garris Foy Austin Collins Charlie AUller Joe Henry Soots Roy Calloway Brown James Wllli^ Benge Johnnie Isaac Johnson Wilmer Willie Hutchison James Thomas Cloer Carl Dean Cothren Thomas Owen PliilUps Lemon Garfield ('ombs, Jr. Jackie Cranford Combs Arlle James Pless John R. Call, Jr. James Brace Wood Richard Mack Wingler Dee Blackbam Charlie Mcl^iin Phillips Essert Ray Jenkins Royd Ashlln Harold Weaver Hemric Oscar Martin Watkins John Palmer Horton, Jr. Talmage Garfield Blackbnm Arnold Thomas Harless Harvey Lee Jtrfinson Bmce Wyatt John Walter Pardne WUllam Clyde Brown Transferred from other -boards; Charley Randolph Cooper Russell Mancie Hayes Those going for Induction from the two boards were as follows: BOARD NUMBER 1 Glenn Garfield Minton Gwyn -Rogan Mathis Roy Lee Mathis Gordon Hal Steelman Crafton Blaine Roberts L. P, Pendergrass Mllhwd Lee Shew Ray Walter McNMl Claade Nathaniel Griffin John Thomas Wright Arva Orren Cardwell EUls Alvin Beehears Garvey, Gregory James Clyde James BOARD NUMBER 2 Rnssell Richard Darnell Ben SeldOB McOrsry Joseph Mack Rpavis Joe^ih Hebert Hawkins Robert Claade Wall Ernest Paul Oanthren John Thnymaa HoUowny ' George Lee Pierce ROe^ Oodcertuun Wn^XeeBlMk Jnih^'MontjOe Tsrhom Edward T^fNiS JUakford ^ Panl dyde Dlmmatte Amid Dekn Andrews Charies E^ Prevette Jade Ootfana Frank Mwiin Thaype , Poreser.8«inBel Griffin . Clyde DoniiiA .Chrpenter ' " (See DRAIT UST-Pag* ^ ► .' -
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