Across Rhine
Himrs RHINE
UHE ({RACKED
IN SMART MOVE
Killed in Action
With tii0 U.- S. Ninth Army.—
The famone "Old Hickory” 30th
DlTlsionf broke clear throngh Hit
ler’s Rhine defences Into open
country north of the Ruhr yester
day la one of the most brilliant
Infantry successes In the war.
The SOth troops found German
resistance apparently completely
dlsintegnrated at a point eight
mUes from the Rhino, and Jump-
V I dn tanks shortly after noon and
V)k off.
Erery element of a .breakthru
t%nch as characterized the arm-
^1»d-lnfantry gallops after the
f f,Vsr River crossing and In dashes
: .^mrsngh France—was indicated.
w Field officers of the 30th said the
division had gone clear through
organized German lines and
“broken Into the open.”
3RD CROSSES
RWERATTWO
NEVf POINTS
Paris.—Three TT. S. armies surg
ed toward Berlin In , breakthru
yesterday, with Third Army tanks
setting the pace In a 27-mlle
sweep that carried 40 miles be
yond the Rhine and across a cap
tured bridge over the river main
possibly 235 miles from the ene
my capital.
The U. S. Army broke into the
open through the enemy's If
crashed eight mUes or more u
yond the Rhine; ^s within reach
tng distaaoe of a, Berlin super-
|if“ *>"* to jftnes.
nilmrlal heart of
the Reich.'
I The TJ. S. First Army burst the
^Ponds of Its Remagen - Erpel
bridgehead between these two
fronts In a general assault on a
35-mlle front that ground nine
miles east In a massive attack on
the road to Berlin and was roaring
PVT. ALVIN W. PEARSON
Pvt. Alvin Pearson
Is Killed In Action
On Iwo Jima Island
Millers Creek Marine Cas
ualty in Battle; Message
Received Sunday
Meetiifi b Held
HereCbTiranday
National Director of Rural
Scouting Addresses Group
of Wilkes Citizesu
Local Scout leaders and several
from rural areas interested In ex
pansion of the Boy Scout organi
zation in Wilkes met at the town
hall here Thursday to hear B. H.
Bakken, national director of rural
Scouting, discuss the subject of
“The Rural Boy Needs Scouting.
One outstanding fact brought
out by Mr. Bakken was that 82
percent of boys In rural communi
ties do not have a leisure time
program.
The local committee in charge
nf the program for the meeting
was composed of Paul Osborne,
W. F. Absher, Gordon Finley, C.
J. Swofford, Robert S. Qlbbs, Jr.,
G. R. Andrer^s and C. B. Eller.
Among those present from ru
ral areas were Charlie Miles and
D. B. Swarlngen, ‘of Traphlll;
Grady F. Miller and E. R. Eller,
of North Wllkeaboro Route 1.
From North WUkesboro were G.
R. Andrews, Robert S. Gibbs, Jr.,
and J. B. Carter. Scout Executive
W. E. Vaughn-Lloyd and J. H. C.
Thomas, of Winston-Salem, also
attended the meeting.
Softball Meeting
Thursday Night
A meeting will be held Thurs
day night, eight o’clock, at the
North Wllkesbdro town hall for
purpose of organizing a softball
leagnie. All persons Interested In
on nnchecked.
REDS RIP 28
MILES THROUGH
NAZI UNES
I
London.—A Second Russian ar-
toy, Joining the Vienna-bound of-
nQsive, has ripped 28 miles thru
t^e German lines along the south
hank of the Danube river and oth
er Red Army forces have blasted
to within 79 miles of the occupied
Austrian capital, Moscow an-
nonnced last night.
Moscow dispatches said the
threat to Vienna was growing by
the hour as two Soviet army
groups of almost 1,000,000 men
sw^t over the Hungarian plains
on a broadening 60-mile front.
Pvt. Alvin W. Pearson was kill
ed In action on Iwo Jlma March 2.
News of his death was receiv
ed Sunday by Pvt. Pearson’s
mother, Mrs. Rosa Pearson Hol
comb, of Millers Creek. He serv
ed In the Fourth marine division
d has a brother, Sgt. Henry M.
'earson, in the Fifth marine dl-
corpe last year and was In train
ing at Parris Island, S. C., and
at New River. He went overseas
during the latter part of 1944
and Into action with the invasion
of Iwo Jima.
Surviving Pvt. Pearson are his
wife,Mrs. Mabel Kilby Pearson.hls
mother and the following broth
ers and sisters: Mrs. Lin Bumgar
ner, Millers Creek; Hilton Pear
son, Millers Creek; Pvt. Raymond
Pearson, in the army at Lakeland,
Fla.; Fred Pearson, Lenoir; Mrs.
Dwight Nichols, North Wilkes-
boro; Pvt. Joe Pearson, in the
army in Europe; Miss Eulala
Pearson, North WUkesboro; Sgt.
Henry M. Pearson, in the marine
corps on Iwo Jima. Pvt Pearson’s
father was the late G. E. Pear
son, of Millers Creek.
RATION
NEWS
ATS, FATS — Rod
« Q6,RB, SB will expire
I 31; Rod Stamps T6, DB,
r5, and X5 will expire on
2^ Rod Stamps YB, ZB,
2, ^2, C2, D2 will expire
2; Red SUmps E2, F2,
3, J2, will expire June 30;
itampa will be validated
iCMSBID FOOD — ^Ine
I XS, T5, ZB, and A2 and 1
II expire March 31; Blue
I C2 D2, E2, F2, and
[1 expire April 28; Blue
I H2, J2, K2, L2, Ml,
pire June 2; Blue Stamps
, Z2, R2, S2, will expire
0. New stamps will be
ed April 1.
lR stamp—85 will ex-
le 2. No new stamp will
lated until May lat.
, OIL — An eoupona
!• gallons. Period 1, I,
J I coupons for current
•Mison valid through
S—Alrplaiio Stamps 1.
I la Book Three, good
Deadline April 10
On Application For
Insurance on Crops
The “big push” on Federal crop
insurance Is under way in Wilkes
county. The county AAA office
reports that Individual rates and
yields are now available for the
farms In the county. Only IB
days remain before the deadline
date for taking applications.
The deadline date for each farm
Is when seeding starts, or April
10, whichever Is earlier.
Through federal crop Insurance,
farmers have an opportunity to
make sure of some returns from
their efforts and Investments.
Two contracts are available. One
covers a maximum of 60 percent
of the farm average yield and the
other covers 7B percent.
Any person who expects toTiave
an Interest In the 1945 cotton
crop at seeding time may Insure
his Interest In the crop. Premi
ums are figured on the acreage
actually seeded.
While crop Insurance Is avail
able for Wilkes farmers, there is
one ”ir’ that must be satisfied
before the farmers In anf county
can share tt;e benefits of this pro
tection. That “if” is the require
ment provided by congress that
crop insurance applications be re
ceived from at least 60 farms or
one-third of the farms normally
producing Insurable crops in the
county before crop irunrance be
comes effective in the county.
All producers Interested in this
protection on their 1946 cotton
crop should contact their local
AAA committeemen, or , agents
who have been aathoiteed by the
AAA, at once.
, V
BUT K«)RE WAR BONDS
softball are asked to attend.
Lloyd Griffin Is
Speaker Friday at
Kiwanis Meeting
Representative of Citiken-
—alii|> AaabOiiSfcws-Te'le-ef -
Progress in tke State
Lloyd Griffin, of the Citizenship
Association, Raleigh, delivered an
Interesting address Friday before
the North WUkesboro Kiwanis
Club. Robert Morehouse was pro
gram chairman and presented the
speaker.
Mr. Griffin prefaced his speech
by relating some travels he has re
cently made throughout the state
from the coastal plain to the
mountains and the observations
he had made of the people of the
state and the progress they hare
made In recent years. He observ
ed that the people are much alike
throughout the state. They be
lieve In the state and they be
lieve in themselves.
He stated that the progress In
the state since 1900 has been es
pecially noticeable, both from the
-material and the spiritual stand
point and also In other lines of
endeavor.
In a large measure he ascribed
this progress to Interest In schools
and roads. He paid high tribute
to Aycock and his educational
program. "His was the voice of
one crying In the wilderness for a
schooHionse on every hill, and lit
erally the people of the state did
for a period build a schoolhcuse
every day. But at that time ev
erything was done from the local
standpoint. The local taxes were
high and the matter of conform
ing to constitution and at the
same time provide for a desirable
school term was for the courts to
decide and In 1907 the court did
decide that taxes beyond what had
previously been understood ccnid
be levied.
“In 1918 the people voted on an
amendment to the constitution
providing for the six-months term.
In 1927 under the taxing system
of that time it was found that the
stx-montbs term could not he fi
nanced. At that date the legisla
ture set up the equaliriog fund of
three million dollars lo help fi
nance the system. The equalizing
fund was Increased from biennium
to biennlnm until 1931 when the
state took over the full support of>
the school system and pfbvlded
the funds from a state system of
taxation. In 1943 a nine-months
term was voted and the annual
cost of operating the public
schools Is now more than |30,-
000,000 per year.”
At the meeting Friday C. C.
Sidden was received Into mem
bership In the club. J. R. Hlx
made the induction talk and pre
sented Mr. Sldden’s membership
bntton. Qudtts Friday were as
follows: Dr. B. B. Dougherty, of
Boone, with T, E. Story; Law
rence Shumate with Paul Osborne;
Cspt. J. P. Bingham with Dr. A.
C. Chamberlain.
Town Truck WUl Canvus
Roaidential Parts of
Wednesday Each Week
CAPT. ROBERT WOOD FINLEY
(^ptain Finley Is
Killed In Action In
Germany March 7
If people^ of North WUkesboro
keep the liice In paper salvage
which they set during the past
week they will'add substantially
to the paper stockpile.
Wednesday was the first day of
scrap piper collection by the
town truck and four big tmcR-
loads were gathered from the
residences In North WUkesboro
That amount was In addition to
the paper and cardboard gathered
from business firms.
The residential canvass will he
carried out each Wednesday and
paper will be collected dally from
business firms ^or on call to the
town clerk’s office.
Meanwhile, housewives In North
WUkesboro are asked to save tin
cans from which food is used and
prepare them for the salvage col
lector, who wUl make a canvass
for tin at a date to be announced
Was in Army Intelligence
Service; Message Receiv
ed Here Thursday
Captain Robert Wood Finley,
age 24, was killed In action in
Germany March 7, according to
the War Department telegram re
ceived Thursday evening by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Fin
ley, -prominent residents of this
city.
Captain Finley was commission
ed a second lieutenant In R.O.T.
C. at Davidson CoUege, where he
received a degree at graduation
in 1941. In March, 1942, he was
called to active duty and was In
training at Fort Bennirig, Ga.
Later he was sent to Oregon and
then to cadre at Shelby, Miss., In
May, 1944, he went to the Euro-
pen theatre as a captain In In
fantry, where he served in army
'
Captain Finley early In life
showed qualities of leadership
and was one of the most favor
ably known yonng men In North
WUkesboro. He was president of
the student body of North WUkes
boro high school, where he. gradu
ated in 1937, was a leader In Boy
Scont activities and at the time
he entered the service was Scout
master of Troop No. 36, sponsor
ed by the. Presbyterian church, of
which he was a member. In high
school he was awarded the Ameri
can Legion citizenship medal
given to the student showing the
most outstanding qualities of citi
zenship.
Surviving Captain Finley are
his father and mother, one broth
er, Major Edward S. Finley, now
serving In the army air corps In
China, and one sister, Mrs. Chal
mers McCutchen, of Wythevllle,
Va.
Committee To
Assist OPA In
Clothing Prices
OPA Seeking to Get Mwe
Lower Priced Clothing on
Market This Summer
“The Job of calculating ceiling
prices for apparel, dry goods and
house furnishings will he greatly
simplified by the pricing charts
made in accord with the new re
tail price regulation mailed to all
local retailers today,” C. P. Wal
ter, chairman of the War Price
and Rationing board, said. Each
retailer must prepare a pricing
chart showing the costs and sell
ing prices of the goods he offer
ed for sale on March 19, 1945,
(base date). A merchants’ com
mittee has volunteered to help
the price panel provide accurate
information abont how to make
these charts to all retallera*' The
members are L. S. 8paii4Bu^B.
S. Gibbs, HarveU Howel, Maurice
Walsh aadFrank Grow.
Mr. chairman of the
commltt^^^kd, "We welcome
this slmp^TOitlon of our pricing
procedure. We nro pleased to co
operate with onr price panel to
make sure that every merchant
quickly gets the Information he
needs to make his pricing chart.
“Copies of the regulation which
explain how to prepare these
charts will be sent to all local
retaUers of clothing and house
fnmlshlngs;
“Additional copies are arallahle
at lioard headqoartim In the
Relns-Stnrdlvant bnUdlng for all
merchants who desire them,’’ Mr.
(See a P. A. GBODP—Pkge 4)
later.
piApiwalFor
ReiCrois Fnds
PvL Fred Miller
Gets Two Bullets
On Iwo Jima Isle
Local Marine Miraculously
Escapes With Life in
Thick of Combat
Pvt. Fred C. Miller, member of
the Fourth marine division fight
ing on Iwo Jima, In a recent let
ter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Miller, of North WUkesboro, at
tributed his life after receiving
two Jap machine gun bullets to
providence of God.
In a heavily censored letter un
der date of February 27 to his
parents, Pvt. Miller recounted his
experiences as follows:
“This Is to let you know that
I am alive and kickin’, although
I am doing most of my kickin’ In
bed.
“By the grace of God, I got
back alive but there were times
when I was not so sure I would
get back.
“If you get a telegram In a
few days don’t be alarmed. Yon
see, I got In the way of two Jap
machine guns and caught a couple
of slugs. A bullet went through
my left leg about six Inches above
my knee and another through
my shoulder. Luckily, no bones
were broken an"” I have not suf
fered.
"It Is Impossible to tell you all
of the thousands of things which
I have seen In the last couple of
weeks, so I’ll give you the high
lights . . . We ran np the beach
about 150 yards and started dig
ging In. The Japs began to shell
us almost immediately and I tell
you It didn’t take me but a very
short time to get that foxhole
finished. Martinez and I dug In
together and that was the begin
ning of the most miserable four
days I hope I ever experience . . .
They shelled us day and night and
the first night they made a direct
hit on a Jeep about ten yards In
front of onr hole. It burned all
the rest of the night The sec
ond night they blew onr ammn-
nition dump about 20 yards be
hind our foxhole. I can tell you
trnthmily that I was doing some
praHhK- ammunition dump
was blown np again the next day.
"During the night there were
three or four flares In the sky
continuously to direct our naval
supporting fire. About the thlsd
night-the Nips gathered  troops
on top of the ridge for a counter
attack. Abont that time onr big
naval Sbips .opened np and I could
see dend Nipt fly several feet into
the J&r. . That oountor-attack
noTlIr.oemo. I also saw one of
:(3ee PYT. MlUiBRp-Png* 1^
Figures Giyen For DiTisions
Which Have Exceeded
(Quotas in Campaign
staff Sergeant Rex M. Handy,
engineer - gunner on a B-24
Liberator bomber with the 15th
air force In Italy, has been re
ported missing over Czechoslo-
valda since March S. He had
been In Italy since Septemer
and at the time of his last let
ter home he had completed 45
missions and expected to return
home on fnrlongh In the near
fntore.SBgt. Handy altered the
army In May, 1948, and re
ceived training In Mississippi
Arizona and Texas, before go
ing overseas. His wife, Mrs.
Della Walsh Handy,and son, Eu
gene, of Banner Elk, are now
spending some time here with
his father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Handy.
Five-Day Study
Course
With several reports yet to bo
received, the Red Cross War Fund
campaign has gone "over the top”
In Wilkes by a wide margin.
'The total contributions as list
ed Saturday evening was $21,-
476.28, which exceeds the coun
ty’s quota of $19,400 by $2,-
076.28.
Rev. Howard J. Ford, War
Fund chairman, said that prac
tically every division has exceeded
Its quota assigned for the ckm-
paign and that the Red Cross ap
peal had received generous re
sponse from the people of Wilkes.
On Saturday Rev. Mr. Ford list
ed some of the division returns as
follows: Special gifts’ quota $8,-
480, raised to date $9,174; North
WUkesboro residential quota $1,-
060, raised $1,276.20; Wllkeeboro
buslnesB section quota $651, rais
ed $764.65; WUkesboro residen
tial quoU $421, raised $740.25;'
rural quota $4,475, raised $4,-
628.33; funds from miscellaneous
sources $461.50.
When returns are complete the
rural figures will be given for
each township and the name of
each chairman and amonnt raised.
Any workers who have not
made their returns, and any In
dividuals who have not been con
tacted but who wish to contribute
to the Red Cros War Fund are
urged to send their contributions
to the office of the Wilkes chap
ter of the American Red Crou,
Jocfitelga iMwmHut
Tomllnjou Diriment t o r e
building In North Wilkeeboro.
Aanual CHiference Study
for Baptist Pastors of
County Closed Friday
Hdy Week Series
Services Begins
Annnal study course for Bap
tist pastors of Wilkes county
closed Friday afternoon after be
ing In a very successful five-day
session at Relns-Stnrdlvant chap
el.
A total of 25 ministers attend
ed the five-day conference. Some
of the Baptist leaders on the pro
gram were Rev. J. 0. Canipe, of
Boone; Rev. J. R. Moseley, Rev.
G. C. Pipes, Rev. E. 0. Shew, Rev.
Howard J. Ford and Dr. David E.
Browning.
The course was held under aus
pices of the Wilkes County Bap
tist Pastors’ Conference, which
holds regular meetings monthly.
The group by unanimous vote set
the same week In March, 1946,
for the next five-day conference.
Sale of Easter
Seals in Progress
Here During Week
Announcement that Mr. Paul S.
Cragan and Mr. C. B. Eller have
accepted the chairmanships of the
annnal Easter seal sale for North
WUkesboro and Wilkes county
was made today by Mr. Paul Os-
home, president of the Kiwanis
CTub.
In accepting the chairmanships,
Mr. Cragan and Mr. Eller stressed
the importance of intensifying
the efforts of voluntary orgniza-
tlons In the field of social wel
fare.
“The program of correcting the
physical defects of handicapped
youth fits admirably well Into the
over-all plans for Improving
America’s physical fitness,” Mr.
Osborne said. "We cun all do our
part to support this splendid
movement by buying Easter seals
and using ^em on onr station
ery.”
All local business firms are
urged to use Easter seals on their
outgoing mall all this week. Those
desiring seals can obtain Immedi
ate delivery ihy telephoning the
North Wllkeaboro High school of
fice nnmber 133.
To Organize Grange
At Boomer Tuesday
A. Crouse Jones, of. Winston-
Salem, State Crange deputy, will
be at Boomer school Tuesday,
March 27,eight p. m., to organise
local Orange. AH tann^ are in
vited to be present.
Holy Week services In the Wll-
kesboros for the pre-Easter sea
son opened Sunday night with
Rev. Louis J. Yelanjlan, supply
minister of the Presbyterian
church, conducting a service be
fore a large congregation at the
WUkesboro Methodist church.
The schedule of the remaining
union services with ministers al
ternating among the five churches
is as follows:
Monday, Rev. A. C. Waggoner
at WUkesboro Baptist; Tuesday,
Dr. David E. Browning at First
Presbyterian; Wednesday, Rev. J.
O. Ervin at the First Methodist;
Thursday, Rev. Howard J. Ford
at F’lrst Baptist.
All services begin at eight p. m.
and congregations of all churches
and others are Invited to attend.
Bus service will be operated to
and from the services between the
Wllkesboros, leaving North WU
kesboro at the comer of D and
Eighth streets and In WUkesboro
from the school building.
Offerings wlU be received at
each service for the crippled chil
dren’s fund.
Sacred Concert
Sunday Night
A sacred concert featuring
special Easter music will be given
at the WUkesboro Methodist
church Sunday evening at eight
o’clock. The concert Is sponsor
ed by the Pearl White Circle of
the church, and the public is cor
dially Invited to attend.
Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of
the WUkesboro Baptist church,
will make a short talk.
During the service a silver of
fering will be taken for benefit of
the Hammond organ fund.
Chicken Supper At
' Union Church 31tt
A chicken snpper and bazaar
will he held Saturday evening, be
ginning at six o’clock, at Union
Methodist church west of this city.
Evelyn Stokes circle of the Wo
man’s Society of Christian Service
wlU be sponsor and plates wlU be
76 cents each. Everybody is In
vited.
•V-
Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Yates and
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. BaUey and
two danghters, Barbara and Jaxet,
of Winston-Salem, spent ^t Sun
day in WUkesboro wHh MX. and
Mrs. W. L. Tates and Mn. J.- M. -
Tates.
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