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Wilkes has S^er failed to reach ^^^War Bond campaign quota, and ^ve record during the Seventh War Loan was the most Impres sive yet made by the county. Potsdam Is Set For Meeting of Big Three London. July 14—President Truman, Prime Minister Church ill end Premier Stalin converged on the shattered German capital of Berlin tonight, where they will confer amid the ruins wrought by their armies In search of the means of an enduring world peace. The advance guard of their top advisers wore arriving at the closely guarded capital. The three leaden themselves are expected to confer for the first time at suburban Potsdam Sunday night, opening a historic 10-dsy confer ence which will seek agreement on an Intricate maze of political, economic and military problems. Detailed dlscuselons will begin Monday. ^Laat minute preparations in see ateir b ^nsollem palaces and wood- ^nds at Potsdam set the stage for the meeting. A freshly-painted green and white barrier guards the road Into the forbidden zone. Green-capped Russian troops manned the barrier and stood guard at 50-yard intervals along the highways. Singing July 29 At Pleasant Home Blue Ridge Singing assoclaUon will convene on Sunday, July 29, at Pleasant Home Baptist church three miles northeast of Millers Creek and near highway 16. / The singing will begin at one p. m., and all singers are Invited to attend and take part. Royal, Miles, Brooks Reunion on July 22 Annual reunion of the Royal. Miles and Brooks families will be held on Snnday, July 22, In con nection with the Royal cemetery decoration abont one mile south of Roaring Gap postofflce at the home of George M. Royal. Beginning at ten o’clock, de votional will be conducted by Rev. Charlie Miles, of Traphlll. and A. F. Walker, of Thurmond, follow ed by an address by John T. Miles, of Cherry Lane. The public la cordially Invited to attend with mU Mlled baskets for the dln- S^r. J. A. J. Royal is chairman of the committee arranging the rennlon program. RATION NEWS FOODS: Blue 1 T2. D2, V2, W2, X2 ei- ily $1; Y2, Z2, Al, Bl, lire August 31; Dl, El, L, HI expire September ,’k1, LI, Ml, N1 expire r $1. , A FATS: Red SUmps M2, P2 expire July 31; , SF, T3, U3 expire Au- V2, W2, X2. Y2, Z2 September 30; Al, Bl, Bl expire October 31. : Sugar Stamp No. 8* ir 6 lbs. expiree August Alrpiaae Stamp# No. gad No. 8 now good. KB: A-16 cowpons va- Septembar 21. -..*r ‘-JPbU mUille AtKiwiiifllleat Pfc. E s h el m a n Tells Experience On Western Frent Pfc. Paul W. Bshelman, Jr., ar rived home Friday^from overseas. He gave The Journal-Patriot the following Interview^: "In September of last year, the army ground forc«p sent 15,000 infantry replacements overseas which 1 was one. “On September 24, 1944, I sail ed from New York on the Queen Elizabeth as an Infantry replace ment. We landed in Scotland on October 1, and In .France some fifteen days later at tlmaha Beach, the scene of the Invasion. I hit six replacement depots,, went to the front with the 4th Olvlalon, and served a short stret^ of guard dBlt^th tte FlftlOporpe He•^ finally aasigned to L flo.. In the 13th Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division, November 21st. They were then holding the line In the Hurtgen Foreet In Germany, and two weeks after ward we moved to another defen sive position at Bergsteln, a tiny village by the Roer. We spent six wretched weeks there in foxholes, enduring the cold, eating only K rations, and sweating out artillery barrages. It was during ithis time that the Germans brokei through In Belgium, south of us.iOn Feb ruary 1st, the entire 8th'pIvision moved to Gurzenich, on tue Roer, preparatory to attcklng'A Duren, considered the key to the Cologne plain. Because the river was flood ed when the Germans blew a dam at Schmidt, the attack ^id not take place until February 23rd, when the whole First Army Jump ed the Roer. Daren fell with lit tle resistance and from then on It was smooth sailing, riding tanks of the 3rd Armored Divl^on to Cologne. "We spent several weeks " and reorganization in and and . it 128 YESSELS, 92 PURES HIT AT KUSHIRO Qnam.—^Two days of unprece dented n. S. naval air and sea bombardment of Japan Saturday and Sunday cost the en^y 128 ships and 92 planes destiioyed or damaged, vital steel works In two cities bldwn up, one entire city burned down and another seri ously damaged, Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz reported today. In the latest bombardment on Sunday by battleships of the pow erful Third Fleet, more than 1,- 000 tons of shells set off continual explosions and great fires in the once-lmportant Industrial port of Murororan on Hokkaido Island. The enemy offered no defense, either aerial or naval, he’.sald, to this scond day’s assaults on the home islands by 16-lnch broad sides and carrier plane strikes, which first were announced yes terday while they were taking place. William J. Kennedy Is Claimed by Death william Joseph Kennedy, age 78, former citizen of Hickory who had been making his home with a daughter, Mrs. A. C. Dennis, In Wllkesboro, died Friday eve ning. Funeral service was held Sun day, three p. m., at the First Methodist church In Hickory. Bniial was In Oakwood cemetery at Hickory. Surviving Mr. Kennedy are the following sons and daughters: Clyde E. Kennedy, Parris Island, S. C.; Guy A. Kennedy, Hick ory; Marculus D. Kennedy, Charleston, S. C.; Mrs. Dnia K. Stewart, Pittsburgh,'Pa.; Mrs. A. C. Dennis, Wllkesboro; also threw B. -^"Knmedty. -^oT Wllkesboro; John W. and Lemuel Kennedy, of Weavervllle, Va., and one sister, Mrs. Alice Wilkerson, of Newton. V AOSSIES TAKE STRONeHOLD OF THE JAPS cf r 1 Nn ife \V rest ear Manila.—Australian 7th Divis ion troops have captured 200-foot Mt. Batochampar, heavily-defend ed Japanese stronghold five miles north of Ballkpapan In Southeast Borneo, under cover of an artillery barrage, and are pushing toward an Inland highway leading north ward, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. A blistering barrage paralyzed the Japanese garrison on the* hill and Australian shock troops rip ped into them to capture It. They are now In position to move up the highway toward Sa- marinda, 60 miles up the oast In co-ordination with the coastal Cologne, and. R was during advancing time that the First and Ninth Ar mles were linking up west of fh® Rhine to form the Ruhr Pockk. The 8th was one of the divisions assigned to mop it up. After over coming fierce resistance at Slegen at the entrance to the pocket, we rode tanks—or walked!—all the way up to the large metropolitan area by the Ruhr River. The 8th was the first division to split tiie pocket and unite with the Ninth Army at the Ruhr. Then followed a brief spell of military govern ment duty In the vicinity of Duis burg, and the division drew Its last ETC assignment, that of crossing the Elbe on the right flank of the British Second Army. Trucks whisked us some three hundred mllee to Northern Germ any for this mission. The crossing Itself was made with little diffi culty; the German armies had been put to flight; but there was still a good deal of artillery shel ling. One regiment of the divis ion walked all the way to the Bal tic but we were content to stop halfway there. Then a month from V-E day to the middle of June was spent at Hagenow in Mecklenberg, guarding POW enclosure. The last week In June we finally returned to France and afterwards sailed from Le Harve, July 2nd, on the General Brooke. Five days later, we arrived at Newport News and th(nks to some efficiency you’d never expect from the army, I reached home two days later (last Friday, the 13th). I shall he here for thirty days, at the end of which time I go to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for farther training”. buy more war bonds steadily northward. MacArthur announced that the coastal force had advanced five miles In 48 hours to take Ambor- wang, about five miles southwest of the coastal oil fields and refin ery center of Sembodjalama. V FSA Committee Members Named In Wilkes County The appointment of Charlie MlMb to the ,Wilkes County Farm Security Administration Commit tee was annonneed today by Panl E. Church. Mr. Miles succeeds James A. Poplin whose term expir ed on July 1, 1945. Mr. Church stated that Mr. Miles comes to the Farm Security Administration Committee with a life-long exper ience as a farmer, and has had continual experience with AAA and public affairs of this county. Mr. Mllee will assist William M. Absher, chairman, and Curtis M. Welbom, who will cominiBe the Wilkes County FSA Committee. Other personnel In Che office are Mary H. Gale, home suporvlBor and Lola O. Herbert, clerk typist. This office la now taking appli cations from tenant farmers for the purchase of farms. ’These loans are amortized over a 40-year per iod at 8 percent interest. Appli- catlos are aleo being taken for loans to purchase farming tools and liveatock. Interested farmers are adrlsed to pnt their applica tions in now. Gets Bronze Star T-Sgt. William J. (Bill) Pru itt, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pmitt, of Onkwoods, and hus band Of the former Miss Faye Lovette, ha# been awarded the Bronze Star medal for merl- torlons service with the 8th infantry division In Germany. He Joined the *«ny in Septem ber of 1940, trained at l''ort Jackson, 8. O., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., a.nd Camp Forrest, Tenn,, and went overseas in December of 1048. He has now been transferred to the SOth division and Is stationed in France. Get? Commission CNIAM’SMER innE 79 MILES TO TAKE TOWNS CHIANG'S FORCES Shnngklng. — Chinese troops have seised Yellow Gold Airfield at Kanhslen, sixth former U. Air Base liberated in Iteutheast China, and other forces have driv en 70 miles along the South China Coast to recapture Shnltang and ’Tinpak as enemy forces in the area withdrew swiftly toward Canton, it was annonneed yester day. Japanese nnlts retreating from the base of -Lienchow Peninsula toward Canton have now reached the Yenngkong area midway be tween Kwangchowan and Canton, leavlL,-: the former coastal areas In the hands of the Chinese, the Central News Agency reported. Bitter fighting was raging in the Kanshien Airfield area after the Chinese drove in from the south while the main Japanese garrison moved south. George W. Stone Is Claimed By Death Okniawa Veimiii PFC. PAUL OACDUiL Wilkes Marine Tells Of Taking Okinawa Capital North WUkasboM Klwuls elnb held an snjoykbla meeting Friday noon at Hotel Wtuea. Program Chalm^ J. O. Ervla Introdneed Rev. wi Arthur Kale, of Hickory, who Imade a good spoeoh whkh was I greatly appre ciated by the mmbers on the subject: “Elbowsf or "Elbowing Tour Way Throng i”. After point ing out that it is a part of every one’s life to ‘‘Jo tie’’ and to be joctled in the Jou ney of life, the speaker then oflei sd four suggaa- tiona for helping i ne to make the most of his elb iwlng his way through, as follow i: 1. t^vel Ugl u Do not take on too much excel i. And he point ed out that the (coees of Worry, of Excuse, and t le like, burden many people dov n to the point that they tall to make a suceese- fnl Journey. 2. Keep Rule Do not take yourself too seiio isly. He told the story of the Engl shman who cau tioned his office prl not to keep rule ”6’’, and tl en he told the American what i: meant. When asked what the ither five mles are, he stated, “T$iere are no oth er mles". 3. Be Able to George Washington Stone, 56, died at 12:05 a. m. Sunday at his home In North Wllkesboro. He had been ill for some time. Funeral service was held today, two p. m., at the home and hnrial was in the Baptist cemetery In this city. Rev. L. B. Murray conduct ed the last rites. Mr. Stone leaves his wife, Mrs. Minnie Jane Staley Stone, two sons and two daughters, Mrs. Les ter Anderson, Wllkesboro Route 2; Mrs. Lester Queen, Charles Stone and Mrs. Charles Holder, North Wllkesboro. Also sarvlv- Ing arc one brother, W. B. Stone, of North. MGlkeeboro, and three -atotbra, Hn. Anrll Sialdwin, Mm. Mart Pmitt and Mrs. Bee Wiles, of Dockery. Boy Scout Court of Honor Meets 19th nnslgB Charles C. Ervin, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Bhurln, of Wllkesboro, received his commission as ensign, B., on July 8. Ensign Ervin at tended Dnke University and was gradnated from U.S.N.B. mid shipmen’s pchool. Fort Schny- ler, N. Y. He and Ms wife, the former Miss Mary i'^ances Un derdown, of Lenoir, are visiting with his parents in Wllkesboro. Ensign Ervin Is to report to He- attle, Waslu, on July 21, and await assignment to an atr craft carrier. Junior Order Not • To Meet Tuesday North Wllkesboro council of the Junior Order will meet only twice monthly until September 15. No meeting will be held on Tuesday of this week and the next meet ing will be Tuesday night, July 24, eight p. m. Until September 15 meetings will be held on the sec ond and fourth Tuesday nights. Serves In Pacific H. f. Cooper, eleetridea’s mate first .daes, has recently re turned to duty on the Partllc after ependbig a leave with his wife and biz parents, Mr. and Bba. IL D. OiMver, of Pnlear. He haa heea In ttw Dacifle area for SB ■MMIIba. The Boy Scout court of honor will meet on Thursday, July 19, In the religious education build ing of the First Presbyterian church. 'The meeting wll open at 7:30 p. m. and all Scouts, par ents and others interested are in vited to attend. James .Emerson will be ad vanced to rank of second class Scout: Dudley Moore will receive the art merit badge, and Lewis M. Nelson, Jr., will receive the ath letics badge and will be advanced to rank of life Scont. Earl Anderson Buys R. C. Miller Farm Earl Anderson, who resides sev eral miles west of Wllkesboro, and who is engaged in the chicken business on rather an extensive scale, has purchased the splendid R. C. Miller farm just east of Wll kesboro. The trade was made on Thursday of last week, and Mr. Anderson and family are expect ing to moTe to Uielr new home within the next few days. Mr. Anderson Is planning to continue In the chicken bnslness. $34,000 Worth Of Rousseau Lauds Sold at Auction Saccesefol Sale Conducted Near Wllkesboro Satur day by Penny Bros. Somewhere In the Pacific (De layed).—"It sure was a let down when wo entered Nabs,” said Ma rine Private First Class Paul Can- dill, 32, of Hays, who was with one of the first patrols which probed the inner defenses of that capital city of Okinawa. "After all the bloody fighting which took place In the days be fore we reached the city, it seem ed quiet as a tomb most of the time while we were in it,” said the North Carolinian. Rabble was idled everywhere when the Marine patrol penetrat ed the city on a reconnaissance mission, he said, and It was like being in a cl^ of the dead. "An oeoasional hunt of sniper or msohlne fire reminded as there was still tough going ahead,” he added, "and I found out after I left the city that the Japs weren't through yet" As the patrol moved back tow ard Its lines, a motar shell, fired from Inside Naha, landed three feet from Caudill. He was hit In the left knee and right arm. Un- ale to crawl through the mud where he fell, he was picked up by a corpsman and returned to the safety of his own lines. Overseas seven months and a Marine since March, 1944, Caudill was employed at a war plant at Adrian, Mich., when he enlisted. Before that he was employed at a furniture shop at Hays, where his wife, Annie, and their two chil dren live. He served with the 6 th Marine Division at Okinawa, go ing ashore on D-Day. Pfc. Jay Grayson Praises Red Cross Aid to Prisoners clsm comes to eve 7 one who does anything. He will grade it he cannot stand up un der criticism. Take It. CrlU- never make the 4. Keep Yonr Head. One must keep his head le'^ el when difficul ties arise. To euc essfully get thru one must think i hove the fog. He mast maintain a level of thinking that is high. Prior to the p ogram. Attorney J. H. Whicker mo red that the club express appreclat on to W. D. HaJfacre for his 1 ork as chairman of fhe 7th War Loan in putting the county over t le quota, and he also requested tl it the clnb me morialize North C irolina Senators and Congressmen! for speedy ap proval of the San {Francisco char ter. Guests Friday v^re as follows Diek Smith with President Paul Oshone; Hospital Mack Karley with Jr., Mrs. L. M. N Nelson; Klwanian Cartney, of Salisbury Gibbs; Hayden Hayi Barber; R. M. Maul E. Johnson; Pat with R. O. Finley: with Dr. P. C. Hnbl C. Waggoner with R vln. Apprentice M. Brame, n with L. Immie Mc- wlth R. E. ( with Joe In with J. lllams, Jr., •ve Scroggs rd; Rev. A. . J. O. Er- Baimer Lambs Bring High Prices Here Part of the Rousseau estate property near Wllkesboro was sold at anction Saturday In a very successfnl sale. Abont 60 homesites of the For est Hills Development, which con tains some very desirable prop erty, brought a toUl of approxi mately $84,000. The sale was condneted by Pen ny Bros., widely known auction eers. In spite of the rain, which delayed the sale for abont one hoar, a large crowd attended and there were many bidders for the home-sites offered for sale. Because Of the delay caused by the rain, the sale did not reach the hnslneM property lots at Mid way Service Station which had been subdivided and made ready for theaala . Plastlea will be made from 00m in Argentina. ^ Pfc. Jay C. Grayson, now at Ms home here after ten months In a German prison camp, credits Red Cross food packages with saving the lives of many Ameri cans who otherwise would have died In Germany. “The Red Cross food packages enabled many Americans to re turn to their homes as liberated prisoners who would have died In German prison campa,” Pfc. Grayson said. Pfc. Grayson stated that the food allotted to the prisoners by the Germans was Insufficient In quantity and quality and that the Red Cross food packages In nu- merous Instances made the dif ference between life and death. While a prisoner Pfc. Grayson lost much weight, most of which he has regained since being liberated. The second shipment of Iambs from the railway stock pens lo cated In North Wllkei boro waa made Saturday morning July 14. Four hundred and tw nty-seven lambs were assembled f 'om Wat auga, Wilkes, Yadkin, j .very and Alleghany counties. Ch Ice lamba sold for $15.85 per hua Ired. Included in this ship nent waa 17 Iambs owned by B, B. Ban ner, of Wllkesboro. M '. Banner haa proven through gold sheep management that sheep we a pay ing project In this sectloV of the state. Last year Mr. IBanner bought 16 ewes for which qs paid $160. One'died. He did no\have but one ram but borrowed a good Funeral Saturday For T. M. Hawkins Ijost rites were held Saturday at Union church for T. M. HawWns, local citizen and member of a well known Wilkea family. He died Friday. Mr. Hawkins leaves the follow ing sons and danghters: Mrs. MoUle Anderson, Hudson; Mrs. Claude Gentry and Mrs. Wade Wallace, North Wllkesboro; Chas. Hawkins, Miles' City, Mont.; Uoyd Hawkins, Hartton, Mont: Thomas Hawkins, Molens, Idaho: Lawrence Hawkins, Wlncheeter. Ore.; Rome Hawkins, Camilla: one brother, John' EbwldnB, of Buffalo Cove, and one sister, Un; JnBa ^nreh, of BwiT toy. one from a neighbor. From the 15 ewes be raised 17 lambs w ilch graded and weighed the fol ow ing: 5 choice, 436 lbs. $ 6 !.74 9 choice bucks, 915 lbs 13 >.87 3 good, 266 lbs 38.35 Total From the 12 ewes $35.80 worth of wool. This Mr. Banner a nice profit an| still has the 15 ewes. Another shipment will pro&bly be made the first week he Au gust. Local Scouts Enjoy An Ounng six members of Scont No. 34 returned to the cltil day after enjoying a flv camping trip to Mortimer Boone. They were twicompd by their Scontmaster, Ms Wiles. The following men of Troop 34 made the trip: Forester, Daly Andrews, R4 Kilby, George Forester, Tomer, and Leonard Cooke. WAlTEOr Tkb Muae of erery Wii serrioe man who has loat I life dwrmg World War aloe the ■■mao and add of hit parwais. Bleaoe oond ^hio late tioa at enoe to Mn. ‘J. W. Ijsysluw, Nortis
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