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PMTY TAKEN
ABOARD AFTER
RENDEZVOUS
OFF NIP COAST
S»n Francisco.—Adm. William
S'. Halsor's famed Third Fleet,
under an air oorer of 1,200 iHanes
met a Japanese Ifason deetroyer
oK the Japanese homeland i^ter-
day and 21 Japanese envoys were
taken aboard the 4S,000-tbn bat
tleship Missouri, Halsey’s flagship,
prepare for the first phases of
e occupation.
Mutual Broadcasting Corpora
tion Jack Mahon said the fleet
enteifal Sagaml Bay, which lies
outside Tokyo Bay, at 10; 22 a. m.
Monday Tokyo time ,(9;32 p. m.
Sunday e.w.t).
The spearhead of the fleet—
k Force 31 under Rear Adm.
Oscar C. Badger, with a special
marine landing force—was ex
pected to- enter Tokyo Bay late
Monday or early Tuesday Tokyo
time. The occupation of Japan,
delayed by storms, was scheduled
to start Tuesday with the landing
of the marines at Yokosuka and
naval alr-bome troops at near'oy
'llsugl airdrome.
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8GT. QCINCT PAKKKR
AftRIVES FROM OVERSEAS
Sgt. Quincy Parker arrlTod
'O&uTSday to spend a SO-day fur-
with his mother, Mrs.
nJfiude Parker, after spending a
year in service in France and Ger
many.
PVT. FJLLI8 NOW AT -
CAMP CROFT, S. C.
Pvt. Charles Lester Bills, who
entered the army July 25 this
year, is now in training at Camp
Croft, S. C. Pvt. Ellis is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ellis, of
Champion, lind husband of the
former Miss Margie Marley, of
Champion.
OPL. ROSOOE C. BENTON
NOW HOME ON FURLOUGH
Cpl. Roscoe C. Benton, who was
recently promoted to his present
rank at Boca Raton Field, Flor
ida, is spending several days fnr-
(bugh with his wife, the former
Miss Gaynell Bills, and son, Jerry,
at Champion,
PPC. ROBERT B. MILLER
RETURNS FROM OATERSEAS
Pfc. Robert R. Miller, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Slade Miller, of
Glendale Springs, Is home on 30>-
day furlough after seven months
service In France, Germany and
«ther European countries.
EDDIE CAUDILL HOME
FROM BAINBRIDGE. MD.
Eddie Caudill, hospital appren
tice second class in the navy, haf
completed ten weeks of boot^
training at Bainbridge, Md., and
is spending nine days leave here
with his parents, Mr, and Mrs.i
Ed Caudill. He will return t
Bainbridge Tuesday.
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SEPTEMBER
DRAlFT CALL
1$ 63,000
Washington.—The army wants
60,000 new men each mo^^Afofor
the present, regardless of
Jhpan Is occupied peacef
f tf Department said y
At the same time Select!
Ties Director Lewis B.
auld.September draft cal
for 63,000 men—60,900 for
the snuY shd 12,000 for die navy.
The nayy eslls. he told a reporter,
would represent a sharp reduc-
^iion from the 25,000 to 20,000
men it had been getting. Before
Japan began surrender hegotla-
ttoOB the army was lifanetlng
about 20,a«0.
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IToflts of’, sheep ralsw and
lamb feederi fatre been dfeeUntng
ttauanse of Increased operating
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Now In Philippinet
BiHed War Fiid
Needs Coatiaae
After V-J Day
Baptisb to Meet
At Moait Carmel
September 10,19
Pfc, CUnt J. WUcox has been
traveling since he entered the
Army November 24, 1944. He
received training at Camp
Wheeler, Ga., had a ten-day
furlough at home, went over
seas from Ft. Meade .April 5,
landed in France, went into Ger
many, back into France, and
saUed to the PhiUpplnes. A let
ter received recently by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. R, Wilcox,
of North WUkesboro, route two,
stated he was fitting along line.
His wife, Bertha, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Par-
dne, of WUkesboro, route two.
Paper
Collection
Will Be Continued
In N. Wiikesboro
Because the paper shortage did
not end with the war, collection of
waste paper by the town of North
WUkesboro will be contteued,'
Mayor R. T. McNlel said today.
The town truck will continue
to collect waste paper at the
homes on Wednesdays, and those
who hare substantial quantities
which they wish to move may call
the town clerk’s office at any time
and a truck will call for the pa-
BsUef wss expressed here by
Mr. QUbert Bare, cbalrman of
WUkss County ITnltsd War Fund,
that the work of the National War
sund wUl have to continue for at
least one year after V-J Day.
President TTUBU kas given
two reasons, Mr. Bare said, wh>
the World-Wide caucus supported
through the National War Fur
should be carried on with an un
dimlnshed sense of responsibility
in bis radio address on the night
of August 9, the President said:
"Victory in a great war is not
something you can win once and
lor all, like victory in a ball
game. Victory In a great war i'
something that must be won and
kept won. It can be lost after you
have won It—If you are careless
or negligent or Indifferent. . .
Europe today is hungry . . .
winter comes on the distress will
increase. Unless we do what w
can to help we may lose next win
ter what we won at such terribi
cost last spring. Desperate men
are liable to destroy the structure
of tnelr society to find some sub-
Btltute for hope.... We must help
to the limit of our strength. And
we wUl.’’
"i think aU would agree with
the President,” said Mr. Bare,
" 'that the .private relief agencies
of the National War Fond have a
task to do that is indispensable
and unique in carrying to those
who have suffered most a timely
expression of sympathy and neigh
borly concern from the American
people.’ ’’
Further, Mr. Bare stated, we
must remember that as long as
our men and wome"; are In the
armed forces, we must keep the
Program Arranged Far Two-
Day Meeting Brushy
Mountain Associatim.
utMJ at mm sMe. -That ^Mi-n^ooe’ «eit
done until the lut Mndw flag
comes down and the last 01 has
come home.
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per.
Large amounts of paper have
been salvaged here since the town
took over the scrap paper salvage
business some time ago in order
to give the people an outlet for
their paper.
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Softball Series To
Begin On Tnesday
Successful Sale Of
The Forester Farm
The farm owned by Mrs. P. D.
Forester. Sr., and located east of
this city between highway 268 and
Mountain View was sold very suc
cessfully at auction Thursday.
Penny Brothers, of Greensboro,
conducted the sale of the 169-
acre farm, which was divided into
small farm tracts. All tracts were
sold to a number of buyers and
the total was approximately 213,-
000. The buyers were local peo
ple, several of whom state their
Intention to build homes on the
lands purchased.
blrst Baptist and WUkesboro
teams of the church’s league
gin Tuesday evening a playoff se
ries for the local softball champ
ionship.
The series will be for four vic
tories and games will be played
each Tnesday and Thursday even
ing, 6:30, alternating between the
Smoot Park and WUkesboro fields.
nrst Baptist won the first half
title and WUkesboro took the sec
ond naif Bag, making a playoff
necessary for the local league
championship. The games during
the summer afforded much recrea
tion for players and fans, and It
Is expected that much Interest
will be shown in the title series.
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A 1,500-foot railway bridge is
being constructed across the
Annual session of the Brushy
Mountain Baptist Association,
which Includes the Baptist church
es of the Wllkesboros and all the
western part of Wilkes county,
will be held September 18 and 19
at Mount Carmel church on high-
why 18 between Moravian Palls
and Boonem.
T. B. Story, moderator, and J.
F. Jordan, clerk, have released
the program for the two-day
event. In addition to local church
leaders, several of the outstanding
Baptists In the state will be on
the program, which will have
“Christian Education’’ as the
theme.
The first day's program will
open with devotional by Rev. C.
J. Poole, followed by a business
session. The Christian education
report will be given by Dr. H. G.
Duncan and discussed by M. H.
Kendall. W. P. Payne will give
the Sunday school report and the
Introductory sermon will be by
Rev. S. I. Watts, of Boomer.
Rev. A. W. Eller will conduct
devotional for the afternoon ses
sion. Rev. W. S. Luck will give
the report of state, home and for
eign missions and the discussion
will be by Dr. David E. Browning.
Mrs. R. N. Holland will give the
Baptist hospital report and the
discussion will be by Charles E.
Parker. Rev. John L. Wells, Jr.,
will give the report on Allied
Church League, which will be
discussed by L. A. Mqrtin. The
afternoon program will close by
a report hf. Foi
^ j^rbifanri Sielfid
.Mt«: B. Hi
Is Claimed By'Uieath
Rev. Glenn HuStnai^wUl open
the second day’s program with
devotional. Mrs. Andrew Casey
will give the orphanage report,
which will be discussed by Dr. I.
G. Greer, superintendent of Mills
Home, Thomasville. Miss Lundy
^endren will report on Baptist
Ti
broad Po river by American Mili
tary Railway Service soldiers In
the Mediterranean Theatre.
POTEAT BROTHERS IN SERVICE
raining Union and the report on
Baptist literature will be given
by Miss Florence Miller. Mrs.
Ijowel Spivey will give the report
on the Baptist cooperative pro
gram. Officers will be elected and
the final feature of the morning
session of the second day will be a
message by Rev. J. C. Canipe, of
Boone, on "The Church and Pas
toral Relationship."
Rev. Ralph Miller will conduct
devotional for tne afternoon ses
sion. Mrs. George Johnson wUl
give the Missionary Union report
and disussion will be by Rev. C.
C. Holland. Miss Madge Lewis will
discuss asBoclatlonal mission work.
Rev. C. J. Poole'wUl give a report
on the Pastors’ 'Conference.
A history of Mount Carmel
church will conclude the final pro
gram.
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Marriage License
Two soos of Mr. said BIrs. Tom Poteat, of North
Wiikesboro, Route Three, so’e in service. CpL. Coy R.
Poteat, left, entered service in September, 1943. He has
served 16 months in France, ItsJy, and is now in Ger
many. His wife and two sniadl sons, Charles and Edward,
are now with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. W. F. Law
rence, of Union Grove. Glenn W. PotcMit, seaman urst
elsM, right, entered smrvice in Jane, 1943, and has had
much sea doty in the Earopean theatre. He retomed to
the States in June, spent a ten-day leave at home, re
turned to his ship and is now serving in tihe Pai^fic.
Marriage licenses were Issued
by Troy C. Foster, Wilkes county
register of deeds to the following
since Augrust 10; James Franklin
Churen, Buck, and Fannie Mae
Spears, WUkesboro; Luln Greg
ory, Union Grove, and Judy Belle
I.Hemrlc, Cycle; James Billings,
Roaring River, and Virginia Ross,
Benbam; Pldell Holloway, Lomax,
and Mary Prevette, WUkesboro;
Willie Smith Crane, Purlear, and
Opal Virginia Trlvette, Brown-
wood; Elbert Craig, Moravian
Falls, and Mary Anderson, North
WUkesboro; Ernest Souther and
Gladys Johnson, both of North
Wllkesb'iro, route three; James L.
Pennell and Mary Hood, both of
Boomer; Ulysses Sanford Groce,
Jr., and Ruth G. Anderson, Yad-
klnvllle; Dewey Clark Stanley and
Settle Sue Carson, both of
Crumpler, W, Va.; George E.
West, Grassy Creek, and Hazel
Dollnger, Stnrgllls; Norman Rous
seau Blackburn, North WUkes
boro, route two, and Margaret
Frances King, High Point; Walter
and Nell ^arpe, botlT of
Ancll R. Gentry and Ma
bel Turner, both of Benham; Pin-
ley C. Bollck, Lenoir, and Berenis
Pierce, Millers Creek; William
Mmton and Florence Long, both
of tienolr; Calvia Rotra and Dare
Stanley, both of Wilbar; Weeley
York, North Wiikesboro, and
Bessie Edwards, Glade Valley;
Harold Berong and Ellen DewllI
Lorette, both of North WUksboro.
8UT MORE WAR BONDS
staff Sergeant Ishmael W.
Laws has reported badx to camp
at Miami, Fla., after spending a
61-day fnrlongh at home. He
was a prisoner of war In Ger
many five months. Before going
overseas he received tratolng
at Camp Adair, Oregon, and
desert training In Cailfomia
and Arteoda, and at Camp Car-
son, Colorado. Pfc. Edward 0.
Laws, who Is serving In the ma
rine corps, was home on fnr-
loogh recently with his brother
and has reported back to Bar-
stow, California. He has been
in service 3% years and spent
19 months in the Sonth Pa
cific. 'Hiey are the sons of M.
P. Laws, of Boomer.
Graham Morrison
Spraker Friday At
Kiwanis Meeting
Funeral service was held t6-
day at Round Hill church for
Mrs. Slna Prevette Richardson,
age 81, resident of Traphill town
ship, who died Saturday. Rev.
Charlie Richardson ami Rot. L.
B. Sparks conducted the last
rites.
Mrs. Richardson Is survired by
her husband, B. H. Richardson;
one son and six daughters.
Retuirns to U. S.
Amorim
Planning S^l"
Gathering Here
Program Of Thankagiving
And Celol»ration Arranged
For Friday Night.
Club Discusses Air Transpor
tation In Meeting Friday
Noon; Good Program.
North WUkesboro Klwanls club
In meeting Friday noon had a
brief discussion of air tryspor-
tatlon needs here and enjoyed a
humorous address.
Prior to the program Robert
news story fa Ob^
server, making Charlotte an air
terminal. He asked that this com
munity should do something to
get on the air map. Richard John
ston, who was a guest of W. J.
Carson, also spoke briefly, urging
the community to make plans for
air transportation.
Program Chairman Gwyn Gam-
bill Introduced Graham Morrison,
of Llncolnton, who made a fine
talk on the subject, "Relaxation.”
He stated In the outset that we all
had been living in a great strain
during the last four years and
that It was very necessary that
everyone relax. He pointed out
that there are many ways of do
ing this, but that a person must
select his means of doing it and
proceed to do it.
The greater part of his talk
consisted of humorous stories and
jokes which were calculated to
have a relaxation effect on his
audience and tne hearty re
sponse from those present
seemed to bear witness of his
success.
Guests Friday were as fol
lows: Seaman Eddie Caudill,
with Ed Caudill; Thomas Cooke,
of Salisbury, and Rev. A. C.
Waggoner, with Dr. John W.
Morris; Jack Quinn, with A. F.
Kilby; J. W. Gamblll, J. 3. Wil
kins and Graham Morrison, with
Gwyn Gamblll.
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A new modified cotton fabric
that will not mUdew or rot has
been developed by scientists of the
USDA.
Serves In France
Pfc. Hariie O. Shepherd,' s«
of .Mr. and Mrs. O. E.-Shepherd,
of North WUkesboro, route m,
to now fa Paris cud to gedttag
along ffae. He has bm over
sew elgito months mi. ,to, ex
pecting to pome home soon.
Wilkes Post of the American
Legion has planned a special
meeting for Friday evening, Au
gust 3U, §t the American Le^on
and Anxiliary Clnb house for
thanksgiving and celebration for
the victory over Japan.
The meeting will open at eight
o'clock and Legion officials have
extended the invitation to Include
all veterans of World War I and
11, aU of whom are urged to at
tend.
A special program of Interest
to all veterans has been arranged
for the meeting. Members of the
I«gion are asked to bring with
them as many veterans as they
can to the meeting.
The announcement Issued by
I the Legion Post here today said;
"All members of the American
Legion and all other veterans of
both wars are urged to attend this
meeting for the purpose of giving
thanks for the close of the world’s
most deadly conflict, and in token
of esteem for those who so brave
ly fought.
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Fvt. Max A. Hamby, son of Mrs.
R. W. Hamby, of Purlear, has re
turned to the United States from
overseas where he was serving
with the 656th Tank Destroyer
Battalion. 'This unit, commanded
by Lt. Col. John C. Meador, land
ed in England the last of Decem
ber, 1944. It remained on the
southern coast of England for al-
Washington.—Secretary of the
Treasury Fred M. Vinson last
night fixed a goal of 211,000,000,-
OOO for the victory loan drive and
. . announced the campaign will be-
■S the English Channel in , ",
Of the total Vinson said, 24,-
LSTs to Franco. From this camp
the battalion marched across
France to Belgium to the vicinity
of Liege, where it joined the 9th
A. nored Division.
On the 28th of February, 1945,
the battalion moved through
Aachen, Germany, and crossed the
Roer river near Duren. Then as a
part of. the armored spearhead, it
fought east to Remagen and the
Rhine t.ver. On the 7th of March,
1946, when the Ludendorff bridge
was captured Intact by First array
troops, "destroyers’’ from Com
pany "C" were the first tank de
stroyers to cross the Rhine river
Into the bridgehead. The entire
bhttalion crossed over to the east
side of the Rhine river and oc
cupied direct fire positions during
the expansion of the bridgehead.
When the First Army broke out
of Remagen bridgehead, the bat
talion rolled southeast to Lim
burg, then turned and raced north
to Warburg, taking in stride all
roeistance It met. A short rest,
and the long march on Lelpzeg
began. The battalion pushed as
far east as the Muldo river, where
units from the. 69 th division took
over and went on to meet the
Russians.
After the Yanks and the Rus
sians mot, the battalion was as
signed to the Third Army. It then
moved to Welden, near the Czech
oslovakian border. A week or two
later the unit moved to Bayrouth,
Germany, where it began prepara
tions for the return home.
A recent roundup of Italian
counterfeiters by the Mediterran
ean ,Criminal Investigation Divis
ion disclosed a cache of 243,800
In bogus AlUed military currency.
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Bond Goal Is Set
At Eleven Billion
000,000,000 will come from sales
to individuals and the remainder
from other non-bank investors.
The goal for the sales of series
E bonds, part of the Individual
goal, will be' 22,000,000,000.
Vinson said the government
will need huge sums by December
to pay the cost of bringing troops
back home, mustering-out pay,
hoapitalization, rehabilitation, con
tract settlement and other expen
ses incident to finishing the war.
The goal was set after confer
ences with state war finance com
mittees, Federal Reserve System
officials, the American Bankers
Association, and Insurance exec
utives.
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Mrs. Davis Dies At
Age 93; Rites Held
Friday at Pilgrim
Funeral service was held Fri
day at Pilgrim church for Mrs.
Malisa Jane Davis, age 93, who
died Wednesday at her home
near near WUkesboro. Rev. J.
E. Hayes conducted the funeral
service.
Surviving Mrs. Davis are two
sons and one daughter, M. F.
Carlton, Lorene, Va.; F. B.
Carlton, Richmond, Va.; Mrs.
Frank Mlntcn, WUkesboro.
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Sentences given Italian counter
feiters of Allied military curren
cy in the Mediterranean Theatre
have raifged from three to fifteen
years.
MBAT8 /JID FATS.' Red
stamps: Q2, R2, 82, T2, U2,
expire August 81: V2, W2, X2,
Y2, Z2, expire September 20;
Ai, Bl, Jl, Dl, El, expire Oe-
tober 21; FI, Gl, HI, J7, Kl,
expire November 10.^
Sugar: sugar stamp No. 26
good for live pounds, expires
August 81.
SUUJfit): Airplane stamps
SOS. 1, 2, 8, 4, now *t»d-
JAPS ARRIVE
IN RANGOON TO
OPEN TALKS
Rangoon, Burma. — Japanese
peace envoys arrived In Rangoon
yesterday and began talks with
Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten’s
officers to arrange the formal to
tal surrender of 200,000 or more
enemy troops in Southeast Asia.
The enemy negotiators landed
in two green-crossed white planes,
escorted by seven Allied fighters.
The emissaries were headed by
Lieut. Gen. Takazo Numata,
Chief of Staff to Field Marshal
Count Jnichl Torauchl, command
er of Japan’s southern armies.
They were met at Mlngaladon air
field by Lieut. Gen. P. S. Tucker,
acting commander of the Fifth
Corps; Lieut. Gen. Sir Montagu
Stopford, British Ifith Army com
mander; Air Vice-Marshal Bouch-
ier. and Maj. Gen. G- W. Symes,
commander of the Sonthern Bur
ma district.
The Japaneee saluted and the,
British officers responded. Ihe
enemY envoys were loaded fa a
field station wagon aaii made a
■weat-boz ride dreg kampy roads
to their dnartora. .