Associated Pvsss News Story
' BoUeeed To Be' About Lo*
esJ Physician.
An AssoclstSd Press news story
,QflfUistlns on a carrier off the
coast of Japan yesterday is be-
UsTsd to have broosht the good
awB that Captain John R. Bnm
■amer, a prisoner of -war in Japan
slaee the fall of Bataan, is allre
and wsU.
The news story stated that
plane pilots had learned by radio
from a prison camp which had hot
boon reached that the senior med
io^ officer is Captain J. R. Bnm-
Howerer, the news story
his home as Hillsboro. N. C.
Is bellered to have been a
^ditstalce and thatdit was meant
for North Wilheeboro.
'Ihs news story, as carried by
the dally papers, follows:
*U. S. 6. Panamlnt, Ominato
Japan, Sept. 11.—(AP)—
L'Wsr pilots who made radio
contacts with allied prisoners of
war at Blbia in west central Hok
kaido reported yesterday the cap
tives appeared in good condition.
“The prisoners seemed to be
clothed adequately, waved and
■jumped around' in elation as the
American fliers roared overhead,
added the pilots.
"After communicating with the
prisoners by walUe talkie radio,
atartsell and Webb reported that
the senior medical officer is Capt.
J. R. Bumgarner, Hillsboro. N.
C."
Capt. Bumgarner is a son of
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. A. Bumgar
ner, of Millers Creek. The last
news they received from him was
a card dated December 25, 1944,
and which came through the In
ternational Red Cross. Before
entering service Capt. Bumgar
ner was a practicing physician in
North Wllkeeboro.
LjMoeiee««rt»
Girl Scoflts
Training course lor Girl Scout
leaders will be held in the re
ligious education building of the
First Presbyterian church Mon
day night, 7:30.
Brownie Troop will meet Mon
day, 3 p. m., at the home of Mrs.
[’ Ira Payne.
Troop 8 will meet Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Carl
Coffey.
Troops of Mrs. Justice and
Mrs. Graydon Watts in Wllkes-
I'boro will meet Monday at the
school.
‘Watch this newspaper for an-
ijiMncement of other troop meet-
.ji^p
Mrs. Eda Reece Is
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Reins-Sturdivant chapel
for Mrs. Eda Reese, age 90, who
died Thursday at the home of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Will Finley,
with whom she made her home
near Llthla Springs on the Brush-
les.
Mrs. Reece had been 111 for
two weeks. She was the last mem-
jer of the family of the late Wil
iam and Martha Finley and the
leanest surviving relatives are
lepbews and nieces.
Her husband was D. A. Reece,
irho died several years ago.
-^The funeral service was con-
Incted by Rev. Louis J. Yelan-
lian^ who was assisted in the bur-
nl rites at Horton cemetery in
sappy Valley by Rev. R. L. Is-
mU, of Lonolr.
PPO. CONRAD CHURCH.
Pfc. Church is
Awarded Brouze
Star li Europe
Ptc. Conrad Church, son of
Mrs. Cora Church, of Wllkesboro,
route one, was awarded the
bronze star medal for meritorious
service in Prance and Luxem
bourg.
Pfc. Church entered the army
April 15, 1943, and went over
seas In September that year. In
a recent letter home he stated he
was spending a seven-day fur
lough in Paris and would return
to his outfit in Austria.
The citation accompanying the
bronze star medal, which was pre
sented in January this year, was
as follows:
"Pfc. Conrad Church, military
police, 26 th infantry division.
For meritorious service In connec
tion with military operations
against an enemy of the United
States in eastern France and Lux
embourg from 9 November, 1944,
to 31 December, 1944, Pfc.
Church, a member of the military
police platean acting , as guard
for the division commADd post,
performed his duties in an out
standing manner. Working long
hours and under adverse climatic
conditions, be displayed constant
vigilance In providing security
for the division command post.
His unusual devotion to duty and
initiative reflect the highest
credit upon Pfc. Church and the
armed forces of the United
States.”
AMERICAN’S
BLOOD KEEPS
TOJO ALIKE
Tokyo.—-Gen. Hldekl ToJo, who
shot himself with an American
pistol Tuesday to avoid possible
courtmartlal as a war crimln'hl,
was elevated last night to a semi-
sitting position and his condition
was reported "very satisfaotory."
Col. Richard Reynolds, Quincy,
Mass., of the American evacua
tion staff at Yokohama, said the
deposed Japanese dictator had
shown slight Improvement dur
ing the last few bouts.
That was more than 24 hours
after the man who led Nippon to
war against the United States had
attempted suicide in his Tokyo
home while American officers
waited outside to take him in cus
tody for questioning on orders of
Gen. MacArthur.
Mrs. C. C. McCann
Rites Wednesday
rites were conducted
iday at Roaring River
church for Mrs. Nannie
McCann, age 81, wife
C. McCann, well known
of TraphlU township. Mrs.
1 died at her home Mon-
vlng Mrs. McCann are her
l; one daughter. Miss
sioCann, of TraphUl; one
Bwltt McCann, of Green
Wyoming; cuid one broth-
T. Holbrook, of Wlmrton-
r. L. A. Bumgarner and
rant Oothren conducted
cal aarvlee.
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— T
foi-ccf Sicg when they are
id tmt them longh, say
a, foreeten o?. State Col-
Reynolds said, however, more
time must elapse before It can be
said that Tojo Is completely out
of danger.
Whole blood donated by a
Pennsylvania sergeant caused
Tojo to rally after he had shot
himself Tuesday just under the
heart when American troops
called called at his home In a
Tokyo suburb to arrest him.
Red Croas ChairmaB Highly
Praiaea Members Of Two
. ClaMte For Seririce.
Sixteen nurse aides in North
Wllkesboro have rendered a to
tal of 3,524 hours of volunteer
hoepital service In North Wilkes-
boro, a recent report shows.
Two nurse aide classes were
graduated In North Wllkesboro,
the first In 1942, and the second
in 1944. Active members of the
first class 'and the number of
hours served by each follow: Mrs.
Edward Finley, 684; Mrs. C. H.
Wells, 187; Mrs. R. T. McNeil,
376; Mrs. Robert Edwards, 199;
Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, 234; Mrs.
J. C. Reins, 366; Miss Della
Bumgarner, 386.
Nine members of the second
class now active have served the
following hours: Miss Mary
Charles Alexander, 83; Miss Mary
Gage Barber, 129; Miss Pansy
Ferguson, 172; Miss Edna BulUs,
156; Miss Virginia Adams, 31;
Miss Lula Hinton, 91; Miss Co-
rinne Faw, 107; Mrs. H. P. Bou-
knlght, 224; Mrs. Elma Eller,
180.
Mrs. Palmer Horton Is Red
Cross nurse aid chairman. In a
letter to the nurse aides, which
was read at a picnic held recent
ly, Mrs. Horton gave them the
following message;
“You are now asking the ques
tion, Is your work done? No, not
yet. It will take some time for re
conversion. Have patience, sacri
fice a little more of your time, for
our hospital still needs you des
perately. You have made sacri
fices. Of that I am fully aware.
What else, though, could we at
home dot
"You have done a magnificent
Job. The hoepital deeply appreci
ates this, and can never be grate
ful enough to you for cooperat
ing so beautifully and finely with
me In carrying on a part of our
volunteK-. wnrice.
' "In years to come, when yotf
are asked, perhaps by your chil
dren, ‘What part did you play In
World War II?' you can proudly
answer, 'I was a Red Cross
nurse's aide.' In my opinion no
greater praise could be given one
than to be able to make such a
statement. So I am asking you to
carry on a while longer until
things are more settled in our
war weary world, and I know you
will. Good luck, and my everlast
ing gratitude to each of you.”
Seeks limmtioB
About Fate of Pfc.
Edpr IL ikwers
PPO. JAY O. GRAYSON
GOES TO MIAMI, FLA.
Pfc. Jay C. Grayson, who has
been spending a few weeks here
following liberation from a
German prison camp, left today
for the -edlstrlbution center at
Miami, Fla., for reassignment. He
was accompanied by his wife,
who will spend two weeks with
him In Florida.
Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
Wilkes County Baptist Con
ference will meet Monday, Sep
tember 17, 10 o'clock, at Relns-
Stnrdivani chapel.
The following program has
been outlined: Devotional by Rev.
Ralph Miller; “My Conception of
the Work of an Associatlonal
Missionary," Miss Ma.dge Lewis;
“What the Churches Expect in
the Work of Associatlonal Mis
sionary,” Rev. A. W. Eller; “The
Church and the Returning Ser
vice Man," Dr. David E. Brown
ing; sermon by Rev. Charlie J.
Poole.
Only about 4.6 per cent of all
American farms are dependent on
mechanical power alone.
WAR TIME WILL
END AS SENATE
WRITES HRISH
Washington.—The House gave
a death blow yesterday to war
time—a device Intended to tack a
daylight hour on to the nation's
work day.
The House voted unanimously
to go back to standard time at
2 a. m., Sunday, Sept. SO. Con
currence by the Senate will cinch
it. The resolution doesn't need
approval by the President.
Dr. John W. Morris
Is Going to Hospital
InMoreb^d City
Dr. John W. Morris, for the
past several years a member of
the ataff of the Wilkes hospital,
will leave early next month for
Morehead City, where he will be
associated with Dr. Ben Royal as
surgeon in the Morehead City
hospital.
Dr. Horris plans to close his
office in the Wilkes hospital on
October 1.
tii'fice coming to North Wilkes-
boro Dr. Morris has gained uu-
mnerous friends here who learn
with regret that he is leaving
this coi^nnity. He plans to sell
his home here and he and his
family will go to Morehead City
soon after October l.
Pfc. Edgar D. Bbwwrs, son of
Mrs. Fannie Bow«^ of Moiley,
has been reported' missing in
action since Janaary 15, 1945,-
and any returned, aoMier who
knows anything idwnt her son’s
fate is asked to wttte Mrs. Bow
ers. Pfc. Bowers served with
Go. I, 18th Infanfi^. According
to War DepartesMt Informa
tion, Pfc. Bowerr" disappeared
near Bntenbach, Belgium, when
his company was In cross fire
by enemy machine gone and
smidl arms and ' was being
shelled by mortars and artil
lery.
On Program Baptist
Associatioiial Meet
Resident Of New Cestle
numfflit To Hevo Been
" Victim Of An Attack.
Marshall Wilbur Anderson, 47-
year-old fanner of New Castle
townsUp, was found dead In «
small'stream near his home early
Wedneeday.
. Mr. Anderson left his home at
$ o'clock Tuesday to go to> the
home of a neighbor. When be did
not return as expected later In the
evening members of his' family
went to the neighbor's home and
found that he had not been there.
Search for Mr. Anderson was
begun and continued through the
night. Early today his body was
found at the stream only a abort
distance from bis home.
Coroner I. M. Myers investiga
ted the death. He learned from
the family that Mr. Anderson had
been subject to sudden attacks,
and it was presumed that he suf
fered an attack and fell into the
stream. Hlg head was partly sub
merged in the water. Indicating
that he may have drowned.
Mr. Anderson is survived by
one son, Pfc. Marshall Anderson,
In the army; two daughters, Mrs.
W. L. Hollman and Miss Mazie
Clandean Anderson, of Ronda;
two brothers and four sisters.
Time has not been set for the
funeral service, which will be
held at Dennyvllle Baptist church
-r-
Taylorsville Bus
Now In Operatioi
Wilkes Transportation Compa
ny, which is owned and operated
here by H. P. Eller, has inaugu
rated regular bus service between
North Wllkesboro and Taylors
ville.
A new 30-passenger bus was
purchased ,.for the TaylorsvlUe
>ad ii.-op«tated by PhR^
Bcrpggs, well experienced bus
driver. It Is expected that the bus
service will - be a great conven
ience t6 the people between North
Wllkesboro and Taylorsville, as
well as others desiring to travel
between the two towns.
The schedule of the Taylors
ville line appears In an advertise
ment elsewhere lit this newspa
per. Readers are asked to clip the
advertisement and save for fu
ture references.
SGT. GWYN J. (8HINE) KILBY
RECEIVE8 DISCHARGE, HOME
Sgt. Gwyn J. (Shine) Kilby ar
rived home yesterday honorably
discharged from the army after a
long record of service In a num
ber of countries.
Sgt. Kilby entered the army in
1941, and went overseas three
and one-half years ago. He was
in an engineers regiment and saw
servloe on Ascension Island, a
number of points in Africa, in
England and In Prance.
He has two brothers in service.
Pfc. Tommie Kilby is in a mili
tary police company In Germany.
Sgt. Conrad Kilby, who has a
long record of service with the
air corps, is now In China.
They are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
T. G. Kilby, of this city.
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Rev. J. 0. Canipe, of Boone,
and Miss Madge Lewis, of
Wllkesboro, win be among the
Baptist leaders to be on the
program for the Brushy
Monntain Associatlonal ses
sions at Mt. Carmel church on
highway 18 Tuesday and Wed
nesday, September 18 and 19.
Bov. Mr. Oanlpe is pastor of
the First Baptist church In
Boone and Miss Levris is the
associatlonal mlsslonapy
Radio Service For
Pfc. R. Paul Yates
Mrs. Clearlse Yates Robinson,
of Purlear, has announced that a
memorial service In honor of her
son. Pfc. Roby Paul Yates, will
be conducted by Rev. George
Cooper over radio staton WHKY
in Hickory Sunday afternoon,
September 16, 3 o’clock. Pfc.
Yates was killed In France on
November 13, 1944.
RATION
NEWS
MEATS AND FATS: Red
stamps: V2, W2, X2, Y2, Z2,
now valid; exp^e September
30; Al, Bl, C1,'D1, El, now
•aUd; expire October 31; FI,
Ol, HI, Jl, Ml..aow valid: ex
pire Novembcr^3*;.Ll, Ml, Nl,
PI. Ql, now valid! «plre Der
comber 31,' “
SUGAR: Sugar atamp No. 38
explrea Deoembir II.
BUOIOS: atamiu
MOB. 1, 3. 3, 4. sow JDU4.
„ , r A
Complete Plane
For Dnited War
Find Drive Here
The executive committee of
the United War Fund Drive of
Wilkes county met last Wednes
day night to complete the plans
for the coming United War Pnnd
campMgn. Mr. Gilbert T. Bare is
chairman of the Wilkes County
United War Fund and Mr. O. J.
Swoflord represents Wilkes coun
ty on the SUte Board of Direc
tors. Publicity will be handled by
Mr. Paul S. Cragan. At this meet
ing the directors began work to
set up the quota for the drive
which la to begin on October 1.
Organization plana are well un
der way and the response to re
quest for eld in striicitatlon has
been spleaOld.'
T-8gt. Lonls Broyhlll, who has
been In service In Itidy for 88.
months, recMved his fourth piVH
motion and to his present rank
In May this year. He Is a son of
the late Mr. and Mip. Dan
BroyhUl, of Watauga county,
but was reared In the home of
Mrr and Mrs. O. O. Bishop, of
the Miq^ Springs community
of Wilkes. T-Sgt. BrayfalU is
married to the former Miss
Wanda Barnett, of ..Mt.' Zion,
and they have one dani^ter,
Blyrtle. He expeem to return
borne in October.
$10,781.54 Is Paid
OutToHeedyli
County In Aipst
Welfare Board In Meeting
Hears Report of Expend!'
tures For Assistance.
The Wilkes County Welfare
Board, composed of P. J. Brame,
chairman; F. C. Johnson, and C.
G. Bidden, held their regular
monthly meeting In the Welfare
office on September 5. All three
members were present.
Charles C. McN^l, secretary of
the board, discuraed a letter
which had been received from the
state office relative to holding up
the percentage of‘need the county
was helping the recipients of old-
age assistance and aid to depend
ent children. Due to the increased
cost of living, etc., the board at
a previous meeting had decided
that with the present funds the
department could not continue to
pay as high a percentage of the
needs as they had been In the
past. Even with the lower per-
centoge, the board was finding
that most of the recipients now
require a higher grant than In the
past.
The secretary also gave the
board figures on the expenditures
of the department for the past
month. The total expenditures for
the month of August amounted to
310,781.54. A breakdown of these
figures Indicates that 636 persons
received old-age assistance to the
amount of 16,955.50, which gives
an average monthly payment of
310.95 per month; 128 families,
representing 363 children, re
ceived aid to dependent children
In the amount of 32,856, which
gives an average monthly pay
ment of 322.30; 40 received aid
to the blind In the amount of
3608, which makes an average
monthly payment of 315.20; oth
er expenditures, including hospi
talization, medical care, general
relief, boarding home care, etc.,
amounted to 3363.04.
Six Carloads Lambs
From Stock Yards
Shipped Tuesday
six carloads of lambs, mostly
from Alleghany county, were
shipped from the livestock pens
here Tuesday In another cooper
ative shipment.
Robert S. Curtis, of the mar
keting division of the State De
partment of Agriculture, said
that 766 Iambs were Included In
the Tuesday shipment which net
ted the farmers top prices. The
next shipment of-lamks from the
local market wUl he on October
6, with most of the lambs coming
from Watauga county.
Mr. Curtis also reported today
that a carload of breeding ewes
which arrived last week, from
Wyoming had been sold to far
mers in northwestern North Car
olina and In the Raleigh area.
■t
~ A raU network eonueetlng Italy
with Austria and SwItSMland wffl
be completed by-
■nieatre's MlUtary Baflwi^ Serr*
lee' by the end of July.
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.CliMter Members At
lleetinR; Iwey Moore
li'Preaideot
On Thursday nlidtt, Beptemter
0, a naaber of WQkes dtlseBs as-
■sabM la the North Wllkesboro
tdsm.hall with the alas of formu
lating aa organization to lucreass
the game aad fish population In
this county and state.
■this meeting resnlted In the
organization of “Wilkes Wildlife
Club,'’ with tvey Moore as its
prudent; Pat M. Williams, vice-
president, and Panl W. Greene,
secretary and treasnrer.
The following la a list of men
at this meeting who paid their
dues for the following year, be
coming charter members of an
organization that is definitely re
solved to see that there are bet
ter fishing and hunting In the
county and state: E. O. Finley,
Murphy Hunt, Fred Lane, Boyd
B. Stout, J. B. McCoy, Dr. John
W. Morris, W. J. Bason, Pat M.
WllUams, J. M. Crawford, R. O.
Finley, B. S. Johnaon, Clay Par-
due, B. C. Nichole, Charles N.
Mansblp, O. E. Triplett, R. I.
Moore, Paul Nichole, Russell
Hodges, R. C. Holler, G. 8. Win
ters, Panl Greene, all of the
Wllkeeboroa, Glenn B. Carlton, of
Boomer; Plato W. Greer, of
Millers Creek; A. B. Falrchllld, of
Purlear; R. D. Minton, of Pur
lear; J. D. Triplett, of Fergnsoa;
W. J. Woodruff and T. L. Terry,
of Hays.
An official of the club issued
the following statement:
"Every citizen of Wilkes coun
ty who Is Interested In the Im
provement of hunting and fishing
and a general increase In the pop
ulation of our" favorite game and
fish In this county and state is
elegible for membership in this
club. Watch our local paper for
announcements in connection with
future meetings. It is our desire
to get our membership Just as
qtflekiy as pusatble so that we can
get to work on some definite pro
jects BO that we might soon be
gin to enjoy the fruits of our ef
forts along this line.
“Those of yon who would like
to have a Hand In the return of
fruitful hunting and fishing If
yon are a farmer send or bring
31 for your membership. If you
are a townsman or Industrial
worker send 32 for your member
ship to Panl W. Greene, Box 630
North Wllkesboro, N. C., or to
any of the officers shown above.
“Men, let’s put our efforts all
In one united force to bring back
the days when we can return from
a hunting or fishing trip with a
smile on our face and announce
that we have the limit.”
SHIMADA,JAP
WAR CRIMINAL,
IS IN CUSTODY
Tokyo.—Field Marshal Gen.
Suglyama, supreme mllitarv ad
viser to Emperor Hirohlto, killed
himself yesterday while Ameri
can occupation authorities were
arresting Adm. Shlgetaro Shlma-
da, former Navy Minister who
planned the Pearl Harbor at
tack.
Gen. Douglas .MacArthur simul
taneously ordered the Immediate
dissolution of the terroristic
Black Dragon Society, for forty
years the notorious'Instrument of
Japanese imperialism.
Suglyama, 66, who had held
nearly every high army post and
was War.Minister In a post Pearl
Harbor Cabinet, and his wife shot
themselvee In their home not
quite 24 hours after Premier
Gen. Hideki Tojo, Pearl Harbor
Premier, made the botched at
tempt at suicide.
Suglyama was a member of the
board of field marshals which
plotted Pearl Harbor. Ho retired
from the gOTornment along with
the rest of the Kotso Cabinet In
April, 1945.
MacArthur ordered the arrest
of seven leaders of the Black
Dragon or Kokuryo-kal Society.
Hartley Property I«
' Sold at Good Price
The auction sale of the F. J.
Hartley property on highway 116
and the old Statesville road, two
miles southeast of this city, Sat
urday afternoon was very suc
cess fnl. ,
Penny Brothers, widely known
land anetloneera, oondnetod sale
tli8 proporty, which was sold
lor mon than 114,000. Thu sidu
wras well attended.
a