;^; ‘ ' ■
-
si
4apu.—'diMk ■ddien in a
UBh«d darinc
MTvrto* f^M|k'4M^UBll«d
blMtod
out ot imbdrtani
yoattlons In the eentna Mctor
~_
P<:^ 4 »"* ■■ '
m*,*
m-
»«*■»» troni and held theA
^
Mveral connter^taeh^'
dhiB (orernmeiit siokeeuian de­
mand last nicht. "'
i'
j
The speedy arrlyal of' Greek'
reliiforeements help^ the attackei« tetala their grip on tH'e posHlons, he said.
Mortars, machine guns, munitiOBe and other material were
captured in this action. In another part of the front the Greeks
captured three guns In good con­
dition.
““ ‘
To Army
Italian Meets Greek
• 1."^
liOndon.—^I^ondon had a minor
t tlef^htae hilts air raid Just before
‘'^a^tUiight and e».rly today—the
fSrt air attack after dark since
Sunday, hut the show put on by
the OwTnan bombers and chai­
rs lenglng British night fighters surrW' passed any previous midnight
I 1 performance over the capital.
The raid began at an unusually
late hour for attacks oh London
and the rattle of machinegun
fire overhead Indicated the fight­
ers were In action.
The “all-clear’’ sounded during
the early morning hour®.
Another alUrm about two hours
later was preceded by a series of
heavy explosions.
During the clear intei'val, the
An Italian prisoner of the Greeks
.pin.polhts of distant bursting scoops out the remains of his prisonshells could be seen on London’s ^
dinner as he chats with one of
outer dejense as a new wave of i
Bghters to whose prowess
night raiders approached. How- |
|,j, present plight.
ever, the defenders apparently i ^---------------------------------were so confident in the strength
iir«H
n
of the ne v fighter
f
! 55 WllKeS BOyS
I
Both Draft
Select Men To
County’s Quota
Seven From Boerd Nundtev^
One and 12 From Board
Number Tvro Notified
Both draft boards in Wilkes
county have notified the men who
, are to fill the county’s January
I quota of 17 men and two to replace two volunteers sent in De­
cember and w'ho failed to pass
the examination at Fort Bragg.
Wilkes board number one, with
headquarters at 'Wilkesboro, had
five volunteers tor the call ot six
men on January 20 but R- was
necessary to use one to fill a re­
placement of one who was sent
back last month and the board
found it necessary to draft two
men.
Number 1.8 got into the news
again when it was found that the
first man drafted by the board
had order number 13. He is
the anti-aircraft barrage that no
Owdls Lloyd Johnson, of Oaksirens were sounded and the
woods. Charlie Cicero Call, of
North Wilkesboro route three
mans flew away.
i
in
Shortly before the air alarm in
and with order number 14, wa.s
the capital, gunfire burst out
the other drafted. The volunteers
over one London district.
to go from board number one
Before London was attacked. |
Monday are:
Blaine William
raiding Nazi planes were in flight , Enroll At Laurel Springs, Go Nichols. Millers Creek; Albert
over other areas of England.
j
To Madison And Then
Lee Hamby, Parsonville; Buel
Lonzo Houck, Wilkesboro; Archie,
To Western Slates
Washington. — Secretary o f
Weldon Laws, Parsonville; Arn­
State Cordell Hull and Secretary
old Franklin Bumgarner. Wilkes­
Fifty-five
Wilkes
co'unty
boys
of the Treasury Henry Morgenthan Jr warned Congress yester-j will be enrolled in the Civilian boro route one. The board has in­
Friday, structed them to report at the of­
mited States will Conservation
camps
day that the
be' imperilled unles.s it supplies | Charles McNeill, superintendent fice of the board in the federal
building at Wilkesboro at 9:30
II' ,
tn Creat Britain in I of public welfare, said today.
her°flght. agaiari Germany and | The boys, selected from needy a. m. on Monday, January 20.
Wilkes board r.imber two. with
families, will go to the camp at
Italy.
headquarters
had a quota
anneared before t h e j Laurel Springs for examination---------------- here,.----,
,
Both
committee land enlistment and wIB then bejof U men
Enroll In C.C.C.
Camps Friday
At
British - aid bill.'son. The welfare otOCfer saKrThSt
far-reaching
devoted he had been informed that the
Hull’s testimony was
the ^ grootp will eventually be transot
largely to a portrayal
ferred to caiiip.s west of the
situation
gloomy international
which he attributed to the ruth- Rocky Monnta ns for service.
The welfare officer also ex­
lessncss’ ot totalitarian powers^
Morgenthau submitted a bal­ plained that requirements for dis­
ance sheet of British finances tribution of the pay of the boy.s
which wa< equally gloomy in re­ has been changed until it is now
possible for a member of a camp
spect
anect to Britain’s
isruaiu s ability to pay ^
?or continuous pirrcha.ses of mu-1 to save some money during his
nUions in this country- -the only period of camp service,
land in which the treasury secre­
tary said she can obtain them.
He reported that war piircha.ses and other orders in this coun­
try to be met by Britain in 1941
total
$:t.1)19.UOO.000.
Britain’s
total dollar assets were given at
$1,775,000,01)0 a.- of January 1,
1941 and an additional $1,555.000,000 will be available in dol­ Over $10,000 In Three Mon^
lar receipts toward liquidation of
ths; Receipts For The
this obligation.
•nci« pbetta. released by the British admiralty,
.1^ coBH^anes. Top left, scene In the below-deck
■IrifW, the ground crew Ukes to its heels as the motors
Walrni plane gets its load of bombo before the takeoff.
five the layman an'Me* ed what goes on
hangar of an aircr^ <wler
rev np for the takeoff. Lower left, tte port wing of ■
Lower right, a war bird comes home to roost.
Three White Men
. Directors Of
Held For Death 01 Lawrence Miller, secretary of Northwestern
the Triple A In Wilkes, said to­
Bank Reelected
day that farmers who plan to use
Negro On Sunday ‘super-phosphate
obtained through
...
J
... the farm program purchase plan
Sincla'r Adams Dies in Jail gjmuld make application this Excellent Business And Big
Growth For Year Report­
week if possible.
Of Injuries Received
Mr. Miller hopes to be able to
ed At Bank’s Meeting
Saturday Night
order two full csrloadti' this week
After 8 lengthy investigation'^“<1 "«eds only IB to 20 more
Stockholders of the Northwest­
jury empannelled by Wilkes
to complete the order.
ern Bank, which has home office
Coroner IjiM- Myers late Monday
here and branches in eight other
General Fund E\i>endltim»
ordered three white men held
northwestern North Carolina
General fund expenditures next
under boodo of $2,500 each for
towns, held their annual meeting biennium would tt^tal about $92,Sinclair Adams, lothe death ‘
500,000, compared with $83,750,Tuesday.
died in Wilkes jail
cal negro;
000
this blSBnhim and $50,250,from injuries reReports of the officers showed
early
thpV^l»22-35, Spaces
Varied Projects
Planned In Drive
report here at 8:80 a. m. Of the
v^e ordered held under Chaimuih Aflnotmccd Plane
12 seven are volunteers: William
. it $2,500 each and Walt
Bud Burchette, Robert Ford Ad­
For Raising Futids In
,_^11, local negro was placed
ams, Howard William Carrigan,
W‘lkes This Year
Claude Allen Taylor, Paul Eu­ unde)L $500 bond for his partici­
gene Rhodes. Woodrow Bain pation in the affair.
Blackburn, chairA48ms, age 21, was found /
Wood and Sant ford David Brown.
man of the President’s Birthday
stagfering
on
the
me
street
nere
I
^
^
,
» wrin
The five drafted men with local 8iaKB»rinK
earl^fiunday morning by Police-i
order numbers are: Oid Edward
manr .Harold
Harold David.
David. Adams
Adams apap- ‘y-’
^
, moShumate, 6; Jeesle Oliver Caudle, man
,__ _
'projects have^ .been put, ,into
^
.
29; James Harvey Holler. 40; peariw to have been badly beat-1 ”
^
J u J u
J i. !,•„«
lion to raise funds to fight infan8nd nau
had been
drinking.. He__
oeeii uiuiimhs
,.
,.
Thurman Franklin Bowlin, 51; en uiu
para ys s.
■Willie Parsons. 72.
^ was taken to the hospital, where I oPresent
plans for January 30
The hoard also notified four his ruts and bruises about his | >
facsSrere dressed and the physi-1
j to report as replacements in the rac0,,wrere oressen ann me piiy. i
Auxiliary cliiblionse. a
i event any ot the above are not cian‘ asked that he be brought round dance at the Woiman’s
inducted into the army: Ronald back Ister for more thorough ex­ club house and a dance at the
Boyd Sturgill. 82: Clinton Ray amination. He died in jail some community house in Wilkesboro.
Smoot, S3; Rudy Walker. 85; Al­ time after , two a. ni. Monday
But several community pro­
morning when other prisoners
bert Bentley Parsons, 106.
jects which will reach a climax
.said
he
appeared
to
have
been
Preparing for another call,
on January 30 have already been
draft board number 2 has mailed taking tits.
set in motion. Coin boxes have
Examination of his body disquestionnaires to order numbers
been placed in places of business
‘closed
concussion
of
the
brain
as
301 to 350 as follows:
to receive small donations in
Albert Lee Caudle. John Ar- if be had been hit on the head the campaign and on January 25
Year Increase $941
thiir Sebastian, Clark Lee Howell, with considerable force.
metal tags labeled “Fight Infan­
Roy Burchett, Colin 1 The story of the affair as was
North Wilkesboro postoffice William
tile Paralysis” will be sold in
Joshua Couch. Phola Erne.-t Lay- later brought out in the Inquest
experienced a record breaking ell, Joseph Staley Darnell. Guy was .that Adams went into the this city.
Chairman Blackburn has apfourth quarter which helped swell, George Perry, David Eugene Car- Oall^ community with Becknell
pc .ted six community chairmen
postal receipts to a gain of $911 rigan Clarence Emanuel Lewis, and-that he was drinking. Beckto assist In carrying the drive to
Wilkes county. Four
over receipts for 1939, Post­ Arlis'Ray Combs. Robert Lee n^^is said to have hit him with
Gryder.
Charles
Earnest
Grose.
hl,;rist
and
set
I
who
have accepted their appointmaster J. C. Reins said today.
Page Manard Hutchinson. James he met up with Williams and the
The postal receipts here for Wilson Martin, John Richard two Shew boys and they took him “®nts a^e Mr. K
several years have gained about Crawford. Paul Franklin Warren to ri*® home of Min Shew, where j
$1,000 per year. Curtailed activ­
Doctor Marvin Stanley. Robert they hit him with various objects,,River; Mrs. J.'L. Greg-.
ity during the flood season in James Baiiguess. Robert Hamp- incljjding a blackjack made by
^
August lowered receipts for that
ton Williams, Clyde Wilson Til- putting a piece of iron in a Pi®®®
Millers Creek and Mrs.
particular period but the last
’ William Barber for Wilkesboro
quarter made receipts for the ley, Roy Tracy Lael, George W es- of j^erall galluB.
ley I^gan. Joe Beecher N^ly. | ^ams made his ®acape and a
acceptances had not
year almost up to the usual $1,Vance Handy, Vester Monroe Per-,pa^ng motorist on the highway
received today, Mr
Black­
000.........
increase
mark.
.
.........
ry Doctor Commodore Myres, br^ht kim back to North WilDuring the final qiiarti-r of the
Jefferson Hodge, Homer keritoro, where police found him j
’
ar receipts were $10,065.12, be- Elledge, WHlle Moody Pruitt, in dazed and drunken condition, j ^
year
A large crowd of people witing the'Ilrst quarter that receipts Claude Paver Galloway. Raymond
irty-five per cent of cedar of Christ” at the Wilkesboro
had ever reached the $10,000 Talmage Petty, Jame-s Fred Ken­
chjMs sodl today are' purchased nessed the showing- of "The Life
mark.
nedy, Harvel Pearson Howell. by a,en.
'
Methodist church Monday night.
Total receirts for the year John Howard Brown, Sehon Ver­
were $35,239.82, a gain of $941 non Walker. Rufus Floyd Phifer,
over the 1939 total.
James Carl Barlow, Lester Dewltte Wiles. Daniel Luther, Har­
vey Clinton Blackburn, Willie
Oscar Wyatt, WHliam Crusoe
Owens, James Laytaette Ross,
Tforth Wilkesboro branch of thousand Duke Power^>company
Paul Douglas Reinhardt. Wamle
Eugene Poplin, James Sylvester thS Duke Power company Is ob- customers in Wilkes county.'
The company's new quarters
Blledge. R. V. Carlton, James seriring “open, house” at the
“ir.-,-----—
-- — have been the subject of much
Mrs. Boyd Stout, chairman of Edward Holleman, Fred Wyatt.
fcni!taal openlhg of the company j(2ygj.j^bl8 comment since the of
the Christmas Seal campaign for
new offices, showrooms and dem- flees were r roved a few ,dsya ago
Wilkes county, reported today
qnftratlon room at 309 Ninth from smai i' r quarters on Main
that receipts so far have totaled
g^pet this afternoon and night. street.
$415.17.
In the front is the .attractive
»^a?be “open house,” daring
The goal for the county, Mrs.
Stout said, is $460. She explained
A substantial sum was raised v^|cb vlsltons are oordlally tn- lobby and display rowns In front
of the spacious office space con­
to vliilt the~ ottIcM,
that a number of peop’e in the Thursday night by the North Wil­
,!
county have not responded to kesboro Doklee club for the milk c<^nne until 9:30 tonight. Fav- taining six deska. An adequate
the Christnias seal appeal and an fund in local schools, a member or^-will be given and,^ refresh- demonstration room was con
**1’®*^
mnts will be served under di- structed In the'wiMf>I
urgent request is made that they of the club said today.
floor
-with
a
ptaiflorm
’will
rwlon
of
Miss
Addie
-Majone,
make their contributions before
I^adles night was observed with
as »
February 1 and that all reports a good dinner and entertaining hOtoe economist of Duke Power later he eqntppua
•>
jilipany.
.
’
■ Ifltokett,
be in by that date. Contributions program at Roaring ^iver,''after
tnhett,
’.
The lower flojr cont$tbs wareInd
The new quarters provide
should be'sent to Mrs. Boyd which the milk fund dance was
auu
Stout, 'Wilkes chairman of the held at the Legion and Auxiliary
Christmas seal fund. North Wll- clubhouse with a large attend*
keaboro.
,:V
•neei
.
.
I
1
Postal Receipts
Total New Record
In Last Quarter
Relief Warehouse
For County Move^
Surplus Commodities For
Wilkes Cases Will Be Dis­
tributed In Wilkesboro
The
Surplus
Commodities
storeroom for Wilkes county has
been moved from North W’ilkesboro to the Jarvis building in
■Wilkesboro across the street from
the front of the county court­
house.
Charles McNeill, welfare offieer, said that all relief clients In
Wilkes entitled to surplus com­
modities should call at the store,
room in Wilkesboro instead of
North 'Wilkesboro.
The warehou.sc which serves a
district ot about ten northwest­
ern North Carolina counties will
remain In the Bcott Cheese fac­
tory building In North Wilkes­
boro, Mr. McNeill said, but
Wilkes cases will be served from
the storeroom in Wilkesboro.
Miss DuBose Neiv
Music Teacher Here
ir
Mias Lucille DuBose, of Lamar,
8.
has been secured as public
school music teacher for North
Wilkesboro schools and has asstMited her duties.
Miss DuBose succeeds Miss
Mary Helen . ZumBrunnen, who
rasictied prior to the holidays hensniih Of ill health.
IHss DnBoee has several years
ince, having taught moslc
Gastonia and China Grove
and was a private in.
Eprmal O^iMOg And ‘^Open Hou$e
FFor Dijfce ^ower Go. fere Today
Receipts Seal
Sale $415.17 Now
Milk Fund Dance
Highly Successful
T. B. Story, Wflkee repreeenti^
live in the 1941 legislature, is a
member of nine house compafttew. Milee F. Shore, of Tadkfa
eonnty, who r^iresents this seaatorlal district
composed of
’Wllkoa, Yadkin and Davie conaties, is on seven senate commit­
tees.
Story was placed on the foU
lowing committees; Ccrporattona
Courts and Judicial District^
Drainage, Federal Relations.
Higher Education, Journals, Ju­
diciary number two. Library and
Trustees of the University.
Shore was placed on Appropri­
ations, Counties, Cities and
Towns, Election Laws, Enrolled
Bills, Insurance, Pensions, SoU
dlers Home and Senatorial DI»trlcts committees.
The Budget Commission haw
recommended a budget totallBg
$163,635,382 in state money for
the next two years.
Governor Broughton urged the
General Assembly to maintain a
balanced budget, lengthen the
list of sales tax exemptions, and
Increase no taxes.
The record expenditure, con­
tained in the unanimous report
of the advisory budget commis­
sion and former Governor Hoey,
goes as far "as prudence would
dictate.”
Governor
Broughton
said. The budget would be bal­
anced and practically every stats
agency and institution would re­
ceive Increased funds.
The two measures went before
their respective Joint committees.
the year enil^ with resources to-!be 170,061,OOd,-In addition to
tnlfng 15,247,548.41. which rep-,$3,815,397 yearly expected In
resents an Increase of over $1,-1 federal aid. Provision would be
500.000 over total resources two‘made in the highway budget for
years
'reserving
$2,500,000
yearly for
r-ilO ago.
aftLF.
I .............. .
• •
The bank
was rormeo
formed in
in juiy.
July,' Possible
me
oauK was
^--------- diversion
- - ^ ’o ^the
19.87. by merger of, the Deposit fund-though the budge showed
and Savings bank here with only $2,203.901 as
ey
banks at Sparta, Boone and Bak-, ^‘'’Cted.
(Governor
has exersville andi with branches of the
looieinoi Broughton
n
r.
_
, „ ,
v ,
.‘nresviHri onnosUion to .such dfBoone and Bakersville banks at pressea oi uo
.
. Burn.-'ville.
--------- „orainn while nrovisio
[Version,
provision was mad*
Blowing Rock and
Since that time branches were this biennium for diversion, no
money has been transferred from
added by taking over banks at
Jeffersnn and Taylorsville
and the highway to the general fund.)
Schools would rece’ve a record
by addition of a new bn'.iich at
budget of $57,939,193. No gen­
Valdese.
Former Lieut. Governor R. .A. eral salary increase.s were pro­
posed- hut the usual provision
Doiighton. of Sparta, president of
the bank, presided at the meet­ was made tor increase,^ in teach­
er pay through the earned incre­
ing.
The directors, who were re­ ment plan. The budget commis­
sion’s
rei-cnimendation
stated
elected by the stockholders, are;
R. A. Doughton, Harry Bailey. that a proposed retirement pro­
W. C. Berry, W. B. Co lins, R. gram would he of far greater
L. DOiighton. Ralph Duncan, -W. benefit ’’than any small salary
D. Farthing. G. W. Greene. M. A. raise.”
This retirement program was
Higgins, W. W. Mast. J. 8'- Preprovided in the largest new- item.
vette, M. E. Reeves and N. B;
It would receive $3.408.1a2 for
Smithey.
Bank executives expressed sat- the tiiennium for all state em­
ployees, including teachers.
i.sfaction relative to the bank’s
growth during the past year and
predicted good business condi­
tions for the ensuing year.
Group Studying
No Epidemics h Home Guard Plan
Will Meet . Soon
North Wilkesboro Committee
To Make Definite Plana
For Company Here
School Attendance Has Been
J. B. McCoy, named chair­
97 Per Cent Since The
man of a committee in a recent
Christmas Holidays
mas.H meeting here to lay plana
Absence of any serious epidem­ for organization of a Home Guard
ic of flu or other contagious di­ unit, said todai' that his commit­
tee will
meet
sease In North 'Wllkeeboro is..—,
..........
. soon to make recomshown by the school attendance mendaflon of men to be appoint
^
ed officers of the /»rsmnanv.
company.
.-ecord.
North Wilkesboro wa,f one of
Paul S. Cragan. superintendent
of North Wilkesboro schools, said 35 North Carolina cities picked
today, that attendance since the by Adjutant General J. Van B.
school resumed work after the Metts to have Home Guard units
holidays has been 97 per cent of If such organizations were desired
school membership and 97 per and at a mass meeting here unan­
Cent Is not bad by any compari­ imous approval was given tka
proposal.
son.
I
Mr. McCoy said that hq' and
About two weeks ago there were
a ■’few cases of mumps and one other members of his, committee
faculty member was out for a few iieve been considering the matter
days with swelling Jaws but for the past few days and definite
mampe have sutttlded.
There action Is expected atjthe cdmgilU
were also a few Isolated cases of tee'meeting. The other memhere
ririckenpox but tihat threat U also are A. F. Kilby, Vf. J- Bason, W.
G. Gabriel and Mfjror
*^!*^erybody here is hoping that
In n nitrate of soda-ffOW^^H*"
community cm be
tlon on the farm- ot JtIbjPt****
epidemic
.of
An
*»cl»
pingi'ya. ewas
- »'
,
caused many school sys- Walker, Roanoke
,
tome to close
and bad
hs.- disrupted from which the
- — and pny-
per n«* tlirt. «d
eho4 pVit
'^7