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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
8
A columnist discusses the complexity of blood pressure physiology for lay readers. He notes heredity and lifestyle factors like obesity and smoking influence risk, and warns that anxious discussion can raise readings. Obesity reduction and diet are advised but no universal cure exists.
A hillbilly and his wife raise a large brood with yearly children including twins and triplets. During air corps maneuvers paratroopers land in the hills, prompting the eldest son to joke the stork has been delivering full grown soldiers rather than babies.
War Department unveils a new casualty notification policy for overseas Army losses. Major General Frederick E. Uhl says letters from commanders and chaplains will be sent to emergency addressees with details soon after death or major wounds. Progress reports will follow at 15 day intervals from hospital staff, replacing delayed updates through the Adjutant General.
Town Council at a special meeting amended the late show rule to keep theatres open until 11 55 p m on Saturdays with all venues closed by then and restrict under sixteen attendance. Local theater owners and managers petitioned for the change citing work schedules and aimed for cleaner, safer entertainment to serve the town.
Surry County AAA chairman J A Tilley urges spread of limestone and phosphate received through the office before January 1 1945 to finish the 1944 program. Use of materials now counts as full payment. unspent material moves to 1945. Report spread and apply for remaining payments if eligible. Farmers with 1944 tobacco crop should mail or bring sales cards to the Dobson AAA office.
The report outlines tobacco allotment policy for 1945 matching 1944 levels with a 2 percent adjustment for fairness and a 5 percent allowance for farms new to tobacco. New allotment applications will be taken at the Dobson AAA office after Christmas through January, then forwarded to Raleigh for approval. Also noted is Pvt. Ensley’s WWII service with the 338th Infantry, 85th Division of the Fifth Army, including battles in Italy and multiple commendations.
Pvt Charles E Ensley of the 338th Infantry 85th Division is reported somewhere in Italy. He is the son of Clara Ensley Howell of Fancy Gap Virginia and husband of Elsie Whitaker Ensley.
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