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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
2
A high ranking American officer said February will unfold new black market trials of U S servicemen accused of selling cigarettes gasoline and other military supplies to the French black market. He noted tanks idle for lack of fuel as soldiers peddled it by the gallon and cited ambushes and thefts behind lines with drivers paid up to six thousand dollars.
American troops secured a surprise Mindoro landing on December 15 at 7 30 a m after a 60 hour approach through hostile waters. The operation drew on Philippine guerrillas operating with American officers aiding coastal strips air bases and towns on Panay Negros Cebu and Bohol. The feat opens a path toward cutting Japanese supply lines and possible China coast landings while facing a tenuous Leyte supply route and renewed Nazi counterattacks elsewhere.
A reader asks about choosing to live with a fiancé's widowed mother versus establishing a separate home. The advisor says young couples benefit from independence, suggests the mother live with a relative, and urges maintaining polite visits. A second note confirms a son should invite a girlfriend with his mother's backing.
By order of the Superior Court Eliza et al. vs. Kizzle Simmons the undersigned will sell at 2 P M on Friday January 5 1945 at the late Kizzie Taylor homeplace Westfield township Surry County North Carolina the tract descriptions totaling about 23 acres plus additional parcels to the high bid cash on confirmation The sale adjoins Brady Inman Mrs Joe Hiatt Doctor Smith and others and lists multiple bearings and bounds for several parcels The date December 1 1944 is noted W M Matthews Commissioner and Badgett & BadgettAttorneys
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