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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
8
TRUCK FOR HIRE Anywhere anytime moving a specialty and we carry cargo insurance for your protection. Call Haynes Coal and Oil Co. or see Lester Haynes Itc.
The article outlines wartime controls including tire inspection proof conditions, lumber allocations for farms, farm machinery quotas, and education on saving wooden containers. It notes shortages of mechanical refrigerators, emphasis on tool distribution, and continues with stamp program dates for blue red and sugar rations and gas coupons through mid 1943. It also mentions farmers applying to WPB and Farm A-201 and conservation orders L-41 and E-6.
The OPA said a merchant paid $100 to two customers after price ceiling breaches. He agreed to $50 to Private E Mapes and $50 to civilian T Y Lovern Jr, avoiding charges. The case involved selling .22 cartridges above the 35 cent ceiling and failure to file ceilings.
A wartime appeal urges Americans to save and buy more bonds each payday to curb inflation and avoid black markets. It tells readers to figure out the number of bonds themselves, emphasizing personal responsibility in the national economy.
Greyhound to feature Surry County in nationwide advertising stressing local roads schools farms and industries. Officials say the campaign will emphasize the region’s role in the war effort and Greyhound’s local community ties and bus service to war plants, farming centers, and nearby towns.
A Raleigh report says the State Highway and Public Works Commission will close the Surry Mine quarry near Elkin by October after determining rock proved too soft for road building. About 2,600 tons of lime sold at 1.25 dollars per ton and roughly 3,000 tons of stone remain to be processed. the facility may be leased to private interests if offers come in.
Pfe Kenneth McKenzie notified parents that he entered service February 1942 and earned bayonet and rifle excellence medals. Pfe Julius Paul Childress entered service November 1942 and is now in Nashville Tennessee. he married Gladys Dollyhigh who with their 11 month old son lives on route 4. Pvt ae McDowell, son of Mrs Laura McDowell route 4, arrived in India after entering service April 1942 and training at Fort Bragg.
The Navy Coast Guard and Signal Corps rely on semaphore and wig wag signaling when phones and radios fail. A War Savings Stamp or Bond seems small alone but with 130 million determined people buying bonds, the overall war effort gains a substantial impact.
The list cites states Pennsylvania West Virginia and Illinois and a geographic claim of about eighty by four miles. It references the year 1812 and Argentina and asks a yes no question. It mentions Berlin 1943 claims under six hundred thousand tons and lists cities Leningrad Orel Kursk Kharkov and Kostov. It names James Byrnes H L Stimson Frank Knox Harry L Hopkins and Donald Nelson. It notes nine years ago and June 1942 as time markers.
An indignant movie producer hosting a Malibu beach party watches lifeguards revive an actress who ventured too far into the surf. As they work to resuscitate her, the host interrupts insisting on using genuine aid rather than artificial measures, claiming he can afford it.
The film team struggled to conclude the final scene of a movie adaptation. After many proposals, someone suggested mirroring the book's ending, a novel idea that no one had considered before.
A history lesson ends with a playful misdirection about the origin of the term first Americans. A student claims Lincoln and Washington, but the teacher hints at a broader clue. The class finally shouts Turkeys in a Thanksgiving-feast moment.
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