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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
7
About 4 000 Surry men, ten percent of the county population, are in the armed services. By June 19 they had bought ten percent of the county's 756 000 dollar war bond quota, with credit arranged by the Treasury Department to local counties.
Will Rogers speaks on Farm Bureau work attracting local farmers at Cook School last Friday. A July sixth meeting at 8 30 P M will assemble a farm group. A Farm Bureau barbecue is set for June 28 at Copeland School with O F McCrary as speaker. J Sam Gentry reorganizes Bryan Township leadership to boost agricultural programs. Pigs arrive boosting 4 H swine projects with eight gifts to 4 H boys under Sears Roebuck Cow Hog Hen program.
The Pacific war enters a preparation phase toward a decisive outcome with campaigns in Okinawa the Philippines Borneo and China forming the build up for later heavy blows on Japan. Japanese sea control loss and strategic withdrawals mirror Nazi weakness seen a year earlier as Allied advances continue with steady progress at low cost.
The article outlines strategic expectations for a prolonged buildup before a grand attack in Europe, noting a year or more before redeployment after victory. It contrasts European planning with Japan, emphasizing aerial campaigns, blockades, and the Okinawa toll while predicting continued advances toward Japan.
Town officials levy annual licenses across varied trades from automobile dealers to tobacconists. The schedule uprights per location and per annum fees, with penalties for unlicensed operation and deadlines for beer and other licenses to avoid added charges.
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