World War No 2 or War to Save Democracy Debate
A column argues for a war name a slogan and a song born from battle and action not from Washington. It critiques Pearl Harbor branding and suggests the army navy and marines should craft the war name slogan and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Maine
Washington, D. C
Pacific
Washington
America
Francis Scott Key
Tin Pan Alley
Army
Navy
Marines
Jap Beetle Campaign Ends in Dorchester County
Dorchester County reports the 1942 Japanese beetle season nearly over with only a few stragglers. Entomology experts note eggs hatch into grubs that threaten roots. milky disease is established on over 2000 properties in the county as control efforts continue with sprays traps and parasite release coordinated by the county agent and University of Maryland.
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Dorchester County
Charles Fuller
Somerset County
Department of Entomology
University of Maryland
City of
Cambridge
Board of County Commissioners
Fuller
Air minded nation gears for war expansion
War officials note a surge in air power interest as Henry J. Kaiser envisions massive cargo planes and Britain and the United States plan day and night bombings. Roosevelt cites 4,006,000 armed forces, while Congress debates manpower mobilization and future labor controls. saboteur trials spark public tips to the FBI.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Boulder
Grand Coulee
Kaiser
Great Britain
England
War
Navy
Roosevelt
Stimson
Dorchester Soil District Proposes County Drainage Plan
Earle R. Keene opened a Dorchester County board session detailing a county wide farm drainage plan by the Soil Conservation District. He noted 26 tax ditch groups with 426 members serving 600 plus farms, partial to no work on eleven ditches, and a proposed program benefiting about 1000 or more farms directly. The Soil Conservation Service lent equipment valued at 17 600 dollars including a dragline tractor truck and blade notching the plan for county funding of operating costs similar to the CCC era.
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Earle R. Keene
Dorchester
Keene
Soil Conservation District
The
Soil Conservation Service
Dorchester Soil Conservation District
Board of Supervisors
Dorchester County
CCC
Liberty ship S S William Tilghman launched at Bethlehem Fairfield
The Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard completed fifty Liberty ship launches this week with the S S William Tilghman sliding into the water in record forty eight days. J M Willis announced plans to reduce construction time to thirty days and noted future deliveries will be eight months ahead of schedule. The ship is named for William Tilghman a Maryland born jurist and former Pennsylvania supreme court chief justice.
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Bethlehem - Fairfield
S. S. William Tilghman
F. G. Emerson
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
J. M. Willis
Manger
Patrick Henry
Maritime Commission
United States Maritime Commission
William Tilghman
Talbot County
Maryland
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
August Bond Quota Set for Dorchester County
Dorchester county receives a bond sales quota of 48100 for August. Baltimore City aims for 9006400 toward Maryland's 11250000 total. Montgomery county quota is 234200, with Allegany at 221300. Talbot county 70400 and Wicomico 86400.
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Dorchester County
United States
Baltimore City
Maryland
Treasury Department
Montgomery County
Allegany County
Talbot County
Wicomico
Farm Labor Scarcity Hits Eastern Shore Canneries
A two week labor shortage in Talbot and Dorchester counties curtails canning of perishable crops as wet weather damages tomatoes. Migrant workers from North Carolina are brought in, with 150 workers arriving and plans for 400 more being organized amid transportation aid funds.
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Talbot
United States
Fred B. Gambrill
Salisbury
Elizabeth Mulholland
Gambrill
Dorchester
Mulholland
North Carolina
O’conor
Maryland Council of Defense
Rockingham
Abermarle
Miss Mulholland
MISS HARRISON TO WED UW. 8S. ARMY MAN
Lalla Fauntleroy Harrison, daughter of Mrs. Burr Powell Harrison, plans to marry Captain Clarence Hodge Jr. of the U S Army in a late summer wedding. The couple bring Virginia and Maryland connections, with ties to Baltimore and Cambridge and lineage including Dr Brice W Goldsborough and former Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough.
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Virginia
Maryland
Lalla Fauntleroy Harrison
Clarence Hodge, Jr
U. S. Army
Washington
Clarence Hodge
Mr. Hodge
Burr Powell Harrison
Leesburg
Mr. Harrison
Baltimore
Brice W. Goldsborough
Cambridge
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Gunston Hall
Cotillop
Captain Hodge
Dorsey S. Warfield
Thurmont
W. Va
Princeton
Field Artillery
Captain Creighton Missing at Sea After Torpedoed Vessel
Mrs. Rena Tall of Cambridge learned her son Captain P F Creighton is missing at sea after a merchant ship was torpedoed where he served as chief officer. He had 36 years at sea and was seeking enlistment in the Naval Reserve. Survived by wife mother eight siblings and more. Creighton was a native of Hooper's Island and long-time Norfolk resident.
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Rena Tall
Cambridge
P. F. Creighton
Creighton
R. R. Waesche
Coast Guard
U. S. Naval Reserve
Hasler & Company
Hooper’s Island
Norfolk
Wickard Says He Needs Study Before Livestock Price Ceiling
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard said he cannot commit to approving ceilings on live cattle hogs and lambs until he reviews a specific proposal. He noted the plan would demand complex allocation among packers differentials by grade and market, plus inspector forces and minimum price agreements with processors. He warned ceilings might not boost meat supplies and suggested distribution and possible consumer rationing as keys to alleviating shortages.
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Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Leon Henderson
Wickard
East
Mr. Wickard
Dealers to Purchase Typewriters for Treasury Procurement
Registered dealers and manufacturers will act as buying agents for the Treasury procurement division to acquire at least 500000 typewriters for the Government. Dealers will inspect machines and quote trade allowances as of February 1 1941. Typewriters bought will bear a Government label to prevent reentry into ordinary trade channels. Standard typewriters made on or after January 1 1935 are sought.
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United States Treasury
OPA
Dorchester County Completes Supplemental Gas Rationing
Dorchester was the first county in the state to finish supplemental gas rationing requests and mail them to residents. Robert H. Matthews said volunteers aided the regular staff as the rationing board worked nightly to clear the work. About 2,000 passenger requests and roughly 1,000 tractor and non highway requests were received.
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Dorchester
Robert H. Matthews
Mr. Matthews
Matthews
State urged to freeze surplus for post war work
Dr. Abel Wolman chairing the State Planning Commission urged the Legislative Council to freeze the $9,000,000 treasury surplus for post war reconstruction. He proposed a $250,000 fund to study plans and rights of way with a program prioritizing roads health care and higher education.
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Abel Wolman
State Planning Commission
Legislative Council
Union Trust
Wolman
Driver in Fatal Crash Faces Hearing in Boston
A hearing over the automobile crash that injured Betty Marine and Harrington Pritchett is set for Friday at two in Boston. State’s Attorney William Reddie said the session will be before Trial Magistrate L Herbert Griffith in Easton. A manslaughter charge faces Mrs Victor MacSorley, alleged driver of the station wagon that struck a tree on the Trappe road near the Choptank River Bridge.
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Betty Marine
Harrington Pritchett
Boston
William Reddie
Talbot County
L. Herbert Griffith
Easton
Victor MacSorley
Trappe Road
Choptank River Bridge
Fats Salvage Drive Exceeds WPB Hopes
Housewives nationwide contribute kitchen fats for munitions production. E P Williams head of the WPB fats salvage unit reports the salvage campaign has gone beyond expectations as of yesterday.
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War Production Board
E. P. Williams
Fats Salvage
WPB
No New Roads To Be Built For War Maintenance
Ezra R. B. Whitman reports to the Legislative Council that road funds should be diverted to maintenance during the war. Revenue from the Motor Vehicles office has fallen up to 50 percent, limiting new construction. A bill to authorize maintenance only is planned, with implementation targeted for October 1 as the fiscal year begins.
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Ezra RB. Whitman
State Raids Commission
Legislative Council
Union Trust
Whitman
General Assembly
Dorchester County Jail Approved by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Sheriff James R. Thomas announced the Dorchester County jail is the Eastern Shore's only facility approved by the Federal Bureau of Prisons after an inspection by Richard W. Wicks who praised the jail's sanitary conditions and prisoner well being. Deputy Sheriffs Waldo Robinson and Howard Hall were commended for close supervision. Maryland has five BOP approved jails.
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Dorchester County
Federal Bureau of Prisons
James R. Thomas
Richard W. Wicks
Federal Inspector of Prisons
Wicks
Waldo H. Robinson
Howard Hall
Maryland
Federal Bureau of Trisons
Sugar ration to remain unchanged for 1943 says OPA
The OPA announced that sugar rations for household users will stay at eight ounces weekly for the first nine months of 1943, with 70 percent of supplies going to industry. Plans aim to stock at least 2,300,000 tons by January 1, 1943, and excess supply may be distributed as bonuses if shipping improves. An additional 830,000 tons must be kept in reserve to ensure nationwide availability.
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Stimson
Marshall
War Man Power Commission
Congress
Rayburn
House
Representatives
Barkley
Senate
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Harold B. Rowe
Rowe
Parm Women Help Solve Labor Problem on Shore
Mrs Nell C Westcott manager of the Maryland Employment Service says Kent county canners face little trouble securing labor for the tomato and sugar corn pack. Farmers wives and daughters with spare time are answering the call to work in canneries and earn extra money.
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Nell C. Westcott
Maryland Employment Service
Kent County
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