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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1946
Page
1
The author laments the endless cycle of meals and cleaning while nursing a sick family. She notes inexperience complicates chores such as removing eye yolk from a plate and cleaning up spills, and she calls for scientists to devise practical solutions for household tasks.
A political struggle within Maryland Democrats centers on Governor hopeful William Preston Lane Jr and potential contender J Millard Tawes. Backers maneuver to force Lane to take a stand on CIO PAC ties while others aim to protect Governor O Connor against Radcliffe pressures.
The piece argues that inflation drives anger at prices as producers, merchants, and consumers blame each other. It notes the public’s acceptance of deficits and government spending while cursing rising costs. It portrays price tensions across producers, merchants, and households.
President Truman asks Congress to repeal or reduce six billion dollars in current year spending. He calls for canceling 5.75 billion in appropriations, 420 million in Maritime Commission contracts, and liquidating three corporations under the Office of Inter-American Affairs. The plan includes major cuts to military, Navy, War Shipping, lend lease, and federal works programs, with 50 billion in prior recissions noted. The White House says the reductions supplement earlier actions and will be offset by future restorations where needed.
The Federal Power Commission approves accounting adjustments by Eastern Shore Public Service Co of Maryland, reallocating plant adjustments and reserves. Separately, wartime controls on high protein livestock and poultry feeds are reestablished, limiting use to 1945 calendar-quarter levels and restricting soy products in feeds.
Records of milk production in Maryland herds highlight proven dairy herd sires passing higher milk output to daughters. The Bureau of Dairy Industry compiles monthly lists. owners can obtain names from D H L A supervisors, county agents, or George Hyatt at the University of Maryland Extension Service. An artificial breeding circuit via the Maryland Artificial Breeding cooperative offers wider access to top bulls for rapid herd improvement.
British researchers label the chemical bindene hex chlor ide as 666 and report it may outperform DDT for pests such as pea aphids potato beetles onion thrips Mexican bean beetle and potato aphid on tomato plants.
Wildlife officials predict a hunting boom as leisure grows and highways improve. Lloyd W. Swift cites 2 3 million game on Forest Service land in 1944, mainly deer, with nationwide surveys since 1921 showing ten year increases.
The Culture Today announces a first full postwar production target of 1 767 500 acres for Maryland farmers, including 440 000 acres in the same day. National goals total 357 720 000 acres for tame hay and cultivated crops, up about 10 million from 1945. Maryland cultivated crop figures listed include wheat 425 000, rye 20 000, soybeans 25 010, potatoes 18 400, early potatoes 4 700, and sweet potatoes 000.
The Navy will shorten the discharge period for eligible sailors and Marines by up to forty five days when suitable assignments are unavailable. Vice Admiral Louis Denfield announced orders to commanding officers to expedite releases for transient personnel with home districts lacking suitable work, aiming to better use time and meet previously announced release schedules.
Dorchester County dairy and field crop farmers are invited to a Livestock Feeding and Home Grown Feed Production School in Cambridge Court Room on Wednesday January 23. University of Maryland specialists George Hyatt Jr and John Magruder will cover calf and heifer development grain and forage varieties and seed methods with Q and A. County Agent Harry Beggs urges all farmers to attend the 10 AM to 1 PM sessions, noting different programs for morning and afternoon.
The State Treasury anticipated a final working capital near 1.8 million dollars by June 1947 as surplus funds were allocated to post war programs and balanced budgets. Cuts to the income tax reduced revenue, drawing about 1.6 million from the surplus to offset the tax cut. About 4 million was used to balance 1946 1947, with remaining funds tied to school costs and post war construction.
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