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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1943
Page
7
Readers are urged to notice sponsors behind war bond ads and recognize merchants and publishers who fund wartime messages. The piece notes newspapers have donated about 50 million in advertising space and encourages Citizens War Advertising committees to share costs across the community.
Navy Secretary Frank Knox said raids on the East or West Coasts remain remote. He noted Japan’s Aleutian bases and German threat possibilities are limited, sub war cycles continue, and U S carrier production outpaces losses. He cited no dire alerts at Truk.
State officials consider a state run medical care program for the medically indigent, to be administered by the Health Department, with a planning panel headed by Dr Victor F Cullen. A related move assigns a board to study location and construction of two chronic disease hospitals. Governor O Conor named a committee to study hospital sites and administration. The report notes gaps in access to care for the indigent and that welfare agencies may need to assume responsibility.
Any person finding a lost War Ration Book must return it immediately to the Local War Price and Rationing Board. It is a violation to keep or use a found book and carries a severe penalty under Rationing Rules and Regulations.
A new wood product called compregnated wood has been developed by scientists and chemists. It consists of resin impregnated wood layers compressed together, is swell proof shrink proof decay proof and can be molded. Its density can vary from heavy at the hub to light at the tip for airplane propellers and it promises wide peace time uses such as durable impervious tile flooring.
Abnormally low supplies of canned goods in the hands of canners signal a tight distribution until new supplies arrive next July. Kenneth Stauffer, chief of the OPA processed food rationing branch in Washington, said yesterday.
Maryland farmers plan to mix Canada grown wheat with home produced seeds for next winter. Joseph H Blandford, chairman of the Maryland U S Department of Agriculture War Board, says conservation and war crop programs enable a balanced livestock feed supply, but rising meat production requires Canadian wheat to augment domestic reserves.
The Quartermaster Corps details standards for army menus in the Army Ration. Master menus are prepared months in advance with milk and dairy products a constant, including butter at seven pounds per day per hundred men and frequent dairy servings such as ice cream and cheese throughout the month.
Miss Hattie E. Brooks announces pressure cookers will be lent to top home canning performers in Dorchester County. Applicants must obtain a dealer certificate and request through the County Advisory Committee, which will review needs with Mrs. Augustus Stewart and Miss Eva Lou McDonald. Purchase certificates and blanks come from the County War Board.
The Cambridge 4-H Club held a special meeting at Betty A. Jones home to plan an exhibit scheduled for Saturday May 15. Organizers urged all girls to attend the final pre exhibit meeting at Beverly Hales home 203 Academy Street and noted home made cookie sales to raise awareness and membership.
The Maryland State office of the O P A announces Amendment 8 to Maximum Price Regulation No 269 with a simplified formula for maximum poultry prices. It lists wholesale and retail limits per pound for broilers fryers roasters fowl stags and roosters capons and notes live weight dressed weight and drawn weight prices, plus a 10 cent service fee for live chickens killed and plucked and no delivery charge within 30 miles.
The Woolford 4 H Club met on April 26 at Mrs. Robert Moore s home. Officers elected were Betty Merrick president Norma Merrick vice president Jane Dayton secretary Jean Bell treasurer and Nick Brooks reporter. New members Mary Ann Bell Norma Merrick and Sara Gillis joined. Moore gave sewing instructions and discussed scrapbooks on home furnishings.
County Agent reports aphid migration from alfalfa to peas may begin May 10 to 15 in this area. Dr. Ditman of the University of Miaiyy- Jand notes rapid alfalfa buildup could intensify migration with warm weather. Suggestions include Derris root spray or rotenone dust, with specific mixing and application guidance for early May control.
Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the War Manpower Commission, told a House committee that the present strength of the armed forces is about 8,300,000 men and that the 10,700,000 goal could be reached without stripping industry.
Cambridge facility from Phillips Packing Company will produce thirty tons of Maryland vegetables daily. Output aimed at military use, with one shipload of dehydrated foods feeding as many as five shiploads of fresh and canned foods. Plant is among six new depots in the state.
Victory gardeners are advised to prepare for invading pests by selecting and having insecticides ready. They should dust the undersides of leaves to target chewing and sucking insects such as the bean beetle cabbage worm horn worm cucumber beetle grasshopper and other pests.
A new growth promoting constituent in milk has been identified by Dr. C. A. Cary and colleagues at the USDA Bureau of Dairy Industry. The substance, tentatively called X, appears to enhance growth and physical condition in animals fed milk in its complete form. Mrs. Ethel Austin Martin notes this may explain improved health and efficiency among war workers in facilities with ample milk products.
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