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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1942
Page
2
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The nation settles into a half pound per person per week sugar allotment with few hoarders admitting to extra supplies. Stores adopt clear rules to maintain customer loyalty, and observers expect broad compliance to avoid stiff penalties under the Second War Powers Act. Authorities will aggressively probe illicit sugar deals to deter opportunists. Buy War Savings Bonds.
The National Fire Protection Association urges stronger local building codes and regular inspections after a booklet of vivid fire photos shows millions in losses and repeat faults. It cites fires from misused sprinklers to poor tank truck safeguards and urges homeowners and managers to act now to save lives and production.
Donald M. Nelson argues before the American Society of Newspaper Editors that free institutions including labor, industry, and the press must prove their superiority to state controls. He warns dictatorship seeks to suppress freedoms and urges a postwar world where individuals can speak, work, and operate their own enterprises without restraint.
The oil industry forms a committee to expand synthetic rubber programs for essential civilian use while government plans focus on military needs. Leaders from Texas Company and Standard Oil estimate progress and potential tire mileage, urging careful car care as synthetic rubber remains scarce.
Congress faces a multi facet clash as the Roosevelt economic program meets opposition from farm blocs labor groups and conservative lawmakers. Farm leaders oppose parity ceilings while labor balks at wage freezes amid calls for economies and tax measures. Oil supply worries and Senator Shipstead's plan add to a pressurized election year scene.
The proposal calls for spending 20 million dollars to build wooden barges to move goods along the Mississippi and Ohio to Pittsburgh and then pipe to eastern coast cities. Even if approved, months would pass before the East could be adequately supplied.
James M. Gwin of the University of Maryland Poultry Department urges Maryland poultrymen and egg producers to focus on high quality fresh eggs to meet growing merchant demand. He warns against competing with low priced southern and midwestern eggs and credits the state Fresh Egg Law for market improvements. Recommendations include producing infertile, clean eggs by removing males promptly after hatching.
Guidelines cover breeding season care with clean litter and nesting material. Collect eggs at least three times daily and store at not more than 50 F with about 85 percent humidity. Sort by size and color, separate browns from whites, and pack each category separately for market. Eggs should be sold at least twice weekly and protected during handling.
Officials urge citizens to buy next winter's coal now to prevent mine and transport strains during early fall harvests. They frame coal hoarding as a wartime contribution and emphasize avoiding peak demand periods.
A Civil War vignette describes a gray soldier risking death to bring water to wounded foes. His selfless act halts cannon fire for an hour and a half, showing that unselfish service outvalues weaponry. The poem, by Ellen Hutchison, extols the power of compassionate deeds over force.
The text argues that aggressive socialization of the electric industry signals broader aims to destroy competing businesses. It cites Debs and Norman Thomas to illustrate socialist strategy, claiming government or municipal ownership is a pathway to socialism.
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