Public opinion shifts during wartime gas rationing debate
In the fall Congress members travel home to gauge constituents views on national defense measures. The surveys reveal the public’s focus on gasoline rationing, not Pearl Harbor or UN matters, exposing a disconnect between national wartime policy and local concerns. The piece discusses primaries, isolationist trends, and party dynamics as reflections of broader war politics.
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Congress
Washington
Q& Great
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
United Nations
England
Searching for God in science and Christ
The writer argues that while nature reveals God’s wisdom and justice, full understanding comes only through Christ. Christ is the perfect revelation of Deity, and by faith in Him believers, like Job, will see God in transformed bodies at the resurrection.
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Zophar
Job
God
Christ
Jesus
Father
God the Redeemer
Slats Diary A Humble Week Of Family Life
Sunday Ma dressed for church as Slats notes the changing fashions and worries about baggy knees. Monday Ma ties a bell around his neck for safety after tree climbing. Tuesday includes a Sun day School picnic and a honey bee sting. Wednesday Pa brings home chocolate for Ma after a quarrel. Thursday Pa denies a quarter for the movies then relents to send him to the pitcher show. Friday Emmy contemplates magazine short stories while pa jokes about a nom de plume. Saturday a home intrusion ends with the thief sick in the house after eating Ma’s pie.
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Chirch
Max
Ant Emmy
Churchell
Atlantic Charter
Emmy
Wile Ma
Vitamin rich winter school lunches plan
A health guidance piece outlines daily vitamin needs and sources. It highlights cantaloupe and watermelon for vitamin C, peaches, tomatoes, and raw peppers as substantial providers, plus eating one raw vegetable and one raw fruit daily. Cooking tips minimize vitamin loss and suggest using cooking water in soups. It directs readers to libraries or the State Department of Health for more details.
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State Department of Health
N. Charles Street
Baltimore
Democratic Primary Ballot To Be Printed on White Paper
A local election notice states that the Democratic primary ballot will be printed on white paper. The document notes ballot design details and a review by election officials to ensure clarity and legibility for voters.
Maryland Farms to You Vitamins In Abundance
Maryland farms yield bumper crops of fruits and vegetables across the state. Dr. R H Riley notes vitamins C and A in produce like corn, beans, peppers, tomatoes, melons, and peaches, urging households to use, dry, or can surplus and share with local food committees.
Nomination Certificates Declared for Caroline County
In accordance with Maryland acts of 1912, certificates for nomination were filed by listed candidates with the Supervisors of Elections by August 22, 1942, with no opposition or contest. The notice names officials across parties, including Attorney General William C. Walsh and State Senator Wilmer Fell Davis, among others, plus delegates and committee members.
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Yne A. Cawley
D. Ralph Horsey
Herbert R. O’conor
Anne Arundel County
M. Heber Lane
Stephen B. Peddicord
Baltimore City
United States
Maryland
Dorsey W. Banning
Calvert C. Merriken
Leon Asa Andrus
Queen Anne’s County
Austin R. Murphy
Dudley G. Roe
W. Foster Clark
Everett Nuttle
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Caroline County
Rabhivyes
General Assembly of
William C. Walsh
Allegany County
Treasury
J. Millard Tawes
Somerset County
Horace P. Whitworth
Second Judicial Circuit
William Raymond Horney
Wilmer Fell Davis
Sherman L. Tribbitt
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
Republican Party
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
wWe
Parr Re Abel
Caroline
William S. Orme
H. Roland Towers
BY Oliver N. Warren
Theodore Roosevelt McKeld
V. Pinkney West, JR
Baltimore County
Stephen R. Collins
Kent County
G. Elbert Marshall
Talbot County
Cecil County
Edward Dorsey Ellis Rollins
General Assembly of Maryland
J. ED. Nichols
Sherman T. Griffith
Board of Supervisors of Elections For
John Kennedy
Cook
Frederick County
Office of Supervisors of
Denton
Alvan Meredith
Fred N. Smith
Carlton V. West
Democrat
The
Orphans’ Court
Jesse T. Dennis
E. Lloyd Fooks
Luther W. Handy
T. Fred Brown
Layman J. Redden
W. Hyland van Sant
John C. Fisher
Democratic State Central Committee
J. Tyson Heather
Roger Ringgold
J. DeWeese Carter
Raymond W. Noble
John C. Brown
Gene J. Garris
Calvin D. Lynch
Wm. E. Andrew
J. Virgil Moore
A. J. Messick
Harry S. Cooper
Humphreys
Umphreys
J. ED
Nighols
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