Personal And Social News Items From Denton Area
Mr. and Mrs. Roland T. Draper hosted a turkey dinner with Rev. L W Savage and daughter Mabel Ruth Ann Morris, Rev. Thomas Younce, Norman Asil ton, Atkins Jester family, and Kay Bowdle of Harrington. Sue Ann Nagel’s third birthday was celebrated. Miss Laura Draper had emergency appendectomy at Easton Memorial Hospital.
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Roland T. Draper
L. W. Savage
Mabel
Ruth Ann Morris
Thomas Younce
Norman Asilton
Atkins Jester
Genevieve
Russell Bowdle
Kay
Harrington
Freddie Torbert
Isaac Noble
Hickman
Sue
Jesse Gregg
Paul Besse
Easton
Fred Behrens
Cordova
William Joiner
Howard F. Joiner
Grant Alburger
Fannie Shields
Sally Horsey
Baltimore
Mary J. Neal
Lester Kauffman
Sue Gay
University City
C. S. Kauffman
William Gniecko
Philadelphia
New York
8. C. Watters
Talmadge Strong
Robert Swann
Bridge
Maurice Dean
William Wolf
E. E. Nichols
Memorialt Hospital
East An
Major Knouse Returns After Five Pacific Years
Major Lloyd B. Knouse and wife Elizabeth Short Knouse visited Mr and Mrs Kirkman Short at the start of the week. He returned to the States on November 20th after five years in the Pacific and will receive a three week rest at Miami Beach before a U.S. post. Elizabeth Knouse, formerly Elizabeth Short, will come home in early 1945. The couple were stationed in Hawaii and were at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. Mrs Preston Osteen Jr. has an
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Lloyd B. Knouse
Kirkman W. Short
States
Pacific Area
Miami Beach
Fla
Elizabeth Short
Caroline High School
Elizabeh Knouse, Ward
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Deaths Harry Richardson 73 Electrician Dies at Home
Harry Richardson 73 an electrician died at his home Saturday. He was son of the late George W and Anna M Redden Richardson of Denton. Survived by wife former Miss Clara Hignatt of Denton a son Neal Richardson of Philadelphia and a daughter Mrs William Richardson of Clifton New Jersey. Funeral at J Virgil Moore Funeral Home Tuesday at 1 pm conducted by Rev John E French and Rev Carl E Range. Burial in Denton cemetery.
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Harry Richardson
George W
Anna M. Redden Richardson
Denton
Clara Hignatt
Neal Richardson
Philadelphia
William Richardson
Clifton
New Jersey
J. Virgil Moore
John E. French
First Methodist Church
Carl E. Range
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Denton Cemetery
Mrs Fannie Wilson Dies Widow of Reynolds Wilson
Mrs. Fannie Wilson widow of Reynolds Wilson a retired Caroline county farmer died in Harmony at her daughter Mrs. Ernest Knox home. She had been invalid for fourteen years. Funeral services were held December 2 at Frampton Funeral Parlor and interment in Denton cemetery beside her husband. She leaves daughter Mrs. Ernest Knox Harmony and grandson Roland W. Wilson currently in England.
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Fannie Wilson
Reynolds Wilson
Caroline County
Ernest Knox
Harmony
Frampton Funeral Parlor
Denton Cemetery
Roland W. Wilson
England
Wilson on Screen at Dentonia Theatre
Dentonia Theatre hosts a two night engagement of the panoramic Technicolor film Wilson on Monday and Tuesday December 11 and 12. One show per evening starts at 7 30. Adults pay 1 10 and children 55 cents tax included. The feature portrays the rise and fall of an American who believed in a great ideal and marks a milestone in motion picture history.
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Dentonia Theatre
America
20Th Century-Fox
Zanuck’s Vision for a WWI President Film
Zanuck at 20th Century Fox conceived a film about Woodrow Wilson as a grand history in the making. Initially a short documentary by a U.S. Army Signal Corps lieutenant colonel, the scope proved too vast for a few reels, yet he pressed on despite costs and obstacles.
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Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
U. S. Army Sigual Corps
Woodrow Wilson
the Statesman
Income Tax Notice to Farmers Extended Filing Dates
The notice states farmers need not file an estimated tax return by December 15 1944. Instead they may file a full return by January 15 1945 and pay any amount due at that time. The Bureau of Internal Revenue directs readers to the instruction sheet for details.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
O Conor Proposes Medium Type Penal Institution
O Conor outlines a plan for a medium type penal institution with management capable of guiding inmate rehabilitation. The proposal emphasizes structured programs, security measures, and resources to support successful reintegration.
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O'Conor
Indeterminate Sentencing Advocated for Maryland Reform
The speaker argues for indeterminate sentencing to empower correctional authorities to determine treatment type and length. He cites 39 states using this approach for offenders and praises the American Law Institute and Chief Justice Stone for endorsing or recommending it. He contends it leads to fairer justice and assigns responsibility to those best able to manage rehabilitation.
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Maryland
Correctional
American Law Institute
Congress of
United States
Stone
Pvt Bradley Sees Action in Division Awards
Service Crosses and Silver Stars earned by 185 soldiers for gallantry and 4006 Bronze Stars awarded for heroic action across the division.
Fourth Armored Division Deploys and Sees Combat in Europe
Artillery observer liaison pilots receive twelve Air Medals and 15 Oak Leaf Clusters. The Fourth Armored Division trained from Canada to Tennessee, California, Texas, and England, shipping from New York on 30 September 1942, arriving in France the week of July 12, 1944, and entering combat five days later.
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Wood
England
Fourth Armored
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
California Desert
Plains
Texaas
Downs
Pin
New York
California Desert Training Center
Freda
Needles
Camp Bowie
Texas
Lone Star State
East Coast
France
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Columbia Hospital
Washington, D. C
Osteen
Albert Preston Osteen
Jean Kauffman
Carlton V. West Jr
Will Rems
Sheppard Field
Earl Lewis Krabill
AMM
U. S. Naval Air Base
Patuxent River
Havel Krabill
Pvt
Camp Robinson
Ark
Fort Meade
Preston Osteen Jr
Mrs. Fannie Wilson
Wilson
Stafford’s
Denton, Md
Greensboro
Allen Lane
Silver City
East Side Kids
Brooklyn Bridge
G. Robinson
Mr. Winkle
Paulette Goddard
Sonny Tufts
China
al ‘S
THE
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J. Norman Clark
Thurs. & Fri
Ronald Colman
Technicolor
Raymond Hatton
Panay
Web Were
Columbia
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Henry King
Toren
Lamar Trott
Alexander Knox
Charles Cobuyn
Garalding Fitzgerald
Thomas Mitchel
Ruth Nelson
Cedric Hardwicke
Vincent Price
William Eythe
Mary Anderson
Pate
College of Hilarious Higher Education
Mountain Boys
Rachel Qyrurelle
Scotty Ware
Pepe
Cheshire Tre
Mito
Carolina Cotto
Brad Taylor
Ruth Terry
Virginia Brissac
Beverly Loud Republicc Picture
Gane Withers
Paul Kelly
Lee Patrick
Dorothy Peterson
Gertrude Michael
Warner
A Republic Picture
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Reubin
Jean. Wee
Arthur Canes
Bowman
Loburn
Pris Amis Assel
Achates
Charley Grapewia
Tare Ees Coat
Vera van Opp
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