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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
6
The piece argues for hiring experienced manufacturing leaders over a government panel lacking industrial experience. It warns that decision making by a risk averse nonindustrial board would harm the business, comparing it to rusting machinery and unsafe products.
Dr Paul Nystrom of Columbia University warns against shrinking store hours arguing retailers serve a public need by selling when consumers want to buy. He notes that peacetime prosperity and full employment require higher retail sales and cautions against aligning hours with factory schedules.
Butter has vanished from shelves as price ceilings halt production and distribution. The piece argues the OPA prioritizes price statistics over real shortages, warning that rigid economic controls curtail output, worsen shortages, and fuel inflation, leaving retailers powerless to curb costs.
A 1940s editorial warns against relying on government price controls amid wage disputes. It argues inflation risks and collective fear threaten liberty, urging Americans to defend representative government and resist abdication to decrees. The piece contrasts total war lessons with domestic policy, stressing personal responsibility and vigilance.
Prof A V Krewatch of the University of Maryland says rural Maryland will reach 65 percent farm electrification by end of 1945 and about 87 percent by end of 1948. Lines can be financed by current usage with $6 to $10 per mile, and power firms plan 1,500 miles of line this year. By 1949 about 36,630 farms would have service. farm rates should stay low and not include commercial charges.
Operations on farms that compete with larger commercial outfits may operate at commercial rates. Farm home uses as well as farm power uses will be vital in the next years if farmers are to continue producing large food volumes despite serious shortages of farm labor.
Farmers seek foreign workers from Jamaica and the Bahamas for 1946. Maryland expects about 30 percent fewer workers than 1945 due to no POW labor and similar Jamaica Bahamas intake. Caroline county’s quota likely drops 50 to 60 percent from 1945, with a county meeting in late February to share details.
Norman Wooters, a 26 year old tenant on Sheriff Saulsbury Sparks farm at Tuckahoe, was felling trees when a wedge fragment flew into his eye injuring it. He was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment.
Arrangements have been made to assign field representatives of the state comptroller to various sections and communities throughout Maryland for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in filing state income tax returns for the calendar year 1945.
A compact itinerary lists Denton Court House on March 20, Federalsburg County Trust Company on March 21, Excelsior Pearl Works on March 22, and Easton Court House on March 27. The schedule names locations and dates for upcoming visits.
Maurice Adams a Hobbs farmer and Holstein breeder was elected to the Maryland Holstein Association Board at the annual meeting held January 21 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. Attending breeders from Caroline County included Coursey Edwards Joseph Edwards and Arthur Cohee Jr of Ridgely and F M Rogers county agent from Denton.
A compact quotation by Mary Baker Eddy extols justice, fraternity, and Christian charity as sweeter than balm, richer than diamonds, and as dear as beloved friendships, framing a moral meditation on virtuous living.
Service member Pfc William Henry Brown arrived home after an honorable discharge. Inducted August 29 1944 he trained at Camp Bland ing Florida and deployed January 1945 with replacements for the 115th Infantry of the 29th Division. He served in Central European and Rhineland campaigns earning a Presidential Citation plus Good Conduct Medal Distinguished Unit Badge meritorious unit award European Theatre ribbon with two battle stars World War II Victory ribbon and Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
Warren, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary on January 3. He joined thousands in the Victory parade in New York, the lineup led by Airborne troops and supported by armored units.
Notice that selling milk in Maryland without a permit is unlawful. Permits issued after dairy farm and equipment inspection and milk examination show compliance with all regulations. Signed by Dr. Walter B. Johnson, Deputy State Health Officer.
We thank friends and relatives for kindness and flowers sent after the death of Ollie Patten. Signed by Mrs. Laura Patten and Children from Denton Maryland.
Henry E Christ CBMA is honorably discharged from naval service at Bainbridge Maryland after 26 months in service. He was last stationed at Jacksonville Florida and his wife resides near Denton.
Relatives express gratitude for acts of kindness shown during the illness and at the time of the death of their mother Mrs. Lydia Brown. Sons and Daughters.
We thank friends for acts of kindness that helped our husband and father’s family bear the loss. Mrs. Joseph M. Brown and Children.
Carl Fortney thanks Denton Fire Department and neighbors for swift aid during his chimney fire last Saturday. He expresses gratitude to all who assisted.
Cpl J Leo Slaughter spent the weekend with his wife at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Fifield on Randolph Ave where she is staying. He entered service last November and is stationed at Fort George G Meade.
After visiting his parents in Denton, Warren E. Seese, who left the Army in January, travels with his brother Chester Seese to North Carolina to see their brother Robert before heading to Cleveland to visit eldest brother Paul A. Seese. The youngest of the Seese boys is noted in the report.
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