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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1944
Page
6
A political opinion arguing that Congress is pressured by bloc interest groups shaping legislation. The piece warns against minority privilege tactics and calls for protecting constitutional government from pressure group coercion and vote control. It urges leaders to resist special pleaders and to prioritize liberty and opportunity for all.
A Navy flying boat Mars landed in Hawaiian waters after a routine flight from California. World air transport has become commonplace and 18 U.S. airlines participate in domestic and overseas services. In a six month period in 1943 almost 30 million pounds of air cargo were flown, vastly more than in 1941.
A radio quiz expert recalls Stalin's remark that without American production the UN could not have won the war. The piece argues private industry built wartime power and warns that government planning threatens oil, coal, and electric power, urging readers to resist state socialism and defend private enterprise as the foundation of American freedom.
Major General Charles P. Cross praises Railway Operating Battalions for delivering vital goods to North Africa Sicily and Italy under fire. By 1943 an American railroad man moved over 16000 carloads eastward, boosting Allied operations and undermining German claims of U.S. railroad weakness.
War effort notice urges residents to save waste paper for shell containers and other military needs. Tri County High School Junior boys begin collection on February 24 with ongoing last Thursdays of each month. Local families and residents are asked to bundle and tie papers for pickup.
Adams families from Cambridge and Wilmington visit Delaware kin Saturday and Sunday. Bloomery W.O.S. plans Sunday meeting with special music. Local gatherings include Mrs Marian Robinson and Misses Hennie and Crolla Johnson visiting, Minnie Adams from Wilmington weekend with Blanche Adams and family.
The Kent County Volunteer Firemen's Association board at Clayton favors admitting the Marydel Volunteer Fire Company which serves a town on the Delaware Maryland line. Their firehouse is in Maryland but they fight fires in Delaware and help Delaware companies in upper Kent county, hoping for assistance from Delaware taxpayers.
Obituary notice from the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church expresses deepest regret at the death of Mrs Florence Chambers. It notes her unfaltering trust in God and extends family condolences to the bereaved.
We thank friends and relatives for acts of kindness and for cards and flowers during the illness and at the time of the death of our husband and father Harry Preston Eaton. Marie and Beverly.
Funeral services for Harry Preston Eaton 28 of Wilmington were held at Grace Methodist Church Denton. He died February 19 from a streptococcal infection after a briar injury from rabbit hunting on Christmas Day. He had lived in Wilmington employed as a welder for Pusey and Jones. Survived by wife Marie Noble and daughter Beverly Ann, and by his parents and many siblings.
Greensboro and neighboring Templeville report the deaths of their oldest residents. Mrs. Jennie Glending, 102, died of a stroke. funeral at Templeville with burial there. Mrs. Sarah Porter, 90, died at her daughter's home in Greensboro. services held locally with interment in Greensboro cemetery. Survivors include relatives in multiple generations.
Franklin A. Stayer, 57, a teacher for 33 years, died at his Ridgely home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are set for Friday evening at Church of the Brethren in Ridgely with burial in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. He taught in Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Maryland, most recently at Federalsburg High School. He is survived by his wife, former Lancaster resident Charlotte Evans.
Mrs. Viola Cossaboecn improves after three weeks with pneumonia. Mrs. Fletcher Stafford of Denton visited Tuesday with her cousin, Mrs. Viola Cossaboon and family in Greensboro.
A field representative of the State Comptroller will be in the Court House, Denton, on March 15 to assist taxpayers in filing State Income Tax Returns for the calendar year 1943.
Homemaker clubs in Smithville and nearby towns report a February gathering with twelve members and two visitors, led by Mrs. Lee Walston. Discussions cover a victory garden exhibit, dress alteration demonstrations, new members, and upcoming meetings plus a county wide dress form demonstration at Grace Methodist Church in Denton.
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