Capital of the World in Washington Guests and Leaders Gather
Washington hosts a flood of world figures with King Peter II of Yugoslavia flag at Blair House and visits by Winston Churchill Queen Wilhelmina and Molotov. Iran and Philippines leaders also present. The piece portrays Washington as the capital of global affairs.
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Washington
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Blair House
Department of State
Greece
Molotov
Russia
Norway
Wilhelmina of
Halland
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Quezon
Philippines
British Empire
London
Stalin
Free Enterprise as Key to Rebuilding Postwar World
In a wartime address the speaker argues America will emerge with the world’s largest mass production system and army of skilled workers. Private capital and private management must be freed from wartime bureaucracy to rebuild a shattered world, sustain national debt, and preserve representative government through free enterprise. It highlights mines factories and service industries as essential to the American system and the soldiers’ sacrifices at the front.
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America
Paul Cadman
American Bankers Association
War leaders outline scope of Washington conferences
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill report their talks covered major war problems and aim to divert German strength from Russia. They note transport of troops and munitions remains the main issue while Axis submarine warfare reduces merchant ships and U S production climbs with thousands of planes tanks and guns.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Russia
United Nations
Nelson
Nation mobilizes wartime production and defense actions
War program aims for 220 billion dollars in goods with 6 billion monthly pace. FBI arrests eight Nazi saboteurs and contact men in Long Island and Florida. OPA sets permanent gasoline rationing with A B C books, plus driver clubs and truck limits. Army expansion and SS board reorganization detailed, naval growth bill passed, Eisenhower named to lead European operations, and Allied airfield projects noted. - Transportation salvage, rail and road efforts update and rubber collection extended. agriculture shifts to small farmers with pig and milk production figures.
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Nelson
U.S
FBI
Long Island
Ponte Vedra Beach
Fla
OPA
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
OCD
Army
Selective Service
House
Senate
Services of Supply
Somervell
CAA
Army Air Forces
War Department
Air Transport Command
Selective Service Headquarters
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Hugh Casey
Army Engineer Corps
Allied Works Council
U. S. Army Engineers
Australia
Kiska
Aleutians
Office of Defense Transportation
Truck Conservation Corps
Eastman
Roosevelt
Agriculture Agriculture
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Farmland employment and wages rise above prior year
The Department reported nearly 12 million people employed on farms June 1, over a million more than May 1 and 99 percent of the 1910-14 average. Farm wage rates on June 1 stood at 183 percent of the 1910-14 average.
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Department
Railroading to Victory in War Effort Tribute
A Southside Virginia News editorial praises railroads for rapidly expanding rolling stock improving tracks and prioritizing war logistics. It credits officials engineers and workers for moving troops, raw materials, and finished weapons while warning of a looming transportation crisis and endorsing continued railroad control by professionals over office holders.
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Virginia News
Petersburg
Washington
Elmer Davis Named Head of New War Information Office
The President appointed Elmer Davis as head of the newly created Office of War Information to coordinate and accelerate war news while safeguarding free expression. Davis, a former New York Times journalist and radio analyst, is seen as the strongest choice to unify press policy, reduce redundancy among agencies, and supervise wartime information under presidential oversight.
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Stadio
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Davis
U. S
Germany
Archibald MacLecish
Office of Facts
Lowell Mellett
Office of Government Reports
Robert Horton
OEM
Colonel Donovan
Coordinator of
Army
Navy
Nazi suppression plans amid revolt fears described
The article cites Albert A. Brandt on Nazi civil war preparations within the Reich. It notes 60 Schwarze Korps divisions ready for brutal action, widespread spying, and enlarged concentration camps. Heinrich Himmler heads the regime’s panic machinery, with millions dead under Nazi rule and mass death possible if revolt rises.
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American
Mercury
Albert A. Brandt
Reich
Hitler
Brandt
Schwarze Korps
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Retailers for Victory Promotes War Bonds and Stamps
A July long campaign by the Institute of Distribution urges 16 000 stores to push War Bonds and Stamps with displays ads and staff drives. The Treasury expects monthly sales of one billion dollars in Stamps and Bonds via voluntary retailer efforts.
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Institute of Distribution
The
Treasury
Bulletin
Better Sawmill and Logging Practices Conserve Costs
Forestry specialist C F Winslow of the University of Maryland extension urges landowners and mills to stop cutting small size timber to cut labor costs. Larger trees yield far more lumber per tree and a smaller share of value goes to production costs. Tests show 10 inch logs have high costs, while 20 and 30 inch logs produce higher grades.
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C. F. Winslow
University of Maryland Extension Service
Winslow
Subscribe for The Journal and county news
A local newspaper invitation promotes subscribing to The Journal to receive comprehensive county news. The pitch emphasizes timely reporting, regional updates, and access to ongoing coverage of community events and issues.
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Journal
Local social notes from Ridgely and neighboring towns
Ridgely and nearby communities report visitors and guests from Baltimore Chester Town Centreville and Easton. Frequent travels include Mr and Mrs Willian Sparks in Ridgely Mrs Martin Sutton hosting relatives from Chester Town and Baltimore Miss Betty Gannon visiting Centreville and family in Easton and Goldsboro connections with the Gannon Connolly and Gannon households.
Local Social Notes From Goldsboro and Vicinity
Mr Marvin Bickling of Marcus Hook PA visited his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Bickling for several days last week. The W S C S monthly meeting was pleasantly entertained by Mrs Le roy Cartwright on Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Howard Brown welcomed a daughter born at Fifer’s Hospital on Monday. Private Frank Cahall of Indian Town Gap PA spent the weekend with his parents. Mrs Kate Williams of Philadelphia visited her niece Mrs John Milby near town. Miss Martha Smith spends the summer with cousin Mrs Calvin Richard near town. Mrs Mollie Shockley visits her daughter Mrs Leland Price in Chestertown. Mr and Mrs Bradford Turner entertained relatives on Wednesday.
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Willian Sparks
Baltimore
Leonard Sparks
Martin Sutton
Chestertown
Gertrude Cannon
Annie Turner
Bradford Turner
Goldsboro
Robert McGeachie
Wilmington
William Richards
George Slaughter Jr
Marcus Hook
Roy
Denton
Bernard Connolly
Betty Gannon
Centreville
Thomas Callahan
Easton
N. H. Gannon
Breyer Company
Townsanna Cooper
Frank
Sara Ann Swing
Anna Swing
Barbara Lane
Mary Glanding
Orrell Saulsbury
Grace Mitchell
Marvin Bickling
Charles Bickling
Leroy Cartwright
Howard Brown
Fifer's Hospital
Frank Cahall
Indiantown Gap
Edgar Cahall
Kate Williams
Philadelphia
John Milby
Martha Smith
Calvin Richard
Mollie Shockley
Leland Price
Bertie Schauke
Caroline County Health Department Adds Nurses in June 1942
The Caroline County Health Department reports its staff of three nurses with Miss Mary Dean assigned June 1 and Miss Kitty Simpson joining June 15. Dean, from Allegany County, covers the northern section. Simpson, from Anne Arundel County, oversees the southern part including Preston and Federalsburg. The state health program distributes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever vaccine, and clinics immunized 60 people against typhoid.
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Caroline County
Mary Dean
Kitty Simpson
Miss Dean
Allegany County
Miss Simpson
Anne Arundel County
Preston
Federalsburg
State Department of Health
Health Department
Paul Revere the handyman of the Revolution
Esther Forbes profiles Paul Revere in a biography marked by vivid claims of his diverse crafts from silversmith to optometrist. The article notes his copper mill and his roles in the tea party and Boston history, with quirks about his ride and long life ending at eighty three, praising his contribution to liberty.
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Boosehild
Paul Revere
Revere
Esther Forbes
Forbes
George Washington
U. S. Navy
Massachusetts State House
New York
City Hall
Robert Fulton
Revere Copper
Charles River
Boston
Boston Harbor
Queque
Samuel Adams
Howe
Concord
Time to Take Bad Medicine Sales Tax Debate
From a political perspective the sales tax is seen as bad medicine but Congress may soon require it. The proposed tax bill would be the heaviest in history, targeting both industries and individuals, with income taxes affecting those earning as little as ten dollars weekly. The column argues revenue needs will force higher taxes, and favors a broad sales tax over heavier taxes on productive enterprise to avoid stifling progress and employment.
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Congress
Rubber challenge accepted in US industry surge
Private industry pursues a bold rubber solution as 1943 output may exceed prior estimates. Standard Oil NJ plans 34 plants with 678000 tons capacity in under a year while other oil firms push similar programs. Synthetic rubbers from coal and coke show rapid progress as America aims to meet civilian and military needs with a robust substitute.
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Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Denton Vet Calls for End to Bootlegging Near Town
Randolph Griffith of Denton Maryland writes July 2 1942 to object to a bootlegger near his property and questions whether sons should fight and die for bootleggers. He recalls a Baltimore Court case where the bootlegger’s car with whiskey was seized and notes two Denton lawyers lost the case. Griffith asks county residents to stop bootlegging to aid war efforts and protect children.
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Denton
Randolph Grifith
Baltimore
Caroline County
Memorials and weddings mark Denton area news
Twenty five years ago Mrs. Caroline F. Jefferson of Federalsburg dies at 77. Fire destroys John C. Foster’s planing mill near Federalsburg causing $7000 loss. Several weddings unfold including Miss Marie Noble and Rev. Montgomery J. Shroyer and Edna Spry and J. Percy Bittle. Notices of engagements and a major’s death, plus Bethlehem Junior Aid elections and upcoming jury service in Denton.
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Caroline F. Jefferson
Federalsburg
Chas. W. Jefferson
Robert E. Kemp
Wumington
Robert K. Jefferson
Charles W. Jefferson
George H. Jefferson
John W. Carroll
W. A. Mowbray
Abbie Jefferson
Marie Noble
Rufus F. Noble
Montgomery J. Shroyer
M. P. Church
Michigantown
Indiana
W. M. Snyder
Hurlock M. P
Mary Davis
Mariam Stowell
T. Sewell Noble
Charles T. Sewell
Federalshire
John M. Noble
Preston
Mary R. Downes
Centreville
Ingleside
Owen Connelly Garey
Ova C. Garey
Paul Horter Roe
Fifth Avenue
Denton
J. R. Marley Cass
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Fred R. Owens
Roe
Frankfort
Mich
Armour & Company
William H. Garey
Emily Roop
Elijah W. Swiss
Warren Wallace
Mason
Gay Street
Major Wallace
T. O. Crouse
Denton Cemetery
Bethlehem Junior Aid
Isabell Carroll
Hilda Legates
Flossie Hall
Gilbert Gibson
Mitchell Hall
Wm. E. Pritchett
Payton Thompson
Claude
Nettie Thomas
Phil Reed
Lewis Trice
Elma Todd
Mildred Lane
Jessie Cohee
Emeline Bradley
Hattie McConnell
Mamie Frederick
May Fuag
Katie Schick
Lorna Mudge
Edna Carroll
William H. Adkins
Col. Holliday
Easton
District Officials List Across Eight Divisions
A historical record enumerates district officials and members by district from one through eight. Names include J W Thawley J Meredith Edward Carter Louis Kibler T E Gibson J Calvin Smith John W Funk Horatio Murphy Edward Adams Lemuel Clough W C Pastorfield Marc Bryant Everett Kelley Clarince Richards Joseph Worm Gustav Rieck Theodore Shulke James B Todd Ambrose Bradley James R Murphy T H Chambers T L Nichols Martin L Sullivan A C Andrew Inase Fleetwood John J Hammer W E Sylvester Anderson Redden Ralph Holland R T Garey William Coop er Vachel Downes J O Clark L C Detwiler Oscar J Simon August Koeneman Richard T West William R Ross William F Liden P W Sullivan Walter Howard John Hubbard
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Fart Peoteat Wotee Sunp
Priendy Flora Stele
Elbart Sauncus
W.T. Jarman
A. Clark Smith
J W. Thawley
Jacob A. Meredith
Edward C. Carter
Louis N. Kibler
T. E. Gibson
J. Calvin Smith
John W. Funk
Horatio Murphy
Edward J. Adams
Lemuel R. Clough
W. C
OPA snooper army opposed by grocers group
The Office of Price Administration seeks a 100000 enforcement staff to police price freezes, but the National Association of Retail Grocers protests that such an army would harassment on the home front. They argue industry cooperation suffices and funds should back war production.
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Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
National Association of Retail Grocers
United States
Reap the Wild Wind sails into Federal July 13
Cecil B. DeMille’s Technicolor sea epic Reap the Wild Wind opens Monday July 13 at the Federal. The sixty sixth DeMille production stars Ray Milland Paulette Goddard and John Wayne with a strong supporting cast. The tale follows men and women keeping seas free in 1840, from ballrooms to sailing ships and ocean depths battling a giant squid.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
DelMille
Ray Milland
Paulette Goddard
John Wayne
Raymond Massey
Lynne Overman
Robert Preston
Susan Hayward
Charles Bickford
Walter Hampden
Florida
Sale of Household Goods From Denton County Road Home
Administratrices announce a public sale of household goods and miscellaneous personal property from the late J. Harvey Beer residence. The sale occurs about one mile south of Denton on the south side of the county road to Deep Shore near the Choptank River.
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J. Harvey Beer
Denton
Denton-Williston
Choptank River
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FOR Victory
Vabwin Setece Atal Rouig Mekown
Randolph Griffith
Denton, Md
Mary Elizabeth Beer
Jennie Zuck
James Temple
Layman J. Redden
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