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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1942
Page
6
In Salisbury Maryland a third to a fourth of local charge accounts were frozen under new federal rules banning charges on unpaid pre June 1 purchases. Merchants report rising cash sales as delinquent accounts are settled, with cash transactions offsetting declines in credit purchases this year.
The local draft board stated today that LeCompte was given every opportunity to comply with the selective service laws, but had refused.
Movie talk notes Jean Crawford and Melvyn Douglas star in Columbia's They All Kissed the Bride a gay romance comedy hailed as the year's gayest. Roland Young Billie Burke Allen Jenkins lead a top-flight cast with Helen Parrish Andrew Tombes Iozer Clark Nydia Westman and Mary Treen. Directed by Alexander Hall the film features Crawford as a million-dollar heiress turned romance seeker and Douglas as a man who believes lips cure all ills in love.
A Maryland Health Department nutritionist offers picnic tips to boost appetite with substantial foods. Emphasizing hot items, planning, and portable meals, she suggests home made vegetable soup or stew in a thermos, followed by ground beef cakes.
Reading from a Maryland State Health Department folder titled The School Lunch, this note offers quick grill friendly options. It suggests homemade portable grills, bacon wrapped cheese sticks, tomato on toasted cheese sandwiches, potato salad and vegetable salads in jars, crisp vegetable sticks, hard boiled eggs, and hydration via tested spring water or Thermos carried drinks. It also directs readers to obtain the folder from their County Health Department.
A noted quotation attributes to Lavator the claim that forgiving an enemy brings one of life’s sublime joys, suggesting forgiveness fosters inner peace and personal growth.
Miss Margaret McPheeters of the University of Maryland extension service outlines methods for reducing sugar in home canning this summer. Fruits like berries cherries currants and plums can be canned in their own juice or with small amounts of sweetener. Techniques include using un sugar fruits, producing juice to sweeten, crushing heating and straining, letting sugared fruit stand, and creating syrups from real fruit juice with combinations of sugar honey maple sugar or syrup.
C E McCauley of the Delaware Agricultural Extension Service says boys can be excellent farm labor with proper guidance and supervision. He notes they are young and require patience, training, and clear agreements on duties hours and pay, and should be treated like one’s own sons with praise outweighing criticism.
You may wear a target lapel button if you invest at least ten percent of your income in War Bonds each pay period. It serves as a badge of patriotism and signals commitment to the national defense effort.
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