Sham Battle Sells War Bonds at Caroline High Campus
A staged infantry clash by Ft Benning trained troops drew a 6018.75 bond sale plus 3137.50 already purchased earlier, as civilians faced war realities. Veterans from Guadalcanal to New Guinea reenacted fronts while a 40-piece Camp Gordon band provided music. Judge Knotts urged civilian sacrifice in war bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline High School
Ft. Benning
Courthouse Square
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
New Georgia
Aaron Friedenwald
William Parks
Joseph Harry
Maryland
Pfc
Alphonse Adams
Baltimore
Earle Shuttleworth
Oakland
Alvin Shaffer
Camp Gordon
Emil Shore
W. Edwin Unger
Federalsburg
Caroline County
J. Owen Knotts
Denton
H. Earle Smith
Roe Firm Replies To OPA Charges In Grain Inquiry
The W. D. Roe and Son firm denies long-standing violations, says records were inspected per OPA request, and notes prior settlements with 11 other firms. OPA seeks treble damages of 6966.27 for alleged overcharges. Representative Dudley Roe, now in Congress, left the firm last November. The notice also notes Pvt Charles A Layton's furlough and upcoming camp, and announces the engagement of Miss Emma Graham to Pfc Howard L McCracktin in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Roe and Son
Queen Anne’s County
OPA
K. Thomas Everngam
George W. Constable
Price Administration
Treble
Dudley G. Roe
Sadlersville
Eastern Shore
Roe’s
Roe
Congress
Charles A. Layton
Denton
Layton
Wm. T. Layton
West Denton
Casual Co
San Fancisco
California
Emma Graham
Newtown Square
Howard L. McCracktin
Germany
Notice to service subscribers to relatives of boys overseas
Caroline county parents wives and friends are warned of a Post Office Department order effective July 1 requiring each overseas reader to have a written request for the paper Renewals after July 1 must come from the boy overseas and copies may be mailed for unexpired subscriptions until they expire Parents may pay one or two years in advance to cover renewals but these requests must be kept in the newspaper office for the Post Office Department oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Denton Journal
Post Office Department
Vienna plant adds 7500 kilowatt generator
Shore Utilitys Vienna plant increases output by about 49 percent with a new 7 500 kilowatt steam driven generator, part of a 6 million post war expansion across the Delmarva Peninsula. The plant now delivers 27 000 kilowatts and ties to new high tension lines, serving the peninsula from Vienna, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Eastern Shore Public Service Co
Maryland
Delaware Power and Light Company
Wilmington
Delmarva Peninsula
Lewis Payne
Delmar
Del
Laurel
War Production Board
Peninsula
Payne
Delaware Power and Light
Eastern Shore Public Service
Missionaries reveal cargo of ship to China mission
Rev Louis R Dennis and wife, Methodist missionaries from Wicomico County, described the Danish freighter's cargo of ignitable fuel and rifle machinery bound for China. He recalled war fears at sea, meeting the emperor, and their work on China's eastern coast aiding leper colonies and patients while continuing Christian missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis R. Dennis
Wicomico County
Dennis
Norman Dennis
Powellville
Concord Church
Denton
China
California
England
Germany
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Shanghai
Formosa
Delaware
Help Is Now Needed By The USA War Bond Drive
Charles E. Hadaway, District Chairman of the Seventh War Bond Sales, announced that subscriptions total about $100000. Denton's quota is $175000 leaving a large amount still to be raised. Our boys in the Pacific are fighting and need support. buy an extra War Bond today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hadaway
Denton
Pacific
Inductees List for May Month
May inductees include White Howard M Quillen Greensboro John C Holland Denton Byron H Nuttle Denton John W Robinson Federalsburg Bernard F Beauchamp Federalsburg James L Bradley Denton Ernest Thomas Greensboro Phillip R Christopher Preston Clayton C Conley Denton John H Fisher Federalsburg Rome Cain Ridgely William C Wright Federalsburg Clifton C Coughenour Federalsburg Clarence A Pearson Greensboro Wm Reese Brown Denton Douglas C Bennington Denton James E Cane Jr Goldsboro Milton Harris Henderson Norman E Williamson Federalsburg William A Cole Denton William N Pearson Greensboro Marshall W Stoffle Federalsburg Stanley T Kenton Ridgely Woodrow H McWilliams Federal Harry L Holloway Federalsburg Galen M Collison Denton Preston E Kenton Denton Robert Cannon Federalsburg Colored Benjamin Haynes Jr Federalsburg Alton V Evans Federalsburg Thomas M Griffin Ridgely Zack Johnson Jr Federalsburg Robert Wilmer Denton William N Wilson Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Douglas C. Bennington
James E. Cane Jr
Goldsboro
Milton Harris
Henderson
Norman E. Williamson
Federalsburg
William A. Cole
William N. Pearson
Greensboro
Marshall W. Stoffle
Stanley T. Kenton
Ridgely
Woodrow H. McWilliams
Federalburg
Harry L. Holloway
Galen M. Collison
Preston E
Summer Institute for Youth at Dover
The Peninsula Conference of the Methodist Church sponsors a two week youth institute at Wesley Junior College Dover Delaware from June 18 to 24 for ages 15 to 23 from Easton and Wilmington districts. Rev Paul E McCoy of Newport serves as Dean with Rev J J Bunting Jr of Easton as business manager and registrar. Missionary educators Rev and Mrs Louis R Dennis plan to assist from China. Faculty includes Rev Paul Reynolds Chestertown Rev Howard Link Hockessin Rev and Mrs J B Dickerson Cambridge Rev M H Keene Hurlock Rev and Mrs R M Green Dover Rev Harold Davis Odessa Mrs Harry Menser Elsmere Miss Frances Bartley Dover Miss Esther Merriam Dover Miss Jessie Stevens Nashville Tenn Miss Mary White Richardson Park and Mrs J J Bunting Jr Easton. Tim Lloyd C Gooden son of Mr and Mrs L A Gooden Henderson sends greetings for V J Day. He is at Fort Monmouth NJ and attends Signal Corps Officer Candidate School to graduate in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Junior College
Dover
Delaware
Board of Education
Peninsula Conference
The
Methodist Church
Easton
Wilmington
Paul E. McCoy
Newport
J. J. Bunting Jr
Maryland
Louis R. Dennis
China
Dawning Brotherhood
Paul Reynolds
Chestertown
Howard Link
Hockessin
J. B. Dickerson
Cambridge
M. H. Keene
Hurlock
R. M. Green
Harold Davis
Odessa
Harry Menser
Elsmere
Frances Bartley
Esther Merriam
Jessie Stevens
Nashville
Tenn
Mary White
Richardson Park
Diplomas Presented To 42 Grads At Caroline High
Caroline High School held commencement exercises awarding diplomas to 42 graduates. J Jerome Frampton Jr delivered diplomas. T Conover Crouse awarded prizes. Betty Cheezum Doris Hynson and others spoke on libraries and a new Maryland law. Martha Marble explained operations and funding for Easton library and urged a central county library with a bookmobile plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Jerome Frampton Jr
Federalsburg
Board of Education
Caroline County
Caroline High School
T. Conover Crouse
Betty Cheezum
Doris Hynson
Maryland Planning Commission
Martha Marble
Easton
Barbara Ann Fitzgerald
W. Stewart Fitzgerald
Sons of the American Revolution
William Alvie Horner
Larger Food Supply Urged by Maryland Extension Director
Dr. I. B. Symons, director of the University of Maryland extension service, warns a larger home food supply is urgently needed. President Truman has appointed a Director of Home Supply, with regional conferences nationwide and a Maryland-wide effort launched in Baltimore on June 4 to promote production and conservation. Victory gardens, increased commercial production where possible, and saving and preserving food are urged. Urban residents with gardening knowledge are urged to grow for their families, as there is still time to plant a good garden. Main vegetables planted in the next ten days should fare better due to cool weather. leafy greens and potatoes can be planted until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Truman
Maryland
Baltimore
Victory Gardens
Symons
Phillies hold Seaford baseball tryout camp in June
The Philadelphia Phillies announce a two day baseball tryout camp at Seaford High School in Seaford Delaware on June 22 and 23 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open to boys 15 and older including those with medical discharges or rejected from military service. Players must bring their own suit and bat. John P. Collins the Phillies scout will direct the event with assistants George Slater coach Eagon of Seaford High School Francis Mike McCall former Salesianum School coach and M E Prettyman Seaford High principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Phillies
Seaford
Del
Seaford High School
Armed Services
John P
Jocko) Collins
Phillies
George Slater
Eagon
Selford High
Francis J
Mike) McCall
Salesianum
M. E. Prettyman
Fighting 69th Echoes From Pfc Breeding Letters
Pfc Everett W Breeding of the Fighting 69th sends letters to his mother Mrs Rosa M Breeding of Denton with a copy of the 69th Infantry Division Sentinel celebrating the division's second activation anniversary May 15 1945 The Sentinel highlights the Elbe meeting with the 68th Guard Division of the Red Army and quotes praise from General Eisenhower plus a memorial from Major General Emil F Reinhardt Mrs Breeding sees her son in a tank destroyer crew photo amid Germany images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
69Th
Everett W. Breeding
Rosa M. Breeding
Denton
The
Sentinel
Elbe
69Th Infantry
68Th Guard
Red Army
the Sentinel
Information — Education Office
Germany
Emil F. Reinhardt
Eisenhower
U. S. Army
Breeding
Pfe
Everett W
Dover Red Raider Back From Overseas
Staff Sergeant John I Balderson medical technician with the Red Raiders of the Fifth Air Force has returned to the States after 37 months overseas. He enlisted in 1941, served at Langley Field and Australia, aided Port Moresby operations, spent 18 months in northern Australia and 14 months in New Guinea, and helped bomb targets in the Philippines Celebes and Borneo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Balderson
Red Raiders
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Australia
Home
Philippines
Celebes
Borneo
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Sham Battle
Roe Concern
Nanticoke
Nanticoke River
Mr. Dennis
USA
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Tim Lloyd C. Gooden
L. A. Gooden
Caroline
Washington, D. C
Gooden
Signal Corps
Miss Hynson
Maryland Library Commission
State Department of Education
Favors Central Library
Marble
Central Library
Friends of the Library
Dover Red Raider
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