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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1942
Page
2
Poetic tribute expressing enduring love between partners. The speaker vows to walk beside the beloved through years, measure steps by theirs, and follow in their path. If separated, they will seek one another. if one dies first, the survivor waits beyond the echo of the last goodbye.
A wartime appeal invites readers to convert 10 percent of weekly pay into War Bonds. Funds are sent to support troops, ships, and steel, with safe returns and inflation protection. Bonds can be cashed after 60 days, with options for regular weekly or monthly purchases to aid victory and future security.
The Senate boosts appropriations on several nonwar bills, erasing House economy actions and adding nearly 300 million dollars. Critics urge citizens to demand restraint amid wartime rationing and bureaucratic travel allowances.
The Office of Price Administration fixes July 1 2 and 3 as registration days for motorists in the Eastern States and DC for new gasoline ration books. The East’s permanent system takes effect July 13, with existing ecards doubled to six gallons to bridge the period. A and B books rules limit further gas for those with exhausted units unless need is approved. Supplemental B C and S books issued between July 1 and 15, tailored to needs. C books may have up to 96 coupons for three months. Bus and truck S books cover four months for mileage. Station operators must hand exact stamp amounts to suppliers. Roosevelt orders a sweeping scrap rubber drive.
Government actions include a RFC funded 35 million dollar 24 inch Longview Texas to Salem Illinois pipeline project with 125000 tons of steel, plus steel use limits on baby carriages and tooling. Office of War Information created under Elmer Davis as Roosevelt, Molotov talks, lend lease with Soviet Union, and a Combined Food Board. Senate raises armed forces pay to 50 a month. WAAC commissions. Attu and Kiska actions continue as U S Army and Navy attack the Aleutians.
British Isles reports summarize Allied results from the Coral Sea and Midway actions. U S forces and land-based bombers sank multiple enemy ships including one aircraft carrier, three heavy cruisers, a light cruiser, two destroyers, and damaged numerous vessels while shooting down over 100 planes. U S losses included the carrier Lexington, destroyer Sims, and tanker Neosho. At Midway two large carriers and two medium carriers were sunk with at least 250 Japanese planes destroyed.
Thurman Arnold argues in the Saturday Evening Post that free enterprise under wartime government collaboration sustains industrial democracy. He contends fear of permanent controls is defeatist and that combined effort yields tanks planes and ships, with prosperity for all in peacetime.
The foreign correspondent Cecil Brown praised American industrial strides for war production in a Los Angeles radio broadcast yet warned that optimism is too widespread. Experts disagree on timing but most expect 1943 to see a major push against Germany and 1944 against Japan. The Midway Island engagement showed improved U S coordination across Navy Army and Marines, delivering a serious Pacific setback to Japan.
War analysis notes Japan’s earlier naval air supremacy after Pearl Harbor has faded as American production and air power grow. It warns of a tough Pacific campaign, warns of heavy losses, and foresees a broad Allied push to Berlin and Tokyo. It also condemns Axis brutality in Hong Kong and occupied Europe.
A wartime pledge urges citizens to sacrifice for victory and support the war effort. It calls for physical fitness, calm spirit, avoiding rumors, aiding War Production, volunteering for Civilian Defense, and aligning business with national needs. It promotes conserving materials, saving taxes, investing in Savings Bonds, and defending democracy as a personal duty.
Public officials pledge frankness yet deliver a flood of contradictory statements on gasoline rationing and tires. Citizens face uncertainty over whether they will have fuel or a car next week or next season amid shifting Washington signals and wartime supply doubts.
The nation must have clear, truthful leadership on synthetic rubber and rubber reclaiming programs. Indecision erodes public morale, as citizens fund the war and seek accurate information about vital welfare matters. The public demands truthful facts and steady policy aligned with real conditions.
Abstract of Rev John W Stockwell Preston New Church sermon how the flag signals danger and duty. It links our national symbol to religious ideals in the Declaration of Independence Constitution and Bill of Rights. It argues the flag should be lifted to a spiritual level as a living symbol of life and faith.
The New York Times argues a clear distinction between Communists abroad and in the United States in response to AG Biddle's deportation order for Harry Bridges. It asserts support for aiding the Soviet front against fascism, while rejecting anti Communist actions at home as unacceptable.
The text argues that inflation can only be checked through maximum economy in government non-war spending. It calls productive government waste the main inflation driver and urges belt tightening by both individuals and government to reduce excess purchasing power and conserve every tax dollar.
Washington sources report rising optimism that the war could end in 1942. The Russian claim of a 1942 victory pace aligns with British mood in London calling for invasion of the Continent. A Washington correspondent says the war’s speed suggests a finish this year.
Diary entries recount a week of small town life with a Sunday wedding remark, a dentist visit, horse riding, a visit to Jane Brechy, Elsy’s mystery, a starlit stair scene, editor gossip, and a city art gallery outing. Names include Pa Ma Elsy and Jake with playful miscommunications about attire and age.
Leonard Dean visited his nephew Alda Dean at Ruthsburg. Bean picking started midweek with a fair crop. Edward Gannon of Easton visited his parents N H Gannon. Harry Smith of Marydel visited the Robinsons. H M Thomas and family visited his brother near Annapolis. Fred Flounders spent the weekend with their son in McDonagh. Viela Richardson of Baltimore visited her aunt Mrs Harry Lane. James Story returned from relatives in Chester and Philadelphia. Mary Wharton visited sisters in Philadelphia and El mira N Y. Lula Meredith went to Wilmington remaining a week. Helen Hagadone of Baltimore visited her aunt Mrs Lee Mitchell. Mary Rickards is sick at Mamie Sparks’s home. Roberta Kershaw visiting aunt Mrs Joe Galante in Baltimore. Thelma Bowman visiting two weeks at Ann Arbor Mich. Mrs Franklin Stayer visiting her mother in Lancaster Pa. Edward Whiting spent Mon-Thu in Baltimore.
The author argues federal taxes shrink purchasing power and hit families with special medical expenses. A proposed deduction for medical care on income tax returns could improve public health and raise tax revenue. The plan would aid those unable to pay bills and shift funds to doctors serving middle income brackets.
Dated notes recall deaths and graduations in Caroline County with obituaries for Mrs. Margaret Hutson aged 80 who died of dropsy, and the drowning of James E. Willis in Tuckahoe river at Coveys Landing. Graduation news from Tri-County High School and Caroline High School lists several named graduates and speakers.
A long OCR fragment lists multiple household and school district names across Denton Federalsburg Ridgely and nearby towns. Includes person names such as W. C. Todd J. D. Neal J. P. Covey and officials like Board of Education, and various local wards and hamlets with associated residents and trustees.
The little cone vanishes from the sight of him who looks forward to what is still to do. When the destination is desirable, expectation speeds our progress.
All that lot and parcel of land in the Town of Denton Caroline County Maryland described with boundaries along Third Street and adjoining properties from Charlies H Shields to E W Emerson to J Dukes Downes to Charles H Shields. The property known as the home stead of the late R Boon Beauchamp, improvements include a two story frame dwelling and a small office workshop building. One third cash payment day of sale balance on ratification or all cash option. Deferred payments accrue interest and are secured. Title papers and stamps paid by purchaser. James Temple Auctioneer.
Denton launches a two week scrap rubber collection from June 15 to June 30. Citizens to gather all rubber items and sell or give to the government. Filling stations accept scrap, free trucks provided. Boy Scouts will canvass June 22 and 23.
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