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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1943
Page
6
Saturday mourning edition dated March 6 1943 notes Denton Journal publishers Melvin and Johnson Inc. The brief item identifies the publishing house and date, framed as a header line in the newspaper.
Maryland leaders push a bill in Annapolis to grant state income tax relief for residents while Treasury seeks to tax state and municipal bonds to close a tax loophole. In Congress Hobbs anti racketeering bill faces a tough path with Rep Ellison likely to vote aye amid labor discontent. Freshman Rep Baldwin prepares a ten minute speech citing extortion in the Baltimore produce market.
Rev John W Stockwell describes unseen friends as helpful reserve forces in danger and crisis. He cites a New York bear incident and a Wichita Falls blackout to illustrate how unseen helpers bring relief. The talk urges appreciation of unseen workers and military service members in perilous times.
A young guard on a Tunisia airfield faces fear of the dark. He shoots an intruder dog after discovering an unlocked hangar door and receives high commendation from his commander. The tale parallels the Biblical Daniel and his unseen angels, Michael and a company of guardian spirits guiding and protecting the faithful through night fears.
Walter R Ballard of the University of Maryland extension urges early seed orders and careful variety selection for victory gardens. He lists reliable Maryland options including asparagus Mary Washington, bush beans Stringless Greenpool and Fordhook, pole beans Carolina or Sieva Lima, King of the Garden Lima, Kentucky Wonder, beets Detroit Dark Red, and Early Jersey cabbage with notes on alternatives if shortages occur.
A long seed catalog style list including Wakefield Copenhagen Market Golden Acre Late Cabbage Danish Ballhead Wisconsin Ballhead Cant aloupes Hale's Best Hearts of Gold Pride of Wisconsin Carrots Red Cored Chantenay Nantes Chard Dark Green Lucullus Corn Golden Cross Bantam Country Gentleman Stowell's Evergreen Cucumbers Early Fortune A and C National Pickling Eggplant Black Beauty Fort Myer's Market Kale Dwarf Blue Curled Dwarf Seated Curled Dwarf Siberian Koh Rabi White Vienna Lettuce White Big Boston Special 44 Imperial 17 Black Seeded Simpson Onions Yellow sets Sweet Spanish Parsley Extra Carted Dwarf Parsnips Hollow Crown Peas Laxton's Progress Dark Podded Thomas Laxton Peppers California Wonder World Beater Potatoes Irish Cobbler Katahdin Snooth Rural Russet Rural Sequoia Dakota Red Sweet Potatoes Maryland Golden Porto Rico Nancy Hall Radishes Scarlet Globe White Icicle Spinach Virginia Savoy Old Dominion Long Standing Bloomdale Squashes Patty Pan Early Prolific Cocozelle Straightneck Table Queen Hubbard Boston Marrow Tomatoes Benny Bosé Rutgers Marglobe Turnips Purple Top White Globe.
Dr Morley A Jull of the University of Maryland urges securing baby chicks from pullorum tested flocks to maximize egg and meat production for the war effort. Flocks with more than 2 percent reactors should be retested every three weeks until under 2 percent. Hatcheries should maintain testing programs. Maryland lists hatcheries producing pullorum tested chicks and classifies them as pullorum controlled or pullorum passed.
Two yearly tests verify Maryland hatchery stock meets pullorum clean standards. Authorities confirm no infected birds or premises, supporting continued certification and hatchery operations under state oversight.
Maryland and other states enroll 4-H youth in the 1943 Victory Garden contest to grow vegetables and fruits for families. The goal is one million gardens to support military needs, with awards including medals, War Bonds, and a trip to Chicago for top performers under USDA and Extension Service supervision.
Artery Nichols of Concord expresses gratitude to friends for cards flowers and fruit during hospital stay at Euston and Baltimore and after returning home. He thanks those who helped cut and saw a large pile of wool.
The Book-of-the-Month Club led by Harry Scherman plans to raise free subscriptions for the armed forces from 1,156 to 2,500 this year, expanding to about 57,500 new books valued around $175,000. The first titles sent will be Guadalcanal Diary and Let The People Know, and members nationwide will be asked to donate books for the Victory Book Campaign.
THOMAS E ELDER, dean of agriculture at Mt Hermon School for Boys, will address Holstein dairy meetings in Maryland. A renowned Holstein expert, he will discuss selecting high producing cows and show charts on color markings affecting registration, with Howard Barker addressing feed and wartime milk production issues.
An offered subscription to The Journal promises full county news coverage. Readers are urged to subscribe to receive local updates, features, and notices across the region.
Trustees named in two court decrees will publically sell at Denton Maryland the properties described as Tract 1 a 1.64 acre parcel at New Bridge with specific boundary lines along Annie Horsey land and Tuckahoe Creek and Tract 2 a woodland tract in the Sixth Election District. sale to occur between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. at the courthouse door.
In a Caroline County Maryland chancery sale a tract known as Tillotson woods with 60.95 acres lies near the Harris Chapel to New Bridge state road and includes two tracts described in the Horsey will. Tract 1 is across from Philips Packing Company with two houses. Tract 2 is woodland with timber. Terms: one-third cash, balance upon ratification, interest on deferred payments, or all cash. Trustees Fred R. Owens and Harry A. Copeland announce sale.
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