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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1942
Page
2
A dated postal notice fragment from November 28, 1942, indicating the Denton Maryland Post Office item processed as second class mail matter for Saturday morning publication. Includes archival postmark context and historical mailing status.
The piece surveys a shift to constant Allied pressure on all fronts including Tunisia, Russia, Libya, the Solomons, New Guinea and Burma. It highlights Russian gains near Stalingrad, Solomons victories, Buna operation, and MacArthur’s air and naval moves toward Rabaul, while noting potential German counterdrives and the need for unified command in a global struggle.
A wartime call urges Congress to use education to shape future leaders. It warns a four to eight year war demands highly trained teens, scientists, and skilled workers. National training and recognition via uniforms could steer youth away from premature enlistment and prevent wasted generations.
A call to use our teenage boys and girls on a regulated manpower system that acknowledges the need to prove their qualifications for training in special and required tasks. Any program lacking study of individual possibilities for advanced training would be ghastly stupidity.
In New York City Dean Carl W. Ackerman of Columbia School of Journalism warned that suits by the Justice Department against the Associated Press and 1275 daily papers threaten liberty of speech and risk freezing the press beyond wartime needs. He argued the case targets the press, not wartime necessity, and could reshape American rights after the war.
In wartime mobilization, U S railroads shoulder transport load post Pearl Harbor, with Eastman noting continued troop movements and rising passenger demand. Rail managers seek authority to buy new locomotives and freight cars to sustain efficiency, warning against hamstringing the fight or sinking the Navy by withholding essential equipment.
President Roosevelt warns against exultation as Allied reports hail a turning point. Knox details Battle of the Solomons losses for Japan and U S ships, with Guadalcanal and surrounding areas in Allied hands. Stimson notes air support from Australia and New Caledonia as raids continue in Tunisia with British First Army forces pressing the Axis near Bizerte and Tunis.
The War Department reports Allied forces press the Japanese along the New Guinea coast from Buna to Gona. Roosevelt issues selective service registrations for 18 year olds born in 1924 with staged dates, orders deferment rules, and agency co ordination. Navy fatalities and medical advances cited. Osborn named postwar education chairman. WAAC size expansion to 150,000. Servicemen benefits exceed 1,000,000 claims. Typhus commission formed under Stephenson. Aircraft production to more than double 1942. WPB price, rationing and farm programs outlined, including butter halved storage, turkey price ceilings, hemp contracts, and farm labor trends. OPA adjusts A gasoline value and tire turn-in deadline extended.
War finances for the war effort will see a December borrowing of roughly 9 billion dollars, announced by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. Twelve Victory Fund Committees start a November 30 sales drive for three new offerings, with 44,000 volunteers soliciting subscriptions. The War Savings Staff, backed by 300,000 volunteers, aims to enroll at least 7 million more income earners into payroll savings plans.
Senator Byrd argues the federal government has 3,000,000 civilian employees this year with 2,500,000 more in state and local governments. He says waste and hoarding labor exist and that cuts could be found by the Controller General, but tax time delays action. Paul V. McNutt agrees non essential government activity wastes manpower and funds. J. E. J.
A Civil War era voice criticizes Congress for intruding on state election laws and racial policy. The piece argues states should decide voter qualifications free of centralized federal control, condemning the Senate for a white versus Black dispute over poll taxes and social uplift just as the nation faces global conflict.
A government publicity figure warns of hysterical public thinking while another commentator recalls Darlan aiding American forces in North Africa. The piece notes French appeasers fleeing to Africa, observes practical and difficult broadcasting of the liberation base, and claims Eisenhower runs a military campaign, not an election.
Owens-Illinois Fiberglas plants receive the Army Navy E Flag highlighting a twelve year development from early 1930s experiments in flexible glass to a nationwide war effort. The firm, producing glass fiber materials under Army Navy and Maritime Commission specs, employs thousands and runs round the clock for national needs.
Fiberglas blankets and boards of glass fibers insulate ships, planes, tanks, and armored vehicles. Glass fiber tapes, braids and cloths serve as electrical insulation aboard ships and in Army equipment. The men behind Fiberglas’s development are praised for expanding its uses from wartime to peacetime industry, strengthening America’s fighting capacity.
The piece argues the war will end with Allied victory and a strong postwar framework to preserve peace. It notes past criticisms of Chile and Argentina for not siding with the Allies and compares Willkie and Administration messaging. It foresees a new League of Nations or similar body to prevent future wars, citing failures of the old League and the Wilsonian pattern.
Government reports that petroleum shortages are worsened by front line demands in North Africa. Heat limits anger the public as food regulations for coffee, sugar, meat, milk, and butter are questioned in Congress. Administrations plans to mobilize manpower face skepticism while the three labor centers Green, Lewis, and Murray consolidate in Washington.
A historical report notes that well over 60 percent of total industrial output is for war purposes, with durable manufactures now about 80 percent of output dedicated to products essential to the war effort, reflecting a national shift in manufacturing focus.
Maryland extension workers at their annual conference examined a program to aid farm families in boosting food production for the war effort. Dr T B Symons noted 17 700 rural workers left farms for war industries and warned that 1943 may not match 1942 growing conditions. Ruth O Brien warned textiles markets will shift after ten months. textile machinery cannot serve military and civilian needs.
Charles A. Miller of the International Correspondence Schools says postwar building plans are already on drafting boards and will revolutionize living. American architects face international responsibilities, must master new materials and methods, and gain practical experience now as construction awaits a wartime conclusion.
The 36th annual Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale has earned President Roosevelt's endorsement. He urges nationwide effort to fight tuberculosis during wartime, noting low U S rates but danger from conflict areas. Maryland and local Tuberculosis Associations run the sale, which ends Christmas Day.
A collection of quotations emphasizes that meaningful occasions expand human potential more than mere merriment and gifts. It contrasts direction of movement with position and notes that living rightly transforms attacks into growth, citing Eddy and Holmes.
Twenty five years ago a column recalls snow early, turkey prices at 35 cents, and local deaths, marriages, and relocations. Alfred Dill killed on the Delaware Railroad. H T Langmaeid buys Morgan farm near Sheppard's Church. A R Satterfield injured in Delaware Hospital. Longnecker car accident narrowly avoids serious injuries. Multiple marriage licenses issued in Preston Ridgely and nearby towns. Naval reserve lieutenant A H Stack, Cornell graduate, departs for Annapolis. Camp Meade service attempt for Frank L Smith fails due to eyesight. Numerous social visits, trips, and a double wedding at Ridgely Catholic Church. Local meetings include Junior Aid at Bethlehem and community updates. Legal note: T Fred Wright sues First National Bank of Federalsburg over pre-maturity judgments.
The president ordered all men turning 18 since June 30 to register during the last three weeks of December. Those born after January 1, 1925 will register on their 18th birthday. July and August 1924 births register the week of December 18, while the November and December class begin December 26. The nation needs its youth and many in this class have already enlisted.
A Gallup survey finds 78 percent of Americans have bought War Bonds or Stamps. The study highlights income, occupation, and region patterns, noting higher uptake among middle and well to do groups and professionals, with the South lagging. The East Central region leads at 81 percent.
Dr. S H DeVault of the University of Maryland warns the 1943 farm labor situation will be more serious than 1942. He notes 1,165 workers left 6,000 dairy farms since the war began, a 30.4 percent surge in milking machine purchases, and dairy wages rising about 92 to 97 percent. Feed costs up 35 percent, tractors rising from 10,000 to 18,000 since 1940, with only 400 tractors likely available next year under rationing. He warns of human rationing and limited migratory labor, and cites southern states’ reluctance to recruit farm hands for other states.
Commentary on federal and state employment levels and waste claims. The piece notes millions in government payrolls and extensive postwar growth in Washington. It argues politicians fear overcriticizing government to avoid risking war programs while hinting the public is misinformed about actions such as the North African affair.
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