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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1943
Page
6
The article notes that the food industry has worked hard to comply with OPA rulings. It emphasizes the need for simpler rationing and price ceilings and that cooperation among government, stores, and consumers will yield unattainable results with antagonistic policies.
Wilfred Sykes of the Ant and Steel Company warns against overtaxation that could block industry from building reserves for civilian production after the war. He says limiting profits and delaying investment invites government takeover to support idle war plants and veterans. The piece frames tax policy as pivotal to private enterprise and postwar transition.
The War Food Administration seeks 500 million more to cover producer losses from price rollbacks, with possible annual extensions. Critics warn subsidies would place the government in charge of farms, claiming costs rise with labor and production. Taxes or prices will bear the burden, and waste grows via subsidies.
The piece argues for Puerto Rico admission as the 49th state. It cites Roosevelt on self government and citizen status, notes 99 percent are US citizens, and says both parties support statehood. It warns that losing Puerto Rico would weaken national defense and suggests a mainland entitlement to full sovereignty is unfounded.
The article notes that despite several major rail crashes since 1940, passenger fatalities this year will exceed those of the past two decades, yet the death rate per 100 million passenger miles is similar to 1922 onward. It cites a one in four million chance of death on a train and estimates a passenger could travel 370 million miles before dying, underscoring rail safety relative to overall traffic. The New York Times editorializes that seven bad crashes since 1940 killed 175 lives, while auto accidents killed 40,000 in 1941, highlighting the miraculous safety of American railroads given immense traffic.
Congress voices concern that overly complex federal rules burden farmers, storekeepers, and manufacturers, hindering production and inflation control. Lawmakers urge self regulation within limits, seeking a practical wage and price framework to support American production and distribution during wartime.
The piece argues the United States must fix its own economy before shaping a postwar order. It stresses large ongoing production to fund government and maintain living standards, endorsing moderate taxation to spur initiative. Harley L. Lutz of Princeton cites repealing excess profits tax and surtax, aiming for rates not above 20 percent.
A critique argues that periodic notices changing ration point values distort demand and threaten distribution. The author claims artificial limits erode merchant planning, threaten savings from production and distribution, and demand postwar release from such controls to restore true abundance and free markets.
A Board of Investigation report credits the wartime railroad system with meeting demands despite strain. The New York Herald Tribune lauds a transportation miracle from 1940 to 1943, highlighting railroads expanding share of oil, Panama Canal traffic, and troop movements. It urges a postwar national policy built on railway emergency expandability.
Mrs Elizabeth Taylor wife of J Carlton Taylor of Greensboro Maryland died Friday at Memorial Hospital Eas ton aged 50 She was born in Phillipsburg Center County Pennsylvania and survived by her husband a daughter and multiple siblings Funeral services were held at Frampton Funeral Chapel Federalsburg and interment was in Concord Maryland A Sunday rally day service at St Pauls Methodist Church invites attendance with Rev John M Kelso as speaker and special junior choir singing.
Groveland Farm near Federalsburg Maryland showcases unique stone lawn ornaments made by Reverend John Rosser while tourists take hundreds of snapshots and two reels of film. The item notes a rural scene attracting visitors along the Denton highway and mentions farm life, travel, and local sightings amid wartime narratives.
Former Maryland state senator Dudley G. Roy of Queen Annes County and longtime Finance Committee chair has been appointed a member of the National Committee of the American Bankers Association on Federal Legislation. The announcement ran in Public Health The Day on November 6.
Dan Miles talks style and frugality as an etiquette authority urges wartime manners. Food fights for freedom says take only what you will eat and finish it clean. Doc Mitchell notes most folks eat too much, and the town reflects this view.
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