Food vans and trailers aid wartime feeding effort
The article notes the rapid deployment of mobile canteens in Britain and the United States. American-made vans travel hot meals to blitzed areas and bombed centers, staffed by Women’s Volunteer Service members, and extend to remote garrisons. In the United States, trailer ford trucks at San Francisco shipyards speed lunch service to workers, while Red Cross canteen cars deliver bread and milk. These rolling kitchens support troops, rescue workers, and civilians alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
England
Great Britain
Wilds
San Francisco
American Red Cross
Slats Diary Chronicles Unkel Hen and School Days
Oliver N. Warren presents Slats Diary with a week of childlike anecdotes. Sunday shows Unkel Hen losing memory and relief at Pa's joke. Monday notes Pa quitting smoking and a scare over life and work. Tuesday features class questions and Blisters hinting at Jane and Elsy. Wednesday Emmy buys stockings and hip boots as a joke. Thursday covers figger study and a cryptic exchange about gross numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unkel
Sevral
Jane
Elsy
Ant Emmy
A. m
P. m
Jake
Information for next of kin on Army casualties still withheld
War Department states it provides maximum information on battle casualties to next of kin including missing soldiers. About 23,500 of 85,000 casualties through Sept 30, 1943 are missing, many in the Philippines. Some missing later reported as prisoners. others may later be located or accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Philippines
U. S. Army
Japan
Germany
Adjutant General
International Red Cross
Promises, Temptations, and Classroom Teasing Described
A diary style entry recalls Friday and Saturday with a girl named Jane smiling at the narrator. He promises to study and get ahead, then faces temptations and a conflict with Jake and Blisters that derail his plans and lead to classroom embarrassment.
Casualty Records Effort Across Fronts Faces Strain
The Adjutant General explains the army reports casualty status to next of kin as soon as possible. With 85000 battle casualties, informing relatives is a tremendous task amid scattered combat areas, shifting fronts, and limited front line communications. Records, though brief, are kept under difficult conditions.
CAN OPENERS STILL HAVE PLENTY TO DO IN COUNTY KITCHENS
118 456 cans used monthly in Caroline County per A H Nugent American Can Company sales manager government ration book data 17 549 ration book holders per capita can use .225 daily Men in service eat 8 000 000 cans daily and cans are shipped for lend lease to Britain and other nations Tushenka and squid canned for overseas markets with varied seasonings noted by Nugent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
A. H. Nugent
American Can Company
Nugent
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Lend Lease
England
Mr. Nugent
Mothers are Sweetest and Fairest of All
Poignant verse memorial from Amos, Earl, and Ella Crouse honoring their mother. The children recall her tireless care, long nights, soft touch, and the years she sacrificed for them. They express deep yearning and gratitude in a quiet, nostalgic tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos, Earl
Ella Crouse
Trustees Sale of Valuab le Real Estate in Caroline County
Public sale to the highest bidder will occur at the Denton Court House Door between 2 and 4 PM. Two tracts described total 41.2 acres in Caroline County with timber on Tract 1. Tract 1 lies near American Corner Union Grove and Laurel Grove Federalsburg. Tract 2 lies near Harmony Ganey's Wharf Jog Creek. Survey by John C Fisher October 5 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
American Corner
Union Grove
Laurel Grove
Federalsburg
W. Lee Wheatley
Brantley H. Titice
James Cox
John C. Fisher
Harmony
Ganey’s Wharf
Gilpin’s Point
Jog Creek
Charles C. Gause
Anna S. M. Tismar
Circuit Court
Emerson Willis
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Hogcreek Mill
Charles W. Layton
Layton
COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LAND TRACTS
Public sale of several Caroline County tracts in Harmony and Preston, 2.8 to 151.86 acres, including Peter Willis Home Farm portions, with multiple deeds and surveys dated 1943, 1945. Plats available at Denton law offices. terms require one-third cash and two subsequent installments or all cash. sale conducted by W Brewster Deen and Layman J Redden as committee and trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Frederick Garey
William Penn Willis
Liber E.C.F
Caroline County
Harmony
Preston
John C. Fisher
Peter Willis
County
Alexander Noble
Liber J.K.S
Nellie Willis
Liber L.B.T
Bethlehem
Andrew Kelley
Lloyd Brodes
H. C. Todd
Grace Flaharty
William Penn Willis Bearin
Mildred Market
Fowling Creek Mill
J. Leon Todd
Fowling Creek Mill Pond
F. Pliny Todd
Lee Murphy
E.C.F
John M. Willis
J. Hudson Taylor
Taylor
Trustees' Notice To Creditors For Nellie Willis estate
Cred itors of Nellie Willis late of Caroline County are required to file claims with vouchers with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline County by January 21, 1944. Brewster Deen, Trustees. A loan may be obtained on described properties by applying at the law offices of W Brewster Deen or Layman J Poagen in Denton Mary and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Brewster Deen
J. Redden
Denton
Maryland
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Nellie Willis
Brewster Deen
J. Poagen
Maryand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles M. Upham
American Road Builders’ Assn
Washington, D. C
Oliver N. Warren
Neddy Kilowatt
Salisbury
Eastern Shore Public Service
Delaarce
Uity
Everett Willis
M. Martha Layton
James Herman Layton
Fowling Creek Mills
Harmony Community Club
Charles H. Willis
T.L.D
Joseph A. Willis
W. T. Todd
J. Nudson Taylor
George M. Taylor
Liber T.L.D
George E. Taylor
Annie E. Taylor
William E. Andrew
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