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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
4
A patriotic wartime statement asserts American industries and workers have crushed Germany. It credits U S troops for transporting ships planes tanks and supplies to France and Italy and proclaims the Axis is folding. The message emphasizes U S superiority and victory in the war.
President Roosevelt sends Donald Nelson to China to discuss reconversion and aid Chiang Kai-shek as Generalissimo. Charles E Wilson resigns as WPB Vice Chairman to become Chairman, returning to GE. The moves spark debates on reconversion, contracts, and postwar jobs as Congress tackles the issues.
The article notes expected quick government easing of food rationing with large U S surpluses. War Food Administration stocks around 2 million tons plus armed forces reserves and 4 to 6 million tons in Lend-Lease abroad. Meats rationing largely ended, crops to harvest, Europe to self supply, signaling broader policy shifts and Congress taking more control. It also mentions gas and rubber expectations and political shifts including Wallace’s exit and Byrnes’ lingering grievance.
Miss Isabella M. Watters of East Orange N J is named director of music education at the State Teachers College Salisbury Md during Miss Margaret Black's leave. Watters holds an AB from the New Jersey College for Women and a Master's from NYU. Freshmen may pursue various curricula including Agriculture Home Economics Dentistry Medicine Nursing Engineering and Business Administration.
The program provides thirty months of basic theory and practical nursing experience with a final six months as a senior cadet period for additional hospital work. Vacancies exist for a fall class beginning September 8 with others in February and June. Applicants should contact Miss Evelyn Brockington at the hospital. Joining the Cadet Nurse Corps is optional for advanced students.
Hillsboro residents Mr and Mrs Vernon Good of Elizabethtown Pa and Mrs Grace Holland of Lancaster visited Ralph Holland and family. Miss Katherine Skinner of Baltimore and Miss Esther Skinner of Wilmington returned home after a visit with Mrs Ethel Skinner. Francis Rowe and Worth Walters returned for two weeks after summer in Detroit. William Sparks and Henry Fleming of Wilmington spent the weekend with Mrs Frank Fleming. Milton Beaven and Ethel Skinner were Wilmington visitors Sunday. Norma Hicks of Wilmington visited her father C R Hicks for the weekend. Nancy Kline will teach in Salisbury this year. Mildred Stenger of Wilmington visited Edgar Blades. Anne Butler of Denton spent Sunday with Laura Virginia Fleming. Lucretia Gibbs of Baltimore spent the weekend with the Holt sisters.
Louis C Butler owner will offer at public sale at his Denton home near Bullock and White's Garage on Gay Street starting 1 pm. Items include a 38 piece living room suite plus lamps, chairs, rugs, a desk, tables, beds, a Westinghouse vacuum, window screens, handmade bedspreads, a grindstone, molasses barrel, dishes, curtains and many other articles. Terms: cash day of sale. Auctioneer James Temple.
Official Maryland casualty lists reveal five Eastern Shore soldiers wounded in action in Europe. Among them are Captain John W. Lynch of Greensboro and Staff Sergeant Oscar S. Dunn Jr. of Bivalve. also listed are Sergeant William G. Adkins of Cambridge, Private Harley L. Lord of Salisbury, and Sergeant Francis E. Powell of Girdletree. The prisoner of war is Coxswain Brady Mace Rossy of Cambridge.
Corporal Virginia Jarrell daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Jarrell of Greensboro has been assigned to Marine Corps Headquarters Washington where she took over payroll auditing from a combat Marine. Her brother Charles L Jarrell is an Army sergeant. She graduated Ridgely High School Ridgely and worked for Pet Muk Co Greensboro before enlisting in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve. Pvt William T Layton Jr was hospitalized July 27 and underwent operation on day three with a message that he is recovering well. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Layton of West Denton. He likes his job but wishes to be home with family. Cadet Robert L Kirwan son of Reverend and Mrs Ray W Kirwan.
The Greensboro resident appointed to West Point this year began studies this week after maneuvers at Pine Camp New York this summer. Ensign Lindsay E Clendaniel visited his parents until September 24 before reporting to duty in Norfolk Virginia. He has been stationed in Miami and Chicago. Mrs William H Jopp Jr of Federalsburg reports her husband has been moved from Stalag 2 B prison camp to Stalag 3 B after being captured in North Africa in February 1943.
Mrs Norman H Irwin reports a Monday letter from Private Irwin confirming his arrival in England after sailing soon after visiting his wife on August 8. Madeleine C Cooper A M M 3 e of the WAVES arrives Wednesday to spend a week with her mother Mrs Ernest G Cooper, stationed at Pensacola Florida.
WM. H. Dyott offers 2 Jersey cows aged 5 and 7, 2 Guernsey cows aged 3, 1 Ayrshire cow aged 5, 1 Ayrshire bull 18 months, and numerous implements including tractors, plows, hay gear, corn planters, binders, rakes, and scales. Sale begins at 1 o clock PM rain or shine with no removal until payment. Attendees include WM. E. Andrews, Aud., Ormond L. Andrew, Clerk.
Health forces sale of at farm near Irvin's Chapel on 1944 sale begins 10:00 a.m. with six cows and two horses plus farm equipment including John Deere implements, wagons, seeders and hay. Farm of 106 acres offered at noon to highest bidder with 65 cleared and 41 woodland. Terms require removal only after compliance. officials Ralph C Brooks owner and Wm E Andrews and Floyd D Wothers clerk auctioneers.
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