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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
2
Pennsylvania amusement and recreation areas begin seasonal openings with new improvements and devices. Secretary Floyd Chalfant of Commerce urges communities to expand and improve local parks to provide relaxation and recreation for residents unable to travel far.
June milestones highlight Conrad Weiser arriving in 1710 and Honoring Weiser State Park near Reading. Other items note 1742 land conference, 1749 lead plates on Allegheny shores, 1758 Liberty Bell hanging in Philadelphia, and 1756 Fort Halifax construction between Harrisburg and Sunbury.
Bridgeport officials back a recreation center project funded by a $10,000 gift from Energetic Worsted Co. Land will be purchased at the top of Union Avenue hill in Bridgeport near Norristown, Montgomery County.
Chronology notes early land purchases and Moravian church dedication in 1771. 1778 marks Lycoming creek massacre and evacuations of Philadelphia and Valley Forge. 1778 also sees Monmouth flag capture. 1848 recalls James Pollock proposing a Pacific railroad. 1868 records Ewell’s cavalry camping at Dickinson College in Carlisle.
Elimelech and his sons die leaving Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth. Ruth stays by Naomi, gleans in Boazs field, showing humble faithful service. She is blessed by God as she trusts Him, is satisfied in service, and points to Christ as ultimate sustenance.
Real stock farm near Elizabethtown with 235 acres, level fields, two top meadows, stream, barn, stone house, tobacco shed, and outbuildings. Price about 1265 dollars per acre.
A pamphlet from the International Valour Office warns that depopulation in occupied Europe endangers postwar recovery. France 1940-41 shows a net loss of 366,648 people. Greece’s population falls by 6 percent. Warsaw reports a death rate ten times prewar for Jews in 1941.
In Richmond California Henry J Kaiser Permanente shipyard officials built launched and delivered a small flat bottom skiff named the USS Doodlebug in ten minutes for fun. The eight foot vessel needed only light repairs after a champagne launch bruised its bow.
William H. White of Cleveland despite losing an arm works as an expediter at Fisher Body bomber plant. He also runs a 54 acre farm caring for two cows two horses and 150 chickens and performs all planting plowing and harvesting without help.
The Blythe airbase WAC unit excelled in weekly squadron competition, finishing first in an elite contest. Observers note the women’s drive and skill in matching or surpassing other units, marking a notable achievement for the women in the service.
Modern New York service workers regain prosperity as tips fuel earnings for taxi drivers, bellmen, waiters, and night club staff. The piece recalls prewar tipping levels, notes lavish gifts, and cites anecdotes of large gratuities while warn of altered customs and new expectations.
An Army veteran in Los Angeles receives his 25th letter from Partin and others thanking him for service in France during World War II. The note expresses gratitude and recalls the 25 years since his life was saved, with lines like You, I wouldn’t have.
Chicago report by Frank Li Gunderson of the National Research Council states per capita consumption of key nutrients increased in 1943 despite rationing. He credits better economic status, nutrition education, enriched foods, and rationing for more equitable distribution and a broadened intake including eggs milk citrus and potatoes.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill plans a first order after victory to illuminate streets with lights as wartime blackout ends. The war cabinet directs repairs on long neglected street lighting starting in London. Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison denies major blackout changes though some areas will have more lights.
The Fifth U. S. Air Force mission in New Guinea scored a direct hit on an 8,000 ton Japanese freighter after Liberator crews dropped bombs through the smokestack. Observer Bombardier Lieut. Elwood Hisey engaged and helped bring down an enemy plane during the attack.
Winnipeg, Manitoba reports gold discoveries verging on spectacular in northern Manitoba. Minister J. S. McDiarmid says federal mining restrictions on base metals delayed greater production. Finds near Snow Lake on the rugged north shore, 75 miles east of Flin Flon could trigger a major mining boom.
At an Eighth Air Force fighter station in London a censor named Lieutenant Seymour Karp of Sag Harbor received an unexpected package. Miss Olive Brooker of Mercerville sent salt water taffy with a note about holes cut in letters. The note explained the playful mischief and referenced a sergeant named Bob Miller from Mercerville.
Muted OCR sketch describes rats aboard a Berlin bombing raid and crew reactions. Mentions Dropped by bombers and oxygen, near large target, cast overboard as the plane neared its mark.
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