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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1943
Page
3
Washington Jan 17 P Restaurants will be rationed on processed fruits and vegetables but customers will not use ration coupons at such places. Patrons may use all home coupons for meals, with a special restaurant point quota based on customer numbers. No limit on customers. no differential rationing for workers.
Governor OConor is expected to address a joint session of the Maryland General Assembly to present the biennial budget. The event coincides with the election of a new State Treasurer and the anticipated passage of the relief pay bill enabling quarterly salary advances.
Maryland agricultural leaders plan a farm-to-farm canvass starting tomorrow to mobilize the states food production for 1943. Six hundred farmer-committeemen and supervisors will aid farm families in planning plantings and inventorying labor machinery and credit needs.
The article describes Thomas Jefferson as an early adopter of the automat concept. A self serve cabinet with circular wall shelves stored food and, on a spring, extended into the dining room while dirty dishes slid back to the kitchen, illustrating an early mechanical serving idea.
Chicago reports farmers hold about 400 million bushels of 1942 wheat in storage awaiting higher prices. Paper profits are estimated in the millions as values rose 14.3 to over 25 cents per bushel since storage. Realizing gains would require selling, risking price structure. CCC loans and defaults shaped much of the gain.
In Africa Mr and Mrs Wiliam H Seward near Jefferson received word from their son Corp Seward that the 15th fearon afeing is well abor ed with conditions there.
The Faithful Few Class of the Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School met January 14 at Mrs. Maurice Ramsburg’s home with ten members and four guests. Mrs. Helen Grossnickle presided as president. prayers and readings followed, songs were sung, and a patriotic games activity with prizes concluded. The next gathering is set for February 11 at Mrs. Faust’s 238 West Patrick Street.
A chimney fire at the home of Mr and Mrs Morris Black on Woodside Avenue Thurmont proved stubborn Friday night. Guardian Hose Company battled the blaze and caused considerable damage to a kitchen range.
The Maryland Crop Reporting Service reports 1942 truck crops acreage up 12 percent from 1941 with total sales valued at about 17.7 million dollars, fresh market vegetables around 5.4 million, and processing truck scraps at 12.4 million. Apple production in 1942 across 12 counties totals 2.21 million bushels valued at about 2.05 million dollars, versus 1.90 million and 1.73 million in 1941.
In York Pas Mrs L M Main writes from the Pacific zone stating a letter from her husband who is stationed abroad. At Woodfield the Women's Society elects new officers for December led by President Raymond Kemp and other posts including Miss Julia Kemp and Miss Mattie Parsley as treasurers and Rev Dillon Groves as secretary of missionary education. Mary Ann Ward, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Ward, has been ill for weeks and is now in Frederick hospital.
County Commissioners postponed the appointment of a new member to the Board of Assessors after Grayson Moyer’s successor was not chosen. Thirty applications on file, including a well qualified candidate, with a decision expected early this week. A clerkship vacancy at Momlevie remains unfilled.
Captain Thomas L. Gatch earned the Navy Cross after his battleship shot down 32 Japanese planes while defending an aircraft carrier in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. He maneuvered close to the carrier under heavy fire and continued directing his ship despite fatal wounds, receiving the award from Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Gatch, 32, from Annapolis Md.
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