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CAMBRIDGE TRIBUNE, CAMBRIDGE, MAR'SSHIPYARD INSPECTORVICTIM OF DROWNINGC. V. Burton, Government resident inspector for the Quartermaster Corps ot the U. S. Army, at the Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc,, plant here, was drowned wbe.11 he fell from a motor boat in the Tred Avon Jtiver, about a mile from Oxford, Sunday afternoon.The boat from which Mr, Burton fell is the Shenandoah, which was in charge of Glasner Brooks, super intendent of the shipyard’s ways. The boat was proceeding under sail at the time, but the motor was used in the effort to stop the boat, after lines and life preservers had been thrown overboard.Although the wind blew the life preservers out of reach Mr. Burton grasped the end of the line that was thrown to him and appeared to have had a firm hold on it, but for some reason he released his grasp and sank out of sight.The accident occurred around 6 P. M. and Mrs. Burton had joined the .party at Oxford, paving driven from Cambridge. Mr! Burton had planned to drive back to Cambridge with her.The boat does not have a railing, and Mr. Broffe said that Mr. Burton had made some comment to the effect that a railing would provide additional protection.There was a stiff breeze blowing at the time of the accident Major Coester, of the Quartermaster Corps, and several of the hoys, who were in the party, dived overboard immediately after the line was thrown out, but they were unable to locate Mr. Burton.Mr. and Mrs. Burton came here from Lewes, Del., about a year ago. They have three children. Jack Burton of the U. S. Air Corps: Mrs. Charles Lowe, of Lewes, Del., and C. V. Burton, Jr., of this city. Mr. Burton was 4G years of age.The body was recovered Tuesday morning at 10:45 o'clock, by William Coleman, of Oxford.the Lesson-Sermon will be the fo)-Iowing from the Bible—Isaiah 45: IS—“For thus saitb the Lord that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it: He hath established it. He created it not In vain, He formed it to be inhabited; I am the Lord, and there is none else.”The Lesson Sermon also will in dude passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science an* Health with Key to the Scriptures’ by Mary Baker Eddy, among which is the following, page 503—“Immortal and divine Mind present the idea of God first in light; second, in reflection; third, in spiritual aud Immortal forma ot beauty and goodness.”Services are held e*ery Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. Wednesday evening meetings at 8 P. M., in the Church Rooms, at .Vo. 11 Stewart Building, Federal Street, Easton, Maryland.Scuttle butt is the name for a drinking fountain in the C. S. Navy.SaiJorinen of the Navy will use nine million pounds of butter this year.Officers of the U. S. Navy qualified for submarine duty wear golden dolphins as part of their uniform.NATION’S FOOD SUPPLYGUARDED BY COMMITTEEBuilding Navy Boats Bottoms UpAbove you see one phase in the assembly of U. S. submarine chasers -:j h' the liravo corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. The 173-foot cran arc built upside down, sections being welded in that position. The hull sections arc then braced and turned right side up. The bow section above Is being turned over, preparatory to being joined to the stern section at left. Below: A wash drawing showing sub-chaser assembly line just to the left of (he indoor barge assembly shop at the Dravo yards.The Federal Government, io insure a steady stream of supplies for /the nation's fighting forces, and also to its Allies, is assuming complete war-time control over the {nation's grocery basket.The War Production Board vested such gigantic control in a ninc-{member food requirements com-jmitlee under the chairmanship of [Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.Such items are sugar, pork, animal fats, vegetable oils, canned vegetables, coffee, lea, cocoa, and some tropical fruits.But the prospect for a plentiful supply of wheat, fresh fruits and vegetables, fluid milk, cream, beef, :Iamb, mutton and eggs is encouraging.« This food supply Is dependent on sufficient farm labor supply, available food transportation and processing, and good weather.Because of the limit to lend-lease shipments due to a present shipping shortage, food supplies here will not be cut into as much ns if shipping conditions were normal. This is another factor which complements the nation's food supply.But if a severe drouth, or a farm-labor shortage takes place; or if the sub menace Is eliminated and thereby enabling jnore food-stuffs to be exported to Russia and Greatj Wickard.I (Ph.imlffon e t rnccn/1
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Cambridge Tribune
Cambridge, Maryland, US
Fri, Jun 19, 1942
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