Daily News Minded Verse Refers to Fear and Faith
A compact item presents a biblical quotation about fear and strength, acknowledging faith over anxiety. The text echoes religious sentiment and appeals to readers with a proverb style.
31 Jan 1944
Page 1
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1944
Page
1
A compact item presents a biblical quotation about fear and strength, acknowledging faith over anxiety. The text echoes religious sentiment and appeals to readers with a proverb style.
A humorous piece likens Ed Wynn's patched stage shoes to the tangled U.S. tax system. It notes Wynn’s long career, recent income tax debates, and repeated patches to tax law while predicting the 1946 bill will complicate filings further. The tone satirical remarks about superstitions and stage props reflect postwar fiscal tensions.
In a fragmentary report, forgery indictments against Cape Briggs are said to have clarified part of the wall letter mystery. The piece discusses spelling errors in letters by Nelson Sparks and a secretary’s role, hinting at scrutiny over writing and grammar in a disputed era.
Fragments describe Boe and Donald involvement with sales by year end. Mentions Hugo Lohse, Caterhe, money orders, and distribution plans across states. Then a medical note on oxygen, delirium, and fading consciousness around 25,000.
In Sinclair Lewis's Gideon Planish, 1937 era figures Colonel Marduc and Winifred Homeward loom as public figures with vast ambitions. Winifred, an energetic talker and editor of Attention, and Major Homeward, a sharp-paymaster corps veteran, are central to the Planishes' social ascent and political dreams, while Charley Marduc and family ties shape the power dynamics.
The article urges citizens to buy war bonds as part of a broad home front effort. It notes posters and messaging encouraging rapid public support, with implied high urgency and patriotic duty. No specific people or organizations are clearly identifiable in the readable text.
Judge Ball lauded the county for funding a ten acre farm to house the indigent, replacing the old county poorhouse system. The new county home, near Pine Mountain, serves up to thirty residents, with $24,000 in federal aid and superintendent Mrs Fee overseeing operations. annual spending now runs three to four thousand dollars, saving four to five thousand annually toward capital debt. Sheriff Howard commented on progress as the community advances toward better care and decency in Kentucky.
A fragmented 1940s wartime despatch discusses large scale government propaganda and press handouts. It covers the Office of War Information, distribution figures, and the push to centralize public relations while limiting critical public discourse. It notes estimates of millions of words circulated and the role of agencies like the Army and Navy.
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