The News Frederick Md April 4 1942 edition
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Associated Press
Frederick, Md
Muller
Easter Morning Faith and Hope Amid World Woes
The essay argues Easter remains a season of rejoicing and renewed faith despite global woes. It highlights belief in good arising from evil, the Christian message of present help through life, and the spring rebirth symbolizing resurrection. It cites Longfellow and universal human adoption of Easter’s hopeful meaning.
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Longfellow
4 H Mobilization Week Promotes Young Leaders and Defense Efforts
National 4 H Mobilization Week spotlights 1 500 000 youths nationwide including 12 000 in Maryland and 413 in Frederick County 225 boys 188 girls. In 1941 Maryland 4 H projects produced 70 000 poultry birds 4 800 livestock 950 gardens 1 200 acres of crops and 49 400 jars canned. The four H s stand for head heart hands and health and aim to foster thinking loyalty service and better living while supporting victory gardens waste reduction and civilian defense.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Frederick County 4 H Clubs Mobilization Week
The text commends Frederick County 4 H Clubs to the community and urges rural parents to encourage youths to join during Mobilization Week. It emphasizes teaching farming as a life and career, improving living from the land, and building strong minds and bodies for America's future.
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Frederick County
America
Army Day Observance Proclaimed by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt designates Monday April 6 as Army Day urging Americans to honor the armed forces and support their courageous service. He notes the Army Navy and Air Force have upheld republican principles and not oppressed smaller nations, calling for national backing and pride.
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Roosevelt
Air Force
Remembering Youth and The Past By N A Lufburrow
Time passes and memories linger while future days remain unknown. The author urges reflection on youthful joys and sorrows, noting how past troubles blur compared with current worries. A call to cherish the past and strive to recapture its good moments.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Mayors Cat at City Hall and 1892 notes from The News
Fifty years ago local items include the mayor's cat at City Halls with three kittens, a spring thunderstorm, and a found card for J Bixby US Army. State Senate passed a liquor sale prohibition near Brunswick, Frederick library funding, and a Brunswick liquor prohibition bill. Jefferson school votes favored W H Myers, and Samuel A Gregg moved carriage sheds causing a runaway horse with no injuries.
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City Halls
Middletown
J. Bixby
Sth Artillery
U.S. Army
Old Episcopal Church
Senate
House
Brunswick
Law Library
Frederick
Jefferson School
W. H. Myers
Samuel A. Gregg
J. H. Culler
Jefferton
Gerry
Jefferson
Penalties bill stalled as Senate adjourns. local election board formed
Twenty years ago notice reports the liquor penalties bill passed by the House stalled in the Senate fizzling before adjournment. Frederick celebrates opening baseball win over Maryland School for the Deaf 9 10. Hendrix and Jolliffe on the mound. Hendrix fans 14. City appoints election supervisors led by G Edward Schell with J Harry Kennedy as clerk and Edward J Simin as attorney. Mayor Gilmer Schley signals no rush for renomination and may decline another term.
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Senate
Board of Election Supervisors
G. Edward Schell
J. Harry Kennedy
Edward J. Simin
Maryland School
Maryland School For the Deaf 9106
Hendrix
Jolliffe
Frederick Hendrix
Gilmer Schley
Easter Yet War Looms Over Frederick Easter Week
Wartime tone frames Easter preparations in Frederick as townsfolk face shortages and draft notices. Social events like Kiwanis egg hunt and community life mingle with air raid warnings, coal shortages, and sugar rationing plans. War dominates daily life while churches vow Alleluia.
Highlights From Latest Books Will James Explains His Cowboys
Will James, noted for 20 volumes on the American cowboy, condenses his saga into a single narrative. The true cowboy stands apart from movie myths, with practical gear and a code, tracing Bill I and Bill II from the 1830s through a century of herding, with James’ plainspoken, dramatic style.
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Will James
James
Ficton Sainot
Pave
Bills
Senate panel faults planes bottlenecks in war effort
A Senate subcommittee report on west coast plants criticizes World War II aircraft production for poor overall planning and bottlenecks in subcontractor capacity. It urges the War Production Board to appoint a trained aircraft production executive and focus on removing specific delays to raise peak output.
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War Production Board
Armed Services
OPM
Why We Don’t Draw Our Plans For The Axis
Washington column argues that MacArthur’s escape from the Philippines aimed to bolster Allied morale and deter Japanese face saving. It questions civilian knowledge of military decisions, defends secrecy, and compares wartime information to fighter strategy while noting wartime censorship as a constitutional issue.
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Edson
Washington
MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
Corregidor
United States
Australia
Supreme Command
Southwest Pacific
Pacmchair
Ireland
Iceland
Egypt
Alaska
Army
Navy
Germany
Japan
Florida
Self Interest Drives Defense Bond Sales Emphasized
A Frederick editorial urges stressing self interest to boost Defense Bonds and Stamps sales, noting bonds bear interest and rise in value over a decade. WFMD program director J Roy McLennan cites Treasury scripts showing a one third increase in ten years, praising radio support for war financing.
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Uncle Sam
J. Roy McLennan
WFMD
Defense Savings
U. S. Treasury Department
U. S. Defense
United States
Razor blade rationing and York defense blackout notes
Frederick readers hear mixed views on razor life spans with some using blades a month by alternating sides while others report only a week. A traveling salesman notes York Pa defense prep and no blackout yet, with factories supplying items like false teeth for soldiers and glow from plants visible at night.
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Frederick
York
Defense Center
Atlantic
Lancaster
New York City
Frederick Post name in Illinois letter sparks confusion
A letter from Illinois mentions a Frederick Post related concern, though the Frederick Post Company in Chicago manufactures and sells instruments and materials for architects and engineers, causing confusion over a similarly named entity.
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Frederick Post Company
Frederick
Frederick Post
Chicago
Ani
Frederick Concern
Illinois
Easter message of triumph and new age
Easter dawns as the greatest day in human history with the resurrection of Jesus signifying life over death and light over darkness. The spiritual universe of God remains near to all who seek Him as a new era began that morning and has grown brighter through the centuries. Then a note reports that every cubic mile of ocean is estimated to contain 4,000,000 tons of magnesium, highlighted as a promising U.S. source.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Jesus
Heaven
Hell
Babson Newspaper
Lyndh
United States
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