Asbea 1883 The News Front Matter
The News Frederick Maryland April 6 1942 edition header notes publication details including daily afternoon schedule except Sunday and the News-Post Building address Court Street Frederick Md subscription rates three cents monthly and twenty dollars yearly mail prepaid member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Press permission and policy statements on corrections and author identification for letters to the editor.
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President urges governors to cut speed to forty miles an hour
The president asks governors to enforce a 40 mph speed limit to save tires and gasoline, but critics warn it may waste time and slow intercity and interstate transit. Most governors sympathize though laws must be changed state by state. Pennsylvania may comply under Governor James. The wartime economy burden hits auto factories, dealers, tires, and looming gasoline rationing in sixteen eastern states due to submarine shipping disruptions.
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Pennsylvania
James
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
United States
Washington
Oregon
Soviet Heroic Jump Defies Death in Winter War Tale
Red Star reports Lieut. Ivan Chisov bailed from a disabled bomber and fell four miles with an unopened parachute. He landed in deep snow, survived with injuries, and recuperates in hospital. Analysts debate truth and implications of the stunt.
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Red Star
Ivan Chisov
Messerschmitts
Aeronautical Exports to Britain Hit 284 Million in Seven Months
Total exports of all aeronautical equipment to the United Kingdom reached over 284 million dollars in the first seven months of 1941, according to the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce.
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Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Washington adopts bold stance against congressional inquiry
Today in Washington the White House publicly challenges congressional committees to exercise their investigation rights. The Dies committee faces broad opposition and support, highlighting the nation’s division over anti Communist probes, with backing from veterans groups and Republicans, and criticism from pro New Deal factions and radical organizations.
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Dies Committee
America
Rusigia
Natons
American Legion
Fifty Years Ago Local News From The Columns Of The News
Topsy the pet cat of Lee Hanshew died after a brief illness at nine years. She leaves two kittens and a friend penned an ode. Lightning struck a large cherry tree behind Dr T E Hardy’s house at Burkittsville, stunning the doctor and family. This is the fourth strike within 100 yards in two years. The Police Magistrate’s Court reports a calming start to enforcement as lawless activity declines. seven boys were admonished by Justice Eckstein. Dr Ira J McCurdy was appointed vaccine physician in District No 2 by the county commissioners. Mr P J Bark’s house on Weert Sixth street saw paint worth dollars stolen from his cellar while painting the front.
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Lee Hanshew
T. E Hardy
Burkittsville
Dr Hardy
Hin
Fire at Broadway West South streets plant causes minor damage
Twenty Years Ago Local items from The News note a blaze at the American Foundry plant injuring no one. The fire started from a red hot piece of iron and was extinguished in 15 minutes. Hard times push up jail for vagrancy with 41 prisoners confined since February 28. About a dozen Frederick residents own radiophones, a wireless advance, costing 65 to 250 dollars.
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Broadway
Frederick
Toscanini Conducts Star Spangled Banner On Feet At Carnegie Hall
Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony performed the Star Spangled Banner at Carnegie Hall with the orchestra standing, a first in recording history. The Red Cross will receive royalties from the recording. A humorous tale about Lucy Monroe and a cross country trip from Colorado Springs to Manhattan accompanies the recital.
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George Tucker
New York
Arturo Tocanini
Red Cross
NBC Symphony
Carnegie Hall
Tosky
Lucy Monroe
Nat
Miss Monroe
Francis Scott Key
Colorado Springs
Manhattan
Denver
Chicago
The War Interpreted Army Day Preview
The article calls Army Day a sign of US strength as two million plus troops and allies prepare for expansion to four million or more. It notes better leadership and training since 1917, cites Bataan valor, and cites progress in guns planes and tanks. It highlights dispersal of forces and reliance on sea air and armament while travel and transport lag.
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France
Japan
Germany
Leslie J. McNair
Bataan
Donald Nelson
Pearl Harbor
Army
United Nations
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Highlights From Latest Books by Ralph Ingersoll
War correspondent Ralph Ingersoll surveys wars worldwide in Action on All Fronts. He recounts journeys from Russia to Siberia and beyond with observational detail. Stalin chapter disappoints though Siberia passages vividly render travel contacts and townspeople. A readable, informative account overall.
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Ralph Ingersoll
Harper
Hawai
Phiilippines
Rangoon
Chungking
Siberia II
Ingersoll
Russia
Josef Stalin
Siberia
Turkey
Mediterranean
England
America
Tarplee Named Rector of Zion Episcopal Church
Charlee Town West Virginia April 5 P Rev Cornelius P Tarplee a southeast clergyman from the Diocese of Florida will become rector of Zion Episcopal Church announced at Easter services Tarplee will assume the rectorship about May 1.
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Charlee Town
Cornelius P Tarplee
Diocese of
Florida
Zion Episcopal Church
Mr Tarplee
McKellar challenges Douglas Dam plan and federal waste
Senator Kenneth McKellar the Tennessee veteran shifts from New Deal ally to budget cutter. He targets post office patronage, nonessential expenditures, and aims to trim funding for NYA CCC and Civilian Defense while pressing for economical dam projects and reduced travel costs as he squares off with Lilienthal’s TVA and broader New Deal programs.
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Harry F. Byrd
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National Vout Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
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MccKellar
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CCC
Memphis
Dave Lilienthal
Washington
RFC
Red Cross
Consumers’ Division
Office of Price Administration
Strength For Today by Ear L Douglass We Might as Well
Dan Crawford, missionary to Africa, said London lost its smile after twenty three years in the jungle. He noted the sad mood of busy Londoners on bridges and streets. The piece urges cheerfulness to counter pessimism and sustain courage as the world faces problems.
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Dan Crawford
Africa
London
Dan Crawfore
Babson Newspaper
Bible Thought and Quotations From Faith and Emerson
Brief religious notes reflect on forgiveness from Matthew and a line about memory of wrongs attributed to Emerson. The piece contrasts mercy and worldliness, prompting reflection on moral conduct and personal restraint.
Curtail Expenditures Except For U S War Effort
Baltimore April 5 Senator Mullarkey E Tydings urged drastic limits on nonwar spending. He warned the national debt will grow and taxes rise long after the war. He backed the Byrd committee to cut nondefense expenditures to fund postwar needs.
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U.S
Conventions Planned for Christian Education Advance
Westminster April 5 The second of three one day conventions in Maryland cities will be held April 15 in the first phase of the United Christian Education Advance. Rev. John W. Harms state executive planning the conventions said Baltimore will host the opening April 14 and Hagerstown will close April 16. The effort aims to reach over 17 million school age children and 30 million unchurched Americans through sectional church leadership. Baltimore chairman Rev. Raymond White and Hagerstown chairman Rev. Harry Young are named.
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Westminster
Maryland
United Christian Education Advance
John W. Harms
Baltimore
H. C. Gonso
Hagerstown
Raymond White
Harry Young
Funkstown
Today In History and Birthdays Anrich
Historical anniversaries and birthdays listed: Medill Steffens Hyde Yohe Hale Houdini Fokker and others with birthplaces and death dates. Notable events include first U S Senate session 1789 and Peary North Pole discovery 1909 plus war declaration 1917 and early flightAround.
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Joseph Medill
Chicago
New Brunswick
Lincoln Steffens
San Francisco
Helen Hyde
Japan
Lima
N. Y
Pasadena
Cal
Ma. Yohe
Boston
Willam Bayard Hale
Richmond
Ind
Harry Houdini
Appleton
Wis
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Java
New York
U. S. Senate
Washington
Adams
Palmyra
Dred Scott
US Supreme Court
Scott
St. Louis Hote Porter
Cying
G. A. R. Post
Decatur
Jack Burke
Andy Bowen
New Orleans
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
President Walson
Germany
George M. Cohan
U. S. Army
Lut's Stuff Discordant Chorus
A reader labeled N A Lufburrow criticizes a noisy global choral performance. She decries discordant sections, unharmonized noises, and music resembling the worst middle ages. She urges modulation and stronger quality to avoid an earache for listeners.
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N. A. Lufburrow
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