Local Newspaper Front Page From April 8 1943
The page features a wartime periodical layout with garbled OCR. It notes subscription rates and a statement of Associated Press rights. A few lines mention Fredericton or Freder ot and a second class mailing designation dated Thursday April 8 1943.
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Te Rabat Southern Ptg & Mfg
Muikfing. Co
St. Frederich
MG Weenber
Associated Press
Associated Prem
Ines Ang
Frederot
Girls Become Messengers on Chicago Board of Trade
Ten young women aged 17 to 23 now work as messengers on the Chicago Board of Trade floor after a 95 year old rule against women was rescinded. With a shortage of young men for messenger jobs, the board predicts the force may grow to forty. They arrive at 930 pm and work until 115 am, relaying buy and sell orders from La Salle Street brokers to pits and returning confirmations by wire. They wear tan office coats over dresses, with slacks and high heels banned, and have already surprised male messengers who doubted their stay.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
la Salle Street
Long and troubled time says Eden to urge war effort
The piece reviews Anthony Eden as a realist diplomat who warns that the war will endure a long and troubled time. It notes his candor over diplomatic speech and stresses that victory requires UN unity and sustained effort, urging Americans to accept a lengthy conflict rather than expect a rapid end.
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Anthony Eden
Eden Saveet
America
Eden
Referendum on Sunday sports and movies urged by citizen
A letter to the editor calls on readers to seriously consider a referendum on Sunday sports and movies. The writer mentions wartime service and moral concerns, urging citizens to give prayerful consideration to the issue.
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Winnie Maldrey
Vocabulary notes on misused and mispronounced words
A compact literacy card notes misuses of words like drought mispronounced drought as drovt and gauntlet ga gore. It lists synonyms faithful trusty loyal true and discusses expanding vocabulary by mastering a new word daily. Today's term celibacy defined as single life or vow not to marry with quotes.
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Hallam
Work or Fight Debate in War Mobilization
A Washington discussion argues the work or fight slogan pressures workers to join the front or risk stigma, urging Congress to create civilian mobilization laws for essential industries and voluntary civilian reserve enlistments. It cautions against executive orders and urges democratic, law-based solutions.
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Congress
Shan
Fifty Years Ago Local Leans From The News Columns
A 1593 issue notes Eugene Albaugh opening a new soda fountain in his confectionery. Palmetto Fibre Co adds box making, brushes for display at the World's Fair. Several residents plan a summer camp along the Potomac. Vandals broke 100 window panes at an unoccupied Benj. Remsburg farm house south of Middletown. David H. Smith awards a writing prize to Naomi Troxell, pupil at public school No. Edward F. Smith, teacher.
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Colums OF the News
Eugene Albaugh
Palmettq Fibre Company
Messrs
Chas.h and
J. Butts
C Moser
A.J
Horuse
Melvin Shepley
Myersville
Potomac
Benj. Remsburg
Middletown
Charles W. Shafer
David H. Smith
Naomi Troxell
Jas W. Troxell
Edward F Smith
Twenty Years Ago Local Notes From The News
From April 1923 readers glimpse a chilly night with 32 degree low and budding fruit trees. A Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association meeting at the Court House outlines a plan to raise funds for a cooperative and statue project, with a $25,000 quota set. Heirs of Daniel Baker Hayf sell the Leib farm of 182 acres at Lime Kiln to M J Grove Lime Company, which takes immediate possession.
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Loval Ems
Mercury
Gamases
Toom
Eas Y
Muk Producers Association
Court House
Today In History and Birthdays Highlight Notable Figures
A collage of historical anniversaries and birthdays lists figures such as Lewis Morris, David Rittenhouse, Howell E. Jackson, Frederick E. Pond, Harvey W. Cushing, Clayton the aeronaut, and Jumbo the elephant. It notes events from 1582 to 1939, including early air squadrons, and marks contemporary birthdays like Mary Pickford and Sonja Henie with brief biographical anchors.
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Lewis Morris
New York
Morrisania
David Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
Howell E. Jackson
Tennessee
U. S. Supreme Court
Paris
Tenn
Frederick E. Pond
Marquette Co
Wis
Harvey W. Cushing
Cleveland
New Haven
Conn
Clayton
Virginia
Great Western
England
London
US 8 Army Air Squadron
Sinrike
Myote
East
Kutien Kaltan
Aeance
Amer- 1
Free France
North Africa
Mary Pickford
Toronto
Margarez Aver B
Lika Chase
Sonja Henie
Norway
Len Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Loz Chavez
Admirai William R. Mooroe
Waco
Tex
Dunkerque no model for Axis escape in North Africa
The piece weighs the Tunisian situation and argues Dunkerque was a unique evacuation success. It notes Rommel and Von Arnim face isolation as Allied air and sea power close in, with Tunisia likely to resist a mass Axis breakout toward Sicily and Italy while Britain and the United States press forward.
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Remmel
Tunisian
Rommel
von Arnim
Vane
English Channel
Europe
Dunkerque Os
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Sicily
Tunis
Bizerte
Sicilian
Sardinia
Dunkerque
Sardinian
Admiral Cunningham
Mediterranean
RAF
United States Crop Corps Explains Service and Insignia
A short call to join the United States Crop Corps invites men women boys and girls to harvest and process in 1943 with a stated minimum service, the corps insignia features a blue cog wheeled C with a red sheaf of wheat overlaid by U and S. A note on rationing confirms canned bean sprouts bamboo sprouts and water chestnuts are rationed while tropical coal questions reference different topics.
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United States
Prices Of Stock Subject To World And Domestic Conditions
Investor Roger W. Babson argues stock prices depend on world and U S conditions and outlines principles for success. He emphasizes management quality, ownership alignment, dividend history, and low wage costs, noting inflation, war end timing, and diversification as key factors for selecting so-called peace and growth stocks across industries.
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Roger W. Babson
Baltimore
Waco
The Fellowship Wite Prayer Prepared by GAIUS GLENN ATKINS
A religious message notes Jesus seeks the lost morally helpless and outcast, presenting the lost as those needing a bridge back to life through Jesus. It reflects on Matthew 18 11 14 and ends with a prayer thanking God for lavish love to share with others.
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Jesus
Strength For Today By Farl 7 Percent
A brief meditation likens moral growth to a child learning to walk. We fall, catch ourselves, and rise, repeating the process as the path to character builds. Repentance is presented as necessary, noting some never recover after failure.
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Strang
Repentance Versus Remorse in Moral Renewal
The piece contrasts remorse with repentance, urging restitution and turning to God for a fresh start. It argues sin is not ordained, but falling followed by rising with new wisdom leads to better living and forward progress through effort and resolve.
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Babson Newspaper
Bible Thought Sow to Yourselves in Righteousness
A compact biblical reflection cites Hosea 10 12 urging believers to sow righteousness and seek the Lord until mercy rains down. It appends a humane aside from an old English source noting wisdom in timely talk and seeking what reports heaven has borne.
Incentive payments debated in Washington War planning
Washington planners toy with incentive payments for industrial workers to raise pay, curb cost of living, and boost war output while wrangling reforms in the War Production Board's structure. The piece sketches piecework history, Soviet methods, and potential reaction from labor unions, citing examples and figures amid wartime labor debates.
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Washington
Wew
Department of Agriculture
Congress
War Production Board
Robert K. Lamb
Tolan House Committee
War Manpower Commission
Evan Ons Menintanqnen
WPB +Management Labor Council
A. F. of L
U. S. Chamber of Com“mores
National Association of Manufacturers
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East Orange
N. JL
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Italy
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Tropics
Romei
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DNB
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Tass
Casuaty
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Maze
Atl
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Radio Corporation of America
Humble
Ohio Oil
Pub. Financial Bureau
Gaius Glenn Atkins
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Douglass, D. C
Bible Thought
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Tiara
Jack and Heintz
J. F. Lincoln
Lincoln Electric
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