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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1944
Page
4
The page presents subscription rates and Associated Press rights while noting corrections policy. It is a wartime local newspaper brief with boilerplate on republication and liability, dated Monday April 10, 1944, for Freger Maryland.
Brig Gen Rankin cites 97 percent save rate for battlefield wounds and seven to eight of ten abdominal injuries saved. Prominent gains cited include plasma use, sulfa drugs and penicillin, immunization, rapid evacuation by air. War-wide experience could make New York City a world medical training hub postwar.
American engineers propose a world circling communications belt with eight central stations at Puerto Rico Mexico City Honolulu Guam Hong Kong Bombay Alexandria and Canary Islands to connect all nations. The trunk line would route messages via San Juan Puerto Rico and move along the belt to destinations avoiding polar magnetic disturbances and equatorial humidity. Such a global system aims to relieve crowded radio bands and could face war-time opposition.
Washington April 10 Cordell Hull and the State Department present a comprehensive foreign policy pronouncement designed to prevent World War III. The document urges patience, civilian military balance, and cooperation among Great Britain, the United States, China, and Russia while inviting bipartisan congressional input before advancing peace plans.
Fifty years ago on April 10 1894 Frederick items report a New York engineer to be summoned by the Board of Aldermen to inspect reservoir work before Lane Bros finish. Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad incorporators met atop the mountain electing officers George Wm. Smith president D E Kefauver vice president Dr A A Shar etts secretary H L Routzahn treasurer C V 5 Levy counsel. Police Justice Eckstein hosted an oyster supper at Hallers with Mayor Fleming and Aldermen present. A bold robbery at George Shoemaker’s East Sixth Street home yielded about 1350 and a revolver. Frederick’s weather turned rainy hail and snow.
Fire destroyed a tool shed and boiler room on the Rogers farm near Ballenger Pike. wind saved the house and barn. County W C T U met at East Third Street electing Miss L M Keller president and other officers. Frederick High beat Gaithersburg 7 to 5 in baseball with Esworthy on the mound. An 80 year old man found staggering on the Potomac bank above Knoxville was taken to the Soldiers Home in Washington.
A story of a rich woman who dies and tours heaven with an angel guide. They view a grand home for her gardener and a humble cottage for herself, illustrating that heavenly reward depends on the material one sends ahead. The tale cites the great assizes and notes worldly wealth does not guarantee status in heaven.
A wartime homefront note urges readers to uphold democracy and the noble cause, insisting there is no better side in war and that personal sacrifice and steadfast resolve are required to sustain the nation’s ideals. Signed by N A Lufburrow.
A brief note reflects on Proverbs 3 3 urging mercy and truth to be worn like a necklace and inscribed on the heart. It frames truth as enduring though sometimes eclipsed, suggesting a timeless moral meditation.
The AP war analysis notes Allied leaders warn the German submarine fleet remains potent as the invasion looms. Roosevelt and Churchill report U boats in dispersed areas from the Barents to the Indian Ocean and stress surface and air forces must counter the threat ahead of D Day.
A dense list of historical anniversaries and notable birthdays. Highlights include Matthew Perry born Newport Rhode Island 1794 and Joseph Pulitzer born 1847. Journal notes Washington Patent Act 1790 and U S Greenland base acquisition 194U. Horoscope cautions bold yet ethically cautious enterprise.
Washington April 10. Peter Edson argues the current manpower crisis over 26 year olds is overblown and cites conflicting data from War Manpower Commission and White House. He notes fewer than a million men in 26 and under deferments, urges replacement rather than added manpower, and examines targets for Army and Navy.
Dorothy Dix advises a young woman that no perfect man exists and warns against demanding a flawless mate. She notes flaws and reciprocity matter in marriage. Also she discusses osculation on a first date, urging caution as kisses no longer imply commitment.
George Tucker writes from the Italian front detailing Jeep drivers who escort correspondents daily, their war experience from Africa to Sicily and Salerno to Anzio. Veterans Berg Hodges Baum Kennedy recount front line scenes, tank runs, and drivers’ courage with reporters, noting the drivers’ pivotal role and reactions in the Med theater.
Detroit journalist Robert L. Priebe recalls a star crossed Christmas Eve at San Pietro where a cave shelter saved him and three correspondents from a hot fire as wounded were rushed in He describes aiding wounded and making coffee then recounts driving with Mr Lynn Heinzerling near Cassino as Germans attacked and they fled to a ditch.
The dominant point in his address was peace. The piece stresses ruling influence and prevailing aim, urging calm and stability.
Residents will hold the annual primary April 18 at Firemen's Hall to select Mayor and two Commissioners. The election runs 3 to 6 p m on April 24. Current terms of Mayor William J Stoner and Commissioners Fred Tresselt and Wilbur R Freeze expire this year.
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