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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1938
Page
2
Public notice from The Daily News declares distribution details and editorial rules. It notes Associated Press affiliation and requests real name submission for letters to the editor, with authorities for factual statements and opinions.
Easter praise centers on the Resurrection and hope for humanity amid hardship. Frederick County faces relief tax shortfalls with only about $5,000 available for eleven months, prompting county commissioners to advance funds to the Welfare Board while awaiting state reimbursements. The piece notes spring farm work offering income and warns against abuse of relief, citing economist Roger Babson on social stigma and the balance of nature, suggesting sacrifice may boost long term morale.
The speaker urges restoring sound principles of thrift and self reliance and increasing dependence on individual and family enterprise instead of government support. The remark underscores a shift toward private initiative as the main engine of economic and social welfare.
A brisk Critic notes Bezzerides novel Long Haul centers on independent truckers, two brothers aiming for a big stake while facing constant setbacks. He portrays stubborn, self reliant drivers, and questions the true price of independence in the trucking world. The reviewer praises the human story and vivid portrait of a restless American breed.
A recipe fragment from Mrs David O Griffin lists making yeast doughnuts with milk sugar butter eggs and rising times, followed by a chili sauce using ripe tomatoes peppers celery mustard seeds and vinegar with slow cooking and a final drain.
LUFBURROW OFFERS Easter reflection urging Christian values to restore human kindness. Grace M. Barigis buys restaurant and lot from Lottie R. Troxell on Fair View Avenue in Taneytown. Britain orders thousands of air raid precaution fire engines for civil defense.
A period style recipe describes constructing an Italian sandwich filling with chupped vine grated cheese olives walnuts in a 2 5 to 1 5 ratio. A dressing is made by heating vinegar and whisking yolks then thickening, adding butter and seasonings before folding in olives nuts and cheese. Serve on crackers or lettuce as a salad. Mrs. David O. Gri 108 West Third Street.
From The News columns April 16, 1888. The fifty first anniversary of St John’s Catholic church consecration on East Second Street was observed with solemn high masses. A brush fire burned about ten acres on Mrs Mary Worman’s Harmony Grove farm, occupant Charles Kefauver. Martin J Eichelberger named postmaster at Frederick to succeed J E Rosensteel who resigned. T Helfenstein of the Virginia Theological Seminary visiting his home near the city.
The Jefferson Women's Club met at Mrs. Walter Stockman’s home with 17 members two visitors and Miss Florence Williams present. Readings covered Capri Bird Sanctuary of the Mediterranean and textiles in the color scheme. New books were distributed and six members tasked to write histories of six local homes. Next meeting set for April 28 at Mrs. H. A. Kefarver’s.
Glasgow laundries hit by speed-up as phonographs blare in plants like the Grenadier Guards. The article notes the unusual disruption to the workplace and the strains of the march drive workers while buttons and shirts are affected, reflecting industrial pace changes in April.
Twenty years of the News dated April 16, 1918 reports sixty two deferment requests filed at the County Exemption Board in City Hall. Applicants seek placement at the end of draft class three to work on farms during summer. The Nations Wants column notes government draft to fill 250 Army positions including carpenters engineers draftsmen gunsmiths moiders and stenographers. Editorial marvels at public effort overcoming inertia and contrasts Red Cross fundraising with local pledges for Chautauqua fall tickets.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary visit the tomb at dawn and find a great earthquake as an angel rolls away the stone. The angel announces Jesus is risen and invites them to see where the Lord lay, confirming the fulfilled prophecy. The guards tremble and faint.
Frederick's combined sewerage system and disposal plant are highlighted among Public Works Administration achievements in Maryland over five years. The survey notes eight hundred thirteen schools and 169 disposal plants on the regional list, with $904 million in total outlay and a quarter spent on schools.
The Catoctin Country Club announces opening events for Sunday April 24 with tennis golf and a buffet supper. A pre opening dance will be held Saturday April 23 from 10 to 1:30.
Today in history notes 1808 Caleb EB Smith born Boston. 1832 10 years ago Ernest Solvay died May 25 1922. 1663 China Japan peace. 1917 Wilson appeal to feed Allies. 1927 Mississippi floods. 1928 Coolidge speech. 1937 St Louis chain store ruling. Birthdays include Grace Livingston Hill Lily Pons Charles Chaplin Van Nuys McReynolds Barney Google creator Willm De Beck Henry Pritchett Dorothy Lathrop Halifax. Horoscope notes creative power and ambition.
Daily guidance on word usage and pronunciation highlights common errors and spelling pitfalls. Today's focus defines tribulation as distress or suffering from oppression, with a quote urging strength to endure adversity.
A compilation of etiquette questions asks how to handle social duties. It covers offering cigarettes, answering doors, dancing partnerships, seating at dinner, bachelor hosts, hospitality payments, and hostess gifts, with guidance on appropriate behavior and consequences for social oversights from NEA Service.
In New York George Ross sketches famed personalities from Sylvia Sidney to Noel Coward, noting contrasts between their public personas and private selves. The piece recounts meetings with Jed Harris, Steinbeck, Arliss, Meredith, Hecht, Lewis, Hitchcock, Goodman, Wong, Cornel, Chevalier, Baker, Bankhead, Hemingway, Dressler, Buck, Tone, Crawford, Lonsdale, Day, and Coward, highlighting quirks, ambitions, and attitudes in candid vignettes.
Dr Morris Fishbely notes that average newborn weights vary by nursery, country, economic status, race and sex, with about 7 pounds 3 ounces in a U S city study of 2,000 births. Most babies lose weight after birth and early care aims to prevent this. Records exist of extremely large and small births, including a 24 9 pound baby and a Budapest birth of 21 ounces, with some extremely low birthweights rarely surviving.
Puzzle lists ask which word does not belong in each group. Answers pages tease with unusual terms and a note about an all glass train touring England Seeland and Wales in November 1937.
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