The News April 25 1942 front and info page note
The Frederick News post lists subscription rates and postal details for readers. It states carrier or mail at 35 cents a month and six dollars a year prepaid. It notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press reprint rights and requires real names with communications.
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Wences
Aitsels Bro. & Mfg. CO
News-Post
Court St. Frederick
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Ted
Laval Ready to Strike Seeks French Entry Under Hitler
The piece warns Laval may act to retake French territory held by the Free French led by Charles de Gaulle, largely in Africa, with sabotage against Vichy likely and possible assassinations. It argues a Laval move could break U S France relations, notes London's support for Free French, and urges a popular uprising to thwart Laval's plans.
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Laval
France
Hitler
Charles de Gaulle
Africa
Vichy
United States
London
Vichy France
Dunkerque
Quisling
Germany
Getting Up Steam in War Production
The text extols rapid U S war material output driven by 24 hour factory shifts. It notes factories expanding employment by the hundreds of thousands and monthly production records being shattered. By mid-summer the United States would be the greatest arsenal in history, with knowledge of this war contributing to a nerve conflict against Axis inventors.
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United States
Standard Oil President Clarifies Synthetic Rubber Patents
W S Farish of Standard Oil replies to Editor on Government cooperation over synthetic rubber. He cites 1929 Farben agreement, 1939 Army Navy Munitions Board disclosures, and patent filings. He says six government agencies were informed and promises further answers, sending Truman Committee statement and a Q and A booklet. New York City April 23 1942.
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Farish
Standard Oil
I. G Farben
United Army and Navy Munitions Board
Patent Office
United States State Department
Truman Committee
W. S. Farish
Standard Oil Co
N. J New York City
Debate over war labor board and compulsory unionization
Washington dispatch outlines a clash between President Roosevelt, the War Labor Board, and employer groups over whether all labor disputes must go to board arbitration. It covers feared expansion of authority, prior vows by employers, and the legal and constitutional questions raised by enforcing union membership during wartime.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
New War Labor Board
A. F of L
Roosevel
Local Items From The News Columns April 25 1892 Walkersville
A meeting of Walkersville citizens at Stauffer's Hall nominated L P Ramsburg H Stauffer Dr J D Nicodemus J L McMaster H Seachrist C W Gilbert for commissioners with three to be elected Monday. Three colored men were arrested for selling liquor on Sunday. a barber was charged with violating the Sunday law by shaving customers. Frank Roelkey and Lilian Brown had an accident on the Hagerstown pike when their horse shied. no injuries. Henry Nelson and Geo Burck sold three full blooded setters to a New York gentleman. shipment soon. A Groff House guest received a photograph of the Independent Hose Company from Westminster Easter Monday showing Capt Walter Saunders and others.
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Walkersville
Stauffer’s Hall
L. P. Ramsburg
H. Stauffer
J. D. Nicodemus
J. L McMaster
H Seachrist
C. W. Gilbert
Brengle
Frank Roelkey
Lilian Brown
West Patrick Street
Hagerstown Pike
Henry Nelson
Geo
Burck
New York
A P Marsh
Groff House
Independent Hose Company
Westminster
Walter Saunders
Twenty Years Ago Of The News April 25 1922 Court Colors Estate Sale
Court spent the entire morning selecting a jury in a colored murder case as forty five men were called. Alexander Ro Magruder of Constantinople and Isabel M Robotham of Newport sold the Country Estate near Frederick Junction to Mr and Mrs A B Smith of Tramsville who will open Monocacy Inn for automobile parties. No charges are now likely against prohibition agents who spotted the Knoxville residence where a bullet wounded Charles T Meyer president of Horsey Distillery. A negro evangelist found guilty of threatening a judge with a blackhand letter was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Alexander Ro Magruder
Consantinople
Isabel M Robotham
Newport
State Road
Frederick Junction
A. B Smith
Tramsville
Smith
Monocacy Inn
Hite Prohibition
Knoxville
Charles T. Meyer
Horsey Distillery Company
Glenn H. Worthington
Newitentary
Today In History and Birthdays of Notables
Today's history notes births and deaths of figures such as Justin Edwards and William Deering, with events from 1719 to 1941. It lists birthdays including Ross Collins and Raymond Vonderlehr, and ends with a horoscope about perseverance and ambition.
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Justin Edwards
Mass
Westhampton
William Deering
Paris
Maine
Thomas J. Burrill
Univ. of Illinois
Pit'stiern
Constance Cary Harrison
Her Day
Fairfax Co. Va
George Braxton Taylor
The
Sunbeam Society
Staunton
Roanoke
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
New York
England
Columbia
Gilbert Fox
Philadelphia
Joseph Hopkinson
U. S
Spain
United States
Marshal Joffre
France
Washington
South
Roosevelt
Seven Seas
Ross Collins
Meridan
Miss
Collinsville
Raymond A Vonderlehr
U. S. Public Health Service
Richmond
Ecwin B Wilson
Harvard School of Public Health
Hartford
iCorn
Leland Harrison
Switzerland
Louis L. Hemingway
New Haven
Conn
Flattery warned in biblical and moral lines
A short devotional excerpt quotes Job 17 5 and a proverb by Young. It cautions that flattering speech harms friends and that inner reflection reveals flatterers, urging personal conscience in discernment.
Saturday Chat and About Town in Wartime Frederick
The column surveys wartime life in Frederick with notes on radio detectors for hostile ships, possible drafts for men 45 to 64, a May defense bond canvass, ration book registration May 4 to 7, and local civic updates. It mentions Camp Penn takeover, local town events, park blossoms, public works, and community concerns as the region braces for war.
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Frederick
Allen McBride
Philippines
Defense
Red Cross
Contol
Camp Penn
Church of the Brethren
Thurmont
Memorial
Baker and Court House
Nazis Raid Britain Attack Strikes Southwest England
German air raiders inflicted casualties and damage in attacks on southwest England early today. In one town high explosives fell in a working class district causing casualties.
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Britain
London
England
Alcohol Sets Senate To Stewing In War Farm Study
Washington April 25 Senator Gillette chairs a Senate Agriculture and Forestry subcommittee probing war and defense interests with a focus on farmers. It targets industrial alcohol demand, surpluses, and grain conversion issues amid wartime rationing and policy limits on supplies and production.
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Edson
Washington
Senate
Peter Edson Washington
Agriculture and Forestry
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Charles L. McNary
Salem
Ore
Burton K. Wheeler
Butte
Mont
George W. Norris
McCook
Commodity Credit Corporation
Man About Manhattan’s Honest Cabby Inspires Bowes Show Invite
In a New York tale of honesty, hack driver Mike Calabrese returns a $4.50 excess after a customer offers a $5 note. Major Bowes rewards the act with a $50 note and a family invite to his show. A spring scene, worms and romance, and reviews of Carol Bruce and other acts fill the column with light theater chatter and city life.
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Georxge
New York
Horatio Alger
Mike Calabrese
Mike
Mie
Major Bowes
Bowes
Honest and concerted action drives national effort
An upbeat call to determined national effort urging daily boosts in production, transportation, and construction. The message emphasizes work and worry as part of winning the war and turning the balance wheel toward offensive success. It highlights honest, concerted action as today’s attraction.
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Jess
English Lesson on Misused Phrases and Pronunciation
A compact note explains common errors such as including the word at after meet and common mispronunciations like amicable. It guides readers to omit at and to stress syllables correctly in the word amicable.
Religion Makes a Difference in Daily Life by Earl L Douglass
A devotional discusses how knowledge of God remains limited yet religion, when sincere, changes lives. It cites Edison on electricity as a metaphor for difference and notes that true faith brings peace. The piece promotes daily word study and highlights artisanship.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. C
Thomas Edison
Edison
Highlights From Latest Books The Roosevelts All Of Them
A review of The Amazing Roosevelt Family by Karl Schriffgiesser traces the Dutch American lineage from Isaac Roosevelt I through Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The book covers wealth, prominence, and a sweeping portrait of a family intertwined with New York and national history, noting both charm and confusion in parts.
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Roosevelts
Roosevelt
New World
Hudson Valley
Funk
Karl Schriffgiesser
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Isaac Roosevelt I
Nicholas II
New York
Meeting on 1942 wheat referendum at Jefferson
A meeting to discuss the 1942 wheat marketing quota referendum to be held May 2 has been called for next Tuesday night at Jefferson by the County AAA Committee. Farmers will hear L C Burns of Olney, a member of the State Committee, and Eben Jenkins, State AAA representative. The meeting opens at 8 o'clock in the Jr. O. U. A. M. Hall.
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Maryland Legislative Council
Carrol
Frederick
Washington County
Thurmont
Mt. Airy
Emmitsburg
Middle States Association of History and Social Science Teachers
Court Park
Baker Park
Memorial Park
Kefauver
WPA
Jefferson
AAA
L C Burns
Olney
Eben Jenkins
Jr. O.U
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