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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1942
Page
4
The News a Freder ick Md publication dated April 27 1942 lists mail rates and circulation details and requires real names for communications with corrections promised upon notification to the editor. The text reflects Associated Press credit and post office classification.
Emil Schram president of the New York Stock Exchange urges confidence in American systems to bear a mounting war debt, arguing victory justifies the cost while warning against waste and financial imprudence. Dr Spahr cautions a permanent debt burden weighing on taxpayers for generations and shaping postwar expectations.
A compact guide notes common misuses and pronunciations. It highlights emerged over imm erge and other pairs while defining exigency as urgent need in a modern daily context.
Washington April 27. The nation faces a wartime rush to victory with a proposed annual budget of 77 billion dollars, about 71 billion for war. The scale implies a large deficit and a high share of national income directed to armament, with funds recirculating via taxes, bond drives, and potential price controls. The editor notes uncertainty over public recognition of costs and emphasizes a broad production push to shorten the war.
Fifty Years Ago columns report MR. GEORGE KOOGLE death at 62 from heart trouble. EIGHT PRIMARY pupils fined for window damage in a Caddy incident. Master George House injures nose. MR GEORGE WASHINGTON Delaplaine, long-time resident and former Singapore mills owner, dies after 50 years in town. he served as city tax collector and vestryman at All Saints. H C Zacharias moves material from the old Houck residence on North Market.
Twenty years ago of the news notes Frederick will host a Chautauqua from June 15 to 20 with the Swarthmore Chautauqua Association providing entertainment. Other items report executions moved to Maryland penitentiary, governor signs commission for Potomac river bridge study, and highway work begins on Urbana pike.
Book reviews discuss John Guenther's Inside Asia and Joseph Newman's Goodbye Japan. They argue Americans misjudged Japan's strength and motives before Pearl Harbor. Guenther revised his work extensively to reflect wartime realities, while Newman details Japan's war aims and distrust of Germany.
A proverbs piece notes the bane of care is worry and the cure is prayer yielding peace after quiet communion. It contrasts burdens in civilized nations with Asiatic loads, asserting God provides balance and peace through prayer. A closing line mentions 5,000,000 square miles of deserts on earth.
The article argues the New Caledonia reinforcement marks a strategic reversal in the Pacific war, strengthening the US line between Hawaii and Australia and threatening Japanese advances. It notes earlier Japanese gains at Guam Wake and the Philippines while highlighting air and naval actions at New Guinea and in the mid Pacific.
Short rules show correct introductions and order. Answers confirm that you say This is Miss Brown or this is Mr Brown depending on context. When introducing parents, put your mother first.
A miscellaneous shower was held at the home of Miss Irene Shorb in Emmitsburg for Miss Madeline Ryder. Attendants included Mrs Richard Rosen steel, Mrs J Hunter Eliot, Mrs Frederick Bower, Mrs Robert Dougherty, Mrs Everett Chrismer, Mrs Naomi Fitzgerald, Mrs Walter Opekun, Mrs Andrew Shorb, Mrs Donald Stoner, Mrs Charles Hubbard Thurmont, Mrs Gerald Ryder, Miss Mary Arnold, Virginia Arnold, Dora Elder, Lilian Peters, Marguerite Peters, Virginia Wagerman, Ann Rotering, Catherine Lingg, Eunice Bouey, Ann Eckenrode, Hilda, Helen Leota, Adele Topper, Helen Goulden, Dora Goulden, Kathleen Topper, Betty Gillelan, Margaret Burdner, Prince Kessler, Genevieve Kessler, Corrine Rosensteel, Loretta Florence, Madeline Ryder, Irene Siab, Valerie Shorb and Margaret Zur Bable.
Washington April 27. Edson details James George Fuller a con man who swindled luminaries including ex Gov James Curley of Massachusetts. Fuller used front company Kalunite to back Engineers Group Inc to obtain loans and contracts, then vanished after Curley uncovered bounced checks and stock transfers. The Senate Truman committee later traced the fraud through Fuller’s grandfathered record of crimes across several states.
A vivid critique of New York society. The author ridicules wealthy, unproductive elites who fund government and war by taxes yet contribute nothing themselves. He skewers night life, vanity, constant dating, and the resistant aging Don Juans who rely on fashion and gossip for status.
Muddy tensions and imperfect leadership spark worry as committees draft plans. The message urges honest minds and careful action, stressing trial and error, correction, and daily pursuit of mistakes. If leaders stay clear of terror, they may eventually find satisfactory, discreet solutions to institutional problems.
Today in History and Birthdays recount notable events and anniversaries. Figures include Samuel Morse and Ulysses Grant with birth and death details, plus 19th and 20th century milestones and a brief horoscope outlook for the day.
Baltimore April 26 State Bank Commissioner John W Downing announced a 10 percent payment by Farmers Banking and Trust Company of Rockville on its 1933 certificates of beneficial interest. The payment amount with interest totals 16220 and marks the sixth such payment bringing total repaid to 90 percent of face value.
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