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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
4
The Frederick Maryland News prints a wartime edition with the standard masthead and publishing notes. The issue includes rate information and policies on corrections and writer attribution in 1942. The newspaper reiterates AP news use and local dispatch credits.
The narrative portrays Allied air raids on Tokyo and major Japanese cities as a turning point. It warns Nippon of disarray and confirms MacArthur’s growing plan to intensify attacks while Japan faces dwindling anti air defenses. It notes French resistance to Laval, British raids across Occupied Europe, and US dominance in the Pacific theater.
A short devotional recounts a muggy drive with zero visibility when a train clouded the sight but the road remained straight. The author urges faith and prayer to trust the straight path ahead amid life’s confusion and anxiety.
A reflective verse on Luke 9 25 urging self knowledge and warning against worldly gain at the expense of the soul. The line echoes themes of sowing and reaping with moral consequence for readers.
A 1937 controversy over excluding periodicals from the mails echoes Brandeis and Holmes. The piece argues the postmaster general lacks power to indefinitely deny circulation, urging court resolution under the Espionage Act and warning of threats to civil liberties. The article cites Justice Brandeis’s dissent on press freedom and calls for lawful process rather than broad postal authority.
Fifty years ago readers of The News saw a shocking find a car prospect on Liberty Town. A carpenter Mr William T Crum discovered an infant skeleton wedged between garret floor and ceiling during tearing down the M P parsonage. The source of the bones remains a mystery. A wedding at Evangelical Lutheran drew attention Daisy A Birely wed Robert A Kemp Rev Luther Kuhlman conducted, with Philhar monic orchestra. Walkersville men Stauffer Nicodemus and Nelson spoke to the County School Board urging a high school, request granted. A second wedding at Reformed parsonage Mary E Brust wed Philip Seeger Rev Eschbach officiated, they will live on East Patrick Street. Prof Cyrus W Poole and Dr John Zimmerman to debate in Walkersville on Farm er vs Lawyer and Women Or Money.
William L. Gross of Brunswick named to the County Board of Education succeeding Dr Ralph Browing of Myersville. Dr William Crawford Johnson president named to succeed himself by the Governor. A tip led Sheriff Jones to remove a colored man to the penitentiary for life for his aunt's murder. Ten year old Guy Kline Jr of Hagerstown, son of Mr and Mrs W Guy Kline, to sing at Evangelical Reformed church service. Frederick High School baseball crushed Thurmont High 26 to 9 in seven innings. Myel Burge five hits, Jack Smith four, Jolliffe twice in fifth. Baltzel and Murray pitched for the Cadets.
Alexander Werth recounts frontline experiences around Moscow and front lines, with insights from Russian leaders like General Krassilnikov. The book argues Soviet training, industry, and resolve will endure against Germany, while Japan and Italy are seen as less decisive if Germany falls.
War Department announced that Captain Frank C Tharin of Marine Fighting Squadron 210 is among Americans held by Japan. Tharin, a Washington resident, was credited with sinking a Japanese cruiser last December and had ties to the U S Naval Academy. The released list omits Major James P Devereaux, who led a Marine detachment on Wake Island.
The piece analyzes Hitler’s rambling parliament address as evidence of German fear and disaffection. It notes admission of near catastrophe in Russia, hints at purges, and suggests a possible Allied western push, with Britain and later the United States intensifying air raids. It cites Northern Norway as a key target and the rail link to Murmansk as a vital objective.
Questions explore paying a minister for funeral preaching, depending on the family’s finances, who pays to the clergyman, whether to send thanks cards, and when to write condolence letters. The suggested actions include sending flowers and a condolence note for distant friends, and answering promptly after hearing of a death.
In vivid lines the speaker scans war as a brutal force that ruins achievements and grievously harms people. It commands global attention, demands action, and forces society to diagnose and fight the wrong, whether or not it starts with us.
In a satirical column from April 28, Peter Edson mocks the elusive White House Spokesman by imagining a chorus of figures around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue including a Sweet Young Thing, a Business Man, and The Professor of Economics. He ribbings the era's wartime propaganda, calls for a Round Table of the Air, and lampoons official messaging while noting contemporary items like scrap rubber, soy oil production, defense loans, Civil Air Patrol enrollment, airplane window shades, and railroad crew shortages.
A historical list recalling anniversaries of James Monroe Silas Packard John C Ropes Palmer Cox Frank Hatton Bertram Goodhue Theodore D Robinson and Theodore Roosevelt kinship notes. It also marks key dates such as Maryland's ratification of the Constitution and Pillsbury's blindfold chess feat. Birth entries include Dr Claie Turner Lionel Barrymore and Franklin D'Oher.
Dr. Oliver H. P. Pepper, a Philadelphia surgeon professor born in Philadelphia, aged 58. John D. Craig, a Chicago movie producer born in Cincinnati, aged 39. Harold Bauer, an English pianist aged 69. Today's horoscope warns of easygoing traits with stubbornness and luck from influential friends, plus risks of indulgence and trouble from the opposite sex.
Deed transfers property Monday to Harry Warren Summers from George Henry Thomas as executor, with a consideration of 10023 dollars. Located in the Petersville District near Catoctin Mountain, part of Merryland Tract aka Dutrow's Mountain Land.
New York April 28 critic George Tucker bemoans actors choosing plays, cites Paul Muni in Yesterday's Magic as a disappointment, recalls Dinner at Eight and Conway Tearle’s real life comeback, noting Margaret Sullavan's early role and Broadway reception.
The piece notes Tearle nearly becoming a real star before his death, and highlights a casting coincidence: Conway Tearle’s half brother Godfrey Tearle played the has-been actor in London where Yesterday's Magic debuted, while John Barrymore was cast in the same role for the film Dinner at Eight. It recalls two famous actresses, Jean Harlow and Marie Dresler, who starred with Barrymore.
Alvey C. Little of Boonsboro elected Great Sachem of the Great Council of Maryland Red Men at Snow Hill. Other officers included John M. Lilly North East as Great Prophet Albert Holler Westernport as Great Senior Sagamore Charles H. Thorney Baltimore as Great Chief of Records Thomas E. Bohannon Baltimore as Great Keeper of Wampum D Howard Holston Berlin as Great Junior Sagamore Walter McClester Baltimore chosen Great Representative to the Great Council of the United States Baltimore named 1943 convention city. Maryland Pocahontas elected Pauline Mullinix Baltimore Great Pocahontas Mary Lilly North East Great Prophetess Gertrude Mumford Salisbury Great Wenonah Lottie Stone Baltimore Great Keeper of Wampum Bertha K. Brittingham Baltimore Great Keeper of Records and Margaret Swaner Baltimore Great Minnehaha.
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