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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
4
Fragmentary dispatch notes August 20 1942 include scattered references to editors and dates but no coherent event or names to summarize into a factual item. The text is too damaged to extract a specific report or outcome.
The Mediterranean crisis centers on Malta where Allied convoys risked a major push with Rommel’s forces. British and Allied planners aim to bait Axis forces into battle to thin the submarine threat while preparing for shifts in Africa and the Near East. Sir Hugh Loyd, now in London, sees Malta as a springboard for an invasion of Italy.
The Boeing Aircraft Corporation treasurer warned the Senate Finance Committee that the current tax bill would end his firm. He cited wartime success awards as context for the impact. The House bill aims to soak the rich to fund war, a move the Senate is expected to modify before a post election joint committee stages the measure.
A compact study notes proper usage and pronunciation tips. Explains common errors like each of the boys has a car, spelling quirks such as miscellaneous, and stresses discretion in speech with a Bacon quote on eloquence and judgment.
A fragment from a local page presents a religious reflection citing Proverbs 15 3 about the eyes of the Lord as ever watching. It also includes a brief, cryptic line about fate and foresight, followed by a street or place name Bomet.
Washington argues the draft system shows nonuniform, unfair, and inefficient local board practices. Reports cite denied hearings for essential workers, misclassification shifts, and policy over regulation on occupational deferments, risking morale and national production.
Fifty years ago local items note a Mollif Hahn party on East Patrick Street with a large turnout and late hours. The Frederick city Board of Health elected Dr E C McSherry as president and criticized garbage and dirt disposal. R J Ridgely of Pleasant Walk to teach Everhart school. Dorsey Riddlemoser suffers ankle pain and rheumatism after baseball. Aldermen meet. waterworks report limited hose spanks and hydrants out of repair with notices to curb waste.
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News notes a 47 degree fall night in Frederick tying August low records. The fundraiser for Officer John Adams’ family surpasses 2500 dollars as employee groups contribute. Congressman Arthur Mearne Free warns on immigration while noting U S Japan tension remains distant. The Catoctin Country Club tennis squad travels to Cumberland, winning five of six matches. local players named include Capt W N Salute and others.
Today in history highlights battles and events from 1784 to 194X plus notable birthdays. Notable figures include Francis Asbury Oliver Hazard Perry and Thaddeus Lowe with dates of birth and death, plus other historical milestones and a brief scope of today’s birthdays and a short horoscope.
The piece argues the Dieppe assault signals ongoing Allied pressure on Northern France as a possible second front. It notes prior raids along the Channel coast opposite England, Allied air strikes on Abbeville and Rouen, and predicts future operations to soften defenses before a major invasion. The article weighs Nazi expectations and Allied countermeasures across the coast from Boulogne to Brest and Cherbourg.
A brief editorial urging readers to abandon laziness and embrace productive effort. It notes a universal push to work and succeed, contrasting past laments of unemployment with present demand for effort, and closes with the signature N. A. Lufburrow urging perseverance.
Deeds show Charles S Gardner and wife deed property. Calvin L Harbaugh and wife county property valued at 10 dollars. Marriage licenses issued: Earl G Fry widower Lovettsville VA 40 plus. Lillian Frances Wilt 26 Luckett VA. John W Spangler 21 and Thelma D Beecher 16 Hanover PA. Joseph F Wilson 28 colored and Rosie Lee Kenney 21 colored Keyser WV. Paul M Shafer 30 divorced and Betty M Neuer 21 divorced Milton PA.
The item lists daily weather figures including 24 hours ending at a.m. today with no precipitation, August to date at 5.85 inches, and August 1941 actual 281 inches. It notes high and low temperatures, sun and moon timings, and river conditions as muddy at Monocacy and Potomac. It ends with a moral admonition about training the mind to avoid quarrels and opposition.
Washington, August 20. Roger W. Babson outlines a shift to substitutes for scarce materials such as rubber and metals. He cites plastics from soy, milk based fabrics, fibreboard replacing iron, and new uses for wood pulp and sorghum. He urges merchants and investors to explore these products, noting potential growth after the war and the need to educate the public.
Edson recalls the Guild of Former Pipe Organ Pumpers once aimed to preserve cast iron animal life in America. Walt Disney’s gift of two cast iron deer for scrap upset the guild motto though the White House ignored their loyalty letter. The piece also recounts a lucky battered typewriter used to promote surplus donations and reflects on wartime thrift and oddities amid campaigns.
The column notes that Tum shipments are declining, causing a sad reduction in the island's treasury receipts and affecting the local finances.
The Shenandoah region and other national parks report steep drops in visitors as gas rationing and fuel concerns hit travel. Concessionaires at gas stations, hotels, and camps struggle as tourism wanes and operations shut down. Meanwhile Puerto Rico presses for shipping priority to move rum revenue to support reform programs, arguing rum exports fund the island treasury.
The article discusses Pierre Van Passen’s claim that global trouble stems from decent people abdicating to evil designers and that Christianity has retreated into a private sphere or failed to support human welfare. It questions whether the Church bears responsibility for worldly mismanagement and notes the Soviet Union population as 170,000,000 with four fifths European and one fifth Asiatic.
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