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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1938
Page
2
A notice in The Daily News invites corrections to reflections on character and reputation that may appear in its columns. It states editor contact for amendments and notes Frederick, Maryland post office class matter status.
Frederick County residents follow the national discussion sparked by Vincent Lopez proposing a new tune for The Star Spangled Banner. Congressman Emanuel Celler defends the current melody while patriotic groups favor preserving Key’s original hymn and its emotional power.
A father asks two commission salesmen to race their cars around a track to decide which car he will buy for his son. To avoid a fast car, they slow, then halt and discuss a fair solution, aiming to prevent a tie. The riddle asks what solution they devised.
English practice column covers usage errors and pronunciation tips. Highlights misused forms like if we had gone, Hungarian pronunciation, and common misspellings such as plateau. Includes a vocabulary focus on consonant and consonance with example usage.
A reader replies to Senator Tydings claiming the CIO or any organization contributed to David J. Lewis's Senate bid. The writer denies any corporate financing and challenges Tydings to discuss real campaign issues without false charges, asserting independence from organizations or individuals.
The fourth annual Smith reunion met Sunday at Sigler's Grove with Harmon Smith elected president and committees named. A basket luncheon followed an enjoyable afternoon as numerous Smith families attended and the date for the 1939 gathering was set for the third Sunday in August.
A compact reflection citing Romans 11 33 on the depth of gods wisdom and knowledge. It adds a note from John Newton expressing religion as armor but a poor cloak for the world.
J Kunkel prominent Frederick citizen dies at home from cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by widow two sons and two daughters. Frederick convention votes aid Louis E McComas renomination as Republican. Thief attempted to open Woodsboro Smith and Catshall office safe, stole $8 and a vest watch.
Six assault cases are slated before Justice Brust in Police Court as wartime tensions rise. The government plans to convert the Cream factory at Locust Wales into a stave plant producing 20 000 staves daily. A landmark real estate sale in Frederick County nets 90 525 09 with Baker farms Walkersville district selling for 60 293 95 and Central Trust stock at 100 a share. Dr Alfred MacGill Belt dies in Roland Park after a stroke, long a Baltimore resident and Progressive party supporter.
The Artz Library adds titles including A Southerner Discovers The South by Jonathan Daniels detailing a Maryland to Williamsburg tour. Also released are The Best Short Stories of 1938, The Coming Victory of Democracy lecture notes, Time Tell of Time, Images in a Mirror by Sigrid Undset, My Son My Son by Howard Spring, Grassroot Jungles by Edwin Way Teale, and a new edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio for children.
A parable on a French artist Ingres who insisted he was a superior violinist rather than a gifted painter. He pursued the lure of a secondary passion hoping to top his true vocation, illustrating how the restless heart eschews actual beauty for fancy.
Mrs Olive Roberts Barton reviews popular children's books in this issue. The Lord of Green Ginger by Noel Langley receives high praise for humor and fairy tale charm featuring Abu Ali and the Djinn, aimed at ages six and up. Eleanor Daggett Karsten’s Saturday Magic offers weekly magical adventures on a shared island, with Karen and Thomas enjoying varied fantastical experiences. Eva Knox Evans’s Key Corner Mec portrays Black southern children in gentle school and community scenes with Miss Shakelford as a novel teacher.
Oil and gasoline distributors push certification for sanitary comfort stations as essential for travelers. Guidelines include twice daily washing, washable floors, no eating, horizontal fountains, individual towels, impervious toilets, regular cleaning of exposed plumbing, covered toilet paper, and frequent inspections to ensure responsibility and cleanliness.
Scout Mothers of Troop 29 sponsor a Friday bingo at 7 pm at the scout camp on West Patrick street extended to raise money for a new cabin. Mrs. Arthur Null chairs. The cabin will be one large room, rough lumber likely, on the ramp grounds. Proceeds from a July lawn fete at Parkway school funded tents and bingo prizes. If bad weather, event moves to the Amory.
The Pittenger descendants held their second reunion at Zile's Park in Taylorsville on a Sunday. The program featured singing, scripture, recitations, duets, and selections by James Wisner and Louise Yingling. Officers elected included President Willie Filier and secretary Catherine Crushong, with Mildred Pittenger as treasurer. collection totaled $3.69.
A gathering planned for next year on the third Sunday of August concluded with prayers repeating the Lord’s Prayer. Attendees included numerous Pittengers and Filler family members from Woodsboro Union Bridge Westminster and nearby towns, with many listed by name.
The sixth annual Zimmerman reunion will be held Sunday August 28 at Braddock Heights. The program begins at 1:30 o clock. Basket lunches will be brought. Mary M Zimmerman of East Patrick Street is president and Mrs Walter Myers is secretary. The article notes Scotland manufactures include textiles liquors iron steel woolens linens and cottons.
Grows big tomatoes reported in Frederick. Clem on Eyler of 242 East Seventh Street sent two fruit to The News office today. One tomato weighed one and a half pounds and the other one pound fifteen ounces.
Quotes from Pope Pius XI and state official Arthur S. Anders urge life through action. Mayor William Morrison lauds the American flag as a symbol of national duty, contrasting with fears of fate seen in Ethiopia, China and Austria.
Social etiquette quiz asks if unattached men should escort unescorted women, whether a man should dance after entertaining him, tea dance hours, standing when partner changes, and how to handle a partner not following steps. Suggested scenarios include introducing another to lessen awkwardness or calling a friend to join.
A historical date rundown notes anniversaries of William Wilberforce John Newton Cornelius Logan Edward Tuck Charles Follen McKim Laura Drake Gill and others. It lists births deaths and notable events from 1572 to 1934 with a brief horoscope predicting a restless yet promising temperament.
About eighty members of the Ladies and Men's Bible classes of the Evangelical Reformed church attended an outing on Hood College campus on Tuesday evening. After a picnic supper they played games and then in the new outdoor theater, directed by Mrs Maud Waters Dittmar, group singing followed remarks by Hood College President Henry L Stahr who noted the gathering as the first to use the theater. Arrangements were made by Mrs Jacob H Schmidt, president of the Ladies' class.
George Tucker writes from Above the Clouds Aug 24 about New Orleans quirks seen from Lockheed flight. He notes spasm bands, voodoo drugstores, beads of lore, and local sights while listing people, places and pasts from Loyola to Tulane, Jackson to Memphis, and a return to New York in six hours.
A textile note describes imitation pigskin produced from domestic and imported sheep, deer, or goat skins. Holes for bristles are created by a machine, signaling a manufactured blend of leathers for gloves.
Mrs Jesse Anders and Mrs Leonard Nomagle lead a classroom, with Miss Amy Zeig ler as teacher. Pierre T Schroeder Sr presides over the men's class, Capt Lester Smith chairs the men's class committee, and J Welty Fahrney teaches the men.
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