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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1946
Page
2
An essay on the power of smiling argues that a cheerful smile invites positive attention, aids success in sales and personal aims, and signals confidence. It cites Browning and notes smiling helps overcome obstacles, improve impressions, and foster friendly relations.
Training for business stresses accuracy, judgment, ambition, and reliability. Accurate workers minimize errors, judgment helps size up situations, ambition drives improvement and promotion, and reliability ensures duties are fulfilled reliably. Employers favor dependability and consistent performance.
A fragment of devotional passages and lines from Psalms Ecclesiastes Corinthians and other poets. It includes quotes on God strength endurance and heavenly delight with references to Psalm 84 10 Ecclesiastes 4 6 and I Corinthians 9 23. The excerpt also mentions Asa and a prayer for divine help in battle and support for those who labor in faith.
A compact Q and A snippet covers U S Italy economic stakes, with prewar investments of 355 million and post 1943 goods totaling over 700 million. It lists OPA Decontrol Board members Rex L Thompson Daniel W Bell and George H Mead. It notes Alexander Hamilton founded the Coast Guard in 1790 and compares enemy war crime totals by theater, reporting 142,076 killings with 91,184 Filipino civilians.
Service discharges listed for Gerald Eugene Stewart Thaddeus Meade Felton Jr and John Edwin Forrest from the Brunswick area after check in at the draft board offices on Friday. Two additional counties honorably discharged and demobilized through Draft Board II include Robert Hood Oland and Martin Franklin Shorb Route 1 Thurmont. A building permit is issued to William W Helier for a one story annex at 411 North Bentz Street rear for two families, estimated cost 350.
Local notes recount an 1896 mishap on the Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad at Mercer's curve near town. A car sped 50 to 75 mph after departing the mountain, derailed, and toppled with many aboard. several were injured, none instantly killed. Additional account notes a Sunday ride day with crowds, a separate earlier run without injuries, and reports of emergency reaction in Frederick.
August 24 1926 column reports 133 candidates for Sept 14 primary with 73 Republicans and 6 Democrats. City approves condemnation of Schaefer T Hargett property Brewers Alley West Patrick Street and names commission to appraise. Magistrate Matter rules against four residents in civil suits tied to two year old assessment payments. Master Richard Zimmer Mann near Adamstown improves after tonsil and adenoid surgery at Frederick City Hospital.
A column surveys Frederick’s airport progress and rising flight hopes for eastbound and trans Atlantic routes. It notes traffic shifts, parking protests on Patrick Street, rising prices, and local civic items from OPA awards to school openings, weather impacts, and community events.
A Jefferson county group announced the formation of a Choral Society. Harold Reeves Yarrell of Frederick Maryland will train and direct the Jefferson county organization after the project was announced in Charles Town West Virginia on August 24.
Predictions of bumper wheat and corn crops draw attention to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. It operated at a net loss last year, with cotton losses nearly offsetting profits from wheat and flax. In 1947 about 900,600 farmers enrolled. overall, coverage remains limited as critics warn of future large losses in bad years.
A doctor outlines how infantile paralysis inspires fear more than danger, notes the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis funds patient care and research, and describes the critical early period, isolation fears for children, and gradual muscle recovery with rehab and vocational support. The article answers a reader question about a baby born with a spinal sac, stating that with proper nerve development the child may walk.
A reflective piece by N A Lufburrow on FUN, suggesting it varies per person. Some seek thrills in places or displays, while others find it in daily tasks that sustain interest. The author notes FUN arises from any engaged activity, not just spectacular experiences.
A compilation of notable historical anniversaries and birthdays. Includes figures such as Joseph E. Worcester Theodore Parker Henry Gannet Earl Derr Biggers Charles Follen McKim Edison Ira G Blake and more with events from 1784 to 1945 and birthdays in various years. Also features a brief horoscope advising contentment and steady study.
On August 16 the Victory Class of Rocky Hill Sunday School met at Mrs. Clyde Beard home with 12 members and 12 guests. Margaret Fogle presided as president. A program arranged by Margaret Hann featured Miriam Grim Margaret Long Pauline Smith Dorothy Grim Ruth Keeney and Isabel Keeney. After the program the class enjoyed games. Next meeting planned at Misses Margaret and Genevieve Fogle home on September 20. Committee includes Catherine Eyler Lulu Beard and Margaret Fogle.
Captain Evans, a three and a half year U S Marine Corps communications officer, has reopened his general law practice in the Brosius building Rockville. He served in Peleliu Palau and Okinawa Ryukus, was awarded the Silver Star and the Commander in Chief’s Ribbon for his actions with assault forces.
When friends visit and adults drink, ensure a child in the room is offered a suitable drink and treat. Do not tell the child the adults are doing something not for them. Provide a fruit juice or milk and a cookie to the child.
Emily Towe, a former New York Washington newspaperwoman turned Red Cross worker, travels postwar with wide wanderlust. After India China Japan and Hawaii, she returns briefly home, then resigns to freelance write, later heading toward Alaska and a South American freighter voyage, amid tales of rugged life and love prospects.
A compact note highlights the daily word practice theme for expanding vocabulary. It contrasts phrases like potential hero and potential market and suggests using a single word repeatedly to own it.
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