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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1937
Page
4
The Daily News Frederick publishes local notices and news from The News Post Building Court Street The paper is a member of the Associated Press The publication reserves the right to correct errors and requires writers to provide real names with submissions
The article weighs whether youth should attend college, noting that money alone should not drive the choice. It argues study interest, aptitude, and risk of negative peer influence matter. It commends ambition, scholarships, and self education as alternatives, emphasizing individual paths and early work advantages.
Sneeze sufferers endure hay fever as plants’ pollen irritates sensitive membranes. Inoculation may cure, yet avoidance helps. cities should clear weeds to reduce cases. The piece notes hay fever’s coming season and a distant Sino problem in Japan.
The excerpt blends quotes from diverse figures, including Robert Taylor in Kansas City praising fans, L A Bibbs on Idaho rock expertise predicting a gold rush, and Chiang Kai-shek asserting China’s resolve to defend its territory. It also notes Moe China’s stance, and a remark by Thomas W. Lament on war as a losing game.
A stack of coins or poker chips hints at microscopic crystals that can become living. The tobacco mosaic virus acts like bacteria in causing tobacco plant disease. Inanimate matter, when arranged in the right shape near living matter, becomes alive and can reproduce.
A Cambridge crystallography team using M rays describes a hexagonal, coin-like stacking protein crystal that may connect living and nonliving matter. The discovery by J D Bernal and I Frankuchen suggests these flat flakes assemble into long, thin structures, potentially a missing link in life’s origin.
A review highlights Lynn Thompson's lively portrayal of the Twenties through Bianca Selwyn and cousins Charmian and Peter Cable. The piece notes witty, ironical writing, swift movement between England and France, and a memorable illusion of postwar extravagance, with a bittersweet but idealistic ending.
Local items from The Ne Aug 25 18st note a housewarming for Rev. SL Whitmore newly assigned to Manor Reformed, donations presented by Rider and Fenton Thomas, a new bell gifted to Adams town Episcopal Church by Mrs. ALT. Snoutfer’s return to church with praise, Miss Clara Steiner long-time teacher on East Church Street becomes principal as the Female Public School on East Church Street. details reflect a historical column.
Recife and county workers protest forced labor under the compulsory work law with arrests by Deputy Verner Redmond. Nine Black workers admitted to doing no work then were put to work in the Hockeystown canning factory. A new schoolhouse at Tams Creek Ridge will cost about $2000 and starts next week under Superintendent G Lloyd Palmer. A road from Middletown Reformed Church in Motterns Lane near Jellary begins four miles away with county subscriptions. Braddock Heights Sunday service drew about 2000, and local music by the Flingerstown band closed the report.
The eighth Creager reunion gathered at Mt. Tabor Park Rocky Ridge with noon dinner, a business session, and committee reports. Officers retained for three years, next reunion set for the fourth Sunday in August at the same park. Prizes awarded for oldest and youngest attendees, longest distance travel, and largest family, with a large list of attendees from Walkersville Frederick Woodsboro and beyond.
The Montgomery county merit system law will be challenged in court by the Board of County Commissioners. By a 3 to 2 vote, the board directed its attorney to file for an injunction to restrain State Employment Commissioner from invoking the act that places all non elective county employees under civil service. The move followed factional board support and a stormy budget session over road funds.
Dr. Morris Fishbein concludes that foods trigger allergic reactions in some individuals. He notes onions, milk, raw apples, and cooked cabbage as common troublemakers among 400 patients with belching and distress after eating. Other foods cause little trouble, including gelatin and certain grains. Some sensitivity responds to diet changes, with cooked forms often safer than raw.
A playful verse argues for the fan as a crucial invention in hot weather. It contrasts summer heat with comfort when asleep, noting perspiration and heat as discomforts that fans alleviate. The piece presents a humorous defense of fans as essential amid heat and fatigue.
The Westminster Theological Seminary hosts its annual Summer session from August 24 to September 3. The event includes credit work in the first week and the Summer Conference for Ministers of the Methodist Protestant church attracting many noncredit attendees. Courses are taught by seminary faculty led by President C. E. Forlines and Dr. M. J. Shroyer with guest instructors Dr. Alexander MacKaye and Dr. Daniel J. Fleming.
In a Greenwich Village episode, Clifford Odets and his wife Louise Rainer reportedly renewed their romance at a local movie house where their relationship began. Odets once lived in the area and danced in the balcony during an Escapade screening with Rainer’s earlier film.
A speaker denounced road spending in rural areas while accusing the State Roads Commission of ignoring eastern Montgomery County for two years. He warned Judge Harold C. Smith and vowed to expose the situation, asserting he will not seek approval for district road work.
The excerpt teaches correct usage of misused phrases and pronunciation notes. It defines derivatives and synonyms such as letter carrier and postman. It presents today’s word Derogate meaning to take away or detract with a quotation from Hooker as an example.
A manners Q and A suggests lighting candles on a tea table is improper dressing, a centerpiece should not exceed 10 to 12 inches in height, and using pottery with crystal on one table is poor form. It notes crystal should not be used under coarse linen and says most people place too many flowers. For gifting garden blooms to a host, sending them early or arranging them in your own container are discussed, with the cd option favored as acceptable.
A historic list recounts anniversaries from 1825 to 1935, naming Jane Lathrop Stanford Francis Bret Harte and others with birth and death data. It also notes a 1924 gold and silver recovery from the Laurentic and 1927 Redfern’s Brunswick flight. Birth anniversaries include Waldo rank Dungar Rowland Judge Grafton Green and John McCrae, with horoscopic guidance for the day.
A brief reflective note contrasts Keats asking for an inscription "Here lies one whose name was writ in water" with Dickens remark about the love of children and a Bible verse from Mark 10 14. The text blends literary and biblical references.
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