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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News invites readers to report any errors or misstatements in its columns. Editors will gladly correct reputational or factual issues once brought to attention.
The 1938 piece argues Premier Daladier’s move to a 40 hour week reflects France facing economic and possibly military crisis. It contrasts French and American leisure versus prosperity, noting France’s reliance on exports and the need to balance living standards, productivity, and distribution.
A man given seven keys must try to fit them into seven locks, each key fits two doors but he is told neither which key belongs to which lock. He leaves each key in its chosen lock after testing. Determine the maximum number of wrong lock trials possible before finding the correct arrangement, as posed by a puzzle on the last page.
The column teaches common word errors and pronunciation. It covers misused phrases like would go and intended to go, notes Gondola pronunciation, lists mispellings, and encourages vocabulary growth with a daily word. It emphasizes factual writing and clear language by newspaper men.
Local cook Mrs. George T. Schroeder Jr shares recipes for Cinnamon Cake and Peach Upside Down Cake. Cinnamon Cake uses cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter with a milk and flour batter baked in a sheet pan, served warm. Peach Upside Down Cake layers peaches with a sugar butter base, then a sponge batter of eggs sugar and flour, baked until firm. Both recipes attributed to Mrs. Schroeder of 12 West Third Street.
Rebekah Assembly of Maryland officers attended a Friday eve event hosted by Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 with state officers Miss Ida Mae Stickel and others present. The program featured piano duo, vocal duets, a Spanish dance, a singing contest won by Mrs Bailey, and remarks by visiting officers.
Quotes from leaders on progress and faith contrast with a Philadelphia mayoral note. The mayor swore in 331 new firemen, signaling a local expansion of the fire department while broader remarks by GM president Knudsen and a British clergyman reflect on fear, curiosity, and religious indecision.
A digest from the 1888 and 1918 local columns notes the Times Publishing Company forming to publish the Daily Times, society visits, a fall injuring Judge Cunningham, Victory Flour to be marketed under Food Administration, Maryland’s first drunken driving arrest, a fatal accident near Efferton, and the Sixteenth Annual Picnic tournament at Wildwood Park Mt. Airy with John H. Klohr receiving a prize.
The region nears mid season as canning factories run hard and employ over four thousand workers with about sixty five thousand dollars paid in wages. Visitors may observe the canning process, while local news covers education funding, court interpretations, and upcoming civic events including political speeches and public gatherings.
A compact argument asserts consumers hold power over all business via buying choices. It contrasts free private enterprise with government control, claiming the consumer class drives product, advertising, and market success. The ideals center on individual shoppers directing markets and upholding economic freedom.
Howard County voters face a compact September primary with eighteen Republicans filing but no contenders for House of Delegates State's Attorney or Orphans Court. Democrats field twenty eight with contests for Sheriff State Central Committee and Fifth Circuit judge. Notable races include Clerk of Circuit Court Register of Wills and State's Attorney unopposed. C Ferdinand Sybert listed for prosecutor.
Shepherdstown plans to erect street markers after a Chamber of Commerce effort. Markers on iron poles with plates arrive and are now being installed to guide visitors and locate routes in the town, historically the oldest in the area.
A candlelight wedding at the Routzahn home in Middletown united Frances Lucille Shafer and Oscar L Shafer Jr in a private 8 pm ceremony conducted by Rev. John S Bowlus. Attendants Ruta Culler and Harold Routzahn. The bride, a 1938 Middletown High School graduate, wore white mousseline de soie with lace trim. After a brief reception, the couple left for a South trip and will reside near Broad Run.
A short etiquette quiz on bridge conduct asks if toy ing with cards is polite, whether a hostess should group good players separately, if criticism by a wife is fair, and if bidding out of turn or bad luck warrants complaint. The suggested remedy is to keep criticism out and focus on enjoyment, with an alternative game proposed.
Today in history lists 1770 Hegel born and 1783 Montgolfier balloon flight. Notable births include Law, Hamlin, English, Moses, Breasted, and Hannibal Hamlin. Key events: Battle of Long Island 1776, Drake oil discovery 1859, 1906 spelling reform order, 1928 Briand Kellogg Pact, 1937 stock market dip. Horoscope notes diligence and perseverance through troubles.
Bruce Catton discusses Henry Lanier's Secret Life of a Secret Agent, a revealing espionage study. The book chronicles a long career of tying, stealing, bribing, and killing to obtain military information for a major government. The subject's life is portrayed as harsh and morally bleak.
George Tucker highlights how New Orleans street criers differ from other cities with cries about blackberries and coal, the blackberry woman immortalized in bronze, and a culture around markets and Creole cooking. The piece ends noting cries risk fading as natural gas replaces coal. A second AP brief reports a couple in Nahan India threatening death over marriage objections.
A former operative known only by number 7 joined the Q2 secrecy system after tests. He learned four languages, memorized global geography, and facial recognition by the nose, living by silence for a quarter century in dangerous work before a major World War II espionage assignment.
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