News Post Freder 1944 December 1 Friday
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
4
The Freder 1944 edition lists subscription rates and publishing notes. It includes statements from The News about republication rights and corrections, plus postal details and Associated Press affiliation.
The author notes December's dreary reputation among poets yet highlights its link to Christmas and enduring cultural appeal. References to Whittier Poe and Shakespeare illustrate December's artistic use, while emphasizing the season's moral and emotional resonance despite bleak imagery.
A humorous feature reimagines The Hare and the Tortoise as a track meet with Real athletes like Glenn Cunningham. The piece compares animal speed records from deer to cheetah and notes human limits, including Jesse Owens and jumping feats, in a playful imagination of speed and sport.
The passage extols simple satisfactions such as watching children grow, the joy of doing one’s best, and the value of kind words. It emphasizes enduring daily payoffs in life, reflecting thoughtful, everyday guidance from N A Lufbu.
Washington. Dec. 1 The latest tabulation shows Roosevelt won 21,000,000+ votes outside the solid South while Dewey had 20,218,000. The national popular vote margin was small, about 1.2 million, yet Roosevelt carried an electoral majority of 432. The piece argues the minority vote outside the South deserves weight and discusses the powers and limits of the executive under the U S system versus parliamentary models, touching on the Littell Biddle dispute and democracy’s checks on authority.
Fifty years ago in Frederick County local items note Mayor John E. Fleming seeking reelection while Dr Haffner stays out of the Republican race and M A Woodward is mentioned as possible. Thanksgiving visits by Helen Baughman from Georgetown convent. county commissioners visit Charles Town to view Turcatora Creek bridge remains and consider a solid structure. Aldermen extend Carroll Street to connect with South Park Villa property. Holmes Literary Society meets at Frederick Female High School with Miss Pearl Eader presiding. The Weekly News enters its twelfth volume as the county’s largest circulating paper.
Twenty Years Ago Local Kems From The Columns Of The News, December 1, 1921 recounts social events and community happenings. A house party hosted by Mr and Mrs James H Grove on West Sedind Street coincides with interest in the Army Navy game in Baltimore. Frederick Lodge Loyal Order of Moose plans a state Armory circus, dance and bazaar beginning tonight and running through the week. Rev Dr Scott R Wagner’s illness brings Rev Charles D Shaffer to lead Zion Reformed Church service in Hagerstown.
A collage of historic dates and birthdays lists events such as gas street lighting in Baltimore in 1816 and Lincoln’s 1862 message to Congress, plus births like Anna Preston and Rex Stout. Notes deaths and anniversaries span 1872 to 1990, with figures tied to Philadelphia, Toronto, New York, and other places.
The analysis notes Allied pressure along the Roer Line near Aachen and the potential to breach the German defenses, with emphasis on the Cologne plain opening. It describes winter frost aiding ground movement, air and supply logistics, and cautions against expecting Normandy style rapid breakthroughs. It also mentions possible strategic impact on the Roermond bulge and a broader Hungarian Danube breach near Vienna.
A Babson Newspaper Syndi column warns that a powerful robot calculating brain cannot solve real human problems. It cannot teach living, choosing between right and wrong, or guiding daily life. True answers come from meditation worship prayer and seeking Bible truth.
The Southeastern Regional Council of Boards of the Church of the Brethren sponsors postwar conferences in Maryland and Virginia with a local session in the Church of the Brethren Monday at 2 50 p.m. Speakers include Dr Seward Hiltner Dr William R Barnhart Stanffer Curry S Earl Mitchell and Ralph E Shober The dinner speaker is Dr Hiltner at 6 p.m. A 7 0 o clock joint session with Dr Hiltner and Dr Barnhart follows The theme is The Place of the Church in the Post War World Open to the public.
Washington dec 1 health and hospital insurance funding would be financed by a separate tax rise, alongside extending social security. The Wagner Murray Dingell bill proposed federal health coverage, but faced doctor opposition and party debates. A 3 percent wage tax increase for health and hospitalization would accompany keeping old age insurance, yielding about six cents per dollar.
Dear Dorothy Dix offers guidance on balancing marriage, in law pressure, and work choices for a new mother. A reader’s husband asks why she worked abroad, and Dix urges honest discussion while defending a woman’s right to self care. The page also features flippant career romance advice and a playful horoscope note amid the column.
A reader asks about a man who claims seriousness yet avoids proposing. The columnist says the man isn’t fair unless the woman can read the handwriting on the wall and suggests she stop wasting time with a doubtful suitor, noting optimism in love and the risk of becoming an old maid.
A compact snippet teaches usage and pronunciation errors before presenting a reader note about Miss Mary Dean Zeiler of 316 Elm Street. The piece mentions her two week stay at Union Memorial Hospital and notes she is getting along nicely.
American First Army headquaters report one correspondent’s view of American troops. Kangaroo the Australian writer praises the US Army for courage and discipline while noting vanity and parade-ground shortcomings. He calls D-Day onward fighting exceptional and questions retreat behavior in future campaigns.
When moving into a new neighborhood you may need many tools. Do not borrow from neighbors before you know them. Build goodwill by introducing yourself and planning purchases or rentals instead.
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