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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1943
Page
3
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The piece warns that many under sixty may stay home nights as government tax collection tightens. It notes December 15 payments for half year estimates, December 15 for supplementary estimates, and a January 18 to February 15 Fourth War Loan drive. It urges early Christmas shopping amid high taxes and hints at a broader policy of staying home after holidays.
A commentary notes 211 people died in Connecticut in the first nine months of 1943 from falls in their homes. It argues many fatalities occur nationwide as people hurry on stairs and slip on rugs on polished floors. The piece urges greater caution in everyday home life.
Earl L Douglass compares a double trolley bus drawing current from an overhead wire to human life. He argues life functions while connected to a higher power, but stops when the spiritual line is broken. Liberty fades when contact with the Most High God is interrupted.
Washington observes a flip in Senate stance on federal control of soldier ballots in the 1944 election. The chamber now leaves election handling to the states, prompting potential special sessions by governors if legislatures do not meet. The move aligns with antipoll tax concerns and states rights views, signaling broader questions about consistency in Congress over subsidies and war bond advertising. The piece notes House dynamics, subsidy debates, and potential presidential veto implications.
Notable historical anniversaries include 1736 birthday of Thomas Godfrey a colonial Philadelphia poet and playwright who died August 3 1773. 1818 marks William W Loring a Confederate officer.
Excitement at Price and Ordeman's hardware as two mastiff dogs attacked a small pet dog belonging to Horatio Waters. United and Junior Fire Engine Companies held annual meetings with officers to be elected in January. Rat killing at the jail resulted in 19 large rodents removed. Frederick Whist Club to meet at the Misses Ritchie’s home. Editorial urges support for the Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad to revive the enterprise and boost town prosperity.
Twenty years ago this item notes the mayor and aldermen did not award the new reservoir contract due to a low bidder reporting an arithmetic error. It also reports the death of Ulysses Grant Scott at 217 East Patrick Street after three years illness, his earlier role as engineer on the Frederick-Washington B&O line, and mentions potential managers for the 1924 Frederick Hustlers along with a 150 attendance estimate at the Maryland State Funeral Directors Association meeting led by Harry E. Carty at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
A compiled list notes notable births and deaths from Wilmington to Georgia, with figures like Gen Washington and Lillian Russell, plus events from 1915 1918 and 1941. Today's birthdays include Maj Gen Walter Reed and Deanna Durbin, with a horoscope predicting strong passions and ambitions.
Nietzsche style ponderings on neighborly relations urging forgiveness and good will toward Sam Brown and others. The piece suggests that neither party is perfect and encourages maintaining friendly vibes to build a better community.
In Frederick County a Market Street scene highlights Christmas shop windows amid war headlines from Roosevelt to Chiang and Stalin conferences. Local notes span drafts, troop movements, a German baron oath, and memorials while postwar planning and public works loom. Mary Esther notes aviation plans, service men letters, fund motions, and holiday signals as December arrives.
A compact devotional note quotes Luke 10 7 and contrasts labor with life. It admonishes against idleness and keeps watch against darkness while urging steady effort, citing verse parallels and a brief quatrain by tran ces Osgood.
Peace rumors spur call for rapid formation of demobilization and postwar plans. Edson compares 1918 disarray to current efforts, noting Baruch shifts to postwar tasks, Congress slow to authorize, and inflation risks loom without orderly readjustment and production control. Highlights need for timing, inventories, and plant disposal management.
War analyst Kirke L. Simpson reports the Allied two-front plan may extend beyond pushing the Axis back in Italy. The Rome air bases could shorten bombing routes to France and support a potential Corsican shuttle operation, with Eisenhower and MacArthur kinships noted among officers and a web of distant Virginia family ties.
A Frederick resident delayed cleaning his winter hat until Monday but wore it to Sunday dinner. A waitress spilled coffee on the hat and the restaurant owner offered to send it out for cleaning, sparing the man a bill. Hood College campus notes mention MacArthurs Eisenhowers and more, but reveal only a casual link to the term Hoodlums.
A compact note on language usage and vocabulary growth. It revises common errors like singular subject agreement and pronunciation. It offers a daily aim to master one word, here highlighting versatile as turning with ease from one thing to another. It underscores the value of expanding vocabulary through practice and examples.
Mrs. Fred R. Landon has returned to her home in Wichita Falls Texas after spending the past month with her father W. E. Hendrickson who has been quite ill at his home near Monrovia.
A heartfelt plea to write cheerful Christmas letters to service members overseas. Encourages sharing home life, pets, workplace news, and small comforts while avoiding gloom. Urges mothers to convey warmth and avoid sobering details, ending with a reminder that the mail deadline is near.
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