Ships and Planes Compete in War Production Boom
Wartime reports note shifting emphasis from airplanes to ships as crucial. American yards are projected to deliver 24,000,000 tons of merchant and warships over two years, with 16,000,000 tons more expected next year. Robart R. Peary highlighted for rapid keel-to-launch speed. American industry remains capable despite bottlenecks and red tape as production accelerates worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robart RE. Peary
United States
Christmas Gifts and Social Duty Reflections
A reflection on Christmas giving notes that some overextend financially yet gifts often express genuine care. It argues generosity should extend to the poor, balancing personal joy with helping those in need amid a world of conflict. State bonds purchases and charity subscriptions are reported alongside a note on a sugarless year-end policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Hoopar
John C. Legg, Jr
Baltimore Victory
Replezes
West
Strength And Peace From A Biblical Viewpoint
The article cites Walter Rauschenbusk on world peace rooted in Christian foundations and individual reform. It argues peace comes from spiritual renewal rather than mere economic fixes or military victory, stressing the gospel’s aim to transform individuals to save society and establish a kingdom of God. The piece notes war stems from discontent fed by leaders with grandiose visions, and true peace requires addressing these causes. The Frederick Lions Club reports Salvation Army kettle collections totaling 121 dollars, plus 75 dollars in their own kettle, marking a substantial rise from prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Beugson
Gatay
Walter Rauschenbusk
Jesus Curut
God
Babson Newspaper
Allo Salvation Army
Frederick
Ralph W. Boyer
Ieving M. Landauer
Lester Feaga
Dvuenvani AL Blunk
Byron A. Winebrenner
Fifty Years Ago Local Years From The Columns Of The News
From December 14 1802 a sketch of a mishap on Court street when Master Roland Steiner fell into an open cellar door in front of Smiths cigar store. Royal Arcanum officers for the year include Regent Col Smith vice regent W J Parsons orator W G Zimmerman secretary W Nash Young collector Marshall Fout chaplain Charles M Miller warden J M Haller sentry J A Walliamson representative to grand council C C Carty. The News notes a popular Frederick song about wanting to be a postmaster amid recall of a presidential election. Fr McElroy Council No 70 CELL elects officers for the year President W N J Wilson vice-president Joseph McDivit orator Floy Staub secretary Jas E Doli chaplain Rev Theo Mead collector Geo I Wilson treasurer Cod Diffendal marshal Chas B Salev guard Joseph C Houft trustees L A Hager P E Long and J M Diffendal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Steiner
Court Street
Smith
Royal Arcanum
Col. Smith
W. J Parsons
Wm. G. Zimmerman
W. Nash Young
Marshall Fout
Charles M. Miller
Abram
Joseph McDivit
Flov Staub
Jas E Doli
Theo Mead
Geo. I Wilson
Cod
Chas B. Salev
Joseph C Houft
L A. Hager
P E Long
J M Diffendal
County boards funds new high school for colored pupils
Twenty years ago the County Board of Education awarded Hahn and Betson a 22000 contract to build a new high school for colored pupils on Broadway and Madison. Little Tuscarora Creek water pumping continues as much of the creek remains frozen. The tenth grade Latin declaimed on Cicero and Catiline with the negative winning by 32 7 against the affirmative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board OF Education
Hahn and Betson
Broadway
Madison Streds
Little Tuscarora Creek
Indian Springs
Tuscarora Creek
Catline
Cicero
Roger Snoufter
Jack Cecil
George Reno
William Brish
Earl Fahrney
Wilbur LeGore
The
Clare
Rommel Withdraws to a Tripoli Showdown Standoff
The article analyzes Rommel’s strategic pullback from El Agheila toward Tripoli, implying a planned showdown with the British Eighth Army. It notes Allied air and sea supremacy developing, longer supply lines for the Axis, and hints at new Allied weapons and forward bases as decisive factors in the looming confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Rommel
el Agheila
Tripoli
Eighth Army
Sir Harold Alexander
el Aghella
Rommel
Tunisia
Britain
el Aghea
anAniAt Havand
Faran
Germany
Bizerte
Tunis
Sicily
Sardinia
Algiers
Bone
Medjez-El-Bab
Randolph Field
Texas
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Americans Interned Shift From Belgium to Germany Camp No 7
The Belgian news agency Inbelead reports 1% Americans interned after U S entry into the war moved to Germany’s Camp No 7 and Belgian internees aged 16 to 76 were relocated. The agency notes about 1000 Belgians were forced from coastal homes to interior areas. In unrelated local news, Dr Witham BE Trail and Milton Frank returned from a Garrete county hunting trip with deer killed near Grantveville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dee
Belgium
United States
Germany
Episcopal Chateau
Inbelead Today
Witham BE
Trail
Milton
Frank
Garrete
Grantveville
Heat on Somervell as Army supply chief battles civilian agencies
Washington dispatch details Lieut Gen. Brehon Somervell, head of the Services of Supply, facing a fight over control of procurement and materials. The piece portrays Somervell as a powerful yet restrained figure resisting WPB encroachment, seeking to keep Army contracts and scheduling in military hands amid wartime agency reorganizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson Washington
Miitary
Brehon Somervell
Army
War Production Board
Somervell
Agare
George C. Marshall
General Marshall
Services of Supply
Army General Staff
Marshall
General Somervell
Charles G. Hell
Maria Dawes
Congress
France
Arkansas
U. S
Gene Somervell
Department of Agriculture
SUI
WPB
CMP
United States
Hood College Christmas Vespers Held Twice On Sunday
Hood College staged a Christmas Vespers service twice on Sunday at 4 p m and again in the praise Hall. The program featured the Hood College choir under Paul Beckhelm, with Henry Stahl reading the Christmas story and organ selections by Otto Malling. Students from Frederick joined the choir, and four groups presented prophecies, annunciations, shepherds, wise men, and Nunc Dimittis with carols by Brahms Pergolesi and others. The service closed with Hallelujah Chorus and Hark the Herald Angels Sing, with a prelude organ recital by Henry Wade. The Little Christmas season ends Thursday with street carol singing, and Hood students return January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Henry I. Stahl
Paul B. Beckhelm
Bethlehem
Otto Malling
Henry T. Wade
Prof. Wade
Stahr
Chor
Garet Fertig
Edgewood Arsenal
Gertrude Flagg
Martinsburg
W. Va
Sarah Wrenshall
Bellevue Pa
Frances Culler
Baltimore
Mary Gertrude Grimm
York
Catherine Williams
Hood
Samuel Gaines
Handel
Frederick
Virgina Albrecht
Frances Ann Delaplaine
Marie Hahn
Beulah Munshower
Evelyn Stup
Louise Null
Esther Holter
Wade
Weekend Arrests By City Police Report
Five persons were arrested for drunkenness and two for disturbing the peace over the weekend by City Police. Perry Grove and Claude Gardner colored were charged as drunk within city limits by Officers Dietz and Phillips. Robert Tyler and Joseph Goins colored faced disturbing the peace, under Officer Howard Trerysr. Garfield Hoy colored, Lloyd Stine and Merkle Tamer of Hagerstown were charged with being drunk on the street. Lieut Frederick M Shaley and Officer Tyervar AN set for a hearing before Magistrate Allan Yo Bennett on Price Court tonight at 7 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Grove
Claude Gardner
Dietz
Phillips
Robert Tyler
Joseph Goins
Howard Trerysr
Garfield Hoy
Lloyd Stine
Merkle Tamer
Hagerstown
Frederick M Shaley
Tyervar AN
Magnstrate
Allan Yo Bennett
Price Court
Bible Thought Fo: the upright shall dwell in the land
A compact quotation blend pairs Proverbs counsel with a perplexing paraphrase. It contrasts upright living with the idea of remaining in a land and includes a misquoted Evictetus line urging belief in being good first. The fragment resembles a devotional or aphoristic clipping.
Destroyer Penylen Lost Off London Amid Unclear Report
The Admiralty announced the loss of the Hunt Class destroyer Penylen with no sinking details or casualty count. The vessel, recently commissioned, is not listed in Jane's guide, indicating its new status. Hunt class displaces 903 tons with four inch and smaller guns. Hand II Injured George Washington Hartsock of Taneytown suffered serious hand injuries at the Model Steam Bakery and was treated at Frederick City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Penylen
Penylan
George Washington Hartsock
Taneytown
Model Steam Bakery
Frederick City Hospital
Today in History and Birthdays Factbook Page
A compact history page lists notable birth anniversaries from 1790 through 1933, noting individuals like Pierre Samuel Du Pont, Joseph Lane, Noah Porter, and Alexander J. Stimson with birth and death years. It adds historical markers such as the Treaty of Ghent, Washington’s Mount Vernon death, Alabama statehood, and Amundsen’s South Pole achievement, plus today’s birthdays and a brief local incident at a Sandwich Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Samuel du Pont
de Nemours
Statenman
Joseph Lane
Oregon
Weaterone
Bungombe Co
Noah Porter
Yale
Farmington, Conn
Alexander J. Stimson
New York Express Pioneer
Field
Bowton
Curtis H. Lindley
San Francisco
Marysville
Cal
Daniel de Leon
New York
Venezuela
Hiliory
Yorktown
Greene
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Ghent
France
England
New Orleans
Alabama
American Academy of Poljical and Social Science
Andrew Carnegie
Peace Pond
Hoald Amundsen
Norway
South Pole
Britain
Robert F. Scot
WLI
Florida
James H. Doolittle
Alameda
Allen W. Gullion
Carrollton
Charles G. Long
Marine Corps
South Dartmouth
Mass
Weymouth
Deane Keller
New Haven
Jane Cowl
Boston
George S. Gibbs
Postal-Telegraph O
Harlan
Iowa
Dictators And Kings By The World’s Cruel Puppeteers
A poem by N. A. Lufburrow contrasts dictators with historical kings. It argues that modern tyrants wield worse power, float on dangerous ideologies, and ruin generations, while kings, though flawed, were once central figures with pomp and varied deeds.
Daily English Lesson Word Notes
A compact guide on common usage errors and pronunciation. It covers preferred substitutes like kind for description, explains tricky pronunciations such as atrocity, and clarifies spellings for humorous and humerus. The piece also introduces synonyms, promotes daily vocabulary growth, and presents mutable as today’s focal word with Emerson’s quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Quiz Q and A Recap from a Historic Newspaper Fragment
A collage of trivia questions and answers covering speed law enforcement ideas, Toulon’s famous siege and Napoleon, women in service branches, the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal, Australian mountains, and a hospital transfer in Frederick, listing several names and places from a bygone issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Black Sox
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Lees
FL and W
F. and W
Teachers Protective Union
Hotel Frederick
Marceline Kefauver
Mr. Spack
F. and W. Club
Edith Gardiner
Isabel Boone
Edith Radcliffe
Sant Carola
the News
Celumne of the News
Edson
Washington
Heat
Bible Thought
Josef Shevinne
Russia
Axe King George VI
OFEN
Patrick Street
Buffalo
N. A. Lufburrow
Toulon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Republic
Coast Guard
Armed Services
Eddie Cicolle
Claude Williams
Chic Gandil
Swede Risberg
Fred McMullen
Buck Weaver
Joe Jackson
Harry Felgc
Austratie
Mt. Kosciusko
New South Wales
Australia
Joseph B. Price
North Market Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Naples
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