Barriers Down and the Liberalization of World News
Kent Cooper reviews Barriers Down, noting the AP and United Press helped end agency control by Reuters Havas and others. He says postwar world news coverage grows under war censorship, fulfills American demand for global information, and upholds constitutional free press as a world charter of truth.
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Storr
Ena
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Reuter
Mounthpiece
Havas
United Press
United States
United Nations
Newspapers rally behind AP in defense suit
About 1 000 small daily papers unite to support the Associated Press against a government bid to dissolve it. Col Roane Waring of the American Legion condemns the suit as an attack on private enterprise and press freedom, warning against pressures that would curb information access and invite propaganda.
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Associated Press
Roane Waring
American Legion
New York
Letters To The Editor Taxpayer Has Suggestions For Improving Fire Alarm System
A reader urges improvements to city fire protection noting valued equipment and major hazards. He cites Montevue Home and Winchester Hall as potential total losses and points to unoccupied properties as constant risks. The letter argues for a reliable warning siren system and mentions air raid alerts used during wartime.
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Frederick
Boston
Montevue
Winchester Hall
Sire de
Debate on Incomes Ceiling Proposals in Washington
A Washington debate centers on New Deal efforts to cap individual incomes at $25 000 and consider a $3 000 limit. Critics call the idea totalitarian and Communist in aim while arguing the plan would affect only a small share of earners and could raise Treasury revenue.
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Harry Burn
Virginia
City Hall area fire alert proposal with light signals
A taxpayer suggests dividing the city into four zones east of Market and Patrick to trigger sirens from the city engines and use the Big Boy whistle to indicate area and severity. White beams would show small fires while red beams signal greater danger at night.
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Market
Patrick
Auilitien
Letter in Defense of School Dancing and War Preparedness
Lester C. Zimmerman argues that dancing in Elm Street School is a privilege and that youths should choose their path. He cites a High School stamp and bond sale netting 4 028 20 to fund aviation and military training to combat the Axis, urging better trained men and women.
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Elm Street
Axis
Hitler
Hiller
Lester C. Zimmerman
RF. D
Allied service centers expand across 1250 sites
The British YMCA conducts more than 1250 service centers serving soldiers of Allied nations, organizing welfare and morale programs to support troops.
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YMCA
Kickapoo Indians and Contortionists at Junior Hall
Fifty years ago December 16 1892 reports show the Kickapoo Indians and contortionists drawing a large audience at Junior Hall. John Norris of Linga Nore presented the Orphans Court judges and Register of Wills staff with a barrel of apples amid election news and local civic notes. An Antietam Camp officers election elected Captain John W Mehrling first lieutenant John Holdcraft second lieutenant Calvin Engle camp council Roscoe C White and John Holdcraft Charles A Mehrling. Citizens push for an aldermanic ordinance to remove posters from poles and James Rigdon appointed watchman at Montevus Hospital replacing Henry Knipple.
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John Norris
Linganore
Orphans Court
Register of Wills Office
Antietam
John W. Mehrling
Jonn Holdcraft
Calvin L. Engle
Roscoe C. White
John Holdcraft
Charles A. Mehrling
Board of Aldermen
Saratic
Local Hems From The News December 16 1922
At a dairymen meeting in the court room the County Commissioners were asked to grant 1500 toward Dr Lawrence Avery of the State Board of Animal Husbandry to lead tuberculosis eradication in Frederick and Carroll counties. An audience of 1530 Odd Fellows heard multiple degrees before 150 candidates in the State Army. Mr and Mrs Austin Young sold their East Second Street home to Mr and Mrs Charles Byesly with possession to be given later. C B Flautt announces he will quit clothing and devote full time to real estate loans and insurance after 21 years with Lowenstein and Wertheimer.
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Lawrence Avery
State Board of Animal Husbandry
Frederick
Carroll
Odd Fellows
Austin Young
East Second
War rumors on Finnish peace hopes and Nazi occupation fears
The piece weighs revived rumors of a separate Finnish peace amid war-weary Finns dependent on Germany for food. It notes Nazi occupation risk, 250000 troops, and the impact on Hitler, UN victory signs, and Finland’s likely fate at any peace talks.
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Ister Fy Vetsinki
Arthur Schoenfeld
London
Finland
Germany
SecGen
Hitler
Leningrad Front
Norway
United Nations
Liiing
Murmansk
Today In History and Anniversaries Recap
A collage of historical anniversaries and births lists figures such as George Whitefield Henry Heth Charles Manville Joseph Fets John Fox Ralph Adams Cram Elizabeth Hawes Margaret Mead Lindsay Warren Malcolm Bingay Francis Rolt Wheeler and Edward Higher. It notes events from the Boston Tea Party to WW II era milestones and includes a horoscope style temperament forecast.
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George Whitefield
America
Henry Heth
Chesterfield Co. Va
Sage
Charles B. Manville
Asbestos
The
Johns Co
Watertown
Halifax Co
John Fox, Jr
Stony Point
Ralph Adams Cram
Boston
Hampton Falls
N. H
New York City
Variety Magazine
Noble
Iowa
Everett
Clinchy
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Newel Coward
Edson's Washington Chit Chat on War Plans and Poll Tax
Peter Edson surveys wartime policy chatter from Washington. Topics include Nelson as a war production figure, Pepper’s poll tax repeal impact on labor voting, women doctors’ role in the US, Vichy radio in North Africa, a National Farmers Union budget contest flop, and rising living costs with rationing limits and labor price controls.
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Claude Pepper
Tallahassee
Fila
Pepper
Congress
Organized Labor
Keep Away From Persons Who Have December Colds
Public health advisory from the State Department of Health urges avoidance of colds during December. Dr. R H Riley notes colds spread in crowds and through hands, recommends physical fitness, warm clothing, rest, diet, and hygiene to prevent illness, plus staying home when sick and using tissues.
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State Dept. of Health
R. H. Riley
State Department of Health
Maryland
Riley
New Implications On Wartime Prices And Wages
A reader letter describes freezing salaries and steady prices as a game with everyone playing a part while watching the umpire daily. Oil rationing and ongoing wartime conditions make the freeze feel more immediate and real, highlighting how scarcity shapes daily life.
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Luf
X. A. Fufburrow
Captious Defined in Lesson on Word Use
A daily word study note defines captious as apt to catch at faults and cites Chesterfield. It also includes a Santa letter from Frances Fawley for her five year old sister Mary Catherine Fawley of Burkittsville received by The News-Fest offices.
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Chesterfield
Santa
Santa Claus
Frances Fawley
Mary Catherine Fawley
Burkittsville
News-Fest
Strength For Today By Earl L Douglass
The essay draws a parallel between truck extra wheels and human resilience. It explains second wind as a built in aid for exhaustion and argues belief in a benevolent God provides inner capacities to rise above heavy burdens and move forward when near collapse. The piece cites practical analogy and faith in divine support.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Nature
Babson Nepte
Bible Verse Emphasizes Choice of Good Over Evil
A line from Amos 5 14 urges seeking good and avoiding evil to gain life. the verse links righteous living with the Lord’s presence as declared by the God of hosts. The historic phrasing reflects biblical exhortation to shun wrongdoing and pursue moral action.
Inside Axis News and World Capitals Quiz
A quiz mixes questions about Axis reliability in neutral capitals with mentions of eye-witness sources and propaganda. It notes Iraq’s premier’s congratulations to Roosevelt, asks about Baghdad and The Arabian Nights, corrects a sentence about rubber and price control, traces the Hambletonian race history, and states the USSR's land share as one sixth.
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Hitler
Iraq
Roosevelt
Bagdad
Office of Price Appreciation
Office of Price Administration
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Om Congress
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Wales
Si Savert
Treasury
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the Treasury
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the News
James Rigdon
Montevus Hospital
Henry ©. Knipple
Calumnaf
William Z. Peacock
Edson
Capital
Peter Edson
White House
Francises Franco
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Bernard Baruch
Soviet Russia
Vive
Vichy
France
Africa
National Farmers Union
Fla
Washington Flowers
Department of Labor
Cork
Bible Thought
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