News-Post Publication Details From 1942 Issue
The Frederick News-Post announces mailing and carriage rates, billing practices, and editorial policies. It notes ownership by The Associated Press rights, requires real names for letters, and promises corrections on errors brought to the editor's attention. The issue is dated Monday February 2 1942.
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News News-Post
Court St. Frederick
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Associated” Press
Ted
Frederick
MacArthur Leads Courageous Luzon Stand Against Invasion
The defense on Luzon holds against Japanese forces as Gen. Douglas MacArthur directs a delaying action. American and native troops fight to slow the invasion while reinforcements pour in to protect the Indies and Australia.
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Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
Pershing
France
Philippine
Baten Peninsula
Japan
Philippines
Indies
Australia
MacArthur
Custer
The Celtuce Plant A Horticultural Novelty
Cel tice or Celtuce is a striking vegetable from Western China known to Marco Polo and now grown in the United States. Seeds are available for gardeners this year and the plant offers a mild flavor reminiscent of celery lettuce and asparagus. The edible parts include young leaves eaten as lettuce and stalks peeled and eaten raw or cooked.
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China
Marco Polo
United States
Cranium Crackers Animal Life Quiz
Answers cover a playful set of prompts on animal metaphors in human traits. The quiz asks to fill missing words identify the Conquering Lion of Judah Lions hearted king, major league teams nicknamed the Tiders Cubs Cardinals, an animal linked to founding a great city, and which animal symbols describe certain human characteristics.
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Mussolini
Judah
Tiders
Cubs
Cardinals
Bible Thought at Admiral Andrews Claiming Roosevelt Ties
A brief Bible verse citation appears with a note stating Admiral Adolphus Andrews, associated with the U N, once served as an aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. The item blends scripture with a biographical tag linking Andrews to Roosevelt.
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Adolphus Andrews
Theodore Roosevelt
Controversy Over Lombard Headlines Divides New York
George Tucker reports that criticism rose over Miss Lombard receiving top billing after Carole Lombard's death. Advocates say headlines spotlight a recognizable human face, while detractors argue soldiers who died in service deserved marquee treatment.
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George Tucker
New York
Carole Lombard
Crepes Surette Patriots
Miss Lombard
Cal Tinny
Elmer Davis
United States
Table Mountain
Fox Chase Scheduled at Woodsboro and Local Happenings
Local items report a fox chase to be held next Saturday at James M. Smith’s hotel in Woodsboro featuring the largest fox seen in the area. Other notes include complaints about the Opossumtown pike’s dangerous holes after rock removal, Henry Dertzbaugh owning a hen laying three eggs in three hours, Geo F Thomas filling in at North Market Street School, and Charles Wilcoxon catching 17 fish with a four pound carp at Bush Creek mouth.
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James M. Smith
Woodsboro
Geo. F. Thomas
North Market Street
Katie Barigis
Charles Wilcoxon
Bush Creek
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
A recap of 1922 items notes Mrs Miriam Gray Eichel Berser widow of Edwards, plans five years abroad with her son Edward G. Eiselperger. Alfred G. Trundle resigns as High School teacher while taking an Insurance Camp post. Rev. Quitman E Beckley of the Dominican Order is named pastor of St Marys Church in Johneo City Tennessee. Groundhog sees shadow predicting six more weeks of winter.
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Miriam Gray Eichel Berser
Edward
Edward G ' Eiselperger
Alfred G Trundle
Ouitman E Beckley
Dominican Order of Priests
Philip Guedalla
Chureil
Reynal & Hitchcock
Guedalla
Alfred
Elizabet Gladstone
Lawrence
Arbia
Churchill
Churcill
Belle France
Oxford
Cambrid
Walter
Church
Guardia
Africa
Ireland
Board of Trade
Admiralty
Jeremiah
Ba Win
Chamberlain
Britain
Isla
Today In History and Birthdays Highlight Notable Figures
A historical digest lists birth and death anniversaries of figures from William Phips to Fritz Kreisler, plus major events such as the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the 1876 National League formation. It also quotes a political essay on aggression and mind.
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William Phips
Massachusetts
George Engelmann
St. Louis
Germany
Dehra S. Sacon
Hartford
Conn
John C. Dalton
New York
Chelmsford
Mass
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Francis M. Smith
Borax [ Smith
Death Valley
Oaksland
Cal
Richmond
Wis
William C. Farrabee
South America
Washington, Co
France
Guadelupe Hidalgo
Mexico
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Thomas C. Wales
Boston
Chicago
Federal Rules Hog-Tied Agents For United States In Hawaii
In a Washington dispatch, the Pearl Harbor counter-espionage issue is tied to restrictions in the Federal Communications Act. FBI and military intelligence were blocked from obtaining messages or tapping lines without court orders, hampering early warning efforts before December 7, 1941. The Roberts report notes over 200 Japanese consular agents in Hawaii and delays in enforcing counter-espionage laws. Rep. Celter proposed a bill to allow wire taps in such cases.
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Washington
Justice Roberts
Pearl Harbor
United States
Army
Navy
Tokyo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Japan
Hawaii
FBI
Honolulu
Congress
White House
Department of Justice
Hawai
Roberts
Reberts
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Emanuel Celter
Brooklyn
Strength For Today By Earl L Douglass
A reflection on true sympathy inspired by Charles W Eliot. The piece defines compassion as suffering with others and urges bearing others disfigurements and disabilities with understanding and quiet presence. It links sympathy to Christ living in human hearts.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Cambridge
Christ
Babson Newspaper
Synd
Daily Word Lesson On Repository Usage
Lesson notes correct common errors and mispronunciations. Highlights issues with completely and fusillade spelling. Emphasizes expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily and notes repository as a place to store things, with a quoter about nature.
Bathing Beauties on 1942 Valley Area Covers
Readers can glimpse bathing beauties featured on magazine covers from the 1942 Valley area era, capturing vintage glamour and local cultural trends. The note highlights regional nostalgia and archival interest in period visuals.
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1942
Valend Area
The War Interpreted in defense of Corregidor and Manila Bay
Analysis notes how Filipino and American forces stem a Japanese invasion near Batan and Corregidor. It highlights MacArthur’s artillery wall, air denial at Manila Bay, and the uncertain odds due to fuel, shells, and fatigue while predicting a prolonged siege.
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Manilal Bay
MacArthur
Gibraltar
Batan Peninsula
New York City
Corregidor
Batan
South China Sea
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Far East
War Department
Homma
Singapore
Manila
Mind Your Manners in Everyday Social Situations
A quiz on etiquette asks whether a man should lift his hat to a woman acquaintance, if smoking should be discarded before an elevator, if a man should press a woman to drink, who sets up bridge, and whether a husband should handle travel plans for his wife. It also presents scenarios on conversing with a man on a train and notes a stray line about star material.
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Miss Lombard
Chance
Rudolph Valentino
Campbell
Broadway
San Francisco
Rome
Miami
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Valentino
Highlights From Latest Books Winston Churchill Biography
The piece reviews Philip Guedalla’s Churchill biography noting its plain facts and sharp portraits. It covers Churchill’s early influences, political career, and steadfast wartime leadership amid a balanced appraisal of his character and public life.
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Winston Churchill
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