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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1944
Page
4
A public notice from The News states no opinion pieces will be published without real names and warns against defamatory reflections. It invites readers to bring corrections to the editor and notes Frederick Maryland post office classification as second class matter dated February 2 1944.
At Mare Island Naval Hospital California a new rehabilitation program helps sailors and Marines with lost limbs return to work faster. amputees receive tailor made limbs and training for chosen careers, reducing rehabilitation from years to months. Plans to replicate at Philadelphia Naval Hospital for Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters are noted.
Pleasantville N Y dog Chips earns the Distinguished Service Cross for a bold attack on a machine gunner in Italy. He leaped at the threat, forced surrender, and may have saved American lives. The story praises dogs for courage and loyalty to military units.
A wartime letter to the editor urges readers to support the fourth war loan drive. The writer appeals for personal sacrifice to aid servicemen, noting the comforts and safety many enjoy while others endure wounds, hunger, and danger. The piece ends with a call to invest spare money in bonds and to back the attack.
Washington argues that island invasions in the Pacific, not air power alone, are essential to seize bases for long-range bombing toward Japan. Naval bombardment accompanies amphibious landings to secure keyGilbert and Marshalls positions, with Tarawa cited as costly but instructive. The piece stresses heavy expected casualties and the need for bases to support air and naval operations as the war progresses toward Tokyo.
Fifty years ago a Frederick paper noted WM A Cramer cutting 17 loads of ice from his pond and 3 inch thick ice. An upcoming public meeting was urged to promote plans for a public library. Rev Fr Thomas J Monterverde of St Peters Lib. named assistant at St Josephs Baltimore. Rev John P White chosen for St Peters pastorate. W T Delaplaine & Co to be formed with Lows M Nixdorff Jr as equal partner in real estate. Rev Nourse of Washington spoke at City Opera House in YMCA course on Peter Schiemihl the Shadowless Man, drawing a large audience.
February 1974 items note a clear dawn and superstition about a shadow predicting more winter. A 215 acre Jefferson District farm owned by Emanuel Hine sold at public sale for 17 dollars per acre to Abram Kemp. includes stone house, barn, and outbuildings. Frederick County Young Men's Bible Society elects Jacob Rohrback president with Elmer Brown and R Ames Hendrickson as vice presidents and Henry Ramsburgh as recording secretary. Jacob L Englebrecht elected corresponding secretary. William G Zimmerman treasurer. Sewerage and water circulation contracts awarded to E Mobley and Bro and Keefe Bros as building commission oversees LO. O. F. Home under construction outside city limits.
A compact observance note listing birthdays and deaths of William Phips John C Dalton Knute Nelson Francis M Smith Borax Smith Willam Farrabee and other figures. It also records historic events such as the U S Supreme Court first session in 1790 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1846 and the 1876 National League organizing with eight clubs. The page closes with a brief horoscope noting an aggressive but unfocused mind.
The column argues that marriage requires planning and effort, comparing it to business. It criticizes impulse marriages and warns that lack of preparation leads to unhappy homes, frequent conflict, and divorce, urging partners to learn compromise and domestic skills.
A devotional note on prayer urges discipline with set times and focus. It urges interceding for others, avoiding fixed phrases, and surrendering to God's will before asking. It emphasizes God’s readiness to grant gifts to those who ask.
Washington measures the Jack & Heintz renegotiation dispute boils down to how much salary six executives may deduct against war contracts for the year ending Oct. 31, 1942. Treasury disallowed large salaries, leaving a $378,211 delta, largely from six top earners. A 1942 telegram shows the firm voting to cut officer salaries and end dividends for the war duration while pledging to refund profits over 6 percent to the Army and Navy.
The Artz Library showcases Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge edited by Roderick Peattie, Mother America by Carlos P. Romulo, A Short History of Nursing by Lavinia L. Dock, Physics Tells Why by Overton Luhr, and The St Johns by James Branch Cabell. A Butterfly and Beetle Display features French Guian insects loaned by Nelson Lansdale alongside a carved Brazilian fishing boat model. exhibits run through February 7 to aid South American studies.
At Plymouth Chapter No. 41 Union Bridge a regular meeting saw the installation of officers. Mrs. Ruth Yinger served as installing officer with Grace Routzahn as installing marshal and Ruth Leather as organist. New officers include Worthy Matron Fannie VanEif and Worthy Patron Sevvin Fogle, with Mary Fowble as associate matron and George Fowble as assistant patron. Gifts and corsages were exchanged. the newly installed matron presented corsages and gifts to officers. The Junior past matron and patron also received gifts. The newly installed matron Mrs. Vonkiff was the recipient of the rite.
A Union Bridge column lists local events and gatherings. Miss Jane Etzler visited Linwood friends. the Johnsville school PTA meets Feb 9 with Harry Smith as speaker. Elmer Wolfe school hosts a Valentine dance Feb 16 with Harvey Tucker orchestra. A housewarming honors Mr and Mrs Charles Fowble and daughter Dorothy Fowble. Charles Gray’s funeral draws family from Miami. Samuel and Phoebe Repp celebrate 65th anniversary. Women's Society of Christian Service meets January at Union Bridge Methodist Church.
A daily vocabulary note introduces the word Holocaust defined as a complete destruction especially by fire. It gives pronunciation hol o kost with emphasis on the first syllable and provides an example sentence noting the loss of hundreds of lives.
The excerpt foresees grave outlook as January yields to February in 1944. It hints at big, unspecified events shaping war and nations, prompting readers to await future revelations about what next. The note, signed N A Lupburrirow, conveys anxious anticipation.
A compact collection of biblical and classical sayings contrasts darkening counsel with prudent speech. It blends Job 38 verse, Horace on spoken words, Proverbs on concealment of knowledge, and Boileau’s remark about fools to frame a wary view of wisdom and folly.
Earl Black, Seaman i/e, visited relatives at Mrs. Maude Engleman's home. The Roland Black family hosted a farewell dinner at their farm to honor Donald Black, who left Tuesday for Great Lakes Training Station near Chicago to begin U S Navy training.
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