Frederick News February 3 1942 masthead item
The Frederick News announces subscription rates and editorial policy for The News News-Post, The Associated Press credit rules, and correction policy. It notes prepaid mail subscriptions, city delivery, and membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The issue date is Tuesday February 3, 1942.
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Great Southern Ptg & Mfg. CO
All Communications
News News-Post
Court
Frederick
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Invasion Atrocity Debates and Press Policy Calls
A wide ranging editorial discusses Axis war crimes and American responses. It condemns Japanese and German brutality, cites reactions of the American public, and argues for humane wartime conduct. It then critiques federal publicity demands on newspapers and urges paid government advertising to replace free notices.
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Hartford Courant
Department of Justice
the Courant
Sam
Today In History and Birthdays Chronicle
A compact "Today In History" card lists notable births and events from 1807 to 1941, naming Joseph E Johnston and Elisha Kane among others with birthplaces and death dates, plus anniversaries and birthdays of Horace Greeley, Elizabeth Blackwell, Sidney Lanier, and more, alongside events like 1838 Michigan Central Railway opening and 1917 Wilson breaking relations with Germany, ending with today’s horoscope note of caution and financial prudence.
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Joseph E. Johnston
Cherry Grove
Joseph E. Neal
Pennsylvania
Greenland
N. H
Horace Greeley
N.Y Tribune
Amherst
Elisha K. Kane
Navy
Phila
Arctic
Elizabeth Blackwell
London
New York
England
Sidney Lanier
Macon
Judson Iarman
Ohio
U. S
Hamilton Co
Michigan Central Railway
Ypsilanti
Detroit
James B. Hammond
Hammond Typewriter
Wilson
Germany
Woodrow Watson
Flint
National Guard
US Supreme Court
Frank M. Andrews
Canal Zone
Nashville
Tenn
Walliam Bisden
War Dept.’s General Staff
Connecticut
U. S Supreme Court
James C. McReynolds
Elkton, Ky
Clarence E. Mulford
Vicious tramp prowling East Patrick Street appears
A menacing tramp prowled East Patrick Street last night peering into windows. Citizens notified the Mayor's office and Officer Oberndorfer found the intruder hiding on Carroll Street.
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East Patrick Street
Obenderfer
Carroll Street
Thomas Lifps
Philadelphia
Frederick
Winfield Scott Schley
United States
Baltimore
Shoreham
Washington
Army
Navy
Enoch Arden
City Opera House
Sale of Green House business at Charles Hermann place
In the February 3 1922 column a notice announces the sale of the green house business and equipment of Charles Hermann on West Sound Street to Charles B Groff on North Alather Street. Also reported is an Illinois investigation into winter cottages and hotels ransacked, a bill proposing a county treasurer salary of 3000 with clerical support, and Lloyd C. Culler awarded a 35000 contract to add to the Boys High School for co education.
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Charles Hermann
West Sound Street
Charles B Groff
Alather Street
Pen Mar
Isaiah
Board OF Education
Lloyd C. Culler
Legends of Fame and Failure in Early Broadway
New York gossip dissects myths about Maugham profits Rothstein losses and Prohibition era luck. It notes many legends persist despite facts while describing the precarious life of stage understudies and the risky, fluctuating fortunes of nightclubs during the dry spell.
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Broadway
Arnold Rothstein
Rothstein
Ecards
Traced footsteps and empire rise theme mix with a 1940 census note
A quoted Dryden line expresses awe at divine presence in history and empire cycles. The text then states New Hampshire has 67 mates per the 1940 Kensua, a census reference. The fragment blends literary reflection with a dubious census figure.
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New Hampshire
Nelson Stands Solid With Investigators in War Board Turbulence
Nelson, head of the War Production Board, defends policy on dollars a year men and consultants before the Truman Committee. He faces questions on profits and war contracts with candor, earning government confidence and promising ongoing liaison to committee probes.
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Petle Edson
Washington
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Truman
National Defense
New War Production Board
Aatly
Ralph O Brewster
Dexter
Brewster
Knudsen
OPM
Army
Navy
Truman Committee
Uncle Sam
Congressional Committee
Washington Probe Watch
James M. Reerd
Buffalo
Mon C. Wallgren
Everett
Wash
Mind Your Manners Qs and Recommended Answers
A compact etiquette guide asks if you offer cigarettes first, if the host should serve drinks, and whether a husband should ensure his wife has a partner. It also covers returning hospitality between married couples and toastmaster etiquette. Answers align with social norms: offer to companions unless they refuse, the host handles serving, and a bachelor should reciprocate hospitality.
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Hus
French family of Tourny sends 38 men to fight Germany
Thirty eight men from the family of Madame Tourny of Poincon France served in the French Army against Germany, reflecting local wartime sacrifice.
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Madame Tourny
Poincon
France
Germany
The War Interpreted and Singapore Crisis Crunch
The piece notes American naval raids in the Pacific system aimed at reinforcing allies in Singapore and Java. It discusses Singapore defense, Johore Strait as a moat, and MacArthur's Batan Peninsula line while warning of Japan’s potential focus on Java and Sumatra. Corregidor’s fortifications loom as a check on Japanese flanking.
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Pacific
Midway
Hawaii
Australia
Singapore
Java
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
United Nation
Pearl Harbor
Atenet
MacArthur
Batan
Luzon
Johore Strait
Malay Peninsula
Japan
Sumatra
Mariveles
Shoreine
Corregidor
Tokyo
Jin
Cranium Crackers Religion and War Quiz
Question based quiz asks about recent religious events in war news. It asks which act the Japanese emperor performed after war declaration, the US Army chief of chaplains, which churchmen pledged full war support to the President, the claimed descent of Adolf Hitler, and whether any flag is flown over the Stars and Stripes. Answers appear on the last page.
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United Nations
Japan
United States
United States Army
Adolf Hitler
Indue Defined as To Put On Clothes in Old Impromptu Lesson
A compact vocabulary note presents pronunciations common misuses of words like balance rest of the men and gelatinous while highlighting daily word study. It defines indued as to put on clothing with a quote from Sir Walter Scott illustrating use.
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Sir W. Scott
Largest Pipe Organ in Royal Albert Hall London
The 175 ton organ in Royal Albert Hall London features 10 491 pipes and is described as the largest and finest pipe organ in the world.
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Royal Albert Hall
London
Pan American solidarity shown in Rio accord
Washington highlights the Rio de Janeiro accord where 21 American republics united against the Axis. The article credits Sumner Welles, Nelson Rockefeller, and others for shaping a lasting Pan American policy that treats Latin America as independent and receptive to disinterested friendship, strengthening regional defense and economic ties. This cooperative groundwork is framed as a cornerstone of American diplomacy and potential postwar harmony.
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Washington
Far East
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Sumner Welles
Nelson Rockefeller
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Hall
Enu
Department of State
America
Roosevelt
Central
South America
Nelson Rorefeiler
Latin America
United States
Pan American
Japan
Germany
South Atlantic
Messrs
Welles
Rockefeller
What Constitutes Success What truly sustains life
Earl L Douglass argues that true success comes from grasping life as transitory and seeking the eternal. He says mission aries choose distant fields because earthly life is temporary and the heavenly life eternal, yielding to God frees the will and fills life with a transforming joy.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Babson Newspaper
Year Moves On Wartime Resolve and Readiness
Public letter by N. A. Lufburrow urges readiness for ongoing war effort. Notes uncertainty, secret actions, and rising food shortages as stocks near expiration. Calls for firmness and patience to support national cause.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Suez Canal Cuts London to Bombay Route Distance
The canal halves the voyage length by shortening the London to Bombay passage from 11,220 miles to 6,332 miles, a dramatic reduction in travel distance within a 100 mile waterway.
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Suez Canal
London
Bombay
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