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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News outlines its publication rights and reliability standards. It declares exclusive AP affiliation, prohibits publication of erroneous letters, and explains submission rules for letters to the editor and corrections. It notes post office entry as second class mail and requests civic decorum in communications.
The article discusses President Roosevelt backing annual wage schemes to stabilize earnings for irregular building work. It explains a payment of about 435 dollars annualized, guaranteeing 300 days of work, and weighs effects on families, inflation, and housing affordability. It notes some workers prefer fewer days at higher daily pay, and questions practicality in weather-dependent construction.
Federal Reserve board declares the fall in industrial production halted based on a survey of business and labor. The note urges a forward movement with better policies and cooperation between government, business, and workers to sustain purchasing power and growth. A wary closing line questions a Japanese general's willingness to apologize.
Cranium Crackers reports the death of Guy Murdoch a city wholesale jeweler and salesman found in his hotel room after dining in the coffee shop. A bellhop was questioned as a suspect by police who seized him after a search of Murdoch’s room revealed only his belongings and a gem case allegedly taken by the killer.
AFP science editor describes a New York study on fertilized eggs and cell nuclei. Researchers dissect eggs to observe nucleus and cytoplasm behavior, noting single nucleus puncture leads to temporary damage but possible recovery, while two nuclei suggest different implications for life.
Local residents contribute a traditional plum pudding recipe with bread crumbs suet raisins citron nutmeg orange grated apples and eggs. Directions: mix with sherry wine place in a greased kettle cover and boil four hours. Recipe attributed to Mrs Bernard O Thomas of West Third Street.
While working at a circular saw on Friday, Amos Shafer of Locust Wal ter sustained a painful finger injury when his hand touched the blade.
From the 1888 column notes Frederick faces rising issues including taxing industrial plants, adoption of similar Baltimore policy praised, protests about chimneys and smoke, poverty relief plans discussed as city leaders weigh a $30 relief fund and street expansion concerns on the horizon.
The February term report notes a bailiff thrown from a horse drawn cart during a capture attempt. Snow and roof damage disrupts properties in Frederick. walls dampen from freezing. The H and FL Railway reports a strong rise in electricity demand despite coal price increases. Brunswick residents welcome six carloads of coal from the Fuel Administrator.
A bustling Maryland town week in review includes weather talk about a lingering winter, church and revival chatter, a bank hold up in Keedysville, a Maryland prison camp plan in Frederick County, and local civic events from water rent enforcement to Fair planning. Hood College students quiz memory quilts and a road project nears, while local clubs, church groups, and the high school band mark celebrations and meetings.
Hooper's Delight and Hooper's D. at Feb 5 Mvr. and Mrs. Dewey Jenkins assisted Mr. and Mrs. C. J Gurn in butchering. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson Franklin and children Mary Helen Roy spent Saturday in Westminster. Mrs. Sier honored at home Thursday. Dorothy Bond visited Betty Jane Farrer Thursday. Visitors at the Franklin home Thursday included Mrs. Monroe Prekett Mrs. Williams Young and Arthur Crawford. Fred Keeler broke his key helping push Jenkins' car in front of his home. Jenkins and Schroy Jenkins spent the afternoon in Westminster. Vic and Vere Burgess Condon and Ruth attended the Hanover fire sale. Hanson William visited Dewey Jenkins Sunday. Buddy Farrer called on Garver family Thursday. Fred Keeler Wiley Condon and Bertha Burgess with Estella Conaway and children spent Friday evening with Isaac Zile. Hilda Grace and Charles. Blackie Gets the Cash Blackie the dog endorses a $2 check at Canby bank. bank pays out. Gulf Stream Expedition A Norwegian professor organizes international Gulf stream expedition with scientists from several nations aboard Armour Hansen in May or June. Horse Dentistry How to pull a horse tooth by drilling above the tooth and pushing it out, per state veterinary college.
Lewis Turmer, near Wollfsville, escaped with severe bruises about the legs January 279, when a falling tree he was helping to cut down caught him.
Bruce Caiton reviews Nathan Lee's novel The Fate of the Grosvenor, based on a real 1820s shipwreck near a desolate coast. Survivors trekked to Cape Town while tribes raided them and hunger took hold. eight reached civilization, others vanished. Lee crafts a readable adventure from these events.
Fire at the House Office Building in Washington burned cork insulation from new air conditioning gear. Smoke forced several congressmen and secretaries from their offices as firefighters, wearing gas masks, traced the blaze to a welding torch used on the equipment and extinguished it.
The regular meeting at North Market Street School Room Mothers was held Thursday at two o'clock. President Mrs William S Lambdin presided with twenty five members present. Principal Miss L Louise Freeman spoke on recent transfer of teachers. February room sales were announced by Miss Horine Miss Moberly and Miss Motter. Mrs Lambdin thanked all who helped bingo party success. Next meeting set for March 3.
The commemorative half-dollars for Gettysburgs seventy fifth anniversary announced by Paul L Roy show the Stars and Bars of the Confederate flag marking the first Confederate day depiction on a U S minted coin. More than half of the 50000 coins have been sold.
Bolivar worker A. Younkins sustained a badly mashed finger when it was struck by a sledge hammer wielded by a fellow worker during stone breaking. The incident occurred at the work site where both men were employed by E. V. Moser.
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes a League of Nations study on milk safety across Europe and the United States. He explains how cow stock, feeding, humidity, and hygiene influence milk quality including calcium and phosphorus content, and urges careful dairy management and avoidance of toxic substances to ensure safe milk for consumers.
Daily English lesson notes common misuses on dressing pronunciation and spelling. Today's focus is the word accede meaning to agree with example They acceded to our terms.
A reader asks etiquette questions about greeting visitors, thresholds, repeating names, eye contact, and addressing elders or a boss. The column provides guidance: rise to greet outsiders, pause at thresholds, avoid over repeating names, keep eye contact, and use courteous forms like sir or ma’am. defer use of first names to the context and the speaker’s preference.
A collage of historical anniversaries and birthdays. Notable figures include John Witherspoon James Otis Robert Peel Ole Bull Dwight Moody Hiram Maxim Baltimore Gas Light Co and many more. Also contains a horoscope noting a sensitive intellectual bent and potential for useful pursuits.
An old worn out car is a damage on the market. The piece argues wiser to park and retire it in peaceful illusion rather than fight decay. It warns against pushing aging vehicles to danger and promotes giving them decent assurance not to be driven beyond endurance.
York February notes a reader’s eye on a new weekly magazine issue. The writer praises authors such as Stephen Vincent Benet Kenneth Roberts Richard Sherman Ernest Haycox and McKinley Kantor and highlights illustrators like Ritchie Cooper. He recalls his own racing coverage costs and fondly remarks on strong martial and western themes.
A collage of quotes on slang and wit from Dr. Walter K. Smart of Northwestern University Mrs Hallie Miller of St Louis and Mrs Rebacca W Keyser of Denver plus Lady Nancy Astor weighing in on societal use and romance in the era The remarks touch on life after death and the absurdity of outliving usefulness as seen in contemporary commentary
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