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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1942
Page
4
A wartime newspaper policy notice from February 5, 1942 in Frederick Maryland states no communications harming a person’s reputation will be published unless corrected. The notice emphasizes editorial responsibility and accuracy. It mentions Associated Press copyright and post office registration details.
A lively description of a utilitarian air raid costume called the bashlyk. The outfit, inspired by Russian soldiers, includes roomy pockets for cards and supplies, a wool jersey helmet, and a coat wearable over any dress. It aims to combine practicality with national morale during potential air raids.
Daniel Tobin, president of the International Teamsters, argues unions should be taxed like others. He cites union treasuries worth at least $10 million and purchases of $2 million in defense, highlighting large, tax exempt resources held by labor organizations. He urges Congress to require income taxation on unions.
Congress enacts a price-control bill aimed at shielding the public from inflation. Advocates say it gives the administration power to curb price and wage rises, with limited delegated authority to the President. Some lawmakers warned it lacks strong checks, and debate persisted over its real impact.
George Tucker reviews H L Mencken’s brother’s ten year study of hangings in the United States and Britain since 1733 titled Bead By the Neck. A gossiping note on New York menus naming sandwiches after departed heroes and a calendar of February events and anniversaries follows with cultural tidbits and showbiz mentions.
A devotional line cites Romans 13:1 urging believers to honor higher powers and notes that greater grace lowers a person’s self esteem. A short Spurgeon quotation frames humility as a sign of spiritual maturity.
Snow began falling at 2:50 in the morning and thickened through the day. A taffy pulling was held at the Y M C last night with Mrs Marion Moberly and Miss Florence Cecil making the taffy. Mr James F Orr will begin to Teb this mill at Unionville destroyed by fire about a year ago. Mr Charles Weside and his niece Miss Allie Dern of Double Pipe Creek left for a funeral in Middletown. While descending Catocline mountain the backing strap broke and the horse ran away, the buggy overturned, occupants bruised. Mr Al Glorentz purchased Miss Nannie Goldsboroughs mare Daisy to match another mare.
Twenty years ago readers noted opinions on enforcing prohibition from Judge Worthington to the circuit court grand jury. A fire of unknown origin destroyed a large farm house near Johnsville. Mrs Repp woke and alerted the family. H Dorsey Etchison spoke to the Frederick County Farmers Association criticizing job holders seeking to stay in office and predicting politics would be obliterated in a decade.
Babson warns rationing will curb hoarding and substitutes may appear in goods from sugar to linoleum. He cites looming shortages and huge wartime shifts that demand new consumer habits, urging readiness for price rises, altered diets, and expanded production while stressing the Golden Rule.
The article argues Christianity survived Jesus death, becoming a world faith. It cites figures like Alexander the Great and Napoleon to illustrate outcomes after death of leaders, noting early disciples framed the cross as central to salvation and exhortation. Copyright Babsan Newspaper Synd.
A quirky piece compares a stylized Burrow map of Alaska superimposed on the United States. It places Point Barrow at Duluth and shows the Aleutian archipelago touching Los Angeles while Alaska’s southeast point rests near Savannah.
A historic list recounts figures born on historical dates including James Otis and Dwight Moody with birthplaces and death years. It also notes key events in 1813 1817 1840 1919 and 1941 plus births of Ewin L Davis Michael Williams Dr Bayard Dodge Ralph Fogg and others. A brief horoscope overview follows noting shared traits and occupational ties.
A five man crew from Ran Fie completed an engine change on a basic training aircraft in the field within one hour and thirty nine minutes. The task was finished on site at the field, demonstrating rapid field maintenance capabilities.
General Wavell urges Allied troops in the Pacific to hold their ground until reinforcements arrive, invoking the 1918 British order in France. He cites Tobruk, Ypres, and lessons from the Great War while noting renewed Allied setbacks in North Africa and the Pacific.
A historical etiquette quiz covers pouring, flowers, tea table behavior, hat rules, and invitations by phone. It advises placing the cup on the plate before filling, having flowers on the tea table, the guest holding the plate after finishing, women keeping hats on, and accepting telephoned invitations. In receiving lines, be cordial but brief. lengthy chats slow the process.
A brief note on proper usage and pronunciation of common words. It highlights present not now, o sounds in no, and often misspelled terms like assailant. The piece urges daily vocabulary growth through concrete examples and ends with a definition of ostentation as unnecessary show.
David Lawrence argues that the Roosevelt war leadership is fueling a belief in a totalitarian Democratic Party. He notes Republicans can critique war policy without denying patriotism and warns against tying the war effort to party advantage. He advocates a nonpartisan focus on victory and condemns uses of public funds for Digressions in politics.
A thoughtful review lauds Madeleine Sterns Life of Margaret Fuller as a rigorous, human, and richly sourced biography. Stern blends journal entries and historical context to illuminate Fuller’s intellectual circle, including Brook Farm and Italy, with vivid, precise detail and restrained, novelistic storytelling.
War limits in fashion prompt changes in mens suits and womens wear. Question quiz asks which alterations tailors and government officers propose, what rubber shortage affects, which countries lose access to tweeds lace linen and kilts, whether trousers become bell bottomed peg topped or blown, and which women’s imports were cut before the war began with answers on the last page.
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