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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1942
Page
4
The Frederick News issue dated Friday February 6 1942 carries wartime and local notices. It notes subscription rates and mentions Associated Press and audit bureau affiliations. The text includes standard editor disclaimers and postal classifications for second class matter.
The article discusses government policy on knitting for soldiers in this war. It notes the War Production Board opposes a broad knitting campaign but allows sweaters for specific needs when officers request them or when troops abroad, such as Iceland, will benefit. It highlights Red Cross awareness of exceptions and excess wool shortages for other uses.
The Mount Rushmore Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota is finished after a 14 year effort begun in 1927 under sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Lincoln Borglum finished supervising after his father's death and the four presidential heads rise 465 feet high, lasting for millennia.
Questions cover restaurant choice for a friend, handling heated family talk, a fiancee’s behavior, reacting to kidd ing, and avoiding offense with wisecracks. Answers: 1 Not unless asked. 2 No. 3 Yes or risk antagonizing. 4 Yes. 5 Yes.
Notable events from 1756 to 1941 listed, including Burr born Newark and Franklin treaty with France. Also births of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, Hiram Sibley, Evarts, Stuart, Beard, Wallace, and more with dates and places. Today’s birthdays and a horoscope note.
Fifty years ago the Male High School with Principal M P Richards debated which is most destructive whiskey or tobacco. A frost pattern formed on a lace curtain in a prominent citizen’s Nosh Market Street window. Wolfsville men Harshman Warner Harshman Cartee chopped wood and captured an 18 pound lynx. A water pipe burst in the Carlin House cellar. A social organization of married ladies honored Mrs Charles E Haller on East South Street with sleigh rides.
Stockholders of the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company voted to amend the charter to raise the preferred stock interest from six to seven percent and to increase the authorized issue of the preferred stock. The Frederick Cotillion Club annual meeting named officers Edwin C Markell president Thomas B Hayward vice president and Ernest Helfenstein Jr secretary. The Girls High School Alumnae Association held a Valentine party with members dressed as valentines. Mrs Harling Sponseller won the comic valentine prize and Mrs W Barigis Storm won for the most beautiful costume.
Washington humor and commentary dissect cliches in government service. The column notes phrases used by hotel staff and officials, explains their evasive meaning, and lampoons the endless rotation of staff contacts and delays. It also provides quick stat tidbits on apples citrus business and wartime logistics.
A short verse by N A Lufburrow explores how each person travels a unique path through life in personal style and thought. The narrator notes that no two individuals are alike in appearance, goals, or moods as they move along their daily journey.
A fragment discusses common misuse and pronunciation tips for words like insipid. It emphasizes improving vocabulary by mastering one word daily and notes insipid means lacking spirit or animation.
Salon No 57 met December 8 at the Legion Home with Miss Nelle Price presiding. Child welfare chair reported clothing distributed and milk supplied to a family. Next meeting set for March 3. Also notes Union of South Africa capitals Capetown and Pretoria government locations.
George Tucker relays snippets from New York gossip and city life. Phil Baker recalls a cruelly silent entrance with Jack Benny at Sid Grauman’s theater. Cops crack down on panhandlers while a writer’s jug tale amuses peers. A traffic unwitting whistle prank halts street flow.
A playful quiz asks readers about Canada’s maritime and prairie provinces the prime minister and his residence a southernly Canadian city the largest city and a wheat market hub Canada’s legal relation to the British Empire and two major lakes famed in adventure fiction Answers appear on the last page.
The opening trial by fire of Britain’s Singapore fortress dominates war news. Japan’s failure to take the citadel could mark a turning point, with Allied air power promised by General Wavell and American planes clashing with the foe over Java.
The piece argues reputation is more valuable than wealth, noting that even a talented man fails without character. It stresses that professionals, including lawyers, must prove a clean record to practice, and asks how one is viewed by trusted peers as the ultimate measure of success.
The Wide Awake class of Calvary Methodist held its regular monthly meeting February 3 at Margaret Sheeley’s home with nine members present. President Elizabeth Mackley led devotions and presided over the business session. hostess Mackley served Valentine themed refreshments. The next meeting will be at Miw Mackley’s home.
Washington reports an interview with G Fredrick Moore, former AP and NYT correspondent, now adviser to the Japanese government. He recounts Japan's militarists trying to shield plans from diplomats, Nomura's hopes to avoid war, and the December 7 attack timing. He also notes dual operation inside Japan and shifts in power toward militarists since 1936.
Honolulu history is recounted from early native warfare to modern conflicts in Clifford Gessler s Tropic Landfall The Port Of Honolulu a war zone history tracing how violence shaped the island capital and its role in the Pacific war It blends romance religion and the rise of a port city built on sugar pineapples and change The book surveys Hawaii from 1778 to today highlighting the unexpected turbulence behind Honolulu s calm image
A biblical verse from Deuteronomy contrasts labor on six days with resting on the Sabbath. The quote ends with Henry Carey noting a preferred day between Saturday and Monday as the one saved.
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