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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1942
Page
4
American Air Power Shortage Belief Debated by House Panel
A House Military Affairs subcommittee reported strong progress toward air superiority. It said American planes match or exceed rivals, targets 60,000 planes this year and 125,000 next year, and Army pilots at 3,000 annually by June, with Navy plans matching that rate. It notes past combat showed insufficient scale but no basic flaw in training or equipment, and urges full industrial power to sustain production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Military Affairs Committee
Navy
Army
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Fire at Hoop Pole schoolhouse near New Market causes minor damage after stove leg punctures floor. A child drowns in Mullinix pond and is rescued by a Black man. Frederick County National Bank announces resignation of President Parsons with Gittinger named president and L. Carty promoted to cashier. Horse hitched to Rev Hench’s sleigh stampeded near Walkersville railroad crossing, stopped by freight train. Jefferson Reformed Church to be rebuilt after storm damage with a new 500 dollar pipe organ. total improvements near 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoop Pole
New Market
Oscar Hooper
East South Street
Mullinix Pond
Page Foundry
W. Irving Parsons
Frederick County National Bank
James Gittinger
Joseph W. L. Carty
Walkersville
Gladechurch
S. M. Hench
Reformed Church OF
Jefferson
Twenty Years Ago Local Grocery Deals and Local News
Two city grocery stores changed hands with sales by Worthington Staley to Leonard Wachter and E Allen Grumbine. Wachter sold his East Church Street store to W S Ray. Millard F Perry, former City Election official, died at 65. Frederick precinct lines set for municipal elections. Frederick County Public Health Association formed. temporary officers of new Anti-Tuberculosis group named. Rev S C Hoover presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Staley
Market
Fifth Streets
Leonard G. Wachter
E. Allen Grumbine
Mr. Wachter
East Church Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. S. Ray Millard F. Perry
City Board of Election Supervisors
Montevue
North Market Street
Frederick
Charles F. Goodell
Frederick County Public Health Association
Frederick County Anti-Tuberculosis Association
5. C. Hoover
Man About Manhattan Reflects On Crowd Pleasers
George Sessions Perry notes a shift in public taste away from charismatic crowd pleasers toward substantive merit. He cites Jimmy Walker, Big Bill Thompson, the Prince of Wales, Babe Ruth, and Jack Dempsey as examples, arguing modern audiences demand performance over mere personality and may tire of sensational figures. Perry, a Texan author, adds a personal anecdote about his own college years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tucker
New York
Jimmy Walker
William Hale Thompson
Big Bill the Builder
Chicas
Prince of Wales
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Big Bill
Chicago
Enty
Thompson
Casey
Return to the Future by Sigrid Undset centers on Germany
A review of Sigrid Undset’s Return to the Future traces her escape from Norway and perilous journey to America. It condemns Nazi Germany and questions how free nations can rebuild amid universal hatred. The book blends memoir with a provocative call for postwar renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigrid Undset
Knoevf
Norway
America
Germans
Germany
Madame Undset
Armgelf
Sweden
Russia
Japan
Bible Thought Wisdom versus War Weapons Cited
A reader quotes Ecclesiastes and Goldsmith reflecting that wisdom and moral steadiness outshine force. The lines warn that a single sinner can undo much good, and wisdom provides only a slow defense against trouble, yet remains valuable in perilous times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecclediades
Today In History and Birthdays Highlights
Today in history entries recall births and deaths of Lamb, Greene, Hart, Atkinson, Olis, Hermann, Miller and others, plus major events from 1763 treaty to 1940s embargoes and court rulings. Birthdays include William Allen White and W. C Fields with notes on ages and origins. Horoscope warns of possible apathy and urges decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Albert G. Greene
Providence
R. I
Joel T. Hart
Winchester
Rome
Edward Atkinson
Boston Fire Insurance
Brookline
Mass
Tierrison Gray Olis
Los Angeles
Marietta
Ohio
Alexander Hermann
Paris
New York
Webb Miller
Pokagon
Mich
England
Machetes in Economic Warfare Shapes U S Policy
Peter Edson surveys how machete trade becomes a facet of wartime economics and propaganda. He notes US machete dominance, German Japanese competition, price gouging whispers by Nazi propagandists, and efforts to keep prices down through American sales forces as part of a broader economic war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
United States
Republic
Axis
U. S
Collins and Company
Hartford. Conn
V. G
Shylock
Puerto Rico
Virgin Island
Treasury Procurement Office
Farm Security Administration
Polo Grounds
Navy Department
Inconceivable Word of the Day for Vocabulary Growth
A short note defines inconceivable as incapable of being realized in the imagination and gives an example that it is inconceivable to me that he could have done such a thing. The piece urges daily mastery of one word to expand vocabulary.
Appetite Wanes Then Returns Aboard Lufburrow Note
A short, humorous piece by N. A. Lufburrow describes the cycle of appetite when stomachs feel terrible then settle. It notes the strange return of a craving for food after initial aversion and jokes that without such reversals there would be no fad for shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lufburrow
War Interpreted on Singapore and Java Fronts
British forces fight to stop a Japanese bridgehead across Johore Strait while massed Japs press Ubin Island. Strategists weigh by passing Singapore to strike Sumatra and Java as MacArthur’s forces repelled attacks on Batan and Singapore amid warning of siege tactics and the Dutch Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Johore Strait
Gibraltar
United Nations
Ubin Island
Singapore Causeway
Masai
Singapore Island
Kranji
Changi Point
Sumatra
Java
Luzon
MacArthur
Tokyo
Netherlands Indies
Batan
Macassar Strait
Dutch Indies
Australia
China
Philippines
Malay Peninsula
Matan
Mind Your Manners: Army Etiquette Quiz and Answers
Quiz on social usage during wartime life tests etiquette rules for Army personnel and civilians. Questions cover letter writing, entertaining, hotel registers, hotel dining etiquette, and sharing magazines with soldiers. Answers indicate Yes to all except hotel registration uses Mrs John Brown. better solution endorses doing for country even without praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Mable Smith Brown
Suppression of Pearl Harbor facts fuels public doubt
Washington officials suppress details of Pearl Harbor and naval failures, shielding Admiral Kimmel and General Short from inquiry. The piece argues the public deserves full disclosure, criticizes administration censorship, and cites labor and wartime policy tensions as signs of complacency and mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimmel
General Short
House Naval Affairs Committee
Admiral Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Strength For Today By Ear L Douglas Virtue In Right Order
A Babson Newspaper Syndication meditation on first Peter shows virtue arising from faith in a defined sequence. Faith begins the Christian life, followed by virtue knowledge self control patience godliness brotherly kindness and finally love. The piece emphasizes ordered growth toward love as the life’s fullness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Douglas
D. D
Peter
Apostle Peter
Babson Newspaper
Hall of Heroes Adds War Names to John Paul Jones List
The Cranium Crackers feature new American heroes joined in the hall of fame. John D. Bulkeley James P. Devereaux Colin P. Kelly Thomas J. H. Trapnell and Douglas MacArthur are named among the heroes with earlier standouts. Answers posted on the last page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranium Crackers Hall OF
John Paul Jones
York
John D. Bulkeley
James P. Devereaux
Colin P. Kelly
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
Douglas MacArthur
Time clocks at St Johns halt as war time nears
In Frederick residents report the clock above St. John’s Catholic Church stopped late Sunday night or early Monday morning. City officials say wartime time procedures confused the mechanism as one hand failed to move in sync with the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
St. John's Catholic Church
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