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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1944
Page
4
Federal newspaper policy notices outline AP attribution rights and require real names for opinion pieces. It also states corrections will be printed if brought to editor, and the paper is entered as second class matter on February 11, 1944, in Frederic Md.
Warming up Lincoln Day dinners and allied developments point to soon order in Presidential nominations. Illinois requires February 21 candidate registration for the April 11 primary. Wisconsin, Nebraska, and New Hampshire follow in March and April. Dewey and allies grow aloof from primaries, while Bricker MacArthur supporters press on. Roosevelt’s fate remains unsettled, Hague has spoken, and party figures push the indispensable candidate narrative amid a shifting preconvention landscape.
The British publication Saving Amputations Science News reports new discoveries aiming to prevent arm and leg amputations. Early detection of infection and gas gangrene could lessen danger. The piece notes the sorrow of losing limbs in war and the hope that these treatments will spare wounded soldiers from amputation.
American forces press the assault on the Marshall Islands with powerful warships and heavy artillery reducing Japanese fortifications. The article credits U S military science and courage for eventual success and notes Pvt James E Stoner arriving safely in England.
A digest of historical anniversaries and birthdays includes Lydia Maria Child born in Medford Massachusetts 1802 and Thomas Edison born Milan Ohio 1847. Also notes election of Jefferson and Burr 1801 02 and wartime events through 1943 with leaders and dignitaries.
A YMCA gym mishap spilled stove fuel but a water douse prevented a blaze. A coal pile under the Harmony Grove elevator owned by Mrs Roelkey burned, about 100 tons destroyed. Frederick Novitiate students will summer at Groff Park, florist Mr David Graf moves to Captain Groff property. Wild ducks gather on the Potomac. Mrs George W Padgett, former county commissioner president, dies near Adamstown from grippe. noted as a large, successful farmer.
Twenty years ago items from February 11 1924 report in Washington street school civics class naming Officer John Wimpigler as the most popular policeman. Colored men with chickens in a baby carriage were arrested but could not be identified at hearing. National Guard promotions include Raymond Wathter and J Paul Musante. The Grand Jury in session for a week has examined 172 witnesses.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation study shows that practical jokes and horseplay in U S war plants disrupt production and cause injuries, fires, and deaths. Incidents span East Pittsburgh, Schenectady, Detroit, and Buffalo, with cases including miswired machinery, fuel exposures, and sabotaged tools. The piece notes such pranks are sabotage akin to enemy interference and harmful to the war effort.
Worried readers and Miss Dix weigh in on nagging, finances, and family ties. A wife reforms by treating her husband as a star boarder and avoiding nagging, while a teacher asks if a thrifty spouse is doomed. a mother-in-law learns to accept her daughter-in-law and nurture kinship.
On February 10 in Annapolis the bi weekly parole hearing continued Py-Six cases for further investigation and 25 were indefinitely refused. State Parole Director Herman M. Moser announced the results noting Charles F. Keynegro, jailed for 10 years for manslaughter in Frederick County Circuit Court, was among the continued reviews.
Interpreting current front events, Kirke L. Simpson notes Nazi forces in deep danger from Russian encirclements. Cherkassy and Nikopol pockets trap multiple divisions as Krivoi Rog and Luga Volkhov squeezes tighten, potentially forcing surrender of remnants.
The article discusses biblical references to people without God and without hope, noting that such lives lack purpose and drift toward despair. It argues hope comes from unwavering beliefs about the unseen and asserts that with God even tragedy can yield good through God’s love in hearts.
A compact quotation from Job and Carlyle stressing that genuine work done faithfully endures, as the Almighty Founder and World Builder’s example anchors the eternal value of labor. This brief historical card captures a moral on diligence and divine purpose.
HAL BOYLE reports from the Rapido River front as German hidden attack guns threaten Highway 6 to Cassino. Major Kermit Hansen explains the gun’s tactic and difficulty in destroying it. Civilians, including Italian children, endure shelling while ordinary life continues amid war’s reach. Nazis fear U S tanks after close encounters with a lone 7mm gun in a bunker.
The piece urges not worrying as a useless habit while noting Private Keefer S. Stull Jr has returned to Champaign after spending days at home on West Second Street. He is enrolled in an engineering course under the U S Army specialized training program at the university.
At the February meeting visitors Mrs. Stuart Haller and Mrs. Crowther heard a report on Woman's Work in War Time. Haller praised emergency nurses and A W V S canteen efforts, noting support from Thrift Shop and volunteers. Guests from Ijamsville and Pleasant Grove attended. next gathering set for March 3 at Mrs. Mary McSolerick's home.
A compact vocabulary note outlines daily word learning focusing on impassioned meaning actuated by passion or zeal. It includes guidance on usage pronunciation and common misspellings while urging repetition to claim a word as part of one’s growing lexicon.
Frederick city and county residents pledged 1409 pints of blood in 1943 to support the Army and Navy. The Red Cross Blood Bank suffices with six visits by a Baltimore mobile unit to Mount St. Marys College and Brunswick. Since 1942 1754 pints collected. March 13 drive planned. Frederick County Chapter earned a national Red Cross certificate of appreciation signed by Norman H. Davis. Co chairs are Mrs Holmes D. Baker and Charles K Taylor.
About 125 members and guests attended a Wednesday 7 p.m. congregational dinner in the church social rooms. Rev. H. H. Schmidt served as toastmaster and Rev. Merval Weaver delivered the main address. Skits, music by the Kemp sisters, readings by Mrs Steiner Smith, and group singing by Mrs. Paul Douglas accompanied the evening while church department reports were given. The event was organized by several committees including Program and Food chairs.
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