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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1944
Page
4
The News provides subscription rates and policy details. It confirms availability of the Associated Press news, requires real names for published opinions, and notes correction procedures. The item is dated Monday February 14 1944 and shows Freder ick Md post office entry.
The nation supports returning as many Pacific veterans as possible home on furloughs given transportation limits. After 26 months of war, many have endured Pearl Harbor, Aleutians, Arctic to South Temperate Zone campaigns. Despite hardships, Americans hope veterans may come home soon.
German high command concentrates all forces at the Allied beachhead below Rome to halt the advancing Allies. Hitler aims for a Dunquerque style breakout while distracting Germans from the Russian front as Allied air power swells to overwhelm German defenses. Allied grip remains tenuous with weather clearing to boost air superiority.
A brief guide points out common errors in English usage and pronunciation. It notes that speakers say different than instead of different from and emphasizes correct usage with examples. It highlights mispronouncing fugitive as fu-ji-tiv and stresses clear enunciation.
Washington February 14 three prominent Republicans Willkie Bricker and Dewey outlined differing domestic and foreign policy views in advance of the convention. Bricker and Dewey emphasize states rights while Willkie urges some retained federal roles. all advocate cautious postwar international cooperation without detailing full programs. The article notes Roosevelt remains the likely Democratic nominee and that voters will demand clearer positions.
The brief lesson defines expedient as fit or proper under the circumstances. It cites John 16.7 and offers guidance to increase vocabulary by mastering one word daily. It reflects a newspaper style from The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Fifty years ago on February 14 1894 local items note a blizzard end with several inches of snow and sleighing weather. St Valentine’s Day observations reference love tokens. A Maryland State Firemen’s Association incorporation bill is introduced in the Senate with several named supporters. George Dixon the pugilist cancels appearance due to date confusion. At the Carlin House R B Knodle clerk handles Confederate money in various denominations from 25 cents to 150 dollars.
Frederick County received its rabbit quota for stock, IZ crates with 19 dead on uncrating per Deputy Game Warden Louis Etchison. A white Valentine day brought night snow about half an inch. Legal formalities completed to transfer Bentz street graveyard to city and county. Guy R. Cramer Harmony Grove reported theft of his automobile from Dr. J. T. Johnson’s office on East Church Street.
Today in History covers major anniversaries from 1817 Frederick Douglass to 1959 Oregon statehood, listing births and events with scattered misspellings. The Birthdays section highlights Admiral Frederick J. Vice, Jules James, Jack Benny, and other figures with brief descriptors.
Elton C Fay notes a cycle of action around Cassino and Anzio with raids on railways and roads by Allied heavy bombers. Reinforcements from Rome hinder a breakthrough while weather and German counter moves test beachhead security and the push toward Rome remains the long term objective.
A farm woman with simple blessings prays for her sons in the Navy and the South Pacific while facing daily grind. The message urges lifting eyes to see God’s gifts around us, despite hardship and envy, and to trust life is good through divine blessings.
A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown to Herman L. Willis 24 of Charles Town West Virginia and Marguerite E. Arvin 22 of Brunswick.
Washington faced a Feb 14 note that renewal of the October 1942 Stabilization Act must reach Congress soon to avoid June 30 expiration. The piece notes potential amendments could probe price control abuses, subsidies spark fights, and labor wage tensions threaten the program, with a risk of chaos by summer.
Dear Miss Dix answers questions about marriage with an educated wife and a less educated husband. She cautions that a wife who outvalues her husband breeds misery, while love grows when equals share respect, understanding, and ambition. a lazy or unambitious mate damages the relationship. She also explains love as a mix of sex attraction, shared temperament, and aligned outlooks and urges honest breaks when engagement must end for happiness.
The notice outlines food and fuel ration stamps validity. It lists Meats Fats Eie-Book brown stamps W X valid through Feb 26 Y through March 20. Breen stamps G H J through Feb 20 K L M through March 20. Sugar Book four stamp 30 through March 31 five pounds and stamp 40 through Feb 28 1945. Shoes Book one stamp 18 and airship stamp 1 indefinitely. Gasoline A coupons three gallons through May 8 in northeast and southeast. 10 A three gallons elsewhere through March 21. B and B-1 C and C-1 two gallons except far west and Rockies where three. B-2 C-2 five gallons. Fuel Oil Period three coupons through Feb 21 south and through March 13 others. Period four through Sept 30. Period five through Sept 30 in midwest and south. All coupons equal 10 gallons per unit with some units higher.
A Baltimore Sun poem by Bentztown Bard laments spring awakening in mountains and streams. It evokes Tuscarora Singanore and April morning visions of wren populated meadows, rivers, and grasses kissed by silvery rain.
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