18 Feb 1938
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1938
Page
1
The Daily News prints Associated Press dispatches and local news while guaranteeing accuracy and correcting errors. Communications require attribution and consent, with editor review for publication. unsourced opinions may be withheld.
Columbia Lodge No 53 Hosts Ladies Night on February 24 at the Masome Temple with a program, dancing, and a guest master of ceremonies. Wedding party members from Riddletown St Marys Chapter and All Saints Episcopal Church plan a St Patrick’s Tea on March 1, with Miss Partington as guest and a list of attendees. Faculty and students from several Wilmington area institutions attended dinners and events connected to vocational guidance and church activities, including participation by Miss Partington and others.
The Brookings Institution study argues that wage gaps stem mainly from occupation and timing differences rather than direct discrimination. Women peak in earnings about ten years earlier than men, then leave gainful work earlier, shaping overall income gaps across ages and industries.
Victim Terry Burke a book maker was stabbed at his gambling house rear door. Suspects include Muscles Dolan a logbook keeper missing. Henry Morgan a Burke client with an alibi and stake. Blondie Mallory rival seen near the scene. Police say one suspect lied and readers are told to view the last page for answers.
A compact moral note urges living in the present and trusting God, citing scripture from Matthew 6 34 and wisdom about burying the past. It cautions against overthinking the future and emphasizes action in the now with faith guiding head and heart.
The Brunswick area social column lists visitors and plans. Major and Mrs Ed. Mok Johnson attend a dinner. Miss Jean and Miss Marian Schmidt travel with their mother. Several locals engage in debates at Mer cer sburg Academy and attend nursing school graduations. Mrs Ernestine Pole visits Waverley Farm for a flower arrangement talk. Catoctin Club members meet at the Key Hotel with brief notes on an Easter dance.
Geary Porter hosted a Saturday afternoon surprise bridge luncheon at Raven Heights Hagerstown honoring niece Miss Margaret Simmons Oklahoma City Hood College student. Guests included Simmons and Virginia Bell Henrietta Sheesley classmates from several cities. flowers followed red and white theme.
Miss Gertrude King hosted a dessert-bridge at her home near Frederick with prizes awarded to Miss Katherine Forsythe first and Miss Eleanor Flick ling second while Miss Muriel Mob erly drew. Guests included numerous local women and spouses. Hi Dance Friday at Frederick High School auditorium features Diz Fagan orchestra from eight to twelve. A dessert-card party honors Mrs G Bernard Stull in Jefferson with miscellaneous shower and bridge and five hundred prizes. Final concert March 1 by Barrere Britt Concertino to perform chamber music at Calvary Church parish hall.
From The Columns of The News Feb 18 1883 county commissioners voted 1200 to clear snow from roads this winter and adjourn to the first Monday in April skaters at East Patrick Street rink paused as Prof Cyrus W Poole and Dr John Zimmerman debated the motion money has greater influence for evil than women on the mind of man Dr Clarence M Phleeger of Middletown wed Miss Fannie Gonsy of Shookstown February 16 by Rev S S K Wine at United Brethren parsonage
Local items note a $600 000 state appropriation to finish road works for towns and a push to have Market street pike taken over. Cumberland and Frederick County figures discuss law changes. Camp Meade transfers and Rev John Paul Tyler becoming a chaplain are reported. Middletown school reports 100 percent Red Cross membership among 302 pupils and teachers.
Hood College students begin taking reservations for dinners and a party on February 26 for the annual Junior Senior Prom to be held in Cobtemiz Hall that evening. A tea dance will be in Meyoran Hall earlier. Charlie Barnet and his WNB C orchestra from Raymor ballroom Boston will provide music for both dances. DeMolay Dance tonight at Francis Scott Key Hotel expected to draw sixty couples with H David Hagan orchestra performing 8:30 to 12:20. Beta Sigma Phi card party held at Francis Scott Key Hotel Blue and Grey room with door prizes. about thirty four tables. Miss Helen Dean Fish visits relate to travel volume.
Were married last Saturday at Calvary Methodist church in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Dr. Benjamin W. Mocks. The bride called Mrs Etchison appears with Miss Betty Gossell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gurney Goswell, and the groom is son of Mr and Mrs M R Benston from West College Terrace, Egis.
A long listing of historical anniversaries and births including George Peabody Harriet Farley Octave Chanute and Ida Harper with many dates and events. Also notes on Jefferson Davis Madero Allied terms and Know Nothing era events plus a brief horoscope predicting leadership and rhetoric but not fortune.
The verses lament rising costs and everyday purchases such as prunes macaroons cheese peas onions lard and crackers. The speaker notes cash is hard to obtain and urges ceasing complaints amid ongoing expenses and fighting news. N. A. LufBurrow.
A New York column records light, anecdotal bits from Manhattan life. It features Joe Rines the bum trading a coffee demand for a tuxedo press, a band leader’s cooling interaction, tales of sailors’ unclaimed bank gifts, Brooklyn Bridge witches, a lyricist’s phonograph earnings under disguise, linguistic trivia, and a London critic’s ham remark about a play.
A compact English lesson notes misuse and pronunciation guidance for words like discrimination sameness and sarmeness mispronunciation of coterie and daily practice to extend vocabulary. The entry defines derogate as take away and detract noting a charge cannot derogate Gis nonar.
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