Worcester News Mini Policies and Circulation Note
The News a Frederic Md publication notes its afternoon edition schedule and pricing. It is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press, with instructions that submissions must bear real author names and any corrections promptly addressed. The issue date is Wednesday February 18, 1942.
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Gui
Te Mat Southern Ptg & Mfg Co
Buidang
Frederick Mdee
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Associated Freee
Ted
China Debt Talks Highlight Global War Strains
The article argues China could tilt toward Japan if the Allies fail to support Chungking. It notes Western policies strain Sino Allied relations, Japan exploits Chinese currency control, and inflation fuels discontent. Churchill and Roosevelt plan loans totaling 700 million dollars to shore up China, avoiding possible anti western sentiment and a shift toward collaboration with Japan.
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China
United States
Japan
Orient
Britain
Burma
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Hitler
Hirohito
Singapore
East Indies
Australia
Tientsin
Shanghai
Chungking
Churchill
Roosevelt
London
Washington
Navy enlistment hits one hundred thousand since Pearl Harbor
The 100000th volunteer to join the Navy since Pearl Harbor has enlisted. In the first 30 days after the Pacific war began 55888 Navy enlistments were recorded, followed by 44112 in the next 26 days. Admiral Randall Jacobs calls the rush a patriotic display and a message to the Axis powers of American resolve.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Navy
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Navigation
America
First Electric Furnace Introduced in Syracuse Mill
The first electric furnace for high quality steel was installed in an American steel mill at Syracuse New York in 1908. This milestone marked a shift to electric steel production.
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Syracuse
NW. Y
Highlights From Latest Books Modernte and Military Explained
A critique of social etiquette guides and military reference volumes noting Manners for Moderns and Emily Post style limits. The piece mocks dated tips and highlights wartime manners, tipping norms, and the idea of a practical, undated approach in Modernte and related works.
Cranium Crackers Save Scrap War Quiz
A wartime quiz page urges Americans to save scrap metal for defense use. It lists questions on metals used to harden steel, lead and zinc producers by state, hardest material among diamonds iron and lignite, bauxite in aluminum brass or cardboard, tin sources in the Pacific and a South American tin producer, with answers on the last page.
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West Virginia
Missouri
Arizona
Pacific Islands
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago on February 18 1892 the News reports the Grand Army of the Republic posts in Maryland sending delegates to the sixteenth state encampment with Wallace A Bartlett of Hyattsville elected department commander. Thomas Chapline resigns to join Central Dry Goods House. New gum matting laid at Evangelical Lutheran Sunday school. Shookstown debating society set topic money vs love of woman with local members named. A masked ball at L R Waesche home Mechanicstown Thurmont attracts about fifty couples with notable costumes.
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Grand Army of the Republic
State Department
Wallace A. Bartlett
Hyattsville
Thomas Chapline
David H. Best
Central Dry Goods
Thomas H. Haller
Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School
Shookstown
L. R. Waesche
Mechanicstown
Thurmont
Frederick eyed as Maryland convention city proposal grows
Twenty years ago the column notes from The News on February 18 1922 report aims for Frederick to be the convention city of Maryland. Frederick Country Club stockholders plan to form an organization at the YMCA to purchase Gilpin farm about 53 acres two miles west. County fair economy bills are to be sent to the Farmers Association for discussion, including reducing county commissioners from five to three and electing the Montevue Hospital superintendent rather than appointing. State Roads Commissioner D Charles Winebrenner of Frederick approves reorganization bill and offers to serve without pay if required.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Maryland
Frederck Country Club
YMCA
Country Club
Gilpin
Montevue Hospital
D. Charles Winebrener
State Roads Commission
Peter Edson Washington
American Automobile Association
Aras
Latin America
Rubber Shortage Shapes U S War Transport Woes
Edson surveys rubber scarcity and hoarding risks as U S confronts wartime tire rationing. Officials eye bootlegging, retreading limits, and evolving policies while AAA seeks hearings on supply.
Mind Your Manners Answers May Include Telephones and Doors
Study notes cover etiquette for answering calls and doors. Correct lines include saying One moment please and opening the door only a crack. a maid may say May I tell her when called if employer absent. chair front edge aligns with table. warm dishes and water glass placement guidelines. infant tear development noted by Better Vision Institute of NY.
Pat O'Brien's Missing Dinner Jacket Triggers Washington Capers
New York actor Pat O'Brien, en route to Washington for infantile paralysis charity work, arrived jacketless after his dinner jacket was left in New York. A frantic sequence followed as Columbia Pictures raced to retrieve the missing garment, finally replaced by a $5 rental jacket to match his suit.
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New York
Pat O’brien
Boston
Washington
Film Colony
Jean Hersholt
Manhattan
Pat O'Brien
National Capital
Columbia Pictures
Grand Central Terminal
Columbia
Trinidad
O'Brien
Grand Central
Lufs Stuff Today Editorial Snippet
A fragmented newspaper column discusses war meaning and resilience as events unfold. The text references Russians, valor, storms at quays, and ongoing global conflict, with a terse reflection on persistence before spring. The piece appears observational and editorial in tone.
The War Interpreted by Churchill on Dover Strait Raid
Churchill framed the Dover Strait episode as an annoyance with compensating values for Britain and his leadership. He pressed a formal inquiry into Air Force Admiralty failures while RAF bombers hunted Nazi ships and argued the Brest to Helgoland move eased Atlantic pressure.
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Churchill
Dover Strait
Britain
Singapore
Air Force
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Brest
Helgoland
Atlantic
Hitler
Europe
Near
Middle East
London
Washington
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass
The article reflects on Saint Francis of Assisi and his companions proving joy comes from renunciation. It contrasts modern credos of gain with Francis’s joy born from giving up worldly comforts. The piece emphasizes daily gratitude and service to God as the source of happiness.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
St. Francis of Assisi
Italy
Babson Newspaper
Credible Defined and Used in Language Practice
A guide on correct usage and pronunciation of the word credible meaning worthy of belief and trustworthy. Includes notes on common misuses, pronunciation drills for chronolog ical and related terms, and sample sentence illustrating a credible person.
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Ruth
Dampier
Keeping morale and pace in a long war
David Lawrence argues that understanding geography and time is key to the war effort. He warns against pessimism, notes Japan’s early successes, and outlines the need for 8,000,000 tons of shipping, a two ocean Navy, and a strong Air Force by 1943 to enable decisive Allied blows by 1944.
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Roosevelt
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
America
Iceland
North Ireland
New York
Boston
Maby Poysigie Puisnis
United States
Britain
Norway
Siberia
Nippon
London
New Books In Arts Library
A summary of new additions to the Artz Library including Japan over Asia by William H. Chamberlin and a Gilbert and Sullivan treasury edited by Deems Taylor. Also listed are Famous First Facts and More First Facts by Joseph Nathan Kane and several local history titles such as Frederick City and County Directory 1895. War Information Center notes explain ongoing government displays and a March exhibit on nutrition.
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Japan
Asia
William H. Chamberlin
Christian Science Monitor
Gilbert and Sullivan
Deems Taylor
Joseph Nathan Kane
United States
Frederick
George M. Conradt
Herbert Bailey
Jacob Rohrback
C. Burr Artz Library
Signa
Artz
American Library Association
United States Information Service
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Dutton
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Blanche Wheeler
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Vanderbilt
Touri
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Defense Investigating
Th Better Vision Institute of
Nw York
Man
George Tucker
Luf
Kirke L. Simpson
David Lawrence
France
Admiral Taussig
Indo-China
Far East
New Books In Arts Library
George Russell Harrison
Emma Gelders Sterne
Jerse
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