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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1943
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR indicates an office entry at Frederick concerning a matter dated Thursday February 18. Details are unclear but reference to a formal public action or record filing appears.
The piece argues Congress will keep raising income tax rates as revenue needs grow. It notes fears lawmakers have about taxpayers' ability to pay and predicts new schemes to collect taxes more frequently. It cites Cordell Hull’s 1913 law as the origin and warns that higher taxes will continue to emerge as government funds tighten.
The article notes a two and five eighth inch heel maximum during rationing and cautions that an eighth inch variance is hard to detect. It imagines heel inspectors with rulers, warns readers not to mistake officials measuring feet, and adds a grim wartime aside about Japanese interests in survival as Pacific battles continue.
English lesson style notes cover misused phrases pronunciation tips and word study urging daily vocabulary growth. Highlights include trans action sine kur and carnage with example sentence citing Macau ley and notes on misspellings and synonyms.
Deeds recorded for various properties including an exchange involving Catherine A Betson and heirs at West Patrick Street in the city. Noted executors and suppliers show voided transfers and a property value around 2020 dollars. Kincaid and wife are also mentioned as having sold property in the Buckeystown area.
U S Commercial Corporation buys for neutral nations in lieu of dollars. Countries like Spain Portugal and North Africa seek goods to stock their stores rather than cash. Barter with kerosene gasoline and petroleum moves trade while safeguards prevent Axis re export. North Africa economics aid Axis pressure relief via Brazilian cotton cloth trade.
A reflective line on hating evil and loving good urges establishing judgment at the gate. The excerpt frames moral discernment as a civic duty, echoing Victorian moral tone through Dickensian phrasing.
Fifty years ago on February 18 1893 local items note Mr Charles Anders famed fox hunter securing two red foxes and a brush hunting reward. Isabella Carnival ladies report gross receipts of 360 dollars over two evenings with about 200 dollars in expenses. The Grand Jury adjourned after twelve days with 158 witnesses and 24 indictments. A chicken theft case prompts a warrant for a dealer who sold birds. The Brunswick Opera House finishes and plays Uncle Tom's Cabin next week by Kidder's Company.
Twenty years ago in this city the C E Ctine automobile was stolen and chased for about a mile before being recovered within thirty minutes. Charles W Speaks had driven it to Washington to meet Mo and Miz Cline returning from Florida and recovered the car after an exciting chase in which he jumped from another machine and was injured in a fall. All boy scouts across the city and county are invited to attend the Mountain City Lodge luncheon and anniversary exercises at Pythian Castle with Judge Glenn H Worthington delivering the main address. Sixteen dealers will attend the eighties dual Automobile Show at the State Armory from February 28 to March 3. Harry L. Davis of Fountain Mills announced his candidacy for County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket.
A compact historical digest noting 1783 Chisholm versus Georgia decision and Jefferson Davis inauguration, with births such as James Biddle and Ida Husted Harper. Also lists notable anniversaries, people born today like Wendell Willkie and Jimmie Durante, plus a 1941 bank robbery case sentencing. Contains horoscope snippet and a late 1940s criminal verdict.
The report analyzes Kharkov’s fall, noting a northern flanking victory that destabilizes the German line from Smolensk to the Sea of Azov. It outlines Soviet movements toward Poltava and Kremenchug, risking a broader trap and potential push toward Dnieper crossings and Crimea.
Oilman Harry F Sinclair urged the government to direct consolidation of oil resources and close two thirds of gas service stations nationwide to win the war. He said closing all bulk plants and nonessential stations would free manpower for war industries and could not be delayed. In Washington, Rev. H B Rittenhouse, newly named pastor of the Washington Gospel Temple, announced he will start February 21 and continue broadcasting on his network stations.
Editorial reflecting wartime America in 1942 urges sacrifice for war effort. It argues many long held rights and pleasures should be curtailed to support military needs and supply lines. The piece notes civilian duty, employment expansion, and regulatory changes while debating the balance between freedom and national necessity. It references global conflict, U.S. war work, and the push for universal service.
Barracks B state police held semi monthly inspection matches on the indoor range with Army L targets. Lt Carl Dillinger led the detail to victory scoring 289 while Trooper Bruce Bruchey fired a 293 high, and Sergt Truman Moon totaled 288 as the group posted 1907 to 1891 against a rival detail commanded by Lt Dillinger.
Annapolis memorial session held by the Court of Appeals for the late Judge Hammond Urner former Maryland Supreme Bench member. Attorney General Walsh opened with a life account then tributes came from Parsons Newman William F. Prettyman and Randolph Barton Jr. Chief Judge D Lindley Sloan gave the response for the court.
In this reflection the worn-out automobile is likened to a burden on society reminding readers that aging machines cause traffic confusion. The piece argues cars deserve a pension instead of constant complaints and outbursts and notes that accidents stem from worn equipment needing a simple vacation rather than blame.
The prompt links the British Eighth Army's Tripoli push to the Marine hymn that begins with From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. The question evokes a known wartime reference.
An essay on achievement and liberty stressing that progress relies on vast human effort across telephone networks and industry. It urges constant vigilance to protect freedom and daily blessings, noting wartime sacrifices and the costs behind ordinary comforts.
An exchange notes that General Sir Harold Alexander commanded the last remnants of the British army in the present war, leaving with his troops as a key late general. The fragment then shifts to a poem about Frederick and Catoctin valleys from The Bentztown Bard printed in the Baltimore Sun.
A Mexican film in Spanish with English subtitles titled The Wave will be screened Friday at eight in Meyran social room Hood College. A short film Pan Americana will follow. The event marks Hood College’s first Spanish language picture and is open to all.
Property deeds and marriages are listed: Martin Wagner and wife deed to Herbert Cornwell and wife for 10 dollars in the county. Virginia Pryor to William Moser for 200 dollars. H Bond Bressler as executor to John Owens for 12 025 dollars. Catherine Betson executrix to Gilmore Flaytt and wife for 2020. John Kincaid and wife to Wilbur Hai for 16 dollars in the county. marriage licenses for Donald Schuttenberg and Evelyn Kemp at 421 West South Street. Woodrow Wilson King and Margaret Holt, both of Lewistown.
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