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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1944
Page
4
A note states no communication or opinion will be published without the writer's real name and advises corrections if reflections on any person firm or corporation appear. It notes postal entry at Frederick Md as second class matter on February 18 1944.
A disputed English dispatch claims Japan is testing a powerful element that could destroy allied navies with minimal energy. Cited to Dr. Aikitsu Tanakadate in a Diet address, the piece satirically questions the element's existence while noting Axis secrecy.
The piece argues that sacrifice is needed for national security and peace. It emphasizes that young men must fight and civilians support with labor and money, praising soldiers and the home front for accepting the cost to defend rights and a free country.
An expert authority estimates postwar building will average double the thirties and five percent higher than the twenties. If realized, construction could employ 3.0 to 4.0 million people. The housing demand rises as returning servicemen seek dwellings. families resume living with parents and young couples look for home nests as new houses rise in cities and towns.
The note explains correct phrasing for consent and agreement, gives examples like Each of the men was paid for his work, and highlights common mispronunciations and misspellings such as tremor tremble tree and mortgage. It also hints at prefixes like ob noting a stop or negation.
Washington reports service men show little interest in the 1944 election as the war dominates. Most won t vote or back Roosevelt, with concerns about mail delays and governance affecting the troops. Parents may influence but overseas soldiers seek end of war more than political arguing, amid questions about ballot handling by War and Navy departments.
The entry discusses the word prodigacy with meanings like profusion of expense and extravagant waste. It notes a quote about an estate prodigally dissipated and invites readers to master one word daily to grow vocabulary.
Fifty years ago the column recalls sleighing mishap near Emmitsburg as Ralph and Richard Zacharias tumble a sleigh but escape injury. Frank Schroeder plans a fifth birthday party for friends at his East Patrick street home. Senator Newman intends to introduce a bill in the State Senate banning swine from running at large in Johnsville. Edgar McCardell returns to Frederick to run the retail dept of his father’s confectionery on North Market street. William Zimmerman of Charlesville buys a two story double dwelling on West Fourth Street.
Twenty years ago items note a man jailed awaiting hearing on cruelty to his wife and non support. A fire alarm erupts when a state roads snowplow truck near Schleysville catches fire. Fred Meister announces a dry cleaning plant to be built on East Fifth Street in Fredrick. The city plans to hire an inspector for Fishing Creek reservoir project as aldermen review engineers.
A historical list notes births and deaths of notable figures such as George Peabody and Charles Schwab, with dates and places. It also records events including the Know Nothing convention, Jefferson Davis as Confederate president, and a series of wartime notes. A brief horoscope predicts leadership and persuasive skill for today.
The piece analyzes Churchill's forthcoming war review in Parliament and the implied cross-Channel invasion. It notes the promised victory at a heavy price and emphasizes the anticipated Allied west front assault before spring, with Soviet victories and Teheran timing shaping expectations.
A famous US theologian valued baseball as a science yet refused to attend games. He could discuss batting averages and box scores but showed little interest in applying beliefs to life. His intellect contrasted with selfish, vain traits, revealing a theory ready but not lived.
A compact note on Acts 19 20 praising the power of God's word and contrasting it with Luther s claim that a single word can strike one dead, then reflecting on money and fortune in a brief copyright era observance.
Washington debate centers on government power to direct civilian production and prices during wartime. Judge Vinson’s directive ties profits to 1936-39 levels and orders conversion from drapes to denims to ease shortages, sparking clashes between War Production Board and Office of Price Administration with textile makers wary of policy.
The column counsels that one out of six marriages ends in divorce, urging readers to risk marriage for meaningful partnership. It notes marriages vary, warns against avoiding love due to fear, and emphasizes personal effort as key to lasting relationships.
HAL BOYLE reports from CASINO Feb 4 that a captured German pillbox served as a two man field telephone, with air vents periscopes and machine gun slots. Soldiers describe its steel and concrete armor, supplies left behind, and a mule captured in the muddy Rapido valley as tanks and infantry press the winter line.
A short piece by N A Lupburrow urges calm amid daily irritations. It notes loud rants and bluster harm temper, proposing restraint as the wiser path to maintain composure and reduce conflict.
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