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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1943
Page
4
The fragment references a byline rule requiring the real name of the writer for any opinion or expressive content. It suggests a Bureau of something and a description of how news or opinion should be credited, indicating constraints on publication of unsourced expression.
Retailers and grocers dispute fears of a mass shift from low priced to higher priced goods due to wider rationing. They argue buying choices reflect long standing beliefs about value, with households likely to buy similar overall quality and buy less in total.
Seed catalogues, tenacious despite paper shortages, appeal with eye catching vegetables and bold colors. They reassure hopeful gardeners that autumn gourds and peppers can compensate for food shortages, turning even small plots into sources of nourishment and optimism.
The passage muses on beauty as a craving tied to permanent style versus fleeting praise. It contrasts physical polish with enduring good disposition, warning against valuing form over character and noting beauty’s worth depends on inner steadiness rather than mere appearance.
A critical view of War Production Board leadership claims Donald Nelson abdicated and Charles E. Wilson acts as executive vice chairman. The piece argues WPB politics weaken military supply, urging direct control by Marshall, King, and Leahy to speed war production and reduce American casualties.
Fifty years ago on February 27 1993 readers find notes from Frederick Shookstown and East Brunswick. An impostor claiming Masonry tried to swindle members in Frederick. Mr Augustus Obenderfer trains his brother’s horse. Charles Klein to introduce new school exam at Shookstown school. East Brunswick Depot robbed of a small sum and an agent’s overcoat. a landslide blocks the north track briefly. Philomathean Society held its first public meeting of the year with readings a sale and a debate on annexation of Hawaii. the affirmative won.
Today in history items list births and deaths of notable figures such as Alexander C. Hanson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Russell Alger Laura E Huntington and others with scattered dates and places. The message also notes historical events and quotations including Lincoln at Cooper Union and a 1939 sit down strike ruling.
A 1923 item notes a gas tank accident injuring 100,008 engin ied at the local dire to Ty Serv. Miss Mary L. Nies treated at Fred Hospital. Gates intendent, 105 removal of tones and adenoids in the year. An automobile truck owned by Aaron L. Staley had a wheel caught on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Catoctin and was reduced to kindling after a freight strike. Five local men who tried to free the truck leaped into the rain.
A long Saturday column blends seasonal notes with war updates. References to Miss Springtime, Red Cross drives, ration books, and local civic matters sit beside war dispatches and court news. The piece closes with reflections on spring’s arrival amid winter.
A compact 1930s style column blends biblical verse with a cautious horoscope. It references Zephaniah 3 11 9 and a Russian-born author, noting 32 years since birth and urging tact to meet fortune. If aspects favor, success. if not, walk a quiet path.
Washington dispatch notes Lt Gen Brehon Somervell returning from six weeks of inspection across Africa the Middle East and India. He tours the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem meeting a Kansas‑named priest. The piece also covers USDA roles, North African sheep parasites, rabbit farming shifts to Interior, and Margarine reform songs by Margarine Lamont editor Mel Ryder amid wartime shortages.
The article analyzes Nazi statements on the eastern front from Kharkov to the Sea of Azov Coast near Taganrog. It discusses a stabilized southern front, a shifted Russian attack northward, and a widening encirclement push around Orel. Bryansk emerges as a key objective, with implications for reaching the eastern Dnieper Valley and threatening Kiev.
Main Nazi command channel and supply routes extend along the eastern front east of the Dnieper bend and inland through the bend, covering the broad front from Gomel to Kremenchug and securing all eastern approaches toward Kiev.
Lola DeLauter Fink and others deed property to H K DeLauter and county for 10 dollars. Equity cases include Margaret L Reed by Grace Covell vs Austin Reed for absolute divorce and Sarah Runkles vs Russell Runkles for absolute divorce. Marriage licenses issued: Nicholas Kurlick and Margaret Rhorback. Paul Carey and Frances Constantino.
Crowds attended a public sale of household effects at the Hedges farm on Dublin Continental road near Walkersville. A 40-gallon Lon cooker Heatrola sold for 50, a cooking range for 30, an antique baby buggy over 100 years old brought 3, a Dutch oven sold for 84, total sales about 312. Auctioneer was Harry Trout with R L Kelly as clerk.
The State Office of Price Administration’s enforcement division is investigating large quantity canned goods sales to individuals by grocers. State OPA attorney Reuben Oppenheimer says if consumer declarations do not match purchases, the individual may be asked to explain. Deliberate false statements may lead to suspension or revocation of rations and criminal charges. Those who erred honestly should correct their declaration at the State OPA office.
Thomas E. Williams of Frederick, a local typewriter and business machine dealer, was named to the Typewriter Dealers Industry Advisory Committee. He attended a two day Washington conference this week where industry problems were discussed. Williams serves as Frederick County purchasing agent for the Federal Government’s typewriter procurement campaign since 1933. He noted few machines have been locally available to date.
Nutrition specialist Miss Margaret McPhee warns that removing canned foods from purchased containers and recanning at home wastes food and value and risks spoilage from improper reheating. She notes re heating creates a soupy mass with lower value. The piece also contrasts wartime wood bed springs using one fourth the metal of pre war all metal springs.
The page presents a wartime trivia Q A segment asking about Wilhelmshaven’s role as a Nazi fleet home port and key shipyards, ration stamp rules for restaurant meals, the famed Marseille bouillabaisse, a card game rule about joker led play, and the origin of basketball by Dr James Naismith at the Springfield YMCA in 1891.
A compact lesson highlights common misuses and pronunciations. It defines inevitable as unavoidable and offers context with a Longfellow quote. It also notes plumbago as a mineral used in lubricants pencils and parishes.
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