Stamp honoring volunteer firemen would be first class postage
The writer praises volunteer firemen of America and supports Congressman Boggs on a joint resolution to issue a postage stamp in their honor. He notes their nightly readiness, dangers, and training, and argues the stamp would recognize their valor and unpaid service without endorsing harmful old myths.
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J. Caleb Boggs
Congrem
Post Office Department
Sremen
America
Boggs
Volunteer Firemen of America
Lent and Moonlight Across Faith and Art Themes
The piece surveys Lent sermons stressing Jesus as a moral exemplar and considers his influence on world history and peace. It then shifts to moonlight’s beauty, Addison’s lines, and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, noting moonlight’s poetic and emotional impact.
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Jesus
Fibroid tumors of the uterus common after age 35
The article explains fibroids rise after 35 with about one in five women affected. Most are benign and may not require treatment. symptoms include heavy or painful bleeding and abdominal pressure. Growth can demand treatment, often removing the womb, though tumor removal is possible. Fibroids may become cancerous and require individualized care.
Apropos Word Lesson From A Misused Note
A brief English lesson notes misused words and pronunciations. It highlights apropos meaning opportunely or seasonable with sample usage and reference to Pope. It stresses daily vocabulary growth through mastering one word.
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Pope
Foggy Night Inspires Lufburrow Verse
A poem by N. A. Lufburrow notes that fog makes the night groggy and obscures sight but offers warmth indoors. The piece ponders fog's value to man and dog and ends with hope for a clear morrow.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Fifty Years Ago Local Tems From The Columns Of The News
Mischievous boys pushed a fat cat on East Patrick street to the stone bridge, fled via the creek when Officer Stone appeared. A horse hitched before Rosenour Brothers store bolted, dashing north on Market street. Jenks Hauer returned from near Cuba, noting heat and blankets. Fred Krauth Sr., longtime California editor and Frederick native, died at 74 in Oakland. The Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad completed a new power house to supply its cars.
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Middletown
RB. R
East Patrick Street
Stone Bridge
Officer Stone
Oficer
Rosenour Brothers
Church Street
Market Street
Jenks Hauer
Cuba
Frederick K. Krauteh
California
Oakland
Calif
Frederick
Frederick and Middletown
Twenty Years Ago Local News From The Columax Of The News
Twenty years ago the Kiwanis Club adopted two resolutions urging county commissioners to examine complaints about real estate valuations in Frederick for fair treatment. Pennsylvania railroad officials visited for inspection but would not commit on a new station. A tenant on Dr Charles H Conley’s Frederick farm was badly injured when struck by an unknown hit and run driver while on a horse drawn wagon. Between $20 and $25 were taken from the homes of Harry O Schroeder and P M Hiteshew after thieves entered through the back doors.
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Kiwanis Club
Fredty
Pennsylvania
William Harris
Charles H Conley
Frederick
West Fourth Street
Harry O. Schroeder
Clark Place
P. M. Hiteshew
East Patrick Street
Halleck and the House’s New Deal balance in Washington
Washington Daybook profiles Charles Halleck as Republican floor leader guiding strategy in the House. He skirmishes against New Deal momentum, backs farm and commodity probes, and clashes with administration policy. The piece notes his Indiana roots, Willkie nominating episode, and status as GOP favorite bent on disciplined action.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Capitol
House of Representatives
Speaker
Charles Abraham Halleck
House
Senate
Charlie Halleck
August Andresen
Halleck
Andresen
Caesar
Philadelphia
United States
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Charlie
Wendell Willkie
Indiana University
Fraternity Brothers
Excess profits tax fear in postwar America
Washington editor warns against reviving the excess profits tax arguing it would wreck peacetime business, crimp capital, freeze wages, and threaten employment. He notes Congress lacks support, the tax favored large firms in wartime, and stresses the danger to small and moderate businesses and overall economic stability.
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Washington
Congress
Lke
Raciars
New Deal
America
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass
The piece explores the perennial question of life after death across cultures from Egypt to Greece. It argues religion fulfills the hunger for immortality beyond philosophy, noting immortality cannot be proven mathematically but faith can make it a living reality.
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Earl L_ Douglass
Christ
Lfe
Babson
Lynd
Social Etiquette For Arrangements And Pricing Clarity
This item highlights the importance of agreeing on price before a job begins and avoiding complaints about cost after completion. It contrasts a proper approach with a wrong method that withholds pricing details and only complains later.
Innovative two bedroom prefab house blends form and function
AP News notes a Sundberg Ferar designed two bedroom house in Detroit Michigan totaling 960 square feet plus carport and no basement. The unusual hearth creates a merged living dining area with 23 foot length. Exterior features vertical fluted and clapboard aluminum directly applied to sheathing with an unpainted roof for insulation and glare reduction. Costs compare favorably to conventional siding and roofing.
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AP News
Sundberg-Ferar
Guardian
Detroit
Mich
No Occasion For FMCS To Use Taft Hartley Law
NEA Washington correspondent notes low strike activity since Taft Hartley Act and outlines FMCS role and director Cyrus Ching plans. FMCS handles disputes, favors prevention, decentralizes to regional offices, and limits entry to last resort. Correction clarifies Benson’s 1936 political stance and Roosevelt support.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
New Look Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FMCS
Cyrus 5
Ching
Boston Street Railways
U.S. Rubber Co
NLRB
National Safety and Health
Question and Answer Digest on History and Facts
A mixed set of trivia questions and answers covers geography religion and history. Topics include river banks orientation, Elihu Yale’s origins, cats whisker function, Maryland religious toleration, Carl Sandburg as Poet of American Industry, ancient Egyptian beer, flagstaff toppers, and Dead Sea surface level.
Dorothy Dix columns offer frugal church wedding guidance
Dorothy Dix answers readers on affordable church weddings and teen engagements. A 17 year old girl faces parental limits on dating and wedding costs, while a young couple asks about engagement timing. Advice urges simple ceremonies, warns about parental overreach, and notes the lasting bearing of a wedding day on a young woman.
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Dead Sea
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Michigan
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Ohio
Henry FE. Huntington
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Salinas
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Naval Operations
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Chicago
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