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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1942
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment from the Frederikia Daily dated Saturday February 28, 1942. The text references Associated Press service and post office details but lacks coherent news items.
Last year science produced major wartime advances with broad civilian impact. A radio-locator aided night fighters, new welded cargo ships, magnesium for aircraft, and jet water mining. Medical progress included sulfadiazine spray for burns and enriched bread and flour. Broadly, vaccines and pest research emerged as fights against disease continued.
The New York Times editorial argues the 40 hour week harms U S production while France and Britain show longer weeks. It criticizes administration claims that overtime is optional and supports a compromise bill to delay legally required overtime pay until forty eight hours in a week.
It argues for longer weekly hours up to forty eight with proportionally higher pay to boost production without increasing risk. It claims small firms could extend workweeks without heavy penalties, enabling three shifts instead of four and allowing thousands to earn more, while warning against reducing the labor force by nearly 20 percent during a critical period.
Correspondence forwarded to The News editor relays George Alsop’s 1650 letter from Maryland. The excerpt warns Maryland merchants to hire shrewd agents, noting locals’ keen trade sense and risk of overgenerous credit. References Potomac Landings by Paul Wilsaich for more details. end with Allnut signature.
A tramp named Puddle Duck was picked from the gutter on South Market Street by Officer Renner and jailed after nearly dying from intoxication. Capt Walter Saunders on North Market Street received wooden shoes from Bell and Davis of Columbia Nebraska, former Liberty residents. The Union Manufacturing Company safe was broken into and $25 stolen. a sledge hammer aided the thieves, who exchanged fire with watchman John Fleischman. A fire at Mrs Laura Krantz’s ice house and stable near West All Saints Street was quelled by Eugene Sponseller before firemen arrived. A woman witness in the Court House corridor yesterday smoked two pipes.
Twenty years ago in Frederick County Maryland delegates considered a bill to rename the Mechanicstown district as Thurmont, urged by local residents. Residents from Emmitsburg district petitioned county authorities to repair the road from St Anthony's church to Hemler's lane about one mile long. Nellie Blessing Eyster, famed author and Jefferson native, died in Berkeley California at 92, known for Saturday Evening Bells in Frederick. The legislature heated over a proposed veteran cash bonus, with Senators Abrecht Bassford Abrecht and Comer opposing and no vote after adjournment.
A fragment from a 1930s era page blends weather and global conflict with local notes. March winds prompt mentions of General MacArthur on Bataan, wartime mobilization, sirens, and defense efforts. Local events include nurses mobilizing, church services, post office stamp sales, and community updates from Union Bridge and surrounding areas.
In a reflective column the writer laments the impact of war on duties and anxieties, noting rising prices, a shrinking dollar, and public blame. The piece threads through how conflict reshapes everyday concerns and hopes for an end to war and calmer times. Water spiders are briefly mentioned as a trivia aside.
Edson surveys economic warfare as the United States wields a blacklist to cripple Axis firms across the Americas. Mexico Cuba and Guatemala report bankruptcies or takeovers. Brazil and Bolivia show surpluses and rising trade, while Uruguay boosts imports and exports amid war prosperity. Washington highlights include embassy events and federal offices expanding services.
New York Feb 28. Three men shape a musical comedy from a story Yours For a Year by Marion Abbott and Green dominate. Abbott buys it, Green composes, edits, and guides the score while Green also conducts Rodgers and Hart’s The Warriors Husband. Betty Furness tours My Sister Eileen cast.
A reminiscence recalls a musician who backed Paramount pictures a decade ago with background scores for Claudette Calvert in a film title misread as Secrets of a Secretary. He later conducted for Fred Astaire during a radio era and met his wife Betty Furness. Since then life centered on Betty, Barbara, and music.
Highlights from the Rivers of America series review Thomas D Clark's The Kentucky surveys the state from Pine Mountain to the Ohio River, mixing travel notes, history, and colorful lore. It covers coal country moonshine bluegrass culture and notable figures, praising Kentucky food, horses, and whisky while weaving in anecdotes from old letters and records.
A Frederick county boy and his private cousin were briefly reunited in Alabama until military rank differences forced separate social paths. An MP shadowed them, and the private faced duties after sharing a social evening with his commissioned cousin.
A wartime era style quiz asks which motor firms compose the Big Three, whether US cars used names like Meteor Comet Moon Star, which feature began as standard equipment first, and which company began as a buggy maker. It also asks to name two Michigan cities besides Detroit that housed auto factories.
Washington reports detail a heated House debate on suspending the 40 hour week for wartime production. Proposals clash with union demands and wage concerns, highlighting a lack of coordinated economic policy and looming manpower shortages as the administration seeks a flexible path.
The piece asserts man’s free will and the highest gift to God is salvation via self surrender. It links gratitude to using God’s gifts, especially choosing to follow Christ daily and deny self. It quotes scripture on obedience over sacrifice and taking up the cross.
This differs into a quiz titled What Would You Do with five etiquette questions. It covers introductions as Alice Smith, letting a faculty member pass first, corsage wear choices, questioning fraternity membership, tea dance hours, and dancing etiquette with options about introducing a dance partner or leaving.
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