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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
2
A partial insertion appears to be a historical preface from a newspaper about editorial policy and attribution. It mentions the Daily News AP affiliation, refusal to publish opinions without real names, and postal registration details in Frederick MA. The readable fragments suggest caution around attribution and authority.
The era’s mood shifts with January inventories as business heads budget costs and leaks. Newton D Baker’s World War II era achievement tops a somber note on his death at 66, hailed for mobilizing millions to Europe without scandal.
The article warns that five hundred people die in Christmas related incidents and warns against risky behavior. It notes automobile accidents kill more than one hundred thousand weekly, urging caution and safer habits during the holiday season.
A garbled note asks if peanuts are nuts or vegetables and whether any active volcanoes exist in the United States. It questions Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address reception and asks what civil death means. It contains stray phrases on eggs, handwriting, and an “IEEE” reference, all in unclear context.
Howard W Blakeslee explains how a single potato contains enough potassium to affect two adults and how potassium in the body is essential yet potentially lethal. The element sits in cells, with its role varying by chemical companions, calming spasms with bromide and aiding conditions from skin troubles to rheumatism and tuberculosis.
The passage presents lines from Mischa Levitzki on the hard life of a gifted child prodigy and from Margaret Rawlings on women's time, Frances Perkins on labor, John V L Hogan on intelligent listeners, Malvina Hoffman on dancing nations for peace, and Walter F George on class legislation.
Frederick items recount a wagon tongue break near Carroll Creek with William H. Krantz narrowly controlling horses. Also noted is the Lutheran Sunday School's sixty eighth anniversary program with Nellie Blessing Eyster praising growth to about 706 members and updates on local clergy changes at the Southern Methodist church with planned entertainments.
Local lems recall steps by Uncle Sam to ease congestion at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Brunewick yard. Coal cars moved by ten engines after weeks of tying up. Frederick Banks reports a gain of about $2,009,000 in 1917 clearings to $24,347,016.73. In Frederick area a buggy overturn as horse bolted and driver and Mrs Haffner escaped with scratches. Woodside real estate sale of hotel and residence to Dr George F Smith for about $10,000 and 190 acre farm to William B Catshall for $21,000. Buckeystown residents burn fires in cellars to keep potatoes from freezing.
George Spernak and Robert Hore of the yacht Aaffe's crew face murder charges after Jack Morgan, a convicted sex offender, shoots Skipper Dwight Faulding dead in a piracy attempt. Witness Elsie Berdan, hired by Morgan, watched the slaying and fought during a three hour struggle.
Bruce Catton summarizes Eleanor Roosevelt s This Troubled World noting her despair over bloodshed in world news and her search for peace through plans such as arms nationalization and disarmament. She argues peace begins with changing human nature, a hard but possible reform, with fresh, unpublished material.
A reflective piece urges moving forward from New Year’s Day with purpose and effort to improve, avoid repeating past mistakes, and focus on meaningful progress. It notes rum producing centers including Cuba Jamaica Martinique and British Guiana.
Jan 4 Sabillasville report lists Glenn Pryor confined to bed with grippe and Mary Dick returning from Johns Hopkins Hospital improved. Mentions visits by John Pryor and Philadelphia trip for Jean Pryor tonsil operation. Dinner guests included J R Sausser Frederick and Rev C H Corbett Thurmont. Church group Willing Workers held Christmas party at Laniz home with gifts and prize won by Mrs Earl Eby. Also Elmer Gongo Greencastle and Hazel Kiiner Waynesboro visited relatives.
In Leesburg Virginia on January 4 Betsy and Jane Rust hosted a dinner at Mr. and Mrs. W F Rust before a Leesburg High School masqu erade dance. The Leesburg Assembly dance occurred at the Thomas Balch Memorial Library. The Loudoun Hunt met at Dry Mill Bridge with 17 riders and awarded a brush to Miss Mary Rust and a mask to David N Rust. The rider list included Judge J R H Alexander and others.
The Cathedral School and Bliss i Cornelia Pickens hosted a dinner dance Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs R S Pickens with guests from Leesburg including Ruth Hurley Wilson Hurley Mary Lil Bailey Helen Lipscomb Betty Hanicon Betty Lyon Bob Lyon and David Rust Jr. Joe Cox Dick Norman and Philip Nash of Washington also attended. Weekend visitors Rev and Mrs James Cox and children from Silver Spring Md joined B Powell Harrisons. Willoughby Patten sails to Bermuda to visit grandmother Francis L Patton at Carberry Hill Warwick. Washington visitors Walter Jorrison Nancy Harrison spent the weekend with Rebecca and Maria Harrison. Col Robert Fletcher and family from Washington spent holidays near Leesburg. Prof Wilfred Lambert and Mrs Lambert of Williamsburg visited Maude Lambert. John William Clemens and daughter of Norfolk stayed with John R Clemens. Nancy Rogers visited Ada Perry Gibson in Durham N C. Mrs Lefevre Luke hosted a scavenger hunt while Mrs B F Nalle and Mrs Clara Briggs hosted eggnog parties.
The monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held at Mrs. Frank Suman's home on South Market Street Monday at 7 30 p m. Nineteen members attended. Mrs. F B Sappington opened with songs, devotion by Mrs. Suman, prayer by Mrs. J G Traver, and a talk by Dr. Traver on the unions aims. Meeting closed with Mizpah benediction. Next gathering at Mrs. George Paxson's home.
The Women’s League of All Saints church meets in the parish house Wednesday at 3 45 pm. Before Lent the meetings focus on missionary work under Mrs John B Harding chair. Wednesday’s session features an illustrated lecture on the church’s work in the Hawaiian Islands.
Dr. Morris Fishbein surveys dementia praecox, noting unknown cause, typical young onset, gradual nervous system decline, and symptoms from apathy to bizarre language. Discusses past therapies like baths, fever, and occupational methods, and new metabolism changes via insulin shock or methrazol. cautions on risks and institutional control.
London Jan 4 AP A long steel tunnel eight to nine feet high is being built near Caxton hall’s main entrance as a gas and splinter proof shelter. Covered with sand bags and gravel, the tunnel aims to show firms how easily shelters can be built in small spaces to protect workers.
Question and answer item on proper behavior for adoptions engagements and marriages. Covers whether to announce adoptions, who should announce engagements, wearing engagement or wedding rings after remarriage, a widow wearing white, and ways a bride may be escorted or give away her marriage. Copyright NEA Service.
New York reports Broadway opens with two holiday showcases, Between the Devil and Three Waltzes, both big musicals from the Shuberts. Jack Buchanan stars in Between the Devil with Evelyn Laye and Adele Dixon, while Kitty Carlisle leads Three Waltzes with Parisian roots and a long love story spanning 1865 to 1938. Ruth Gordon to revive A Doll's House. Hollywood Hotel revue. Your Obedient Husband to star Frederic March and Florence Eldridge.
A historical rundown lists notable birthdays and events. Figures include Aaron Burr, William Staughton, Horace Binney, Washington de Pauw, Charles Stratton Tom Thumb, Blanche Walsh, and others with dates and places across 18th and 19th centuries. The segment notes legislative, judicial, and civil service milestones, plus a U S Supreme Court decision and Utah statehood, ending with brief reflections on aspiration.
A compact reflective note cites I Thessalonians 5 13 and hints at personal comforts growing through life’s trials. The fragment mentions Guy crosses and a stylistic nod to youthful expression.
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