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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1944
Page
4
The Frederick paper notes subscription rates and press policy. It lists single copy price and six month, three month, and annual terms. It emphasizes Associated Press rights and requires real names with letters to the editor. It mentions correction policy and postal status as second class.
The nation faces a metals surplus with steel ingots piling up and scrap aluminum stockpiled. Copper zinc lead nickel and magnesium trade down as demand softens and government controls loom. Army Naval approval is awaited for WPB metal control measures while civilian uses for surplus steel ingots rise in refrigerators and stoves. Shipbuilding remains steel sheet and plate short.
The article contrasts Japanese wartime claims with actual American losses across theaters. It notes figures for dead and wounded, prisoners, ships sunk or damaged, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines, correcting Tokyo's inflated assertions with verified totals.
The government reports US money in circulation reached 19.2 billion dollars in October, a record high. Officials warn rising money supply could lift prices and living costs. Many formerly poor citizens now have cash at hand or saved at home, risking impulse spending without future-proof savings.
The Office for Price Administration plans two billion plastic ration point tokens for late February to be used with larger coupons. Red tokens cover meat and blue for processed foods, with a caution that the chips may be too valuable for casual poker use. Political chatter questions President Roosevelt's potential fourth term and possible resignation. The Truman Committee nears a canal oil pipeline report on the Alcan Highway, while Nelson faces reconversion pressures at the War Production Board.
A fragment urges purchasing war bonds to support armed services while avoiding price inflation. The note warns against bidding up merchandise costs, stressing responsible defense funding without harming the economy.
The United States Department of Justice reports the FBI holds over 4.5 million prints, the largest and most comprehensive fingerprint database globally. This record emphasizes the bureau's extensive archival effort and ongoing security applications.
Fifty years ago local items note a Brunswick affray with several tramps injuring one man, a Walkersville fire destroying a store and dwelling, a six horse team with bells on Patrick street, reservoir repairs delayed with 20 percent retained, and a gang attempting to steal the district line post on Lewistown to Creagerstown road.
Twenty years ago Frederick County items note a referral on a games clearance at fairs for life member consideration, old Board of Managers reelected, Hood property sale for 21000 dollars, Frederick County delegation reorganized with Llscopel as chairman and Bennett on the House organization committee, Farm Bureau Cooperative buys the South Carroll street warehouse from Central Chemical, a three story building formerly Tyzon fertilizer factory, new possessors take possession.
Today In History lists 1779 Stephen Decatur born in Maryland and 1815 death in a duel. It notes 1794 50 years ago Edmund Ruffin born Virginia, Cyrus Hamlin born Maine, Olympia Brown born Michigan, John Mass born Pennsylvania, and King Camp Gillette born Wisconsin. Also mentions 1798 land awards to Kosci nska and four Grasse daughters. 1893 Great Northern Railroad completed. 1895 Boston Church dedication. 1914 Henry Ford pay rise. 1915 Danbury Hatters case. 1919 Wilson visits Milan Genoa. 1920 Congress liquor limits. 1923 Emil Cone experiments. 1943 bombers sink ships at Rabaul. Today’s birthdays include Dr Henry S Coffin Paul Mallen Amy Majlen Courtness Hodges Edward Hayes Herbert Swope Prof Munro Charles Burgess. Horoscope notes a powerful recovering nature and medical ability with cautions to avoid enemies.
Sabu, the youthful movie star nicknamed The Elephant Boy, was naturalized in Federal Court in Baltimore today becoming a U.S. citizen. The Indian-born actor, now in Uncle Sam's Army at Fort George G. Meade, Md, joined 28 soldiers from 13 countries admitted to citizenship in the ceremony.
The War Interpreted notes a three-way Soviet squeeze threatening large German forces south of Kiev. It cites Belaya Tserkov’s fall, advancing Dnieper ice, and a planned strike from Kiev bulge toward Volodarka and Kherson, signaling a potential big German defeat and shortened war.
Equity case is James C. Cox and Della B. Jones divorce petitions noted alongside several marriage licensees including Cox with Jones. Property deeds show transfers to Royal G Hilton and wife from multiple grantors with nominal sums. Local note: Mr and Mrs Richard P. Ross arrive from Arlington to visit son Lt Col Richard P. Ross Jr. and family.
Washington dispatch questions if Roosevelt seeks a fourth term, arguing the president’s record and party unity favor him, while noting Canadian parliamentary differences and the public’s role in electing leaders. The piece stresses continuity, constitutional process, and the electorate's rights.
Dorothy Dix warns women leaving homes for war work risk bringing antics into offices. A nursemaid home life distracts colleagues. the piece urges women to gain real professional skills for postwar jobs. It argues many will be fired after the war and that women must prepare to support themselves.
A Lynds Babson Newspaper piece laments global ills rooted in spiritual drift, not economics, arguing hearts away from God breed conflict. It frames the road to peace as a return to faith while noting crude oil production could grow mainly in West Texas.
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