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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
4
The fragment notes no communication will be published without the writer credit and states corrections to any erroneous paracter standing or reputation will be corrected upon notification to the editor. The piece is entered at the Freder ick post office as second class matter on Friday January 7 1944.
Representative Marion Bennett of Missouri cites a vast rise in federal publications amid a paper shortage. He notes 441 publications across daily, weekly, monthly, and annual formats, many serving as agency promotion. He reports 161,611 tons of paper used last year, higher than any prior year, with costs borne by taxpayers amid wartime shortages and cuts to civilian press.
Brazilian officers announce a new Brazilian expeditionary force will join Allied operations in Europe or Africa. Under Gen Joao Mascarenhas de Morais the unit will fight separately under Brazilian colors while serving with the Allied supreme commander. Brazil has already acted as a key supply base and now commits troops abroad.
A compact note on embracing a single vocabulary word daily. Today's word is adherent meaning a follower of a leader. The example shows he was followed by enthusiastic adherents.
Washington braces for a forthcoming Roosevelt message to Congress. He will rebuke labor and business groups while urging unity as strikes and tax-affected profits threaten war production. The president seeks broad anti-privilege legislation and a national stance that ties labor and management to victory.
Court News reports equity actions involving A. Holter as trustee and assignee for Dammond and Degilbiss seeking foreclosure of mortgage on Emory L and Kate C Smith. Property deed transfers show George M Kaetzel and wife to C Howard Kaetzel with county payment of $10 and Clarence A King et al to Charles BE Eyler and wife in city for $10.
Mrs. Louis V. Keyser of Frederick reports that her husband, Capt. Keyser, has arrived safely overseas, confirming his status after deployment.
Jurors for the February term of Circuit Court are drawn, listing Frederick district jurors including George Wilson, William S. Bennett, Allen G. Quynn, Augustus Kaff man, George F Kline, and Conrad Ruland. A man fell down an embankment near Isabella Gas Works, dislocating his hip. Fire destroyed the Wachter store and dwelling at Walkersville severing telephone service. A music box on display at Shepherd’s Court Street restaurant was won by Calvin Nutt. Union Foundry on West South Street is preparing for easing work next week.
Twenty years ago on January 7 1924 readers noted a stray drove of horses in Frederick that smashed a windshield when an automobile driven by Harry Adalt Petersville collided near Feagaville. G W Chamblin became local manager of Potomac Edison s gas and electric department succeeding G C Rooderick Jr. Frederick High School planned to add a half hour lunch period with earlier dismissal. The Francis Scott Key hotel celebrated its first anniversary with 38332 rooms and 168644 meals served during the year.
A moral critique of gambling using a painting of men at a table fire danger and an attendant warning others to flee. The piece cites Jerry McCauley on reform, warns that legalization harms society, and brand gambling as avarice and prodigality. It condemns gambling as ruinous to character and prudent living.
Captain Roger C. Heimer of the United States Coast Guard received the Legion of Merit from Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt for exceptionally meritorious conduct as Commanding Officer of a Coast Guard transport during the amphibious assault on Sicily July 10 to 12, 1943. Heimer, born December 3, 1896 in New Oxford, Penn, attended Merion or Merteison Academy and Johns Hopkins before joining the Coast Guard Academy on August 2, 1915 and becoming an ensign on October 1, 1918.
Sir Harold E. Franklyn was named Commander in Chief of British Home Forces tonight succeeding Gen. Sir Bernard Paget who moves to the Middle East Command. Franklyn previously led British troops in Northern Ireland and directed joint maneuvers with American British and Canadian forces.
Berlin admits the Nazi front in Russia split by Red Army Kiev bulge signaling possible German retreat. Russians gain control of the long central Leningrad Odessa track west of the Dnieper aiding rapid massing north or south. Capture of Berdichev clarifies southern road toward Moyern, while Propolsk reports new Dnieper action.
A concise poem argues against bragging and defeatism, urging a balanced approach to effort. It suggests that neither arrogance nor hopelessness yields success and invites starting with small, sensible actions at any date to improve.
The Frederick City Hospital has been designated an approved institution by the American College of Surgeons in its 1943 national survey. The 147‑bed, community‑owned hospital is listed as fully approved, operated by a board of managers.
Noah Myers Baugher aged 41 principal of Waynesboro Junior High School died after six months of illness. He collapsed on his farm near Westminster last June 2 and resumed duties in September before a relapse in November led to his death. He was father of Jeanette Kay Baugher who died in a 1940 auto crash near Emmitsburg. William G McNair of Taneytown was convicted of manslaughter in that accident and given four years.
The article cites Adébé land in Antarctica as the windiest place on earth with gale-force winds year round. A record showed winds never dropped below 90 miles per hour for a full day in 1912 and averaged around 60 miles per hour for a month.
Air Force General Henry H. Arnold details the growing impact of airborne troops and airlift in campaigns from New Guinea to Salerno. He cites rapid paratroop deployments, airfield construction under fire, and massive supply drops that sustained ground offensives, shaping expectations for future invasions of Europe.
A compact list marks historical events and birthdays including Israel Putnam born in Salem Massachusetts 171$ and who became a major general, Millard Fillmore born Cayuga County New York, Albert Buerstadt landscape painter and Louise Imogen Guiney writer. The item notes events from 1782 1789 1927 and 1942 among others and closes with a July horoscope and a Navy induction address.
R X Gibo, Ox Fibre Brush Co purchasing agent, spoke at the Lions Club meeting at the Francis Scott Key hotel. He outlined wartime sourcing problems, raw material shortages, labor scarcity, shipping delays, and potential postwar price adjustments and currency devaluation. Baltimore dispatch notes Col M A McFadden praising Maryland Council of Defense for fighting careless talk about shipping and troop movements.
Dr Henry I Stahr Hood College president will travel to Cincinnati Ohio for meetings of the Evangelical and Reformed church Commission on Higher Education the Council of Church Boards of Education the National Conference of Church related Colleges the Association of American Colleges and the Pan President College Union. The sessions run through January 14 at the Netherland Plaza Hotel.
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