Freder ick Md News Item January 8 1944
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1944
Page
4
Leap Year Proposal Privilege Reflects Shifting Roles
An ancient leap year custom kept men as the initiators of marriage proposals, but the author argues for equality in modern partnerships. Women, equal in status today, may rightfully propose when they choose, while recognizing some men may need gentle prodding to share their capabilities and assets.
Reds Drive Ahead on the Eastern Front
The article reports sharpened winter fighting across the Russian front with German forces in retreat toward Poland and Rumania. It notes Russians crossing into Poland and approaching Romania, a manpower edge for Russia, and questions Germany’s ability to defend in the west against anticipated Allied invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Rumania
British Isles
Hitler
Romania
Letters to the Editor complain of roadside garbage disposal
The Frederick News and Post readers report a truck dumping garbage along Hughes Ford Road between 7 and 10:36 PM. Refuse from stores including rotten produce and discarded barrels and baskets littered roadside and farmers fields, contradicting the goal of a disposal plant built years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick News
Post
Frederick
Hughes Ford Road
MacArthur and the draft for president debate
Washington sources report efforts to persuade General MacArthur to permit use of his name in a presidential bid have failed. He repeatedly stated no political ambitions, aiming to keep his focus on returning to the Philippines and contributing to the war effort, while critics question how a military leader could transition to national office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Pasippines
Sherman
Roosevelt
Posmaster Generiey
Europe
Sumner Welles
Welles
General MacArthur
la Follette
Wisconsin
Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Bricker
Senator Burton
Ohio
Fredenck City Resident Protest Over roadside Trash Dumping
A reader laments dumped refuse along county roads and fields in Fredenck City. The letter describes broken jars, bottles, and dead dogs in bags and calls for a law enforced solution to stop such practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredenck City
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass in Defense of the Moral Law
A public essay argues wars are won by morale and spiritual resolve not just arms. It states France fell first in hearts, England showed stronger morale at outbreak, and civilian faith powers soldiers. It cautions religion shapes war support and that hymns in battle reflect invincible spirit, not approval of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Douglass
D. C
France
England
Stedfast
Aeik
Mrn
Mivat
Christan
English Lesson Words for Daily Vocabulary
A compact guide to proper usage and pronunciation for common terms. It highlights misused phrases like The party I have in mind will not go and the corrected version The person I have in mind. It notes mispronunciations such as infamous and stresses the a as in ask. It also covers cantaloupe spellings and synonyms for show and present. The goal is to master one word daily to grow vocabulary.
Bulbous Root Described In Local Report
A bulbous root, described as bulblike in shape, was reported in a local feature. The specimen was noted to be about the size of an onion, drawing curiosity from observers at the scene.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Colon Of The News
Fifty years ago items note East Patrick street unemployed men forming Snow Ball Club with a rule expelling members who take work. Frederick County Mutual Fire Insurance elects Gorsuch as president and Hull as secretary treasurer. Darby and Garrott mil property at Weverton sold for about $6000 to Mrs Warren Garrett. Frederick Fair receipts 11748 expenditures 10936.44 leaving 1212.47. Harry Little’s wagon shafts fall, horse drags downhill toward bridge, stops near square with no injuries or loss of wagon contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Ball Club
East Patrick Street
Frederick County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Thomas Gorsuch
H. Clay Hull
Darby and Garrott Mil
Weverton
Warren Garrett
Frederick
Harry Little
East Fourth Street
West Patrick Street
Geo. Brust
Mr Tattle
Jnst
Inauguration Opposition and Fire Among 1924 Notes
Twenty years ago the News columns note Maryland Governor Ritchie opposing the 18th amendment and a Maryland city enforcement act. A small fire under West Patrick street bridge is extinguished by Independents. The Girls High Association hosts Twelfth Night with prizes to Mary Butcher Ida Keefer Grace Rhoades and Helen DeLaughter Ford. Henry C Miller of the Maryland Bible Society to speak at Frederick Young Men's Bible Society service January 20 at United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Ritchie
Maryland
West Patrick Street
Carroll Cock
Girls’ High Association
Church
Mary Butcher
Ida Keefer
Grace Rhoades
Helen Delaughter Ford
Henry C. Miller
Maryland Bible Society
Young Men's Bible Society
Frederick County
United Brethren Church
The Girl About Town War Weather and New Year News
Saturday Chat blends wartime grit and daily life as Jupiter and Saturn forecasts echo fear and hope. A new year brings tax figures, civic deeds, marriages, deaths, and community acts from Frederick and nearby towns amid air raids, drafts, and shop talk.
Streamlined Convention Urged By Repubs In 1940 Race
Ut-Chairman Harrison Spangler proposed a streamlined Republican convention, likely in early summer if tradition holds, with Chicago or New York as leading sites. Wendell Willkie voiced no objection to Chicago as a venue, while Indianapolis noted for lacking a navigable river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harrison Spangler
Republican National Committee
Wendell Willkie
New York
Spangler
1944 Stabilization Plans May Reshape Cost of Living
Washington letters reveal pressure for a new stabilization framework early in 1944. Proposals include a revised cost of living base from January 1944, possible upward revisions to the BLS index, and a flexible Little Steel Formula to tie wage gains to rising living costs, potentially risking inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edgon
Washington
Congress
Cairo
Teheran
OPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
War Labor Board
Labor
William H. Davis
Labor Report
Canada
Odds And Ends Award Of Merit And Civil War Silver History
The News-Post reports an Award of Merit from the American Newspaper Publishers Association for wartime cooperation in the 1943 Victory Pulpwood campaign and notes 1944 goals to be announced. It also features tributes to Dr William Crawford Johnson and a local lead on Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill, author of Maryland's Colonial Charm, detailing Maryland silver service history aboard the U S S Maryland later the U S S Frederick and related monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Baltimore
Register of Wills’ Office
News-Post
Newspaper Pulpwood Committee
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Victory Pulpwood
Will
William Crawford Johnson
Bentztown
Baltimore Sun
George Johnson
Frederick County
Hitorical Society
Admiral Hill
Maryland
Tarawa
Makin
Harry W. Hill
Elizabeth Hill
Mood College
Hood College
Mary Helen Rodman
North Carolina
Us&s. S
U. S. Naval Academy
U.S. S. Frederick
U. S. S Frederick
All Saints Parish House
Rose Hill Manor
Conetoga Wagon
Prospect Hall
Court and farm relief items in Maryland and wartime notes
Court notices include adoptions and property transfers involving Earl N Haines Alberta E Haines Blake A Merson and spouses and others with modest sums. War relief announces second tractor allocation to Maryland farms reaching 1051 for 1944 plus 696 mowers, and Lieut Col Morris W Cousins wounded in Sicily arrives for hospitalization with wife Lucille Shapro residing in Frederick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uily
Earl N
Alberta E. Haines
Charles Frederick Cline
Horace N. Body
Blake A. Merson
Maryland
War Production Board
Morris W. Cousins
Today In History And Birthdays Of Notables
Today in history and birthdays list notable figures with brief facts. Mentions include John Carroll Nicholas Biddle Lowell Mason James Longstreet Augustus Thomas and more with birthplaces and death dates plus key events like New Orleans victory and Wilsons 14 Points and Red Cross gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carroll
Baltimore
Maryland
Nicholas Biddle
Philadelphia
Lowell Mason
Medfield
Mass
James Longstreet
the Confederacy
Edgefield
S. C
Augustus Thomas
St. Louis
New Orleans
England
Ghent
Congress
Theodore Tilton
Henry Ward Beecher
Nelson A. Miles
Montana
President Wilson
American Red Cross
Europe
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Philippines
Don River
U. S
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Bowling Green
E. Burton Holmes
Chicago
Robert C. Clothier
Rutgers
New Jersey
David W. Bagley
Raleigh
N. C
Patrick J. Hurley
Oklahoma
Willard M. Kiplinger
Washington, D. C
Bellfontaine
Ohio
Hans Kindler
National Symphony Orchestra
Washington
Holland
John G. Neihardt
Branson
Autor
Sharpsburg
Ill
War Interpreted by Kirke L. Simpson AP War Analyst
The Dnieper bend trap tightens as up to half a million Nazi troops remain east of the Bug line. Russian forces threaten Zhaskov and Cherkasi corridor, impairing escape routes and risking a wider eastern defeat on the eve of a planned Western Allied invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Dnieper Bend
Moscow
Bug Line
Russia
Berlin
Stalingrad
Odessa- Warsaw
Zhaskov
Byelaya Tserkov
Cherkasi-Vapujarka
Red
Dnieper
Kherson
Cherkasi- Nikolaev-Odessa
Smela- Odessa
Kirovograd-Olviopol
Smela
Kiev
Smela- Kirovograd
Krivai Rog-Nikopol
Lower
Nikolaev
Lower Bug
Upper Bug
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Wees
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Reds
David Lawrence
Colon of the News
Ocal
the News
Jupiter
Saturn
Grippe
Fishing Creek
Singanore
SLM
County Board of Education
Welfare Board
Potomac Edison Company
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
W. Bartgis Storm
Uniteds
Hagerstown
Fannie
Lanner
Middletown
Walter E. Eiker
Robert L. Shipley
AWVS
USO
Ray Keeney
Ira
West Chester
Edwin Markham
Cooperative Concert Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Court News
Benjamin N. Shuff
Annie E. Blair
Irving
Biser
H. Deets Warfield
Raymond W. Hawes
Wilford
Beard
Woodsporo
Dorothy A. Easton
Thurmont
Richard T. Shafer
Hamilton
Mary Miller
Hilsboro
U.S. Pat
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