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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1943
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment from a Fredonia Maryland area paper includes partial masthead lines, Associated Press notice, and garbled dates. It mentions circulation rates and a note about corrections, with no coherent events or names readable for a full summary.
The drive on the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific aims to clear the approaches to Australia. General MacArthur seeks stronger equipment to launch offense rather than remain defensive. American forces encircle New Britain, with landings near New Guinea to tighten the ring around Rabaul. The heavily fortified island with a strategic harbor acts as a key stepping stone toward Tokyo and future operations.
A 1940s view highlights chemurgic advances turning farm outputs into industrial products. Texas cotton treated with synthetic resins yields fibrous fabric. Mississippi and Louisiana sweet potatoes boost starch imports. corn and wheat fuel industrial alcohol. vegetable oils become paints and enamels. whey yields milk sugar and glycerine. The Farmer Chemurgic Council foresees 50 million more acres needed for industrial crops within a decade.
A compact guide on misused words and pronunciation notes. Highlights dark-complected should be dark complexioned. Recoup pronounced re-koop. Raspberry often misspelled. Synonyms offered include neat clean tidy and dapper. Daily vocab goal focuses on mastering one word, fulgent meaning bright and shining. Coast Guard terms note aviators for officers and pilots for enlisted men.
A London military critic questions American Japanese and British loss figures amid Pearl Harbor reporting. He notes night warfare, unreliability of aviator claims, and the difficulty of verifying sunk ships. He argues official figures are imperfect but not intentionally exaggerated, and that postwar tallies will reveal true ship losses.
A heavy electric rain and windstorm battered county sections with corn flattened and a barn near Emmitsburg destroyed by lightning injuring two inside. An east end West Patrick street bridge light is urged. Yellow corn tasseling, wheat harvests, and early thresher activity noted. Arch in front of the Junior engine house removed for use at Nazarite Hall during emancipation celebration. A child near Rockynes reportedly bitten by a venomous snake. remedies applied and effects stayed.
From the Columna of the News July 9 1923 Fredericks County Commissioners add a county owned road roller the first of its kind in the county The city starts street improvements nine laborers dig up Seventh and Market to lay water mains Hanover hits a grand slam to beat Hustlers Agricultural Park tight in standings Hagerty and Misses Mary and Portity Filler leave New York Boston for Ogunquit Maine for weeks
An article outlines multiple treatment theories for stuttering, tracing shifts from mechanical speech methods to psychological and hereditary explanations. It notes breathing drills and articulation training, then moves to psychological education and brain-based theories, citing about 25 percent hereditary factors.
The analysis argues Japan faces a supreme challenge from American sea power in the Pacific while Axis strategy seeks to relieve pressure on Russia. It discusses Kursk, the German offensive scope, and the timing of Allied trans Mediterranean operations as affecting Soviet and global outcomes.
A wartime piece recounts how a demolition officer calmly approached a live parachute bomb in a factory roof, removing the fuse to render it harmless. The lesson: courage is formed at home and in daily life, not only in camps, schools, or churches, as a motherly guidance shapes resilience.
The passage discusses left-handed or ambidextrous children and how training away from a dominant hand may trigger stuttering. It notes multiple theories, including language function disruption, and suggests therapy should target the dominant fault with speech drills and language support.
Washington July political polls mix with War context and discussion of a possible fourth term. Emil Hurja’s cross section surveys show many southern delegates oppose Roosevelt’s fourth term while a majority expect him to seek it. Dewey leads among 1944 GOP delegates despite Willkie support.
The Institute on Professional Relations at the University of Maryland calls for Maryland State Teachers Association to establish permanent headquarters employ a secretary and publish a regular bulletin. The resolution will be presented to the association’s executive committee at the Baltimore meeting next October. Speakers include Alice Zerbola Earle Hawkins Mrs Buhlig Eugene Pruitt Edwin Heinrich and Raymond Hyson.
The Maryland State Poultry Council met in Baltimore and adopted a resolution noting OPA restrictions and regulations have caused egg shortages in markets. It opposes price rollbacks and calls for removing ceiling prices on poultry while criticizing the OPA for limiting price spreads and fostering black market activity. Harry H. Rieck warned that OPA should focus on retail control to curb inflation.
Fragmented note argues sternly that lessons from Maine and Pacific theaters deter missteps. It complains about misjudgments by Jacks and civic leaders and urges punishment for aggression. The piece calls for stronger resolve against Germans and Japs and warns troubles will grow unless commonsense returns.
Fred Kobayashi a 24 year old Japanese American will teach judo to Maryland University physical education students at College Park next week. He is transferring from Interior Secretary Ickes farm where he raised poultry since April 18. President Byrd said the War Manpower Commission approved the move and Kobayashi will join his wife Mrs Kobayashi at College Park.
Today honors 1802 Thomas Davenport Vermont inventor of the electric motor who failed to market it born Orange County Vermont died July 6 1351. 1819 Elias Howe inventor of the fret plastic car machine born Spencer Massachusetts died Brooklyn New York October 3 1876. 1838 Philip P Bliss Chicago singing evangelist born Clearfield County Pennsylvania died December 29 1876. 1847 Edwin J Houston Philadelphia high school science teacher famed electrical engineer inventor born Alexandria Virginia died March 1 1914. 1861 James M Beck lawyer and congressman born Philadelphia died April 12 1936. 1836 Nikola Tesla born Austria Hungary died January 4 1943. 1753 George Washington aide to Braddock saves day for British in the French Indian War. 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified. 1846 American flag raised over San Francisco. 1870 Secretary of War act. 1905 Death Valley Scotty makes famed chartered train trip Los Angeles to Chicago. 1917 National Guard ordered to colors. 1919 Versailles Treaty ratified by German National Assembly. 1919 Ford Motor reorganized for 10 million. 1941 Vichy France asks Britain for armistice in Syria. 1442 Vichy decrees death penalty for arson. Today Birthdays Maj Gen Wade H Haislip born Woodstock Virginia 54 years ago. Dr Marion R Kirkwood dean Stanford Law born Colorado Springs Colorado 56 years ago. Dorothy Thompson columnist born Lancaster New York 49 years ago. Ambrose OConnell postmaster general aide born Ottumwa Iowa 57 years ago. Edward Keating editor of Labor born Kansas City Kansas 68 years ago. Hans V Kaltenborn radio commentator a.m.
An old item notes historian Samuel Eliot Morison born in Boston 58 years ago and a Milwaukee born journalist at 65. It mentions today’s horoscope predicting nervous energy and executive ability, urging diplomacy and caution not to provoke opposition.
A set of brief Q and A items covers wartime topics. The auto industry toyed with helicopters while an armistice sign at Compiègne, France, reflected a historical reversal. Kingston valves regulate submarine ballast, a fusee is a windproof friction match, and Mex Ho AE L delta Gane had no fatalities reported.
Benjamin B. Rosenstock as assignee of a mortgage from Carl D. Perrin and Pearl M. Perrin petitions for foreclosure against Gilmore R. Flautt and Ruth R. Flautt. Property deeds show Emma L. Barrick and husband to Beulah M. Weddle for $10. Abraham J. Frock to Conrad L. Parsons for $10. William G. Boileau and wife to M Oneida Derr for $10. And transfers of Derr to Boileau for $10 and Fraley to E manuel B. Sweeney for $10.
Members of the Ladies' Bible Class at Calvary Methodist Church Mt Airy hosted guest Mrs Lindsay L Browning on Thursday evening. After a brief business session a weiner roast in the garden followed.
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