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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News notes that dispatches and locally credited items may be amended if errors are found. The paper, published in Frederick Maryland, is a second class matter at the post office and will correct reputational errors upon notification to the editor.
The death of Ernest Helfenstein Sr at his Clarke Place home last evening removes an exemplary citizen revered for integrity, duty, and quiet influence. He valued business, church, and home, and his friendly, gentlemanly nature earned wide respect in the community.
The writer notes the heated public discussion over who should portray Scarlett O'Hara in the Gone With the Wind film. They joke about Norma Shearer, Lily Pons, Garbo, and others while urging focus on national politics and the upcoming Congress elections.
Four men were arrested Tuesday night by Officer Lawrence Fagan for drunkenness and vagrancy. One man gave the name John Johnson and was jailed to face a hearing tonight.
A social etiquette piece argues a woman should not dictate orders or actions for a man. It says leave tasks like ordering, hailing, or calling a cab to the man, and modestly manage introductions to hosts and guests, with the escort guiding arrivals and social pacing.
St Paul urged forgetting past troubles and pressing toward the future. The essay cites Phillips Brooks on using the past to build a better tomorrow. It notes some dwell on harm, but the healthy mind moves on, learning from experience to fulfill hopeful goals.
A playful verse contemplates whether people eat to live or live to eat, praising daily meals and the pleasure of dining. It notes eating as a shared delight and hints at primitive man gaining dominance through use of hand and eye. The piece blends humor with diet philosophy and ends with a nod to the joey of such a feast.
Local items recount a Virginia Midland Railroad wreck near Orange with seven dead and forty injured, noting two residents spared. Other notes cover church and Sunday school tensions, Key monument unveiling crowd estimates in San Francisco, Frederick preparing to ration sugar, and military movements including the 333rd Infantry joining the Seventy-ninth Division. Frederick figures Marshall Gilbert’s death, Jacob Engelbrecht’s civic roles, and Thoron Howard’s naval aviation enlistment.
Braddock Heights resident William Oscar McCutcheon celebrated his eightieth birthday with a family dinner and evening gathering after a life in the textile and canning industries. The event followed decades in Frederick and Hagerstown, with descendants spread across Maryland and beyond.
Mountain City Council No. 12, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, installed officers for six months at Kemp Hall on Monday evening. Deputy Mrs. Katie Dyer and ex-Councilor Mrs. Carrie Quynan led the ceremony, with Lola Covell as councilor and Lula Shepley as associate vice councilor.
Announcement lists Miss Mary Meares Galt as Dean of Women and associate professor of French at Blue Ridge College New Windsor. She formerly taught at Cornell Ithaca and Hood College in 1922 and 1923. Also notes early 19th century cotton mill wages under $2 weekly for women and usually over $3 for men.
Plans advance for a pet show at Baker Park on Thursday at 6:45 with tea prizes. Presentation of prizes by G Horton Peace, judges C Marian Shipley, Louis Keyser, and Harry A Leighton. Two horseshoe courts under Park Superintendent Jesse Kolb, open to playground kids mornings and afternoons, adults evenings, courts expected ready next week. Mrs Helma Hann Bowers leads playground work.
The fourth annual Hine family reunion gathered sixty four members and eight visitors Sunday at Farmers woods between Petersville and Brunswick. A dinner at 12:30 was followed by songs, scripture reading, poetry, and a business meeting electing Charles Hine as president and Mary E. Hine as vice president. Attendees from multiple towns joined the Hine kin including Keller, Roderick, and Cox families. The Urbana Ladies Aid met July 6 at 8 pm with seven members and four visitors, planning a picnic for July 29. improvements to the parsonage and a church lawn event were discussed. Also noted is Luther Witcke, the only German WWI spy sentenced to death in U.S. history.
Dr Fishbein outlines two courses of infantile paralysis: typical cases with a preparalytic fever and gradual limb weakness, and atypical sudden paralysis without fever. The text notes spinal fluid changes, skin and joint tenderness, and possible respiratory or swallowing muscle involvement, sometimes requiring an iron lung. Delirium may occur with upper nervous system involvement.
A playful test asks which statements are true or false. It lists four items about Gustav I of Sweden visiting Philadelphia, Welkin meaning bell, Anghe as a universal language name, Helvetican as a Swiss citizen, and James Gordon Bennett as a British journalist.
Today in History lists key anniversaries from 1814 to 1931 including Jesuit archbishop S Alemany 1814 and industrialist J H Rogers 1856 while noting events from 1863 riot in New York to 1925 Standard Oil eight hour day. Today's Birthdays feature Dr Mary E Woolley and several notable figures with brief origins and ages. Horoscope notes suggest adaptable teaching traits and potential but limited fame.
A devotional note cites John 16 8 about reproving the world for sin righteousness and judgment and links Luther to the assertion that the resurrection is written not only in books but in every leaf of springtime.
New York writer George Tucker notes he skipped Walt Disney’s Music Hall reception seen as the year’s top press event. He recalls a sea of guests, Disney’s reticent demeanor, and constant projections of his films as celebrities pressed in.
Daily lesson explains correct usage and pronunciation of commonly misused words. It notes sanguinary means attended with much bloodshed and cites a sanguinary battle as an example. An all day chest clinic treated twenty six people at Winchester hall county health offices.
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