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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1944
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment shows a plea for real names with bylines and editor notice. The piece requests reader corrections be sent to the Frederick office and cites Associated Press style guidance. Publication date is shown as Saturday July 15 1944.
The Saipan fighting marked a bitter clash with heavy American casualties. Japan fought fanatically to defend the island, knowing every acre seized becomes a potential B 29 base for attacks on the Japanese mainland. Supplies will back B 29 operations as crews reach new western routes to China.
The War Production Board aims to boost essential work clothing output. Wearing overalls marks honor, reflecting patriotic service in factories and farms. Though soiled by labor, wearers' motive is admirable as production supports fighting fronts and homes.
City people overlook farmers anxieties caused by weather great drought or heavy rain or extreme cold or heat. When crops differ weather harms one yet helps another, but farmers endure with calm resolve and resilience. Their perseverance earns admiration and country debt in war effort.
The docket lists Mabel W Todd versus James B Todd for a partial divorce and Betty M Phifer versus Robert D Phifer for an absolute divorce. Names include Lacy Monroe Beaver age 21 of Mount Airy and Eleanore Mae Swanson age 18 of Port Allegany, plus Edward Z Taylor and Myrtle M Tuttle both divorced residents of Port Allegany. Property deeds record Ella N Riordan transferring to Daniel R Hoy and wife for ten dollars, Claude F E Forney to Semuel J Forney for one dollar, and Howard Marvin Jones to Charles W Ramsburg for ten dollars with related deed transfers of Heim?ers de lauter and Harry George in county records.
Washington observers note President Roosevelt may be using the title commander in chief in his renomination bid. If treated as military by law, he would be bound by the 1944 regulation restricting active duty officers from political campaigning and public influence. The piece cites Justice Sutherland on war powers and outlines the division between Congress and the commander in chief.
Fifty years ago the Monocacy Fishing and Boat Club camps in Baugher's woods along the Monocacy river for two weeks with a sleeping frame house and home comforts. A thief plastered up the store keyhole at Daniel Stull on North Market Street. Mr Stull must remove putty to open the door. A large strawstack holding 700 to 800 bushels of unthreshed wheat on Dr Geo Johnson's farm, tenanted by Charles Redman, burned in an incendiary fire. Prolonged dry weather worries farmers about corn and other crops as sugar corn yields suffer. truck farmers seek rain. Prof Boyd's memory culture class meets at Mrs Ritter's East Church Street home this evening to attend Francis Scott Ney's Opera House entertainment.
Pol icemen and other city employes will await their checks as attempts to open the City Register vault failed this morning. Osborne Price and Charles Hagan began drilling the vault door. A new Ahrens-Fox engine demonstration was promised to the Mayor and Aldermen, with four engines considered from 13000 to 13806. Market Street paving began with top and final asphalt layers, and three traffic signals were installed for the repaving. Boosters’ Day at the ball park drew a big crowd for Hustlers vs Chambersburg, with Buck Ramsey slated to pitch for the Maroons after yesterday’s 10-3 Frederick defeat.
Today's history highlights include Gen Anthony Wayne's capture of Stony Point in 1779, the British arrival at Potomac in 1813, Emerson's Divinity School Address in 1838, and the 1942 Nazi policy on French saboteurs. Birthdays feature Clement C Moore, Almira Phelps, William Winter, Franklin Lane, Anna Lard, with notable figures Judge Whaley and Harold Bemis. The horoscope notes a sympathetic yet secretive temperament with variable energy.
A breezy Frederick County weekly note captures town life amid July heat with farm harvests, Camp Detrick news, local politics, and community events. It highlights church music, blood drives, war loan totals, and assorted light anecdotes about residents, a child’s injury, and town curiosities, all reflecting a town broadside to wartime strain.
Collier's item notes Mrs James S Moffatt of Frederick hung a Confederate flag on Lee's birthday provoking debate. The News-Post corrected an earlier Lexington Virginia source and urged Barbara Fritchie to keep the Union flag in the spotlight. Also reports lost watch found after 20 years and a humorous set piece titled Traffic Ticklers.
Washington July 15 Peter Edson notes FDR’s letter to Democratic Chairman as campaign centerpiece. Republicans seize on lines implying desire to retire, arguing about Roosevelt’s fitness, while the president insists he would serve if chosen but would not run in the usual political sense.
This item advises residents in boarding houses to set a clear phone policy. Inform friends of dinner times and request calls before or after meals to avoid interruptions during meals.
The Office of Price Administration announced a roughly ten percent price reduction for all canned meat effective August 4, lowering retail prices tied to a percentage markup on net cost. Consumers are expected to benefit from the regulation.
HAL BOYLE reports from France as American troops endure daily rain and mud in Normandy In a humorous take soldiers compare weather to old war tales noting constant dampness and muddied roads Laundries on farms reveal how French housewives wash uniforms for cigarettes and rations amid the front lines Pfc Luigi Liberatore nicknamed Liberator talks about his jeep unit and B 24 nickname tag
A brief classroom note explores the noun import meaning and how to use it in sentences. It emphasizes correct grammar for pronouns and pronunciation tips for capricious and other words while urging daily vocabulary growth.
Lufburrow urges readers to value books as sources of fiction, facts, and reflections on human behavior. The piece extols literacy as wealth, arguing that those who read gain knowledge and imagination, while those who neglect reading miss a vital life boon.
A compact reflection quotes Ecclesiastes and Sir William Temple on wisdom guiding life and folly betraying it. The lines compare wisdom to light and folly to darkness, framing wisdom as a man's best ally and folly as his worst foe.
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