Business Casualties and the Risk of Starting a Venture
The Department of Commerce cites that between Pearl Harbor and the following two years 1,073,000 businesses closed while 572,000 opened. Half of new businesses fail yearly, due to poor estimation of competition, weak management, and relentless market battles. Government meddling and taxation worsen the survival odds, making capable entrepreneurs valuable national assets deserving respect and reward.
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Department of Commerce
Pearl Harbor
Government guarantees for veteran business loans
The government may back 50 percent of loans to veterans starting small businesses, with a total guarantee cap of 2,000 per loan and a potential 2,000,000 veterans entering business. Predictions suggest many new retail and service shops, aided by wartime training and a push to self employment after peace.
American Casualties in Saipan War Toll Revealed
The report cites 15053 American casualties in Saipan with 2359 dead. It credits the heavy losses to securing Pacific airfields and harbors enabling raids on Japan, while warning that war proves costly and Japan provoked the conflict.
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Saipan Island
Pacific Ocean
Japan
United States
Lonely Hearts Club letter from France prompts reply
A Frederick Maryland reader in France replies to a Soldier’s plea published in The News-Post. The letter defends hometown social facilities and questions use of the paper for a “Lonely Hearts” column.
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Frederick
France
News
News-Post
Pvt. Forster
G. I. Joe
Letter From Frederick Soldier Urges Quiet, Social Ties
A Frederick soldier writes a cheeky note praising visits to nearby cities and criticizing complacency in the Chemical Warfare Service. He jokes that a 286 year old man should make friends and hints at needing a TS ticket, closing with his sign off SGT. RALPH E. GOODSell.
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United States
Chemical Warfare Service
Frederick
D Day in Other Lands by Earl L. Douglas
In examining B Day prayers, the piece argues German Christians prayed for protection while some used faith to justify guilt, and Japanese worshippers sought victory over Americans. The author emphasizes that God answers prayer in line with divine will and that only righteous prayers are heeded.
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Earl L. Douglas
Festing
Europa
Bates
Local items from the Columns of The News 1894
Fifty Years Ago Local Items recount events from July 25 1894. Key Monument Association seeks five cents from every school child for a state monument with Francis Scott Key day set in schools on Sept 12. A young group from the city forms Camp Lookout of the Seven Pines vacationing along the Monocacy. A tariff reform rally is planned at Court Square with Democrats backing Cleveland and the House. Editorial notes praise Joseph F Eisenhauer’s 20 years on the Board of Aldermen. R Edward Sellman farm at Dickerson destroyed by fire, haycuts and implements lost, dairy building incinerated. total loss around 1200 dollars.
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KEY Monument Association
Court Square
Cleveland
House of Representatives
James H. Gambrill
Wiliam P Lawson
John T. Williams
Thomas R. Jarboe
Samuel Claggett
William P. Maulsby, Jr
Hamilton Lindsay
Thomas E. Pope
J. E. R. Wood
Tar and feathers scare on Middletown Myersville road
Twenty years ago a band of 50 or more men allegedly led by a woman captured a West Virginia girl near the Middletown Myer sville road and covered her with tar and feathers. Elsewhere anglers report excellent catches in the Potomac and Monocacy rivers as dry weather clears the waterways. Frederick’s water system and dam expansion at Fishing Creek were shown to the mayor and aldermen. Samuel C. Thomas, a prominent local figure and packing company founder, died at 76 in Adamstown. he also helped organize the Adamstown Turnpike and served as a bank vice president.
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Middle- Town
Myersville
Potomac
Monoccacy
Frank V Staub
Frederick
Fishing Creek
Samuel C. Thomas
Adamstown
War Interpreted by Kirke L. Simpson
War analyst Kirke L. Simpson reports Russian strategy threatening German positions east of Warsaw. He notes bypass options for Warsaw, Russian advances near Siedlce and the Wisla, and looming traps around Lwow and Brest Litovsk as German forces retreat toward difficult mountain passes.
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Associated Press
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Red
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Moscow
Wisla
Bug River
Poland
Warsaw II
Stalingrad
Russia
Siedlce
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Lublin
Bug
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Lublin-Radom
Germany
Lwow
Brest Litovsk
Jaroslav-Lwow-Stanislaw
Carpathian
Two timely French biographies in wartime literary review
A NEA service weekly book review surveys The Truth About De Gaulle by Andre Riveloup and Petain the Old Man of France by Janet Flanner, noting De Gaulle’s U.S. visit and Petain’s WWII role. It also covers Learn American Dialect Dictionary by Harold Wentworth, Intrigue for Empire by Kathleen Moore Knight, and Pioneer Romance Lebanon by Doubleday-Doran, highlighting themes and notable characters.
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NEA Service Book Review
de Gaulle
Andre Riveloup
Arco
Petain
France
Janet Flanner
Simeon and Schuster
United States
New Yorker
Charles de Gaulle
London
Harold Wentworth
Crowell
America
Willkie Role Worries GOP
Albany dispatch notes GOP leaders, Willkie backers, and Dewey supporters weighing the 1944 election. Polls favor Dewey though many Republicans respect Willkie and seek a break in the impasse. Dewey avoids public talk but keeps the door open for Willkie to engage.
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S. Burton Heath
Albany
N. J
Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Lemoyne Jones
Elliott V. Bell
Dorothy Dix Says on a Woman with Sixteen Husbands
The piece ponders how a woman could attract sixteen husbands in an era of scarce mates. It questions methods and motives, exploring beauty, wit, charm, and the dangers of bold humor, while noting uncertainty about her exact ruse and inviting readers to guess.
Today In History and Birthdays Highlights Across Ages
A composite digest lists notable birthdays and historical events from 1805 to 1943, naming Henry Knox Flora A Darling Carroll D Wright Thomas Eakins Frank Sprague David Belasco and others. It notes explorations, battles, territorial changes, aviation milestones, and political developments. includes a brief personality forecast and a copyright notice.
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Henry Knox
Boston
Flora A. Darling
Lancaster
N.H
New York
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts
U. S. Bureau of Labor
Dunbarton, N. H
Thomas Eakins
Philadelphia
Frank J. Sprague
Milford
Conn
David Belasco
San Francisco
Social Situations in Golf Etiquette and Roles
A guide contrasts old fashioned habits with independent play. It advises women carry their own golf bag when no caddy is present, tee up their own balls, and insist the player who won the last hole should drive, promoting equal participation and self reliance onthe course.
750-Yard German Bluff Busted by Quick American Patrols
American officers in France’s St Lo sector describe a bold sneaky move that gained 750 yards of frontline Nazi territory with minimal casualties. Capt. Raymond H Hitchcock explains the Germans used rotating patrols to fake strength, then American units advanced at a plotted hour, catching them off guard and inflicting three casualties while seizing the land. Deputy actions at Hill 192 also forced German troops to reveal their bluff as seven enemy soldiers were killed or wounded in a planned ambush. The Doughboys joked about German prisoners believing in an Indian scalp division, a misunderstanding quickly dispelled by Capt. Field Leonard and others when Capt. John W Fritts’ fox tail emblem was mistaken for a scalp.
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France
Raymond H. Hitchcock
Grand Forks
N. C
St. Lo
Kenneth Bender
Sioux Falls
S. D
Hill 192
Field Leonard
Brookline
Mass
John W. Fritts
Fritts
Leonard
War Department orders Harriet Lescalleet to active duty
Second Lieut. Harriet Roberta Lescalleet of Frederick has been ordered to active duty by the War Department according to an Associated press release. You saw it in The News.
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Harriet Roberta Lescalleet
Frederick
War Department
Associated Press
The Weary French views on liberation in Normandy
CORP. VICTOR M. WINGATE reflects on Allied landings in Normandy and finds little spontaneous French celebration. He notes war weariness, fear for livelihoods, and complex views toward Germans. Some locals show gratitude, while many remain subdued, and children offer flowers despite hardship.
Daily English Lesson Word Note Repartee
A compact language tip sheet noting common usage slips mispronunciations and spelling quirks. It defines repartee as a clever ready witty reply and urges daily vocabulary growth with one new word.
The Day of Reckoning for Hitler Declared Soon
A wartime sentiment predicting Hitler's downfall soon pleads for an end to war and victory through Christian aims. The piece notes many battles and strengthened resolve as signals of his fall, while also mentioning skin diseases as the most common occupational ailment in war industries.
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