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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News issues a notice about erroneous rejection of communications and clarifies it will consider submissions upon review by the editor. This correction appears in a standard second class matter posting from the Fredrick, Md post office.
The Hump blocks 4000 officers awaiting advancement as younger entrants gain flexibility. The War Department proposes enforced retirement on pension for captains and field officers reaching fixed ages without promotion. British methods show topping generals to move the list. The U S considers pruning the upper half to fix the issue.
The article urges the United States to back Finland’s bid for the 1930 Olympic Games. It praises Finland’s orderly conduct since its restoration and compares it to Scandinavia, stressing that sportship should oppose warlike rhetoric. It notes Finland’s history as rugged track and field individualists and supports a presidentially led, principled sports approach.
A reader style puzzle asks to select accurate definitions like an apiary as a bee house and a church officer as a custodian. It tests identifying true statements about Isaac Newton Tasmania and the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street with multiple choice options.
Guidance on common errors includes using any of these four men not either. Pronounce faucet with au as in haul. Correct spelling of complete and other words. Synonyms for insipid and tasteless. Word study urges repeating one word thrice to master it. Today's word counteract defined as frustrating by a secondary agency.
The forty eighth annual assembly for the Evangelical and Reformed church ministers and laymen will be held in Lancaster Pennsylvania from August 11 to 15. Officers include President Rev Oliver S Hartman York Pa Vice president Rev Charles D Rocker Altoona Pa secretary Rev Walter D Mehrling Newport Pa treasurer Rev Dr EO Keen York Pa Opening sermon Spiritual Truth by Rev Dr Charles E Crut Easton Pa with Hartman in charge Bible study led by Rev Daniel J Wetzel Reading Pa The general theme Ezekiel and His Prophecy Morning conference speakers include Rev Paul T Stonesifer Chambersburg Pa Rev Willian R Barnhart Hood College Prof Roland L Rugg Allentown Pa Prof Ray H Dotterer State College Pa Evening speakers include Rev Frederick D Eyster Hollidaysburg Pa Rev Dr Charles E Schaeffer secretary of Home Missions Dr Charles E Robb Toms Brook Va Rev Carl S Lembach Bethlehem Pa Rev Ralph E Hartman Grace Church readings and remarks note Frederick bounty ministers often attend.
Markell H Nelson of this city declared his candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court in the Democratic primary. A former McKaig resident, he previously served in the House of Delegates in 1913 and the General Assembly in 1914, and led the Frederick Real Estate Board. He is identified with Calvary M. E church and is the lone Democrat to announce for the post.
A Frederick Chronicle item recalls a Harpers Ferry Island Park Sunday School excursion with trains carrying thousands of picnickers, and lists Purity Lodge officers led by William P. Morsell as chief Templar and others. It notes a local boy, Clarence David Armstrong, who died serving in France and mentions the Western Maryland Baptist Conference at Hood College and a Good Templars reunion.
By Roger W. Babson Merchants in Babson Park Mass report strong retail demand with prices down and volumes near last year. The piece notes factory orders rising rail traffic up and a spring into summer surge, urging merchants to stock up for an anticipated busy fall.
Walkersville guests traveled to Hagerstown on Tuesday to honor Mrs. Fannie Cramer of Homewood for her eighty first birthday. The Ladies Guild of Walkersville’s Evangelical and Reformed Church arranged a lawn party with vocal and instrumental performances and readings. A dinner followed and Homewood presented homemade linens as a gift.
Thirty four members and friends of Faithful Circle Bible class rode from Grace Evangelical and Reformed church Crawford by bus to Braddock Heights for games bowling and a delicious supper. Attendees included Mrs R L Day teacher Mrs Russell Thomas Mrs Roy Nikirk Mrs Bessie Poole Mrs Roy Michael Mrs Minnie Earley Mrs Carole Boone Mrs Levi Waskey Mrs Edgar Hargett Mrs Harry Rhoderick Mrs Charles Engle Mrs Maurice Cramer Mrs Dorsey Culler Mrs Bessie Shaft Mrs Harry Herbert and daughter Mrs Roy Pulman and daughter Mrs Adalia Siup Mrs Green Mrs Nellie Ridgely Mrs John Tracey Mrs Della Humm Catonsville Mrs Elmer Stine Jr Mrs Charles Rod-
The eleventh Dinterman reunion gathered about 150 members in Mt Tabor park Rocky Ridge on Sunday July 17. Officers elected: President Charles Dinterman York Pa vice president Harry Dinterman Walkersville secretary Paul Dinterman Frederick treasurer Mrs Lillie Lease York Pa. A Sunday School Orchestra from Thomasville Pa entertained. Many Dinterman relatives from York Frederick Walkersville Monroe Westminster Waynesboro and other towns attended.
A list shows Erick, Mrs. Lemuel Keller Jr. and several young women including Miss Ella Rhoderick Miss Annie Rhoderick Miss Elizabeth Herman Miss Lorene Barrick Miss Mary Hine Betty Thomas and Jim i Mie Thomas as attendees or contributors in a church or community notice.
Dr Morris Fishbein reports on the potential of sulfanilamide in treating undulant fever also known as brucellosis. The article notes the disease arising from contaminated dairy products and animal reservoirs, with mortality around 2 to 3 percent and typical illness lasting three to four months. Early management previously relied on rest fluids and sedatives. vaccines exist, but new dosing of sulfanilamide shows increased blood activity and shortened illness in trials.
The Creager reunion committee met at Mr. and Mrs. George Creager home in Woodsboro on Tuesday evening to finalize the program and entertainment for the annual Creager reunion on August 28. Albert S. Bitler presided, refreshments were served, and attendees included Mary Ellen Bitler, S. A. Gerrich, and several Creager and Gerrich family members.
A clipping of a manners quiz provides authoritative corrections on business letter etiquette. It covers dates in letters, salutation punctuation, first names in clerk speech, envelope addressing, and signatures. The piece notes concise right practices and missteps with recommended actions for dictation situations.
A compilation of notable birth and death dates for historical figures, events and figures from 1608 to 1937, including Nicholas Brown, Joseph Habersham, Charles Stewart, Jean Corot and others. It also notes the Burlingame Treaty with China and WWI and other past anniversaries with brief bios and a horoscope.
Helen Keiler lives with no hearing or speech yet maintains inner radiance and daily perseverance. She once wrote keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow, a motto she embodies in her life journey.
A New York diarist recalls a vacation in Connecticut and laments returning to a dull city. He visits the former White Horse Tavern on 43rd Street and recalls Chester the pianist, Prohibition days, and the faded front now draped in dust and cobwebs. He muses how Repeal era spots vanished but memory lingers.
A Babson syndicate piece lauds Helen Keller for mastering life after her disability. It portrays her as a remarkable leader and extrovert who refused to be defeated by calamity, turning darkness into public influence and disciplined learning.
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