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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1942
Page
4
Subscriptions rates listed for The News Post in Frederick Maryland with 3 cent single copies and 1942 pricing. The paper notes full Associated Press use and requires real names for communications. It invites corrections of any erroneous reflections upon reputations.
The article warns that Hitler designed a war of annihilation with city after city facing savage air raids. Coventry, Warsaw, Rotterdam and others suffer ruin as German planes drop vast tonnages, while Britain retaliates. It foresees widespread destruction and collective German fear, arguing doom awaits under Nazi plans.
A retro style catechism asks whether a wife should publicly criticize her husband, if a child should answer “Yes, Mrs Smith” or “Yes, ma’am,” and who may introduce a danger woman. The piece offers answers: 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 Not unless the younger woman is guest of honor.
Washington officials advocate coast to coast gasoline rationing as a conservation measure. They note a 700000 ton crude rubber stockpile funded by Jesse Jones and debate how much can be spared for reclaimed rubber to extend tire mileage while awaiting synthetic plants. The public remains uncertain as authorities hedge on military needs and timelines.
Local notes recount a boy run over by a hearse on Benita Street who avoided injury, serenade for campers near Greenfield Mills, union knitting mills resuming after a holiday, a carpenter shooting 22 grey squirrels, and Frederick Female Seminary commencement exercises extended through Thursday with praise for instructor Miss Am Zollicaster.
Twenty years ago local columns note the commencement at Head College with Evangelical Reform church service at 11 o'clock and many prizes awarded. Rev Drme Freepar delivered the address. Prominent guests included Daughters of the American Revolution. In sports, Hanover Raiders beat Frederick 3 to 3 to break a tie with Martinsburg in Blue Ridge league as Bill King faltered and Weaver homered twice. William Stultz pleads guilty to an alcoholic beverage charge, fined $200 or 40 days, for selling corn liquor at his home on Bourth and Bentz streets.
New York, June 6. Lily Pans and Andre Kostelanetz enjoy a new Lhasa terrier named Shun-Lo, one of only seven in the U.S. Lauritz Melchior uses Danes to haul bacon home. Fannie Hurst debuts air program Thinking Out Loud with a two-week trial, and Elliott Arnold serves in the Army. Sonny Tufts rises as a tall vocal figure. Conrad Thibault’s I’m a Soldier of De Gaulle becomes the Free French anthem. Irving Berlin pitches a camp show with young Irving Berlin and introduces classic songs. Ellen Ballon, famed pianist, wears a platinum musical staff bracelet with jeweled notes.
State Parole Laredor Herman M. Moser urged Governor O'Conor to remit a 250 dollar fine for Rosser Scott Farley Jr. of Carrell County. The 16 year old, serving six months for manslaughter, remains imprisoned as the request cites the family’s financial hardship. Farley was convicted of accidentally killing a Carroll County companion with a small caliber rifle.
A long rambling piece on Freeman Frederick era travel and New York references, with travel by bus and train to Baltimore, sightings of Navy cadets, soldiers, and civilians, plus local events in Frederick and surrounding area, concluding that home remains the real focus for readers.
In Shepherdstown West Virginia U S Martin a former member of the state house of delegates was chosen mayor for two years in a write-in election on Tuesday. Four current councilmen were also renominated by write-in including Dr W S White president of Shepherd State Teachers College WoW Waddy J R Showland FR McQuilkin and J L Waldeck the retiring mayor was named to council
Washington columnist Peter Edson explains how the War Production Board's plan to use 475 million gallons of industrial alcohol from grain, including 200 million for butadiene, spurs the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee to secure a bigger role for agricultural chemistry in war production, linking grain surpluses to synthetic rubber while noting cost and development delays.
Today In History lists notable events from 1622 to 1941 including Black Hawk attack at Apple River Fort and 1939 Italian and German celebrations. Birthdays include Claude Allouez Nathan Hale Timothy Arthur and others with ages given. Horoscope notes a versatile, restless day promising education or trouble for natives.
The days ahead hold doubts yet faith and courage persist as Uncle Sam and Allies move forward. Production has set a pace unmatched, and signs point to major events and potential surprises that could alter the course of the war.
A South American herb yerba mate could alleviate a looming U S tea shortage by providing a tea like brew. The crop offers an alternative hot beverage source amid supply constraints.
A Frederick county businessman laments wartime woes on the civilian front and recalls his France doughboy days. Parsons Newman spots the Maryland flag hung upside down at Key Hotel lunches, while the State Armory flag display faces a similar issue. An 80 tank car count on a B and O freight near Reels Mill follows recent tanker sinkings. The Boston Record-American plans 40 horses and wagons for deliveries to cut rubber use as 76 motor trucks are repurposed for Red Cross ambulances. An Ogden editor halts printing over a sentence about a stewardess aboard the S.S Alexandria with barnacles scraped before sailing.
A wartime tribute poem honors American mothers for their steadfast devotion during conflict. The work envisions banners in history and a lasting, glowing memorial to those who bore the country’s burdens, celebrating maternal strength and national duty.
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