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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1943
Page
4
Readers in Frederick debate Sunday sports and movies amid a Maryland Legislature bill. Letters urge freedom of choice, defend clean recreation, warn against forcing religious practice by law, and urge voting Tuesday.
The piece explains that ration book No 3 will replace book No 1 covering coffee sugar and shoes. Applications mailed by June 10 speed distribution, with three name fields and a required three cent stamp. Errors cause delays. households must follow the mass mailing system to avoid friction.
More than four thousand civilian sailors from every state are listed as dead or missing since Pearl Harbor. The piece honors their endurance, noting many torpedoed sailors return to the seas, refusing to be driven from the water, and praising a nation that produces such heroic seamen.
A reader argues against Sunday entertainment measures, invoking biblical and historical imagery to urge preservation of the Sabbath. R A Selby at 404 East Patrick Street signs the appeal, claiming Sunday sports and movies would degrade the city’s morale and test public virtue.
A world traveler recalls a Mediterranean storm where steering gear failed and stars guided the ship to safety. The tale parallels life where looking to eternal principles fixes our direction, despite turmoil and doubts. The narrator, Earl L. Douglass, D. D., asserts that humanity’s path is defined by enduring truths.
The article criticizes American and British misreadings of the Pacific war, urging support for Russia and China, noting Attu and Kiska casualties, and stressing reliance on air, sea, and land power. It argues Japan may strike China this year and emphasizes weaknesses in Mediterranean and Far East campaigns. The piece foresees grave outcomes if lessons from 1942 are ignored.
Jack Wood the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Wood of this city graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy and was awarded a certificate of merit for academic or military distinction.
Fifty years ago the June 7 1893 News columns describe a large local firemen’s celebration with a grand parade. A New Brunswick fire company truck was damaged after backing into freight cars. The Court House is festively bunting adorned. George Markell is cited as the city’s oldest fireman, a charter member of an independent Hose Company. M J Grove urged a Reichs Ford bridge before county commissioners, citing a dangerous ford and need for a bridge.
Miss Marianna Doll, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas J Doll, married Alvin J Crawford of Sheradoah Junction West Virginia in a quiet morning ceremony. Marsland State Firemen’s Association convention highlighted by parade and ball. Frederick beat burg 9 6 in a morning game with Moneymaker starting and relieved by Bill King. Sugar price concerns may push canning to the backburner as retailing at 10 5 cents per pound.
Senator Millard E. Tydings charged that the executive administration of the war is lacking in efficiency, cooperation, and coordination during a WBAL radio broadcast from Baltimore. He praised armed services but warned civilian war efforts fall short and blamed a bloated government with overlapping bureaus that reshuffle without real improvement.
In wartime sentiment, voices urge swift offensives to push dictators on the run. Fighters endure dangerous duties to finish the task, hoping for an end to war and the burdens it brings. Projections see Germany and Japan someday yielding to a decisive, swift outcome. N A LUFBURROW.
Mil Indications at this stage are that Germany intends to leave Italy to fend for herself in the desperate hour of invasion. Hitler seems to view Mussolini as a liability and Italy as outside the fortress of Europe. With 2592 miles of coastline and 1652 miles of sea frontier, Italy appears beyond German defense. German efforts focus on the Balkans while Luftwaffe presence in Italy is weak. La Spezia shows scant resistance as Kursk absorbs German air power elsewhere.
A brief note explains the correct use of fewer for counts and less for quantities. It includes guidance on plural persons and the common mispronunciation of Date.
Washington observer Peter Edson surveys the Akron rubber labor dispute amid wartime gains. He notes union strength, decentralization drives, and wage shifts as companies weigh moving plants to lower-cost sites to avoid rising costs, with potential impact on Akron’s rubber capital status and broader industry stability.
The Bailey Mails reports the RAF has adopted a new bombing policy limiting raids to grant raids with no pot boiling smaller raids. It suggests the scale could surpass the recent sensational 2000 ton Ruhr raids, and notes the obliteration of a large industrial center in one night as a physical possibility bomber command aims for.
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