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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1938
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text outlines editor conduct and publication policies for Maryland Printing and Manufacturing Co. and X0 Communications. It mentions no clear events, dates, or named individuals beyond generic references to writers and opinions.
Mary E. Wren of Lafayette Indiana captures the national pie baking championship. The Harvard style coverage notes her as a spirited co ed and winner of 100 and a trip to Washington to swap housekeeping with Mrs. Roosevelt.
Readers are treated to a humorous meditation on March as the most unpopular month due to windy, sun-splashed days and hats blown into gutters. The piece muses that spring’s arrival brings air, activity, and romantic hints as birds sing and mating amid flowers approaches.
Jonathan Roth borrowed Ben Trompen’s car during a visit and caused a severe crash injuring Alfred Berry. Berry sues Trompen, arguing liability for Roth’s negligence based on consent to use the vehicle. The case asks whether Trompen can be held responsible for Roth’s actions while driving with permission.
A compact English lesson discusses words often misused such as excite and Sachet, mispronunciations like sa-sia and ai, and common misspellings like envelope. It defines radical as affecting vital principles and urges building vocabulary with one word daily.
A brief quotation compares heed to wise foundation, citing a Bible verse and Schlegel. It asserts real enterprises start with faith and a first forward step, linking spiritual wisdom to practical action.
Bruce Hutt analyzes why England did not see a mass working class revolution after World War II. He argues the movement failed to mobilize readers beyond militant ranks, kept by Labor Party leadership loyal to gradual reform, leaving the working class disillusioned and no real upheaval.
A collection of quotes covers industrial concentration, wartime profit bans, sports ambition, a fraud case, and Italy’s mood on war. Figures include Judge Oliver B. Dickinson, Henry Morgenthau Jr, Don Budge, Julian E. Goldberg, and Rev. Robert W. Anthony, reflecting varied public voices.
Readable column items recount Aunt Charity Roberson's 100th birthday once cook for D. Columbus Kent near Frederick and a note on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge at Little Monocacy. Also mentions Hoover denial of price fixing, a referendum proposal in Middleton, and World War I casualties and service news from Maryland and Philadelphia.
From the Biographical Directory of the African Congress 12374 1927 this record outlines Richard Potts born Upper Marlboro Maryland July 1 1753? to 1953? and his legal career. It details his move to Barbades Islands 1757 return to Annapolis 1761 education in law 1775 practice in Frederick County clerkships 1776 1777 1778 aid to Gov Thomas Johnson Flying Camp 1777 etc. He served in the Maryland Line and Continental Congress 1781 1782 Maryland Convention ratifying the Constitution 1788 United States Attorney 1789 1791 chief judge 1791 1793 presidential elector 1792. elected Federalist to US Senate January 10 1793 to October 24 1796. later chief judge first judicial circuit 1796 1801 associate justice Maryland Court of Appeals 1801 1804 died Frederick Maryland November 26 1808 interred Mount Olivet. The verse praises Potts’ mind and virtue.
After a moderate February, cold weather dominated the period with record lows and heavy snow in Garrett Maryland. Temperatures averaged near normal with days reaching subfreezing levels and notable snowfall in Oakland, stopping traffic and signaling a late winter pattern.
Dr Francis C. Wei president of Hua Chung College in China will be at Hood College on Wednesday. He will address an informal Y hut group in the afternoon and speak at a public lecture in Brodbeck Hall at seven o clock. He will discuss the Far eastern contact and its effect on higher education in China. A Canton native, he studied at Boone College Wu Chang and earned an MA from Harvard and a PhD from London. He has long taught philosophy at Boone/Hua Chung and later became president. He has written on Chinese religion philosophy including The Political Principles of Mencius and The Confucian Moral System and His Social Values.
Cumberland Welfare Association sets a 53 844 goal for the spring drive to be held April 18 with Associate Judge William A Huster as chairman and Mfyers G Light as co chair. Last year’s goal was 366 274 with 44 241 un collected. The budget lists multiple charities including Allegany County League for Crippled Children and Red Cross with specified allocations. Campaign expenses and office costs are itemized. A separate item notes Staunton Virginia hiring Whitman Reynard Smith to survey electric rates and explore municipal generation costs.
A fragment praising a person’s perfections is read as mirroring the speaker’s own aims. It suggests self-regard framed as admiration for another, a classical moral stance on vanity and imitation.
Montgomery county justices of the peace were warned by State’s Attorney James H. Pugh they may not use their title or stationery bearing it to collect private debts. Gov. Harry W. Nice had informed the attorney that forms resembling legal papers were used by some justices to press debts. The warning follows reports of officials using official position to collect private accounts.
Dr Morris Fisheein argues science has yet to decide if air conditioning affects health. He notes rooms change with occupancy, body odors, and ventilation, and that air conditioning aims to lower temperature and humidity for comfort while maintaining sufficient oxygen.
A poem by N A Lufburrow extols friendship over warlike aims, urging kindness and honest dealings. It contrasts battleships with peaceful acts, arguing that friendly thoughts yield satisfactions and a world free of hate, inviting stronger bonds and lasting peace.
A humorously phrased etiquette Q and A exercises social conduct rules. It asks about hats, seat courtesy, and hostess greetings with answers noting: never required to lift hat except in special cases, seats should consider women, a man need not yield to a very young girl, women and men greet hosts, and an older man need not lift his hat for a younger man unless context suggests.
A New York scene recounts a publicity stunt by an unemployed chorus girl and her boyfriend near the St Moritz. The pair advertised a Garbo impersonator show with large neon signs while the girl acted for patrons and the partner sold peeks for 33 cents.
A compact history page lists anniversaries and birthdays of notable figures. It notes William Cushing and John J. Pratt among others with their birthplaces and dates, plus events like the 1845 annexation joint resolution and 1913 Webb-Kenyon Act. It also mentions today’s birthdays such as Rear Admiral Butler and Percival Wilde with brief origins.
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