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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
4
The News Post Court St Frederick Maryland announces subscriptions and policies. It outlines prepaid rates, postal receipt, and audit bureau membership. It cites Associated Press rights and requires real names for letters and corrections policy.
General Douglas MacArthur leads American forces to defend Australia and organize Allied counter strokes as Japan expands in the Pacific. The article notes Australia’s defense relies on U S air and land power, with supply routes across vast oceans crucial to sustaining operations and deterring further Japanese advances.
The article argues that Australia faces a grave danger from Japan and requires urgent American assistance. It discusses the potential use of scorched earth measures, the need for American air power and personnel, and the strategic aim of using Australia as a base for Allied offensives against Japan led by General Douglas MacArthur.
Grace Witter Engle appeals through The News to preserve the Jug Bridge after one arch collapsed. She urges keeping the structure in place as an old landmark and suggests public subscription funds to build a pedestrian viewing arch, noting its beauty and historic value.
Deputy Sheriff Nunemaker of Emmitsburg adds a spotted horse to his live stock collection. J B Dixon of Park Mills owns a mule that ate a calf. The Poole Zimmerman debate on farmers versus lawyers drew a crowd at City Opera House. Zimmerman won. A sleigh overturned on North Market Street injured none. The present snow is Frederick’s heaviest in three years, blocking country roads.
Twenty years ago a four horse team from Church Hill became unmanageable and struck a touring car at Court Street, causing windshield damage and minor injuries. Frederick Counts Memorial Association chose a Vic tor statue design for the ex service men memorial. Brunswick's new $12,600 pumping fire engine, paid in full, was in service. A large aluminum ware sale at Shipley’s store moved $3,000 worth of inventory with over $1,600 sold in a day.
An Arkansas veteran letters to The Commercial Appeal urging unity in wartime mobilization. He cites his son in the Marine Corps, ship shortages, stalled shipyards, and union issues. He calls for conscripting labor and capital to support munitions and questions government tolerance of labor leaders during the war effort.
Washington, March 19. Rudolph Dirksen, a six foot two Republican from Pejin Indiana, drives the fight on the Department of Agriculture appropriation bill. He cites 23,000 FSA loans and 31 million in crop insurance expenses as he pares back farm programs. Colleagues A. S. Monroney and Francis Case push cuts in travel and tenant-loan funds. Summers, Hoffman, Rich, and Cooper noted as notable but varied speakers and lawmakers.
A note on The Giant's Causeway described as a sasaltic formation in Ireland. The text quotes biblical and Shakespearean reflections on inner virtue versus outward appearance.
Babson analyzes the need for careful personal budgeting as higher taxes and defense bonds press households. He cites typical incomes and spending, urges 40 million families to start budgets, save, insure, and limit debt while supporting the war effort.
The article describes a major Allied success near New Guinea with American and Australian air forces sinking or damaging 23 enemy ships, including 12 warships. It emphasizes time gained for General MacArthur and the Allied drive toward Australia and eventual broader counter strikes.
Washington editor argues Roosevelt suppresses adverse production news and blocks press access to shortages. Article accuses administration and Office of Facts and Figures of concealing delays in aircraft parts, ships, and materiel while labor strikes rise. Calls for congressional probes into slowdowns and production failures.
The column poses three questions about wartime trivia. It asks who cut in at a post dance, who Ernest King is, and the name of a Navy base named after a horse family member. The piece notes answers appear on the last page.
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