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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1942
Page
4
The News Freder ick Maryland lists subscription rates and delivery details. It states prepay mail subscriptions and notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press. It warns letters must include real names and promises corrections on error.
WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson announced no further bidding on war contracts for the remainder of the war. The plan seeks speed and volume while maintaining fair costs and profits. Negotiated contracts, with cost knowledge and potential plant taking powers, aim for efficient use of production facilities without inflating prices.
Debaters at Frederick Male High discuss the claim that machinery harms workers with the negative prevailing. Local bank builds a branch on West Church street with officers listed. Middletown valley roads remain snowblocked. State Senate passes liquor sale restriction bill. Brunswick bond issue approved for 20000. Weather signal service opens at Buckeystown with judge Nicodemus overseeing and News dispatches by telephone.
Announcement states the sale of the Isaac Hamburger and Sons clothing factory at 117 South Market Street to Muse Tailoring Company of Baltimore. New owners begin operations tomorrow employing between 175 and 200 workers.
Edson paints Washington gossip as a political weapon feeding anti-American propaganda. He catalogs items with no truth, framed as a “close-up of a propaganda lie,” and notes how such whispers threaten national morale and the capital’s reputation amid wartime anxieties.
March weather brings mild days and bright sun as Frederick residents discuss blackout drills, curtain plans, and bomb safety. City events showcase lecture demos, theatre, and music while locals hear political updates and defense talks. Memorials and historical hints mingle with road, sewer, and bond debates as community life buzzes.
A Frederick city page item notes air wardens mistook Elm Street school for Frederick High and moved to the new building. Home blackout paint schemes and a phonograph record method are discussed as wartime innovations.
Fragmentary text hints at a wartime mood with talk of fighting and peace. It reflects a scene of seeking thrills in a world of conflict and uncertainty, contrasting with hopeful moments when life seems orderly.
A Washington opinion piece criticizes President Roosevelt for a one sided labor approach and warns that without true unity between management and workers the nation cannot maximize production. It calls for non political sacrifice and a crusade spirit to sustain wartime effort.
George Tucker recounts the 1776 night attempt by David Bushnell’s turtle submarine to sink HMS Eagle off Manhattan. Lee’s crude device failed, copper plating thwarting effort, but Washington called it genius. Today ferries pass the historic site, linking sea power to an odd wartime experiment. U S passenger traffic by train in 1941 topped any year since 1929.
War analyst notes simultaneous pledges from General MacArthur in Australia and General Stilwell in Burma toward offense against Japan. He forecasts a double assault via Philippines and China, with Australia’s defense first and Burma’s oil fields as a strategic target amid looming weather shifts.
A historical snippet notes Romans 5 8 about Christ dying for sinners and mentions God is and all is well attributed to Whit tier. It also adds Leon Henderson, the price administrator, plays the banjo in his leisure moments.
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