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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1942
Page
4
Publication notes subscription rates by mail and price, states prepaid policy for letters and opinions, and lists postal handling details. Mentions Audit Bureau of Circulations membership and Fredericksburg post office status with the date March 23, 1942.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce urges full use of the sanitary sewer system in Frederick noting about 20 percent of dwellings remain unconnected. The text recalls bond authorizations in 1935, construction starting 1936, system operational in 1938, and calls for complete participation to prevent health hazards and wasted investment.
The piece argues the forty hour week was pushed by a minority labor lobby and calls for renewed congressional action despite prior rejection. It blames war contracts for overtime costs and denounces union initiation fees as a racket while urging courage against minority influence to defend American wartime labor policy.
A Washington roundup notes President Roosevelt fights rising public clamor over labor unions favoring some groups and considers 40 hour week limits amid war needs. It cites a letter from a midwest defense plant worker arguing overtime raises costs and questions impact on production.
A reader commends the Junior Chamber of Commerce for its sewer connections stance and urges immediate action by Mayor, City Attorney, and a disinterested magistrate to issue warrants and prosecute noncompliant property owners. The letter defends municipal leadership and warns of tyranny when law ends.
The Roads Commission Sixth District reports frost damage nicknamed frost boils on two Garrett county routes. Blooming Rose road and Route 219 from Route 40 to Oakland show damage. A 100000 pound load limit is now enforced to limit damage until repairs can proceed.
Light snow flurries observed on the third day of spring lingered only minutes. Temperatures around 40 degrees rose later as sun returned, while high winds persisted overnight leaving a 33 degree low.
A precise clock mechanism is described as ticking five times each second totaling 432000 ticks per hour, illustrating the regular cadence of its movement.
In 1852 city readers reported a beer fueled dispute between a butcher and a gardener judged by a referee. Senator Newman of Frederick urged Cleveland for president with Maryland to send a Cleveland delegation. Peddlers with embroidered wares were in town. Governor Brown signed a Middletown waterworks bill. Mr. Nusz found Indian arrow points on an Araby field. Rev Slater and wife were thrown when a buggy coupler failed near Petersville. the horse ran away.
Twenty years ago Frederick faced a serious housing shortage per the Chamber of Commerce with calls to build twenty or more homes to boost population. Excavations for the foundation of the new Episcopal church in Brunswick progressed well despite fickle weather. A carrier pigeon with an aluminum band was found by Mrs. Paul Leatherman near Lewistown and sheltered in a chicken coop after being tired.
The text analyzes the worsening war in the Philippines with Japanese gun advances at Manila Bay and Corregidor. It notes strengthened enemy arms, better leadership, and propaganda leveraging MacArthur’s departure. It also discusses supply strains, blockades, and Allied resilience under Wainwright’s command.
Review praises Samuel Rogers's Flora Shawn as a piercing portrait of a beautiful wealthy woman whose charm masks a destructive core. The chronicle explores escapism and resistance to reality, noting Rogers's earlier works and calling Flora Shawn timely in its examination of human frailty and societal harm.
A short quotation compilation features Galatians urging love thy neighbor as thyself and a Sterne line declaring the world wide enough to hold both thee and me.
Washington column notes the appetite for sensational witnesses in congressional probes. Guthrie and Mellett become focal points as committees chase stars, with Nelson, Landis, and Knudsen also in the spotlight. The piece jokes about duplicative investigations and hints at broader war production questions.
George Tucker reflects on daily letters criticizing his New York column. He recalls editor letters about ships and cutters and jokes from clubs and coast cities. The piece ends noting many readers defend Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charley McCarthy.
A lesson on correct preposition use and pronunciation with a focus word avidity meaning eagerness or greediness. It notes learners often confuse to versus for umber and highlights example sentence about books being received with avidity.
A marriage license has been issued at Rockville for Raymond E. Pettingall Jr 21 of Frederick and Frances V. Sanger 25 of Brunswick.
Historical anniversaries mark birthdates and notable events from 1699 to 1925. Figures include John Bartram, Schuyler Colfax, James Barron Hope, Clemens Herschel, Fannie M. Farmer, Paul Leicester Ford, Madison Cawein, Ira Landrith, and more with celebrations of Petrick Henrys speech and early pension acts. Includes today’s birthdays: Sidney Hillman, Charles L. Parsons, Florence E. Allen, Joan Crawford, Arthur M. Hill, George A. Buttrick, Robert H. Davis, and others. Also notes a broad horoscope indicating a bold, assertive day.
In a speculative verse item, the narrator laments rubber scarcity and urges inventors to craft viable substitutes for tires, noting the demand and trade restrictions until a solution is found. The piece frames tire scarcity as a national issue and calls for timely invention.
Marriage licenses were issued at Westminster to Erwin R. Hyser and Nettie V. Halter Taneytown to Cecil C. Green and Edna M. Rodkey Union Bridge.
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