Dorothy Dix on Mothers and Careers in 1920s Values
The column argues mothers should prioritize wife and mother roles over demanding daughters’ careers. It mocks pushing girls to fame for fame’s sake, citing Lulu Sally and Martha as examples, and praises domestic happiness, family, and a husband’s support as the path to fulfillment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu
Mama
Sally
Mather
Fred Astaire
Martha
Bey Syndicate
Ine
Soldier guards patrons in cellar during North Africa bomber raids
Sergeant Earl Van Deeveer of Glendale California stands with other men in a cellar at a Glenview establishment to protect staff and guests during aerial bombings in North Africa. Signal Corps photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl van Deeveer
Glendale
Cahf
North
Africa
Signal Corps
Hollywood Gags Freeze Under War Time Censorship
Erskine Johnson reports on jokes and star gossip in Hollywood paused by wartime restrictions. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s long running gag is shelved, Bob Hope plans a new book style act, and Claude Rains faces a cautious makeup shift for The Opera remake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Erskine Johnson
Star
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Stan
Hardy
Laurel and Hardy
Bob Hope
Universal
Claude Rains
Lon
John Gilbert
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
M-G-M’s
the Hangman
Ty Power
Annabella
Marilyn Maxine
Wallace Beery
Fred Beck
Alm
Jinx Falkenberg
U. S
Walter Slezak
Squid
Mickey Rooney
Martha Knapp
Arthur Murray
Ray Mulland
Paulette Goddard
John Wayne
Academy
Gordon Jennings
Farclot Edward
William Pereira
Louis Mesenkopf
Mulland
Wayne
Gaithersburg Social Round Reveals Local Hosts And Visits
A Gaithersburg bridge party hosted by Mrs Norman Belt brought together twelve guests including Mrs Gwynn Kirkman Mrs Lewis Reed and Mrs Earl Williams plus Mrs George Darby and others. Weekend visits included Joseph Covey in New York and relatives in Petersburg Purcellville and Baltimore as residents and servicemen share time with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaithersburg
Norman Belt
Gwynn Kirkman
Lewis Reed
Earl Williams
George Darby
Carroll Walker
Ella Plummer
Merle Jacobs
J. Lawrence Darby
Garley Bell
Clyde Thomas
William D. Cooley
Marigaret Thomas
George Cronise
Local Social Notes From Ladiesburg Area
Miss Ethel Wilshide returns home after three weeks with Mrs. C. W. Binkley in Linwood Maryland. Doris Saytor spent weekend with Uncle and Aunt Hall Martin in New Windsor and returned home. Mr and Mrs C. Smith and Mrs Walter Lind visited Mrs Samuel Smith in Rosnersville Pennsylvania. Elwood Gross and son Guy of Taneytown joined Mr and Mrs Leslie Gross and family Sunday. Jimmie Stevens home from New York on a 48 hour furlough then left Sunday night. Joseph Lind near Detour visited Ling on Sunday. Raymond Dougherty, bed confined last week, now able to go out. Visitors at F. H. Birely home Sunday evening included Frank Englar, C W Binkley and Lola Linwood, plus Joe LeRoy Lind. Claudine Smith of Frederick spent Tuesday night with Edgar and Mrs Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Gross
Guy
Taneytown
Leslie Gross
Jimmie Stevens
New York
N. Y
Joseph Lind
Raymond Dougherty
Bolivar
James P Kain
Joseph Kaa
Marpets Bours
Arabas Thomas
Ty Vega
Tad
Shin
Stephen
Chicago
Braywswe
Suméay
Vwreo
Sheawore Muthies
Buys Varde
Syhmaniter Hospital
Algo
Edear Barthes
Nowrath
Vas
Paul Bartle
Paul
Eva Stoneturger
Hoepers Ferny
Vrata
Robert Fields
Jack Wyddell
Schnauller Hospital
Brunswick
Charles Alley
Hedgesville
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburyg
Mather
Ae Gelting Wang
Ney
Pulse Lor
Bolivar Methodist Church
Pvt
Rawson Longerbeam
Joby Longerbeam
Starpera Ferry
Cavalry
US Army
Fort Bliss
Teans
Harpers Perry High School
Haroes
Martha Staubs
Silver Grove
Harpers Ferry
Frank Staubs
Bee
Aloo
Pittsburgh
Marth Fleming
Marpers Ferry
Layer Grave Methodist Church
Mary BE Beck
Schnauffer Hospital
Webb
Bolivar —Mendaas
St Peters Catholic Chorch Wall
Batarca Ewer
Mareh
Foc
Beneft
John Spenthe
Helen Zambro
San
Nancy Blot
Feraiers
Sponster
Waltereed Hospital
Washington
Mt Owill
Xeyeel
Walla
Pyt Spenster
Cacely
Louise Edwards
Lali Edwards
Ivo
Wang
Charles Town
WAACS
Baltimore
Indgetion Center
Fort Oglesthorpe
Miss Edwards
Hapers Fenty High
Heraother
Keaney Edwards
Bo & O
Brunse Lek
Willam Orn
Camp Hill
Philadelphia
Katherine Wolfe
C. W Wolfe
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Eleanor Johnson
Alexandria
C C Johnson
Claude 2. Koonce
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Halltown
George
Hetty Koonce
Ohio
Winchester
Mariah Kirby
Darrell
Two Local Bills Await Governor Signature in Frederick
Frederick measures pass the Senate for postponing re registration of voters and authorize the city to issue up to 27000 in imperial bonds to refund a 60000 issue refinanced in May. Westminster water system expansion also approved for acquisition and operation by the Mayor and Council. The migration note reports a golden plover traveling 2400 miles in 48 hours, losing two ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Senate
Associated Press
Frederick Ciy
Council of Westminster
Maryland Water Works
Penetro salve for colds and aches advertised
An old fashioned salve named Penetro offers relief for colds and muscular pains. The ad touts a mutton suet base and stainless formula, with sniffles priced at 25¢ per tube and a double supply for 35¢.
Bolivar Area News Sees Wide Social Ties and Deaths
Local Bolivar and Harpers Ferry residents are noted visiting relatives and attending church events while also reporting births, illnesses, and a few deaths. The column lists names of families such as Staubs, Koonce, and Fleming, plus soldiers and students serving, with hospitalizations, marriages, and a fire of community life across several nearby towns.
Sunday church services and church sale notes
Foxville Fonville A Mount Moral Luthe reports church services next Sunday March 28 at 2 30 p m with Sunday School at 1 30 p m and Lent services Fridays at 7 30 p m Pastor Rev D Ro Stonesiter. Public sale of John Lewis held at his residence drew a large crowd and good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonville
Mount Moral
Richard Hayver
Sabillasville
Woop Buneman
Poster Girl Selene Mahn Promotes WAVES Recruiting
Swedish model Selene Mahn aged 19 becomes the face of a WAVES recruitment poster. The image highlights her as a striking ambassador as military enlistment campaigns target young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selene Mahn
WAVES
Lime Kilns and Local Visits Highlight Quiet Week
Private Rhodes Burgee is stationed at Camp McCain Mississippi. Clarence Lindsay and Clayton Burgee hosts visit from Woodfield. Lester Feaga and Luther Fraga visited. Mrs Edward Plummer recovered from grippe. Private Quynn Ott, formerly from here, visited Atlantic City friends. Harvey Fisher Sr of Baltimore spent weekend with his mother. Squirrels are blamed for many ash and hickory forest burials as they store nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes Y ¥. Burgee
Claytorn Burgee
Camp McCain
Clarence Lindsay
Woodfield
Clayton
Quynn Ott
Atlantic City
N. J
Lown
Ott
Here
Baltimore
Harvey EB. Fisher
W. Plaher
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Dorothy Dix
Mary
Hurley
Presii Roosevelt
Patrick J Hurley
New Zealand
North Wales
McCleery Landis
McCardell
Frederick City Hospital
M. Kk, Etchison and Son
Feng x
Gerla
Herouigs
Kentie
CPA
G. R. Gray
Fogtesville
H. &. Williams
Cumberland
G. BR. Gray, Jr
Navy
Bainbridge
William McBain
Luthe
Otley
Purcellville
William D. Robertson
Mary Rebecca Robertson
Mollie Lane
Petersburg
Carl Wilbanks
A. B. Abston
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Douglas Griffith
ALC
Worthington Griffith
iJg H. B. Haddox
Horace H. Haddox
Ladiesburg
London
Ovr Times
Argeret
O'Brien
Fresaree Tott
Young - Tersine Day
Fay Bainter
Nigel Bruce William Severn Aroun
Margaret” O'Brien
Robert Taveor
Mites Taventon
Stafford
Malltown
Howard Koonce
Florida
Episcopal Church
Pete
Baliver
G Torpler
Harper Cemetery
Koenves
W Staubs
Weel
Thomas R. Ablen
Asheville
N .C
Ethel Clevenger Ott
Beltyar
Edwin Clevenger
Doris
Dear Musboro
Reading
Willsboro
Neonsville
Albert Payne
Hillsboro
Mra Morland
Stanley
Susan Creamer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Neersville
H. C. Erdman
Birkattsville
Comdrdates
Mirschfield
Theauther P
U. S Coast Guard
Campbell
Katherine
James Albert, Jr
Tyr
Man Mare
Jane Hunschfield
Newton
Foxville
Owite Melvin 'M. Engle Assiie “Seiberling Tires
Frederick, Md
Gty Opera House
Wkos
Warner
Lionel Barry More
Il P.M
Harper's Bazaar
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Bonnie Cashin
Adlee & Adler, Inc
Coca-Cola Pnts
Frederick Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Chase Taylor
PatRick Si
Phome
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