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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1942
Page
4
The News published from Frederick Maryland on Wednesday March 25 1942 shows standard masthead details including subscription rates and press associations. It notes the paper is a member of the Associated Press and audits by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Francis B Sayre urged speedy aid for soldiers on the Philippine island outpost from San Francisco. The piece notes he cannot decide military strategy and that General MacArthur now directs efforts to recapture the Philippines, focusing on how and when aid will be delivered.
Fifty years ago Magistrate C H Eckstein announced after notifying the county commissioners that a city lock up for tramps would be built. Tramps would be put to work on the stone pile at Montevue. Thomas Gittinger received Toledo club report to report March 28 for season opener in Cincinnati with exhibition games on the 29th. Master John Johnson Smith, son of S T Smith, was gifted a shepherd dog from Baltimore. Charles Six of West South Street lost part of a finger at Palmetto Fibre Works. A bold attempt to break into Thomas Strickler’s house on B and O Avenue occurred near midnight with residents home and dog present.
Frederick sees efforts to form a Ku Klux Klan branch with blanks sent to about 100 men while a Brunswick branch exists. An iron worker at the New Hotel fell from a crane to a lower level, suffering severe injuries. Debates in Belles Lettres Society favored the negative on the Four Power treaty in one section and the affirmative in another. M J Croghan announced reopening Hobn Braddock May 15 with reservations. Plans include tree planting tennis courts and space for a baseball diamond.
Washington correspondent Edson surveys wartime labor rules and suspensions, noting 17 federal laws mandating eight hour days and overtime protections, with suspensions and enforcement seen across Army Navy contracts and Canal Zone work. He also covers price rationing tricks, farm plots in D C, and naval invention debates led by Commander Bryan and Lord Burgess.
Lior Feuchtwanger concludes his Josephus trilogy with Josephus and the Emperor detailing the Jewish thinker’s perilous position in Domitian’s court and the clash of emotion and reason. Jules Romains’s The New Day continues the Pais Jallez Jerphanion saga, tracing postwar France amid revolution and Communism, as it threads a broad vision of modern fiction’s direction and legacy.
The piece highlights housing needs for workers relocating to support war production, noting the pressure on cities and the demand for sleeping eating and resting spaces. It also recalls the old calendar note that the legal New Year began in March until 1752 when England adopted January start.
Strength For Today reflects on faith through historical quotes and the idea that living now allows spiritual understanding of Christ. The essay notes that few accepted Him in His time, while many today find it easier to believe without the challenge of witnessing Him in person.
The Rural Women's Club of Adamstown met last week with Mrs William Brosius as hostess. Mrs Eliza beth Plummer supervised sewing of ten woolen skirts. sixteen members and two visitors attended. The group opened with songs Maryland My Maryland God of Our Fathers and Uncle Ned. Secretary and treasurer reports were read and accepted. Federation delegates named Mrs Eva Carlin Mrs Harry Thomas and Mrs Clark Gibson Bell. April meeting set by J Wall at Miss Alice Bell's due to program change.
Puerto Rico is described as the sunniest spot in the West Indies by the Weather Bureau. The area reportedly has no temperature below 42 degrees nor above 92 degrees in the period cited and has not had a day in two and a half years with no sun.
The renewed bombing of England's Channel coast raises British fears of a possible invasion and could dampen British American aid to Russia. Russian reports claim deep thrusts near Smolensk and Kharkov, with fresh armies massed northeast of Smolensk and southwest of Kharkov. Russians reportedly threaten German lines near Vitebsk Nevel Velikie Luki Pskov and cross toward the Dnieper near Kremenchug. The outcome hinges on two northern wedges near the Dnieper and the southern drive toward the Sea of Azov coast east of Rostov.
A Maryland library list features Youth Tell Their Story by the American Youth Commission and reviews on Personalities Behind the Psalms, Return to the Future, and Moon Is Down. It notes Civil Defense titles and official publications on gas protection, industrial and public buildings, glass substitutes, and wardens.
Washington readers report mixed views on wartime labor policy. Letters discuss union influence on hiring, overtime costs, and the forty hour week, with examples from Troy and Indianapolis illustrating economic and personal impacts on workers and manufacturers amid the war effort.
A compact chronicle of notable historical anniversaries and birthdays. It lists figures like William Redfield, George Evans, Stephen Luce, Elwell Otis, William Wait, John Lind, Gutzon Borglum, and more, with birthplaces, roles, and death dates, followed by dated milestones from 1634 to 1941 and brief notes on today’s birthdays and a short horoscope.
The first brewer in the United States was not of German American origin as commonly supposed. He was a Scotsman who became one of the country’s largest producers.
New York columnist George Tucker argues for women wearing slacks with proper accessories. He promotes pegged, cuffless slacks, broad toed black shoes, snug waists, flannel shirts, and masculine jackets with broad shoulders to create the slimmer look, advising long hems that break over the shoes.
A compact note on common usage errors and pronunciation for the word placid. It highlights misused phrasing such as The balance of the stock was sold at cost and notes Incognito pronunciation as in kog ni to. It also covers spelling quirks analyses and related definitions calm peaceful quiet and gentle with a Macaulay quotation example.
A compact meditation on speech citing James 3 8 and James I of Scotland. The lines warn that the tongue is untameable and dangerous if uncontrolled, urging care and counsel to guard words.
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