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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1943
Page
4
A damaged newspaper snippet from March 29 1943 shows garbled text and stray phrases. It includes a line about rates and a writer entering a city office, with references to Freda and mid era class matter. The fragment provides no clear events or names beyond generic era cues.
Miss Mary Griggs, London editor, reports from the United States that despite England's rationing the health of the British people remains good. She notes meat is limited to a half to three quarters of a pound weekly butter two ounces eggs monthly and suggests nutrition improves as vegetables become a larger share of diets.
Submarine warfare against Allied and Axis shipping pushes demand for air transport. Hitler moved troops by air to Tunisia with half his supplies landing by air and 60 percent of Axis shipping sunk en route in Libya. As Atlantic supply remains colossal, air transport will expand, spurring aircraft development and potentially reducing reliance on sea routes in wartime.
A fragmented biblical excerpt features Psalm style imagery praising God as shield salvation and refuge. The text mingles archaic phrasing with scattered references to the beloved disciple and the Saviour, evoking spiritual trust and contemplation.
Washington March 8 There is just not enough to go round says the U S in wartime press commentary. The piece argues the United States cannot crush Japan and Hitler simultaneously due to production and transport limits. It laments delayed war production plagued by top-level mismanagement strikes and political campaigning. It warns of heavy casualties and ongoing strategic limits in Europe and the Pacific.
Fifty years ago Reverend J C Haw kis was reassigned at the Southern Methodist conference which closed in Front Royal Virginia. Ice formed to nearly an inch thickness last night. J F Albert of Baltimore slipped from a City Hotel bus and dislocated his kneecap, likely keeping him in the hotel for some time. City baseball league seems certain with four clubs and a grand stand on West Fifth Street. Five companies will field teams. Voy? Men Burg College students Marion J Kline Grayson Z Stup A C Carty Frank Edges and John C Bowers Jefferson travel home for Easter.
March 29 1923 column notes two inches of ice formed as temperatures fell to 10 14 degrees in Frederick fruit crop undamaged a record breaking cold wave grips much of the United States Frederick business district emptied as firemen battled a small blaze at Potomac Public Service Co corner East Patrick and Carroll streets sixty Easter baskets sent to former service men in hospitals via American Legion a touring car owned by Millard Angelberger stolen from a Frederick garage
A collage of historical events and birthdays lists figures from John Tyler to Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. Highlights include U S acquisitions such as the Panama Railroad and Corregidor during wartime, plus speeches and religious and scientific luminaries born in Bohemia, England, or Massachusetts.
Commentary urges early action against evils and bad habits to prevent chronic issues. It stresses discipline, parental influence, and teaching self control from childhood, citing examples of temper and temptation being nipped early to avoid later harm. A Dutch submarine report and local deeds follow in brief notices.
A column notes wars erupt across the globe as nations clash. It questions Mussolini's whereabouts and laments dictators' self-serving power grabs, warning the people bear the burden of war and injustices. The piece predicts punishment for the Japs Italians Germans and their leaders.
A summer kitchen behind 136 Ice Street was destroyed Saturday evening when an overheated kerosene stove exploded and sprayed flames across the wooden structure. Firefighters from all city companies extinguished the blaze with damage confined to the kitchen, cellar stairway, floor doors walls and ceiling, plus the furniture. A report notes the occupant’s daughter, George J. Spencer, colored, ran to Citizens Truck Company on South Court Street to report the fire.
Precipitation for 34 hours ends at 9 a.m. today none. March total 19 inches, deficiency in 1943 3. March normal 3.48 inches, actual 3.00 inches. Yesterday high 48, low 23. Moon rises tomorrow 3:34 a.m., sets 1:82 p.m. Sun sets today 7:30 p.m., rises tomorrow 7:00 p.m.
Washington report examines a confidential Social Security Board plan led by Arthur A ltmeyer detailing proposed changes to the 1935 act. The piece contrasts this with National Resources Planning Board recommendations, noting Congress delays and political resistance shape reform prospects.
The government reveals seven types of securities for the 13 billion War Loan drive starting April 12. Includes Bond Series E paying 2.9 percent to maturity with $25 to $1,000 denominations. 22 percent Treasury Bonds of 1964-1969 redeemable at par. Series C tax notes. 1g percent certificates. Series F and G savings bonds. and 2 percent bonds from 1950-1952. Dated 1943 to mature 1969, with various redemption terms and tax notes.
The Census Bureau reported Maryland in 1940 had about 472 340 families with nearly half lacking children under 18 and two thirds without children under 19. Of 472 340 families, 232 800 had no children under 18 and 312 380 had no children under 10. Over one hundred thousand had one child under 18, about 86 000 had one under 10.
The Chinese High Command announced a fresh Japanese push in the Southern Kwantung Province was repelled. The action appeared aimed at neutralizing the threat posed by China's army in the region.
A Thursday report notes a second failed Japanese attack. In Southern Yunnan on March 19, Chinese defense lines near Talo were attacked as Japanese forces sought to threaten Chinese strongholds near the Burma-French Indo-China border. A river crossing near Talo was overrun but then surrounded and annihilated.
A series of Q and A items explains consumer exchanges for spoiled rationed food a definition of fraudulent enlistment the tax status of WAVES SPARS enlistees and limits on buying shoes during wartime. Answers note dealer exchanges forgery penalties tax deferrals and one-pair footwear rule unless special permission is granted.
The Associated Press reports five cargo ships sunk by Axis submarines in the Western Atlantic last week, four fewer than the weekly wartime average. The tally reaches 639 Allied and neutral merchant vessels lost since Pearl Harbor, with 22 vessels lost in March so far. Three ships were U S flagged, one Norwegian freighter, and the 7,559 ton Netherlands ship Maris. One hundred forty-two foreign vessels were rescued. 13 U S seamen were killed and 512 are missing.
A devotional note frames Luke 7 : 35 on adults and children. It contrasts public opinion with Jesus call to maturity, urging childlike spirit yet wisdom and conduct, and prays for grace to ripen in service and duty.
A compact language note discusses common misuse and correct pronunciation. It highlights infusive as a word meaning having the power of instilling or inspiring, with an example from Thomson.
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