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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1942
Page
4
Sub notes announce subscriptions and rates for The News with mail options and pricing. The paper notes Associated Press rights and editors correction policy while marking the Frederick Maryland post office entry and a Friday date in 1922.
William B. Ziff argues in the American Mercury that the United States could destroy Germany via a sustained air war using Britain as a base. His plan envisions 5 000 heavy bombers, flying faster than 400 mph, with ongoing losses, and targets from cities to industrial centers to cripple Axis power. He claims airpower, not ground action, will force victory and that the U S has the resources for a direct knockout campaign.
Wright W. Gary of the petroleum coordinator's office outlines a post war automobile plan using 100 octane aviation gasoline. The car would be lighter with a smaller engine and tank, improving efficiency and reducing tire wear per ton mile. Motorists can imagine the changes as the industry uses five million dollars of upgrading facilities.
A short, period style notice uses a Bible verse from I Corinthians 4 6 and combines it with a humorous, antiquated description of a refined gentleman titled WARD Dear. The fragment reads like a newspaper filler or advertisement snippet from the era.
A Washington piece argues a $25,000 after tax cap would demoralize management and threaten the capital base, noting many executives have commitments and insurance, with broader effects on taxpayers and future enterprise. It compares Treasury proposals, shows income thresholds, and warns drastic limits may reduce private capital postwar recovery.
State officials moved to stop a dog fight at Point of Rocks sending it to a remote Virginia site. A vacant lot sale and church purchase mark Emmitsburg notes. Union Foundry valve failure disrupted morning operations. George Birely’s East Patrick Street home gets a fresh paint job. William H. Strauss of Baltimore drew a crowd as a one legged musician hawked patent medicines at the Square Corner.
Twenty years ago local items report 109 students in the two Frederick high schools set to graduate in June with 47 from the Girls School and 52 from the Boys School. Other notes include Lt Calvin Page urging electrical energy may affect climate, ground breaking for the Odd Fellows Home admin building on North Market street pike with about 135000 available, and county officials Toms and Dudderar getting lost for hours in the hills while surveying a county road.
Local families from Buckeys Town to Washington D C and Baltimore spent weekends visiting relatives in Frederick area. Names include Green Frye Pryor Stottlemyer Greenhut Sensenbaugh Naylor Troxell Warrenfeltz Branden and others with multiple households交流.
The Loyalty class of Centen nial Memorial United Brethren church held its annual banquet at Hershberger's on Friday night April 24. President Mrs. Myra Anderson led the regular meeting after readings by Mrs. Margaret Conrad, Julia Lighter, and Naomi Gearinger. a guest prize was won by Mrs. Eva Kuei.
The article warns of a major disaster in Burma as a Japanese spearhead may have captured Lashio and threatened the Burma Road. A northward advance could trap British and Chinese forces, threaten Mandalay and oil fields, and sever ties to China while monsoon weather could later temper the crisis.
Peter Edson argues CCC fell from grace as critics label it relief and unmilitary. He notes 600 camps remain, plans to cut to 350, and praise for aiding forestry, soil conservation, and military service relief. Edson recalls McEntee defends CCC before Congress while President’s critics push economy.
A review of Raoul de Roussey de Seles The Making of Tomorrow argues the book exposes three woes of modern life extreme nationalism oscillating between collectivism and individualism and a postwar reluctance to accept war guilt. The author links Hitlerism to a long tradition of racial supremacy and warns democracy faces a global challenge from totalitarian thought.
A reminiscence piece sketches Irving Berlin and Billy Rose with observed quirks, from Berlin’s quick arrivals at the Waldorf to Rose’s pajamas lifestyle. It recounts Johnny Long’s shift to a left handed fiddle and a North Carolina pig encounter affecting his hand, plus notes on military rank insignia and Fifth Avenue fare and bus rides.
A vivid note on summer afternoons and nights aboard Fifth Avenue buses. The author highlights the bus as a rare, splendid isolation in the crowded city where travelers kiss, read, sew for the Red Cross, and nap.
The piece argues names are labels for people and cites examples like Bones Bean Green and common surnames such as Smith Black Cook Brown. It emphasizes that decent character matters more than name origin and urges fairness toward people with any surname including Pifflekorn.
A compact chronicle of anniversaries from 1764 to 1939 featuring figures like Benjamin Latrobe Junius Booth George Inness Henry Lloyd James Rhodes Charles Harris Harry Wilson and others. It notes dates of firsts such as the 8 hour workday and the 1893 Columbian Exposition, plus a Birthdays list and a brief Horoscope urging measured indulgence.
Moral progress rests on learning to say No to self when needed and Yes to pursuing personal gifts. Even with busy work, one should find time for creative outlets like painting poetry or music, proving great art often comes from spare hours and willpower.
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