Freder ick News May 4 1942 Front Page
The newspaper page from Frederick Maryland dated Monday May 4 1942 includes standard masthead details such as the paper name The News Freder ick Md, pricing and subscription notes, and Associated Press affiliation. It notes postal service handling and mentions the Audit Bureau of Circulations and prepayment for certain subscriptions.
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Gurat Southern Stg
MFG. CO
Mall
Audit Bureau of Circulations Ee
Associated Press
Ecs
Porch Sitting Returns Along Atlantic Coast In War Time
A wartime note predicts a revived porch sitting habit from Maine to Florida this summer due to gasoline rationing. Families will stay home. porches or front steps become viewing points for a street filled with trucks and war effort traffic, while rural farmers may seek shade under apple trees to break monotony.
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Maine
Florida
Frozen Stocks Bill Backed by House Banking Panel
The House Banking Committee approves a bill to authorize RFC loans to holders of rationed stocks to ease the auto industry hit by rationing. The Office of Price Administration halted sales and ordered stock rationing to aid the war effort. The proposal aims to help creditors cash out frozen inventories while the public bears the cost.
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House Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
Price Administration
RFC
Appreciation Letter Praises 4-H Support From Frederick News
E G Jenkins state boys club agent from College Park thanks The Frederick News for twenty years of backing in extension and business work. He expresses gratitude to the editor for keeping 4 H Club work before the people and notes the benefit to the state’s youth. May 1, 1942.
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Frederick County
Frederick News
State Office
E.G. Jenkins
State Boys’ Club
College Park, Md
War Labor Board under fire over Kearny case policy
National War Labor Board faces criticism for its stance on union maintenance in the Kearny New Jersey shipyard dispute. Critics say the board's ruling endorses compulsory union dues paid by employers despite Wagner Act limits, risking more labor friction and challenging wartime productivity.
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War Labor Board
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearns, N
United States
Kearny
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columne Of The News
Fifty years ago in May 1892 local items note property of D C Winebrenner frightened by horses before Shriner store on North Market. Palmetto Fibre Company runs full capacity to meet brush demand. more machines to be installed. Jacob Rohrback repaves West Church street. Calvin Kehler caught 22 frogs on Bush Creek banks. Job Shepherd bought them. Republican State Convention held to elect delegates and presidential electors. Gary Johnson faction harmonizing. about 200 delegates, heelers, and lobbyists arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C Winebrenner
W. B. Shriner
North Market Street
Palmetto Fibre Company
Jacob Rohrback
West Church Street
Calvin Kehler
Bush Creek
Job Shepherd
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Local items from the May 4 1922 issue note Frederick party members returning from the Grand Encampment of the Rights Templar in New Orleans after a river journey on a high Mississippi. The New Buffalo Restaurant opens on West Patrick Street with owner J Gladhill leasing the building. The Gloria Swanson resemblance contest begins, with prizes for city and county girls. Frederick firemen seek Chamber support to back a bid to host the state convention.
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Frederick
Rights Templar
New Orleans
Mississippi
A A. Radehf
Buffalo
J. Gladhill
West Patrick Street
Gloria Swanson
Guy Droneburg
Oliver Wren
Roger Young
Ezra Houck
Helen Bader Johanson
Chamber of Commerce
Mander
Man About Manhattan and Atlantic City Notes
New York May 4 Idea Dept recalls Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor energy and fatigue cycle. Jolson quit for rest in Florida. Cantor also rests in hospital. Paul Mason, ex Dorsey vocalist, fixes watches, then becomes a watchmaker after finding oil near his West Virginia home. Atlantic City section notes boardwalk lighting, former Miss America display, and safety claims. War impact touches tourism and local speech. slogan references Buy a War Stamp. Lightning cited as a chief forest fire cause.
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George Tucker
New York
al Jolson
Eddie Cantor
Jolson
Pep Jolson
Broadway
Florida
Cantor
Eddie
Paul Mason
Tommy Dorsey
Paul
West Virginia
Hhis
Lfe
Atlantic City
Hackney’s
Joan Blondel
Dallas
Texas
WFEPG
USA
War Interpreted By Edward E Bomar On Burma Campaign
Edward E Bomar analyzes Japan’s Burma advance as a limited objective to isolate China. He notes Burma’s terrain and the Lashio road as barriers, monsoon timing, reinforced Chinese defenses, and possible shifts to Indo China routes. He predicts Japan may hold Burma, strike Kunming from the south, and threaten China while keeping main forces elsewhere.
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Japan
Burma
Chungking
China
Malaya
Java
Philippines
Lashio
Kunming
South China
Indo-China
Assam
India
United Nations
United States-Australia
Southeast Asia
Asia
South Seas
Russia
Above the Clouds Is the Sunshine Homily Card
A short moral vignette contrasts a boy’s train tunnel moment with dawn after gloom. It urges hope, noting that beyond darkness the sun shines and tomorrow brings cheer. The piece echoes a Babson Newspaper Syndication style urging faith in a brighter outcome.
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Douglass
D. C
Babson Newspaper
Weather data and a German ration note
Weather report notes 24 hour precipitation none to date none. May figures show 2.14 inches actual with prior deficiency. Temperatures record yesterday high 39, low 65 with prior year highs 77 and lows 35. Sun sets 8 06 p m, rises 11 09 a m. Moon rises 12 23 a m, sets 10 41 a m. A separate line mentions a German soldier receiving potatoes cheese jam and apple sauce in a ration note.
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Fatiop
Freezing Finance Weighs on U.S. Merchants In War Economy
Edson’s Washington column details how 1.7 million U.S. retail store owners race to adapt to the new general maximum price regulation order by Price Administrator Leon Henderson. It traces the deliberations of the Retailers Advisory Committee, tensions over wage and farm product coverage, lag costs, and proposals like rollbacks and subsidies to blunt inflation’s reach. The piece also surveys broader wartime shifts including production bans, Census data on workers, and the cost composition of living under price freezes.
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Peter Edson Washington
United States
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Canada
Dominion
Washington
Fred Lazarus, Jr
Columbus
Lazarus
Henderson
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Lincoln
U. S
Norman Birkett
English High Court of Justice
London
Du Pont One Hundred Forty Years shows rise of a giant
William S. Dutton's book traces Du Pont from a small explosives maker to a diversified giant. It notes WWI arming Allies, shifting reliance from Germany on dyes, and a 1939 firm with 54,800 employees and assets over 850 million. The study highlights new industries, domestic supply security, and wartime relevance.
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America
Valley Forge
Louisiana Purchase
du Pont
William S. Dutton
Scribner
Germany
United States
Death of Sgt Julius DeVilbiss in Africa Crash
Parents of Sergeant Jon Julius DeVilbiss 23 formerly of New Windsor notified of his death in an April 12 Africa airplane crash. A portrait painter and John Marshall School graduate Rochester New York, he volunteered April 15 1941 and was stationed at Fort Belvoir before deployment to Africa.
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Jon
Julius) DeVilbiss
New Windsor
Africa
John Marshall School
Rochester
N.Y
Fort Belvoir
Iva
Breaks Right Leg Of Mt Airy Student In Speedball
Miss Sylvia Wilbiar, 16 year old daughter of Rev and Mrs Frank E Wiha Mt Airy, is recovering at home from a broken bone in her right leg suffered recently during a game of speedball. She is a senior at Mt Airy High School.
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Sylvia Wilbiar
Rev
Frank E. Wiha
Mt Airy
Mt. Airy High School
Essay on Work and Wage by N A Lufburrow
A compact declaration that money drives life and exchange. It argues wages stem from work, enabling basic needs and comforts such as warmth, food, and repairs, while praising decency and industry as valued traits in any society.
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Lut
N. A. Lufburrow
Bible Thought Lamentations Echoes Punishment and Sin
A brief reflection cites Lamentations 5 16 about the crown fallen from our head and woe for sin that invites punishment, echoing Cowper on sin letting loose its consequences without graphic detail.
Today In History Full of births deaths and events across years
A dense list of historical anniversaries. Notable births include Horace Mann in Franklin Massachusetts and Gordon McKay in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Entries cover diverse figures from Amasa Walker to Walt Mason and John Latrobe. Also notes world events from 1742 Moravian College to 1888 first practical electric railway. Birthdays include John Collier Elmer Layden and Archbishop Spellman. Horoscope warns of brooding mood and possible travel.
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Horace Mann
Massachusett
Franklin
Mass
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Amasa Walker
New England
Woodstock
Conn
Brookfield
John H. B. Latrobe
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Edwin de Leon
Europe
Columbia
Gordon McKay
Pittsfield
Walt Mason
Columbus
Canada
San Diego
Cal
Richard Hovey
Normal
Moravian College For Women
Bethlehem
Order of Hibernians
New York City
New York City Woman's Hospital
Richard Taylor
Mississippi
Canby
Alabama
Haymarket
Chicago
Germany
U.S
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Atlanta
Elmer F. Layden
Davenport
Iowa
Francis J. Spellman
New York
Whitman
Storley K. Hornbeck
Dept. of State
Washington
Nelson A. Crawford
Household
May
Topeka
Kans
Miller
S. C
Angus Dun
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Robert N. Wilkin
Cleveland
Mind Your Manners Wedding Etiquette Quiz Answers
Etiquette guide answers discuss ring engraving for grooms and brides, whether to wear a street length dress for city hall or parsonage weddings, long dresses with veils for city hall, timing of wedding photos, and sending late gifts with an apology. The suggested remedy for late gifts is to send a gift with a note of apology.
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Orn Freive
David Lawrence
National War Labor Board
House
Naval Affairs Committee
East
Union
Shipbuilding Companies
Secretary of the Navy
Office of Production Management
Ju. S Maritime Commission
Morris L. Cooke
Shipbuilding and Stabilization Committee For
OPM
C. I. O. Union
National Shipbuilding Union
Ola National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Gavia
the News
Manhattan
George Washington
Jimmy Cannon
Jesse Adler
Edward E. Bomar
Edson
Bible Thought
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