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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
4
The text appears as a damaged telegram style note from 1943 with garbled lines about Associated Press content and a standard editor correction policy. It mentions Fredericksburg Maryland and a Tuesday May 11 1943 date.
For five years Jehovahs Witnesses fought city licenses on literature distribution. In March the court ruled such ordinances unconstitutional when limiting religious books and leaflets. The 5 to 4 split in the latest decision swaps justice positions, showing the line remains unsettled amid changing court membership.
William M. Volland recounts a Guadalcanal engagement where a cunning deception turned a Japanese taunt into a deadly close-quarters clash. Volland notes the incident underscores how language and simple tactics can shape the Pacific war’s tempo and outcome.
A fragmentary verse urges sustained freedom efforts and warns against empty talk. It emphasizes duty, action, and solidarity, arguing that freedom must be earned through contribution rather than passive support.
Washington outlines how hidden price hikes appear in civilian goods due to war rationing, with shoes, garbage pails, and clothing showing thinner materials and lower quality. The Army and WPB controls drive this inflation, prompting calls for price schedules and minimum standards without erasing brands.
Daily language note emphasizes precise usage with examples. It defines stentorian as extremely loud and powerful, citing a voice that rises above noise.
A special meeting of the aldermen heard Geo Wm Smith and C W S Levy seek a franchise for constructing an elected railroad to Middletown, warned the city would soon be surrounded by a Potomac river link. the M C A Literary Society debated federal ownership of railroads and telegraph lines with an affirmative tally. Frank Shipley’s sixth birthday party was hosted by his parents on North Market Street with friends. the Laine and Gentlemen presented the drama Young Mrs Winthrop at City Opera House and Krieg’s Hall for church benefit, followed by a postperformance gathering at B D Chambers’s home.
Twenty years ago the column reports fires destroying seven horses and mules and hogs with wheat and hay losses estimated between 5 000 and 7 000 at Willam E Murphy’s Damascus La Jonville area. Theodore E Beyer arrives in New York City to perform Stevie at Fenway notices hotel. Mayor J Thoms Senneller and city officials issue a proclamation during two hours of May Day activities, promoting movies schools and free rides with arrests for offenses. Frederick High School bank declares a 40 percent dividend. necklace beads mailed to the stockholders.
Key figures born or died on this date include Josephus N. Larned Buffalo editor and author Theodore D. Wilson Navy construction chief Charles C. Munn author and traveler Oltmar Mergenthaler inventor of the linotype Henry C. Wallace cabinet member and father of a vice president plus other milestones like Minnesota’s statehood.
262 commissions received by Montgomery County residents recently named by Gov O Conor as notaries public and justices of the peace and other positions. Clayton K Watkins, clerk of the Circuit Court, reports oath of office being taken at a lively rate.
China remains the chief danger spot for the United Nations though Allied forces gain in Europe and North Africa. Despite aid to Russia and growing war production, Free China risks defeat if Burma is not retaken or a new supply route to China opens. Japanese strategy persists in delaying US bombers while threatening Free China's resistance.
Dr Thomas D Masters explains fat rationing under wartime policies impacts health. One third of U S fat production goes to armed forces and allies, with butter oils and meat fats taxed on a point basis. Fat provides high energy, delays hunger, and carries fat soluble vitamins A and D, with vitamin sources for adults and children.
Washington May 11 report says the high court's ruling, written by Justice Frankfurter, grants Congress broad power to let the FCC regulate broadcasting and potentially newspapers and magazines. The decision hinges on the public interest standard, risks constraining media, and echoes past Jehovah's Witnesses cases. Justice Murphy dissent warns of government control over information and propaganda.
Weekly book review praises Frank Graham for The New York Yankees An Informal History. The critic traces how Ed Barrow’s era built a financially solid club and highlights on-field profiles from Miller Huggins to Babe Ruth. It notes dramatic 1932 World Series moments and a vivid portrait of Yankees lore.
A collage reviews titles on child psychology Horace Mann School studies and how to cope with domestic upheavals. It surveys This Was New York by Monaghan and Lowenthal travel anecdotes on early Gotham history and a lively account Trees and Test Tubes by Charles Morrow Wilson explaining rubber industry and Goodyear vulcanization. The Baruch report appears as an appendix and Daphne Sanders novel To Catch a Thief reframes criminology into fiction.
A Moscow publisher dismisses a ragged visitor with little chance for publication only to learn the man is Tolstoi the famed author. The anecdote, cited by Earl L. Douglass, underscores how arrogance toward humble appearance can overlook hidden worth and heavenly messengers in human form.
Westminster municipal elections yield Roy Shipley and J Al bert Mitten as council members with Levi S Maus winning a seat while Henry Harbaugh loses. Vote totals show Shipley 493 Maus 468 Mitten 482 Harbaugh 358 from about 600 ballots cast.
A criminologist navigates a stock market manipulation ring amid a murder case. He operates legally yet questions whether his actions cross ethical bounds to reveal truth. The narrative tension centers on whether ends justify means under pressure.
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