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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1943
Page
4
An editor at The News in Frederick Maryland notes a corrected reflection about a character or reputation in a May 11 1985 issue. The notice requests attention at the newspaper office for clarification.
The report shows wartime aid totals through April 1, 1945, with aircraft, tanks and motor vehicles as the main items. Russia received about 328.98 million in aircraft and 179.82 million in tanks plus 229.82 million in motor vehicles, while the United Kingdom received higher ordnance and overall shipments exceeding Russia in several categories. Other recipients include Africa, the Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand and China with substantial totals.
The telephone company in Sweden builds a direct line to Gustave Carlsson a 50 year old laborer whose reputed prophecies drew callers from across the country. The post office received endless calls prompting the government to act and set up a long distance link 200 miles from the nearest city. Bewildered citizens seek mystic guidance amid fear and upheaval as they await his forecasts.
The order grants about twenty extra gallons of gasoline and up to 3 additional travel miles for gardening purposes. Gardners must show no other transport means, cultivate at least 1,500 square feet, and submit amateur survey data. Authorization appears honor based, with no guaranteed routine checks by the OPA.
Arvice Bridges sold his pro per y along Wie National Highway west of Ridgeville to Carl Gustav Grab ner of Baltimore, who took immediate possession. Deets Warfield contracted for the J B Bavserman tract in Carroll County from the owner, with the Woodstock Virginia farm in the district, near Milford Road and north of Mr Warfield’s site.
Fort Knox reports Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, commander of the U S armored forces, as the driving force behind rapid expansion and weapon design. He insisted on getting guns into action quickly, pushed the M 7 self propelled gun project, and distrusted red tape while shaping armored doctrine and training.
Miss Emily Thomas of Washington spent the weekend at her home in this city. The brief note records her return and the local thankfulness for her visit.
Fifty years ago the May 17 1893 issue notes a traveling doctor Dr Myers of Richmond attracting a crowd for magic feats at the Square Corner. The City Baseball League opener drew 390 spectators with Pastimes vs Athletics, game halted at darkness. Prof Irving Riser of Rocky Springs leaves for Indiana to attend college for about three years. A vandal raided Mr John Twenty’s Rocky Springs home, scattering items and eating bread and preserves. Articles of Incorporation filed for Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad with capital of 125000. local founders include George Wiandinsnuin Levy Dr WU A Sharetts EL Miller.
At a special water committee meeting the Board of Aldermen awarded the Market street pipe contract to R B C Wood Company of Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Veterans annual reunion and outing will be held at Brunswick with a parade and address by President Daniel Willard. Water bond bids opened. four from Baltimore firms and one from Philadelphia. Wighhall and Co. bid highest at 101 375. A big Blue Ridge League baseball banquet at Francis Scott Key hotel is planned with Judge Kenesaw M Landis as guest of honor.
A compilation of historical anniversaries and birthdays including Gabriel Jones 1724 Virginia lawyer, Seth Warner 1743 Green Mountain Boys leader, Theophilus Parsons 1662 Harvard Law teacher, Steinitz 1836 chess champion, Hare 1838 missionary, Abercrombie 1866 Alabama educator, and milestones such as Montreal’s founding 1642 and the 1792 New York Stock Exchange origin. Also lists Today’s Birthdays: Mackay, James, Ballinger, Dunn, Chandler, Allen with ages. Includes a brief horoscope note and ends with a copyright note.
The will, written on the back of an architect’s sketch of a University of Michigan women’s dormitory, names Floyd Parson, S1-year-old Paterson New Jersey, as the drafter. Floyd Parsons of Fair Lawn New York John Parsons of Canaan New York and Hugh Parsons of Gaithersburg are named as the three beneficiaries. The widow lives in Gaithersburg.
Glenn Babe argues Allied strategy shifts from Europe to Japan, with Attu operations aimed at distracting Tokyo as in North Africa. He notes battles in New Guinea, Salamaua, Lae, and Rabaul, plus extended bomber raids from the Aleutians and coordinated Allied leadership shaping the next marches toward Tokyo.
A classroom style quiz asks how a hostess handles inviting a girl to a dance and whether apologies to a dancing partner are required. It also covers allowed compliments, who suggests leaving, and polite responses to a dance offer and a drink problem with suggested courteous refusals.
The Ijamsville Woman's Club held Monday afternoon at Mrs. H C Swomley's home with Mrs. W A England presiding. Members read about the New World Order, sang, and discussed spiritual bases. The next meeting on June 10 will feature Miss Jesse Hammerly’s Norway visit and a flower show.
The piece praises Allied air land sea integration seen in Tunisia as a key to future invasion plans. It notes improved weapons and logistics, fighter range across oceans, and the strategic aim of using air power to supplement tanks and artillery, while warning optimism is long-term and tempered by the vast tasks ahead.
An NEA article by Dr Thomas D Masters explains heat related illnesses in hot work environments. It defines heat exhaustion heatstroke and heat cramps with symptoms treatment including rest cool baths sugar water and hospital care for heatstroke and hydration and salt replacement for cramps.
Mt Airy High School lists speakers for its 31st graduation exercises under Principal Gilbert D. Martin. The baccalaureate sermon Sunday May 23 will be given by Rev. Dr. John Link of Westminster Theological Seminary. Graduation is set for Wednesday May 26 with Rev. Dr. Harry F. Baughman of Gettysburg Theological Seminary delivering the ceremony address.
A quiz style item lists four Bible versions as King James American Revised Douai and Jewish. It notes pyramids outside Egypt in Mexico. It reports the Russian Black Sea fleet aiding against Nazis near Novorossiysk. It explains Arabic prefixes like Djebel bath wadi and mersa for topography. It cites Australia as sparsely populated with Lin Sen as China’s publicized president.
The annual county volunteer fire association convention will lack parade and contests. Delegates meet in a business session at 1 p m in the Union Bridge fire hall, announced Elmer Minnick, Union Bridge president, and the session is expected to be brief.
A long list of residents appears in the community notice, naming Helen Alice Dodson Clary Betty Lou Gartrell Nannie LaRue Gossnell Audrey Marceline Harrison Helen Elizabeth Harrison Ethel Louise Kline Elsie Jean Murray Catherine Irene Poole Audrey Spurrier Reed Marjorie Arletha Robinson Eugenia Gilbert Roop Violet Virginia Smith Doris A Spurrier Rebecca Lucille Van Sant T Louise Yohn Fannie Mabel Young Paul Delbert Beall Quenton Langdon Day John Wesley Gossnell Ray Albert Grimes Fred Thomas Hooper James Franklin Keefer Calvin Russell Leatherwood John Edward Pickett Eugene Schrider Edward Richard Van Sant Nathan Dorsey Webb Kenneth Ellsworth Willfar.
A short sermon recalling famous innovators like Edison Lincoln Wright brothers and Ford to illustrate that true greatness often hides in plain sight. The piece urges alertness to potential in ordinary people and emphasizes perseverance and personal effort.
The piece contemplates aging and time's imprint on people. It reflects on wrinkles, hair turning gray, and facial marks as signs of growing older, acknowledging worry yet offering consolation in aging.
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