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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
4
The Frederick Md newspaper announces policy requiring real names with letters and notes that AP dispatches are used unless credited. It states corrections will be printed if an error harms a firm or person and notes filing as second class matter on May 27 1942.
Josephus Daniels on his eightieth birthday argues that the past never matched present life as gadgets dominate American life. He warns rationing could force loss of gadgets but believes they will be valued more when returned. He notes others may share different views amid shortages and reflects on Hitler's wartime impact.
The War Department will direct that after June 15 draftees be furloughed home for fourteen days following final acceptance and induction. This change ends the prior practice of full induction before acceptance decisions, easing hardship and letting families arrange farewell events. Public support is seen as reflecting democratic wartime cooperation. The article also notes unrelated local 4-H Club meeting details.
An article in the South Atlantic Quarterly by John and Helen Mattingly argues liberal pacifism failed to anticipate military realities before Pearl Harbor. It critiques New Deal foreign policy, notes Roosevelt’s two ocean navy debate, and concludes liberalism will fade from power as military realities eclipse its ideals.
Fifty years ago the Democrats nominated aldermen for each district in city primaries. Dist 1 Jacob Dadisman, Dist 2 Joseph Eisenhauer, Dist 3 Daniel Ordeman, Dist 4 C Lease, Dist 5 Theodore Brookey. They planned to nominate a mayoral candidate on Thursday. Misses Eva E Devilbiss Helen M Doty and Nora M Loy graduated from the State Normal School Baltimore. Two wagon lords of Gypsies passed through Frederick. A Jacques DeMolay Commandery delegation attended a sermon at Evangelical Reformed church with choir and organ. The Brunswick correspondent denied a death and murder report near that town.
Contracts awarded for six modern buildings two on Trail avenue and four on Park avenue to William F Cover and Sons Keymar contractors. Union service Sunday at Evangelical Lutheran church with speaker William Tyler Page on armament limits. Cher ries appear in Frederick county markets at 35 cents per quart. John Francis Fischer markets a new radio storage battery labeled Blue Mountain, seeking patent.
A brief guide presents five social questions about office behavior and etiquette. It answers: avoid pressuring newcomers to meet coworkers. a man should rise for a woman visitor. a woman should not accept unsolicited gifts from a businessman. female coworkers may use first names unless office norms forbid it. and responding to an employer with Yes Mr Smith is preferred. It also offers two scenarios for making office friendships with guidance.
Johnsville Women’s Club met Tuesday evening May 12 with twelve members and one sister present. Mrs Edwin Hevner presided and opened with The Americans Creed. Florence Williams demonstrated daily adult diet and argued vitamins could replace pills if diet is proper. Lenore Waitmore read Its Our War Pitch In. Next meeting set for June 16 at 8 p.m. at Mrs Harry Holzople.
E S Weller Jr was fined 101 dollars and court costs after pleading guilty to operating an automobile under the influence of liquor and reckless driving at a hearing before Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett.
The essay outlines Anglo American plans for a bombing offensive on Hitler's home front, aligning with Churchill's call to strike hard. American air command groups arrive in London to coordinate joint air operations as Germany fights on the Ukraine front. The move aims to leverage Nazi overstretch and sustain momentum for Western front actions.
A list of new Artz Library acquisitions features BLUE RIDGE COUNTRY by Jean Thomas with tales of mountain people and Hatfield McCoy feuds. WASHINGTON IS LIKE THAT by W. M. Kiplinger examining U S wartime Washington. FIVE ACRES AND INDEPENDENCE by M G Kains guiding small farm care. VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER by Alexander P de Seversky arguing air superiority. A MANTAL OF HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING by Francis detailing garden basics. SYMBOLS OF THE SOUTH by Josey Knight with Virginia education in Richmond. Mrs John Knight’s memoirs presented to the library.
Insurance data indicate the average weight of women has fallen by three to five pounds since 1922. The finding highlights shifting health and lifestyle patterns impacting female populations over the past decades.
Washington's wartime limits cut two weeks from typical breaks as fuel and travel curbs bite. Decentralization pushes workers toward Suitland and Bethesda with commuting shifts and crowded parks. Officials discuss wartime bonuses, while wage and tax pressures squeeze the middle class amid rising theft and security concerns.
The harbor pilots of New York and New Jersey perform a grueling ten year apprenticeship earning low pay while learning every harbor reef and shoal. They guide ships from liners to battleships into and out of New York with Federal law mandating professional pilots aboard.
The Orphans Court admitted the will of Lewis F. Blank, directing that the real estate remain unsold and unencumbered without a daughter's consent. Mrs Blank intends to carry out the will, naming daughter Mrs Edward Wirtz as the beneficiary on termination of the estate and dating the will March 29, 1935. Roscoe C. Murray and Russell A. Hahn witnessed. The note also mentions screwbean as a desert mesquite species.
Earl L. Douglass argues that truth is not abstract but proves itself when it changes daily life. Belief becomes truth only as it shapes actions and decisions, while true believers live in the hollow of God’s hand and rarely justify their faith philosophically. The path to understanding is living the truth, not brooding over it.
The excerpt presents a pair of quotations: a biblical line from I Samuel 22 23 urging protection through faith and a Milton line declaring steadfastness in the face of destiny. The two quotes echo themes of courage, trust, and perseverance.
A collected list of historical anniversaries and birthdays from 1794 to 1950 plus a horoscope. Notable entries include Cornelius Vanderbilt, Amelia Bloomer, Isadora Duncan, and George Washington early feats. Also notes Roosevelt era events and a general forecast of a sensitive disposition for today.
A Chungking report says Japanese forces were pushed back in the Chungking region with an encouraging tone. The Mekong and Salween rivers area fights involved many Japanese troops between them. An author notes the Japanese habits and argues they should be chased to the sea.
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