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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1943
Page
4
A fragmented OCR line mentions a group with unclear initials and a mission or event, but meaningful details are unreadable. The readable bits show a request for acknowledgment or planning involving an organization and key names. Further context is unavailable from the legible text.
France under Vichy moves to surrender French concessions in Tientsin Hankow and Canton to the puppet Nanking government and in March ceded property in Peiping Shanghai and Amoy while Berlin presses, the Laval faction following German orders as the French underground grows more active and the guillotine echoes in Paris.
President Roosevelt urges a united framework of enforceable international law to preserve civilization. He argues that without backing power and penalties, law remains ineffective, and peace requires a capable force to deter warlike nations and enforce rules.
Corn producers push new crop forward as hog holding back shifts to market. Rains delayed planing and industries store corn in elevators to keep operations running. A record volume of corn on American farms demands feed, with stockpiles near peak.
Washington eyes 10 percent rollbacks on meat butter and coffee to cut living costs but critics warn it may fail. Analysts fear shortages and lobbying by grocers as subsidies and pricing shifts create bottlenecks. The debate centers on whether rollbacks plus subsidies will boost supply and lower bills for households nationwide.
A quotation riff on courage from Deuteronomy and Joanna Bailey. It contrasts fear with noble resolve and describes the brave person as one who subdues fear and dares danger that nature shrinks from.
Fifty years ago in Frederick a carriage accident injured J Grahame Johnson near the railroad crossing leaving him briefly unconscious. Nicholas T Haller of Washington visited the city to plan a St James Evangelical Lutheran chapel on West Second Street at the Maulsby site. Murray Thomas of Frederick bicycled seven miles out of town, broke a chain, and walked home. City authorities planned shadowing crooks during next week’s veterans retreat with services from Baltimore. Veterans who wore blue decorated fallen comrades in a city hall procession and a large meeting followed with Rev Haaskarl speaking.
May 31 1923 local items note formal opening exercises at Grace Episcopal Brunswick with an informal reception from 8 to 6 in the parish house. Bishop John Garriner Murray attended among guests.
A compilation notes anniversaries and birthdays from 1819 onward, listing Walt Whitman and others born in New York and across the U S. It recalls key historic dates such as the 1794 first copyright law, 1899 Johnstown flood, 1913 direct election of senators, and 1915 London air raid, with a separate Birthdays section and Horoscope.
A quirky note on planting and tending seeds like carrots beans and potatoes. The text emphasizes front and back towns staying seeded and productive, reflecting a hopeful, practical garden ethic.
The piece analyzes Japanese wartime narration after Attu, noting official Tokyo gains myths and a rare candid admission of defeat. It contrasts Japanese and German propaganda, cites Maj. Gen Yahagi and Col. Yamasaki, and questions whether the Attu narrative reflects reality or heavy imagination amid Pacific combat shifts.
Lewistown and Johnsville Women’s Club gatherings occurred on May 18 19 with multiple hostesses presiding. Members and visitors attended programs featuring Edger Guest life sketches The Barrel Organ and Mother poems and musical selections. Table setting demonstration prizes and a June meeting planned.
The fragment discusses tending vegetables and greens while balancing scarce time and wage work. It notes weed control as essential to preparing spinach lettuce onions and rems for a garden. It questions how to manage planting and dressing the garden when work for pay dominates daily life.
Washington comments on President Roosevelt selecting South Carolina lawyer Jimmy Byrnes as Director of War Mobilization. The piece argues leadership quality matters over production expertise, citing Baruch’s WWI model and Byrnes strong grasp of government dynamics. It notes Byrnes’s familiarity with power centers, potential to manage competing agencies, and the risk of future political ambition shaping decisions.
Dr Thomas D Masters explains winter bath itch caused by dry air and soap irritation. Frequent baths with alkali soaps worsen itching on the lower body, lasting minutes to over an hour. Remedies include super fat soaps, lanolin additives, gentler cleansing, omitting daily baths in severe cases, and using fat-based cold creams. note summer bath tendencies and skin care tips.
A brief guidance advises limiting morning baths and taking a single late bath supplemented by a massage with a pure commercial oil suitable for toilet or baby use. The recommendation emphasizes using a suitable emollient oil to soften and protect the skin.
English lesson note lists usage tips for words misused pronunciations and spellings. It highlights accepted forms like received and attache and presents synonyms such as mysterious mystical and abstruse. It quotes Gray to illustrate sequestered as mood.
Earl L Douglass urges balanced faith relying on God after personal effort. He cites Mohammeds tale of tying the camel and commits to God to illustrate using gifts and knowledge given by God. Meeting notes describe the Women’s Christian Service Society gathering with talks by Rev Warner and readings plus summer closing events.
A broad quiz format covers topics from the Moon type for the blind to Sicily’s sulfur, Mocha coffee grown in Mocha Arabia, and square gears. An item about the Earl of Sandwich notes he ordered a snack between bread due to gaming table busyness.
The poem pleads with winds to comfort fallen soldiers in distant graves across tropical isles and sunlit seas. It vows America’s gratitude and calls for Nippon’s defeat, freedom for the bound, and rebirth of peace through barbarous ruins, honoring valiant dead.
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