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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
4
The Frederick News publishs an opinion section on May 31 1944 with Associated Press content and writer credits. It discusses editor interaction and publication standards including handling of letters and reputations.
In a wartime analysis, K. C. Wu, vice-minister of foreign affairs, notes Western overestimation of China’s strength before 1937 and later disillusionment as China fought Japan longer than expected. He observes Western miscalculations about both China and Russia and warns against optimistic and pessimistic extremes as the war persists.
The International Labor Organization declares poverty a global danger and aims to banish it. The article argues poverty stems from human faults and unemployment, calling for national efforts to abolish unemployment, and urging aid while emphasizing self help and development by backward nations.
The article argues for including women in postwar peace conference deliberations. It notes possible lack of diplomatic experience but highlights women's strong peace advocacy and willingness to extend efforts beyond the average man. It contends women bear heavy wartime sacrifices and deserve greater influence in preventing future wars.
A German Paul Revere figure warns that Jellich and allied forces including Yanks Russians French Canadians Aussies Indians Dutch Belgians Senegalese and Scots are advancing, signaling a broad coalition approach shaping a major international confrontation.
Washington views a rising internal battle within U S unions as a greater risk than management fights The piece cites R J Thomas calling for wartime labor peace while warning that communists influence in unions could provoke strikes damage production and hurt the war effort It argues for exposing communist maneuvers and scrutinizing CIO leaders to preserve free enterprise and unity during wartime.
YESTERDAY WAS MEMORIAL Day and banks were closed with post office hours altered. G A R and Sons of Veterans held ceremonies at Mt Olivet cemetery after a march to the grounds. A frosty May night produced a coldest May in years with frost damaging crops and ice on standing water. Governor Frank Brown announced his renomination bid as Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Samuel Free, cream wagon driver, had a narrow escape from injury on a hill near Creagerstown, unhurt after a wagon collision. A pocketbook fastened to the pavement at the Square Corner drew amused country folk as attempts to retrieve it continued.
Twenty years ago on Memorial Day the Braddock Heights park opened with nine hundred people using the improved dance pavilion. Seven Civil War veterans from Reynolds post joined in the parade by automobile. Col D John Markey spoke at the cemetery.
Today in history notes notable births and deaths from 41819 Walt Whitman to 1943 floods. It lists William Mayo 1819 birth, Jessie Benton Fremont 1824 birth, William Rockefeller 1841 birth, Louis Wiley 1869 birth, and events from 1794 copyright law through 1943 flood impacts, with dates and brief descriptors.
A list of new library additions in arts and biography, including The Making of Modern China and Current Biography 1943, plus poetry collection Some Brighter Dawn. The note also lists notable birthdays such as Elizabeth Coatsworth, Don Ameche, and Herbert F. Leary, with brief bios and context.
Bitter German resistance slows the Allied advance on Rome along the Liri and Tiber front as the Alexander piston technique gains ground. General Clark predicts Rome within days. British Canadian and French American units close in on Frosinone while Isola cuts the Isola-Frosinione link enhancing danger to the Sacco valley. Escape routes from Lepini ridge limited as the Nazi lines near collapse.
A reader learns that military pay is not a secret and can be checked by asking or researching. The piece notes both polite and improper ways to inquire about a service member’s wages, emphasizing respect and discretion.
Tsutsugamushi fever shows symptoms such as headache chills malaise fever rash deafness and drowsiness with coughing and joint pain. The disease is noted as prevalent in Japan in the summer months and may be linked to environmental exposure and mites.
Washington May 31. Peter Edson reports on how small business owners struggle to navigate wartime regulations. Quincy Adams, head of the Division of Small Business, cites complexity of forms, scattered offices, and unfamiliar orders. Accountants handle filings, risking misinformed answers and penalties. Employers fear protests and blacklists, with Wage Stabilization and War Labor Board forms adding to the burden.
Dorothy Dix answers readers on marital infidelity and double standards, urging self examination and forgiveness. She cites the Ten Commandments, suggests husbands and wives forgive each other, and notes women's moral judgments are harsher due to social rules. She also discusses love timing, marriage proposals, and the courage to live with life’s choices.
A call to persevere despite discouragements and disasters urges men with families to work and support their children rather than end their lives to escape disgrace or financial reverses. The piece questions the cowardice of choosing suicide and leaving families to face hardship alone.
A short vocabulary note explains Illusion as deceptive appearance or fallacy with example a line about illusions of a disordered mind. It urges expanding vocabulary by mastering one word each day and corrects common usage notes for phrases and spelling issues.
Armyworms have ruined large barley plantings in Caro Dorchester and Talbot counties, the state entomologist warned farmers to inspect fields of small grain. The report notes at least 13 maple tree varieties exist in the United States.
Earl L. Douglass presents Carl Van Doren on living life through action not retreat. He rejects perfect planning and argues life unfolds in concrete, messy moments of work, opportunity, and growth. The piece contrasts abstract ideals with real struggles, joys, errors, and triumphs.
N A Lufburrow presents a stark, clipped portrait of Adolf Hitler noting ruthless cruelty and relentless scheming. The piece emphasizes a fanatical devotion to self over the nation and a fearsome, hateful mindset.
A brief line recalls Psalm 96 2 praising God and a remark from Giles that a song endures longer than sermons, highlighting how lyrical meditation outlives preached memory in a devotional note.
Hal Boyle recalls a visit to London horse meat restaurants with Don Whitehead and Elizabeth the Czech refugee. They sample horse steak priced at 80 cents, discuss horse meat’s health value and tight inspections, and end with humorous reflections on appetite and dinner rights.
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