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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1944
Page
4
The News informs readers the paper is a member of the Associated Press and relies on AP dispatches. It notes corrections will be published if editors are informed and that all communications should include the writer's real name. The date shown is Wednesday November 15, 1944.
The article traces the saying up Salt River as a metaphor for defeat in elections. It cites 1882 tied to Henry Clay and a boatman on the Ohio River and notes competing origins linked to Bayard Taylor and pirate lore on Salt River.
It is predicted many servicemen returning from the war will seek farms and country life. They will have automobiles for travel to meetings and social events, radios for entertainment, and telephones for neighborly contact. Labor saving devices will ease farm work and loneliness, reducing former burdens at home.
Predictions say ownership will grow after the war, boosting car use nationwide. More vehicles mean greater road congestion and a need for safety instruction as people commute farther and families gain mobility, impacting work and daily life.
A short satirical note by N. A Lufburrow urges readers to vent frustration without harming others. It suggests grumbling or grousing harms social ties and advises keeping a civil demeanor to avoid becoming shunned. The piece reads as a light moral admonition on temperament.
Washington reports that plans to strike first at the Philippines could delay the war’s end with Japan into 1946. The piece notes strategic choices, Allied air and naval actions, and Colonel Alfred Kastner’s disclosure about by passing the main objective to target Yap and the ongoing battles around Leyte. It discusses manpower, shipping, air fields, and potential Russian entry implications while weighing the Philippines operation’s prestige and strategic value.
A playful English lesson text explores mispronunciations and word usage. It encourages daily vocabulary growth by mastering one word like denizen meaning inhabitant and prompts readers to consider the role of denizens in fires.
Fifty years ago items note NR Glenn H Worthington announced as Democratic candidate for State's Attorney next fall. Local drama group Be Peuigethead plans a coming performance while Brosius sells a brick meal house. Ad hoc notes mention Adelnhus Frarhake and Haltemere trip and a mix of corn and calf from a neighbor.
Twenty years ago reports note heavy livestock losses from gnert y damage and prices at three to three dollars fifty a barrel in the field. Weather records show forty six days of drought with minimal precipitation, followed by rain and early snow. Ducks were hunted along the Potomac above Hare’s Ferry, with several birds shot and others seen.
Lloyd Maryland official known as The Patriot, father of a governor, died July 8. Eliza Leslie Philadelphia author, born in 1800, died January 1, 1858. Peter Witt, Burnett ally and Oregon California pioneer, first California governor, born Nashville, Tennessee, died May 17, 1803. Edward Davenport, scholarly actor, father of a famous acting family, born Boston, died September 1, 1877. Benjamin Sold, Baltimore Rabbi, born in Hungary, died in Italy in 1992.
First Sgt. Darvin Purvis of Mars, Pennsylvania, the front’s lone two‑black‑eye man, is also the most wounded and decorated American enlisted man in Germany. He has fought in Africa, Sicily, and Europe, earning the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart with three clusters, Bronze and Silver Stars, Croix de Guerre honors, and multiple ribbons, while turning down a commission to stay with his company. Purvis recalls Tunisia and Monte Cassino, and looks forward to another football game when off duty.
A gushing weekly NEA service review praises A J Cronin The Green Years as heart warming and notes its Irish boy story in Scotland. It also previews Howard Spring Bird Facts and other 1940s titles with brief critiques and author notes.
Kirke L Simpson analyzes the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz and its strategic impact. He argues the loss shifts Britain's battle strength to the Pacific and could hasten Allied moves against Japanese-held Southeast Asia, while noting remaining German and Japanese naval forces.
Warrington reading notes the Dumbarton Oaks draft outlines United Nations goals including sovereign equality for all states, restraint on force in external affairs, and rules guiding member action. It discusses enforcement by peaceful means, neutral nations’ obligations, and potential complexities in including nonmembers. Chapter II on membership criteria is promised for the next column.
A William Gilmore Beymer tale from Whittlesey House follows a man in search of his first love. The feature weaves a fantasy inspired by two prayers against Hitler and explores how those prayers unfold within a magazine serial setting. The narrative combines personal longing with speculative power and wartime-era tension.
Earl L Douglass argues that modern believers show a relaxation of discipline like ancient Rome. He warns that laxity in churchgoing Sabbath observance Bible reading and abstaining from temptation risks moral erosion and indifference. The sermon urges steadfast spiritual defense against eroding standards.
Dorothy Dix explains that an engaged woman in wartime is not bound like a wife and may date other men. She urges against precipitate marriage, noting both lovers may change with war, and cautions that happiness depends on mutual choice rather than obligation.
A brief reflective note cites Job 7 22 about God not casting away the perfect and a Juvelan quote on the unanimity among the dissolute. The piece juxtaposes biblical guidance with a classical Latin critique of moral decline.
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