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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News clarifies that no person may be punished without due process and requires authority for alleged facts. It invites corrections if any erroneous statements affect reputations and notes postal service filing in Frederick Maryland.
An editorial urges researchers to pursue non glare headlights and 100 percent glare eliminating windshields to cut traffic accidents and save lives. It calls for inventions including fog piercing lights, efficient traffic signals, gentler horns, and economical fuels to improve night driving and overall motoring experience.
Thought on Fire Prevention Week notes that fire costs are borne by all through insurance and rents. It estimates about $4 per person annually, $20 for a five person family, and at least $10 to $30 per family for fire protection or related costs. It argues landowners and tenants alike pay for fires and urges smarter spending on prevention.
A reader recalls the cathedrals rededication near Rheims noting shell damage on the Christ figure. The fractured sculpture heightens sorrow and symbolically reflects war’s tragedy and humanity’s sin.
Bible words praise deliverance from lions and divine signs in heaven and earth. A quoted line from Sir P. Sidney asserts true courage means avoiding harm to others and taking bold action within limits.
A compact note teaches common misuses and pronunciation tips. It defines decrepitude as the state of being broken down with age and cites a Colton quotation about revelry and repenting old age. The piece urges daily vocabulary growth by mastering one word.
Mr and Mrs Luther Leatherman hosted the Utica Women’s League and Men’s Club meeting with 13 members and 3 visitors present. Mrs Mae Miller presided, a scripture reading and prayer opened, and officers for the coming year were elected led by Mrs Miller as president and Mrs Ramsours as vice president. Gifts were given for William Elmer Harper, a birthday surprise for Mrs Robert Leatherman, and refreshments followed.
Shepherdstown West Virginia October 10 William B Snyder editor publisher of the Shepherdstown Register named acting postmaster effective Friday succeeding Harry T Licklider. He will run The Register with Lucien Reinhart as clerk and C B Carter jointly employed and paid by them.
A chest clinic will be held Tuesday morning in the health offices at Winchester hall.
Two gentlemen dining outdoors in the capital of Morocco, Rabat, were surprised to find their bouillabaisse had cooled.
In the Frederick column from October 30 1888 reports an exception to state laws about long shifts noted that the ill fated freight train near Point of Rocks slept on duty after an eighteen hour shift followed by almost three days rest. Crowds gather at the fairgrounds for day two with the Charles Town militia and Frederick Riflemen guiding them. Roman chariot racing thrills grandstand crowds as Miss Peek performs a horses act.
Spectators at the county’s new local option law tests say enforcement will proceed in Circuit Court. Nine trials before Associate Judge Glenn H. Worthington have all ended in conviction. Spanish influenza closes schools in Frederick County, the death toll at four includes Private Harvey L. Hedges of Walkersville who died at Camp Meade. Police court offenders received a break as Justice August T. Brust welcomed a newborn son.
Dr. Wayne C. Neely of Hood College and Mrs. Neely participated in a summer traveling seminar studying southern social and economic issues. The group, including educators and religious leaders, visited TVA projects, mines in Harlan County Kentucky, and race relations sites in Chattanooga and Memphis. Neely called the TVA the key idea of regional social and economic reconstruction, noting its impact on soil, crops, energy, and living standards.
Hood College hosted a series of social events for visiting guests this weekend. President and Mrs. Stahr entertained directors and their wives, with a tea at the president’s home after Friday’s board meeting, and a special dinner Friday honoring Mrs Hodson featuring out of town alumnae and faculty guests.
Dr Rees Edgar Tulloss president of Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio spoke at Hood College vesper service in Brodbeck hall at 4 pm. He outlined two reasons why major life decisions go wrong and urged building ideals to guide the four life phases intellectual emotional moral and spiritual. He said an ideal college girl should be intellectually alert emotionally stable morally sound and spiritually sensitive.
Dr Neely condemned substandard housing as unfit for family life and linked the journey to Roosevelt’s view of the South as the nation’s main economic problem. The group traveled by private cars and visited friends in Birmingham and Atlanta. Members included Franklin Marsh of Catawba College, previously of Frederick, and Mrs Underwood, a Hood College botany former instructor.
A health column urges accident prevention and basic first aid knowledge. It cites common mishaps from ivy exposure to dog fights and broken bones, stressing prompt wound care, avoiding strong antiseptics, and the need for sterilized bandages and a home first aid kit. It warns against attempting to suck out poisons and notes signs of infection requiring medical attention.
Practical Q and A on proper workplace conduct covers introductions for newcomers, keeping visitors waiting, lunch invites, colleagues paying each other, and handling a boss’s spouse with guidance. It emphasizes good business manners over show, with clear answers and examples.
In New York on Oct 10 a feature notes former Cuban Iron Man Gerardo Machado living in exile amid ill health and wealth, frequenting the Stork Club in Manhattan. Descriptions emphasize his aloof stance toward rising totalitarians while watchers report his guarded social life and lingering nostalgia.
A compact rundown of historical birthdays and events from various years. Notable entries include Benjamin West born in Springfield Pennsylvania and later president of the Royal Academy, Fridtjof Nansen, and the 1843 Annapolis Naval Academy opening, alongside birthdays of Alanson B. Houghton and Kermit Roosevelt.
Georgetown University is described as a noted Jesuit educator born in Boston 53 years ago. The horoscope warns of a critical, quarrelsome nature prone to fault finding and tearing down ideas, urging restraint to improve prospects for future success.
The piece blends a verse about shifting European boundaries with a church class update. Grace Reformed church school held its Faithful Circle Bible Class meeting at Mrs. Mary R. Fisher’s home, led by Mrs. Russell C. Thomas. Nineteen members and two visitors attended as readings and solos accompanied refreshments and social time. Next meeting set for November 2 at Miss Elizabeth Herman’s home.
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