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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1938
Page
2
Publication policy statement from Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Co and The Daily News notes that corrections will be published upon notification. It states that any errors or rejections will be addressed to protect reputations and that thepaper is mailed as second class matter from Fredrick, Minnesota.
The National Safety Council award crowns Wyoming as No 1 for highway safety. Dr Lester C Hunt led a clinic of diagnostic highway problems with state patrol, department, and police support. Analysis of thousands of accident reports pointed to overturned cars as primary fatalities, prompting curve straightening and ditch removal to save lives. Highway funding for corrections is framed as life insurance.
The Supreme Court enters its session with eight justices after Justice Stone’s illness left the bench short. Washington hints suggest the eight-man court may persist until Congress convenes January 3. A recess appointment by Roosevelt is possible but would clash with Senate confirmation norms, potentially causing complications if controversial. The President plans to delay action and hold decisions until Congress meets.
Shakespeare’s Hamlet warns against suicide as folly and despair. The piece argues death by own action is foolish and tragic, urging readers to face life with courage and endure hardships rather than seek a supposed peace in death. It questions the belief that any afterlife or better fate follows self-harm.
A brief devotional note cites Matthew 6 15 about forgiving others to win divine forgiveness and reflects on the narrow soul’s grasp of glory and mercy as expressed by Rowe.
The article reports physicists studying atomic shapes as round, chain like, or petal formations seen in x ray like electron photography. Dr Karl Lark Horowitz directed the work with scientists H M James and Vivian Johnson providing explanations.
A collection of dated quotes spans figures from Mayor La Guardia to Clement Atlee and Winthrop Aldrich. They critique dictatorship, covenants, regulation of private enterprise, and social trends, reflecting wartime era debates and shifting political sentiments.
Readers recall a crowded Frederick fair day with over 3000 attendees and military units like Governors Guards Annapolis Howard Zouaves Singapore Guards Jefferson Guards Waverly Guards and Frederick Riflemen. A coroner's jury probes a shooting tied to a woman’s alleged distraction at a North Bentz Street home.
The Frederick fair is planned for October 22 to 23 pending any public health crisis from influenza spreading. O C Warehime, secretary of the association, announced. The illness is heavy in the area with ten deaths including Daniel Austin Shankle a soldier at Camp Mezac and Marcy N Garrett a Baltimore plant worker. W Harry Haller chairs the Fourth Liberty Loan canvass team with Capt David Lowenstein and many volunteers listed.
Bruce Catton notes Melvin C Jacobs argues that Oregon history has been overglorified. The book Winning Oregon traces from fur traders and missionaries to American territory, emphasizing settler pressure, loss of British fur trade stronghold, and political pushes by Linn and Polk. It portrays a long, relentless pioneer saga and Washington diplomatic wrangles.
Girl Scouts in Frederick will tour local engine houses during Fire Prevention Week activities led by Scout leaders. Brownie Pack 3 holds a Saturday picnic with Brown Owl Mrs. Rosenstock and Tawny Owl Mrs. Hersperger in charge. Troop 5 plans an overnight at Camp Baker with Dorothy Dutrow and Mrs. Robert Lebherer in charge. Committee lists announce Troop and Brownie Pack 3 leaders, including Mrs. Nallin as chair and other named members.
The Past Noble Grands of Samaritan Rebekah Lodge gathered at Mrs. Amy Hoffman’s home on October 5 with President Mrs. Mary Engebrecht leading. Plans were made for an October 20 Home visit when members would perform a playset. The next gathering is set for Friday November 4 at Mrs. Pauline Koontz’s house. attendees included Lillian Brown Mary Engelbrecht Letitia Staley Catherine Biser Amy Hoffman Golda Castie Mary Harrington Belle McDevitt Ethel Renn Elizabeth Seeger Pauline Jkoontz Edith Starner Mary Angleberger Estella Zimmerman Sadie Ogle Jessie Webster Rhodesia Zimmerman Fannie Zigler Elsie Stone.
Joseph B Price Jr and William Mack Moore will receive the Chevalier degree at a public service tonight at the Afasomee Temple. The ceremony marks a first for the local order with officers to be installed for the coming year by visiting George Washington Chapter from Arlington Virginia. A private dance follows at Cresap's Rifles Ballroom.
The country is dangerous despite being quiet warns Dr. Fishhein in a health magazine piece. It cites 1936 farm deaths and injuries, highlights highway speed and lighting issues, ladder and fall hazards, windmill and roof safety, and the need for safety belts, inspections, and locked poison cabinets to reduce farm accidents.
Local residents and families share visits dinners and hospitality.
Leopold III who assumed the throne in 1934 was born in 1901. President McKinley was shot in Buffalo New York. The text notes agricultural figures in early 1938 for United States and Canada, comparing to 1937.
Column presents etiquette Qs on last names versus Miss and first names in offices, standing for women visitors, smoking in elevators, mooching cigarettes, and methods for widows to preserve their married surname. Answers emphasize custom, respect, and practicality.
New York, Oct. 11 Peggy Fears Blumenthal says she is back to work to pay mounting debts. Once famed for pearls, furs, and a Blumenthal era on Broadway, she plans to sing at El Rio nightclub while years of lavish parties and a theater venture fade behind pend ing bills and a strained marriage.
A compact notice lists notable dates and birthdays from history and today. It cites figures such as Mason Locke Weems, Antoine Blanc, Henry Howe, Cary T. Grayson, Casimir Pulaski, and Henry Heinz, along with events like the Boer War, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Graf Zeppelin’s Atlantic crossing, ending with a brief horoscope and personality notes.
A short poem by N. A. Lufburro laments cold causing throat trouble and tonsil pains. It reflects the discomfort of a sore throat and the undesired effects of colds on daily life.
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