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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1937
Page
4
Publication notice from The Daily News and Independent in Frederick Maryland dated October 12 1937. Details about publishing policy AP content rights corrections and author name requirements are stated for correspondence and letters to the editor.
The article analyzes President Roosevelt's Chicago speech queuing fears about international lawlessness threatening global order. It notes the State Department labeling Japan the aggressor in China and discusses the possibility of united action beyond isolation while stressing Americans' dread of another world war and the need for clearer administration policy.
Daily note on proper usage and pronunciation covers summoned versus summonsed and Nobel pronunciation. It defines prejudicial as hurtful or damaging and offers a quote on friendship and love by La Bruyere to illustrate moral faults and self-reflection.
A devotional fragment cites I Timothy 1 15 about Christ Jesus coming to save sinners and echoes Plato on escaping evil through becoming just holy and wise, framing virtuous imitation as salvation and moral aim.
Cambridge researchers describe Mount Washington as an ideal test site for wing icing. A wing model on a post faces winds from 40 to 200 miles per hour, forming rime ice that mimics real flight conditions and helps understand ice buildup risk for aircraft.
A chronological list marks events from 1776 to 1933 and beyond, noting battles, births, inventions, and milestones. Entries include the battles of Germantown and Bemis Heights, the coronation of milestones like Columbus Day and Fire Prevention Day, and notable figures such as Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, and Edison.
Fifty and twenty years ago in Frederick report crowding at the fairgrounds. American Band led officials to cattle show grounds as rail lines run special trains. Dr Thomas Berol Miller of Lewistown injured. Sophie Wood widow of J Gruber Wood dies at 61 in New Market. County Liberty Loan aims set. minimum 1 683 000, desired 2 805 000. Forty three entries in boys stock judging contest at Frederick Fair. prize money 100. Auto incident near Lewistown as Mrs Francis H Gross climbs embankment. Davie V Stauffer retired merchant dies after illness at 231 East Second Street aged 77. Walkersville native, Fair Association member. County draft lists include forty colored men and nineteen city men for first call.
The Maryland Branch of the Frederik County Children’s Aid Society nears a $5000 goal. Numerous local contributors are listed from Lewistown, Frederick, Thurmont, Jefferson, and Walkersville, including individuals and lodges giving amounts from 25 cents to $2500, reflecting broad community support for the campaign.
Morgan Beatty explains why a balanced budget is urged now by Wall Street, the Treasury, and the President. He contrasts private finance or public debt, notes emergency tactics used in the Depression, and outlines how the current plan aims to level spending and build a surplus while Congress faces choices on taxes and cuts.
A long OCR gather lists donors and amounts from Mrs Maude Ramsburg to Dr R T Todd. Names include Reddick Saylor Smith Staley Stauffer Strine Wachter Whitmore Wilson Zimmerman and many others with amounts from 50 cents to 25 dollars noted by couples and individuals. Walkersville Middletown and local clubs appear among contributors.
Hendrik Van Loon spent 320 years researching The Arts and ten more years writing it. The book covers painting sculpture architecture and music from cavemen to modern times in about 700 readable pages. The Dutch scholar presents a sweeping ambitious work praised for readability.
A lively critique praises The Arts for tracing art’s human makers across centuries. It emphasizes how the book reveals processes from violin making to orchestra origins and Mediterranean revival, supplemented by abundant color and line illustrations.
A raid on a flop house in Warsaw yielded a thief’s trade journal titled New Life. It contains advice to thieves and lists items from home and abroad of crimes. Editors, labeled as editors of the paper, have been arrested.
This first article in a series by Dr Morris Fishbein explains industrial diseases and worker health protection. It notes mechanization brings new hazards, cites Ramazzini’s anniversary, and urges preemployment fitness, vision and bearing checks, and awareness of epilepsy or foot problems. It also mentions occupational laws on workshop sanitation and employer responsibility after job-related health injury.
London October 12 AP Alfred Dennis a 98 year old justice of Weymouth on Britain’s south coast plans to sit on the bench to celebrate his hundredth birthday. He says he does not intend to retire. About 30 million of the world’s 56,225,000 radio receiving sets are in the United States.
A reader quiz on proper introductions covers who is presented to whom, formality levels, and graceful acknowledgment. It notes that a man should be presented to a woman, that “How do you do” is the correct acknowledgment, and that the older unmarried woman’s name may be spoken first when introducing a young married woman and an older unmarried woman. It also confirms introductions involving a Catholic priest and how to handle disinterested responses.
George Ross reports on Oscar Hammerstein II’s son planning a musical show about his father, Broadway personalities in midtown havens, Helen Hayes aiding New England fans, Shubert Theatre power, Madge Evans autograph hounds, and a cheeky impersonator calling her at home. The piece captures New York stage life, famed names, and social theater rituals.
The item lists figures born on dates like 1710 Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut, 1775 Lyman Beecher of New Haven, 1787 William Williams of Utica, 1803 Alexander T. Stewart, 1837 Preston B. Plumb of Emporia, 1844 George W. Cable, and 1844 Charles King. It notes their birthplaces and death dates, highlighting their roles as governors, preachers, publishers, merchants, politicians, novelists, and historians.
Chronicle of milestones starting with Columbus discovering the New World in 1492 and John Fitch’s steam boat voyage in 1788. West Point’s first class graduates in 1802 including future General Joseph C. Smith. 1845 marks the first U S Industrial Congress in New York. 1870 recalls the death of Robert E. Lee in Lexington at age 63. 1912 notes a Danbury Hatters court award from Hartford district court.
A suit against the United Hatters Union seeks one million dollars in damages. The case is described as the most noted labor dispute of the day.
Today's birthdays honor Wilberforce Eames of the New York Public Library born in Newark 82 years ago. Also listed are Michael Curley archbishop of Baltimore born in Ireland 58 years ago Peter Kyne San Francisco novelist born there 57 years ago Perry Burgess head of Leonard Wood Memorial born in Joplin 51 years ago Kathryn Meisle Philadelphia born contralto 38 years ago and James Ramsay MacDonald former British premier born 71 years ago.
The reading says a child is born to lead whether on the playground or in work. It notes a masculine nature, a mystic and studious streak, and advises ruling by argument rather than commands to avoid conflict.
A Washington license was issued to Raymond Leo Hurley of Monrovia aged 29 and Evelyn Gertrude O Hara aged 25 of 638 Lexington Place Northeast. Rev O F Blackwelder officiated. In Texas premiums for tractors may push 7600 small farmers to lose land this year. Last year 4485 Texas farm families moved to California.
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