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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1938
Page
2
The Daily News states no communications will be published without the real name of the writer and consent for publication. It warns of corrections if any erroneous statements harm reputations and emphasizes editor authority to correct through the issue.
The piece recalls Greta Garbo’s insistence she has contributed nothing through acting, deflecting questions about public talk. It notes American fame’s tendency to grant authority beyond expertise and the role of interviewers in probing limits, with Garbo’s civil reply signaling no rebuke to past questioners.
Dr James A Conner of Chicago warned Warne County Medical Society Detroit that measles and whooping cough threaten infants especially under one year old. He urged parents to avoid exposure, seek medical care at first symptoms, and keep sick children from contact with others to prevent spread.
A Book a Day lauds Lance Hogben’s Science for the Citizen as a highly useful omnibus. The critique praises its accessible history of science, its focus on process, and its relevance to modern progress, noting science as everyday life and coal and merchant marine needs shaping its rise.
Chesterton urges gratitude for every blessing from sight to health and love. The piece extols being joyfully aware of good, speaking with warmth of God’s goodness, and living by the rule to give thanks in all things. Copyright Babson Newspaper Synd.
Girl Scout Troop 2 will hold a picnic and hike at Sugar Loaf Mountain Saturday morning. The scouts will carpool to a meeting place near Sugar Loaf at eleven o'clock, then enjoy lunch and a hike. Betty Storm leads the fourth patrol honored for punctuality and achievements. three patrols planned the outing in her honor. Mrs Ira Brandfield joins Brownie Pack One as committee member and Mrs Paul G Johnson becomes Tawny Owl assistant leader.
Daily word focus compares misused terms such as Yam most through with nearly finished and lam ent able. It highlights correct spelling Creek versus creak and stresses pronunciation rules for a and a with unstressed forms. The lesson presents the word Exponent as today’s example, defined as one who represents or that which represents, as in He is the exponent of his party.
Dr Lewis H Steiner native of the city and librarian for the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore has secured a copy of the Baltimore city directory of 1802 for the library obtained from London. Democratic mass meetings at Braddock and Jefferson were rousing successes with speeches praised at the echo. There is much local interest in the wedding of Rev Forest J Prettyman pastor of St Pauls Southern Methodist Church Baltimore and Miss Carrie Stonestreet daughter of Dr Edward Stonestreet of Rockville.
Funeral attendance limited to relatives of the deceased per Public Health Service guidance. Deaths from the flu roster include Dr H W Hopkins of New Market and St Johns College student James Waters Thurmont. State Senator J Dawson Williams of Montgomery county also among the dead. Major and aldermen invest $25900 more in Liberty Bonds, reaching $40000 total. Frederick County aims to boost road machinery. last year’s spending nears six years prior total, prompting a tax rate rise to 1.2.
The Women's Guild of Evangelical Reformed Church will hold a meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 in the church parlor with the theme The American Indian. Miss Margaret Simmons from Hood College Oklahoma City will present Indian dress and customs, describe a native religious service, and sing Psalm 23 in Indian sign language.
The fragment quotes Dean Virginia C. Gildersteeve of Barnard College urging democracy as a world example. Mollie John of Williams Lake explains liquor possession to a judge, while Eddie Cantor, George Bernard Shaw, and Dr. Alfred Metraux are cited on themes of anti communism, anti-Nazi sentiment, and peace through fear.
Dr William Neal of Baltimore will address the Freder ick County Medical Society this evening at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. After dinner at 6 30 oclock he will give an illustrated lecture for the Kelly Clinic on The Uses of Radium in Malignant Diesases.
A compact note quotes Matthew 1 21 on Jesus saving people from sins and Mentions Wordsworth line about heaven in imagination. The ledger-like text preserves two religious quotes and a literary aside as a devotional card.
At the C Burr Artz Library a new rental collection for the newest books began Monday afternoon. Miss Josephine Etchison announced the system to meet demand for popular fiction and non fiction with nine initial titles. Two cents daily for the first week and four cents daily for the second week. Books paid for are placed on free shelves once self sustaining. Titles include With Malice Toward Some, Trumpets at Dawn, Crippled Splendour, Mr Moto is So Sorry, Bricks Without Straw, Fifty Years a Woman, Tides of Mont St Michel, Joyful Delaneys, Farewell the Banner.
A wedding reception was held October 16 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Moser in New Midway in honor of their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. John Renner. A delicious dinner followed with many gifts. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Renner, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Moser, Mr. and Mrs. David Renner, and numerous Moser and Renner relatives plus friends. The molina caterpillars develop curious plant like growths, presumably to terrify attackers.
Health article urges that speech development comes through imitation and coordinated muscle use. It cites left handedness and thumb sucking as possible speech links, and lists seven parental rules: praise correct speech, avoid baby talk, don’t talk down to children, don’t nag, allow learning from others, listen to the child, and involve them in conversations.
Two somber electricians stranded in Quito, Ecuador, used their knowledge of voltage and amperage to calculate the wattage of the continuous current they were using. Their method relied on applying the formula watts equals volts times amps to determine the power they were consuming.
A compact etiquette quiz argues for polite practice in answering calls. It suggests asking for the person desired rather than details, and that a married woman should say This is Mary Brown rather than This is Mrs Brown. It advises the caller identify themselves with Mrs Smith’s wife and notes the caller ends the call.
Today in History lists notable events from 1795 to 1937 including congressionally disbanded armies and Alaska possession with long distance telephones. Birthdays include James Truslow Adams and others. a brief horoscope notes charm and flattery risks.
A lyric note from N. A. Lufburrow complains business remains fragile with money hard to obtain despite a rising weekly curve. He urges forward action as taxes and levies add to burdens, hoping for quicker improvement and healthier surprises when business improves.
George Tucker notes E. Phillips Oppenheim has written a counterespionage tale The Spymaster whose plot mirrors recent European crises and the Munich era tension Germany Italy threatening England. the serialized work, written months earlier, is praised as a sharp and timely read with a striking parallel to real events and voices in Britain.
Miss Onica Pratt of Hood College attended a Baltimore store Tox Forum hosted by the Baltimore Association of Childhood Education the Child Study Association the Baltimore Association for Nursery Education and the Maryland Association for Nursery Extension. The forum ran all week with daily age level discussions. Dr Jacob Conn of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Miss Lynor Oleson of the Salvation Army Nursery Schools lectured.
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