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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
15
Dorothy Dix offers dating guidance via letters from readers about marriage, romance, and timing. A restless husband, a clamoring wife, and a wary Colleen reflect varied views on love, patience, and keeping romance alive after marriage.
City records show a 1830 proposal for a 24 mile Monocacy Canal linking Frederick to the C and O. Cost and the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad led to shelving the project, which would have altered Frederick’s role as a regional transfer hub.
A columnist counsels girls to learn social graces and proper dress to secure dates. They should educate their heels as much as their heads, and seek guidance from a skilled dress clerk if unsure how to choose outfits. The piece emphasizes attire, posture, and presentation.
In Hollywood by Erskine Johnson notes kiss scenes are nearly universal in films and typical of hero heroine dynamics. He cites Alan Ladd and Helen Walker in Lucky Jordan as an example of a kiss moment that would usually go unnoticed amid film craft and star appeal.
A columns piece surveys screen kisses from Ladd and Lake in This Gun For Hire to Lucky Jordan and The Forest Rangers with Betty Hutton Star status, noting bold onscreen embraces and the actors’ varying flirtatious poses. It also mentions local church fundraiser plans and a November meeting setup with refreshments.
On October 11 ten members and five guests of the Victory Class at Grace Lutheran Sunday School in Woodsburg met at Miss Anna and Miss Ruth Kline’s home. A Hallowe’en theme was used in decorations and games. President Pauline Smith presided. The group voted to take charge of keeping the altar vases and collection plates clean.
Secretary of State Hull condemned Pierre Laval's demand that French workers be sent to German war factories as slavery. He noted Laval's ultimatum to French workers, saying voluntary work is equivalent to prisoners of war status in Germany and justified concern at a Vichy speech on the issue.
A collage of historical milestones and birthdays from 163 to 1983 includes Princeton’s founding path, Sam Houston’s Texas oath, Millerite predictions, early radio, Chicago library finds, and Roosevelt gold policy. Notables: Thomas Cooper, John Forsyth, Leopold Damrosch, Colin Huntington, Gen. Sam Houston, plus entertainers and officials across the U.S. born or died in various years. The birthday list features Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott, Mary A. Cheek, Constance Bennett, Edward R. Stettinius Jr., George W. Hill, and E Phillips Oppenheim plus a brief horoscope note.
New York Oct 22 report from the Bowery describes a wartime shift as able bodied men are drafted and a major pole cleaning reduces loitering by unconscious drunks. Salvation Army officer Envoy Epstein says capacity drops at the Bowery hotel, with workers seeking usable human material and possible relocation of some residents to farms, while a Canal Street policeman notes the area is now “all business” with less glamour or crime.
The local Chamber of Commerce announced that housing is available for a potential government agency. Office space has been surveyed as adequate for transfer. John Shaw, secretary of the Jow rent housing project, has contacted the Federal Housing Authority and city officials. Shaw says the Rogers Brooke Taney Homes may accommodate nearly all prospective transferred personnel.
General Reckord issued temporary blackout rules requiring all war plants and federal agencies to observe at least ten minute trial blackouts during tests. The Third Service Command covers DC Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania. Industrial ops may continue if fires are pulled or hazards are mitigated, with relaxations decided by State Defense and legal councils. Federal buildings must comply with state blackout regulations where located.
Walter Szpak, lacking a home address, was convicted of vagrancy before Magistrate Alfred R. Jones in Brunswick and sentenced to ten days in jail.
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