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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1942
Page
4
A 1932 Fredericksburg newspaper page includes subscription rates and policy notes. It lists prices per copy and annual options and notes Associated Press copyright and correction policy. It emphasizes name real-name requirement for letters and corrects any errors at the editors’ discretion.
German generals warn against advancing further into Russia as winter fortifications rise and supply lines strain under a campaign fought with sixty divisions in the Stalingrad sector. The vast mobilization exhausts ammunition, gasoline, and medical support while Europe scrambles for cement and materials for fortifications ahead of any future Russian counteroffensive.
The report outlines growing moves against the Vichy government as Allies press for control of French assets. Laval fights air raids while seeking pliant replacements, Petain clings to a fascist dream, and Washington edges toward London’s pragmatic view on Vichy amid talks of French fleet seizure and collaborations with Japan.
A compact devotional note cites Galatians 5 1 and 3 1 by Cowper contrasting liberty with fleeting life and fame. It quotes a verse about loving service and warns that life passes without liberty.
David Lawrence notes a September 9 executive order on double time and premium pay was reversed by a September 17 order granting the Secretary of Labor discretion to exempt industries. The piece argues the President delegated wage-setting authority, lacking standards and accountability, and critiques the shift as an unlawful expansion of federal control.
Fifty years ago in The News September 19 1892 Major Ira Tyler of Frederick was chosen delegate at large from Maryland to the G A R Grand Encampment in Washington serving as cashier of the First National Bank. Also noted are Frank Micholl celebrating his 21st birthday and Architect Frank Murphy hired for St James Lutheran church plans. An accident near Yamsville injured George Wolfe while loading a freight car into a blast. Cyrus Thomas studies Maya hieroglyphics in Central American pre Columbian runs.
Maryland Democrats gathered at Hotel Braddock Braddock Heights with Governor Ritchie and candidates Bruce and Mush addressing the crowd. Sheriff’s notes mention a moonshine keg seized. Alber Orrison won Branswick Second Ward by 125 to 106 after a tied poll. Fredericks theatergoers saw The Merchant of Venice with Leiber as Shylock. crowd size modest for the play’s merits.
In Manhattan a muttled cop halts a fast riding blonde Paula Stone returning for a revival of You Can’t Take It With You. The piece muses on how titles in art mislead, citing Will Rogers, Thomas Burke, Carl Carmer, Stars Fell on Alabama, Spice of Life, and Stars of burlesque. Also notes Marjorie Knapp and Sid Ghpsy Rose Lee, with a blurb about pop songs and titles. An item about Harold Thomas Summers enlisting in the Army Air Forces and a note on Columbia’s size conclude.
A long column brims with wartime civic life in Frederick. Readers praised Defense Bond drives, local Red Cross activity, school and business notices, plus social chatter from Baker Park events. Amid lighter vignettes, political tensions and local tributes mingle with a dramatic obituary for Leo Weinberg.
Edson's Washington column notes Greer Garson tours coal towns in Virginia and West Virginia, urging 10 cent to 25 dollar bond purchases. Her intense, ad lib campaign boosts postwar morale and bond sales, with scenes of tired performances, audience response, and a plan to balance filming with future bond work.
A jumble of anecdotes and vignettes from Frederickton and nearby towns recounts curious tales. A young servant asks about weeds at a member’s home while a library visitor mishears bedbugs as chinches, sparking a humorous sleep question. The piece also notes a birthday tribute to Florence Trail, mentions bare legs regulations in Plankville, poetic verse by Mrs Mayer about Kathleen Croghan, and a memory of a lost child.
A brief notice reflects on contrasts in the late Mary Esther's life quoting an epitaph about ecstasy and misery and urging the portals of life be drawn together while wishing her peace.
Two Frederick men in the Navy, officers, recently met on a Pacific island during duty. Ensign Atlee Radcliffe Jr USNR landed there as part of Uncle Sam’s fighting forces scattered worldwide.
Mrs. James Mathias of Sykesville is hospitalized in Baltimore after a Baltimore Frederick Road crash near Cooksville. A heavy iron fragment from a passing truck smashed through her car, causing a severe head injury. Other occupants were uninjured.
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