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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1942
Page
4
The News-Post Frederick Md publishes amid standard masthead and policy notes. It urges readers to send corrections to the editor and requires real names for communications. The issue is dated Monday September 7, 1942.
The British deployed American Flying Fortresses to France amid German FW 190 raids. Fortresses outgunned the 190s with long-range 50-caliber guns, leaving German aces baffled and fearing new Fortess tricks. As daylight raids extend toward Berlin with longer nights, the bomber crews may have their true test.
The British ministry launches a night plowing campaign to sow a record wheat area by end of October. To aid the effort, home security relaxes blackout rules allowing two headlighted tractors. The piece contrasts wartime agriculture with peacetime English farming and humorously notes the late-morning results of a dawn effort.
Washington reports a decisive shift in war production with Donald Nelson directing a direct allocation system. Three new vice chairs advance within WPB as Charles Wilson Ferdinand Eberstadt and J S Knowson coordinate Army Navy needs and Britain relations, while a Labor vice chair is to be appointed to align labor with wartime needs. The change ends the prior civilian military tug of war and aims to end duplications and material bottlenecks.
A correspondent urges support for expanded winter concerts organized by the Cooperative Concerts Association. The letter lauds moderate 50 cent admission and recalls notable past performers to emphasize community morale and enrichment, urging Teaming members and the public to fill the high school auditorium.
Week ending September 16 reports unusually low traffic fines totaling just $4. The notice lists five fatal accidents in counties with six victims and multiple license suspensions and infractions. Notable cases include Edward B. Jones Jr in Frederick on expired insurance, William W Connor in Brunswick for 10 days, Rathkeen Hooper in Thurmont for driving without a license, and Joseph F Little in Thrmert for the same violation. Other fines range from $5 to $160 for reckless driving, speeding, and improper signals. Scatskins from the Pribilof islands mentioned as a separate note about Alaska's purchase.
Proverbs 7 27 offers a quoted verse about the path to ruin and a warning on desires. Horace adds a separate maxim noting that punishment follows crime. The line contrasts two ancient voices on moral consequence.
Owing to the immense traffic in and from Washington all trains on both railroads were delayed yesterday and today. The early mail from Baltimore was three hours behind. Henry son of Charles Gilbert fell in front of The News and cut his forehead. Dr Franklin B Smith and Miss Anne Grahame Dennis were married at All Saints church with Elizabeth Dennis maid of honor and Edward Eichelberger best man. Deputy Sheriff Cramer started for Carlisle to bring back three thieves held in jar who stole Thomas Gorsuch's mules from Catoctin Furnace.
Twenty years ago items note a parade and picnic to celebrate the end of a railroad strike by Brunswick shop craft. Stores close for seven days and schools dismiss early for student attendance. City discussions cover water supply and a high school renovation aims to finish by October 2. Wheat price jumps to 99 cents per bushel amid Near East war talk.
The war report notes Army bombers scouted a strong enemy sea force near the Solomon Islands, with battleships possibly hindered from linking with carriers. The timing aligns with Marines repelling a Japanese attempt to retake Guadalcanal airfield, while Tokyo faces pressure to strike decisively. The February naval build-up includes new carriers Lexington and Essex, and Britain cites U.S. conversion of battle cruisers into carriers.
The article recounts Ptolemy’s wish for an easier path to Euclid by the phrase there is no royal road. It argues that true achievement in any field demands hard work, from art to science to leadership, for both kings and commoners.
Walkersville plans a door to door scrap drive on Thursday September 24 under J Robert McConnell. Residents outside Walkersville should call Glade Valley Bakery to request trucks and contribute scrap rubber and metals to aid Ground Observation Pass development. volunteers and vehicle owners urged to cooperate.
Dr. Ira J. Brandfield an optometrist from Frederick has volunteered for the U S Army Medical Corps and been commissioned as a captain. He will depart for active duty in Atlanta Georgia in October.
Robert Ruark reports on Dr Charles Stines post war science forecast. The piece envisions a transformed economy with rubber from petroleum and coal magnesium and plastics mass production. It predicts lighter cars safer aviation wider air travel and revolutionary materials and homes built with new alloys fuels and synthetic substances aimed at a modern, magical future. White collar and factory life change as science reshapes industry and daily living.
Sherman Billingsley, Oklahoma born, builds the Stork Club into a famed New York night spot admired by social, theatrical, and sporting elites. From a small speakeasy at 132 West 58th Street to fame after meeting Texas Guinan and Walter Winchell, his club becomes the city’s premier night kingdom attracting crowds and headlines.
The passage recalls a man who wore real ermine and boasted authentic Florida sun tans during his first encounter with class trade. It notes a relocation from 51 East List Street to No. 3 East 33rd Street as repeal moved discussions from small rooms behind closed doors, marking a notable moment in New York history.
A compact note on proper usage and pronunciation for English lesson words. It covers misused phrases, correct forms, and examples. The daily focus word is susceptibility, defined as the capacity to receive impressions, with example about different susceptibilities among people.
A dense list of historical anniversaries and birth dates for notable figures from 1645 Louis Jolliet to 1941. Includes explorers, inventors, editors, and scholars with terse notes on birthplaces and death dates. Also notes headlines, such as the first daily newspaper in Philadelphia 1784 and Hoover at American Legion 1931.
A clipped civic column notes wartime pressures from rising costs and rationing, yet insists ordinary desires persist. It cites car traffic, cake prices, taxes, and fuel limits, concluding that pleasures remain possible if money exists. The excerpt credits N A Lufburrow.
Hagerstown reports Raymond Snively promoted from first lieutenant to captain in the Maryland State Guard. The announcement by Gov. Herbert R. O. Conor credits Snively as one of 28 Maryland officers receiving promotions.
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