300 000 Specimens Added To Smithsonian Institution
More than 300000 specimens were added to the National Museum collections in the past year, bringing total catalogued specimens to 32617298. Highlights include 225638 zoology accessions worldwide, notable chamois from the Bavarian Alps, mammals from Malaya, reptiles from Selangor, and over 200 tree living mammals. Additional items include 556 bird skins from Panama, 59 new South African bird species, deep Gulf of Mexico fishes, and 66098 insects with Alaska contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States National Museum
Remington Kellogg
Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Kellogg
Bavarian Alps
Kimberly Brabson
U.S. Army
Malaya
Selangor
Maj
Robert Traub
Army Medical Service
H. C. Clark
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory
Columbia
M. A. Carriker, Jr
Alexander Wetmore
W. M. Perrygo
Panama
Herbert Friedmann
South Africa
Gulf of Mexico
United States Fish and Wild Life Service
Alaska
Bureau of Entomology and
Department of Agriculture
Smithsonian
Deaths of Frank Henry Thomas 81 retired farmer
Frank Henry Thomas 81 died at his daughter Emma Good's home on Gay Street after a long illness. Native of Caroline County son of Tilghman and Mary Bowdle Thomas. Survived by wife Cora Murphy five daughters and three sons twenty grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers. Funeral Sunday 2 PM at Emma Good home conducted by Rev Thomas J Turkington Burial Federalsburg Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Henry Thomas
Emma Good
Gay Street
Caroline County
Tilghman
Mary Ewen Bowdle Thomas
Cora Murphy
Grove
Herbert Larmore
Wilmington
Luther Todd
Newark
Del
Frank Blanton
Elkton
Harry Payne
Choptank
Denton
Burdette Thomas
Edward Thomas
Renolds Thomas
Federalsburg
Ira
Rhodesdale
Washington Lafayette Square statues and local obits
Servicemen at the USO club in Lafayette Square near the White House can view five statues honoring American fighters in the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812. Statues include Lafayette, Andrew Jackson, Comte de Rochambeau, Kosciuszko, and von Steuben. Also notes obituaries for Dr. Frederick D. Dove and funeral details for Wallace Good.
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USO Club
Washington
Lafayette Square
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
United States
Marquis de Lafayette
George Washington
Lafayette
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Comte de Rochambeau
Tadeusz Mosciuszko
Baron von Steuben
Legation
Cosmos shift and charity quilts reach Korea
The text notes Aristarchus proposing heliocentrism around 265 B C, later revived by Copernicus in 1548, changing views on Earth and Sun. It also reports American style quilting bees in Korea where hundreds of women in Pusan volunteered for Operation Quilt to comfort destitute Koreans, aided by UN Civil Assistance Command supplying fabric and materials for about 16,000 quilts.
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Aristarchus
Samos
Archimedes
Nicholas Copernicus
Korea
Pusan
United Nations Civil Assistance Command
Portable fogging unit tested to shield crops from frost
A 180 pound portable smoke generator developed by the Army Chemical Corps and now used in Korea is being tested by the Department of Agriculture for frost protection. It can cover five miles by 200 yards with a fog layer and two men can handle it. Tests began after Army depots loaned similar machines that successfully saved a multi million dollar fruit crop during a cold snap.
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Army Chemical Corps
Korea
Department of Agriculture
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Bates Baker dies in Blades Delaware at 67
Bates Baker 67 died at his residence 101 East Third Street Blades Delaware on Wednesday April 25 after a lingering illness. He lived in Blades six months and previously near Denton. Survived by wife Elsie Mae Carroll Baker son W Paul Baker Milton daughters Mrs Russell Donovan Milton and Mrs Theodore Mitchell Blades eight grandchildren two brothers John Baker Centreville Robert Baker Newark. Funeral held 2 p m Saturday Watson Funeral Home Seaford with Rev Elmey Hocking and Rev David Campbell officiating.
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Bates Baker
East Third Street
Blades
Del
Denton
James TE
Sarah Jones Baker
Elsie Mae Carroll Baker
W. Paul Baker
Milton
Russell Donovan
Theodore Mitchell
John Baker
Centreville
Robert Baker
Newark
Watson Funeral
Seaford
Elmey Hocking
Pilgrim Holiness Church
David Campbell
Blades Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Dora Short in Hillsboro
Mrs. Sarah Dora Short 90 widow of a marble yard proprietor of Denton died at her Dover daughter’s home Friday. Funeral Sunday at her daughter Mrs Luther Short Hillsboro conducted by Rev William R Dudley. Burial in Denton Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Carlton M Short of New York City and Kirkman W Short of Denton. husband Alpheus W Short and son Leland T Short are deceased.
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Sarah D. Short
Sarah Dora Short
Denton
Luther Short
Hillsboro
William R. Dudley
Henderson Homemakers To Attend Church
The Tenderson Homemakers Club will observe Home Demonstration Week on Sunday evening May 4 starting at 7 30 at Henderson Church D L S T. Special music and guest speaker Mrs Esther Crouse of Queen Anne will discuss Today s home builds tomorrow s world The public is invited.
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Tenderson Homemakers Club
D.L.S.T
Henderson Church
Esther Crouse
Queen Anne
Flood Relief Contributions Received in Greensboro
Miss M. M. Ginn, chairman of Red Cross for Greensboro, announces several flood relief contributions. The note urges gratitude for spared residents and calls on others to contribute to aid the flood affected.
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M. M. Ginn
Red Cross For
Greensboro
County Registrants Inducted In April
The local draft board No. 39 inducted James H. Pollard of Federalsburg Paul E. Thomas of Ridgely and James R. Washington of Preston during April identified in the latest county roll.
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Draft Board No. 39
James H. Pollard
Federalsburg
Paul E. Thomas
Ridgely
James R. Washington
Preston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank H. Thomas
Mrs. Good
Thomas J. Turkington
Grace Methodist Church
Federalsburg Cemetery
Frederick D. Dove
Roanoke
Jefferson Hospital
Dove
Bridgewater College
Daleville College
Crozier Seminary
University of Pennsylvania
Bridgewater
Dove Orchards
Valley of Virginia
Dr. Dove
Alice Brumbaugh Dove
Frederick Dove, Jr
Hagerstown, Md
John W. Gosnell
Chicago
Wallace Good
Charles A. Good
Mary Piper Good
J. Virgil Moore and Son
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Charles A. Good, Jr
James Good
Marcia Good
Regina Good
Journal Classifieds
Henderson
Maryland
Police
Red Star
New Jersey Turnpike
New York
Lys. Denton
Wilmington - Philadelphia Ly
Baltimore - Washington
Cambridge - Easton Ly
Rehoboth Beach
Eastern Shore Transit Co
K. Main St
Salisbury
Chrysler
America
Theo
6Th & Gay Sts
Denton, Md
Newspa
Pernreive
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