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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1952
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a local newspaper dated Wednesday April 2, 1953. It cites a 1820 establishment, a price of 73 cents per issue or 6 80 per month, and mentions the Bureau of Circulations and Wick, Md post office entry.
A 1952 letter from Ralph W. Boyer of Frederick discusses a new auto device that dims headlights automatically. He also criticizes high vehicle taxes, fees, and license practices across counties, urging legislative action and streamlined DMV services to ease costs for motorists. He notes many counties issue tags and adds a call for relief via the legislature or local offices.
News dispatches report a shift from traditional straw scarecrows to twisted metallic streamers that flash over gas pumps and fields. The whirly devices attract birds for a moment but may not permanently deter crows, who hoard shiny bits and remain undeterred at strawberry patches.
A letter questions freedom to think and act, criticizing permits, hiring, strikes, and foreign involvement. It argues for a large standing army and questions why Americans fund overseas protection while home needs go unmet, citing Korea and Japan. The writer urges officials to rethink policy.
Lenten reflections discuss desires and prayer focusing on Jesus and a Canaanite woman, then report on John E. Jones, 18, held without bail in Baltimore for arson at a drug warehouse. Authorities say he hoped fires would trigger sprinklers to collect overtime. Fire Chief Knoerlein says the suspect admitted setting the blazes.
Fifty years ago Hems from The News reports the organ at All Saints Episcopal church was dismantled and shipped to Hagerstown. Local post office complaints surface about tampered rural mail boxes. Frederick hosts an Easter Dance at Masonic Temple with midnight supper. A four act home talent drama Kidnapped in the West played at the Opera House. Walter A. Withers sells his Woodsboro farm of about 147 acres to Charles and Martha E. Fogle for 9500 dollars.
Four members of the Wiles household were rescued from an early morning fire on Wilson Avenue after a passerby lowered them to safety. A motorist on West Fourth Street struck a curb near One perCoulese Terrace and North Collrse Parkway, knocking over a mailbox. A head on collision near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, injured six people including Mr and Mrs Oscar Hirsch and their children. Lewis A Dertzbaugh, longtime secretary of the Frederick Rotary Club, was elected president. John A Shires became secretary to succeed him.
Charles E. Wilson’s resignation letter to President Truman is read as a sign that Truman will press politics to the final hour, with Wilson's remark about “you changed your mind” triggering debate over loyalties, draft politics, and governance under party influence. The column argues Truman may trade integrity for rewards to allies, citing steel policy, wage talks, and alleged abuses of public funds.
The Arts Library announces new titles including How to Get Rich in Washington by Blair Bolles and Men in Glass Houses by Francis W. Carpenter. Also featured are Bloody Precedent by Fleur Cowles, Guide to Easier Living by Mary and Russel Wright, and Educational Films Guide. Additional notes indicate gifts and subscriptions for educational use. The Buco fish of Venezuela and Brazil is described as adaptable to air or water.
HAL BOYLE argues population growth alarms persist but scientists see gains from chemical agriculture and storage improvements. He cites UN and U.S. figures showing rapid world and U.S. population increases yet notes tech advances could avert wider hunger. The piece embraces test-tube optimism and questions who will ground the stork as births rise.
Dr Louis Krause president of the Baltimore AMA spoke at Hood College in Brodbeck Hall Tuesday night. Sponsored by Hood Science Club and Beta Beta Beta he discussed biblical food customs and medical terms. He noted ancient grains seeds and salt held symbolic meaning and urged understanding of Holy Land practices before judging past beliefs.
Rev A Purnell Bailey reflects on Ephesians 6 11 urging Christians to wear the full armor of God The piece recalls a Welsh revival prayer and warns that spiritual armor comes through discipline including prayer and fasting The message emphasizes relying on God rather than worldly wisdom and obedience through faith.
Market prices for wheat and barley are noted with limited details. The fragment mentions market activity but lacks clear figures, dates, or named exchanges. Further readable data would be needed to specify price quotes, varieties, or regional scope.
Personal notices list Miss Corinne Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Ire V Moore of 10 Zant South Street as entering Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for a twelve month anesthesiology course. Other items note Mrs Jennie Boyer of Jefferson celebrating her 88th birthday at John Boyer’s in Keedysville Eleanor Zimmerman returning home from Brookeville after weekend with the Millard O’Neals and visiting patient Robert O’Neal at Garfield Hospital Ben King visiting Radford Virginia family, and Mrs Richard Bennett Jr of Sykesville returning from a Florida trip with sister Mrs G B Hall and Seaford Delaware relatives via East Coast highway.
Among the sick Mrs. Kent C. Nicodemus of Walkersville was moved to Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Austin V. Shepley of 607 West Patrick Street was taken to Washington County Hospital Hagerstown for treatment and is improving. Mr. Newton Six Sr. has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital and is improving. Master Wayne Nusbaum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nusbaum, has returned home after an appendectomy at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
Questions cover the Soo Canal as the busiest waterway by annual tonnage, Easter dating limits set by the first Nicene Council, differences between bat and bird wings, a uniform written language in China, the eucalyptus leaf shielding sun, the chameleon’s eyes for backward look, and the Naval Academy at Annapolis opening year 1845.
Mrs James Stull and Mrs Charles Kinna hosted a party at the Stulls home in Brunswick to honor their father Alonzo Ausherman on his 66th birthday. Also celebrated were grandsons Bobby Stull and Jackie Kinna, with many relatives in attendance.
A church gathering at Saint Pauls Episcopal in Sharpsburg honors Rev and Mrs Walter B McKinley on their 35th year in Antictam Parish with praise for progress and thanks to God. France approves the Schuman plan uniting coal and steel resources of six Western European nations, signaling European integration.
April 1 flittings exceeded expectations with 79 families moving, about 49 percent above last year’s 57. Potomac Edison records show more relocations before the date and fewer moved on April 1. The pattern continues a multi year rise in relocations across city and county, listing dozens of movers and their new addresses in Frederick, Walkersville, Libertytown, Mt. Airy, Middletown, Hagerstown, Adams town, and other local towns.
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