Transistor debut at Fort Monmouth boosts radio tech
Army scientists at Signal Corps Laboratories Fort Monmouth showcase a transistor a germanium crystal device about the size of a match. It replaces vacuum tubes in radios and television sets and serves as a converter for long distance teletype military communications as demonstrated during the institutes anniversary. The unit weighs ten pounds uses a watt, promising home use soon and longer life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Signal Corps Laboratories
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Institute of Radio Engineers
Washington
Matthew Ridgway
Tokyo
Call upon me in the day of trouble sermon and market note
Daily Bread by Rev. A Parnell Bailey presents a sermon about going down into the depths of trouble to see God’s mercy. The piece uses a fable of a man lowered into a well to illustrate how faith reveals divine sight in hardship. Also includes a brief market listing for wheat barley corn prices in bushels and barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Parnell Bailey
Ralm
Junior Steam Fire Engine holds special meeting on resignation
A special meeting of the Junior Steam Fire Engine Company accepted the resignation of chief engineer Frank T. Rhodes with regret and named William Winebrewer to succeed him. The event appears in a 1903 column dated April 3. The piece also notes music at the Academy of the Visitation and plans by Dr. Charles Zimmerman for a flying machine entry in St. Louis Fair. Dempsey firm, EB Dempsey and Co, opens a 1 and 10 cent store at 14 Patrick Street in Frederick today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Rhodes
Wiliam Winebrewer
Rhodes
Academy of the Visitation
Thomas Dobson
Washington
Charles Zimmerman
Araby
St. Louis
Dempsey
EB. J. Dempsey and Co
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Patick Street
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News April 3 1932
A farm sale near Burkittsville drew buyers for ten cows at an average of 50 each and horses up to 135. Seven pigs sold for 31. Scout notes report cubmaster training meetings by Henrys R Coates. Frederick colored schools gear up for 13th annual field day April 4 at Fair grounds under J Bruner. Annie Woerner Brookey observes her 90th birthday at 307 East Meny with family arrival in America in youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Dewey Beachley
Burkittsville
Henrys R Coates
Boy Scouts
Warang
Frederick County
Fair Grounds
Queen Juliana Opens White House Visit With Dinners
Washington April 3 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard arrived for a White House stay as the Trumans moved back in. A formal state dinner at the Carlton Hotel was held since staff felt the redecorated mansion was not ready for the event. The queen wore a grey strapless gown with a pearl lace bolero and a diamond tiara while President Truman praised the guests as a fairy queen.
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Washington
Julians
Netherlands
Congress
Prince Bernhard
White House
Truman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blair House
Carlton Hotel
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Soroptimists Induct Three New Members at Frederick Club
Frederick County Soroptimist Club welcomed Marilyn Pickering Lenore Weil and Gertha Terrell as new members at a bi weekly dinner meeting at Hotel Frederick. Baltimore club member Lyle Feller conducted the induction and spoke on the group's 1921 origins. An election named three alternate delegates Estelle Fratey Hazel Caldwell and Louise Rathstein. The gathering, attended by 24 members, featured blue and gold decor and corsages for new inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick
Marilyn Pickering
Lenore Weil
Gertha Terrell
Lyle Feller
Baltimore
Estelle Fratey
Emmitsburg
Hazel Caldwell
Louise Rathstein
Grace It Spurrier
June Summers
Alice Oe Spurrex
Baltimore Club
Blanche Rogers
Jessie Graham
Edith Rhinehart
Frontiers of America to convey registrants to election offices
City registrants can ride free to the Board of Election Supervisors from the Court House office as part of a public service by the Frontiers of America. The 21 member club will transport both white and Black voters who call 1625-1 to request inclusion, aiding registration and participation in elections. The effort targets increasing enrollments among the county's eligible voters ahead of the May primary. Charles E. Henson heads the local Frontiers chapter with Dr A G Bourne Jr as vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Board of Election Supervisors
Frontiers of America
Election Board
Action Board
Charles E. Henson
A. G. Bourne, Jr
Delta Kappa Gamma Final Meet in Westminster April 5
The Delta Kappa Gamma chapter for Carroll Frederick and Washington counties will hold its final meeting of the season at the Methodist Parish House Westminster on Saturday April 5. A business session at 10:30 a.m. precedes luncheon where Dr Evelyn Wenner Western Maryland College English professor will speak on George Stevens Editor of Shakespeare's Press. Mrs Wenner resides in Brunswick.
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Delta Kappa Gamma
Carroll
Frederick
Washington
Methodist
Westminster
Tme
Evelyn Wenner
Monaste
Western Maryland College
Wenner
George Washington University
George Stevens
Shakespeare’s Plass
Brunswick
Spring Arrival Brings Hints of Warmer Days
A rough, fragmented note predicts spring, noting greener grass soon, possible rain, and lingering cold. It reads like a casual update from a local source, with phrases about seasons and hopeful signs of change. The text is garbled, but centers on the arrival of spring and related weather hints.
Reducing Taxes and Government Waste in 1952
Roger W Babson argues that high taxes erode personal wealth and urges voter action. He cites Hoover Commission findings and 1929 versus 1951 wealth data to claim federal spending and payrolls have surged. He urges writing senators, joining civic groups, and voting for efficient government to curb tax waste.
Supreme Court Allows Party Loyalty Pledge for Electors
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that presidential elector candidates can be required to pledge loyalty to their national party. The decision, issued in Washington on April 3, stems from an appeal by Alabama’s State Democratic Committee, supported by loyalists in the state amid an Alabama Supreme Court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Party
State Democratic Committee of
Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court
Economic crash threat tied to Truman wage and steel policy
The article warns of an imminent US economic crash driven by government actions on steel seizures, wage increases, and price controls. It argues a delayed White House response could trigger a 1929-like collapse, with labor unions gaining from forced wage hikes and investors losing confidence, propagating broader downturns across industries. The piece criticizes Trumanism and links 1952 politics to economic peril.
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Washington
Ameriem Ia
White House
Truman Stabilization Board
Nowon
America
Stalin
Truman
Leon Keyserling
Mr. Keyserling
Key West
Workers of America
Deaths of Mrs Elis M Boward and others in area
Obituaries list Mrs Elis M Boward of Meagansville Road age 87 with details of survivors including daughters Mrs Mildred Kemp and Mrs Donia Drandt and sons John Allen James F Maynard E, a 1970s- era death of Benjamin Erving Walker of Brunswick with survivors and church affiliations, infant Larry Wayne Biddinger of Pearl, Jesse H Williams of Lincoln Apartments and others with service details, funerals and burial plans noted across multiple local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elis M. Boward
Elsie May Boward
Lloyd E Boward
Meagansville Road
Woodsboro
John M
Emma
Martin) Fogle
Mildred Kemp
Donia Drandt
Offerstown
John Allen
James F
Maynard
Hagerstown
Delphy Hildebrand
Frederick
Bessie Schilling
Alvie Boward
G. I. Rider
Rose Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Fulmer Saturday at 2
The body of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fulmer who died at her home 330 Madison Street is at the funeral home 106 East Church Street. Services will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock with burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery. M R Etchison and Son, funeral directors.
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Walker
Loyal Order of Moose
Order of Eagles
Brunswick
Brunswick Baptist Church
Leonard D. Carmack
Park Heights
C. H. Feete
Bro
Roy and
Cathleen M. Kolb Biddinger
Joann Sue
Earl R. Biddinger
Near
Union Bridge
Charles Kolb
Near Pearl
East Church Street
Mt Olivet
M. Ritchison and Son
Mary Elizabeth Fulmer
Madison Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Fisherman’s Ring and Other Quick Facts
The Papal signet for a new pope bears Saint Peter in a boat, earning the ring the nickname fisher man’s ring. a pope’s ring is broken upon death and a new one made. Coffee trees begin fruiting at three years and live about twenty to fifty years. More than 1,000 miles of the Congo River are navigable of its 29,000 miles. Virginia Chocheron Gilder sleeve was the only American woman delegate at the 1945 San Francisco United Nations Conference. The Bonhomme Richard, Jones’s flagship, was heavily damaged at Serapis engagement on September 23, 1779 and sank next day. Jones sailed to France in another ship.
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Roger W. Bablzon
Babson Park
Mase
Cpt
National Bureau of Economic Research
Uncle Sam
Veterans’ Administration
Hoover Commission
O'Truman
Boston
Mass
Saint Peter
Congo River
San Francisco
Virginia Chocheron
Gildersleeve
United States
John Paul Jones
England
Jones
France
Vocabulary Captions and Pronunciation Notes
A language lesson discusses terms for scholars and students, mispronunciations, and the daily goal to grow vocabulary. It highlights words like principal not an adjective and pridential meaning prudent, with examples.
Local News: Frederick Residents Recoveries and Hospital News
Among the sick Mrs Willem Young Route 1 Frederick has returned home from Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore and is improving as expected. Mr Theodore Reeder Fairview Jevenue is at Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Candy Lee Shelhorse two year old daughter of Sg t Randy Shelhorse Jr is able to be out after confinement at home with a bout of illness. Master Fredrick Markey son of Willard H Markey Rockwell Terrace underwent major operation at University Hospital in Baltimore Tuesday and is reported to be improving. Miss Margaret Whitehill Union Bridge who had surgery at University Hospital Baltimore last week is slowly improving. Mrs Jesse Selby New Windsor returned home from University Hospital where she was a patient seven weeks.
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Jeme H. Williams
Jesse H. Williams
Lincoln
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James F. Stewart
Lodge of Masons No
New Market
William P. Larkin
American Legion
Mra
Kathryn Barnes Williams
William Hopkins
Ada Howard
Philadelphia
West All Saints Street
W. I. Snowden
Fairview Cemetery
C. E. Hicks, III
Willem Young
Frederick
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Theodore Reeder
Fairview
Fredrick Markey
Willard H. Markey
Rockwell Terrace
University Hospital
Margaret Whitehill
Union Bridge
Jesse Selby
New Widsor
Lenten Thoughts and a City Fire in Chicago
Lenten reflections remind that faith can move mountains and transform lives even amid illness sin and doubt. At Annapolis a court action seeks a pay raise for John E Estes from 35000 to 5500 yearly a correctional misstatement noted. Four die in a fast spreading Chicago fire in a four story twelve flat building.
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Chicago
Ther
Births and Naval Service Notes From Frederick Area
Mr and Mrs John W Stultz of Union Bridge welcome a son John W Jr at Frederick Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds 11 ounces both mother and baby doing well. Other birth notices include Deborah Kaye Welsh born March 31 at Union Memorial Hospital and Debra Ann Mauek born March 20 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Navy service items list several local youths in training aboard ships off California and at Bainbridge Maryland including James R Kelly Seaman Recruit USN son of Francis R Kelly and Route 2 Emmitsburg, Grayson B Williams Seaman aboard USS Kiowa and Robert E Himes Disbursing Clerk Seaman USN among others. Mrs Anne Thompson of Taylorsville and Mrs Freeman F Thompen presided at a Philadelphia meeting of Daughters of the Colonial War.
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John W. Stultz
Union Bridge
John W. Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Stultz
Josephine Smith
George Smith
Center Street
Frederick
U. S Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
James R. Kelly
USN
Francis R. Kelly
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph's High School
Naval Service
Navy
The
American Stores Co
UBS Kiowa
Grayson B Williams
William A. Williams
Fourth Avenue
Brunswick
Robert E Himes
Seaman
Robley E. Himes
Knoxville
Jane E. Waters
East
Biddle Street
Balt
Harold J. Evison
Francis H. Welsh
North
Baltimore
Kesville
Deborah Kaye
Union Memorial Hospital
Welsh
Anne Thompson
Freeman F. Thompen
Taylorsville
Richard Mauek
East Patrick Street
Debra Ann
C. H. Hett
Gettyburg
Pennsylvania
Society of Daughters of Colonial War
Union League
Philadelphia
Fickle April Brings Quick Temperature Swing
April weather shifted rapidly from a 73 degree Tuesday to a 36 degree overnight at the airport after a morning thunderstorm. Forecasters expect mild conditions today with a cloudy day ahead and rain by Saturday. Precipitation from the storm amounted to 0.54 inches at the airport.
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Wellesley College
Welcester
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Lou Joan Packard
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society
Mary Hames
Maryland State Horticultural Society
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Mim Hilda Reddecce Shade
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Lucy Orndorff Walker
Allie Marks
Eva Kronk
Margaret A. Lowery
Hartford
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Benjamin E, Jr
Eugene W
Lenwood W. Mebri
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Pearl Frye
Lenwood
Cumberland
Roland Barrett
Larry Wayne Biddinger
Roy F. Biddinger
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Jesus
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Annapolis
John E. Estes
Estes
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Taylor
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Albert J. Holland
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