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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1949
Page
9
The freestanding fragment prints a mix of notes and ad copy including a 2049 date, a brief mention of a Great Southern manufacturing firm, pricing bits, and a Bell Syndicate column with Dorothy Dix questions on marriage and motherhood. It also notes hybrid corn development and export growing grain yields.
The Hoover Commission submitted its final reports to Congress after 18 months of study covering about 1800 departments and agencies. It found waste overlaps and duplication in the federal system, with potential annual savings up to 3 billion dollars if adopted. To push enactment, Hoover forms a citizens committee led by task force members to avoid partisan criticism and rally public support.
Churchill argues Western publics must not hate Russia and calls for peace and security for all nations. He states the aim is unfrozen ocean access and free Russian participation in world affairs, urging faithful adherence to strength and fear of nothing but God in policy.
A reader, 21, with a small salary plans marriage but cannot save while his fiancée insists on luxury. Dorothy Dix advises ending the engagement if needed, noting her love of luxury will tire of any man who cannot indulge her. The column urges a practical test by refraining from expensive outings.
A wall segment collapsed on North Market due to excavation for Dr. Marry Fahrney's new home. Fire destroyed Green House and Qut Buildings owned by Carl Herman, with flames leaping to nearby properties. Foundry main building and several others caught fire. Evangelical Reformed church offers 10000 toward Grace Reformed church construction if 5000 is raised. United Brethren may build anew. North Market residents seek Junior Fire Company steamer for pumping water from cisterns at 15 dollars daily. City to commission a new Fishing Creek water intake survey with John Powell hired for the work.
A shipment of 1000 Brook trout for President Hoover’s Catoctin preserve arrived by special Bureau of Fisheries car. Stowfell’s Evergreen Corn, main local canned variety, sells for 15.50 per ton this year, up 1.50. Three masked bandits robbed Farmers and Mechanics National Bank Westminster, escaping with 10 000 to 15 000. Red Arrow money crowds the City Opera House for the first auction. Miss Mildred Moller buys a $25 case for 200 in Red Arrow currency.
A Washington Daybook column outlines three competing strategies to combat recession. The easy money faction led by Rep. Carl Vinson seeks $1–2 billion more for arms and $4.5 billion in public works. Edwin G. Nourse advocates voluntary price cuts and cooperative business-labor action to curb the deficit. Leon Keyserling pushes for price and profit controls to prevent inflation, while all sides warn against overuse of federal funds. An Argentine Peron update and praise for Sen. Ed Martin’s aide close the piece.
Precipitation for 2 hours ending 8:30 am shows 0.78 inch. April to date 1.06 inches, April normal 3.39 inches, actual 1948 5.24 inches. Excess in 1949 to April 1 is 0.49 inch. Yesterday high 52, low 37. to compare last year high 71, low 48. Sun sets 6:39 pm, rises 5:47 am. Moon rise 12:05 pm, set 2:43 am. Interspersed note on flies used by 12,000,000 anglers for sport.
NEA correspondent Peter Edson assesses China aid and policy. Peace talks between Kuomintang Nationalists and northern Communists offer a possible path to end civil war, while US aid to China has risen to billions. The piece critiques past advice from General Marshall, notes losses by Nationalists, and questions further aid amid evolving US policy and congressional moves.
A Q and A roundup covers hunting deaths in the United States, a 1861 Thanksgiving song with words by H S Washburn and music by George F Root, coyotes hunting in packs, the uniqueness of objects, and presidents who were bachelors when elected James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland.
The United States sees a steady increase in Indian population on reservations due to improved health education and access to medical care.
J Belmont Mosser prominent Pennsylvania industrialist and Kiwanis International president will address Kiwanis clubs in the area at an inter club meeting on April 8 at 630 p m. at the Southern Hotel in Baltimore. Frederick Kiwanis members will also attend the stag event.
Major Thomas M. Nial reports Graham L. Davis of the American Hospital Association criticizing long VA hospital stays. Davis cites 15.1 days for tonsillectomy versus 1.4 for civilians, and 27 days for hernia operations versus 10.3. The VA counters with processing delays and misclassification, claiming an average eight days for tonsil cases.
Washington papers were left without editions after a surprise pressmen walkout. Publishers say negotiations will not resume until workers return and accuse the action of violating the existing contract. Union leaders call the stoppage unauthorized. The strike disrupted the Post and Times-Herald, likely affecting Star and News editions.
The note suggests handling an unexpected dinner guest by hosting if possible, prioritizing hospitality over formality. If food is plentiful, the guest will likely be pleased with a simple pot luck style meal and the husband’s invitation can be warmly accepted.
Emmitsburg and nearby towns feature a weekend of family visits and relocations. Ray Dukehart and sisters Blanche and Mrs. William Sterbinsky visit from Westminster. George Reynolds from Baltimore spends time with his mother. Louise Adams of Washington stays with her parents C Felix and Mrs Adams. Bessie Topper visits Baltimore relatives. others include relocations along Route 15 near Mount St. Marys College and moves between Taneytown Hagerstown and Keymar. Religious events include a baptism at St Josephs and Bishop's Relief Fund collection of 384 dollars plus Forty Hours Devotions. A school program at St Josephs High School includes films A Fast Worker and Yesterday Today and Tomorrow and a hobby show by the Sociology Class.James Terrentine of Mobile, Alabama visits the Eckenrode home in town.
Earl L. Douglass writes that biblical history shows repeated 1000-year patterns from Abraham to Christ and hints that another epochal spiritual shift could occur within 50 to 100 years. He notes no special events marked A D 1000, but suggests a rising chance of significant religious developments near the year A D 2000. Copyright Babson Newspaper Synd.
The piece discusses common language mistakes such as saying I feel badly and mispronunciations like forehead and avoirdupois. It introduces the word perquisite with a quote on its meaning and notes that western irrigation reservoirs will have ample water due to heavy winter snow.
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