Development Of Farming Is His Subject
Benjamin B. Rosenstock told Lions Club members in the Francis Scott Key Hotel that Frederick County leads Maryland in agricultural output and farming efficiency. He traced farming from 1748 through canning, dairy, and milk marketing shifts, noting changing profits and the impact of postwar readjustment on debts and mortgages. He cited county strengths in corn, wheat, and dairy, and highlighted ownership and value per farm as evidence of economic health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Lions Club
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Farm Bureau
Francis Scott Key
Noel H. Gross
Louis V. Kereer
Farina
Rosenstovh Sant Frederich
Washington
Baltimore
Wiel
Rosenstock
W. N. Rumple
Cleveland
N. C
Edward D. Storm
Ira F. Ray
Melvin Ray
Ruhland Boyer
Harry Routzahn
Nationalists Restrain Chinese Forces On Formosa
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists on Formosa are described as a restraining influence on Communist plans. Maj. Gen. George C. Stewart testified that U.S. aid arms Chiang’s troops, creating a deterrent to Communist aggression and tying to US seapower. The army is about 500000 strong, with many units under-equipped for modern warfare. Stewart outlined the administration’s foreign aid request of 1.58 billion dollars for the year beginning July 1, noting ships planes tanks vehicles and arms delivered or pledged. Fritzi Scheff, famed opera singer once linked to Victor Herbert, died at 74 in New York after a late career revival at the Palace Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taiwan
Formosat
China
Actu Aly
House
Stewart
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Formosa
United States
Chiang
Tee
Eisenhower
Rockville Area Road Relocation Plans Voted By County Council
The Montgomery County Council in Rockville discussed relocating portions of roads near Gaithersburg to align with the new National Pike. A public hearing date was set for road closings and relocations including Monroe Street extended, Falls Road, Seven Locks Road, Fields Road, and Montrose Road with impacts on access to the pike and railroad crossings at Pitts Station Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Marinland
Montgomery County Council
Sma
Gaithersburg-Rockille
Monrose Street
Mason Butcher
Roads Commission
Pitts Stationoad
Gaithersburg
Brown's Station Road
Shady Grove Road
Fields Road
Pike
Gatthersburg
Seven Locks Road
Falls Road
Monroe Street
Seven Lorks Road
Montrose Road
Waitress stabbed to death in hallway in tenement
New York reporters describe the stabbing of 17 year old Marion Brown in a six story East 65th Street tenement hallway. The killer fled, no rape evidence, and the victim wore a wedding band. Police note the woman claimed marriage to a Marine, though she is listed unmarried. A separate agriculture note mentions a 23 percent rise in per acre crop yield over 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marion Brown
65Th St
Marion
Wiretapping Bill Passes in House Vote on Court Backing
The House approved a bill to end the 20 year ban on wiretap evidence in federal cases and require federal court approval before intercepts. The administration’s plan for sole attorney general authority was rejected 221 to 566, with a substitute by Rep Willis D. and broad GOP-Dem support. The measure, sending to the Senate, bans unauthorized wiretapping with penalties up to 5090 dollars and one year’s imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Willis D
Mitrse Thutis
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General
Justice Department
Judith Coplon
Jo Puncns
Indian Skeleton Found By Youths Near Antietam Creek
Two Boonsboro boys unearthed a well preserved skeleton near the junction of Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Dr John W. Corbett of the National Park Service identified the remains as a male Indian aged 20 to 30, likely Delaware or Catawba. The boys, hobbyists in artifact hunting, reported an almost professional excavation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ad Pumil
Antietam Creek
Potomac River
John W. Corbett
National Park Service
Charles Shaffer
Billy Smith
Corbett
Deadly crash robs Trans-Canada liner of 37 lives
A training plane rammed the Trans-Canada North Star airliner near Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, igniting a fiery crash that killed 37 aboard and one on the ground. Passengers included Rodney Adamson and his wife, and Pat Reid. The Harvard trainer crashed into the liner from Magic Jaw field, slicing a wing and triggering a cannon-like explosion as debris scattered widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Adamson
Progressive Conservative Party
Pat Reid
Northland
Frean
Montreal
Vancouver
Magic Jaw
North Star
Eitness
Brunswick Aerie Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Brunswick Aerie No. 1196 F. O. EB holds annual election naming H J Ahalt as presiding officer and J F Hoffmann and others as vice presidents chaplain conductor secretary treasurer and guards. Trustees selected for three and two year terms. Delegates elected to National convention and other posts. Also notes metallurgical term creep resistance in alloys at high heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Aerie
F. O. EB
H. J. Ahalt
Iw. Pres. RN
Phillips
W. Vigepres
J. F. Uoffman
C. R. Orndorff
M. E. Barger
J. R. Nelson
L. S. Lynn
Id. R. Carr
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Western Maryland
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc
L. A. Mackenzie
Monument
Frederick
Dailey’s Funeral Home
Market St
Frederick, Md
Fritzi Scheff
Victor Herbert
Europe
Miss Scheff
Jae Fee
Rall
C. C. Carty
B. Pat
Sam Miller
South Market Street
DE. C
Tiugh V. Gittinges, Jr
Washington Real Estate Board
Philco
Motorola T.V
Sunbeam
Melvin Mr. Engle
Carroll St
Sayou
Moose Jaw
Sask
Royal Canadian Air Forge
Canada
Delphey’s
West Patrick St
M. L. Summers Frederick, Md
Jack’s Aquarium
Jug Bridge
Sartonsville Road
Williamson’s Drug Store
Best Buys
Ford
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Mercury
Dodge
Jefferson & South Sts
West End Motors
Ray
Better Homes Equip Co
E. Patrick St
C. E. Cline & Son
Patrick
City and Service
Mobilheat
Economy Oil CO
Frederick County National Bank OF
Frederick NO. L North Market Street
Federal Deposit Isurance Corporation
ATL
Kehne Furn. CO
B.D. Funk
F. E. Rohr
J. F. Hoff- Juan
RB. N. Phillips
Rohr
Navk
Im. Carey
R. DB. Funk
Ironrite
Leonard
Norge
Bendix
Routzahn & Sons
S. Mki. SI
Western Maryland Trust Company
J.R. Lillard & Son
Poolesville
Ne Coe
Mere
Rd Monde
Superior Alkyd Ravn
Bry
Hamilton Homes, Inc
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