Juniors Red Cross report highlights box drive and donations
In a report by Junior Red Cross chairman Mrs. Benjamin B Rosenstock the program details over five boxes prepared for overseas shipment with items such as soap toothpaste brushes towels and tablets. Students from Frederick High School Walkersville and Elm Street school contributed pajamas stuffed animals robes Easter covers and hospital favors. James Harper leads student activities as enrollment climbs to 1200, about 300 more than prior years.
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Red Cross
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Rosenstock
Irving Weil
Frederick High School
James Harper
Frederick High
Construction Boom Drives Record Quarter Growth
The construction industry led a strong revival with a first quarter total of 7.3 billion, surpassing 1953’s 7.175 billion. After seasonal adjustment, the annual rate tops 36.1 billion, far above a 34.0 billion forecast as private construction rises while federal spending lags in military, housing, hospital, and development programs.
On Volcano Edge Warns Police of Atomic Bomb Risk
The FBI warned police nationwide that an enemy agent could smuggle an atomic bomb into the country. The alert, dated January 1, describes bomb materials and sizes, noting a sphere about five inches across and a device that could be mailed. The warning aims to prevent public panic while recognizing the grave risk and borders challenge. BEALL GRANTED LEAVE for time to clarify an Ohio audit report linking him to a hospital shortage in Portsmouth. In Italy crickets are kept in cages for their chirping.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Washington
Russia
Beall
Rockville
E. T. Beall
Montgomery County
Ohio State Auditors
Portsmouth, O. General Hospital
Portsmouth
Frontiers Hear Former State Senator Storm
At its regular meeting April 6, the Frederick Chapter Frontiers of America heard former Senator Ed ward D. Storm as guest speaker. He discussed the dividend feature of the tax bill in Congress and showed a graph illustrating its impact on Frederick county taxpayers. He noted small savings for average taxpayers and larger gains for high income brackets. He urged a uniform property tax assessment rate and, in a later Q and A, discussed ways to correct unfair property tax practices. A cream wax for refrigerators was also recommended for protecting finishes.
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Frederick
Frontiers of America
Edward D. Storm
Storm
Congress
Frederick County
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago notes from The News dated April 14 recounts a Palmetto Fibre Works breakdown halting most production except the sawmill run by an independent engine, confirms liquor sale charges signed by the governor after rumor of theft, cites rain delaying garden planting, reports new pavements on South Market Street, and lists Methodist Protestant conference appointments for Frederick Jefferson Kemp town Liberty New Market and New Market area.
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Palmetto Fibre Works
Frederick
George 5. Rodock
Business Men's Association
New Market
P. L. Hargett and Company
Kennedy
Twenty Years Ago Of The News April 14, 1934
News from Frederick in 1934 notes over 600 measles cases in six weeks in Frederick city and county per Health Officer Kefauver. County Agent Shoemaker says 90 percent of the peach crop may be lost due to cold. The beaches were frozen in the wood. An operetta In Old Vienna was staged by Frederick High School glee clubs at the City Opera House. National Society Sons of the American Revolution expects 150 members to visit Frederick May 24 during a pilgrimage from Baltimore for the 45th annual Congress in the SR.
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Frederick City
E. C. Kefauver
Henry R. Shoemaker
Frederick High School
City Opera House
National Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Frederick
Baltimore
The
Marriage guidance for service recruits under Character Guidance
Navy Marine recruits and Air Force officers in training receive government time briefings on marriage and family under the Character Guidance program. Chaplains alongside medical and legal officers lead sessions for Protestant and Catholic personnel, with clinics and lectures emphasizing duty, shared life, and moral responsibility beyond mere military training.
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Patti Simmons
NEA
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Schoo
John H. Craven
Marine
Henice
Army
Air Force
Department of Defense
Wafs
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
University of Illinois
Truck Destroyed Near Annapolis In Early Morning Fire
Florida truck driver escapes injury as trailer loaded with fruits and jellies burns near Annapolis. Lisbon High School stars Doris Fleming and Mary Frances Hardy perform in junior class play April 23 and 24, Fleming daughter of Charles J. Fleming and Hardy daughter of Albert Hardy, both active in student council 4 H and church activities.
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Annapolis
Florida
Lisbon H. S
Doris Fleming
Mary Frances Hardy
Lisbon
Shankers
Miss Fleming
Charles J. Fleming
Poplar Springs
Sylvia Lee
Miss Hardy
Albert Hardy
Mabel Crane
Atone
Fenton Harris Files For House Seat
S Fenton Harris, Frederick educator, files as fifth Republican candidate for Maryland House of Delegates. He seeks a second term, former committee member on Education and Chesapeake Bay. Harris served in Southern Regional Education Legislative Conference and taught 40 years in Frederick, organizing a high school bank.
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Fenton Harris
Frederick
House of Delegates
Iarris
Harris
Chesapeake Bay
Rickeldin
Maryland
Nashville
Old Boys High School
Western Lincoln-Jefferson University
LaSalle University
Maryland College
L. L
The Debate Over Competition and Education Reform
Babson reviews reader letters on schooling from John Dewey followers to business leaders. He argues competition spurs growth while lax standards and “easing up” harm future job prospects and national discipline, warning of a coming downturn if schools soften.
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Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Mass
United States
John Dewey
Roper Wy
America
James F. Lincoln
Cleveland
Utopia College
Eureka
Kansas
McComb
Ausinaes Teton Sede
Fin Bu
Tac
Fitzhugh Lee Chapter UDC Schedules May Dinner Meeting
Members of Fitzhugh Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy met at the Braddock Heights home of Miss Medora Jones and Mrs. William Snoot. With no president present, Miss Sophie Reich chaired and announced a nominating committee to select candidates for the annual election.
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U. DB. C
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Braddock Heights
Medora Jones
William Snoot
C. W. Gregory
Sophie Reich
Herbert Kreh
Hal Lee Ott
M. Catherine Long
Mondas
Deaths William C Eyler and Bertha M Cole
William C Eyler of Emmitsburg district died Tuesday at his daughter's home aged 71. Survived by wife, siblings and many grandchildren. funeral Saturday at 10 from S Th Allison funeral home. Interment Mountain View cemetery. Bertha M Cole wife of Thomas Cole near Boyds died Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital aged 43. Survived by husband and four children. services at Barnesville Baptist church at 11. Interment Monocacy cemetery Bealisville. William B Hilton funeral director.
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William C. Eyler
William Cleveland Eyler
Emmitsburg
Charles Wetzel
William Eyler
Wetzel
Ephriam Eyler
Hagerstown
John Eyler
Littlestown
Joseph Eyler
George Biffle
Herbert Koontz
Harry Harbaugh
Blue Ridge Summit
S. Th. Allison
Emamitsburg
Philip Bower
Mountain View Cemetery
Thomas Cole
Bertha M. Cole
Boyds
Frederick Memorial ‘Hospital
Charles
Lena Odeo
Barnesville Baptist Church
June Cole
R.N
Jimmy
Bobby Cole
Baest Neetleith
Monocracy
Bealisville
Williamb. Hilton
Edna XN. Price
Charles J. Price
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Funeral Home
East Church Street
Ernest T. Harrison
Thomas Morgan
James Ryan
Sm, Yas
Albert Gerwicks
Veterans Hospital
Pittsburgh
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
John D. Sullivan
American Legion
Emmitsburg Vv. BF. W. Post
Church Cemetery
Louis Rosensteel
Andrew Skorb
Joseph Geiselman
Sterling Goulden
George Ashbaugh
Curtis Tapper
S. L. Allison
Woodsboro Student Dolores Hahn Named Sociology Club Publicity Chair
Dolores Hahn, Woodsboro junior at Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio, elected publicity chairman of the Sociology Club for 1954 55. A Frederick High School graduate, she majors in home economics and history and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles H Hahn Woodsboro. Mr and Mrs Lewis Burall announce the birth of a son at Frederick Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds ten ounces Sunday. Mrs Burall, formerly Miss Betts Wachter, is doing well.
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Dolores Hahn
Woodsboro
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Frederick High School
Hahn
Charles H. Hahn
Lewis Burail
Redwood Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Burall
Easter Cantata at Unionville church April 18 evening
Singanore church choir rehearses final performances of The Thorn Crowned King for Easter at Unionville church on April 18 at eight p.m. Directed by Mrs. George Gorsuch with accompanists Mrs. Isaac Nicodemus and Mrs. Ralph Ripley. Choir members include Catherine Martin, Joan Bury, Mildred Johnson, Irene Reeder, Elaine Dudderar, Lois Tyson, Isabel Etgier, Helen Baker, Fannie Ripley, Franklin Burrier, Richard Dudderar, Ralph Ripley, Kenneth Burrier, Jack Johnson, Freddy Burrier, James Baker. An offering will fund vestments for the chair.
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Singanore Church Choir
Unionville
George Gorsuch
Isaac Nicodemus
Ralph Ripley
Catherine Martin
Joan Bury
Mildred Johnson
Irene Reeder
Elaine Dudderar
Lois Tyson
Isabel Etgier
Helen Baker
Fannie Ripley
Franklin Burrier
Richard Dudderar
Kenneth Burrier
Jack Johnson
Freddy Burrier
James Baker
Final rites for Jess W Poulson in Emmitsburg
Funeral services for Jess William Poulson 44 of Emmitsburg will be held Thursday at 2 PM from Allison Funeral Home Emmitsburg with Rev Phillip Bower officiating. He was found dead in a barn and is survived by several siblings. Interment Mt View Cemetery. He served in the armed forces 1944 to 1945.
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Jess William Poulson
Emittsburg
Allison Funeral Home
Emmitsburg
Phillip Bower
Mt. View Cemetery
George H. Sanders
Emmittsburg
Paul Eyler
Carroll Hames
Sykesville
Earl Whitmore
Philadelphia
JL Allison
Local health notes from Lewistown and Baltimore reports
Among The Sick Mrs J William Strine of Lewis town is recovering after a serious operation at Church Home and Hospital Baltimore Mr W A Riddell recently illness at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore has returned home much improved Miss Edythe A Sigmund a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital is returning home EXPRESSES CONCERN NAV expresses acute concern submarines could lay mines in American coastal waters and perhaps disrupt shipping Anchorage Alaska population growth from 4000 in 1940 to over 50000 today
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J. William Strine
Lewistown
Church Home
Hosital
Baltimore
W. A. Riddell
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Worth Court Street
Edythe A. Sigmund
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dili Avenue
Washington W
Nav
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Italy
James Calvin Beard
Route 1
Beard
Rudi Ham. Nien
Paul L. Droneburg
the News
417 North Market Street
John F. Baumgardner
John
Baumgardner
York
A. B. Farquhar
Phato
Nicholas Yinger Baumgardner
Federated Charities
South Market Street
Williams
All Saints’ Rectory
West Church Street
Armed Forces
Geraldine L. Kosch
Charles M. Buck
Chanute Field IL
AP News
William G. Chirgoris
Leuyvesant Ave
Union
N. J
Arthitert
S. Fenton Harris
Raymond Davis
James C. Whitter
Ella V. Smith Whitter
Babson
Tom Rog
George
Manion
Grayson Isabel
Lynwood Davis
E. D. Burdette
Aterment
Mt. Olivet
William L. Burdette
Anchorage
Alaska
Lillian
Brazil
South America
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