Missouri Flood crisis drives calls for river control
The Missouri flood devastates communities as the Army engineers report worst ever floods on the great river. The President meets governors to plan relief with Red Cross aid already deployed. The piece argues urgent flood control by the Missouri Valley project, urging Congress to act beyond partisan lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Mississippi
Army
United States
Disaster Service
Red Cross
Missouri Valley Food Control Project
Missouri Valley
America
Congress
A Code For Children In Philadelphia Values Debate
Educators meeting parents in Philadelphia discuss values in a changing world. The text argues against teaching moral standards by environment alone, warning that without reason and divine precepts, society decays. It cites Moses and Jesus Christ to claim schools shape citizenship and moral destiny under God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Moses
Jesus Christ
Mt Pleasant Grange thanks The News-Post for aid to Harvey Fogle
Robert R Rhoderick chairman of Mt Pleasant Grange writes to thank The News-Post for cooperation in Harvey Fogle relief efforts. seven cattle were donated along with cash and materials enabling barn reconstruction expected to finish by early summer. The letter credits the newspaper for the project’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Fogle
The
News
Mt. Pleasant Grange Committee
News-Post
Mr. Fogle
Robert R. Rhoderick
Mt Pleasant Grange Committee
Legend of the Master Who Touches the Crude
A daily Bread meditation recounts a legend of a young sculptor whose statue appears marred each night until the master father secretly corrects it. The tale concludes that, like the sculpture, crude men are refined by a divine touch and revealed anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Purnell Bailey
Jesus
Brave flight prep joke in Boyle column on jet training
SAUL PETT recounts a Cape Cod visit with HAL BOYLE as he boards a two seat F-94 jet. An earnest Denver officer explains a sea of safety gear and the jump sequence with calm humor while Pett details the armor of a pilot and his own anxious prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Pett
Hal Boyle
Cape Cod
Mass
Lou Cilente
Denver
Colo
Lou
Mae West
Frederick Civil War hero Steiner dies in Baltimore
General John A Steiner of Frederick who served in the Potomac Home Brigade Volunteers during the Civil War died yesterday at his daughter's home in Baltimore at age 86. He later served as Frederick County sheriff and a Maryland General Assembly delegate. The column also notes local musical talent and upcoming events, plus farm mood on wheat outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
John A. Steiner
Frederick
Baltimore
Steiner
Potomac Home Brigade
Frederick County
General Assembly of
Maryland
Haydn
Frederick Choral Society
Henry Lampe
John H. Bennett
Grand Council of Maryland
Order of Redmen
Elkton
Twenty Years Ago Columns From The News April 21 1932
A 1947 Maryland marriage and divorce report shows Frederick County with 883 marriages in 1931 versus 7486 in 1930 and 48 divorces versus 62. A relief effort notes school children receiving nourishing food amid unemployment, improving health due to milk aid. Sherwood MacKenzie, a southpaw rookie, remains with the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast League. Frederick Free Kindergarten preps 46 preschoolers for public schools with a clinic by Dr J H Mason Knox for the State Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Department of Commerce
Maryland
Frederick County
Frederick
Emergency Relief Association
Sherwood MacKenzie
Stili
Los Angeles Club
Frederick Free
Kinderganen
Federated Charities
J. H Mason Knox
Baltimore
State Department of
Heaith
Two Die In Brunswick House Fire Tragedy
John Harold Thoman aged 20 burned to death after returning to a third story bedroom to aid a trapped companion James Jackson aged 14 escaped with burns and was hospitalized in Frederick. An elderly occupant escaped. Fire was started by a possible overheated range causing the house to collapse into the basement. Thomas’s family mourns him and funeral arrangements are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harold Thoman
Brunswick
James Jackson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Raymond Haugh
Thomas
H. C
Sonny” Cannon
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company
H Street
Petersville Road
Swing Inn
Cannon
Jackson
C. H. Feete
Bro
John Kaetzel
Dorothy Jones Thomas
Gail Lee Thomas
John Thomas
Margaret Farr Thomas Henderson
Mary Rosetta
Lydia Virginia
Joseph Lee
Douglas Lewis Henderson
Founder of Briarley Military Academy Dies
Sydney Johnston Lodge, 64, founder and owner of Briarley Military Academy at Beltsville, died Thursday at his Hyattsville home after a long illness. A Maryland National Guard veteran, he opened the school in Poolesville in 1912 and moved it to Beltsville before closing in 1949 due to ill health. A Gaithersburg native, he attended Fork Union and graduated from Richmond University in 1910. Survived by widow Edna Van Camp Lodge, five sons, two daughters, and five grandchildren. Funeral services are planned in Gaithersburg with burial at Darnestown Presbyterian Church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Johnston Lodge
Briarley Military Academy
Beltsville
Hyattsville
Capt. Lodge
Maryland National Guard
Poolesville
Gaithersburg
Fork Union Military Academy
Richmond University
Edna van Camp Lodge
Sydney J. Lodge, Jr
John Lodge
Laurel
Thomas van Camp Lodge
Silver Spring
Lee
Death notices for Mrs. Laura Crist Barrick and Sister Mary Bernardine
Mrs. Laura Alice Crist Barrick of Walkersville died at home after four years illness at age 72 years 22 days. She left a husband Lewis Elmer Barrick a son Robert E Barrick and daughter Mrs Clarence J Rodgers Jr two grandchildren and a niece and nephew. Funeral at 8 East Patrick street Wednesday at 2 30 with Mount Olivet burial. Sister Mary Bernardine Muth of Baltimore died at the Visitation Convent. Born September 4 1873 she leaves one brother and several sisters and many nieces and nephews. Funeral with Low Requiem Mass this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Barrick
Laura Alice Crist Barrick
Lewis Elmer Barrick
Walkersville
Barrick
Duncannon
George W
Anna Baum Orr Crist
Mount Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Cliie and Son
Mary Bernardine
Visitation Order
Mary Josephine Muth
Baltimore
Bernardine
Joseph Ane Josephine Kaizenberger Muth
Elward Muth
Margaret Muth
Francis J Joseph
Visitation
Wilmington
Wilmington. Dei; Sister Mary Cecila
Mount DeSales
Mary Gerard
Notre Dame
Annapolis
Harvey C
Grace Jane Sunday
Ridge Road
Braddock
Frederick Memorial Hospital
County
Augustus
Barbara Schroder Rowe
St. John’s Catholic Church
Blessed Mother Sodality
Maynard W. Wastler
James C. Rowe
Addie Rowe
Blanche Obenderfer
Mary Hiltner
East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral Directors
Barrylynn Jones
Woodrow W
Helen ‘Romans Jones
Clarksburg
Frederick County
Rasagay
Danny
West Virginia
East
Patrick Street
Hyattstown
Harry E. Carty Co
Obituary Notices From Thurmont Area Churches
Several notices report deaths and funeral plans in Frederick County. Recipients include Henry J. Bollweg of Syracuse and Mrs. Grace Jane Sunday of Ridge Road Braddock, with services held in convent and St John churches. Other obituaries name infant Barrylynn Jones, Robert Lee Martin, Florence R. Clingan, and Anna M. Klank, with memorials at local cemeteries and funeral homes.
Obituary notes from Baltimore area deaths and services
Obituaries recap several Montgomery, Baltimore and Jefferson area residents. Aurelia Barrington Brown of Washington dies after long illness at 1409 35th Street N W. Surviving children include Mrs Wade Thomas and Hayes Brown. Funeral at Washington Catholic church next Tuesday at 9. Interment in Baltimore cemetery. Also mentions Joanna Klank of Owings Mills and other survivors. William B Neely, 81, dies at Montgomery County General Hospital. Surviving wife Emma P Neely and children William E, John Alfred, Helen Hudgins, Mary Ruth. four grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 3 p m Laytonsville funeral home, interment Salem cemetery Brookeville. Mrs Anna Hightman Shirley 87 of Shenandoah Junction dies at Bakerton home of her daughter after brief illness. Survived by two sons John T and Roy J, two daughters Mrs C H Furtney and Mrs Bryan Houser, three brothers, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Burkittsville St Pauls Lutheran at 2 30 Saturday. burial Edge Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence R. Clingan
Florence Rebecca Clingan
Jesse Clingan
Rt. 1
Taneytown
Washington S. Clingan
Glenn L. Stahl
Taneytown Lutheran Cemetery
O. Fuss and Son
Ncle Kiang
Walbrook Methodist Church
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge 2
Baltimore
Harry Evitt
Charlotte Pierson
Joanna Klank
Owings Mills
Kenda
M. R. Etchison and Son
Aurelia B. Brown
Aurelia Barrington Brown
W. Hayes Brown
Jefferson
35Th Street
N. W
Washington
Brown
Dr. Brown
Wade Thomas
Hayes Brown
Gaithersburg
Barrington Brown
Roanoke
William B, Neely
William B. Neely
Montgomery County General Hospital
Emma P. Neely
Airy
William E. Neely
John Alfred Neely
California
Helen Hudgins
Mary Ruth Neely
Garrett Park
Laytonsville
Salem Cemetery
Brookeville
Roy W. Barber
Ann H. Shirley
Charles Town
W. Va
Anna Hightman Shirley
L. J. Shirley
Shenandoah Junction
Bryan Houser
Bakerton
Thomas and
Annie Woods Hightman
Burkittsville
John T. Shirley
Cumberland
Roy J. Shirley
C. H. Furtney
Frank T. Hightman
Middletown
George Hightman
Washington, D. C
Cecil Hightman
Hagerstown
Martin I. Zirkle
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Edge Hill Cemetery
Beulah V. Haifley
H. Lee Hailey
Fred R. Seibel
W. E. Saltsgiver
St. Mary's Church
Silver Run
Clarence
Luther
Walter Senft
Harry Copenhaver
Walter
David Beaver
C. O. Fuss and Son
Funeral Notices From Taneytown and Nearby Cemeteries
Multiple funeral services held for Mrs Beulah V Haifley Mrs Mary Rebecca Keyser Mrs Carrie Virginia Farrer and others across Taneytown Jefferson Taylorsville Pleasant Valley with pastors officiating and interments at local cemeteries Pallbearers listed with family and friends M R Etchison and Son and C O Fuss and Son funeral directors named throughout.
Women's Clubs Hear Topic at Community Ball
Members of the Merryland Tract Homemakers discussed Understanding Ourselves and others at the April 17 Community Ball hosted by Mrs. George Hall and Mrs. James Rau. The meeting opened with America The Beautiful and the American's Creed, with 25 members contributing notes on their experiences. A plan to donate $5 to the Red Cross, reports from county council delegate Mrs. Thomas Tucker, and upcoming events including Homemakers week at Brunswick Reformed church, a refinished furniture exhibit in Brunswick, a garden tour on May 1, a short course party May 22, a bus trip to Hershey Park on June 7, and a May 15 meeting were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merryland Tract
Beatrice Fehr
George Hall
James Rau
Herman Boyer
David Kifer
Fritchie House
Red Cross
Thomas Tucker
Brunswick
Hershey Park
George Wenner
Charles Axtin
Bertram Endfield
William Ferrell
Paul Smith
Market Prices and Political Feast Forecast
A fragment notes prices for Wheat Barley and Corn at the market and hints at a busy year with many political events and speeches. It questions outcomes and who can tell the answers, urging readers to wait and see who and why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Lufburrow
Political jockeying reshapes 1948 Democratic race
In Washington on April 21 James Marlow reports Truman's decision not to run or endorse a candidate, Stevenson declining the White House bid, Kefauver pressing his case, and a chaotic Democratic convention outlook. On the GOP side Eisenhower and Taft vie for delegates after a New Jersey primary showing, with Taft pursuing the White House and Ike gaining votes abroad. The scene is set for a spirited, unsettled summer conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
White House
Sen. Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Gen
Eisenhower
Ike
Sen
Taft
New Hampshire
Minnesota
White Building
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Jersey
Relatives To Share Estates In Quieter Probate
Estates of three county residents were probated by the Orphans Court today. Wills provide life interest for Bessie L. Hickman in Sidney R. Hickman’s estate, with $300 to St. Paul’s Parish Cemetery for upkeep, and equal shares to four Hickman children. Other provisions name executrices and share arrangements among the Cullers and Martins, with limited specific bequests and multiple executors. Letters of administration granted on Myers and Flanigan estates, with named administrators and heirs listed. real estate valued around $3,475 and other bequests noted among many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court
Bessie L. Hickman
Sidney R. Hickman
Point of Rocks
St. Paul's Parish
David A. Hickman
Cornelia W. Hickman
Kathleen L. Brown
Hickman
Calvin S. Lohr
Bessie C. Thackson
John W. Culler
Charles T. Culler
Charles
Anna Mary Culler
John C
Harmon F. Culler
Decessad
Charles Culler
Adminstratriz
Joseph #. Bussard
Raymond H. Bussard
Roy M. Rice
A. Owen Mercer
H. K. Dekauter
Mabel G. Martin
John J. Martin
Irene
Catherine V. Martin
Catherine
John J
George J. Martin
Key E. Strickland
Edith G. Jackson
Beulah M. Martin
George
John Martin
James H. Cramer
Agnes R. Myers
Richard M. Myers
Robert P. Myers
Louis V. Myers, Sr
Harriet M. Burns
Liberytown
West Third Street
Edna B. Dykes
Frederick
Mary Ellen Bowie
Este
Mamie Davis
Walter
Roy
East Street
Austin
Ice Street
W. Lester Bowie
St. Louis
Elizabeth Brown
South Court Street
Therme Allen
West All Saints Street
Beatrice Jackson
Anne Arundel County Drowns Add to Maryland Death Toll
Three drownings in Anne Arundel and Maryland’s violent death toll rise. William F Roesler of Baltimore 0 fell from a 34 foot rowboat powered by a 23 horsepower motor. Aaron Artis a 4 year old Baltimore boy reportedly slipped on a cabin cruiser. Euwin D Rode a five year old from Washington drowned off West River at Sheds side.
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Anne Arundel
Maryland
William F Roesler
Baltimore
Aaron Artis
Washington
Euwin D
West River
Sheds Side
Local Personal Notes and Arrivals in Westminster Area
Mr and Mrs D Frank Haifiy of Westminster spend the week with daughter Mrs C Sullivan at 1504 North Market Street. Mrs Sullivan hosted a dinner for her brother and family Edward Haify Wanda Billy, and her son Donald Sullivan’s family. Ray Sullivan and Capt and Mrs Lewis H Goad welcome a daughter Diena Louise born March 22 in Chicago. Capt Goad, newly promoted, is from Middletown. Frederick Chapter members attended the National Society D A R Congress in Washington with regent Mrs Herbert Kreh and delegates Mrs Paul B Rhoads and Mrs John Mays Rector, aided by Miss Edith Miller and Mrs Jesse B Anders. Mrs Miller served as acting regent during vice presidency elections and Mrs Rector as acting delegate. Mrs Margaret Kolb Stratt, Maryland’s Page, is granddaughter of Mrs David D Kolb of Braddock Heights. Mrs William Rasberry of Grifton, N C spent holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter L Spurrier. Mrs Albert Nice of Mount Airy visits her brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Edgar Brown of Frederick. Rev G H Enfield, after supplying the Taneytown Presbyterian church since year start, accepted a call to First Presbyterian Church in Harrisville Penn and departed last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Frank Haifiy
Westminster
C. ©. Sullivan
North Market Street
Chicago
Goad
Middletown
Frederick
National Society
Continental Congress
Washington
Herbert Kreh
Paul B. Rhoads
John Mays Rector
Edith Miller
Maryland
Memorial Continental Hall
Miss Miller
Rector
Jesse B. Anders
Margaret Kolb Stratt
David D. Kolb
Braddock Heights
William Rasberry
Grifton
N. C
Walter L. Spurrier
Airy
Albert
Ills and improvements of local residents noted
William Hooper of 118 West Sout Street had been ill at home for weeks with a virus infection but is much improved and able to be out. Mrs. Hugh R. Dean of Park Avenue is confined to her home by illness. Mrs. Roy Whitmore was moved from Creagerstown to Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon in the ambulance of G. C. Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hooper
West Sout Street
Hugh R. Dean
Park Avenue
Roy Whitmore
Creagerstown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
G. C. Barton
Engagement Announced Between Nancy Fritz and Robert Shoemaker
Westminster families announce the engagement of Nancy Jane Fritz to Robert Harold Shoemaker both of Westminster. Fritz works as secretary to the Carroll County Agricultural Agent while Shoemaker is in the office of Beacon Steel Products, Inc. Westminster. The Shoemaker family previously lived in Ridgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll W. Fritz
Westminster
Nancy Jane
Robert Harold Shoemaker
Albert O. Shoemaker
Miss Fritz
Carroll County
Shoemaker
Beacon Steel Products, Inc
Ridgeville
Electoral College role in early presidential elections
The candidate with the most electoral votes became president and the runner-up served as vice president. The question about the Prince of Wales being a hereditary title is answered with no. the title is not hereditary in that sense.
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Prince of Wales
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Natav
Ruses
Gax
Buresa
St Free
Boyle
Ing
Charles Muth
Dundalk
James M. Hogan
St. John’s Church
Alton J. Lipps
George J. Smith
L. Ignatius Kennedy
Millard Cooley
Thomas H. Quill
John McE. Wilson
Harry E. Carty Company
Henry J. Bollweg
Henry J. Botlweg
Syracuse
N. Y
W. Vernon Barbe
Rocky Ridge
Barrie
Henry C. Bollweg
Robert Lee Martin
Thurmont
Belva L. Weller Martin
Frank R. Martin
Thurmont Lions Club
Wesices
Adam Grim
Blue Ridge Cemetery
M. L. Creager and Son
Anna M. Klank
Anna Margaret Klank
Keswick Road
George H
Charlotte V. Fahren
Webster SE Eee
GE Gastmaster
Caspar
William Franklin Nelson Cook
West Fourth Street
Edward A. Godsey
Calvary Methodist Church
Walter J. Rinehart
Robert Burkholder
Roger Burkholder
Franklin Burkholder
Richard Rinehart
Thomas Whitmore
Methodist
Mary Rebecca Keyser
Richard S. Keyser
Dill Avenue
East Church
Raymond
Wilhelm
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ernest Myers
Leslie Stull
James Gittings
Edward Bentz
Carrie Virginia Farrer
J. B. Fink
East Third Street
Edward Godsey
Methodist Cemetery
Taylorsville
Donald Hiltner
Charles F. Hartman
Irving Smith
Willard Lease
Roger Eyler
Robert Burrall
Leonard Shuff
Elwood Esterly
LaMott Smith
Lawrence Fink
Otis Watkins
Edward J. Myers
St. Matthew's Church
Pleasant Valley
Florence Page
Charles Page
Sunny‘side Methodist Chapel
Gelock
Ivory P. Blackman
C. B. Jackson
Edgar E. Weedon
Rachel Bowins
James Ambush, Sr
Jesus Saviour
Hugh E. Green
Joseph D. Washington
Howard W. Lee
John W. McKimmey
James M. Weedon
Howard M. Weedon
Charles Herbert
Tof
Stuff
Anne Arundel County
Russell C. Hawes
University of Maryland
Hawes
Hawes Pointe Cut
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