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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1949
Page
5
The piece argues Truman will push socialized medicine despite Congress reluctance, with party leaders praising the White House during Easter recess. It claims doctors are cast as villains and asserts reform should come from more doctors and expanded hospitals, not government takeover of health care.
English households once relied on a large servant class but recent years show fewer families affording help. Britain’s manufacturers respond with labor saving devices such as refrigerators electric sweepers mixers and peelers. Modern flats with central heating may drive demand for further conveniences as housekeeping becomes easier and more enjoyable.
Fifty years ago on April 26 1899 local notes describe Haller and Brachey catching 17 suckers by hook and line Frank Sutts left for Middletown to hear the Odd Fellows band demo Mayor Alder men opened bids to trench 18400 feet long four and a half feet deep haul 600 tons of pine and build a water gate and weir contracting went to Charles Fleming Two young girls aged six to eight years have been asking pennies on the street recently David Schell the ice dealer fell near B and O avenue and cut his forehead
Twenty years ago Frederick’s early morning mail delivery was delayed by a freight wreck on the Western Maryland Railroad near Westminster. The item notes the death of former county commissioner James H. DeLauter at 78 in Highland,Howard M. Albaugh’s election as Great Junior Sagamore in Hagerstown, and Elizabeth Lewis’s return home after eight months travel in Asiatic and Hungarian regions.
Dorothy Dix answers readers on marriage, in laws, and mourning etiquette. A 15 year marriage with a wandering husband prompts advice to build a separate life at home. Another letter urges the sister to leave and the widow to choose mourning with care and restraint.
At a regular meeting the Frederick Art Club re elected its officers for the coming year. Officers include President Mrs Robert E Clapp Vice presidents Mrs Robert E Delaplaine Miss Mary Rhoads Mrs F Earle Schriner Miss Helen L Smith Corresponding secretary Miss Edith Miller Assistant Miss Louise Doty Recording secretary Mrs Roger H Willard Assistant Mrs Thomas Saffit Treasurer Mrs George B McCleery Assistant Mrs Irving Staley Chairman of entertainment Miss Florence Eigenbrode The meeting was held at Mrs Victor Marken 107 West 2nd street Mrs T Stuart Haller spoke on Colonial houses in Annapolis and introduced guest sculptress Mrs Arthur Hawks of Ruxton The final meeting of the season will be May 5 at 6 30 p m at Mrs C Howard Young 112 East Church street. A new cattle vaccine shows promise to control hoof and mouth disease
Washington Daybook reports on Harry Truman's efforts to salvage the Fair Deal with a mix of stump rhetoric and White House tactics. It notes resistance in Congress, key appointments, tax and price control prospects, and looming fights over farm subsidies, TVA, and the St. Lawrence Seaway. It also highlights the RFC building lease to Jerry Maratico and an Army cartelization probe implicating William Draper Jr. and Philip Hawkins as well as General Lucius Clay.
Truman and Johnson favor broad defense planning over sole reliance on strategic bombing in a future atomic war. A new book by Dr R E Lapp argues against ignoring naval aviation and the need to strike enemy bases, factories, and bombers. The piece weighs the dangers of dispersal and the limits of bombing alone to deter a Baltic to English Channel push.
Hood College presents its annual spring concert Friday at 8 p.m. in Brodbeck Hall featuring the Cecilian Choir under Miss Anna Marie Budde and the college orchestra led by Miss Martha Reddick. The program includes Arkhangelsky-Krone Hear My Supplication, Bartniansky So! A Voice to Heaven Sounding, two Negro spirituals Were You There and Set Down Servant, Hanson Romantic Symphony, Tchaikowsky Trepak, Gliere Red Poppy Russian Sailor Dance, Skip to My Sou Comin Through The Rye I Dream Of You, and Victor Herbert Favorites. accompanist Miss Theresa Falaguerra. Choir president Miss Anne Howell and orchestra president Miss Ann Englehart.
New officers of Hood College Cooperative Government Association were installed in a mass meeting. Miss Marilyn Peacock became president, succeeding Miss Joan Schmitt. Edna May Bell was named vice president, Vivian Velehradsky secretary, and Mary Louise Springhorn treasurer. Peacock also served as secretary earlier, while Velehradsky was treasurer in 1948 49.
The excerpt presents a brief note on his opinions regarding the Draper-Hawkins policy, attributed to Globe Lynd. Copyright 1949.
The 3 F s Class of St Pauls Lutheran Walkersville held a Kitchen Bonnet banquet at Taney Inn Taneytown on Tuesday April 19. A fried chicken supper followed by a program directed by Mrs Edward Hedges and Miss Margaret Sayler featured songs poems piano solos and a kitchen bonnet contest with prizes for funniest and most original hats. Members and invited guests listed among the attendees.
The Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. George Burdette’s home on April 19. Mrs. Charles Wilson led worship and the program centered on “God Everything To Everyone” with a reading on “Light In Latin America.” Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs. Paul Harshman president and Mrs. Raymond Fleming vice president. The next meeting is May 17 at Mrs. Carl Clay’s home. Indiana, 1907, saw the first U.S. sterilization bill pass.
Girl Scout Troops 2 7 and 29 present a three act operetta Sleeping Beauty Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Calvary Methodist parish hall. Cast features Robin Carter Mary Ellen Poole Beverly Beavers Tobi Ann Kemp Sylvia Kelly Nancy Sue Hicks Beverly Marvel Ann Dougherty and others with novelty musical numbers between acts performed by Lipps Oden Weissman and others.
Local residents and guests enjoyed a busy period with visits to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Highlights include Mrs T T McDonald and Alfrieda Mosher among visitors, a Harpers Cemetery turkey dinner planned for April 28 at Camp Hill church, and a rummage sale aiding church furnishings. various families from Camp Hill Westernport Roanoke Dunbar Hagerstown and Rockville spent Easter and weekends with relatives, plus a surprise birthday for Larry Jones in Harpers Ferry. Capt Shenk sails for Japan in about three weeks. Shenk and daughter join later.
Know America Today's Anniversaries recounts notable birth dates and historical events from 1785 to 1948. Included are John James Audubon born in Saint-Domingue, Charles W. Couldock, Alice Cary, Frederick Law Olmsted, Artemas Ward, and major milestones such as the first Odd Fellow Lodge in Baltimore, Booth’s death, the Message to Garcia, Jamestown tercentenary, In Flanders Field, Armenian independence, the Child Labor Amendment, and wartime actions in Africa and Chicago. Birthdays feature Paul Hoffman, Admiral Conolly, Nathaniel Rathvon, Anita Loos, Letts, Dawson, Thye, Jonathan Daniels, G. Donald Hudson. A horoscope notes intellectual promise with caution on mental strain.
Daily language note by W L Gordon explains misused terms and pronunciation. It highlights nearly versus almost, three syllables for camera, papier mache spelling tips, and offers a word study rule to expand vocabulary by mastering one word daily.
Mr. Thomas Riley of Winchester Virginia recuperates at his sister Mrs J L Euckles home following illness with double pneumonia.
Miss Eva Mai Crum wed John William Moser in a double ring ceremony at the Lutheran parsonage Woodsboro with Rev Raymond Myers officiating. The couple will live with the groom’s family farming in Fry-Cornell. Also married Friday, Ruth Marie Cornell to Robert Curtis Fry at Trinity Methodist with Rev Thomas Morgan completing a double ceremony. Both brides wore pink and navy dresses. The Fry couple will reside with the Cornells. both have Frederick High School ties. Buckeystown Homemake Club met with demonstrations and planning for a community playground project and a May music festival at Frederick High School. Members discussed funds for a cane drive and a May meeting drive to Czechia.
A compact devotional note cites Matthew 23 20 and Francis de Sales urging readers not to fear tomorrow. It emphasizes God’s presence from now to the end of time and promises guidance and strength, encouraging peace over anxious thoughts.
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