Scarcity Eases as April Brings Near Normal Economy
The report notes reduced shortages in consumer goods as April nears with industry churning civilian output near records and military production rising. Auto manufacturing remains busy with 500000 passenger cars slated to roll out in April and used cars widely available as dealers anticipate summer demand. Investment in rearmament and new plants is projected to boost production by next year.
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Automobile Industry. Com
Safety At Home Wins Ten Household Safety Devices
The report outlines ten winning devices selected from many submitted by manufacturers to reduce deadly home accidents. First prize was a glow plug like a car lighter to remove pilot lights on stoves. other entries include a circuit breaker, a safety bar for stepladders, a grounded plug strip, fire retardant window shade, ice melt chemical, non skid shelf lining, an automatic shutoff sun lamp, and a safe type nutcracker. The awards ceremony occurred at the Waldorf Astoria with Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin delivering the principal address.
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Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Maurice J. Tobin
Word of Warning to Acuus Who Steal Ducks in Baker Park
Letter to the editor criticizes theft of wild ducks at Baker Park in Frederick. The writer cites police reports and urges respect for wildlife, warns offenders risk federal game-law penalties, and appeals to local citizens and youth.
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Acuus
Baker Park
Frederick
Frederick Duck
Boyle Column: Night Club Chorus Girls Described
Saul Petit writes that chorus dancers are trained professionals, often college educated, and serious about their craft. He warns readers not to assume they entertain only businessmen or to treat them poorly, citing Fletcher Arden agency details on dancers across major cities and their evolving, sophisticated image.
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Texas
Man
Wolf
Fletcher and Arden
New York
Boston
Miami
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Paris
France
Don Fletcher
Fletcher
Senior Recital Friday Night by Hood Seniors
Three Hood senior class members Joan Raubenfield Phyllis Rutherford and Margaret Whitmore will perform Friday night in the annual senior music recital Miss Raubenfeld will play Beethoven and Grieg accompanied by Marilyn Keech Miss Rutherford will offer works by Marcello Frescobaldi Buxtehude Mendelssohn and Ravel Miss Whitmore will perform Schubert Brahms Carpenter and Chopin pieces A birthday party for Mrs Ralph Naile Jefferson was held April 23 with gifts games and movies afterward in Jefferson
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Hood
Ing
Joan Ryubenhold
York
Phyllis Rutherford
Dunellen
N.J
Ist
Margaret Whitmore
Woodstock
Raubenfield
Kyeis
Marilyn Keech
Union
N. Fire
Miss Rutherford
Marcello
Tacerto
Frescobaleti
Buxtehudr
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Miss Whitmore
Brahms
Carpenter
Ravel
Chopin
Ralph Naitle
Jefferson
Ralph Naile
Dickie Naille
W. Boyer
Gene
Bruce Boyer
Herman Boyer
Joyce
Carol Ann
Junior Boyer
Knoxville
John J. Bussard
Paul Bussard
Wellsvilles
Glen Bowers
Patsy
Barbara
Kenneth Bowers
Francis Bussard
Robert Bussard
Barbara Baker
Local Hema from The Columns of The News
The Board of School Commissioners voted to sell the Patterson and Calico Rock schoolhouses due to small pupil numbers. Rural free delivery officials in Middletown discussed establishing service across the valley and will map four routes from Middletown. Frederick Bending Works, owned by Marshall Foot, rebuilt after a recent fire. A. C. McCardell reports the California Fruit Exchange sent a second carload of oranges. Kempton town correspondent notes sidewalks were improved with new boards aiding in muddy weather.
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Board OF School Commissioners
Patterson's
Calico Rock
Middletown
Gardner
Valey
Marshall Foot
Frederick Bending Works
A. CG. McCardell
California Fruit Exchange
Kemptown
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Twenty years ago on April 26 1931 local items note a canceled Frederick air show due to high wind with about 400 paid admissions for a rescheduled May date. May deliveries drop to one mail run on Saturdays. Daylight saving time begins in 483 towns but Frederick sees rail service impact only. The Flying Cloud Automobile owned by Watry Cram Walkersville was stolen from Market Space and later found by police damaged.
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Frederick
Flying Cloud
Watry Cram
Walkersville
Bu Ey
Education Important To Survival By Roger W Babson
Roger W Babson argues education is essential to national survival and draft readiness. He critiques college waste, praises Negro colleges, notes declines in liberal arts enrollments, and supports government aid for accelerated study to train workers for industry and military service. He cites Eureka Plan as a model for a fifty week year with forty hour weeks.
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Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Maas
Washington
Country Club
Roger W. Babson Theological Schools
Uncle Sam Soon
Ivy Col Jones
Eureka
Kansas
U. S
Eisenhower
Tiller
Stalin
Hitler
Malik
Vish‘sky
Fin, Bu. Inc
Union Bridge Notes On Local Residents And Meetings
Union Bridge faces improvement for Roger Singer son of Mr and Mrs Hamilton Singer after serious illness at Maryland University Hospital Baltimore. Delegates and members attend Maryland State Firemen Association meeting in Baltimore with Lingboro Ladies Auxiliary and Carroll County Fire Mets Convention planned for May 17 in Manchester. Platter supper planned for April 28 at 6. Mrs Elmer Schieldt returns from a month with the John Roop family. Guild meeting of Mt Pleasant Reformed Church held April 11 with eleven members and three visitors.
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Roger Singer
Hamilton Singer
Uniontown
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
John D. Roop
Linwood
New York State
Syracuse
New York
Roger Luttrell
Kay
Charles
Winchester
Women's Guild of
Mt. Pleasant
Raymond Lindsay
Washington in Crisis Over MacArthur Row and Politics
The April 26 report views U S leadership as disorganized amid Korea policy clashes. It cites President Truman’s handling of MacArthur’s letter to Rep Martin and argues minority party rights to know war details are being choked. It notes public notices of church and 4-H club meetings and upcoming local gatherings.
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Washington
White House
Truman
America
MacArthur
Joseph W. Martin
Congress
Douglas
Hlingis
Lehman
New York
General MacArthur
Representative Martin
United States
Stalin
Donglas
Martin
Lehman Vites
First Woman Swims Panama Canal in 1913 Relay
Elaine Mae Golding Tuthill becomes the Canal’s first woman swimmer, completing a 38 mile relay effort in 19 hours between December 12 and December 16, 1913, with multiple crews.
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Panama Canal
Elaine Mae Golding Tuthill
Mortar Board Initiation Held at Hood College
Hood College hosted the initiation of 14 Keystone chapter Mortar Board members. Dorothy Handley led a group that included alumnae Elizabeth Hill Drake and Elizabeth Apple McCain. The ceremony in Meyran drawing room featured pledges to service and leadership and a celebratory dinner in Cobleniz dining hall.
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Mortar Board
Hood College
Dorothy Handley
Charles M. Handley
Madison Street
Elizabeth Hill Drake
St. James School
Elizabeth Apple McCain
West College Terrace
Frederick
Betsy McCain
Hood
Keystone Honor Society
Meyran
Arley Lundie
Orange
N. J
Miss Lundie
Cobleniz
Johnson Lang
Washington
Handley
Nancy Douglas
New Brighton
J. D. Dave
Rockwell Terrace
Sally Foss
Detroit
Mich
Crystal Gerctken
Tenafly
Nancy Ingham
Maplewood
Ann Lichliter
Swarthmore
Joyce Lines
Algden
Ruth Matthews
Cambridge
Ann
Doris Nygren
Mineola
N. Y
Katherine Spear
Baltimore
Mary-Louise Springhorn
Bogota
Chicago Hosts MacArthur Day Parade Big crowds greet General in Chicago
Chicago marks Gen. MacArthur Day with a 10 hour tribute drawing millions to the city. A 160000 lakefront turnout is eyed for the parade and fireworks at Soldier Field. The White Sox opened with a doubleheader and signage around the Merchandise Mart proclaims “Hi Mac.”
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Gen. MacArthur
Cty
White Sox
Board of Trade
Michian Avenue
State Street
Soldier Field
Lake Front Stadium
Mac
Merchandise Mart
Martin H. Kennelly
Midwest America
Kennedy
Midwest
United States
New York
Washington
San Francisco
Bataan
Midway Airport
Baby’s birth marked by hunting cigar mishap
W L Sammons, 30, of 1934 Plaza Courts, was struck by a 1951 GMC tractor-trailer on West Morehead Street in Charlotte while retrieving cigars from his car to announce his newborn. He suffered a serious left leg injury and was hospitalized at Presbyterian Hospital. Driver was T W Cathcart of West Blvd. Sammons is son in law of Mrs. Austin F. Haffner of Frederick.
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Charlotte
NW. C
Presbyterian Hospital
W. Morehead Street
William L. Sammons
Plaza Courts
Southern Radio Corp
Sammons
Mrs. Sammons
Mr. Sammons
R. M. McCoy
Acciden
B. L. Porter
Hovis
MM Sammons
Iiste
T. W. Cathcart
West Blvd
Presbyterian Hospita
Austin F. Haffner
Clark Place
Frederick
Sick clergyman improves after sudden illness in Hanover
Frederick Klenas of Rev. Dr. Nevin Smith, pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church, Hanover, Pa., is reported to be improving after a sudden illness Sunday evening. He is a patient at Hanover General Hospital and likely will be bedbound for several weeks. Also noted: Robert Keller of Waynesboro, Pa., former Middletown resident, has entered University Hospital Baltimore for an operation. Paul Keller Dean, six, son of Mrs. Howard Hart of Hagerstown, returned home after a tonsillectomy at Washington County Hospital. Mrs. Hart is the former Kathleen Becker of Frederick. Mrs. Robert Martin of Brunswick returned home from the Hospital for the Women of Maryland, Baltimore, where she had major surgery since April 2, accompanied by her daughter Roberta of Washington. Mrs. Irving Plunkett of 59 East Fifth Street returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital Wednesday.
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Nevin
Howard Hart
Devonshire Road
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Hart
Kathleen Beck
Frederick
Robert Martin
Brunswick
the Women of Maryland
Baltimore
Roberta
Washington
Irving Plunkett
East Fifth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Glee Clubs Sing in Joint Concert Here
Franklin and Marshall College Glee Club of Lancaster PA joins Hood College Choir for a joint concert in Brodbeck Hall on Saturday April 28. The program features Handel Bach Wagner Welsh and Appalachian folk songs plus Broadway numbers and spirituals. Margaret Lewis and Dorothy Rast lead arrangements with Robert Roschel soloing.
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Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Hood College Choir
Brodbeck Hall
Mt. Hood Choir
Caoblentz
Mevran
Margaret Lewis
Huntingdon
N.Y
Dorothy Rast
Maywood
N. J
Glee Club
Wagner
Derry
Jericho
Erie Canal
Cole Porter
Richard Rodgers
Hood
Brahms
Robert Roschel
Rio
Personal News From Brunswick Area Figures
Mr and Mrs Michael Klem announce the birth of their second son Sidney Keith on Friday April 13 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds six ounces. Mr Klem is manager of the Brunswick J J Newberry store. Brunswick schools see staff moves include Miss Alta Nuce named principal of Luckettji school in Loudoun and former Lorettaville faculty member. Other notes include Rebecca Manuel visiting from Frostburg State Teachers College, H Brooks Nicodemus family visiting and planning to move to Denver, and the Wellwood family of Vancouver planning travel and visit to Brunswick. Shankle couple marks forty six years of marriage. First Baptist Church Brunswick will undergo about $15,000 in interior improvements next month including remodeling, electrical work, and a new organ.
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Michael Klem
Brunswick
Sidney Keith
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Klem
Brunswick J. J. Newberry
Alta Nuce
Lucketti School
Loudoun County
Lorettaville Schoo
Rebecca Manuel
State Teachers College
Frostburg
R. W. Manuel
H. Brooks Nicodemus
Gary Lee
Tacoma
Washington State
W. P. Nicodemus
Nicodemu
Denver
Cole
Robert Wellgoo
Barbara
Eleanor
Robert
Vancouver
B. C
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
University of Vancouver
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Philadelphia
Wellwood
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