Weather Bureau to reexamine Frederick station closure
Forty Weather Bureau stations nationwide face closure as part of budget cuts. Senator Glenn Beall pressed for Frederick airport weather station to stay open, receiving word that an inspector will reassess the site, though no commitment was made. Local residents and farmers urged retention due to vital data, with Mayor Rice sending letters to lawmakers seeking continued operation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S
Glenn Beall
Frederick
Beall
F. W. Reichelderfer
Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Reichelderfer
Senator Beall
Donald B. Rice
John M. Butler
Dewitt Hyde
City Hall
Heaps Named To Head Conservation Group
Wilson A. Heaps president of the Maryland Farm Bureau was elected chairman of the Committee for Conservation Now for the current program year. New officers include Samuel C. Linton as vice chairman and secretary, William R. Powel as treasurer, and Hubert P. Burdette as second vice president. Harry H. Rieck becomes the association representative on the committee. The five sponsor organizations back the effort to accelerate conservation farming in Maryland which was started a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson A. Heaps
Maryland Farm Bureau
Committee For Conservation
Samuel C. Linton
Maryland State Grange
William R. Powel
Maryland
Friends of the Land
Hubert P. Burdette
Airy
Maryland Bankers’ Association
Harry H. Rieck
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Association
Heaps
David H. Wallace
Powel
Wallace
Ballenger Grange Holds April Meeting and Addresses
Ballenger Grange opened by Master James Shaff with 40 members and one guest on April 10. Members voted to donate 55 to the Cancer Drive and 2.50 to the AAA for School Safety Patrol Parade trips in Washington DC. Youths presented an entertaining program with guest speaker Harry Smith and musical numbers. A Swedish Embassy representative was announced for the next meeting. New Market Grange to Host English Youth Speaker and Third Degrees. Mt Pleasant Grange to confer first and second degrees April 24. Damascus Senior High to present its annual spring concert next Friday at 8 o’clock.
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Ballenger Grange
James Shaff
Austin Renn
Grange
AAA
Washington
D. C
The
Harry Smith
Frederick High School
Moore Sisters
Edward Hall
Patricia
Wendric
Allen” Moore
Larry Howard
Austin P. Renn
Thurmont Girl To Head Hood YWCA Cabinet
Miss Anne Smith of Thurmont will head Hood College’s YWCA for the coming year. Installation of the new cabinet occurred Thursday. The slate includes Elizabeth Hapgood as vice president and Patricia Kratz as secretary, with other members from several towns and colleges.
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Anne Smith
Ross Y. Smith
Thurmont
Young Women’s Christian Association
Hood College
Elizabeth Hapgood
Lanesboro
Mass
Patricia Kratz
Erie
Adamadin Deforest
Harrisburg
Patricia Ashcroft
Boonton
N. J
Ecochairman
Ann Fockler
York
Louise Schaffner
Hummelstown
Nancy Sharon
Steelton
Book Mart Cochairmen
Rebecca Eversole
Kenmore
N. Y
Joan Apfelbaum
Jenkintown
Interfaith Council
Janet Moyer
Schuylkill Haven
World Student Service Fund
Phyllis Oates
Capon Bridge
College Chest
Kathryn Hull
Newton Highlands
Foreign Student Fund
Jeanne Schmidt
Towson
Jane Brainerd
Fairfield
Cooperatne Government Association
Hood
Miss Smith
Thurmont High School
Armerica
Luce Rents Rome Offices Amid Ambition Speculation
Rome April 23 Henry R Luce publisher of Time and Life rented a suite on Corso d Italia sparking talk he may launch an Italian weekly or Europe wide English paper. Clare Boothe Luce began work as the first woman ambassador to a Latin country and will present credentials next Tuesday.
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Rome
Henry R. Luce
U. S
Italy
Time and Life Magazines
Corso d'Italia
Wall Street
Time and Life
Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
Via Veneto
Forest Grove W S C meets at church in April
The Forest Grove WSC met at the church on April 16 for a covered dish supper. Mrs. William Kolb presided as president. Fourteen members responded to roll call with a Bible verse. Five members attended a zone meeting at Calvary Methodist church and five new members joined that year. A sunshine gift was won by Ernest Page. A skit by Mrs. Happ, Mrs. Hormann, Mrs. Kolb, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. McKimmey closed the program. The next meeting is planned for May 8 at the church with hostesses Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Horman.
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Forest Grove W
Forest Grove W. S.C. S
William Kolb
Calvary Methodist Church
George Horman
Ernest Page
Marjorie Happ
George Hormann
Edward Davis
Richard McKimmey
Horror tale from Korea era Freedom Village battle
Pvt. William J. Trabucki recalls November 1950 horror after 1,000 American soldiers were cut off in Freedom Village. About 75 percent casualties, 700 wounded left behind, and a doomed SOS spelled with corpses. Many died during 28 days marching north toward a prison camp later named Death Valley.
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Freedom Village
William J. Trabucki
Pittsburgh
Trabucki
Death Valley
Boy Governor Pushes Md Tax Relief Plan At Legislature
Annapolis Md April 23 11 year old Boy Governor Kenneth Block urged the Model Legislature to pass a bill granting tax relief when state surpluses exceed budgets. He cited Virginia’s similar law and outlined eight unsolved problems including overhauling magistrate system conservation study home rule absentee voting and toll expressways to ease Baltimore traffic.
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Annapolis
Kenneth Block
General Assembly
Block
Bay
Maryland
Congress
Baltimore
Follies Bergere Stage Manager In Trouble
Cannes April 2 A stage manager of the Folies Bergere Pierre Parys was arrested on fraud charges after posing as head of a film shorts company while courting a chorus girl. He extorted money from chorus members, forged pay advances, and spent millions on gifts and a made up television studio project.
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Cannes
France
Pierre Parys
Folies Bergere
Parys
Kitt
Folies
Imarried
Iris
Patterson Papers talk at Maryland Historical Society
The Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore announced a meeting on April 30 1953 to discuss the Patterson Papers. A nominating committee for officers to be elected in May was appointed with Mrs Victor Marken as chairwoman and members Mrs Vernon Holter Mrs Francis Howard Parsons Newman and Charles W Wood.
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Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore
Patterson
Victor Marken
Vernon Holter
Francis Howard
Parsons Newman
Charles W. Wood
Frederick Conference discussed by Frederick County Historical Society
The April meeting explored the 1755 Frederick Conference amid Braddock and Pitt era strategy. Franklin and Washington figures surfaced. discussion covered Washington’s brief Frederick visit and the possible Washington HQ site. A card party was announced for May 26–27 at the Society Home.
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Historical Society
Frederick County
Frederick
England
France
William Pitt
British America
Edward Braddock
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
William M. Storm
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Braddock
Washington
James McSherry
Freeman
Winchester
Virginia
Parsons Newman
West All Saints Street
W. Harry Haller
Maryland
Atlantic Seaboard
Robert H. Pfeil
Middletown
Society
Dorothy M. Quynn
GOP Women Meet to Sell Eisenhower Program in 1954 56
About 1200 Republican women from across the country gathered at the Statler Hotel for a two day conference addressing the Eisenhower administration. Atty Gen Brownell urged a one step at a time approach to the Korea conflict and advancing armistices in Asia. Sherman Adams stressed tax cuts and a co equal partnership with Congress as Democrats in Congress show cooperation. Douglas McKay warned business leaders of a high stakes trial in government and urged the women to carry the selling message to voters. Eisenhower and Leonard Hall are slated to speak tomorrow.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Statler Hotel
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Korea
Indochina
Sherman Adams
GOP National Committee
Adams
Congress
White House
New Hampshire
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay
McKay
GOP
Leonard A. Hall
Second Degree Murder Verdict Given By Jury
A Carroll County jury deliberated briefly before convicting Gladys Gordon, 24, of second degree murder in the throat-slashing of Augustus Parker, 27, at a Cooksville tavern last January. Judge James E Boylan withheld sentence pending defense motions for a new trial. The case, moved from Howard County, stemmed from a three inch blade wound to Parker’s jugular and followed Parker’s transfer to hospital in Sandy Spring where he died.
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Carroll County
Gladys
Sugar
Howard County
Parker
Maryland
E S. R. Dorsey
Sergi
G. Earl Newcomer
Montgomery County
Gordon
Sandy Spring
Colored Wigs Worn by Roman Women in Empire Era
The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that Roman women throughout the Empire era wore wigs of various colors as part of their everyday wardrobe. The practice reflects grooming styles and social norms of ancient Rome.
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Rome
Britannica
Babson Examines Education And Work Attitudes
Roger W. Babson criticizes modern schooling for overemphasizing degrees and neglecting thinking and praying. He cites job-hunt failures, lack of self-awareness, and weak understanding of economics, urging intelligent, well-paid teachers and practical education. Elections loom as communities debate school financing and staffing.
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Roger Babson
Stephens
America
Pub. Fin. Bu. Inc
Thirteen-Year-Old Peeping Tom Case Lies Before Frederick Court
A Frederick man identified as a Peeping Tom was jailed 60 days for two counts of disorderly conduct after prosecutors proved he looked into residences in Spring Valley and Toll Gate Manor on February 25. He claimed he sought work and rides home. Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr ordered two 30 day terms to run consecutively with $50 fines per case. City Attorney W Jerome Offutt prosecuted. Improper passing and license violations also cited against others in a batch of swift local arraignments and fines.
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Frederick
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
Richard M. Spurlock
Spring Valley
Toll Gate Manor
Spurlock
Winchester Hall
W. Jerome Offutt
James Leonard Johnson
Fountain Mills
James H. Rource, Jr
Johnson
New Market
Edwin F. Nikirk
Samuel D. Edison
Tamarck
N. C
James Callan
Baltimore
Joseph Cullop
Leon Wilburn
Florence
Fla
Clyde W. Plunkard
Boonsboro
West Patrick Street
Jack Betts
Hagerstown
Mark E. Pence
Edinburg
Harry W. Baker
Jefferson
Rouzee
Albert Hedden
Philip Kretsinger
D. A. Tucker
J. W. Hardy
Governor To Sign Bills Next Monday
Governor McKeldin plans to sign a batch of 1953 General Assembly bills next Monday at 11 a.m. in Baltimore. Senate President George Della and House Speaker John Luber will witness. He returns Sunday after vacation in Florida and will review bills with AG staff and aides.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
General Assembly
Florida
Senate
George Della
House
John Luber
Hagerstown
Allegany County
Mutual Savings Bank
Maryland Hospital Auxiliaries Meet in Baltimore Next Thursday
Representatives of thirty five public and private Maryland hospitals will meet at the Lord Baltimore Hotel next Thursday at 10 30 a m to elect officers for the State Association. Mrs Helen Cann Janne presides and plans focus on National Hospital Week May 10 to May 17 to recruit nurses with a luncheon at 12 30 p m featuring Mrs Theodore R McKeldin and Mrs Thomas D Alesandro as guests of honor. Col George H Marshall Salvation Army will speak. reservations chaired by Mrs C Albert Kuper.
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Maryland
American Hospital Association
Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
Helen Cann Janne
National Hospital Week
Theodore R. McKeldin
Anne Arundel General Hospital
Thomas D'Alesandro
Mercy Hospital
George H. Marshall
Salvation Army
Chimney Fire At 117 Pennsylvania Ave Damages None
An overheated stovepipe at the residence of Robert D. Biggs on 117 Pennsylvania avenue summoned United and Citizens fire companies at 9 p m Thursday. Firemen reported no damage beyond the chimney fire.
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Robert D. Biggs
Pennsylvania Avenue
United and Citizens
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School For the Deaf
Peggy T. Miller
Camp Detrick
John W. Fitzpatrick
John H. Boyer
Robert Renn
James F. Filby
Elmer Nikirk
Col Fitzpatrick
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362Nd Signal Construction Battalion
James GO. Blumenauer
Donald R. Blumenauer
George Blumenauer
West Fifth Street
Camp Breckinridge
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Donald R
GOP Women In Meeting
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Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Tke Mark Hopkins
College Park
University of Markland
Alma H. Preinkert
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
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