War Clouds in Europe Darken as News Reports Reach Far
Fifty Years Ago items note Europe enmeshed in conflict with six German and two English ships sunk in the North Sea. Frederick Md reports paint work on a residence, a farmer's dinner pail full, Edward Mills on tour, and a wheat price at Mountain City Mills down to 80 cents a bushel. Barbara Fritchie Memorial Fund donations arrive from Massachusetts.
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Europe
England
North Sea
Newton M. Zentz
West Church Street
George C. Killian
Frederick
United States
Edward W. Mills
West Virginia
Frederick City
Mt. Airy
Mountain City
Barbara Fritchie
Association
May Hagan
Massachusetts
Dead End Road by Charles Edison on America’s path
The piece presents former Governor and Secretary Charles Edison's critique of socialism and government dependency. It argues liberty erosion stems from a drift toward a welfare state, with lost family and local initiative responsibilities. Edison warns of an easy, doomed road and urges a return to self-reliance before it is too late.
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America
Ranger 7 photographs Sea of Clouds in first lunar success
Ranger 7 has transmitted thousands of photos from the Sea of Clouds showing terrain never before seen from Earth. The six camera system mapped wide and narrow angles, advancing U S plans for a manned lunar expedition and boosting morale after prior failures.
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Earth
United States
Moon
Boonsboro and Feagaville Couples Vacation at Niagara Falls
Mr and Mrs Drexel E Smith of Boonsboro and Mr and Mrs C Ralph Kemp of near Feagaville vacation at Niagara Falls Canada. Chief James J Saul former Naval Recruiting Officer in Frederick and his wife Josie Saul owner of the Shamrock Restaurant celebrated their first wedding anniversary this weekend.
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Drexel E. Smith
Boonsboro
C. Ralph Kemp
Feagaville
Niagara Falls
Canada
James J. Saul
Frederick
Josie Saul
Shamrock Restaurant
Stock Quotations from Frederick Area Banks and Firms
Dividend rates and market values from Alex Brown & Sons for local securities. Listings include Frederick National Frederick Co National and regional banks, trusts, savings banks, and utilities with prices such as 150 5a for Fredericktown, 4.70 for Potomac Edison, 1.22 for Taneytown detour bank, and 3.00 for Woodsboro Savings Bank.
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Alex. Brown & Sons
New York Stock Exchange
Frederick
Natonal
Frederick Co National
Fredericktown
Westatn Ma Trust
Wu Frederick
Potomac Edison
Marken & Blelfeld
Bank of Brunswick
Bank of Demescat
Irnia Trust Taneytown
Nat'l
Taneytown
Myersville Saving
New Windsor State Bank
Thurmont Bank
Av Woodsboro Savings Bank
Frederick Co. Agri, Speltty Pd
LeHand Death Returns To Public Eye From Roosevelt Era
MISS MARGUERITE ALICE LeHand, Roosevelt’s long time personal secretary, died Monday. She once spent time at Braddock Heights registered at Hotel Vindo Bona to recuperate from illness. War news from August 1944 reports Warsaw burning as Soviet forces press east and East Prussia retreat toward the prewar frontier. R. Monroe Thomas and R C Ranneberger of Adamstown win seats on the Southern States Advisory board for three years. Frederick city Mayor Hugh W. Gittger proposes staffing Salamander fire tower on weekends for the rest of the summer.
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Marguerite Alice
Missy) LeHand
Roosevelt
Braddock Heights
Vindobona
Warsaw
East Prussia
R. Monroe Thomas
R C Ranneberger
Adamstown
Southern States Advisory Board
Friends of Southern States Cooperative
Frederick City
Hugh W. Git
Tiger
Board of Aldermen
Miss Lynne Remsberg Earns Goucher Institute Certificate
Miss Lynne Remsberg daughter of Mr and Mrs George C Remsberg of RFD 5 Frederick earned a certificate from Goucher College for completing a five week summer institute in economics and sociology for high ability secondary school students. She will be a senior at Middletown School.
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Lynne Remsberg
George C. Remsberg
RFD 5
Frederick
Goucher College
Remsberg
Middletown
Nude body found in Swan Creek near Aberdeen Proving Ground
The nude body of Lt Col Lewin Wethered US Army Reserve was found Sunday in Swan Creek at Aberdeen Proving Ground. His clothes were recovered near the Officers’ Club about a half mile away. Military Police are investigating.
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Aberdeen
Lewin Wethered
US Army Reserve
Swan Creek
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Navy Battles Maddox in Tonkin Gulf Clash
U S forces engaged a PT boat in Tonkin Gulf after Maddox fired torpedoes and cannons and jets joined from Ticonderoga. Washington cautioned no large scale North Vietnamese assault, while officials pledged continued patrols and deterrence against Red aggression in South Vietnam and Laos.
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Maddox
Ticonderoga
Washington
Aim Washington Time
Johnson
Dean Rusk
United States
Administration
South Viet Nam
Tonkin Gulf
North Viet Nam
China
U S
Laos
Hanoi
Radio Hanoi
Foreign Ministry
Feu U.S
Congressional
21 Year Old Dies From Car Injuries in Maryland
Gail O'Neil aged 21 of Baltimore died at University Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car just west of Ocean City. State Police said she ran across Route 50 in front of driver Linda Durbin, 18, of Baltimore. O'Neal had been moved from Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury. Her death marked Maryland's seventh traffic fatality of the weekend.
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Baltimore
Gail O'Neil
University Hospital
Ocean City
Linda Durbin
Falso
Miss O'Neal
Peninsula General Hospital
Salisbury
Maryland
Whitney Young Says Demonstration Pace Tied to White Reaction
Louisville AP report notes National Urban League head Whitney M Young Jr says the slowed pace of demonstrations between snow and November hinges largely on how white Americans respond to the protests and civil rights actions.
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Louisville, Ky
Whitney M Young Jr
The
National Urban League
Pharmacy Break-In Seizes Major Narcotics Stock
Frederick police report a burglary at a city pharmacy where a rear window was pried open and a crowbar left inside. Two thirds of the narcotics stock were stolen including Atropine Dolophine Hycodan and other opioids. Ethyl ether cans were taken. cash register untouched. No local drug addicts identified. Narcotics Division notified.
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Curtis Bowen
Modern Pharmacy
Baltimore
Maryland House of Correction
Main
Narcotics Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Frederick
Jersey Riots In Jersey City End After Disorderly Parade
Between 11 and 1130 p m a group of at least 200 Negroes marched down Grand Street. A car carrying seven Negroes charged toward police, nearly striking officers. Six adults and a 17 year old girl were detained. the girl held as a juvenile delinquent. Adults charged with disorderly conduct. Police ordered dispersal, fired in air as crowds scattered. At 1045 p m John Hudak Jr 29 his mother Dorothy 47 and sister Dorothy 13 were assaulted in their car. Hudak hospitalized in satisfactory condition with facial injuries. City of 280 000 with about 17 percent Negro population.
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Grand Street
John Hudak Jr
Dorothy
Hudak
Jersey City
New Jersey
Aerialist Captain Eddie Knipsehield Dies After Fall at City Event
Detroit News reporter Herbert M. Boldt cited a broken strap as Knipsehield began a spin on an 85 foot high horizontal bar atop a 100 foot pole during Detroit police field day. Police Lt. William Sheedy said witnesses saw him fall while adjusting a safety tether, dying en route to hospital. The pole was removed for inspection amid a rain soaked outfield at Tiger Stadium.
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Herbert M. Boldt
Detroit News
Knipscheld
Detroit
Wiliam Sheedy
Eddie
Aye
Redistricting debate centered on Maryland districts
Perusse spoke to the Breakfast Optimist Club arguing Montgomery County deserves a congressman of its own through redistricting. He cites Maryland’s six districts as imbalanced with three over 600,000 and three under 285,000, proposing an ideal 388,000 per district and noting potential constitutionality issues with current plans.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Perusse
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Frederick Counties
Breakfast Optiimist Club
Citizens Committee For Fair
Legislative Council
Maryland General Assembly
Thomas Finan
Local residents in Frederick Memorial Hospital care
Among The Sick Mr. Frank W. Heck of Grant Place has entered Frederick Memorial Hospital. Terry Lee Fisher ten grandson of Mr and Mrs Clay Hays Thurmont underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital Saturday and is recovering. Harry C. Zimmerman Urner Avenue Braddock Heights, patient in Frederick Memorial Hospital for three weeks after a fall at his home is reported to be improving.
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Frank W. Heck
Grant Place
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Terry Lee Fisher
Clay Hays
Thurmont
Harry C. Zimmerman
Urner Avenue
Braddock Heights
Deaths in Carlisle area list long service veterans
Leonard P. McCullough of Carlisle dies after 36 years as a postal employee retiring in 1956. Born October 17, 1892, he served in World War I and belonged to St Patrick's Church Holy Name Society Knights of Columbus Elks Lodge Post 6704 Mechanicsburg VFW. Surviving family includes brother Prof Richard McCullough Emmitsburg. Also listed are Samuel A Myerly formerly of Taneytown who died at his York area home aged 77. William J Nelson of Brunswick who died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. and Estie Irene Umberger widow of Harry Lee Umberger who died in Frederick Memorial Hospital. Additional notices mention Atlee G Dave Shepley of Myersville a Sealtest Farms employee, and George E Walters of Frederick who died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The notices include multiple survivors, funeral arrangements and interment details.
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Leonard P. McCullough
Leonard P. McCuough
Carlisle
Harrisburg Polyclinic
McCullough
James and
Eleanor Parker McCullough
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Carlisle Elks Lodge
Mechanicsburg
Vfw
Mildred Barron McCullough
Richard McCullough
Emmitsburg
Samuel A. Myerly
Samuel Arthur Myerly
Taneytown
Wilhide
York
Margaret Nusbaum Myerly
Myrtle Angell Myerly
Myerly
Jehovah’s Witnesses Church
C O. Fuss and Son
Leon Hiss
Keysville Union Cemetery
Keysville
William J. Nelson
William John Nelson
Brunswick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Nelson
Nellie Dunn Nelson
John William
Jane Higgins Nelson
Baltimore & Ohio
American Legion Post
Loyal Order of Moose
Order of Eagles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Robert Nelson
Laurel
Joseph
Baltimore
William P. Nelson
Silver Spring
Lawrence Nelson
Feete
St. Francis Catholic Church
William McCrory
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Myer
Atlee G. Shepley
Atlee G
Dave) Shepley
Sealtest Farms
Frederick
Myersville
Ellerton
Charles E
Elizabeth Gaver Shepley
Republican Central Committee
Jefferson District
Four Daughters and Many Kin Remember Tin A Walters
Tin A Walters of this city leaves four daughters Mrs Manuel T Smith Sjamsville Mrs Edna Fox this city Mrs Hugh Gibson Lexington Ky and Mrs Joseph R Moudry Norfolk Va Thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren survive He was a Mt Carmel Methodist Church member Body at funeral home 106 East Church Street calling after 7 p m Funeral services at Frederick Memorial Park Linden Hills M R Pichinen and Son funeral directors Soldiers injured two Vietnamese killed when a bomb shattered a bar in Saigon Saturday night Two Americans in critical condition Police arrested five Vietnamese.
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Hilda L. Burke
Percy M. Burke
Westminster
Dorothy Irene Jesehke
Nokomis
Canada
Umberger
Grace United Church of Christ
Faithful Circle Bible Class
Samaritan Rebeccah Lodge No. 51
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Tin A. Walters
Manuel T. Smith
Sjamsville
Edna Fox
Hugh Gibson
Lexington
Joseph R. Moudry
Norfolk
Walters
Mt. Carmel
Frederick Memorial Park
Linden Hills
M. R. Pichinen and Son
Saigon
Snake Farm owner Gordon Gaver dies at 60
Gordon Gaver owner of the Snake Farm near Thurmont died Saturday night of natural causes. He was known for his 40 years in the snake business and once exhibited pythons cobras and vipers at the Thurmont site. Born in Mt Airy he later worked in Texas and South America before returning to Carroll County. He is survived by wife Margaret L Rust Gaver a brother and a sister. Funeral details include graveside services Tuesday at Mt Olive Cemetery with Fr Leslee E Schwindt officiating.
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Gordon Gaver
Thurmont
Gaver
Mt. Airy
U.S. 15
Washington, D. C
Tome
South America
Texas
Carroll County
William Edgar
Laura E. Urner Gaver
Margaret L. Rust Gaver
John M. Gaver
Garden City
N.Y
Richard Biggs
Baltimore
Greentree Stables
M.R. Etchison and Son
East Church Street
Leslee E. Schwindt
Harriott Chapel
Catoctin Furnace
Mt. Olivet
Violent raid reported near Plaine des Jarres Laos
Vietnamese accounts describe a noon Saturday air strike in North Viet Nam near Plaine des Jarres. One villager wounded, property damage noted, and Laos neutralist leader Prince Souvanna’s faction blamed for allowing U.S. use of Lao territory. China urged restraint while backing Laos. In South Vietnam, seven U.S. servicemen involved in ongoing tensions.
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U.S
Prince Souvanna
Laos
United States
North
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Plaine Des Jarres
Space officials outline Nimbus satellite features and launch
Space officials describe the Nimbus weather satellite as using advanced TV cameras with five times the resolution of Tiros, plus high resolution infrared radiometers for night pictures. It will orbit near the poles for near daily global coverage, carry earthward pointing cameras, and cost about 140 million dollars after four years of development.
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Ranger 7
Tiros
Nimbus
Nimbus A
General Electric Missile and Space Department
Valley Forge
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Weather Bureau
Schneebaum
Hospital Bed Capacity And Planned Modernization Program
Sauter said the hospital now has 165 beds and 40 bassinets with none ever fully occupied. A new building phase aims to create more service areas, modernize rooms, replace old wooden beds, and expand dietary facilities laundry space employee facilities and laboratory space.
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Tcom
Sauter
Peace Corps Seeks Nurses for Pakistan Roles
The Peace Corps seeks nurses for a Pakistan project starting August 31. No degree required but two years nursing experience needed. Nurses will serve as clinical instructors in hospitals, supervising wards and teaching students. questionnaires and testing dates available at the Frederick Post Office.
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The
Peace Corps
Pakistan
Frederick
Pakistaniospitals
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Taipei
Brenda Blackler
London
Harry L. Umberger
Estie Irene Umberger
Harry Lee Umberger
East Third Street
Luther C
Mary A. Diffendal Burke
Bittle
Charles H. Cameron
United Brethren Cemetery
George E. Walters
George Edward Walters
North Market Street
George Thomas Walters
Bartonsville
Charles A. Walters
John W. Walters
Harry L. Walters
Max
Edmund Waltman
Hartford Times
Snake Farm
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Space Officials
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Sweden
Socialist Party
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