Fewer Women in Domestic Service Despite Overall Employment Rise
Census Bureau data covering 1930 to 1956 shows a 30 percent drop in women available for domestic work by 1950, even as women’s overall employment rose about 40 percent. In 1950, 15,752,820 American women were employed, up from roughly 12 million at the decade’s start, while male employment grew only about 6 million. Paragraph notes labor-saving devices and higher returns in other jobs drawing women away from housework.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Nafioms
Smoking blamed as chief cause of fires and deaths
New York Fire Department states smoking caused 3 824 of 53 284 fires last year and led to more fatal incidents. Smokers risk fatal burns if they sleep with a cigarette lit. Medical authorities debate cancer links while Almanac Trial recalling Abraham Lincoln began May 7 1838.
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New York Fire Department
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Aug 9 1905
At the meeting of the Board of School Commissioners Rev Isaac M Motter was elected president to succeed the late Samuel Dutrow John Fogle an employee of Wilcoxon and Browns lumber yard while walking along the Monocacy happened to grasp a twig that gave way causing him to fall to the ground It was later found he had broken a rib Westmoreland Davis of Loudoun County Va came to Frederick yesterday with two old fashioned bell teams one of six horses and one of four At a meeting of the County Commissioners it was decided to relocate a portion of road from the Monocacy and Urbana turnpike to the fork of the road near Richs Mill The relocation is caused by the recent washouts While Mr Claggett Ramsburg with the Singer Sewing Machine Company was transacting some business at the home of Mrs Lindon Howard on the Ballenger Creek turnpike his son Mactar Jacce Ramehure fell from the vehicle and started his face considerably The horse started and the vehicle ran over one shoulder of the little boy No bones were broken
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Board of
Isaac M. Motter
Samuel Dutrow
John Fogle
Wilcoxon and
Brown
Westmoreland Davis
Loudoun County
Frederick
Mactar Jacce Ramehure
Little Ly
State Roads Commission shops approved in city
County Engineer Frank W Rothenheeler announced appointments for the state roads commission shops in the city John L Durran named alin man Vernon T Smith named ham ed nicht watchman Elmer Ray became blacksmuth. Loss estimated at more than 500 burned strawstalk and adjoining pain at Frederik Crzaferd farm near Graceham. Overcast skies and rain threat drew thousands to picnics hosted by Setf L Save U Stores Independent Retail Grocers Association Frederick county and St Peters Catholic church Lib erg m nn. Frederick Transient Center plans to vacate 68 acre farm on Eighth street after 16 months with 6704 registered there.
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State Roads Commission
Frank W Rothenheeler
John L. Durran
Sherif
Vernon T Smith
Hamed
Save-U
Frederick County
Bradsiick Heights
St Peter's Catholic Church
Libermgnn
Frederick
Eighth Street
Local Personal News Highlights From Frederick Area
Mr and Mrs John Henry Bland and family return from Yellow Springs visit. Beverly Nuse McCafferty from Beverly Hills California guests of the Rehnes. Lilian R Bell back at 26 East Third after sisters visit in Boonsboro. Anderson and Selby return from Closter New York City vacation. Gary Lynn Bland born July 25 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Sterling Bollinger announces birth of daughter at Annie M Warner Hospital Gettysburg. CWO Thomas V Pitts and family traveling from Bavaria. to Fort Bragg in September. G William Shipley observes eightieth birthday. Major Scavone and family visiting Mrs Fannie Kennedy. Reverend and Mrs Charles Amon Shook visiting. Grace Stickel and Cecilia Nestor attend Yale Credit Bureau Institute August 8-13. George Arthur Winehoenner returns to The Post after Cape May vacation. Robert Smith Arlen Moore and George Hodges weekend in Near Pity Wa.
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John Henry Blandland
Rocky Mount
N. C
Carroll H. Rehne
Yellow Springs
Qilie Nuse McCafferty
Beverly Halls
Cailif
Lilian R. Bell
East Third Street
Boonsboro
Clarence Anderson
Long Corner Road
Eva Jean Selby
Long Corner
Closter
N. J
New York City
Mays
Albert Ebringer
Joseph Muller
Jesse Taylor
Kamsyilie
Piris
Gary Lynn
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sterling Bollinger
Thurmont
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
CWO
Thomas V. Pitts
Pitts
Donna
Louise Grove
Cwo Pitts
Hiis
Bavaria
Germany
Army
Fort Bragg
N.C
G. William Shipley
Washington Street
Shipley Bottling Works
Edmond Scavone
Governor's Island
Scavone
Fannie Kennedy
Army Hospital
Tripler General Hospital
Honolulu
P. H. Beavers
Charles Amon Shook
Joe Beverly
Mass
Denver Shook
South Market Street
Beavers
East Patrick Street
Grace Stickel
Cecilia Nestor
Frederick
Credit Bureau and Collection Service Management Institute
Timothy Dwight College of
Yale University
New Haven
George Arthur Winehoenner
Woodsboro
Cape May Ward
Robert Smith
Arlen Moore
George Hodges
Neasa Pity Wa
Local Hospital Patients and Home Recoveries
Among the sick MrS Mant Adams Frederick 1 RFD 2 has returned to her home from Frederick Memorial Hospital after a surgical patient. Mrs Arthur Phebus South Market street was removed to Frederick Memorial Hospital this morning in the ambulance of J M R Elchison and Son. She is reported in fair condition. Mrs Ellsworth Welsh Thur mont is a patient at Annie M Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa. Young Daniel Hauer Collmus son of Mr and Mrs Dwight Collmus West Third street has returned to his home after undergoing eye surgery at the Wilmer Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. Mrs Albert A Schroeder West Third street has returned home after being a medical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital for the past few months. Mrs Wilbur Myers who has been confined to her home in Buckeystown for the past three weeks with the flu has contracted a virus infection and remains quite sick.
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Mant Adams
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Arthur Phebus
South Market Street
West Third Street
Wilmer Institute
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Albert A. Schroeder
Wilbur Myers
Buckeystown
Wedding Anniversary Family Dinner At Woodsboro
Mr and Mrs William C Smith of Woodsboro celebrated their anniversary with a July 1 family dinner hosted by their children. The event honored their July 19 1905 marriage led by Elder C D Metz. Attendants included Mrs Gertrude Keeney and Mrs Minnie Smith Hargett. They have seven children twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs Smith also marked her 69th birthday.
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William C. Smith
Woodsboro
Clinton Smith
Raymond Smith
Clifford Smith
Preston South
Ernest Smith
Joan
Woanshoro
Charles Smith
John Krenzer
LeGare
Wilford Smith
Taneytown
Vic
Raymond Keeney
George Smith
Caroll Rhoderick
Raymond Wartman
Raymond Smuth
Taly Wachter
Emma Kennedy
Norman Keeney
Harold Schaffer
Jamie
Westminster
Herond Fraley
Becks
Thyurmont
William ‘Grimes
Donald Stine
Junior Cook
Hood Summer Conferences Draw 3000 Visitors to Frederick
Hood College hosted about 3000 visitors over two months for summer conferences. Nine groups attended including Province of Washington Episcopal Church and Baltimore Synod Presbyterian Church. Delegates stayed in dormitories and ate in Coblentz Hall amid new Coffman Chapel and other campus facilities.
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Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
Hood College
Coblentz
Hand College
Frederick
J. Harold Hooper
American Junior Red Cross
Province of Washington
Epistonal Church
Baltimore
Hooper
Hood
Coffman
Brodbeck Hall
Maryland
District of Columbia
Ohio
Massachusetts
Carolinas
Florida
Tennessee
Strain Home Management
Rayford Cottage
Coblentz Hall
Potomac Synod
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Province of
Maryland Summer Baptist Assembly
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
FE Pisconal
Forfeits in Mistrate Court on diving charges
In Mawistrate's Court this morning George S. Rodock of East Patrick Street forfeited 14 on a reckless diving count. He was ticketed at East Second Street and Chapel Alley.
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Tyeaiess
Intial Mawistrate
George S. Rodock
East Patnck Street
Paholman William Bapst
East Second Street
Chapel Alley
29th Division Assn To Meet in Washington Labor Day Weekend
Twenty-Ninth Division veterans of World Wars I and II plan the 37th annual reunion in Washington. Headquartered at the Hotel Washington with ceremonies at Arlington and a memorial service at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Members from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Columbia District, plus international attendees. A July riding tournament and a 9 p.m. dance are scheduled at Petersville Farms Woods.
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Washington
20Th Diision Association
Labh Street
Pennsylvania, Avenue
N. W
National Guard
29Th Infantry Division
Weuse- Argonne
Beisdor
Omaha Beach
St. In
Brest
Siegfried Line
29Th Divison
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Rhode Island
Virginie
The
Pistrus of
Columbia Ps
Basis for Maryland highway land speculation probe established
A coordinated probe into land speculation tied to Maryland highway rights of way has been established by Attorney General C. Ferdinand Sybert after a hearing noted complex transfers in Prince Georges and Montgomery counties. The investigation follows the Ben Du Pre dismissal hearing and his alleged leak of route information to Washington real estate operators. The effort will move forward swiftly.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Washington
Ferdinand Sybert
Sybert
Baltimore City
Prince Georges County
Montgomery County
Ben du Pre
State Roads Commission
du Pre
Commissioner of Personnel
Prince Georges-Montgomery
Russ A Power Costs More Than Coal
GENEVA The Soviet Union told the atoms for peace conference that its first small commercial atomic power plant promises profitable electricity for areas remote from coal. They conceded nuclear power now costs considerably more than output of large Soviet stations burning conventional fuel. Three U S scientists also showed a boiling water atomic process seen as an important step toward economical nuclear power.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
D. I. Biokhinstevy
N. A. Nikolayev
United Nations
U.S
Night Vigil Fails to Find Wanted Bank Robber
In Fruitland Maryland a large chase failed to locate a man suspected in a Bank of Fruitland hold up attempt. A posse of over 100 state troopers FBI agents local police sheriff deputies and volunteers surrounded a 30 acre triangle area near the town to no avail. Two bank employees Stella Payne teller and Carl Bennett cashier halted the robbery as armed men were spotted in nearby fields.
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Fruitland
Bank of Fruitland
FBI
Hieth Waller
Wir
Tn Do Culduon
Stella Payne
Carl P. Bennett
Director Church Home And Hospital Dies At 75
STOCKBRIDGE Mass Miss Jane Evans Nash director of the Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore died yesterday while vacationing here. She was 75. A Utah native and Bellevue Hospital graduate she headed the Latter Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City and the Fordham University hospital and nursing school. She began in Baltimore in 1912 and helped win the eight hour day for nurses at the Baltimore hospital and home. Survivors include a New York niece and nephew. Funeral services set for 11 a m EDT tomorrow at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Jane Evans Nash
Church
Bal Tamore
Utah
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Latter-Day Saints Hospital
Salt Lake City
Fordham University
Baltimore
Nash
Baltimore Hospital
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church
To Compete With Electricity From Coal
An American scientist at the atoms for peace conference predicts atomic power may compete with coal electricity in the United States within 15 to 26 years. Dr James A Lane of Oak Ridge National Laboratory presented the outlook, noting the economic and technical data support a promising role for large scale nuclear power in the United States. Johnson to return to Senate leadership next January after his health recovery.
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Geneva
United States
James A Lane
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn. National Laboratory
Lane
Johnson
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Tex' Sars Voni
Senate
Lewistown Grange Hosts Annual Weiner Roast
Lewistown Grange held its annual weiner roast Thursday night at the home of H Fulton Nicodemus on Jefferson Boulevard. The annual watermelon and cantaloupe feast will be held Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs Ross Stoll in Lewistown.
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Lewistown
Lewistown Grange
H. Fulton Nicodemus
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock
Ross Stoll
21 Year Old Child Struck By Train in Maryland
A 21 year old boy was hit by a freight train on the Baltimore and Annapolis line in Harundale, about 10 miles south of Baltimore. He was found under the fifth car, sustained severe injuries, and remained in critical condition at South Baltimore General Hospital. The engineer, Robert Kirby, said he could not stop in time after spotting the boy crouching between the rails.
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Baltimore
South Baltimore General Hospital
James Bloodsworth
James
Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Company
Harundale
Robert Kirby
Arnold
Man And Wife Found Slain In Bedroom
Blood spattered bodies of Gomer Thomas and Betty Thomas were found in their Columbus bedroom. Investigators said they were hammered and slashed to death several days earlier. Two bloodstained hammers and butcher knives lay nearby. Police sought to question Robert Miller, 19, stepson who was seen driving his mother’s car from the home Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Polite
Gomer Thomas
Betty
Lelweem Lhl
Ollie
Robert Jacob Miller
Thomas
Deeds Recorded In Braddock and Lewistown Districts
Deeds were recorded in the Clerk s office for several properties. John H Coblentz sold to C Kenneth Raltzell a property in Braddock District on Butterfly Lane for about 315 500. Herbert D O Bryan sold to Clarence E Newell Jr a property on the south side of Philip road in Braddock District for around 510 000. Alva F Rice sold to Robert L Kevser a property along the road from LA S 14 to Mountaindale and the city reservoir in Lewistown District for about 9 100. Morgan Chapel M F W meeting notes include plans for a straw ride to Guyan Oak Park on Aug 24 and a supper on Aug 27. next meeting Aug 21. The war ship Ipader will be Carman Evans with Ralph Evans and Larry Haines assisting.
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John H Coblentz
C. Kenneth Raltzell
Country Club Heights
Butterfly Lane
Braddock District
Herbert D. O'Bryan
Clarence E. ‘Ewell Jr
Alva F. Rice
Robert L. Kevser
LA. S. 14
Mountaindale
City Reservoir
Lewistown
Morgan Chapel
Vernon Magee
Guyan Oak Park
Carman Evans
Ralph Evans
Larry Haines
Dottie Biddinger
Pleasant Weather Across Nation With Warm Southern Areas
The Associated Press reports mild conditions across the northern half of the U S with cool Canadian air in the northeast and 70s to 80s elsewhere. Blythe California hit 93 degrees at night while the south remained warm and humid. A reunion and a 25th wedding anniversary were celebrated in Jefferson with family attendance. An appeal to overturn a license revocation was filed in Circuit Court. Petersville 4 H Club showcased outdoor crockery at Scheer Stadium followed by a picnic and swimming.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Kentucky
Virginia
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Coast
Texas
Plains
Blythe
Calr
William Henry Rippean
Department of Motor Vehicles
Rippean
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Petersville
Scheer Stadium
Brunswick
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Metrici Storlemser
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Ernestine Page
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Farmers’ Club
Winnie Kmsits
Church Home and Hospital
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U. S
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Paul K. Miller
Jefferson
Braddock Heights
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Dawson
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