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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1947
Page
4
The article cites global concerns about education aims as discipline shifts from classical culture to practical science. It notes incidents in China and Rome highlighting trust issues, and observes American alumni discontent with professor and student attitudes amid crowded classes and test pressures.
The piece extols urban residents and workers to seek small farms adopting scientific methods and flexible labor. It notes many city folk tolerate long drives and may embrace country life with modern conveniences and occasional air travel for city work. An Urbana Methodist Youth Class outing follows, with a woods hike and wiener roast at Mrs Collins home.
Precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 8 30 am today none. August 10 precipitation 0.63 inch. Normal August 3.81 inches. actual August 1946 20 inches. Deficiency in 1947 precipitation to August 1 2.45 inches. Yesterday high 83, low last night 71. Sun sets 2 12 pm, rises 6 18 am. Moon rises 1 40 am, sets 5 17 pm. Rivers Monocacy slightly cloudy at Buckeystown Dam Potomac clear at Point of Rocks.
A Babylon Babson syndicated column discusses Arnold Toynbee and his claim that civilizations rise on religious forces. It notes a cycle where inherited classic religion gives way to a new force from the submerged classes, possibly communism, and argues revived Christianity could counter this shift. Also included is a Union Bridge Eastern Star gathering with Ruth Baker honored and a stork shower.
The Union Bridge Lions Club hosts a carnival at Firemen's Park grounds this week starting this evening and running each night throughout the week.
Fifty years ago Brunswick council members finally elected Rudolph T. Ault as mayor to replace ill Mayor E. C. Shafer who resigned March 1. The council had tied three to three in repeated votes, leaving routine business neglected amid protests.
Twenty years ago from the August 11 1927 issue notes a new Pennsylvania Railroad station to be erected in Frederick within the year per a letter from G M Smith Baltimore division superintendent Russell H McCain secretary of the sponsoring committee. Rev Dr Henri L G Kieffer pastor of Evangelical Reformed Church arrived in Frederick after ten weeks abroad with Dr E L Schmid. Between 600 and 700 witnessed the fifth annual children’s summer carnival at Braddock Heights under Braddock Heights Community Center. parade featured children in costumes and cats. Mr and Mrs H Webster Whitehill McCardell Apartments motored to Atlantic City and registered at the Monticello hotel.
Veterans can convert terminal leave bonds to cash starting September 2 under Public Law 254. Banks and many financial institutions may exchange bonds for cash with original discharges. lost-discharge cases may require certificates. Banks face liability if misused, Treasury cautions. President Truman urged patience, noting inflation risk if all bonds were cashed at once.
A compilation of Q and A covering topics from UN secretary general term and salary to tortoise teeth Candle Dip Day and historic temperature records Death Valley Libya and the origin of the term two bits for a quarter Each item offers a concise explanation in a quiz style with dated anecdotes and basic arithmetic terms or historical notes
Shanghai August 11 The government information office ordered newspapers to avoid using armies or soldiers to describe Communist forces and mandated the term Communist bandits. Easton Maryland reports tomato blight seen as more serious than official notes, dampening optimism among Maryland packers.
Washington observers question President Truman and Democrats over budget figures and the idea of savings. The Budget Bureau analyzed the gap between Congress appropriations and actual 1948 expenditures, while Republicans tout savings of about 2.2 billion, sparking accusations of politics and calls to prove or refute the figures.
Two non support cases from Peoples Court before Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg were continued to August 19 to allow defendants to provide aid for their wives and minor children. Cletus W. Fox of Heart of Mary near the city and employed at Camp Detrick pleaded not guilty to noon-support. John E. Knipple was charged by his wife Magdalene L. Knipple with failing to support their two children. Both arraignments set for next Tuesday. Collateral forfeitures listed include multiple traffic and license infractions, with officers named among state troopers who made arrests.
Herbert T. Shannon a 29 year old real estate dealer was found dead early today in his Washington basement apartment hanging by a bedsheet from an overhead pipe. Deputy Coroner Richard Rosenburg ruled the death a self inflicted act.
Annapolis Aug 11 Governor Lane said he would ask Attorney General Hall Hammond how to respond to a Cumberland textile workers union complaint that the medical board for occupational disease operates in a one sided manner The Magnolia is named for the French professor of botany Pierre
Mr and Mrs George Marquis Taneytown welcome daughter Susan Adelia born Sunday night Aug 3 at Annie M Warner hospital Gettysburg. Several families from Frederick and nearby towns share congratulatory notes and travel memories including Lions International delegates and visits to Atlantic City and Ocean City.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee laments lack of White House help to sell the Truman Doctrine. Senator Vandenberg plans September hearings to forceAdministration frankness on foreign aid. Brewster faces fallout from Maine incidents and Hughes case, while a Dakota, West Virginia fire claims two children and injures their father.
Dorothy Dix counsels a devoted mother that her duties to her child do not justify living as a servant to the baby and risking her marriage. She also rejects a widow’s plea about reconciling with a violent former partner and promotes kinship terminology to ease family ties.
Within two weeks the Maryland War Records Division will request next of kin of Navy World War II casualties to provide deceased service information. Army and Merchant Marine next of kin will be contacted soon. Frederic county forms go out August 15 from Baltimore as the division plans an iron roll of Maryland World War II dead in a forthcoming publication.
The piece advises letting go of strict accounting in friendships. Ari seeks contact after silence, choosing to reach out rather than wait for the other to respond. It encourages taking the initiative to reconnect rather than holding a grudge over the last letter.
A dated moral reflection contrasts earthly wealth with enduring virtue. It cites Matthew 6 19 and invokes Pythagoras to argue that true strength lies in steadfast virtue rather than material wealth or glory.
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