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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1946
Page
2
The Bikini underwater atomic blast did not threaten a quake or tidal wave but damaged target vessels enough to prove the weapon’s potency. Experts note no radioactivity fears materialized and praise calculated power while urging responsible use for constructive ends. warning against selfish national motives and urging attention to national welfare.
Article argues that success can arrive late not early, sharing examples of careers starting after fifty and achievements by elderly artists and authors. It emphasizes persistence, potential at any age, and dismisses the idea that youth alone guarantees opportunity. Copyright Babson Newspaper Syndicate.
Davie Lawrence argues in Today in Washington that moral force and open debate at the Paris conference, broadcast worldwide, are proving more effective than threats. He notes Soviet censorship shifts, the need for concessions, and democracy’s growing leverage against totalitarianism.
A guidance piece encourages congratulating a new mother with a gift for the baby. It contrasts wrong and right approaches, urging readers to bring a gift for the infant to show support. It emphasizes thoughtful gestures and appropriate social actions during the early postnatal period.
Fifty years ago local notes recount a doctor attacked near John Stein's place with five shots returned by his student. A camp party along the Monocacy near the Junction includes Wm Ford and others. Funds from the Francis Scott Key fete at East Patrick Street rink total about 424 after expenses. Several brief items note a sprained wrist and a committee for the Henry Watson Children's Big Society of Baltimore with listed members.
Twenty years ago this column recalls a frigid day with a F4 degree minimum and a high near 102, noting weather and local names. David Cramer opposes Sunday games, Miss Priscilla Wilson leaves for Connecticut and New Hampshire for a month, and Harry C. Hickman offers a mountain site for a Lutheran seminary near Point of Rocks overlooking the Potomac River.
Today in history marks notable births and events from 1781 to 1929 including Robert Mills architect born in Charleston and Julius Rosenwald philanthropist born in Springfield Alabama. It notes Abbot H Thayer Katharine Bates Christopher Mathewson and others with brief biographical lines and dates.
Philadelphia regional office guides World War II veterans in re opening tailoring and cleaning businesses. Officials organize interviews with major firms, study costs and receipts, and compile a tailored advisory file for J. L. and others. The Commerce Department uses its technical advisory service to assist veteran entrepreneurs.
A shop clerk notes a butter shortage and jokes about supply while weighing meat and fish. A second worker, seeking a higher score, exposes that some packages claimed intact may be imperfect. The piece laments unreliable sellers and praises honest dealing amid scarce butter and cautious buyers.
A scrambled page lists biblical lines and aphorisms alongside birthdays and portraits of Cecil B. De Mille Dr. Roger I Lee Bashka Paefl and others born years ago. Focus Horoscope warns pride and obstinacy affect a child while urging patience humility and training.
Washington Aug 12 NEA High pressure tags in Washington worry about the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act that slipped through in the reorganization plan for Congress. The act raises many questions about coverage and exemptions and will require registration financial reporting and records for all who influence legislation or elections. Exemptions for public officials political committees and newspapers are noted but the scope remains unsettled. Penalties include fines up to 5000 and one year in jail, rising with repeated offenses. Congress aims to crack down on lobbyists with stricter disclosure and public access to records.
A Jet column excerpt recounts Dorothy Dix on postwar dating shifts. Ex-GIs aged by war seek steadier partners while dateless girls remain static, preferring mature minds over lively chatter. Advice notes no such 20 year olds with 35 year minds exist, urging realistic expectations.
A Saudi economic delegation led by finance minister Shaikh Abdulla Al-Sulayman visits Washington with 14 men and Marianne Likowski Reza the American wife of Ali Ali Reza youngest son of a rich Jidda merchant Their child Hamida 17 months old This marks the first American woman married into a Saudi family and highlights cross cultural ties and the political use of royal wives in Saudi Arabia.
There came a hiatus in their talk as Beaby and Caro Lee Howe spend time with grandmother Mrs James Snoots in Lucketts Virginia.
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