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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
2
The Army Navy and Weather Bureau announce a new hurricane warning service using 45 radar stations to detect storms up to 200 miles offshore and provide 48 hour alerts. Airplanes will aid surveillance and prioritized messages will reach affected areas through government and civilian channels.
The article extols broad American recreation options from basc and footpails to golf rinks and tennis courts. It notes winter ice games, skating, skiing, indoor amusements like motion pictures, theaters, bowling, billiards, dance halls, and card games. It argues these pastimes provide variety and contentment, boosting work effort.
A reader on religious revival notes modern materialism tempts despair yet history shows cycles between religious and secular poles. The piece argues revival follows reaction, predicting a new era of faith and strong religious movements. Also mentions Leo Bowlet of Brunswick improving after Johns Hopkins operation.
Washington reports the Great Lakes shipping strike cripples coal and iron ore flows while Detroit auto and parts plants face smut and related slowdowns. CIO criticisms rise as President Truman faces criticism for a cruise and inaction on labor reform, with warnings of a coming low mood if living standards collapse.
Fifty years ago on August 16 1896 the Freder ick Business Men's Association chaired by A C McCardell reported improved rail service with two hourrain schedules from Frederick to Baltimore on both the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio lines. The newly arrived long expected passenger coaches for the Frederick and Middletown Electric Railroad were ready with fares 10 cents to Braddock Heights and 20 cents to Middletown. An exciting New Market tournament saw Knight of Free Silver Lynn Wood win first prize and crown Miss Bessie Downey queen of love and beauty as the Frederick Select Orchestra played for dancing. To meet ice demand Hygeia Company directors ordered five carloads from Baltimore.
Twenty Years Ago Local Hems from the Columns Of The News, August 16, 1936. Rudolph Valentino fought for his life amid peritonitis after an operation. Devastating rains caused one death, washouts, and crop damage, with three inches in two weeks and telephone service disrupted. A temporary Ballenger creek bridge was washed away and a grain barn on Harmon L. Gaver’s farm burned after lightning struck. Miss Pearl Eader, head of English at Allegany High School, Cumberland, visiting home on East Church Street.
A compact history and birthdays list notes anniversaries of Jis1 Nathan Hale and Amos Kendall with birth and death details, plus brief entries for Mirabeau B. Lamar George Jones James Wilson and others. Birthdays include Bernarr Macfadden Cardinal Dougherty Amos Stagg George Meany and Wendell M. Stanley with ages or years.
Washington readers submit questions on self employment allowances for freelancers, GI Bill eligibility combined with Public Law 16, NSLI vs commercial insurance costs, foreign school eligibility under the GI Bill, multiple GI loan limits, Marine discharge insignia, and minimum wage rules under job training. Answers advise regional offices, eligibility paths, and legal wage standards.
N A Lufburrow laments the大量 of books and limited reader time. He says production rises while buyers have little time, forcing him to select a few works each year and pass by the rest, acknowledging the need to prioritize reading choices.
In Los Angeles on August 13 Artie Shaw faced a fourth divorce suit from Ava Gardner the 23 year old film star and ex wife of Mickey Rooney. Gardner asked the Superior Court to end the marriage citing cruelty and grievous mental suffering and to restore her maiden name. The pair wed October 27 1945 in Los Angeles and separated July 8 of this year.
Research notes list id-chemist from Ridgeville Indiana born 42 years ago and Hugh Gibson former U S minister for Pound and Belgium born in Los Angeles 6% years ago plus Dr Meta Glass president of Sweet Briar College born Petersburg Virginia 66 years ago Robert E Ringling an onematic bari ride and elveus head born Bata bor Wisconsin 43 years ago A nighttime horoscope hints peaceful intuitive and intelligent feminine yet strong with reserve promising friends and career advance It is a fortunate day
Washington NEA correspondent lists twenty-five probing questions for candidates covering rent controls inflation budget taxes minimum wages social security housing veterans defense labor unions civil rights public works and foreign policy. The piece invites the candidate to share personal stances on issues from universal military training to United Nations cooperation and atomic energy control.
Dorothy Dix advises a marine wife tangled with a married man to seek psychiatric help instead of divorce, arguing the love is imagination born from indiscretion and that scandal harms all involved. A second teen marriage question warns against eloping, noting that early marriage often leads to sickness, boredom, and later divorce.
A reader asks about widow's pensions. the response clarifies that an 18 year old girl who has a child is not a widow. The counsel urges delaying marriage, gaining a trade, and placing the child in an institution if necessary. Separately, a six year old girl, Patience Crummitt, is under treatment at University Hospital in Baltimore for several weeks, marking her birthday.
Washington reports Dr. George Calver, physician to Congress for 17 years, says lawmakers suffer nervous indigestion and high blood pressure after the busy 79th Congress. He urges rest, eight hours sleep, walking, fishing or golf, and home cooking, noting many meals are hurried and outside the home. Hazel Whitaker Vandenberg, journalist wife of Senator Vandenberg, has long documented D C affairs for family, Delta Gamma, and Anchora.
The lesson highlights proper forms such as I wish to see you over I want to see you and corrects common mispronunciations like Waltham. It notes misspellings such as Rheumatism, explains synonyms for fragment and part, and defines dubious as causing doubt with the pronunciation of the n as in cube.
Advice on social behavior suggests calling the hostess to ask if an extra guest may attend a large party. It contrasts a risky approach of showing up with the person unannounced with a proper method of seeking approval by phone.
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