Navy Reclaims Speed Record With Skystreak Flight
The United States regains the air speed record as Commander Turner Caldwell flies the D-358 Skystreak at Muroc Lake California. He averages 640.7 miles per hour on a standard course, surpassing the British Gloster Meteor and marking a swift U S comeback after 24 years. The feat follows Col Albert Boyds 623 mph POOR Shooting Star run at the same site.
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United States
Albert Boyd
U. S. Army
Muroc Lake
California
Navy
Turner F. Caldwell
Navy Douglas
Chain letters flourish in hard times and marriages blamed
The piece cautions that swindlers push chain money letters during good times, recalling a 1920s surge. It then critiques husbands pressing wives to meet impossible ideals, demanding perpetual cheer, beauty, thrift, and devotion, while offering little appreciation.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Grist mill of Mr A Z Zentz near Thurmont burned after a spark from the smokestack. boiler exploded. Four mills within four miles burned in seven years. The Crack Fifth Regiment baseball club of Baltimore lost 4 2 to Frederick before about 1 000. Eddie Beatin pitched for Frederick. Dor sey Robinson excelled in fielding and baserunning. A street piano wagon drew attention on Market Street. Sugar corn at 5 cents a dozen ears. Lima beans 6 cents a box. tomatoes 5 cents per half peck. chickens 25 cents each. Agricultural Society board plans the October fair October 19–22. catalogues ready.
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A Z. Zentz
Thurmont
Frederick
Eddie Beatin
Dorsey Robinson
Market Street
Board OF Managers
the Agricultural Society
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
A water main break at West Pat- Tick street spurred surface flow toward the bridge. County Agent Shoemaker said the Japanese beetle pest had not yet reached the county though it appeared in Adams County nearby. Thurmont’s Lester Damuth fractured a ankle sliding into a base during a county league game vs Emmitsburg, rushed to Frederick City Hospital. About 500 watched the city’s first water carnival events with Frank James winning the boys junior freestyle, Paul Kreh intermediate, James Houck senior, Helen Michael junior girls, Anna Albaugh intermediate girls, and Houck the diving contest.
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Pat- Tick
Bentz
Henry R. Shoemaker
Adems County
Lester Damuth
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Frederick City Hospital
Frank James
Paul Kreh
James Houck
Helen Michael
Anna Albaugh
Houck
Weddings Yost and Dawson Seal Berkeley Springs Union
Charles R Yost and Frances R Dawson of Berkeley Springs Va were wed Aug 23 at 4 30 PM at the home of the officiating clergyman Rev S R Weybright of the Rocky Ridge Church of the Brethren The couple were unattended and will reside in Berkeley Springs where the groom is employed. Grace K Best and Gordon B Fischer wed Aug 16 at St Pauls Episcopal Mayville N Y Rev Robert R Spears Jr officiated the double ring ceremony The bride wore white and carried two white prayer books with a white shower bouquet. matron of honor was Mrs Alfred Morse and best man was George Dunn Jr Following the ceremony a reception was held at a Mayville inn. Barbara Jefery and Clinton Fisk Wells engaged. wedding planned Sept 14 at the bride home. Ruth Edna Zinn and Daniel Franklin Harman Jr were married Aug 23 at 6 PM at Taneytown by Rev Edmund P Welker. The aqua street length dress and white accessories described.
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Yost—Dawson
Charles R. Yost
Frances R Dawson
Berkeley Springs
le Va
Detour
S. R Weybright
Rocky Ridge Church of the Brethren
Yost
Alfred Morse
George Dunn
Olean
N. Y
Mayville
Telfair Bowie Derisett
Sellman
Barbara Jefery
Clinton Fisk Wells
Je. Ison
C. F. Wells
Brookmont
Palo Alto
Calif
iPoolesville
Maryland
Alexander Mae Grieder
California
South Pacific
George Washington University
University of Maryland
Harman
Zinn
Ruth Edna Zinn
Calvin P. Zinn
Washington Daybook on Greece policy and U S roles
Confidential messages show Dwight Griswold could end Greek political feuding. Britain pushes a pro London monarchy in Athens while US aims to rebuild Greece. The piece also notes internal State Department tensions and a panorama of postwar political jockeying in Washington and abroad.
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Tris Coffin
Washington, D. C
State Department
Dwight Griswold
U. S
Greece
Athens
Burt
British
Foreign Office
U.S
London
Balkans
Mediterranean
Europe
United States
Price fixing and wage costs cited in DoJ probe
Washington argues that price levels are driven by wage costs across industries, not conspiracies. The piece critiques labor exemptions and calls for broader inquiries into how farming supports and overseas demand influence prices, urging careful policy to balance supply and demand.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate Committee On Economic Affairs
Rice Reunion at Mountaindale Park Draws Large Family Gather
The second Rice reunion held on August 3 at Mountaindale Grove drew a large gathering of relatives. A basket lunch followed a program featuring readings, songs, prayers, and addresses by Arthur and Rev. Clay Rice. Prizes honored the oldest attendee, longest and shortest marriages, and youngest baby, with many Rice family members listed as present. Officers were elected, and next year’s reunion was set for the first Sunday in August.
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Mountaindale Grove
C. C. T. Stull
Arthur Rice
Aaron Rice
Stull
Ruth Stull
Fern Rice
Rice
June Rice
Clay Rice
George Rice
Charles A. Rice
Eugene Rice
Sharon Moser
William C. Rice
Marion Rice
Lamar Rice
Calvin Rice
Paul Rice
Ralph E
Maurice C
Francis E. Sarah L
Femn N
Irene C. Rice
Emmett
Erma
Ernest Rice
and Airs
Oscar Rice
Glen Rice
Hermad Rice
Willie
Sharon Rice
Earl J. Rice
Grace
Mary
Doris
Richard
Jerry Rice
Glenn
Meredith Rice
Arnold Rice
Ada Rice
Pauli W. Rice
Paul W. Rice, Jr
Fern
Jamée Rice
Eli Rice
Anna Mae
Richard Rice
Eddie Rice
Charles H. Rice
Paul Stull
Nancy Stull
Marcelon
Gloria
June
Bobby Stull
Herman Fogie
Irene Fogle
John Dubie
Richard Dubie
Joyce Fogle
Maxine Fogie
Gerald Dubie
Larry Dubie
Nannie Hewith
Harry Linton
Ira Ausherman
Delores Ausherman
John Eaton
Joyce
Barbarateen
Sherry Eaton
Charles Geisinger
Joella Lee Harvey
Leo Mackensie
Howard Baker
Benjamin Kaneée
S. A. Crabbs
Charles C. F. Stull
Emma Haller
Norman Haller
Norman L Haller
Wilbur Haller
Earl Lenhart
Myasthenia Gravis Diagnostic Use of Prostigmine
Doctor explains difficulty swallowing as a common symptom of myasthenia gravis and how prostigmine aids diagnosis and treatment. Dr Henry Viets reports 175 cases at Massachusetts General Hospital noting swallowing difficulty as an early sign in 20% and that symptoms can fluctuate with rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Viets
Journal of the American Medical Association
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Br. Viets
Go To Country For Safety Babson Says
Babson argues for rural settlement as a safety measure amid postwar starvation and unrest across Europe. He cites conditions in England Germany France Poland and the Balkans contrasting urban decline with Japan where rural living proves relatively better, urging Americans to move to the countryside for security and self sufficiency.
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Roger W. Babson Lake
N. Y
New York City
England
Gentina
China
U. S
France
Paris
Germany
Hovever
Belgium
Holland
United Nations Statisticians
Poland
Balkans
Balkan
Europe
Japan
Hiroshima
Babson
Jaman
Truman
MacArthur
United
Side Glances on Life and World Tensions
The column critiques lingering indulgences and consumerism while the world starves. It argues that voluntary restraint is needed, warning that without it the world may unite against the self satisfied, blaming religion for guiding a more humane path amid smug excess.
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Riley
Europe
Copyright
Pub. Financial Bureau Inc
Bolivar Bride Is Wed in Washington Church Ceremony
Miss Lita Lee Edmondsen daughter of Mr and Mrs John Edmondsen married Galfardo Salvati of Russelton Pa in a candlelight ceremony Saturday at Mt Vernon Place Methodist Church Washington Rev A M Warner officiated The couple will reside in Washington where the groom works as a neuropsychiatric technician and the bride plans to graduate from Lucy Webb Hayes Training School for Nurses at Sibley Hospital.
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Jean Clabaugh
Bolivar
Ruth Fetherholf
Roland Roggen Sack
Hay McCaully
William Langley
Georgetown
Lucy Webb Hayes
Sibley Hospital
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Salvati
Washington
J. L. Mills
Brunswick
G. E. Webb
L. S. Pritchard
C. W. Wolfe
Camp Hill
J. J. Steinbrann
Westey Langemak
Chicago
Charles Henry Colegate
Harpers Ferry
Cumberland
W. T. Hughes
Robert Arthur
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Carroll County
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Tiend
Gea
Adam
Marianne
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The
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the News
Washington Daybook
Grisweld
Pacific
Orient
National Defense
PCA
Harry Cain
Senate
80Th Congress
Stu” Symington
Air
War Department
Symington
Capitol Hill
White House
Ichabod
Aft
Bob Taft
Sens
Taft
Sy Globe
Amherst
Mass
Frederick County
Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Grant B Snyder
Masachusetts State College
Roxie Montgomery
Ijamsville
Peggy H. Garst
Walkersville
Kenneth O. Harshman
Myersville
Charlotte Reeder
Costa Rica
New Deal
David Lawrence
Ford Motor Car Company
Ford
Ford Company
Mountaindale Park
William A. O'Brien
MLD
NEA Snrvice
Carmi Saylor
Motier Avenue
Philippines
Bobby Ann DeGrange, Wiliam C. Geesey
David C. Cavalier
Diane
Shepherdstown
K. K. Cavalier
Myr
Robert Bailey
Laurel
Baltimore
Paul Fishbaugh
Braddock Heights
Walter Jenkins
Fishbaugh
Anthony Brender
Rene Eaton
Harry Shaw
Richmond
Sanctuary Society
St. Peters Catholic Church
Marist College
Rose Cottage
Harry Cummings
Wmiss
Fern Grandstaff
Guy Hutchinson
Huntington
W. V
Leesburg
Llewellyn Griffith
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ethel Winters
Earl
Fountain Hill
a@ldr Backles
Zoological Park
Jack Hedican
Ella Hackley
Peggy
Betty Hackley
J. W. McCormick
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Walter Herr
Jerry
Green Belt
Dorothy Kern
Martinsburg
Claude Noland
L. O. Hope
Roanoke
Minnie Virts
Janet Shumaker
Guy Shumaker
Loudoun County
June Eaton
Frank McKee
Hagerstown
Rita Snider
Clint Harding
Carrie Harding Hey
St John’s Lutheran Church
Snider
C. H. Erdman
Burkittsville
Illsboro Ve
Helen Lakin
Fannie Loman
William Petts
Washinconn Street
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Menry
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Raymond Snider
Melvin
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