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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1948
Page
4
A reader asks about ending a three year engagement with a medical student who shows indifference and false excuses. Dorothy Dix urges breaking the engagement to protect dignity and future happiness, noting a broken engagement is less tragic than a broken marriage and that plenty of fish remain in the sea.
Washington Daybook reports a looming clash as the Federal Security Agency targets the National Physicians Committee over health insurance plans. It notes large drug company support for NP C lobbying, calls for tax scrutiny, and references Soviet aid packages amid election tensions.
The piece critiques a Thursday Russian program aimed at Slavic audiences in the United States. It questions its accuracy, potential propaganda value, and audience reach noting dwindling foreign language papers and low bilinguality among U.S. born children of immigrants.
A Baltimore reader dismisses deer hunting near Frederick as wanton slaughter. The letter rebukes armed hunters as marauding sadists and morons, arguing deer would defend themselves if they could.
The record shows no precipitation in the last 24 hours and for December to date. December 1947 precipitation was 2.26 inches with a 9.68 inch excess to December 1-9.68 inches for 1948. Yesterday's high near 62 and low around 29 with sun set at 4 48 p m and sunrise at 7 13 p m.
A gang of bold stramps broke open two freight cars at Frederick Junction and stole merchandise. the crime remained undiscovered for a day. George T. Rhoderick, near Middletown, was injured by a hog while butchering. The Middletown car event and a misrouted trolley caused a station call to Frederic. The Opera House hosted the Masonic bazaar with vivid living pictures and performers including Miss Lucy Eisenh, Wm. Beck, and others in a bustling Folk Theater night.
As an aftermath of a hydrogen explosion near a vacant house north of Burk Ridge a crackdown on illicit manufacture of intoxicants continues. A traffic signal project at Market and High streets will begin soon followed by a signal at Ket and South streets after prior signals at those intersections were demolished in accidents. Tobias E Zimmerman John E Crum and Maynard Hawkes Frederick county farmers earned awards at the International Grain and Hay Show in Chicago. The Frank W Biller auto was stolen from his garage and Henry Huffman Woodsborn’s vehicle was taken from in front of the Court House.
Washington editorial argues that stringent registration laws threaten the citizens right to petition Congress. It notes President Truman endorsement of a lobbying investigation while urging scrutiny of lawmakers, warning against suppressing civil rights through cumbersome requirements and political harassment. An unrelated medical note about an ulcer and diagnostic tests is mentioned at the end.
Dr. Jordan explains viruses cause various obscure illnesses in children and some adults. He notes vomiting and diarrhea variants, mild influenza like symptoms, and the idea that viruses may persist without clear effects until stress triggers trouble. He adds viruses are common but not fully understood and promises daily Q A coverage.
A compact collection of biblical quotes and literary lines. Includes Hebrews 12:1 on perseverance and patience, a Shakespearean note on affliction, James 1:27 on pure religion, a reflection on salvation and love, and Henry Van Dyke’s vision of heavenly reward.
Babson Park Mass December column analyzes President Truman and labor, farmers, and Southern Democrats shaping policy. It argues Taft Hartley tweaks, potential cross party clashes, and warns the coming two years hold great uncertainty amid defense spending and foreign loans.
Report notes butchering near Wheatland Virginia with hogs weighing about 320 pounds. Attendees include Mrs Edgar and Mrs Umbaugh with children Danny and Betty Jane, Mr McCutchen and family, Mr Beamer and Beamer relatives, and others listed in partial names.
Miss Lois Jean Main of Middletown a Converse College senior spoke in favor of Federal aid to schools at a joint meeting of the college Social Science Club and the Ford College chapter of Pi Gamma Mu She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy P Main.
Herbert Hoover edited a scrapbook of congratulatory letters and telegrams after his Philadelphia GOP convention speech. The book opens with a Truman message praising Hoover. The piece notes shifts in Washington’s bureaucrats toward New Deal loyalties and discusses ECA funding, Catton’s resignation, Pearson’s UN Security Council presidency, and Truman era health insurance prospects.
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