Swank Talks Indonesia At Frederick Lions Club
Emory C. Swank, Foreign Service Officer, spoke at the Francis Scott Key Hotel to Lions Club members on Indonesia. He described its strategic position, resources, private American investments, and U.S. aid while noting internal challenges and a non communist government. The talk covered geography, major islands, and the population, with Swank recounting Indonesia’s path to independence and U.S. involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory C. Swank
Department of State
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
My. Gwank
Frederick Countian
Indonesia
United States
Group of Islands
Australia
General Motors
Goodyear
Goodrich
Procter and Gamble
U. S
Swark
Mr. Swank
Kingdom of
The
Netherlands
Philippines
Malaya
Java
Sumatra
Bali
Borneo
Celebes
Charles W. Magaha
Salvation Army
Market Street
Charles V. Main
Frank K Darner
Delbert Null
Middletown
Thomas E. Molesworth
Parsons Newman
Frederick
Rice Rupture Experts Visit Frederick for Free Trial
Frederick readers are invited to meet Rice Method representatives at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on Monday December 17. The Rice Appliance offers a 30 day trial with no charge unless the user keeps it after adjustment. Demonstrations run 10–12 am, 2–5 pm, and 7–9 pm with access via hotel desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Rice, Inc
Adams, N. Y
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Trial Of Bankhead Maid Is Continuing
New York December thirteen report states investigator Bernard Dolgin quoted Evelyn Cronin denying she spent funds on marijuana cocaine booze or sex for Tallulah Bankhead. Cronin is on trial for grand larceny and forgery with prosecutors claiming she misused Miss Bankhead’s checks over years.
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Towers
Bernard Dolgin
District Attorney's Office
Evelyn R. Cronin
Miss Bankhead
Dolgin
Gore Says He Wants No Outside Assistance
ANNAPOLIS December 13 Grady Gore a Rockville real estate man says he is not interested in help from Len McCarthy or any non Maryland Senator in his campaign for the Senate Nor is John M Jonkel the Chicago public relations man involved for Gore the report states
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Annapolis
H Grady Gore
Rockville
Len McCarthy
Wis
Maryland
Senate
John M Jonkel
Chicago
Gore distances support for Butler campaign in Maryland
Senator Gore, campaigning statewide, denies outside connections and says McCarthy and Jonkel have no role in his efforts. He notes Butler’s strong run last year and asserts a Republican win would bolster Maryland's GOP, while stating he has no ties to publisher McCormick or his paper.
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Sen. Butler
Gore
Montgomery County
Maryland
Southern Maryland Times
McCarthy
Jonkel
Butler
Robert McCormick
Jon M. Jonkel
Salesman's Job In Town Pursuit And Plankton Note
A compact excerpt contrasts a hustling salesman’s daily mission with a remark that selling is not a sport. It then shifts to a scientific line describing oceanic plankton as a drifting meadow supporting marine life.
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Luf
Sturt
Ladies Night Meet Of Civitans Is Held
The Frederick Civitan Club held its Ladies Night meeting Thursday at 7 pm in the Lutheran Church in Burkittsville. Remarks were made by Lt. Governor W. Jerome Offutt, program chairman. Present at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. David Oland and son Dwight, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stevens, Mr. and Mrs Basil Lewis, Mr. and Mrs Charles Hartman and daughter Fay Ellen, Mr. and Mrs Russell H. Oden, Mr. and Mrs Jesse Shaver, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. T. Thomas Jr., Mr. and Mrs John T. Best, Mr. and Mrs Roy Strine.
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Frederick Civitan Club
Burkittsville
John C. McNulty
Baltimore
W. Jerome Offutt
David Oland
Dwight
Edward T. Cramer
Isaac Stevens
Basil Lewis
Charles Hartman
Fay Ellen
Russell H. Oden
Jesse Shaver
G. L. T. Thomas, Jr
John T. Best
Roy Strine
Social gathering guest list tones of local families
Arthur Wolford and numerous couples hosted a social event with families including the Klines Lescalleets Twenty Mra Twenty, Nico demus Mercers Reeder and guests Princeton Buckey Freed Singer Reese Main Lipps Davis Myers Blume nauer Engelbrecht Stockman Offutt White Also present were Seeger and family members Seeger Crum and others in attendance.
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Arthur Wolford
Hubert Kline
Melvin Lescalleet
Harold Twenty
Aubrey Nicodemus
G. Wilson Mercer
Ernest Reeder
Princeton Buckey
Carroll Freed
Elmer W. Singer
Franklin Reese
Charles T. Main
Alton J. Lipps
Henry T. Davis
Charles Myers
LeRoy Blumenauer
Oliver Engelbrecht
Nellie C. Stockman
W. Jerome Offutt
Ralph E White
A. Melvin Seeger
Charles F Seeger
T. Marshall Davis
R. Ormond Dutrow
Austin Gibbons
Charles Crum
W. Staley Hahn
Local Residents Named in Obituary Fragments
William Moore, Herbert Straws burg, Aldsn Summers and Rev. M. L. Zirkle, Mr. and Mrs. John McCabe, Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander and son are listed in a fragmented notice reflecting names connected to a past event or obituary item.
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William Moore
Herbert Strawsburg
Aldsn Summers
M. L. Zirkle
John McCabe
John Alexander
Son
Freeing of two numbers operators in Baltimore precedes testimony
In Baltimore on December 13, two convicted numbers operators Leo Quattroche and Anthony Astarita were released early for agreeing to testify they were backed by Lews Comi. The judge had already held that Comi, a 47 year old, was not convicted. Quattroche had served nine months and faced further penalties for unpaid $7,600 in fines. Astarita was freed from seven months and $5,000 in fines. Bath testified Comi’s involvement.
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Baltimore
Lews Comi
Joseph Sherbow
Leo Quattroche
Anthony Astarita
Quattroche
Astarita
Bath
Comi
Finland pays Washington on WWI debt ahead of schedule
The Treasury reports Finland has paid 254052.18 dollars toward its World War I loan, reducing the balance to 7463436.72 dollars. Funds will be used for educational benefits for Finnish citizens in the United States and Americans studying in Finland. In Oregon, Sumpter, once a booming gold rush town, burned down and was never rebuilt.
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Finland
Washington
Treasury
State Department
United States
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E. C. Swank
Bankhead Maid
ST. Joseph
Schwinn
Blick’s Cycle Shop
N. Market St
Civitans
SUEDE
Gilbert
North Market ST
Monocacy Oil Company
Esso
Frederick, Md
Sumpter
D. F. Shipley’s
Sylvania TV
Ha oLiour
Sylvania
HaLoLicut
Madison
Bionde
Haines
Lectricas
Potomac Edison Company
Singer
Coast
Singer Sewing Center
North Market Street
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