First transcontinental televised heart surgery demonstrated
In Los Angeles a delicate heart operation was performed while about 250 educators and surgeons in Chicago and New York watched via closed circuit color TV. The operating surgeon and colleagues interacted across the nation during the procedure, signaling a new era for medicine as experts guided the operation remotely, promising to save lives when patients cannot be transported.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Will to study F D R influence spurs a historic task
A Philadelphia insurance executive leaves 25000 dollars to finance a commission of eminent historians to evaluate Franklin D Roosevelt's impact on the United States. The plan aims to publish a comprehensive posterity study before it is too late, with choice historians likely shaping the conclusions. The issue remains controversial and emotionally charged.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Philadelphia
Handel's Messiah Presented in Thurmont High School Auditorium
The third annual Handel's Messiah performance will occur Friday December 24 at 8 pm in the Thurmont High School auditorium. The Thurmont Community chorus of about 100 voices has rehearsed since September under director Mildred Trevett with Madeline Buhrman as accompanist. Soloists will be chorus members and a silver offering will be received.
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Thurmont High School
Thurmont
Mildred Trevett
Madeline Buhrman
Baltimore Gentlemen plan electric railroad from Baltimore to Frederick
Fifty years ago local talks reported the Baltimore Gentlemen negotiating for a right of way and planning a company with one million dollars to build the line. Miss Roxanna White celebrated a birthday with friends. Master Littleton Travis White helped. The Fisk Jubilee Singers failed to appear at the City Opera House as scheduled. The 1901 hunting season ended with mixed bag results and lower rabbit counts than last year. Emmitsburg minds form a company to study a local coal seam prospect and potential oil strike nearby.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Roxanna White
East Second Street
Littleton Travis White
Fisk Jubilee Singers
City Opera House
C. A
Emmitsburg
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Mayor Munshower urged more arrests for motorists ignoring stop signs after issuing warnings. George W Wachtel, 85, Myersville resident and early organizer of Myersville Savings Bank, died. he served as a director until his death and farmed for years. The Trail avenue dwelling at 638 sold to Franklin B. and wife. City employees propose donating a day’s pay monthly to the city charity fund.
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the News
Munshower
George W. Wachtel
Myersville
Myersville Savings Bank
Trail Avenue
William A. Wright
Franklin B. Reese
Leap year open season on the unmarried man
Boyle notes the 1952 leap year craze to pick the ten most wanted men in America for marriage. He contrasts lists from The Bachelor Girls of America and Barbizon Modeling School and reports expert advice clashing on whether women should be aggressive or dependent. He mocks the contradictory guidance and jokes about catching a husband with a heavy mortgage of romance.
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Capistrano
Ruth Marr
Bachelor Girls of America
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Martin H. Kennedy
Chicago
Elliott Lawrence
John Ringling North
Bobby Thomson
Montgomery Clift
Howard Hughes
Hardy Perennials
Ed Luckenbach
Ben Grauer
Bernard Baruch
Count Albrecht Goertz
Joe DiMaggio
Bobo" Rockefeller
Winthrop
Grey Barney Baruch
Bren
Xal
Miss Mare
Miss Fraser
News-Post Christmas Dinner Held Saturday
The News-Post held its annual Christmas dinner in the Francis Scou Key Hotel Blue and Grey room with sixty attendees. R E Delaplaine presided and praised staff for cooperation during plant improvements, noting the year as the most extensive in local newspaper history. Emblems will be awarded for long service, bonuses were distributed, carols sung, and an illustrated Europe tour retrospective shown by Wm. T. Delaplaine.
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The
News and the Post
Francis Scou Key
R.E. Delaplaine
News-Post
Frederick
Blood Drive Donors From North County Listed
In North County the Red Cross Bloodmobile collected blood for armed forces with 134 donors from Mt. St. Marys and St. Josephs colleges and Emmitsburg residents. The Frederick Chapter compiled the donor list, including John J. Adams, Mary Alliata, John M. Andrews, and many others.
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Mt. St. Mary's
St. Joseph's Colleges
Emmitsburg
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
North County
Frederick
The
Red Cross
John J. Adams
Mary Alliata
John M. Andrews
Howard Bailey
George Baker
Guy Baker
James Baker
Rush Baker
Ann Marie Barnes
Lucille K. Beale
Edward Beatty
John Bertrand
Jean B. Bower
George Bowling
Helen Brown
Thomas F. Brown
Thomas P. Cantwell
William J. Cavanaugh
William A. Clarke
Pasquale Cosenza
Mark Costello
John Caskelly
Ronald Czarnecki
Frank DeFalco
Dolores Depiante
John J. Dillon
Gerard R. Donahue
Mark
Thomas Gingell
James Gluth
Joseph Gough
John M. Grabill
Gerard Green
Martin Green
Lewis C. Grimes
Frank Grubie
Georgiana Hansen
Lois Ann Hasenauer
Jessie Hatter
Francis Headley
James E. Houck
Thomas Howard
John Hamerick
Austin Joy
Donald V. Joy
Theodore J. Kachnowski
Leo Keepers
Helen Keller
William A. Kelley
Richard Kerr
Rey
Thomas Kilcullen
Charles Langley
Jerome C. Leary
Jerome Loughran
John Lyons
Patrick F. xX. McAuliff
Elizabeth McClear
James L. McDevitt
Joseph McKenna
Eugene C. McKeon
James McKeon
Donald McKew
Harry McNair
Mildred McNair
Raymond A. McNamara
Mary McNeill
Harry McPartland
William &. Madden
Richard L. Magnais
James J. Mahoney
Francis Maloney
Donald M. Manahan
Francis Manahan
Betty Messner
Michael Monghan
Sue Moorehead
Philip Moyles
Frank Mulligan
Mary Helen Namet
William T. O'Grady
John F. O'Neil
Theresa Papp
Reno Petrovello
Francis R. Posey
Mary Low Prehn
George C. Remyberg
Marianna M. Ring
John T. Roohan
Albert W. Rose
Marie Rosensteel
Helen Rupp
William ¥. Ruehl
Charlotte Sanders
Grace Saylor
Richard B. Scarff
Margaret Smith
John Spangler
Josep Staley
Apal R. Stambaugh
Henry F. Sleski
Lee P. Stokes
John C. Spar
James Sullivan
Harry H. Swomly, Jr
Robert A
Be Careful To Avoid Fires At Christmas
Cromwyell CG Zembower of LaVale, president of the Maryland State Firemen's Association, urges Christmas fire prevention. He lists safety rules for trees and decorations, water bases, flameproofing, UL marked lights, and fast evacuation plans.
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Cromwyell CG. Zembower
LaVale
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Zembower
Noble Grands Meet of Samaritan Rebekah Lodge
The Past Noble Grands Association of Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 I O O F held a Christmas party at the LO Q F hall on December 7 with 31 members and four visitors. Mrs Mars Angleberger presided at a short business meeting and gifts were exchanged. The I O O F home program is planned for December 20 and January’s home committee includes Bessie Poole Helen Catsail Dorothy Bentz and Ruth Gibson. The next meeting is January 3 at Catherine Biser's Grant Street home.
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NOBLE
Noble Grands Association of Samaritan
Rebekah Lodge No
I. OQ
O. F
LO. Q. F. Hall
Mars Angleberger
Bessie Poole
Helen Catsail
Dorothy Bentz
Ruth Gibson
Catherine Biser
Grant Street
Wade family honored as new listening room opens
Dr and Mrs Wade attended the chapel service and opened a new room for music students to listen to recordings. President Truxal praised the Wades for their college service and alumnae regard. Wade Room features carpeting and ample furniture for study and recreation. Dr Wade joined Hood in 1924 and retired in 1947 after teaching. he served as organist at Calvary Methodist 1949-50 and earlier at the Lutheran church.
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Wade
Schapel
Truxal
Wades
Frederick
Bers
Hood
Calvary Methodist Church
Frank Keefer
Henry T. Wade
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Snowbound Hood Girls Rewarded by Bakery Truck
Hood College students stranded on Baltimore and Washington pikes due to snow were aided by Edward Fout of Glade Valley whose bakery truck sold out its stock to about 200 hungry girls. Five buses were delayed then reached Baltimore and Washington at different times. The college switchboard stayed busy with worried parents.
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Hood College
Baltimore and Washington Pikes
Glade Valley
Edward Fout
West Seventh Street
Trafic
Rhie_ Ridge
Hood
Baltimore
Washington
Mr. Fout
Philip Grove
Local Notes from Bolivar and Vicinity Chronology
Bolivar residents welcome Ernest Webb from Baltimore visiting his brothers O A Webb and G K Webb. Mrs Roy S Butts sister H C Filler ill in Lovellsville. Mrs Minnie Strider visits Washington then Bergenfield N J for Christmas with daughter. Wedding anniversary dinner at Crum home Harpers Ferry celebrates 48 years with many relatives present. Ella MacPhelan, 69, died in Washington. burial at St Peter’s Bolivar. Fire Company to sing carols Dec 24 for shut ins. proceeds aid children.
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Bolivar
W. Va
Ernest Webb
Baltimore
O. A. Webb
G. K. Webb
Roy S. Butts
H. C. Filler
Lovellsville
Filler
Minnie Strider
J. W. Ratmsdill
Washington
Bergenfield
Samuel Himes
Warren Harding
George Hart
Harpers Ferry
Robert T Reynolds
Bernard C. Reynolds
George Beeman
Brunswick
Margaret Webber
Knoxville
Robert Ligh
Summitt Point
Charles Spindler
Chris Pappas
Charles Crum
Chester Brown
Dorothy Long
Jefferson
Ella MacPhelan
Sandy Hook
St. Peter's
Guy Winge
Roy
Butts
Catherine
Friendship Fire Company
Twin Towns
Poclock P.m
Parthenie Housden
Damascus Lions Decoration Contest And Christmas Dance
Damascus Lions sponsor their fifth annual home decoration contest with cash prizes of 10, 7.50, and 5 for original, appropriate, and best general effect to be awarded after judging Saturday evening December 22. Raymond Kemp chairs arrangements with Vincent Sutliff and Emerson P. Slocum assisting. The club also hosts a Christmas dance from 9 to 1 Friday December 28 at Damascus High School with Dave Mel Williams orchestra. Frederick's Welcome Wagon invites Camp Detrick women new to the area to join its Newcomers Club. luncheon January 8 at Francis Scott Key Hotel follows a December meeting at VFW Country Club.
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Damascus Lions
Raymond Kemp
Vincent Sutliff
Emerson P. Slocum
Damascus High School
Dave Mel Williams
Frederick
Camp Detrick
Newcomers Club
Francis Scott Key
VFW Country Club
Wedding of Miss Ella Mark Fleisher and Albert H Cohen
Miss Ella Mark Fleisher and Albert Herbert Cohen exchanged marriage vows at B'nai Abraham Temple in Hagerstown on a Sunday afternoon. Rabbi Ernest Conrad officiated under a greens and gladioli canopy. The couple planned a Nassau wedding trip and will reside in Hagerstown.
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Ella Mark Fleisher
Max Fleisher
Irvin Place
Hagerstown
Albert Herbert Cohen
Frederick and
James R. Cohen
Hamilton Boulevard
B'nai Abraham Temple
Ernest Conrad
Alexander
Potomac
Ralph Goldman
Leslie Goldman
Carol Goldstein
Hannah Fleisher
Robert Levine
Beckley
W. Va
Julius Jacobson
This City
Harold Minkowski
Washington
Hyman Orlin
Arlington
Stephen Falk
Benjamin Magnus
Philadelphia
Sid Cowen
Cohen
Highland Manor School
West
Red Radio Claims Two Islands Taken
North Korea reports through Red Radio that Communist troops captured two Yellow Sea islands off Korea's west coast Cho and Yuk. A Pyongyang communique says 174 U N soldiers were killed wounded or captured in the operation. No U N confirmation available.
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Seoul
Red Radio
Yellow Sea
Korea
Pyongyang
Red Capital
U. N
Cho
Chinnamno
Yuk
Ongljin
Sears to Introduce Allstate Automobile in 19 Cities
Sears Roebuck announces the Allstate car built by Kaiser-Frazer Corp to debut December 20 in 19 southern and western cities including Knoxville and Memphis Tennessee and Richmond Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia. The price and specs will be released the eve of introduction and the car will be sold only through Sears stores with Allstate branding.
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Chicago
Sears Roebuck and Company
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Sears
Knoxville
Memphis
Tenn
Richmond
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Deputies To Aid With Income Tax Returns
The Internal Revenue Service assigns deputy collectors to Maryland communities to help taxpayers file estimated income tax returns. Schedules list locations and dates in Frederick Brunswick Mt Alry Woodbine Sykesville New Windsor Taneytown and Rockville with specific venues and January days.
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Internal Revenue Service of
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Maryland
Frederick
North Court Street
Brunswick
Bank of Brunswick
Mt. Alry
First National Bank
Woodbine
Woodbine National Bank
Sykesville
New Windsor
Taneytown
Rockville
Let Us Kneel Before the Lord Our Maker
A Scot land scholar loved his garden and used it to inspire students. He showed two pupils a small garden, saying its value lay not in size but in how high the sky makes it seem. The lesson urged awe before God.
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Scotland
Harmony Grove Homemakers Christmas Party Recap
Harmony Grove Homemakers Club held its December 14 Christmas party at the Community Chapel with Santa, gifts, and carols. Pleasant Grove Club hosted December 11 with 16 members and six guests. 1952 committees and new officers were named. Jefferson Homemakers held a December 13 Christmas party with readings, customs from Norway and Czech lands, games, gifts, and refreshments. Pastor Charles S. Owen resigned from the Tamneytown Presbyterian church after ten years. Garden Club of Frederick met Friday at Harmony Grove with Christmas flower displays and a talk on Christmas at Fine Mountain. snow curtailed proceedings.
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Harmony Grove Homemakers Club
William Powell
Nevin Durrow
Pleasant Grove
Robert Windsor
Robert Windsor, Jr
Franklin Weller
Bascom Neal
William Lawson
Merril Hahn
Clyde Gray
Carl Davis
Huber Biser
Marguerite Burgee
Windsor, Jr
Biser
Reading
Aubrey Davis
Edgar Davis
Charles Adkins
Raymond Barnes
Catharine Page
Hart Brown
Robert Windsor, Sr
Marguerie Burgee
Robert Harrison
Mt. Airy
Jefferson Homemakers Club
Luther Remsburg
Norway
Abe Hemp
Evelyn Horine
Morris Zumbrun
Edna Culler
David Fry
Ermine Platt
Grace’ Culler
Ruth Dade
Czechoslovakia
Edgar Thomas
Richard Remsburg
Nathan Aotlep
Paul Stockman
Douglas Hemp
Floyd Huffer
C. E. Fry
Taneytown
Charles S. Owen
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
Baltimore
Owen
B. Waller Crapster
Piney Creek
Wilson Franklin
Emmitsburg
Wounds of
Garden Club
Garden Club of
Frederick
G. Hunter Bowers
Harmony Grove
Fine Mountain
Margaret Motter
Attorney General McGrath Runs Justice Dept Reveals Style
Washington dispatch details J How McGrath, 48, as chief administrator of the Justice Department with over a thousand employees and vast caseloads. He discusses delegation to top lieutenants, avoiding micro management, and his limited direct handling of individual cases. Mentions Caudle scandal grilling and presidential firing, plus McGrath’s role in finances and department-wide assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
J. How McGrath
Justice Dept
McGrath
House Su Committee
Lamar Caudle
Attorn
Deparent
Truman
Caudle
Dama
Cas
Department
Guident
House Committee
McGra
Caudles
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H. Reese Shoemaker
Peoples Court
Fred A. Ludwig
Monaca
Evans Foreman
Centerville
Samuel D. Forker
George H. Angleberger
Sjamsville
Andrew L. Donaldson, Jr. Dickerson
Robert L. Swanson
Robert W. Blake
Charles M. Eagle, Jr
Brooklyn
Ben Wysocki
Clark Kittrell
Cleveland
M. J. Whitney
D. A. Tucker
E. C. Crowther
Santa
Santa Claus
JoAnn Finneyfrock
B. and
O. Avenue
Richard and
Carol Ann Haines
Sherman Avenue
Ann Pand
Shenandoah Junction
Jack Loudan
Nancy Turner
Jack Childs
Charles Town General Hospital
Coleman Dunn
Wanda Dinkle
Charles Butts
Margaret Holmes
Grantville Dinkle
Damascus
the Timid Soul
Ft. T. Webster
MR. Milqueianst
Remeees
NEA
Will Filedham
Elizabeth Smith
Holden
Felton
Felto
Edith Wickham
Bernard M. Diggs
Hopeland
Arthur Digg
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