Kremlin Devalues Ruble Amid Crushing Homefront Burdens
Rumors of devaluation confirmed as residents must swap 10 old rubles for one new bible. Wages hold, prices rise, and debts are slashed through a 1 to 3 exchange, signaling inflation and repudiation of much war debt. Moscow broadcasts acknowledge booms and busts, contrasting Soviet rhetoric with the harsher reality for Muscovites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Berlin
France
London
Washington
Connecticut Avenue
International Peasant Federation
United States
Europe
Mi Federation
Price argues for central building to be a parking lot
Osborne I Price writes to The News editor expressing concern that rebuilding the Central Restaurant site removes a firebreak on Market Patrick and Church streets. He urges city or merchants to buy the property for a parking lot to provide space and potential revenue, citing past fires and fire engine access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Central Restaurant
the News
Market Street
Patrick Street
Church Street
Frederick
Osborne
Messiah Conducted By St Josephs Glee Club Emmitsburg
Handel's Messiah was featured as the main selection at St Joseph's College Christmas concert by the Glee Club directed by Miss Anna Marie Budde of Frederick. The program opened with traditional carols and foreign selections as students in academic gowns entered De Paul auditorium. The concert closed with Handel's Messiah and the Hallelujah Chorus while students caroled on campus afterwards. A separate item notes a Methodist church Christmas program at McKaig featuring younger recitations and the cantata Pardon Me Santa, followed by a pastor's brief sermon by Rev DeWitt Dickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Joseph's College Glee Club
Emmitsburg
Anna Marie Budde
Frederick
George Frederick ' Handel
DePaul Auditorium
Thiehem
Ian
Hant Hallelujah Chomnus
Saii Joseph's
Ron Methodist Church
McKaig
DeWitt Dickey
Weather data snapshot from December 1946 period
The report records 22 hours of precipitation ending at 8 am with December totals at 1.10 inches compared to normal 3.06 inches. It notes December 1946 actual near 1.2 inches, yesterday’s high 38 F, last night low 1 F, sunrise 7:27 am, sunset around 4:50 pm, and moonrise at 12:50 pm with unclear local time references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moor
Dorothy Dix on the danger of the lost love complex
A Dorothy Dix column cautions women about clinging to past loves. It recounts how idealizing an ex leads to self deception, heartbreak, and wasted years, urging those with lingering passion to compare present spouses with reality and seek release. The piece ends noting readers’ Santa letters from Adamstown and Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
Betl Syndicate, Inc
First Of Series Of School Entertainments At Opera House
Fifty years ago a Teachers Institute program in the Opera House drew a large audience with Frederick Select Orchestra, Prof E B Pretty man, Miss Marion Kolb, Miss Emily Landauer, and Miss Fannie Sanders. The Philomathan Society debated should Maryland adopt laws against football as played. The affirmative won. Forty of 102 witnesses in the pulp mill trial had been examined. the case continues. Residents claimed horses drank polluted water. Walter B Krantz named postmaster at Adamstown and Calvin A Thomas at Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Institute
Opera House
Frederick
Messrs
Kolb
Hargett
Cramer
Bowlus
Walter B Krantz
Adamstown
Calvin A Thomas
Mt. Pleasant
Plans for Staniand All Company Christmas party in 1927
December 20 1927 report notes plans to host 1200 to 1500 youth guests at the first childre Christmas party by the Staniand All Company in the Tivloeater. The article also covers a store robbery with a rear door forced by a pick and a seven year old bitten by a dog suspected rabies near Emmitsburg. Friends of Dr O Hendrix report his sudden critical illness after several days of sickness.
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the News
Childre
Staniand All Company
Tivoeater
Doubs
Emmitsburg
O. Hendrix
Hendrix
Washington Daybook Feud Over Economic Policy in Senate
Washington scene details a rift between Sen. Robert Taft and Sen. Charles Tobey over the GOP economic program. Tobey chairs the Senate Banking Committee and blocks Taft’s plans while Taft moves with a separate coalition. the piece also notes fashion of governments in exile and a critical steel report.
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Toy
Tris Coffix
Washington
Senate
Robert Taft
Charles Tobey
Taft
Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate Banking Committee
Aiken
Kilgore
Judiciary
House Banking Committee
Conservat
Jesse Woolcott
Ohio Collleague
Jonn Bricker
Banking Committee
Investigations To Grow In Congress Power On Committees
Washington describes how congressional committees wield vast power to compel testimony and information. It notes no privacy in inquiries, lists examples from stock markets to income tax, and explains limits when questioning executive branch members and the President. The piece argues for public awareness of congressional authority.
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Washington
Congress
David Lawrence
Congressional
Hollywood
Anderson
Department of Agriculture
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Death notices and obituaries from Maryland area
Mrs. Emma May Boyd of Dauphin aged 75 dies after illness at her brother and sister near New Windsor. Survived by husband George Boyd, son John Boyd, five brothers Ezra Waynesboro John Westminster Jesse Earle Oliver, three sisters Bessie Trite Grace Sipes May Bollinger. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at New Windsor with Rev. Clyde Morningstar. interment Pipe Creek Cemetery. D. D. Hertzler and Son, funeral director. G Bernard Mathias of Waynesboro dies suddenly. funeral Tuesday 2 PM at late residence, burial in Hagerstown. many local ties. Charles Edward Biddinger, 75, farmer near Middleburg, dies after weeklong illness. survived by wife Mary M. Biddinger, children Alton, Roger Hildebrand, Joseph A. Cashbun, Russell Creager, Lawrence Alexander. services Monday 1 PM, Mt Hope Cemetery. Robert Graham, 58, of Baltimore dies after appendicitis. survived by widow Dorothy Mellor, two daughters Jack Tribble and Conrad Iaman. three grandchildren. funeral Friday, interment Springfield Cemetery Sykesville. Remember When recalls Bacon at 45 cents.
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George Boyd
Emma May Boyd
New Windsor
Carroll County
Peter
Margaret Bowers True
Dauphin
Boyd
John Boyd
Ezra
Waynesboro
John
Westminster
Jesse
Earle
Oliver
Bessie Trite
Grace Sipes
May Bollinger
Clyde Morningstar
Pipe Creek
D. D. Hertzler and Son
G. Bernard Mathias
William L. Simmons
North Market Street
Mathias
Creagerstown
Simmons
Hagerstown
Charles Edward Biddinger
Middleburgh
Ephraim
Sarah Rippeon Biddinger
Frederick County
Methodist Church of
Middleburg
Mary M. Biddinger
Alton Biddinger
Union Bridge
Roger Hildebrand
Woods
Joseph A. Cashbun
Russell Creager
New Midway
Lawrence Alexander
Merchantwise
N. J
Ephraim Biddi Frederick
Ernest Colwell
Nerment
Mt Hope
Raymond Ritor
T. Robert Graham
J. Robert Graham
Baltimore
St Josephial
Graham
Dorothy Mellor
M. Mellor
Mellor
Sykesville
Jack Tribble
Washington
Conrad Iaman
Springfield Cemetery
Funerals For Mrs Cora B Witherow In Taneytown
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora B. Witherow were held this afternoon at two from her Taneytown residence with Rev. Glenn L. Stull officiating. Burial followed in Taneytown Lutheran Cemetery with pallbearers Alien Walker Charles Wantz Bermard Arnold Edward Reid Bruce Shirk and Kenneth Dougherty. C O Fuss and Son, funeral director. Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Marino occurred this morning at 9 30 at the East Patrick street funeral home with a Low Mass of Requiem at St John s Catholic church at ten. Many floral emblems were given. Casket bearers were James Cronenburg Isaac Hankey Harry Mask Charles Pickett Charles Simpson and Kenneth Willard. Interment was in St John s Cemetery. C E Cline and Son, funeral directors.
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Cora B. Witherow
Taneytown
Glenn L. Stull
Taneytown Lutheran Cemetery
Alien Walker
Charles Wantz Bermard Arnold
Edward Reid
Bruce Shirk
Kenneth Dougherty
C. O. Fuss and Son
Lucy Marino
East Patrick Street
Herbert R. Jordan
St John’s Catholic Church
James Cronenburg
Isaac Hankey
Harry Mask
Charles Pickett
Charles Simpson
Kenneth Willard
St. John’s Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
Weddings Clem Doaa and Lebherz Lebherz Bride and Groom
The marriage of Marie Dodd to Kenneth Clem took place at Calvary Methodist with Rev J Franklin Haes. The couple will reside in a furnished bungalow near Braddock Heights after a South a honeymoon. Margaret Biser Lebherz married Joseph Lebherz at Johns Rectory with a small gathering. they will live in Clifton after December 25 at a newly furnished apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem
Doaa
Marie Dodd
Charles M Dodd
Eas
Third Street
Kenneth Clem
Henry Clem
Front Royal
Calvary Methodist Parsonage
J. Franklin Haes
Myrlee Dodd
Charles’ Dodd, Jr
South
Braddock Heights
Ill and recovering residents in area hospitals
Among The Sick Mrs Harry C. Smith at East Fearth Street Frederick Memorial Hospital shows improvement but is not allowed visitors. Miss Katie Barker Chestnut Grove at Frederick Trial Hospital is improved. Mrs Howard Etchison Mt Airy convalescing at home after major operation at University Hospital Baltimore. Mrs J Raymond Molesworth Mt Airy convalescing at home after two operations at Church Home and Hospital Ballynore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Smith
East Fearth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Katie Barker
Chestnut Grove
Frederick Trial Hospital
Howard Etchison
Mt. Airy
University Hospital
Baltimore
J. Raymond Molesworth
Church Home
Ballynore
American Wives Plunder Berlin In Postwar Looting
Berlin Charley recalls postwar Berlin and the cash economy as American soldiers and their wives profit from misery. He cites furniture, Meissen china, cigars, coffee, and cameras traded on the black market, with women shipping goods home while officers’ wives barter for more. He notes prices, risks, and a grim humor about wartime loot. The letter contrasts scarce goods with high prices and ends with a wary farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
G. L
Berlin
America
Joe
U. S
Germany
Uncle Sam
States
Buclk
Pal
Amny
Janes
Brazil
Army
United States
Schwarmarkt
Bremerhaven
Paderewski
Shorty
Chum
Junior Civic Club Christmas Party and notes
The Junior Civic Club held its Christmas party at Mrs. Victor Palmer’s home. Prizes were won by Mrs. Ben Lillard, Miss Darlene Davis, and Miss Peggy Hershberger. Plans discussed include a public card party on February 11 at the Junior Fire Hall and future meetings at Miss Edyth Blumenauer’s home.
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Junior Civic Club
Vic~itor Palmer
East Third Street
Ben Lillard
Darlene Davis
Peggy Hershberger
Helen Palmer
Junior Fire Hall
State Armory
Edyth Blumenauer
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St. Joseph's
Santa
News Today
Paul Har
Tis, Jr
Joanne
Richard
Randy Harris
Judy Lee Koontz
Jefferson
Washington Daybook
Badio
Henry Kaiser
U.S
C.H. Everly
Charles H. Eyerly
West Washington Street
Scott R. Way
Thausdeu
Rose Hill
Everly
Charles &. Everly Department
Nancy Goodrich Eyerly
Sherman Avenue
Ida V. Nodsinger
Nelson D Summers
The
State Tuberculosis Association
Winchester Hall
Henry the Vit
Westminster Abbey
England
Frederick Court
Catholic Daughters of America
St John’s Hall
Winifred
Barbara Perkinson
W. H. Perkinson
Marguerite Hess
Martha Reynolds
Hirs
Nannie Eisenhauer
Eleanor Bauver
Carol Legare Birs
Sarah Emory
Adele Evler
Catherine Biser
Aubrey Davis
Irene Caton
Frances Helizel
Bernard E. Kelly
H. Clifford Kelly
Rosemont Addition
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
W. Va
Chiefs’ Association of
Mt City Temple
Pythian Sisters
Bits
Bessie Poole
Ally
Sve
Walter J. Eddins
Dorothea M. Summers
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pic
W. J. Eddins
Wheeler Field
Eddins
Koogle
West Pa
Wham
Jen Gars
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Pfc
BSA Sada
Air Serv
APO
Cah
Donald Shriver
Ava
Jon Farm
Mrs. Shriver
California
Helen Frances Ridgely
Sacramento
Calif
James O Ridgely
Syxesville
Carolyn D Ridgely
Visitation Convent
D. Thomas Ordeman
Corvallis
Will
S. J. Hamilton
Shookstown
Camp
Derick
Chuir
American Legion
Edith Dozois
Carl Bohn
James MacDermott
Philip Thayer
Heatherin Schantz
Oram Woolpe
Jack D. Wood
Th University of Maryland
William R. Wood
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Paul A. Wood
Bliss Shirley Virginia Jones
East Church Street
Rober J. Foreman
Carlisle
Judy Reilly
Visitation
I Frederick
Matthew Reilly
Pvt
Stanley E. Forrest
U.S. Ai Force
Lockland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Gordon Monaghan
Burbank
Corinna Morris
John Norfolk Morris
Ballimore
Airs
A. Perry Good
Purcellville
Frederi
Fredrick Everhart Air
Goode
John H. Boyer
East
Dayton, O
Herman Boyer
Richard Haure Foxville
Warnesboro, Pa
Amy Munshour
Thurmont
Brooklyn
Perry B. Rice
George English
Mrs. Clay English
Warrenton
Kenneth H. Vi Mar
Nan
Birmingham
Optimes
Cotrs
A Hartman
East Second Street
Lease Bussard
Jimi Opsimist
Lloyd Stup
Secret Sisters Exchangas
Membe
Caro
Hartman Wi
Charl Ritchie
North Market
Denison
Texas
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