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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1947
Page
3
Vatican City on Christmas Day Pope Pius X I I urged a league of honest men to guard the world against war. He blamed insincere diplomacy and warned that lying and distorted facts fuel power politics and class interests. He signaled possible condemnation of Communism and Soviet policies while not naming nations.
A lesson fragment shows vocabulary notes on judicial terms and misused words. It highlights disheveled meaning hanging in loose disorder with example. The text includes stray phrases about ports and imports and urges daily word mastery.
A 900 patient study by the Veterans Administration and the Army and Navy Medical Departments shows streptomycin helps in certain tuberculosis forms especially meningitis and disseminated disease. It is less useful for urinary tract and bone joint TB and not a substitute for other proven treatments. The drug may still prove valuable for a few TB types and could be a boon if continued. Also notes on enlarged thymus and X ray treatment and Santa letters received by The News office.
Market prices list shows wheat per bushel and barley per bushel with corn price per barrel. Values and units noted for these staple commodities reflect typical market reporting.
Prize winners announced for the Spur contest sponsored by Ship-Jey Bottling Works Frederick. David W. Abbott of Union Bridge won the first prize of 500 dollars for a jingle. Helen Boswell won the second prize a Philco console radio phonograph. Ernest L. J Baker took third prize a streamlined Bell fast bicycle. 97 other prizes were awarded to residents from Frederick Union Bridge and surrounding areas among 400 to 560 entries.
The page catalogs numerous names and addresses across Walkersville Frederick Square Thurmont and nearby towns with streets including East Patrick Street West Patrick Street and Market Street. It notes residents from 339 East Patrick Street to 115 Water Street and 26 West Seventh Street among others. It ends with a brief comment on depletion of mineral resources in the United States highlighting areas such as Comstock Lode Tombstone Lake Superior copper and oil fields in several states.
NEA Washington Correspondent reports ICC ended hearings on the railroads petition to raise freight rates by 20 percent above current rates, potentially adding $2 billion to 1948 freight costs. Rail management says higher costs will still outpace wage hikes and operating expenses amid ongoing National Mediation Board talks and looming strike votes by engineers, firmen and switchmen.
The piece outlines multiple proposed rail freight rate hikes from 1947 to 1948, with total requests climbing from above prewar levels to roughly 30 percent over prewar if granted. It notes railroad arguments that higher rates barely affect living costs while highlighting the ongoing wage and price pressures felt by consumers.
The News notes the country prepares for U S production of electricity and public use amid wage demands across the steel, auto, and electrical sectors. It compares current consumption to 1920 levels, highlighting growth in major industries.
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