Shoemaker Night Honor Set At Frederick High School
Plans are complete for Henry R. Shoemaker Night on January 8 at Frederick High School. A testimonial dinner honoring the long-time county agent will be hosted by farm organizations he served, with members and families invited. A turkey supper starts at 6:30, followed by a Jefferson Community Band concert and an 8 p.m. program featuring solos, ballet, a male quartet, readings, and various local talents from Frederick and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Shoemaker
Frederick High School
Bruce Crum
Harmony Grove
George C. Stauffer
Walkersville
John Stiles
New Market
Russell Wachter Keymar
Walter J. Hahn
Charles H. Remsberg
Middletown
Ray Smith
Frederick
D. Vernon Holter
Freatiick
Dots
Aary
Alice Lease
Mary Frances Warren
New Speed Record Set by Air Force Officer
An Air Force officer set a world land speed record of 632 mph on a rocket sled during an air survival test at Holloman Center New Mexico. Lt Col John Paul Stapp, an aero medical scientist, rode a one ton sled for 642 seconds, facing nine g forces and a blackout during acceleration. The test simulated bailout from an aircraft at 35,000 feet and 1,900 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Air Force
John Paul Stapp
Holloman Air Development Center
N. M
Stapp
O Neill's Store Closes After 72 Years in Baltimore
Baltimore date fire in 1904 threatened downtown destruction. O Neill’s founded by Thomas O Neill saved by his refusal to leave. Store controlled by Allied Stores Corp ends era as new cathedral rises nearby. Last days marked by Christmas gift exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Teda
O'neill’s
Unake Auym
Thomas O'Neill
O'Neill
O'Neil
Mathalio Ca
O Neills
Allied Stores Corp
Charles and
Lexington Streets
Night Court Suspends Sentences in Assault Cases
In People's Night Court Magistrate H Reese Shoe maker Jr. imposed suspended sentences of 18 months in the Maryland House of Correction on convictions for assault and battery against a New Mother colored man. Sewell pleaded guilty to striking his wife and knocking down a boarder, with warnings that further offenses could revoke suspensions. Also, Charles R Davey Carl P Davey and Melvin Snowden received suspended jail terms for intoxication after vowing to leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland House of Correction
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
People’s Night Court
Pressman Sewell
Tommy Berry
Sewell
New Market
West al Saints Street
Berry
Hance
Charles R. Davey
Carl P. Davey
Mineral County
West Virginia
Melvin Snowden
RFD
Bartonsville
Snowden
West All Saints Street
Radio Programs and Schedules From Early Broadcast Listings
A fragmented listing of radio programs across multiple stations NBC WBAL MBS WOR CBS WEMD ABC WMAL includes news summaries, sports, talk, and variety shows with various hosts and time slots. Entries mention The Cheraliers Eddie Fisher Show Bing Crosby and other era programs, plus News & Comment segments and entertainment features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio
Progr
NBC
WBAL
MBS
WEMD
ABC
WMAL
Cbs
Abe
Mbs-West
Abe-East
Abe News
Tennessee Ernie
Cbs News & Commentary
Abe the Cheraliers
Cba
Silver Eagle
Abe Sawa
Eddie Fisher
Jack Gregson
Abs Treasary Anesmus
Dragnet
John Steele
Radio Theater
Aba
Cbs Town
Bing Crosby
Andy
Newa
Keen
Ebs
Uabe
Crossroads
Great Gildersiseve
Washington
Bill Hayes
News & Varieties
All Neta
Television Listings and A Guilty Plea Report
TV schedule fragments list programs from 7:00 to 10:30 including DuMont CBS and NBC shows such as Dinah Shore and Milton Berle. A separate note reports a series of quick crime docket items with drivers and fines, including Speeder Pleads Guilty for exceeding 25 mph and multiple names with fines ranging from 5.75 to 16.45 dollars, plus a hospital carry for an eye wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuke
Olle
Abe
DuMont
John Daly
Abe Morgan Beatty
Dinah Shore
Cbs Cavalcade
Jo Stafford
Cbs
Milton Berle
Abe Red Skelton
Bishop Sheen
Millie
Danny Thomas
Circle Theater
Cbe
Pather
Aba
Steve Allen
Speeder
Norman Trump
Frederick Memorial Hospital
G. R. Gallup
Frederick
Peattie
L Miller
Cleveland
Donald E. Burdette
Damascus i
Harvard Wanger MD
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Ben Phebus Jr
Sergei Denver
Pay B
Barefoot
Everett
J. W. Carmack
Fred Fans
Baltimore
Henry
Year Of Reconstruction In Korea During 1955
Seoul Dec 27 South Korea enters 1955 with cautious hope as reconstruction proceeds amid division with the North. US aid looms large with a 700 million dollar program while Korea presses for capital goods and austerity. Rhee pushes for independence and strong defense, facing internal opposition but signaling decisive leadership for unification and rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
United States
U. S
Korea
Syng- Man Rhee
United Nations
Rhee
Japan
United States Congress
Eisenhower
Tme
Liberal Party
National Assembly
East Germans flee to West Germany at 400 daily in 1954
The Federal Refugee Ministry reported that East Germans fled to West Germany at a rate of nearly 400 a day during 1954. It said 145,000 refugees received political asylum in West Germany in the last year, and 16,000 Germans made homeless by the war returned from other countries, including 9,000 from Yugoslavia, 4,700 from Austria, 550 from France, and 500 from Poland.
May Admit Russian Seamen To Enter United States
Washington reports agencies weighing whether to admit 15 to 20 Soviet seamen from the tanker Tuapse seized by Chinese Nationalists. The men, now in Nationalist custody on Formosa, reportedly willing to relocate near Russian refugees if allowed entry. A waiver of immigration law would be required, with security interests under review amid Cold War tensions and Moscow’s protest over the seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Formosa
Com
Atty
Brownell
State Department
Russia
Moscow
Polish sailor refugees aided by Catholic welfare council
The State Department denied accusations about defectors and possible Communist plantings. Questions rose about whether die-hard agents could be among defectors and if American welfare groups would care for the sailors in the United States. The National Catholic Welfare Council sponsored the Polish sailor refugees and secured employment for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
United States
National Catholic Welfare Council
Farm Bureau Meeting Set in Frederick High School
The 33rd annual Frederick County Farm Bureau meeting features Frank T. Wooley as principal speaker from the American Farm Bureau Federation Washington office. Harry A. Zentz opens at 10 a.m. with the annual report, and Thomas S. Anderson presents the financial report. Mrs. Roy W. Schaeffer reports for the County Associated Women. Noah E. Kefauver Jr. names delegates to the Maryland Farm Bureau convention in Baltimore January 14-15. Edward Young explains Social Security provisions for farmers, and Mrs. Edna B. Cecil discusses Blue Cross policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick ‘County Farm Bureau
Frederick High School
Frank T. Wooley
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Harry A. Zentz
Thomas S. Anderson
Roy W. Schaeffer
County Associated Women
Maryland Farm Bureau
Baltimore
Noah E. Kefauver Jr
Edward Young
Blue Cross
Edna B. Cecil
Maryland Hospital Service Meeting Sets Elections and Resolutions
A Maryland Hospital Service group will consider resolutions from a committee led by Benjamin Rosenstock. A nominating committee headed by James E. Ferrell will present candidates for president vice president and five directors to fill expiring terms. After adjournment lunch by M J Crogan and son. Directors to reconvene for brief organizing session. Associated Women to hold a civic session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Hospital Service
Benjamin Rosenstock
James E. Ferrell
M. J. Crogan and Son
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Shoemaker
Budapest
Hungary
Noel Field
Herta
Grauau
New York
Dec
P—Radio Corp
America Today
RCA
Helena
Mont
West Yellowstone
Weather Bureau
Montana
Hamburg
Germany
West Germany
Bonn
Assembly
Korrea
East Germany
Farm Bureau
Miller & Walsh
Tech
Besseer
Nicodemus
WY Ani
Ritchie Finance Corporation
Ritchie: Finance Corp
South Warket Street
Carrollton Manor
Neds, Zeiler
Frederick, Ma
Cludp
Santa Insurance
Christmas Club
Xeon
Cearea Toree
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Williamson's Drug Store
ve-Bane
Essory
Asy Remsberg
Jewelry
Frederick Bottled Gas CO
N. Market St
Titun
Sparton
Routzahn & Sons
South Market Street
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