Heated Highways could ease road strain for schools
The piece argues for funding road improvements to meet rising traffic, noting costs of snow removal and the need to connect school bus routes. It describes heating trials for underpasses and heated pavement in Michigan and Oregon, and discusses financing via state funds and gasoline tax to avoid higher local taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Maine
Oregon
Detroit
Michigan Highway Department
Michigan
Frederick County
Revived German nationalism poses challenge to Allied restraint
In the New York Times Middleton argues Allies in Germany resemble police curbing a firebug while German nationalism resurges. He cites three restraint tools: Military Security Board under the Ruhr authority, an occupation statute shaping West German power, and public education to push democracy. Forces in play include Gresa, Bri the United States, and France, with a long road ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Germany
Middleton
Military Security Board
Ruhr
London
Ange
Gresa
Bri
United States
France
Letter on Frederick County road needs and school routes
A contributed letter argues road conditions fail to keep pace with school bus and milk route expansions in Frederick County. The author notes narrow rural roads and the push for wider hard surfaces, warning that current planning ignores transport demands and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
ENS
Dion
Vocabulary Note: Misused Phrases and Word Correctness
The passage discusses common errors in usage and pronunciation. It contrasts born and raised in the East with reared or brought up in the East and explains words like ghoul and pulsing mispronunciations. It defines inerrable as infallible and notes a daily vocabulary goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Market Prices for Wheat Corn and Barley
Market prices for wheat per bushel corn per barrel and barley per bushel show a snapshot of commodity trading. No further details or figures are provided in the text.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Feb 4 1895
At the meeting of the Bel Les Lettres Literary Society of the Male High School officers elected include G Staley president C Clem vice president J R Millburn secretary C Derr assistant secretary P C Whipp treasurer Sam C Page librarian R Delaplaine editor Carl Philips Liberty Town appointed clerk at Farmers and Mechanics National Bank entered duties yesterday Masters Franklin Harrington Roy Ruland and Howard Young received three boxes of candy at Cry Opera House for the Cruise of the Pel Tar. A broken telephone wire across an electric light wire on Main Street caused sparks attracting attention of passersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belles Lettres Literary Society
G. Staley
C. Clem
J. R. Millburn
C. Derr
P. C. Whipp
Sam C. Page
R. Delaplaine
Carl Philips
Liberty Town
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Franklin Harringon
Roy Ruland
Howard Young
Cry Opera House
S&s, McCarde
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News
Miss Miriam Coblentz of Middletown and John Charles Saur of Bridgeport were wed in Birmingham Alabama. Rev Dr T Freeman Dixon longtime pastor of Frederick Presbyterian, died at his Randallstown home at age 58.
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Lalan
Miriam Coblentz
Emory L. Coblentz
Middletown
John Charles Sauyr
Bridgeport
Pentagon Budget Fight Sparks Navy Air Force Clash
Washington daybook reports on a looming House Armed Services hearing amid a bitter budget split over defense spending. Navy vetoes and a push for three equal cuts pit Vice Admiral Radford against Air Secretary Symington, with Forrestal attempting to broker balance between ships and bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris Coffin
Washington
Congressional
Supreme Court
Ins
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
House
Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Siet
America
Armed Services Command
Army
Therm
A. W. Radford
Russia
Suez Canal
U. S&s
Defense
Secretary of National Defense
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Stu Symington
Air
Symington
Truman
Key West
Capitol Hill
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Congress
Honoh
Suh
Naval Affairs Committee
Brother Vinson
George Bates
Massachusetts
Vinson
Ater
Congressional House
Hood College February Events Calendar Overview
Hood College in Hanover Pennsylvania lists a vesper service with Rev. Nev at Evangelical and Reformed Church, scheduled for Feb 6. Feb 9 features a faculty forum in Brodbeck Hall at 4 pm and a review of "The Road Survival" by Dr. Jane McCarrel. Feb 11 offers a Town Hall Seminar at Y Hut at 5 pm on the topic U S Petey in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevin BE. Smith
Eanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hanover Pa
Brodbeck Hall
Jane McCarrel
Y Hut
U S Petey
Berlin
Waiting to Meet Friends Arriving in Town
The guidance urges contacting friends before arriving to ensure they expect you. It recommends writing or calling ahead so you can visit for an evening instead of showing up unannounced.
Truman plan to move mediation service draws criticism
Washington observers say shifting the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service into the Labor Department risks bias and undermines impartiality. Cyrus Ching warns that appointing AFL CIO allies and giving the department control of budgets could erode trust in mediators and threaten voluntary settlement efforts.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of Labor
Congress
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Department of Labor
United States
Conciliation
Cyrus Ching
Mediation and Conciliation Service
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Union
Labor
AFL
CIO
Ching
Bueh
Truv
Navy downsizes fleet to boost anti-submarine readiness
The Navy orders 72 ships mothballed to free funds for defense against undersea threats and to hit a 15 billion budget cap set by President Truman. Seventy five ships shift to reserve while 30 fighting ships join the operating fleet, expanding destroyers and carriers to maintain power.
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Washington
Sullivan
Truman
Navy
Cuitine
Pacific
Senate
House Armed Services and Appropriations
Penn
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column Extract
A mid aged woman seeks relief from ulcerated teeth and fears her husband’s dislike of dentures. Dorothy Dix advises using dentistry, notes men monopolize aches, and asserts false teeth can beautify a smile. The column also covers a wife demanding help at home and a divorced woman disclosing prior marriage to a potential husband.
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Dorothy Dix
Firemen to Repeat Benefit Sale at Braddock Heights
Braddock Heights Volunteer Fire Company plans a second benefit sale to raise funds for an engine house and community hall. Merchants donated goods and proceeds from the first auction surpassed $2,000. A truckload of donated household items was left staged for viewing and a new sale date is set for this month at Grange Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raddock Heights
Tilleemen
Braddock
Oldest wooden schoolhouse claim explored in Q A
A reader asks about the oldest wooden schoolhouse claim tied to St. Augustine native timbers and red cedar. The answer outlines how such historic claims arise and how the structure’s ages are assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United St i
St. Augustine
Florida
Enary
Strength For Today By Earl L Douglass Db YD The Lighthouse Excerpt
A damaged column discusses an abandoned lighthouse near the coast and critiques modern psychology replacing traditional faith. It argues the need to reestablish the lighthouse as a parable of guidance. The piece references tapeworms and ends with a copyright line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Douglass
Mters
Coprizht Babson
Sirety
U.S. Know-How Seen Key in Truman Bold Plan
U S experts for European aid under the Marshall Plan move slowly as the ECA shifts focus to plan implementation. Only James Silberman has been sent to Paris to aid France on productivity measurement. more requests flood in while funding remains constrained and a new ECA Division of Operations nears formation under Aubrey Harwood.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
INEA
Eca—Economic , Cooperation Administration
Truman
U. S
Greece
James Silberman
U. S. Bureau of
China
Charlies Siiiman
ECA
Aubrey Harwood
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co
Los Angeles
Office of Strategic Services
State Department
National Theater Stars and Greek Aid Programs Highlighted
The Washington Star recounts Julia Mar and E. H. Sothern's National Theater era with Julia Jean and Marlowe recalling Barbara Fritchie. It also outlines U S and OEEC plans sending technicians to Europe for Greece and other Marshall Plan countries, including a $730,000 survey of Greek electric power resources.
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Barbara Fritchie
Washington Star
National Theater
Washington
Julia Mar
E. H. Sothern
National
King’s Musketeers
Prince of
Denmar
Julia
Jean Tech Us
Harwood
Elliot Hanson
United States
Hanson
Rockefeller
U. S
Europe
D. Reed
General
Itish
U.S
OEEC
Organization For European Economic Co-operation
Paris
Greece
ECA
John Naveen
John Blandford
TVA
Electric Bord and
Share Corp
U. S. Geologic Survey
U S. Public Health Service
Ekeeee Marlowe
Sothern
Forlreet Frede
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