Airliners Face New Era as Jet Debacle Eases
A postwar shift in air transport favors the United States as jetliners falter and turbo compound engines prove efficient. The Comet jetliner suffers crashes and grounding while Curtiss-Wright promotes turbo compound power. Constellations and DC-7s, now fuelled by turbo compounds, rival jet travel and drive orders from 24 international and domestic airlines. Roy T. Hurley predicts jets’ dominance for 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Drijtign Cammoutaes
Mediterranean
Curtiss-Wright
America
Comet
Roy T. Hurley
Curtiss- Wright
Commercial Airways
Warned About Flying Kites and Model Planes
Loral schools received posters warning children to exercise caution when flying kites and model airplanes. Posters, distributed by Lie Pune flava urapeaiy, highlight dangers of contact with electrical wires. Potomac Edison Safety Supervisor Raymond Beard notes many yearly accidents from careless flying, with fatalities and severe burns when precautions are ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loral
Lie Pune Flava
Urapeaiy
Potomac Edison Company
Raymond Beard
Fifty Years Ago From The News Columns Feb 11 1504
From The News, Feb 11, 1504: basement digging for Crystal Plate Ice and Storage Co. factory by Stephen Geisbert. building 80 feet near N C R R and 106 feet deep. Dr Frank Hedges renovating West Patrick Street residence. A ball last evening at Masonic Temple by Chippawa Tribe No 19 L O R M with Frederick Select Orchestra. School Commissioners Association urges minimum teacher salary of 350 dollars per school year for schools with average attendance 15 or more. Christopher C Ceci estate near Tramsville 147 acres sold at public sale for 20 dollars an acre to Slinton and William Boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Plate Ice and Storage Company
Stephen Geisbert
N. C
E. L. Miller
G. Edward Schell
H. R. Kolb
H. L. Bennett
Ernest Moberly
Coummilibs
School Commissioners Association
FARA
Christopher C. Ceci
Mary E. Cecil
Tramsville
Slinton
William Boost
Car Skid Crashes on Icy Catoctin Highway Near Braddock Heights
Twenty years ago tremis from The News notes a crash on the west side of Catoctin mountain as J C Skidmore, Burkittsville school principal, skids into a truck but escapes serious injury. Five Frederick County youths from Creagerstown skate about 30 miles on frozen rivers. names include Herbert Renner and the Whitmo res. Loyola College sophomore James Schell to play lead in Seven Chances at Seton High School Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin Mountain
Braddock Heights
J. C. Skidmore
Burkittsville
Frederick Countians
Herbert Renner
Albert Wastier
Roland Myers
Franklin Whitmore
Eugene Whitmore
Creagerstown
James Schell
Loyola College
Ballenore
Wil
Seton High School
Baliimore
Fragmented Bible quote and damaged town notice
A damaged OCR item mixes a Jeremiah verse fragment with a Middletown Memorial Hall chimney damage note. It mentions a school, a musical comedy rehearsal, and a unique part in a universal song, all in a garbled local text fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tift
Memorial Hall
Middletown
First Lecture Next Monday at Hood College
Dr. Robert H. Felix, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, will open a public lecture series on February 15 at Hood College. The talks cover Mental Health Juvenile Delinquency and related topics with speakers from federal and health organizations. Registration is required with a small fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Institute of Mental Health
Robert H. Felix
Hood College
Felix
Louis Jacobs
National Training School For Boys
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Leon Eisenberg
Children's Psychiatric Service
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Helaine Todd
Girl Scouts
District of Columbia
Montgomery County
Public Health Service
Federal
Lexington
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hood
Won't Probe U N Charges
PANMUNJOM The neutral Nations Armistice Supervisory Commission declined to investigate U N charges that Communists are smuggling warplanes into North Korea in violation of the armistice. An Allied spokesman said three mobile teams could not be dispatched and no reason was given. The commission meets tomorrow. Swedish members said they would not discuss the matter with newsmen. Other members include Switzerland Poland and Czechoslovakia Maj Gen Julius K Lacey the Allied chief charged Reds have smuggled warplanes from China to nine North Korean fields and brought in other war materials along routes bypassing five Red ports of entry but neither the types nor numbers were specified nor the source disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Neutral Nations Armistice Supervisory Commission
U.N
North Korea
UNRC
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Julius K. Lacey
Joint Military Armistice Commission
China
Lacey
McCarthy vows no tactic change despite charges
Senator McCarthy rejected altering methods to gain Democratic backing for Eisenhower programs. He described Democrats as 20 years of treason and warned that excess partisanship must be avoided, pledging to continue exposing what he calls facts unless it hurts his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Wee- Carthy R-Wis
San Mateo
Calif
McCarthy
Sen
Jenner
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Portland
Ore
Babson Not Pessimistic on Future of Business
Babson argues December and January figures show a dip but blames lower consumer demand and high inventories rather than a looming collapse. He cites Christmas card spending, warns forecasting can overreach, and urges optimism from smaller cities with church bells as a barometer. He predicts advances in atomic and solar energy, gravity tech, and mental energy, urging education to raise productivity and goods demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Associated Press
Wig of Newwom
Actius
America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Gravity Research Foundation of
New Boston
N. FL
Turkey
Pub. Fin, Bu,, Inc
Churchill Survives Fest London Trade Pact Fallout
The Churchill government faced intense criticism over a British Japanese trade pact as MPs rejected Labour censure motion 297 to 258. The pact allows limited Japanese imports into Britain for the first time since the war and signals colonies may ease barriers on Japanese goods. In Brunswick, Miss Katie Barnard, boarding house operator, is reported improving after two leg fractures from a fall, now hospitalized at Frederick Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
House of Commons
Labor Party
Britain
Katie Barnard
East Potomac Street
Brunswick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Senate inquiry in ship cases shows lengthy record
Washington observes that a Senate Government Operations subcommittee report from 1952 linked civil violations in tanker sales to potential criminal acts. Indictments by a federal grand jury followed for former Representative Carer and others in ship transfers. The piece notes continued use of subpoenas and committee methods under Senator McCarthy, with debates over investigative power and rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
Washington
Senate Committee On Government Operations
Department of Justice
Joseph Carer
Hoey
North Carolina
McCarthy
Maritime Commission
Subcommittee
Messes
Casey
Senate
Congress
Senate Committees
Wen
Commission
Lehman
New York
Frederick Memorial Hospital Births and Parties Across Frederick Area
A string of announcements records births at Frederick Memorial Hospital including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Eldred C Van Fessen and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Weaner. Monica Lee born Jan 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Weaner, siblings noted, while Charles Fraley hosts a surprise party near Thurmont. Other items mention anniversaries, home moves, and a sailor leaving for Mediterranean duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred C. van Fessen
Dale Drive
Silver Spring
Robert Eldred
Frederick Memorial Hospital
van Fassen
Margaret Elizabeth Slagle
George C. Slagle
George Henry Weaner
Lovettsville
Monica Lee
William E. Biser
Middletown
Biser
Charlotte Louise Sines
Millard Sines
Town News on Local Patients at Frederick Memorial
Among the sick at Frederick Memorial Hospital several patients show improvement after admission last Sunday. J P Feiser of Woodsboro remains in critical condition but is slightly improved. James Kline of Wilson Place is much improved and back home. Mrs Lola Kline of Brunswick is able to go out after being ill. Mrs Martha Crampton of Middletown is seriously ill with broken ribs from an icy highway accident. Mrs S H Fisher of Brunswick and Mrs George Green of Lewistown have returned home after observations or hospital stays. Mrs Russell Crone of Middletown sustained minor injuries from the same accident and was not hospitalized. Mrs George T Grossnickle, near Union Bridge, is in satisfactory condition after an emergency operation at St Agnes Hospital Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J P. Feiser
Woodsboro
Frederick Memorial Hospital
W. B. Thomas
Brunswick
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
James Kline
Wilson Place
Lola Kline
S. H. Fisher
George Green
Lewistown
Martha Crampton
Middle ‘Town
John Crampton
Russell Crone
Middletown
George T. Grossnickle
Union Bridge
Legislative Matters Offered At Annapolis
Maryland League of Municipalities urged matters discussed with Frederick county delegates before the General Assembly session. A Senate bill would create a study commission on city county fiscal relationships. A House bill, backed by jetty officials, would allow incorporated towns to regulate street and road speeds not on the state system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland League of Municipalities
Frederick County
General Assembly
Senate
League
Army drafts 18 000 for April reaffirm quotas
The Army issued a draft call for 18,000 inductees in April, matching February and March quotas. The total drafted or earmarked since selective service resumed in 1980 reaches 1,661,430.
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Washington
Army
La Forge Rites To Be Saturday In Union Bridge
Carroll County resident Guy Scott La Forge of Union Bridge died Wednesday at University Hospital Baltimore after months of illness at 75. A former Lehigh Portland Cement plant superintendent, he retired in 1946 after joining as a chemist in 1913. He served on the Union Bridge Banking board and the Carroll County Board of Education, was active in Rotary and Eastern Star, and a Spanish American War veteran with the 35th Infantry. Surviving are two daughters, two grandchildren, a brother and two sisters. Funeral services Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Union Bridge funeral home with burial in Pipe Creek cemetery. viewing Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Guy Scott la Forge
Union Bridge
University Hospital
Baltimore
Lehign Portland Cement Company
LaForge
Union Bridge Banking and Trust Company
Board of Education
Rotary Club of Westminster
Elk Rapids
Michigan
Andrew
Mary Rankins LaForge
Alice Bechtold LaForge
Elizabeth LaForge
Greg Burns
Roy LaForge
Detroit
Mich
Zoe la Forge
Birmingham
Alabama
D D Harizler
Pons
Louis P. Chastain
Pipe Creek Cemetery
Bernard Elmer Biggus
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Oldfield
Summerfield
Mary Fisher Biggus
Virginia Valentine
Ora G. Biggus
Long Island
Myrtle L. Biggus
Philadelphia
Walter L. Biggus
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Erimgeel Larsen Ak D Eln Wtalen and Sons
Keys Chapel Methodist Church
John Evans
Karn Estate Worth 268842 In Montgomery County
Montgomery County Orphans Court probate reveals Frank H. Karn former Montgomery County Board of Commissioners president and Rockville contractor died at 84 leaving 268842 in eenvoudige estate. Daughters inherit major share with 10000 to granddaughter Alethea Karn and 325000 trust for grandson Franklin Karn. Maj Gen Walter Bethel also probate with 142285 estate split between widow Elizabeth Bethel and two daughters.
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Frank H. Karn
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Rockville
Montgomery County
Alethea
Virginia Karn
Franklin Hunter
Karn
Walter A. Bethel
Army
Elizabeth Strong
Bethel
Elizabeth Bethel
Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase
Frances B. Rowan
Quincey Street
Deaths Mrs Bussard Haines Rodgers in Frederick Hagerstown area
Obituaries notice multiple deaths from Frederick Maryland and surrounding area includes Mrs Dorothy Bussard 43 of Charlottesville Va died after meningitis at University of Virginia Hospital. Mrs Mamie E Haines 75 Uniontown Pa died at home. Mrs Mary Kline Rodgers of Hagerstown died at home. Survivors listed include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Funeral details and churches involved noted for each case.
Funeral notices and local social items from Thurmont area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Bernard Elmer Biggus and Bernard Biggus, with service details at Union Bridge and Oldfield. Infant Ellis Robin Smith dies in Bethesda Hospital. Demise and service notes for others, including Barnesville and Beallsville arrangements. Local class meeting notes and a custody investigation referenced. Colossus of Rhodes historical note ends fragment.
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Ellis Robin Smith
Franklin
Elizabeth Cooley Smith
Sellman
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Barnesville
Moonocacy Cemetery
Beallsville
William B. Hilton
Funeral notices and services for several local residents
Funeral services were held for Miss Rhoda Sensorhaugh formerly of Wolfs ville at St Mark s Lutheran church Wolfsville with Rev Raymond L Markley officiating. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery. Also listed were services for Jacob D Adams of Detour and Marshall Alton Carpenter of Route 6 with burials at local cemeteries and multiple pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda
Sensorhaugh
Wolfsville
Veteran's Hospital
Wilkes-Barre
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Raymond L. Markley
Daniel Ott
John A. Martin
John R. Martin
James Sensenhaugh
Wilbur Naylor
Vernon Cassel
Paul F. Bittle
Marshall Alton Carpenter
East Patrick Street
Walter D. Mehrling
Adamstown- Grace
Warrant Issued for Pinball Licenses at Park Drive-In
A warrant served on Raymond G. Brown lessee of the Park Drive-In in Frederick alleges failure to procure county licenses for three pinball machines found during raids last Saturday by city police. Brown not charged in raids. hearing set for Peoples Court Saturday at 10. Twelve pinball machines were confiscated and held at Police Headquarters pending court disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Brown
South Court Street
Frederick City
Brown
Peoples Court
Sergt. Faorman Dietz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Southern Ptg. & Mfg. Co
North Court St . Frederick
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Frederick
Air Leadership
the News
Tremis
Jeremiah
Babson
Bobbie Grams
An & Pound
Julien P. Delphey
Homer D. Kepler
Carroll Parkway
Carroll Kinsey
Edward Shook
Shook
Robert R. Hemp
Jefferson
Sallie Anthony
Hemp
Rachel McMahan
Federalsburg
Carl Fisher
Poolesville
John D. Roop
Nave
Alan Rout
Ohio
James Daniel Grout
Elmer E. Rippeon
Tidewater
Helen M. Rippeon
Littiestown
Carrie Weishaar
York Street
Taney
Town
Annapolis
la Forge
Joseph Bussard
Dorothy Bussard
West Main Street
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Bussard
Rodney C
Catherine Cramer Burdette
Methodist
Bus
Mount Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
Mamie E. Haines
Theodore M. Haines
Uniontown
Ione A. m
Lancaster
C. O. Fuss and Son
John Rodgers
Mary Kline Rodgers
West Lanvale Street
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Pete Kline
Margaret Webb
Edna Eichelberger
Charles Cline
Normont
Magerstown
Slaven
BE. U J. B
West
Eleanor Grove
Margaret Krantz
Elsie Martz
Helen Summers
Jread
Margaret Hoover
West Third Street
George Brown
Patrick
M.schnauffer
William C. Roderick
Lille Ruth Covell
Homer T. Bolyard
Church Hill
B. C
Rhodes
Jacob D, Adams
Detour
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Philip Bower
Elias Lutheran Church
Emmitsburg
Haugh’s Cemetery
Smithsburg
John Adams
Norman Adams
William Adams
Clyde Naylor
Claude DeBerry
Detour Bank
Key Grain and Feed Company
Joan Wand
George Winemiler
David Reissmider
George Koons
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