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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1949
Page
4
Dorothy Dix counsels a worried husband to demand a fixed allowance to curb his wife’s extravagant spending and build savings. She suggests the wife manage money carefully, while offering practical steps to avoid ruin from debt and lack of planning.
A reflection on Abraham Lincoln's humility and openness to opposing views. The piece praises his habit of reconsidering errors, avoiding dogma, and urging Americans to pursue truth with sincerity as God guides us to see the right. It notes the value of adaptability in seeking the right.
British report notes Cyprus reduced malaria from 40 percent of schoolchildren to 1.3 percent in three years through constant spraying at a cost of 800000 dollars. Sardinia follows with Rockefeller Foundation funding. History texts link malaria to ancient declines, urging expansion of sanitary work to Greece and Italy for a possible new lease on life.
February 22 1892 column notes heavy snowfall nearly twelve exchanges of snow on the level and 18 inches on the ground. Hydrants and water pipes burst as coal dealers react. An alarm of fire came from a storeroom on East Fifth Street due to an overheated stove. Circuit court vened with only six jurors reporting. A letter about a cig fire memo was mentioned.
Twenty years ago in February 1929, local items note the Hupmobile company status and a robbery near Mt Olivet cemetery. John Young Jr Lone attendant at Gulf Refining station reports being held up at gunpoint and robbed of $35. Sgt John J Cassidy takes command of Substation B State Police at Braddock Heights replacing Corp Joseph Deutsch.
A stork shower for Mrs David Neighours was held Wednesday evening at Mrs Edgar Mullens home. Pink and blue theme with parasols and arch decor framed the event. Committees organized refreshments and prize tables. a card party was announced for February 24 with sponsors including Mrs Clarence Sanders and Mrs Donald Stoner and several others.
Washington Daybook recounts Ed Johnson and fellow Democrats railing at State Department moves on a Dutch resolution tied to Indonesia and the ECA pie, while Republican Brewster seizes on the leak to rally support. House leaders react to cocktail culture chatter as Argentina and Cuba stir regional reactions.
Jimmie Quick states six weeks of work for the bass favor Fort reconstruction, while urging patience for the new LUFBURROW efforts. The remarks reflect ongoing debate and community stakes as plans proceed.
A compact note outlines the daily English lesson focusing on often mispronounced and misspelled terms. It highlights accordant meaning agreeing and harmonious and urges mastering one word each day to grow vocabulary.
Washington dispatch notes House approval of 200000 funding for the House committee investigating un American activities. President Truman favored halting the panel, but the bipartisan majority backed continued exposure of Communist influence and possible future legislation to curb related organizations.
Washington February 12 AP Geoffrey Crowther editor of the London Economist spoke at the National Planning Association on Britain's postwar economy He argued nationalization has progressed with eight schemes including coal rail transport electrical and gas with steel under way He noted no dramatic improvements yet but praised the planned economy approach as stabilizing and guiding Britain through postwar shortages and inflationary pressures He emphasized balancing budget exports and tax collection while reducing food subsidies and warned that real benefits may take generations to appear
A birthday party honoring Mrs. George Harner was hosted by her son and daughter in law at their Emmitsburg home on Wednesday night. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. George Harner and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Summers of Waynesboro, Pa. Refreshments were served.
A Bolivar family reunion was hosted at L Evans home with Frances Rees Freier and Charles Harpers Ferry attendees. A dinner was served and a celebratory day enjoyed by Lou Dean coun VA and others. Wailer Jenkins of Harpers Ferry visited, with noted recoveries and hospital stay details. Richard Thayer, son of Norman Thayer of Camp Hill, enrolled at Shepherd College for a special course. Harry Goodall and family from ark NJ spent time with Lee Hoover and B C Spensler households on Camp Hill and Bolivar areas. Alice from ter spent from Friday through the weekend visiting local homes.
Hood College sponsors Religious Emphasis Week with an economic slant from February 13 to 20. Theme centers on faith as life insurance, urging timely payments. Dr David Dunn opens with a discussion on Protestantism, lectures in campus Y, chapel services in Brodbeck Hall. Robert James of the Student Christian Movement leads topics and discussions including Your Campus Policy on Drink and One Thing After Another. Special services planned with a communion following Friday sermon and a final church service on February 20.
A reader’s quiz excerpt covers figures in Central American revolt led by William Walker, a note on Douglas fir timber value, the Bastille's seizure as a revolution marker, the move of the U.S. capital to Washington in 1800, the Colossus of Rhodes height and duration, and early colonial use of black walnut.
The coming week listings show at the Tivoli from Sunday to Tuesday Yellow Sky with Gregory Peck Anne Baxter and Richard Widmark. Wednesday and Thursday feature Dene Clark and Zachary Scott, plus Saturday Mexican Hayride with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. At the Opera House, Sixteen Deep Lon Chaney a cartoon Pathe News and science shorts, plus Congo chapter installments and Warner Pathe News.
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