Birthdays and today in history blur the lines of fame and fate
A jumble of birthplaces and ages lists figures from Fred Know America Today to Jack Benny and Albert Hayes, with brief entries for James Pike, Mervin Kelly, Arthur Edens, and others. The piece also notes Oregon statehood in 1859 and a Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929, plus historical anniversaries and a Camp Lejeune Marine report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred ) Senbner, Jr
Wisconsin School of Medicine
Neayrelagie
Cinccinnati
Mervin J. Kelly
Chasréne Ont Beth Valenkomn
Pabaestories
Princeton
Arthur H Edens
Duke University
Willows Grove
Tenn
Oregon
Alexander Graham Bell
Eusha Gray
Chicago
Cray
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hhl
Dept. of Commerce and Labor
Atvided
Arizona
Usters
Frederick Douglass
Easton
Christopher Latham Sholes
Wisconsin
Mooresburg
Winfield Scott Hancock
Montgomery Square
Anna Howard Shaw
England
Moylan
George Jean Nathan
Broadway
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Lincoln Washington debate at Frederick literary society
Fifty years ago the Frederick Literary Society held a Lincoln death anniversary program with a debate on whether Lincoln surpassed Washington. Judges favored the affirmative. The item also notes Col. E Austin Baughman to star as Billy Bolton in the Opera House play for a Baseball Association fundraiser and reports Mrs. Charles E Klein of Braddock recovering from a poisoning attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solth Frederick Literary Society
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
George Washington
Matthew Staley
Clifford Doll
Guy Mateny
Ross Myers
Nesauve
Howard Kreh
Grover Michael
Forest Brown
Roger Dansberger
Opera House
Baseball Association
Col. E. Austin Baughman
Billy Bolton
Charles E. Klein
Braddock
Maryland veg growers urged to plant acreage targets for 1939
College Park Maryland vegetables marketers issued guidelines from Harold Hoecker University of Maryland detailing suggested acreage adjustments for 1939 crops. Potatoes and tomatoes face declines while sweet corn cucumbers and lima beans have modest increases or stable plans due to market conditions and labor costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Harold Hoecker
University of Maryland
Controversy Over Ambassadors Up Again Sparks Debate
Lawrence outlines partisan tensions around ambassador choices and a proposed nonpolitical standard for diplomats. The piece notes Democratic criticisms in Senate Foreign Relations Committee meetings, warns against disengagement tactics, and stresses the impact of public speeches on market confidence and policy support. It also discusses crop acreage guidance for peppers, melons, peas, beets, carrots, and spinach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ange
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Forugn Relations Committee
Ofenna Nf
America
Maryland
Civil Defense Committee
Vernon Coblentz
Ralph
Grinder
Ernest Eccard
Republic
Benjamin Franklin
John Jay
United States
Repiblican
Democratic National Committees
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Colonies
Twenty years ago items from The News dated February 14 1939 cover local events. It notes a forest fire near the Blue Mountain House with the hotel safe, Frederick High School drill practice and scores, law enforcement awards honoring traffic safety, a birthday banquet at the Key Hotel with Linn Drake as guest speaker, demolition work under the new building code, a five year state roads plan including U S 15 realignments near Emmitsburg, a heart attack death of Guy Hopwood, antisubmarine exercises in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, and remarks on clergy names and political culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Mountain House
Bis
HE Frederick
Company A
RK. Wolfe
E. Kennedy
M. Beall
E. Thomas
D. Johnson Sa
Lois L. Higgins
Illinois Crime Prevention Bureau
Walker Manufacturing Company
Racine
Wis
NPCAA
Francis Scott Key
Linn C. Drake
Washington
National Capital Area
beeMe Su Dinpidant
Horace T Walker
State Roads Commission
U.sis
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Figineer Linthicum
Lewistown
Tricken
Guy E. Hopwood
Homemakers Projects To Be Featured At March Meeting
A two part program at the Hood College campus features homemaking projects from the past year during the annual Homemakers Council meeting on March 25. The day includes a business session, a luncheon in Cablentz Hall, and a 2 to 3 pm exhibit in Gambrill gymnasium with demonstrations on clothing packing, home furnishings, foods and nutrition, etiquette, and health and safety. Local club women and leaders including Miss Beatrice Fehr discuss demonstrations and displays planned by multiple committees and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nho
Homemander Council
Hood College
Cablentz
Saati Bullies
Beatrice Fehr
Gambrill Gymnasium
Robert Kline
Edgar Roderick
Charles Main
Charles Martin
Mary A. Thomas
James Montgomery
Niemann Brunk
Harry J. Hamilton Jr
Malcolm Rakestraw
Howard Smith
Richard Remsburg
William Browning
Melvin Zimmerman
Home Management Committee
Russell Norman
Flalph Stottlemoer
C.W. Shuff
Woodrow Souder
Hfe
Charles Remshere
Charles Jones
Paul Wise
Joseph Lerner
Virgil Doub
Maynard Hawker
Maurice McDaniels
Jaankamekine
Garden News for February and March from Rose Hill Club
Miss Beatrice Fear Mome shares garden tips for February and March. Houseplants should be moved to larger pots with fresh loam and manure, African violets sprayed with lukewarm water away from sun, and roots handled carefully. Deciduous trees or shrubs can be moved when soil is workable, dormancy intact. Prune hydrangeas roses and late bloomers after last frost, referencing garden books for correct methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gakua
Beatrice Fear
Byron Carpenter
Rose Hill Garden Club
Spring Gardening Hints and Local Obituary Notes
Side Glances outlines early sowing of alpine plants and perennials with seed protection and indoor starts. It covers seed pans, tubers, begonias, gloxinias, planting schedules, soil prep, pruning, and spray guidance. The page also lists obituaries and notices including Mrs. Kate G. Ponton and Major Harry K. Rupert, with service details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawsaur
Tate
John Ff
Fountainhead Road
Hagerstown
Williams
Vi Time Small
Chean
Washington County
Hosy Saints Episcopal Church
Cecelia Gilles
Saints Parish Hall
Caterpillar Traces Labor Strife Inflation Warning
The Caterpillar Tractor Company annual report includes a President and chairman statement arguing that wage demands by unions with monopoly power fuel inflation and harm American workers. It cites labor negotiations before Detroit deals and notes strikes in Pearis, York, and Decatur as evidence of union overreach harming shareholders and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caterpillar Tractor Company
U.S
Enforce Liquor Laws Better Says Editor Letter
Grace English Nicolaus of Frederick argues for a three member board to enforce alcohol beverage laws in Freerack County. She notes prior grand jury calls for stricter enforcement, urges legislative action during session, and criticizes current enforcement methods. Church music program notices at Zion Urbana outline Lent season concerts with varied themes and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirs
Democratic State Central Committee
Freaerack County
Grand Jury
Gibson-Wills wedding at The Trinity Reformed Church Ridgewood NY
Lucille Wills and Edward Gibson married at Trinity Reformed Church Ridgewood in a ceremony led by Rev Max Rost. The bride, a former Ridgewood resident and Bob Jones University graduate, is an office manager in New York City. The groom, from London, is a photo engraver for Knapp Engraving Company. The couple reside in Spring Valley New York.
Police Department Wins Walker Safety Award in Maryland
Frederick joins Hagerstown and Takoma Park as 1958 Walker Safety Award recipients for police departments reducing traffic fatalities and injuries. Frank J. Schira, president of the National Police Officers Association of America, announced the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland
Frank J. Schira
National Police Officers Association of America
Hagerstown
Takoma Park
Near East Exhibit Planned by Pursway Danci Leader
Mrs Ray H Smith heads an international relations display on the Near East with help from the international art music and reading committees. Other organizers include Mrs Edward Wid Mayer and multiple committee women. The Rose Hill Garden Club led by Mrs Robert Kline plans an exhibit with garden and short course displays and a reading display from the Homemakers Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pursway Danci
Ray H. Smith
Smith
Edward Wid- Mayer
Hilda Druithiss
Lucy Gladhill
Edward D. Storm
C. J. Morris
William Wallace
Rey Walter
Guy Baker
Grant
Wallace
Funeral services for Miss Martha V Mat tie Nushaum
Funeral services for Miss Martha V Mat tie Nushaum of Braddock Heights were held at 108 East Church Street Funeral Home on Friday at 2 o clock led by Rev. Robert F Woodward pastor of First Baptist Church Interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery Pallbearers supplied by the funeral home M E Etchison and Son funeral directors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WALD
le Sheek
Ithe
Isabell Horn
Austin
Hilda
Bare
Paul Stockman
Irvin R
Hagerstown
Glenda Tomlin
Pienabenemeamy Tomo Sin Dee
A. K. Coffman
Lester Kauffman
Rest Haven Cemetery
Martha V.mattie
Nushaum
North Market Street
Vindebona Convalescent and Rest Home
Braddock Heights
East Church Street
Robert F. Woodward
First Baptist Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Etchison and Son
Eastern Recinnal Meeting Attended By Dr Lynch In Was ton
Frederick based Dr. DB R Lynch attended the Eastern Recinnal Meeting of the American Animal Hospital Association in Washington on February 12. Miss Mary Jane Powell now supervising OR at High Point Memorial Hospital plans to return home this evening after visiting friends and her parents, Irv and Mrs Roger Powell. Powell was attending the Operating Room Nurses Convention in Houston where she met Dr Denton Cooley and the Thomas family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DB. R. Lynch
Frederick
American Animal Hospital Association
Waston
Mary Jane Powell
This
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
Irv
Roger Powell
Powell
Houston
Denton Cooley
E. P. Thomas
Family notes report hospital updates and recoveries
Among The Sick Mrs. Austin Summers is hospitalized at Piedebahk hospital for surgery on Tuesday and is improving. Mr. Robert H. Kaiser of Evet t Church street returned home after medical care at the Veterans Center Martinsburg. Wo Vadle was admitted December 2 and will convalesce at home for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Rupert Ward
Prescott
Ariz
Harry K. Rupert Af
Vandergrift
Rupert. i
Otis Hudson
Los Angeles
Valley Forge Hospital
Philadelphia
Rupert
Charlotte Khaz Rupert
Walkersville
Roker L. Kling
Mr. Kling
Harry R. Rupert
Hudson
Bernard Sen Vande Eerie
Ava TP
Ahynet
New France
Laile
Austin Summers
Piedebahk
Robert H. Kaiser
Evett Church Street
Veterans Center
Martinsburg
Vadle
Peters
Concluding oddities from distant postings abroad
The report notes Capt. Staiey stationed far apart from Greenland and mentions American consul Mr. Bushwaller in Melbourne leaving behind summer temperatures as he returns to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street
Globe
Staiey
Greenland
Bushwaller
Melbourne
Australia
States
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Know
Camp Lejeune, N.C
Atom Marine Cpl Dames Beviene
Olson
Harry E. Nicholson
W. Potomacick, Md
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
10Th Regiment
the News
Hoecker
Lawrence
DWA
Jareece
Panama
Pacific West
Canal Zone Walters
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Herman
Minn
Luth ‘Eran
Norman
Hearty
Hoffman
Othe
Her' Melis
Homemakers
eCopss
Paya
Ruthi Wall
Hallie ‘Harvey
Carroll Parkway
Mary Elworthy
Harley
The
Brethren
Emil Shober
Wallace Matheny
Jesus
Carne Howard
Ralph WE. White
Simners
Circle 2
White
William Thomas
Carl Kintz
Kenneth Harsher
Bert “Strawsbore
South Market Street
Pang-rip
Saint Barnabas Chapel
Horn Corporation
St. Paul's
EUB Per
Clark Michael
Church
Roland Michael
Ledge AF
AM. Hagerstawnigirs
Shaws
Kate G. Ponton
Cumberland
Springfield State Hospital
John T
Margaret Goolsby
Pizarro M. Ponton
It. Barnabas Auxiliary
Saint Barnabas Woman's Auxiliary
Her
Asuuses
Lebel Weeg
Strawsbure
LeRoy Strawspure
Harriet Bare
Susie
Patti Amorello
Abbie Lynn Strawsgure
Tomilin
Austin Bare
Winchester Street
Chiva Louise Kellege
Sinsterville
Anna Lone Cary
Kennebec City
Maine
Connece Threat
TM Bag
Nea Bernos
Bullertons
Lental Zion Church
Urbana
Baltmore Cathedral
S Boar Geek
Police Department
Walker Award
Rervilors
William J. Bushwaller
Francis X Staley Jr
Atrest
Om East
Ek, J. Keefer
Com Freecke X
Maley
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