Price declines spark wide range of economic opinions
The article surveys varied views on the significance of commodity price drops. Truman hints inflation remains a problem, Taft sees no slump, and Boylan says prices peaked with stabilization ahead. Farm state reps protest agricultural downturns despite overall decline, as the Bureau shows foods down 52 points vs 8 in non foods through Feb 11.
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Truman
Taft
Boylan
New York Stock Exchange
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dr Holloway Named Drew University Head
Dr Fred G Holloway dean of Drew Theological Seminary was elected president of Drew University by the board of trustees in Madison New Jersey on February 19 He succeeds Dr Arlo Ayers Brown who retires June 30 Holloway previously led Western Maryland College for twelve years and led Westminster Theological Seminary from 1932 to 1935 Mr and Mrs C M Waltz Jr Winfield announce the birth of a daughter Sandra Lee at Frederick Memorial Hospital last Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
N.J
Fred G. Holloway
Drew Theological Seminary
Drew University
Board of
New York Society of the Methodist Church
Fifth Avenue
New York
Arlo Ayers Brown
Dean Holloway
Western Maryland College
Drew
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster
C M. Waltz, Jr. Winfield
Sandra Lee
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Real estate sold on East Sixth and West Fourth streets with Miss Littie Ebbert purchasing for 1000 dollars and Mrs Stone selling for 900 pounds. A Key Monument Association committee led by Dr Edward Nelson plans a Washington trip to invite President McKinley to unveilings. The B&O railroad widens and bricks the Point of Rocks tunnel, about 30 workers over six months. A Belles Lettres Society debate at the male high school debated Hawaii annexation as beneficial to the United States. The principal of the local colored school is Theo H Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Sixth Street
Henry Baumgardner
Littie Ebbert
West Fourth Street
John C. Stone
KEY Monument Association
Edward Nelson
Washington
McKinley
B. and O. Railroad Company
Point of Rocks
Belles Lettres Literary Society
Hawaii
United States
H. Clay Hull, Jr
Rel Reich
E. F. Sappington
Theo. H. Lawrence
Damaged Damascus house fire and rail crossing fatality report
Twenty years ago local items note a dramatic blaze destroying a large two story house at Damascus tied to a nearby Methodist church and a fatal crash when a man drove into a moving freight train near Point of Rocks. The moving picture theater and two homes at Blue Ridge Summit burned from a fire in the theater storage. Frederick County Holstein Association holds annual meeting electing Clyde Smith president and Maurice D Ceblentz vice president with J Homer Remsberg as secretary treasurer.
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Welter Shipler
Damascus
Adj G Methodist
Episcopal
George CL
Baltimore
Ohio Reilroad
Point of Rocks
Moving Picture
Blue Ridge Summit
Frederick County Holstein Association
Clyde Smith
Maurice D. Ceblentz
Middletown
J. Homer Remsberg
Dorothy Dix Warns Against Cruel Parenting Practices
Dorothy Dix condemns mistreatment of infants by parents and relatives, describing torturous play on a nine month old and urging respect for children's feelings to reduce delinquency. the column cites a letter and reflects on parental cruelty versus care.
Strength For Today By Earl L Douglass D D
In a small American city two brothers are compared in a moral tale about character and failure. One brother fell to alcohol and ruin, the other rose above weakness through discipline and faith. The piece argues that life’s outcome reflects the attitude and inner strength each man carries.
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Tas
Bil
Rai
Babson
Lufburrow Market Prices and Language Aid Notice
An obscure item notes market prices for Wheat and Barley per bushel and corn per barrel, alongside a curious pledge by N A Lufburrow about language repair and aid. The fragment references a bulwark of assistance and resistance to sales while emphasizing keeping language in repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirisi
N. A. Lufburrow
George Allen Still Sees Ike Draft Despite Setbacks
In Washington at the Carlton Hotel George Allen, a longtime Roosevelt and Truman ally turned Eisenhower booster, insists Ike can still be drafted. He argues public necessity could push Ike's nomination and election, despite Truman’s view that the general belongs out of politics.
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Tess Coffin
Washington
George Allen
Carlton Hotel
Ike
George
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Marty Truman
Eisenhower
White House
George Aller
U. S
Armed Services
Truman
Grant
Mr. Truman
Reds Have Formula For U S Destruction
At a deportation hearing a Communist official outlined a plan to destroy the U S government. George Hewitt testified about a Greek American newsman, saying Stalin called the United States a capital citadel to be destroyed and that the party would use mass grievances to storm the capitalist state and install its own government.
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U. S
New York
Communist Party
George Hewitt
Immigration Department
Joseph Stalin
United States
Felitt
Know America Today Anniversary Highlights and Birthdays
A retrospective list notes historic figures born in various years and places, including William Dunlap of Perth Amboy and Carl Wimar in Germany. It also recalls anniversaries such as Ohio statehood and Edison’s phonograph patent, alongside today’s birthdays of notable figures like Senator Scott Lucas and Merle Oberon.
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William Dunlap
New ‘York
Perth Amboy
N. J
John Locke
Cincinnati
Leinster
N. H
Charles $. Olden
New Jersey
Paris
U.S
Scott W. Lucas
Hinds
Chandlersville
William 5. S. Rodgers
The
Texas Company
Columbus
Ohio
Harold M. Talburt
Scripps-Howard
Toledo
Milton C. Winternitz
Yale
Baltimore
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Manchester
Edward Weeks
Atlantic Magazine
Elizabeth
Thomas D. Campbell
Montana
Grand Forks
N. C
Laurence L. Winship
Boston Globe
Somerville
Mass
Merle Oberon
Lady Korda
Sir Cedrick Hardwicke
Montgomery Has 4539 New Homes This Year
The Montgomery County Civic Federation reports 4539 dwellings started in 1947 costing 39 million. Frederick County shows far less housing activity with total starts under 1.5 million dollars, while Montgomery expects a similar volume this year and a large rental housing demand of 5,000 units now and 10,000 to 12,000 within five years.
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Frederick County
Montgomery County
Montgomery Federation
Kidnapped Man Tied To Tree And Auto Stolen
In Washington on February 19 three gunmen abducted Navy Yard painter John A. by 51, bound Selby to a tree with tape in Maryland, then stole his car and held up a liquor store and a drug store in Washington. Selby freed himself and alerted police. the car was found abandoned and losses totaled 15 dollars, 200 dollars, and 125 dollars.
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Washington
FSI
Maryland
John A
Navy Yard
Selby
Dynamite Dust Smuggled in Shoes Sparks Prison Escape Attempt
Fairburn Ga February 19 Nine prisoners failed to blast their way from a stone wall prison when dynamite dust in their shoes exploded a wall area. Wounded prisoner Cornelius Thomas a 63 year term robber was hit by gunfire. The blast shook the barracks housing about 109 inmates and shattered windows. An alleged smuggling scheme involved a dynamite cap brought in by mouth and a six stick charge sealed with soap.
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Fairburn
M. F. Tyree
Tyree
Cornelius Thomas
RAAF Bomber Crashes at Amberley Airfield
A Royal Australian Air Force bomber crashed at Amberley air port in Queensland tonight. Six teens were believed killed. The incident occurred near Brisbane on February 19 as officials investigate the disaster and assess casualties.
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Brisbane
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Amberley
Queensland
Money and inflation debate from Babson on supply demand
Babson argues prices hinge on supply and demand, not money supply. He cites long money circulation, Gold policy under Roosevelt, and suggests paying off debt and raising reserves, warning inflation and urging individuals to store value in banknotes and silver as a precaution against war and bank failures.
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Edgee W. Babson
Babson Park
Fla
Russia
Truman
Roosevelt
United States
Washington
U. S. “Treasury
Coale
Ansley J. Coale
Social Science Research Council
Princeton Unity Press
Tailoring School Popular Homemakers Club Project
The Frederick County Homemakers Clubs run a Monday tailoring class from 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m in the Old Church Street School conference room under the county clothing committee led by Mrs Page Gardner. Miss Lou Davis and Miss Miriam Leiter direct with other local leaders providing lectures and demonstrations on tailoring techniques. Participants include members from Urbana Braddock Middletown and Buckeystown among others.
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Frederick County
Tailoring
Old Church Street
County Clothing Committee
State
Ruby Sh Fier
Middleton Homemakers Club
Marguer Burgee
Pleasant Grove
Sterling Grumbine
Unionvi
Bascom Neal
Pleasant Gro
Herman Koontz
John C. Engie
Jug Bird
Elmer Dixon
Rayner Montgomery
Urba
Charles Cellins
Urbana
Elmer Meitzler
Braddock
Truman Moon
Luther Bussard
Jefferson
Page Gardner
Middletown
Frank Darner
Barbara Young
Ned S. Zeiler
Buckeystown
Ethel Thomas
Lease Bussard
Buckeystoy
Buckeystoy Airs, Russell Young
Jug
Neimann Brunk
Insult To U S Army Reported By Hodge To Russians
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, commander of the U S occupation zone in Korea, told Russia’s Lt. Gen. Korotkov that the Feb 3 incident in Pyongyang was an insult to the United States Army. Majors Darrell Costello and Richard Biggs were shoved by Koreans as they watched a parade and a camera was snatched.
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Seoul
John. R. Hodge
Russia
North Korea
United Sates
Hodge
U. S
South Korea
G. P. Korotkov
Korotkov
Pyongyang
Darrell G. Costelo
Richard C. Biggs
Costello
Q and A schoolbook style broadside on history and law
A collage of quiz style Q and A items covers date abbreviations speed of a hockey puck Casabianca the boy at sea St Patrick nationality 1907 Stanley Cup leap year significance February 28 Luddites and their actions Einstein fourth dimension Louisiana civil law administrator versus executor.
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United Nations
Senate Election Probe Revived Amid 1948 Kansas City Controversy
Senate judiciary subcommittee prepares to question an FBI investigator tied to the 1948 Fifth Missouri primary. Debate focus includes Justice Department handling of alleged irregularities in Kansas City precincts and a claim of a whitewashed case after a grand jury freed 66 indicted individuals.
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Senate
Truman
Missouri
Ia Judiciary Subcommittee
FBI
Rem
Justice Department
Kansas City
Kem
Tru- Man
Enos Axtell
Roger Slaughter
Axtell
Slaughter
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
Enti
Sister Mary Frances Eckenrode Dies in Emmitsburg
Sister Mary Frances Eckenrode died Wednesday at St Joseph's College Emmitsburg after a long illness. A daughter of the late Dr and Mrs Charles Eckenrode of Gettysburg she entered the order in 1805 and taught in Richmond Norfolk Taunton Baltimore Bridgeport before illness led to transfer to the Emmitsburg Mother House. Funeral at St Joseph's College church with burial in Mother Seton Cemetery. Survived by brothers Edward Harrisburg William Warren James Pittsburgh and I West Chester.
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Eckenr
Mary Frances
Order
Charity
St. Sech’s Central House
St. Josey College
Emmitsburg
Cha: Eckenrode
Gettysburg
William
Warren
Emmburg
William Eckenrode
Chio
John
Mary Frances Eckenr
Order of the Sister
Richmond
Norfolk
Taunton
Wva
Baltimore
Bridgeport
Emmitsh
St. Joseph's College Church
George L. Leech
Harrishi Pa
Mother Seton
Edward
Harrisburg
War
James
Pittsburgh
West Chester
Bible Verse Prayer Reflection Fragment
A religious fragment seeks guidance and strength from God. The text references preaching to believers, divine power, and a plea for support and nourishment through faith. It evokes biblical language and hymnlike invocations.
Maryland Weather Summary from Local Forecast
Eastern Shore southern rural Maryland sees cloudiness with sunshine and highs in the sixties. Mild tonight with windy cold. lows 35 to 40. Friday turns partly cloudy, windy, much colder, with possible showers and snow flurries in Garrett County. lows 22 to 36. Areas including Washington and Allegany report mainly cloudy, high in the upper sixties, then colder tonight with showers and snow flurries.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Washington
Allegany
Creltt
Garrett County
Gar County
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Washington Daybook
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Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
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Floyd Olson
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Bors
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Henry Wallace
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Moody Joe Ball
Globe Send
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Thomas A. Edison
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Panama Canal
Iwo Island
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Seciwo Hoger Plan
Che Kor Eor Adee
REL
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Terenas
AP News
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