Dorothy Dix Advice on Independence After Widowhood
Dorothy Dix counsels widows to keep independence and stay in their own home, managing finances with a bank, and staying busy with work like running a rooming house. She warns against moving in with children, urges avoiding pensioner dependence, and promotes personal dignity and self-reliance. Also includes teen behavior guidance and a 1939 church guild meeting note amid community life.
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Washington Daybook looks at Acheson and cold war shifts
Washington Daybook surveys Dean Acheson quietly marshaling forces for a strategy shift in the cold war. It notes reliance on diplomacy, propaganda, and alliance building, plus internal debates, U.S. reactions to Soviet actions, and commentary on political maneuvering within Congress and the State Department.
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Dean Acheson
Acheson
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Sarfaure
Europe
George C. Marshall
Russa
Truman
Russkies
Jon Stalin
Kingsbury Smith
State Department
Hin
Stalin
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Balkans
Death of News Founder William T Delaplaine Sr commemorated
This brief obituary marks the Sth anniversary of the death of William T Delaplaine Sr founder of The News. He died at his home in the city February 19 after a brief illness of pneumonia. He was 35.
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William T. Delaplaine
the News
Delaplane
Pneumonie
Government slides on housing need and costs
Federal Housing Administrator told Congress that 17 to 18 million dwellings are needed in the next decade. Private builders now struggle with high wages and material costs, while slum clearance and public funds face funding limits. Prefab housing remains costly, but worker cooperation could speed low cost homes and sustain the building boom.
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Raymond M
Federal
Congress
Weather summary and racing payout at Sandown Park
Precipitation for the 24 hours ending 6 30 a m shows February to date at 1 38 inches while February normal is 2 90 inches and 1948 February reads 1 68 inches. Yesterday high 5 degrees and low last night 32 degrees. Sun sets 5 51 p m and rises 6 57 a m. Moon rises 1 44 a m and sets 11 09 p m. At Sandown Park England the dark double paid 6 126 for a 2 bet today.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Fifty years back in our column, the Monocacy frozen with ice and thawed banks. trains resumed on time after a shutdown. The Flock family Middletown reported an unconscious incident but improving. B H Kline, notable tobacconist, shared a melon treat. Fresh oysters scarce priced at 1.60.
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Bells Rocks
David Flock
Middletown
H. T. Kline
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Twenty years ago in Freder Frederick City and Damascus area figures are recalled. Beall a longtime local figure died at an advanced age. A plant explosion at Frederick Iron and Steel damaged structures but caused no injuries. Dedication ceremonies for a local project are noted with brief religious exercises.
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Ag Euliucal
Freder
B. Beall
Damascus
Anne Frederick City
Frederick
Watkins Acres and Hamilton Homes to move offices
The offices of Watkins Acres and Hamilton Homes Inc. will relocate around April 1 to the first floor of 6 East Second Street, a building recently purchased from Dr Charles E. Broadrup. Alterations are underway for occupancy.
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Hamilton Homes
Incall Development Companies
Asa H. Watkins
Airy
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East Second Street
Charles E. Broadrup
Arigr
Economic outlook weighs on postwar confidence in 1946 era
Washington coverage argues mood of readjustment dominates as unemployment rises and government spending for arms and aid keeps the economy moving. Analysts warn of deflation risk if spending and taxes shift, urging realism on artificial factors shaping demand and policy.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
A . H. Kaplan
Joy Economic Committee
Congress
Peison
Absurd Word Lesson on Misused Terms and Pronunciation
Lesson notes discuss congenial misusage comparing congenial per son with genial person and mispronunciations of facile. It outlines calendar spelling tips observe ar, offers synonyms for ample and abundant, and urges daily vocabulary growth with the adage use a word three times. Absurd defined as obviously opposed to truth and inconsistent with common sense with Shakespearean example.
Rhythmic Choir to Present Religious Dance Program at Hood
The Hanover presents a program on Tuesday featuring the Rhythmic Choir, a religious service in place of the biweekly service. The Echo, an ensemble from Christ Congregational Church, performs sacred dances, hymns, and visualizations from Psalm 17 to Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, with pieces including When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and Agnus Dei, aiming to interpret religious moods through movement and design.
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Hood
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Echo
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Dubes
At Home Event at Hood College Hosts Spanish Talk
The Spanish house at Hood College hosts an At Home this afternoon from 3 to 4 for modern language students faculty and guests. Dr Rafael Supervia of George Washington University will present an informal talk titled La Mujer Espanola a traves de la historia followed by a Spanish skit on South American customs. Refreshments will follow with several faculty and students assisting in hosting and directing the event.
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Spanish House of Hood College
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George Washington University
Washington
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Y Valenica
Spain
United States
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America Betances
Marion L. MacPhail
Saux Dawes
Tunkhannock
Jean Righter
Drexel Hil
Arliss Katherine Stott
Arlington, Va
Barbara Biernwirth
Upper Meontelair
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Wedding Ties Beach Woman to Stull in Baltimore
Miss Helen Beach of Southold Long Island and Keefer S Stull Jr son of Mr and Mrs Keefer S Stull Sr tied in marriage February 2 at the First English Lutheran church Baltimore Rev Martin Luther Enders performed the ceremony Miss Erma Stull and Charles Tup attended The bride wore aqua dress with black accessories and talisman roses The couple reside in Baltimore after a southern honeymoon The bride a Hood College Draper Institute alumna formerly with Camp Detrick The groom a Johns Hopkins University electrical engineering student due to graduate in June
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Long Island
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West Second Street
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Charles Tup
Frederick
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Hawthorn Road
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New York
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Reporting requirements for government benefits and inherited property
The text outlines what not to report for government benefits and related income. It notes you need not report Social Security benefits, certain insurance payments, government pensions, or dependency allowances, nor property received as gifts, bequests, or inheritances unless derived from such property.
Truman Advisers Set Goal Of Two Hundred Billion For 1968
NEA Washington report details Council of Economic Advisers projection of a 200 billion dollar GNP target for 1968, based on 1939 dollars and 325 billion in current terms. Keyserling argues expansion requires steel aluminum and power capacity growth while guarding against overexpansion.
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NEA
Washington
Leon H. Keyserling
Joint Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
Joint Committee On Economic Report
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Truman
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Posal
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Lufburrow Urges Peace and Caution in World Affairs
Lufburrow calls for world peace as an attainable goal though costly, urging selflessness and decency amid nations that have betrayed good motives. He says diplomacy at its best is often inadequate and suggests seeking guidance from a higher power. He notes U.S. annual farm accident deaths around 4,300.
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N. A. Lufburrow
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