No More Homework Says Parents In Light of Strain
Washington satirical column notes the burden of homework on parents, cites a U S Education Department lack of statistics, and humorously chronicles a father’s failed algebra attempt with a daughter’s plane problem. The piece ends urging parents to unite under a protective society’s slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Mal Boyle
Washington
Society For the Protection of
U. S. Office of Education
Jon
Carlsen’s Second Ordeal Promised as He Returns Home
Kurt Carlsen, famed for steering passengers to safety as the Flying Enterprise sank, faces a new trial amid massive greetings in England and a savvy reception planned in New York. The seaman defers onlookers while staying focused, trusted to keep his head as he did aboard ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Carlsen
Carlsen
England
New York
Metropolis
Gotham
Carlson
Enterprise
The Cruel Sea Stuns Atlantic Sailors and Recruiting Drive
A storm described as the cruel sea ravages the North Atlantic from Hebrides to Portugal with 100 mph gusts and massive waves. Rescue and tallying losses may take months as ships endure a brutal gale. Marine recruiting today in Frederick invites men 17 to 31 and women 18 to 29 to enlist, with training at Purvis Island, S.C.
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Hebrides
Scotland
Cape St. Vincent
Portugal
Europe
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Hamill W. Reeves
Navy Recruiting Office
Winchester Hall
Frederick
U. S. Marine Corps
Marines
Purvis Island
S.C
Aldermen Approve Bond Issue Plan and Local Property Sales
At a city meeting Aldermen directed City Attorney Levy to draft a bill authorizing bonds worth 512000 at 3 4 percent to redeem existing 4 percent bonds. J Lee Simmons sold a 205 acre Buckeystown farm to William G Baker. E Price and Co sold skating rink property to George Williams Smith. Old Mike the trolley car collided with a B and O back-up train at Carroll street. damage minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Charles P. Levy
J. Lee Simmons
Buckeystown
William G. Baker
Frederick City Hospital Association
David Lowenstein
L. R. Lee
the Elks
Rosenstock Bros
E Price and Company
George Williams Smith
F. and M. Railroad
Price
B. and O
Carroll Street
B and O
Batteries Recovered After Theft Suspect Arrested
Frederick and Washington county sheriffs offices assisted Frederick Police in recovering 21 stolen junk batteries on Tuesday. Ambrose Eugene Walden is charged with stealing them from Frank Gassley and Sons. He was arrested by Officer George Crouse in Hagerstown and held on a $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredenck
Washington County
Frederick
Frank Gassley and Sons
Ambrose Eugene Walden
Ji Aoom
George Crouse
Hagerstown
Love your enemies in Chiang Kai shek prayer memory
Reverend A Purnell Bailey recalls a Canadian visitor recounting Chiang Kai shek and his wife inviting him to join in family worship. The standout moment was a prayer asking God to help China and to not hate Japan’s suffering population amid the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Purnell Bailey
St. Matt
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang Kaishek
Canadien
Goc
China
Japan
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Calumns Of The News
Twenty Years Ago items from the Calumns of the News dated January 16 1937 note Dr A Atlee Radcliff Fred Erick depist nominated for president of Independent Hase Company without opposition succeeding Thomas A Chapline who retires after 17 years. The News Today features Mariner C Fitch of Warnersville an elder county resident and recent high birth day. A Democratic Victory Fund committee is formed in Frederick County for a national drive to finance the 1942 presidential campaign and pay debts with a $1 goal. The Homaxus B Florence farm of 163 acres near Emroyshure sold at public sale to Robert McNaw of Fairfield Pa for 4,i)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Atlee Radcliff
Frederick Depist
Hase
Thomas A Chapline
Fredericks
Mariner C Fitch
Warnersville
Democratic Victory Fund
Fredenck County
Average Man Paying More in 1951 Taxes
Washington reports that the average individual paid about 17 percent more income tax in 1951 than in 1950. Increases took effect Oct 1, 1950 and Nov 1, 1951, with higher brackets paying more and each taxpayer facing about one sixth of 1951 income affected. A typical taxpayer with $102 in 1951 taxes would owe $111.75 in 1952.
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Washington
Jan
Eee Bell
Congress
Tanks Fire On Egyptians at Tel El Kebir
British tanks opened fire on Egyptian snipers in Tel El Kebir and El Hammada near Ismailia in the Suez canal zone. At least five Egyptians were killed and 120 to 160 police were taken into custody after a surprise raid described as an extensive sniper clearing operation. Brig. W. L. Steele labeled the villages thug strongholds and cited alleged police involvement in terrorist plans related to the nearby ordnance depot.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tel el Kebir
Suez Canal Zone
Tel'El Kebir
el Hammada
Ismailia
W. L. Steele
Local Families Share Weekend Visits and Gatherings
A stream of social visits unfolds across Ladiesburg and surrounding towns. families from Rocky Hill Fort Bragg Frederick Hagers town and Poolesville visit relatives in LIND, Saylor, Mathews, McBride and Gaver households. A turkey dinner at Russell Mathews Sr home includes many relatives, while a Tuesday meeting at Mrs Wo Daum’s North Market Street outlines sewing and crafts projects for a Welcome Newcomers Club charity effort. A farmer reports a market trip yielding about as much as expected and noting little more.
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Lavdies Burn
Gertie Smith
Norman
Rocky Hill
Pfe
Roy Lind
Fort Bragg
Walter Lind
Sarah Lind
Charles
Daniel Lind
Kenneth Butts
Rockville
Paul Saylor
Martin Saylor
Thelma Mark
Taneytown
Raymond Martin
James McBride
Frederick
Herbert Fox
Pleasant
Dora Hoff
Harvey Nichols
LeGore
Davy Martin
Roy Martin
Morris Gaver
Hagerstown
Joseph Gaver
Shankle
Paul Gaver
Frank Gaver
Roy
Frances
Russell Mathews
Mathew
J. L. Titus
Poolesville
Mr. Mathews
Grace C. Mathews
Shookstown
Gladys Wright
Shirley Linton
Freq Wo Daum
North Market
Sireet
Welcome Newcomers Club
Truman presidential run debated in Washington column
The Washington note surveys Truman’s indecision about a possible 1952 bid, weighing health and personal factors, party dynamics, and rival Taft Eisenhower prospects. It argues Truman’s strongest case rests on his wartime record, notes opposition views, and cites Byrd and others on nominating outcomes. It also reflects on party loyalty and voter behavior across parties.
Quadruplets Born Near Murfreesboro Arkansas
In Murfreesboro Arkansas on a Monday night Mrs Haggai Ponder gave birth to quadruplets at a farm house near town. The four babies three boys and a girl weigh about 3 pounds each and were placed in incubators at a Nashville hospital where they are in good condition. Leonard Ponder the father, 41, rushed the family to the hospital after the birth. the couple with eight other children live in a small four room farmhouse.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
Clifton Alts
Altha
Althea
Haggai Ponder
Here
Leonard
Nashville
Ponder
Ponders
George
California
Woman Hears Sentence Suspend If She Leaves State
Fountain Rock resident Mrs. Lucille Rice was found guilty of simple assault on Shirley Foland by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr The judge suspended all penalties on the condition that Rice return to her Bristol Virginia home The case followed neighbors testimony that Rice threatened Foland and admitted drinking with unclear recollections of her remarks Troopers E C Crowther and Joseph Stakem made the arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Rock
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Bristol
Peoples Court
Lucille Rice
Shirley M. Foland
Miss Foland
William E. Garber
New Windsor
Gilmore J. Click
Frederick
E. C. Crowther
Joseph Stakem
Fair Dealer to Win, Humphrey Says
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota urged Democrats to nominate a consistent fair dealer and warm defender of the Administration’s foreign policy. He praised President Truman as fitting the bill better than anyone else and noted other capable Democrats who could win if Truman doesn’t seek another term. Senator Capehart of Indiana predicted Truman would run again and backed Taft for the Republican nomination. Capehart conceded any Republican nominee could win this year.
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Washington
Truman
Humphrey
Minnesota
Canada
Byrd
Virginia
Mr. Truman
Taft
Trutman
Lisenhower
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Judge Parker
William Jennings Bryan
Wendell Willkie
Bryan
Humphrey D-Minn
Capehart
R-Ind
Ohio
Eight thousand five hundred dollar judgment in fatal accident case
A confessed judgment for 8500 dollars plus costs was entered in Circuit Court in favor of the widow Katharine Agnes Duvall and seven children of Donald L. Duvall of Monrovia. The defendant, Charles R. Horton of Mr Airy, drove the automobile on U S Route 40 near New Market where Duvall died after an alleged negligent act leading to the vehicle leaving the highway and striking an embankment. The suit, in the name of the State of Maryland for the use of the family, cited loss of services through attorney W Jerome Offutt. The seven children named are Donald L. Jr Richard Walter James Milo John Joseph Macy Katherine Margaret Cecelia and Carol Ann Duvall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Duvail
Monrovia
New Market
Charles R. Horton
Mr. Airy
Duvall
Maryland
Katherine Agnes Duvall
Donald L. Jr
Richard Walter
James Milo
John Joseph
Macy Katherine
Margaret Cecelia
Carol Ann Duvall
Attoriey
W. Jerome Offutt
Horton
Zonta Talk By A B Collinus Draws Club Comments
Zonta members met at Francis Scott Key Hotel with Mrs. Doll presiding. A B Collinus of Alex Brown and Sons spoke on investments and three key factors, plus three civic criticisms of the era. Guest Mrs. Collimus attended. next speaker will be Melvin H. Derr on life insurance as investment. Birth party notes and ROTC cadet return to Massanutten Military Academy complete the item.
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Zonta Club
Francis Scntt Key Hotel
Freda S. Doll
Rhoda Kailaway
Rhoda Fogle
A. B. Collmus
Alex. Brown
Collinus
Colimus
Melvin H. Derr
52 Shore Buildings May Be Restored
Baltimore January 1967 Fifty two historic buildings on Maryland's Eastern Shore would be restored under a 22 million dollar project announced by the Maryland Historical Society. The plan backs a nine county program to be carried out by the Williamsburg architectural firm that directed colonial work. Sponsor groups include the Maryland Historical Society the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities and the Eastern Shore Society. No immediate fundraising plans exist. public donations and wealthy patrons are hoped. Restored buildings include churches courthouses schools meeting houses and other public structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Historical Society
Shore
Colonial Williamsburg
Society For the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities
Eastern Shore Society
UN Allies on North Korea POW camp airstrike disputed
United Nations command said allied planes attacked possible pow camp targets near Korea as Reds claimed bombardment killed 13 soldiers and wounded 65. Tokyo heads said camp location unknown, UN photo planes cannot locate it or up to 10 other POW camps. Reds accuse Geneva convention violation, UN to discuss with them at earliest opportunity. The paper also reviews Great Books Seminar offerings and library displays including titles by Crawford and Jaques.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
U. N
North Korea
Kongdong
U.N
Carl van Doren
St. John's
Attz
John S. Kieffer
St John's College
Annapolis
Jack Coggins
Fletcher Pratt
Marion Crawford
Crawfie
Yukon
Florence Page Jaques
Texas
California
Olympic Peninsula
Alaska
British Columbia
Fraser River
John Shellman Baer
Hood College Music Dept Recital Friday Evening
Hood College music students present a recital Friday at 9 in Brodbeck Hall to allow the second half to be broadcast at 9 30. The program features Bach organ works by Jean Dauber and a Rameau arranged piece by Jaycee Pritchard, with Ruth Whittaker and Gretchen Amos in vocal solos and Myrna Hays, Anne Smith, Sally Bowers, and Beny Jane Stambaugh performing on organ or piano. Accompanists Ramona Crows and Mary Provan assist.
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Music Department
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jean Dauber
Washington
Jaycee Pritchard
Morristown
N. J
Jean Philippe Rameau
Godowsky
Ernesto Lecunna
Gustav Klemm
A. Buzzi-Peccia
Gretchen Amos
Vero Beach
Fla
Myrna Hays
Greensburg
Leo Sowerby
Anne Smith
Thurmont
Pietro Mascagni
Pearl Curran
Sally Bowers
Frederick
Franz Shubert
Robert Schumann
Beny Jane Stambaugh
Tanextown
Ramona Crows
Brunswick
Mary Provan
Manchester
Conn
Torch Sweater Man Faces Narcotics Charge
Irving Kahr, a "torch sweater" salesman, held on 200 grains of metha line narcotics charge amid a Baltimore case where Rahn and Samuel Greenberg pleaded guilty to 10 license violations. Each fined 230 dollars plus costs. Police noted fire code violations tied to incendiary sweaters and a grand jury action looms. A separate Freder ick round up reports a steer loose on East Street found in a vat and loaded onto a truck by a local cattle driver.
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Baltimore
Irving Kahr
Matheana
Rahn
Samuel Greenberg
Kahn
Grand Dary
John A. Jareszke
Frederick
East Street
George Crouse
Ith Street
Japan Will Not Sign China Peace Treaty
Tokyo reports Premier Shigeru Yoshida said Japan has no plan to sign a peace and trade treaty with Red China. He indicated readiness to sign with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government in Formosa when legally possible. The statement was sent in a Dec. 24 letter to U.S. State Department adviser John Foster Dulles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Formosa
Yoshida
U. S State Department
John Foster Dulles
Out Numbered Sabres Damage Two Red MiGs Over Korea
In northwest Korea on January 11, U S Sabre jets engaged Communist MiG-1Ls. The first clash involved 36 Sabres and 80 MiGs with one MiG damaged each side. Subfreezing weather surrounded infantry in foxholes along the 145 mile battlefront as missions consisted of small raids and land probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Twe
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Rede
Taft Leads In GOP Committee Poll For President
SAN FRANCISCO January 1637 Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio leads Gen Dwight D Eisenhower three to one among GOP National Committee members polled for the Republican nomination. Of 42 who stated, 31 favor Taft, nine back Eisenhower, two back Gov Earl Warren of California, and one backs Harold E Stassen. A nascent meeting opens as Western GOP officials study their issues.
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San Francisco
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
National Committee
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Washington
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