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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1951
Page
11
The piece portrays 2,000,000 Korean refugees marching in weariness toward uncertain fate as U S forces consider evacuating Korea. It warns that retreat could leave the fleeing population at the mercy of Reds, highlighting hunger, fear, and the brutal spread of totalitarian warfare across nations.
The Frederick Association of Girl Scouts held its annual dinner at Hotel Frederick with an officer election led by Mrs. Herman Hunter who succeeds Mrs. C. Clifford Doll. William M. Brish spoke on European educator observations and urged coordinated home church and school effort toward world leadership, followed by reports on Brownsea, Intermediate and Senior Scouts, and camps.
College students face uncertainty over future drafts and national service recalling 1940s anxieties. Dr John A Perkins urged study and cultural grounding, stressing Western civilization and moral philosophy beside science. Also notes a teen dance event at Staley Park field house with Hood College students.
A severe snowstorm swept the region with four foot drifts and a downed rail line near Frederick junction. The annual declamation contest at Frederick College was postponed. Pneumonia and grippe surged in Boyds Montgomery county. J Wm Cramer elected Woodsboro Reformed Sunday school superintendent with George J Hull as assistant.
Twenty Years Ago column recalls a mild January with a 17 degree rise to 50 after a sharp warm spell. It notes the 1883 forest fire record as the state’s worst to date. William T. Miller, Civil War veteran, dies at Thurmont on his 87th birthday. Frederick Fair Directors move the 1931 exhibition to start September 22.
Dr Werner Braun, bacteriologist at Camp Detrick, spoke to Hood College Beta Beta Beta about bacterial genetics. He called the field a precocious infant and noted rapid advances, including evidence of sexual reproduction in bacteria and generation times as short as 24 hours.
Frederick Maryland senior Pat Harrison McAlpine Jr of Rockwell Terrace has been chosen for Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities. McAlpine majors in government and participates in Knights of the Round Table swimming lacrosse Maroon Key Kirby Government and Law Society and serves as Interfraternity Council president.
The National Symphony Orchestra performs this evening at 4:30 in Frederick High School auditorium under Howard Mitchell. Ninety players arrive from Washington by bus, with setup at five and a return to the capital after the encore. The concert, in its 20th year, is the Community Concert Association’s second event and open to members only.
Soldiers in Korea describe artil lery liaison pilots who direct fire from patched aircraft over rugged terrain. Lt Moses Lewis of Emporia Kansas and Lt Robert Teitelbaum of Lima Ohio are among veterans who flew 200 to 300 missions. The unarmed planes call in fire, endure harsh cold and mud, and maneuver above enemy territory to strike a village, with shells landing within seconds. Also reported, Mrs Davis remains in critical condition after a rock and dynamite blast at Morgan Station injured Jeannette Davis.
Washington January 24 Congress of the United States unanimously votes to notify the United Nations that Red China should be declared an aggressor. The move signals possible naval blockade and economic penalties and shows united U S policy on resisting aggression while testing U N effectiveness. The piece notes potential implications for Anglo American relations and future U N actions.
Retail food prices fluctuated with no clear direction amid reports of a potential price wage freeze. Meat prices were mostly steady. eggs dipped slightly while apples and several vegetables moved modestly in price. Wholesale food prices rose slightly, with ducks and shrimp highlighted as midwinter plentiful, and shrimp stocks at record highs.
In Peaples Court this morning William E Whitesill of Route 2 Rockville was fined 25 dollars and costs by Magistrate Thomas S Glass for failing to stay right of center after a Route 17 accident two miles south of Middletown last October. Emory F Slifer of Middletown, driver in the other vehicle, was found not guilty of failure to dun lights. The accident was investigated by Trooper M J Whitney. Reese Shoemaker Jr was attorney for Whitesill and Slifer was represented by Halden Shelton. Vernon C Thomas of Route 3 Mt Airy was jailed 25 days for failure to pay a fine after being found guilty of improper passing. The charge was by Trooper D A Tucker. Collateral was forfeited by Murray P Cramer Route 2 Union Bridge for failure to give right of way, 5 dollars. Glenn G Guyton 237 East Second Street exceeding 30 dollars, 10. Roland Mayfield of Pittsburgh for failing to keep right of center, 10. Paul F Hile Annapolis for passing on a hill, 10. Lawrence Cole Baltimore for improper tags 10. Oran C Lease Wilson Avenue for passing on a double white line 5. Arrests were made by Trooper H P O'Brien.
Hood College announces a fifteen week Introduction to Modern Civilization course covering the French Revolution from 1789 to the present. Dr. James B. Ranck will teach two hour sessions weekly on Thursdays at 7 p m in Room 11 Alumnae Hall. The course offers three credit hours or noncredit enrollment.
Mrs. Mattie Louhey and Mr. Daniel Sprinkle visited relatives last Thursday. Navy recruits Luther Geasey Jr and Jack A. Miller train at Great Lakes, while Russell Ellis serves aboard USS W. L. Lind. Richard Buxton studies at Memphis Naval Air Tech Center. A Florida vacation parallels travel by Homer L. Smith Jefferson and Charles Stunkle Point of Rocks. Birth announcement for a daughter to M Sgt George A. Strine Jr Corozal Canal Zone. Strine family names.
The Q A notes Deb orah the prophetess in the Book of Judges as a badge of Israel. It also states St. Louis in the American League has won only one pennant, in 1944.
Roger W Babson argues in January that the stock market is selective and uncertain amid global tension. He notes the Dow Jones highs and lows since 1929, warns against broad bullish bets, and suggests prudent investments in income stocks and real estate for security. He offers to provide a 30-stock dividend list through his Massachusetts address.
Reports list numerous local residents moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital or treated at home. Among them are Mrs. Raymond E. Wilhelm at 507 Elm Street and Dr. Robert S. Tyson at 101 East Church Street. Several patients are described as improving or in fair to satisfactory condition.
At the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 Allied leaders crafted the policy of unconditional surrender for the Axis Powers. The decision reflected Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt and allied strategy to end World War II swiftly and decisively.
Washington correspondent notes Eric Johnston, succeeding Dr. Alan Valentine as ESA head, faces a stubborn bid to stabilize prices and wages. The piece recalls postwar efforts, labor disputes, and past proposals, urging real deeds over rhetoric as inflation concerns persist into the defense mobilization period.
Hetty Lee Davis Mossby daughter of Bris Elsie Mossby wed Charles Robert Morgan son of Mrs Kate Morgan on Saturday January 13 at 7 o clock in the parsonage of the Evangelical Literary church. Rev V Garrett performed the double ring ceremony with attendants Mr and Mrs Paul Anders of Frederick. The couple reside with the bridegroom's mother at 421 North Beniz Street.
A religious reflection cites Isaiah 18 7 about a people scattered trodden down and spoiled by rivers, urging the Church to seek and save the lost, referencing the mission of Augusth.
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