Long Range Bomber Force To Be Larger
Gen Nathan F Twining announced plans for a 137 wing Air Force by mid 1957, increasing heavy bombers to counter Soviet air power. The shift will reduce B47 wings and expand B36 and B52 deployments, with B52 range boosted by in flight refueling and jet powered B52s expected by 1957.
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Madison
Wis
Nathan F. Twining
Chamber of Commerce
Arctic
United States
Sietha Halanna
Twining
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Talbott
Lewistown to Dedicate New Street Lighting System
Lewistown plans a Monday dedication at Lewistown Community Hall for its new 27 street lamps along U.S. Route 15. The Lewistown Citizens Association sponsors the event led by William B Warren with Jo seph Livezey Jr. as street lighting committee chair. Potomac Edison crews completed the project January 26, with PE representatives praising public cooperation and noting lighting reduces crime and traffic accidents.
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Lewistown
Joseph Livezey, Jr
Potomac Edison Company
William E. Warren
Louise V. Stall
Leroy Hann
E. S. Conway
Wilbert Bowers
Donald Kendall
Frances Snook
Paul Wise
E. §. Conway
Glen Putaian
Alton Powell
Frederick Commercial
R. L. Smyre
Charles Poole
State To Get Back 5 000 Catoctin Acres
Washington January 28 The government will turn over about 3 000 acres in the Catoctin Recreation Area to Maryland officials near Camp David in Frederick County The transfer will be made at ceremonies with Gov Menendez Rep Hyde and others attending No date is set The area totals nearly 1 000 acres and includes the old Catoctin Furnace and manor house The land will be a significant addition to Maryland’s park system Also noted is the renaming of the camp after Eisenhower’s grandson. the site was once called ShangriLa before rename The park service indicated the transfer involves a section south of Thurmont Road and the Catoctin area.
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Washington
Marsiand
Catoctin
Sen
Real
Frederick County
Eisenhower
Camp David
Beall
Interney MeRas
Joint Observance At Boyds Church Hall
A joint observance marks Rev. James Kerr's twenty fifth year as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Boyds and the seventy third anniversary of the Christian Endeavor Union movement. The event Tuesday at 7 p.m. includes a Montgomery County Christian Endeavor Union banquet led by Wilton Boswell as toastmaster with Rev A W Lenz delivering a devotional talk after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kerr
Presbyterian Church
Boyds
Christian Endeavor Union
Boyds Church
Christian Endeavor
Montgomery County Christian Endeavor Union
Kerr
Dundalk
Johns Hopkins
Princeton
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
Stee Merr
County Christian Endeavor Union
Montgomery County
Maryland Art Institute
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Damascus High School
Madison
Brookeville
Kerrs
J. P. Kerr
Damascus
Wilton Boswell
Mahlon Hetrick
Washington, D. C
Union
A. W. Lenz
Germantown Presbyterian Church
Bethlehem Steel posts record earnings and dividends in 1953
Bethlehem Steel Corp, the nation second largest producer, announces a $2 per share dividend payable March 1 to holders of record February 8, and reports record 1953 results. Net earnings reach $133,947,837 ($13.39 per share), production 17,663,000 tons, billings $2,082,025,788, and shipments 12,713,000 tons, all-time highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Magistrates’ Traffic Court clash echoed in Baltimore
In Baltimore on January 28 magistrates clashed over whether substitute magistrates may defend clients in Traffic Court. Attorney Jack M. Fox argued the governor’s directive on practice does not apply to substitutes, requesting a written ruling from the attorney general. The matter was forwarded to Chief Magistrate Stanley Seherr and Magistrate A Risely Ensor for a ruling, with a postponement sought. Meanwhile, in Hagerstown, 1,000 Fairchilds Aircraft Division workers were laid off as government C-119 order delays spread, with further cuts planned.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
Jack M. Fox
Fox
Attorney General's Office
Stanley Seherr
Scherr
A. Risely Ensor
Hagerstown
Fairchilds Aircraft
Fairchild
Camp Detrick News Highlights In February Courses
Camp Detrick offers second semester in service training beginning February 15 with registration February 1. Courses include calculus pathogen bacteriology biochemistry bacterial metabolism advanced heat transmission and German and Russian language options. Enrollment costs ten dollars for captains and civilians. News notes cover births arrivals promotions transfers honors and a March of Dimes contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Detrick
Battling T-707
Cecil D. Miller
John L. Schwab
Biological Laboratories
Robert J. Zenner
Noel H. Gross
Cpl
Edward N. Abraham
Edward J Schantz
Leonard Spero
Warren P. Iverson
iWerner Braun
Detrick
Francis P. Cancelliere
T-117
Tex
Personne
Cancelliere
Tests of New Polio Vaccine Delayed to Spring
Nationwide trials of a new trial polio vaccine, initially set for early February, are now postponed to late March or early April due to production delays. Basil O Connor of the National Foundation for Infants and Children says issues are being solved and aims to inoculate enough children before June to assess the vaccine's value. An earlier line notes about 94,000 Americans died in 1953 from accidents.
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Washington
National Foundation For
Foundation
Tis
Basil O’conor
Farmers Hold Winter Meets in Walkersville Fire Hall
Frederick County farmers continue winter meetings at Walkersville fire hall with 150 attendees yesterday. County Agent Henry Fr. notes broad turnout across the county and urges more participation. Today’s program runs from 10 a.m. to lunch to afternoon sessions, featuring Dr George Langford on fly control, Ray Carpenter on irrigation, Harold Free and colleagues on pasture irrigation, Dr John E. Foster on livestock feeding and management, and Stanley P. Stabler on pasture improvement.
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Frederick
George
Langford
Ray Carpenter
Tell
Harold Free
Walter J. Hahn
William A. Brosius
John E. Foster
M. Gist Welling
Pascal Renn
Norman Shriver
Elmer Hodges
Purdue
Stanley P.stabler
Seven Held After Plant Altercation in Maryland
Seven people were ordered held for jury trial in Circuit Court over an altercation near the strike-bound Federal Sik Mills in Williamsport Maryland. Picket lines blocked re openings since December 28 due to CIO Textile Workers Union strike. Glenn R Brayton CIO UAW union official faced multiple charges including assault and damaging a car. Bond fixed at 100 dollars per charge. Sheriff Rowland rejected claims by mill owner Goetz that protection was lacking for workers who wished not to work.
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Hagerstown
Federal Sik Mills
Williamsport
CIO Textile Workers Union
Paul Ottinger
Glenn R. Brayton
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Textile Workers Union
Brayton
Ottinger
Edward. Rowland
David Goetz
Rowland
Workers picket plant over Christmas bonus dispute
About 385 workers affected by a strike stood outside the plant today with pickets posted after a walkout over failure to pay a Christmas bonus and a dispute over union recognition. Some workers suggested escorts for those entering the line.
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Waole Asnea
Ilany
Civitan Safety Poster Contest funds approved in Frederick
In a dinner meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel the Civitan Club of Frederick voted to allocate 83 for expenses of their annual safety poster contest in city and county schools. The group also noted March of Dimes collections and a square dance to boost totals past 1000 with 90 attendees and a 4 prize drawn.
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Francis Scott Key
Civitan Club of
Frederick
Elmer W. Singer
Frederick High School
Civitan
Charlies Hartman
Lou Kinsey
Lions Club
Calvary Methodist Church
Fred Lodge
Purina Feeds
Henry Davis
John Ponton
Warren Smith
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Birthdays and anniversaries of famous Americans and notable figures
A montage of historical birthdays and anniversaries from America’s early days to the mid twentieth century. Entries name figures such as Thomas Paine Moses Cleveland Henry Lee William McKinley and W C Fields with birth and death dates and brief notes. Also noted are milestones like Kansas statehood and transformative political events.
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Oda
Thomas Paine
America
England
New York
Moses Cleveland
Connecticut
Ohio
Canterbury
Conn
t—Henry Lee
Harry
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Prince William Co
Iol—Alverl Gatlatin
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
William McKinler
Niles
W. C. Fields
Philadelphia
Kansas
Dix
New Orleans
Congress
Supreme Court
Department of State
Mussolini
Gen. Butler
Reading as a blessing and a call to persist
In a note from N. A. Lufburrow, reading is praised as a true pleasure and a source of facts to treasure. The passage also notes that early iron smelting used charcoal, which caused extensive forest damage due to heavy cutting.
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Luf
Sturt
N. A. Lufburrow
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Newhall
Calif
Bermite Powder Co
Sheriff's Deyties
Boyds Church Hall
Bethlehem Steel
Carl L. Hansen, Jr
Walter Rand
Robert G. Kear
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Sal
John W.battey
Kankakee
Barrow
John R. Hodge
Europe
Mrs. Barrow
Pearl Schwartz
Harold E. Knode
Evelyn A. Wise
Lloyd L. Carum
Sara W. Kyler
Charles W. Peart
Matteo A. Cardella
George A. Bodmer
Walter R. Gause
Shirley A. Schachtner
Ralph M. Parsons Company
Ajax
Jagath J Wumul
Anthony B. Rizzuto
G. A. Germuda
Maj
Joe £. Heatherly
USAF
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Detrick Army
Ernest P. Edwards
Midwest
Avaucatl Suueth.ie
Fie
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Juds Aird
M. D Aird
James Street
Katherine
Marian Gras
Craig
Lyne Patton
Susan
Robert Aird
Homemakers
Camp Detrick Homemakers Club
James Roberts
North Market Street
Givin Leedwin
Bike Carr Brewes
Hunter B. McElrath, Jr
American Physical Society
Charles E. Engelke
William F. Peck
Darwin W Clutter
Gerome Reeve
Eric Metzger
Henry R. Feldman
Charles W. Hil
John §. Derr
Alfred Ouyang
Robert Zentner
George Hildebrand
Ronald Tyeryar
Detrick Unit
Research Society of America
Cmdr
G. O. Neville
USNR
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Antarctic
Greenland
Lefty’ Krehle
Kennedy
Pete Demchak
Gene Hamory
Elizabeth Mayo
Dorothy M. Portner
Grayson T. Fouche
Everett L. Neff
Mildred Angstadt
Arthur C. Vol
VaUcini Aeweelay
Lewis R. Deatzbaugh
Joseph D. Baker
W. Church St
Frederick, Md
Civitans Plan For
PENNY
Philadolphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Montreal
Que
Lal Morey
Evi Crowley
Lea Me Eae
Hollywood
Eleanor Day
Calit
Tou
Schmidts Wander Neanse
National Bakers Service, Toe
Monocacy Oil Company
Lincoln Loan Service
W. Patrick
Monument
Sam
Frederick County National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Know
Senate
State Department
China
Korea
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Cleveland
Frederick Palmer
Pleasantville
U. S
Walter F. George
Preston
Anton J. Carlson
University of Chicago
Sweden
Allen B. DuMont
Passaic
N. J
Brooklyn
A Berle
Columbia
Orieime
Boston
Jonas Endoss
Atin
Ges
Paw Cant
Aatian Aninnenant Hham Wen
Lord Calvert
Portance
Cline’s Furniture
South Market St
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