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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1948
Page
4
In wartime reflection General Bradley defends the Army against blanket blame. He admits mistakes occurred but argues leaders in all sectors share faults and stresses human shortcomings persist beyond uniforms. He warns that moral cleansing is essential as the world faces postwar challenges.
The appeal urges Americans to donate to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. It highlights the disease's quiet arrival and lasting effects on children, praising research funding and humanitarian work that offers hope amid fear.
Jan 31 1898 notes movers and shakers in Columons. W D Bowers Lumber Co moved into a new quartered oak office. Singleton T Stull sold four and a half acre suburban West Fourth Street property to Mrs Laura A Castle for 3500. Stetsons Big Double Uncle Tors Cabin Company played Opera House to large audience. Mail carrier from Thurmonderick stuck in a snow drift. carried mail on back by three mules. Calvin Gaver Middletown loaded calves, hat blown away during journey.
January 31 1928 report notes a burglary and safes opened with money reportedly amid confusion. Traffic on important roads will be restored tonight after weekend closures. Snow plows active with 22 trucks deployed in the district. Buckeystown Licksville road opened to one way traffic. Robert Rensberg from Middle Town joins University of Maryland relay team for Melrose games in New York.
Dorothy Dix urges financial independence for aging parents and adapting to modern times to avoid poverty and loneliness. She warns of greedy heirs, stresses gifting sparingly, and advises maintaining social ties, fresh friendships, and engaging conversation to ease old age.
The Frederick Association of Girl Scouts Leaders' Club met at the president Miss Frances Ann Delaplaine's home. Appointments to committees were announced and plans discussed for future programs, including a potential investiture ceremony for leaders after the current training course ends in late February.
A brief note extols a furnace as a pleasing winter sight and steady blaze that brings warmth. It mentions no overtime pay and praises the furnace for maintaining heat amid cold mornings while a stray line notes the malaria mosquito bites at night.
Washington Daybook surveys the capital’s mood as questions loom on war risk, price controls, and Congress actions. Experts warn conflicts in the Mediterranean and US Soviet tensions amid rising inflation and partisan battles over tax cuts and committee leadership shape a tense political horizon.
Washington observers say President Truman uses a special request to curb distilleries by 23 percent as a political maneuver to revive prohibition under the guise of national emergency. Congress and the House Banking Committee demand full records and public hearings to ensure equal treatment of all grain users under the anti inflation law, challenging the administration’s reasoning and potential class-based curtailment of grain for ethyl alcohol production.
The annual report shows fiction led circulation at the C. Burr Artz Library, with current periodicals and biography next. children's tastes matched adults. Patrons praised librarians for helping a Brunswick man gain Coast Guard admission, and California lectures used library materials. The total circulation was 36,443, the year’s low, due to reduced income in the first eight months. Prospects for the new year look brighter with renewed support.
A letter to Frederick publishers from Jo Mathews Special Agency of New York states News and Post advertising rates are on a new plane compared with similar papers nationwide. The letter notes the rate is nearly the lowest in the United States for comparable papers and mentions a wager about rate increases.
The Potomac Edison Company honored Mrs. John W. Morgan with a farewell luncheon at Ebert's as she prepares to leave the company January 31 after many years of service including roles as secretary to the comptroller and assistant comptroller. She also served as assistant treasurer of the Beneficial Association and as a correspondent for the Potomac Edison News.
Miss Josephine Rebecca Jackson daughter of William Jackson of Alt became the bride of Roy R. Gosnell Jr. in a ceremony at a Reformed church at o clock. Rev. Paul L. Althouse officiated. Herman Jackson Frederick gave the bride away. Attendant was Ocie Mae Jackson. best man was Gosnell’s father. ushers Elmer Wachter and Richard Wachter. Reception details follow.
A compact list of notable birthdays and historical anniversaries. Robert Morris and James G Blaine are noted statesmen linked to Philadelphia and Maine, with others like Zane Grey and Nathan Straus. Today in History items cover constitutional, wartime, and scientific milestones through 1947.
The Executive Committee of the Sykesville Volunteer Fire Company proposes immediate steps to erect a new ore house and community hall named The Sykesville Volunteer Fire Company Memorial Building to honor the war dead with their names on a bronze plaque. The plan was presented by President Edward R Grimes during a nine member meeting.
The ceremony featured the Lord's Prayer and the groom's mother wore a gray wool dress with brown accessories and a corsage of talisman voses. Immediately after, a reception was held at the groom's home.
A renovated coffee shop at the Franc Scott Key Hotel in Frederick reopens after January closure. The space features natural pine paneling, indirect lighting, blue grey ceilings, copper accents, refreshed Venetian blinds, and refined furnishings aimed at a metropolitan feel. It can seat 125 diners and emphasizes a quiet, attractive ambiance with new table decor and enhanced service areas.
The group recommends a large meeting auditorium to be built on the former fire house site. A demolition of the existing structure is planned. An architect will prepare preliminary sketches and cost estimates, with John C Tibbet to lead design efforts. The executive and building committees include Hes Forsyth and others.
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