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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
4
The passage notes Congress will extend farm price supports through 1949 and hints at new measures by the next session. It contrasts farm price guarantees with consumer costs, arguing permanent policy favors profitable farmer prices while current farm prices lag wage levels and urban goods.
Frederick County gains two full time public health nurses funded by local drives led by the Public Health and Tuberculosis Association and the Cancer Society. Dr. Donald J. Roop announces the program, with Miss Elizabeth S. Thompson joining as nursing services supervisor and a second US Public Health Service and American Cancer Society supported position to start August 1.
Discussion of politics as a pastime in American society highlights freedom to express opinions. While arguments rarely change minds, they illuminate ideas and experiences, shaping understanding as campaigns progress. Market prices noted include Wheat 2.25 per bu, Barley, Corn 11.73 per bbl.
Fifty years ago on July 1 1898 local items report Charles B Trail James i Gambrill Jr with two servants and three teams fished at Cockeys Dam catching one sunfish. Vernon Rhoderick overcome by heat at Sixth and Market taken to nearby home. Charles W Birley son of William Birley earns Yale Law School middle class honor admitted to the bar. Harry Cole narrowly avoids drowning while bathing in the Monocacy at Sweet Hole. Hamilton Lindsay retires as first deputy to Register Willis Sailor Eli G Haugh advances to Lindsay’s post.
Twenty years ago the city had secured all but two of the twenty properties needed for Mullinix Park. A two story eight apartment building will rise at Bentz and Saints streets. South Court street park ground drew 500 automobiles around 3.45 pm Saturday. An incendiary fire killed store owner W L Forney near the State Sanatorium Sabillasville, about 3000 dollars loss. Mr and Mrs Vincent Rogers and Mrs B O Thomas with son Jimmie Thomas returned to Frederick after a stay at Atlantic City.
A Frederick visitor reported a curious car theft scare as a driver discarded Arkansas license plates from a new Cadillac on a East South street side street. City and State police traced the plates quickly, confirming the car’s rightful owner. The column then recalls old cook stoves, memories of gingerbread odors, and mentions a tire price rise by United States Rubber Co.
Washington Daybook reports Ike Eisenhower will not seek the 1948 presidency and will halt a tireless campaign to influence the White House contest. The piece outlines his reasons, including the Dewey-Warren ticket's strength, a need for civilian seasoning, and desire to avoid early political peril. It notes allies like George Allen and Louis Bean shaping pro Eisenhower Democratic strategy for 1950 and beyond.
In Washington on July 1 labor leaders grapple with backing Truman or Dewey in the coming election. They weigh how far to support Dewey while risking alienation from labor bosses. The debate centers on amending Taft Hartley to preserve Wagner Act rights and balance influence in Congress and White House. The outcome depends on labor strategy and the party mix in northern states versus the South.
Washington columnist Peter Edson relays how five weeks of congressional rush and the Philadelphia Republican Convention highlight a need for a new timetable. He argues for faster travel and direct primaries, citing past adjournment patterns and the flaws in the current electoral system while noting reforms contemplated by the Hoover commission and leaders like Lodge and La Follette.
Dorothy Dix notes that love is essential but not enough for a happy marriage. She argues enduring compatibility matters, including shared tastes, aims, interests, temperament, and even cooking. The piece emphasizes mutual affection, humor, restraint, and similar outlooks as keys to avoiding divorce and sustaining harmony.
Roger W Babson argues Newtons law of action and reaction governs politics with alternating rise and fall of power. He traces cycles from Cain and Abel through English history and U S presidents including Washington Jefferson Jackson Coolidge Hoover and Roosevelt, predicting a conservative turn and a new era of expansion. He links prosperity, labor accord, and anti communism as crucial to avoiding unemployment, then notes marriages fail when couples try to change each other and advises acceptance and humor.
A flurry of June weddings in Urbana Frederick and Shookstown feature Mildred England marrying Merhle Murphy in St Ignatius Church Urbana. Grace Shull and Paul Jones wed in Evangelical Reformed Church Frederick with receptions following. Anna Lee Kepier and Dale Kepier unite at Locust Grove with plans near Rohrersville. Eileen Blank weds Richard Bowers at Shookstown Pentecostal church with reception at the bride’s home.
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for the sale of several properties. Virgie E Wachter sold to Mr and Mrs Marvin J Chandler a residence at 808 Trail s Avenue extended for about $11 999. Mr and Mrs Lindsey P Myers sold to Mr and Mrs Charlies S Rhine a property of about 237 of an acre along Route 15 in Hansonville for about $8 000.
The Frederick High School Alumni Association canceled its July 7 banquet in Coblentz Hall Hood College due to weak advance ticket sales. The same evening a dance will proceed at Braddock Heights with Dick Harp and his orchestra providing music. A separate report notes a 13 year old girl, Jacqueline Spindle, was shot and killed today in her bed during a family dispute, identified by County Sergeant Homer Dawson.
The report notes two hours of precipitation ending at 8 a.m. totaling 0.07 inches with July to date at 4.36 inches versus 3.97 inches normal. It records yesterday’s high at 89 and low at 44, plus sunrise at 5.48 a.m. and sunset at 6.41 p.m. Local rivers show mud at Buckerstown Dam and Knoxville with Murky conditions along Monocacy.
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