Candlelit Dinner Saga Across a Family War
New York writer HAL BOYLL recalls his long struggle with his wife Frances over dining by candlelight. After initial resistance and comic failed tricks, he learns she prefers the soft glow. He finally adapts, conceding that some questions are best left unanswered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyll
New York
Frances
Thomas A. Edison
Mark Twain
Washington Monument
Rover
Hallow Power
Soldiers Replace GI as Army Official Term
The Army issues guidance instructing public information officers to stop using GI and refer to soldiers. It notes GI’s origin of general issue and its broad, sometimes vivid connotations, while Marines favor Devil Dogs. The piece observes the Army’s solemn stance can appear foolish in pursuit of phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
Jobs For Graduates This Good Year For 1951 Grads
The article notes surprisingly abundant job prospects for college graduates in 1951 due to Korean War tensions. Public schools hire less than competitors, few elementary teachers are available, and some graduates face induction or Army service. If peace breaks out, outlook could shift, but current demand remains strong for graduates and veterans alike.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
A storm knocks J R Leaman from his buggy near Frederick injuring him slightly. The Frederick City Hospital cornerstone laying set for tomorrow with Masonic oversight. Dr Thomas Johnsons buggy axle breaks near City Opera House. Paul Blair of Palmetto Fibre Works injures toe and bruises foot. Farmers and Mechanics National Bank names Robert F Delaplaine as discount clerk after many applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Leaman
Park Mills
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Thomas Johnson
City Opera House
Paul Blair
Palmetto Fibre Works
Ox Fibre Brush Co
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Robert FE. Delaplaine
Carl R. Phillips
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns 1
Twenty years ago July 10 1931 items include a new fully equipped 500 gallon fire pumper replacing an older hose wagon from Ahrens-Fox at 6500 dollars. A thief robbed an apartment on South Market Street of 80 dollars a diamond ring and stickpin. Howard L Kolb sold a brick dwelling on East Third Street to Frank Gastley and wife with immediate possession. Parts of the county were drenched by freak rains with Keedysville reporting 3.05 inches in an hour and a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Fire Company
Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company
Karl
Jacobson
South Market Street
Howard L. Kolb
Utica
East Third Street
Frank Gastley
ASQME
Keedysville
Voice calls Oatis jailing an awful crime in Czechoslovakia
Washington reports that the Voice of America condemns the Czech court action against AP correspondent William N. Oatis as an awful crime. It labels him a martyr to press freedom and says he was penalized for ordinary reporting, with Moscow behind the conviction and secret decrees masking censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Voice of America
Czechoslovakia
William N. Oatis
The
Voice
State Department Radio
U. S
Oatis
Kremlin
Moscow
Visible file cabinet approved for registry office
County Commissioners indicated today they would approve a new visible file cabinet for the Office of the Board of Permanent Registry in the basement of the Court House. Registry officials said the cabinet will speed sorting of registration cards, especially during rush times around elections, and show if registrants voted after primaries and elections. A separate note reports a heifer killed on the Baker Valley road on Thursday evening at 4:45, with damages not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Permanent Registry
Court House
Board of Election Supervisors and Registry Board
Registry Board
Baker Valley
Jap Treaty Nearly Ready
Washington reports a 5500 word peace and reconcilia tion draft for Japan outlining independence with no formal military restraints and limited reparations. A San Francisco peace conference is proposed for Sept 4 to 8 with occupation forces to end within 90 days after ratification by Japan and 14 nations including the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
United States
Pacific
Associated Press
State Department
Russia
San Francisco
Philippines
Australia
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
France
India
Indonesia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Soviet Russia
Bill Carries Out In Funds Bill Carries Out In Funds Washington
The House Appropriations committee favors an 18 percent cut in this year's State Department funds, sparing Secretary Acheson. Republicans plan to press Acheson’s ouster on the House floor next week. Acheson salary prohibition was not offered in committee. The panel set State at 281,482,000 of 283,686,476 requested. Overall four-agency cuts total 206,581,026 from 1,258,296,141, about 16 percent, pending House and Senate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Acheson
Wouse
Truman
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Judiciary
Federal Judiciary
House
Senate
Mrs Lewis Leaves State Post After Fredrick Years of Service
Mrs. Virginia L. Lewis resigns as executive secretary of the Department of Public Improvements in Maryland effective June 30 after joining at the department’s inception July 1, 1947. Formerly secretary to John B. Funk and later chief engineer, she and husband Prof Winston B. Lewis plan a midwest and New England summer trip. Also notes arrests docketed by city police including Laurence Wilkinson, William Beall, D Robert Bagent and Walter Jewell with respective charges and bonds.
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Virginia L. Lewis
Department of Public Improvements
Maryland
Lewis
John B. Funk
Brunswick
General Assembly
Annapolis
Funk
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Wm. Preston Lane, Jr
Lane
Winston B. Lewis
Naval Academy
Middle West
New England States
Agnes Little
Paul M. Little
Thurmont
Laurence Wilkinson
North Bentz Street
William H. Beall
East Sixth Street
D. Robert Bagent
Frederick
Walter Jewell
Kanode
de Grange
Heffner
Desoto Convertible Incident Near Urbana Involves Pat Rosencrantz
State Police were summoned to investigate a Desoto convertible near Urbana operated by Pat Rosencrantz. The incident prompted an official inquiry by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto Convertible
Pat Rosencrantz
Urbana
Political patterns hint at Ike or Truman in 1052 conventions
Washington writers outline three fundamentals shaping party nominations. Known figures usually enter only when parties risk defeat. insiders favor veterans like Taft or Truman, while outsiders such as Eisenhower could surface as strategic moves to block rivals.
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General Eisenhower
Truman
Taft
Lke Eisenhower
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Dewey
Vandenberg
Eisenhower
Lost Senate Oratory In An Era Of Shorter Speeches
James Marlow assesses modern Senate rhetoric noting Websters era boasted memorable phrases while current debates favor concise, forceful statements. He cites Mat Neely Pepper Borah La Follette as rare long form voices and discusses media, conventions, and politics shaping the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Senate
Webster
Calhoun
Clay
Liberty
Congress
Matthew Neely
West Virginia
Neely
Claude Pepper
Florida
Borah
LaFollette
English Lesson: Habituate and Word Mastery
Reader guidance on usage and pronunciation of common terms. Notes focus on avoiding errors in referents and spellings. Includes examples like refer to chapter three and the word habituate meaning to accustom.
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W. L. Gordon
Deaths in the Taneytown area and surrounding towns
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Julia Cornett of Taneytown, Hattie Estelie Specht of Shookstown, John Calvin Young of Sunnyside, Hermie Irene Dillehay of Boyds, Gaither Bruce E. Bruce of Philadelphia, and related funeral details. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren. Services are set at local funeral homes and churches with interments planned at Uniontown Church of God cemetery, Mt Olivet cemetery, and Philadelphia burial.
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John A. Cornett
Julia Cornett
Taneytown
R. D
Church Home and Hospital
Baltimore
John
Alice Tyler
Charlottesville
Thornton Cooper
Washington
Wilbur
Anthony
Larry
Owen H. Tyler
Ruth Kelly
Alexandria
Cornett Shurer
Philadelphia
Church of God
Uniontown
C. O. Fuss and Son
Gatlie E. Specht
Hattie Estelie Specht
Alonza Specht
Shookstown
Louis
Elizabeth Michael Specht
St. Mark’s Church
Alonzo
Marion £. Specht
Frederick
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Elchison and Son
John Calvin Young
Sunnyside
Elmer S Young
Ethel May Jenkins Davis
Japan
Bessie Marie Sherwood Young
Eva Virginia Burdette
Braddock Heights
M. R. Etchison and Son
Hermie I, Dillehay
Hermie Irene Dillehay
Boyds
Luberta Heisler
Nel‘llte Boxhall
Earl Dillehay
Lucille Martin
James Heisler
Barnesville
Boyds Presbyterian Church
William B. Hilton
Gaither Bruce E. Gaither Bruce
Urbana
R. T
Emma, Gaither Bruce
Miss Blanche
K. Bruce
Edward Frazier
Ernest Chinn
Dayton
Charles Ambush
Frederick R. Sumner
Edward R
Harry C
Boston
John M
Adamstown
F. D. Bruce
Funerals for Elsa S Six Held in Lit tlestown Pa
Funeral services were held this morning at 11 at the Taneytown funeral home for Elsa S Six of Lit tlestown Route 1. Rev Glenn L Stahl officiated and interment followed in Keysville cemetery. Pallbearers included Dewey Stambaugh Mervin Wantz and others. C Fuss and Son directed the services.
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Elsa S. Six
Littlestown
Taneytown
Glenn L. Stahl
Keysville
Dewey Stambaugh
Mervin Wantz
Charles Cashman
Earl and
Curtis Bowers
Harry Dougherty
C. ©. Fuss and Son
Minnie Lee Jeffries
East Patrick Street
E. A. Godsey
Calvary Methodist Church
Edward H. Mantz
Old Rugged Cross
Jesus
E. R. Pearl
Paul Plunkett
Carl Biddinger
William J. Handley
Donald Morgan
Harry W. Brachey
William W. Rose
Mount Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
Joseph H.himes
Presbyterian Church
W. Merval Weaver
Edward P. Thomas
F. Ross Myers
T. Stuart Haller
Guy K. Motter
Charles W. Magaha
Charles K. Taylor
Stephen B. Elkins
Lew S. Mohler
Donald A. Pippenger
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Washington, D
E. Cline and Son
Hattie Younkins
Middletown
Warren Breisch
John and Stanley Young
Clyde Harshman
William Gaver
Frank Baker
Mark Gladhill
Reformed
Gladhill Co
Linganore Watershed erosion costs town $50,000 a year
The Monocacy watershed study by the State Planning Commission estimates annual soil loss in the Linganore area at about 50 thousand dollars due to erosion. The report notes reduced topsoil depth from fifteen to six inches in Frederick County and outlines a program for conservation across the Potomac River basin.
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Linganore
Monocacy
State Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Interstate Commission
Potomac River
Frederick County
Monocacy Watershed
Counc
Sick residents listed with hospital care updates
Among The Sick Mrs Minnie M Koogle of West Patrick street recuperates at Frederick Memorial Hospital after treatment. William Ohler aged 58 of Emmitsburg treated at Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa for a fracture from a hayload fall onto barn floor. Mr J W Jamison Jr of Hagerstown returned home from Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore where he had been a patient for weeks. Mrs Emory L Coblentz of West Third street has been a hospital patient.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Carl Valentine
Graceham
David Roop
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Linwood
Rodger Singer
Union Bridge
Jesse K. Weddle Jr
Wes Fourth Street
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Minnie M. Koogle
West Patrick Street
William Ohler
Emmitsburg
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
J. W. Jamison, Jr
Hagerstown
Union Memorial Hospital
Lufs Stuff TVE SMILE WORTHWHILE
There’s virtue in a glowing smile that brightens a world of troubles and despairs. A good soul may hide woes yet choose to push cheer forward and lift others by beaming optimism and spreading goodwill. N. A. LUF BURROW
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N. A. Lufburrow
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