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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1954
Page
2
Voice of America reports riots across Chinese provinces amid famine conditions blamed on Communist policies. The piece notes forced collectivization, export of food to Russia, and a weakened Chiang government, arguing that Communism will not solve Asia's economic woes.
Coke ovens in the steel industry now recover crude light oil benzenes and various chemicals that once polluted the air. A new process aims to recover synthetic ammonia from coke oven gases to produce fertilizer, aiding farmland fertility in America.
Kansas City firefighting crews burned two houses to clear a right of way for four new streets due to extreme heat. Fire Chief Louis Spandle said no further practice would occur until weather cooled. Separate story notes police will confer on charges against a mental patient who killed a fellow inmate at Spring Grove State Hospital near Baltimore.
Items from July 19 1904 noting a clock with electric bell at North Market street public school, Mrs Bruchey burns from gasoline stove explosion, Hiram Keefer improving his East Patrick street home, Camp Schmidt near Derrs bridge broke and campers returned, and PRR Passenger Department offering three coaches for excursionists to Fen Mar to attend the Reformed Teunion.
Twenty years ago July 19 1934 items note Grace Reformed Church School picnic at the Fair Grounds with a cafeteria supper. A hen fights a large black snake at the Dutrow home with human rescue saving the hen. Rotary International district 34 inter city meeting and banquet held at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with about 150 representatives from 20 clubs. Electrician Raymond Funk of Brunswick injured when a nail keg shifts a wooden block and fractures a bone in his foot while wiring a Frederick house.
Dorothy Dix answers three reader questions about social outings with husbands, speech correction, and forming a teenage band. Advice covers balancing home life with social events, guiding a shy wife to join gatherings, and a call for a teen band with Edith T as organizer. The tone remains practical and supportive with specific steps.
HAGERSTOWN July 1 Lester W Fox 28 field representative for Southern States Cooperative was critically injured Friday night near Sabillasville The Waynesboro Hospital where he was taken in an unconscious condition reported he had a fractured skull a fractured jaw and was suffering from shock Fox left in his car from Hagerstown headquarters to return to his father’s home near Sabillasville Early Saturday a passing motorist saw a wrecked car a mile north of Sabillasville Investigating he found Fox unconscious behind the wheel
Light thunderstorms moved over the city and county Sunday night with little precipitation. The airport station logged .05 of an inch and another gauge .06 of an inch. Temperatures rose toward the nineties as a Frederick man faced charges after a vehicle incident.
The Board of Lady Managers unveiled a specially designed vending wagon for Frederick Memorial Hospital patients and visitors. Built by Fred Sheip with lumber donated by Bowers, it features racks, hooks, and sections for items from magazines to flowers and candies. The wagon runs twice weekly, Tuesday and Friday, expanding comfort for patients while allowing orders for unavailable items.
Henry Cabot Lodge, U S delegate to the United Nations, urged that strong arguments against seating Red China in the U N could block such a move even without a U S veto. He said Communist China would be kept out and hinted leaving the U N would be unwise. He noted U S involvement in Guatemala showed the value of staying in the U N to counter Soviet moves.
East Fourth Street and Pine Avenue drew police attention as old mattresses were broken open and feathers flew across the street. Police arranged to dispose of the mattresses. A note on peat drying mentions it absorbs about 16 percent of its weight in water when dried.
James Marlow explains the system of national security clearances from top secret to confidential. He notes how Oppenheimer lost his clearance due to Communist associations and details how investigations are scaled by “need to know” and job sensitivity, with FBI involvement if doubts arise.
Miss Thelma Bollinger daughter of Charles and Bollinger Emmitsburg married Walden Miller son of Howard Miller Rocky Ridge at Elias Evangelical Lutheran church Emmitsburg The couple will honeymoon at Niagara Falls The bride and groom both graduates with military service details included
Sen. McCarthy opens a one man subcommittee session targeting subversives in defense plants near Boston with witness James W. Gratis who claimed he joined the Communist party as a counterspy for the FBI. The move draws subcommittee opposition and a possible censure motion by Sen. Flanders. Senate leadership signals plans to push aside the censure to avoid delaying the end of the session.
The episode highlighted the importance of vitamin B-6 in infant feeding to prevent convulsions and suggested a possible role for other vitamins. It reaffirmed that human milk is best when available, while reassuring that modified cow's milk formulas pose no unnecessary fears from this single event.
Doctor Edwin P. Jordan reports a series of infant convulsions linked to a commercial modified cow’s milk. After adding vitamin B-6, seizures stopped in several cases. Research shows the prep’s B-6 was about half that of fresh human milk, prompting wider investigation.
Lesson outlines correct usage of friend versus acquaintance and notes common mispronunciations and misspellings. It defines terms like modiste and lea, offers synonyms such as oscillate and vibrate, and encourages daily mastery of one word. The piece includes example sentences and guidance on improving vocabulary through repetition.
A reader quiz cites a record yolk count of five in a Valders Wisconsin egg found by an egg candler. It also notes an aerial trolley link from Rio de Janeiro’s main area over the bay to Sugar Loaf peak.
A compact recall of Rodin on art, Dawes as a sitting vice president, Gordon Richards knighted, the Diet of Worms in 1521, whales nursing their calves, and Grover Cleveland's wartime draft via substitution. Includes key figures Charles V, Martin Luther, and Emperor, with concise factual statements.
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