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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1950
Page
9
A survey of hoarding psychology notes fear of future shortages drives buying sprees and price hikes. It calls for government sales promotion to move vast butter stocks and stabilize markets while reflecting on wartime rationing memories and modern anxieties.
A congressional question asks what happened to billions for national defense amid Korea’s outbreak. The piece argues defense budgets rose only modestly while pork barrels grew, claiming funds funded pet programs and debt interest rather than fortifying national security. It notes calls for more socialistic schemes and criticizes wasteful spending.
Dorothy Dix responds to a 20 year old man’s claim that men prefer inferior wives. She argues most husbands want a wife who understands but isn’t cleverer, noting studies showing happier marriages when the husband is superior. She labels the idea of an equal or smarter wife as a threat to harmony.
Special meeting of the Board of Aldermen heard a complaint by a property owner on East Patrick Street about an unsafe building used by Besant and Knott. Plans to brace and remove dangers were discussed as a committee was appointed to inspect. Frederick items note tennis representation, a new corn cutting machine patent by W H Hoke, shirt trade expansion at Neiding and Miller, and nineteen Frederickt tonian Lutherans attending a Pen Mar reunion.
The day opened with temperatures above 100 degrees for the eighth straight day and climbed to about 105 by mid afternoon. A barn and straw stack burned on Dr. Fred Dietrich’s Baltimore near New Market farm, tenanted by Mr and Mrs Karl Stup. Frederick County dairy milk supply fell amid drought and short pastures. About 150 acres of the city watershed burned in a second week fire, likely set. City Forester Klein cited arson.
Washington examines the Kingsley budget and UN stance in Korea. Rep Henry Jackson argues the AEC needs more funding for research, administration and manpower to achieve atomic superiority. Formosa raises UN questions on occupation and independence amid Chinese Nationalist rule and possible Communist influence. Norris Cotton calls for consumer representation on committees to aid taxpayers.
Opening night at Braddock Heights Mountain Theater features Clare Booth Luce satire Kiss the Boys Goodbye about casting Scarlett O Hara. Peggy Diem plays a Southern belle pursuing the role, while Eunice Wheaton portrays a fading star contesting the part. The piece reflects Hollywood hype and star culture. Diegesis notes include a National Geographic Society remark about the first New Year’s Day caller in an English home being called the “Brst 100.”
Washington editorial argues MacArthur disassociated himself from responsibility for Korea defenses before North Korea aggression. It notes the need for a nonpartisan inquiry into who should control Far East forces and outlines bureaucratic hurdles under unification. The piece calls for clearer command lines and possible new legislation to safeguard American interests in the Seven Seas.
New books at Artz Library include OF MENAN MOUNTAINS by William C. Douglas detailing a boyhood ascent in the Cascades and its spiritual meaning. Other titles: DRAKE'S CYCLOPEDIA OF PAINTING AND DECORATING, ROBERT FE. LEE READER, MARYLAND MANUAL 1950, and AMERICAN GOVERNMENT by Dixon and Plischke.
A seventh street and Constitution avenue collision killed Elaine Sherry, 18, of Takoma Park, and injured six others including Douglas Sherry, 19, who was critically hurt. The group, returning from a Potomac moonlight cruise, included Mattie Johnson, Fred Johnson, Virginia Campbell, John Stang, and a 89 year old Washington woman.
A Frederick man claimed relief after his car was found thirteen minutes post theft on Tuesday evening. Carroll W. Smith faced charges for speeding through Urbana and leaving an unattended car with keys in place. Charles B. Long was convicted of unauthorized use of Smith's vehicle and jailed 60 days. Sgt. Corbin and Troopers Wade and Whitney testified, detailing pursuit speeds around 50 mph. Smith paid fines totaling 250 plus costs. Long's sentence stood. Additional hearings included William Suter for assault. others faced collateral forfeitures and license issues.
A survey of the proposed East street extension is complete and paving work advances. Federal funds aid the extension to North Market Street. Water crews install six and eight inch mains on West Fourth, West Seventh, and Culler avenues, with additional six inch lines on Highland Avenue. Paving trenches on South Jefferson and West Patrick streets proceed, followed by East Patrick and West Seventh streets.
Secretary of Denise Johnson stated the United States had greater fighting potential at the Korean War outbreak than after World War II demobilization. He noted the Army mobile striking force grew 165 percent from 1948 to 1950, while defending the need for funds to support Korea and future defense in a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.
Preliminary census figures show Frederick city population up 144 percent from 15,802 to 8,086 more residents, outpacing national growth though county totals lag behind. Nation totals rise to about 150,520,880 with a 12 to 19 percent increase. California and New York lead state figures.
Washington officials scramble to interpret President Truman's defense production act of 1950 as Congress weighs five control fields. Agencies await testimony and possible tax changes while policy foresees no new wartime agency and continued use of existing departments for allocation and credit controls.
Frederick county reports show wheat yields under expectations as farmers face ongoing threshing delays and rain. Yields at the Farmers Cooperative Association plant range 10 to 18 bushels per acre, with 16 an upper limit in many districts. Rain during blooming reduced output. open market price near $2 per bushel, about half the crop moved to market, four carloads sent to Baltimore yesterday under the government loan program.
A compact excerpt discusses a sharp-pointed stick attached to a plow in oriental farming to curb kicking oxen. The plowman uses the stick to correct behavior, noting kicking remains futile and painful when the team resists.
A commentary likens retribution to an ox goad in the plow, arguing the moral law punishes those who defy it without divine anger. People who challenge the universe, like players at a rigged slot machine, cannot win. The piece emphasizes inevitable consequence of transgression.
The text cites Thales of Miletus, 6th century BCE, often named the first electrician for friction and magnetism observations. It notes Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park rising over 12,000 feet, a four mile high stretch possibly the longest at such altitude. The Lorelei legend centers on a Rhine siren whose voice lured fishermen to doom.
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