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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR yields a public notice from Fred and Wa Post Office dated Thursday June 1952. It mentions rates for paid mail and a second class material, with unclear month and amount details. The readable parts indicate a circulation and post office address context.
The Rockefeller Foundation tested if poverty breeds apathy in five Egyptian villages. Four villages adopted major upgrades with villagers’ help, tearing down slums, stopping livestock in homes, and improving sanitation. The fifth village received only services, prompting complaints that others got more. Result: given real hope, the poor will embrace change and mobilize others.
In a 1832 eulogy Webster weighs constitutional liberties against future wars and economic strain. He quotes Truman’s era warnings and declares that if the current fabric of government falls, it will not be rebuilt. He likens the destroyed columns to a monument greater than Rome or Greece, the edifice of Constitutional American liberty.
A survey of 75 colleges shows hundreds of thousands of graduates, about 500000, face plentiful jobs with high salaries this month. Defense projects drive demand for technical skills, with some firms attempting to recruit entire classes, promising rosy futures for June graduates not bound by service. Maryland courts uphold police wire tapping under constitutional limits, aligning with Supreme Court rulings, while federal rules curb use of tapped data in federal courts.
A Washington Star excerpt questions a proposed bill to allow the Fadersi Bureau of Investigation and other federal agencies to tap wires for cases involving national security or human life. The piece notes no action has been taken and warns of congressional reluctance creating a mystery.
New York report profiles Henry Youngman known as a top night club entertainer who can outlaugh peers like Groucho Marx and Bob Hope. The piece highlights his ad lib talent, joke habit, and wish for a national TV show while noting his rapid fire quips and gift for taking wives jokes to new twists.
Gov Smith spoke at Confederate Memorial Day services in Mt Olivet cemetery and reflected on Civil War causes while praising Confederate soldiers and leaders. Woman’s College Week closed with graduation as Gov Smith handed out diplomas. The Imps Mandolin Club provided music at the tennis tournament. The Brush Factory Team lost 7 to 1 to Frederick Athletic Club. Brust pitched eight strikeouts and allowed one hit. Attendees included A H Harrington and others. Dr W C Boteler of this city attended the Republican Congressional convention in Hagerstown.
Twenty years ago items note Temple University president Charles E. Reary urging refined citizenship in a Hood College commencement, alongside reports of a stolen brick coupe found in Johnson City, Tenn. Local entomologist Robert A Kemp cites 17 seated locusts in Frederick County, and a Walkersville meeting discusses lowering town tax rate from MM to a cents with a June 1 effect.
Roger W. Babson argues in a June piece that cycles affect women’s work and fashion. He traces shifts from homemaking to industry, wartime production, and back, noting cycles in dress and personal liberty. He cites history from ancient Greece to the Industrial Revolution and cites Nightingale and Adams as models of evolving female influence.
In London, David Lawrence reports on British views of Far East policy. Britons question U.S. Korea sacrifices and favor a limited war approach. They expect Red China diplomacy, yet resist rewarding aggression. The piece contrasts British reluctance with U.S. aims, noting fear of broad war and a peace-at-any-price stance.
Obituaries detail the deaths of Brunswick grocer Thomas A. Hoffmaster and several local residents. Services listed for Hoffmaster at First Church of God with interment in Mountainview Cemetery. Also notes the passing of Dewey Harshman, Mrs Rosie May Gross, Mrs Bessie Sherald, Mrs Jennie Miller, and related funeral arrangements and survivors.
Funeral services for Charles 4A Wolf who died Monday at his Foxville home were held Wednesday at 2:30 pm at Mt Moriah Lutheran Church. The service was led by Rev. Hook with Rev. Donald Stonesifer assisting, followed by Acacia Lodge A F and A Masons ritual at the grave conducted by Kenneth Delawter Worshipful Master. Pallbearers included Henry Testerman, Sterling Lenhart, Howard Damuth, Harry Zentz, Lawrence McGlaughlin, William Winebrewer and Andrew H. Abraham. Interment in church cemetery. M L Creager Funeral services for Obediah Freightler, formerly of Baltimore, were held Wednesday at 2 pm.
Mr and Mrs John M Zimmerman of Maple Homestead near Frederick announce the marriage of their daughter Ruby Anne to Russell Linwood Baker son of Mr and Mrs Harry R Baker near Jefferson The ceremony is set for Saturday June 14 at eight oclock p m at the Church of the Brethren in Frederick
Mr and Mrs Hilleary Rockwell of Brunswick announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary to Dr Kenneth Hovet son of Mrs Stina Hovet of Bismarck MD and the late O K Hovet Miss Rockwell formerly a Brunswick High School faculty member is Supervisor of High Schools in Howard county Dr Hover is Professor of Education at New York University The wedding will be Sunday August 10 at the First Baptist Church Brunswick
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