World Wheat Pact Aims to Stabilize Global Trade
Secretary Brannan urges ratification of a world wheat agreement to set a precedent for other crops and stabilize export markets. The plan guarantees the U S a foreign market for 168 million bushels annually with price ranges from 1 50 to 1 80 dollars, edging toward 1 20 to 1 80 later, to curb surpluses and aid domestic markets while potentially paving the way for world cartels on major crops.
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Secretary Brannan
Department of Agriculture
America
Brannan
U. S
Williams stamp highlights Russian scientist Vasilii Williams
The Soviet commemorative stamp portrays Vasilii Robertovich Williams, a soil science expert and crop rotation innovator of Soviet farms. Born to an American father, he earned the Order of Lenin in 1934 and died in 1939, illustrating cross cultural ties between Russia and the United States.
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Russia
United States
Williams
Vasilii Robertovich
Vasilii Williams
Robert
Vasilil
Letter to the Editor urges changes to Frederick traffic flow
A local businessman argues traffic congestion in Frederick stems from an obsolete stop and go light system and curbside parking. He recalls his past wave-synchronization proposal, notes meters increased stopping and car storage, and stresses detours hurt tourism and business while taxes fund city plans.
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Frederick
Market
Patrick Streets
Owever
Ohio
Frederick traffic plea seeks light and curb changes
A Frederick resident urges city action to relieve congestion citing 100000 annual visitors and 65 jobs at risk. He proposes a traffic light at Church and Carratl streets, meters moved to side streets, reduced parking on Market and Patrick during 9 am to 5:30 pm, elimination of left turns, and stop signs at Chapel Alley and Church streets to curb hazards and allow unloading without blocking traffic.
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Frederick
Market
Patrick Streets
Chapel Alley
Churchstreet
Church
Carratl Streets
Linden Avenue
Baughman's Lane
Hotel Executive To Make Fast Plane Trip
Stuart E. Hockenbury, executive vice president of the American Hotels Corporation, will visit AJL hotels in ten cities across three states by air. The 700 mile trip from Camden, New Jersey will include stops in Harrisburg, Altoona, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Morgantown, Martinsburg, Cumberland, Hagerstown and Frederick. He arrives 7 04 CST and spends the night at the local hotel. In Louisiana, cigarette sniffer taxes rise seven cents per pack with a state tax of eight cents. 39 states levy tobacco taxes and 374000000 dollars were collected in 1948.
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Stuart E. Hockenbury
American Hotels Corporation
Camden
New Jersey
Ajl
American Airlines
Hockenbury
Harrisburg
Altoona
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Morgantown
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Frederick
Maryland
C. F. Bowers
Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key Hotel
J. WH. Gambrill, Jr
I. D. Baker
R. BE. Coelaplaine
Paul W. McAuliffe
Mr. Hockenbury
Louisiana
Firemen Headed to State Convention Amid Hessian Fly Woes
June 7 1599 report notes 300 excursionists from the Pennsylvania Railroad bound for Westminster for the state firemen’s convention. Hessian fly damage hits wheat nationwide while early plantings suffer more. A heavy thunderstorm and marble hail drenched Frederick with flooding on North Market Street. Trinity M E Church closed its festival with piano solos recitations and violin pieces performed by local girls.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Westminster
State Firemen
United Drill Associaion
Frederick
Market Street
Trinity M. E. Church
Josie Thomas
Elsie Birely
Henrietta McDaniel
Mabel Kindley
Grace Bowlus
Daisy Thomas
Sevenths Grade Graduates Toast Tivoli Theater
Twenty years ago Frederick city and county celebrated delivery of certificates to nine hundred twenty pupils at elementary schools during seventh grade exercises in the Tivoli theater. Final plans for the Maryland State Firemen’s Association convention in Lonaconing next week were set by Frederick fire companies. Helen Hargett, daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Horine, married Max Everhart of Hanover Pa. Robert E Clapp Jr a student at Washington and Lee University earned the Luther Seevers Birley scholarship for general excellence.
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Frederick City
Tivoli Theater
Frederick
Maryland
Max Everhart
Hanover
Robert E. Clapp, JR
Washington and Lee University
Luther Seevers
Washington Daybook notes on jobs and housing policy
Washington Daybook reports liberal Democrats push a three cornered plan to empower the President to move defense contracts, public works, and worker placement to blunt unemployment. Secretaries Brannan and Nourse argue for price supports and caution against market intervention while Keyserling urges controlled price boosts. Also, housing census satire prompts Allen Sabath reaction. Hagerstown urged to form a housing authority amid growth and housing emergency.
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Tris Coffin Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Council of Economics Advisers
Dewey Anderson
Senate Committee
Charlie Brannan
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Sam
Leon Keyserling
John Sherman
White House
Nourse
Steelman
P.S
Jim Murray
Montana
Hibert Humphrey
Minn
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Harley Kilgore
W. Va
Hagerstown
Herman L. Mills
Washington County
Maryland League of United Voters
CIO
AFL
Weather data snapshot for June 1948 details
The record shows all time DST precipitation for 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. none. June precipitation equals 4.37 inches, above the normal 4.28 inches. The note lists high yesterday and year ago as 6 and 6 degrees, low last night 59, year ago 43, with sun set at 8:35 p.m. and sun rise at 5:44 a.m. tomorrow. Moon rise 6:29 p.m., set 3:47 a.m. tomorrow.
Government controls by FCC alarm readers in Washington
A June Washington column warns that the FCC Decision on licensing may permit government review of media content. It critiques the idea that first amendment free speech can be curtailed through license redress and warns Republicans and Dixiecrats of looming conformity pressures. The piece contrasts Hughes doctrine with the commission’s stance and notes dangers to editorial independence under licenses.
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Washington
United States
Ltest
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Truman
Commission
Congress
Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Hitler
Nazi Germany
Dorothy Dix on love, marriage and male myths
Dorothy Dix discusses why couples wed beyond love, noting many motives such as loneliness money and family pressure. She contrasts women’s dramatic reputation for love with men’s, and questions whether marriages reflect sentiment or social pressures amid divorce realities.
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Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
B.S
Salomon
God
Court Convicts Driver for Motor Vehicle with Extra Spotlight
Joseph Livezey of Route 2 was fined 2.45 after a Peoples Court session with Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett for operating a motor vehicle equipped with more than one spotlight. Arresting officers were Sgt. May and others. Collateral forfeitures listed for several defendants across multiple offenses.
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OPLES
Joseph Livezey
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples
Walter K. May
William B. Schuler
Hanover
Maryland
Marvin Prigge
Lewistown
Minn
Edward H. Frank
Washington
Thomas P. Bedders
Rockford
Chesney W. Smith
West Newton
Todd R. Brant
Somerset
Lawyens H. Boyette
Ocala
Fla
Salvador Cervers
Erie
Sgt. May
Cpl
Charles D. Mades
C. H. Dewitt
R. P. McGuire
Tax Lien Notices Filed Against Residents in Clerk’s Office
Notices of tax liens under federal law have been filed for record against several residents. A lien for 202.95 dollars for alleged unemployment tax due was filed against Max Wagenberg of Woodsboro and a lien for 114.90 dollars for alleged income tax due was filed against Raymond Brice of Thurmont.
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Internal Revenue Laws
Max Wagenberg
Woodsboro
Raymond Brice
Thurmont
Immunization urged after diphtheria case in county
County health officer Dr. Carroll E. Easterday stressed immunizing all children after a diphtheria case in Shookstown. He said 85 to 95 percent immunization is needed to curb the disease, with free toxoid available to physicians and preschool clinics underway.
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Shookstown
Carroll E. Easterday
Easterday
Frederick County
Health Department
Strength For Today By Earth and Sin In Hawthornes Scarlet Letter
The article discusses The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne as a landmark American novel. It outlines two core principles: consequences of sin exceed the initial act and guilt can lead to grace or greater evil depending on the individual. It notes characters who confess and improve versus those who deepen sin.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Boston
Hawthorne
Babson Newspaper
Commensuration and Common Usage Guide
A compact lesson notes usage tips and pronunciation guidance. It highlights misused phrases such as always courteous, outlines pistachio pronunciation pis ta she o with emphasis on the second syllable, and defines commensuration as equal measure or proportion. It also offers a vocabulary goal to master one word daily.
Lufs Stuff Contrast on Work Ethic from N A Lufburrow
A short reflective quote contrasts good workers who uphold prosperity with the lazy who “ride along like freight” attributed to N. A. Lufburrow. The remark underscores value of diligent labor in sustaining society.
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Luf
N. A. Lufburrow
Social Etiquette On Parking Fees In Town Trips
A friend who owns a car drives you into town for shopping and parks in a garage or lot. The guidance says pay the parking fee if possible, rather than skipping payment.
Anniversaries and Birthdays Mark 1845 to Today in History
Know America Today's anniversaries salute John F. Goucher Samuel M Crothers Albert S Burleson Edwin Slosson Danna Munro and others with birthplaces and death dates. Today in history recalls Boone Lee and key 18th 19th and 20th century milestones. Birthdays list Maj Seversky Workman Terman Yocum Roden Szell Wells Feis and horoscope warns of trust and friendship risks.
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John F. Goucher
Baltimore
Waynesboro
Samuel, M. Crothers
Cambridge
Mass
Oswego
Albert S. Burleson
Jander Wilson
San Marcos
Tex
Austin
Edwin E. Slosson
Albany
Kansas
Danna C. Munro
University of Wisconsin
Princeton
Bristol
Daniel Boone
North Carolina
Red River
Richard Henry Lee
Continental Congress
American Jewish Historical Society
New York
China
Cleveland
Orient
U.S. Supreme Court
Vatican City
England
France
Germany
Italy
Seattle
Wash
Normandy
Europe
Alexander P. Seversky
Russia
Robert D. Workman
Naval Chaplains
Zanesville
Frederick E. Terman
Stanford University
School of Engineering
English
Ind
Harold L. Yocum
Capital University
Columbus
Carl B. Roden
Chicago Public Library
Kansas City
Gentle Words and a Kansas Conservation Effort
A newspaper item reflects on biblical quotes about prayer and speech, citing II Thessalonians 3 1 James Montgomery Proverbs 15 26 and Washington Gladden while noting that 3 000 acres of waste coal strip mined land in Kansas have become a bearing walnut tree cover planted about 15 years ago by the Civil Conservation Corps, showing restoration impact.
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Kansas
Civil Conservation Corps
Synod Session To Open Here In Frederick
Approximately 168 delegates from several states will arrive in Frederick for the Potomac Synod session of the Evangelical and Reformed church at Hood College Wednesday through Friday. President Andrew G. Truxall will welcome them as Rev. Dr. L. W. Goebel of Chicago outlines the synod’s role in the $3,000,000 World Service drive and the United Evangelistic Advance. The union with Congregational Christian churches is a major topic, with 31 synods already voting to join.
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Frederick
Potoma
Goebel
Commission World Service
Th United Evangelistic Advance
Evangelical An Reformed Church
Congregational Christian Churches
Union
Specia
General Synod
Potomac
Learned Safe Driving In High Schools Reaches 300 000 Graduates
This year’s high school graduates nationwide include about 300 000 learners who mastered starting and stopping a car without gear strip or tire damage. Kenneth E Burkard of the Automobile Club of Maryland notes thousands of schools teaching transmission basics and parking, plus sportsmanlike driving. He predicts fewer accidents as trained youths impact statistics. In other news, letters of administration issued in Orphans Court for Emma Kate Summers. Kent County Savings founder Jefferson Davis Bacchus dies at 87.
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Natio
Kenneth E. Burkard Frederick
Th Automobile Club of
Maryland
United States
Orphans Court
Chester F. Summers
Myersville
Emma Kate Summers
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Allen
John Lyle
Texas
Lyle
Leo Allen
Globe Lynd
David Lawrence
Love
Jasper
The
Bell Synd. Inc
Charles
Nature
Earth
Know
George Szell
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Budapest
Herman B. Wells
Indiana University
Jamestown
Herbert Feis
Washington, D. C
Heaven
James Montgomery
L. W. Goebel
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