Semi-Weekly News masthead and imprint from 1954 issue
The front portion records publication details for The Semi-Weekly News of Frederick Maryland dated Tuesday June 8 1954. It lists subscription rates by mail, Associated Press credit, editorial correction policy, and advertising and printing capabilities at the Frederick post office, with a note requiring real names for submissions and directions for job printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Southern
MIPS
North Court
Frederick
Séranes
Ember
Associated Press
Stan
Ungovernable France and the American two party system
The piece contrasts France’s parliamentary system with concentrated power in the National Assembly, noting rapid government turnover and weak authority. It argues France’s many parties cripple decisive policy and highlights the U.S. two party system with checks and balances as a more effective governance model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
France
National Assembly
Council of Free Nations
Free World
Harm Of Tobacco Debate Shifts To Smoking Risks
Grandmother’s old warnings about cigarettes fade as new evidence links nicotine to thromboangiitis obliterans and possible heart disease while cigarette tar compounds are tied to rising lung cancer risk. Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads testifies that cigars and pipes lack these chemicals. Researchers seek ways to remove harmful cigarette constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius P. Rhoads
Cancer Authority
Montgomery Nursing Home Association Meet in Rockville
Montgomery County Nursing Home Association will meet at the Health Department in Rockville at 806 p m Jane Hartman from the State Department of Health will speak on institutional buying with consultants Constance Reddy Juliani Dieutian Janette Carlesen Dieutian Felisa Braken and others from Johns Hopkins Baltimore County Welfare and related agencies to discuss menu planning food preparation and cost records Invitations extended to Prince Georges and Frederick County nursing home operators. Cars Damaged in College Avenue Carroll Parkway Collision Two cars suffered about 300 damage in a 1130 a m incident at College Avenue and Carroll Parkway Edna Mae Huffer Middletown Route 2 and Cecil H Woodward East Patrick Street involved. no charges filed by Sgt Daniel Swomley.
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Montgomery County Nursing Home Association
Health Department
Rockville
Jane
Jane Hartman
State Department of Health
Constance Reddy
Juliani Dieutian
State Department O Health
Aliss Janette Carlesen
Dieutian
Charce
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Felisa Braken
Baltimore Cy Department of Welfare
Prince Georges County
Fredenck County
Montgomery Association
Cellege Avenue
Carroll Parkway
Edna Mae Huffer
Middletown
Cecil H. Woodward
Patrick Street
Cel- Jexe Avenue
Sergt
Daniel Swomley
Hood College Alumnae Elect New Officers at Reunion
Hood College alumnae elected new officers at their on campus reunion luncheon held in Coblentz Hall. A Loyalty Fund gift of 6709.46 was presented, and Katharine Dutrow presided as retiring president. About 250 members attended plus honorary member changes and routine association reports.
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Hood College
Bertha Nixdorff Grove
W. Jarboe
Hazel Lucas Moul
New Brunswick
N. J
Louise Buckingham Noel
Wm. W
Hagerstown
Mary Louise Hester Bennett
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Lesby Wood
Camp Hill
Margaret Deringer Barrett
Bethesda
Grace Lough Zweizig
Harrisburg
Katharine E. Dutrow
Gambrill Gymnasium
Coblentz Hall
Helen Douglass Duve
J. D
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood
Truxai
Missirginia E. Lewis
Alumnae Association
Elizabeth Brunner Baldwin
L. B
East Church Street
Rhoda Hartman _ Fogle
Oscar M
College Avenue
Margaret Sager James
Hagersstown
Dorothy J Jackson Moreland
Arlington
X. J
Mra
Dorothy Herman Reid
Catonsville
Katherine Webbler
West Fifth, Street
Truxal
Wood College
Katherine Sherril
Ruth E. Perry
Board of
Eastern Star
Middletown
Schroeder
Middletown High School
Loyalty Chapter No
Order of the Eastern Star
Harry O. Schroeder
Maryland
Margaret E Bond
Child Psychiatrist Speaker Here On Thursday
Dr Sean Eisenberg, a child psychiatrist at Harriet Lane Home Johns Hopkins Hospital, will address the Frederick County Association for Help for Retarded Children on Thursday June 11 at eight p.m. in the Frederick Y M C A. The talk titled The Mentally Handicapped Child is part of the association’s educational meeting series. A Washington County group will join as guests. The association, recently organized, is forming programs for retarded children with officers including President pro tem Ellsworth Magaha Middletown vice presidents Mrs Werner Braun Mountaindale and Mrs LB Myers Mr Airy secretary Mrs Lawrence DeLong Frederick publicity chairwoman Mrs G Ross Twenty Yellow Springs.
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Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland
Sean Eisenberg
Frederick County Association For
Frederick Y. Mo . A
Eisenberg
Harriet Lane
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Washington County
Ellsworth Magaha
Middletown
Werner Braun
Mountaindale
LB Myers
Airy
Lawrence DeLong
Frederick
G. Ross Twenty
Yellow
Springs
Maryland State Teachers College to graduate 43 students
On June 5 the Maryland State Teachers College will graduate 43 seniors. Commencement speaker will be Dr. Wilson M. Compton educator and former director of the Voice of America. The ceremony will take place next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Maryland State Teachers College
Wilson M. Compton
Ihe i Voice A
Ameria
Miss Van Fossen Hall nuptials set for June twenty first
Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Dolores Jean Van Fossen and Eldon Lincoln Hall on Sunday afternoon June 21 at 2 o'clock in the Evangelical Lutheran church. A reception will follow at the Franklin Scott Key Hotel.
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Miss van Fossen
Hall
Dolores Jean van Fossen
Eldon Lincoln Hall
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Francis Scott Key
Eldred Winheld van Fossen
Lindbergh Avenue
Mr. van Fosses
Mr. Hall
Emmert . _L. Hall
Raynham Center, Mass
Thompson Clark Wedding Ties Two Families in Damacus
Betty Jean Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Clark and the groom son of Mr and Mrs George Thompson married in a double ceremony performed by Rev Mr Cindy former pastor of the bride The bride is a 144 member of this year’s Fred Erik Thigh School graduating class The groom is serving in the U S Army stationed in Germany.
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Gurnella Kline
Guy C. Kline
Myersville
Georgetown University School of Nursing
Gaston Hall
Georgetown University
Frederik Thigh School
U. S. Army
Germany
Alfred R. Thompson
Marvin Chapel
Mt. Airy
Joy Steinhaus
Cinde Cundy
Thompson
George Thompson
Ocean Tankers Split In Delaware Bay Collision
In Delaware Bay a pair of large tankers collided on a warm night, splitting one ship in two. Eighty two of eighty six aboard survived by swimming or lifeboats, with Joseph Donnelly among the deceased and three missing. The Phoenix and Pan Massachusetts burned fiercely, one sinking to the river bottom. Authorities blamed a signals mixup as crews worked to rescue others amid flames and smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
America
Delaware Bay
Red Cross
Joseph Donnelly
Marcus Hook
Phoenix
Delaware River
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Pan Massachusetts
Jewel
National Bulk Carriers, Inc
New York
Coast Guard
Residentis Land
Atlantic Ocean
Reginald C. Gross
Houston
Tex
David D. Higbee
Haddonsfield
N. J
William Wilds
Salem Hospital
Surplus Commodities Investment Increases
The Agriculture Department reported a 70 million dollar rise in its April investment in surplus farm commodities, totaling 3.135 billion dollars. This doubles the prior year’s 1.602 billion but remains below the pre Korean War peak near 4.3 billion. Since last June 30, 35.672 million has been lost on price support operations, versus 67.352 million in the full prior year. Big crops could push further above the old record. losses include sale below original costs and deterioration.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Lack of gamma globulin hinders mass polio effort
Emmitsburg Urbana and Walkersville face gamma globulin shortages for mass inoculations against infectious hepatitis and polio. Health officer Dr Forbes H Burgess says supplies are conserved for polio and only household contacts receive serum through private physicians. Officials note polio serious, emphasize hygiene and handwashing as evidence grows of local cases among schoolchildren.
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Emmitsburg
Urbana
Walkersville
Forbes H. Burgess
Burgess
American Red Cross
Maryland Department of Health
Thurmont School
Thurmont
Sheldon Kravitz
U. S. Public Health Service
National Polio Foundation
F M To Give Smith Honorary Degree Today
R Paul Smith president of Potomac Edison will be awarded the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters by Franklin and Marshall College at the 166th commencement in Lancaster Pa. The recognition cites his work with the Evangelical and Reformed Church and support of Hood College Hagerstown YMCA and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Countty
University of Maryland
Harold Kefauver Keller
College of Agriculture
Robert Homer Holter
Middletown
Edith Elizabeth Sponseller
College of Education
Ibara Ann Creeger
Thurmont
Nancy Ann Gray
Thurlmont
Robert Paul Marendt
R. Paul Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Frederick
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Theodore A. Distier
Smith
Hood College
Hagerstown
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T. Stuart Haller
Jug Bridge Hill
Mrs. Easterly
Plasse
Miss Campbell
Arthur Murray
Elks Club
West Second Street
William B. Bennett
Arthur R. Mason
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Gordon F. Palmer
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Clarke Place
Hellenstein
W. Nelson Hoffman
Route 5
Denise Darcel
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Simon Koogle
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Donald Davis
Loretta Davis
Davis
Eugene Harshman
Fort Bragg
N. C
Marshall Harshman
Edgar Leatherman
Ellerton
Kenneth A. Gladhill
Fort Campbell
Glenn A. Gladhill
Sara Mae
Camp Kilmer
Kate Slifer
Earl Jos
Eleanor Pearre
Cambridge
Mass
A. Austin
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Upper College Terrace
Pearres
A. Austin, Jr
University of Virginia
Lillian Beachley
Marion General Hospital
Marion
Ind
Waihe A. Beachley
Robert Dotson
Greenville
S. C
Dotson
Fred Tresselt
Catoctin Furnace
Walter L. Roney
Frederick High School Alumni Association
Braddock Weights Pavilion
Dick Harp
Helen Hersperger
Syracuse
N. Y
James Kline
Foxville
Illnois
Mr. Kline
C. R. Olin, Jr
Pamela
Ralph
Denise
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vance Thompson
Mrs. Olin
Mr. Thompson
H.kenneth Shook
Denver Shook
South Market Street
Wesleyan University
Henry Knoble
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Paul. L. Hoffmaster
Albert Y. Boileau
New York City
Eleanor Eichelberger
Merle Huffer
Broad Run
Warren Leslie
Huffer
Jefferson
Phillips D. Thayer
Marie
West Barrington
R. I
Thayer
Mary Lamb
Gartie N. Sheffer
Flossmoor
Sheffers
Summers
Culler
Floyd J. Culler
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Oak Ridge
Mr. Culler
Doris O ‘Culler
Harold Thomas Summers
Mona Lee Clark
Washington, Pa
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Carol Lane
Charles 5. Lane
West Church Street
Alice Bowers
Sherman P. Bowers
North Market Street
Lila Chichester
Peter W. Chichester
West! Second Street
Samuel William Barrick
Rockwell Terrace
Edward Etchison
Carl Culler
East Second Street
John Rolfe
Poolesville
John Hendrickson
Walter Martz
Ralph Currens
East Third Street
Miss Lane
Samuel Barrick
Robert Fisher
Miss Culler
Floyd Culler
Mr. Summers
C. Thomas Summers
Emmett Rice
Bethany Biblical Seminary
Chicago
Ill
Aaron Rice
Patricia Shook
Church Home and Hospital School of Nursing
Baltimore
George E. Shook
Route 1
Charles A. Price
Ocean City
Maryland State's Attorneys Association
Bermuda
Queen of Bermuda
New York Harbor
F. Ross Myers
Arthur V. Myers
A. B. Collmnus
W. Bartgis Storm
Elmer Tf. EshJeman
Benjamin L. Shuff
Laura M. Remsberg
State Teachers’ College
Indiana
Walnutdale Farm
C. C. Purdham
Brunswick
Miami
Florida
Adabell Simmons
Homer L. Smith
Pvt
Raymond L. Cooper
Louise Cooper
Camp Breckinridge
Cpl
Blair Harrington
Camp LeJeune
Vernon Arthur
Jan
Haddonfield, N. J
Remsberg
Bond
Mary Grams
Lena Thomas
Smith Brothers
Harry 0. Smith
Jamele Faust
Sharon Hooper
Chester Leatherman
Ronald
Donald Butts
Josephus T. Huffer
Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Miss Huffer
Greenbrier Junior College
Lewisburg
W. Va
John Wood Jr
Westminster
Old Roberts
Court Place
Wood
Emma Rodgers
Taneytown
Theodore Brown
Hanover
Robert Feeser
Singleton Remsburg
Atlantic City
Lions Clubs
Louise Goldsborough Cooley
Denton Cooley
Cooley
Edward P. Thomas
Rockwell Ter
Race
John W. Quynn
East Patrick Street
Europe
Southampton
England
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Italy
Paul Lowman
Mt. Airy Lions Club
Lowman
Joe Gosnell
Murray Ryan
Lions International
Ryan
Mt. Airy Club
William H. B. Anders, Jr
William H. B. Anders
Charlottesville
W. H.B. Anders
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
West Church i Street
Maryland Bankers Association
Garnett Ball
RD Ransom Lewis, Jr
Ithis City
Roland Harbaugh
Braddock Heights
Pvi
John Franklin
Wachtel
Elizabeth Ann
the Fredericks Memorials Hospital
Wachttel
Korea
Pauline Gilbert
Emory Gilbert
Harmony
Ernest L. Rudy
Rudy
Kenneth 3
McLeod
Chester
Pauline Stull
Snill
Higbee
Shepherdstown
Shepherd College
Oliver Sikenberry
Etta QO. Williams
A. T. Clay
Helen Elizabeth Link
Miss Williams
Columbia Business College
Shepherd Cofere
Miss Link
Rumsey Hall
Steel City
John S. Fine
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New
Wh. Cross
Hatchery
Randallstown, MD
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