Rhode Island Red Hen Wins State Bird Honor
In Rhode Island a red hen won the state bird contest, beating the hummingbird by about 1500 votes out of 20 873 cast. The piece notes other states similarly choosing birds, and surveys history from Utah gulls to Alabama yellowhammers and California quail, with several states adopting laws.
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Rhode Island
National Geographic Society
Delaware
Kentucky
Ranner
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
California
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Minnesota
Senate
Junk Yard Sparks Reader Complaint Over Frederick Storm Sewer
A reader laments a junk yard along a new storm sewer from Patrick Street to Carroll Parkway in Frederick. She calls for action to relocate the yard and urges The News to back a campaign, praising Baker Park and condemning the eyesore.
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Junk Yard
News
Patrick Street
Carroll Parkway
Frederick
Baker Park
Ellen Baskin
Washington
Call to action on broadcasting liquor ads in 1954 hearings
A letter urges readers to attend hearings on the Langer Bill to stop liquor advertising over the air and in print. It lists the Senate subcommittee members led by Senator William A. Purtell and requests readers to write these officials urging a favorable vote. Washington, D. C.
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Senate
William A. Purtell
Conn
A. G. Schoeppell
Kansas
Charles E. Potter
Mich
John O. Pastore
R. L
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Okla
R. Y. Nicholson
Washington
D. C
Bread Of Life by aV A Purnell Bailey
A 26 year old Henry T Folsom of Orange New Jersey formerly senior vice president at a major arms maker will enter seminary this fall with his wife and two children The Folsom family has religious roots five generations deep at Grace Episcopal Church Chicago Philadelphia rainfall delay noted in the American Chicago post.
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Av. A. Purnell Bailey
Henry T
Folsom
Orange
N. J
Yale University
Grace Episcopal Chuch
Gen. Feature Corp
American Chicago
Philadelphia
Fifty Years of News Columns From June 10, 1904
Frederick firemen won four prizes at the State convention in Cumberland. Uniteds took $25 for best parade, Independents $75 in steam engine, Uniteds $75 in hook and ladder, Juniors $25 in the same contest. Reunion planned for Monocacy survivors on July 9 in Frederick. Commencement week ends at Woman's College with Dr. Gates delivering the address and diplomas awarded to graduates from Frederick and nearby towns. A race at the Fair Grounds featured Red Mag winning two heats. supervisor Beaufelter hosted supper afterward. Lutheran Reunion Committee invites President Roosevelt to speak at the 18th Pen Mar celebration on July 28.
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Frederick
Cumberland
Uniteds
Independents
Hagarstown
Toj
Monocacy
Connellsville
Mary Edna Mullinix
Alice ™ M. Upcraft
Oswego
N. Y
Elocution
Elizabeth A. Englar
Gratis
Ohio
Myrtle E. Hershberger
Edith W. Isenberg
Huntingdon
Paart
Mary Eleanor Dill
Bessie Mary Hargett
G. H. Beaufelt
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News Columns 1934
Two girls were lacerated by flying glass when a mobile in which they rode crashed into another vehicle on the Walkersville Woodsboro road. About 600 persons including 150 aged attended the nineteenth annual Old Felke service at the United Brethren church in Mersville. A trolley frightened horse drawing a wagon on South Carroll street caused a lunge into a parked car before it could be quieted. About 200 visitors toured the new Montevue Hospital at its formal opening as patients moved from the old building to the new facility.
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Walkersville
Woodsboro
Old Felke
United Brethren Church
Mersville
South Carrol Street
New Montevue Hospital
Lawrence in Europe By David Lawrence En Route to Washington
Column argues the world faces a real risk of a third world war and that only strict preparation, clear policy, and public support for self restraint can avert a conventional or atomic conflict. It warns that Soviet tactics, dispersed free nation forces, and fear of the H bomb complicate prevention efforts.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Europe
Free World
Russia
United States
Iron Curtain
London
Paris
France
Great Britain
America
Britain
Om Cites
Moscow
Korea
Soviet
Indochina
Middle East
North Africa
NATO
Contenders Emerge in Brunswick First Ward Race
Former Councilman Paul J. Moler filed a nominating petition to challenge incumbent Walter F. Albert in Brunswick with James E. Cummings, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee, signaling a crowded field. Mayor Stanley Wirts has filed, and Chester Phillips seeks re election in the third ward, while a stray note mentions an unborn heifer.
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Brunswick
Paul J. Moler
Walter F. Albert
James E. Cummings
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mainravr
Stanley V. Cummings
Wirts
Chester Phillips
One of Evening Star Owners Dies
Philip Christopher Kauffman 58, owner of the Washington Evening Star, died in Palm Beach Florida after a long illness. A grandson of founder Samuel Hay Kauffman, he worked in the Star’s editorial ranks before a 1929 illness forced a leave. He later lived abroad then Florida, survived by brother Samuel H. Kauffman president of the Evening Star, his widow Florua Staniford, four sons and a daughter.
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Washington
Philip Christopher Kauffman
Washington Evening Star
Palm Beach
Fla
Kauffman
Samuel Hay Kauffman
Star Company
Dtness
The
Star
Florida
Samuel H. Kauffman
Evening Star Newspaper
Floria Staniford
Song
McCarthy On Stand Today
Washington report on Senator McCarthy’s testimony during Army hearings. He claims Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor John Adams suggested Communist infiltration of the Air Force and Navy for the subcommittee to investigate. Stevens and Adams deny diverting focus. Adams offered Navy information to subcommittee chief counsel Roy Cohn.
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Washington
McCarthy
Stevens
Army
John’ G. Adams
Air Force
Navy
McCarthy Subcommittee
McCarthy Army
David Schine
Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Welch
Fisher
Lane
Cohn
Colin
Senate Committee
Colen
John G. Adams
Eisenhower
Life in a Clucking Tale from Lut's Stuff
A quirky excerpt features a chicken speaking on service and gratitude, lamenting being sold when its aid was given. The narrator muses on human and animal stewardship, uncertainty, and the felt irony of well meaning actions followed by trouble. The piece ends with a signature N. A. Lufburrow.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Fly Bread of Nyassa: Natives Bake With Flying Ingredient
Natives near Lake Nyassa in Africa make a bread whose sole ingredient is small brownish kungu flies. They catch the flies by running into dense swarms with baskets and then karad the insects into the bread dough, creating an unusual baked product.
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Lake Nyassa
Africa
Welch Weeps At Army McCarthy Hearing Moment
James Marlow reports Welch a 4 year old special counsel for the Army wept after a lionized exchange with McCarthy. Welch pressed Cohn then broke as McCarthy shifted the spotlight. The heart of the hearing lay in whether McCarthy sought a purpose behind his attack and if Welch fell for it.
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James Marlow
Washington
Joseph N. Welch
Army
Army-McCarthy
Boston
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Frederick G. Fisher
Welch
Cald Ivy
Questions and Answers on treaties and trivia
A compact Q and A list covers treaties before 1871, chimney swifts, Brazil coffee losses, 1953 world chess winner, Empire Day in Canada, hats in Congress, desertion executions, mole digging, and a declined Secretary of State appointment by Patrick Henry.
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Patrick Henry
English Lesson By W L Gordon on Misused Words
Lesson highlights misuse of do not say She typewrote the letters for me says typed the letter and shows pronunciation tips Bon voyage guidance on spelling errors and common mispronunciations Also offers a daily vocabulary goal focusing on the word disparage defined as to speak slightingly or depreciate with example sentence about a politician disparaging an opponent's record
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W. L. Gordon
Deaths of J Marsy Butler and Grace Yingling
Deaths reported in Linwood and near Union Bridge. J Marsy Butler, 73, longtime Linwood farmer, died at home after a daylong illness. Born October 28, 1880, in Cart rall county, he was widowed for 16 years. survivors include three sisters, a nephew and a niece. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. Interment Linganore cemetery. D. D. Hartzler and Sons, funeral directors. Grace Odella Yingling, 57, wife of Harry L. Yingling of near Union Bridge, died Wednesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born September 15, 1896, in Frederick county, she leaves two children and three grandchildren, plus several siblings. Funeral Saturday at 1 p.m. at Union Bridge funeral home, Rev. John H. Hoch officiating. Interment Lutheran cemetery, Uniontown. Friends may call Friday evening.
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Marsy Butler
Hollus Albaugh
McComas Albaugh
Viola Wachter
Bdoyil Belote
Linganore Cemetery
Unionville
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Harry L. Yingling
Grace Odella Yingling
Union Bridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Jesse 1
Lina Flickingear
Barbie Band
Robert L. Yingling
Baltimore
Madaline Eyler
Graceham
Eisenhower Unable To Attend Ceremonies
President Dwight D. Eisenhower will miss ceremonies at Catoctin Recreational Area marking the federal government returning about 5000 acres of land in the recreational demonstration area. Senator J Glenn Beall announced the President regrets he cannot attend due to a heavy June schedule. Secretary McKay will handle the land transfer and appointment secretary Thomas E Stephens conveyed the president’s regretful decision. Say you saw it in The News.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Catoctin
J. Glenn Beall
McKay
Thomas E. Stephens
Local Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Frederick Memorial Hospital sees patients including Franklin G. McCanner convalescing at home after University Hospital surgery in Baltimore. Carroll Jay Wilcom of Frederick returns home from Kernan's Hospital Baltimore after April 23 operation and gradual recovery. James W. Fletcher seeks minor surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Billy Naulle returns home from Frederick Memorial Hospital with a badly cut hand. John M. Grove returns home from Frederick Memorial Hospital after surgery and medical treatment. Josephine Darner returns home from University Hospital Baltimore after a surgical stay. Frank S Shinley transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a fall in Wallerville
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North Court Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Franklin G. McCanner
East Fifth Street
University Hospital
Baltimore
Carroll Jay Wilcom
John J. Wilcom
RED
Frederick
Kernan's Hospital
Carroll
Nale
James W. Fletcher
East Fourth Street
Billy Naulle
West Patrick Street
John M. Grove
Dill Avenue
Josephine Darner
East Second Street
University Hospital, Baltimore
Frank S Shinley
Wallereville
G. C. Barton
Eigenbrode couple announce birth of son David Neal
Mr and Mrs Francis Eigenbrode of Braddock Heights announce the birth of a son David Neal at Frederick Memorial Hospital Mrs Higenbrode is daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Neal Braddock Heights Mr David H Brown of 24 North Virginia Avenue Brunswick has returned home from a trip to Jacksonville Florida Mrs Thomas McDonough Mrs Charles F Wilcom Monrovia Mrs John J Wilcom son Carroll Frederick RFD 2 visited Mrs Spencer Tawson in Silver Spring on Wednesday Mr and Mrs G K Frenzel St Louis Missouri have returned home after visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Ziem 228 Carroll Parkway
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Francis Eigenbrode
Braddock Heights
David Neal
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Higenbrode
Guy Neal
David H. Brown
North Virginia Avenue
Brunswick
Jacksonville
Fla
Thomas McDonough
Charles F. Wilcom
Monrovia
John J. Wilcom
Carroll
Engagements announced for Sittig Garber and Klein Taylor
Mrs. Wilbur Bollinger of New Windsor announces the engagement of her sister Caroline Belle Sittig to William Edward Garber son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Garber also of New Windsor No wedding date set Engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Lewis E Klein of near Mt Airy for their daughter Nancy Elaine to James Newton Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Tom A Taylor of Mt Airy The text mentions orangutan palm muscles clenched fist and a museum skinning note without a clear connection to the engagements.
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Ngagement
Wilbur Bollinger
New Windsor
Caroline Belle ‘Sittig
William Edward Garber
Ralph Garber
Lewis E. Klein
Near
Mt. Airy
Nancy Elaine
James Newton ‘Taylor
Tom A. Taylor
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Joseph McCarthy
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