Disunity in Armed Services From Hoover Report Sparks Alarm
The Hoover Commission report attacks the military establishment as dangerously weak and uncoordinated under the current unification plan. It warns of waste and harm to the economy, urging swift congressional action and noting Eisenhower’s return to Washington to restore order. Also reports National Advertising Company acquiring Lee Larson Company for about 2 million and moving offices to Waukesha with key leaders relocating.
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Hoover Commission
Department of Defense
Eisenhower
Washington
Commission
Congress
Woodsboro Organizes New Bank With 25000 Capital
Local items report Woodsboro forming a bank with 25000 dollars capital and twelve directors. Josephus Long elected president and J Q Lough secretary. Weather notes mention heavy nightly storms and a bear terrorizing residents near Weverton. A roof was loosened by strong winds at Wilcoxon and Browns lumber yard. Rev A W Philhower preached on baptism and baptisms occurred in the town creek near the swinging bridge.
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Woodsboro
Josephus Long
J. Q. Lough
Frederick
Carroll Creek
Weverton
Joseph Elgin
Sandy Hook
Wilcoxon
Brown
A. W. Philhower
Church of God
Salvation Army
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News
Twenty years ago March 5 1929 items report an added 2000 appropriation for Frederick City Hospital raising state support to 14500 annually. Hood College faculty and students attend Hoover inaugural in Washington despite threatening weather. John W Stockman a 27 year old garage owner of Feagaville dies at Frederick City Hospital from injuries a month earlier. Hundreds pass through Frederick while attending Hoover Curtis inaugural celebrations in Washington with about 200 staying at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
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McCardell
Frederick City Hospital
Ritchie
Hood College
Washington
John W. Stockman
Feagaville
Hoover
Curtis
Washngston
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Dorothe Dix on Divorcees and a Faint Hope for Actors
A reader asks why men favor divorcees while others pursue actors. Dorothy Dix suggests divorcees seem confident and experienced, often courting, and skilled at homemaking. A young man contemplates suicide over acting dreams. Dix calls it cowardly and urges a practical path to prove worth. Margie seeks contact with an unintroduced suitor. Dix recommends a small party to foster acquaintance.
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Dorothy Dix
Thad
Annual Banquet Held By Thurmont Firemen
The Thurmont Hose Company held its 14th annual banquet at Trinity Reformed Church social room on February 23 with about 95 firemen and guests present. President Weybright introduced officers and the banquet committee. Guests included Frederick County Commissioners Samuel Young and Robert Rhoderick. Hagerstown Fire Co rep Kenneth Snapp and York County Firemen’s Association rep Robert Flemming. Afterward, attendees moved to Firemen’s Hall for entertainment led by Leandra Phillips and performers from the National Theatrical Agency of Baltimore.
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Guardian Hose Company of
Thurmont
Trinity Reformed Church
D. S. Weybright
H. O. Miller
George Black
Carroll Brown
Frederick County
Samuel Young
Robert Rhoderick
Hooper
Kenneth Snapp
Hagerstown
Robert Flemming
York County Firemen‘s Association of Pennsylvania
National Theatrical Agency of
Baltimore
Leandra Phillips
Global power games cloud postwar Europe fears
Washington Daybook reports Joint Chiefs of Staff hush hush talk on Soviet moves to Western Europe using phony uprisings to press democracy. Ike Eisenhower and lawmakers warn Moscow aims to dodge atomic strikes while U S forces keep a tight lid on bomb capabilities. Meanwhile U S political tempers flare over penny postcards and Truman Bevin tensions surface amid Israel recognition.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red Army
Europe
Greece
Italy
France
Germany
High Command
Stalin
U. S
Harry Truman
Congress
Pentagon
Millard Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moscow
Reg! McCoy
Air Force
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Hep
Chet Holifield
Ike Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs
Ike
London
Paris
Berlin
Davis Sister to Wed Roger W Molesworth in Coming Ceremony
William B. Davis announces the coming marriage of his sister Miss Mary A. Davis to Roger W. Molesworth of Youngstown Ohio. The wedding is set for the next several weeks. An engagement is announced between Garretta Irene Reed Thompson and Charles Evans Everhart of Lovettsville Virginia. No date is given for their wedding. Burglars stole between 300 and 500 dollars from the Weverton store cash register, breaking in through a window. owner Joe Himes was awakened by a car nearby.
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Truman
William B. Davis
Elm Street
Mary A. Davis
A.W. Davis
Roger W., Molesworth
Youngstown
Reed Thompson, Jr
Brunswick
Garretta Irene
Charles Evans Everhart
Charles Everhart
Lovettsville, Va
Weverton
Theodore Snyder
Snyder
Joe Himes
S.C. Trout Turns 90 Remembered Antietam Cannon Fire
Samuel C. Trout of Frederick marks his 90th birthday at home on West Third Street. A retired blacksmith, he recalls Civil War scenes including Antietam and the march of Southern soldiers. He describes farm tools, travel changes, and family life linking Woodsboro, Troutville, and Frederick. He is a longtime deacon and church member with a clear memory of past events.
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Samuel C. Trout
Frederick
Antietam
West Third Street
Mr. Trout
Trout
Seminary Choir To Be Hood Dinner Guests
The Theological Seminary Choir of the Evangelical and Reformed church of Lancaster will dine at Hood College Sunday at 1 p.m. They will present A Concert of Sacred Music at the Evangelical Reformed church where Rev. Paul L. Althouse is pastor. The choir, led by Franke A. McConnell, is on a southern tour and will depart Frederick Sunday afternoon. While at Hood they will be guests of the student body.
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Hood
Theological Seminary Choir
Evangelical and Reformed Church of Lancaster
Hood College
Evangelical Reformed Church
Paul L. Althouse
Franke A. McConnell
Frederick
Anniversaries and Birthdays From History Today
Know America Today's anniversaries mark Lucy Larcom Theodore S Munger Isaac I Hayes and Charles Goodnight with notable births and deaths. Today in history lists events from 1770 Boston Massacre to 1947 atomic plan rejection and 1945 Patton’s war movements. Horoscope highlights a life of labor and simple virtue.
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Lucy Larcom
Lowell
Mass
Beverly
Theodore S. Munger
Bainbridge
N.Y
Isaac I. Hayes
Chester County
Charles Goodnight
Texas
Macoupin County
Ill
Howard Pyle
Wilmington
Del
Boston
Cleveland
U. S. Senate
Andrew Johnson
Wilson
Montana
U. S
Shanghai
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Gen. Patton
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Iran
Lake Success
Philip B. Perlman
Department of Justice
Baltimore
Daniel R. Fitzpatrick
St. Louis
Superior
Wis
Louise Pearce
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Princeton
N. J
Winchester
Sears
Dean Cornwell
New York
London
Louisville
Edward K. Gaylord
Oklahoma City Oklahoman and Times
Muscotah
Kans
John K. Jessup
Life Magazine
Rochester
N. Y
Minor accident at Bentz and West Patrick streets
A sedan driven by Arnold J. Grice and a following truck operated by Horace C. Brown collided at about 2:30 p.m. after Grice stopped at a traffic light. No charges were filed and damage was minor. Market notes report a aimless stock day and Iran oil field output since 1908 reached 824 million barrels.
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Bentz
West Patrick Streets
Arnold J. Grice
Jefferson Street
Patrick
Horace C. Brown
West Patrick Street
Shipley Bottling Works
Alton Bartgis
Deaths in Sam's Creek area and nearby towns
Obituaries from the Sam's Creek New Windsor region list Edward L Barnes who died at Nusbaum Nursing Home at 5 30 AM after three years there born March 31 1875 funeral arrangements to be announced Edwin Vernon Fellows of Lantz died at Mercy Hospital Baltimore aged 82 years eight months and three days survived by widow Alta Forrest Fellows and many children services at Bethel Church of God near Cascade Interment in church cemetery Harry Clinton Frye of Lovettsville aged 62 died at home from complications survived by widow Bessie Butts Frye and several children funeral arrangements to be announced R E Brown and George W Duvall funeral directors George Wesley Duvall 56 of Eldersburg died at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore after a cerebral hemorrhage survived by wife Harriet B Duvall and children services at Wesley Freedom Methodist church Interment in church cemetery Ruth Elizabeth Winfield two year old daughter of Cyrus and Vivian Winfield died suddenly at home near Wolfsville burial at Garfield United Brethren Church Roland Lamar Burrier infant son of Harold W and Nellie Angleberger Burrier died at Johns Hopkins Hospital four months old services in Walkersville Funeral details for Minnie Wise Schofield formerly of Washington died at Jefferson aged 88 years and Bessie Estelle Eyler wife of Adam M Eyler died at 7 30 PM after illness aged 78 years buried in Rock Creek Cemetery with multiple other notices including details on survivors and service arrangements
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Ward Kl. Barnes
Edward L. Barnes
Sam's Creek
New Windsor
Nusbaum
D. D. Hartzler
Edwin Vernon Fellows
Lantz
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
Francis and
Flora Bell Lewis Fellows
Brooklyn
N. Y
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Alta Forrest Fellows
Gilson
Janette
James
Joan
Edwin Jr
George
Joyce
Sarth
Mary
Gail Fellows
Thurmont
Bethel Church of God
Cascade
McGaha
Church Cemetery
M. L. Creager and Son
Harry Clinton Frye
Lovettsville
Brunswick
Butler
Annie Harrison Frye
Bessie Butts Frye
Emory V. Frye
Frank Frye
Chanute Field
al. Lewis
Sherman Frye
Beverly Carter
Washington
Charles Davis
San Diego
Calif
Union Cemetery
R. E. Brown
George W. Duvall
George Wesley Duvall
Eldersburg
Union Memorial Hospital
Carroll County
Ulysses G
Bergnetta Duvall
Harriet B. Duvall
Mary Regina McCrea
Sacramento
John Wesley Duvall
Venla Marie Duvall
Jacqueline P. Duvall
Joan E. Duvall
William Doyle
Albert Farrer
Westminster
Price Poole
This City
Charles Duvall
Sykesville
Jennie Shaudhney
Presley Duvall
Edwin Green
Eastern Shore
Whitney Bruce McCrea, III
Winfield
Wesley Freedom Methodist Church
Garner M. Butt
Church
C. M. Waltz
Ruth Elizabeth Winfield
Cyrus and
Vivian Weaver Winfield
Wolfsville
Donald Lee Winfield
Edward Weaver
Hagerstown
Creola Winfield
Smithsburg
Middletown
Garfield United Brethren Church
Albert Snyder
Gladhill Co. Funeral Directors
Roland Lamar Burrier
Harold W
Nellie Angleberger Burrier
Mt. Pleasant
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harold W. Jr
Larry Paul
Patricia Ann
Barbara Jean
Sandra Lee
Shirley Marie Barrier
Paul Angleberger
Frederick
Walkers
Minnie W. Schofield
Minnie Wise Schofield
J. Frank Schofield
Harry W. Wise
Jefferson
Henry C
Alverta Sparrow Wise
Sadie Merhling
Lettie I. Wise
Nellie L. Merhling
East Church Street
Mr. Wise
Rock Creek Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Adam M. Eyler
Bessie Estelle Eyler
Adam M., .Eyler
West Washington Street
Sabillasville
Dallas
Josephine (Stottleberger) Arospar- Fer
Washington Square
Truman rewards Louis Johnson with cabinet post
President Truman elevates the chief fund raiser Louis Johnson to a major cabinet post amid defense spending of about 15 billion dollars yearly. The move follows tension over Forrestal's resignation and questions of political leverage in national defense. The article notes Johnson's war department background and predicts reactions from Congress and public.
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Washington
Truman
Louis A. Johnson
Department of National Defense
Armed Services
Finance Committee
Democratic National Committee
United States
Louis Johnson
White House
Forrestal
Palestine
America
Saudi Arabia
Department of State
Dewey
Mos
Amoss
Arm Services
Johnson
War Department
Navy
Capitol Hill
James Forrestal
Truma
Forestal
Funeral for Charles M. Moxley in Ridgeville
Funeral services for Charles M. Moxley, who died from carbon monoxide exposure while removing paper from a wall, were held Friday at Ridgeville Methodist church. Rev. Wesley Dodge and Rev. William Fox led a 2 o clock service with a quartet performing The Old Rugged Cross. Interment followed at Montgomery Chapel cemetery. pallbearers included Thomas Stream and George E. Grove among others. C. M. Waltz served as funeral director.
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Charles M. Moxley
Ridgeville
Wesley Dodge
William Fox
Ridgeville Methodist Church
Ole Mullinix
Roby Hardy
Podge
Gail Kline
Old Rugged Cross
Donald Grimes
Thomas Stream
George E. Grove
Francis M. Newkirk
Floyd F. Smith
Douglas Dixon
Calvin H. Coblentz
Montgomery Chapel
C. M. Waltz
Local residents receive medical updates and travel arrangements
Among the sick Mrs Willam O Kreiski of Cleveland was discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital after three weeks, then transported home via ambulance to Brunswick aboard the B and Cleveland Night Express. Capt Walter Wolfe, Salvation Army local commander, is listed as satisfactory after knee injury. Rev J W Briscoe improves after a heart attack. Mrs Lester Fisher of Thurmont underwent major surgery in Baltimore, Miss Donna Six of Keymar recovering at Frederick Memorial, and Mrs Sadie Sweets of Frederick seriously ill in Baltimore. James H Davis near Mt Airy returned home from Emergency Hospital in Washington by C M War ambulance. The Abadan oil refinery is noted as the world’s largest with a daily capacity of 499,000 barrels.
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Willam O. Kreiski
Clevland
Hyattstown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. E. Cline
Brunswick
Cleveland Night Express
Walter Wolfe
Savation Army
J. W. Briscoe
Urbana Methodist
Johns Hopkins Hopital
Lester Fisher Thurmont
University Hospital Baltimore
Donna Six
Newton Si Jr. Keymar
Frederick Memorial
Sadie Sweets
Harry Beans
Frederick
Baltimore
James H. Davis
M ‘Airy
Washington
C. M
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