Moscow moves toward talks while publishing military figures
Seeing Is Believing suggests a transformed Moscow open to a foreign ministers confab and ready for wide discussion of world tensions. The note also claims Russia’s armed forces sizes. however, published figures are reportedly well below Western estimates, raising questions about propaganda aims and strategic timing amid arms programs and the atom bomb race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Moscow
London
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
America
State of Mind and Maryland Auto Inspection Move
The piece argues that labor resistance and congressional backbiting reflect a broader wartime posture while urging unity in shared sacrifice. It notes Maryland's shift to reestablish vehicle inspections, with the House approving a bill to create state inspection stations and require twice yearly checks for all motor vehicles, aligned with Virginia’s system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Maryland House
Senate
Virginia
Bible Quotes and Market Briefs From An Antique Page
Short passages on religion cite Hosea Jeremiah and Parker about divine truth and law. A market note lists corn wheat barley with prices per barrel and bushel in the east, suggesting a mixed reading page with scripture and commodity data.
House of Magic to be shown at Frederick High
Potomac Edison sponsor announces GE produced House of Magic will appear at Frederick High School auditorium on March 13 with afternoon school program and 8 p m public show. No tickets or charges. The show has entertained over 13 million people nationwide and features light beam sound, a train obeying voice commands, and a man shaking hands with his shadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Frederick High School
Potomac Edison Company
Letters To The Editor Talk Of Increase In Mounting Li
A reader complains about a proposed Maryland hunting license increase and argues for public land purchases to provide hunting access. He cites Maryland Sportman and criticizes department leadership. The letter urges action to secure hunting space, not higher fees. WALTON LEAGUE TO MEET noted. A long patent for an automatic phone bill tabulating device is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Sportman Magazine
Ernest A. Vaughan
Vaughan
Fetter
Maryland
Alexander
M. E
Doc) Barthlow Jr
Winchester St. Marcis 5
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News, March 5 1901
Frederick was well represented at President McKinley’s inauguration for a second term with over 500 residents in Washington. The Park Hotel changed hands with W M Douglass selling lease and equipment to Col H C Hoy. Mrs Rufus Wilcoxon was injured by a shotgun blast in her yard while crow shooting caused broken glass. Central Hardware will move from West Patrick to South Market Street, into Blocher Bros.’ space. George Van Fossen, returning from six months in Paris, reported Palmetto Fibre Company had a fine Paris Exposition exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Washington
McKinley
Park Hotel
W. M. Douglass
Col
H. C. Hoy
Muncie
Rufus Wilcoxon
West Patrick Street
West Patrick
South Market Street
Blocher Bros
George van Fossen
Paris
Palmetto Fibre Company
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Vandals daubed white paint on the gray bust of Maryland's first Governor Thomas Johnson in Court House Park. Break-in at Dr A A Radcliff dental office on West Church Street yielded papers gold coins and a Masonic jewel valued at 140 dollars. Dr J M Goodman sold a six room brick bungalow on Walnut Street Lindon Hills to Mr and Mrs Samuel Etzler of New Market who take possession April 1. Frederick County Agricultural Society seeks elimination of city tax on real estate at East Patrick Street, saving several hundred dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Thomas Johnson
Court House Park
A. A. Radcliff
West Church Street
J. M. Goodman
Walnut Street
Lindon Hills
Samuel RE. Etzler
New Market
THE
Frederick County Agricultural Society
East Patrick Street
National club for hard to spell names forms in jest
Washington dispatch notes ED CREAGH proposes a club of people with hard to spell or pronounce names. He cites examples like Creagh and Pappandriapopulous, recalls mispronunciations by stores and birth registrars, and suggests a convention and badges to cope with name confusion. The piece reads as a light column on name identity and public reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Creagh
Hal Boyle
Washington
Smythes
Wieniewskis
Kildoes
Moteucakas
Connallys
Fliegelbaums
Geeweys
Lausches
Skartvedis
Pedergens
Pfeffers
Pffeffers
Frelinghuysens
Westerheidts
Zickefooses
Ton
Smith, Jones
Hob Inson
Boyles
Davises
Hendersons
Creaghs
Herehers
Sttephansons
Zaghiottis
Horagaards
Creach
Creagh
Roos E-Velt
Rose-velt
Feisch
Mr. Fish
Binghamton
Bingham
John Pappandriapopulous
Mike Pappandriapopulous
Johns Hopkins Musical Club Presents Hood College Concert
Johns Hopkins University Musical Club staged its annual Hood College concert in Brodbeck Hall after a dinner at Coblentz Hall, with an informal dance. The Hopkins glee club performed three song groups including The University Ode and Shenandoah, plus Hopkins college songs. Soloists and a comedic Hopkins Male Quartet entertained. the program closed with Rigoletto parodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins University Musical Club
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Coblentz Hall
Cecilian Choir
The
Hopkins Glee Club
Starr
Mueller
Bach
Bortniansky
Rodgers
Hopkins College
William Price
Gleen Club
Rachmininoff
Paul Cook
Lester Grotz
Sigmund Romberg
Firestone
Hopkins
John Maloy
Gilbert Snyder
Thomas Hubbard
Miss Osborn Publishes Second Novel in Mountain Tale
Miss Mary Elizabeth Osborn, associate professor at Hood College, publishes her second novel Fair Weather North set in the Cat skill Mountains. Jennett, the heroine, grows from child to young woman as family neighbors and college friends shape her. the author notes quiet style and vivid mountain scenes. Also reports Boy Scout troop elections at Rocky Ridge with Roger Clem named patrol leader and Howard Miller as assistant, and new Cub Scout officers to be installed March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Osborn
Hood College
Catskill Mountains
Jennett
North
Miss Osborn
Scout groups form plans near Thurmont and Blue Mountain
Sponsoring organizations and Scoutmasters for Rocky Ridge and Catoctin Furnace teams are listed with progress reported. A Boy Scout troop and Cub Scout pack are to be formed at Blue Mountain near Thurmont. A meeting is set for March 10 at 1 o'clock to discuss these developments and related formation efforts. High frequency oscillators demonstrate radio principles by indicating salt content in seawater or potential loss of elements like beryllium through drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Gotham Quintet
Carolyn Voight
Helen—Bullis
Isidore Cohen
Joel Rosen
Frank Scocozzo
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Little Orchestra Society
New York
Town Hall
Hunter College Hall
Reginald Kell
U. S
Canada
Kell
Rosen
Mozart
Beethoven
Schumann
Rocky Ridge
Catoctin Furnace
Blue Mountain
Thurmont
One O'Elock
Day And Woodfield Nuptials At Centenary Church
Miss Shirley Ann Woodfield wed Raymond Harold Day at Centenary Methodist Church Shady Side in a candlelit ceremony officiated by Rev Raymond W Cooke. The couple, from Galesville and Monrovia, planned a Florida motor trip after a reception for 300 guests. Both work for Woodfield Fish and Oyster Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenary Methodist Church
Shady Side
Shirley Ann Woodfield
William R. Woodfield
Galesville
Raymond Harold Day
Raymond Day
Monrovia
Raymond W. Cooke
Edsel Watkins
Elizabeth Crosby
Barbara Woodfield
Laura Mae Moreland
Thomas J. Tershinsky
Miss Blaine, Leatherburg
Albert Woodfield, Jr
Lindsey McElfresh
Woodfield
James Murray Day
Everett W. Culp
Miriam Culp
Galesville Memorial Hall
Florida
Southern High School
Asbury College
Warmore, Ky
Frederick High School
Woodfield Fish and Oyster Company
Veterans To Split Insurance Dividend Across WWI Policies
Washington reports a $16 million World War I insurance dividend will be paid on policy anniversary dates this year, bringing total WWI dividends to $255 million across about 440,000 policies. VA says dividends reflect favorable mortality and higher premium payments. A separate NSLI dividend of $635 million will start next month for 8 million WWII policies, with no applications required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Breiting
Whitmore Retires as Leesburg Postmaster in March
Leesburg postmaster William Whitmore, in office since July 1934, will retire March 31. No successor has been named, though rumors point to John R. Diedrich, a Leesburg High School teacher, as the probable appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitmore
Leesburg
William €. Whitmore
John R. Diedrich
Ills and recoveries noted in Frederick area notices
Among The Sick Doris Louise Grable and others listed in Frederick area illness and hospital reports. Several residents, including Sheriff Guy Anders and Raymond Corum, are treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital or recovering at home. The Frederick Boys Club met with 43 attendees and plans a basketball match with Hagerstown Optimist Club next Tuesday.
Luffs Stuff Acclamation Of Democracy Across America
A patriotic verse from N A Lufburrow extols democracy from Maine to Alabama and coastal states. It celebrates national unity and the benefits of civic participation, praising Uncle Sam and democratic ways. The piece reflects a celebratory tone about political life across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Massachusetts
Uncle Sammy
Maine
Births and travels dot Frederick personals list
Mc and Mrs Earl Bartlett Frederick Route 3 receive congratulations on the birth of a son February 28. Mrs Bartlett is the former Betty Poffenberger near Middletown. Edward Rawson of New Haven announces a son Thomas Edward born February 12. Rawson is son of A J Rawson of Foxes Spy near Frederick. Various local residents return from Florida trips and visits, with births, birthdays, and school events noted.
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Earl Bartlett
Frederick
Route 3
Bartlett
Betty Poffenberger
Middletown
Edward Rawson
New Haven
Conn
Thomas Edward
Rawson
A. J. Rawson
Foxes Spy
John Doll
Thurmont
Florida
Cortney
Colleen
C. W. Lidie
Gainesville
Fla
Melvin Trout
Trout
Jerome Hahn
O. Avenue
Ernest Wilhide, Jr
East Church Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hahn
Wilhides
Wilhide
Henry J. Fox
New Market
William Henry Moore
Robert Millsop
Cleveland
Ohio
Gaithersburg
Donald Nutt
Jean Lippy
Mary Washington College
University of Virginia
Fredericksburg
George E. Selby
Leesburg Va
St. Petersburg
J. F. Muchner
Lewis Reed
South
Cuba
Miami
Hollywood
Robert Morris
San Francisco
Calif
Morris
Montgomery Avenue
Samuel C. Trout
West Third Street
Clark E. Kline Jr
Clark E. Kline Monravia
Meredith Groshon
Lewis L. Kline Gaithersburg
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Congress
Marshall
Israel
Theodore Parker
Walton League
Izaak Walton League
the News
Boyle
Johns Hopkins Musical Club
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Glenn Ahalt
Linden Hills
Thomas Molesworth
Edward Kefauver
Edwin Nikirk
Molesworth
Nikirk
Gherman Hanes
James Garrett
Ralph Betson
Howard Stup
Harry Hart
James Hart
Calvin Schildknecht
Norman Stonesifer
Glen Keitholtz
Guess Box
Robert Rudy
Rosemont
Karl Harney, Jr
George Stup
Auckland
New Zealand
Roger Clem
Howard Miller
George Prior
Denner
George Michael
Derunner
Victor Sharrer
Robert Lee Horne
James Larry Bostian
Beau
Hlt. Webster
McSnarl
Mrs McSnarl
Milque
Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
Sabra Lee Chambers
Leslie A. Chambers
Route 5
Pakistan
French Foreign Legion
Doris Louise Grable
Charles Grable
Airy
T. C. Dixon
East Second Street
John H. Stitely
Charles H. Stitely
Tourmont
Earl Smith
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
W. Atlee Hormne
Burkittsville
Guy Anders
Raymond Eugene Corum
Ashby Corum
West South Street
F. Marshall
Beulah Marshall
St. Anthony’s
James Lawrence Kernan Hospital
William Sanders
St. Anthony's
Thomas J. Cecil
William Ridgley
Randa Myers
Oak Hill
Morgan Andreas
Grace Church Taneytown
Alice Fuss
Mervyn C. Fuss
Taneytown
Union Memorial Hospital
Alice Forrest
Heymar
Roy Dern
Brian Study
Paul Shorrow
Robert White
Charles McDonald
Robert Bowers
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Optimist Club
John Barber
Gilbert Carty
Billy Hurt
Wayne House
Donald Lean
Robert Loun
Charles Ross
James Ross
Terry Stockman
Sonny Blank
Bernie Fogle
Donald Whittington
Graig Mooring
Marshall Stockman
George Bruchey, Jr
Richard Keyser
Donald Baer
Ronald Burger
Wayne Barthlow
Raymond Morgan
Millard Mastrino
Roy Hossler
Bob Johnson
John Hossler
Ronald Harrison
Terry Winpigler
Anthony Popp
Donald Shoemaker
Billy Stoner
Bobby Mack
James Brucher
Harvey Morgan
Melvin Barthlow
Roger Lowe
Roger Ross
Butch Wolfe
Charles Wolfe
Russell Tyergar
Richard Keeney
Bobbie Bowers
Bernard Weizel
Bobbie White
Ernest Stephens
Boys’ Work Committee
Jack Shorrow
Luff
Virgina Mayo
Virginia Mayo
Hollywood Park
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