News from Frederick paper on Republican unity and public service
The Frederick newspaper comments on the Republican majority in the House, praising higher Republican representation and criticizing legislators for unprincipled actions. It notes Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and discusses party dynamics while advocating for better candidates for public office. The piece appears in The News with Associated Press notes and publishing details from March 5, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Frederick
Maryland
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Great Southern
North Court
Waters
Vederick
Scott
Gfressciater Press
Associated Press
Harold Weisberg
Whee Ate
Prederstn
Coq d
Farm
High speed rail study targets Boston Washington corridor
Richardson Dilworth leads a study on high speed rail between New York and Washington and Boston to Washington to ease highway congestion. Feasible at 110 mph with a 2 1 2 hour NY to DC trip. Boston run unclear. Current car share is large and cost drives choice. Study to conclude by midsummer, seeking a nationwide shift to rapid transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
New York
Richardson Dilworth
Antarctica gains foothold as last unoccupied continent
The article notes gradual human settlement in Antarctica where over 3,000 people from about a dozen nations live at outposts and bases. It contrasts the long voyage to McMurdo Sound in 1957 with a 44 hour plane trip in 1964 and mentions tourism approaching.
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Antarctica
Earth
United States
McMurdo Sound
U.S
Letter to the Editor Defends Mathias Record Against Simms
A letter urges Mathias renomination citing his voting record and character. It attacks opponent Simms for insults and misstatements about Mathias and defends Mathias as principled and responsible in Congress. The letter argues voters should trust Mathias's record over unsubstantiated claims. A prominent Republican is noted for supporting Mathias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias
Simms
the News
Congress
Simm
Sen
Wants Medical Doctors To Give Some Service As Well
A reader laments difficulty in accessing medical care, comparing veterinary access to farm animals with human doctor availability. She notes doctors’ hours and travel, urging more flexible house calls and imupdates, citing personal illness timing and a desire for better service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FE. Boone
Walkersville
Fifty Years Ago News From March 5 1914
Reorganization at Western Maryland Railroad with Carl R Gray named president and talk of a Blue Ridge crossing via Frederick County including an 11000 foot tunnel. H J Krise rents Creagerstown hotel to J L Hahn new owner April 1. historic hotel once run by Charles Stevens. Nelson merchandise license bill faces opposition aimed at protecting local merchants from wagon trade outsiders. All Saints Episcopal Chapel installs electric lights and fixes storm damaged roof. Fly campaign gains traction as residents consider summer pest control despite winter.
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Western Maryland Railroad
J. NM. Fitzgerald
Carl R. Gray
Blue Ridge Mountains
Frederick County
H.J. Krise
Creagerstown
J.L. Hahn
Emmitsburg
Frederick
American bombers strike eastern Germany in new raid
U S Army Headquarters reports heavy American bombers attacked targets in eastern Germany with one formation said to have attacked a target in the Berlin district. A Thurmont honor roll of local service members was posted on the Mackley building, readable from the town square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
Germany
Berlin
Thurmont
Mackley
West Main Street
I.E. Zimmerman
Edward F. Holter
B.&.carmichael
Lewistown Youth in Fair Condition after Saturday Car Crash
Robert Lee Norwood an 18 year old Lewistown resident remained in fair condition at Washington County General Hospital in Hagerstown after being struck by a car Saturday night. State Police reported ongoing investigation with no arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Norwood
Lewistown
Washington County General Hospital
Hagerstown
Legislature Prepares To Adjourn On Redistricting Plan
The legislature advances a population based redistricting plan. It extends Baltimore City districts into Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties and groups Eastern Shore with Calvert and St Marys. Montgomery is split and a Western Maryland district forms. Senators also reject higher pay and prefer shorter annual sessions.
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Baltimore City
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Calvert and
St. Marys
Prince Georges
Charles
Harford
Baltimore County
Montgomery County
Maryland
Carrol and
Howard
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Why Washington County Fails to Attract Industry
Hagerstown officials told the County Commissioners that local image and public unrest have hurt attracting new industries. They cited publicity about city affairs and delays by the State Roads Commission and incomplete Interstate 81 and 70 as factors reducing the area's appeal to companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
EDC
State Roads Commission
SRC
Washington County
State Farm Mutual Reports Payroll Rise and New Office Plans
State Farm Mutual Insurance reports a $7,000 payroll increase in the Eastern Office, with 1963 payroll totaling $4,578,519 for Eastern and field staff across Virginia North Carolina Delaware Maryland and Washington. The Frederick regional office to be built this fall will serve Maryland Delaware DC and parts of Northern Virginia, housing about 350 employees near Linden Hills and the Frederick Freeway. Eleven acres were rezoned October 17 1963 for the site, and total Eastern Office employment rose to 911 with 18 additional positions. The Charleston office began in 1953 with a $1,114,000 payroll. Group medical insurance paid 831 claims in 1963 averaging $148 per claim, at a cost of $123,665. The company added 289 new hires and 170 promotions last year.
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State Farm Mutual Insurance Company
Virginia
North Carolina
Delaware
Maryland
Washington
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
District of Columbia
Frederick Memorial Park
Linden Hills
Frederick
Charlottsville
Eastern Company
Group Medical Insurance
Tarket prices wheat and Rembrandt Peale portrait discovery
A report notes wheat price behavior alongside mention of Rembrandt Peale's port hole portrait of George Washington hung in the vice president's room within the U. S. Capitol.
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Rembrandt
Peale
George Washington
U. S., i Capital
Hazel Geisbert and William Gregg wed at Laytonsville
Miss Hazel Virginia Geisbert daughter of Mr and Mrs Austin L Geisbert of Laytonsville married William N Gregg son of Mrs Marie Gregg and the late Charles Gregg in a double ring ceremony at St Paul Methodist Church Laytonsville Rev Glenn E Black and Rev Lowell S Garland officiated. The couple's reception followed at the Pioneer County Hunters Club Woodfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mole
Jay Dee
Hazel Virginia Geisbert
Austin L. Geisbert
Laytonsville
William N. Gregg
Marie Gregg
Derwood
Charles Gregg
St. Paul Methodist Church
Glenn E. Black
Lowell S. Garland
Emilie Welsh
Donna Geisbert
James E. Welsh, Jr
Roy Webb
George Geisbert
William Holston
Sharon Gregg
Garry Wayne Welsh
Tommy Edward Welsh
Geisbert
Pioneer Coon Hunters Club
Woodfield
Sherwood High School
Charles Hawkins Jr
Brookeville
Gaithersburg High School
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Germantown
Maryland House Votes 88-53 Tax Hike for School Aid
The Maryland House passed Gov Tawes' income tax increase by 88 to 53 to fund a new school aid program with a list of lawmakers voting For and Against. The Senate approved the measure with a separate list of supporters and opponents, reflecting party and regional splits on the tax plan.
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Annapolis
House
Tawes
Carroll
Dulany
Magin
O'Farrell Frederick
Byron
Hauck
Payne
Remsberg
Witts
Collins
Howard
Hanna
Warfield Montgomery
Blondes
Cook
Garrett
Bray
GleHerty
Groves
Washington
Dillon, Grumbacher
Huyek
Tingle
Hoffman
Spence
Maryland
Senate
James
Harfard
Alton
Anne Arundel
Clark
Curran
Beltoard
Dean
Queen Annes
Derr
Bértoresli
DO Batta
Gori
D-Balte
Gude
R-Montgomery
Hughes
R-Allegany
Weant
G-Carroll
Joe Louis Famed Pugilist with Seventy-One Ring Contests
The record notes Joe Louis fought in seventy one ring contests exclusive of woe bouts during the World War I era.
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Joe Louis
Red Cross Luncheon Highlights Service and Awards
The Red Cross luncheon featured 1963 swimming instruction figures and honors for long service. Recipients included Dr. Warren Evans and Marian Smith for water safety work, with numerous 5 to 35 year pins and buttons awarded to volunteers across motor service Junior Red Cross Gray Ladies blood program and Ft Detrick divisions. Fr Martin Flahavan officiated and Father Detrick gave the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Weinberg
William Wallace
Martin Flahavan
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Liberty
Donald Trowbridge
Detrick
Warren Evans
Frederick County
Marian Smith
Hood College
Red Cross
Charles Deck
Edgar McBride
Ernest Webb
Richard Dutrow
Button
William T. Delaplaine
Talbot Brice
Arvin Jones
Daniel J. Thomas
W. Merval Weaver
Allen G. Quynn
W. Cash Smith
Howard W. Ash
Harry Harshman
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
E. L. Meadows
Motor Service
William McC. Holzapfel
H. Thomas Summers
Joseph D. Baker
Ralph Kline
William Hill
Charles Little
Chevron
William Slemmer
Margrete Dill
Frank Byrne
Bertram Cleaves
N. C. Burnette
Leon Eisman
W. J. Fredlund
Marion Comer
R.N
Gray Lady
Mr. Grove
Norman Burke
Bowers
Herbert Bloom
Boyd Clayton
C. R. Butler
J. Frederick Kreissig
Mrs Caroline Scott Harrison as D A R first presidentgeneral
Mrs Caroline Scott Harrison wife of President Benjamin Harrison led the D A R as its first president general guiding early efforts and national roles for the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Scott Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
D.A.R
Leap Year Party for Stephen Eaton in Lewistown
A Leap Year party celebrated Stephen Eaton's 12th birthday on February 29 near Lewistown. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Eaton, several relatives and friends, with games, refreshments, and a snowball battle to end the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Eaton
John Eaton
Lewistown
Eaton
Jack Lewis
Robert Downs
Doris Devilbiss
Joe
Jim
Tammy Devilbiss
Todd Downs
Debbie Stonesifer
Connie
Steve Eaton
Rusty Rice
Mike Rice
Dale Gladhill
Jimmy Snoots
Dan VanFossen
Richard Heffner
Donald Bare
Butch Green
Deaths in Thurmont and Hanover Obituaries
Obituaries record the deaths of Harry S Portner 64 of Thurmont and Cecelia Veronica Leonard 76 of Hanover along with C L Strickhouser 67 of Littlestown and Gibson Strother Trenary 76 of Hagerstown. Services and interments are noted with local churches and cemeteries. The section also includes a Walkersville 4-H Club meeting summary with attendees and future events.
Obituaries for Multiple Local Residents in Frederick and Mount Airy Areas
Funeral services were held for Lester E. Barber of Damascus at Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home with interment in Salem Methodist Cemetery Cedar Grove. Shirley W. Bohn, Mt. Airy farmer, was laid to rest at Locust Grove Church with interment in the church cemetery. Emma Cook, near Sykesville, Funeral services at White Rock church with interment in church cemetery. Wilbur Jacob Foreman died at Veterans Hospital Fort Howard. service at Locust Grove church near Mt. Airy. William Edgar Magaha of Frederick buried at Union Cemetery Burkittsville after services at Gladhill Funeral Home Middletown.
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Harry S. Portner
Harry Stiner Portner
Thurmmont
James Hammett
Fairfield
Thurmont
Isaac and
Sophia Davis Portner
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Stella Bailey Portner
Edward Kohlerman
Baltimore
Ralph Portner
Dayton
Ohio
Lester Miller
Carroll Portner
Francis Miller
John Willard
Harry Portner Jr
Russell Forney
Mary Yingling
Harry Anders
Roscoe Portner
Inwood
W. Va
Creager
Elmer R. Andrews
Emmitsburg Catholic Cemetery
Lester E. Barber
Damascus
Olin L. Molesworth
Edwin A. Ankeny
Frank Depre
Joseph
Leslie Mullineaux
Philip Brake
William Duvail
Eldridge
Garner Barber
Salem Methodist Cemetery
Cedar Grove
Locust Grove
Shirley W. Bohn
Mt. Airy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
E. A. Ifrink
William Clark
Russell Leatherwood
Frank Gardner
William Rimby
Leonard Haines
Merton Rhinecker
C. M. Waltz
Liberty Road
Winfield
Emma Cook
Sykesville
White Rock
Ivory Blackman
William
George
Dorsey Whittaker
William and
Nile Hershey
Oscar Brown
Wilbur Jacob Foreman
Veterans Hospital
Fort Howard
Donald Plank
Church
Norman Brashears
William Beaver
Jesse Clay
Edward Lawler
John Slair
Francis Runkles
William Edgar Magaha
Frederick
Gladhill
Middletown
John Barnes
Robert
Donald Day
David Magaha
William Myers
Joseph Little
Harry Rhoderick
Donald Easterday
Union Cemetery
Burkittsville
Highest Peaks In Five Continents And Regions
The list cites North America Mt Mel Kinley in Alaska at 20,320 feet and continent totals for South America Mt Aconcagua in Argentina at 23,081 feet with a dispute over Chilean Ojos del Salado's height. Europe Mt Elbrus stands at 18,481 feet. Africa Kilimanjaro Kibo in Tanganyika 19,565 feet. Asia Mt Everest on the Nepal Tibet border at 29,028 feet.
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Arkansas
Colorado
Centennial
Connecticut
Georgia
Empire
Illinois
Massachusetts
Old Colony
Michigan
Wolverine
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
N. Carolina
Old North State
North Dakota
Sioux
Oklahoma
Oregon
Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Volunteer
Wisconsin
Badger
Wyoming
Equality
Continents
North America
Mt. MelKinley
Alaska
South America
Mt. Aconcagua
Argentina
Ojos del Salado
Chile- Argentina
Europe
Mt. Elbrus
Caucasus
Africa
Kilimanjaro
Kibo
Tanganyika
Asia
Mt. Everest
Nepal-Tibet
No Charges In City Accident
No charges were preferred in a minor collision at 11:50 am today at the intersection of North Court and West Church streets. Mrs. George Schroeder of South Market street drove a 1962 Buick north on Court and turned right onto Church when Claude McIntyre of Wilson Place pulled around parked school buses and hit her car. Damage to both cars was about $40.
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North Court
West Church Streets
Charles K. Cashour
George Schroeder
South Market Street
Claude McIntyre
Wilson Place
Schroeder
Court Street
Church Street
McIntyre
County Board of Education
Collision on U S 15 Near Emmitsburg Injures Two
State Police report an early morning accident about 2 10 a m two miles south of Emmitsburg on U S 15. Berkley H Latte 20 of Lansford Pa drove north and struck the rear of George Michael Late 26 Thurmont who was stopped with his 1962 International truck facing south. Total damage 400 with Lat te charged with stopping on the traveled portion of the highway.
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U. S. 15
Emmitsburg
Tfe. C
Ronald Twigg
Berkley H. Latte
Lansford
U.S. 15
George Michael Late
Thurmont
Late
Condition Still Critical for George L Eckenrode
George L Eckenrode son of Mrs George Eckenrode of Keymar remains in critical condition at Loudoun County Hospital Leesburg Virginia found Sunday in his car with engine running on Virginia 725 near Round Hill unable to regain consciousness since admission to hospital
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George L Eckenrode
George Eckenrode
Keymar
Loudoun County Hospital
Leesburg
Eckenrode
Virginia
Hospital Admissions and Births in Local Area
Among the sick a new admission to Vin dobona Nursing Home is Mrs Cerelia Thomas of Brunswick. Mrs Drexel Guyton near Burkittsville was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital with a broken leg from a fall at home. Mr and Mrs David F Fitzpatrick of Nashville announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, at Saint Thomas Hospital. Dr John Dyson of Hazelton Pa, son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Amory B Shipley Sr, is a patient in University Hospital Philadelphia recovering from surgery. Mrs Irene C Kemp of West South Street was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for major surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Cerelia Thomas
Brunswick
Drexel Guyton
Burkittsville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
David F. Fitzpatrick
17Th Avenue South
Nashville
Tenn
Saint Thomas Hospital
Fitzpatrick
Veronica Bury
U S Ap approves loan to UAR totaling 69.3 million
The United States will lend the United Arab Republic the equivalent of 69.3 million in local currency from surplus American commodities. The loan funds UAR development plans and is repayable over 30 years. Also, Bishop Harry Lee Doll will visit St Mark's Church Merryland Tract Petersville Friday at 8 p.m. for evening prayer and a sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
United States
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
ST. Mark’s
Harry Lee Doll
Diocese of Maryland
St. Mark’s Church
Merryland ‘Tract
Petersville
Also Mentioned on This Page
News-Post
John H. Leonard
Cecelia Veronica Leonard
Hanover
Hanover Hospital
Leonard
Joseph and
Amelia (Smith) Smith
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
National Council of Catholic Women
The
Altar and Rosary Society
Little Circle
Daughters of
Isabella
Milo C. Kepner
Grace Cladfelter
Paul J. Leonard
New Oxford
Virginia Leonard
Robert J. Leonard
Jacksonville
Fla
Eilene Cramer
Pauline Campbell
Glen Rock
Calvin Smith
David Stahl
Edward Smith
Florence Laughman
C. L. Strickhouser
C. Lynn Strickhouser
Littlestown
Charles W
Ida Shultz Strickhouser
Mary Wolfe Strickhouser
W. Leroy Strickhouser
Taneytown
Wilbert Puls
Hawkeye
Iowa
C. A. Strickhouser
Raymond F. Strickhouser
Fred Barr
George F. Strickhouser
Robert Bowers
Elmer Legore
Charles Bridinger
Carl Oyler
Gettysburg
Floyd
Robert Strickhouser
Edward Bishe
Boyertown
Eagles Lodge
Harney
Little’s
W. C. Karns
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Penn Memorial Gardens
Gibson S. Trenary
Gibson Strother Trenary
Newton D. Baker
Martinsburg
John and
Belle Funk Trenary
American Legion
North American Cement Corp
Howard E
James G
Mary Clem
Winchester
Pamela Roderick
David Eigenbrode
Rocky Ridge
Kenneth Wachter
Charles Garst
Bes
UAR
Spa
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