Senate watchdog committee looms over Truman campaign
The new Senate committee with six Republicans and three Democrats heads into executive, war procurement, commodity speculation, and wartime surplus inquiries. Critics call it partisan and aimed at the White House, while supporters call it a strong, nonpartisan panel. Meanwhile, a local camera club forms with 18 enthusiasts meeting to organize and elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Truman
Senate Committee
Congress
Whi
Executive Department
Senate War Investigating Committee
Senate
White House
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News
Fifty years ago items note a Biggs Brothers flouring mill fire near Loys caused by a coal oil lamp. the Babels sold East Third street house to Robert A. Kemp for $2,000. William H. Adams, a former slave and Civil War veteran, learned to write at 64. a teacher aided him to read. A new trial was granted in Piedmont Pulp and Paper pollution case in the Potomac. The Dome presented at City Opera House drew an enthusiastic audience, rivaling Mail and The Tornado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggs Brothers
Loys
John C. Babel, Jr
East Third Street
Robert A. Kemp
William H. Adams
Harmony Grove
U. S
Sincoln
Carter
City Opera House
Twenty Years Ago Local News From March 6 1928
From The Columns of The News this week dated March 6 1928 reel in notes on local life. HR and Mrs Grayson E Bowers and son recently returned from a seven week coast to coast trip. Public school pupils examined by Frederick health office showed 782 of 5 864 with defects. Largest number of defects found in the tenth grade. In livestock sales at a public sale near Ijamsville 14 cattle and six horses brought 349 dollars. A blast at M J Grove Lime Company Groves western city area startled residents as dynamite used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson E. Bowers
Ma K Just
Frederick Coll
Health Office
Ijamsville
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Groves
Fear of Neighbors Drives Much of Our Folly in Dorothy Dix Piece
Dorothy Dix laments the power of neighborly opinion over individual choices. She notes gossip can push families into bankruptcy and youths into unsuitable careers, yet praises good neighbors as God’s gift who support us in sickness hunger sorrow and solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airs B
Sally
James
Johnny Jones
Maude Smith
Sally Brown
Bor
Brotherhood of
Man
Dorothy DIX
Bell Synd. Inc
Four Local Names Listed In Art Book
Four Frederick residents are named in Who's Who in American Art 1940-47 issued by the American Federation of Arts. Joseph W. Urner is listed as sculptor painter and etcher with works including the Alabama monument at Gettysburg and a presentation portrait of Gen. A. A. Vandegrift USMC. Jane Zimmerman is listed as a painter with exhibitions at the Baltimore Art Museum Maryland Institute of Art and the Hagerstown Museum of Art. Bla Heien L Smith of Old Braddock is also included with murals at the Frederick Court House Masonic Temple and local churches. Also noted is Tho New York City sculptor born in 1900 and represented at the 1939 World’s Fair. R. I. High Producers rainsboro Va The 42 cow Holstein herd owned by C Lease and Frances L Bussard Frederick Md completed a year in the Holstein Friesian Association program with averages of 375 pounds butterfat and 10 851 pounds milk. Gracie Allen Alestra led the herd with 521 pounds butterfat and 15 109 pounds milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
American Federation of Arts
Joseph W. Urner
East Second Street
Urner
Southern States Art League
Alabama Monument
Gettysburg
Cedar Lawn Memorial
A. A. Vandegrift
USMC
Jane Zimmerman
North Market Street
Aliss Zimmerman
Baltimore Art Museum
Maryland Institute of Art
Baltimore
Hagerstown Museum
I Frederick
Burkittse
Mt Carmel
Barger
New York City
School of Fine Arts
New York
United States Postofice
Providence
R. 1
Rainsboro
C. Lease
Frances L. Bussard
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Gracie Allen Alesrtra
Washington Daybook looks at policy shaped by Russia
Washington Daybook surveys U S foreign policy questions with focus on Russia as a driving factor. It cites State Department and Pentagon thinking, aid to anti Communist allies, and the limits of using the UN. It notes Truman's candidacy status and recollects British actions in Palestine including Haganah reports and Roy Farrin.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Capitol
State Department
Russia
Palestine
China
U. S
Joe Dash
Oshkosh
Emma
Bronx
Moscow
George Marshall
Pentagon
Europe
Asia
Wedemeyer
Chiang Kai Shek
Greece
United Nations
Marshall
U. N
United States
Haganah
Jerusalem
Ben Yehuda Street
Roy Farrin
Bu Sh
Farrin
Robert Lovett
Holy Land
Concert by Blind Artists at Frederick High School
Capacity audience attended a Frederick Lions Club event at Frederick High School auditorium. Proceeds fund city county blind work. Performers Anita Gane Henry Catherine Deraco Marjorie Crumline Delphine Desio Luigi Boccelli and others showcased diverse acts including piano vocal readings and a humorous vaudeville tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Frederick Lions Club
Anita Gane Henry
Arinski
Miss Henry
Marjorie Crumline
Delphine Desiocellist
Couperin-Kreisler
Gavot
Bach
Luigi Boccelli
Boccelli
Tosti
Leoncavallo
Henry Sion
Liszt
Miss Deraco
Herbert
Nevin
Woodman
Miss Desio
Bach- Gounod
Miss Crumline
Sadie
Betty
Miss Desia
Albeniz
Ravel
Popper
Unsung banker Gordon Rentschler dies at 62
Gordon Hentschler chaired National City Bank and shaped bond issues policy with private finance insight. A quiet servant of industry and government, he built a banking empire, supported Princeton MIT Carnegie Institution, and remained largely unsung yet deeply influential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aan
Gordon S. Rentsebler
National City Bank
America
Treasury Department
Clearing House
New York
Don Rentschier
Gordon Rentschler
Financial
Hamilton
Ohio
Midwest
Gordon Hentschler
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Hood College Seniors Entertained By President Stahr
President and Mrs. Henry Irvin Stahr host Hood College seniors for a Sunday evening at the president’s residence. Films by Dr Josiah Bridge focus on campus events including Campus Day 1947 as student helpers from the class of 1950 assist with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Irvin Stahr
Hood College
Josiah Bridge
Washington
Mary Weissback
Merchantville
N. J
Stahr
Mary Har
N.Y
Charlotte Ranch
Lewisburg
Francoise Rougny
Huntington
N. Y
Bliss Grace Underwood
Hancock
Cless
Weddings Highlight Rippeon and Young Nuptials in Maryland
Miss Dorothy G. Rippeon wed Donald W. Biddinger at the Glade Evangelical and Reformed church Walkersville in a single ring ceremony. The bride wore aqua with red rosebud corsage. maid of honor wore green. Best man Grayson Haifleigh. The couple resides near Unionville after honeymooning. Miss Fannie Mabel Young and Clarence Anderson were married February 28 at the Presbyterian church Frederick in a double ring ceremony. The bride gray attire with red rosebuds. maid of honor Mrs. David Klein wore light blue. After a reception at Plane Four hall, the couple will live in Mt. Airy. Engaged Mary Ellen Rehbein to David E Dixon Army. engagement Evelyn May Rehbein to Gilbert M Blunt. Dates pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Haifleigh
Grayson Haifleigh
Libertytown
Westminster Shoe
Unionville
Anderson
Fannie Mabel Young
Clifford Snyder
Airy
Clarence Anderson
A. M. Anderson
Mt. Airy
Presbyterian Church
Frederick
W. Merval Weaver
David Klein
Plane No. Four
Proposes Election By Popular Vote
Washington March 5 A House Judiciary Subcommittee proposed a constitutional amendment for direct presidential election by popular vote. Rep Gossett said all five members supported the bill and it will be taken up by the full committee next week. He argued the change would curb minority influence in national policy amid the civil rights debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary
Rep. Gossett
D-Tex
Gossett
Anniversary Almanac From Early America
Anniversaries, birthdays, and historic dates listed for Henry Laurens Gerrit Smith Philip Sheridan James Wright Joseph Schereschowsky Ring Lardner plus 1836 Alamo fall 1848 Illinois constitution and other key events. Also today’s birthdays Lou Costello Homer Ferguson Sarah Wambaugh Ernest Gibson and others with a brief horoscope noting ambition travel and obstinacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Laurens
South Carolina
Charleston
Gerrit Smith
New Yor
Utica
N. Y
Philip H. Sheridan
Albany
James F. Wright
Pathfinders of
America
Muscatine
Towa
Joseph W. Schereschowsk
Cancer Authority
China
Harwich
Mase
Ring Lardner
Niles, Mich
Typhus Study Head Feeds Westminster Analyst
Theodore E Woodward former Westminster resident and son of Dr and Mrs Woodward has been commissioned by the Army Surgeon General to head a group studying a new drug for typhus fever The drug trial will take place in British Malaya with headquarters at Kuala Lumpur Woodward left Washington Tuesday for Singapore via San Francisco and Honolulu He has a leave of several months from his duties as assistant professor at the University of Maryland Medical School Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Theodore E. Woodward
Irs
Woodward
Surgeon General
Army
Carrie
British Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
Cy Woodward
Washington
Singapore
San Francisco
Honolul
University of Maryland Medical School
Baltimore
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Red Cross
Detrick
Camera Club
Donald Hiltner
Hagerstown
The
the News
Dorothy
Dix
Joneses
Smiths
You and I
Washington Daybook
Harry
Faithful Circle
Grace Reformed Church School
Tuesé
West Second Street
Edna Mae Young
John Hahn
Dorsey Culler
Beulah McDaniel
John Albaugh
Amy Hoffman
Arabia
George Bender
Mic Sen
Taft Sawyer
Bender
Taft
South
Mason-Dixon Line
Globe Lynd
Suzanne Shipley
Russell Thomas
Stockman
Harry Kester
Philip Grove
John Atoaugh
Elmer Miller
Kester
Apri
Charles I
Elmer Stine, Jr
Day
Joseph Griffin
Martin Teen
West Fifth Street
Brust
Glade Valley Lions
Glade Valles Lions
Glade Valley
Walkersville
Mt. Airy Lions Club
Kenneth Hankinson
Soil
Equity Court
Carrall E . Frederick
Louise C Sheffield
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Richard E. Zimmerfear
Paris
National City Bank Board
David Lawrence
Willard H. Mercer
Charles H. Mercer
Carroll Parkway
Carl Mercer
Leo Tucker
Charles Troxell
John Grice
Louis Kinsey
Ann Creager
Jean Fogle
Gloria Geisbert
Betty Etzler
Edna Mercer
Louise Engle
William Horine
Leonard Orsenti
Willard Mercer
Charles Mercer
Republican Club
Frederick County
Catoctin Country Club
C. H. Painter
Lovettsville, Va
Key West
Miami, Fla
Bliss Evelyn Wachter
Evergreen Point
Shirley Foland
Roger Foland
E. Patrick St
Foland
Arlene McBride
Ruby Cordell
Mary Lou Winpigler
Jean Cavell
Doris Zimmerman
Betty Cavell
Evelyn Wachter
Phyllis Foland
Glenn Bussard
Merril Huffer
Renie Brubaker
Edward Summers
Emory Ahalt
Jimmy Thomas
Austin Luhn
May- Bussard
Earl Wachter
J. Dallas Keller
Pic. Willard Parks
B. W. Strauderan
Mount Airy
Fort Dix
Fort Eustis
Jean Jones
Maryland General Hospital
Jack Lawhorn
Aubrey E. Norwood
Arlington
John Norwood
Hilda Norwood
Kir
Ira L. Kaetzel
Gapland
Garry Lee
Washington County Hospital
Kaetzel
Iss
Florence Hatfield
Mary Jane Eichelberger
Charles E. Eichelberger
Brunswick
Donald Harmer
Emmitsburg
Wiginner
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Betty Jane Covell
Covell
West
Betty Covell
Eveiman Wachier
Jean Covell
Eileen Poole
Mary Lou Winpisler
Buddy Barre
Dicx Hetine
Alfred Droneburg
Merkle Huffer
Hubert Rollins
Jack Shankle
Lioyd Hahn
Renice Brubaker
Emory Ahait
Butchie Poole
John Covell
Maurice Bussard
Minnie Rinna
NEA
Andrew Hamilton Rehbein
Sykesville
Mary Ellen
David E. Dixon
U. S. Army
John J. Dixon
Catonsville
Roger E -Dar
Evelyn May
Gilbert M. Blunt
John Blunt
Democratic League
Dawson Hormne
Sixth
Women’s
George Bennett
West Church Street
Herman Brown
Know
Alamo
Texas
New Star
Ilinois
Dred Scott Decisio
U. S. Supreme Court
Panam
Costa Rica
Col. Lindbergh
Tho
Utederworld
Tunisia
Ban
Cologne
Rhine
Lieut Ge Hodge
1St Army
General Motors
John I Lewis
United Mine Worker
Harold M. Stephens
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal
Washington, D. C
Crete
Nebr
Lou Costello
Paterson
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuildin and Dry Dock Company
Waler
Waynesville
N. C
Sarah Wambaugh
Carmbridge Mass
League of Nations
Cincinnati
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
Brattleboro
Frank L. Weil
the Nation Welfare Board
Charles 3. Asham
Washington, D.C
American Road ‘Builder
Ughton
Mass
Richard T. Frenkensteen
Delta Auto Workers
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