Pope Pius XII Declares Blueprint to Defeat Communism
On the eve of his 78nd birthday the Pope urged religious groups to sharpen organization and propaganda against Communists. He advised moral outreach to former church members, citing a Rome parish run by Mother Cabrini as an example of serving the poor and offering free medical care and instruction to block Communist influence.
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Pius XII
Italy
Rome
Frances Xavier Cabrini
United States
Shipbuilding Record Shows War Time Peak in 3953
Lloyds records indicate wartime ship construction surpassed peacetime output with 1,143 vessels totaling 5,096,050 tons. Tankers alone accounted for 279 ships and over half the tonnage. Germany rose 25 percent to 818,221 tons while Japan dropped 10 percent to 557,339 tons. Britain declined slightly and diesel power rose from 75 to 58 percent of tonnage. The United States launched 528,807 tons fourth in rank.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Germany
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Japan
Britain
U. S
Avalanches Kill 16 in Austrian Alps Toll Rises
Austria reports 157 avalanche deaths for the winter with 16 more lives lost in the Alps this weekend. One woman remains missing beneath the snow as rescuers search the wreckage and weather conditions hinder operations.
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Vienna
Austria
Austrian Alps
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
The year reports Frederick City Hospital treated 86 patients and 32 operations performed. Donations noted. Delegate Hiteshew of Frederick county proposed bills to ban females from local bar rooms and to amend game laws. Mrs Virginia Brunner sold a two story brick dwelling and outbuildings at Jacob's Well near the National turnpike to Dr James F Kemp of Jefferson for 800. Frederick and Jefferson Turnpike Company directors elected D H Hargett president and others. Junior Fire Company quarterly meeting accepted invitation to the Cumberland firemen’s convention in June.
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Frederick City Hospital
Hiteshew
Frederick County
Virginia Brunner
Jacob's Well
National Turnpike
James F. Kemp
Jefferson
Frederick
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
The NRA compliance board for Frederick County met to discuss complaints from the past week. Venetian art was the subject of an illustrated lecture by Richard Medford, director of the Hagerstown Museum of Art, in Brodbeck Hall. Hood College hosted the Frederick Art Club event. A six inch snow froze the area with 22 below zero temperatures. All roads were open but slippery and chains were advised. A letter to the editor suggests relocating the Frederick County Free Library to the C Burr Artz library site and calls for reasons.
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NRA
Frederick County
Richard Medford
Hagerstown
Good Citizen award for Arlene Krimgold at DAR event
Miss Arlene Krimgold of Mt. Airy High School will receive a 3200 lath at a DAR conference in Baltimore for her paper on The John Evans House and responses to a constitution questionnaire. She and her mother will attend the luncheon at the Sheraton Belvedere Hotel, as March 12 DAR meeting honors 1954 Carroll County Good Citizens and their mothers.
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DAR
Arlene Krimgold
Mt. Airy
Guud Carrell
Baltimore
Carroll County
John Evans
Jehe Evans
United States
Gypsy Hill
Taylorsville-Westminster Bithway
American Methodist Historical Society
William Winchester
Carroll County Historical House
Allen F. Feeser
Highlights of Congress: Party Huddles and Key Debates
Congress debates statehood for Alaska as Senate Democrats push a GOP opposed drive. Senate plan to unseat Sen Chavez faces a Democratic challenge. Probes committee weighs fair procedures amid attacks on McCarthy era investigations. House Republicans push an excise tax cut opposed by the Eisenhower administration. Administration backed health bill seeks 182 million dollars for federal public health programs. Senate Foreign Relations reports Bulgaria’s Communist party faces internal strife with minimal public support.
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Washington
Statehood
Senate
Alaska
Chavez
Sen
Senate Repubblican Policy Committee
McCarthy
R- Wis
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Communist Party
Maryland Lawyer Seeks State Reimbursement After Acquittal
Baltimore lawyer Milton B. Rothstein asks the Legislative Council to recommend a law reimbursing individuals who lose wages while awaiting trial and are later acquitted. Attorney General Edward D. Rolls opposes, urging the state remain immune from financial responsibility in criminal prosecutions. Governor Mes1 Kel din referred the issue for opinion.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Milton B. Rothstein
Legislative Council
Rothstein
Mes
Keldin Utes
Edward D. T. Rolls
Rollins
Rathstein
Clune Leads Navy To 83-80 NCAA Debut Victory
Navy star John Clune poured in 42 points tying Memorial Auditorium scoring mark as Navy beat Connecticut 83 80 in the 1954 NCAA tournament first round. LaSalle outlasted Fordham 75 74 in overtime.
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Buffalo
John Clune
Nave
Connecticut
LaSalle
Fordham
Eddie Condon: Jazz's Southern Drawl and Free Pourer
Eddy Gilmore profiles Eddie Condon born Albert Edward Condon a premier jazz guitarist banjoist and pianist in New Yorks Greenwich Village. The piece highlights his paradoxical home free from instruments yet prolific with records and his quirky hangover remedy milk and whiskey practices. It also notes his sharp wit and pride in his craft comparing him to Babe Ruth in consistency.
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Raven
Eddie
Chicago
Amos and
Andy
Condon
Jersey
New York
Greenwich Village
Mr. Condon
Agreement Reached On Blue Ridge Lines Sale Basis
Hagerstown March 9. R Paul Smith president of Blue Ridge Lines said after extensive negotiations a basis has been agreed for transferring Blue Ridge Transportation Company properties to Star Lines and then to Greyhound Corporation. He noted the move raises handling and service concerns but would preserve long service records and high standards for loyal employees. Transfer completion remains distant with regulatory approvals and details to follow.
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Hagerstown
R. Paul Smith
Blue Ridge Lines
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Star Lines
Greyhound Corporation
Pennsylvania Greyhound
Smith
Hood College Marionettes Present Susan and God Play
The Hood College Marionettes dramatic club stages Susan and God a comedy by Rachel Crothers on March 12 at 8 p.m. and March 13 at 2 p.m. A dance follows March 13 in Gambrill Gymnasium. Leading roles include Sarah Burn Leo Spinar Charlotte Moran with Sally Wis Helland directing.
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Marionettes
Hood College
Susan and
God
Rachel Crothers
Gambrill Gymnasium
Mr. Spinar
Barrie
Miss Moran
Blossom
Trexel
Susan
Sally Wis Helland
Brissom
Europe
Upturn May Make 1954 One Of Best Years For Economy
A Washington column reports strong January February construction data as the F W Dodge figures show a record boom. Housing, utilities, and highway work point to a spring and summer expansion with rising purchasing power and financing ready from insurers and lenders. Congress urged to study figures before tax cuts, while construction momentum suggests a nationwide revival.
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David Lawrence Washington
America
F.W. Dodge Corporation
United States
F.W Dodge
Department of Commerce
Domand
Ullliyant Buble
Washington
Congress
Humphrey
Korea
Aone
Town Hall Meeting Thursday At Hood College
Franklin Moore, president of the Inter American Hotel Association, speaks at Hood College Thursday evening in room 35 of the Administration Building at seven. A hotel man with extensive travel experience in South America and Europe, Moore has led Penn Harris Hotel since 1933 and held presidencies of major hotel groups.
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Canada
Mexico
Inter- American
Alaska
Chile
International Hotel Association of Paris
Free World
Harrisburg
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Moore
Latin America
Town Hall
Hood College
Franklin Broore
Inter American Hotel Association
South America
Europe
Penn Harris
Every
Zonta Dinner and Fashion Show Highlights Spring Styles
About 230 attendees filled the Francis Scott Key Ballroom for the annual Zonta dinner and show. Models included Mrs. Ramsburg Jr., Mrs. Smetser Union Bridge, Mrs. Rowet, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Summers, Miss Staley of the city, and Miss Barbara Rogers and Miss Margaret Mitchell of Hood College. Accessories by Wellsmere and hats from Snyder's added color with orange accents and pastel palettes. General chair was Mrs. Alice Barker.
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Zonta Club
Snyder's Hat Shop
Milan
Wellsmere
Francis Scott Key
Barbara Rogers
Margaret Mitchell
Hood College
Alice Barker
Snake on loose at Baltimore bar dancer claims harmless Cribo
In West Baltimore a dancer Tan gara left an eight foot Cribo snake in a glass box backstage after a Saturday act at Al Herman's Bar. The manager said the snake likely ended up in the cellar and was missing when he checked. The dancer, unperturbed, asked for its return and noted the species is non poisoness.
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Baltimore
Tangara
Cribo
al Flynn
al Herman’s
Baltimore St
Flynn
Fionn
Peiping Radio Claims 78 Planes Destroyed in Indochina
Peiping radio reported through Tokyo that Communist forces in Indochina destroyed 78 French aircraft in raids near Hanoi and Haiphong. The broadcast cited the Vietnam News Agency and claimed 18 Dakota cargo planes were lost near Hanoi, with further losses reported at Caibi Airbase southeast of Haiphong.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Indochina
Hanoi
Haiphong
Vietnam
Caibi
Questions and Answers Mix on Voting Age and Civics
A reader asks if voting age is set by Constitution or Congress and learns it is set by states. Whales have a thick layer under their skin to stay warm. The idea of a state flower originated in 1891 when New York chose the wild rose. Most foreign-born citizens were native to Italy. The $100,000 bill bears Woodrow Wilson’s likeness for use between the Fed and Treasury.
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Congress
New York
Italy
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Vocational Rehabilitation Aims To Help Disabled Work
In Maryland the Vocational Rehabilitation program aids independence with medical evaluation training and job placement. William C Hill runs the Frederick office, guiding 90 active local cases and aiming to extend reach to all eligible residents while pushing for blind workers to gain plant work opportunities.
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Betty Sullivan
United States
State Department of Education
Maryland
Frederick
William C. Hill
Walkersville
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Hill
Theonunty
Gram
Mr. Hill
Health Department
Board of Public Welfare
Veterans Administration, Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
George Wkeller
Browningsville Homemakers Meet At Helena Lewis Home
The Browningsville Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Helena Lewis home with Mrs. T Deets Day as co host. Fourteen members and one visitor attended. The group opened with the Lord s Prayer and roll call noting a George Washington suggestion for today. Refreshments followed as talks covered the Rockville president s meeting Florida trip and a talk on Meals for Thick and Thin.
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Browningsville
Vinnie Kinz
Miss Turner
Gladhill
Florida
Margaret Watkins
Vivian Browning
Gen Vandenberg in worsened condition at hospital
Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg’s health has deteriorated, a Walter Reed Hospital spokesman reported today.
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Gen. Vandenberg
Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Walter Reed Hospital
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G. William Trout, Jr
Leon Traciman
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