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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
2
Dorothy Dix warns that married men pose the greatest danger to young women and urges girls to return home to their mothers. She cites cases of guileless girls drawn to older lovers and describes the heartbreak of lovesick victims, urging vigilance to avoid wolves on the road to ruin.
Drs Boris and Sophia Berkman of Chicago discuss a chlorophyll extract powder dubbed green magic that may allow plants to feed humans directly from water air and soil. Early tests on animals and humans show no toxicity though results are unavailable. potential benefits include protein from greens and possible anti aging effects.
Ballot box keys and one tally sheets copy and poll books of the Board of Election Supervisors were returned by U S Senate committee investigators. Officials said the reason only one copy of the tally sheets and poll books came back remains unexplained. Ballot boxes had been returned earlier.
Court actions include a bill of complaint for appointment of receiver and injunction in the Goodsell case. Marriage licenses issued for Howard E. Lyles and Helen M. Weedon, and for Warren E. Carr and Charlotte E. Oden. Divorces granted for Charles W. Talton from Edna L. Wilt and for Warren E. Carr and Charlotte E. Oden. Property deeds record transfers: Robert E. Zimmerman to Elsie Mahoney Strine, Victor Smith to Harold I. Miller, Manuel M. Weinberg to Francis M. Hawkins Jr. Property values listed as $1 and $10 respectively.
Fifty years ago the column notes changes in local leadership with W. Al Zombro filling a vacancy and C A designation following E L Leonard. A Braddock Spring frame saloon is torn down by Black residents to build a church along the electric railroad. Baker Johnson trustee sells Suman property on South Market Street to Lewis H. Bennett for 3425. Readers send editor letters on pastor losses and honors for Rev W McKenner and Albert Gilson.
ARS. C. David Wills burned at her West Fifth street home after falling against a stove during vertigo. Hood College class of 1931 staged Nadine in Brodbeck Hall with Katharine Kieffer and Helen Condon among participants. Frederick Baseball Club season ticket drive begins to fund Blue Ridge League play through 1928. tickets priced at 1 and 20 dollars per book.
Washington March 10 Consumers pressed the House Agriculture Committee over margarine taxes and restrictions. A New Orleans wholesaler compared selling oleomargarine to handling a poisonous drug or dynamite. Housewives cited lost hours coloring oleo and urged tax removal as discrimination. The committee plans three days of hearings, with dairy interests represented.
March to date precipitation stands at 2.04 inches with 0.02 inches in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today. Normal precipitation cited as 3,411 inches for March 1947. Excess in 1948 through March 1 listed as 0.14 inch. Yesterday high 60, low last night 30. Sun sets today 6 13 p.m., tomorrow 6 27 a.m.
Washington lawmakers clash over an alleged $825,000 overpayment by the Navy to Consolidated Vultee for an airplane contract. Attorney General Tom Clark faces pressure from Comptroller General Lindsay Warren and Rep. Bender to pursue recovery via the Justice Department, amid broader concerns about war contract fraud investigations.
In Washington today a global crisis over Russia's aggression tests the Democracies. The U N Security Council may hear a Czech complaint, while Secretary Marshall urges calm yet firm action. Americans fear war but insist on defending freedom and peace.
Frederick county joins the annual Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage for May 3 with hundreds of visitors. The event runs April 24 in St. Marys and features tours of historic homes including Court Square, the Historical Society House and the Taney House. Luncheon is arranged at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
Sgt O C Miller announces 30 area residents have enlisted in the U S Army and U S Air Force. Names include Bentley H Sterse Jack Lo Gaver James B Gaver Jr Thomas Russell KL John KR Dehn Jack Jefferson Harvey Corns James Hardy Jr Marshall Thom Roger Procter Harvey Butler Charles Bart Claude Richard Thurmont Floyd Frye Chester Staley Alfie Goins Robert Moser Franklin Reifsnider and others from Thurmont Camp Lee Germantown Monrovia and nearby communities.
More than 30 dollars in collateral forfeited in a Wednesday Peoples Court session. The record lists weight charge forfeitures against Edw J Kuhn and others, with state troopers A D Hasen, RP McGuire, and R F Stone making arrests. Also noted, a bastardy charge led to release on bond pending circuit court. Spare tire thefts reported near Arcade bowling alleys with no arrests yet.
Babson predicts a 5 percent fall in 1948 business volume from 19.7, with inflation easing yet wages rising and strong buying power. He sees continued high employment, potential stock gains in summer or fall, and rising long term interest rates in bonds while international aid and national unity shape policy.
Dr Wayne C Neely of Hood College sociology announces twenty city reports by urban sociology students on display in the Joseph Henry Apple Library The Frederic study by Elizabeth Derr and other reports cover locations mysteries pathological problems and ecological patterns of the cities Details include analyses by Derr Denes and Ocean eits
About 59 Delia Kappa Gamma members gathered Saturday for a press meeting and luncheon at the Catoctin Country Club in Thompson. Miss Lucy Wilde of Manchester England, an exchange teacher at Elm Street School, joined as a new member and Dr. Ern Snyder of Silver Spring, president of Maryland Alpha Beta State Chapter, spoke. Members attended from Washington, Carroll and Frederick counties.
Today in history and birthdays highlight notable figures from John McLean to Vannevar Bush. Key events include Philadelphia incorporation 1784, Navy founded, and 1943 Lend-Lease Act passage. Also lists birthdays of McDonald, Thackter, Dorothy Gish, and others with brief summaries of their roles.
The Athletic Association of Hood College sponsors a Saturday play day between Hood girls and twenty from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg Pa. A basketball game will be at 2 30 o clock in the Frederick Armory. Refreshments follow at the Hut before the visitors depart for Gettysburg later in the afternoon.
The article notes debates in the Senate and House over the European Relief Program and Knutson Tax Reduction. It outlines continuing synthetic rubber production under government control and planned sale or lease of plants to private firms. It mentions a housing project inquiry in Montgomery County and a stamp sale event in Washington with local officials attending.
Over 230 women from Wes Marrland District auxiliary units attended a Sunday dinner meeting at the Hotel Terson in Hagerstown. Mrs. Lynch, Baltimore department president, and Mrs. Catherine Creeger, separate vice president, spoke as the group discussed cigarette supplies for veterans at Ford H ard Perry Point and state hospitals, and transportation needs for those men. Units represented included Baltimore, Frederick, Bruns, Thurmont, Emmitsburg, Sykesville, Clear Spring, Funkstown, among others. The car unit with 14 officers and moters had the largest representation.
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