Fifty Years Ago in the News Post Files March 13 1914
Frederick County expenses rose by 100000 in 12 years, Clerk Harmon L. Gaver reports after comparing 1912 county books with Treasurer Frederick W. Cramer. Frederick Trust Co building expansion planned for Market and Third streets, work to begin April 1. Fast Train No. 10 of the B and C railroad narrowly avoids disaster near Magnolia after hitting a rock on the tracks. Debating contest verdict finds no prohibitory law will solve liquor problem. judges settle dispute between Professors Roger Harley George Twenty and Boys High School club. County Commissioner T N Mohler of near Adams Town dies, leaving a valued Percheron stallion worth about 1500. a mare was sold for 1200 about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Harmon L. Gaver
Board of County Commissioners
Markwood D. Harp
Frederick W. Cramer
Frederick Trust Company
Market
Third Streets
E. C. Crum
B and C
Magnolia
Brunswick
Roger Harley
George Twenty
Boys’ High School
T. N. Mohler
Adamstown
Downed U S Planes Prompt Calls for Stop to Shootdowns
In the latest incident an unarmed American RB-66 reconnaissance plane wandered into East German skies, was shot down by Soviet fighters, and its three crew parachuted to safety. The writer argues such losses threaten peace and urges firm retaliation to halt further incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Germany
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Air Pollution vs Cigarette Smoke Linked to Lung Cancer
German medical report suggests air pollution and external influences contribute to rising lung cancer, even among heavy smokers. The American Cancer Society disputes exoneration of smoking, while an allergist warns city air over a year can equate to two packs daily, harming both diseased and healthy hearts and lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Court News: Marriage Licenses and Property Transfers
Marriage licenses issued for Thomas Clarence Battle and Linda L Freeman both of Baltimore plus Vernon Keeney and Tina Davis of Frederick and Union Bridge. Deeds record transfers between Villa M Hartsough and Seymour B Stern and related parties. Multiple rights of way filings with the State Roads Commission. Equity suit Arlene Null seeks absolute divorce from Clyde W Null.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Clarence Battle
Linda L. Freeman
Baltimore
Vernon Leslie Keeney
Frederick
Tina Ruth Davis
Union Bridge
Ellis Jackson Jenkins
Washington, Va
Barbara Ann Clatterbuck
Flint Hill
Villa M
S. Madelyn Himes
Ernest W. May Sr
Potomac Edison Company
Ethel B. Bucheimer
Ray T. Fitzwater
Charles H. Kingsolver
Paul M. Main
Samuel R. Molesworth
David R. Stoner
John F. Wash
Julian A. Tavenner
Equity
Arlene Null
Clyde W. Null
Twenty Years Ago News Notes March 13 1944
The Monocacy River ran high after overnight rain about an inch and a third, threatening to close some county roads at bridges. Orville Amick hosted visitors and a Frederick dateline on the Athletics visit at the Key Hotel. Romania moved ships toward Odessa foreshadowing a German southern flank collapse in Russia. Prime Minister Churchill told Commons Britain and the United States sought a quarantine on southern Ireland to seal that spy-post during the war’s western front opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monocacy
Frederick
Nation
Orville Amick
Francis Scott Key
Romania
Black Sea
Odessa
Russia
Churchill
Commons Today
Britain
United States
Western Front
Move To Cap Tax at 3 Percent Passes Maryland House
The Maryland House of Delegates voted 79 to 52 to remove a Rules Committee hold and move a bill to fix the income tax rate at 3 percent rather than 4. Lawmakers across counties and Baltimore City reported votes for and against, with numerous delegates recorded as For or Against and some not recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Perrin Battimore
McCurdy
Bossie
MacDaniel
Medairy
Peters
Price
Rush
Stone
Tyler
Maguire
Staten
McMillan
Talbot
Harrison
Love
Latham Somerset
Butler
Long
Quinn Dorchester
Bennett
Matthews
Merryweather
Spicer
Cecil
Burkheimer
Mooney
Tawney
J Abramson
M_ Abramson
Dixon
Epstein
Mitchell
Young
Cardin
Resnick
Siegel
Mandel
Friedman
Silver
Baynes
Washington
Dillon
Hoffman
Jugel
Spence
Tingle
Grumbacher
Montgomery
Anderson
Blondes
Bresser
Donna
Gore
McAuliffe
Mcinerhey
Milter
Moore
Against
Dramatic Roles in the Grand Fenwick Court
Count Mountjoy serves in aristocratic circles while Susan portrays Duchess Gloriana of Grand Fenwick. Charles Bokes h acts as David Benter guiding commoners, with additional roles in this European duchy’s political theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Mountjoy
Grand Fenwick
Susan
Gloriana
Europe
Charles Bokesch
David Benter
Short Course Set For Photographers Meeting
A 1964 Mid Atlantic conference of the National Press Photographers Association will feature a technical short course for newspaper photographers at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on April 11. The event opens April 10 with registration and ends after three days with the awards banquet. The program includes a color film on U S Air Force weaponry titled Firepower and a session on Feature Picture Stories led by Fred Kraft Jr and J Rolfe Castleman. About 150 photographers from six states are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kraft Jr
Baltimore News
Erican
J. Rolfe Castleman
Frederick Post
National Press Photographers Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
States
District of Columbia
Mid - Atlantic
Baltimore News - American
Philips Butler
Scranton
United States
Mid- Atlantic
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court Expands Newspaper Free Speech Rights
The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed broad protection for press criticism of government officials while allowing damages if malice proves false information. Justice Brennan stressed strong liberty for citizens to critique official conduct, linking it to earlier Kansas judge rulings and the intent to prevent fear from stifling government oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
William J Brennan
Bren- Nan
States
Brennan
Births at Frederick Memorial Hospital March 4 8 11
Birth announcements from Frederick Memorial Hospital list numerous couples across Frederick and nearby towns welcoming new babies. Entries include Jennifer Marie, Robin Lynn, Jacqueline Leigh, Glenn William, Donna Jean, Stacey Michelle, Rebekah, Carol Jeanne, Sharon Beth, Wendy Marcia, Franklin Darmid, John Allen, Bryan Keith, Kimber ly Louise, Kelly Renee, Mark Allen, Tammy Sue, Don Allen, Sharon Lee, Karen Lee, Kari Leah, and note Mrs Gibson formerly Patsy Segars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward V. Smith
Jefferson
Donna Jean
Larrie R. Welsh
East Second Street
Stacey Michelle
Elmer E. Etzler
Frederick
Stacey Rebekah
Grady H. Edwards
Airy
Carol Jeanne
David G. Woodfeld
Gaithersburg
Sharon Beth
Robert A. Thomas
Lincoln Apartments
Wendy Marcia
Russell E. Hewitt
West South Street
Franklin Darmid
James Larry Akers
RFD
Adamstown
John Allen
Bernard L. Long
New Market
Bryan Keith
William E. Beall
East Third Street
Kimberly Louise
R. C. Green
Woodsboro
Kelly Renee
Walter R. Day
Westminster
Mark Allen
Leonard S. Mercer
Walkersville
Tammy Sue
Ray W. Fisher
Myersville
Don Allen
Robert L. Schmeltz
Eleventh Street
Sharon Lee
Robert E. Trout
Motter Avenue
Karen Lee
Weldon A. Gibson Jr
Braddock Heights
Kari Leah
Gibson
Patsy Segars
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Pocahontas Trailblazers Meet Sunday in Pocahontas
Natomia Council No 38 hosts about 75 attendees at the Francis Scott Key Hotel ballroom for a daytime Degree of Pocahontas Trailblazers quarterly meeting. Frances Ditto of Baltimore chairs with Velma Poole as co chair. John L Howley and Margaret Gwinner speak, honoring Doris Smith of Salisbury with a state wide adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natomia Council
Pocahontas Trailblazers
Francis Scott Key
Frances Ditto
Baltimore
Velma Poole
Death Notices In Rockville Harpers Ferry Westminster
Deaths include F Clayton 78 of Rockville after long illness with survivors wife and six children. Clara DeLauder of Harpers Ferry dies at home with extensive family. services set at Melvin Strider funeral home. Edward Earl Martin of Westminster dies aged 65. funeral at SaffelL Westminster. Steven Robvich of Baltimore area dies after long illness. rites at St Johns Church with interment at Frederick Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. DeLauder
Clara Virginia DeLauder
RFD
Harpers Ferry
Columbia Furnace
Lille B. Bowers
Homer Spitzer
Sarah Jones
Frederick
Carolyn
Emma
Mildred DeLauder
Richard
Germany
Alice Winekoe
Radie Bowers
Janice Harden
Kearneysville
W. Va
Clarence Line
Charles Town
Ray Spitzer
Stevenson
Clifford Spitzer
Alfred Spitzer
Melvin T. Strider
Fairview Cemetery
Bolivar
Edward £. Martin
Edward Earl Martin
Westminster
Lydia C Autz Martin
David
Virginia Morelock Martin
Carroll County
Grace Lutheran Church
Robert E
Hagerstown
Russell D
Bernard A
U.S. Navy
George H. Martin
Saffell Funeral Home
Elwood S. Falkenstein
Westminster Cemetery
Funeral Services For W Wil son Cramer
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 p m for W Wil son Cramer of 921 Shawnee Drive who died Sunday Rev Joseph Kidd pastor of Mt Pleasant Methodist Church officiated Pallbearers included Dr Stuart Myers Warren Myers Robert Myers William Wickham W Meredith S Young and Harold K Staley Interment occurred at Mt Olivet Cemetery Funeral Directors M R Etchison and Son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wilson Cramer
Shawnee Drive
East Church Street
Joseph Kidd
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Stuart Myers
Warren Myers
Robert Myers
William Wickham
W. Meredith S. Young
Harold K. Staley
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Hospital Board Elects Officers and Three New Members
The Hospital Board of Fredrick Memorial Hospital elected Mrs. Paul S. Michael as recording secretary and Mrs. Ray H. as president of Smith Memorial. New board members include Mrs. Carroll H. Hindrickson Jr. and Mrs. Richard L. Shipley, with Mrs. Charles W. Zehnder also joining. Officers elected: first vice president Mrs. Charles H. Woodman, second vice president Mrs. Emmett R. Bowlus, treasurer Mrs. Joseph D. Baker, assistant treasurer Mrs. Richard F. Nal lin, recording secretary Mrs. James B. Ranch, and corresponding secretary. The board also reelected current medical staffs and welcomed Dr. Albert M. Powell Jr. as chief of staff, Dr. Richard C. Reynolds as vice president, and Dr. Thomas E. Stone as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul S. Michael
Ray H
Smuith
Fred
Bowlus
Erick Memorial Hospital
Henry L. Davis
Richard L.jree- Shipley
Charles W. Zehnder
Michael
Charles H. Woodman
Emmett R. Bowlus
Joseph D. Baker
Richard F. Nallin
James B. Ranch and
Corres
Albert M. Powell Jr
Richard C. Reynolds
Thomas E. Stone
Thurmont Couple Plans June Wedding
Mrs Beulah M Weddle of Thurmont announces the engagement of her daughter Mary Barbara to Gerald G Freeze of Thurmont son of Mrs Mary L Freeze and the late Wilbur R Freeze both of Thurmont Miss Weddle a Thurmont High and Frostburg State College graduate Mr Freeze a Thurmont High and Hagerstown Business College graduate A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah M. Weddle
Thurmont
Mary Barbara
Gerald G. Freeze
Mary L. Freeze
Wilbur R. Freeze
Miss Weddle
C. Ray Weddle
Thurmont High School
Frostburg State College
Mr. Freeze
Thurmont High
Hagerstown Business College
Catholic U Choir to Sing at Hood College Frederick
Hood College hosts the Catholic University A Cappella Choir from Washington for a March 14 concert in Brodbeck Hall. Twelve Catholic University voice majors perform sacred and secular works from Gregorian chant to modern pieces, directed by Michael Cordovana, and open to the public free of charge.
Community Notes On Illness And Birthdays In Local Homes
Among the sick Mrs A Zimmerman of East Sixth Street remains unchanged after weeks at home. Mrs Earl F Hargett of Schley Avenue is improving at Johns Hopkins Hospital and will be bed bound for two more weeks. Mrs Evelyn Shank of Taney Apartments and Mr W Franklin Carbaugh of Thurmont celebrated birthdays at Frederick Memorial Hospital before returning home. Copper strength aids a irregularly higher New York stock market with active trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 0. Zimmerman
East Sixth Street
Earl F. Hargett
Schley Avenue
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Hargett
Evelyn Shank
Taney Apartments
W. Franklin Carbaugh
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Shank
Carbaugh
New York
How They Voted on Pay Raise for Congress and Officials
The House defeated Thursday a bill to raise pay for congressmen government officials civil service employees and postal workers. Democrats voting for included Downing Fallon Friedel Garmatz Gary Hardy Jennings Kee Lankford Song McDowell Sickles Slack. Republicans for included Broyhill Staggers. Democrats against Abbott Hechler Marsh Morton Poff Smith Tuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
House
Hood Scholar Aid Changes To State Plan
A bill proposes shifting Hood Scholar Aid to the state treasury with withdrawal or unused scholarships redirected. It would start in September, exempting current recipients, and requires a state exam and demonstrated financial need for new awards. The Association of Catholic Colleges criticized the measure for omitting Maryland’s six Catholic colleges and urged choice of recipient college. The bill also allows splitting awards and expands scholarship eligibility, with many institutions reclassified as at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper
Tawes
John T. Tucker
Baltimore
Association of Catholic Colleges
Maryland
Senate
University of Maryland
Hood
Western Maryland
Baltimore City
Peabody
Maryland Institute
Johns Hopkins
St. Mary’s Seminary Junior College
St. John’s
Maryland State
Ws Maryland Institute
Ap Washington
Morgan
Charlotte Hall
Promoted to First Sergeant James F. Miller at Fort Hood
James F. Miller son of Earl Miller of Hagerstown was promoted to first Sergeant while serving with the 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas His Army entry date was December 1942 His mother Mrs Virgie A Donnelly resides in Thurmont Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Miller
Earl Miller
Hagerstown
1St Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
Miller
13Th Armor
Virgie A. Donnelly
Thurmont
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Susan Thomas
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F. Clayton
John Francis Clayton
Rockville
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Poolesville
Maude Lanning Clayton
John Ralph Clayton
Clarksburg
Glenn Clayton
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Clayton
Margaret Evans
Ruth Grubb
Silver Spring
Tyson Wheeler
Park Lawn Cemetery
Steven Robvich
Roderick
Ora
Catherine Robvich
Water Street
University Hospital
Yugoslavia
Catherine Siainger
Mary E. Hill
Barbara Baker
Albert Baker Jr
Robvich
St. Johns Catholic Church
M. J.’Grove Lime Company
North Market Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
New Hampshire
Hospital Board
Catholic U Choir
Hood Scholar Aid
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