Logic and loyalties in postwar transport reform debate
The Hoover Commission bases its transport reform on logic, proposing to place aviation, maritime, road and safety agencies under a consolidated Commerce Department while preserving regulatory bodies. Russia’s treaty practice is cited to question reliability, as diplomats seek to gauge trust and limits of commitment while facing likely opposition.
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Department of Commerce
Hoover Commission
Congress
Commission
Department
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Coast Guard
Public Roads Administration
Commerce
Maritime Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice on marriage and tenderness in love
Dorothy Dix counsels wives to avoid nagging and lecturing, practice patient affection, and treat husbands with kindness to sustain harmony. She notes dominating wives harm marriage and urges understanding of male psychology, while also addressing youth rebelling against age and two sisters seeking dates with veterans. The Bell Synd. Inc. released.
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Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Sixyear old Master Jacob Tasker fell from a dairy wagon on East Patrick street breaking his right leg. Edwin Devilbiss Liberty and S Amos Urner joined Noah E. Cramer’s real estate and insurance office. Receivers for the Catoctin Mountain Iron Company completed sale of the 9678 acre tract north of Frederick to Ernest Sharp for 30000 dollars. E Elmer Harn, long in Cuba, returns to Frederick to resume law practice, predicting Cuba as a winter resort. Some berries survived two blizzards. raspberries may pan out, strawberries struck, blackberry bushes snowed in.
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Jacob Tasker
John Tasker
East Patrick Street
Edwin Devilbiss
Liberty
S. Amos Urner
Near Liberty
Noah E. Cramer
Catoctin Mountain Iron Company
Catoctin Iron Furnace Company
Frederick
Ernest Sharp
Baltimore
E. Elmer Harn
Quartermaster’s Department
Noble H. Creager
Cuba
Twenty Years Ago In The News March 16 1929
Twenty years ago highlights from The News on March 16 1929 report two large plate glass windows at Quaker City Cleaners and Dyers 310 North Market street shattered when an automobile truck strained the frame A C Cook postal carrier was struck by a bicycle near the post office and knocked into a mud puddle Harlan Summers narrowly escaped injury in a car crash near Ceresville caused by a bee in the car Mr and Mrs Page Etchison and son Bruce Washington and Miss Julia Etchison arrived in New York aboard the S S Olympic after a Holy Land and Europe tour
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Quaker City Cleaners and Dyers
North Market Street
Cla A. Cook
Lime ‘Yiln
Harlan H. Summers
Walkersville
Ceresville
Charley LaFollette and the German Democracy Vision
A 1949 Globe Synd. profile sketches Charley LaFollette former Congressman and Occupation Governor of Württemberg-Baden. It portrays his influence on Germans and admiration from anti-Nazi figures, notes his plain American persona, and mentions calls for a White House post. Also covers Rankin criticism by young veterans and a cautionary tale about Argentine censorship.
Births Exceed Deaths In Montgomery County
Montgomery County's Vital Index rose in 1949 with 2.8 births for every death among residents. Dr. V L Ellicott notes the trend boosts business and housing demand while challenging schools to expand facilities. 1948 figures show 3389 births and 1196 deaths, with non whites comprising 260 and 164 respectively.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
V. L. Ellicott
Wedding Gift Guidance From a Thoughtful Bride
An old family friend asks the bride what she would like for a wedding present. The bride offers several desired items she has not received, balancing practicality with generosity to avoid naming only expensive gifts.
Man Helped Stricken Stranger Faces $100 Fine
Detroit March 16 Thomas Jenkins, 30, aided a fallen man but was accused by two policemen of robbery. They searched him, found gambling slips, and he was ordered to pay 100 dollars or serve 90 days. He had not paid by today. A steel mill note mentions a horse as a solidified iron chunk at the furnace bottom.
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Detroit
Thomas Jenkins
Jenkins
Senate rules fight masks civil rights struggle claims
A March Washington column argues Senate rule changes are tangled with civil rights debate. It contends the issue involves federal policing power, party politics, and minority pressure, criticizing administration tactics and urging open debate on civil rights merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Congress
North
CIO
AFL
Draftees And Vets Guide From Major Nial On WWII WACs
Washington reports on 315000 World War II veteranettes detailing honors and postwar outcomes. Bronze Stars awarded to 565 WACs, Legion of Merit to 62, Purple Hearts mainly for London wounds, and several nations honored WACs. VA data through July 1948 shows 14,544 women veterans with service connected disabilities, averaging age 33, 6 percent totally disabled. 3,000 in Public Law 16 training, 92,000 under GI Bill, and 10,777 discharged from VA hospitals in fiscal 1948. Katherine Keene surveyed 80 WAC veterans. views on future war, service returns, veterans' orgs, work interest, marriage trends noted. The piece reflects postwar adjustments and lingering challenges.
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Thomas M. Nial
Washington
London
France
Veterans Administration
Katherine Keene
New York
WACS
Veterans’ Organization
Miss Keene
Weight and gravity explained in short Q and A
A Q and A explains that weight arises from the attraction between Earth and a body. Weight is the measurement of this mutual attraction, reflecting how gravity acts on matter.
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Earth
Gaithersburg social notes round up gatherings and guests
Gaithersburg society texts note dinner guests for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stoltz and others, plus Laytonsville Bridge Club luncheon. Travelers returnees include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Watkins, and several couples relocating between Gaithersburg, Rockville, Bethesda, and Washington. Families host bridal showers and housewarmings, with guests from Boston and New York joining local hosts.
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Gaithersburg
Frederick Stoltz
Forte Sandison
Bruce Weed
Clyde Magruder
James W. Magruder
Joseph Stoltz
Albert Trefethen
Boston
Mass
James Maaruder
Samuel Riggs, Jr
Laytonsville
Milfard Gartner
C. M. Hickman
Rockville
Buell M. Gardner
J. C. Brawner Nicolson, Jr
Miami
Key West
Ann Bjjornson
Wilmington
Del
Mowatt Windham
Carol Sawtell
Washington
Sydney Stubbs
Montgomery Avenue
Ella Phimmer
Edmund Codwise
Jane Vollmer
Washington Grove
Lucy Salamanca
New York City
Joseph Nuttall
Maude Nuttall
Mimi Norton
Strength For Today by Earl L. Douglass
A reflection compares dahlia growing in ashes to famed lives shaped by hardship. A gardener grows prize dahlias by ashes and pruning to one bud, while history’s greats like Lincoln Paul and Jesus crafted purpose from sorrow and discipline, turning adversity into achievement.
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Earl L. Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
St. Paul
Lord
Censorship Claims Roil U S Moscow March 18
Lomakin a former Soviet consul general in New York charged that the United States maintains three forms of censorship poster business and State Department while Tass reporters freely attend U S news conferences. He spoke at a reception hosted by Foreign Minister Vishinsky as part of ongoing diplomatic exchanges following the Kasenkina case.
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Moscow
Yakov M. Lomakin
United States
White House
Lomakin
New York
State Department
Oksana Kasenkina
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
V. M. Molotov
Tass
Washington
Russia
Vishinsky
Forty Attend B P W Meet at Frederick Club Event
Forty members and guests gathered at the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Frederick in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. William Hardy of WFMD spoke on broadcasting and tape recording with a live demonstration, a tape recording was made for later broadcast, and members discussed youth programs citywide. The meeting opposed several bills, donated to Red Cross, planned April socials, and welcomed four new members Elizabeth Reed Katherine Marmor Evelyn Main and Ruth MacVean.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Lucy ‘Jane Stoner
News and Radio Committee
William Hardy
Lucy Jane Stoner
Elizabeth Wolfe
Virginia Devereaux
Mary Alice Benson
Edith Shafer
Pauline Bowlus
Louise Thompson
Eleanor Everhart
Ruth Perry
Hazel McCanner
House
Senate
Red Cross
Baltimore
Elizabeth Reed
Katherine Marmor
Evelyn Main
Ruth MacVean
Miss Stoner
Marie Ruck
Lufburrow Comments on Land Use and Erosion
N A Lufburrow argues that land economy affects crop size and erosion threatens yields. He notes insufficient agronomy knowledge but stresses prudent use of land to avoid waste, while urging scientists to find solutions to pressing agricultural matters.
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Luf
N. A. Lufburrow
Bible Thoughts on Truth and Fidelity
A meditation on Proverbs 25 18 about false witness and the harm of a volatile tongue. It contrasts reproach with the power of speech and cites Homer and a floral image to illustrate how great lives are formed in ashes through sacrifice for fidelity to God.
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Babson Newspaper
U.S. Lacks Trained Personnel For Overseas Administration
U S lacks trained personnel for overseas administration as Gen Lucius D Clay nears resignation in Germany underscoring gaps in preparing officials for postwar roles under the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine. Hoover Commission urged a dedicated overseas affairs training system. current staff turnover hampers consistent policy and civil leadership in occupied zones.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
U. S
Greece
Turkey
Japan
Korea
Herbert Hoover
United States
Clay
Russia
State Department
Army
Hesse
James R. Newman
New York
Nine Months For Assault In Ridgeville Incident
Robert Eugene Dorsey of New London was sentenced to nine months in the House of Correction by Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett after being found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and assault and battery on Willard Spencer near Ridgeville. Lester Dorsey faced related accusations from Clinton Myers at The Dug-Out tavern on Route 40, with both incidents arising from a February 20 disturbance. The proceedings noted a prior six months suspended sentence in October 1944 for a concealed weapon charge.
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Robert Eugene Dorsey
New London
House of Correction
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples
Willard Spencer
Ridgeville
Lester Dorsey
Clinton Myers
Route 40
Robert Dorsey
Charles Kenny
Clinton
Myers
Dorsey
W. W Corbin
Spencer
W. Jerome Offutt
Salary Bill Thrown Into Conference
Annapolis March 16 State Bill 88 aimed at raising Frederick county State's attorney pay becomes a conference issue as House amendments expand scope statewide. Senate sponsor Senator Storm interrupts readings to push a conference to allow each senator to decide county by county salary increases.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Senate
Storm
D. Frederick
Catholic Protestant Front Against Communism Referred
A proposal for a Catholic Protestant front against Communism was sent to an advisory committee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America in New York on March 16. The item notes that there are 1,013 gas utility companies in the United States.
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New York
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
United States
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