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Newspaper

News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1949

Page

7

Dear Dorothy Dix column on new father and remarriage guidance

In a Dorothy Dix Q and A column excerpts, an expectant father asks for guidance on becoming a good dad, and a widower seeks advice on remarriage amid family opposition. The responses emphasize cooperation between spouses, knowing children, and the value of companionship for aging parents, plus a a note on handling a partner’s sloppy dress as a potential marriage issue.

Miss Dix Ja&umy Mary

Government Printing Office waste and the public cost

Senator Bridges attacks the Government Printing Office noting vast waste as GPO publishes odd bulletins on watermelons sex and other curiosities. He cites 133 billion printed items in ten years and argues most publications are mailed postage free while the post office bleeds red.

Government Printing Office Washington Senator Bridges United States Government Bridges

Weather Summary for March Readings

The report notes no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 am today. March to date precipitation is .75 inches with March 1948 totaling 3.75 inches. High yesterday was 12 degrees, low last night 23, with yesterday’s high 88 and last year’s low 45. Sunset 6:22 pm, sunrise 6:12 am, moonrise 2:44 am, moonset 11:39 am.

Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns

Extensive improvements are to be made to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's passenger depot in this city with the first floor to be overhauled and rearranged. John Flart, native of Galway Ireland and resident of Brunswick, took naturalization papers and becomes an American citizen at 60 after 43 years in the U.S. Rosa Birely, daughter of Wm C Birely, leaves Frederick for Baltimore to perform on piano before the Woman's Literary Club. Carlton Molesworth, local baseball figure, will coach at Western Maryland College then play in Bishop, N. C. at season end. Emerson Society debated Russia exclusion. judges split in favor of the negative.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company John Flart Galway Ireland Brunswick Rosa Birely Wm. C. Birely Frederick Baltimore Woman’s + Literary Club Birely Carlton Molesworth Western Maryland College Westminster Binghamton N. C Emerson Literary Society United States R. Nusz H. Ramsburg R. Ely R. Johnson

Jones wins White Horse Club 12 mile run in 1 07 41.9

Tom Jones a 32 year old history teacher from Lincoln University Pa won the White Horse Club ninth annual 12 mile street run in Baltimore on March 20 defeating 35 runners from the Atlantic seaboard. He set a time of 1 hour 7 minutes 41.9 seconds and holds the AAU junior 30 kilometer record.

Baltimore Tom Jones Lincoln

Washington Daybook notes veterans clash with Rankin plan

Washington Daybook reports a group of ten World War II veterans in the House aiming to block John Rankin's pension bill estimated to cost five and a half billion annually by 1990. Seven Veterans Committee members and three others oppose Rankin's measure amid a partisan clash over cost and strategy.

Tris Coffin Washington House of Representatives John Rankin Rankin House Veterans Committee Harold Donohue Massachusetts Pete Mack Ilinois Earl Chadoff Pennsylvania Pete Rodino New Jersey Jim Nolan Indiana Harold Patten Arizona Glenn Davis Wisconsin John Carroll Colorado Jack Kennedy Hugo Sims, Jr South Carolina Donohue Davis Chudoff Rodino Patten Mack Walter Huber Ohio Ways and Means Committee Carroll Budget Bureau

Premier Ho Ying-Chin selects cabinet in Nanking

Chinese sources report Premier Ho Ying-Chin has formed a new cabinet, ending an internal crisis. A note on a separate food item mentions using canned tomato paste as a substitute in chili con carne, with possible additions of chili sauce or ketchup for flavor.

Nanking Ho Ying-Chin

Four-Day Career Conference Opens at Hood College

The four day Hood College conference opened with President Andrew G Truxal delivering noon remarks in Brodbeck Hall. Frederick county consultants join Hood College staff to guide eleven discussion groups on vocational fields including natural sciences home economics religion social services English journalism and business and industry.

Frederick County Hood College Andrew G. Truxal Brodbeck Hall Elizabeth Eckhardt May Richard N. Owens George Washington University Washington Brodbeck Lal Busi Katherine Thomas McHale Frederick County Welfare Board William C. Roderick Children's Aid Society Lou Davis Ruth MacVane Charles S. V. Sanner Hood ‘38 Alta Ice Calvary Methodist Church May Thompson Evans Federal Security Agency Owens Alumnae Ruth E Perry Hood

Reporter's Quiz Shows Wide Dog Breed Preferences

Seven residents from Thurmont and nearby areas express diverse dog breed favorites including hound rat terrier collie spitz and heegle in a poll on which breed appeals most. Separately, eight people were arrested on Sunday evening on charges tied to peace disturbance and a separate glass-breaking incident on East Sixth Street and Five and a Half Street.

Sweeney Thurmont East Sixth Street William C Eurene Lake Betty Maurice Green Martin Kanode Kanode Dorsey Grace King

Split Infinitives Debate Sparks Reader Letter

Odds and Ends recounts a newsroom clash over a split infinitive in a March issue headline. A reader protests English correctness, Hood College guidance is cited, and editors quote the Mune-Millan Handbook noting split infinitives are no longer deadly.

U. S Hood College Mune- Millan

Testimonial Dinner Honors Fred Heck After 58 Years at City Opera House

C Webster Heck dean of Frederick theater workers received a surprise testimonial in the Pine room of Hotel Frederick. Friends and the local theatrical employes union presented bonds and gifts. A caricature by James Decker drew applause as remarks recalled bygone years with toast master William Bennett Sr. and guest list including the Heck family and local theater figures.

C. Webster Heck Frederick Pine Hotel Frederick Webby City Opera House Heck James Decker William B. Bennett Franklin Heck Marcia Darlene Heck Robert L. Shipley Robert L. Shipley, Mr. Bennett Robert L. Grove W. Henry Decker Harry L. Decker E. A. Crowther Louis C Jack Forney Irving Buddy” Beall Charles Heck Milton Frank Lewis A. Woodward Joseph Blum H. David Hagan

Contracts for Frederick baseball league entrants distributed

At a Friday meeting at the American Legion home contracts were distributed to boys up to 17 for the Francis Scott Key Post and Frederick Motor Company baseball league. Deadlines: April 15 optional, definite by April 22. Play starts in May and runs into August with games twice weekly at Elm Street and Washington Street schools. The league expects eight or nine teams under chairman William T. Kreh Sr. An all star team will tour June, facing Hagerstown, Westminster, Frostburg, and Cumberland to form a Western Maryland contingent for a July state event in Baltimore. All-star players receive Legion outfitting and travel paid. gear may be kept by the players.

American Legion Francis Scott Key Post Frederick Motor Company Elm Street Washington Street William T. Kreh Legion Committee Teague Frederick Hagerstown Westminster Frostburg Cumberland Western Maryland Baltimore Legion

Chichester Stewart Wedding in Laytonsville

The Rigg Stewart wedding took place Saturday at the bride’s Laytonsville home with Mary Cook Stewart as only attendant. Rev James Vincent officiated as Samuel Riggs IV and Ridgely Brown Chichester attended, in a ceremony at St John’s Olney. Also announced is the engagement of Kathleen L Sauble to Boyd H Metcalf with a summer wedding planned.

Chichester Stewart Henrietta, Rigg Samuel Riggs Laytonsville Judge Riggs Robert Hallowell Chichester Tate Washington Bowie Pilace Samuel Riggs IV Mary Cook Stewart Ridgely Brown Chichester James Vincent St. John’s Church In Olney Norman R. Sauble Taneytown Kathleen L Boyd H. Metcalf Arthur B. Metcalf Chevy Chase Miss Sauble Duke University Hospital Metcalf Duke University Durham N. C

Installing meters on Taneytown streets begin March 28

One hundred thirty nine parking meters are being installed on Taneytown streets and their official operation will begin Monday March 28.

Taneytown

New NATO style pact frames united world defense

Washington notes a North Atlantic agreement creating a League of Nations like structure within the United Nations, with military cooperation and a practical system for economic and cultural programs. The pact binds signatories to consult against attacks, with a Russian veto bypassed by enabling Security Council overreach and domestic wartime authorization.

League of Nations U. N David Lawrence Washington World Organization United Nations Security Council Russia Berlin

Hood College Vespers Address Reflects Faith and Reason

Dr. Otto F. Kraushaar of Goucher College spoke at Hood College Vespers on Prove all things, hold fast that which is good. He urged thinking, weighing evidence, and balancing reason with faith, and expressed sympathy for Mrs. Horace Underwood’s family, with Grace Underwood, a Hood junior, among mourners.

Otto F. Kraushaar Goucher College Hood College St. Paul Paul Kraushaar Andrew G. Truxal Horace Underwood Korea Grace Underwood New York N. Y Hood

Campaign Against Colds by Dr Green Cuts Absenteeism

Illustrated feature in The Columbus Dispatch on March 6 highlights Dr Floyd M Green medical director of Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company and his success reducing employee sick days to under 1 percent. He treats incipient head colds with aerosol therapy and purifies air by vaporizing triethylene glycol through the building system. Dr Green is Theron D Green’s father, head bacteriologist at the local State biological laboratory.

The Columbus Dispatch Floyd M. Green Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company Green Theron D. Green State Biological Laboratory

Hopkins Musical Club Concert At College Hood College

Johns Hopkins University Musical Club presented its annual concert at Hood College Brodbeck Hall on Saturday. The Glee Club directed by Emil Serposs, assisted by Fred Waring alum, featured Solos by Samuel Hunter and Thomas Williams, baritone Lester Grotz, and a two-piece novelty quartet. The program closed with Hopkins songs Alma Mater Dear Old Johnny Hopkins and Hopkins Medley, followed by a dance with Joins Hopkins Blue Jays.

Johns Hopkins University Musical Club Hood College Brodbeck Hall Hood Cecilian Choir Glee Club Emil Serposs Fred Waring Pennsylvanians Johns Hopkins Naylor Rodgers Samuel Hunter Chopin Gershwin Thomas Williams Handel Rodgers and Hammerstein Lester M. Grotz the Trumpeter Dix Mandalay Speaks Quartette Allan Keiniig Gordon Rhodes Lester Grotz Thomas Hubbard Hopkins Turnbull Johnny Hopkins Charles Nicodemus Walkersville Meyrand Hopkins Blue Jays

Farm Withdrawn At Public Sale Near Wolfsville

The Gouker farm of 104 acres off the Myersville Wolfs ville road near Wolfsville was withdrawn at an insufficient bid at a public sale in front of Harne's store. The property was offered by trustee H Kieffer DeLauster.

Gouker Myersville Wolfsville Harne Wolfseville H. Kieffer DeLauster

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Dorothy Dix H. B Sam Maria Mies Edith Bell Synd the News House OF Delegates Senate C. ©. Remsburg Petersville Maurice N. Hahn Frederick City Haines Horse Market Fair Grounds Hoover Washington Daybook Republican National Committee Hugh Scott, Jr Chicago Scott Gabriel Heatter Bob Taft Dean Acheson Ussr Kremlin Andrey Vishinsky Vyacheslav Molotov Stalin Acheson Globe Lynd Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies Evangelical United Brethren Church Walter Shankle Trail Avenue Florence Twentey E. L. Sparrow John H. Ness China Lucille Ness Frances Rice Mary Jane Trittipoe Frances Haller Dorothy Plunkett Christian Social Relations Helen Summers Mae Baker Baker Rice Ness Summers Mrs Walter Fraley Marjorie Rice Thurmont RD Ny Vete Leonard Brice Melvin Kaufman Mountaindale William Carty Odds and Harmony Austin F Vandenburg Be Xroom Rev Riv. Gror Nichts John Thompson Joseph C. Neel Betty J. Cartee Moscow Congress Pearl Harbor Executive America
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