Rotary Lecture Links Passion Play To Holy Week
The Rotary Club met in the Francis Scott Key ballroom for Dr. Page McK. Etchison of Washington to present color slides from Oberammergau's Passion Play. He traced the play’s 1634 origins, noted the actors’ devotion, and described scenes from betrayal to the ascension, with slides spanning the 1920s to later productions.
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Cabrini Statue Stays in New Orleans After Ruling
A Jewish judge dismissed a lawsuit by Protestants seeking removal of a Catholic nun's statue from public property in New Orleans. The ruling ends the bid to relocate or remove the statue located on city property.
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Parks Admits Communist Past in HUAC Hearing
Washington hears Larry Parks announce he belonged to the Communist party about a decade ago and that his interest ended by 1945. Howard Da Silva and Gale Sondergaard refuse to confirm past associations. They insist on Fifth Amendment protections as HUAC proceeds, pausing further questions.
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Bigger Deduction More Taxes Theory in Maryland
Annapolis March 21 A bill to raise the real estate tax exemption for farm machinery from 500 to 1500 was preliminarily approved by Senate Majority Leader Goldstein UD Calvert. He argued the change would force truthful reporting by farmers and prevent underassessment while opponents noted disparities with wealthier taxpayers. The measure passed 18 to 5 with support from Markus and Hyde defending rural interests. Pleasant Walk Evangelical United Brethren Church hosts Evangelistic services March 26 to April 8 with song services at 730 pm and two Saturday night services led by pastor E Stephen Raby.
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Detainers Placed For Man In Reformatory Case
Governor McKelim has commuted the sentence of Charles H. Baugher. He is to be detained in Frederick County, with detainers issued yesterday. Baugher faced up to a year for breaking and entering and larceny last September 7. In Montgomery County he and Alban Meredith Bartholow and William Laurence Ingram, all of Frederick, were convicted for breaking into the Dicker son Community Store of Major C. W. Barton and charged with taking cash and merchandise. Detainers were filed by the State.
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Police charge trio in beer thefts across towns
Three men face state police accusations after breaking into trucks belonging to Ewing and Shafter, a large quantity of beer was found hidden under hay in a barn near Urbana. State Police also allege the men broke into Jack Harris’s garage in Bueckelstown, with cash and merchandise reported stolen.
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Series Of Highways To Circle Washington
Washington plans outline a bold transport shift with a series of highways encircling the capital. The proposal emerges amid debates on streetcar elimination and urban mobility, aiming to reshape traffic flow and city planning.
National Capital Traffic Plan Proposes Downtown Parking
The National Capital Park and Planning Commission today proposed a bold traffic plan to ease downtown Washington congestion. It recommends municipally run parking areas to admit more cars, ring highways crossing Maryland and Virginia suburbs, and radial routes into the business district, plus a series of tunnels to connect the system.
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Great Western Ships First Regular Transatlantic Service
A terse note recalls the Great Western as the first steamship to offer regular trans Atlantic service, marking a milestone in early long distance travel. It mentions a suggestion to speed traffic by substituting streetcar transport beneath main downtown intersections.
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