Murmansk’s Return to Sea After Lewes Visit Sparks Questions
A wartime loaned destroyer once the Milwaukee returns to sea after a transfer ceremony near Lewes Delaware. Inside the ship reporters encountered a stench and vermin, while outside the hull bore fresh paint. Soviet crew quickly left capes, leaving questions about neglect and intent.
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Murmansk
Lewes
Del
Russkies
Milwaukee
U. S
Russia
U. S. Navy
Cape Henlopen
Berlin
Truck Of Myersville Man Struck By Train
Edward Grossnickle of Myersville escaped injury when his 1949 Studebaker truck was struck at the Mulberry street crossing by a Western Maryland Railroad passenger train from Baltimore. The collision occurred shortly before noon Friday as he drove onto the crossing ahead of the oncoming train. A quilting party at Mrs. Charles A. Lewis’s home in Lantz featured many helpers and a St Patrick’s Day themed dinner.
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Hagerstown
Edward Grossnickle
Myersville
Studebaker
Mulberry Street
Western Maryland Railroad
Grossnickle
Baltimore
Charles A. Lewis
Lantz
Ivan Brown
Catherine Collinus
Frederick Zeller
Pauline Ridenour
Nellie Manahan
Lena Pryor
Maude Shields
Janette Long
Myrtie Fox
Cinda la Fox
Anna Eby
Charles Lewis
Inez Lewis
St. Patrick's Day
Disastrous Fire Averted At John Eisenhauer Home
Fifty years ago local items note a fire near the Eisenhauer residence halted when Katherine Eisenhauer and friends intervened. Smoke and flames damaged the parlor area. Mrs. Charles E. Simmons died in New York from Hotel Windsor fire injuries. Reese property tearing and new three story dwelling plans announced. Adam Bruchey shot three ducks on the reservoir. Steiners mill tenant house burned, losses around six hundred dollars.
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John Eisenhauer
Katherine Eisenhauer
Charles E. Simmons
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Hotel Windsor
Adam Bruchey
Steiner Bros. Milling Company
Jefferson
Dear Miss Dix Jealousy and 50 50 dating discussed
Dorothy Dix advises there is no cure for jealousy and that married life will not fix selfish behavior. Readers are urged to assess a partner before marriage and avoid tyrannical or suspicious conduct. The column also weighs whether dating should be paid by one or both parties and cautions against rushing young marriages.
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Miss Dix
Dorthy Dix
Misa Dix
Henry
The
Bell Synd. Inc
Weather Brief and Local Obituary Fragment
Weather shows 0.07 inches precipitation in 24 hours ending 8 30 am today with March total 0.07 inch. High yesterday 54 and low last night 50. Obituary notes Mrs Catherine Fogle 84 year old Frederick resident of 221 West Patrick Street confined to home, visitors limited to 2 to 4 pm.
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Catherine Fogle
Fogle
Frederick
West
Patrick Street
President Gilbert Mead of Washington College dies at 62
Chestertown March 25 President Gilbert Wilcox Mead aged 62 died tonight after a heart ailment. He became president of Washington College in 1933, the seventh oldest in the nation, with Roosevelt at his inauguration and Truman at Mead’s last commencement. A native of Meadville PA, he previously served as dean of men at Birmingham Southern College. Survived by widow Iva and three sons John New Haven Gilbert Jr Louisville and Francis Louisville.
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Gilbert Wilcox Mead
Washington College
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Mead
Meadville
Birmingham Southern College
Alabama
Iva
John
New Haven
Deaths in area include Sisters of Visitation and local families
Notices report Sister Mary Dominica Johnson died at the Monastery of the Visitation in the city. Born in England March 30 1870 she entered the convent in 1897 and took final vows in 1899. Funeral at the monastery cemetery. Also listed are deaths of Mrs Lucy M Phillips 81 of Yarrowsburg with extensive survivors and services at Younkins residence Brownsville Church of the Brethren, John T Joy 89 from Graceham with funeral at Our Lady of Mt Carmel, and Bowie Carr 64 a Lisbon area farmer who died March 17 in Catonsville Convalescent Home with interment at Good Shepherd Cemetery Rockland.
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Mary Dominica
Monastery of the Visitation
Helen Johnson
William and Elizabeth Ferguson Johnson
England
Dominica
Charles Burdette
Washington
Lucy M. Phillips
Lucy M Phillips
Preston R. Phillips
M. Younkins
Arrvowsburg
William Mason
Julia Gordon Coulter
Burkittsville
Church of the Brethren
Earl B. Boonsboro
Wilkbur
Hagerstown
Preston N
Gapland
Younkins
Hayes Mullendere
Carson R. Potter
Yarrowsburg
Frank Miday
Burbank
Calif
Charles Coulter
Milton Coulter
Boonsboro
Annie Deener
Brownsville
Julia Burkett
Washton
John T. Joy
Frederick County
Clyde Young
Graceham
James
Rosanne Messell Joy
Middletown Valley
Our Lady of Mt
Roy Kline
Frederick
Chester Joy
Bartholows
Hubert
Austin Joy
Emmitsburg
Benjamin Keilholtz
Middleton
Young
Graham
Howard Colliflower
Agnes Kerrigan
Baltimore
Edgar Lambert
Edward Jox
Libertytown
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
John McShane
St. John's Cemetery
M. L. Creager and Son
KR. Carr Allen Bowie Carr
Howard County
Catonsville
Carr
Lisbon
Woodbine National Bank
Florida
Frederick Hospital
Grace Patrick Carr
Fidelis
Grace Reformed Church
Florence Waskey
Joseph Houff
Alice Ray
John Sprigg
Alice Staley
Hattie Smith
Waskey
Surprise Shower Honors Hilda Moxley and Buckeys Town Groom
A surprise shower for Miss Hilda Moxley of Mt. Airy and Mr. Albert McPherson of Buckeys Town was hosted by Miss Kitty Grove on March 22 at 1005 Malter Avenue. Attendees received gifts. draw prizes were won by Addie Burall, Martha Baumgardner, and June Sheffler. refreshments were served.
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Hilda Moxley
Mt. Airy
Albert McPherson
Buckeystown
Kitty Grove
Malter Avenue
Addie Burall
Martha Baumgardner
June Sheffler
Mary McPherson
J. W. Moxley
George Burdette
Shields
Addie Burrall
Betty Eyler
Pat Ejsler
Janice Coblentz
Betty Grabill
Frances Jones
Salile Clay
Shearon Beachley
Funerals Held for Samuel L and Adelade O Toole in Maryland
Funeral services were held for Samuel L of Peaster who died at home in Baltimore with a requiem high mass at St. John's and burial at Mount Olivet cemetery. Casket bearers included Joseph Eisenhauer Jr and Charles Cole Sr. Also, funeral services for Adelade E Orndorff O'Toole, wife of Vincent R O'Toole, were at Our Lady of Mt Carmel with multiple priests officiating and large attendance. pallbearers listed as Francis Hemler and Paul Frick Jr.
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Samuel L., Peaster
Baltimore
East Patrick Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
Herbert R. Jordan
Joseph F. Eisenhauer, Jr
Clinton M. Rhoades
J. Robert McConnell
Harry J. Leichert, Jr
Charles E. Cole
Mount Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
Adelaide E. Orndorff O'Toole
Vincent R. O'Toole
Thurmont
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
John McShane
Edwin Roach
Roger K. Wooden
Charles Dodd
J. Raley
Francis Hemler
Jl, Orndorf
Paul Frick, Jr
John
Anti Semitic purge across Eastern Europe shocks Jewish community
A Washington report to the Jewish Labor Committee details systematic anti Jewish purges in Hungary Romania Czechoslovakia and Poland since the Iron Curtain rose. It covers pogroms denouncements and mass emigration as Jews lose property rights schools and civil status amid Communist rule.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Bratislava
Kopecky
Szalamas
Poland
Communist Party of Poland
Palestine
Israel
Hungary
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Roumania
Commies
Leon Itzko
Zionist Weekly
Truman shifts to Congress as civil rights clash deepens
In Washington on March 26 President Truman abandons outside speaking engagements to focus on congressional conferences. The piece argues his loss of congressional and business support, signals ongoing negotiations over Taft-Hartley reform, labor laws, and the role of unions in political funding, with substantial emphasis on southern resistance and the potential impact on party fortunes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
South
Local Health News From Frederick Area Hospitals
Reports reveal multiple residents with illnesses or injuries. William H Anders shows improvement at Johns Hopkins after earlier hospital stays, while Mrs J Austin Main and Mrs Curtis Smith recover at Frederick Memorial Hospital. James Singer returns home from a bike collision with a casted leg. Several others seek care in Baltimore hospitals or return home after treatment, including Harold Webber Jr and Mrs Lilian Leatherman Mr Airy.
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Wm. H
Anders
West Church Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Atlantic City
N. J
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
John Baker
Doubs
M. R. Etchison
James Singer
Marshall Singer
Union Bridge
J. Austin Main
Frederick
Curtis S. Smith
Ladiesburg
Harold A. Webber, Jr
Harold A. Webber
Herbert V. Anders
Woman's Hospital
Almetta Moser
Myersville
University of Maryland Hospital
George Leatherman
Harmony
Lilian Leatherman
Airy
Bon Secours Hospital
Recital At Hood College Features Sprigg Organist and Quartet
Hood College organist William Sprigg performed with a string quartet in Brodbeck Hall. Claire Lanene played first violin. Joseph Victor Detrick, second violin. Joseph Stephens cello. Bernard Siegert cello. The program included Mozart sonatas, Bach preludes, Sowerby Fantasia, Mulet Carillon Sortie, Brahms My Heart is Filled with Longing, Vivaldi concerto, and Bach chorale preludes. A reception followed hosted by President and Mrs. Truxal.
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William Sprigg
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Sprigg
Claire Lanene
Joseph Victor
Detrick
Joseph Stephens
Elm Street
Bernard Siegert
Hagerstown
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Bach
Leo Sowerby
Henry Mulet
Brahms
Vivaldi
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood
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