Shangri La Camp Grounds Near Washington
The Maryland site Shangri La, built in 1942 by the National Park Service as a retreat and rest camp for President Roosevelt, lies in a dense mountain forest near the greatest Washington area peak. Churchill and other foreign leaders met there during WWII. Postwar plans reportedly floated a national shrine to honor wartime decisions.
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Maryland
Washington
Shangri la
National Park Service
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Fruman
Park lands offered back to Maryland in Catoctin area
The United States Interior Department offered to return about 4 300 of the 30 000 acres of the Catoctin Recreational Area in Frederick County Maryland without charge The area to be given up lies south of Route 77 from Thurmont to Foxville and includes undeveloped second growth woodland The state plans to use the land for public recreation including hunting bans apply to the area and part of Big Hunting Creek will be included The offer comes amid a long push by Maryland officials to regain control of the Catoctin lands long associated with Shangri La the Roosevelt summer home Officials note Maryland now has about 3 000 acres of public recreation lands with Sandy Point adding 700 acres The federal government spent about 1 000 000 on facilities in the Catoctin Shangri La section but construction focused there The return was discussed by Rep Beall the League of Maryland Sportsmen and others after years of effort
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United States Department of Interior
Maryland
Catoctin
Frederick County
Beall
McKeldin
Shangri la
Roosevelt
Les
Thurmont
Foxville
Joseph F. Kaylor
State Department of Forests and Parks
Sandy Point
Big Hunting Creek
National Park Service
Rural Resettlement Administration
Virginia
Catoctin Reservation
Kayer
United States
Route 77
League of Maryland Sportsmen
Department of State Forests and Parks
McKeidin
Maryland League For Crippled Children
Girl Scouts
Kaylor
Unauthorized Use Charge Is Filed
Wilmer Lee Dixon of West Seventh Street was arrested shortly after midnight Saturday on a charge of unauthorized use of an automobile with a $100 bond. Hearing set for tonight. Light property damage reported from two rear end collisions in Frederick City over the weekend with no injuries or citations.
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Wilmer Lee Dixon
West Seventh Street
de Grange Jana King
Frederick City
Arnold Simmons
South Market Street
Ifis
Robert B. Yingling
Manchester
Mary Alice Fox Stull
Rt. 2
Frederick
Francis M. Jenkins
Arlington
Stull
Jenkins
Irving Joy
Union Bridge
Vlasta A. Vraz
Washington, D. C
Vraz
Market Street
George Crouse
Joy
Truman Had Many Crises
Washington March 30 Harry S Truman's seven years as president are described as a nearly unbroken line of crises. The record spans from his 1945 ascent after FDR to today, including United Nations creation, atomic and hydrogen bomb development, Cold War tensions, the Korea War and NATO, European Recovery Program, the Truman Doctrine, Point Four, and postwar pacific and domestic battles over civil rights and government authority.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
United States
Franklin JD Rooosevelt
United Nations
Russia
Korea
Europe
Berlin
Armir
Japan
Dwight Eisenhower
NATO
Douglas MacArthur
U. N
Truman and the Taft Hartley era and a vivid swan song
The text surveys postwar policy battles from Taft Hartley and union reforms to government probes of corruption, recalling labor strife, railroad seizures, and Communist infil tration claims. It cites Truman’s veto records, assassination attempt details, controversial letters, and his pledge to remain politically active beyond his presidency.
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Truman
Blair House
Marine Corps
Stalin
Daughter
Margaret Truman
Missouri
Democratic Party
Scholarship Winner Gives Hood Recital at Hood College
Miss June Miller, winner of Hood College Monday Musicales scholarship, gave her first public organ recital in Brodbeck Hall. The Brunswick High School student, awarded the January 1951 scholarship, demonstrated Bach’s contrapuntal style in Prelude and Fugue in A Minor. The program featured piano, voice, and organ numbers by local and regional artists, including Jane Harp, Anne Smith, Adelaide Parkes, Elisabeth Woodcock, Julia Rank, Ramona Crowl, Sally Bowers, Jean Dauber, and Betty Range.
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June Miller
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Miller
Brunswick High School
Mste
Hood De!'ege
Jane Harp
Middletown
Anne Smith
Thurmont
Guiseppe Verdi
Adelaide Parkes
Mountain Lakes
N. J
Purcell- Moffatt
Brunswick
Felix Mendelssohn
Sally Bowers
Frederick
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jean Dauber
Washington
Betty Range
Hagerstown
White House
Piano and Vocal Recital Highlights Feature Notables
The program includes Bach and Beethoven piano sonata Op.10 No.1 Molto allegro con brio. Vocalists Miss Gretchen Amos of Vero Beach sings Il Bacio by Luigi Arditi and Miss Blanche Boniface mezzo-soprano performs QO Del Mio Dole Ardor by Gluck. Pianist Miss Betty Jane Stambaugh of Taneytown plays Brahms Intermezzi Op.118 Andante Teneramente and Allegro Non Assai.
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Gretchen Amos
Vero Beach
Fla
Luigi Arditi
Blanche Boniface
Christoph W. von Gluck
Betty Jane Stambaugh
Taneytown
Johannes Brahm
Allegro Non Assai
Catonsville Home Destroyed By Fire
A long demolished Ingleside estate near Catonsville burned, with old stone walls remaining after the fire. Built before 1900 by Bernard Baker, later owned by Jonathan Whodner Co. The blaze cause is undetermined. Also London reports the death of Sir Andrew Duncan, 67 years old, head of Britain's Iron and Steel Federation and wartime supply minister.
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Catonsville
Ingleside
Baltimore County
Bernard Baker
Jonathan Whodner Co
London
Andrew Duncan
Britain
Iron and Steel Federation
Winston Churchill
Women’s Club Met at Zion Lutheran Church Chapel
The W C meeting at Zion Lutheran Church with Mrs Harry Zimmerman presiding read letters of thanks from Army Chaplain funds for 40 subscriptions of Guide Post and the Upper Room. On Commitment Day at the Methodist Church 43 youths signed the pledge.
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W.C
Frederick W. C. T. VU
Zion Lutheran Church Chapel
Harry Zimmerman
Army Chaplaing
Guide Post
Union
Methodist Church
Johnson
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Guy Kelly
Sherman P. Bowers
Paul Wilson
Millard Crum
Clyde Thomas
Delbert Null
Maurice Sharrer
Edward Rice
Liberty 4
Ake
Fell
Dilly
Oease
Lal
Was &C
David 0. Griffin
N. Court St
Hood
Doll’s Jewelry Store
S. Market St
Frederick, Md
Philco
R.C.A
Motorola
Hotpoint and
Philco Appliances
Melvin M. Engle N. Carroll
Wells Tire Shop
W. Patrick St
Dae
America
Frederick Bottled Gas Co
N. Market Street
Evangelistic Services
Bethesda Methodist Church
Browningsville, MD
Clayton B. Luce
Universal Insulation Cowards
MOB
Wilson
Tony Pink Edget
Kruse
Adare
Red Cross
Risekalt
Amaraa
Kemp
Homes For Sale
Ned
Zeiler “Realtor
Thomas & Sons. Inc
Boonsboro
Bone
North Court ST
Congress
Melvin Tabler
the Voice
A. M Coblentz
This Week
Baltimore Sun
N. Market St
FLEX
Seve Kemp
the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
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