Galloping Gertie Returns as New Tacoma Bridge
HAL BOYLE recalls Galloping Gertie the 1930s Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge that collapsed in a gale. The new $14,000,000 span, designed with aerodynamic wind tests, will be the world’s third longest upon completion, built to withstand winds up to 125 miles per hour.
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Gertie
Hal Boyle
Tacoma Wash
Hax & Daughter
Pearl Harbor
Tacoma Narrows
Gilda Gray
Puget Sound
Siiah
Charles EF. Andrew
Washington Toll Bridge Authority
Gertiemande
Andrew
Buttt
Andrew Pretty
Straits
Homemakers Week Honors Three Million Members and Work
Three million American homemakers celebrate three decades of home demonstration work which has grown into a national force. Frederick County’s Homemakers earn praise for progress and leadership in community service, staging fairs and supporting health centers as part of building tomorrow’s world.
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Frederick County
City Hall Mob Protests Challenge City Calm
Reporters described high school demonstrations around City Hall in New York as unmatched in the city’s history. The piece condemns the rock throwing and knife use, urges lawful protest, questions Communist links, and notes teachers’ high salaries while calling for orderly resolution.
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City Hall
New York City
Sistke
Kid Graves
United States
New York
What is Modern Painting Exhibit at Hood College Library
An exhibit titled What is Modern Painting opens Monday in the Joseph Henry Apple Library at Hood College and runs through May 22. Organized by the Museum of Modern Art New York it features 13 panels with 31 full color reproductions of famous 18th and 20th century works. Explanatory notes describe the artists viewpoints and contributions to modern painting.
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Joseph Henry Apple
Hood College
Museum of Modern Art
New York
General Markey speaks to Johns Hopkins Republicans in Baltimore
Gen. D. John Markey of Walkersville addressed the Johns Hopkins University Republican Club in Baltimore on the party’s responsibility to young voters. Thursday, with Mrs. Markey, he attended the Jerome L. Day Post banquet in Westminster at the VFW Home, a post formed from the 112th Machine Gun Battalion under his World War I command.
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D. John Markey
Walkersville
Republican Club
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Republican Party
Markey
Jerome l L. Day Post
28Th Division
Westminster
VFW
112Th Machine Gun Battalion
City plans two story high female high school building
The Board of County Commissioners reviewed Baltimore architects plans and specifications for a new two story female high school building with twelve stairs, cloakrooms, library, and a fireproof stairway. Fresh strawberries offered for sale at 25 cents a box. Pomona to receive crane shipment by Hoke Bros. Independent Drum Band promotes Esmeralda at Opera House. Mayor Chilton warns police will inspect every cellar and yard for offensive material and remove it.
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Board OF County Commissioners
Baltimore
Pomona
Calif
Opera House
Chilton
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
A Frederick motor car owned by the Fredrick Motor Company stolen in the city was found in a wooded area along the Baltimore Frederick road west of New Market with a blown tire. About 1500 attended the season’s first exhibition between Frederick Warriors regulars and Vanigans in the Blue Ridge League. Miss Monica Haller, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Haller, won Notre Dame College Baltimore poetry prize again. Frederick marked a warm May Day with temperatures around 108 degrees. forecast 90s expected later.
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Frederick Motor Company
Baltimore-Frederick Road
New Market
Steiner
Vanigans
Frederick Warriors
Blue Ridge
Monica Haller
W. Harry Haller
Notre Dame College
Baltimore
Frederick
Dear Miss Dix Weighs In On Family Strife And Marriage
Dorothy Dix offers guidance on a son living with his dominating mother and his wife in her home. The adviser urges firm boundaries, warns against leaving the wife, and suggests moving to protect the elderly mother. A teen questions marriage timing, with Dix advising patience and growth before tying the knot.
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Miss Dix
Oder
New Windsor Social Events Highlight May Meetings
The New Windsor Ladies Auxiliary hosted a covered dish supper at the OQF hall featuring an invocation welcome speech by Ruth Bartle and performances by Diana Lovell Nellie Lante and the Faithful Band Quartet. Mrs Cora Chutvien returned home after weeks away and LeRoy Heise of Syracuse was noted as visiting Raymond Strive and family. The Pythian Sisters met with over fifty members, Mrs Margaret Bowers reporting on the Brunswick district convention and four candidates to be initiated. A Mother's Day program is planned for May 78 with Mildred Springer traveling from Hagerstown as Grand Chief of Maryland.
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New Windsor
K.copenhaver
Willie Benedict
George Margin
Ruth Bartle
Vladies Averhines
Diana Lovell
Nellie Lante
Albert Little
LeRoy Heise
Syracuse
Tsine Raymond Strive
Cora Chutvien
Whith
Jo Jefferson
Faithful Band
B Copenhaver
R. Buffington
G Ohbrecht
Union Bridge Sams Club
Margaret Bowers
Brunswick
Ineal Temple
Esther Miller
Decree
Mildred Springer
Hagers
Maryland
Truman era gaze at Washingtons political winds and battles
Today In Washington discusses postwar defense, bipartisan cooperation, and political risk as President Truman navigates Senate and House hearings on military budgets, foreign policy, and upcoming Florida primaries. It notes harmony between services, labor tensions, and potential 1948- era shifts in public support and strategy.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Naval Operations
Admiral Sherman
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Secretary of
Defense Johnson
Armed Services Departments
Air Force
Steve Leo
National Security Resources Board
Stuart Symington
Truman
Senate
Democrats
Russia
Bible Thought And That He Was Buried And Rose Again
Quoted lines recount the gospel claim from I Corinthians 15 4 and praise Horatius Bonar DD naming Jesus as the First and Last and the Glorious Head of the one Church. The passage notes Christ’s death burial and resurrection and the triumph beyond death.
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Ts'n
Horatius Bonar, DD
Right Way Gift Giving On A Birthday
Advice on dating etiquette suggests giving an inexpensive gift to avoid obligation. It notes that the man is traditionally expected to initiate gift giving, and this should guide how you approach a boyfriend who has a birthday upcoming after several dates.
Engagements announced for two local couples
Mr and Mrs Harry G Phebus announce the engagement of daughter Jean to First St RR Nichol son of Mrs A F Nichol of Saginaw Michigan No wedding date set Miss Phebus is a Frederick High School and Y M C A Business College of Baltimore graduate Mr Nichol is a graduate of Arthur Hill High School Saginaw Bay City Junior College and General Motors Institute of Technology He is stationed at Camp Detrick Ralph Frushourr of Myersville announces engagement of daughter Pauline to Lester Baker of Everedy Company No wedding date set
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Harry G. Phebus
East Church Street
This City
Jean
First St RR
Nichol
A. F. Nichol
Saginaw
Mich
Miss Phebus
Frederick High School
Y. M. C. A. Business College of
Baltimore
St. Nichol
Arthur Hill High School
Bay City Junior College
Bay City
General Motors Institute of Technology
Flint
Camp Detrick
Ralph Frushourr
Myersville
Pauline Frushoutr
Lester Baker
West Church Street
Baker
Everedy Company
Women's Clubs Emmitsburg Clab To Meet
Emmitsburg Homemakers Club meets Wednesday evening May 3 with Emmitsburg Grange for National Home Demonstration week. Meeting at Emmitsburg High School agriculture room. Grange at 6 30 p m, club joins at 9 p m for a literary program with Dr W R Cadle speaking on Socialized Medicine.
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Emmitsburg Clab
Emmitsburg Homemakers Club
Emmitsburg Grange
Emmitsburg High School
The
Grange
Homemakers Club
College Dark
George Eyster
John White
Pointells
Robert Fitez
Edwin Chrismee
Joseph Hoke
R. M. Zacharias
Charles Fuss
Doctor Says: Tips for Better Sleep Without Drugs
Cities and sedentary workers suffer most from insomnia caused by daytime worries. Quiet activities before bed such as dull reading or handwork help relax the mind and muscles. Avoid reliance on sleep drugs as they are often habit forming and ineffective long term.
Battle Looms Over Revision Of Social Security System
NEA Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports a looming Senate battle over reforming the U S social security system as payers and providers clash. debate centers on continuing the contributory 15 year old program or shifting to a flat government pension. unions insurers and employers push divergent paths with political alliances forming around pension costs and coverage. Next: Congress weighs reform options as factions outline who pays and how much.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Chrysler
Senate
U. S
Congress
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Senate Finance Comittee
AFL
Federation
CIO
Lochner Promoted to Sergeant at Itazuke Air Base
Howard R. Lochner, son of Mr and Mrs Howard E Lochner of Frederick Maryland, was promoted to sergeant at Itazuke Air Base in Fukuoka Kyushu Japan. The announcement notes his Indiana Illinois ties and service location, reflecting a wartime promotion context and the posting of a Maryland family.
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Itazuke Air Base
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Japan
Howard R. Lochner
Howard E. Lochner
IL Hamilton Avenue
Frederick
Tuning Fork Invention and Frontier Trails Question
A reader asks about the tuning fork age. John Shore invented it long ago. Independence Missouri played a frontier role as the Santa Fe Trail began in 1831 and the Old Oregon Trail in 1843, marking important expansion milestones.
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John Shore
Independence
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