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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
7
A column noting overhyped baseball forecasts as 1949 pennant races heat up with DiMaggio Williams and the Indians and Phillies cited as top contenders. It mentions spring echoes of the game and asks readers to weigh which teams will dominate as autumn nears.
Joe Martin probes a Massachusetts housing project troubled by flooded cellars, structural flaws, and health concerns. VA officials deny approval, while investigations cite drainage, heating, and foundation problems. The piece also covers journalism excesses and Cold War Berlin blockade debates, with notes on Arizona California dam hearings and soil-dwelling earthworms.
A civil engineering corps starts morning survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with aims to bring the main line toward Frederick. The election of Thomas G Hayes as mayor of Baltimore is celebrated by Democrats in Frederick. Citizens urge replacing Court Park pitch and tar pavement with better walks. Dancing pavilion at Athletic Park begins construction with 40 by 60 foot floor. track repairs to finish by week end. Judge Motter rules street produce license valid. violators face fines.
Scenes of desolation followed a tornado near Frederick with LEO SIX CHARLES BUTLER Joseph Blair and Glenn Strine from this city nearby Harmony Grove. Two killed six injured as funnel cloud passed within minutes. A large crowd attended the Court of Honor in Trinity Chapel during Boys Week. Homes of B Frank Doll and Nevin C Biser on the Montevue Pike were damaged and a red barn on the Biser property demolished.
English lesson style brief with misused terms and word study. Contains stock market chatter, wage talks, and a gasoline fire report. Interpolate defined as insert in speech, with an example. Gasoline destruction details mention 309000 gallons at Eebee Field after a fire, likely lightning.
Today In Washington explains that under U S law bribery to influence Congress is a crime with fines and imprisonment. It notes Truman warned that Democratic votes on Taft Hartley repeal could affect patronage amid accusations of offering federal jobs for loyalty. The piece questions ethics in government and compares to totalitarian control, while asserting most lawmakers remain unpersuaded.
Frederick county antiquarians and students can view about five hundred specimens at the C Burr Artz Library. John J Snyder, a local collector of Indian relics, displays pottery fragments arrow heads and war implements from Algonquian periods spanning centuries before and after Columbus. The exhibit, organized by Between-the-Book-Ends club, shows Snyder's finds from Monocacy Wormians Mill and nearby banks with a May book shelf on Indian lore added by library staff.
The VA creates Loan Guarantee Committees on Waivers and Compromises to handle defaulted GI Bill loans while subsistence waivers are handled by existing committees. If the government paid part of a loan's guarantee, the veteran owes an equal amount unless waived for not at fault, inequitable collection, or undue hardship. VA has paid lenders $10 million on 11,200 claims, out of $4 billion potential GI Bill loan guarantees, with total veteran borrowers around 1.5 million.
Dr Jordan outlines how poliomyelitis may present with no signs or mild fever and lists possible symptoms such as stiff spine and paralysis. He notes the virus is hard to trace, origin uncertain, transmission unclear, and summer rise patterns. The column promises daily FAQs on polio questions.
Ann Arbor report by Dr. Isadore Lampe shows 40 to 50 percent five year cures for cancer of the cervix using X rays and radium. The gain, twice the cure rate of twelve years ago, comes from improved radiation treatment and better follow up of thousands of cases.
Mrs F Mabel Stultz of Jefferson Boulevard Bradock Heights had fine and costs suspended by Magistrate Manuel Weinberg after being found guilty of failing to yield right of way in an accident at Route 40 and Alternate Route 40. State Trooper Ridge verified the rear collision with a taxi driven toward Frederick by George A Smith Jr. Damage to the taxi was about 150 dollars. Stultz minorly damaged. Also two others, Francis Perrott and J Hubert Black, pleaded guilty to speeding with fines suspended. Troopers Bond and Ridge made arrests. collateral forfeitures listed for multiple drivers. 1849 gold seekers crossing to California noted as Britannica reference.
Miss Margaret Lee O'Brien married Joseph M. Orndorff at First Baptist Church with Rev. Royal officiating. Attendants were Maxine Snyder and Richard Culler of Frederick. The paper also notes multiple other spring weddings and engagements across Maryland, including Wright Smith in Woodsboro, Mullinix Glennon in Baltimore, Mullinix Morris in Sandy Spring, Wolfe Funk in Hagerstown Cavetown, and Shuff Talton in Thurmont, with details on attire, attendants, and future residences.
A devotional piece by Earl L Douglass notes spring as a sign of revival and argues miracles are common in nature and life. It contrasts everyday acts with biblical miracles, stating all events show a divine power behind them. The column transitions to local notices on rent control processing and magistrate qualifications in Baltimore and Frederick County.
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