MacArthur Senate hearing a tour de force of speech
General Douglas MacArthur delivers a masterful, calm, and expansive performance before the U S Senate in a rare battlefield of words. He endures probing questions, improvises with both precision and force, and defends his Korean War policy with a sustained, polished oratory that marks a highlighted moment in a 52 year career.
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Hal Boys
New York
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Senate
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
West Patn
Winston Churchill
Pranklin D. Roosevelt
Sordid and Slimy: Kefauver finds crime syndicates tied to officials
The Kefauver committee reveals a coordinated crime network backed by major and minor gangs, with top hoodlums escaping punishment through bribery, political influence, and ties to legitimate business and lawyers. Former Mayor O’Dwyer of New York is accused of impeding rackets investigations and befriending gangsters. The document warns Americans to scrutinize public officials more carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kefauver Committee
O'Dwyer
New York City
Mexico
Truman
Murder, Inc
More Daylight Time and Self-Deception in Daylight Saving
The piece argues that humans, aided by artificial light, extend waking hours into night while nature resists. As days grow longer with DST in most cities, the author calls daylight saving a refined form of self deception, noting clocks replace personal resolve to adjust sleep.
Partridge Son Joins Vermont Academy Fishing Club
Thomas H. Partridge, son of Mr and Mrs Melvin K Partridge of Frederick Maryland, is a member of the Fishing Club at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vi The club is an unusual extracurricular activity for an independent school, one of few of its type in the area.
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Saxtons River
Thomas H. Partridge
Melvin K. Partridge
Frederick, Md
Vermont Academy
Schoal
Fifty Years Ago Loraiems From The Columns Of The News May 7 1901
The New aldermen changed their minds and kept the office of street superintendent after earlier votes to abolish it. Admiral Schley returns home from command in the South Atlantic and will travel to New York, arriving around May 20. County Commissioners award a contract to American Bridge Company to build an iron and steel structure over a Stockman’s Creek in Jefferson district for 446 dollars. Frederick expects to field a strong baseball team this year and arrange an exhibition with the Baltimore Orioles. regular players include Creager, Bready, Benson, Strabs berger, Wood, Eisenhauer, Ramsburg, Saylor, Keifer, Brust, Wood, Motter, and Bennett.
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Admiral Schley
South Atlantic
Southampton
England
New York
American Bridge Company
Stockman's
Jefferson
Frederick
Baltimore Orioles
D. J. Markey
H. Creager
G. Bready
H. Benson
F. Strawsberger
J. Wood
T. Eisenhauer
Price cut for milk ships to Baltimore announced
Dairymen will receive 27 cents per gallon for milk shipped to Baltimore, down two cents. Frederick County Federation of Rural Women’s Clubs directors met at the courthouse to discuss club activities. Home for the Aged board adds Miss Mary B Maulsby as a new member. Hood College sports season concludes with Sports Day on May 16.
Tied Teams Clash Today In Camp Detrick Softball League
The undefeated Headquarters and Engineers meet tonight in the highlight game as both squads won openers. Headquarters beat 766th B 5 to 3 while Engineers routed the Tigers 25 to 3. Ferguson withdrew. byes assigned for May games. Other results include Officers 14 Motor Pool 13 and Army-Navy 15 Athletics 3. Next schedule lists Engineers vs Headquarters and 766th vs Motor Pool with several byes. Married 40 years Mr and Mrs Samuel Shura observed their anniversary in Knoxville with relatives and gifts. Licenses issued include Walter Gassaway Virginia M Savoy and John Cranmer Frances N Fees ser with others.
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Camp Detrick
Leaggue—Headquarters and Engineers
Heaquarters
N766th
Engineers
Tigers
Motor Pool
A766th
Army-Navy
Athletics
Lust
Ferguson
Headquarters Tigers
Double Wedding At St Anthony's Shrine Thurmont
Miss Catherine Shorb and Miss Lorraine Wilhide wed Joseph Wivell and James Wivell in a Saturday morning double ceremony at St Anthony's Shrine. Attendants wore marquisette gowns. brides carried white roses. Reception and breakfast followed. about 250 guests attended.
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Catherine T. Shorb
Walter Shorb
Mr. Shors
Thurmont
Joseph Wivell
Roy Wivell
Emmitsburg
Lorraine T. Wilhide
Walter J. Willhide
Integra
Willhide
James F. Wivell
St.Anthony's Shrine Catholic Church
Stanley Searts
Miss Shorb
Joseph Shorb
Miss Wilshide
Eileen Wetzel
Shirley Willhide
Teresa Kreftz
Margaret Wivell
Nancy Wetzel
Nadine Brown
Genevieve Wivell
Francis Topper
George Wivell
Weer Bernard
Robert Wivell
Ernest Seltzer
Panis Angelicus
Guy A. Baker, Jr
Claysmate
Emmitsburg High School
Mt. St. Mary's College
James F. Wigell
St. Joseph's High School
Clair Frock
Grooms
James
Mrs. Sheib
Mrs. Wivell
Shirey And Grove Wedding Ceremony In Frederick Church
Frances Spangler Grove daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Nelson Grove of 131 East Third Street married William Newton Shirey son of Mr and Mrs Paul C Shirey of College Park Staunton Virginia. Rev Raymond E Wilhelm performed the four o clock ceremony in Grace Evangelical and Re formed church with a lace gown bride and ivy and carnation decor. They planned a reception at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and a wedding trip to The Cloisters Sea Island Georgia. The couple will reside on Fairview avenue in Westbrook Frederick.
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Grace Evangelical and Reformed
Frances Spangler Grove
Robert Nelson Grove
East Third Street
William Newton Shirey
Paul C. Shirey
College Park
Staunton
Raymond E. Wilhelm
John Unger, Jr
Baltimore
Eugene S. Eckerson
Plainfield
N. J
H. Lavier Michael
Frederick
Robert C. Thomas
Salisbury
James G. Lutz
Fairview Avenue
Westbrook
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Hood College
University of Virginia
Pacific
Camp Detrick
High Schools Glee Clubs Plan Annual Concert In Frederick
Frederick County high schools unite for the twelfth annual glee concert at Frederick High School auditorium Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. The All Frederick County chorus and 30-piece orchestra headline, with performances by Liberty Junior High, Elm Street Junior High, Walkersville, Thurmont, Middletown, Frederick, Emmitsburg, Brunswick, and other choirs. Conductors include Madeline Buhrman and Mrs. Lillian Braungart, with Joyce Simpson and Sara Warrenfeltz at the piano. The program features diverse choral numbers and solos, with the All County chorus presenting classic and patriotic selections. Local residents and students participate across multiple schools and ensembles.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Liberty Junior High School
Tate
Marlowe
Madeline Buhrman
Carnt Anne Moxley
Elm Street Junior High School
Vandavere
Our Old Barn
Perry
Lillian Braungart
Crosby
America
A. Cramer
Virginia Rogers
Walkersville High School
Homing
Gamnes
Dorothy Freed
Frances Ropp
DeRose
Enesco
Hessely
Coran
Joyce Simpson
Emmittsburg High School
MacArthur Plan called risky and out of step says Marshall
Nationalist troops oppose Chinese Reds as MacArthur faces removal. Marshall testifies to senators that MacArthur strayed from U S policy and could no longer command. He denies supporting Formosa or seating Communist China in the U N Security Council and reiterates policy to deny Communist China Fortness. An ending note mentions a chicken and pickle cream cheese sandwich.
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Marshall
MacArthur
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Joint Chiefs
Formosa
Red Ching
U. N
State Department
U. N. Security Council
China
United Nations
Buckey and Bare Wedding in Westminster Church
The marriage of Miss Martha Elen Bare daughter of Doctor and Mrs Samuel Luther Bare of Westminster and George Peter Buckey of Union Bridge took place at Grace Lutheran Church Westminster at four o'clock Saturday. Rev Dr Elwood Falkenstein officiated. The bride wore ivory satin with rose point lace veil and carried white lilacs. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple will reside in Waynesboro Pennsylvania where the groom is in business.
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Martha Elen Bare
Samuel Luther Bare
Westminster
George Peter Buckey
Earle Leland Buckey
Xilfadda
Union Bridge
Grace Lutheran Church
Elwood S. Falkenstein
Noah Schaeffer
Elizabeth Bare
Richard Catlett, Jr
Richmond
Virginia
Frank Taylor
Charlottesville
William Schaeffer
Delaware
Ohio
Daniel Bare
Sea Island
Georgia
Alice Ernest
wedding at Lewistown home ties Moore to Ritenour
Miss Olive May Moore wed Ralph Allen Ritenour at the Ritenour home on Saturday May 5 in a double ring ceremony led by Rev Merle F Sollinger and Rev Wm H Anderman Jr. The couple planned a Virginia Beach honeymoon after a small family reception.
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Sivenour
Ralph R. Rittenour
Lewistown
Olive May Moore
Nellie May Moore
Ralph Allen Ritenour
Ritenour
Modern Lighting Highlight Camp Detrick Homemakers Meeting
Women's Clubs Detrick Homemakers meet at Mrs. A J Rawson's home near Frederick to hear Miss Irene Caton of Potomac Edison discuss Modern Lighting. A film The Green House illustrated lighting before and after modernization. Members planned sewing classes, library reads, and approved donations for Venia M Kellar Hall and CARE package purchases.
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Detrick Homemakers
Irene Caton
The
Potomac Edison Co
Camp Detrick Homemakers’ Club
A. J. Rawson
Frederick
Green House
Riley Housewright
William Dorrell
Deaths and Funeral Notices Spark Loneliness in City
Multiple death notices from local area record Laura Ellen Scholl aged 80, Lucy Elizabeth Sponseller aged 53, Vedah Blanche Thompson aged 61, and Mrs Elmer Thompson with details on estates, survivors, and funeral services. The notices note survivors, church affiliations, and interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, with funeral arrangements by M R Etchison and Son. A humorous anecdote closes the notices about a deaf parishioner.
Harry Rowe Rites Set For Tuesday
Harry Rowe a longtime Frederick plumbing contractor died Saturday night at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an illness of several weeks at age 79. He was a Lions Club member and operated a local plumbing business. Survived by daughters Mrs Grover L. Mich Mrs Elroy J. Herm and Mrs James J. Ew and Lewis W. A. Rowe, one brother James C. Howe, three sisters and a number of grandchildren. Body at 106 East Church Street. Funeral Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock with interment in Mt Olivet Cemetery. M. BR, Biechison and Caneral directors.
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Laura, Scholl
Laura Ellen Scholl
Center Street
Lewis and
Sarah Link Scholl
Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church In Christ
Ladies Bible
Church School
East Church Street
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Lucy E. Sponseller
Lucy Elizabeth Sponseller
Jacob W. Sponseller
Mount Pleasant
Elizabeth Sheetenhelm
B. Franklin
Sydney Ann Sheetenhelm Hall
Farview
New Market
Marial Houck
Creagerstown
Jesse Pitlinger
Libertytown
M. H. Nelson
Braddock Heights
Elmer Thompson
Vedah Blanche Thompson
Clagettsville
William
Virginia Watkins Beall
Lewisdale
Esta Hurley
Browningsville
Gilbert
Ray
New Brunswick
N. J
Robey
Randallstown
Harry Beall
Yellow Springs
Ronald Beall
Nora Musgrave
Marion Anglesbee
Long’ Corner
Damascus
Montgomery Chapel Methodist Church
Olin &. Molesworth
Harry Rowe
Well Knot
Dilla’ Nue
Frederick Memor Hospital
Augustus
Schroder Rowe
Frederick
Mt. Olivet
M. BR
Biechison and
Caneral
Ill residents and patients in Frederick area hospitals
Among the sick are William G. Boileau of Middleton improving at home. Mrs. Frank M. Ebert of 214 Eighth Street is in Frederi Memorial Hospital for observation and surgery. Catherine F. Alexander broke her right leg in Middl town and is now at Washington County Hospite Hagerstown. Mrs. Dessie Keilhuilz of Grae ham hospitalized at Frederick Memorial. Transfers were made by M. L. Creagera Son ambulance. Lillie Roderick of 210 Sou Market Street, confined to bed with sciatic rheumatism, showing slow improvement. Della Bradley moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment. Anna Ruth Holmes of Airy injured in an auto accident near Poplar Springs and remains at Frederick Memorial. Millard F. Lease Jr. of 1 South Market Street undergoing treatment after a heart attack. Atlee Holme of Burkittsvill moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital. MR Etchison and Son ambulance involved.
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William G. Boileau
Middleton
Frank M. Ebert
Eighth Street
Frederi Memorial Hospital
Catherine F. Alexander
Middltown
Washington County
Hagerstown
Dessie Keilhuilz
Graeham
Frederick Morial Hospital
Frederick City Club Meeting Notes Set for June 6
The assembled group of Freder ick City Gambrill and Camp De trick Clubs enjoyed refreshments hosted by Mrs. Joseph Victor and Mrs. M Keyser. The next meeting was set for June 6.
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Frederick City
Gambrill
Camp Detrick
Joseph Victor
M. Keyser
Rocky Springs Celebrates 13th Wedding Anniversary
Personals of Rocky Springs note that Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burkett celebrate their thirteenth wedding anniversary today.
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Rocky Springs
Ann
Harry Burkett
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T Gladhill Company
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Ral W. Fahrney
Mount Olvet Cemetery
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