Boyle Column Narrates Taxi Tales and a Thousand Dollar Fare
In a May New York column Saul Pett details a cab ride episode where a narrator frets over paying a six bit fare with only a ten and learns a cautionary tale of a mysterious operator who used a thousand dollar bill to secure cab rides. The driver recounts how the operator would stall, collect names, then vanish with the wad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Pett
Hal Boyle
New York
Brooklyn
Waldorf
Frank Costiello
Costello
The
the Waldorf
Out Of The Night A Voice From The Night Of Tyranny
Robert A Vogeler an American citizen released from seventeen months in solitary confinement under a Communist regime warns that what happened to him could happen to any American He urges action to defend individual freedom and laments concessions made to Hungary in exchange for his freedom noting postwar blackmail and risk to citizens abroad
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Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
United States
Germany
Voice of America
New York
Chicago
Voweler
City Softball Loop Opens Tonight Under Lights
Mayor Munshower will throw the opening ball at Washington Street School as the City Softball League begins under lights. Amrrers vs Quaker City start at 8:15 with Red Shaffer on the mound for Quaker City and Kebne and Rebmann listed for the Amvets. Camp Detrick and Rice's Grocery also compete as two more league teams. concession run by South End Civic Association. Master Sergeant Francis J. Fisher of Point of Rocks Md, with the U S 1st Cavalry Division, has earned the Combat Medical Badge in Korea assisting as a medic with the 8th Cavalry Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer F. Munshower
Washington Street
Amrrers
Quaker City
Ares
Red Shaffer
House
Amvets
Kebne
Rebmann
South End Civic Association
Camp Detrick and
Rice's Grocery
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Francis J. Fisher
Mary E. Mack
Point of Rocks
Korea
8Th Cavalry Regiment
1St Cavalry Divien
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News May 8 1901
May 8 1901 column notes schoolhouse and addition applications filed with the Board of School Commissioners covering Sugar Loaf Union Graceham Centre Frederick Female Mt Carmel Bartholows Mountaindale Brunswick South Frederick colored Buckeys town Liberty Brunswick colored. Rev Dr H Barkemai er of Zeitz Germany arrives as first U S conference delegate. County Commissioners award steel joist bridge repair bid to C T Dougherty for Tuscarora near Ecker’s school Liberty District. Franklin Savings Bank directors elected: Houck Eisenhauer Keedy Steiner Brengle Dill Fromke Giehrle Gittenger. Dr C A Stultz and family of Union Bridge move to Woodsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Board of School Commissioners
Sugar Loaf
Union
Graceham
Centre
Frederick
Female
Mt. Carmel
Bartholows
Mountaindale
Brunswick
South Frederick
Buckeystown
Liberty
Board OF County Commissioners
Tuscarora
Ecker’s
Liberty District
C. T. Dougherty
SLI
THE
Franklin Savings Bank
James Houck
John Eisenhauer
C. O. Keedy
Br. Daniel Steiner
Alexander Brengle
J. J. Dill
Augustus Fromke
H. Kiehrle Gittinger
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News May 8 1931
Democratic primary meetings were held in eight city precincts with ten delegates to the city convention and ten members to the city committee per precinct. School system announced 351 prospective graduates, the largest in three years. Charles T. Kline died at age 70 after nearly five decades with The News-Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Supt
Palmer
Charles T. Kline
News-Post
de Fae Wana
Third Ird Street
Quake's Wake Leaves Ruin Across El Salvador
Desolation and death followed El Salvador's worst earthquake disaster. In Jucuapa about 1,000 killed, 200 injured in Chinameca. Cities including Santiago de Maria, Berlly, Nueva Guadalupe and Caserios reported heavy damage as aftershocks struck. Red Cross and relief workers rushed to stricken areas amid ongoing tremors.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Red Cross
Santiago de Maria O
Berlly
Jucuapa
Chinameca
Nueva Guadelupe
Santiago de Maria
Caserios
la Prenga Grafica
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. Dr and Mrs Charles L Mendel sold to Mr and Mrs William P Bireley a farm of 15644 acres three miles west of Middletown along the old Sharpsburg road for about 14000 dollars. Mr and Mrs Harvey C Burns sold to Mr and Mrs John L Garber a 514 acre tract and improvements on the Mountaindate Bethel church road Lewistown district for about 11000 dollars. Mr and Mrs Ray A Paisley have agreed to sell the property at 321 Madison Street and Mr and Mrs John L Engle for 5500 dollars with payment through 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Mendel
William P. Bireley
Middletown
Sharpsburg Road
Harvey C. Burns
John L. Garber
Mountaindate-Bethel Church Road
Lewistown
Ray A. Paisley
Madison Street
John L. Engle
Maybank urges quicker controls bill on big money lending
Washington Maybank a Democratic senator from South Carolina warned the Administration to move faster on tougher controls over big money lending. He said if proposals are not rushed to the Senate Banking Committee, no action on credit would occur this session. The Federal Reserve Board has been considering higher bank reserve requirements and freezing larger sums to prevent commercial leaks.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Minister Kills Snake Found On Church Seat
Rev. Ivan Naugle of Thurmont faced a startling duty before sermon at United Brethren Church in Deerfield. A member spotted a large black snake stretched across a pew back, requiring the minister to dispatch the reptile before continuing with worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Naugle
Thurmont
United Brethren Church
Deerfield
Smithsburg
Mr. Naugle
Questions and Answers Quiz on Signs and History
A set of trivia items covers topics from commercial electric signs first used in 1894 at a New York theater, to President John Tyler composing a serenade for his wife, Julia Gardiner, titled Sweet Lady Awake. It also notes Georgia's birth registration start on December 19, 1823, and explains that the Constitution is written on parchment, not cloth, while the Board of Geographic Names has no fixed lines for brook, creek, and river distinctions.
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New York
United States
John Tyler
Julia Gardiner
Lady
Leather administratrix named in Millard Leather estate
Edith C Leather of 22 Jefferson street was qualified in Orphans Court today as administratrix of the Millard F Leather Jr estate. He died after a late April accident. Heirs include two sisters, a brother and five children of a deceased sister. No estate valuation was set. A chimney fire at the Dela plaine farm on Bartonsville Road, shortly before 6:30 am, caused slight damage and the residence is tenanted by James E Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith C. Leather
Jefferson Street
Millard F. Leather, Jr
Independent Hose Company
Delaplaine
Bartonsville Road
James E. Harrison
Staunton Wedding: Kathleen Shirkey Weds Thomas Rossetti
Miss Kathleen Shirkey and Thomas Rossetti wed at St. Francis Catholic Church Staunton with Rev. Francis J. Kremmer officiating. The bride wore Chantilly lace over satin with a silk tulle veil and carried stephanotis roses and gardenias. The reception followed at Hotel Stonewall Jackson and they plan to reside at 24 North Jefferson Street.
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Staunton
Kathleen Shirkey
Ervine Edward Shirkey
Thomas 3. Rossett
Michael Rossetti
Watkins Acres
St. Francis Catholic Church
Staunpton
Francis J. Kremmer
William P. Campbell
Juan Lipscomb
Norfolk
Betty Fauver
Ada Ann Blackwell
William Morrison
Charlottesville
Rossetti
Barkley Tollivson
Seattle
Washington
Andrew Johnson
Montclair
N. J
William Ward
Gordon Webster
Arlington
Chantilly
Ava Marie
Shubert
Stonewall Jackson
Mrs. Rossetti
North Jefferson Street
Ill and injured listed as treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital
The column reports several local residents undergoing or recovering from illnesses and injuries. Elsie Strine fell and fractured her hip, now at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Lillie Roderick shows slow improvement from sciatic rheumatism. Detla Bradley and William A. Masser were moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment. John C. Kolb Jr was taken to Lutheran Hospital in Baltimore for care.
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Doin C. Kolb, Jr
East Fifth Street
Lutheran Hospital
Baltimore
M. R. Etchison and Son
North End Civic Association Elects Directors at Meet
A large crowd attended the annual North End Civic Association election meeting at Staley Park Recreation building. Elected to two year terms were Roger W. Fogle Mehr Wachter Alion Y Bennett Arthur H Lambert and Stephen S Langley.
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North End Civic Association
Staley Park
Roger W. Fogle
Mehr
F. Wachter
Alion Y. Bennett
Arthur H. Lambert
Stephen S. Langley
Charles P. Staley
Edward J. Daugherty
Irvin
Ramsburg
Alfred R. Sharpe
John W. Morgan
Local Personal Notices Highlight Frederick Week End Visits
Lancaster residents Mr and Mrs W Darner and Mr and Mrs William Jackson spent the weekend with relatives in Frederick. Darner’s brother R J Darner of Jefferson hosted them Sunday. The 33rd wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs William T Kreh Sr is celebrated today at 110 McMurray St. Their son Carson, in the U S Air Force at Roswell NM, marks his 19th birthday today.
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W. Darner
William Jackson
Lancaster
Frederick
Darner
R. J. Darner
Jefferson
William T. Kreh
McMurray Street
Carson
U. S
Air Force
Roswell, N. M
N E C A Summer Carnival Appoints Chairmen and Officers
The N E C A summer carnival will run July 18 through £1. At the meeting committee chairmen were named, with Mrs Alfred Sharpe appointed summer canteen chairman and Glenn E Biehl named treasurer of the canteen.
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Alfred Sharpe
Glenn E. Biehl
IC. W. Birely Rites Held
Charles William Birely a retired lawyer and former New Haven postmaster died at his home in New Haven on May 4. A Frederick native and Yale graduate with honors, he served as clerk of the City Court and later the Court of Common Pleas before his postmaster appointment lasting nearly 13 years. He chaired WWI Legal Advisory for District 2 and later became an assistant clerk in the Superior Court. He leaves a wife, four children, two sisters, and four grandchildren. Burial was in West Cemetery, Madison, Conn.
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Charles William Birely
New Haven, Conn
Frederick
New Haven
William C. Birely
Frederick College
Birely
Yale
Yale Law School
Ernest C. Simpson
John Lee Gilson
Charlotte Ann Bushnell
Court of Common Pleas
District 2
Draft Board
Superior Court
Charlotte Ann Bushnell Birely
Charles W. Birely, Jr
White Plains
N. Y
Earle Nugent
East Orange
N. J
Gustaf Lindskog
Charles K. Barrows
North Guilford
M. Rose Birely
Austin Haffner
West Cemetery
Madison, Conn
Death Notices for Mrs. Wachter and Mrs. Champion
Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Sanders Wachter of Emmitsburg dies at 77 after surgery at Gettysburg's Annie Warner Hospital. Survived by husband Charles F. Wachter, two children, siblings, eight grandchildren, and 100 great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at St. Joseph's Church with rosary prior. Interment in church cemetery. Mrs. Julianna Champion, 86, dies at son James Lee Champion's Baltimore home. Funeral and interment in Anniston, Alabama.
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Charles F. Wachter
Grace Elizabeth Sanders Wachter
Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Fairfield
Liberty Township
Adams County
Pennsylvania
James S
Charlotte Lowe Sanders
St. Joseph's Church
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, Alter and
Rosary Societies
Bertha Myers
Bonneauville
Clarence F. Wachter
Hillary Sanders
Charles Sanders
Alice Kensinger
Altoona
Clarence Sanders
Ernest Sanders
North Dakota
Michael O'Brien
S. L. Allison
Julianna Champion
Abe Champion
James Lee Champion
Woodbourne Avenue
Baltimore
William Walker
Alabama
Frederick
Anniston
Ala
Funerals for Robin Hood and others held in Maryland
Funeral services were held for Robin Stanley Hood 12 of Pickett's Corner near Winfield, with prayers by Rev C F Keydash at St Josephs in Sykesville and interment at Ebenezer cemetery. Other services included Theresa Beatrice OMalley widow of Patrick at Carrollton Manor St Josephs with Rev Thorn ing and Mollie Winebrewer at 8 East Patrick Street. Also a scroll of merit was presented to Western Maryland College in Baltimore and stock market news from New York.
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Robin Stanley Hood
Pickett's Corner
Winfield
C F. Keydash
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Sykesville
James Dorsey
Stanley Goodwin
Ronald Yeager
George Tyler
Bobbie Wilson
Charles Barnes
Ebenezer Cemetery
C. M. Waltz
Theresa Beatrice O'Malley
Patrick O'Malley
Urbana
Joseph F. Thorning
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Carrollton Manor
E. Earl Remsburg
W. Milo Chick
Blair
Titus
W. Homer Renn
William Shook
M. R. Etchison and Son
Mollie £. Winebrewer
East Patrick Street
Raymond Markley
Myersville Lutheran Church
Mount Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
Baltimore
McKeldin
Western Maryland College
Western Maryland
Lyric Theater
General MacArthur Testimony Sparks Fresh Air in Debate
Washington readers praise General MacArthur for three days of Senate Armed Services hearings. The veteran’s calm cross examination, vast knowledge, and frankness are highlighted. Critics’ smears are dismissed as partisan tactics. calls grow for restoring his record via moral atonement after his abrupt relief from command.
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Washington
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Senate
Interrogators Non Spontaneoss Armed Services Committee
Satuday
Presidert
Truman
Th Marines
MacArthu
MacArthur Unable To Address Young G O P in Frederick
General Douglas MacArthur replies to the Frederick county Young Republicans club by telegram saying he cannot speak there soon due to uncertainties about his future plans. The message, read at the club meeting, notes gratitude for the invitation and potential future attendance if feasible. Plans discussed for a different nationally known speaker for a Republican dinner. The club elected new executive committee members. The meeting was led by president William Crum with officers and by-laws adopted. CLASS MEETS Kings Daughters Bible class observes May meeting at Calvary Methodist Church with 14 members. The session opened with hymns and devotions, Psalm 23 recited, cards sent to shut‑ins, social hour games, and refreshments. Next gathering set for June 5 at Mrs. Kelly’s home.
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Douglas MacArthur
Young Republicans' Club
Frederick County
Alvin H. Crawford, Jr
Lhe Club
Frederick
Far East
Republican Club
Court House
Generals
Paul Mathias
A. Royal Remsberg
Dorothy Barnhart
William Crum
Calvary Methodist Church
Sheridan Blentlinger
Holden S. Felton
Blentlinger
Clarkson Kelly
Pearl Honck
Grover Mossburg
Daniel Kefauver
Kelly
West Twelfth Street
Warner Bros Sell Their Movie Interests
Hollywood May 8 The sale marks the end of the pioneer era as Warner Brothers retire from Hollywood cinema. The group built a multi million dollar enterprise starting from a bicycle shop with films during World War I and the first big hit My Four Years in Germany. Engaged Mr and Mrs A Frederick Preston announce engagement of daughter Margaret Bertha Preston to Earl Crittenton Spurrier son of Mr and Mrs Sterling Spurrier Albertytown Miss Preston a Maryland University student Sigma Kappa member Spurrier a University senior Alpha Gamma Rho member wedding planned for June 18.
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Hollywood
Warner Brother
Warner Brothers
American Saga
Warners
James W. Girard
Germany
A. Frederick Preston
University Park
Margaret Bertha
Earl Crittenton Spurrier
Sterling E. Spurrier
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Boyle
Hackie
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
Zofia Dembinska
Poland
Belgium
Brussels
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wahn
DR. H. Barkemaier
Zeitz
Opera House
C. A. Stultz
Union Bridge
Woodsboro
Edgar B. Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Grayson E. Palmer
Frederick High School
Georgia
Board of Geographic Names of the
U. S. Department of the Interior
Marjorie Fisher
Clifton
Mary Jane Shockley
North Market Street
Harry Burkett, Jr
Rocky Springs
Eva M. Stull
Vernon Reid
Arcadia
Fla
Reids
Stull
Carlyn Reid
Ruth Stull
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Cole Hall
Ruth Weybright
Dorothy Ann Huffman
Charles €. T. Stull
Charles Stull
Margaret
Myra Stull
Briggs Phillips
Charles C. T. Stull
Margaret Stull
Colege
Mercy
Value
Bill Brown
Cactus Gulch
Palace Guard
David Lawrence
Jonghand
Congress
Warner Bros
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