Dorothea Dix Style Advice on Summer Guests and Marriage
A reader asks how to handle uninvited summer visitors who contribute nothing yet strain resources. Dorothy Dix suggests bluntly avoiding deadbeats by hinting or warning, noting the seasonal charm leads to neglect in winter. A widow seeks guidance on marrying a suitor near neighbors with grandchildren in tow, and Dix urges the widow to marry for companionship and security despite her daughter’s threats.
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Miss Dix
Sally
Joe
Ike the Wolf
Vicetim
Airlift helped Berlin survive but not a war solution
The piece argues Russia pressed Berlin under a counter blockade, while the airlift proved enough to sustain 2 million people for 10 months. It credits crews and notes the cost and tonnage delivered, but warns against overvaluing air power for hot war victory and urges realistic reliance on broader strategy.
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Russia
Benin
United States
Britain
Germany
Berlin
America
Traffic relief plan for Frederick by R Rush Lewis
Letter to the Editor proposes traffic relief before state plans are finished. The writer urges extending South Street from Jefferson to Route 40 widening and repairing South Street from Carroll to Franklin to connect West 40 with East 40. He notes other possible improvements and pledges the option offers the greatest relief for the least expenditure. Frederick Md May 8 1949.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick
South Street
Jefferson Street
Carroll
Franklin Street
West 40
East 40
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Colon Of The News
Local items from May 10 1899 include Mt Airy post office robbery of about 100 in stamps and cash with entry through the front door. Carpenter Charles Skeggs fell eighteen feet at Monrovia, injuring himself. Nellie McCaffrey of New London won first prize at a Baltimore euchre party, earning a gold belt buckle. Frederick County ballot burnings and hospital receipts totals are recorded: 505.21 for the year and funds on hand 1,908.68.
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Colon of the News
MT. Airy
W. R. Rudy
Charles Skeggs
Monrovia
L. F. Detrick
Nellie McCaffrey
New London
Baltimore
Frederick County
Wilcoxon and Brown
Frederick City
Tornado scatters sale document near Harmony Grove
A legal agreement of sale was blown from the wrecked home of Mr and Mrs John J Shenk near Harmony Grove to Walter A Simpson three miles northeast of Emmitsburg by a tornado. Wheat in Frederick market dipped to 1 per bushel, the lowest in years. Benjamin B Rosenstock and his bride danced at their wedding held at the Phoenix Club Baltimore and will reside near Frederick after a six week honeymoon.
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John J. Shenk
Harmony Grove
Walter A. Simpson
Emmitsburg
Frederick
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Phoenix Club
Baltimore
Rosenstock
Hoover Took Over FBI Twenty Five Years Ago
Washington marks twenty five years since J Edgar Hoover became head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The agency grew from 16 years old and 657 employees to about 9,500 with 14,000 during the war, and its fingerprint file expanded to 111,060,000. It built a national crime laboratory and the FBI National Academy training G Men and local police nationwide.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau Investigation
FBI
FBI National Academy
May 10 7 invitation to Lewis for dinner talk in Bluefield
Bluefield West Virginia May 10 The local Junior Chamber invites United Mine Workers president John L Lewis to address a dinner meeting as coal negotiations with southern operators are set to begin June 6 Jaycee President Leroy Katz said Lewis telegraphed thanks but added the matter can be given additional consideration later
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Bluefield
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Southern
Chamber of Commerce
United Mine Workers
Jaycee
Leroy Katz
Lewis
Oil pricing probe targets profits and policy shifts
Washington Daybook reports a broad inquiry into oil industry profits and gasoline prices led by the AAA, with figures showing major firms like Shell Union Oil and Socony Vacu m and others posting sharply higher net income from 1947 to 1948. The piece notes investigations by the Senate Banking Committee and FTC, plus critiques from Rep Sidney Yates and a Navy reshuffle tied to defense spending and labor law questions.
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Tris Coffin Washington
American Automobile Association
AAA
Tarnation
American Petroleum Institute
Senate Banking Committee
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Burnet Maybank
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair
Socony Vacuum
Standard of California
Texas Company
Texas
Latin America
Middle East
Sidney Yates
Chicago
Oil Trust
Navy Jet Interceptor Challenge to B 36 Claims
Washington readers learn that Navy jet fighters on the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt can reach 40,000 feet in seven minutes and intercept high altitude bomber attacks, challenging Air Force superiority rumors and underscoring why competing service R D drives defense progress within budget limits.
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Navy
David Lawrence
Washington
Press Association
United States Navy
United Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Admiral Blandy
Atlantic
Congress
United States
Japan
Europe
Blandy
Air Force
Shees
America
Army
Johnson
Bradley
Vandenberg
Doctor Says Aging Population Grows and Health Shifts
A medical column notes the rise in people aged 65 and older and explains aging changes. It describes tissue fibrous buildup, slower organ function, and advice to adjust activities. It also mentions hyperthyroidism and high blood pressure as a complex case needing careful treatment considerations.
Questions and Answers on science and history topics
A set of Q and A items cover the moon’s recession rate, the original method for electing the vice president, Flag Day origins, Clara Barton’s Red Cross leadership, Westinghouse’s 1868 air brake, and the drawing room etymology. The Qs invite brief factual responses about astronomical, constitutional, patriotic, biographical, technological, and linguistic topics.
Monday Musicales Hold May Meeting
The Monday Musicales met in May at the home of Mrs. Marion Rogers with co hosts. Mrs. Rogers opened with a harp selection and spoke on harp techniques and Wagner. Vocal solos followed and officers for the next two years were elected. The group will begin the 1949 1950 season with a September business meeting.
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Marion Rogers
Military Road
Wouter van Garrett
Frank B. Griffin
William Zimmerman
Francis Scott Key
George T. Schroeder, Jr
Helen Shafer
Kenneth E. Fogle
Carroll H. Hendrickson
Monday Musicales
Negro Problem Baffles Bunche Says In Talk
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, acting United Nations mediator for Palestine, said the Negro problem in the United States is perhaps more baffling than the Palestine problem. He spoke at a dinner in his honor by the American Association for the United Nations in New York. Bunche urged justice and full equality for 14 million Negroes as essential to living up to UN charter principles.
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New York
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
United States
Bunche
Holy Land
American Association For the United Nations
Trygve Lie
U. N
Germany
Strength For Today by L Douglass on fortune and hardship
When Elizabeth I freed prisoners facing martyrdom the fear of persecution faded. Many would have endured torture but grew spiritually weak once danger passed. The piece argues people often excel under suffering more than under easy fortune, calling hardship a hard but necessary teacher.
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L. Douglass
Elizabeth
England
Queen Elizabeth
Babson Newspaper
Luf's Stuff Flowers and Gardens Opinion Piece
A garden is beautiful with care and effort, not just good intent, as condescension to weeds is needed to let flowers thrive. The note by N A Luf burrow urges diligent hands and digging to keep blooms and beds looking right. The TVA dam plan section notes nine large dams along the Tennessee River from Knoxville to Paducah offering flood control and navigation.
Composition Of ICC Explains Faults In U S Railroads
Washington correspondent notes ICC leadership skewed by aging, limited railroad experience, and heavy workload. Eleven commissioners with few rail expertise struggle under red tape, delaying major cases while rail interests often sway outcomes. Calls for fresh talent and shake-up to modernize the agency and curb delays.
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Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
K-man Interstate Commerce Commission
Hugh W. Cross
Illinois
ICC
Association of Lawyers
White House
Congress
Lugubrious Vocabulary and Market Notes
English lesson notes describe Lugubrious as mournful and doleful while offering pronunciation and usage tips. A May 10 stock market report shows early gains erased with American Ice stock rising to a yearly high after a stock tender announcement. In Windsor a Polish refugee widow mourns Frank Mlynarczyk who died after a car crash as she recently welcomed a baby girl.
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New York
American Ice
Canada
U S Russian Cooperation Possible Says Moscow Broadcast
Moscow radio signals support for possible U S Russian cooperation in peacetime. A Radio Moscow commentator noted the allied wartime example and said collaboration could help maintain peace as leaders prepare for talks in Paris with Britain and France on the German question. The piece appears ahead of the May 23 Big Four conference. In Frederick, the Women’s Democratic League met at Mrs. Dell’s home with C Clifton Wirts outlining recent legislation and plans for the Spring Ball at College Park on May 19.
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London
Moscow Radio
U. S
Vavilov
Radio
Moscow
Unio
U.S
Britain
Democratic League
Women's
Frederick County
C. Cliffors' Dell
Carroll Parkway
C. Clifton Wirts
E. J. Fisher
United Women’s Demcratic Clubs
College Park
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Army Transport Service
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Swift & Company
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National Labor Relations Board
Globe Synd
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Delaware
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Continental Congress
Red Cross
Clara Barton
George Westinghouse
Shanghai
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Hihta
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Taichang
N. A. Lufburrow
TVA
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Ohio River
Paducah
Avice. Inc
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Pat
Charles D. Mahafi
Kansas
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Princeton
U.S.A. Commission
ICC Bureau of Finance
Hooer
J. Haden Alldredge
Alabam Democrat
William E. Lee
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Northern Pacific
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Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa Supreme Court
Democratc National
Adjustme
J. Monroe Johnson
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Carroll Miller
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