Local prisoners work outside jail then return at night
Sheriff Guy Anders said two six month second offense drunken drivers, Clif ford W. Smith and Eugene Sponseller, may work daytime civilian jobs to support dependents while remaining jailed at night. He cited overcrowded facilities, welfare cuts, and modernization as driving factors, noting other trusties can work with supervision and paychecks handled by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford W. Smith
Eugene Sponmeller
Frederick
Guy Anders
Anders
Frederick County
U. S
Smith
Washington
Sponseller
Mothers tied to apron strings harm future independence
Dorothy Dix laments mothers who bind children to their apron strings shaping milquetoasts who lean on Mama. The mother says many men and women inherit weakness when parents refuse to let them grow up, harming talent and marriages. The column also features a reader asking if her husband truly loves her amid weight concerns and insults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dix
The Law of Self and Love in Marriage Advice
A reader asks if her husband loves her despite his teasing about weight and fashion. Miss Dix advises embracing humor, not taking kidding personally, and updating hair and wardrobe to match slimming trends while laughing at his jokes in public. A second letter from Frank discusses age gaps, urging that maturity allows choosing a partner regardless of years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina
Miss Dix
Frank
Film Schedule Fore Frederick Theaters Next Week
The Frederick schedule lists Tivoli shows including Family Honeymoon with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, Alias Nick Beal with Rey Mitland and Audrey Totter, No Minor Vices with Dana Andrews and Lilli Palmer, Kiss In the Dark with David Niven and Jane Wyman. Opera House features The Last Bandit with Bill Elliott, Dynamite, Mexican Hayride with Abbott and Costello, Chicken Every Sunday, Renegades of Sonora with Rocky Lane, Bruce Gentry chapter six, and Land of the Lost cartoon. Frederick has Diamond Frontier with Victor McLaglen, Alaska Patrol with Richard Travis, Tobacco Road with Dana Andrews, King of Jungleland chapter eight, Ratiled Rooster cartoon. Dorothy Dix column note.
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Frederick
the Tivoli
Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Nick Beal
Rey Mitland
Audrey Totter
Dana Andrews
Lii Palmer
David Niven
Jane Wyman
the Opera House
Bill Elliott
Warner Pathe
William Gargan
Abbott and Costello
Dan Dalley
Warner Pathe News
Sonora
Rocky Lane
Bruce Gentry
the Frederick
Victor McLaglen
Richard
Travis
Newss Extra
Testing New Car Engines Washington May 13
Washington May 13 Dr Milner director of the northern regional research laboratories of the Department of Agriculture explains that alcohol water gasoline mixtures sprayed into engines can give high compression engines an effective 100 octane rating under some conditions without raising fuel costs. The work aims to boost mileage up to 30 percent and reduce gasoline use, though high compression requires high octane fuels and more crude oil for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
R. T. Milner
Northern Regional Research Laboratories
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Milner
Agriculture Officials Eye Alcohol From Farm Crops
Agriculture officials explore boosting consumption of alcohol produced from farm crops and waste products like corn cobs, examining potential uses and impacts beyond private research aims.
Washday and the virtue of clean clothes lines
An exhortation extols washday as a moral and social virtue. It argues bright white sheets and garments elevate appearance and dignity, claiming cleanliness makes the world feel renewed and everyone benefits from well kept clotheslines.
Weather data snapshot with May figures and temperatures
The report lists 24 hour precipitation ending 8 30 am today as none. May to date 2 29 inches versus normal 3 66 inches. May 1948 actual 5 023 inches. Excess in 1949 to May 1 minus 2 66 inches. Yesterday high 71, low 45. Moon and sun times provided for today and tomorrow.
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Calvary Methodist Church
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Catoctin Country Club
Dottie Bentz
Minnie Earle Hargett
Louise Corbin
Helen Tregoning
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Charlotte Loy
Bentz
Patrick St. Frederick
Prima
Norge
Wincroft
Zenith
Albert F. Baker
H. M. Alexander
Albert H. Himes
Maryland
Jefferson
Said
E.S.T
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Harpers Ferry
Eatate
Himes
Orphans Court
Harry F
Julian C
Harry F. Himes
Julian C. Himes
Null & Null
M. Alexander
C. Clifton Vines
Louise Lipps
Rebecca Pfeiffer
Lucy Brown
Fukien Province
South China
New York State
Bill Anderson
North Market St
Doll’s Jewelry Store
South Market Street
Dorothy Dix
Mama
Harry Tinney
Hamilton Ave
John V. Kenny
Freedom Party
I Am
the Law
Hayue
Jersey City
N. J
Paul Hanley
Kenny
Hague
DU Pont
P.L. Hargett & CO
S. Market St
Gees
The
Bell Synd, Inc
San Iy
Me EU
National Brewing Co
Baltimore
Magee
General Electric Television
Rsa
Magee Radio & Television CO
Wisconsin Ave
Bethesda
Markell & Ford
Eichelberger & Powell
Fourth Street
Frederick, Maryland
Fellows Studio
South Market ST
Vicinity
South
Purina
Ramsburg Fertilizer Co
South Carroll St
Iimediate
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Samson
Cline
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