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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1949
Page
2
A fragmented crossword style list presents numerous numbered clues across horizontal and vertical entries including musical terms, foods, animals, and everyday objects. The page reads like a puzzle fill with definitions for multiple intersecting words and lacks narrative news content.
Bridge expert William E. McKenny reviews a hand where Bob Merrill uses a club finesse to force West, later cashing clubs to throw West in. Merrill, renowned Met Opera baritone, also supports Israel Orphan Asylum with Madison Square Garden shows and radio programs. In local sports, American Legion defeats Frederick Tailors 4 to 3 in City Softball League, with key sixth inning and late Tailors rally.
A dense schedule listing radio programs across NBC WRAL CBS ABC and other networks with times and show titles. Programs include News, Sports, Mystery Theater, This Is Your Life, Bob Hope Show, Detective Drama, and late night dancing. The row reads like a full daily generator of broadcast items and host names across multiple stations and time slots.
In Washington Lou Stringer’s blunder set up a ninth inning rally as Sam Mele’s single drove in the winner. Haefner earned his third win, Kramer took the loss amid a protest over a scoring play involving O Brien. DiMaggio and Pesky contributed for Boston, while Dente and Robinson drove Washington runs. Attendance 5,719. The Optimists dropped a civic softball game 16-11 as the Juniors mounted a late rally. Walsh homered for the Juniors. Loy homered for the Optimists. A price cut trims New York nylon stockings by 45 cents to 1.50 a pair effective at wholesale now.
The first AAA sanctioned big car auto races will be held Sunday May 22 at a half mile oil surfaced raceway on Routes 26 and 519, six miles from the city. Sam Nunis, president and GM of Sam Nunis Speedways, directs the events and touts producing over 60 percent of all AAA big car racing in the United States. The Cuba flag origin noted, designed in a New York rooming house and first flown over a New York building in 1850.
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