Midwest in May Brims with Life as Hopeful Buy-Time Arrives
HAL BOYLE writes from South Bend Indiana that the American Midwest looks new as May blends into summer. Farms hum with activity while cities feel lively with couples dining in cafes and birds and colts symbolize renewal. The piece urges embracing this moment as a rare season of possibility and peace.
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Hal Boyle
South Bend
Ind
Midwest
United Shites
New York
Lord
Oceans Of Oil Demand Show Soaring US Use
The article notes oil product demand in the United States has nearly doubled in ten years with 110 indications of a setup. Oil heat was added to 500000 homes last year and more efficient cars are offset by more vehicles. Crude stocks and fuel oil, kerosene inventories rise while a Korea era shortage did not occur. Some oil men advise cutbacks to curb potential price declines from oversupply.
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United States
Korea
Knowledge of Government Helps Youth Learn Civic Duty
The 4 H Club sponsors a Washington camp for outstanding local group delegates to study public affairs and see government in action. The program aims to empower young people in agricultural areas to share gained knowledge with their clubs, enhancing future civic involvement and leadership. Also notes Saturn’s rings appear edge on and will align with Earth by May, with rings likely fragments of ice orbiting the planet, making Saturn a distant yet fascinating sight.
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4-H Club
Washington
Tocal
Eith
Fragmentary Buddhist Thought Record
A fragmented text style meditation stating compassion as central to faith and urging dismissal of doubts and accusations from the heart, with unclear speakers or context. The passage presents a moral exhortation rather than a narrative event or report.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns May 2 1961
Fifty years ago local items note a United Brethren conference forbidding ministers to smoke or chew tobacco. Dr. Carter speaks on Matrimonial Mistakes at night. Lucy Rabyburg Farm sold for 5881.90 to Stephen Fout. Local men go to Appleton for a summer canning job. Park benches repaired in Court Park. LeROY McMASTER of Walkersville named valedictorian at Dickinson College.
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the News
United Brethren General Conference
Itis City
Carter
United Brethren Church
Lucy Rabyburg
Susie DeLashmutt
FE E DeLashmutt
Frederick
Stephen
John Davis
Charles Foland
Albert McDonald
Charles Diggs
Charles
George Wachter
James Towson
Appleton
Wis
Messrs. Goode
Court Park
Leroy McMaster
Walkersville
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Walkersville High School
Rain Today Postpones Frederick City County Meet
May 21 1931 report notes the field meet of city and county schools at the Fair Grounds postponed to June 1 due to rain. Four Frederick County athletes received University of Maryland letters at a banquet. 48 sheep and other stock sold at a Fredericktown sale raised 4500 dollars. An area sale of 40 acres mountain land near Tuscarora district fetched five dollars per acre for Frederick Mayor and Aldermen, land near Warry Hamrick’s home.
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Fair Grounds
Fredericrk County Woolstein-Friesian Association
Fairgrounds
Frederick County
University of Maryland
Melvin H. Derr
Frederick
Arthur L. Haover
Middletown
James 5. Decker
Meredith Flock
Tuscarora District
Warry Hamrick
Uge Ota Tscelver
Dorothy Dix Advice on Work and Married Harmony
A reader asks if a 32 year old wife should return to work. Dorothy Dix urges preserving harmony, argues against uprooting domestic balance, and stresses a rested, well-cared-for home. Additional letters cover a widow seeking guidance about an alcoholic suitor and parents' role, with Dix praising balanced parenting and cautioning against sacrificing family happiness for luxuries.
Surprise housewarming for Mr and Mrs Harry M Cramer
A surprise housewarming was given for Mr and Mrs Harry M Cramer at their new Spring Valley home on Sunday afternoon. A buffet supper was served to friends and relatives from Baltimore Gettysburg Pa and other points. Guests included Mr and Mrs Richard Lighter and families, Mr and Mrs Joseph Holdcraft and children Patsy Peggy and Richard Holdcraft, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mackley and family, Mr and Mrs Albert M Powell and niece Patsy OBrien, Mr and Mrs Clifford Kelly and son Bernard, Miss Betty Bachtet, Mr and Mrs James D Kiine, Mr and Mrs Merhling Holdcraft Mr and Mrs Harry M Cramer Sr and others.
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Harry M.cramer
Spring Valley
Baltimore
Gettysburg
Richard Lighter
Nancy
Molly
Joseph Holdcraft
Patsy
Peggy
Richard Holdcraft
This City
Lloyd Mackley
Naomi
Helen
Leonard Mackey
Thurmont
Albert M. Powell
Patsy O'Brien
Lewistown
Clifford Kelly
Bernard
Betty Bachtet
Smithsburg
James D. Kiine
Merhling Holdcraft
Flaine
John Holdcraft
Esther Anderson
Miriam Mund
Harry M. Cramer
American reliance on Brazil’s key exports
The United States depends on Brazil for essential imports including coffee, beryls, tin ore, camanha wax, rubber beans and oil, and quartz crystals. The line hints at broad trade dependencies and ongoing commodity links between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brazil
Policy toward China signals shift in recognition rules
The United States adopts a policy not to recognize governments under foreign control, rejecting puppet regimes and reaffirming support for a legitimate national government in China. The stance, voiced by John Rusk and aligned with historic Hay ideals, aims to bolster Nationalists on Formosa, empower anti Communist forces on the mainland, and influence Britain to redraw recognition standards against Moscow aligned regimes. It could influence UN admission rules and spur broader free-nation solidarity, though for now it declares Red China ineligible for U.S. recognition.
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Washington
United States
China
Congress
Asia
Europe
Department of State
Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Bean Rusk
China Society of New York
Truman
Acheson
Rusk
Peiping
Community of Nations
America
John Hay
Moscow
Russia
Formosa
United Nations
Great Britain
Red China
Roosevelt
Free Nations
Doctor Says Apparent Laziness Tied to Hookworm Disease
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains hookworm as a cause of laziness and fatigue, acquired through skin contact or ingestion, thriving in warm climates and poor shoewear. He notes anemia and slow growth, but cites sanitation, sewage, food handling, and shoe use as steps destroying eggs and reducing infection globally, including wartime Pacific exposure.
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Edwin P. Jordan
NEA
Pacific Islands
Storer College Choir Sings at Brunswick High
Storer College a capella choir of Harpers Ferry performed for Bruns wick High School students and staff on Wednesday afternoon. Director B Vaughn Morgan announced the program with classical works by Gounod and a mix of Negro spirituals including Oh Lord What a Morning and Ride On King Jesus. The ensemble also presented The Deaf Woman's Courtship and closed with Ill Never Turn Back Again.
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Brunswik High School
Storer College of
Harpers Ferry
B. Vaughn Morgan
Gounod
April
Madame Jeannette
King Jesus
Maryland 4-H Dairy Team to Enter Royal Show in England
Maryland’s champion 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team has accepted an invitation to compete at the Royal Show in Cambridge England on July 4 They will sail from New York and spend nearly two weeks judging dairy herds on the Isle of Guernsey then tour Holland Belgium France and possibly Switzerland The team members Barbara Riggs Jane Palmer Glen McGrady Jr and Robert Barton accompanied by John Morris and Rosc ue Whipp will return about July 17 The group previously won first place at the National Dairy Exposition in Waterloo Iowa last October with twenty one states competing
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Maryland
Cambridge
England
James M. Gwin
University of Maryland Extension Service
New York
Barbara Riggs
Gaithersburg
Janice Palmer
Olney
Glen McGrady, Jr
Rising Sun
Robert Barton
Queen Anne
John , Morris
University
Roscoe Whipp
Montgomery County
Isle of
Guernsey
Scotland
Holland
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Waterloo
Local Personal News and Anniversary Toasts
Miss Mary Kathryn Remsberg, a student nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is spending a few days with her parents Dr and Mrs Arthur R Remsberg at 222 Carroll Parkway. Dr and Mrs P S Lansdale of 35 East Church Street are spending a week in Atlantic City at the Marlborough Bienheim. Mr and Mrs William H Soll at 529 Wilson Place celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary and Mr Soll has a birthday. Mr and Mrs Robert Garrett of Baltimore, Miss Louise Magruder of Annapolis, and John Henry Scharf of Baltimore visited Mr and Mrs F Earle Shriner after inspecting an old house on the Eleanor Houck farm near Ceresville. Garrett is president of the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities and Scharf is its architect.
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Mary Kathryn Remsberg
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Arthur R. Remsberg
Carroll Parkway
P. S. Lansdale
East Church Street
Atlantic City
Marlborough- Bienheim
William H. Soll
Wilson Place
Soll
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Louise Magruder
Annapolis
John Henry Scharf
F. Earle Shriner
Eleanor Houck
Ceresville
Garrett
Society For the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities
Mr. Scharff
Societs
Heights Skaters Win In Waynesboro Events
Heights skaters win at the Cumberland Valley roller carnival in Waynesboro Pennsylvania with Shirley Rosenberry and Ray Hoffman of Braddock Heights Roller Club taking top honors. Jane and Earl Smith finish second. Jean Mentzer and Bill Ardenbrack third. The program includes free style, dance skating, and youth entrants. TV Skating Tornadoes entertain between events.
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Cumberland Valley
Dick Davis
Zooks Roller Rink
Waynesboro
Jane
Earl Smith
Braddock Heights
Shirley Rosenberry
Ray Hoffman
Peggy
Charles Stephey
Zook’s
Charlotte Vanters
Billy Miller
Barbara Eid
Colleen Bryan
Starland
Johnny Bailey
Braddock
Zook's
Barbara Cramer
Robert Eyler
Sick list notes local hospital recoveries and surgeries
Among The Sick Rev George K Ely former pastor of Mt Pleasant Reformed church is at Lutheran Hospital Baltimore recuperating from an operation. Nancy Lee Gordon five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Gordon near Middletown is reported in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The chit was injured Friday when run over by a pickup truck at the farm home of her parents Mrs Charles McC Mathias Sr who was taken ill Sunday at the residence Court Square is under going treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Her condition was reported satisfactory this morning. Mr George T Brachey Sr 47 West South street returned to his home today from the Frederick Memorial Hospital where he has undergone surgery on Friday. His condition is satisfactory.
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George K Ely
Mt. Pleasant
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George T. Brachey
West South Street
Questions and Answers on Coin Mintmarks and wax
A Q and A brief discusses why mintmarks appear on coins for assay origin tracking if non standard weight metal is found. It notes Brazil as the primary producer of carnauba wax used in insulation and records. It also lists U S presidents who were sons of ministers and mentions an 1890 warm winter reducing natural ice.
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Brazil
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