Rice Chosen Mayor and Quynn Alderman in Frederick
Frederick's mayoral and alderman posts shifted at the May 35 meeting. Mayor-elect Rice was chosen to succeed Col. Munshower as mayor starting June 1 1951, while Rear Admiral Allen G Quynn USN (Ret.) was elected to fill Rice’s aldermanic seat. The board approved routine bills and listed public works actions including parking changes, a Baker Park bandshell paint job, and airport housing leases.
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Frederick City
Elmer F. Mumshower
Emmett R. Bowlus
Clyde M. Rowley
Henry F. Falk
Col
Munshower
Maryland State Police
Donald B
Rice
Roney
Allen G. Quynn Usn
Aldarman Falk
Mimshower
Bowlus
Falk and Shipley
Col. Munshower
Frederick
Jefferson Street
Court Street
Church
Second Streets
Klinehart
Sixth
Market Street
Seventh
Baker Park
Ancient legends claim serpents hide diamonds in brains
Britannica notes ancient legends saying diamonds lie in serpent brains. The claim appears in historical scholarship without corroborating evidence and reflects myth rather than verified geology or gem sources.
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Britannica
Springfield Hospital Commencement Honors 30 Nurses
Commencement exercises for 30 graduating nurses from five states including 20 from Maryland will be held at Springfield State Hospital at 3 p m. Robert E Gardner of Sykesville announced. Richard E Bolin director of nurses will present certificates with Lydia W Gillis to award prizes.
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Maryland
Springfield State Hospital
Robert E. Gardner
Sykesville
Richard EB. W. Bolin
Lydia W. Gillis R. N
Willard FE. Ogg
Manchester
Patricia H. Barnes
Ray D. Stultz
New Windsor
Lewis N. Elgott
Woodbine
Darriel P. Gagnon
Gamber
Priscilla D. Herr
Fair Play
Eleanor M. Llewellyn
Barton
Dorothy Jean Reed
Elliiott City
Edward R. Collier, Jr
Beech Creek
Elsie Uoren Morris
Dungannon
Addie Elizabeth Penner
Greenwood
Grace Lee Underwood
Speedwell
Tenn
Hospital Recreation Hall
Russell S. Davis
State Employment Commission
Beaches Embrace Optical Illusion in Swimwear
Chicago May 24 A Los Angeles manufacturer Fred Cole says beach fashion will show less bare skin in the coming season yet give the impression of more exposure. He explains transparent fabrics and cutouts like pylon lace or flesh-colored net will be used to flatter figures while modestly covering.
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Chicago
Fred Cole
Los Angeles
Cole
Arias Goes On Trial in Panama for May Constitution Abolition
Arnulflo Arias, Panama's former president, faces trial before the National Assembly after his May 7 move to abolish the 1946 Constitution sparked a civil resistance and a deadly May 10 clash in which 18 people died. The case highlights political turmoil and calls for accountability.
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Panama
Arnulflo Arias
National Assembly
Arias
Presbyterians Pick Engineer As Moderator
Cincinnati May 24 A 58 year old former engineer today was elevated to moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A Dr Harrison Ray Anderson of Chicago was chosen by the General Assembly 2 448596 Presbyterians. He was elected over Dr Allan Mac Lachlan Frew and Rev James T M Wilson in a vote of 599 128 125 He succeeds retiring moderator Dr Hugh Ivan Evans from Dayton Ohio Anderson supports reunion of the northern and southern Presbyterians and led Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago with about 3 000 members He began as an engineer.
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Cincinnati
UPA
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Harrison Ray Anderson
Chicago
General Assembly
United States
Allan MacLachlan Frew
Ardmore
James T. M. Wilson
Elmira
Anderson
Frew
Wilson
Hugh Ivan Evans
Dayton
Ohio
TV Demonstration by Lions Club Opens at Key Hotel
Russell Young, local TV expert, moved equipment into the Francis Scott Key Hotel ballroom and gave Frederick Lions Club members a demonstration of television basics during the luncheon. The talk covered reception, interference, and related concepts, drawing applause. Secretary Charles V. Main also reported on the annual Blind Artists Concert at Frederick High School to benefit eye care and glasses for the underprivileged, with a $25 donation from Luigi Bocelli Productions.
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Russell Young
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Charles V. Main
Frederick High School
Lions
Local Music Lovers Attend Prize Night
A group of local music lovers gathered as Clifford M. Yinger won the attendance prize presented by Donald Davis of American Stores. President Alvey V. Renn presided over the event.
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Clifford M. Yinger
Donald Davis
Alvey V. Renn
Transient with long record gets 18 months in state correctional
A 48 year old transient with 55 prior convictions including larceny and assault with a deadly weapon was sentenced to 18 months in the Maryland House of Correction for petty larceny by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. on Thursday. John Palm Poff of Bristow Virginia had been found guilty of larceny on May 15 after sentence was withheld pending record review. He had been stopped May 14 at the Square by Officer Marshall Murray on suspicion of drunkenness.
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Maryland House of Correction
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
John Palm Poff
Bristow
Man Receives 18 Months for Repeated Offenses Across States
A man identified as Poff faced a maximum sentence after tearing a store tag and being found with another shirt. Magistrate Sheffield judged 18 months too short for a man with no prior record, noting multiple prior convictions across New York, West Virginia and Illinois. The article also notes the National Capitol dome contains 4,000 tons of steel.
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Poff
Sheffield
New York
West Virginia
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