School Builds and Club Activities Detailed in Report
The board reviewed costs for rooms and play areas at 2175.17 dollars and repairs plus new equipment at 2675.17 dollars. Projects include basement renovations for vocational training baths and lavatories at about 1000 dollars and girls wing facilities at 1000 dollars, plus kitchen equipment installation and upgrade. Student registrations show varied vocational classes with dozens in each program. Scouts, camping, and Brownie activities flourished under leaders Mrs Bjorlee and Mrs Quinn, while demonstrations drew over 1500 attendees including service club members and PTA participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjorlee
Camp Theodore Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Quinn
Reorganizing Government Aims to Save Billions
Congress and the President back a broad reform plan urged by the Hoover Commission. It would modernize government machinery, with potential annual savings around 3 billion dollars, though the vast scope and veto power mean changes will take time and face agency resistance. Taxpayers hope lawmakers stay firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Treasury
Hoover Commission
Westward shift may crown Los Angeles nation’s largest city
Ex Stanford Research Institute director J E Hobson foresees New York losing rank to Los Angeles by 1960 as rapid westward growth continues. He notes firms moving research plants to the West Coast, boosting economic independence and transforming migration from East to West into a second great movement, with the Pacific states drawing the most migrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hobson
Stanford Research Institute
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mid-West
United States
Industrial Production Down Again In April
The Federal Reserve Board reports April industrial production fell for the fifth straight month and remains weak in early May. The production index slipped to 179 percent of the 1935–39 average, down from 184 in March, the lowest since July 1947 and about five percent below April 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
District Sales Tax Bill Passes House
Washington May 28 The House approved a compromise bill to establish a two percent sales tax in the district by a vote of 184 to 152. The measure moves to the Senate for final action. Exemptions include food for home consumption drugs and medicines and restaurant meals costing 125 or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Hospital fund drive tops goal by $112,871
Salisbury May 26 The Peninsula General Hospital fund drive surpassed its goal by 112,871 dollars, netting 462,871 against a 350,000 target. Dr Charles A Haney, director, announced the successful result for expansion including a 48 bed wing and additional facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Peninsula General Hospital
Charles A. Haney
East Blankets Cool Weather Across the East
Chicago May 26 cool air blanketed the eastern half of the nation. The U S Weather Bureau said the chill would linger through tomorrow possibly turning cooler. Midwest temperatures ran 10 to 15 degrees below normal with frost touching lower Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Chicago
U. S
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Pacific Coast
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News May 26 1899
An attempt to blow up two portable engines owned by Wm H Leatherman near Middletown failed with damage to the engines but no injuries. The Independent Hose Company debated taking its engine to Westminster for a firemen’s convention while conflicts with the Junior Fire Company delayed plans. A Monon Steam laundry brick pavement was torn up by poisonous mushrooms. The Frederick Select Band played for a Peace Jubilee in Washington and at the President’s reviewing stand. The Rose Party honored the Life Ladies Home School pupils with multiple prizes and honors for girls and high achievers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Leatherman
Middletown
Independent Hose Company
Westminster
Junior Fire Company
Independents
Monon Steam Laundry
South Market Street
Frederick Select
Washington
Tierce Snyder
Elmer Waltman
Guy Duvall
Geo. Schroeder
A. S Schroeder
Chas. Butts
George Byers
B. Eader
Wm. Beall
R. Burek
Wm. Fisher
John Yinger
Wm. Wastler
A. R. Wallis
Chas. Feaga
Wm.Aumen
Oscar Rhoads
Clinton Moberly
Lee Hanshew
Irving S. Biser
Jennie Parkins
Life Ladies Home School
Marian Johnson
Violet Bowers
Antionette Markell
Isabelle Storm
Eleanor Grayson
Marian
Emily Johnson
Charlotte
Alice Smith
Daybook Washington’s strange and tragic tale of Forrestal
A compact feature recounts James Forrestal’s tormented rise and fall from Wall Street to Washington. It traces his intense devotion to work, loss of faith, and isolation after leaving public life, likening him to Gil Winant and detailing cabinet eras, hospital visits, and warnings of life’s fragility. It also mentions Rep. Reva Bosone’s critique of lobbying, wartime shortages, and weather bureau calls for better tornado tracking amid May storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Hospital
Mr. Forrestal
Gil Winant
New Hampshire
U. S
London
Forrestal
Defense
Wall Street
Washington
Andit
Florida
Triaman
Hin
Two Killed In Plane Crash Near Capital
Washington, May 26. Two Navy machinist's mates died when a surplus war training plane crashed on a farm near Friendly, Maryland, after a fast dive. The victims were Richard Dean Howe, 26, Denver, Colorado, owner of the plane, and Harry Vincent Tanzi, 20, Iselin, New Jersey, both assigned to Anacostia Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Here
Richard Dean Howe
Denver
Colo
Harry Vincent Tanzi
Iselin
N. J
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Friendly
Student Killed In Plane Crash Over Coral Gables
A small plane with engine trouble struck a power line near Coral Gables, causing a wide power outage. The pilot Samuel Thomas Friedenberg, 22, of Baltimore, a University of Miami student, was killed. The Dade Aviation Corp owned the aircraft and reported the solo flight lasted about ten minutes before the failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Gables
Fla
Dade Aviation Corp
Samuel Thomas Friedenberg
Baltimore
University of Mami
Two Proposals Grow From Forrestal Death Aimed at Campaign Reform
Washington outlines two sequel proposals to the Forrestal death urging a ban on private campaign contributions for presidential campaigns and a new civil service plan. The plan calls for large party funding and a nonpolitical, rotating advisory civil service to curb political influence in high offices. The piece also reviews letters and ties to the Truman era, Johnson, and defense contracts amid campaign finance controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Forrestal
United States
Congress
Walter Lippmann
Forrestal
Truman
Lewis Douglas
Great Britain
Louis Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Drew Pearson
London
National Committee
Ambassador Douglas
Danube Canal To Be Built From Danube To Black Sea
Government announces immediate construction of a 60 mile canal from Cerna Voda on the Danube to Lake Tasaul near Constanta to provide a shorter more reliable route for deep sea shipping. Built with Russian aid, the project was once planned with British involvement and was estimated at five years. cost not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Danube
Black Sea
Ais
Cerna-Voda
Lake Tasaul
Constanta
Reprieve Expires in Salisbury Notes Davis Case
Mrs Lot Davis whose reprieve from death expired today at Peninsula General Hospital was pronounced dead at 10 a m. The 40 year old Negro patient had massaged heart back to activity after seven minutes without beating but suffered brain damage during the lapse and was not expected to live long after an abdominal operation Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Lottie Davis
Peninsula General Hospital
Early Senate Action On T-H Law Possible
Washington reports Senate Democratic leaders are considering speeding up action on the Truman labor bill. Senator Taft of Ohio favors repeal of the Taft Hartley law and predicts Congress will approve his substitute, which would enact 28 changes yet preserve the core principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Rosy Jobs Outlook Ends, Warns Babson
Babson argues that the current parade focus on bands and majorettes neglects essential school work. He predicts a 1951 job squeeze as automation reduces factory labor and calls for practical exhibitions, contests, and stronger emphasis on science, arts, and teaching careers with support from commerce and education departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Commerce
Department of Education
Pub. Fin. Bureau, Inc
Illness and hospital moves of local residents
Among the sick Miss Betty Walters reentered University Hospital Baltimore for further treatment. Mrs Ernest Day returned to Brunswick from Washington after a tent operation at Sibley Hospital. Mr John Thompson Petersville, retired boiler maker at Brunswick B and O shops, was moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment. Mrs Dow Phillips Yarrowsburg ill entered Frederick Memorial Hospital last Monday for observation and treatment. Paul Koontz Taneytown admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital last Sunday operated upon Monday. Mrs Julia E Maiman Dayton injured Sunday in automobile accident and since has been a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital, transferred to Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore Wednesday afternoon. Transfer made in the C E Cline and Son ambulance. Mrs Jessie Hoffman near Mt Airy recovering from an appendectomy at Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday. Mr Arthur J Forney 129 East Patrick Street underwent a minor operation at Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday. His condition is satisfactory. IS IT WORTH IT Funeral director to aged mourner words are you 297 the 98 next month. Hardly worth going home is it Gosport.
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Betty Walters
North Market Street
University Hospital
Baltimore
Ernest Day
Brunswick
Washington
Sibley Hospital
John Thompson
Petersville
Brunswick B. & O
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dow Phillips
Yarrowsburg
Paul Koontz
Taneytown
Julia E. Maiman
Dayton
Union Memorial Hospital
C. E. Cline and Son
Jessie Hoffman
Mt. Airy
Arthur J. Forney
East Patrick Street
Visitors Attend At Molers Cross Roads Home
Readers are told of Sunday visits by several Molers Cross Roads residents including Mr Douglas Fraley Mr Adam Kidwiller Mr Marion Doagle and Mrs J D Butler and others from Martinsburg Brunswick and Hagerstown. Also noted is a Libe rtytown resident arriving in Port Arthur Texas to vacation with relatives. A Navy seaman apprentice James E Smith son of Mr and Mrs Harry A Smith is listed with USS Benewah in Florida and two local youths Douglas H Snoots and Miss Mary Ann Arnold are mentioned in training or visiting roles. Mrs Ella M Cook of Ballenger Creek celebrated her eighty seventh birthday. A Brunswick couple announce the birth of daughter Cynthia Susan. Anderson College held commencement with Bet ty Lou Harp from Myersville receiving a diploma and noted activities. Fumes from a broken refrigerator line sent three family members to hospital in Charleston West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Butler
Molers Cross Roads
W. Va
Douglas Fraley
Adam Kidwiller
Marion Doagle
Ann Fraley
J. D. Butler
James Belle
Martinsburg
Daniel Woods
Brunswick
Glen Stauffer
Hagerstown
Bonnie Lorraine
David Sneadner
Libertytown
Port Arthur
Tex
J. D. MacFadden
Hugh Sweadner
East South Street
Benewah
Florida Group
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Smith
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Navy
Frederick High School
Douglas H. Snoots
USN
Frank Snoots
C" Street
Ill
Mary Ann Arnold
Providence Hospital
Washington, D. C
Charles Arnold
Taneytown
Ella M. Cook
Ballenger Creek Road
Cook
Senior Junior Prom at Freder ick High School Friday
Freder ick High School hosts a combined senior junior prom Friday from 8 30 to 11 30 pm in the gym. Owing to small graduate numbers this year the two classes join for a semi formal event with a blue and silver theme and garden flower fusion. Principal Harry O Smith and Mrs Smith along with class officers, partners, and advisers will greet guests.
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Frederick High School
Harry O. Smith
Dick Feeser
Hanover
Sabra Chambers
Barbara Weaver
Katherine Zimmerman
Sallie Tinney
Mary Simpson
Lily May
Micsel Ritter
Maxine Green
Dorothy Beachley
Joan , Clay
Kathleen Stull
James Burger
Richard Morgan
Romania Hol‘singer
James Ranck
Dolores Stup
Stephen Langley
William Markley
Nellie Buchanan
Danny Arris
Martha Edwards
Norman Adams
Louise Weagly
Helen May
Juanita Seboda
Clerene Marks
Barbara Johnson
Janice Wickless
Kenneth Rice
Russell Potts
May Keefer
Mary J. Shuff
Mary E. Rhoads
Shirley Taylor
Paul Wagner
Robert Nicodemus
Robert Leather
Wayne Stevens
Lois Cramer
Shirley Green
Miss Shuff
I Miss Rhoads
Arnold Slagle
U S Steel Ready To Meet With Lewis
May 26 report says U S Steel Corp has notified John L. Lewis of willingness to meet United Mine Workers chief to draft a new contract for captive coal mines. In a letter yesterday H M Moses, president of H C Frick Coke Co, a U S Steel subsidiary, said negotiations should start after a contract with commercial operators is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
The
Steel Corporation
Lewis
Harry M. Moses
H.C. Frick Coke Co
U.S. Steel
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Walter Decker
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Tris Coffin Washington
Jim Forrestal
Capitol Hill
Reva Bosone
Utah
U.S
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Globe Synd
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David Lawrence
Johnson
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company
Floyd Odlum
Consolidated Vultee Company
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Consolidated Vultee
Ws.Cs. Chact
Lewistown
W. de Witt Dickey
Walkersville
Mt. Pleasant
McKaig
DeWitt Dickey
Albert Powell
Earle Bowers
C. T. Cc. Stull
Raymond Stull
Lewistown Society
Joseph Livezey
Austin
E. W. Wupserman
Culpeper
Bernard Innskeep Farm
Henry Schneider
Baier
War Trophies Safety Committee
Cedar Mountain
Innskeep Farm
Stonewall Jackson
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Raymond A. Hartsock
Clara V. Hartsock
Thomas S. Glass
Manuel M. Weinberg
Ruddy Baer
Arlington, Va
Jacob Henry
Buddy” Baer
Sacramento
Calif
May Mann
Hollywood
Baer
Madison Square Garden
Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Tampa
New Orleans
Memphis
Roger Babson
Gosport
GOPR
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Rec
Aca
Anderson
S.C
Anderson College
R. N. Daniel
Furman University
Betty Lou Harp
Harry R. Harp
Myersville
Miss Harp
Student Government Association
Episcopal
Baptist Student Union Council
Charleston
U. S. Steel
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