Government Health Services Grows Across Agencies
A review traces the expansion of national health services from wartime beginnings to broad public coverage for about 24 million people. The Hoover Commission cites 40 agencies delivering medical care at $2 billion yearly, with overlaps and findings of waste including hospital bed costs and unused capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administration
Congress
Hoover
Convention of WCTU Held in Middletown
The 64th annual Frederick County WCTU convention met at Christ Reformed Church Middletown with Mrs Charles Wagner stating a sobriety maxim and Mrs Calvin Schildknecht elected president. Officers named included Mrs Thomas Anderson Mrs Roy Leatherman Mrs Austin Renn treasurer Mrs Arthur Remsberg and Mrs Jacob Shawbaker secretary. The event featured memorial services youth programs and reports from local unions highlighting afghan knitting missionary giving and the Diamond Jubilee fund. Guests included state president Mrs Wagner and state Youth Temperance Council secretary Miss Suzanne Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wagner
Frederick County
Albert M. Coblentz
Wagner
Loyal Temperance Legions
Youth Temperance Council
Raymond I. Ford
Frederick County Union
Ife
E. Charles Renn
Fengayille Union
G. F. Smith
Wondsboro Union
Daniel J. Young
Warren A. Breisch
Ford
Noah Kefauver
Helena Stauffer
Albert Cobrentz
Arthur Remsberg
Evelyn Korrell
Anna Mac Kemp
Roy Leatherman
Walter Poole
FE. R. Peart
Karl J. Warner
Suzanne Davis
Hattie Keller
Mamie Adams
Buckeystown Union
Florence Mealey
Anna Cover
W. W. Pickett
Frederick Union
Anna Dixon
Fengaville Union
Nora McKinney
L. A. Chipley
Walkersville Unies
Elmer Schildt
Woodsboro Union
Bordeau Sisco
Herbert Fallin
Baker
Washington County
Myrtle Thomas
Preventing allergies start in childhood doctor says
Dr Bret Ratner of New York Medical College suggests future allergy relief may come from early care. He notes allergies often begin in infancy through maternal diet or early life exposure and that diet and illness management could nip them in the bud for generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Ratner
New York Medical College
Ratner
Legion
Questions and Answers on Nature and Sports History
A set of concise Q and A items covers sea turtle egg hatching, tattoo removal, football origins, and flag stripe color rationale. Sea turtles lay eggs above high tide and hatch by sun, making hatchlings self-reliant. Tattoos require skin removal to erase. Football evolved from English Rugby with formal play around 1840 and US intercollegiate game debut in 1869. Flag stripes are arranged so outer ones are red for visibility from distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Salubrious Word Study Note for Today
A compact guide on common misuses and pronunciations plus a daily word lesson. Today’s term salubrious is defined as conducive to physical well being and healthful, with pronunciation urging cube like u and the stress on the following syllable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Items from May 28 1899 note a Belles Lettres Society debate on art versus nature with affirmative winning. Strawberries, gooseberries, currants and cherries appear in markets at 5 to 6 cents a box. Frank Ryan of Carroll is sought by tax collectors across four counties, Parr's Spring marking county joins. Lesbian Literary Society exercises at Woman's College held with baccalaureate sermon by Prof. Apple. George B. Garrott, sergeant in Company A Seventh U S Engineer Corps, returns home to Knoxville after Cuba service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belles Lettres Literary Society
Messrs
C. C. Summers
R. Delaplaine
K. Toms
C. Derr
P. Whipp
W. Zeigler
E. Crum
G. Staley
E. Sappington
P. Urner
R. Kolb
F. Cramer
R. Hughes
H. Mohler
Frank Ryan
Carroll
Parr
Frederick
Montgomery
Howard
Lesbian Literary Society
Woman's College
Joseph H. Apple
Evangelical Reformed Church
George B. Garrott
US. Engineer Corps
Cuba
Knoxville
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
May 28 1929 notes show county tax rate likely steady at 1.29 per 100 dollars. Charles W Zimmerman of East Patrick Street fractured ribs in a farm fall from a spreader at Linganore. A large bank barn on Harlan Summers farm near Mt Pleasant was struck by lightning and burned with contents lost. five horses and a cow survived. Frederick County Agricultural Society to hold night shows during the fair, on Wednesday and Thursday of fair week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Zimmerman
Patrick Street
Linganore
Harlan Summers
Mt. Pleasant
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Washington Daybook exposes party rifts over labor bill
Washington Daybook reports deep divisions in Congress and the Administration over a labor relations bill. Key figures include John L Lewis, Taft, Truman, and Rayburn, with debates on injunctions, Southern votes, and a proposed presidential board to investigate major strikes affecting national welfare. Also notes the Hen Party with Helen Douglas and Clare Boothe Luce and speculative Senate plans for Luce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
House Labor Committee
John Lesinski
Truman
Gus Kelley
House
John Carroll
Colorado
Senate Labor Committee
Maurice Tobin
Sam Rayburn
Washington
Taft. Hartley
John Wood
Georgia
Joe Marfin
Charlie Halleck
Wood Bill
Senate
Robert Taft
Taft
Labor Committee
Wayne Morse
George Aiken
Irving Ives
Allen Ewender
Louisiana
Andy Jacobs
Rep
Dewey Short
Abe Lincoln
Indiana
Jacobs
John Lewis
Mental Hygiene and the Threat of Suicide
Washington May 28. An essay on how mental illness is misunderstood, the need for public education in mental hygiene, and the roles of family, clergy, and society in preventing suicide. It discusses psychiatry, early detection, and the limitations of lay recognition, citing the National Committee for Mental Hygiene and Henry Link’s views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Broadway
New York City
Forrestal
Henry Link
Dear Miss Wix Advice Column Excerpt
Dorothy Dix discusses marital strain from a lazy wife and the impact on children, suggesting wives must contribute to running a home or face consequences. A teen, Margie, seeks guidance on fatness and dieting with Dix offering cautious medical advice and psychology reflections. A teen asks to entertain friends at home, while the mother forbids hosting, prompting practical concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
Mother
Papers Served In School Case In Carroll Parkway Referendum
George C. Rhoderick and Ruth Moberly of the city boards have been served in a suit to block a referendum on the Carroll Parkway extension. Also named are Osborne I. Price and Niemann A. Brunk, taxpayers seeking to halt moving the road issue to voters. The petition, filed in Annapolis with about 3 400 names, asks for a referendum after a law allowing condemnation was signed by Governor Lane. Rhoderick says many more signatures exist in Board offices, urging democratic expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Rhoderick
Board of Education
Ruth Moberly
Board of Election Supervisors
Secretary of State
Carroll Parkway
Osborne I. Price
Niemann A. Brunk
Lane
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Annapolis
Boone
Rhoderick
Trial Of Bridges Set For June 9
Harry Bridges, Australian-born labor leader, charged with perjury and fraud in a citizenship hearing, calls the indictment an administration smoke screen. Bridges posted $5,000 bail after a June 9 trial was set by Federal Judge Louis Goodman who refused to raise bail or release him on recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Louis Goodman
Killer Who Prayed For Brothers Is Executed
John R. Burson 33, who killed Ellsworth Ruch Jr during a terror spree on April 8, 1948, spent his last hours praying for four brothers in Ohio penitentiary and went calmly to the electric chair with guards strapping him in Columbus May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Canton
Ohio
John R. Burson
Ellsworth Ruch, Jr
Burson
Social etiquette and playful phrasing contrasts
The text contrasts polite invitations with definite language and offers humorous phrenology snippets. It includes quotes about visiting, directness, and a fragmented line about a nature mover and Tama fur with uncertain meaning.
Dinner Party Highlights Local Engagements and Weddings
Dinner honored Miss Daisy Mae Baumgardner with her June 12 wedding to Mr. T. Frederick Fleming of Frederick. Guests included Miss Janet Kerchner and Mrs. Nor man Marsden among others. Also noted are Miss Butler’s May 25 shower, the Union Bridge High School graduation events from Class Night to commencement June 10, and upcoming alumni banquets at Vindobona Hotel Braddock Heights. Invitations issued for Virginia Abrecht and Thomas Edward Joy June 11 and Jutz Gubisch nuptials June 11. Births, birthdays, and a card party benefit listed along with service news from Ensign John Zent and other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Mae Baumgardner
Evangelical Lutheran Church
T. Frederick Fleming
Frederick
Janet Kerchner
Walkersville
Norman Marsden
Jane Norford
Kenneth Mercer
C. David Crist
Elizabeth Trout
Linda Marsden
Charles H. Kerchner
Margaret Butler
Jeanette Remsberg
Yellow Springs
Clara Mae Butler
George Toberg
Charles Lakel
John Wright
Hayes Metz
Charles Remsberg
CL. H. Remsberg
Rowena Hildebrand
John Best
Dorothy Ranneberger
Union Bridge
Union Bridge High School
Francis Scott Key
Methodist Church
R. S. Poffenbarger
Wilbur Devilbiss
Vindobona Hotel
Braddock Heights
John D. Abrecht
College Avenue
Virginia Abrecht
Thomas Edward Joy
Heber Summers
Libertytown
Presbyterian Church
Jutz-Gubisch
Herman C. Gubisch
East
Patrick Street
Virginia Elizabeth Gubisch
James A. Lutz
James C. Lutz
Baltimore
St. John’s Catholic Church
Side Glances Highlights Local Maryland Nursing School Event
Side Glances notes Maryland General Hospital School of Nursing held at Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church Baltimore on May 24. Mentions Miss Phyllis Lorraine Himes of the 1948 graduating class and local families in Maryland and nearby states including the Hartsocks Wagner Gilberts Weddle and Taylor. Also reports social visits by Ross Willhide and George Anders and a 35th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. George Gills in Sykesville Damascus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland General Hospital School of Nursing
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church
Baltimore
Phyllis Lorraine Himes
Harry Himes
Ross Willhide
St. Petersburg
Fla
Thurmont
John P. Weddle
Dayton
Ohio
George Anders
Mr. Willside
George Gills
Sykesville
Damascus
Brown Engaged To Rosensteel In Emmitsburg Wedding Preview
Mr and Mrs Clarence Brown announce the engagement of their daughter Martha Ellen Brown to Louis F Rosensteel son of Mrs Claudia Rosensteel of Emmitsburg. Miss Brown a Beauty Culture College graduate manages a beauty shop in Emmitsburg. Rosensteel is a World War II veteran with Army Ground Forces two years overseas in the South Pacific and is employed at the Francis X Elder Post American Legion Emmitsburg. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaxgemens
Clarence Brown
Lantz
Martha Ellen Brown
Louis F. Rosensteel
Claudia Rosensteel
East Main Street
Emmitsburg
Miss Brown
Beauty Culture College
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rosensteel
Army
South Pacific
Francis X. Elder
American Legion
Local Care Roundup From Frederick Area Hospitals
Multiple residents in and near Union Bridge Thurmont and Frederick are listed as convalescing or improving after hospital stays. William Main and Mrs. Helen Sager show progress at Maryland University Hospital and Frederick Memorial Hospital respectively. Others from Thurmont and surrounding towns, including Jacob Goldberg and Julia Sharer, are noted as recovering or under care at Frederick Memorial Hospital or related facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Main
Union Bridge
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Helen Sager
Frederick Memorial Hospital
W. Nicodemus
Francis Scott Key Hotel
David Fry
Jefferson
Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Eutaw Place
Mildred Beall
Frederick
R. Thurston Hahn
Ray
Hahn
Taneytown
Little Charles Thompson, Jr
Sherman Avenue
Julia Sharer
Thurmont
Worthington Angleberger
Bruce Wilhide
Eisler Hid From U S in London After Bail
Communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler said he hid to stay safe from Americans after Bow Street Court freed him in ex tradition proceedings. US Attorney General Clark pledged to press for his return while British and American officials weighed next steps. Eisler planned a brief stay in Britain before attempting to resume life as a professor in Leipzig, then Soviet zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Eisler
Bow Street Court
Washington
Tom Clark
House
Unamerican Activities Committee
Justice Department
State Department
National Council For Civil Liberties
German Democracy
Britain
Gdynia
Batory
New York
Leipzig
Germany
Sovie
Grange Sessions Share Programs and Plans
Lewistown and New Market Granges met in regular sessions with lectures, musical numbers, and a talk on Maryland education by Mrs. A D Pollack. Plans for a future conservation show and a local PTA education push were discussed amid a busy program including a Mothers Day reading and a vocal duet. In other brief items, duck-hunting policy voices and a Pennsylvania nurses association staffing case were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown Grange
John D. Leatherman
Sylvia Eyler
W. A. R. Bell
Mr. Leatherman
Leon Loet
New Market Grange
Mary Catherine Biser
Rebecca Windsor
Richard D. Hammond
A. D. Pollack
Urbana
Frederick
Maryland
PTA
Grange Las
The
Thrasher Farm
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W.C.T.U
Lubor B. Keefer
the News
Washington Daybook
Lewis
Tris Coffin
Administration
John L. Lewis
Helen Gahargan Douglas
New Deal
Clare Boothe Luce
John Davis Lodge
Connecticut
Republican Party
Luce
Atomic Energy Commission
Douglas
Clare Boothe
iCopyright
Globes Lynd
Morgantown
David Lawrence
Nan
Sally
Bell Synd. Inc
Miss Wix
Glen
Margie
Tama Fur
Vindobona
Mt. Airy Alumni Association
Charles R. Etzler
Charles F., Jr
Ann and
Norman
Fort Benning, Ga
Wilson Etzler
Airy
Ray Simpson
Women’s Hospital, Baltimore
John Zent
J. Raymond Zent
Keymar
Berlin
Navy
Rhein Main Air Force Base
Frankfurt
George Wolbert
Thomas Ogle
L. L. Leggett
North Main Street
Mt. Airy
J. Albert Rhodes
East Greenwich
R. 1
Raymond H. Bussard
West Patrick Street
Oscar Schultz, Jr
Oscar Schultz
Shookstown
Findlay College
Findlay
Schultz
Connie Schultz
Ralph Schultz
Frederick High School
Robert Schroyer
Joseph Forgacs
East Church Street
Sinai Hospital
Staley Park
North End Civic Association
North Market Street
John M. Covell, Jr
Seaman
USN
John M. Covell
South Market Street
Mediterranean
Coral Sea
Europe
Africa
Harry F. Himes
Myrtle Himes
Wilbur Culler, Jr
Clarence Kenneth Hartsock
Hanover, Pa. General Hospital
Gloria Wagner
Charles W. Wagner
Taylorsville
Wyoming Seminary
Kingston
Peggy Gilbert
Salem
Miss Wagner
Ray R. Taylor Thurmont
Hollywood, Fla
Grange News
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore Sportsme
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Clarence Cottam
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Charles W. Keller, Jr
Wiltondal Gun Club
Harrisburg
Who
Pennsylvani State Nurses Association
Hicke F. Dowling
Edith J. Cassey
Seciary
Dowling
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