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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1949
Page
4
Words fall short in honoring Americans who gave their lives for freedom and human dignity. The piece notes soldiers in uniform, rifle volleys, and taps at graves, praising past and recent wars and urging continued work and sacrifice to safeguard the nation’s freedoms.
Debates whether new cars meet public needs or are designed to boost sales. Drivers report flimsiness and hard access to parts, echoed by the American Automobile Association which says advertising shapes design more than engineers. Also, a marriage license was issued at Westminster for Kenneth J Hooper and Helen D Spiri dorff of Union Bridge.
Fifty years ago on May 30 1899 The News reported a high flag flown from a roof in Frederick by Dr C C Zimmerman atop a kite reaching about 250 feet. A severe storm with lightning hail and rain struck the east chimney of Citizens National Bank. Market items noted plentiful peas cabbage eggs up to 14 cents a dozen spring chickens and a flurry of strawberries with quarts selling at 1 2 cents and cherries 4 to 6 cents. Mr and Mrs Charles Wertheimer planned to move to East Charen Street while Mr Hargett moved to the Ritter mansion and Decoration Day observances by old soldiers included a G A R march to Mt Olivet cemetery where graves were strewn with flowers.
Frederick authorities run traps for Japanese beetle in northwest city area. Lions International 22nd district to hold 1930 convention at Hotel Braddock. Cornerstone laid for Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church with Bishop McDowell speaking. Board of Education plans budget submission to County Commissioners showing a raise of 1100 for teachers salaries.
Dorothy Dix offers guidance on a husband resisting divorce amid a wife’s romance, a 19 year old wanting independence from overprotective parents, and a young woman advised to avoid pressuring a man. The column preserves vintage advice tone and addresses marriage, family, and dating dynamics.
English lesson notes highlight proper relative pronoun use and mispronunciations. It discusses synonyms for grow expand and the correct pronunciation of porte cochere while noting the English walnut tree’s native Persia and current cultivation in southern Europe and California.
A May 30 Washington Daybook notes Edith Nourse Rogers, Robert S. Allen, and Gus Kelley as champions of amputee veterans, crediting a $1,000,000 prosthetics research push and the suction socket and cosmetic glove advances. It também reports on Soviet plans for a Macedonian satellite and brief quips on State Department access and wages in education.
Berlin reports that a speaker at the Eastern German People's Congress credited the Soviet Union with keeping the Berlin railway dispute from widening into a world war. Dr Otto Nuschke accused U S General Hawley of provoking moves that could mobilize the Atlantic Pact and urged gratitude to the Soviet Union for peace and restraint. Two thousand delegates backed the stance while the party shifted to four power rule talk and reduced anti-Western propaganda. A campus Life note follows about a student asking for directions to a science building.
Science writer notes the June 21 solstice at 1:03 pm EST marking the sun’s highest point at the Tropic of Cancer and the longest day in the northern hemisphere. It describes accompanying constellations, occultation of Antares by the Moon, and positions of Saturn Venus Jupiter in June skies.
A compact history and birthday list notes figures born in 1844 through 1892, including Herbert L. Bridgman and Josephine Preston Peabody, with obituaries and era milestones such as Memorial Day’s decoration and the Lincoln Memorial opening. Also lists contemporary birthdays like Cornelia Otis Skinner and Benny Goodman, plus a May birthday reunion in Knoxville honoring Mr Magaha and Burr Franklin Magaha descendants.
Major Thomas M. Nial answers veterans questions on compensation eligibility for Canadians and foreigners, GI Bill rights, retroactive pay, NSLI beneficiaries, and hospitalization versus GI benefits. He explains disability ratings, schooling timelines, widows’ pensions, and outlines proposed pension income limits for World War I widows with notes for readers to write with self addressed envelopes.
Mrs. Eric Biser welcomed nine teen members and two visitors as the Adamstown Homemaker’s Club met May 19 with president Mrs. Robert DeRose presiding. A covered dish supper is planned for June 2 at 7 at the Adamstown Recreation Ground with contributions for the European package.
Moths do not eat woolens and fabrics as adults but lay eggs in them and the larvae feed on the material. Diamonds were first known in India about five thousand years ago, representing early human use and knowledge of the gem.
Woodfield planning group met Thursday at the Wightman home with seventeen members. Discussions centered on prisoner road work. Refreshments served. Norman Jacobs family and relatives travel from Gaithersburg to California to visit relatives before returning home. Everett Jones, long time in Elisabethville Belgian Congo, and his wife and son recently joined by Mrs Jones’s relatives in Woodfield. Amos Burdette visited Richard Hugis in Fairfax. John Ward hosted a dinner with all children and families present. Johnny King, son of Harrison King, hospitalized for several days with an infection is home and recovering. Washington West District meeting at Epworth Church Gaithersburg drew over 200 attendees. speakers included Rev. Harry Haines. Young Women’s Bible Class of Wesley Grove met at Laytonsville hosted by Rev. and Mrs. Harold Wright.
Quote attributed to Andrew Carnegie contrasts Deuteronomy 8 17 with modern wealth stewardship. It states surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be administered for the benefit of the community during the possessor's lifetime.
Cedar Grove community notes list numerous supper and dinner guests visiting local families including Mr. and Mrs. John Purdum Rev Claude Brubaker and many Watkins relatives. Several women suffered injuries from falls, and several residents hosted visitors from Germantown Arlington and Gaithersburg. Additional items include rug hooking classes and caveats about housing arrangements and military furloughs.
In Ferriday Louisiana a 75 year old father is charged with chaining and beating his 10 year old son to stop him from running away. Chief Deputy James Hart said the man feared losing monthly welfare payments of 40 dollars if the boy disappeared. The father’s only other income is a 50 dollar monthly pension. The boy John C. Franklinton was found with his legs lightly chained to his bed and reportedly beaten with a rope. The parents said the boy never attended school out of fear of trucks or cars.
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