Price Cuts by Large Stores Stir NY Shopping Floor
New York vendors staged selective price cuts on hundreds of items after a Supreme Court ruling. Macy's cut about 6 percent on 5978 price fixed goods, while rival Gimbel Brothers pledged to meet all prices. Across the nation merchants claimed varied responses, with many watching rather than slashing prices.
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New York
R. H. Macy & Co
Gimbel Brothers
Macy's
34Th Street
Neody
United States Supreme Court
Dorothy Dix Advice on Marriage and a Secret Love
Diary style column presents two letters. A husband asks about divorce after his wife flirts with friends, while Dorothy Dix suggests cooling marriage pressures and allowing time for change. The second letter describes a secretary torn between a married boss and a love she cannot ignore and weighs leaving or staying in her trusted job. The advice emphasizes restraint, dating maturity, and loyalty amid youthful marriages and workplace romance.
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Dorothy
Dix
Miss Dix
Tommy
South End Civic Association funds aid for McCurdy Field project
Alden B Summers presents Mayor Munshower a $500 check from the South End Civic Association toward the rest room and storage building at McCurdy Field. The association raised funds via last year’s carnival and supports local leagues, a new play loop, and planned year round recreation building across from the playground.
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Alden B. Summers
Elmer F. Munshower
South End Civic Association
McCurdy Field
Burth Street
Summers
South End Association
Cyril Klein
Albert H. Cohen
Frederick Construction Company
New Frederick
Washington Street
Lufburrow Urges Continuous Readiness for Turbulent Times
N. A. Lufburrow warns that current troubles may endure and worsen, calling for constant preparedness and sustained strength to deter danger, rather than hoping for swift peace.
Report On B and O To Be Resurrected
Washington May 29 The Senate Banking Committee decided to resurrect a four year old report on an $80,000,000 RFC loan to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and make it public. Chairman Maybank announced the report will be released next week after a 1947 inquiry into RFC railroad relations. Capehart denied Pearson’s charge that he helped suppress the report.
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Senate Banking Committee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maybank
D-Sc
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Drew Pearson
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Pearson
Reconstruction Fi
Nance Corporation
Congress
Senate
Capehart
Indiana
Banking Subcommittee
Single Engine Plane Completes First Polo Hop to Fairbanks
Capt Charles Blair landed at Ladd Air Force Base at 3 29 p m local time to complete the first leg of a polo region hop. The flight message notes the time as 8 29 p m EST and records the Alaska arrival on May 29.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Charles Blair
Ladd Air Force Base
Pilot Blair completes solo polar flight from Bardu to Fairbanks
Blair flies a converted flame red Mustang fighter plane from Bardu, Norway to Fairbanks in 10 hours 29 minutes. He lands without radio contact as transmitter fails, then exits the aircraft and jokes about tiring of parachute duty before heading to New York City.
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Bardu
Norway
Fairbanks
Blair
Aberidants
New York City
Local Social Visits Highlight Lovettsville Area
Lovettsville residents Elbert Everhart and spouse spent last Thursday in Marlinsburg West Virginia. Carlton Cooper and Francis Brown visited John Ahalt on Saturday. Charles Colbert and Patricia called on the Ahalt family Sunday. Martha Ahalt and her daughter Selta stayed with Jimmy Reed last Thursday. Arthur Kimbley and Irene Ahalt hosted Wednesday visitors. Landon Roberts and daughter Trescia along with Margie Baker visited Irene Ahalt Tuesday.
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Lovettsville
Elbert Everhart
Marlinsburg
W Va
Carlton Cooper
Francis Brown
Point of Rocks
John Ahalt
Charles Colbert
Charles, Jr
Patricia Colbert
Irene Ahalt
Martha Ahalt
Selta
Jimmy Reed
Arthur Kimbley
Landon Roberts
Trescia
Margie Baker
Abalt
Emmitsburg Social Notes and Local Visits
Emmitsburg social items recount visits by residents and relatives across Maryland and Pennsylvania. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ki hosting from Sherb and North Adams visitors, wedding trip news for Mr. and Mrs. Janes Edward Houck, nursing students visiting home, a junior-senior prom with 61 attendees at White House Inn, and various weekend gatherings. Also noted are Corpus Christi ceremonies moved indoors due to weather and a birthday gathering for Joseph Eckenrode with several local youths attending.
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Harry Jones
Washington
Clarence Sanders
Emmitsburg High School
White House Inn
Mount St. Mary's
Ruth Freeman
Baltimore
H. P. Freeman
FE. L. Higbee
Gus Wildtegans
Sprinug Grove
Dumcan Moore
Greencastle
Pfe
Robert Wantz
Camp Breckenridge
Russell Wants
Wantz
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Joseph Eckenrode
B. d. Eckenrode
Gregory Zurgable
Lynn
Michael Shorb
Ann Brooks
Barbara
James
Allison
James J. Kelly
Miss Lillian
Weekend Social Notes From Libertytown and Nearby Areas
Colwicks attended a Sunday dinner at St Peter's church Libertytown. Charles Pitzer and family of York PA spent the weekend with James Arnold. Robert Sites of Ortant in PA and Patsy Tressler’s family welcomed son Robert Dean. Kavintsburg Grange plans an open meeting with F G Lodge Frederick showing three movies. Hobbses moved to Bernard H Boyle's apartment from the Haley home. Elizabeth Crockett of Brooklyn NY visited, and Washington resident Francis Seiss saw his mother Mary J. Swiss near St Anthony's.
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Colwicks
St. Peter's Church
Libertytown
Charles Pitzer
York
James Arnold
Robert Sites
Ortantin
Robert Dean
Sites
Patsy ‘Tressler
Hidna A. Tressler
Harner Apartments
Kavints
Francis Seiss
Washington
Mary J. Swiss
St. Anthony's
Boyds Family Notes May 15 Accident and Visit Plans
Mr. Smith Hoyle fell from a step-ladder on May 15 breaking his hip. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for surgery and is recovering well, hoping to be home in about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schaum plus four children and Mrs. Rufus Gilliam with three children left by auto for Sparta North Carolina to visit Mrs. Krause, mother of Mrs. Gilliam and Mrs. Schaum, for sweet. The Women's Missionary So-
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Boyds Boyds
Smith Hoyle
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Jack Schaum
Rufus Gilliam
Auto
Sparta
N.C
Community notices and society events in Frederick area
The May 196% issue notes the Balser Selby home in Boyds hosting a meeting after business and study. Rev Kerr and Rev Mere attended International Sunshine Society events at Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. The society marked its 55th anniversary and Maryland division's 10th. Births are reported for a daughter in Frederick Memorial Hospital, with local hosts hosting a buffet for sixteen guests from Washington and Gaithersburg. The unemployment office reports many women and unskilled men seeking job training and about 100 people available for clerical and semi skilled work while most claimants are women on temporary furloughs.
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Dety
Balser Selby
Boyds
James P. Kerr
International Sunshine Society
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Baltimore
Ani
Mr. Mere
St. Melena
Dundalk
International Society
Cynthia Westover Alden
Maryland
George Hillard
Ponolesville
Basds
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Albert Gilayd
Washington and Gaithersburg
Figes Ostnwe
Skilled men working in Hagerstown May 20
State Employment Service at Hagerstown said today it does not know of a single skilled worker available in the area. The brief notice highlights a tight labor market and limited local skilled help amid ongoing hiring needs.
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Hagerstown
State
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