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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1948
Page
4
The article argues France is under attack from Communist influence, aided by labor unions and a coal strike that cripples production. It warns of a broader strategy against Paris as the United Nations debates the Berlin blockade and a new form of aggression without rules.
The note explains common mistakes like using per cent instead of percentage and mispronouncing licorice while offering pronunciation tips for assent ascent and accent. It also expands vocabulary with a sample on regenerate and cites a Channing quote about regeneration.
Nov 1 1898 column reports a Halloween nuisance in Frederick with sacks of flour salt and corn tossed at pedestrians. A large dummy hung from a Water street telephone pole as residents observed unusual vandalism and mock court proceedings by local society members.
Nov 1 1928 notes report Harry W W Lexier and John Street residents injured in a mobile mishap. Catherine Grove and Vi Bouts marry in a Lutheran Evangelical ceremony led by Rev U S G Rupp. About 5 000 attendees, mostly youths, join the Lions Club Halloween parade and prizes are awarded. A man named Lewis suffers a heart attack while viewing the parade on East Fifth Street.
Dorothy Dix answers readers on a troubled second marriage with stepchildren, a wife’s rights in home decor, and a mixed marriage. The column cautions about family strain and stresses the need for fairness, communication, and balance between partners and children. A separate note covers a church group meeting and local market prices.
The Washington Daybook surveys behind the scenes airline power struggles as executives and former lawmakers lobby Capitol Hill. It notes ties between Eastern Air Lines, Foremost Dairies, and airline directors, plus ex-congressmen and industry influence, and covers a scientist’s debunking of atomic bomb soil sterilization myths and a veterans post meeting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Baker 68 a Gaithersburg native and early Frederick Memorial Hospital nurse will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at St John Episcopal Church Bethesda with interment in Forest Oaks Cemetery Gaithersburg. She died after a brief illness at Emergency Hospital Washington lived in Chevy Chase and had worked as teacher nurse and Agriculture Department employee. She was born in Gaithersburg in 1880 and taught at Clopperswand Middlebrook. She joined Frederick Memorial Hospital 1910 but left nursing after marriage to Stanley Ward Plat in 1919. She later worked for the Culture from 1918 until retirement in 1993. She married Front Royal Virginia restaurant operator S R Bak who died in 1937. She then moved to Chevy Chase living at 4260 Chevy Chase boulevard with brother Harry D Amiss and also survived by brother Robert E Amiss and three stepdaughters Mrs Geraldine Hancock Mrs Mary Ann Landman and Miss Katy Lee Baker.
Harry Corbett Cole aged 69, a Frederick native and longtime Washington barber, was found unconscious in his sister-in-law's basement and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He lived in Washington since age 91 and was a Mason with the Naval Lodge. Surviving: two brothers and two sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at W. W. Deal funeral home, 4812 Georgia Ave NW, with interment in Glenwood Cemetery.
Death notices report the passing of David Thomas Hildebrand 71 in Woodsboro after a six year illness. Survived by widow Goldie Snow Dern and eight relatives including G Roger Hildebrand and Mrs. Earl Biddinger. Funeral services set at Salomon's Lutheran Church with interment at Mt Hope Cemetery. Additional notices list Harry E. Larrick and Alice Reiver among others with details on their deaths, family ties, and burial plans.
The body of Cpl Claude T. Ramsburg who died in action in France on August 9 arrived in Lewistown. He trained in England and joined the invasion in 1944. Survived by parents sisters and brothers including Elizabeth Metz Brad Earl E Ramsburg and Patricia Ann Ramsburg. Funeral details to be announced with interment at Beallsville Cemetery.
Funeral services were held for John H. C. Baumgardner at New Windsor funeral home with interment in Fihr's cemetery near Gettysburg. Lilie M. Fawsett died in Emergency Hospital and her burial was at Cedar Hill cemetery with services at Purophrey funeral home. Double services marked the deaths of Andrew T. Soloway and Adelaide Nussbaum Soloway at New Windsor Presbyterian Church. Other services included Harry Clay Hickman of Point of Rocks and Eliza Teas formerly of Sussex County with interment at Whites Chapel cemetery Milton Delaware.
More than 80 members of the Frederick Association of Girl Scouts attended a Sunday service at the Presbyterian church. Rev. W M Weaver praised Lydia and Juliette Low, urging the congregation to use their influence for courage and service as the Girl Scout movement is celebrated nationwide.
Charles F. E. Wehrer returns to his West Street home after several days at Union Memorial Hospital where he was under observation and treatment. Bob Howe was slowed by a blood clot in his left leg after slipping on a gang plank used as a prop for his latest movie.
Samuel James Maree James of Luck died at Loudoun VA Memorial Hospital on Saturday evening aged 71. Survived by his wife and several children. Funeral services Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in West Virginia conducted by Rev. R L Nickens. Interment in Mt. Pleasant church cemetery. R E Brown funeral director.
Washington dispatch predicts a Dewey victory with a minimum of 263 electoral votes and a 75 to 100 vote margin, while Republicans may control the Senate by a narrow margin and the House. The analysis cites urban cost of living concerns, farm price strength, and sectional contest shifts shaping the outcome.
A tractor trailer driven by Marvin J. Union Bridge Md. R D. Fumbled from a parked car and tore through a porch and street in Hanover Pa. Police estimate damage near 220 dollars. Driver asleep at the wheel. A six and a half pound sweet potato was shown by E E Waterman of near Feagaville.
An enlarged Freedom Train document on display at Farmers and Mechanics National Bank in Frederick in April 1871 illustrates Deborah Sampson’s service in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment and her pension request. The manuscript, lent by the National Archives and part of a bank public service series, showcases gender-equality in military history.
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