No Place To Hide From Radar Attacks In War Rings
A Washington conference of mayors discussed how radar is replacing blackout tactics. Defense officials say complete blackouts curb rights but aren’t essential for defense. Deceptive lighting and decoy displays may mislead enemy radar, though blackout as a defense loses effectiveness. Civilian defenses must be strengthened quickly to match aerial threat realities.
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Air Force
Korea
Washington
Defense Department
Hutle
Letters To The Editor Present Day Fear Distinctly Evil
A Middletown reader objects to an editorial on fear titled Fear arguing that fear is natural but the current fear in modern life is distinctly evil. The writer warns continual fear erodes mental and physical health and harms love intelligence and beauty, citing Aldous Huxley’s writings and urging facing reality without losing humanity.
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the News
Montern
Aldous Huskrey
Treth
Ila Sutton Conway
Middletown
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News
Fifty years ago the county Democratic campaign closed with a meeting at the old skating rink on East Farrick street where Major Charles A. Little spoke for the first time. State Senator Jacob Rohrback also spoke. A fire destroyed the stable at Frederick Obenderfer on South Market street, two horses perished. Mr. Baker Johnson moved his law office into rooms in the Potts law building on Court street. The News today features large front-page pictures of William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan with excerpts from Republican and Democratic platforms.
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East Farrick Street
Charles A. Little
Jacob Rohrback
Frederick Obenderfer
South Market Street
Baker Johnson
Frederick J. Nelson
Thomas Turner
Potts Law Building
Court Street
News Today
William MecKintey
William Jennings Bryan
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Twenty years ago on November 4 1930 county results were indecisive with a party split expected between Democrats and Republicans. Emory L Coblentz state senator Charles W Crum sheriff Thomas A Chapline county treasurer David J Lewis congressman led the county beat Fred N Zihlman as results delayed by a long ballot and partial reporting. A plate glass window at Charles F Seeger Co store was broken and a revolver stolen. Grover Shaff filling station in Jefferson robbed of about 50 dollars in merchandise.
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Emory L. Coblentz
Charles W. Crum
Thomas A. Chapline
David J. Lewis
Fred N. Zihlman
Charles F. Seeger and Co
Grover Shaff
Jefferson
Koreans Proved Aiding Korean Army Went Far Beyond Money
By BAL BOYLE Army Headquarters Korea November 4. The Republic of Korea army rebuilt after defeat, with American aid and home effort. Lt Col William F Runge notes Koreans found they can do great things with readership, training, and supply fixes. KMAG officer describes salvage efforts, bootmaking, uniforms, and expanded vehicle use to sustain the frontline.
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Bal Boyle Toos
Sth
Korea
Republic of Korea
ROK
William F. Runge
Sanford
Runge
Korean Army
Korean Military Advisory Group
KMAG
Het
Yur Soo-Hyun
Ye Wok Quartermaster Corps
Hotels and guides host visiting Irish and American officials
An Irish hotel dinner conference hosts Trine dignitaries from the United States and Ireland including Frederick and McAuliffe as they compare Irish and American town layouts. The visit includes a Winchester, Grattsbury, and Frederick tour with local guides, a mayor, and a police escort. A separate note reports Boy Scouts cleaning Halloween marked windows after a homeowner appointment.
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Trish Tradel
Prancis Scotl Key
Listovie
Prederick
Hitene Shings
Chob Downes
Anean
Tmperkil Hotel
Cork
Ireland
Whittier
Barbara Fetrhip
Austinen
Gratssbury
Wincherter
Adab Croghan
Charles F. Bowers
Paul W. McAuliffe
Frederick
Patrick Street
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Virginian civ
Sandy Heek
Box Scouté
Focal Church
Deed Recorded for Store and Residence on Market and East Fours
A deed was recorded in the clerk's office transferring property at 426 328 North Market Street and 10 East Fours Street from Mr and Mrs G Thomas to Mr and Mrs Hexhia C Foster. The consideration was shown near 28000 dollars according to revenue stamps.
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North Market Street
East Fours Street
Late violets gathered near Baker Park swinging bridge
Mrs. Alice Jordan Peel of Flin Street brought into The News-Past office a small bunch of violets she picked along the creek in Baker Park near the swinging bridge.
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Alice Jordan Peel
Flin Street
The
News
Bak+ler Park
Swinging Bridge
Amendments Explained by Frederick County Bar Association
Public relations committee of the Frederick County Bar Association provides impartial analyses of amendments and referendums as a public service. The notes describe aims and potential impacts to inform voters and residents.
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Frederick County Bar Association
Constitutional Amendment on Reconsidering Vetoed Bills
The amendment would allow the legislature to reconvene to reconsider bills vetoed by the governor after adjournment. It urges voters to choose yes if they favor legislative reconsideration at a subsequent session and no if opposed.
Constitunal Amendment on Jury Law and Judge Instructions
A proposed amendment to Section B of Article 15 of the State Constitution would give juries authority only to fact finding while judges rule on legal sufficiency in criminal cases. It contrasts current civil practice and suggests limiting judges while leaving juries to apply law to facts.
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Ate
Widow Torresola on Hunger Strike After Attempt
New York reports Carmen Dolores Torresola, widow of Grisella Torresola, on a hunger strike while detained on $50,000 bail for conspiring to wound the President. Her husband and an accomplice were killed attempting to storm Blair House to assassinate the President, tied to Puerto Rican independence militant groups.
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New York
Nuy
Ope Tivin
Carmen Dolores
Torpesoliy
Sevret Service
Federal House of Detebussy
Borvesola
Irving Tf
Grisella Toryrsivhy
Sear Collace
Washington
Blair
Wsland
Harmony Grove Club Hosts Meeting and Charity Efforts
Harmony Grove Honnmakers Club meets with 17 members and four visitors as Mrs Daniel Thomas hosts at 130 pm October 27. President Clarence Eaves opens with songs and autumn poems, plans for the Book Wagon at Frederick Memorial Hospital are revealed, and a $5 donation is approved. Members donate canned goods and plants for a charity drive and a United Nations themed box funds Dutch family aid. Meeting adjourns to November 17 with Mrs Edward Gitlings hosting. Washington reports an all time October employment high of 67,640,000 and unemployment at 4,000,000, the smallest in two years.
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Harmony Grove Club
Daniel Thomas Wis
Harmony Grove Honnmakers Club
Clarence Eaves
United Nations
Bernnice Fehr
Elmer Thomas
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ciub
Paul Clemson
Wertenbaker to Tour Germany After New York Flight
William Wertenbaker 103 Wear Third street left October 27 for New York City where he boarded a plane to Frankfurt to join his wife visiting her parents in Fulde Germany. He is a sergeant first class with the Medical Company 115th Infantry Md National Guard and recently earned a superior rating as unit caretaker and supply sergeant.
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Germany
William
Wertenbaker
Wear Third Street
New York City
Frankfurt
Fulde
Bulgaria
National Guard
Maryland
Steel wage talks stall before election amid policy pressure
Washington reports indicate the administration prefers delaying any steel wage and price deal until after the upcoming election. CIO chief Philip Murray and President Truman met, but talks slowed, aiming to avoid triggering immediate controls or campaign issues. Symington warns about capacity and auto production limits, stressing free enterprise should not let suppliers dictate purchases.
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Washington
CLO
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
United States
Tax options eyed for corporations as wartime excess profits tax debates resume
The Nation Today outlines the 1950 policy crossroads facing Congress. Should the regular corporate tax rise or should an excess profits tax return to curb postwar earnings, with the base period and earnings thresholds explained through historical WWII rates and a hypothetical 1950s scenario. The piece notes Truman and others favor an excess profits tax, while some lawmakers push for a higher standard corporate tax. It details base-period concepts, flat-rate thresholds, and 95 percent top rates, illustrating with a rubber firm example.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Koves
Truman
CLIO
Jones-Brown-Smith Rubber Company
Thurmont Wedding and Engagement Announced
The wedding of Miss Belva Louise Warthen of Thurmont and James Bell of Frederick is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thurmont with Rev. Charles H. Corbett officiating. An engagement is announced for Martha Foreman to Robert Thomas Fink with a December wedding planned.
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Culgage Ment
Belva Louise Warthen
Thurmont
James C. Warthen
Baltimore
James Bell
Frederick
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles H. Corbett
Clinton Waesche
Martha Foreman
Robert Thomas Fink
Ives
Clarence J. Fink
Mr. Fink
Frederick County Council Women Observe World Community Day
About sixty members of the Frederick County Council of Church Women met Friday afternoon at Trinity Chanel h&e to observe World Community Day. Mrs Helen Krueger spoke on work for displaced persons of the world from the New Windsor Church World Service Center. The group collected funds to buy warm garments for the aged overseas and brought winter clothing to donate, with Miss Grace Thomas presiding. Mrs Paul L Althouse was recently elected president of the council.
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Frederick County
Paul L. Althouse
Dear Dorothy Dix Confessions on marriage work and aging
A reader laments giving up a secretary career to raise a child and battles housebound monotony while craving independence and clothes. Dorothy Dix argues that you cannot have career and family equally, but notes immutable life laws and the value of motherhood. A 40-year-old suitor seeks advice on courting a younger woman, with Dix saying age is heart and head and courtship will reveal compatibility. A reader asks how to curb a husband's hygiene and eating habits. Dix advises against nagging, suggesting a one-time correction may work better, as constant nagging loses effect.
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Dorothy Dix
Neer
Dorothy
Dix
Henpecker
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Draftees' And Vets' Guide Explores Deferred Study Plan
Washington discusses a new long range plan to defer top college students across fields to reduce wartime losses. A committee of scientists supports deferring promising students with graded eligibility based on class standing and test scores, aligning with future Selective Service rulings. The plan faces possible changes and a potential spring adoption. Chicago reports cool Canadian air across the nation with freezing spells in Texas and the upper Midwest.
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Thomas M. Nial
Washington
Hersh
Heshey
Hershey
Committee of Scienti
Detert
Sam Jackson
Sam
Sam W
Univerty
Boa
Chicago
Texas
West
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Lloyd Wilchide
Jesse E. Oden
Eldred Carpenter
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John A. Devilbiss
West Fourteenth Street
Calvary Methodist Choir
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M. J. Croghan
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Edward Pearl
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Henry Wade
J. F. Haas
Earle Blakeslee
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Richard Zimmerman
McBride
Francis X. Staley
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William Wallace
Fort Worth
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Albert Thayer
Sparks
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Mr. Thayer
Inlaw
Phillips D. Thayer
David K. Schultz, Jr
Rocky Springs
Daryl Keith
Frederick Memrial Hospital
Schultz
Bonnie Kepler
George Moser
Moser
Moser-Eckard
Mediterranean Sea
Robert K. Renner
Route 1
Newman K. Perry
Perry
Sixth Fleet
U. S
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Austin F. Haffner
Clarke Flace
W. L. Sammons
Charlotte N.C
Mark Robinson
Dayton
Ohio
Mr. Robinson
Ross Withide
Mrs
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Mrs. Hurl Maupin
Beverly Ann
Jay Hurl
West Seventh Street
Jackson County
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Mr. Maupin
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