Yellow Springs Farm Sold to Hamiltons in Washington
The 135 acre Yellow Springs farm known as Montenqua near the springs that gave the town its name has been sold by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson to Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Hamilton of Washington for about 25000 dollars. The Andersons plan to move to the property and begin building a home on retained acres. The Hamiltons, with daughter Susan, are relocating from Philadelphia and California with the husband serving as a journalist and radio director and the wife as a graphics consultant for the Civil Defense Admin. The sale was arranged through Noah E. Cramer and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Albert W. Hamilton
Washington
Thomas 3. Anderson
Montonqua
Anderson
Frederick ‘County
Tradifiei
Mr. Anderson
Hamalton
Grapes Degners
Beneral Civil Defense Administration
Hamilton
California
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Susan
Ofice
Noah E. Cramer
Churchill cuts cabinet salaries to fund British rearmament
The first Churchill cabinet act in 1940 cut leaders pay by 30 percent and others by 20 percent to finance Britain's rearmament. The move signals intent to strengthen defense funding, reduces government costs, and strengthens bargaining power with labor and business. Churchill, ex-chancellor from 1924 to 1929, reinforces his mastery of finance and aims to stabilize the lagging economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Britain
West
Frederick Bottled Up By Hazardous Reads Letter
Herbert N. Heston of Frederick writes to criticize state road policy and funding. He complains dangerous roads, missing center lines, and alleged neglect by Annapolis. He urges fresh paint and better appropriations to improve safety on routes toward the Pennsylvania line via Emmitsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Emmitsburg
Herbert N. Heston
Magnolia Ave
Taneytown Workers Given Wage Increase
The Fourth Regional Wage Stabilization Board approved wage adjustments for about 2,700 workers across five states including Virginia Maryland and North Carolina. In Taneytown Maryland 38 office workers at Cambridge Rubber Company receive raises and 15 Hagerstown Maryland workers at Magerstown Laundry gain 15 cents an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Tennessee
District of Columbia
Cambridge Rubber Company
Taneytown
Magerstown Laundry, Inc
Hagerstown
Republicans Carry County and Local Contests in 1901 Election
Fifty years ago in the county, the Republican slate won the entire ticket. Rufus A. Rager and Harvey R. Lease led in votes for surveyor and sheriff. Baltimore city voted Republican by about 5,600. Independent Hall hosted a dance by L A Toms J Alfred Ritter Jr R Radcliffe and E C Biser with music from the Frederick Select Orchestra. The Vermont Girl rural comedy played at the Opera House to a small audience. A mountain fire near Emmitsburg burned timber for days, and IRA Walters won the contract to build a brick one story bank at Myersville with a tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus A. Rager
Harvey R. Lease
Baltimore City
Independent Hall
L. A. Toms
J. Alfred Ritter, Jr
R. Radcliffe
E. C. Biser
Frederick
Opera House
Emmitsburg
Ira Walters
Myersville
Sugar corn payments brief farmers in Frederick county
Twenty years ago the sugar corn price to Frederick county farmers was estimated at 125000 to 150000 dollars, roughly half of what canners would pay. C Spencer Stall of New Market, a petit juror, died when his coupe rear ended a truck near New Market. A benefit card party was held by United Fire Company with door prizes awarded to Paul B. Simpson and Mrs Clagett EF Ramsburg and Robert L. Smith. The grand jury ended a special session by indicting Harry C. Olewiler, a boat keeper, for murder in the death of Maurice A. Anglebower, Frederick fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
C. Spencer Stall
New Market
Petit Jury
United Fire Company
Paul B. Simpson
Clagett
EF. Ramsburg
Robert L. Smith
Harry C. Olewiler
Maurice A. Anglebower
Frederick Fireman
Niewepaper Haphive
Gen Shepherd Named Marines Commandant
President Truman named Lieut Gen Lemuel C Shepherd Jr as commandant of the Marine Corps effective January 1 He will replace Gen Clifton B Cates whose four year term ends this year Shepherd will receive a full general four star rank upon assuming command He currently leads the First Marine Force Pacific at Pearl Harbor Hawaii Shepherd is a Norfolk Virginia native and a Virginia Military Institute graduate in 1817.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Lemuel C. Shepherd. Jr
Marine Corps
Shepherd
Clifton B. Cates
Cates
First Marine Force
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Senate
Norfolk
Marines
Virginia Military Institute
Discounts on Germ Warfare Dubious Says Waksman
NEW BRUNSWICK N C Nov 5 Dr Selman A Waksman co-discoverer of streptomycin and director at Rutgers Institute of Microbiology dismissed fears of germ warfare against the United States He said strains would be hard to deploy and American science could handle emergencies He contrasted with Brig Gen William Creasy who warned the nation is vulnerable to such attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. c
United States
Selman A. Waksman
Institute of Microbiology
Rutgers University
Waksman
Newark Star- Ledger
William M. Creasy
Camp Detrick
Notable Birthdays and Anniversaries Across History
Know America Today's anniversaries list prominent figures born in Virginia, Rhode Island and beyond, including Richard Dale, John Wilkinson, Nelson Aldrich, John Philip Sousa, Ignace Paderewski, Walter Johnson, with deaths and key career notes. It also traces today in history milestones from Lincoln’s election to Canada’s first Parliament, plus birth anniversaries of politicians, artists, and military figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dale
Virginia
Norfolk County
Philadelphia
John Wilkinson
Norfolk
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Foster
John Philip Sousa
Washington
D. C
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
New York
Walter Johnson
Coffeyville
Kansas
Matthew ¥. Yates
China
Shanghai
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Dominion of Canada
Ottawa
Princeton
Rutgers
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Lanan
Molotov
Eugh
America
Yadav
Henry Knox Sherrill
Boston
Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Warren Kelchner
State Department
Orangeville
James E. Shelton
Los Angeles
Calusa
Cal
Harold G. Bowen
Edison Foundation
West Orange
N. J
Providence
R. L
Everett Shinn
Woodstown
Harold W. Ross
The
New Yworker
Aspen
Colo
Myron
Cramer
Peneral
Portland
Bullet Is Removed From Student's Brain
NASHVILLE Tenn Nov 4 Robert Keaton Christenberry Jr 71 year old son of the New York State Boxing Commissioner was in good condition after an operation removing a bullet from his brain A Cumberland University student at Lebanon Tenn he was accidentally wounded while playing with a pistol in his dormitory room He was taken to a hospital Lebanon Police Chief Albert Taylor said his roommate Jack Peace reported the pistol discharged accidentally Sheriff Ed Maynard said the 38 caliber pistol came from his grandmother after his grandfather died in Miami Fla Robert Christenberry Sr is at his son s bedside The father is president of the Hotel Astor in New York A former sports writer and U S consular officer he was appointed to the athletic post September 25 by Gov Thomas E Dewey The Christenberrys are natives of Milan Tenn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Robert Keaton Christenberry
New York State
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
Christenberry
Lebanon
Albert Taylor
Jack Peace
Christenbery
Ed Maynard
Miami
Fla
Robert Christenberry
Hotel Astor
New York
U. S
Thomas E. Dewey
Christenberrys
Milan
Escapee Briggs Waives Extradition In Westminster Charge
Westminster officer Gilbert G. Abbott arrested Paul Thomas Briggs 26 Westminster for unauthorized use drunken driving and license violation. Briggs identified as a 1949 North Carolina prison escapee from Orang County prison camp serving four years for breaking and entering and larceny. State Police reported Raleigh alert Briggs agreed to waive extradition but may delay return. Briggs to be tried today on four charges. Abbott said Briggs had been living in Westminster area and had no prior troubles before Saturday. PET DOG SLAIN A nine month old airedale dog pet of Mr and Mrs Daniel Weinberg Braddock Heights was shot and killed Sunday night after straying from owners property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Gilbert G. Abbott
Paul Thomas Briggs
East Green Street
Briggs
North Carolina
Raleigh
Orang County
N.C
Abbott
Airdale
Eisenhower's Europe command and 1952 politics
Washington notes discuss whether General Eisenhower should stay in Europe, potential successors Bradley or Ridgway, and the political implications for Truman and party prospects. Observers weigh if Ike could be a Democratic nominee, and how a decision might affect both parties in the 1952 presidential race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Europe
Bradley
Ridgway
Senate
Dwight Eisenhower
Republicans
Democratic Party
White House
South
Unusual Lecture At Hood College By Dr Woolpert
Dr Oram C Woolpert spoke at Hood College in Brodbeck Hall on Reflections on Man and His World, presenting a verse rich view on human evolution from a biologist and philosopher stance. The lecture portrayed man as forever on trial against self and nature, ending with a note on spiritual development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Woolpert
Oram C. Woolpert
Brodbeck Hall
Earth
Wool
Pert
Frederick
Wooalpert
C E Union Election At Frederick County Convention
A large delegation attended the eighth annual Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union convention held at Trinity Chapel Evangelical and Reformed Church in Frederick. Warren P. E. Smith was re elected to lead the organization. Rev Earl Redding delivered the keynote on Victory Through Christ. New officers include Ruth Krieg Carl Ridgely Salle Marker and several superintendents and department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Mehriing
Ruth Krieg
Paul J. Alhouse
King’s Trumpeters
King’s College
Charles Heywood
Maryland C. BE. Union
Lulu Miller
Nellie Griffin
Smith
Barry Harwie
Eddie Gillis
State Union
Markley
Mehrling
Myersville Lutheran
Robert
Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union
Warren P. E. Smith
Trinity Chapel
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fredrick
Earl Redding
Third Evangelical United Brethren Church
York
Salle Marker
Alrs
William Woerner
Margaret Fogle
Louise Kres
Warren Smith
Raymond J. Markley
B. F. Bowings
Maxine Brandenburg
C. E. World
Donald Kuhn
Donald Sullivan
Ivan Graugle
Raymond I. Markley
Maryland Is Ranked Third in AP Poll
New York November 6 Mighty Tennessee holds No 1 in the weekly AP poll as sports editors and broadcasters vote. Tennessee beat North Carolina 27 to 0 and leads with 1 230 points while Michigan State drops from 2 to 5 and Maryland and Princeton rise. Baylor and California exit, Stanford and Texas enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tennessee
Associated Press
Tennessee Outfit
North Carolina
VCLS
Michigan State
Andllinois
Michigan
Maryland
Princeton
Spartans
Baylor
California
Stanford
Texas
Southern California
Georgia Tech
Wisconsin
Rice
Washington and Lee
Vols
Mississippi
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Murphy Shaw wedding at Jefferson Lutheran parsonage
Miss Willie A Shaff daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William E Shaff of Fengaville wed Merril H Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Murphy Samsville in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Jefferson Lutheran parsonage The bride wore an aqua wool jersey street length dress with black velvet accessories and a gardenia corsage A short wedding trip followed by a reception at the bride's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy—Shaw
Willie A. Shaff
William E. Shaff
Fengaville
Merril H. Murphy
Bruce Murphy
Samsville
Jefferson Lutheran Parsonage
Morris Zumbrun
Maryland hairdressers convention notes and local notices
Mrs Evelyn Tyergar and Mrs Margaret Strawsburg attended the nineteenth annual convention and style show of the Maryland State Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association at the Stratford Belvedere Hotel Baltimore. Births announced for Roberta Jane and Karen Lee. Several residents and visitors listed with travel, hunts, and hospital news. Graceham Moravian church to present sacred music by male choruses. Late cucumbers reported from a City garden on November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Tyergar
Margaret Strawsburg
Maryland
Karen Lee
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Hoover
Saginaw
Roy Strawsburg
South Market Street
Bernard “Sock” Wright
Allin Wright
B. and
Q. Avenue
Indiantown Gap
Bernard Q. Wright
U. S
Inf
B. N
Pennsylvania
Germantown
Albert Lentz
Gap
R. W. Rawn
Dorothy Umberger
Hatfield
E. H. Wallach
E. J. Oebermann
Philipsburg
Walter Tayrers
Rockville
England
Wales
Holland
France
Switzerland
Charles W. Woodward
William Prettyman
Oliver Perry
Thomas Perry
Montgomery County
Gregory
S. Oak
Gaithersburg
Leslie Webster
Sierra Madre
Calif
John Larcombe
Leslie Etchison
Sally
Savannah
Edith Engle
George Anderson
Brookline
Mass
Charles Fox
Anne Webb
Daugher
Kenneth Weiss
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Pittsburgh
William Plummer
Thomas Plutmer
New York City
East Sixth Street
Pamela Lynn
Rites Held Monday for General Crane
Funeral services for Major Gen. John Alden Crane were held at St. Thomas's Church Garrison Forest. Burial followed at Druid Ridge Cemetery. Crane, 66, retired in 1946 after 38 years in the U S Army, died Saturday at his Baltimore county home after years of ill health. He served in World War I and II and later led the American Section of the Allied Control Commission for Bulgaria. He was born in St Georges and educated at Johns Hopkins University. He married Mary McKim in 1908. survivors include a son two daughters and several relatives in Maryland Connecticut and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John Alden Crane
St. Thomas's Church
Garrison Forest
Druid Ridge Cemetery
General Crane
Baltimore County
St. Georges
Charles T. Crane
Gold Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Annie Leering Crane
Old Marston School
Johns Hopkins University
Allied Control Commission
Bulgaria
Great Britain
France
Maly
Sweden
Mexico
Cuba
Brazil
Mary McKim
Alden McKim Crane
Washington
M. McKim Crane
Wamsville
Frederick County
Violet Crane Wright
Edward B. Wright
John Alden Crane Wright
Garrison
Robert T. Crane
Stonington
Conn
Funeral rites for Charles A Messler Jr held at Linwood church
Funeral services for Charles A Messler Jr aged 46 were held Saturday at 2 p m at Linwood Brethren church. He was found dead Wednesday on his Union Bridge area farm with drowning listed as the cause per Deputy Medical Examiner Dr James T Marsh. Interment followed at Pipe Creek Cemetery with Sunday School class members Bearers named. D D Hartziger & Sons, funeral directors. TO SPEAK FOR ROTARIANS Fred A Hartley Jr youngest congressman to date will address Rotary at Francis Scott Key Hotel Wednesday. He served New Jersey zenith district and on multiple committees including Patents and Labor and authored Our New National Labor Policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Messler
Linwood Brethren Church
Messler
Union Bridge
James T. Marsh
Charles A
Clara Bankett Messler
Freeman Ankrun
Cyoi
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
Congress
Rotary Club
Francis Scott. Key Hotel
Hartley
New Jersey
Education and
Seaboard
Deaths in Frederick area leave many survivors
Miss Cora K Hawker of near Jefferson dies at the National Lutheran Home Washington after a two week illness aged 71. Survived by two sisters and a brother, funeral at the National Lutheran Home then at 306 East Church Street, interment Mount Olive cemetery. Frank Hankinson of Creagerstown dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital age 46 with eight children and five brothers. Body to be moved to New Baltimore for services and burial. Mrs Mertie Speckhardt near Walkersville dies at 68 after eight weeks illness with many children and grandchildren. Funeral at Locust Grove Church of the Brethren followed by interment in church cemetery. funeral directors M R Etchison and Son, M L Creager and Son, and G C Barton are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora K. Hawker
Cora Eha Hawker
Jefferson
National Lutheran Home
16Th Douglas Streets
N. E
Washington
George W
Catherine Zimmermat Hawker
St. Luke's Luthe Church
Feagaville
Margarey Payne
Roy W. Zimmman
George H. Hawker
East Church Street
Mount Olive Cemetery
M. R. Etchison
Frank H. Hankinson
Frank Henry Hankinson
Creagerstown
Frederick Memoria Hospital
James and
Amy Englert Hankinson
New Baltmore
St. John's Catholic Church
Nf Baltimore
New Baltimore
John Byrne
O ' Creagerstown
Baltimore
M. L. Creager
Mertie S. Speckhardt
Mertie Stine Speckhardt
Walkersville
Williamy Specht
West Main Street
Thurmont
Speckhardt
Frederick County
William
Amanda Horton Ruby
Locust Grove Church
of the Brethren
Chest
Er W
Truman E. Stine
Walkereville
Arthur A. Stine
Earl E. Stine
Liberty
Roy L. Stine
Norman H
Alvie F. Stine Frederick
Edith L. Rippeon
Johnsville
Hilda F. Specht
Margare Specht
Locust Grove
Church of the Brethren
G. C., Barton
Among The Sick and Burn Victims in This City
Residents report Nellie Zimmerman recovering at home from a broken leg after October 20. Little Oneida Winpigter, of this city, returns from St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, for further burns treatment from last May. Also contains quotes and notes from Daily Bread and Rev. A. Parnell Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Zimmerman
Washington Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Oneida Winpigter
Walter Winpigter
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
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C. E. Union
Bi. T. Webster
Diana Gorgeous
Nour
Maggie Slumgullion
Graceham
Moravian Church
Rhoda Stevens
East Patrick Street
Weig
NEA Service, Inc
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A. Parnell Bailey
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