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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1947
Page
4
An 1920s style Dorothy Dix column offers blunt guidance on love and jealousy. A young woman learns her partner shows no commitment and is advised to end the relationship. A mother asks how to gain a son’s trust and is told to dial back supervision for his well being. The Bell Syndicate distributes the syndicated responses.
An article traces nursing history from religion and wars to science and notes an acute nationwide nurse shortage. It urges women to enter the field, citing meaningful service, improving pay, conditions, and job security as incentives for a career serving humanity through medicine and science.
Dedication Day honors Lincoln Gettysburg Address with November 19 readings in schools and gatherings. The observance stems from 1846 act and is promoted by the Loyal Legion of the United States. James Bristol to speak at Hood College on Problems of Race. Also notes African cattle louse found in Florida and Texas after quarantine.
Fifty years ago in Frederick the Hennessy Leroyle and his eight person troupe delivered a refined remedy performance at the Opera House despite wind and rain. The Frederick football eleven lineup lists Benson Davis H Wolfe Eisenhauer W Kolb Keefer Gorman Ely Brough R Wood T Wood J Wood Brust Doty Eckstein Creeger Hemp E Wood. The Domestic Building Association has been organized in the city. David Koehler has moved his barber shop from West Patrick Street to South Market Street. Local logic predicts much building in Frederick next spring with masons and carpenters in high demand.
The Board of Aldermen voted to accept the new Ahrens Fox ladder truck at 15000 dollars city cost. Citizens Track Company agreed to cover the remaining 31500 dollars. Four new concrete bridges over Carroll Creek at the intersection with Main Street in Frederick cost 28792.57 dollars, with the State Roads Commission paying the rest of 47856 dollars.
Earl L. Douglass D D writes on enduring inferiority. People feel inferior to others yet often those considered superior reveal insecurities. A haughty spirit diminishes real worth, and every person likely holds a strength in which others may be superior.
Inclement weather forced the postponement of the fall sports day planned for Saturday November 15 at Hood College. No new date was announced.
Frederick and Carroll county contributors sent relief goods to the Church World Service Center at New Windsor in October. Carroll county led with 1848 pounds, Frederick 1845, and a Frederick Church of the Brethren unit delivered 933 pounds of clothing and 150 pounds of grease. Total relief goods reached 467,111 pounds.
New York Reverend Jesse Reutte reports wearing a rented purple turban and a exaggerated Swedish accent during a Mobile Alabama trip. He says the disguise reduced tension on a segregated train and in restaurants, comparing it to being hidden behind enemy lines. He claims he would have been arrested if exposed.
Weekend arrests listed by city police include Leroy Weedon and James Newman as colored individuals in Taney and Middletown for intoxication and loitering. Other names cited are Yellow Springs and Clarksburg residents with intoxication charges, plus Earl Carlos and Lawrence Ford among those charged, with officers Sgt. Ben Phebus and Charles E Burras and Alton Twentey making the arrests.
Mr and Mrs Stambaugh marked fifty years of marriage on November 1 in Thurmont after a 1897 wedding conducted by Rev George Whitmore They are parents of ten living children thirty three grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren A family dinner followed on November 2 at their home with relatives from Union Bridge Harney Emmitsburg Woodsboro Thurmont Baltimore and other nearby towns attending.
The Evangelical and Reformed church of Rocky Ridge held its regular guild meeting at Mrs. Floyd Weitzel’s home on Nov. 12 with 16 members and two visitors. The program Christian Women in Action was led by Mrs. Harvey Stambaugh. Plans were made for the annual chicken and waffle supper and refreshments were provided by Mrs. Wetzel and Mrs. Newton Valentine. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Johnny Dubel’s home with co Hostess Mrs. Harver Stambaugh and program lead Mrs. Helen Troxell.
Two Mexicans Joseph Martinez and Benjamin Zarate were jailed in Allegany County after crossing the Rio Grande and riding freight trains toward New York City. They surrendered to Westernport police in a cold mountain storm and told authorities they entered the country illegally. Federal authorities were notified.
A Bangkok spokesman for the military regime warns of an assassination attempt on 19 year old King Phumin Aduldet in Lausanne, Switzerland. The plan, tied to a broader coup to topple the monarchy, targeted Nov. 30, on a conspiracy which the regime says the Nov. 9 coup forestalled.
This Washington Daybook notes Ruth Shipley as an early one person intelligence force in the State Department. It traces security controls expansion under Russell Panuch and Robinson, describes wiretaps and costly inquiries, and details Jesse Woolcott pressuring Frank Creedon to loosen rent controls as of mid 20th century.
In many cities men about to become fathers take courses to prepare for new duties. Sessions cover helping wives before during and after birth and infant care. Classes end with vows to be supportive during pregnancy and postpartum and to protect the infant from infection.
The report lists 24 hour precipitation ending at 8 today with November to date 4.18 inches and high yesterday at 4 below zero. River conditions show Monocacy muddy at Buckerstown Dam and Potomac clear at Point of Rocks. Claude Pepper of Florida is noted as friendly in both sessions.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky told a National Council of Soviet American Friendship dinner that a frenzied upsurge of anti Soviet sentiment in the United States seeks war with the Soviet Union. He accused American policy of using Germany to threaten Russia and cited John Foster Dulles remarks on not retreating to Potsdam.
Newark N J November 17 legal cannonading continues in the Newark Bay battle as the Newark fireboats keep hoses active and the decommissioned battleship New Mexico sits at anchor. The city legal department issues an ultimatum to Lipsetu Inc salvage to refrain from moving the New Mexico until Wednesday or defend a Federal injunction immediately. The salvage firm had agreed not to move the vessel until tomorrow pending Navy Department and Port of New York Authority conference in Washington which was postponed to tomorrow. The dispute stems from fears scrapping the dreadnought would jeopardize a 70 900 000 port authority development program for the city airport and seaport.
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