Food Show at State Armory draws largest crowd of year
A Saturday night crowd at the Food and Better Housing Show at the State Armory, hosted by Serv-U Save-U Stores and Independent Retail Food Distributors, filled the venue to near capacity. Winners announced included prizes for various foods and products such as High Rock root beer, Frostie root beer, Maryland Biscuit Company cakes, and sewing machine certificates, with several named awardees from Frederick, Middletown, and nearby towns.
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State Armory
Serv-U Save-U
High Rock Root Beer
Charlotte Roberts
Frederick
King Maple Syrup
Arthur Ridgiey
East Sixth Street
Charles Albaugh
South Market Street
Kirk Cramer
Wilson Avenue
BE. Burdette
Thurmont
John Crampton
Middletown
Foster Angleberger
East Church Street
Frostie
Kenneth Ports
East Fourth Street
Snyders
Richard Hime
Water Street
Maryland Biscuit Company
M Ruth* Summers
Gails Coffee
Lydia Maple
Center Street
Daniel Fout
James Avery Clark
Little America
Slaven Foods
Clarence Fogle
Woodsboro
Louis Weigand
Robert Neal Wolf
Maple Avenue
Buck's Drive
Ethel Bartlett
West South Street
Ideal Farm
Ridgley
Durkee
Robert Marendt
Wilson Place
Wilbur Ford
Taney
Harry Castle
Food basket recipients listed in The News 1950
The Frederick newspaper lists pisstee food basket recipients by name and address along with a long roster of local households receiving donations. Names include Adams Baltimore. Thelma Busick. Thelma Busick. Mrs Harmon Culler. Mrs Harold Heffner. Mrs Wilbur Ford. Violet Boyer. Wilfred Kaufmen. Kay Kaufman. Mrs Ralph E Fry. Mrs Millard Hickman. Mrs James Marks Jr. Mrs Arthur Ridgley and others across Frederick routes Two Three Four and surrounding streets.
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the News
Frederick
W. M. Duble
Jefferson Street
Austin
Case
Chester Miller
Dill Avenue
Filbert
Agnes Webb
Trail Avenue
Wilkins-Cory
Larry Shai
Fleming Avenue
Charles Roderick
Unionwise
McCormick Duro
Millard Angleberger
East Seventh Street
Caye
Charlotte Burras
East Fifth Street
Charles Faust
West Patrick Street
Western Maryland
Beechnut Baby Food
Nellie Strine
West South Street
Walter Thrasher
Jefferson
Southern Biscuit Company
FF. W. Cookies
Ning Anders
Woodsboro
Tetley Tea
Borden Ice Cream
Richard Himes
Water Street
G L Baking Co
Harry Kester
West Third Street
Frederick Bottled Gas Co
Fred Bowers
Zelman Turner
Adams
Baltimore
Roland Smith
Thomas Angleberger
East
Church
Thelma Busick
West Fifth Street
Harmon Culler
Harold Heffner
Wilbur Ford
Taney
Violet Boyer
Wilfred Kaufmen
Center Street
Kay Kaufman
Ralph E Fry
Millard Hickman
James Marks, Jr
Arthur Ridgley
East Sixth ‘Sixth Street
Soviet Artillery Declared Best in World by Samsonov
Col Gen Samsonov declared on Soviet artillery day that Russian artillery was the best in the world and warned American warmongers not to forget it. In Ogonek, he said Soviet forces can cut off any hand that tries to threaten Russia.
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RED Artillery
Moscow
Samsonov
Artilry
Ogonek
Russia
Boston Blackout Knocks Out City Power Briefly
Boston and nearby communities suffered a hourlong blackout caused by a power plant failure at the Boston Edison Company. The outage disrupted theatres, newspapers, news services, telephone and radio stations, traffic signals and many AC buildings while hospitals largely shielded and some switched to internal generators. The outage lasted from about 6:22 to 7:20 p.m. EST with unofficial reports pointing to trouble at a major Edison plant in the South area.
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Boston
Boston Edison Company
Peter Bent Brigham
Children's Hospitals
Edison Company
Boston Power Failure Halts City Stations and Presses
A two hour blackout left Edison officials unreachable. WNAC WBZ and several radio programs were disrupted while the Daily Record and Boston Herald offices lost power in parts of their plants. News wires AP UP INS operated poorly. Globe and Post unaffected. Traffic and theatres faced outages, Cambridge Electric switched to auxiliary generators. Metro Transit Authority remained powered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
WNAC
WBZ
Boston Herald
The
Daily Record
City Room
Herald
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Boston Globe Or Post
Cambridge Electric Light Company
Boston Edison
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Two men in 1938 Chevrolet roll over on Route 240
One man was injured and an other escaped unhurt when their car rolled over twice on Route 240 three miles south of Gaithersburg early Sunday. Fred Palmer, 24, of Bethesda, the driver, was taken to Bethesda Hospital by Gaithersburg Fire Company ambulance with concussion and other injuries.
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Gaithersburg
Fred Palmer
Bethesda
Bethesda Hospital
Gaithersburg Fire Company
Compound crash injures companion. livestock income shifts noted
A crash report states a horse drawn machine overturned twice injuring a companion named John Fuller, 29, of Bethesda who escaped unharmed. The device reportedly rolled onto its wheels, leaving agricultural income figures to reflect a shift from 25 years ago as livestock percentages rise.
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John Fuller
Bethesda
Texas
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Norcross - Greeting Cards
Herger’s Hook Mart & Gift Shop
North Market St
Edison
Harry Tinney
Hamilton Ave
Gurde Sottlefield
Gemce Mamade
Gettysberg
Hillside Turkey Farm
Ross Smith
Samuel T. Royer, JR
Thurmont, Md
SEARS
Barbara Jane
Santa Claus
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
W. Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Longines Igattnaver
Ae Longines
Watlnauer
Agence
General Acceptance Corporation
Third Tel
Point OF Rocks Garage
Newton's Garage
Franklin Wetzel
Armistead
Proprietors
Buckeystown
Glass & Mirror Sales & Service
Park Ave
Waverly
Patrick Street
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