Farmers urged to prepare for rougher roads ahead
Senator Cappers warning about lower prices and stormy times ahead urges farmers to modernize operations, invest in soil conservation, and tighten finances. The piece notes wage-earners face similar pressures and cites Mrs Roosevelt's intervention in Hanns Eisler’s admission case as a symbol of political influence and public concern. It closes noting John W. Bowers Jr. and his wife celebrate their forty second wedding anniversary at 6 East South Street.
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Cappers
Danny
Department
Eisler
Roosevelt
House Committee On un-American Activities
Communist Party
Communist
Union
John W. Bowers Jr
East South Street
Farewell Frederick Fair and Aviation Show at Stevens Field
Saturday Chat reviews the Frederick fair with racing exhibits and a Sunday aviation show at Stevens Field near Lewistown. The piece notes Governor Lane's praise for Maryland actions increasing Frederick County state funding. It also mentions local crime, fires, road plans, and upcoming events from the fair and community leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Fair
Stevens’ Field
Lewistown
FFA
W Preston Lane
Maryland
Frederick County
Herter's return to weigh a possible special session
Massachusetts Congressman Chris Herter leads a Europe mission and faces pressure over whether to urge a special Congressional session to decide aid for western Europe this winter. Senate leaders delay hearings awaiting Herter's report, while critics fear action before his town return.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Chris Herter
Massachusetts
Herter
House
Europe
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Joe Martin
Paris
Harvard
American Peace Commission
European Relief Council
Herbert Hoover
The
Independent
Sportsman
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Edith Nourse Rogers
Hood College Dean Hosts High Tea for 3.0 Scholars
Elizabeth Eckhardt May dean of Hood College invites four Frederick girls and faculty, administration to a Sunday 5 pm Dean's High Tea in Coblentz Hall to honor second semester 1946 1947 scholars. Guests include college leaders and Hood staff, with committee chair Mrs Martha Carson arranging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itean
Frederick
Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Hood College
Coblentz Hall
Louise H. Hendrickson
R. Ames Peedrickson
West Second Street
Eugenia Vogiatzis
Theodore Vodgis
North Market Street
Elizabeth Derr
Harry
Derr
Patrica
Anna K. Rudy
Cobientz Hall
Carolyn B. Loomis
Shriner Hall
Paul B. Beckhelm
Meyran Hall
William Barnhart
Mary E. Mather
Elizebeth B. Bower
Dorothy J. Merrill
Wayne C
Margaret B. Rawson
Mr. Rawson
Martha M. Reddick
Mary L. Rion
Selina Williams
Elizabeth Wodil
Hood
Braddock Heights
Braddock
Martha Carson
Hood College Dietitian
Ail
Heights
Marion Smith
Sarah Leiter
Jennie Coblentz
Leiter
Lyndon Hill Junior High School
Prince George's County
Keystone Honor Society
Miss Leiter
3Liss Leiter
Wedding Bells Tie Hyatt Six and Beatrice Six Pair
Hyatt of Woodsboro marries Beatrice L Six at Parkway Parsonage Church of God with Rev C O Sullivan officiating. Bride wears grey suit with red rosebuds. couple to reside at 46 Taney Apartments after a wedding trip to Columbus.
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Hyatt
Charles K. Hyatt
Woodsboro
Beatrice L
Frederick
Parkway
Church of God
C. O. Sullivan
Sarah Six
Charles Burke
Camp Detrick
Shirley Six
Buffalo
Columbus
Taney Apartments
Fifty Years Ago Local Ehems From The Columns Of The News
Oct 4 1897 report notes a bold daytime theft at Mrs Lydia J Wilson Mt Airy stealing a gold watch chain and 6 dollars. Miss Julia Hergesheimer sells house and lot at 7 East Church Street to George B Potts for 2 dollars. Dealer predicts potatoes at 225 per bushel as the crop is short. Autumn leaf collectors harvest in Court Park and Braddock Heights. United Fire Company to compete in hose race at Charles Town W Va on Oct 2 with purse of 75.
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Jack Frost
New York
Charlie Keller
New York Yankees
Baltimore
Columbia
Navy
Annapoli
William Tennant
R. N
Hood
Braddock Heights
Tabler
Urbana
Company A
National Guard
Maryland
Frederick County
State Roads Commission
Russell H. McCain
William F. Childs, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Freedom
Naval Observatory
Potomac Edison Company
Middletown
Frederick
Henry Magaha
Maurice Remsburg
the News
Lydia J. Wilson
Mt Airy
Julia Hergesheimer
Ore
East Church Street
George B. Potts
Court Park
Twenty Years Ago Local Hems From The News
A partial column from October 4 1927 recounts local items including a crash injuring Margaret Fromke on Church Street and the first car to cross the new South Market Street bridge owned by Harbounch Auto Sales. Casper E Cline Jr a Johns Hopkins junior left to resume studies. Philadelphia Phillies defeated Hagerstown Ath igs at Rogerstown 6 to 3 with Clarence Blethen Eddie Sawyer and Chester Horan on the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Fromke
Church Street
South Market Street
Ira
Hud
Harbounch Auto Sales
Charles Duboi
William V. Wolfe
Casper E. Cline, JR
Johns Hopkins University
Bakimore
Philadelphia Phillies
Hagerstown Athigs
Rogerstown
Clarence Blethen
Eddie Sawyer
Chester Horan
Frederick
Hagerstown
Biethen
Food conservation debate stirs Washington politics
In Washington a partisan clash over food conservation emerges as Senator Taft proposes eating less while Senator Pepper and President Truman push waste less. The piece argues voluntary restraint and possible rationing, linking conservation to prices, Europe aid, and public support, warning against political sabotage and highlighting gendered views on women’s work and finances.
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Muggeridge
White House
Congress
Europe
David Washington
Senator Tait
West
Pepper
Florida
Truman
America
Upc
Taft
Dorothy Dix Says Family Finances Favor Sons In Wages
In a reader letter Dorothy Dix discusses a girl who earns a wage but must hand over her pay, while her brother keeps his pay intact. She questions gendered financial bias and explains mothers often favor sons to foster independence and social status, leading to unequal family budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Tommy
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Louis S. Darner
Philip J. Gallagher
Mt. St. Mary's Seminary
Emmitsburg
George Kline
Thurmount
J. Franklin Haas
A. H. Etzler
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Tenn
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Washington Daybook
U. O. PF
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Home Economics
Malcolm Muggeridge
London Telegraph
United States
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Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Bob Hannegan
Harold Beaton
Michigan
Beaton
Sullivan
Tom Clark
Giobe Synd
Martha C. Carson
College Dietitian
Jack Baer
West College Terrace
Yankee Stadium
Ebbetts Field
Brooklyn
Thomas Courtney Lee
Ira O. Waltz
Brunswick
Albert Faulkner
New Orleans
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Miss
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Myyersville
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H. Austin Cooper l
Larry and
Lynn
Burkittsville
Bert ‘Lin
Sidney Wolfe
Foxville
LeRoy Toms
Polo, Nilinois
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Mt. Vernon
Washington, D. C
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Knoxville
Sandra Jean
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Walter Donovan
Mark Lee
B. R. Harrington
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L. J. Knepp
Cumberland
Westminster
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Western Maryland College
Mrs Knepp
C. S. Nicodemus
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Long Beach
California
Norman K. Long
Folly Beach
Orangeburg
Rock Hills
Long
Smoak’s
Phyllis
Winthrop College
Rock Wl S. C
Women's Council
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Lord Baltimore
John L. Whitehurst
Maryland Council
Women of
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Jefferson
J. Homer Remsberg
Edward Holter
State Clothing
George ¥_ Wagner
Mr. Airy
Evsdence
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Amy Campbell
Malden
Mass
Harry Fava
Mt. Airy
St. Agnes Hospital
Harry Clower
Airy
Broderick Memorial Hospital
Ridgely W. Baer
Katharine Dutrow
Julia E. Etchison
Frederick High School
Josephine P. Etchison
C. Burr Artz Library
Margaret Lough
Johns Hopkins Library
Dorothy Nicodemus
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Buckeystown
Rodney E. Lentz
John H. Lentz
Dill Avenue
Tri-State College
Indiana
Mrs
Robert Wandel
Mrs. Wandel
Mr. Wandel
Brunswick J. J. Newberry
A B. Hedges
Albert C. Palmer
Thirteenth Street
Harry V. Frushour
Libertytown
Bruce George
Richard Gambrill
West Third Street
Elias B. Ramsburg
Rockwell Terrace
Atlantic City
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
RL Francis
C. Robert Eigenbrode
H. M. Eigenbrode
Lebanon Valley College
Army Umberger
East Third Street
Harold K. Staley
Margaretta Mosburg
Buckerstown
Niagara Falls
Canada
Staley
Max Fisher
Art Club
Becin
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Robert E Clapp
Pearl Eader
Harriet Kolb
Clapp
Eader
Kelb
Florence Figenbrode
David O. Griffin
Edith Miller
Mary Rhoads
Frederick Fulmer
Newfoundland, Pa
Graceham
Af. F. Hockmyer
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Thurmon
F. 5. Rouzer
Carl Gall
Milton Carjpack
Samuel T. Royer
Neppco
Saratoga Spring
Roger Valentine
Route 1
Roland Lee
J. Leroy Smith
John C. H. Lee
U. S. Army
McCarthy
Winnie
Misses Landers
Ralph Roger
Eckenrode
Marks
St. Timonthy's Catholic Church
Philadelphia
Eleanor Marks
John Marks
B. Lewis Eckenrode
Charles E. Eckenrode
John Cavanaugh
Anna
Paul Eckenrede
DePaul Street
Bredr
Healey
Keenan
City Hall
Philadelas
Alfie
Rinna—Thomas
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Dortha Af Thomas
Howard W Morgan
Boonsboro
Roy E Kinna
Elsie Kinna Wise
Roy E. Kinna
Warren A. Breisch
Jacquelyn Morgan
Princeton
Elwood Bussard
Mrs. Kinna
Conway
Walier Electric
Sally
Mamie
Bell Syndicate
Dorothy Dix
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