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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1947
Page
4
A Department of Agriculture report contrasts rising farm prices with higher costs for farmers, noting overall prosperity but uneven gains. It explains parity measures from 1909 to 1914, mechanization, and the divergence between grain producers and dairy and poultry farmers who face higher feed costs yet modest output gains.
Fire Prevention Week urges awareness of fire causes as families use stoves and heaters. Defective equipment, overheated heaters and pipes touching wood, and oily or inflammable waste spark fires. Prompt corrections lessen danger and protect the community.
Arch bishop Richard J. Cushing led more than 100000 Catholic men through Boston as Police Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan estimated a 3598000 crowd. The eight hour march capped the fourth annual convention of the Hal y Name Society, a 700 year old lay Catholic order.
Baltimore lawyer and former chair of the Board of Liquor License Commissioners, Charles T. Leviness, faced federal trial over alleged tax evasion of 9496. Witnesses included figures linked to night clubs and tavern businesses. Judge William C. Coleman presided. A separate public sale saw eight acres along the road from Catoctin Furnace to Jimtown sold for 2150 to Lee F. Green and wife.
A religious column argues time is in God’s hands and believers should face reversals and hardships with faith. It asserts divine control over life and death, cites scripture, and urges confidence that God is for them despite mockery of religion.
The author muses on the beauty of stars and the wish to name them while admitting personal memory fails to identify which star is which. He reflects on the wonder of nightly skies and the distance, brightness, and uniqueness of celestial bodies.
This note defines common usage errors and presents today’s word Benefaction meaning a charitable donation. It cites Mr Brown as an example of benefactions and discusses pronunciation spelling and synonyms for nuisance and related terms.
Two additional weekend arrests recorded on the Police Docket report William Dorsett Selman Md and George Hood Ridgeville were arrested by Sar Philip Culler on charges of disturbing the peace and fighting at the City Opera House about 9 30 Sunday night.
Historical notes from October 6 1897 include a child’s accident at a crossing near Model dry goods shop and Sahm and Dill, a Harmony Grove Station property sale for 5150 to J Calvin Cronise, Mr C Edward Zellers funding street paving with vitrified brick testing brick durability, cobblestones removed and brick masons building a chimney on West Fifth Street, and the Key Monument Association planning a January art loan exhibition and supper to raise funds about 1500 still needed.
The 52nd convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Maryland opened with 258 plus registrations as the group renewed support for prohibition. Mary R. Haslup of Baltimore was re-elected president. A large Lions Club delegation urged a white war on Market Street. One thousand two hundred trees were planted on the city watershed near Hamburg by the Frederick Izaak Walton League. Waring's Pennsylvanians performed at the Tivoli ahead of a likely sold out show.
President Truman declines a proposed Potsdam style meeting with Soviet Premier Stalin amid fears of mounting Cold War costs and a needed anti Communist Western bloc. Congress can reconvene by leaders without presidential action and Luckman faces tough questions at a Washington press conference.
John R. Gue and Bartholows no longer hold any stake in a tavern near Abbigeville. Officials say Gue was fined $10 in Peoples Court and had been expected to own a third of the tavern while reportedly drawing welfare checks. His connection with the tavern reportedly ended months ago.
Washington Oct. 6 profit margins per sale for top food firms show little or no rise since 1936 with baking and dairy margins dropping in 1947. Retail chains and farming share rise. prices and costs shift, signaling inflation persists amid abundant supply challenges.
Reading letters from a 17 year old self described as beautiful and vain who seeks popular acceptance from peers and her mother. Dorothy Dix warns that vanity alienates other girls and urges modesty while also advising a troubled fiancé to research background, heredity, and environment before marriage.
The third city and county property reassessment since 1937 is near completion with five districts finished Buckeystown Walkersville Mt Pleasant New Market and Urbana. Complaints from Buckeystown property owners were raised as protests rise with rising real estate values. The county plans to finish Lang and new property in the city and county later this year and expects more protests when Frederick district is reassessed next year.
Major Thomas M. Nial outlines the VA prosthetic service's shift from clerical processes to a nationwide system. Veterans can obtain free repairs up to 335 dollars with a service card, and private limb shops, not VA, supply parts while VA funds the bills. The program aims to coordinate manufacturers, improve quality, and advance prosthetic research for all amputees.
Personal notes record visits in Washington and Braddock Heights. Mr Rudolph Crouse and Miss Evelyn Rector of Washington spent Sunday with Mrs Fannie Gittings at 1242 Dill Ave. Mrs Kolb moved from Jefferson Boulevard to 3 East Third Street. her son and daughter-in-law Merhle and wife returned to German town Pa. A Packard Henney funeral coach arrived after a convention trip. Various families from Barnesville Greenbelt Glen Echo Middletown Winchester Rockville and other towns visited relatives in Washington D C Artington and Greenbrier College noted for Miss Perggi Smith’s junior year.
Miss Barbara Jean Clabaugh daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Clabaugh of Bolivar wed Captain Edgar L Shenk of Perryville now based at Fort Monmouth New Jersey in Stone’s Chapel Merryville Virginia The ceremony was conducted by Dr John C Silver and Rev R K McDonald with about 140 guests The bride a nurse wore a white slipper satin gown and carried white roses with a white orchid The reception followed at the Jefferson Hotel Charlestown The couple left for a California honeymoon Captain Shenk served in the U S Army Signal Corps and the wedding party included family from Bolivar and nearby towns
A sermonette by Rev. Reno S. Harp Jr appears in the Richmond News Leader. The Richmond rector discusses founders of the country seeking conscience based worship and warns of militant paganism. He notes Christian victory comes at high sacrifice. Also reports Rev. Frank E Williar moves to Baltimore to pastor two churches.
Millie Virginia Culler of Walkersville married James Emory Cooper in a 2 PM ceremony at St Pauls Lutheran Church Walkersville The couple will reside in Baltimore Mrs Cooper is a Walkersville High School graduate who served in the Wacs and is studying at Strayer College Mr Cooper is an infantry veteran and public accountancy student at Eastern University The reception followed in the church school rooms
Hospital entries report William Kohrenberg Jr moved to Utica from Frederic Memorial Hospital in an ambulance. Mrs. Mary A Foook and Mrs. Glenn Keilholtz recover at home after procedures. Miss Helen Weddie discharged. A five year lease on the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company building on South Court Street is filed, between Tempie Zacharias and Hilda Ope, with A and P, at $500 monthly from September 1947. A deed records sale of 11 West Fifth Street from Lester Boleyn to Edward A Esterly for about $5,000. California walnuts account for 90 percent of U.S. production.
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