Atom bombs in Korea debated by imaginary Col. Frothing
HAL BOYLE questions whether atom bombs or gas should be used in Korea as a tactical move. The fictional Col. Amos Frothing argues atomic weapons could end stalemate but warns that using them risks a wider war, suggesting Stalin is bluffing about a Russian test.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Korea
Joe Stalin
United States
C¢Ed
Amos Frothing
William Howard Tait
General Grant
Bob Lee
Appomattox
Abe Lincoln
White House
Col. Frothing
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Russia
Europe
Junior
Keeping The Faith In South Dakota Tax Faithfulness
After World War II South Dakota levied excise taxes to fund a soldier bonus of 21 million dollars. Bonds were retired with interest, taxes cut, and despite pressure to continue the taxes the legislature kept faith. The revenue loss of 8.6 million over two years is cited as a commendable achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Centennial of Stephen Foster Draws Thousands to Swanee Bank
A large crowd gathered along the Swanee River to mark the centennial of The Old Folks At Home and pay tribute to Stephen Foster. Born 125 years ago, Foster wrote tunes that captured national reverence for innocence and nostalgia, though he died in poverty. His enduring songs include Oh Susannah, My Old Kentucky Home, and Hard Times Come Again No More.
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Swanee River
Stephen Foster
Foster
Susannah
Liberty Kellems and the Liberty Belief Movement
Connecticut cable maker Ivian KecHems leads a crusade against the income tax arguing for repeal and urging employers to stop withholding salaries. Her Liberty Belief and Liberty Boys spark sympathy among some Texas housewives and others who admire her stance on government economy while warning that repealing the tax would require new revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivian KecHems
Connecticut
Mies Kellems
Texas
Liberty Boys
Congress
Miss Kellems
Committee Members of State Assn Named
A. Grant Hooper and the State Association of County Commissioners named numerous committees drawn from county boards. Key panels include Legislative chaired by Clarence E. Tyler with Anne Arundel and Montgomery perennials, Resolutions chaired by Winslow F. Burhans, Auditing and Budget led by W. Everett Marton, and Constitution and By-Laws led by Milton R. Walker with Harford and Talbot participation. Leaders Bible Class at Calvary Methodist holds regular session with V P L Lewren Sibert presiding. Clyde Thomas presents Can We Pioneer for God focusing on Abraham. Attendance notes report 119 present including guests and visitors. prayer by Edward S. Rice.
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A. Grant Hooper
State Association of County Commissioners
Legislative
Clarence E. Tyler
Anne Arundel
Lathrop E. Smith
Montgomery
Joseph G. Harrison
Worcester
Jones W. Lines
Garrett
E. Oliver Legg
Queen Anne's Welfare
Robert R. Rhoderick
Frederick
Ernest L. Stone
St. Mary’s
Walter R. Andrews
Dorchester
Winslow F. Burhans
Washington
Worman E. Moxley
Howard
Emamett Hignutt
Caroline
Ralph L. Lowman
Calvary Methodist Church
L. Lewren Sibert
Willard Crum
George Lockard
Clyde Thomas
Charles Myers
Edward S. Rice
Navy Expands Fleet With 180 New Ships in Construction
The United States Navy plans a substantial build up adding about 180 ships, from a large carrier to new destroyers and submarines. Submarine construction reaches 13 boats, excluding an experimental atomic-powered craft. Operating ships total around 450, with many from mothball stock being activated or updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Navy
Congress
Lens
To Crown New Golf Champion Saturday
Catoctin Golf Club hosts championship finals on the Veterans of Foreign Wars course with Skippy Wenzel and Theron Green in the final flight. Semis saw Wenzel edge Derr 1 up after 20 holes and Green defeat Rhoderick 3 and 2.
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Catoctin
Skippy
Wenzel
Theron Green
Ham
Derr
Green
Mahlon Rhoderick
Bob Harrington
Glenn Spencer
Charles May
Crowther
Bill Lebherz, Jr
Jake Ivey
May
Lebherz
Tom Quill
Clyde Estes
Bob Prior
Bud Cole
Quill
Prior
Pete Demehak
Buzz Rhoderick
A. R. Craw
Nevin Baker
G. MH. Cruttenden
Jim McLaren
Frederick County Fair Opens Amid Procession and Weather
Fifty years ago the 41st Frederick County Agricultural Society Exhibition opened with a procession led by an open carriage carrying President Charles N. Hargett and officials, accompanied by two bands. The day was fine and the market noted fair produce with eggs at 20 cents a dozen, peppers onions and green tomatoes abundant, peaches scarce. An iron and steel bridge over Hunting Creek from Lewistown to Thurmont was approved by the Board of County Commissioners. A horse named Hector was poisoned, weighing about 150 pounds. Four Baltimore and Ohio laborers were injured on the main line near Alberton.
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
Charles N. Hargett
City Hotel
McClintock ‘Young
Hector
Board of County Commissioners
Hunting Creek
Lewistown
Thurmont
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Alberton
Diphtheria Spreads in Frederick County and Local School
Twenty years ago in October 1931, Frederick city reports 4 diphtheria cases and many suspects at Unionville school. Health officer Dr Kefauver urges immunization for children ages three months to 14 years. Also noted are fishing trip results by Myers, Rowe, and Bentz, a warm October with 88 degree max, and James H. Gambrill Jr elected president of Frederick Hotel Company as John S. Bershey assumes management.
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Frederick County
Unionville School
Kefauver
Ernest Myers
Harry Rowe
Edward Bentz
Piney Point
James H. Gambrill, JR
Frederick Hotel Company
John S. Bershey
Ovet
Emmitsburg Homemaker Club Trip Planned for Oct 18
At the regular meeting of the Emmitsburg Homemaker’s Club held at Mrs Merle Kelholty’s home fifteen members attended along with one guest. The group voted to take a bus to Annapolis on Oct 18 and requested interested members to call. The meeting included remarks on international relations, a reading on detergents, and a note about personalized cookbooks being ready to order. A surprise shower honored Mrs John H Krantz Jr and coverage listed many attendees. The article ends with a stock market note from New York dated Oct 4.
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Emitsburg Club
Emmitsburg
Keilholtz
Chas, Wood
M. R. Tate
Orendorff
Nebraska
Charles Sharrer
Robert Gillelan
E. L. Higbee
Nine Thousand Dollar Trailer Brings School Dental Clinic Here
A $9000, specially designed school dental trailer for Frederick County is now in use. Built by Usry of Richmond with $700 county funds, $500 annual city support, and $2000 state equipment, the unit replaces earlier portable clinics. The two‑chair trailer includes a darkroom, x ray, sterilizer, water system, and storage, serving public and parochial students through fifth grade with doctors Campbell Myers and others managing visits.
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Betty Sullivan
Health Department
Frederick
State Health Department
Frederick County Dental Society
William E. Trail
Richard €. Leonard
State Department of Health
T. S. Bader
E. C. Kefauver
G. Lloyd Palmer
David G. Everhart
Dental Association
Ralph D. Campbell
W. B. Watson
Brunswick
FL VY
Swearingen
Thurmont
James Marrone
Campbell
E. Linwood Myers
A. D. Flory
Fhurmont
Myers
Don
Dental Clinic
Frederick County
F. Sidney Hammond, Jr
Dental Society
David G. Everhart, Jr
William HK. Thomas
C. E Broadrup
Social Notes from Ladiesburg and Buckeystown
Local residents host and visit during the week with multiple Frederick and Baltimore links. Families named include Birely, Saylor, Gaver, Lind, Baker, McBride, and Chipley, among others, with weekend gatherings and a Truth Seekers meeting at Calvary church Buckeystown.
Mt Pleasant Community Show Planned by Grange
Mt Pleasant to give community show with a one act play Father Take A Wife on Thursday and a comedy film on Friday. Games featured both nights with entry hours Wednesday from five to nine. Charles Barker Jr presided as Sgt McIsaac of the Maryland State Police presented a safety movie.
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Mt. Pleasant
Weddings unite Burriss and Cline after long separation
Mrs Della Burriss of Buckeystown and John Sheridan Cline wed at Walkersville Lutheran parsonage with Rev Itherat Helwig presiding. The couple, after 32 years apart, plan to live in Buckeystown. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Harry Beans and Ruth Cline, a groom’s niece.
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vule—Burriss
Della Burriss
Buckeystown
John Sheridan Cline
Walkersville Lutheran Parsonage
Itherat Helwig
Harry Mr. Beans
Rocky Springs
Ruth Cline
Edward Arnold Weds Clee P. McCain in Southport Ceremony
Actor Edward Arnold aged 61 married Mrs. Clee P. McCain 43 at a simple ceremony in Southport Conn. Rev Galen Russell officiated at the Congregational church. Arnold’s cousin Frederick Ohse served as best man. It was Arnold’s second marriage and McCain’s first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Arnold
Southport
Conn
Clee P. McCain
Detroit
Galen Russell
Southport Congregational Church
Frederick Ohse
Arnold
Senate pushes three big spending bills for early adjournment
Washington leaders opened a Senate drive for quick adjournment by seeking swift approval of three bills totaling over 5.0 trillion dollars in funding. The measures cover defense funds for Army Navy Air Force and Marines, a foreign aid package of about 7.48 trillion, and a catchall money bill for numerous agencies.
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Washington
Senate
McFarland
Arizona
Congress
House
House Appropriations
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Dear Dorothy Dix and teen love troubles column item
Dorothy Dix dispenses advice to a 16 year old girl about an 18 year old boyfriend who shifts from love to doubt. She warns that early marriage fears may cause panic, urges patience, and notes that teen love can endure or fade with time. The column also offers guidance to a 17 year old girl dating a 20 year old in Korea and a young woman in love with a cousin-related suitor, advising honesty and medical consultation for heritage concerns. A closing quip remarks that a man grows finicky about food as he ages.
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Dorothy Dix
Andy
Aun
Jour
Miss Dix
Korea
Bussard Honors Return to Suffolk After Korea Furlough
Earl G. Bussard son of Mr and Mrs A Earl Bussard Woodsboro recently returned from Korea and after a fifteen day furlough at his home has been assigned to Suffolk County Air Force Base Long Island NY Mr and Mrs Charles Baker of Harmony are receiving congratulations upon the birth of a daughter on September 30 at the Emergency Hospital Mr and Mrs Robert M Ranneberger of Buckeystown quietly celebrated their fifty fifth wedding anniversary on Sunday
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Earl G. Bussard
A. Earl Bussard
Woodsboro
Korea
Suffolk County Air Force Base
Long Island
N. Y
Charles Baker
Harmony
Robert M. Ranneberger
Buckeystown
Local Hospital Movements Reported In Frederick County
Among The Sick Jesse P sing Ridgeville Horist was removed from his home to Frederick Memorial Hospital for readmittance Sunday night. He had previously been hospitalized for treatment and returned home. Removal was in the ambulance of M. R. Etchison and Son. Mrs Mahlon Roderick Mr Airy is reported progressing favorably at Frederick Memorial Hospital where she underwent a major operation Friday. LeRoy Strawsburg 216 South Market street was discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital Friday. He is much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse P. Sing
Ridgeville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
M. R. Etchison and Son
Mahlon Roderick
Airy
LeRoy Strawsburg
South Market Street
Daily Bread By Rev A Purnell Bailey Heaven Ideas From John R Mottt
John R Mott discusses Heaven as a place free from physical limits where bodies wear out or spirits tire. He envisions recognition with loved ones, and, above all, a realm where he can do the work he has long aspired to alongside God and angels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
A. Purnell
Bailey
John R. Mott
Heaven
Heavies
God
Holstein herd completes test year in Maryland farm report
J Wilmer House of Middletown Maryland reports his 18 cow registered Holstein Friesian herd produced an average 432 pounds of butterfat and 12 172 pounds of milk in the test year. Milking was done twice daily.
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HOUSE
Brattleboro
J. Wilmer House
Middletown
English Lesson On Misused Words And Word Study
An instructional note highlights common misuses and pronunciation errors. It covers phrases like who vs whom and explains misspellings and synonyms. The piece urges daily vocabulary growth by mastering one new word, using disparity as an example of difference.
Social Situation Funny Story Teaser
A group shares a ready heard joke and the teller resists saying no to the punch line. Laughter rises as the crowd nudges the finale forward without repeating the setup. The moment turns playful as everyone riffs on the familiar setup and the group improvises.
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Hayir
Restrictions Repealed by Owners in Baseball TV Rights
New York Oct 8 league baseball owners repealed broadcasting and television restrictions, restoring full authority to individual clubs after periods under league control. The move ends centralized oversight and returns decision power to team management.
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New York
Eagles Score Rare Hole in One at Catoctin
Sunday Pro Glenn Spencer made an eagle on the club second hole at Catoctin Golf Club. He reached the 4 yard hole in two with a sever iron drive to the cup, in a foursome.
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Catoctin
Glenn Spencer Irone
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June Rice
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Maurice Lee Dade
I. Calvin Rice
Belva K. Avers
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J. H. Krantz
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Ladiesburg
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F. H. Birely
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Paul Baker
Terry
Albert Baker
Baltimore
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Pie
Roy Lind
McAfeer
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Charles
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Dora Hoff
Harry Nicolas
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Merhle Adams
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Herman Brust
Frederick Theater
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Betty
Darlene Summers
Robert Wetzel
Frankie Miller
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Walter Fiker
HL. T. Webster
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Richard C. Shinn
R. A. Shinn
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