Changing Electoral College by Popular Vote Debate
The piece argues voting should reflect the national popular vote rather than pivotal states. It notes California, New York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania dominate electoral totals and suggests a nationwide popular vote would elevate individual ballots and reduce the chance of losing despite the largest vote total. Proposals have emerged in Congress and may reappear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Qincss
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Congress
Anniversaries and Birthdays From Know America Today
Highlights include Thomas Pinckneys Charleston birth and later death, Basil L. Gildersleeve’s Johns Hopkins Greek scholarship, Adlai E. Stevenson’s Kentucky birth and vice presidency, and F Hopkinson Smith’s Baltimore roots. Also notes Randolph-Macon College founded, landmark 1914 WWI events, and 1944 De Gaulle recognition. Includes today's birthdays and horoscope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pinckney
South Carolina
Charleston
John R. Thompson
Southern Literary Messenger
Virginia
Richmond
Basil L. Gildersleeve
Johns Hopkins
S. C
Adlai E. Stevenson
Christian County
F. Hopkinson Smith
Baltimore
John Stewart Bryan
College of William and Mary
Henriche Co
Isda
Randolph-A Macon College
Ashland
San Juan Island
Treme
Boundary
Canada
United States
American Commission
Belgium
London
Luneville
France
Th Field Artillery
New York
Wall Street
Flint
Italy
U. S
England
Russia
de Gaulle
OPA
Truman
Congress
William D. Coolidge
Electric
Hudson
Maas
Armin C. Hansen
Monterey
Calif
San Francisco
Hugh Baillie
U Press
Brooklyvn
Wien
Ind
Clinton P Ande
Secredf Agriculture
New Mexico
Centero
Dorothy Dix Argues Women Should Prepare for Marriage Career
Dorothy Dix critiques women for seeking marriage and motherhood yet avoiding preparation for domestic life. She cites failures in cooking, budgeting, and companionship as sources of marital strife and delinquency, blaming mothers for delinquent children and urging women to train for the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
Angel Face
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Oct 23 1898
Debates at the Belles Lettres Society challenged the idea that barbarians enjoy more happiness than civilized men. In the recent fair many East Church Street school pupils won premiums. Samuel Stoner Copperville sold his mill with six acres to J Frank Sell Frederick. A Frederick woman’s horse was struck on a railroad bridge near Reedlie causing a wreck as a freight train from Everton to Hagerstown derailed the engine and tender. E Cates notes an editor’s public message urging keeping young people engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belles Lettres Literary Society
C. Summers
P. Racer
C. Hett
P. Wupp
East Church Street
Amr
Samuel Stoner
Copperwille
Roberts
J. Frank Sell
Frederick
Frederick Co
Reedlie
Everton
Hagerstown
E. Cates
Twenty Years Ago Local EMS From The Columns Of The News
Twenty Years Ago items recall local events from October 25, 1908 includes Burgess County Commissioners actions, a $500 reward context, a Graf Zeppelin related postcard from Friedrichshafen Germany received by Miss Betty Boyle Frederick High School athletics director, and local property transfer details at 240 East Third Street with Clara Nusz purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Burgess Sioners
Ivid BI Crist
Friedrichshafen
Germany
United States
Betty Boyle
Frederick High School
Philip R. Winebrener
East Third Street
Clara N. Nusz
Ilse Koch case looms over wartime justice pol eyrie
Washington Daybook recalls Ilse Koch, wife of Col Koch, former Buchenwald boss, and her trial for crimes against Allied nationals. It details a military tribunal in postwar Germany, ruling her guilty and sentencing her to life, while noting later debates over clemency and political fallout in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tise Koch
Col. Koch
S. S
Cco. Koch
Buchenwald
Ilse
Germany
Ilse Kock
Lucius Clay
Emil C. Kiel
William D Denson
Atomic Energy Commission
Robert L. Kunzig
Pennsylvania
Ilse Koch
Carl E. Whitney
Washington
Frau Koch
Ise Kochi
Col
Clio Straight
Munich
Fentagon
Col. Straight
Col Straight
Hie Koch
Clay
Senate Investigating Committee
Homer Ferguson
Colt Straight
T Hse Koch
Peter Zenkle
Czecho-slovakia
Europe
Uncle Sam
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
White House
Gee Eyes
Tige Koch
Truman
Jack Ewing
New York City
Kenneth Royall
Senate
P. S
Ferguson
Scood
Bill Rogers
Thomases
Copright
Flobe Lynd
Ruling on mass picketing clarifies right to work in 1947 law era
Washington commentary notes a National Labor Relations Board examiner defines mass picketing as a fact based action and not automatically illegal. Pickets can obstruct entrances, but the ruling affirms workers’ right to work and limits union backed coercion, signaling progress in labor management balance amid long fought protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Chicago
Labor’ Board
Irving Rogosin
North
CIO
Accomplishments of the United Nations Topic Lecture
Mrs. William H. Maltbie of the American Association for the United Nations spoke at Hood College’s U N club about UN accomplishments. She cited refugee aid by the International Refugee Organization and postwar housing efforts, plus Security Council actions on Iran, Syria, and Lebanon, and the WHO handling a plague in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
William H. Maltbie
Maryland
American Association For the United Nations
U. N Club
Hood College
U. N
Mabhbie
Europe
International Refugee Organization
England
Netherlands
New York
Security Council
Russia
Iran
Jveto
Syriax
Lebanon
World Health Organization
Egypt
Malibie
Festival of Sacred Music Opens Friday by Local Choirs
Plans and rehearsals are under way for the 13th annual festival of sacred music by the choir of the Focalized Brethren church to be presented Friday evening November 12. Sacred numbers by Calvary M. E church redevick under Prof. Paul Beckhelm and St John's Evangelical Lutheran church Hagerstown will join. A Baltimore tenor soloist and an organist from Hagerstown will contribute to a full program.
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Focalized
Brethren Church
Calvary M. E Church
Redevick
Paul Beckhelm
St John's Evangelical Lutheran’ Church
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Wedding of Helen Bostetter and Carroll Zimmerman
Miss Helen Bostetter daughter of Norman and Stone Bostetter and Carroll Zimmerman son of Bernard Zimmerman both of Hagerstown wed in a Friday ceremony at St Pauls Methodist parsonage Hagerstown Rev Norman Trott officiated The bride wore ice blue nylon with matching cap and veil and carried gardenias and sweetpeas The groom’s best man was Harold Hart The couple plans a short trip and will reside at 58 North Avenue Hagerstown Mrs Zimmerman works at United Engineering Company and Mr Zimmerman at Central Motors
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amerman—Bostetter
Helen Bostetter
Norman , Stone
Hagerstown
Carroll Zimmerman
Bernard Zimmerman
St Paul's Methodist Parsonage
Norman Trott
Kathleen Dean
Zimmerman
Harold Hart
Son Gets Third Of Residuary Estate
Frieda Weissman died May 9 and her will filed for probate in Brooklyn. She leaves her son one third of the residuary estate and two grandchildren each 1000 dollars. The two thirds plus 500 are divided among others. Executor S Richard of 1723 Centre named. estate valued about 6000 dollars in personality with inheritance tax appraisal pending.
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Brooklyn
Frieda Weissman
Jacob Weissman
Marcia
Bernice Weissman
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Francis McGarey
S. Richard
Centre
Local Woman's Sister Designed Plastic Bottle
A Washington nurse, Mrs. Adda May Alen, sister of Mrs. Charles H. Snyder, designed a dispos able plastic baby bottle featured in The News Friday and Life magazine previously. Her cousin Nellie Hoke Swope and daughter-in-law Mrs. Irving B. Swope in Gaithersburg used the bottle to raise a son, marking early adoption by new parents. Market prices list barley and wheat per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adda May Alen
Washington
Charles H. Snyder
North Market Street
Life Magazine
Nellie Hoke Swope
North Market
Irving B. Swope
Gaithersburg
Stevens Airport
Inauguration Day Supper Ends Hood College Event
An informal buffet at Hood College Truxal home wrapped a busy Inauguration day. About eighty attendees included Board of Trustees members and wives from Pennsylvania and out of town, plus several Truxal family members and friends. Notables from Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and New England joined the gathering to mark the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
Truxal
Truxals
Paul Smith
Smith
Hagerstown
Air
William T. Delaplaine
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Holmes D. Baker
Andrew K. Coffman
Margaret R. Motter
Clyde E. Thomas
Clifford M. Yinger
Pennsylvania
John C. Motter
York
James Hughes
Greensburg
David Lockert
Myerstown
Joseph H. Nef
Huntingdon
John D. Meyer
Tyrone
J. Parsons Schaeffer
Philadelphia
Winfield S. Zehring
Oil City
Anahelm W. Myers
Hanover
Charles William Smith
Harrisburg
Warne H. Bowers
Charlottesville
Robert J. Allen
Quincy
Mass
John Mr. Groff
Lancaster
J. Q. Truxal
John Tr
D. B. Graybill
Kathryn Graybill
East Petersburg
Paul Robinson
Howard Thomas
Frank Clark
Lamar Clark
Mercersburg
J. B. Graybill
Ed Smith
St. Lancaster
Dougherty
Coatesville
Fred Grumbacht
Mary Buch
Chambersburg
Frank Gehrs
Bethlehem
Ed Bortz
James Rogers
Latrobe
Ohio
Helen D. Bragdon
Lake Erie College
Painesville
Howard Hamilton
Columbus
C. F. Williams
Cleveland
MacQuilkin DeGrange
N. H
Deans Meeting and Hood College Students Attend Red Shoes Show
The National Theatre in Washington hosts Hood College students for a performance of The Red Shoes as part of a group of about thirty from Hood. Mrs. Ruth E. Perry of Hood College will attend the meeting of the Association of Deans and Advisors. Also noted are a bridal shower for Miss Lucille Snyder, engagements, and births in local families. The column lists visitors, travels, and family milestones across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Tennant
Nan Livingstone
Cumberland
Mary Alice Benson
West
Eleanor Everhart
Mary Staley
Louise Engle
Salisbury
Business and Professional Woman's Club of
Maryland
Mary Rockwell
Bounswick
Tional Association of
Chevy Chase Junior College
Washington
Ruth E. Perry
Hood College
National Theatre
Motion Picture House
Local Health Notes Highlight Frederick Memorial Hospital
The column lists numerous residents in Frederick area recovering from operations and illnesses at Frederick Memorial Hospital or other facilities. It notes patients getting along satisfactorily, with several undergoing surgery, including Mrs. Charles R. Dee, Mrs. Earl Fox, and Mrs. Henry L. Haupt. It also mentions injuries from a fall, pneumonia recoveries, and a few relocations to other hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Boyer
Fairview Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert Bowers
Taneytown
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Charles R. Dee
New Market
Middletown
Samuel Routzahn
Myersville
Routzahn
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Joseph R. Harp
Raymond Markley
Raymond Gordon
Burkittsville
University Hospital
Baltimore
Earl Fox
William H. Renn. Adams
Frederick Memories Hospital
M. R.etchison
North Market Street
ML RL Etchison and Son
George V. Arnold
Bennie Anne Hahn
Air
Harry T. Hahn
of &F
Johns Hopkins Hos
Ir i
Wm. Carson
Rais Avenue
Frederick Memorial
Hos‘pital
Howard E. Riddlemoser
Route 2
Frederick I
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Alarine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole
Mae
Turkey
Robert M
Jonesville
S.C
Mauri Maveric
San Antonio
Tex
Pnstime
Washington Daybook
Koch
Gerry Mess
Bengling
Tris Coffin
David Lawrence
Waa News
Catoctin Club Inc
Catoctin Club, Inc
Catoctin Country Club
John W. Morgan
Charles T. Butcher, Jr
James O. McCanner
Robert K. Danner
Paul G. Johnson
E. Linwood Myers
Charles W. Magaha
George R. Hargis
Ichard E. Zimmerman
Gordon W. Spurrier
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Messrs
Louis E Twentey
L. Donald Davis
Alfred R. Sharpe
J. Richard Ramsburg
Wiliam S. Huyett, Jr
Frederick Academy ‘of the Visitation
Arthur W. Myers
West College Terrace
Bridge
Milton Frank, Jr
Michael and
Patrick Shipley
Harry F. Shipley
Women’s Republican Club
Frederick County
Julia C. Young
Frederick Junction
Miss Young
Glenn A. Smith
Florence H. Surman
David O. Grifin
West Third Teet
Norfolk
Martha Biehle
International Reono 1
Lucille Snyder
North Markettreet
Lillian Bazze
Donald Null
Magnolia Avenue
Arthur Null
Nancy Null
Mary Mahoney
Grayson Crumbaugh
Carlton Bazzell
Jean Moser
Ozzie Fagan
Richard Metcalf
Margaret Creager
Ethel Nichols
Ruby Nichols
Carl Darner
Hilda Haller
Helen Schwartz
Helen Daugherty
Alta Ice
Ruth Cronise
Evan Gerrick
Phyllis Haller
R. E. Town
Rockwell Terrace
Columbus, O
Floyd Green
G. Arthur Jones
Lee Place
Helen Marie
Robert William Miller
Russell Miller
West South Street
Walter Lyerly
Welter Lee
N. C
Claude E. Toms
Ayersville
Laurence Long
Long
Quincey
J. Guy Ahalt
Sarah Susan
Wayne Johnson
Allen Bar
Pickstown
Johnson
Frank G. Remsberg
Herman Blickensta
Foxville
Robert Monds
Robert. Jr
Wasiton County Hespital
J. Camburn
Rochester
and Airs
A A. J. Balfe
Thurmont
al Horn
Florida
Mark C. Hendrickson
Herbert R. Freeman
Norwalk
Harry R. Webb
E. Lindsay Beck
Airy
Bon Secours Hospital
Walter McDaniel
St. Agnes Hospital
R. M. MacGibbon
Royal Canadian Artillery
J. S. Grabill
MacGibbon
Queen Alexandra's
Midwest
Perial Military Nursing Service of
A. E. Appleby
H. Carter Appleby
Grant Street
State Police
Linden Hills
Appleby
Conowingo
Randallstown
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