McGrath Installed Democratic Chair amid Convention Preparations
Senator J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island was named national chairman by the Democratic committee as it convenes to plan for the 1948 convention. A resolution condemning Republicans for policy disagreements was withdrawn to avoid harming emergency legislation aims. The party also tweaks a delegate bonus plan to reward states that backed Truman in 1944, boosting southern influence.
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Democratic Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Truman
McGrath
Robert E. Hennegan
30Th Congress
Congress
John M. Redding
Solid South
Gessner
McCorvey
Mobile
Ala
South
Monument To Mark Mase Burial Site
The capital airline plans a no ceremony monument in the Blue Ridge for the DC-4 crash victims. A 4 foot high 415 foot wide stone bears the eight unidentified names with photographs to kin. Fifty people, including an 18 month old girl, died in the fog near Purcellville.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge
Purcellville
Drink More Milk And Eat Less Bread Sake of Maryland Dairy Meet
Dr. T B Symons head of the University of Maryland College of Agriculture urged the Interstate Milk Producers Association to adopt the slogan drink more milk eat less bread He called for saving grain by feeding more hay and silage and culling low producers from herds to reduce labor costs amid rising expenses Cotton history noted briefly.
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Chesapeake City
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland College of Agriculture
Inter- ‘State Milk Producers Association
Symons
Truman
Y M C A Center Of Frederick Cultural And Civic Life
The Frederick Y M C A serves as a town hall for the community engaging boys and men and extending to women and children. It backs the 1947 Community Chest drive from November 3 to 14 and hosts diverse groups from Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish affiliations, with political independents also involved.
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Frederick
Community Chest
Alvin G. Quinn
Young Men's Christian Association
Always Club
ACT AB VOLUNTEERS Aid Brownie Troops In Frederick
Five Hood students volunteer as assistant Scout leaders for Brownie packs and Girl Scout troops in Frederick. The group includes Miss Margaret Head class of 1950 from Pittsfield Massachusetts Miss Marilyn Best class of 1950 from Kensington Pennsylvania and Miss Jayne.
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ACT AB
Hood
Frederick
Margaret Head
Pittsfeld
Mass
I Marilyn Best
Kensington
Jayne
College social fraternity origins and 1949 alumnae notes
Culver alumna from Towanda Miss Marcie Leister and New Britain Miss Bernice Shay are mentioned among references to the first national college social fraternity founded in 1825 at Union College Schevectuty New York.
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Culver
Towanda
Marcie Leister
New Britain
Conn
Bernice Shay
Newton
Mass
Union College, Schevectuty, N
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