War and peace through eyes of HAL BOYLE column
New York columnist HAL Boyle argues war harms happiness and global order. He notes leaders pursue force but history shows wars breed chaos, urging hope and unity rather than a new world war. He warns modern conflict risks inner motives and neurotic obsessions. America and Russia’s power shape the era, with optimism about avoiding a third world war.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rome
Carthage
Napoleon
Hitler
Alexander the Great
Muscle
America
Russia
Europe
Horrible Example After Brig Gen Crawford Reprimand
General Crawford was removed from command of an ordnance depot in Detroit and reprimanded by Secretary Pace before being ordered to Heidelberg for other duties. Senator Byrd condemned the move as a moral deterioration in the Federal government and questioned rewarding reassignment to another position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Crawford
Detroit
Frank Pacer
Crawford
Heidelberg
Germany
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
United States
Michigan classifies driver as psychopathic, commits to asylum
In a dramatic move amid national safety efforts, Michigan commits a long-known reckless driver to a mental institution. The sanity commission labels him a psychopathic personality of an unstable type, not insane, highlighting a broader struggle against irresponsible driving and the need for stronger regulation of motor vehicle conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Sanity Commission
Fifty Years Ago Local Jiema From The Colux Of The News
The September term of circuit court opened with Judge McSherry charging the grand jury. Foreman Albert W. Burkhart led. Caveats to two wills loom in upcoming cases. A barn on David W Summers farm near Harmony was struck by lightning and burned, destroying about 1500 bushels of wheat and a nearby windmill. A runaway on West South street left Mr Charles Derr unhurt, the horse escaped. William Witmer near Wolfsville planned a snake exhibition in Hagerstown but was halted by Judge Stake. 30 rattlers claimed to be under his control. Miss Nan Houck of Harmony Grove had two rings stolen in Ohio but recovered them. a detective compelled a woman on a train to return the rings to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West South Street
Charles Derr
Judge Stake
Witmer
Nan Houck
Harmony Grove
Ohio
Washington Junction
Frederick
Miss Houck
Frederick High enrollment and local figures from 1931
Twenty years ago in Frederick 914 students enrolled at Frederick High School with 282 in the freshman class. Local firemen Robert Rumpf Boost and Ray Steel attended a short University of Maryland course. Ames Hendrickson spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Why I Like Frederick. George Paxson reported a car collision with two bulls on the Frederick-Lewistown road, leaving Paxson with a bruised head and vehicle damage. John Martz of Frederick rode with Paxson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Robert Rumpf
William Boost
Ray Steel
University of Maryland
Frederick
Kiwanis Club
Ames Hendrickson
Frederick Merchant
Rotary Club
George Paxson
Frederick-Lewistown
John Martz
Paxson
State officials weigh Senate crime report findings
Baltimore and Maryland leaders debated the Senate Crime committee’s report noting surges in dope and marihuana use and gambling in Baltimore and other cities. Governor Mecheldin said he would study the report. Senator Crothers said the council will question Baltimore Police at the next meeting. House Speaker Luber urged tougher narcotics penalties. State's Attorney Morton acknowledged vice enforcement gaps in Anne Arundel under the former police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Senate Crime Committee
Maryland
New York
Washington
Chicago
Omar B. Crothers
Maryland Legislative Council
Crothers
Baltimore City
D'Alesandro
Mecheldin
Ocean City
House of Delegates
John C. Luber
Legislative Council
James C. Morton
Anne Arundel County
Senate
Anne Arundel
John
BH. Souers, Jr
Opera House Week Schedule At City Opera House
The city opera house week begins Sunday with Comin Round The Mountain featuring Abbott Costello and Dorothy Shay plus news and cartoon. Thursday presents Night Into Morning with Ray Milland John Hodiak and Nancy Davis along with news and novelty. Friday showcases Bill Monroe in person with Grand Ole Opry unit, screen Hometown Story with Jeffrey Lynn and Marjorie Reynolds. Saturday features King of the Bullwhip with Lash LaRue and Partners in Time with Lum and Abner plus news and cartoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Opera House
Abbott and Costello
Dorothy Shay
Parks Avenue
Jeffrey Lynn
Marjorie Reynolds
Lash LaRue
Lum
Abner
Brunswick Man Killed On Rt 340 In Petersville
Malcolm Page Dean age 65 of 19 West C Street died from a fractured skull after walking into a car on Route 340 at Petersville. Jessie C. Dodds of Lucasville drove the car and was released without charges. Dean, a railroad man known as a button pusher, was visiting his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs E C Whipp. He is survived by his wife a daughter and son Jack. Funeral arrangements by Feete and Bray funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Petersville
Malcolm Page Dean
West C Street
James F. Rouzee, Jr
Jessie C. Dodds
Lucasville
Nicholson's
Dean
E. C. Whipp
Deaths in Baltimore Area: J Wistar Huey and Margaret Linthicum
J Wistar Huey 81 retired insurance executive and Civil War authority died at his Ruxton home after a Baltimore life, survived by wife Florence, two sons and a daughter. Funeral private, burial at Woodlands Philadelphia Tuesday. Margaret Linthicum 95 Glenwood native and longtime Howard County resident died in Lisbon. Remains at Laytonsville funeral home. services Monday dawn, Rev. Paul W. Henry officiating. interment Oak Grove Glenwood. Roy W. Barber funeral director.
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Wistar Huey
Baltimore
J. Wistar Huey
Frederick
Ruxton
Philadelphia
Pennock Huey
Margaret Linthicum
Glenwood
Howard County
Lisbon
Laytonsville
Paul W. Henry
Oak Grove Cemetery
Roy W. Barber
Funeral rites for Joseph H. Weller held at Wakefield Church of God
Funeral services for Joseph Herbert Weller were conducted Thursday at 2 p m at Wakefield Church of God. Weller, who died at University Hospital, operated a grain and feed mill near Linwood for 27 years and a canning factory for 14 years. Interment followed in Pipe Creek cemetery. Bearers included Kenneth Nusbaum James Staub Roland Danner William Hyde Charles Hahn Donald Flinger. Honorary bearers listed. D D Hartzler and Sons, funeral directors.
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Joseph Herbert Weller
Wakefield
William Hyde
Charles Hahn
Donald Flickinger
John Sirme
Otis Devilbiss
Lee Flickinger
Calvin Binkley
Scott Sullivan
John Hiltebridle
Arthur Naill
William Sawyer
John Hyde
James Marsh
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Maryland Utilities Association Fall Conference at Virginia Beach
The MUA will hold its 27th fall conference at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach next Friday and Saturday. About 400 advance reservations suggest this will be the largest gathering, with Senator John Marshall Butler and Dr. Abel Wolman speaking at the general session. W. Griffin Morrel will call the meeting to order, and Raymond C. Brehaut is secretary. Glenn T. Swisher is a director. A separate note: Parkway PTA welcomes first graders and mothers on Tuesday for an orientation with speakers on PTA values and aims.
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MUA
Virginia Beach
Maryland Utilities Association
Cavalier
John Marshall Butler
Abel Wolman
Johns Hopkins University
W. Griffin Morrel
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore
Raymond C. Brehaut
Frederick Gas Company
Glenn T. Swisher
The
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Parkway Pta
Ptas
Tivoli Theater Announces Week of Films With Star Casts
The Tivoli theater books next week with Cap tain Horatio Hornblower starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo through Tuesday Color by Technicolor. On Wednesday Strictly Dis honorable features Ezio Pinza and Janet Leigh. Thursday and Friday On Moonlight Bay stars Doris Day and Gordon MacRae. Starting Saturday Here Comes the Groom features Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman.
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Tivoli Theater
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Gregory Peck
Virginia Mayo
Technicolor
Ezio Pinza
Janet Leigh
Doris Day
Gordon MacRae
Here Comes
the Groom
Bing Crosby
Jane Wyman
Divided Over What To Do About Crime Probe
Washington September 1 The Senate Crime Investigating committee passed its crusade to jail crime overlords and crooked political allies. A split over future steps arose with the Commerce committee as successor. Senator Hunt urged a two year halt in formal investigations to pursue corrective legislation. Senator Capehart warned the decision may yield only two TV spectacles and a Kefauver book.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Hunt
D-Wye
Friendship Balloon Snagged Near Mount Savage
A Crusade for Freedom balloon released in Detroit and aimed at Europe was snagged by 14 year old Annette Welmer at Glen Savage dairy farm near Mount Savage. The eight to ten foot balloon bore Svoboda and Crusade for Freedom branding with Gen Lucius Clay listed as chairman. Annette retrieved the balloon and brought it home.
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Cumberland
Detroit
Europe
Annette Welmer
Glen Savage
Mount Savage
Annette
Joseph Weimer
Czechoslovakia
Crusade For Freedom
Empire State Building
New York
Lucius Clay
Truman Fires Free Swinging Letter to Senator Capehart
President Truman issues a blunt letter to Senator Capehart criticizing the amendment he sponsored in the price control act. He says the amendment and two others the White House seeks to repeal are wrong and have no business in the act. Capehart reads the letter to Senate with a wry smile and calls it an immortal moment. He also describes his prior letter as a political document aimed at offsetting the Capehart amendment.
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Washington
Truman
Capehart
R-Ind
White House
Senate
United Sates
Lut's Stuff NEW EMPHASIS
N A Lufburrow urges publishing good deeds by honest locals and downplaying trivial crime, framing journalism as a beacon for virtuous behavior and public awareness of worthy actions in the community.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Dopey Sisters Meet At Mrs Cody Home
The Dopey Club gathered at Mrs Josephine Cody s Narva avenue home for the August meeting with eleven members present. Mrs Eleanor Bittle presided, Mrs Edna Flock won the door prize, and refreshments were served by Mrs Cody. The next meeting is planned for September 27 at Mrs Flook s home.
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Josephine Cody
Narva Avenue
Eleanor Bittle
Edna Flock
Cody
Flook
Fire at Daysville Outbuilding Burns Without Water
Fire crews were sent to Daysville shortly before 10:40 p.m. to tackle a small outbuilding fire. The structure was engulfed on arrival and firemen did not spray water, with no other property put at risk.
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Daysville
S/Sgt Homer C Mitchell Jr Assigned to Air Rescue Service
Washington report states S/Sgt Homer C Mitchell Jr son of Homer C Mitchell of Frederick has been assigned to Headquarters Air Rescue Service in Washington D C for duty.
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Washington
Homer C, Mitchell, Jr
Homer C. Mitchell
Frederick
Headquarters, Air Rescue Service
Washington, D. C
Couple Wed at Western Maryland College Baker Chapel
Donald G. Jones and Ruth Eleanor Davis married August 18 at Baker Chapel Western Maryland College Westminster. Bride wore embroidered organdy gown with juliet cap veil. After a New York honeymoon, they reside in Glen Burnie. Bride teaches kindergarten in Baltimore. groom, a chemical engineer with Esso in Baltimore.
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Donald G. Jones
Ruth Eleanor Davis
Warren George Davis
Kemptown
Donald George Jones
Robert E. Jones
Frankfort
Baker Chapel
Western Maryland College
Westminster
T. W. Sunderland
Blyden BR. Dight
Baltimore
John J. Siegner
L. Sheridan Barber
Walkersville
New York City
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In Centerville Area
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. Le Roy F. Rice and wife sold to John R. Pegan and wife a five and a half acre tract with improvements near Lewistown along Fish Hatchery road for about 6000 dollars. Arthur Stull and wife sold to Homer Goins a Creagerstown property on Rocky Ridge Road for about 5500 dollars. Claude T. Dronenburg and wife sold to Harry M. Feaga a Lewistown district property of about three acres with improvements for about 5000 dollars. Tran Pryor sold to Ray S. Brandenburg tracts totaling about 62 acres with improvements in Hauvers district for about 4500 dollars. Richard F. Kline sold to Earle S. Thompson a Westbrook development building lot for about 2000 dollars.
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LeRoy F. Rice
John R. Pegan
Lewistown
Fish Hatchery Road
Arthur Stull
Homer Goins
Creagerstown
Rocky Ridge Road
Earle S. Thompson
Westbrook
Navy Storekeeper Returns to U S From Far East
Glenn L. Nikirk, storekeeper third class in the U S Navy, son of Travis G. Nikirk of Frederick Maryland, has returned to the United States aboard the USSS Colonial a Pacific Fleet ship after more than a year in the Far East.
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UW. 5
San Diego
Calif
Glenn L. Nikirk
Travis G. Nikirk
West Fifth Street
Frederick
United States
Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force
Far East
Grace Trinity Church Notes Vacation Pastor and School
Grace Trinity Evangelical And Reformed Church announces no worship service as Pastor Walter D. Mehrling is on vacation. Church school gathers at 10 a m. guidelines indicate the schedule while the pastor is away.
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Grace Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Walter D. Mehrling
Thurmont Area Social Notes and Military Details
Pvt Dorsey W Baumgardner of the 302nd Signal Aviation Construction Battalion finishes two weeks basic training at Fort Meade and returns home. The unit left Frederick August 19 to join four other ORSC units for camp training. The bulletin lists multiple local residents’ travels, anniversaries, weddings, adoptions, and family visits including trips to Myrtle Beach and Yellowstone Park, and notes a bridal shower for Audrey Hemp.
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Dorsey W. Baumgardner
West Fifth Street
302Nd Signal Aviation Construction Battalion
Fort Meade
302Nd
Frederick
Organized Reserve Signal Corps
Side Glances from the August 14 Convention and Local Notes
Side Glances reports attendance at the National Lutheran League Convention in Iowa City and lists local residents visiting or returning from travel. It notes births in Frederick area families, service members in training in Smyrna and at Westover, and a hospital birth in Baltimore. The National Geographic Society warns sturgeon are rare outside Russian waters.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Myersville
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Easton
National Geographic Society
Russian
Illness and hospital updates from Frederick area data
Several individuals are reported in recovery or treatment after medical events. Frank Linney is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after surgery. Clifton Craver was moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital by ambulance after a sudden illness. Floyd Myers Brad Beights remains at a Baltimore hospital for a nervous disorder. Carmi W. Sayler was moved to Mt Alto Veterans Administration Hospital. Cpl. James N. Simmons of the Maryland State Police is improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an operation. Harry S. Nikirk is recovering at home following an appendectomy in Baltimore. Mrs. David H Young has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital after treatment for a broken leg sustained during the Pomona Jr. Softball Tournament on the Frederick High School grounds.
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Wirs
Frank Linney
Valaney
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Clifton Craver
Deen
Frederick Motor Com
Frederick Metal Hospital
Etchison and Son
Floyd Myers
Brad Beights
Baltimore
Carmi
W. Sayler
My Avenue
Mt. Alto Veterans
Frederick Memorial Hosiital
Pomona
Auto collision in Libertytown estimates totaled damage
Damage to the Kiam E. Daughaday car, from a collision with a vehicle driven by Harry Waldrop, was estimated at 588.27 dollars by a local garage. Police at the scene earlier valued Daughaday’s car near 300 dollars in Libertytown.
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Kiam E. Daughaday
Baltim
Harry Waldrop
Galersburg
Umore
Libertytown
Daughaday
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Kenneth Vollmar
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Frederick Trading Company
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A Daniel Arnold
Ross Adams
Bethesda
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Rockwell City
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Salisbury
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Broad Run
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Carroll County
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Taneytown
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Cpl
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Leigh Ruiz
Air Corps
Smyrna, Tenn
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John L. Leister
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Lester
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U. S. Naval Hospital
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Wesley Schaeffer
Buckeystown
Howard F. Schaeffer
Westover Air Force Base
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Stanley Crummitt
Middletown
Kieffer Warren
Charles Norris
Locust Valley
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Edward L. Heckert
Sharon Lee
Alexandria
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Woodsboro
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Fla
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Lucille
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Queens Village
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Mt. Airy
King
Miriam Hull
Mt. Airy High
A. H. Nelson
Moorehead
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Vance E Thompson
Earl B. Stine
Dorothy Fulmer
Columbia, D. C
Edward H. Harrison
Airy
Edward Hamilton, Jr
Woman's Hospital, Baltimore
Hiltner-Roelke Star
Traine Sappington
Nounce
Mary Ann
Ric G. Smith
R. Smith
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