Boyl e Column r HAL BOYLE New York
New York column mixes local humor and light notices from Corncob Heights. Items include Ephraim Setback’s fatal run over by a low flying jet, Army notes from Pvt. Alvin Ratchet and Corp. Otis Ratchet, barbershop quips, a vandalized hitching post, wardrobe jokes about wallets with zippers, and a string of small health and weather anecdotes. No births in six weeks worries the Chamber of Commerce.
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R Hal Boyle
New York
Oraceb Meights
Ephraim Setback
Our Boyz
Alvin Ratchet
Arkansas
Corp
Otis Ratchet
Korea
Otes
Jim Dandy
Jim
Bob Rascal
Jed Anger
Dynamic air war game aids military planning at Wright Field
General Leighton J. Davis, a West Point graduate and head of the Air Force Institute of Technology, has built an electronic dynamic war game in his spare time. The device models every factor in an air conflict to give a mathematically based estimate of success or failure, moving strategic thought from intuition to scientific analysis.
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Larely
Leighton J. Davis
West Point
Air Force
Institute of Technology
Wright Field
Dayton
United Nations
West Pointer
Planes Warn Woodsmen To Curb Forest Fires In Ontario
The Ontario Department of Lands and Forests uses loudspeaker planes to remind campers and hunters to prevent fires. The move aims to protect popular camp sites and preserve hunting and fishing areas from future fire damage. Traders reported a light mix of gains and losses in today’s stock market.
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Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
New York
Local items recall 1901 events in Frederick area
A youth was arrested near Emmitsburg for altering a two dollar bill into a twenty. D T Smith bought George F Thomas's grocery stock at Market and Fourth streets. Frederick beat Smithsburg 8 to 6 at Athletic Park with Eisenhower and Strawsberger contributing two double plays. Stephen Geisbert became city garbage collector, collection by 3 pm, 7 am pickup requested. Frederick County Teachers Institute met in Junior Hall with M B Stephens addressing and a Nature Study talk by Miss Katharine Wiener.
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Emmitsburg
T. Smith
North Market Street
George F. Thomas
Market
Fourth Streets
Athletic Park
Frederick
Smithsburg
Eisenhower
Strawsberger
Riddlemoser
Stephen Geisbert
Smith
Frederick County Teachers Institute
M. B. Stephens
Katharine Wiener
Local Bank Folds and Crime Report From 1931
The Central Trust Company of Maryland, the region’s largest bank with 11 branches, closed its doors and is taken over by the State Bank Commissioner. Thieves robbed six houses in Union Bridge, tried three more, netting $119 cash and a $150 diamond ring. Jimmie Marks, 7, broke his left arm. Dorothy Barrier, 9, suffered a fractured skull after being hit by a car on the Frederick Lewistown road.
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the Central Trust Company of Maryland
Frederick
State Bank
Union Bridge
Little
Jimmie Marks
James Marks
West South Street
Double Feature At Camp Detrick Tonight
A double feature at Camp Detrick features a gender swap in the Camp Detrick girls team against the officers team with Capt. John Puskar pitching for the gals and Mary Strailman for the men. The second game pits the Engineers against the Bugs to decide the Motor Pool’s playoff opponent in the Camp Detrick softball league finals. Both teams are 1 loss in the double elimination tourney. The winner faces Motor Pool Wednesday for the championship. a Motor Pool loss could force a second title tilt.
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Camp Detrick
John Puskar
Mary Strailman
Engineers
Bugs
Camp Derrick
Motor Pool
Poolers
Juniors and Independents Face Off in City League Playoff
Juniors and Independents set to resume at Baker Park lower diamond at 6 p.m. Officials demand readiness as the six inning game from last week resumes with Mel Schwearing and Bob Whitmore to start on the mound. If a winner is declared before 8 30 p.m. a second game will begin the Shaughnessy Series semi final.
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Baker Park Lower
Jte
Mel Schwearing
Bob Whitmore
Whitmore
John Wetzel
Independents
Uniteds
Layman
Newell Esterly
Wetzel
No Man's Land Chaplain Faith Under Fire
A World War I Protestant chaplain risked his life to comfort a dying boy in No Man's Land. The boy questioned the risk due to church differences, but the chaplain affirmed shared faith to reassure him that all belong to God.
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No Man’s Land
God
Labor Day Death Toll Tops 600 in Nationwide Toll
The Labor Day weekend death toll in the United States surpasses 600 with 637 accidental fatalities, 447 traffic deaths, 97 drownings, and 93 other accidents. The National Safety Council had expected around 390 highway deaths, revised upward as the holiday extended. Local officials note the toll reflects heavy travel and widespread incidents.
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Associated Press
Long Island
National Safety Council
Frederick Y Camp Sends 28 Boys Home From Speers Camp
Twenty eight boys returned to Frederick by bus from Camp Speers at Dingmans Ferry Pennsylvania after two weeks of encampment. They enjoyed fishing boating and swimming at Nichecrons Lake. Andrew Krutsings won the 50 yard freestyle in the water carnival held August 26. James Filby took second in total points for Individual honors in the all camp Olympics. The three day hike on the Appalachian Trail was a high point of the program. The group included Walter Larkin Russell Tyergar James Clemson Robert Titlow James Filby Thomas Wolfe Dennis Shaf er Larry Phebus and Andrew Krings. They started at Sun Rise Mountain in Stokes New Jersey and hiked to High Point New Jersey visiting the High Point monument and Col Kusers mansion. The group was led by Walter Larkin counsellor and Lou Sack from Camp Speers staff. Overnight cook duties proved popular. Tent three hikers Jim Murphy John Hane Donald Rice Donald Brown Wayne Larkin Jay Fifer Roy Baker John Clark with Jim Engle as counsellor found it too cold one night and returned at 1:30 a.m. The longest hike was to Childs State Park four miles from camp. Don Walters unit included George May John Barker Jim Rice Douglas Harrison John Blessley Thomas Oaiman Allan Weintraub Ronnie Engle Stephen Norman Warren Evans Jr Robert Kehne Otho Keller Jr. This was the second annual Frederick M C A summer encampment at Camp Speers under James Hane of the local Y.
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Frederick
Spears
Dingman’s Ferry
Nichecrons Lake
Andrew Krutsings
James Filby
Walter Larkin
Russell Tyergar
James Clemson
Robert Titlow
Thomas Wolfe
Dennis Shafer
Larry Phebus
Andrew Krisings
Sun Rise Mountain
Stokes
N. J. State Forest
High Point
New Jersey
High Point Park
High Point Monument
Col. Kuser
Lou Sack
Camp Speers
Jim Murphy
John Hane
Donald Rice
Donald Brown
Wayne Larkin
Jay Fifer
Roy Baker
John Clark
Jim Engle
Childs’ State Park
Don Walters
George May
John Barker
Jim Rice
Douglas Harrison
John Blessley
Thomas Oaiman
Allan Weintraub
Ronnie Engle
Stephen Norman
Warren Evans, Jr
Robert Kehne
Otho Keller, Jr
James Hane
Odds And Ends it's Time For School
A Feisersburg correspondent reflects on the start of the school year noting yellow buses on the road and mothers packing lunches. It discusses the first day for a first grader, the need for teacher patience, and the child’s adjustment to school life.
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Feesersburg
Bible Thoughts And Mary Magnifies The Lord Quote
A compact spiritual excerpt contrasts Mary’s Magnificat with William Law on God’s revelation to the longing soul, reflecting devotional themes and biblical inspiration.
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Mary
War lessons in Japan occupy postwar trust and policy
A Washington analysis recalls a 1944 dispatch predicting that unconditional surrender of Japan might lead to a non permanent occupation and eventual liberal governance. It argues psychological warfare helped shape Japanese thinking and links these lessons to postwar policy toward the USSR and Germany.
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Washington
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Hitler
Far East
Tokyo
Community Notices From Frederick and Vicinities Highlight Visits
Local residents share Sunday and Monday visits among families in Frederick Mt. Wolf Gaithersburg and Woodsboro. Mrs Birely marks 79th birthday. Harold Reeves Yarrell resumes teaching music in Winchester Frederick and Washington studios after summer in Catskills along with wife and student performers.
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Harold Reeves Yarrell
Central Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Frederick
Catskill Mountains
New York
Winchester Ball
Washington
D. C
Winchester
Yarrell
Charlotte
Patricia Harshman
Barbara Pyles
Mr. Yarroll
Wolfsville
Myersville
Local Weddings Report From Frederick Area
Multiple marriages announced in Maryland with details on ceremonies and venues. Eleanor Elizabeth Van Fossen wed Sherman David Biddinger in Walkersville. Katherine Evelyn McCulloch wed Richard Foreman in Frederick. Ellen Brandenburg wed Sgt. John A. Coulombe in Thurmont.
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Blauinger—Van Rossen
Ren van Fossen
Frederick
Eleanor Elizabeth
Sherman David Biddinger
Seneca
H. C. Kettler
United Brethren
Walkersville
Miss Truxal Returns From European Study Trip
Miss Noradel Truxal arrives in New York aboard the S S Washington and is greeted by her parents Hood College President and Mrs Andrew G Truxal. She spent five weeks in a Yale organized study group at the Sorbonne Paris studying languages politics with side trips in France England Germany Switzerland and Italy.
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Noradel Truxal
New York
S. S. Washington
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
Frederick
Truxal
Sorbonne
Paris
Chateau
France
Normandy
Hood
Margaret Muth Alabash
Amsterdam
England
Miss Truxal
Frankfurt
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Boston
John Truxal
Brian Andrew
Indiana
Military Rites For Pfc. Flair In Frederick
Pfc Raymond R Flair killed in action in Korea is honored with full military rites at 2 pm from 8 East Patchis Street funeral home. Captain Curtis Frierson of the Salvation Army presides. Survivors include wife Ida B Flair and daughter Darlene, plus siblings and nieces. Md National Guard firing squad and bugler provide service details. interment at Uniontown Lutheran cemetery.
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Pfc
Raymond R. Flair
Korea
East Patchis Street
Curtis Frierson
Salvation Army
Flair
William Charles Flair
Frederick
Marie E. Brachey Flair
Ida B. Beard Flair
Darlene Louise Beard
Albert Stone
Charles W. Flair
Orvin Gallup
Nancy Flair
Co. A
Maryland National Guard
Willard Horine
George Co
J. Spurrier
John Bartgis
Kyle Sawyers
Warry Sanders, Jr
William Strathern
Deaths Frederick A Groom and others in Towson area
Frederick A Groom of Towson and others are reported dead in a Towson area notices. The obituary items list survivors, funeral arrangements, and interment details at local churches and cemeteries including Trinity Episcopal Towson Parkwood and Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Margaret
Wilson Groom
Fre A
G. Wilson Groom
East Church Street
Trinity Episcopal Church
Towson
Parkwood Cemetery
MM. R. Etchison and Son
Funeral Services for Mrs Kate P Boone in Lewisville
Funeral services for Mrs Kate P Boone who died Wednesday night at her Lewisville home were held Saturday at 10 30 from the late residence. Rev H M Waters officiated with pallbearers Carroll Williams Robert Williams William Reese Clinton Shipley Haward Bitzel and William Nichols. Interment was nearby.
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Kate P. Boone
Lewisville
H. M. Waters
Carroll
Robert Williams
William Reese
Clinton Shipley
Haward Bitzel
William Nichols
Fire groups elect leaders at Frederick County event
At the annual election of the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association Paul L. Hoffmaster of Myersville was named president for the ensuing year after moving from vice president. The lads auxiliary also met and elected Mrs Clint K. Hughes as president for 1951 52. Hoffmaster is known in civ fraternal and religious groups and was appointed Transportation Supervisor for county schools earlier this year.
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Frederick County
Volunte
Tiremen's Association
Paul L. Hoffmaster
Myersvill
Twday
Thursda
Lads Auxiliary
Clint K. Hughes
Hoffmaster
Frederick County Teach Association
Civ
Hughes
Braddock Heights
Tl Heights
Local golf event reports injuries and handicaps at Memorial Hospital
Fragmentary OCR notes a ill patient and an incident at Market Street area. Mentions Carmi Avenue and Elvin Wolfe with head injury reported at Memorial Hospital. Details are garbled but indicate a golf club handicap event with players and distances.
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Whitmore
Carmi W. Avenue
Alto
Bat
Elvin
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Corncob Heights
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Frederick- Lewistown Road
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Ned H. Dearborn
William Law
U. S
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Europe
Iron Curtain
Ladiesburg
William McBride
Raymond Martin
C. S. Smith
Ethel Wilhide
Jessie Smith
Mt. Wolf
F. H. Birely
Dory Martin
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Charles
Mt. Union
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Fort George G. Meade
Martin Saylor
Paul Baker
Terry
Kenneth Baker
Gaithersburg
Paul Donaldson
Kenneth Butts
Mt. Airy
Paul Saylor
Bud Saylor
Patsy Frock
Robert Shriner
Woodsboro
John Coshun
F. H W. Birely
Foreman—McCulloch
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Charles EF. McCulloch
Point Pleasant
W. Va
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A. L. Foreman
Club Road
Hagerstown
Merval Weaver
Coulombe
Brandenburg
Ellen Brandenburg
John A. Coulombe
Trinity Methodist Church
Thurmont
L. Gene Stewart
Evelyn Holmes
Beatrice Kanade
Harold Hrisko
Mrs. Coulombe
Massachusetts
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Byr.t. Webster
Frederick A. Groom
Frederick A
Sarah Sarrington Groom
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Hiwanis Club
Towson Lodge
O.F
Annie E. Grabill
Robert L. Grabill
Grabill
Michael
Sara Locke Fogle
Walter L
Edith Delauier
Frederic Jennie Barker
Thurmen
Carrie Long
Gertrude R. Williams
Creagerstown
St. John’s Lutheran Church
E. Kooniz Helwig
Mount Hope Cemetery
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Russell R. Damuth
Rose Hill
Baltimore
William H. Fwlin
Ann Damuth
Evelyn B. Damuth
Chald
Hyattsville
C. Clifford Das
Bertham Crilly
Nesboro
Howard
Howard &. Damuth, Thurmont
Meneral
Greenmount
Forty-second Street
Mr. Seymour
Park Wood Cemetery
Jean S
Jean
Edward
Pear Duckery
West Sixth Street
Joralph
Frank Dorsey
Asbury M. E.church
Edward Ambush, Jr
Ashbury Church
E. B. Williams
Fairview Cemetery
C. E. Hicks
Cemetery, Gamber
Augustus A. Wown
Feri Harris
James Lvin Baker
Jerry
Pine Grove
C. M. Waltz
Eliza
Herress- Braddock
Moon
Caldren
All Saints
Nomital Services
Mount Bennett
J. Sims
the Redeemer
Saudi Arabia
NEA Service
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Grist
Clinton K. Hughes
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