Peebles couple clash over Korea policy and China
In a New York column a couple argues over how to end the Korean War and the role of China. Trellis Mae pushes for recognizing Red China and UN action while Wilbur warns against ideological extremes and favors practical diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boxan
New York
the Peebles
Far East
Korea
Red China
Trellis Mae
Wilbur
Woman's Club
Europe
Spain
Tito
Russia
Formosa
China
United Nations
Mexico
Texas
Britain’s General Election Set for October 25
Prime Minister Clement Attlee fixed October 25 for Britain’s general election. He and Labour expect a tough race as Conservatives aim to reassert power with Churchill likely to lead. Public polls show demand for Churchill’s return, while cautions about poll accuracy and a short five week campaign temper optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Europe
Driving to work replaces public transit in city survey
A survey shows men prefer driving up to a couple of dollars daily over crowded buses. San Francisco is cited by the American Society of Planning Officials as a case where transit use dropped from four-fifths to under half over twenty five years. Driving costs raise municipal expenses and taxes, while some cities subsidize unprofitable transit. Inductees into the army from Carroll county are listed, including Melville, Haugh Jr, Harry, Willis, Metcalf, Duble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Society of Planning Officials
Burglary at Myersville Bank Yields Small Loss
An investigation into the Flook, Gaver and Company bank burglary at Myersville shows a small loss with thieves failing to seize substantial gold from the safe. The bank carried burglary insurance up to 2000 dollars. Three suspicious men were seen in Frederick, then rode toward Middletown on a trolley and got off at the mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flook, Gaver and Company Bank
Myersville
Frederick Friday
Ira J. McCurdy
Middletown
Jacob Notnagle
West Southtreet
Cutti
Vie Ob
East Patrick Street
Levi Price
Hyatistown
Montgomery County
W. C. Birely
City Opera House
Almondsbury
Twenty Years Ago Of The News September 24 1931
A single passenger pursuit plane crashed near Dickerson killing Lieut. William B. Clements 25 of the Army Air Corps Reserve after engine trouble. A heavy rainstorm drenched the city with 1.41 inches cooling a 93 degree day to 69. Frederick Fair opened with fireworks and a sizable crowd. Tragically 13 year old Trago Brust escaped injury when his bicycle and a car collided near Patrick Street. the brief item notes the incident with minor scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
William B. Clements
Army Air Corps Reserve
Dickerson
Frederick Fair
Trago Brust
August T. Brust
West Fifth Street
Patrick Strep
John Brown Farm Becomes Elks Camp and Home for Aged
More than 2,000 Negro Elks and families gathered at the 385 acre John Brown farm near Harpers Ferry to dedicate it as a summer camp for children and a home for the aged. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks took title to the property and plans include a freedom tower swimming pool riding facilities and camping areas. The site is tied to John Brown who led the 1859 raid on the nearby arsenal and was executed in Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
John Brown
Potomac River
Maryland
Hagerstown
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Tri-States Association of the Order
Leonard Curlin
Bernard Harris
Baltimore
Elks
Federal Arsenal
Virginia Mountains
Charles Town
Inasmuch as ye did it unto the beast sermon
A devotional piece urges practical charity beyond feeling, citing a Russian tale of a lady weeping for fictional suffering while a coachman freezes outside, and cites Mark Twain on Bible comprehension. It emphasizes sharing with the least and aiding every needy soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
A. Purnell Bailey
Mark Twain
Women’s Clubs Lewistown Homemakers Hold October Meeting
Lewistown Homemakers Club meeting at Mrs. Julia Wilhide’s home featured a talk by Mrs. Paul Wise on United States leadership and international relationships. Members discussed Voices of America and Radio Free Europe, planned an October meeting at Mrs. Ralph Grinder’s, and organized a deterring demonstration and kitchen school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Bertie Kolb
United States
Paul Wise
International Relationship
U. S
Voices of America
Crusade For Freedom
Radio Free Europe
Wise
Ralph, Grinder
Grinder
Albert Powell
Ray Baer
Frances Snook
Clifford Kelly
Frederick County
Baer
Sterling Lenhart
Julia Wilhide
Frederick Fair
Howard Robinson
Gary Utterback
Strength For Today By Earl L. Douglass
An essay argues that authorities can err and time changes all people including Charlie Chaplin. It urges skepticism of so called experts and notes life is unpredictable and change inevitable. Copyright Babson Newspaper Synd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Babson Newspaper
Surprise stork shower honors Stull and Shaffer
A stork shower for Mrs. Harold Stull of Yellow Springs and Mrs. James Shaffer of Linden Hills was hosted by Miss Cecilia Fair and Mrs. Emory Comer at 331 North Market Street. Pink and blue decor featured a stork centerpiece as gifts and refreshments were shared with guests including Mrs. Charles Biggs and Mrs. Roy Gosnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stull
Yellow Springs
James Shaffer
Linden Hills
Cecilia Fair
Emory Comer
Bernard Stull
Janet Stull
Homer Rice
Paul Gordon
Gary Boyer
Betty Grimes
Mary Ann Krantz
Porter promoted to Private First Class at Porter
Ed ward H Porter has been promoted to Private First Class in the Air Force and will report to Lowry AFB Colorado for technical training in the Photo and Lab Tech career field. He is the son of Col. and Mrs Edward H Porter of Route 2 Box 175 Frederick Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson Afb
N. Y
Edward H. Porter
Lowry Afb
Col
Air Force
Pfc
Porter
Frederick
Licenses Issued For Marriages At Westminster and Nearby
Marriage licenses issued at Westminster include George W. Holmes and Shirley M. Riley. Also listed are Walter R. Gause and Elsie G. Murray, and Charles Dale Keefer and Madge Elizabeth Fowville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
George W. Holmes
Shirley M. Riley
Mr. Airy
Walter R. Gause
Elsie G. Murray
New Windsor
Charles Dale i Keefer
Madge Elizabeth Fowvile
Woodbine
Local Youths Enter Colleges Across States
Frederick city and county students enroll in colleges and preparatory schools across Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and beyond. Notable entrants include S Duvall Dutrow and G Bruce Douglas III bound for Princeton. Morton Ellin and Joseph H Stephens with Johns Hopkins and Maryland Medical School. and Mary Washington College, Syracuse University, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
George B. Callan, Jr
West Second Street
John Byerly
East Second Street
Elwynn Keyser
West Patrick Street
Robert T. Dutrow
Willow Avenue
Martin T. Golibart
Elm Street
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Richard F. Kline
Ronald lLeGore
Harry LeGore
Woodsboro
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Ernest Helfenstein
Watkins Acres
William H. B. Anders
West Church Street
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Richard Hyatt
Fleming Avenue
St. James School
Hagers
West College Terrace
Syracuse University
Syracuse
N. Y
Helen Hersperger
College Avenue
Paul Magsha, Jr
Dill Avenue
David Kline
West South Street
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Martin&. Bowers, Jr
Frederick
Cornell University
Ithaca
Ernyeo R. Bowers
Frederck
Hood College Senior Swing Out Opens New Year
Rev Charles R Zweizig spoke at Hood College opening vesper service theme The Highway of Life’s Destiny Seniors appeared in cap and gown for first time as President Andrew G Truxal led the event The sermon mapped biblical roads to life choices linking Damascus Jericho Emmaus Bethlehem to education and destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Zweizig
Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church
Harrisburg
Hood College
David
Brodbeck Hall
Hood
Beethoven
Woodward
Earle Blakeslee
William Sprigg
Andrew G. Truxal
Zweizig
Damascus
Paul
Jericho
Emmaus
Bethlehem
Ashiers
Frederick Art Club resumes fall meeting at Willard home
The Frederick Art Club held its first fall meeting at Mrs. Roger H. Willard’s home on North Market Street with a picnic on the lawn. President Grace Beard Young introduced Susie A. Siffrin whose travelogue covered a 10,000 mile rail trip from Chicago to the Pacific Coast highlighting irrigated farming, western landscapes, and pioneer endurance. The club announced October 18 at Miss Helen Smith’s home for the next program with Hood College’s Onica Prall as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Art Club
Roger H. Willard
North Market Street
Grace Beard Young
Susie A. Siffrin
Pacific Coast
Siffrin
Chicago
Wyoming
West
Grand Coulee Dam
Yellowstone Park
Mt. Shasta
Grand Canyon
Helen Smith
Old Braddock
Onica Prall
Hood College
Willard
Young
Robert E. Clapp
David Griffin
Florence Eigenbrode
Edith Miller
Louise Doty
Mary Rhoads
Marriages: Rodgers Pecher and Watkins Smith in Maryland notices
Teresa Pecher wed Thornton Rodgers in a 9 am double ring ceremony at St Joseph Catholic Church Emmitsburg with Fr OBrien officiating. Attendants included Miss Anna Pecher maid of honor and Miss Anna Marie Hobbs, bridesmaids, and William Rodgers best man. Reception followed at the bride’s home. The couple will reside at Warthen Apartments Emmitsburg. Also Watkins and Smith wed September 12 in Damascus at Neelsville Presbyterian with Rev Griffin and Rev Lentze. Bridesmaids included Barbara Fitch Hubbard and Joyce Landon Riggs. best man was Charles Green. Ushers included Robert Smith and Maloy Moxley. The couple honeymooned in Florida and will reside in Damascus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodgers—Pecher
Teresa Pecher
Harry Pecher
Fairfield
Thornton E. Rodgers
Burgess
T. W. Rodgers
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Michael O'Brien
Anna Marie Hobbs
Carolyn Hobbs
Anna Pecher
William Rodgers
S Room
George Pecher
Joseph Rodgers
Louis Rosensteel
Joseph Pecher
Warthen Apartments
West Main Street
Watkins—Smith
Bradley Parker Watkins
Damascus
Florida
Patricia Rae Smith
Ray M. Smith
Germantown
Howard Watkins
Neelsville Fresbyterian Church
Don Griffin
Albert Lentze
Barbara Fitch Hubbard
Joyce Landon Riggs
Nancy Demery
Barbara Lee Keefer
Sue Ann Waters
Charles Green
Robert Smith
Robert Mullican
Maloy Moxley
David O’hara
Will of Frederick resident Philip Seeger probated today
The will of Philip Seeger was probated in the Orphans Court this morning. He leaves the home at 327 East Patrick Street and furniture to his two daughters Anna Louise and K Elizabeth Seeger for life or until they marry. Sons Albert C and Philip G Seeger receive blacksmith tools, with the remainder of the estate sold. Residue bequeathed to six children in equal shares. Executors named: Philip and Elizabeth Seeger. Also court action authorizes conveyance of land to the State Roads Commission for 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Seeger
Frederick
Anna Louise
K. Elizabeth Seeger
East Patrick Street
Albert C
Philip G. Seeger
Holden S. Felton
Robert H. Woods
Elizabeth Hall
Braddock Heights
Staite Roads Commission
Miss.Hall
Local Personal News Highlights From Frederick Area
Miss Jean Elizabeth Ramsburg returns home to 501 South Market after five weeks with cousin Miss Shelly Frye in Ft. Lauderdale. Frederick Academy of Visitation welcomes her as a student. Several local families entertain and host friends, including birthday honors for Richard Kessler and visits by relatives from Silver Spring Richmond and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Elizabeth Ramsburg
South Market Street
Shelly Frye
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Frederick Academy of Visitation
Richard Kessler
Harry Kessler
West Third Street
Diane Kandel
Susan Rabstein
Jane M Rabstein
Linda Lochner
Muriel Stern
Seaman
USN
Harry W. Keeney
Woodsboro
Greenwich Bay
Glenn L. Nikirk
Travis G. Nikirk
West Fifth Street
R. H. Qakes
Poolesville
Edwin Moore
Silver Spring
James E. Herbert
Richmond
Herbert
A. EK. Depreff
Leghorn
Italy
Porter Ward
Rockville
Atlantic City
N. J
Woodrow Adams
Gaithersburg
Annabel Adams
Frederick W. Curtis Family
Fairfield
Howard Watkins
Alexandria, Va
Clifford Watkins
New Market
John Watkinses
William Brownings
J. A. Engle
Kemptown
Thomas Plummer
Frederick Memorial Hospital Patient Movements
Among the sick, Hannah E. Stough of 277 West Fifth Street remains at Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation. Lydia Starr of 207 East Sixth Street, discharged Friday after a week as a patient at the same hospital. May Baer of 300 West South Street was sent home Sunday by C. E. Cline and Son ambulance, with condition improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Hannah E. Stough
West Fifth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lydia Starr
East Sixth Street
May Baer
West South Street
C. E. Cline
Governors meeting on Crownsville inmates confinement plan
Representatives for Crownsville State Hospital neighbors meet Governor McKeldin to discuss secure confinement of criminals deemed insane. One escapee remains at large as officials attend with Superintendent Morganstern. The article also notes a Calvary Methodist church class talk on World Citizens and church attendance figures. Vitamin A discovery noted from 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Crownsville State Hospital
Theodore R. McKeldin
McKeldin
Jacob Morganstern
Calvary Methodist Church
John M. Grove
Edward S. Rice
Charles Lockhard
Delmas Layman
Frank House
M. R. Etchison
Lewis Umberger
Olan C. Tingle
Anniversaries and Birthdays in 18th 19th Century Leaders
A historical list honors John Marshall Henry Barnum William Stoddard Marcus Hanna Mark Matthews E Scott Fitzgerald and others born in Virginia New York Ohio Michigan and Georgia. Also notes 1789 Supreme Court creation 1858 Denver 1869 Black Friday 1918 flu 1922 German money loss 1944 Stolberg 1946 Stalin peace 1950 Osan. Today’s Birthdays include Dunning Morrill McArthur and others. Horoscope warns of aggressive tendencies and potential quarrels today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
American Way of Constitution Law
Supreme Co
Farquier Co
D!gully
Henry A. Barnum
Union
New York
Jamesville
N. Y
William O. Stoddard
Lincoln
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Denver
Colo
St. Char
Wall Street
Jay Gould
Americ
Father Coughlin
U. S. First Army de Stolberg
Germany
Stalin
Ameri
Osan
John Ray Dunning
Dean Engineering
Atomic Energy
Shelby, Ne
James L. Morrill
The
University of Minnes
Marion
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boyle
Japan
Ducky
Wibur
ARMY
Carroll County
William Barton Melville
Sykesville
William Robert Haugh, Jr
Woodfine
Vernon Lee Harry
John Robison Willis
Leonard Thomas Metcalf
William Edward Duble
Keymar
Earl L. Douglass
Motre Dame College
Christine Meadows
College Place
Georgetown Visitation Convent
Washington
Mary Grove
New York University
New York City
Jack Griffin
Colby Junior College
New London
N. H
Ann
Helen Grove
the Hill School
Pettstown
A. Austin Pearce
Upper College Terrace
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr
Nancy Pearce
Linden Hall
Lititz
Elizabeth Etchison
East Church Street
Massachusettes Institute of Technology
Boston
Joseph Urner
Georgetown University
James Leichert
Dartmouth College
Hanover
Thomas H. Partridge
Fenn Halli
Betty Thomas
Libertytown
Brown University
Providence
R. L
Robert Burger
Randolph Macon Women’s College
Lynchburg
Sara Ann Renn
Adamstown
State Teachers College
Towson
Patricia Kennedy
East Third Street
Margaret Stup
Urbana
Dorothy Jean Zimmerman
Walkersville
Fern Rice
Jefferson
University of Maryland
College Park
Robert Nicodemus
Olement Avenue
Boyd Smith
Donald W. Stultz
Thomas Porter
Charles W. Ross
Richard Shipley
Shirley Anne Schwartz
Dear
Alice Bowers
Sally Bowers
Route 5
Natalie Colbert
Doris Fumer
Fairview Avenue
Verna Parkinson
Lindbergh Avenue
Janet Rosenstock
Doris Simpson
West 12Th Street
Dorothy Snyder
Woradel Truxal
Barbara Weaver
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
G. Donald Smith
Richard Morgan
Catawaba College
Salisbury
N. C
Roy K. Schwartz, Jr
T. Webster
Milquetoast
Rei
Traq
Know
America
Edwin McArthur
New Yo
Doyer
Hammond E
Ham
Fis
Joe Pallka
Wilkes-Barre
Allen J. Ellen
Louisiana
Terreb Parish
J. Donald Adams
York Times Book Review
New Y
George W. Stocking
Vanderbilt University
Nashvi Tenn
Clarendon
Tex
Bernard W. Flanagan
Camp Nawakwa
Arenville
Fra Reinberger
Camp Hill
Figan
Pauline Toms
Romer Toms
Flanagan
Ralph Flanagan
Walkville
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