Fair Week Opens at Great Frederick Fair 85th Exhibition
The Great Frederick Fair opens tomorrow with the largest entry exhibition in Agricultural Society history. Prizes are higher, two new cattle barns boost facilities, racing entries are heavy, and grandstand acts promise high order entertainment. Reduced admission invites large crowds to celebrate farming.
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District Scout Meeting In Libertytown District
The Francis Scott Key District of Boy Scouts of America held its regular monthly meeting at the new Libertytown Boy Scout headquarters. Reports covered parking for the Frederick Fair Grounds, a 1948 budget submission, Friends of Scouting campaigns, a redesigned advancement plan, and an upcoming Red Cross first aid course.
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Francis Scott Key
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout
Libertytown
Alvey V. Renn
Disttrict
Paul G. Johnson
Frederick Fair Grounds
Renn
Frederick
Friends of Scouting
Frank H. Lewis
Lewis
Charles K. Taylor
Health and Safety Committee
Frederick Y. M.C. A
Fred Ward
Labertytown
National Capital Area Council
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Shorrow
Po-Wa-Ma
Brunswick
Charles Broadrup
Lutheran Church
William C. Royal
Raymond Joy
Guy Baker
Richard Hammond
Harold Wright
J. Douglas Weddle
Jack Shorrow
Frederick ¥. M
Robot flight ushers in future air power and automation
A demonstration shows a transatlantic flight guided by ground equipment with no pilot at the controls. The flight used mother ships and remote appa ratus near London to stabilize and land the craft. The Army and Navy had studied drone flights for years, signaling a coming era of automated aircraft, with cost and wartime use as key questions.
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London
Air Force
Army
Navy
Smell of Frost Forewarns September’s Quiet Harvest
A nostalgic rural vignette describes September’s onset with cooler mornings, blue skies, and the scent of autumn. Farmers harvest last hay, corn, and cucumbers. fruit ripens as pumpkins dot fields. The piece notes the distinct fall aromas of goldenrod, grasses, leaves, swamp daisies, and frost in the air.
Board Accepts Five Year Lights Contract for City Hall
The Frederick Board of Aldermen, after calculating the cost, invited Frederick Electric Light and Power Co. to bid for lighting City Hall. The proposal was accepted, with a five year contract deemed cheaper than other options. A pocketbook with $50 was lost by Lysan der Etchison between New Market and Frederick. Charles L. Stokes, formerly of Thurmont, opened a saddlery and harness shop at 144 North Market Street in the Kolb building. Plans are underway for a three story building on East Patrick Street below the Pennsylvania Railroad, containing a storeroom. Richard P. Ross found letters to his great grandfather John W. Ross, including one franked by John Quincy Adams and another from Roger Brooke Taney.
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Board OF Aldermen
City Hall
Frederick Electric Light and Power Company
New Market
Frederick
Lysander Etchison
Charles L. Stokes
Thurmont
North Market ‘Street
Kolb
East Patrick Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Richard P. Ross
John W. Ross
John Quincy Adams
Roger Brooke Taney
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News
Twenty years ago on September 29, 1927 signals, new street names, and railroad spending dominated Frederick items. Lineman George Wallace planned signals at Patrick Court and Second Market streets while the Pennsylvania Railroad spent over 130000 on local improvements though no new station was planned. Girders and trestles over Carroll Creek cost about 35000. The subdivision North Market street was named Catoctin View from Daniel H. Buecker property, a name suggested by Mrs. Nellie C. Kreh who will receive 30 in gold. Kiwanis Fashion Show featured live models including James Cornpropst Donald Fout Lorraine Thomas Carolyn Thomas Katherine Remsberg Pearl Baer Agnes Fisher Vernon Smith Kathryn Barrick Mrs Charles Butcher Jr Mrs Warren Reid and Jacob Sabmiat.
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the News
IWOG
George Wallace
Patrick and
Court Streets
Second and
Market Streets
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frederick
Carroll Creek
Catoctin View
North Market Street
Daniel H. Buecker
Nellie C. Kreh
West Third Street
Kiwanis
State Armory
James Cornpropst
Donald Fout
Misses Lorraine
Carolyn Thomas
Katherine Remsberg
Pearl Baer
Agnes Fisher
Vernon Smith
Kathryn
Why Do People Kiss Says Dorothy Dix Advice
A string of reader questions about love and morals prompts Dorothy Dix to advise on married lovers, teenage pregnancy, and why people kiss. The column railroads moral views, urging honesty with parents, consideration of spouses, and caution about romantic schemes.
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Odds and Ends One Would Write Article
Two letters arrived at The News-Post from residents of former Nazi territory. Otto Starzen from Vienna asks for a C A R E parcel and psychic aid to “do brain work” while inviting peaceful postwar correspondence. Aliss Anna-Maria Braun, Munich 15 Lindwurmstrasse, Bavaria US Zone, hosts an International Correspondence Bureau inviting readers abroad to pen friends in English or German to foster international friendship and peace.
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Otto Starzen
Vienna
Austria
Aliss Anna-Maria Braun
Munchen
Lindwurmstrasse
Germany
Bavaria
Eisenhower Truman poll shows popularity not mandate
Washington readers learn Gallup finds General Eisenhower more popular than President Truman in a generic popularity query, not a predictor of election results. The piece notes partisan loyalties and the need for voters to weigh policy positions over plain name recognition.
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Gallup
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Truman
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Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Stassen
Congress
Twoy
United States
Minnesota
New York
Frederick Memorial Hospital patients and rally day notes
Reports list residents returning home or improving after Frederick Memorial Hospital care. Names include Ronald A. Cramer John R. Stottlemyer Kenneth Shook and Howard Foreman with conditions noted. Also mentions Mrs Beavers Mrs Robeier Mrs Allison and others moved by local ambulances. Rally Day attendance totals 135 in Leaders Bible Class with missions gifts of 112.88 and parish school events planned.
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Ronald A. Cramer
Chauncey P. Cramer
South Market Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
John R. Stottlemyer
North Market Street
Kenneth Shook
Denver J. Shook
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Howard Foreman
Taneytown
John M. Beavers
Braddock Heights
Columbia Road
Washington, D. C
C. E. Cline and Son
Mirs
Samuel Robeier
East Elms Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Leonard P. Allison
McMurray Street
A. R. Etchison and Son
Horace G. Fogie
North Bentz Street
Clyde E. Thomas
Markell H. Nelson
P. Luther Riez
Calvary Church
Harry O. Smith
the Frederick High School
Wm C. Royal
Clycle T. Thomas
C A Gilson
John M. Grave
E S. Rice
Bible Thoughts and Quarrel Warning
A fragment notes a biblical verse Colossians 2 21 about avoiding touch taste and handle and adds a stray line urging avoidance of quarrel and scorner and being deaf blind and dumb to the in- text suggests a devotional or warning card from a religious publication.
Denniston Little Wedding in Linden New Jersey
Anna Genevieve Little daughter of Agnes Little Thurmont and the late Paul Little married Robert BD Denniston son of Linden New Jersey on September 18 at St Elizabeths Catholic Church Linden. Reception followed at groom parents home. Bride wore ivory satin with lace and orchids and bavadaria while sister Virginia Little served as maid of honor in blue silk faille. The couple reside in Linden.
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Denniston
Anna Genevieve Little
Agnes Little
Thurmont
Paul M. Little
Robert BD. Denniston
J R. Denniston
Linden
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St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Mark Little
Virginia Little
Crime trends and female burglars noted in FBI report
Washington report by MAX HALL summarizes FBI crime data for early 1947 showing rural crimes up 7.5 percent and city crimes down 23 percent versus 1946, with total national crime down 1 percent when combined. Auto thefts fall 20 percent, other crimes rise nearly 3 percent, and 95 percent of stolen cars are recovered. male burglars far outnumber females, with 873 women arrested nationally last year. Baltimore note: Dr Allen W Freeman to speak at Odenton Health Center dedication October 2 at 2 pm.
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Max Hall
James Marlow
Washington
FBI
FBI Oficial
Bob Nathan
New Deal
Fred Berquist
Congress
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Bergist
Leon Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
Bob Taft
Council
CPA
Truman
Europe
OPA
Washington Daybook on rising prices and policy boom
Washington Daybook outlines the price surge and political responses. Economists and lawmakers debate price controls, foreign aid, and farm prices while public sentiment turns grim over inflation and living costs.
Food-Thanks Letter From German Reflections On War Hunger
A letter from Ernst Thormann in Muhlhausen Germany, written in the Russian zone, expresses German guilt and gratitude for food aid sent by Rev. Harvey of Union Bridge. It details ration levels for potatoes bread fat meat marmalade sugar and the dire state of nourishment, tuberculosis and rickettsia risk among city children, and urges aid while reflecting on moral culpability and Christian compassion.
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America
Samuel Harvey
Union Bridge
Ernst Thormann
Herren St. 1
Muhlhausen
Germany
Breslau
Silesia
Harvey
Strength For Toda And Power Of Renewal Theme
Earl L Douglass D D argues renewal outpaces destruction across life and society citing bankruptcies divorces and societal decay while affirming renewal gains. A Babson Newspaper item notes a Leesburg Virginia September district meeting of the Women Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church at Letburg Church at 10 am with Mrs Roscoe B Rheas presiding.
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Toda
Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Auriliare
Leesburg
Women Auxiliary
The
Presbyters Church
Letburg
Roscoe B. Rheas
Washington Distri
One Arrest Listed by Police Early Today
Maynard Rice of East Second Street was charged with operating at a speed greater than reasonable by Officer Al Entes, according to police.
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East Second Street
Chary
Alentes
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Tonopoly
Ralph Flanders
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