State Won't Buy Land For Canal Parkway
Annapolis April 2 Maryland will not acquire the land beside the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to turn it over to the Federal Government for a 17 million dollar parkway. Senate Majority Leader Kimble dropped his bill after adopting a study resolution, while protests at a Frederick hearing and opposition from the Attorney General’s office argued against surrendering land rights and raising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Senate
Kimble
Allegany
O. Canal
Finance Committee
State Roads Commission
Board of Natural Resources
State Planning Commission
Frederick
Joseph D. Buscher
81St Congress
Buscher
Congress
Rep
Beall
R-Md
Frostbury
Potomac River
Elks Donate $700 to Maryland Crippled Children Work
Elks Lodge 684 contributed $700 to Frederick County Chapter Maryland Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Easter Seal sale at Camp Detrick raised about $400. Society board met at the Y M C A to review final figures and plan space for a cerebral palsy school outgrowing its current 1 OF. Co facility. They seek two large rooms and a suitable site, with details to Mr Brunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P.O Elks Lodge
Frederick County
Maryland Society For
Camp Detrick
J. Millan Brunk
Frederick
OF. Co
Srunk
Teachers Pay Boost Faces Likely Veto By Governor
In Annapolis the Senate approved a $300 pay raise for teachers funded by raising the corporate income tax to 5 percent, but Governor McKeldin indicated he will veto any tax increase. The vote was 21 to 5. Turnbull opposed. The session included moves on veterans bonuses and a State office building bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Senate
McKeldin
House
Mckheldin
Barton
D-Barto
Goldstein
D-Calvert
Phoebus
Somerset
Turnbull
Baltimore County
Senate Democrats
Trvil
Princess Anne
Washington
Baltimore City
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Byrd Presides as House OKs Hopkins Bond Bill
The House quickly concurred with Senate amendments to a proposal lifting most legislative sway over University administration. Senators authorized 1.5 million dollars in state bonds for a Johns Hopkins University engineering building to support an industrial research laboratory, amid a stalled push for university independence and Byrd’s board of regents. Senator Phoebus withdrawn amendments aided expeditious action, defending the University and its Princess Anne branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
House
Senate
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins
Dr. Byrd
Board of Regents
Phoebus
R+Somerset
University
Princess Anne
Three Year Assessment Plan Voted By Assembly
Annapolis April 2. Maryland adopts a three year property assessment cycle replacing the five year system. The plan cuts the cycle to three years with three assessment districts per subdivision, new valuations apply immediately but tax bills wait until each three year cycle ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Maryland Tax Survey Commission
Baltimore City
Opponents Hear Arguments on St Lawrence Seaway Plan
Washington April 2 opponents of the St Lawrence seaway and power project began arguments before a Congressional committee on whether to authorize it. The report notes soccer football and Norwegian ships as growing topics in the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St Lawrence Seaway
Pennsylvania Youth Is Sent To Local Jail
A 19-year-old Pennsylvania youth from near Gettysburg was jailed for six months and fined 200 dollars after a second offense drunken driving arrest in Emmitsburg Maryland. William Arantz faced magistrate Jacob E. Baker and was also charged with driving in Maryland after his license had been revoked in the state. He was returned to jail by Trooper Brown after the hearing. A separate crash near Harmony Grove left no injuries but damaged a Plymouth sedan and a school bus, with Ramsburg found guilty of speeding and fined five dollars. The article notes research on high velocity cold-air tunnels used to rapidly cool fruit for longer storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason-Dixon Line
Pennsylvania
William Arantz
Gettysburg
Frederick County
Jacob E. Baker
Emmitsburg
Kenneth Bond
Arantt
J/e
Hiram Brown
Avantz
Maryland
Arantz
Brown
Mehrl H. Ramsburg, Jr
Lewistown
Harmony Grove
Ramsburg
Thomass. Glass
Peoples Court
Frederick
Tuscarora Creek
Young Rams
Spare tires on new cars banned by federal order
Washington reports the National Production Authority directed that new passenger cars be delivered with four tires only to save rubber for trucks and farm equipment. The move reduces civilian rubber use by about 1,500 tons monthly, with small manufacturers spared via adjustments after Senate Small Business Subcommittee objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Senate
Senator Gillette
D-Town
Gillette
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Pfc Gilbert Wounded in Korea Details Limited
Private First Class Henry C Gilbert son of Mrs Loretta L Gilbert Route Three Mt Airy was wounded in action in Korea per a Department of Defense casualty list released Monday. He has been returned to the States and is hospitalized here. A World War II veteran known as Otis Gilbert re enlisted about a year ago. He is unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Gilbert
Loretta L. Gilbert
Route Three
Mt. Airy
Korea
Department of Defense
Ph. Gilbert
Pfc
Gilbert
Otis Gilbert
Pic. Gilbert
Bainbridge Navy training station reopens with recruits
Bainbridge is formally reopened as the Navy’s 1100 acre training station after arrival of 13 recruits. An additional 500 are expected this week and the trainee flow will rise to 2000 weekly by midsummer. The facility, opened in 1942, trained over 250,000 during World War II, closed in 1948, and was restored from mothballs in January to expand the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elks
Assembly
Burall’s
SEA Burall
Curty's
1. Pat. St
Michael's
Market St
Wamburger
C. E. Cline & Son
DeSoto
America
de Soto
Groucho Marx
NBC
Weil Brothers, Inc
North Market Street
Yale University
Ipfc
James W. Anderson
Imperial Brunswick
April Jrd
Dick Allyson Powell
Ricardo Montalban
Lionel Barrymore
Hiway
Lon McCallister
Peggy Ann Garner
Scott Brady
Richard Basehart
Eso Rd
Missouri Raid Technicolor
Decsmrounl
Wendell MacDonald
Ward Corey - Carey - Bond
Ellen Drew
Bruce Bennett
Bill Williams
Anne Revere
Edgar Buchanan
NewsCartoon & Novelty
Delphey’s
Harley Davidson
West Patrick St
Kehne Furniture Company
South Market
A. P. Strobel, Jr., CO
Libertytown
C. Edward Hilgenberg
Met
Monocacy Bridge
Baltimore
N. Charles
H. K. Ferguson Company
Frederick CO
William S. Hood
U.S. 40
Kehne Furniture CO
Blackstone
Thor
Taylor, JR
Storm & Shipley
Ory
Ses
South Soas
Howard Duff
Marta Toren
A. Mist
West Patrick Sé
Druid Theater
Damascus
Ingrid Bergman
Joan OF Abc
Cartoon ‘i
Roy
Studebaker
Judy Holliday
Columbia Moares
Sar
Tivoli
Melton
Colonial ‘Music Shop
Patrick $i
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!