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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
7
The piece describes a new automatic loudspeaking device using recording and sensing tech to enforce safety rules. It can announce messages to pedestrians crossing against signals, smokers in no smoking zones, and workers failing to use safety devices, using a light beam and eye sensor to trigger alerts.
The State Department states that tightening penalties in Western Europe under the Atlantic pact do not imply looser limits in the Middle East. Secretary Dean Acheson affirmed continued U.S. backing for Turkey, Greece, and Iran and warned an attack on any of these nations would be treated as gravely as an attack on Atlantic Pact members. He reiterated no intention to attack Russia using Iran and emphasized a policy of strength and wisdom in current world conditions.
The editorial argues extending Social Security to all workers, not just covered groups, to make it truly democratic and protective for everyone who earns income. It criticizes selective coverage and notes exempting federal workers weakens the program. A second item reports Washington lawmakers introducing bills to legalize the baseball reserve clause and shield organized sports from Sherman Act scrutiny.
The official minimum temperature reached 26 degrees with orchards largely unscarred though some ice was on the ground. An area near the city reported 334 degrees and peach trees are in full bloom. Temperature varied widely with 31 at the airport. Rain and possible wind forecast for the next few days.
Baltimore April 5 The Selective Service director warned that 18 year olds must register with local boards within 15 days after their birthday. Penalties include a $10 000 fine and up to five years in prison.
Taxis streamed through New York streets in greater numbers than during the early morning hours of the strike. A police announcement followed by an operators spokesman stating the strike is over. The striking union did not immediately comment.
Huntington police questioned a 27 year old father of two about the death of 19 year old Katherine Enis. Enis was removed from a hotel room where she and the man had been registered as a married couple for three days. Detectives Paul Bloss and Harry Farris reported.
Summary of April 5 1899 notes leasing of Athletic Park by the Electric Park Association to fix track and baseball diamond Brish Brothers to run park Water supply expansion to tap Fishing Creek near Weddle mill main four and a half miles from city cost about 28000 Master Samuel Brown injured by tombstone Farmers and Mechanics National Bank directors elected for Frederick Brick Works D C Winebrener pres Eichelberger secretary Schildknecht treasurer WM F Crouse shot a crane near Monocacy bridge Twenty Years Ago section shares appreciation for Hoover land purchase Richey letter and Frederick High School tennis team planned to form with several players named Serv-U Save-U Stores Association formed with 50 retailers led by F V Staub as president
Washington Daybook profiles Crow leader Robert Yellowtail, a lobbyist pressing for Indian rights, credit access, and self-determination. He laments discrimination, limited testing, and land loss while urging a new Indian Commissioner and better health, education, and banking support for tribes.
Washington reports Senator Millard Tydings warns the cold war costs the United States at least 10 billion dollars annually. He links vast expenditures to the failure of postwar diplomacy and calls for easing tensions and creating mutual trust with Russia. He notes the Marshall Plan channels aid at home to support Allied stability.
Hood College Dance Group hosts its annual modern recital titled A Time to Dance in Brodbeck Hall. The program features a South American Suite tango and rhumba numbers, Manhattan blues, Peter and the Weill piece, School Sketches with original music by Lavinia Hussey, Rustic Americana folk dances, a solo Cycle by Dana Marthouse, Life Gets Tedious, Revival, and a finale based on Lincoln Portrait.
Dorothy Dix offers counsel on staying emotionally connected after marriage, urging acceptance that thrill fades and advising a bit of distance to sustain the relationship. The column also covers a daughter seeking privacy from parents during visits and a son urged to discuss boundaries with his clingy mother to protect time with his fiancée.
In a Peoples Court session, Richard E. Harris of Route 2 pleaded guilty after state trooper Charles D. McLane charged him with displaying an expired license plan. Magistrate Manuel Weinberg suspended a fine and costs of 1.75. Harris was arrested three miles south of Frederick on Route 240, April 2 at 8 55 p.m. Several collateral forfeitures were listed for other offenses including muffler, speeding, and passing infractions, totaling multiple fines. Trooper McLane and Corp. Charles D. Mades led the arrests.
Washington April 5 The House Armed Forces committee urged the Army Navy and Air Force to cease public bickering and adopted a resolution warning that military personnel on government payrolls are endangering national security by promoting their own air power views. New York stock market loafed April 5 with mostly fractional changes and several issues steady at Monday’s close as activity slowed after the open.
The text notes sculptor Daniel Chester French designed the Lincoln Memorial statue and the Minute Man statue in Concord Massachusetts. It also cites Thales as predicting the earliest recorded solar eclipse observed at Sardis on May 28 585 B C. It mentions Dutch control of Manhattan lasting fifty five years with Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage and the 1664 shift when New Amsterdam became New York.
A historical overview outlines early focal infection theory links between abscessed teeth tonsils and chronic diseases. It notes initial optimism followed by disappointment as evidence faltered and now researchers seek early infection treatment while acknowledging patient recoveries.
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