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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
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An intensive city police campaign starts Friday to curb jay walking. Officers will patrol Market and Bentz streets urging pedestrians to cross only at marked intersections. Posters will promote safety while officials stress public cooperation to keep traffic fatalities down.
Admiral Lynde D. McCormick warned that the Allied Atlantic Command faces inadequate forces. He and General Eisenhower, co equal NATO leaders, underscored the need for greater NATO effort to sustain control of sea lanes and coastal waters as they officially assume command amidst mixed support from allied nations.
Newbold Morris testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee that cabinet members would quit rather than answer his questionnaire on personal incomes. He said his probe was blocked after Attorney General McGrath dismissed him and Truman ousted McGrath. He blamed a delayed loyalty check on newcomers for slowing the investigation.
Seoul reports light fighting as U N aircraft hit rail lines and supply dumps in North Korea. Eighth Army says ground forces inflicted 2,680 Communist casualties last week with 1,388 killed 1,? wounded and 48 captured.
Baltimore officials estimate damages will reach up to one million dollars after a six alarm fire destroyed the Park Circle Motor Co main building on Reisterstown Road. The blaze burned about three hours, with gasoline explosions and collapsing walls, but no serious injuries reported.
In Trenton on April 10 Taft campaign aides say the New Jersey primary next Tuesday is rigged against him but that an upset or a moral victory is possible. Eisenhower and Stassen oppose Taft in a 38-delegate GOP primary with a preferential ballot. Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll backs unpledged status though he supports Eisenhower.
Four men who escaped Frederick County jail and were caught in Arkansas will serve terms until at least April 30, 1933 on larceny and breaking and entering charges. Sheriff Buhrman sent detainers to Gould Arkansas State Penitentiary. Minimum terms extend to April 30, 1935. The four are John Wright Burrum Raleigh NC, Richard Maxwell Himes, Lawrence Riggles Woodsboro, and William Tregoning. They fled the jail February 7 and were captured about a week later in Fort Smith Arkansas.
For the fifth straight day truce negotiators made no move to end the fighting in Korea. They met briefly and adjourned with today’s session lasting six minutes. The week’s total time reached 30 minutes and 38 seconds across five meetings.
City and state officials with engineers announced plans to build an emergency spillway at Fishing Creek Dam this summer to protect Frederick's water supply. The project, supported by the State Health Department engineers and Whitman Requardt consultants, will add a 120 foot top spillway 250 feet south of the existing one. Bids will be advertised soon and construction aimed for completion this summer.
Jacob R. Ramsburg Frederick Red Cross general chairman says national emergency relief reserves are exhausted and an extra 1475 is needed from Frederick for tornado stricken southern lands. He notes the drive funds the new fiscal year while the emergency quota supports current relief. Ramsburg predicts county quota will be reached if district reports align and urges captains to file reports promptly.
Fairmont W V April 10 telephone service shut down after rocks and eggs hit workers at the city exchange. One supervisor cut on the head, about 300 people gathered as protest began. The attack came from a catwalk above an alley. six of a dozen employees kept service during the strike. The union president denied pickets threw stones, saying Miller was hurt after falling on the catwalk. Markets to close Friday for Good Friday. livestock markets open.
Dorchester County election supervisors urge the Court of Appeals to order the Dorchester County Commissioners to pay for 43 voting machines bought for use in the 1952 primary. The board argues the 1951 act requires machine use and delivery occurred, while commissioners say prior laws require their consent to contracts. If unresolved, paper ballots may be used for the May 5 primary.
Washington April 10 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports the national economy remains strong despite some price softness. Industrial production is up, employment stable, personal incomes high, and the defense program expanding. Security spending may be about four billion above the 44 billion annual rate, with capital expansion rising and construction expenditures around five percent above Q4 levels.
Alan Winnington, London Daily Worker correspondent, says Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, captured near Taejon in August 1950, is healthy and in good spirits at a Pyongyang prison camp. He spent three hours with Dean discussing his Berkeley, California family and his current living conditions in a small tent.
New York April 10 the stock market backed down to a slow walk after a moderately active opening today. Prices held a narrow mix of gains and losses as steels slipped slightly amid competing government and industry signals. The row over top money earners and shifts in leadership appeared to influence investor sentiment.
April 10 members headed home for a 12 day Easter recess to tell constituents how they cut more than six billion dollars from President Trumara approval requests.
The report notes resumption of steel mill operations but broad CIO strikes continue across industries. AT&T affiliates employ 77 000 on strike including 16 000 Western Electric installers and distribution staff and 10 000 Bell System workers in four states. Bell pickets threaten 300 000 telephone workers in 1 500 communities. Western Union Telegraph Co 31 000 strikers outside New York City persist despite claims of declines.
About 400 gift boxes prepared by Junior Red Cross members in Frederick city and county schools were mailed for overseas shipment. The boxes, for children in Europe and Asia affected by the last war, contain toothbrushes soap needles and thread toothpaste crayons pencils paper belts and handkerchiefs. Students from Frederick Lincoln Brunswick Emmitsburg Middletown Thurmont Walkersville Lewistown High Schools Notre Dame Academy Libertytown Urbana New Market and Myersville elementary participated.
In Cumberland on Route 40 an Army two and a half ton truck and a jeep were found yesterday by the Army Organized Reserve Corps. MP units on the Baltimore Cumberland run reported seeing the vehicles previously and residents say they appeared last January. Both vehicles were in good condition aside from a missing fan belt and a worn brake lining on the truck. A glove box note cited repairs and a regular thousand mile checkup. No serial numbers or missing vehicle reports were known by authorities.
Washington April 10 Secretary of Agriculture Brannan ordered government purchases to bolster pork and eggs prices. The Agriculture Department will buy a substantial amount of smoked pork and up to 500000 cases of eggs for use next fall under a government sponsored non profit program.
On April 10 telephones across the nation were affected as 16 000 Western Electric workers and 61 500 operators and others in Michigan Ohio New Jersey and northern California joined a four day walkout led by CIO Communications Workers of America president Joseph A Beirne. Strikes spread to three North Carolina Western Electric plants producing Air Force equipment at Winston Salem Burlington and Greensboro. Most incidents remained orderly with two flareups including a hit on a supervisor in Traverse City and a riot at Fairmont West Virginia, while Bell system service largely continued due to draft of supervisory and non union staff and prioritizing calls.
Picket lines ring three outlying exchanges as Western Electric workers strike in Maryland. Company reports no service interruption. CIO and American Telephone unionists participate. mass meeting draws hundreds in Baltimore and statewide.
Pierre South Dakota April 10 flood waters from the Missouri River advanced, flooding about 100 blocks of Pierre and all of Fort Pierre across the river. Red Cross and officials estimated around 1,600 people homeless in Pierre and the nearby town. It was Pierre's worst flood in ten years.
Congress clashed over President Truman's order to seize the steel mills with heated rhetoric. Some lawmakers denounced the move as dictatorial while others defended the action. The President replied with a sharp message inviting lawmakers to draft their own law if they disagreed.
Frederick counties sales of Series E defense bonds for the first quarter of 1852 reached 223,160 dollars, up 19.7 percent from last year. Maryland overall rose 55 percent to 10,606.56 dollars, while Baltimore city posted a small decline. Across Maryland, total E F and G bonds sold in January to March reached 11,814,593 dollars, aided by payroll savings plans and rising personal purchases.
In La Paz area clashes erupt as army units rush from 155 miles away to counter rebels backing Victor Paz Estenssoro. At least 18 killed and 60 injured as Gen. Hugo Bailman seeks refuge at El Alto airport while Miraflores garrison is sealed off.
Washington reports that Britain Germany France and Italy were urged to cooperate as the price of U S aid by a special House Foreign Affairs Committee. Senate Byrd filed as a candidate for renomination to the U S Senate from Virginia subject to the July 15 Democratic primary.
Hood College hosts a mock Republican convention April 18 from 7 to 10 PM in Gambrill Gymnasium. Dr Selin Morley will speak on The Importance of Politics in American Life before students choose among Eisenhower Stassen Taft and Warren a ll for the nomination. Open to the public with high school and political participants encouraged to attend.
President Truman declined to confirm any word from General Eisenhower on leaving his European defense post. He said deciding when to relinquish the Supreme Allied Commander role is Eisenhower’s alone, amid reports of a possible U.S. return and resignation. A Washington Evening Star story claimed Eisenhower telephoned for papers and strong backing for Kefauver as nominee. Humphrey suggested Kefauver leads the race, with rivals unlikely to catch him soon.
Democratic U S Senate candidate Lansdale G Sasscer toured Frederick County on Wednesday from Emmitsburg to Brunswick with local supporters. He dined at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with figures including Thomas S Glass and J Tyson Lee while continuing his countywide coverage. Sasscer, a current U S Representative from the Fifth District, met Adm Allen G Quinn at a luncheon.
President Truman avoided remark on a steel industry accusation that he seized the mills in a corrupt political deal with the CIO. He said he hopes a labor management agreement can still be worked out. CIO President Murray denounced Randall’s charge as a malicious lie.
A gloomy outlook for Easter weekend was advanced today by the weather station. The forecast calls for cold weather with brisk northerly winds on Saturday, with frost forming in scattered areas as temperatures dip to around 32 degrees. No damage to cherry blossoms is expected, as they begin to show in the area. The forecast predicts temperatures rising to 70 briefly, then becoming cooler tonight, with scattered clouds and possible thunderstorms bringing a cooler period into Easter weekend.
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