Freeze Devastates Frederick County Peach Crop
Frederick county orchardists report extensive damage from temperatures dipping to 19 22 degrees below zero. Fire and smoke were used to raise buds but experts warn many blooms will not set fruit. Buds that survived may still be weakened and further cold could finish the crop.
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Frederick County
Thisrchard
Frederick
Thurmont
Gambrill State Park
Igh Knob
Unionville
Weather Bureau
McCain
Warning Issued on Cold Weather for Maryland and Delmarva
The Weather Bureau warns of continued cold conditions in Maryland and Delaware with temperatures dropping to 15 to 20 degrees in Western Maryland orchards and 20 to 25 degrees in central and northern Maryland and the Delmarva interior. Winds will ease tonight allowing heaters to work better. Saturday night and early Sunday morning should be not as cold. orchardists should watch for further bulletins.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Delaware
Delmarva Peninsula
Route 40 Improvement Planned on Braddock Mountain
State Roads Commission plans widening and resurfacing of Old Route 40 from Catoctin Country Club westward to Braddock Mountain. Bids expected this year with possible easing of sharp east slope curves. Original Middletown extension cut back. further work may follow later. Surveyors have worked weeks along the project area.
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Catoctin Country Club
Braddock Mountain
State Roads Commission
Middletown
Roads Commission
Washington County
Commission
Hagerstown
Maryland Peach Crop Hits Cold Snap Damage
Early reports from Maryland indicate light to moderate damage to the peach crop after a record breaking spring freeze. University of Maryland experts say two thirds of buds may have survived with uncertainty remaining. Temperature records show Baltimore tied a 75 year low for mid April, while statewide lows ranged from 14 to 25 as frost warnings continued tonight.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Weather Bureau
William O. Dunbar
University of Maryland Fruit Laboratories
Hancock
Washington County
Cumberland Barracks
Easton
Baltimore
Allegany
Garrett
Frederick
Harford
Prince Georges
Clues Sought in Missing Navy Plane Search
In Copenhagen Denmark April 14 brief hope rose when equipment dropped by aerial searchers yielded a wood fragment they thought linked to the U S Navy privateer missing with 10 crew since Saturday. Swedish and Danish authorities pursued a possible smoke flare box part after a B 17 sighting and an English inscription noted on the wood.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
A. S
Baltic
Karlskrona
Joseph Kuhn
Unseasonable Freeze Grips Much Of The U S In April
Spring weather fails to arrive across the nation as unseasonable cold and snow persist. From the Great Lakes to the mid Atlantic and into the south, temperatures stay well below normal with snow on the ground and frozen conditions delaying planting and threatening crops.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Plains
Great Lakes
Middle
North Atlantic
Dakotas
New England
Kansas City
Mercury
Chicago
Cubs
White Sox
Carolinas
Tennessee
U. S. Weather Bureau
Canada
Florida
Texas
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Grand Forks
N. C
Yuma
Ariz
Rio Grande Valley
Berkshires
Massachusetts
Upstate
North Central
West Virginia
Dixie
U S Tariff Cuts Meet Republican Resistance
Washington reports State Department plans for tariff reductions sparking protests from two Republican senators who warn job losses would rise. Democrats discuss a 40 nation Torquay conference while a delegation to negotiate on 2,500 items seeks lower duties to aid exports. Senator Butler and Senator Wherry criticize the plan amid high unemployment.
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Washington
State Department
Torquay
England
Department
U. S
Butler
R-Neb
Arms aid for Indochina to total fifteen million dollars
Washington reports a fifteen million dollar U.S. arms package for Indochina to aid the French-led effort against Ho Chi Minh’s forces. The package emphasizes cargo planes trucks and medical supplies with initial shipments possible within a month.
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Washington
United States
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
State Department
France
Tin Can Age Held Cause Of Garbage Issue
Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett calls dumping along county roadways a menace to health and warns residents of the county to dispose of trash properly. In Peoples Court two Walkersville residents, Gilmore Trout and Frank Cramer, pleaded guilty to dumping on March 31 and April 3 near Matter C. Thomas’s farm. Deputy Sheriff George F. Crouse notes dumping within fifteen feet of the road and onto the Thomas property. County Engineer Roger Willard details right of way from fifteen to thirty feet. The magistrate suspends sentences, saying the defendants acted like others have for some time, not with intent to violate the law. States Attorney Edwin F. Nickick prosecuted.
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Alton Y. Bennett
Bennett
Peoples Court
Walkersville
Matter C. Thomas
Gilmore Trout
Frank Cramer
Trout
Cramer
George F. Crouse
Thomas
Roger Willard
Edwin F. Nikick
Concrete Work Advances on Monocacy River Bridge Piers
A Conduit and Foundation Corp spokesman said work continues on two more piers for the Frederick Junction span carrying the Frederick-Washington expressway over the Monocacy River. Pier one and pier two tiers rise sixteen feet five inches with footing work underway and rock excavation planned for pier three while abutments on the Frederick side await start. Weather remains clear aside from frozen water lines.
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Conduit and Foundation Corporation
Philadelphia
Monocacy River
Frederick Junction
Frederick-Washington
Pier Three
Frederick
Deed Recorded for 122 Acre Farm North of Doubs
A deed records the sale of about 122 acres of land one and one quarter miles north of Doubs on the mountain road to Jefferson in Buckeystown district. Emmett Q. Hickman sells to Mr and Mrs Herbert S. Wilbur for about $11000, noted by revenue stamps.
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Doubs
Jefferson
Buckeystown
Emmett Q. Hickman
Herbert S. Wilbur
Thurmont High School to Dedicate New Building in April
Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt announced tentative plans to dedicate Thurmont High School’s new building in late April after the board accepts it from the contractor. The project includes classrooms and an expanded auditorium cafeteria opened during the current year, with occupancy slated for September in new facilities at Libertytown and Middletown.
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Thurmont High School
Board of Education
Eugene W. Pruitt
Do Elmer K Chandlee
Libertytown
Middletown
Pruitt
Liberty
Thurmont
Mr. Pruitt
Warren Ro Bglais
Venter
Frederick
Brunswick
Walkersville
Emmitsburg
Elm Street
Charles Rhoderick
Kent Nicodemus George J. Martin
Claude D. Stattlemyer
New York Rain Seeding Sparks Mixed Weather Talk
New York experienced unseasonal snow and rain as a coastal storm moved across the northeast. Officials questioned cloud seeding influence while noting a record low dawn temperature around 25 degrees and a storm centered off the Massachusetts coast moving south.
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New York
New York City
Portland
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Massachus Sells
McGrath Calls Congress Subversion Hunt Move
Baltimore April 14 Attorney General J Howard McGrath urged Congress to stop probing alleged subversives. He said Congress should refer loyalty information to administrative officers and hold them accountable if duty fails, not hunt subversives itself. He spoke at University of Maryland Law School alumni dinner.
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Baltimore
Congress
Department of Justice
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
University of Maryland Law School
Misowich Sentenced After Vagrancy Conviction
Michael Misowich was sentenced to nine months in the House of Correction by Magistrate Alton Bennett after being arrested on a vagrancy charge and convicted in Peoples Court. State Trooper Harold L. Basure apprehended a suspect in a parked used automobile at Tilside Motor Company on Water Street early Wednesday.
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Harold L. Basure
Tilside Motor Company, Inc
Water Street
Michael Misowich
House of Correction
Alton ¥. Bennett
Misowich
Peoples Court
Silly Census Questions Might Shape Future Legislation
NEA correspondent Peter Edson notes census queries may seem trivial but could guide a decade of farm housing social security and education laws. He highlights housing taxes earnings employment and schooling questions as the data basis for federal policy and funding decisions.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
Iiterest
Congress
America
Bureau of Census
Senate
Committees Split Over Civil Defense Probe Jurisdiction
Washington April 14 Two top Administration Senators clash over which committee should study mass disaster defenses against atomic and germ warfare. McMahon of the Atomic committee blocks rapid action while Tydings of the Armed Services backs a joint Senate inquiry. The dispute may go to the full Senate for resolution.
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Washington
Administration
Congressional Committee
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Tydings
N-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Atownic
Senate House
Tydirgs
Armed Services Committee
Honors Given To Maryland College Of Agriculture Students
At the University of Maryland College of Agriculture convocation sixteen students were tapped for Alpha Zeta. William M. Allenberg of Smithsburg earned the $300 Borden dairy scholarship as top academic senior in dairy farming. Ralph MacDonald of Rising Sun won the Danforth Foundation award for a month of leadership instruction in St. Louis and Michigan.
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College Park
University of Maryland
College of Agriculture
William M. Allenberg
Smithsburg
Borden Dairy
Ralph MacDonald
Rising Sun
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
Michigan
Alpha Zeta
Harold Reiley
Frederick
Bruce C. Stockman
Jefferson
Deadline Near Baltimore Filing Maryland Tax Return
Baltimore residents face a midnight deadline on Monday April 14 to file their Maryland state income tax return. The reminder highlights the final date for submissions and urges taxpayers to prepare forms promptly.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Rigid Control For Potatoes
Washington April 14 A Senate Agriculture subcommittee approved a rigid federal potato control plan for planting and marketing. It rejects Brannan plan trial and calls for nationwide per bushel and acre limits with penalties for excess production. The measure, drafted by the National Potato Council with help from the Agriculture Department, moves to the full Agriculture committee next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Truman
Subcommittee
Elfender
Full
Agriculture Committee
National Potato Council
Agriculture Department
Congress
Radio And TV Stocks Rally On Broad Market Gains
New York April 14 radio and television stocks surged on the tape with Admiral rising after a strong earnings report. Motorola led with a 4.24 point jump to 46 on 7900 shares, while Zenith Philco Emerson Radio Corp Avco Magnavox and ITT posted gains or held firm. Allied Chemical climbed early, trading 1500 shares at 239, up 14 points.
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New York
Radiotelevision
Admiral
Motorola
Zenith
Philco
Emerson
Radio Corp
Avco
Magnavox
International Telephone
Allied Chemical
Maryland Court Applies Law to Oysters From Out of State
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled the state's oyster laws apply to imports from private planters in other states as well as to those from Maryland waters. In a unanimous 5 0 decision the court denied the appeal by George A Christy and Sons Eastern Shore Packers.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Court of Appeals
George A. Christy
Bradley says U S defense plans may yield to Atlantic defense needs
Gen Omar Bradley says the United States may drop the balanced Army Navy and Air Force concept to meet North Atlantic defense needs. He notes sovereignty may erode if plans serve Western unity, and hints at a central NATO body guiding force expansion. Plans to hold frontiers and supply lines remain, with later shifts to collective defense considerations.
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Chicago
Omar Bradley
United States
North Atlantic
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Club
Army
Bradley
Pact
Europe
U. S
Local Workers To Attend Meet In Hagerstown
An all day regional meeting of the Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare will be held in Hagerstown with Welfare and social workers from Frederick attending. Francis J. Connolly chairs. speakers include G Yates Cook and Dr James E Spitznas. The program covers housing and education with a Baltimore slum reclamation focus.
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Hagerstown
Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare
Frederick
Francis J. Connolly
Frederick Board of Public Welfare
Ignatius Bijerlee
Maryland School For the Deaf
William C. Roderick
Children's Aid Society
Alexander
Maryland
Easton
Baltimore
G. Yates Cook
Office of Housing and Law Enforcement
Cook
William Royer
Montgomery County Welfare Board
Thomas J. S. Waxier
Baltimore Department of Public Welfare
James E. Spitznas
State Department of Education
Philip A. Rauth
Washington County Board of Education
R. Floyd Cromwell
State Education Department
Lewyn C. Davis
Allegany County
Harbaugh Demands Resignations In Annapolis Probe
J. Harbaugh a former Maryland state trooper and possible Anne Arundel senate candidate called for the resignation of County Police Chief John H. Souers Jr and an investigation of all county officials. He cited a grand jury report noting widespread gambling remains active in the county.
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Annapolis
JI. J. Harbaugh
Maryland
State Senate
Anne Arundel County
John H. Souers, Jr
Harbaugh
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