Truman vows daily sessions to defend defense funding
President Truman warned Congress he would keep the session going all year if needed to restore roughly seven and a nine hundred million dollars for defense and foreign aid. He denounced blanket cuts as risking soldiers' lives and pressed for steady national security despite an election year.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Amvets
House
Missouri
Kremlin
Espen
Air Defense in Special Readiness Across United States
The U S Air Defense Command placed forces in special readiness after reports of unknown aircraft over Alaska and New England. Observers saw high altitude contrails in Alaska. over New England three unidentified planes were later identified as friendly transports and airliners. The alert was coordinated from Newburgh to Colorado Springs and regional commands before being lifted. Secretary Sawyer issued an ultimatum to the steel industry, vowing wage hikes if a settlement isn’t reached by early next week, signaling government involvement to resolve the strike.
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Washington
U. S. Air Defense Command
Alaska
New England
Air Force
Eastern Defense Command
Newburgh
Air Defense
Colorado Springs
Colo
Eastern Air Defense Command
Minute
Tater
Radz
Clitmatum
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Cio
Petition Presented To Commission On City Planning Hearing
The Frederick City Planning Commission, in a continued session Friday night, accepted a petition by Millard Bartholow of 18 Winchester Street with 792 signers endorsing Camp Detrick expansion, but took no action to alter the first resolution. The panel referred the petition to the Mayor and Aldermen while clarifying that the resolution does not oppose all expansion. The meeting also reviewed a preliminary subdivision plat for land owned by Emory B. Lease and developed by Stewart Bainum of Washington, approving changes with Neimann Brunk abstaining. The State Roads Commission official noted possible access points to a by pass, and the plat includes a parallel roadway and two-story brick apartments costing about 350000 dollars, with 170 electors represented by Edwin Hikine and Benjamin Rosenoc. A separate note reports Yugoslavs claiming to be anti-Tito forced a passenger plane to divert to Graz Austria before police took five into custody.
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Frederick
Tis
Emory B. Lease
Stewart Bainum
Washington
Neimann Brunk
Brunk
F. W. Dreyer
State Roads Commission
Seventh Street
Motter Avenue
12Th Street
Hannum
Pinewood Drive
West Fourteenth Street
Motter
Beechwood Drive
Oakwood Drive
Edwin Ie Hikine
Benjamin B. Rosen
C and P Makes Offer Of Wage Increases
Baltimore April 187 The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company offered wage increases of 2 to 5 dollars to Maryland operators and clerical workers after a meeting with the Maryland Telephone Union which pressed for raises and end to wage scales by community. The plan would reclassify 20 towns into higher brackets, boosting pay by 4 weekly in two cities, 4-5 in three cities, and 2-5 in 25 more locations, with Baltimore area workers receiving a flat 3 weekly rise.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Maryland Telephone Union
Next Phase Of Case April 30
Under protest Magistrate Wil Ber Sheffield Jr heard the second installment in the Kidd case in Frederick. The defendant, absent by wife’s illness, was represented by Edwin F. Nikirk as state witness Daum testified to weaving, striking a parked car, and a fugitive who fled to Baker Park. Daum described the driver as staggering. State closed its testimony and the defense hearing was set for April 30. A 16 year old, James Albert Jefferson Jr, was fined $10 on three charges for driving without permit speed over 50 mph and lack of registration, with a promise from his father to ensure Sunday religious attendance for a year.
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Wil[Ber F. Sheffield, Jr
Stanley Russell Kidd
Rt. 5
Frederick
Edwin F. Nikirk
Nikirk
Frederick W. Daum, I Jr
Bentz Street
Sheffield
Daum
James Albert Jefferson, Jr
Jin
Youth found guilty in Scranton traffic case
Sam 8 Koki of Scranton Pa was found guilty on the charge of speeding on North Market Street. He was fined 11.45 dollars after conviction. A witness and the Pennsylvanian protested Maryland laws allowing an ununiformed officer driving a truck to halt a motorist. The defendant asked how he could know the officer was not a holdup man.
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Sam
Koki
Scranton
Philip Myers
North Market Street
Maryland
Lovett warns against relaxing rearming program
Secretary of Defense Lovett said there is no world situation justifying easing defenses amid World War III fears. He warned of a grim thread through global events and implied Russia shows no move toward West cooperation in remarks prepared for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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Washington
Lovett
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Russia
Harriman Seeks National Drive for NY Delegates
New York Democratic leaders promise a full-scale campaign to push Harriman beyond New York. Senator Lehman asserts the Harriman bid is not merely gesture but a national effort aiming to secure the Democratic nomination, as 45 of 62 county chairs endorsed him after a celebratory banquet.
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Harriman
Herbert Lehmare
Democratic Organization
Lehman
New York State
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
Political pitches and local meeting highlight weekend
The week closed with taft era rhetoric as Taft warned of socialism if Democrats stay in office while Kohler accused Truman and Wisconsin Democrats of exploiting flood misery. Ellender warned of civil rights splits affecting 1952 prospects as northern Democrats feared a repeat of 1948. In Frederick a hairdressers association hosts Maryland cosmetologists Sunday at the Key Hotel with dinner at 12 30 pm and a business session to follow led by Owen Ecker. Ann Tinney chairs the host group with plans set in April.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Massachusetts
Midwest
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
Truman
Ellender
Frederick
Cleanup Can Prevent Spread Of Foot Rot
University of Maryland Extension dairyman John Dietrich says foot rot weakens milk yield and urges a barnyard cleanup program. Five steps reduce infection: remove manure and moisture, drain low spots, trim hooves, provide hydrated lime for drying feet, and pave the barnlot if possible to keep it clean and dry.
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University of Maryland Extension
John P. Dietrich
Dietrich
Convicts surrender after prison riots in Trenton and Rahway
In New Jersey two uprisings end as 69 inmates surrender at Trenton State Prison print shop after a 77 hour siege. In Rahway State Prison Farm 31 inmates seize a dormitory wing, taking nine guards hostage. This marks the fifth prison disturbance in three weeks.
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Trenton
N. J
Trenton State Prison
Rahway State
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