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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1949
Page
2
Reckord urged all parties to sit down and propose a plan acceptable to everyone in racing. He said it would have been better if everything had been left as it was than the current state, noting his support for the Maryland Jockey Club closing Pimlico and moving to Laurel.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord of Havre de Grace calls the legislature’s approval of more Maryland horse racing a serious mistake. Three bills would grant Laurel and Bowie 10 more days each, add days for five half mile tracks to 100 total, and raise harness racing from 60 to 100 days, with Pimlico and Laurel consolidation rejected. Reckord argues races should be equitably distributed and urges Governor Lane to veto all three measures.
In Winnemucca a 13 year old, Billy Marrs, was run over by a train but suffered no injuries besides a broken arm after falling from a railroad trestle once the train passed. The incident occurred during play near the tracks.
Near Winnemucca a boy named Billy Marrs rushed to rescue his dog Queenie on a Western Pacific mainline trestle. He clung between the rails, recalled his father’s words, and endured a diesel and 13 freight cars passing over him before falling and breaking his arm.
April 19 Cumberland Allegany County Commissioners cut the tax levy by two cents setting the 1949 rate at 1.654 per $100 of assessed valuation. County property value rose from 100 million to 112.8 million dollars. The largest levy item funds the county public school system.
The levy allocates 66 cents of each tax dollar with total receipts of 2,925,101. County school expenses total 1,178,606 while the State contributes 1,532,534. New items add 110,000 for salaries and operating costs at the county infirmary, to begin in a few weeks. 75,000 was in the current budget. Ernest Franklin Henderson, 23, Sargent, West Virginia, is jailed at Hagerstown on false pretense charges.
At a Tuesday hearing bond was set at $500 for Henderson who has been wanted since October 28 for passing four checks ranging from $300 to $600. Police said blanks were obtained in Maryland and West Virginia and a traffic charge at Clear-To was cited. Trooper Ridge noted similarities to a protein serving of fish and meat.
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