Red Proposal Called Trap in Soviet Peace Bid
The United States dismissed Shvernik’s five power peace proposal as a propaganda trap. The State Department called the letter to President Truman a Soviet tactic from January 1949 and vowed to judge Russia by actions, not words, in supporting UN Charter peace obligations. The Kaesong talks were also cited as a test of genuine intent to reach an armistice and enforcement mechanism.
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Washington
United States
Shvernik
State Department
Truman
Soviet Union
Michael J. McDermott
Kaesong
State Departments
The
Voice of America
McDermott
Russians Cite Five Power Pact Amid American Friendship Row
A Frederick dispatch outlines U S moves on a Russia Friendly Resolution and Moscow replies by demanding a five power pact among the United States Soviet Union Britain France and Red China. The piece notes McDermott’s criticism of Soviet propaganda and publication plans as Moscow radio carries texts and letters from Truman and Shvernik. In a separate item a prisoner, Leroy Baldwin, escapes from a hospital for tuberculosis treatment while under police notice.
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Frederick
Congress
Russia
Truman
Nikolai Mikhailovitch Shvernik
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
State Department
Shvernik
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Red China
McDermott
Moscow
Dangerous Criminal Flees From Springfield Hospital
A man described as dangerous escaped early Tuesday from the tubercular colony at Springfield State Hospital in Sykes ville and remained at large this afternoon. police departments were notified to search for the fugitive who had been confined at the Maryland House of Correction before removal to unspecified locations.
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Talbot County
House of Correction
Baltimore
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Maryland House of Correction
Baltimore Eyes Beer Tax as Budget Talks Grow
Baltimore officials consider a beer tax as budget officials estimate a potential three million dollars yearly from a one cent levy. Mayor Thomas D Alesandro II opposes the idea and seeks restraint as the Board of Estimates debates requests rising by billions from 1951 to 1952.
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Pershing
Insgnia
Board of Estimates
Baltimore
Thomas D’alesandrot
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