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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1953
Page
4
The Semi weekly News invites reader correspondence from all county parts with real names. It promotes corrections when editors are notified and offers printing services from a well equipped Frederick Maryland office. Publication date August 14 1953.
Milwaukee Braves home games draw over one million, highest MLB attendance this year, with total NL attendance ahead of 1952. Braves aim for 1.5 million in 1953 as other teams face market shifts. rumors of relocation fade, major league baseball trends toward closer ties withfans and urban markets.
Longing for home weighs on troops in Korea who face no fighting yet fear idle time. U S forces will build roads, schools, hospitals and act as rehabilitation missionaries to restore a war damaged land. Dulles compares Free World efforts to Soviet influence, calling the work healthy and constructive for the servicemen.
Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens said American and allied troops would remain in Korea for several years. He spoke during an eight day visit with Secretary Dulles and met President Rhee. Stevens visited Freedom Village to greet reforming POWs and noted actions depend on government timing. In Maryland the Montgomery County Council backed stronger motor vehicle laws including state inspections and tighter driver age limits for public vehicles, citing a fatal bus crash.
Tito states Yugoslavia will never return to Soviet dominance and seeks normal relations with all nations while retaining independence. He warns China may pursue an independent path depending on Soviet policy, and remarks on a reduced prospect of war. Also reports resignations from Montgomery County School Board and appointment at Montgomery Junior College.
George PD Smith son of Mr and Mrs William G Smith of 522 Elm Street was among 50 students commissioned as ensigns on July 10 at the Nava Academy Candidate School in Newport Rhode Island. He was among 54 graduates selected for postwar duty in Monterey. He previously graduated in 1948 from Frederick High School and in 1932 from Johns Hopkins University. He worked for the Columbia Gas System in Charleston West Virginia until March 1 when he resigned to join the Navy. He spent two weeks at his parental home before reporting for new assignment in California.
A list of marriage licenses shows pairs from Frederick Thurmont Mechanicsburg Pa and others with ages ranging from teens to 44 plus. Property deeds include transfers between William Main Edgar Bartlett Richard Bowlus H Kieffer DeLauter and others with $10 and $16 sums in county city and state roads commission dealings.
A July crop report from the Agriculture Department credits rains in the drought hit Southwest and favorable conditions elsewhere for a production outlook near a 1948 peak. Corn production is forecast at 3.33 billion bushels, with some quotas possible next year to curb surpluses. Yields for potatoes, sugar beets, cotton, and other crops look strong. apples fall slightly while peaches and grapes rise. Commercial vegetables also exceed last summer’s volume.
An 18 year old, Tommy Aldridge of Paris, Ky, died after an elephant threw him during a circus performance in Danville. The injury occurred last night and he had been unconscious since. His mother confirmed he joined the Qiano Brothers Circus several days earlier. Police could not identify the reporter.
State Roads Commission will accept bids until September 1 at noon for the Maryland approach to the Potomac river bridge at Brunswick. The 104 mile long approach will be 26 to 38 feet wide with reinforced concrete paving and a 10 by seven foot concrete culvert over 200 feet long. Bowers Construction Company has completed Maryland piers and land piers while American Bridge Company will move steel to begin the superstructure from the Maryland side.
SAN SEBASTIAN Spain cabinet reportedly approved an agreement allowing U S forces to use Spanish naval and air bases in exchange for military and economic aid The pact would link Spain to the Western alliance against Communist aggression Talks reportedly named airfields at Madrid Barcelona and Seville and naval sites at Cadiz and Cartagena with a 16 year base access period The United States planned about 200 million dollars in aid for Spain to strengthen armed forces and upgrade roads and railways during the coming fiscal year
About four hundred Loudoun County residents gathered at Leesburg High School to oppose curtailment of construction plans for a new night school and to push for a $200000 state loan. PTA volunteers plan a phone campaign to lawmakers and county officials urging support for the loan plan. Many PTA members attended, including a sizable group from Hamilton.
Gilbert Littles of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, named as one of the Liberty Town bank robbers, was returned to Frederick county jail from University Hospital Baltimore, under guard. No trial date has been set while his co-defendants serve long penitentiary terms.
About 500 people watched 161 animals compete at the Western Maryland Holstein Field Day between Middletown and Jefferson. Champions were named for various classes with Ira D. Ifert and Son and W L King and Son among top prize winners. 4-H participants from Olney, Gaithersburg, and Boyds also excelled. The event was led by A Doty Remsburg of Jefferson as show committee president.
Frederick County Grangers return from the Mid Atlantic Grange Lecturers' Conference. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Austin Renn Baljenger, Lawrence H Crickenberger New Market State Deputy, Miss Rene Lee Montgomery New Market, Miss Catherine Roderick member National Youth Committee, Miss Juanita Myers, Miss Phyllis Moser Thurmons, and Misses Roderick Myers and Moser. They led a workshop on The Place of Youth in The Grange with aid from James Reeves Forest Grange and New Jersey State Master Andy Maillegal.
About 105 of the roughly 400 boys and staff at Camp Airy west of Thurmont who fell ill over the weekend with food poisoning have recovered. The Baltimore operated camp serves many city youths. Investigators led by Dr Forbes H Burgess found symptoms including nausea vomiting cramps and diarrhea. A preliminary inspection suggested food poisoning as the cause while the camp was found to meet sanitary standards. The health teams continue checks to identify the source and prevent a recurrence.
The Mountain players present Levy’s fifteenth play Clutterbuck a shipboard tropical port set comedy with five lovers and a mute lead. Cast includes Howard Atlee Frances Whiting James Greene Jerry Hall Deidre Gale Lonne Martin in a light breezy farce that drew audience from multiple Maryland and Pennsylvania towns and featured a TV appearance on Penny Chase from WAAM Baltimore.
Frances E Willis was sworn in today as ambassador to Switzerland becoming America's first woman to rise from vice consul to ambassador. She took the oath of office administered by Protocol Chief John S Simmons as friends and State Department officials watched.
Frederick chamber directors hear that an out-of-town manufacturer is surveying local suitability for a large plant. Paul Michael, industrial committee chair, notes completed studies on personnel, pay rates, buildings, and ground. New members Walter W. Clark and Rosenfeld Realty Co. join. Family outing set for August 26 at Gambrill State Park. Business Education Day slated for late fall with school board input.
John Page Richardson and his bride plan a simple life in Maryland after settling in a 132 year old farm house. The couple will run an automobile agency and, as a sideline, sell furniture. Richardson’s parents funded $1,000,000 gifts on his 21st birthday.
Frank B Hartzok a Chambersburg real estate broker announced a modern shopping center four miles east of Chambersburg along the Lincoln Highway. It will front 1500 feet along the south side of the road on a 15 acre plot with parking for 300 autos and sit opposite Downer's Hill near the off highway to Fayetteville.
Sgt. W W Corbin spoke to the Kiwanians on traffic hazards and highway safety using vivid state police slides. He tied speed, improper passing, and alcohol to fatal accidents, urging defensive driving, better laws, and enforcement, noting Maryland vehicle inspections and the need to start safety training with children.
Pvt. Darrell E. Heiser arrives in Alaska to join the 3rd Regimental Combat Team in the theater. His wife Ruth Heiser lives on Route 2 in Emmitsburg Maryland.
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