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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
7
In Berlin a Soviet controlled German police raid in downtown drew a crowd of 600 Germans who pelted police with stones and chanted anti Communist slogans. Five people, possibly four or five, were wounded by gunfire and one report spoke of a fatality.
Baltimore prices show butter down four cents a pound from last week across most groceries. Top grade butter sold at 83 cents for a 2 pound block or 85 cents for quarter-pound prints, with lower grades 73 to 77 cents. Oleomargarine listed at 45 cents a pound or less. Hog prices rose 75 cents with a new top of 332 per hundredweight. slaughter steers slipped 50 cents while other cattle held steady.
Oakland dispatch reports a missing bookkeeper, Robert Stewart Nelson, 25, uncovered as a woman. Roberta Lawson, 17, allegedly married to Nelson in 1946, denied knowledge of her spouse’s true identity. Grand theft charges stem from $910 taken from a wholesale restaurant firm.
In Wichita Kansas during August 1941 the Auwater California Packers defeated the Westernport Maryland Westvacos 8 to 0 in the national semi pro tournament. The game ended in the eighth inning by the mercy rule after a run lead. Bill Clemenson, once with the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitched three hits allowed.
The 115th Infantry Regiment Maryland National Guard, about 1400 members, will leave Saturday for a two week training at Camp Ritchie under Col Louis G Smith. The unit is part of the 29th Division with companies from Towson Cumberland Frostburg Elkton Chesterton Salisbury Cambridge Port Deposit.
The program includes qualification in firearms tactics and infantry warfare, with supervision by battle seasoned leaders. A public demonstration is planned for August 27, and a party and dance will be held in the camp gymnasium on August 23.
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