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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
1
Hot weather pushes Frederick residents to higher water use with daily intake around 2.684 million gallons as canning factories run at peak. Rain remains scarce with 0.08 inch recorded last Saturday and 6.22 inches for August, about 2.33 inches above average.
Commissioner Bert Bell upheld Harry Gilmer's right to refuse to play in the Tribune Charities all star game. The Redskins quarterback cited contract protection against loss from injury while the College All Stars faced the Chicago Cardinals. Bell called Gilmer's demand reasonable and refused to compel participation.
Curtis Buzzy Boettiger, grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt, is hospitalized in Los Angeles with poliomyelitis. The 10-year-old, son of Anna Roosevelt Dall Boettiger and Curtis Dall, was to be moved with over 100 polio patients to a milder case, echoing Roosevelt family history with the disease.
Washington officials warned that trimming price supports may require about 1.5 billion dollars to keep 1948 crop prices from sinking below fixed floors. Congress must act, but returns in January as Agriculture Department maps 1949 farm plans amid calls to curb wartime production and reduce acreage, especially in wheat.
Tall Cedars of Lebanon and families enjoyed the Forest picnic at Braddock Heights from 3 to 8 p m with about one hundred attendees. They rode ponies and a merry go round and bowled as Melvin Lescafleet chaired the committee with Maurice Sharrer James Z Ewing James McCanner Richard Hopkins Edward Young and Carroll Kins. A dance for Tall Cedars and Masons is planned for Friday September 10 from 9 to 12. A charter bus will transport Frederick Forest members to Temple Forest in Alexandria Va on Saturday September 18 for a large gathering as Temple Forest is the first in Virginia. An order in the U S District Court appoints Louis J Sagner receiver for Ellsworth C Valentine assets after an involuntary bankruptcy on August 4. The petition by Mexican Petroleum Corp pointed to the need to conserve assets. Adjudication was declared on petitions by United States Guarantee Co Brooklyn Engineering Co and Joseph L Werner demanding 30991 99.
At a long HUAC session in Kington Aug 26, Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss offered opposing accounts over a Model A Ford and broader accusations. Chambers described Hiss as a hidden Communist contact. Hiss labeled Chambers a liar before perjury warnings. The exchange featured intense cross questioning and emotional moments as the probe continues.
Robert A. Cornelius, a cashier in the District tax collector's office who vanished with 570 dollars on August 16 and returned the next day to repay it, was discharged by the District Commissioners after failing to answer charges. He offered no explanation for the incident.
In Washington the Aug hearings feature Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers contradicting each other on key points from 1934 to 1938. They dispute names used, meetings in New York, living arrangements, payments, and party ties, with Chambers alleging Communist connections and Hiss denying affiliation while questioning the reliability of Chambers' memories.
Rev Dr Samuel McCrea Cavert of New York, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, said American churches should support world unity and ecumenical fellowship. He spoke at a visitors conference linked to the World Council of Churches assembly.
NEA Washington correspondent notes that the Potsdam terms push for revision of the Montreux Convention governing the Turkish straits. Russia seeks riparian control over the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, potentially sidelining Britain and the U.S. in future decisions.
Weather CAN DST precipitation for 24 hours ending 8 30 am shows none. August precipitation to date 6.22 inches vs normal 3.8 inches. August 1947 totals 344 inches? Excess precipitation by August 1 5.43 inches. High yesterday 93, high a year ago 94? Low last night 70, low a year ago 66. Sun sets 7 51 pm, sun rises 6 33 am. Moon rises 11 49 pm, moon sets 2 15 pm. Rivers Buckeystown Dam Rie r cloudy Po tomac cloudy Knoxville.
Chicago Aug 26 Many Americans bathed in extreme heat as a nationwide heat wave persisted from the Dakotas to the New England states. Forecasters warned no immediate relief with cooling air moving slowly from Canada. Detroit auto plants idled as thousands walked off wells due to heat with Briggs Plymouth and Chrysler plants impacted.
Three accident cases heard before Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg in Peoples Court this morning. Edgar Diggs was found not guilty of reckless driving after backing into the pedestrian lane at Second and Market, injuring Dr. Thomas R Gough. Burleson testified to the May incident at Route 240 and 75, resulting in a guilty finding for failing to yield to oncoming traffic. Additional cases involved collisions, fines, and charges of reckless driving with varying outcomes and penalties.
Washington reports AFL leaders back President Truman for a full term as CIO May back Truman with a split, while Bricker predicts Dewey still wins. The ADA plans an expanded Chicago board session as Leon Henderson notes labor unions form a big ADA base.
Dominican Republic consul general Rafael Comprez Perez and Col. Frank A Feliz Miranda traded punches with two detectives on West 58th Street after officers mistook them for holdup men. Perez said he was startled and would report the incident to the ambassador.
A Brooklyn subway car incident involved an unidentified man who carried a package and exploded causing flames. Police reported injuries among riders as the car filled with smoke and passengers escaped. The tram halted at the next station as the man vanished into a crowd.
Delegates from New York Allele David M representing the Freder Jewish Young Adult group join the National Jewish Welfare Board and the National Jewish Youth Plan Commission for Camp Wel-Met in Narrowsburg New Jersey from September 3 to 14. It is the first conference of its kind in the United States.
Communist led demonstrators stormed Berlin City Hall forcing the cancellation of a planned assembly session. Police reserves contained a crowd said to exceed 10 000 as red banners proclaimed One Administration One Currency and Down with the agents of monopoly capitalism.
Carl Vincent Johnson, 21, of Somerset County, convicted in Wicomico County Circuit Court of attempting to assault two elderly Marion Station widows during a June break-in. The victims, Addie Coulbourne 73 and Carrie Whittington 70, testified to a choking attempt and a struggle lasting about 11 minutes before Johnson fled and was captured hours later near Crisfield.
In an interview during August in Germany, a former Gestapo agent testified that captured Russians were willing to work for the Germans as spies before the Stalingrad campaign. The court heard from Alexandre G. Walter Schellenberg, once a leading Gestapo figure, and from former Gestapo chief Heinrich Muller about Soviet prisoners.
Joseph C. Freeze Jr of Thurmont reported a theft of 10 dollars early this morning after a Black man offered to sell whiskey. Police could not identify the assailant or the residence entered after the robbery near Blooms alley where Freeze was parked.
Federal Judge Luther M. Swygert in Indianapolis ordered officials of the International Typographers Union to appear at 1 am on September 15 to show cause why the union should not be held in contempt of court.
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