29 Aug 1951
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1951
Page
1
The year’s last general double holiday will prompt near cessation of business next Monday Labor Day. Schools reopen midweek with a special first grade meet at Frederick High School Tuesday. Community events include a Lyric Band concert in Baker Park Monday evening.
Hollywood reports the death of 32 year old actor Robert Walker during treatment for emotional disturbance. Dr. Hacker said a sodium amytol sedative given to Walker led to coma and respiratory failure despite rescue attempts. Jennifer Jones, Walker's former wife, was notified and en route from New York.
Four cars were slightly damaged in an accident at Worman's Mill near Frederick about 6:30 this morning. Dense fog reduced visibility as vehicles on Route 26 intersected Route 15. Drivers named Henry Jenkins Union Bridge James W Fouche Route 1 Frederick Helen Mae Cramer Union Bridge and Kermit T Silcox Frederick Route 1.
In a Nation Today column James Marlow questions India's Nehru as he navigates Cold War pressures. Nehru weighs remaining aloof against Communist expansion while opposing the U S Japan peace treaty and maintaining Asia as a regional leadership posture.
A Long Island socialite, Mrs Ethel Carhart Jones Taylor, 25, was charged with grand larceny after admitting she took jewels valued at about 10000 from the Syosset home of Mrs Margaret Chew Welch. She posted 5000 bail and pleaded innocent as detectives reported details from Nassau County.
Progress on the Washington expressway shows the initial five mile section mostly topped with paving. Contractor W E Grahams crews advance toward full contract completion this year, with remaining gaps awaiting river bridge completion and ramp facilities for Route 15 interchange.
The Agriculture Department says American net farm income this year could near the 1947 record of 17.8 billion dollars. Land values including improvements rise five percent in four months to July 1, 1951, with a 17 percent gain since July 1, 1950, and should hold at current levels in many regions as livestock production continues.
In Baltimore on August 29, a federal judge lowered bail for two Maryland Communist party members. Regina Frankfield’s bail was reduced to 10000 dollars and Dorothy Rose Blumberg’s to 17400 dollars, with representatives stating those amounts were their maximum ability to pay. Both had faced default on 20000 dollar bonds.
William Green of the American Federation of Labor spoke at a noon Rotary meeting. He urged unity across Democrats and Republicans to defend freedom against world Communism, stressing organized labor's role, cross-class solidarity, and a united front for democracy.
Senator Capehart accuses President Truman of misrepresenting facts to shift blame for high prices as Senate Banking begins hearings on economic controls. Republican sponsors Ferguson Nixon Welker propose amendments to remove three provisions cited by Capehart. Capehart counters.
New York August 29 resolution before the Veterans of Foreign Wars calls President Truman to replace Secretary of State Dean Acheson, saying he has lost public confidence amid a mounting world crisis. Delegations from California and Florida sponsor the proposal which may go to a vote today alongside a demand for action on William N. Oatis and other officials.
Coast Guard and Canadian Air Force join police in a sea and air search for the 20 foot British yawl Nova Espero missing since Aug 16 while en route from Shelburne to New York. Two English adventurers, Stanley Smith and Charles Violet, sailed the craft across the North Atlantic in 86 days and then headed for New York.
Army master sergeant Morris E Bell of Austin Texas to forfeit 200 dollars in Peoples Court before Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker for a Route 40 crash that injured brakeman Donlin Emerson 27 of near Sykesville. The incident on the Y west of Ridgeville involved a flagger and a halted engine. Damages totaled about 400 dollars to Bells vehicle. Other fines included 10 for Beaudin Detroit and 5 each for Blevenger and McQueen Sha dy Valley Tennessee for boulevard stop violations.
At Korea front, Communist forces fortified positions despite clear skies that allowed allied air and artillery strikes. A jet duel erupted along the Manchurian border, with sixty Red and allied jets in a brief air exchange. Ground reinforcements moved toward the Iron Triangle and areas east of the Kaeson line, while eastern front assaults faltered as dawn light exposed attackers to American artillery.
Walter Bryant Dorsey led the Maryland bar exam top five with 50 passers total in July. Dorsey 22, son of prominent Maryland lawyers, is a University of Maryland Law School graduate and Western Maryland College alumnus. The four following top scorers were Frank Hirsch Baltimore Martin Ferris II Howard D Gann and William R Clough. Nearly 300 candidates took the July 9 and 10 exams.
Six U S soldiers drowned when a truck was flooded by the rising Imjin river near Munsan Korea last night seven others escaped. The incident occurred as the vehicle overturned in fast water during a sudden inundation.
Washington reports Senator O Mahoney predicts federal judge Delbert E Metzger of Hawaii will be replaced for reducing bail for seven Communist suspects. Metzger cut bail from 75000 to 4000 calling it outrageous. Rep Doyle says 5000 is too low given disappearances of suspects in New York.
Three property owners along old Route 40 near Braddock Springs sue in Circuit Court claiming the State Roads Commission has not deposited fair value for their land and improvements. They say the $1,700 for the Shepley land and $1,000 for the Hildebrand land are insufficient and allege the project will depress property values and create ingress and egress hazards.
Howard S. Rogers a 30 year old Salisbury automobile dealer was fined 250 dollars in Peoples Court and given a six month jail sentence suspended by magistrate Milton K. Larmore for assaulting Salisbury Wicomico dog catcher James T. Elliott. Elliott testified of prior disputes and a previous push. Elliott was treated for arm abrasions and a sore jaw.
GEN Ridgway warned the Communists to resume armistice talks or risk breaking off negotiations. He rejected reinvestigation of the Kaesong bombing claim while urging a return to talks when the Reds are ready to end the delay. Reds stall as they prepare for a possible new offensive.
The Orphans Court extended the probate time for Albert M. Mercer’s alleged will to October 1 after petitions by Ercelle M. Remsberg Ida G. Kaufman and Louise M. Moxley through attorney Sherman P. Bowers. They had sought an extension after requesting the will not be admitted to probate and noting the short time for their case. Washington notes define graduate student status for selective service clarifying study duration for master's and doctor’s degrees. Monocacy clear at Frederick Junction and Potomac elgar at Knomwill.
Mayor Donald B. Rice will head the Crusade for Freedom in Frederick County as announced by William C. Purnell. The campaign starts September 4 with registration boxes and scrolls distributed to local businesses. The effort includes radio broadcasts and a balloon messaging system to subjugated populations, building on last year’s World Freedom Bell project in Berlin led by former Mayor Elmer F. Munshower.
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