State Gives Plans For Rt. 40 Work
Maryland news outlines a rebuild of old Route 40 from Catoctin Country Club toward Braddock Mountain with major curve realignments and widened shoulders. Plans include 80 foot rights of way, selective trimming near Braddock Heights, and a likely bid date in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin
Braddock Mountain
State Roads Commission
Tne Commission
Catoctin Country Club
Commission
Vid Braddock
White House
Braddock Heights
Ommission
Jow
Braddock Prings
Braddock
Bradock Springs
Raddock Heights
Remsburg
Carles Remsberg
Braddock Eights
Anges
Middle- VT
Trousers And Shirt Are Loot For Thieves
Thieves broke into the Gem Laundry at 153 West Patrick Street during the night and took clothes left for cleaning. By midmorning 10 pairs of pants and one shirt were reported missing with possible additional losses. Entry was gained through a broken alley window. no money was taken. Police investigated and found the back door still locked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem
West Patrick Street
Parcel Post Mail Stuck By Strike
Washington reports government to press contempt actions in Chicago and Cleveland against railroad yardmen striking despite federal court orders. The nationwide walkout disrupts parcel post and freight, triggering a Post Office embargo on parcel post and tension with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen as about 10,000 workers remain off the job and the Army prepares to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Der
Uwp
Post Office Department
Air Mail
Air Parcel Post
Postoffice Department
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Truman
St. Louis
Alexandria
Hilts Yard
Brotherhood of
Railway Express
Air Express
Potomac Yards
Seaboard
Army
Christmas Mail Slowed by Partial Rail Strike
Frederick post office faced reduced Christmas mail flow as a partial embargo restricted outgoing mail to a limited set of states. Only newspapers, light first class matter, medicines and certain items could move. parcels to most states were rejected unless under eight ounces or sent by air parcel post. Incoming mail was unusually light, with several mail pouches missing. Hood College students and staff began Christmas vacation, amid concerns the strike could disrupt final homeward travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Connecticut
Delaware
Milnais
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Maryland
South
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Air Mail
Air Parcel Post
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hood College
Washington
Baltimore
More Snow and Cold Weather Hits Midwest and East
Snow fell across the cold belt as sub zero temperatures loom in the north central United States. Cold Canadian air pushes into the northern plains and upper Mississippi valley with continued cold in the Great Lakes and New England regions.
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Chicago
Midwest
North Central
Northern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New England States
Ohio Valley
Collecting Fruit Juices For Soldiers In Ohio
The Ohio WCTU shipped a truckload of fruit juices worth $3,000 to servicemen overseas after breweries pledged beer for troops in Korea. President Esther Madsen said many soldiers may prefer juice to beer and requested the armed forces cover overseas shipping costs, with the WCTU ready to pay if needed. The report notes market fluctuations in New York, with an opening decline and shares slipping before recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Korea
Esther M. Madsen
Ohio
Truman Urges Sacrifice as U S Ramps Armament
President Truman calls on Americans to unite in greater sacrifices to bolster the free world’s military power. Congress debates manpower and production goals amid rapid growth of the atomic program near Paducah Kentucky and a potential 4,000,000-man army with $100 billion annual defense outlay. Pace warns current requests may be insufficient as U S plans two new gaseous diffusion plants and a central mobilization agency under General Electric’s Charles E. Wilson. Millard Caldwell issues a city warning code as Air Defense Command seeks 24 hour alert funds. Business notes report Robert L Warfield elected Frederick Building Association president and Lansdale Tube Company acquiring land for a radio TV tubes plant near $60,000.
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Washington
Dec
Truman
Free World
Congress
Paducah
Army
Pace
Fruiman
Korea
House
Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
Wilson
United States
Air Force
Air Defense Command
Civil Defense
Millard Caldwell
Moore Business Forms Plant Nears Completion in Thurmont
The Moore Business Forms plant at Thurmont, part of the Niagara Falls based company, is nearing completion and production should start within weeks. Plant manager Jacob Bader confirms the East Thurmont facility is part of an expansion program.
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Moore Business Forms, Inc
East Thurmont
Jacob Bader
Niagara Falls
N. X
Thurmont
Navy midshipman Bannerman to be discharged after marriage
Annapolis Dec 15 Midship man Dave Bannerman will be honorably discharged from the Navy for marriage. The star fullback prominent in Navy s 14 2 upset of Army two weeks ago wed Monette J Chaney in Frederick last Saturday. Navy officials said discharge is automatic under regulations. approval was obtained from the Secretary of the Navy. The couple, both 22, planned engagement announced earlier.
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Annapolis
Dave Bannerman
Navy
Naval Academy
Army
Frederick
Robert T
Keith
Academy
Batmerman
Monette J Chaney
Bay Ridge
Secretary of the Navy
Harry W. Hill
William C. Royal
First Baptist Church
David Vance Bannerman
Houston
Tex
Monette J. Chaney
Waco
Stocking Club Set To Welcome Santa For Children's Treat
Santa Claus will visit Frederick's Winchester Hall at 1 30 p m to meet about 150 boys and girls aged 2 to 11 attending the Empty Stocking Club event. Admission is by ticket only. Toys candy oranges apples stockings dolls games and school boxes will be distributed. Rev Gene Stewart will read the Christmas story and David Hagan will perform magic tricks. The event is funded by voluntary donations with broad public attendance invited. In 1950 the first nine months show an egg production rise in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Rudolph
Harry Radcliff
Gene Stewart
Trinity Methodist Church
David Hagan
Ouster Of Acheson Is Requested
Washington December 18 House Republicans adopted a resolution calling for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The measure was approved overwhelmingly at a closed GOP meeting and will be sent to President Truman. A Senate GOP vote of no confidence was also planned for later.
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Washington
House Republicans
Dean Acheson
House Party
GOP
Truman
Acheson
State Department
Senate
Taft Johim
Policy Committee
Ives
Tves
House
Marin
Mass
Mane Fearter
Javits
R-Ny
Christmas seal sale funds reach over five thousand
A mid December report on the Christmas seal drive shows receipts totaling 5 048 05 with a campaign goal of 10 000. General chairman Jack Sharrow noted progress similar to 1949 as posters reach Incal stores and windows with support from Mrs Wilbur H Main and Mrs Clagett E Ramsburg. The drive, backed by the Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, funds education and detection projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eal
Jack Sharrow
Shorrow
Shorraw
Wilbur H. Main
American Legion Auxiliary
Clagett E. Ramsburg
Frederick County
Protestants Asked To Pray For Peace Dec 31
Prayers by Protestants on Sunday December 31 for a peace rooted in righteousness were urged by Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill head of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U S A The council unites about 31 million members across 25 Protestant and eastern orthodox church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Knox Sherrill
Episcopal
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S. A
Strike Disrupts Maryland Rail Freight And Mail Service
Baltimore December 15 The rail strike in Chicago St Louis and Washington halts many shipments with parcel post paths limited to 13 states and perishable items rejected by Railway Express. Maryland oyster packers face pre Christmas delays as 3800 Maryland Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members work on the job. Baltimore hub traffic continues with Penn Railway and B and O adjusting schedules and freights, some delays and substitutions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Commissioners To Meet Again In April
The Western Shore County Commissioners Association will reconvene on the second Wednesday in April after a joint meeting with the Eastern Shore board in Annapolis. Committees led by Montgomery County’s Irving Be Nayr and W. Clyde Ford of Somerset County may draft plans to unite the two bodies into a single organization. Officers include president A Grant Hooper, vice president Clarence Tyler, secretary Mrs Kathryn Lawlor, and treasurer Walter V Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Shore County Commissioners Association
Western Shore
Annapolis
Irving Be Nayr
Montgomery County
W. Clyde Ford
Somerset County
Eastern Shore
Western Shore Association
Clarence Tyler
Anne Arundel County
Kathryn Lawlor
Walter V. Bennett
Carroll County
Red Cross Program Expands for Civil Defense Needs
Frederick County Red Cross chapter expands training to meet Civil Defense needs with 17 registered nurses ready to teach community classes and about 100 nurses on call for disaster service. The plan aims to prepare one in seven of the population for self protection and neighbor aid. Charles A. Price chairs the local chapter which will reactivate Volunteer Services developed in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Red Cross
Charles A. Price
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
American Red Cross
Frederick
Slaughter Fails Halt Rushing Foe In Korea Battle
In northeast Korea near Hamhung the Chinese assault pressured UN beachhead forces. A cut-off American platoon of about 40 riflemen fought to survive as tanks and artillery tried to reach them, while larger enemy forces pressed the Hamhung Hungnam area and northern front lines.
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Hungnam Front
Korea
Tokyo
Tenth Corps
Sea of Japan
Hamhung- Hiungnam
Hungnam
Eighth Army
Seoul
Hamhung-Hungnam
Sinsong
Hamhung
Tom Lambert
Lambert
U.S
Third Division
Samuel G. Kall
Dallas
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Country Club
Faiyland
Prospect
Robert L. Warfield
Frederick Automobile Dealer
Frederick Building Association
Thomas L. Zimmerman
Warfield
Charles F. Seeger
Glenn B. Biehl
Arthur T. McCanner
Zimmerman
Emory G. Nusz
Arthur V. Myers
J. W. L. Carty
L. Homer Miller
J. Walker Carty
Mr. Bichl
Lansdale Tube Company
Philadelphia
Philco Corporation
Thomas Clark
Bannerman
David Bannerman
U. S
No-Man's Land
Chigyong
United Nations
Frehive
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