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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1951
Page
18
Light snow sleet and freezing rain coated city streets and highways this morning creating dangerous travel. A major tie up occurred on Route 40 near South Mountain as vehicles clogged the slippery road. Roads crews worked to treat icy spots while forecasts warned of possible showers and colder air ahead.
A caveat and petition in the Frederick Orphans Court challenge the December 1950 will of Mrs. Gertrude Garee, alleging lack of sound mind and undue influence. Alberta Garee, granddaughter, seeks annulment while Norman Ritz offered a 1947 paper as the last will.
Paris dispatch reports Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi said a 43 division European army is at least a year away. After a morning session with foreign and finance ministers from France West Germany Italy and Benelux a compromise plan was discussed to create a six nation assembly to draft army terms within six months followed by three months for parliamentary ratification.
Moscow reports the Red Fleet accuses the U S crew of the General M L Hersey of giving no aid to drowning survivors after a collision that sank an Argentine vessel in heavy fog near Bremerhaven on November 4. The Maipu carried 238 aboard, and survivors were picked up by the Hersey and German rescue boats.
Reconstruction work has started on the Donald McKenzie home at Reel's Mill after a Christmas Eve fire. A volunteer crew will work Sunday if materials arrive, while neighbors clear debris and trenches for footings. The Red Cross and Independent Hose Company coordinate supplies including cement, sand, lumber, and mortar. Fire officials and McKenzie volunteers estimate needs. roads are being prepared for delivery trucks. The house began in June 1940s and was nearly finished when flames gutted it. only tar paper and damaged shingles remained on the roof. The family has lived with relatives since the fire. daughters are day students and will stay with relatives after school reopens.
Washington December 29 The Office of Price Stabilization removes price ceiling charges on abandoned dormant bank accounts in Maryland while active accounts stay under ceilings. Under Maryland law banks may charge for carrying a dormant account if inactive ten years with a depositor or legal representative able to claim funds anytime within twenty years with full reimbursement of charges previously deducted.
In Miami Florida early today another mysterious blast alarmed residents. Two Dade county road patrolmen reported hearing an explosion around 1:30 a.m. local time. Police and patrol units from Coral Gables South Miami and the sheriff’s department searched but found no origin. A warning had been issued previously amid a similar blast in Hialeah traced to a man celebrating a honeymoon trip.
A hurricane along Europe's Atlantic coast battered ports from Spain to Denmark. At least seven vessels radioed SOSs, including two American freighters. The Flying Enterprise listed 45 degrees and took on water off the southwest tip of England, with help nearby. The Queen Mary docked late in Southampton and rail lines suffered flood damage.
Four-year-old Tommie Yates lies in a Dallas hospital semiconscious after Christmas Eve beating. His mother and stepfather, Mr and Mrs Robert Dale Simpson of Vernon, are charged with assault with intent to murder. Wilbarger County Sheriff Ed Luttrell moved them to an undisclosed jail.
San Francisco health director Dr. J C Geiger questioned how far the department can go to save a life without being sued. He commented as Theresa K Butler widow filed a $533.70 claim after her 6 year old daughter died at the morgue and was revived when an ambulance driver found life signs. Butler says she was burned by unregulated heat at Harbor Emergency Hospital.
A damage suit against William McGee of Frederick seeks $1000 for Esii Conway after a September 19 Route 40 collision. Conway alleges he was rear ended at high speed, causing substantial car damage. Attorney C Clifton Wirts represents Conway. Mrs Harrison Wilkens dies from burns after a house fire in Centreville.
In Harlingen Texas a five year old girl Neami Uresti fell into an eight inch wide opening eight feet deep and was pulled out after volunteers dug for four hours. The child had jumped into the hole on a dare from a classmate and was rescued tearful but unharmed.
Betty Sullivan reports sweeping postal regulation and rate shifts effective January 1 1952. Changes hit urban rural customers differently with larger parcel post limits for rural residents and higher fees for registered and COD mail. The new two cent penny stamp era begins, though the public faces confusion over the pricing and eligibility of services.
The 3500 ton Norfolk, largest destroyer built by the Navy, is in final shape for christening in Camden New Jersey. Built by New York Shipbuilding Corp, she will join the fleet by next August. Displacing nearly as much as light anti air cruisers, she weighs over twice typical destroyers and features advanced submarine detection and destroy devices. Cost is about 44 million dollars excluding guns and special weapons. The vessel is designed with extra protection against atomic attack.
A city reports many property owners have not cleared snow from sidewalks for over a week, violating the rule that sidewalks be kept clear for four feet and removed by the next day with penalties including fines and city cleaning at owner expense. In other news, President Truman grants Senate Preparedness subcommittee power to inspect defense contract tax returns. Also, the freighter Harold T. Andrews, aground since Christmas, was freed by the salvage tug Curb near Myrtle Island.
Atom energy power generated by U S scientists for the first time at the national reactor testing station in Arco Idaho. More than 100 kilowatts produced to operate pumps reactor equipment lights and facilities. Heat energy was removed by a liquid metal to generate steam and drive a turbine. Cost was not a comparison factor.
Howard W. Blakeslee reports a yellow synthetic powder from Monsanto that changes soil structure rather than acting as a fertilizer. It increases crop yields 20 to 100 percent, improves soil water retention, reduces erosion, and could lower road-building costs. The powder attracts clay particles, forming sponge-like aggregates that resist rain, lasting longer and cheaper than peat moss or compost.
Seoul report shows total Chinese and North Korean Communist casualties at 1 515 688 through May. U N briefing cites 612 457 North Korean losses and 823 331 Chinese casualties since Nov 7 1950. Allied air and ground actions continue with 247 U N sorties by noon Saturday and limited engagements near Kerangpa and Munding valley north of Yanggu.
The Wage Stabilization Board plans a Jan. 7 meeting to start a settlement in the steel dispute. A Jan. 3 meeting of the United Steelworkers wage policy committee may block or influence intervention. The contract with 650,000 workers and 40 major companies expires soon as talks proceed. The union seeks about 18 percent hourly raise plus other benefits. Current defense industry wages run slightly under $2 an hour.
Four people died and at least 17 were injured in a blaze that swept an apartment hotel in Kansas City. Officials believed all residents were accounted for with several earlier reported missing. The manager said about 250 people lived in the six story structure.
The State Department set midnight Monday as the deadline for Hungary to close its consulates in Cleveland and New York City in retaliation for Hungary’s treatment of four U S sailors. The note also bans American travel to Hungary. The actions aim to minimize contacts with the Soviet satellite, while avoiding a full diplomatic break.
British and Egyptian commanders agreed on a six mile wide buffer along the Cairo Suez road to prevent clashes. The line runs north south about 27 miles from Cairo with Egyptian forces near the city and the nearest British checkpoint about 46 miles east. Police orders targeted dispersal of would be demonstrators amid protests from a 200 girl student walkout against government closure of all boys' schools.
John W. Morgan named chairman of the local Salvation Army Advisory Board during a meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Memorials were offered for two deceased members, Mrs. Joseph H. Himes and Herman Weener, as officers and directors were elected and reappointed.
In Munsan Korea United Nations negotiators made their most important concession to break the stalemate agreeing to drop the aerial reconnaissance demand and discuss troop rotation if the Communists accept a policing plan. In return the UN will share data on captured soldiers and prisoners while continuing to pursue verification of disarmament and inspection across three key points.
PFC Emory L. Bennett of Cocoa Florida earned the Medal of Honor for a lone stand against a massed enemy near Sobangsan Korea on June 24. General James A Van Fleet praised his gallant deeds that helped his unit withdraw safely after he killed many Reds. Bennett had nine months in the Army at the time of the action which occurred during a massed assault.
Washington dispatch quotes Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Poland's exiled premier, claiming Russia is accelerating war preparations. He cites a mid Europe food shortage, gasoline scarcity in Romania, and increased steel output in East Germany, Poland, and Hungary. A separate Butler fire destroyed the W. J. Ents Co. department store, causing $600,000 in losses.
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