County Tax Rate Up 6 Cents in Frederick County Budget
Frederick County sets 1952 tax rate at 1.40 per hundred, up six cents from 1951. The budget totals 2,088,807.44 with a 1,327,941.59 school allotment, and cuts in several departments. Exemptions reduce the overall taxable base, offsetting a large base increase.
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Frederick
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Maryland
State of Maryland
Frederick County
Children’s Aid Society
Board of Election Supervisors
1951 To End Quietly Here
The year 1951 is expected to end quietly in Frederick with religious services dances bell ringing and whistle blowing. Banks City Hall Court House Post Office and many businesses observe the legal holiday Tuesday and some stores close Wednesday creating a double holiday while students resume classes Wednesday.
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Frederick
City Hall
Court House
Queen Mary Starts for America After Delays
The liner Queen Mary carrying Prime Minister Winston Churchill bound for talks with President Truman sailed from Southampton at 11.58 am after delays from Atlantic storms and a bulky anchor. Churchill and his party of 85, including Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, had waited on board since Saturday midnight. 1,104 passengers were originally scheduled to sail Friday.
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Southampton
Eng
Winston Churchill
America
Truman
Churchill
Anthony Eden
George K Smith Appointed City Chemist in Frederick
Mayor Donald B. Rice announced the appointment of George K. Smith of Middletown as city chemist for Frederick. The new post covers water chlorination sewerage treatment and pool water testing. Smith, 41, will begin work Wednesday after training by state health officials and a study visit to Hagerstown to learn procedures.
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Donald B. Rice
George K. Smith
Middletown
Frederick
Smith
Board of Aldermen
William J. Davis
Theron D. Green
Carlisle Smith
Better Homes Equipment Center
East Patrick Street
Presbyterian College
South Carolina
Johns Hopkins University Graduate School of Chemistry
Rice
George L. Hall
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
State Department of Health
Old age benefits rise under social security plan
After 15 years of operation the social security program in Frederick county now pays about 45 900 monthly to more than 1500 beneficiaries. W S King, manager in Hagerstown, cites higher payments and expanding eligibility as causing the rise, with retiree payments increasing 30 to 100 percent and maximum benefits up to 68 90. DIED FROM FLUID NEW CUMBERLAND Pa Tec 317 Two prisoners at the New Cumberland Army disciplinary barracks died yesterday after drinking duplicating machine fluid Col Benjamin B Albert reports.
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Frederick County
W. S. King
Hagerstown
Mr. King
New Cumberland, Pa
New Cumberland Army Disciplinary Barracks
Georgia
Benjamin B. Albert
Albert
Valley Forge
General Hospital
Prayers For Peace As New Year Comes Near
The world greets 1952 with prayers for peace and hopes for a happier year. Observances include Watch Night services and New Year celebrations in New York theaters and Times Square.{"version":"1.0"}
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Associated Press
Times Square
Pierre
New York
Cuxhaven
Germany
Heligoland
Reds Talk Peace Plan War In Final Korean Armistice Talks
In Korea a United Nations briefing accuses the Reds of planning new war while negotiating a truce and of concealing data on about 50,000 unaccounted for prisoners of war. The main sticking point remains control of North Korean airfields during armistice talks.
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Heligoland
Knechtsandsand
Korea
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Paris
Munsan
United Nations Today
Panmunjom
Howard M. Turner
R. E. Libby
U. N
U. S
U.N
Libby
U. W
William P. Nuckols
North Korea
Reds
Reds Cling To Hill Position On Korean Front
In Korea on December 31 a stubborn battle raged as Communist troops held a snow covered hill west of Koranogo against a U N counterattack now in its fourth day. U N units with four tanks and two aircraft failed to dislodge the dug in Reds despite hand to hand fighting in 20 below zero temperatures and a new snow storm curtailed aerial operations.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Koranogo
U.N
Eighth Army
New Year Traffic Toll Falls Short of Predictions
A Friday AP tally shows 228 traffic deaths during the 102 hour New Year period, including 154 highway mishaps, 45 in fires, and 29 other accidents. Snow and ice likely reduced traffic volume and slowed speeds, keeping deaths below the National Safety Council forecast of 350. Mary land saw four died over the holiday weekend, three pedestrians and one car passenger near a viaduct. Four young people died near Moundsville in a collision involving a tractor trailer.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Maryland
Baltimore
City snow removal hampered by Christmas shopping delays
City workers from four departments labored to clear downtown Frederick after days of heavy snow aided by over a quarter inch of rain. Mayor Rice and City Engineer Walter cited subfreezing temps and equipment failures, noting cars blocked streets, hampering efforts amid peak holiday shopping.
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Donald B. Rice
W. Raymond Walter
Daie
Frederick
West Second Street
West Third
West Fourth
Rice
Board of Aldermen
Walter
Waller
Trust fund set up for Fowler family after Beallsville fire
Washington area citizens organized a fund of over 1100 dollars for the family of Charles G. Fowler after their Beallsville home was destroyed on December 23. His wife Jennie Fowler died From burns at Suburban Hospital, and the father with seven children moved into a nearby house. Donations and food came through the Montgomery County Police Department and Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department. Funeral services for Mrs. Fowler were held at Hilton Funeral Home in Barnesville with burial at Monocacy Cemetery Beallsville.
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Rockville
Washington Area
Charles G. Fowler
Beallsville
Jennie Fowler
Bethesda
Montgomery County Police Department
Upper
Montgomery County
Ice Bowl Game Lasts Nearly Whole Day
FAIRBANKS Alaska Dec 31 It took nearly a day to complete the Ice Bowl football game after four years of try ing The annual event drew fans despite the long play and cold conditions.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Man Flown Bombers May Become Obsolete
Washington report notes the United States may be building the last man flown bombers as a new generation of guided missiles and pilotless aircraft emerges for long range bombardment. Yet airmen caution that many bugs remain before missiles are ready to replace current heavyweight bombers.
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Washington
United States
Hundreds Snowbound in High Rockies and Sierra Nevada
In blizzards across Colorado and the California Nevada line hundreds are snowbound. One man killed, three missing, one rescued after two hours under snow. Sky Tavern near Reno traps ex Yankee Star Joe DiMagero and family among 80 others. Berthoud Pass slide traps and buries a truck, two men missing.
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Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Colorado
California-Nevada
New York
Yankee
Joe DiMagero
Sky Tavern
Mt. Rose
Nevada
Berthoud Pass
Colorado State Highway Patrol
Fire Damage Hits Fitz Farm Home Near New Windsor
An overheated stove pipe ignited a log house at the Fitz farm near New Windsor early Friday. The ten room weatherboard and log dwelling owned by Mrs. T. Fitz was saved from total loss, with damage estimated around 4 000 dollars and partially covered by insurance. The Dickensheets family, temporary residents, escaped with belongings saved by Mrs. Dickensheets as firefighters confined the blaze to a gable end and fought roof flames.
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Allie
New Windsor
T. Fitz
Taylorsville
Edgar Dickensheets
Dickensheets
Walter Strine
Marston
Strine
Fitz
Glittering 15000 Mummers Parade to usher in New Year
The December 31 report from Philadelphia notes a seven mile parade of 15000 gaily costumed mummers expected to attract 300000 in person and countless TV viewers as New Year celebrations begin.
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Philadelphia
Patterson accuses US genocide at United Nations hearing
William L. Patterson, secretary of the American Civil Rights Congress, charged in Budapest that the United States is trying to block him from orally presenting his accusation of American genocide to the United Nations.
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Budapest
Hungary
William L. Patterson
American Civil Rights Congress
United States
United Nations
No Paper Tuesday Notice
No newspaper will publish Tuesday on New Year’s Day. The business office closes for the entire day. The editorial office will reopen after noon.
Year in Frederick County Reflects War At Home
A recap of 1951 in Frederick County highlights wartime effects on manpower with local casualties, indirections from the Korean conflict, inflation and taxes altering incomes. The year brought political shifts with mayoral changes, a new charter, and housing growth despite a planned plant abandonment by Lansdale Tube. County projects include school additions, a new East Frederick Elementary, and county roads control, while Camp Detrick funding and housing efforts shape local development.
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Geo
Delaplain
Frederick
Willian Hott
M. L. Johnson
Prisners
Wie
Korea
Elmer F. Manehawer
Russell H. McCain
Reds Cone Mission
Col
Munshower
Frederick City
Dovnald R. Rice
Board of Aldermen
Amn
Allen G. Quynn
Rice
Rana
Palice
W. W. Corbin
Corbin
Grand Jury
Hagerstown
Maryland
Charles \. Price
Guy Anders
Lansdale Tube Company
Philco
Piant
Washington
Camp Detrick
HHFA
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Lincoln
East Frederick
Motler Avenue
Republic of Korea Opposed to Truce in 1962 Hope
In Pusan December 31 Foreign Minister Pyun Yong Tal urged the United Nations to stand firm and not seek a truce with the Reds. He called the Panmunjom talks a mystery and said the Communists want more concessions beyond the fundamental ones already made on truce observation and facility buildup.
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Pusan
Korea
Pyun Yong Tal
Republic of Korea
United Natios
Pyun
Panmanedom
Dip
U.N
J, MN
Floods Add To Havoc From Great Storm
London reports severe weather as a fourth day of high winds and floods terrorizes western Europe. At least two dead, hundreds displaced. Turnhouse Airport records 70 mph gusts. In Ireland 200 miles of Atlantic seas surge, while ships like the Flying Enterprise battle the surge and weather hardships unfold along the coast.
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London
Europe
Borkam
West Germany
Britain
Turnhouse
Edinburgh
Kent
Dymichureh
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Kurt Carl Noo
New York
Carlsen
St. Ives
Cornwall
Khin Disclaims Any Bombing Knowledge
Florida Ku Klux Klan leaders denied knowledge of recent bombings at a meeting as Governor Warren attacked NAACP official Walter White. White accused of stirring strife while attending funeral for Florida NAACP secretary Warren T Moore killed by a Christmas night bombing. The state faced multiple violent incidents and criticism of law enforcement amid the Miami outbreak. Four U S Navy crewmen are missing after a Hong Kong harbor seaplane crash. The U S 45th Infantry Division has been deployed in Korea, shifting from Japan duties.
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Miami
Fla
Ku Klus Klan
Florida
Fuller Warrer
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Warren
Harlem Hale-Monger
Pnod
Warry T. Moore
NAACP
Mimi
Lake County
Nineteen West Point Cadets Perilously Missing in Arizona Plane
Phoenix report says nineteen cadets from the U S Military Academy at West Point were among twenty three aboard a C 47 transport plane missing eight hours after requesting landing instructions in bad weather across Arizona. Heavy search planes stood by as fighter jets waited for better conditions. Authorities at Hamilton Air Force Base in California indicated the cadets were returning to the academy after Christmas.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Arizona
Kone
Hamilton Air Force Base
California
Academy
Hamilton
Storm Sweeps Plains States 1951 Weather Summary
The Associated Press reports a broad storm system sweeping the plains and midwest with snow and subzero cold in Montana the Dakotas Wyoming and northern Nebraska. California pockets faced torrential rain and evacuees while Los Angeles area roads flooded. Big Bear isolated by avalanches. Temperatures rose to 90s in Texas and Ardmore Oklahoma enjoyed heat as New England saw rain.
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Associated Press
Buzzard
Plains
Midwest
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
California
San Diego
Venice
Bell
Gardena
Downey
Los Angeles
Okla
Texas
Lease Executed For Filling Station Near Frederick
The American Oil Company signs a 40 year lease with Mr and Mrs Philip Wertheimer for a site near Routes 40 and 40 A west of Frederick to erect a two bay gasoline service station. Effective January 1 with 900 yearly rent, option to purchase at year 10, property valued at 15000. Local handling by G David Garber, branch manager.
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The
American Oil Company
Philip Wertheimer
Frederick
Esso
G. David Garber
Negro Who Damaged I1 Homes With His Bare Hands Dies
SALTIMORE Dec. 31 The one man gang who damaged 12 row houses with his bare hands died this morning from bullet wounds inflicted when a police officer halted the rampage. Albert J. Tibbs 26 a Negro died at Provident Hospital at 2 35 a m. after ripping skylights and tearing apart chimneys during a spree before a policeman stopped him.
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Saltimore
Albert J. Tibbs
Provident
Tibbs
Police
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