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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1948
Page
1
Local merchants report lard down 10 cents per pound to 25 cents and flour lowering 10 cents for a 10 pound bag to about 95 cents. Hams and bacon fell five to six cents per pound, while some pork items and canned fruits show price weakness. Wheat rose to about 2.55 a bushel with market officials seeing the drop as a possible temporary adjustment.
Shanghai reports the world’s largest birth year surpassing 450 million Chinese entering a new year. The nation celebrates and looks to brighter hopes yet many avoid debts, with bathhouse patrons seen as refuges while operators urge timely payments. The piece notes it is the Year of the Rat following the Year of the Pig.
The Veterans Administration will fire 500 of its 200000 employees before July 1 to meet a 6.1 billion budget target. Administrator Carl Gray Jr described cuts across 13 branch offices and central offices in Washington and New York, with 6810 administrative workers let go and 1630 at the central offices. VA employment peaked at 226331 last February and stood at 200721 a month ago.
Freezing weather gripped Maryland with forecasts of no relief for five days. Baltimore reached 11 degrees at 7 a.m. while towns inland posted subzero readings including 8 below at Oakland Frostburg and Cumberland nearby. Communists blamed for weekend bloodshed as Seoul reports killings and sabotage amid attempts to push UN forces from Korea. A New York freighter reported hull damage and taking water then steadied itself. Tito warned that any attack on Albania would be met by Yugoslavia.
Frederick observers report this winter the coldest since 1917 18 with subzero nights and heavy December February snowfall totals far below that historic season. Dec 1917 and Jan Feb 1918 produced record lows and deep drifts. current winter shows minimal snowfall yet continues bitter cold with near zero lows predicted tonight. Roads show drift closures in Johnsville Kempstown Woodsboro and Middletown alley as crews monitor conditions.
Sheriff Guy Anders reports eight recent calls from residents unable to obtain kerosene from regular suppliers. No kerosene pool exists and many major distributors are out, forcing small emergency aid of five to ten gallons per case. City and county officials cite fuel oil as unsuitable as a substitute and rely on the state pool and city aid to cover emergency needs.
Washington reports the Justice Department ordered the deportation of John Williamson longtime labor secretary of the Communist party in the United States. Officials say he posed as a citizen while being an alien born in Scotland about 45 years ago. FBI and immigration agents arrested him as he left his New York City home.
Westinghouse lamp plant at Fairmont and all Nicholas county schools shut for two days due to gas shortages. The 2700 workers were told no work at least two days as Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Co. supplies decline. Several Fairmont firms also closed and Westinghouse glass plant moved to standby operations. Eddie Miller traded from Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Wyrostek.
Evangelical Reformed church approves 430000 to 440000 addition to Trinity Chapel to house the Sunday School under one roof. Construction will wait until 1949 due to material costs. $12000 cash required before starting. Building chairman and committee members named.
Gov. Lane set an extradition hearing for Friday February 27 at 10 30 a m in the State House Annapolis. Carl Tobery a local cab driver is charged with larceny of 1600 in North Carolina. Tobery is free under 1300 bond. His attorney Wilbur F Sheffield Jr says the defendant will fight extradition.
Robert Garrett a 74 year old Baltimore investment banker and civic leader was cited as the year’s outstanding layman in religious education by the International Council of Religious Nations. He will receive the council’s fifth annual Russell Colgate citation at a Chicago luncheon.
New York stocks retreated fractionally on February 10 with little real selling pressure, marking another tepid session after a subdued prior day. The report notes modest declines across main indexes amid subdued trading activity.
Philadelphia faces a potential transit strike as three million trolley bus and subway riders brace for a possible midnight walkout. The city and transit unions exchanged warnings ahead of the planned action.
Federal Weather Bureau forecasts show widespread below normal temperatures with snow and ice across much of the country except southern Florida. Reports detail heavy snow in Arkansas Tennessee and the Carolinas plus icy roads in mid Tennessee and Alabama. Ice jams on the Ohio River threaten Cincinnati harbor as crews monitor rising waters and potential cargo losses.
Clyde L. Norman of Chevy Chase won a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to failing to keep right of center while driving in snow on the Frederick return trip. Magistrate Manuel Weinberg suspended a $5 fine and costs and ordered forfeited collateral returned. Several others listed with fines for various traffic offenses were noted as collateral forfeited. State troopers Mutchner Snyder and colleagues made the arrests.
Baltimore February 10 A Most Rev Francis J Keough will be installed as archbishop of Baltimore on February 24 with participation from Carhatic church hierarchy from across the nation.
Three Burkittsville brothers Floyd Theodore and Melvin Mentzer were jailed on assault and battery charges after allegedly ambushing Alton E Shaff, a World War II veteran, near All Saints and Ice streets. Floyd and Theodore face additional liquor and resisting arrest counts. Shaff, a former Army sergeant, was hospitalized but returned to work, while witnesses described a belligerent collision with an escort vehicle.
An arched stone bridge across Indian River in Rehoboth Delaware collapsed today amid ice. A truck carrying Philadelphia electric workers plunged into the river and two passengers were pulled out. one man died en route to a hospital. Two others remained missing. Eyewitnesses saw debris float downstream and a lifeboat crew rescued two men clinging to logs.
Widespread declines on the Sydney stock exchange wiped hundreds of thousands of pounds from the value of leading stocks on February 10.
A February explosion in the engine room of the self-propelled tanker Richmond injures three crew members. The vessel carrying 252000 gallons of fuel oil was near the Statue of Liberty in upper New York Bay en route from Jersey City to Brooklyn. They were taken by police launch to Jersey City Medical Center.
President Truman moves Marriner Eccles from chair to vice chair and names Thomas B. McCabe as chair, stirring board politics. Vardaman and Eccles clash, with Szymczak and other members caught in the middle as background details shape a uncertain path for Fed policy.
New York and Chicago markets saw broad price declines across commodities led by grains and livestock. Hog prices hit a low of 22.25 per hundred pounds, cattle fell up to 3 dollars, and cotton shed more than 12 dollars per bale as buyers reduced demand amid a muted outlook for relief in retail prices.
Senator Taft accuses the Truman Administration of blocking price drops while promising inflation control. He cites Agriculture Secretary Anderson denying plans for a 50 million bushel wheat purchase and argues government actions aim to limit declines before the November election.
A three story Hull House old people home in St Johns Nild burned with at least thirty four dead. Fire officials warned more bodies could be found as the gale driven blaze swept the concrete building in below zero weather. Some occupants escaped while others suffocated or burned. Nine bodies were found in beds in one room. The fire's cause remained unknown.
The White House stated President Truman's daughter Margaret is not engaged to be married. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross dismissed reports linking Margaret to Frank Handy of Ypsilanti Michigan, son of G C Handy publisher of the Ypsilanti Press, as untrue.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson denounced a congressman's charge of advance information as politics. In Shanghai thousands flee civil war danger as flights strain airlines. Senator Taft warned the U S may need price controls again if Europe aid grows too large amid cabinet reshuffling signals.
The United Council of Church Women plans a world day of prayer on February 13 with meetings around the globe. In Frederick county council members meet at 2:30 at the Church of the Brethren. The service runs through Fiji to Tonga with leaders and a solo by Donald Leatherman. Deeds recorded include Turner sale on Gazwood Drive for about 11000 and Stone sale at 118 West Fifth Street for about 5000.
The forecast calls for cold today through Sunday with some snow and mild moderation Thursday or Friday. Total melt of about one inch of precipitation expected. Temperatures will average about 8 degrees below February normal. Highest readings near freezing tomorrow afternoon in southern and southeastern counties, about 20 in the Allegheny mountains. Lows Wednesday night vary from near the coast to 15 in Central Maryland and 5 in Garrett County.
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