Bill Would Boost Pay Of Jurors
State Senator Jacob R. Ramsburg said he will introduce a bill in the Senate to raise Frederick County jurors pay to a minimum of eight dollars per day and allow mileage expenses for court travel. The measure, aimed at modernizing the system, would start in 1956 and depends on county commissioners mileage decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob R. Ransburg
Senate
Frederick County
Woodward
Ramsburg
Fred Jnvielk
Frederick
Republican State Central Committee
Rocky Ridge
Carrall Manor
New Market
Blowses
Hood College
House
Braddock
Budper Adeles
Manila Pact Ratified And Put Into Force
Eight nation Southeast Asia Defense Treaty known as the Manila Pact was ratified and activated. Instruments of ratification were deposited by the United States United Kingdom Thailand Philippines Pakistan New Zealand France and Australia. Philippine officials signed on behalf of their government and pledged collective resolve to confront what they call a common threat to freedom and democratic ideals. A separate update notes an air search in Italy for a Belgian Sabena airliner missing with 29 aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Red China
United States
United Kamadom
Thailand
Philippines
Pakistan
New Zealand
France
Mamia
Presiden
Foret
Caring Po Garecia
Garcia
Washington's Birthday Declared a Legal Holiday
Washington's Birthday will be a legal holiday in Frederick observed by banks post office court house city offices and state and federal offices. Some businesses close. post office hours are reduced with lobby mail service and in lobby box delivery while specials are delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick
Court House
Ful & General
Officers Named At Frederick Community Chest Meeting
Baron A. Winebrener was elected president of the Frederick Community Chest at the board meeting after the annual gathering at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Other officers include Charles S. W. Sanner and Parsons Newman as vice presidents, Charles McC. Mathias Jr. as secretary, and Donald B. Rice as treasurer. New directors Col. John J. Hayes and Byron W. Thompson join the board. outgoing directors were reappointed. Holdovers include James H. Gambrill II, Paul W. McAuliffe, L. Rayhu Specht, Charles K. Taylor, and Mr. Newman. Representatives from seven agencies participate, with committee noms led by Mr. McAuliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron A. Winebrener
Frederick
McAuliffe
I ~ Pannite
Northnatine Acon
Chester Childs
Boy Scouts
E. Eugene Thomas
Children's Aid Society
F Elizabeth Browne
Esther E. Grinage
George S. Rodock
Federated Charities
Herman Hunter
Harry Powell
Salvation Army
Alvin Quinn
Y. MM. O.A
Melcin H Derr
Mathias
C. E. Hicks
Nevin T. R Waskey
Rice
Hunter
Clyde M. Roney
Set
Brunk
Thomas
Miss Brown
Mr Rodock
Dan Weinberg
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Joseph D. Baker
Two Car Crash on East Patrick Street
A collision on East Patrick Street near Market Street caused $400 damage to two sedans. Prentice Litter of Cleveland was westbound and appeared to nod off, crashing into Charles Schradel’s parked car. no one injured. Police report also cites William F Delawier, 17, for exceeding 70 mph and failure to stay right of center on North Market Street. Additional arrests and charges noted for other drivers. William Schmidt, former Baltimore Gas and Electric chairman, died in Clearwater, Florida, while on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Patrick Street
Market Street
Prentice
Cleveland
Patrick Street
Paul Massburg
Charles Schradel
Frederick
Schradel
Liller
Mossburg
William F Delawier
RFD
Delaw
Clearwater
Fla i
William Schmidt
The
Gas and Electric Co
Baltimore
Three Injured In Early Morning County Auto Crashes
At Frederick Memorial Hospital three men were admitted and three treated as outpatients after two crashes in the county. Robert Mercer, 22, of East Eighth Street, suffered head lacerations and possible skull injury when thrown from his car on the O Passumtown Pike. John Spencer, 26, and Joseph Dorsey, 19, both colored from Jamestown and New Market, were admitted with facial and limb injuries. Other outpatients included Albert Stevenson, Thomas Bowman, James Brown, and Donald Randolph, all colored, with lip, scalp, brush burn, and contusion injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Dorsey
New Market
Spencer
Dorsey
Albert H. Stevenson
Nfliamsville
Thomas Bowman
Mt. Airy
James E. Brown
Ing
Buckeystown
Donald L. Randolph
Ville
Mercer
O'Passumtown
Paul Kline
Mer’cer
Maryland State Police
Robert C. Dishong
Maryland
New London
Gata Teanpar
Fied 1 Banteman
Grip Of Vice Throttled Phenix City
Birmingham reporters and four Birmingham attorneys are set to testify as special prosecutor Cecil Deason presses a case that Albert Fuller led a vice network in Phenix City. The trial of the former deputy sheriff for A L Patterson's murder aims to prove organized racketeering and Fuller knew lawlessness thrived while Patterson vowed to crush the vice empire. The death case could yield wider indictments against former officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala.p
Albert Fuller
Phenix
A. L. Patterson
Cecil Deason
City of Sin
Patterson
Deason
Fuller
Sheri
Patteron
Hamilton Homes Awards Subdivision Grading Contract
Hamilton Homes, Inc announces awarding the grading contract for the second phase of Monocacy Village, with work to start as weather allows. Curb, gutter, paving contracts are in place, and first section houses near completion. Sales reps show homes on weekends to potential buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Homes, Inc
Monocacy Village
Ath
13Th Streets
East Street
Cline and Sons
Earl Hl
Wilson and Sons, Inc
Vonncacy Vile Late
Hamilton Homes,’ Inc
Maryland teen wins scholarship and cherry pie championship
Janet Hobbs, a 16 year old from West Friendship, Maryland, heads home with a 250 college scholarship and a kitchen range after her cherry pie was named the Daetera regional champion in the National Cherry Pie Baking Contest. She previously won Maryland’s cherry pie championship last September and plans to attend the University of Maryland in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Janet Hobbs
Maryland
L. A. Hobbs
West Friendship
Janet
University of Maryland
Legion Home Fire Damaged Show Goes On
Cambridge residents witness a fire at the American Legion hall as a minstrel show proceeds three blocks away. The two story home suffered roof and attic damage while lower floors were soaked, with four Legionnaires unaware of the blaze until firemen arrived. Damage estimated near $25,000, partly insured. Dorchester Post 19 has used the home since 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
The
Post
John Keene
James Lewis
Legion Hall
Legion
Dorchester Post 19
Allen Dennis
Larger Sewage Systems For Homes In County
County health officer Dr. Forbes J. Burgess urges buyers in rural areas to plan larger sewer systems if homes will include automatic washers or garbage disposal units. The department recommends a 2.30 percent size increase to accommodate extra water and solids, warning inadequate systems double the cost to correct later. He likens skipping this to sending an unstamped letter, fooling only oneself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes J. Burgess
Health Department
Burgess
Sewade
Blizzard Edges East as Death Toll Rises Across Regions
A major blizzard, sweeping from the Rockies toward the plains and upper Midwest, caused at least five deaths and dozens of injuries. Greyhound passengers were rescued after a bus stalled on the Continental Divide in southern Wyoming as snowdrifts closed highways and isolated communities across Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, and Maine. Temperatures dropped to subzero in several states while heaviest snowfall overwhelmed parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Greyhound
Continental Divide
U.S. 30
Dakotas
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Glasgow
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Maine
New England
Caribou
New Hampshire
Vermont
Public hearing sheds light on HEW cross border aid links
Washington witnesses testifying official Bradshaw Mintener outlined multilateral groups tied to HEW. He noted WHO as a priority, with UNICEF UNESCO ILO OAS PASO and the Pan American Sanitary Organization among those connected. He added HEW agencies PHS and CB participate on expert committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bradshaw Mintener
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mintener
United Nations
Unicef
Unesco
ILO
WHO
OAS
PASO
South Pacific Commission
HEW
PHS
International Children’s Emergency Fund
U.N
International Labor Organization
World Health Organization
Tenth Anniversary Of Landing On Iwo Jima
An AP photographer’s classic image and a simple service marked the tenth anniversary of the American landing on Iwo Jima. The ceremony on the island included an invocation by Protestant Chaplain Harold Testar and remarks from Lt Gen Thomas D White. Four Marines from the Guam Guard detachment attended, including Cpl Glenn Beeler who laid a wreath atop the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal
Abong
Iwo
Rosenthal
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Li Ger
Thomas D White
Pittsburg
Kan
Guam Guard
Cpl
Glenn Beeser
Medford
Okla
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
Bunker Hill
Brisk U.S. Business Movement Across Sectors
Demand for new homes autos and services surged this week with industrial output rising. Housing starts up 33 percent. government insured mortgages demand high. AT&T plans a 650 million dollar convertible debenture issue. Auto output hits all time high. car sales and factory output climb. Surplus wheat remains large while farmer conditions improve. steel demand heats up for March. Ex-U.S. Rep Mackay wins libel damages of 411.00 from New York World Telegram Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ann Eye
Congress
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Benson
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Tron Age
National Metal Sporking Weekly
Iron Ace
U.S
W. Kmssland Mace
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Soviet Calls For Freeze Of Armaments
Moscow calls for a world freeze on armaments and destruction of atomic and hydrogen weapons. Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko and Ambassador Malik will represent the Soviet Union in London talks a week before disarmament discussions. The statement urges abolishing stocks of atomic bombs for peaceful use and no growth in armed forces since Jan 1 1955, arguing NATO moves raise war risk while offering only broad international control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
London
United Ieasions
Andrei Gromyko
Jacob Malik
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United Nations
New York
U.S. State Department
Bonn
Washington
Pineau Defeated in French Premiership Bid
In Paris the National Assembly rejected Christian Pineau's bid for premier by 312 to 268. Pineau informed President Rene Coty of his defeat and Coty began arranging a series of consultations after Mendes-France was ousted on February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
National Assembly
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Rene Coty
Pierré Mendes-France
Nationalists claim air and sea victory near Taishan Islands
Nationalist air force reports destroying 15 of 23 Communist armed junks near the Taishan Islands in the Formosa Strait with five damaged heavily. They also claimed 21 ships and a submarine sunk in the same action, and that planes returned safely without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
Formosa Strait
Taishans
Nanchishan Island
China
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Tachen Islands
Wenchow “Bay
Chiang Kai-shek
Keelung
East China Sea
Lee Yu-hai
Naionalist
Wiretap Probe In New York
District Attorney Frank Hogan ordered the arrest of Carl E. Ruh and Walter Assmann, both charged with wiretapping after an undercover operation uncovered a Manhattan eavesdropping center. Ruh, a seven year telephone employee tester, and Assmann connected subscribers’ phones to central exchanges. police say the operation tapped only a few phones locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Frank
Hogan
Carl E. Ruk
Bronx
Walter Asmann
Jamaica
Queens
Ruh
Asmann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rieti
Italy
Belcian Sabena Aire Hiner
B. A. Winebrewer
DIFS
Frederick Man
County Auto
Grip of Vice
Phenix City
Filler
By Joe Rosenthal
IMA GP
Air Force
Tafiera
Suribachi
Marines
Cias
Harold 2
tTestar
Philadelphia
Northeast
Pacific
Ormal
U. S
Plateau
Northwest
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!