Selections Left for Induction From Frederick County
Twenty three men from Frederick county Selective Service Boards left by bus for February draft induction. Nine from Board 45 and fourteen from Board 46, with one volunteer, Clyde McKinley Roney Jr. of Rosemont Avenue, from Board 45. A second group went to Baltimore for pre induction examinations. Names listed include Keefer, Thompson, Hooper Fisher, Rollins, Giles, Wisner, Morgan, Webb from Board 45 and Sewell, Beall, Smith, Sunday, Geisler, Bowlus, Kolb, Hobbs Jr., Selby, Lind, Stitely, Wetzel, Gaver, and Crouse from Board 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Selective Service Boards
Armed Services
Pratt Board 45
Draft Board 46
Clyde McKinley Roney, Jr
Rosemont Avenue
Baltimore
Selective Service Board 45
Joseph Alvin Keefer
Knoxville
Howard Arlington Thompson
East B Street
Bronswick
Henry Earl Hooper Fisher
Hamilton Avenue
Frederick
Herbert Lester Rollins
John Sidner Giles
Eugene Lester Wisner
Maple Avenue
Charles Robert Morgan
North Markets Street
Cecil Andrew Webb
Gaithersburg
Selective Service Board
Paul James Sewell
New Market
Charles Isaac Beall
Woodsboro
Roger Hamilton Smith
Lantz
Robert Charles Sunday
Thurmont
Lawrence Leo Geisler
Ijamsville
Curtis Henry Bowlus
Middletown
James Vincent Kolb
Charles Bernard Hobbs
Woodside Avenue
Carroll Eugene Selby
Rev Leslie Lind
Ladiesburg
Harry David Stitely
Union Bridge
May Replace Clerk Best May Replace Clerk Best
Circulated reports say a new clerk for the city trial magistrates may replace George Z Best when the Republican magistrates take office June 1. Best, a Democrat and Frederick resident, has served nearly eight years since 1943 and is considered highly competent. Walter J Davis, also a Frederick resident and former store operator, may be a candidate for the $2400 per year post. No final decision has been announced. the trial magistrates make the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Z. Best
Frederick
Best
Walter J. Davis
Temperature Dip Follows Warm February Weather
After the warmest February in two years, temperatures slid from 69 degrees at the airport. The forecast predicted near freezing tonight with fair, colder conditions tomorrow. Monday felt like spring as overcoats disappeared and fur nace fires burned low, while frost largely disappeared and rural roads dried from recent wind and warmth.
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In The Area
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for multiple property sales. Ralph C Leatherman and spouse sold to Jonn T Best a parcel on the south side of Frederick Avenue for about 16500. Charles D Beachley Jr and spouse sold to Wil ram E Miller a half acre with improvements on Route 340 Ballenger district for about 14500. Ralph F E Baker sold to David M Woodward a two story dwelling on Route 340 Fengaville for about 8500. Raymond M Free Jr and spouse sold to Charles E Wisner Alma F Wisner and Helen T Wisner at 66 East South Street for about 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Leatherman
Jonn T. Best
Frederick Avenue
Charles D. Beachley, Jr
Wlram E. Miller
Ballenger District
Ralph FE. ‘Baker
David M. Woodward
Fengaville
Raymond M. Free, Jr
Charles E. Wisner
Alma F. Wisner
Helen T. Wisner
East South Street
Truman asks Congress to double second class mail rates
Washington February 27 President Truman asked Congress to double postal rates on second class mail and raise the cost of carrying a postal card from one to two cents as part of his message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Auto Price Freeze Will Be Extended
Officials from the Office of Price Stabilization said the auto price freeze, set at December 1 levels, will be extended past March 1 and may run through April 1 to allow new regulations for manufacturers. The first OPS price control order issued last December remains in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Jury Acquits Man Of Drunk Driving Charge
Earl W. Bachtell, a filling station employee, was acquitted by a Circuit Court jury of operating a vehicle under the influence. Police testified he wavered on West Patrick Street after drinking, but witnesses for the defense argued he was sober. Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer presided with State's Attorney Charles A. Price prosecuting and defense by Edwin F. Nikirk and Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl W. Bachtell
Smithsburg
Hquor
Edward 3. Smith
Bachtell
West Patrick Street
Hagerstown
Frederick
Alton Twentey
Seret
Dan Swomley
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles A. Price
Edwin F. Nikirk
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Taft proposals rejected by Connally and Russell in Senate debate
Washington February 27 Senators Connally and Russell rejected Taft proposals to require Western European pledges to a combined defense force in exchange for American troops. Russell warned pledges could reveal Russia's plans, while Connally and Wherry urged Congress to control U S commitments as hearings on an international army continue. A Woodbine canning factory sale and plan to convert the site into a paper mill are reported along with spotty stock market action in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Russell
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Western Europe
Democratic Committee
U. S
Atlantic
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Europe
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Russia
America
North Atlantic
Woodbine
Reuben Solar
Silver Spring
Viner and Son
Viner Company
Charles Town
W. Va
Richmond
Solar
Clementis and Five Former Leaders Arrested in Plot
Prague, Feb. 27. Former Foreign Minister Vlado Clementis and four top Communist leaders are under arrest in an alleged plot to assassinate President Klement Gottwald and move Czechoslovakia toward the West. The disclosures come with a mass housecleaning in which 169,544 party members have been dropped since Sept. 1, the largest purge since the Communists seized power. The five others named are Gustav Husak Laco Novomesky Marie Svermova and Otto Sling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
V Vlado Clementis
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovak Communist Central Committee
Soviet Union
Communist Party of Bolsheviks
Stalin
Clementis
Gustav Husak
Corps of Commissioners
Slovakia
Laco Novomesky
Marie Svermova
Jan Sverma
Otto Sling
Brno
Sling
Svermova
Klement Gottwald
Rudolf Slansky
Antonin Zapostocky
Communist Party
Central Committee
Josef Frank
Fedder Tells About Ride in Maryland Campaign
William H. Fedder, Baltimore printer, testified before a Senate Elections subcommittee that he was threatened on November 6 by three men including Don Surine of Senator McCarthy's staff. He said Surine pressed him to surrender a letter from Butler guaranteeing about $12,000 for printing and distribution of 500,000 copies of a tabloid attacking Millard Tydings. Fedder also claimed Butler guaranteed payment for remaining work on an estimated $20,000 total, with over $8,000 already collected. The incident followed his rush to print 50,000 Butler postcard mailings amid campaign activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Fedder
Baltimore
Maryland
McCarthy
Fedder
Don Surine
R-Wis
Ewell Moore
George Niles
Surine
Butler
Millard Tydings
Tydings
Washington Times-Herald
Fedser
Senate
Dr Henry Louis Smith Dies at 91 in Greensboro
Dr Henry Louis Smith former president of Davidson College and Washington and Lee University died at his Greensboro home early today at age 91. He led both institutions and was renowned for his long career in higher education and religious studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Greensboro
N. C
Henry Louis Smith
Davidson College
Washington and Lee University
First Step Approved For 225 Detrick Wherry Housing Units
FHA approval for 225 Wherry Act family housing units at Camp Detrick in Frederick was announced after a two hour Baltimore conference. Final Army and Defense Department concurrence needed before proceeding to Corps of Engineers execution with potential occupancy by Christmas if审批 proceeding on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Camp Detrick
Fred J. Delmore
Army
Defense Department
Col. Delmore
FHA
Baltimore
Frederick
Robert F. Barrick
2Nd Army
Washington
Col. Barrick
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Housing Committee
Chamber
Charles F. Bowers
Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee
Baltimore Fita
Bowers
Bruce W. Rohrbather
Elmer F. Munshower
Donald 8B. Rice
Asa P. Watkins
John L. Shaw
Edward Hartmann
Detrick Wherry
Lansdale Tube Company
H. K. Ferguson Company
Civil Defense Pamphlets Are Distributed
Frederick Boy Scouts completed distribution of more than 5 000 Civil Defense pamphlets detailing atom bombing facts. Don Simpson announced. Pamphlets went to Frederick homes last week with each troop covering a district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Don Simpson
Civil Defense
Ernest Helfenstein
East
West Seventh Streets
Frederick Ellis
Orville Baer
East Street
East Patrick Street
Explorer
Evangelical Lutheran Church
South Market Street
Bernard Gilbert, Jr
North Market Street
East Patrick
East Seventh Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
R. A. Bore
North Bentz Street
West Patrick Street
West Seventh Street
Salvation Army
John Schmidt
Knights of Pythias
Norman Dietz
Rosemont Avenue
Bentz Street
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Charles E. Stup
Rosemont
Presbyterian Church
William Roessler
All Saints
Phobus Avenue
Lincoln Apartments
Klinehart
Taft to Speak at Dinner Honoring Senator Butler
Baltimore February 27 Senator Taft R Ohio in a campaign to limit U S troops in Europe is set to speak at a dinner tomorrow night honoring Maryland’s new Republican Senator John Marshall Butler. The dinner was arranged by Butler’s friends with invitations accepted by Senator O’Conor Governor McKeldin and Baltimore Mayor D’Alesandro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Taft R
School Board Elections On Tap In Annapolis
Annapolis Feb 27 election of county school board members is set for a hearing at the State House. Dr Thomas G Pullen Jr state superintendent will testify on a bill for popular Montgomery county board election. Hearings may widen to teacher pay raises amid broader school program debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
State House
Thomas G. Pullen
House Education Committee
Montgomery County
Pullen
General Assembly
Mec Keldit
Department of Education
Annapoli
Wilkinson
Prince Georges
Truman Unaffected By Amendment
Washington February 27 Though the 22nd amendment does not apply to President Truman it may become a talking point as 1952 party nominations near. Debates consider legality and morality of a possible third or extended term for the incumbent with arguments about states ratifying a two term limit and the exemption for the current president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Field Fire Prompted Fire Alarm On West Fourth Street
The Independent Hose Company was summoned to a field fire on West Fourth Street extended this afternoon. The alarm sounded around one o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fourth Street
Government issues order to keep plants operating nationwide
Washington on February 27 the National Production Authority issued a maintenance and operations priority order labeled O-287. It allows businesses and institutions to secure limited supplies for upkeep and minor capital additions under strict rules, excluding production materials and major capital purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Manly Fleischmann
United States
Compromise Plan Offered By President Washington
President Truman urged a compromise with the Federal Reserve to curb inflation. He proposed reviving 1932 banking powers to back open market purchases while keeping government securities bought to par or above. Critics say such unlimited Fed purchases fuel inflation, while trimming support could raise government interest costs by over a billion dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Thomas B. McCabe
Charles E. Wilson
Tuuman
Roosevelt
Five Day Weather Outlook for Maryland and Delaware
A five day forecast calls for fair and colder conditions Wednesday and Thursday, followed by milder temperatures Friday through Sunday. Rain is expected Friday and again around Sunday. Overall, temperatures should average about four to six degrees above seasonal normals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Gilda Gray Returns to Stage in Milwaukee Cafe
Milwaukee February 27 Gilda Gray once famed shimmy queen and Ziegfeld star returns in a side street cafe. She shakes and belts songs that made her rich in the roaring twenties amid a jammed crowd, while recovering from four bedridden years in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Gilda Gray
Gilda
Miss Gray
Colorado
Question on Fur Coat Purchase in RFC Influence Probe
Senate investigators heard testimony that a $0,540 mink coat charged to Mrs. B Merl Young Inst filled was billed to a Washington lawyer handling RFC loan matters. Louis Wheeler, a New York fur seller, said the coat was first charged to Young in September 1950, later shifted to Joseph J. Rosenbaum. The loan influence allegations involve Rosenbaum and Young, with Fulbright leading hearings into possible favoritism in RFC loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
B. Merl Young
RFC
Louis ©. Wheeler
New York
Furciler
Young
Joseph J. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Wheeler
Senvale Banking
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rep
Sutton
D-Tenn
House
Gunther- Jenckel
REC
Fulbright
D-Ark
Frst
Subcommittee
Truman
White House
Donald Dawson
Sutian
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Boyle
Dawson
US Marines Break Through Red Defenses In Korea Front
U S forces smashed five savage counterattacks on the windswept central Korean front. The Second Division held advances 14 miles southeast of Hoengsong as Marines pushed toward Hoengsong and entered eastern outskirts amid smoke and fire. Chinese withdrawals and a blown bridge near Ammul Creek indicated continued effort to defend key positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
al- Ned
U. S
Hoengsong
United Nations
U. S. First Marine Division
U. S. Army
A. T
Nate Polowetzky
Hongehon
N P Marine Nation
Ammul
Stan Swinston
Hongchow
Fifth Air Force
Smith Named Chest Head for Potomac Edison Chapter
Robert L. Smith of Potomac Edison Co. was named president of the Frederick Community Chest for the current year at the organization meeting. He succeeds Glenn T. Swisher, who requested relief after heading the Chest for one year due to frequent absences and personal reasons. New officers include Paul W. McAuliffe as first vice president Nevin T. R. Waskey second vice president William D. Zimmerman treasurer Mrs Henry R Shoemaker Sr secretary and an executive committee of Mathias McBride Ramsburg Swisher with Marjorie S. Kline as executive secretary. The nominating committee report was presented by Rev. William C. Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Smith
the Chest
Paul W. McAuliffe
Nevin T. R. Waskey
William D. Zimmerman
Henry R. Shoemaker
Charles McC. Mathias, Sr
Edgar H. McBride
J. Richard Ramsburg
Swisher
Marjorie S. Kline
Social Service Exchange
William C. Royal
Peoples Court Cases Hearings Condensed Municipal Fine
In a brief Peoples Court session Magistrate Alton Y Bennett found Paul W Stull of Route 3 Frederick guilty of failing to endorse and assign title to a rotor vehicle and fined 5 dollars plus costs. City Officer R Ammold Simmons filed the charge. Several others faced fines for traffic and related violations including Jerome J Myers Meyersdale Pa James Holland Holland Va William Meredith Frederick Michael Dalessandro Pittsburgh Pa Frank P Gaither Frederick Mehrl H Hartforck Myersville James L Lance Arlington Va and James Vernion Wiles Thurmont. Arrests were by Officer Simmons and Troopers Donald Tucker and James Rouzee Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Court
Alton Y. Bennett
Paul W Stull
Frederick
R. Ammold Simmons
Jerome J. Myers
Meyersdale
James Holland
Holland
William Meredith
Michael Dalessandro
Pittsburgh
Frank P. Gaither
Victor Gordon
Baltimore
Mehrl H. Hartforck
Myersville
James L. Lance
Arlington
James Vernion Wiles
Route 1
Thurmont
Officer Simmons
Donald Tucker
James Rouzee, Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clerk Best
Rona Prep
Parijs
Vlado Clementis
Army and
Boy Scouts
Senator Butler
Reserve Board
Treasury
Department of Justice
Tobey
R-Nh
Ross Bohannon
Texas
Bohannon
Texmass Corp
U.S
Houghboys
Chest Head
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