Snow and Ice Melt as New Year Arrives in Frederick
Snow and ice on Frederick streets rapidly faded as above freezing temperatures hit for New Year. The 49 degree day caused streams to rise and rivers to run bank full while the Potomac edged higher. forecasters warned of rain and colder weather tonight and Thursday. The Weather Bureau noted 1951’s rainfall near normal with December the fourth wettest month, and November rainfall boosted Fishing Creek reservoir levels near spillway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mercury
Potomac River
Knoxville
Weather Bureau
Airport
Drouth
Fishing Creek
Six Point POW Plan Aims to Free Prisoners in Korea
Allied truce negotiators offered a six point plan for releasing all prisoners of war and civilian repatriation in Korea. The plan moves from man for man to all for all exchange, with civilian return for those willing. North Korea rejected the proposal, calling it inadequate. Rail traffic in North Korea faced air strikes and a lull in ground fighting as U N troops repelled a Reds probe in the Satae valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Howard S. Levie
United Nations Command
R. E. Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Red
U. N
Seoul
North Korea
Satae
U. S. Eihth
Unclaimed Bank Accounts in Salisbury Reach $11,000
Salisbury banks advertise to locate owners of accounts inactive for 20 years totaling more than $11,000. Dormant funds may go to the state treasury if owners aren’t found. Bankers say many accounts stem from deaths or people moving away, with some only a few dollars left to keep the accounts open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
State Treasury
State May Get More Snow Before Week Ends
The weatherman forecasts Maryland may see additional snow Thursday night or Friday with some areas receiving a mix of snow and rain. Temperatures stay above freezing tonight except western counties but will fall 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow as a cold air mass arrives. Heavy fog and intermittent rain last night and this morning disrupted highway water and air traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Notified Of Son's Death In Korea
Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Sewell of New Market were told by the Department of Defense that their son, Paul Sewell, 22, died in Korea on December 22 from wounds caused by a hand grenade. Inducted February 1951, he had been in Korea about four months. A December 24 letter said he was in excellent health out of the battle area. Paul, a New Market native, attended grade school there and worked for several farmers before service. He was a devout member of the New Market Methodist church and is survived by eight brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Sewell
New Market
Department of Defense
Korea
Paul Sewell
Countian
Army
Sewell
Paul
16 Missed Terps Game Delayed by Dense Fog
A foggy New Year’s Day stranded 16 Maryland Terps supporters from traveling to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. An American Airlines flight from Washington to Frederick was grounded, delaying the trip for nearly two hours before the plan was canceled. Local fans instead followed the victory on radio as Tennessee was edged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
Tennessee University
Frederick
American Airlines
Washington
New Orleans
Terp
Grateful Child Sends Thanks To Santa Claus
A six year old girl Robin Elaine Saville sends a letter of thanks to Santa at the North Pole after receiving a new typewriter. Robin lives at 229 West Patrick Street with her parents Clifford J. and Mrs Saville and attends Parkway School. The note expresses gratitude and a promise to be good in 1952.
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Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Robin Elaine Saville
West Patrick Street
Clifford J
Robin Elaine
Saville
Eisenhower may win GOP nomination without word said
A four day New Year weekend caused 602 violent deaths in accidents, pushing Christmas and New Year toll to nearly 1,400. Senator Ives said Eisenhower could win the Republican presidential nomination without speaking.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Ives
Eisenhower
Three wills admitted to probate here in Orphans Court
Three wills were probated this morning. William S. Hargett of Feagaville leaves 2000 dollars to house keeper Myrtie Greenwald with remainder to brothers and sisters Claude Richard Hargett and Mrs William Howard Mrs William H Thomas and others named as executors William Lacy Engle leaves estate to surviving brothers and sisters shared equally Guy Waltz named executor Harvey J Flanigan wills divides estate into four equal parts for children of four late Flanigan brothers Holden Felton and Marie Lochner named executors dated 1951 and witnessed by Fout and Felton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court
William S. Hargett
Feagaville
Myrtie Greenwald
William Howard
William H. Thomas
Richard S. Hargett
Claude Hargett
Claude
Richard Hargett
James V. Shaff
H. K. DeLauter
Eva Lacy Engle
Nettie McKenzie
Ada Gibson
Bessie Zimmerman
Lillian Kimmel
Arthur L
Noble G
Guy F. Waltz
Guy Waltz
E. Ralston Goldsborough
C. E
Harvey J. Flanigan
East Church Street
Lycurgus Flanigan
John Flanigan
Noah Flanigan
Ernest Flanigan
Maryland Telephone Expansion Plans Approved in 1951 Action
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City authorized 3,983,000 in Maryland improvements for 1951 construction. Total state approval reaches about 20,000,000 with 3,144,000 for multiple small projects in early 1959, 454,000 for toll cable and outside plant to meet defense demand in Western Maryland, and 84,000 for aerial and underground cable in northwest Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Frederick
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In County
Deeds recorded in the clerk’s office show multiple property sales. Hamilton Homes sold to Robert M. Sier at 630 Grant Place for about 17 500. John Bowlus and wife sold a 154 acre farm near Slifer’s Mill to David A. Morris for about 10 500. Martin F. Shorb sold a Thurmont district property to John M. Eichelberger for about 4 000. James C. Null sold 17 acres with improvements near Creagerstown to Arthur D. King for about 4 000. CORNING NAMED WASHINGTON. Hobart M. Corning reappointed district schools superintendent at 14 000 annually. MAY KNOW BY FEB. 4 Truman remarks on potential run. TRADING SLOW New York wheell meaninat’s first session of 105%
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Homes, Inc
Robert M. Sier
Grant Place
John W. Bowlus
David A. Morris
Martin F. Shorb
John M. Eichelberger
Thurmont-Frederick Road
Thurmont
James C. Null
Arthur D. King
Hunting Creek
Creagerstown
Truman Plans To Re Organize Internal Revenue Bureau
President Truman announced a sweeping shake up of the scandal ridden Internal Revenue Bureau. The plan aims to protect the government from influence peddlers and favor seekers, expose and punish wrongdoers, and will be submitted to Congress as a reorganization. It calls for abolishing 64 district collector offices nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Nashington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Congress
District Collectors of Internal Revenue
Burning of the Green Ceremony Returns to Frederick High
The annual Burning of the Green reappears Sunday at 5 30 PM on Frederick High School grounds. Boy Scouts organize the event with municipal trucks collecting yule trees Saturday morning for the display. Mayor Donald B Rice urges residents to place trees curbside Friday night. Russell Young chairs the project as Jack Sharrow hosts the program with the Junior Chamber of Commerce chorus assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Lake Lhen
Donald B. Rice
Jack Sharrow
Chamber of Commerce
Russell Young
Etzler
Flood danger seen passing in Cumberland and Potomac area
In Cumberland on January 2 the Potomac river fell to 10 feet while the Wiley Ford bridge faced no immediate danger. Heavy ice and debris had threatened the bridge as Wills Creek rose to near flood levels. officials expected no flood stage. Edward Seiler, Tin Pan Alley lyricist, died of a heart attack at 40 while playing with nephews in Linden, New Jersey.
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Cumberland
Wall Creek
Potomac
Wiley Ford
South Cumberland
West Virginia
State Roads Commission
Wills Creek
Linden
N. J
Edward Seiler
Steel Pipe For Gasline Is Expected
Frederick Gas Company directors heard that the first shipment of steel pipe to feed natural gas from the Reeland station near Rockville is due this month. President Raymond C. Brebaut said construction will start after pipe arrival and that natural gas service could begin early this year after delays due to defense restrictions. The company posted a 15.6 percent revenue rise for manufactured gas in 1951, with total year revenues at 118 100 dollars, and noted increased local gas appliance use as homes install gas heating units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Reeland
Rockville
Frederick Gas Company
Raymond C. Brebaut
Ctrbie
Gtn
Brehaus
Thieves Force Parking Meters On New Year’s Eve
Thieves pried open ten city parking meters on three streets on New Year’s Eve and took little cash, estimates said. Five meters on East Church Street and three on East Second Street were opened, one meter on South Market Street was removed. Police suspect a sharp tool. collector Elgin Hemp had just emptied the boxes. A separate rescue squad later took Gertie Jackson to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a heart attack, she was discharged.
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East Church Street
East Second Street
South Market Street
Elgin Hemp
Gertie Jackson
All Saints Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
W A Irvin Dies at 78 Former U S Steel Chief
New York January 2 William A Irvin president of the United States Steel Corp from 1932 to 1937 died yesterday after a long illness He was 78 years old His death marks the end of a notable steel industry leadership period and closes a long career in American manufacturing.
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W. A. Irvin
New York
William A. Irvin
United States Steel Corp
Captain Keeps Flying Enterprise Afloat Amid Atlantic Storm
Captain Kurt Carlsen remains aboard the 6,710 ton Flying Enterprise 300 miles from the New York approach as a historic gale batters the vessel. With 51 aboard, 10 passengers and 41 crew reportedly survived a Friday sea jump. one crewman died. The Isbrandtsen ship, hampered by a severe list, may be towed by tug Turmoil or aided by U S Navy units though none are equipped for towing. Carlsen’s family in Woodbridge New Jersey awaits word as rescue efforts continue.
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London
Kurt Carlsen
Atlantic
Carlsen
Hamburg
Germany
New York
Wien
Isbrandtsen Company
U.S. Navy
John W. Weeks
Enterprise
Golden Eagle
Falmouth
Carlson
Woodbridge
N. J
Eagle
Litvinoff Dies Friend of West at 75 in Moscow
Moscow reports the death of Maxim Litvinoff at 75, former Soviet foreign minister and longtime diplomat noted for Western outreach. Official notice says he died after a lengthy illness, with two days of lying in state at the Foreign Ministry. Pravda hailed him as an old Bolshevik and outstanding Soviet diplomat. His career saw rise and fall with Kremlin policy toward the West, ending after his 1946 firing and reduced rank.
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Moscow
Foreign Office
Maxin Maaximovich Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Foreign Ministry
Pravda
Communist Party
Litvinol
Weat
Russia
Washington
Poreigi
Kremlin
Tatvinoff
Polio Fund Drive Opens in Frederick County
The March of Dimes campaign opens in Frederick County with Alton Bennett as local chairman. The drive starts two weeks earlier than the usual mid January period. Officials note nationwide outbreaks have depleted Infantile Paralysis funds and urge unprecedented totals. Bennett reports no new infantile paralysis cases locally in the past year, but twelve victims still require aid. The goal is 12,000 dollars, matching the 1951 campaign. Roger R. Rice serves as treasurer for both the chapter and the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Alton ¥. Bennett
Bennett
Ineal
Roger R. Rice
Hyderabad Voters Guided By Symbols
In Hyderabad village residents faced India’s first general election by seeking divine guidance. At the temple villagers placed paper symbols of four candidates before a holy child who touched one. The herd then voted at the poll box bearing that symbol, using symbols to aid voters in choosing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Hyderabad
India
Teen Ager Killed In New Year Wreck
In Bedford County a 14 year old Cumberland MD high school student Hulda Miller died from injuries after a car carrying teens failed to negotiate a curve near Bedford Springs hotel. Karl Franklin Eaton Jr 16 drives the car which left the highway striking a tree at about 4 PM. Two other boys and a girl survived with minor injuries.
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Bedford
Hulda Miller
Cumberland
Bedford County
Pennsylvania
Karl Franklin Eaton
Bedford Springs
Enion
Snow and cold sweep western states as southeast sees warmth
Snow sleet and cold hit wide western areas while the southeast and Gulf coast enjoy milder conditions. Road crews freed hundreds of motorists blocked by snow in Utah Colorado Nevada and northern California. Temperatures plunged elsewhere with Bemidji Minnesota at 22 below and New Year's readings setting records in several southeastern cities.
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Gulf Coast
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
California
Midwest
Bemidji
Minn
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Minosis
Indiana
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Bristol
Brownsville
Tex
New Orleans
Shreveport
Miami
Sarge
N. C
Two servicemen fined after near identical crashes west of New Market
Two air force and army personnel were fined ten dollars each by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr after separate late night crashes near New Market. N L Williams Sr of the Air Force at New Castle Del and W C Claver of Ragland near Fort Meade both lost control near 11 30 and 11 45 p m respectively, landing on their sides. Each car sustained about 300 dollars in damage and both drivers blamed the soft shoulder and urgent return to base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Gulky
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
N. L. Willams, Sr
Air Force
New Castle
Del
DB. A. Tucker
Williams
Tucker
William C. Claver
Ragland
Fort Meade
Clower
Shoemaker
Edward P. O’malley
Urbana
Veronica E. Nunemaker
Nunemaker
O'Malley
William A. Wills
Goshen
N. C
East Patrick Street
R. Arnold Simmons
Jack L. Roberts
Rockville
Alfred W. Parks
Delwan
Wis
E. F. Carter
Westmoreland County
Reece T
Thompson
Baltimore
Mary R. Bittinger
Grantsville
Alfred Chang
Boulder
Colo
Jake T. Adam Baltimore
Harry Bowman
K. H. Tichnell
Alton Twenty
Burglars Loot Staub Store In $2100 Heist At Frederick
Burglars jimmied two cash registers at the J Marshall Staub store on North Market street and escaped with about $2100 in cash. They failed to open the safes at Quynn s Hardware and at Southern States Frederick Co operative. The Staub safe remained intact. Robbers entered through a rear window opening, used the laundry area, and exited by the same route. Police investigated with Staub present an inventory was underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Marshall Staub
North Market Street
Quynn
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Commerce Street
Yergs
Staub
New Year's Bay
Southern States
Staub's
West Fourth Street
Quynn's
Allen Barigis
George Crouse
Sergis Norman Dietz
Daniel Swemley
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Son
Defense Dept
Holden S. Felton
Marie F. Lochner
Murray H. Fout
C. and
West
Maxim Litvinoff
Southern States Co-Op
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