Local POWs May Secure Benefits
Frederick county ex prisoners of war may receive War Claims Commission payments for confinement time with poor food, as 1941 onward casualties. Applications are available at the U S Veterans Administration office in Winchester Hall, with details requested on birth, service, capture, confinement, and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
War Claims Commission
U. S. Veterans Administration Office
Winchester Hall
Samuel H. Weston
Veterans Administration
United States
Elmer E. Long
Strim Service
Bataan
Decision On Formosa To Come Later
A source says final U S policy toward Formosa likely won t be decided until the Joint Chiefs of Staff visit Japan in February. The Dec 23 State Department memo urging spokesmen to downplay Formosa s strategic importance clashes with Army Navy and Air Force views. Formosa remains a focal point for U S strategy against China and is watched by many congressmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
Formosa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
State Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
MacArthur
China
U. S. State Department
Washington
United States Information Service Unit
DeGroot Invited To Discuss Future Plans
Morgantown WV January 4 Football Coach Dud DeGroot will be invited to discuss his future plans with the West Virginia University Athletic Council at a meeting here Saturday. Council Secretary J O Knapp said DeGroot was invited to the regular meeting and added I suppose he will make some remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Dud DeGroot
West Virginia University Athletic Council
J. O. Knapp
DeGroot
Truman budget calls for 1.8 billion dollar cut in 1951
Speaker Rayburn said President Truman will present a budget for the 1951 fiscal year proposing a total cut of 1.8 billion dollars from current spending. The plan anticipates about 3 billion in foreign aid and defense reductions and a 1.2 billion rise in domestic outlays. The 12 month period starts July 1 and current annual spending runs near 43.5 billion. Congress returns to town amid calls to trim spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rayburn
Truman
Congress
Winter Deluge Then Cold Snap Strikes Across U.S.
The nation faced a triple punch of snow cold and winds as the Rocky Mountains reeling from severe weather spread a cold front across the Great Plains and into the Midwest Texas panhandle. blizzards hit the Dakotas and Minnesota while roads airports and rail travel were disrupted. Subzero readings and heavy snow snarled travel in many states with Portland and New York recording unusual winter warmth, and Indiana logging major flood fears along the Wabash and White rivers with 200 residents evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Central States
Texas Panhandle
Dakota Prairies
Minnesota
Texas
Mercury
Lone Star
Mid-Continent
Great Plains
Great Lakes
North Central States
Minot
N. D
Moorcroft
Wyo
Philip
Pembina
WN. D
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Seaboard
Gulf State
Ohio River Valley
Atlanta
Indianapolis
New York
Havre
Mont
Montana
Chester
Missouri
California
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Wabash
Indiana
Paul A. Miller
Burreau
Miller
Mier
Brehaut to Take Over Frederick Gas Co Ownership
Ray C. Brehaut of Washington Gas Light Co announces retirement and plans to acquire controlling interest in Frederick Gas Co for about 70000 dollars. The Maryland Public Service Commission must approve the transaction, which would allow Frederick residents a free choice in fuels. The Potomac Edison System currently owns Frederick utility founded in 1849.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray C. Brehaut
Washington Gas Light Co
Frederick Gas Co., Inc
Frederick Company
Maryland Public Service Commission
PSC
Fair Board Annual Meeting to Test Proxies and Changes
Frederick County Agriculture Society officers prepare for the annual meeting in the Courthouse court room as life members vie for seats on the 11 member Board led by ill president Emmons C. Lanner. Voters will decide two law changes and potential life member residency limits while proxy planning continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Agriculture Society
Frederick Fair
Court House
Emmons C. Lanner
Pari Mutuel
Storm Center
Fife
State Racing Commission
Monoxide Gas Cause Of Death In Pocomoke City
Margaret Foster a 25 year old Philadelphia woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked car near Pocomoke City. Her escort Elmer Sharpley 23 of Greenbackville Va spent 25 hours in the car with her. Autopsy confirmed accidental death and no charges will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocomoke City
Philadelphia
Here
Margaret Foster
Elmer Sharpley
Greenbackville
Russell 8. Fisher
Baltimore
Miss Foster
Fisher
Sharpley
Lynchburg College
Soviet Journal Calls For Atheistic Education
Moscow reports the Soviet Journal of Science and Life urges mass education in militant atheism. It says belief in God persists in the United States and frames the antireligious campaign as part of the broader struggle for Communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Journal of Science and Life
All- Union Society For
ICC orders one third cut in coal powered passenger service
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general one third reduction in railroad passenger service on lines using coal as fuel. The cut takes effect 11:59 p.m. January 8 and applies to lines with 25 days or less coal supply and no dependable alternative source. The action responds to dwindling coal supplies caused by recent mining disturbances and curtailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Perkins Expected to Accept Maryland Mental Hygiene Post
Annapolis reports indicate Dr Clifton T Perkins will become Maryland Commissioner of Mental Hygiene under a one man rule. He currently leads Massachusetts Mental Hygiene and plans to relocate to Maryland after arranging his departure and a new Baltimore home. Gardner has been acting commissioner since Dr Preston’s resignation last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciflon T. Perkins
Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
State House
Clifton T. Perkins
Perkins
Massachusetts Department of Mental Hygiene
Lane
Maryland Post
Baltimore
Board of Mental Hygiene
Spring Grove
Springfield
Crownsville
Eastern Shore
Rosewood
George H. Preston
Robert EB. Gardner
Government Deficit Up in Early 1950 Year
The U S government debt rose to about 257 000 000 006 as 1949 closed and the mid year deficit hit 3 299 798 92152. Treasury data show 615 712 000 spent December 30 with big outlays by Veterans Administration Air Force Agriculture Navy and debt interest. Overspending toward 5 500 000 000 deficit for the year is noted by President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Veterans Administration
Air Force
Agriculture Department
Navy
Truman
Dewey Denounces Socialized Medicine in NY Address
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey blistered socialized medicine as a tool of a Frankenstein government and criticized Truman's tax and fiscal policies for eroding state sovereignty. In his eighth annual message to the legislature, he touted a voluntary path to health security and gave no clear signal on a third term or retirement next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Dewey
New York
Truman Sets Seven Point Foreign Policy Ahead of Congress
President Truman outlines a seven point program focusing on maintaining UN support, a strong defense, and continued European recovery aid. He emphasizes economic expansion, world trade, and aid to underdeveloped regions while offering limited details on Far East policy and Formosa. He pledges to extend displaced persons protections and press legislation to remove discriminatory features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Mediterranean
State of the Union
United Nations
Far East
Formosa
Asia
United States
Free World
Free Nations
International Trade Organization
Unhurt Man Struck By Auto At Square Corner
Randolph Crampton a Lime Kiln colored man was crossing at the Square Corner when struck by a sedan driven by Harrison McK Young Middletown Route 1 He refused medical aid and there were no charges Sergt Ben Phobus investigated noting the car was moving slowly and stopped at impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old City
Randolph Crampton
Harrison McK. Young
Middletown
North Market
Patrick
Sergt.Ben. Phobus
Young
Crampton
Publisher Putman dies after illness in Death Valley
George Palmer Putman age 63, publisher husband of Amelia Earhart, died at 6 05 a m in Trona California. He operated Stove Pipe Wells resort in Death Valley after years of serving as Earhart’s husband. He had uremic poisoning and internal hemorrhages for four weeks. Earhart disappeared in 1937 and was declared legally dead in 1939. Putman had married twice since her death and his current wife Margaret Haviland was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trona
Calif
George Palmer Putman
Amelia Earhart
Putman
Stove Pipe Wells
Death Valley
Miss Earhart
Fotally
Margaret Haviland
Truman forecasts an average family earning over twelve thousand
President Truman in a State of the Union message projects a future where national production could reach about one trillion dollars annually and the real income of the average family may climb to roughly twelve thousand dollars per year by 2000 A D. He urges tax changes and continued economic growth while backing rent control, Brannan farm subsidies, and broader social programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
America
Congress
Senate
House
Apo
Europe
Brannan
Totel
Wite
Mr. Truman
Truman State of the Union proposals cover civil rights and economy
President Truman lists major recommendations to Congress in his State of the Union message. He urges continued selective service, international cooperation, anti monopoly efforts, labor reform, farm supports, housing, public power, science funding, expanded health and unemployment coverage, medical insurance, education aid, civil rights measures, statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, district self governance, displaced persons law expansion, tax changes, and a push to withstand Communist threats both global and domestic. He calls for civil rights passage, end of filibusters by southern Democrats, and for unity to advance these reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
Alaska
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Free World
America
Two Guilty Of Larceny Sentenced In Walkersville Case
Charles H. Baugher of Daysville and William Fauble near Frederick were each given suspended eighteen month sentences in the House of Correction by Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett after pleading guilty to larceny of twenty two automobile storage batteries taken from the rear of a Walkersville garage over Christmas weekend. The youths, both twenty, faced charges under Deputy Sheriff R Paul Buhrman’s investigation and State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk prosecuted. Fauble noted a prior disability and was advised to seek health services. Baugher testified to being married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Correction
Charles H. Baugher
Daysville
William Fauble
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Walkersville
Bennett
Baugher
Bennet
Fauble
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Charles A. Brown
R Paul Buhrman
Edwin F. Nikirk
Thurmont Man Badly Injured in Baltimore Collision
Luther Leatherman a 69 year old retired farmer from Thurmont was seriously injured in a West Baltimore crash late yesterday. He suffers a fractured right hip and a dislocated hip bone. He rode with Mr and Mrs Ray A Portner of Thurmont when their car collided with a vehicle driven by Edward V Penn of Baltimore. Mrs Portner was slightly injured and released after hospital treatment. Both Portner and Penn face reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Luther Leatherman
Thurmont
New York Sun Bought by World Telegram in Joint Edition
The New York Sun will merge with the New York World Telegram under a joint title starting tomorrow. The Sun’s features and columns join the World Telegram, with Roy W. Howard and Thomas W. Dewart announcing the deal. No facilities or real estate changed hands and no price was disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Sun
New York World-Telegram
Sun
World- Telegram
Roy W. Howard
World-Telegram
Scripps Howard
Thomas W. Dewart
The
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joint Chiefs
Winter
West
U. S
Rockville
Montgomery County
A. Morton Thomas
Labor
Brannan Farm Plan
New England
St. Lawrence Seaway
Columbia Valley Administration
Science
National Science Foundation
Hrphives
London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Nieswe Vale
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!