Transfer Camp Ritchie To U S Government Bid Sparks Debate
Maryland Senate debated a bill to transfer Camp Ritchie to the federal government citing its WWII role as a military intelligence training site and its use for chronic indigent care. Proceeds would fund the state organized militia as legislators, clerks, and appointments maneuvered amid a tight session.
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Annapolis
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Senate
Ritchie
Della
Lane
Executive Department
Deila
McKeldin
Arthur H. Brice
Tidewaleer Fisheries Commission
Kimbie
Allegany
Bureau of Mines
Department of Labor and Industry
Kimble
Luber 'D-Balta
Ways and Means
Wilkinson
Prince George's
House
Stevenson
Talbots
Judiciary Committee
Boone
House m
Wiliam C. Purnell
MacKeldin
Purnell
Chester F. Tucker
Magazine Salesman Sentenced for Manslaughter in Maryland
Lee Edwards a 21 year old magazine salesman was sentenced to seven years in Maryland Penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of Donald Stambaugh last September on a road near Silver Spring. He had faced first degree murder charges before pleading to manslaughter and testified that he fired while trying to defend himself from indecent advances.
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Rockville
Lee Edwards
Maryland
Donald Stambaugh
Edwards
Stambaugh
Silver Spring
Charles W. Woodward
Montgomery County
Eisenhower In Arms Talks With French On Defense
General Eisenhower held four hour talks with Premier Rene Pleven and Foreign Minister Robert Schuman in Paris on Western Europe defense. Officials noted no formal word but France pledged immediate transfer of divisions to Eisenhower command and discussed expanding an international army. Britain signaled possible contributions under the Eisenhower framework as German Allied talks planned. Frizzell named vice president of Fairchild Engine, to oversee Kaiser-Frazer relations and troop transport program.
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Dwight Chesver
West
Europe
Germany
Austria
Eisenhower
Woo
Alfred M. Gellenther
Rene Pleven
Robert Schumatt
Jas
Cor
Jules Moch
Ino
Ministenhower
Bhick
Raphael
French National Assembly
Peven
Kivenhower
Britain
Londcare
Wall
Eiserhower
Frizzelyl
Hagerstown
Jan
Paul J. Frizzell
Washington
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Air Farce
Kaiser- Frazer
K Fe Willow Run
Detroit
Frizzell
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Strike Halts Fairchild Planes Over Merit Pay System
Workers at Fairchild Aviation Division halted production delaying Air Force C 119 Packets. CIO UAW local demands merit based pay scales and rejected a 12 cent wage increase. Angotti and Brayton traded statements as pickets gathered outside the main plant near Hagerstown. The contract had expired at midnight with no negotiations in progress.
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Haperstown
Jan
Fairchild Aviation Division
Korea
Cio-United Auto Workers Golem
Hi Joroman
Glenn Brayton
Fairchild
Flo
Merit Evatein
Samuel Angotti
Angotti
Hagerstown
Brayton
Cal
Federal Conciliation Service
Picket clashes and plant transfers disrupt Hagerstown workers
Across four Hagerstown plants about 5 200 workers face transfers to avert wage cuts as 24 hour shifts are planned for C 1Ms and Kaiser to mass produce war packets. Deputy Sheriff Challenged amid tense lines as tear gas is used on approach to the plant. Kings Daughters Class meets at Calvary Metrodict church with 17 members and two visitors.
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Korea
Air Force
Henry J. Kaiser
Hagerstown
Leister Isanogle
Isangyle
Haverstown
Kings Daughters
Calvary Metrodict Church
Bessie Schwarte
Holden Felton
Raymond Free
Felton
Henek
Blenddinger
Kefauver
Stall
Trout
Harris
Kelly
McCurdy
Maryland absorbs absurd $24 million bomb shelter plan
Baltimore local officials reported Major General Milton A. Reckord calling federal civil defense plans to issue 24 million dollars in bonds for bomb shelters absurd and ridiculous. Governor Lane urged caution as the Board of Public Works reviewed the proposal, while the body chose to defer action and focus on information only. The meeting also addressed prevailing-wage requirements for state construction contracts, bond sales plans, and the Princess Anne agricultural engineering building bid rejection.
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Baltimore
Man
Maryland
Milton A. Reckord
Board of Public Works
Lane
Court of Appeals
Maryland State College
Princess Anne
Myersville GI Reported Missing In Action In Korea
Parents Susyun and Catherine N Dagenhart of Myersville Route 1 were notified by the Army Sunday night that their son Pfc Manville Dagenhart aged 18 has been missing in action in Korea for 39 days. He enlisted January 7, 1950 and trained at Camp Pickett Virginia then Fort Lewis Washington before overseas deployment in July 1950. Prior ship transfers and related details are noted.
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Manville Dagenhart
Myersville
Army
Korea
Susyun
Catherine N. “Dagenhart
Route 1
Camp Pickett
Fort Lewis
Wash
Court to hear appeal on prevailing wages ruling
A Baltimore Circuit Court decision declaring a General Assembly wage law unconstitutional is under appeal. The Court of Appeals will hear the case the week of January 16 to expedite a ruling on prevailing wage requirements for the Spring Grove State Hospital admissions building contract.
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Spring Grove State Hospital
General Assembly
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Missing in Action Pfe Dagenhart Slated for Korea War Note
Ment on leave at home and long involved in farm work. Pfe Dagenhart, of Myersville near Myersville Elementary School, worked at MecCrory's Store in Hagerstown before enlisting. A Washington telegram to Frederick via Myersville messenger expresses deep regret that Pfe Dagenhart has been missing in action in Korea since November 30, 1950.
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Pfe. Dagenhart
Myersville
MecCrory
Hagerstown
Washington
Frederick
Manville
Korea
Misdirected Weather Delays Lead to Motification Note
A partial letter fragment notes unavoidable delays in motion and mentions weather related issues. It references gas balls sold during warm months as a leading sports equipment item, implying a catalog or notice within a broader office communication.
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