Nine Frederick road contracts total over two million
Frederick county awarded nine road contracts in 1954 under a 12 year program costing 2 500 897 with four bridges and five roads totaling 13 558 miles under contract. A pending bridge estimate is 350 000. Longest start is 4 925 mile Washington National Pike extension to the Frederick by pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick By-Pass
Evergreen Point
Jefferson Street
Little Pipe Creek
Maryland
U. S. 15
Thurmont
Unionville
Liberytown
Montgomery County
Guzhig le Yeal Weie
Carrol
Carroll County
Westminster
Mt. Airy
Warfieldsburg
Maryland 71
Maryland 26
North Branch
Eldersburg
Washington Road
Germantown
Rockville
Dry Seneca Creek
Old 240
Damascus
Eight Cabs and Radio Equipment Sold at Sheriff’s Sale
Eight taxicabs formerly owned by the Michael Radio Cab Company were sold at sheriff’s sale on West Patrick Street to Hillside Motor Company for 2670 dollars. Each cab included twenty four radio units, station transmitter and receiver, and some office furniture. The sale, on a writ in the suit of Western Maryland Trust Company against Ruth C. Michael and T. Michael, was conducted by auctioneer Ignatius Lease with clerk Merrill Wachter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Michael Radio Cab Company
Sheriff's
West Patrick Street
Hillside Motor Company
Seri
Studebaker
Hillside Coal and Oil Company
Wilbur A. Carlson
East Patrick Street
Mr. Lease
McKeldin Pledges Funds to Aid Maryland Accreditation
Governor McKeldin announced that all required funds for University of Maryland accreditation are included in his budget proposals. The ceremony marked Dr. Wilson H. Elkins's formal inauguration as university president, with plans for a new library and faculty salary improvements amid a critical Middle States commission report.
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College Park
McKeldin
University of Maryland
Wilson H. Elkins
Rhodes
Annapolis
Middle States Asso. of
Baltimore
Elgins
General Assembly
Elkins
McKeidin
Beall Expects Coffee Prices To Go Down
Washington reports that coffee prices likely will fall further as a world surplus exists. Beall of Maryland with a banking subcommittee noted the 1954 spike to 1.34 per pound, now down to 1.04, and urged continued price reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beall
Washington
Seo
R-Amd
Stir Opposition To Farm Programs
Democratic efforts to oppose the Eisenhower farm programs gain momentum in the new Congress. Moves likely aim to repeal flexible price supports and restore high rigid price floors, shaping 1956 farm policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Market House Rent Proposal Weighs Leasing to J C Penney
City Attorney prepared report for Board of Aldermen on J C Penney rental of the city market house during store rebuild. Debate centers on authority to lease under 1768 deed with two rental schemes proposed. Also covers water fixture survey progress in south Frederick and probate of Mrs Katherine W Wallace will leaving one third to husband and two thirds to children.
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Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Board of Aldermen
J. C. Penney Company
City Hall
North Market Street
John A. Derr
South
Frederick
James Messersmith
Joseph Bradshaw
Harry Whisner
South Market Steed
East Patrick Street
Frederick Avenue
Willow Avenue
Queen Street
Adar Road
Pearl Street
Catoctis Avenue
Burek Street
Sherman Avenue
Madison Street
Washington Street
Center Street
South Street
Jefferson
Carrell Street
Carroll Street
Patrick South
McMurray Street
Clarke Plate
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
Winchester Street
Urner Street
Broadway
Ice Street
All Saints Street
Katherine W. Wallace
Orphans Court
John H. Wallace
Hes
Pauline L. Nikick
Hettye A. Hahn
10542 Births Surpass Deaths In Frederick County 1954
Frederick county recorded 1,827 births in 1954, 1,042 more than deaths at 785. Births averaged five daily, with September the peak month at 239. April had the fewest at 99. Of births, 1,655 were white and 112 colored, with 27 stillbirths. The colored birth rate remained higher than white, at 34.3 versus 21.5 per thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Forbes H. Burgess
Frederick
Health Department
Eisenhower Budget Blueprint Seeks 500B Output By 1965
President Eisenhower today sent Congress a 207 page economic plan aiming for 500 billion dollars in annual production by 1965 and 300 billion in yearly output. He urged unemployment compensation expansion, a gradual minimum wage rise to 90 cents, and warned against stock speculation and labor strife threatening recovery. The proposal includes tax relief steps, anti monopoly emphasis, and 35,000 public housing units, with other measures to foster private initiative and foreign trade. A separate note cites the State Road Commission being accused of rigged specifications by a legislative committee in Charleston West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Four Convicts Still Holding Prison At Bay
Four convicts continue a hostage siege at a Massachusetts state prison as an armed car with explosives is briefly brought to the facility and promptly sent away. Warden O'Brien and officials report no admission of the explosives, with guards safe and chaplain administering Holy Communion. The four inmates Green Balben Flaherty Swenson maintain leadership as about 600 other inmates remain confined in harsh cells.
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Boston
Armed Services
Massachusetts
John J. O’brien
Otis Whitney
O'Brien
Mary Tierney
Theodore Green
Green
Joseph Flaherty
Fritz Swenson
Walter Balben
Father Hartigan
Merlin
Balben
Three Men Set for Monday Hearings on Robbery Indictments
Three men held in jail and seeking speedy trials face criminal informations by State's Attorney Samuel W Barrick in Brunswick. John Wilber Davis and Hugh Delano Whitney, both out of state, allegedly robbed Hilda Barker's store. Harry M Jenkins of this county faces forgery charges over two checks for 355 and 65 dollars made out to Harrys M Butcher and endorsed likewise. arrested by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Barrick
John Wilber Davis
Hugh Delano Whitney
Hilda Barker
Brunswick
Harry M. Jenkins
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Harrys M. Butcher
Jenkins
New Cold Front Brings Winds and frosty city chill
Northwest winds gusting to 50 mph sweep into the city dropping the official low to 23 at the airport with a forecast near 15 tonight. Highs yesterday reached 39 and Friday looks freezing with rain and milder conditions by Saturday. Culler Lake remains largely unfrozen with wind driven channels, no skating authorized. Eden Dale sunk by unidentified planes in Swatow harbor near Formosa. ship loss reported by Jehbshun Shipping Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inair
Culler Lake
Hong Kong
Jehbshun Shipping Co
Edendale
Swatow
Formosa
Three Girls and Babysitter Die in Wallingford Fire
In Wallingford near Chester Pennsylvania a home fire claimed the lives of three girls ages eight six and three and a babysitter identified as Mrs. M A Wingate of Media. The children were the only offspring of C Robert Spencer a 34 year old Chester businessman and his wife Patricia who were vacationing in Atlantic City New Jersey. The parents were notified after firefighters arrived and found the victims in their rooms with smoke inhalation cited as the cause. Mrs Wingate was found on the master bedroom floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Wallinggord
Philadelphia
Stephanie
Selby
Hilarie
C. Robert Spencer
M. A. Wingate
Spencer
Patricia
Atlantic City
Evan Lutheran Church Names Elders Deacons
Elders and deacons were elected at the Evangelical Lutheran church annual meeting held Wednesday night in the Old Chapel. G Hunter Bowers chaired. William Gaver and Howard Stup reelected as elder and deacon respectively. John Lentz and Samuel Barrick elected as elder and deacon. Installtion planned for Sunday. Finance shows expenses 22500 current, 5000 improvements, 15600 benevolences. Sunday School reports 83506 current and 32500 improvements. New Sunday School officers include James H Falk general superintendent Raymond Brehaut first assistant Glenn Biehl second assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youtine
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
G. Hunter Bowers
William Gaver
Howard Stup
John Lentz
Samuel Barrick
Gerald Currens
Liberia
Africa
James H. Falk
Raymond Rrebaut
Glenn Biehl
Caveat Issues In Smith Estate Headed To Circuit Court
Caveats filed in Orphans Court have been sent to Circuit Court in the Ernest T. Smith estate of Emmitsburg. The issues include whether the December 3 1932 paper is the last will, soundness of mind, witnesses presence, knowledge of contents, and possible fraud undue influence. Defendants include Zona Harner and John Fl Hamer. Trial date not set. Lawyers named. Narrowly mixed New York stock market noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court
Circuit Court
Louella Baker
Velma Wolfe
Ernest T. Smith
Emmitsburg
Zona Harner
Smith
John Fl. Hamer
Edwin F. Nikirk
Edward D. Storm
Benjamin B Rosenstock
Fined $100 as Phelps appeals with circuit court
Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield found Bern ard Lee Phelps of RFD 6 guilty of operating on a revoked license after positive identification by Troopers Bowser and Baum at a service station near Frederick. Phelps and Charles May, both of RFD 6, claimed to be the driver. Phelps appeals the $100 fine. Also noted are not guilty findings for Harold E. Myers of Libertytown on speeding and various motorists fined or jailed for traffic offenses around Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Bernard Lee Phelps
RFD 6
Phelps
Donald W. Bowser
Triangle
Frederick
Bowser
Elmer Baum
Charles May
May
Edwin F. Nikirk
Uth
Harold E. Mfyers
Libertytown
Mt.” Pleasant
Paul Kline
Myers
Kline
Henry Lee Gray
Trump and
Mossburg
Gray
West Saints Street
U. S. 40
Donald Sutherland
Cleveland
Albert Goodall
Sudbury
David A. Klinger
Corry
Daniel P. Gilbert
Smithville
George Sweight, Jr
Lovettsville
South Market Street
Roy Lee Rippeon
John W. Richardson
RFD
Tjamsville
Sterling T Ttarris
Tjamstville
U. S 40
Peter Maenik
Johnstown
U. S
Ste
Albert D. Williams
Silver Spring
Lawrence J. Mayer
Wilmington
Del
Mt. Pleasant
Stewart Leroy Harman
Lee Place
Maryland
Boone
W.L. Guiliaino
Maryland Cold Air From Canada Grips State
Cold dry air from Canada chills Maryland with lows around seven to ten degrees in far Western areas. The weather map shows the pattern persisting until Saturday when a milder, rainy spell is forecast. In Baltimore, James Sparrow, 32, fell six feet from a scaffold at a Camp Datrick construction site and suffered a slight concussion, taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for x rays and treatment.
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Associated Press
Canada
Marsland
Maryland
James Sparrow
Central Avenue
Baltimore
James J. Conroy Company
Camp Datrick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
M.R. Etchison and Son
Sparrow
Still Hold On Nationalists Claim Yikiangshan Resistance
In Formosa the Nationalist Defense Ministry reports guerrillas on Yikiangshan clinging to a last holdout amid heavy shelling from Towmen Island and fresh Red reinforcements. Beijing broadcasts trumpet conquest while American plans for a UN cease fire face Nas opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
China Today
Yikiangshan
Peiping
Tokyo
East Ching
Yikiang
Shan
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Chimoyu
Amoy Harbor
Tachen Islands
Eisenhower
State Piles
United States
United Nations
U.S
Bitter cold grips nation with snow belt across central states
Snow persisted nationwide with freezing temperatures in most regions. Wisconsin and Michigan reported subzero readings while Kansas Missouri saw 1 to 5 inches of snow. Raleigh, North Carolina measured about 9 inches, as the major storm track remained south of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
Florida
Cross City
Texas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Plains
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Atlantic
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Raleigh
N.C
Boy Knocked Down In City By Auto
Larry Blair a 12 year old of 2A West Fourth street suffered thigh contusions after being struck by Donald B May of 240 South Carroll street while crossing West Fourth street near Market. May said cars parked on the south side blocked traffic and Blair darted from behind a car into the street. He braked but the impact occurred as Blair moved from south to north. Blair was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital late Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Blair
West Fourth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Market Street
Donald B. May
South Carroll Street
Lieut
Ben Phebus
May
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Federal Housing Administration
White House
Charleston
W. Va
Ufi
State Road Commission
Montbeliard-Doubs
France
Europe
Evan
Lutheran
New York
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