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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1953
Page
2
Defense manpower chief Anna Rosenberg urged a 52,000 monthly draft through next June to keep strength at 3.6 million, with tighter deferments. She favored calling fathers first, reassessing dependency and student deferments, and boosting women volunteers to raise combat potential.
ANNAPOLIS January 18 The state budget may reach 190 million dollars with Democrats seeking tax cuts. Gov McKeldin doubts feasibility while House leaders Logan and Goldstein pledge to comb the Republican plan for targets. Senate President Della Balio and Boone Baltimore back tax reduction efforts. Fiscal analysis director Mauck to prepare a detailed financial survey as lawmakers weigh future spending and revenue projections.
Washington January 18 The Agriculture Department said a farm land boom driven by wartime food demand has halted Prices of farm real estate showed no significant change in the four months ending November 1 marking the first period since the Korean War with no rise in land prices The levelling off followed declining farm product prices and was worsened by drought across the Southwest and Northern Great Plains.
An itinerant painter preacher from Alexandria Va escaped injury after his car ran off North Market Street near the Coca Cola Bottling plant and struck a telephone pole. Frank Albert Krebs was charged with driving at excessive speed. The crash occurred as he attempted to pass another auto and a third car pulled from the Coca Cola plant. Krebs said he reached for a Bible verse when the accident happened. A separate minor crash occurred on West Patrick Street near Jefferson Street involving Belvin H Gladhill and George M Reed with minor damage. Multiple arrests followed for intoxication disorderly conduct and related charges, including Clyde N Moxley Lawrence T Wilkerson Merl Johnson Clara belle Brown James G Redington and George R Drew among others.
Braddock Grange met Tuesday with Master George Stone presiding. An application from Philip Wertheimer was received. Plans were made for the community service project and sale of garden seeds. Officers to be installed Thursday in Middletown by the Pomona Youth Degree team. Historic Burnside Bridge at Antietam Battlefield closed due to heavy truck damage.
Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr dropped breaking and entering charges against John Clabaugh of Thurmont after a preliminary hearing. He found insufficient evidence and noted a broader pattern of Hallowe'en property takeovers in Thurmont.
Nearly a hundred residents in the Thurmont-Creas town area are being inoculated with gamma globulin by local physicians with health department help to stamp out an epidemic of infectious hepatitis. Nineteen cases are reported in the county’s north part. Dr Forbes H. Burgess, county health officer, secured state permission to use gamma globulin supplied by the American Red Cross. adults and children in families of known victims will be inoculated. The gamma globulin, also used for polio and measles, is effective but scarce and requires state authorization for use.
Senator Taft says Republicans weigh a disqualification law to allow Charles E. Wilson to become defense secretary despite holdings in General Motors. The move follows a bid to let a department head step aside in matters involving a company with his financial stake, a choice under bipartisan discussion.
The Young Men's Bible Society of Frederick County held its 182nd annual session at First Baptist church with Rev. Edward B. Willingham of National Baptist Memorial Church Washington as speaker. R. Ames Hendrickson presides. 193 testaments given to new inductees. rosters list many church representatives and directors across multiple denominations.
Reports from Tehran say Ravin a village of about 20 people in Kerman province was destroyed by a quake yesterday. Eleven killed and many injured as relief supplies are rushed from Tehran to the disaster site.
President elect Eisenhower named Murray Snyder a top press aide from the New York Herald Tribune to be assistant press secretary. The 41 year old newsman will earn eleven thousand dollars yearly.
Frederick architect Frederik Gutheim addressed Rotary at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, urging intelligent preservation of historic areas to preserve Frederick’s character. He warned against indiscriminate conservation and outlined five criteria for evaluating edifices, stressing the role of architecture, era virtues, and notable associations in guiding demolition decisions.
National Grange Master Herschel D Newsom of Indiana spoke at Frederick High School as part of the joint meeting of the Frederick Production Credit Association and National Farm Loan Association. He praised the farm credit system and noted land banks and production credit associations seek more self rule. Newsom highlighted farm credit impact, thanked the audience, and discussed national farm policy while introductions and local reports followed. The session also announced a 3 percent dividend and reported loans totals for the year, with PCA ownership and taxes noted. George J Martin of Emmitsburg was appointed chairman of the Maryland Production and Marketing Administration State Committee, succeeding James A Cottman.
Frederick Jaycees promote Lite-a-bumper safety tape, enough sold to fit 360 automobiles. Tape endorsed by city and State Police, sold by Jaycees, service stations, and auto stores nationwide. Local sale planned on South Court Street this evening and Saturday afternoon.
A large crowd gathered at the Court House corridor to bid on seven Frederick residences owned by the late Dr. V. Smith. Total bids reached 47 475 with the 18 600 price for 300 Rockwell Terrace bought by Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Butcher Jr. Several other brick homes on West Fifth and Jefferson streets sold for amounts from 4 000 to 5 400. All properties carry monthly tenancies and were sold by trustee William M. Storm with A Grant Hooper as auctioneer.
Philadelphia reports W L Myers, chairman of President-elect Eisenhower's Interim Commission on Agriculture, warns a recession may come in the middle of the 1950s. He notes the defense and housing boom as props, cites peak construction, and sees price leveling with risks if housing and defense decline coincide. He urges farmers to maintain output, cut costs, reduce debts, and build reserves. A second item notes Edward Lawrence Gilson, 17, missing from Baltimore, last seen downtown after payday.
U S reports say a Navy Neptune patrol plane was shot down off the South China coast by Communist anti aircraft guns. A rescue plane sank on takeoff with 10 survivors. 21 aboard the two planes. Ten survivors were picked up, with more possible. British and American ships rushed to the scene near Swatow as authorities sought to verify the crash and rescue status.
The Maryland Bar Association urged unifying Baltimore six court system into one bench. About 300 attorneys attended. Frank T. Gray introduced the resolution, backed by former Judge Joseph Sherbow. At the winter dinner, tribute was paid to retired Chief Judge Charles Markell with praise from Herbert R. O Conor and Judge W. Calvin Chesnut. The group also called to end magistrates routing cases through other magistrates in the city, aligning with county practice.
Investigators identified a skeleton found on a West Baltimore estate as possibly Mrs Ernestine Zayac a 42 year old German immigrant reported missing last July A wrist watch found with the remains may belong to her though her husband disputes that identification A preliminary exam by Dr Russell S Fisher indicates the skull is intact suggesting no fatal head blow.
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