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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1946
Page
6
A month with minimal rainfall left most areas below normal, stalling corn and truck crops in Frederick. The Japanese beetle infestation worsened with widespread damage to shrubs and flowers, while beetle traps drew more pests. Weather officials predict possible thunderstorms but no immediate relief.
Nine people died and 25 were hospitalized after a gas main was punctured by a worker in a cellar, blasting four two story buildings in a Buzzards Bay village. Army Lt. Bassett described the blast as like a blockbuster as debris and glass injured residents. The last body was recovered about nine hours after the explosion.
Tokyo report says a Yale educated engineer and two Japanese professors have devised a method to raise gasoline engine efficiency by using improved Siemens Junkers injectors instead of a carburetor to introduce gas mixtures. In Baltimore, Charles M. Sinclair says the 29th Division Association has not joined demands for a special legislative session to study veterans benefits.
DEWITT MACKENZIE argues that peace in China affects world peace as rival Communist and Nationalist forces clash along the Yangtze. He notes US aid plans, a possible large Chinese army, and a Moscow broadcast alleging US interference, warning of a prolonged civil war with wide international consequences.
Georgia primary returns show Gene Talmadge winning a majority of county unit votes in a Democratic primary opened to Black voters. James V. Carmichael led the total vote count, but the county unit system grants rural counties outsized influence. a candidate must carry a county to win its unit votes.
New York July 19 1944 Murray W Garsson named as a defendant in a 43000 suit filed in Supreme Court The action brought by Samuel Green assignee of First Pan American Mercantile Corporation accuses misrepresentation in the purchase of the Greenbrier mining property in West Virginia Marshall Martin is also named Garsson’s attorney entered a general denial.
Baltimore police report an assistant manager on North Charles Street robbed of 5600 while en route to a bank last night. The incident occurred as he accompanied cash to a financial institution.
Washington reports say OPA revival prospects fell as CIO called for a national buyers strike and wage boosts. Senate House conferees rejected a House ban on future ceilings for staples like milk and cheese, while a Republican subcommittee drafted a counter proposal.
Rep. H Streett Baldwin, who finished third in the Maryland Democratic gubernatorial primary, said he will support the full Democratic ticket in November. Speaking at the Baltimore County Court House in Towson, Baldwin declared he is not a poor loser and will back William Preston Lane Jr. and other ticket members, including Baltimore County candidates, at the state convention set for July 23.
United Mine Workers District 50 served notice on the E I DuPont Belle plant demanding portal to portal pay retroactive for ten years. A union spokesman estimated the total running into hundreds of thousands of dollars as Regional Director William Blizard cited a Supreme Court opinion from June 10.
The Evening Sun reports Maryland Governor pay totals about 70 000 annually when including tax free mansion funds and state provided benefits. Governor O Connor’s compensation comprises salary in 4500, travel 2400, auto 2200, chauffeur 1500, household support 844, mansion maintenance 16750 plus estimated home costs. O Connor led the Democratic bid with Dane II and McKeldin as Republican nominee contenders.
Forty one head of dead livestock from the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road wreck near Rees's Mill were moved to the A. F. Rees plants at Hanover and Greencastle with twenty two to Hanover and the rest to Greencastle. A smaller consignment moved to the Hanover Reef plant on Wednesday. The dead stock included 36 steers and five horses though official counts were not released. Odors from the plant drew complaints in Hanover.
Norfolk Virginia July 19 The People of St Lo recall the Twenty ninth Division soldiers who freed the town two years ago today Brig Gen William H Sands then led the artillery and is the re organized unit s new division commander A message from the St Lo mayor honors the soldiers and friendship between the city and the troops
A petition for an immediate hearing on a criminal information was filed by State's Attorney Edwin Nikirk. Thomas Charles Etzler of Union Bridge is in Circuit Court, facing six or seven forgery charges tied to about $100 in cashed checks. Etzler would waive indictment by the grand jury, but no action was taken on the petition.
Several workers were sent to Brunswick to replace seven who did not report for duty Monday after a pay raise request. Officials called the newcomers extra men and expect regular status later, enabling resumed street and water work. Police shortages persist while a conference with city leaders yielded no clear outcome. State Police praised for patrolling the town.
About 60 local post office employees await July salaries after a payless payday caused by a delayed Treasury Post Office Department appropriation bill. Checks are ready but depend on Congress action. In Chicago, fingerprints from Suzanne Degnan's room may influence the Heirens murder case as police pursue leads.
Officials of the CIO United Auto Workers pressed for a weeklong embargo on meat purchases amid a strike that has cracked prices. UAW-CIO president Waller P. Reuther said momentum favors a total Friday Saturday halt. Retailers report slumping demand as Midwestern stockyards fill with shipments and prices fall.
Earl McFarland, 25, a Guadalcanal veteran from Knoxville Tennessee, was executed by electric chair in the District of Columbia jail at 10:05 a.m. He confessed innocence moments before his death and helped guards adjust the chair straps. Chief Justice Vinson denied a last minute stay pending lunacy proceedings.
Kansas City July 1940s Democratic Representative Roger Slaughter accused President Truman of being a prisoner of the Political Action Committee and opposed his stance on Nomination battles as a test of party direction. He spoke after Truman endorsed rival Enos Axtell in a radio speech, signaling intra party tensions. A Paris peace conference delegation and a bomb death in California are also noted in brief items.
A C-47 military transport crashed and burned west of Goodland Kansas last night, killing 10 passengers and three crew members. In Manila, Philippine forces clash with Hukbalahap rebels as 12 military police companies advance with mortars armored cars and heavy machine guns in ongoing fighting around the capital.
In Peoples Court Magistrate Edward J. Smith found Lester H. Foyle of Yellow Springs guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence and fined him 100 dollars plus costs. Foyle appealed to the Circuit Court and was released on a 1,000 dollar bond. A collision at Rockwell Terrace and Dulaney Avenue May 29 was blamed by Foyle on a wheel coming off his car. Police stated no one was injured.
Senate War Investigating Committee issues subpoenas in a Midwest munitions case tied to Erie Basin and Batavia Metal Products firms that saw about 78 million dollars in war orders. Debates over intercession and personal gain surround Kentucky Democrat May and lawmakers Sabath and Barkley.
Local Draft Board officials report few registrations will be callable under the new rules adding men aged 26 to 29. Preliminary instructions hint only a small number may be available, with farm workers given some priority and fathers still exempt. The Army reportedly does not want men over 30.
Funeral services for Frank G. Cover former vice president of the Borden Company will be held in Baltimore Monday morning. Interment follows at Mountain View cemetery Union Bridge Carroll county. He died Wednesday at his summer home in Canada and is survived by his widow five children and a sister Mrs Ethel Robinson of Baltimore. A brother the late Harry Cover was a Baltimore Borden official.
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