City survey aims to chart veterans housing needs
Mayor Lloyd Culler and county officials approved a $200 joint survey to count Frederick veterans in need of housing. J. P. Lazzati of Maryland Veterans Housing Commission outlined mailing questionnaires to determine current quarters, income, and preferred housing options. The effort seeks federal funds and potential state support, with 4227 county veterans on selective service records and a plan for 100 new housing units prioritized for veterans.
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City
J. P. Lazzati
Maryland Veterans Housing Commission
Lloyd C. Culler
William B. Burall
Samuel H. Youngs
John L. Shaw
Frederick
Thetate
Maryland
Frederick County
Shaw
Housing Authority
Frederick City
Quake Shocks Felt Across Southern California Areas
A moderate earthquake awakened residents over a wide Southern California belt early today with no damage reported. It struck at 12 13 and was followed by a aftershock a minute later, shaking homes and windows in San Bernardino Riverside Upland and Pomona. A Feb 19 quake had jolted the Los Angeles area. A separate report notes a strong quake near the Philippines was detected by Boston College seismograph station last night lasting about three hours with center far from land.
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Los Angeles
California
Tts
San Bernardino Valley
San Bernardino
Riverside
Upland
Pomona
Philippines
Weston
Mass
Philippine Islands
Boston College
Daniel Linehan
S. J
Here
Segregation Question Sparks Jail and Montevue Merger Talk
County Commissioners weigh combining the jail and Montevue in one facility to improve segregation. Sheriff Guy Anders notes noise and disturbances from inmates, with calls for guardable, segregated housing if merged. Charles F. Bowers will study the plan and State Engineer John Funk will be consulted on financing and public works approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevue
Guy Anders
Commissi
Charles F. Bowers
Paul Green
John B. Funk
Frederick County selects Katherine L. Thomas welfare director
Katherine L. Thomas, a Frederick County native and Hood College graduate, begins as executive director of the Frederick County Board of Public Welfare. Her career includes posts in Queen Annes, Baltimore training, and Carroll County, succeeding George H. Finch who resigned to teach at Texas College for Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Countian
Katherine L. Thomas
Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick
Thomas
Queen Annes
Welfare Board
Department of Welfare
Baltimore
Carroll County
Miss Thomas
George H. Finch
Texas College For Women
Civil Service
Mr. Finck
Elizabeth Wolfe
Thurmont Bonds Sold for Streets and Sewers
The Thurmont town commissioners sold a 25.00 bond issue to Alexander Brown and Sons Baltimore at 100.189 with 2.5 percent interest. Bonds mature yearly until liquidated in 1963 for street, sewer, and improvement work amid a 1,600 population and 1947 assessed property value of 993,076 with total debt 38,060.
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Corporation of
Thurmont
Alexander Brown and Sons
Baltimore
Commissioners of
Free Chest X rays for 7000 to 8000 Frederick residents
The Frederick County Health and Tuberculosis Association will sponsor a county wide program offering free chest X rays from April 26 to May 25. A state owned portable X ray unit will visit Frederick Brunswick Thurmont Emmitsburg and other sites with school buses possible to transport students. Target groups include high school and college students and teachers with expansion toward industrial workers if time permits.
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Frederick County Health and Tuberculosis Association
Thomas E. Williams
County Health Department
Maryland State Department of Health
Maryland State Tuberculosis Association
Frederick
the Health Association
Williams
Donald Roop
E. H Sponseller
Ruth K. Graham
Mildred Ellis
State TB Association
WR Evans
Brunswick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Board of Education
Hood
Mt St Marys
St. Joseph’s College
St. John’s High School
St. Euphemia’s
Frederi Brunswick
Walkersville
Middletown
Liberty
Lincoln High
Woman Of 38 Is Now Expecting 22d Child
Atlanta March 1 A 38 year old mother Mrs Maud Ethel Pope says she is mighty tickled to be expecting her 72nd child The feature notes she has named 17 or more daughters in the family record and recalls meeting her husband a year after he proposed She says she asked him if he drank liquor and he replied no Her first child was born when she was 12.
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Atlanta
Maud Ethel Pope
Three Leap Day Babies Born at Frederick Memorial Hospital
Three baby boys born Sunday February 29 at Frederick Memorial Hospital face nonannual birthdays. Parents include Mr and Mrs Paul Devilbiss of New Windsor, Mr and Mrs Howard Marker of Middletown, and Mr and Mrs Meredith E Boyer of Middletown. Birthday anniversaries will occur next on February 29, 1952.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul Devilbiss
New Windsor
Howard [ Marker
Middletown
Meredith E. Boyer
Truman Puts Finns Begin Delay On 48 Talks Over U S Pact
Key West Florida March 1 President Truman blamed Presidential year politics for delaying settlement of major foreign and domestic issues. He favored a Soviet Finnish pact only if accepted in Moscow and signaled openness to talks with Premier Stalin. He avoided commenting on political maneuvers at home and discussed housing and foreign affairs needing bipartisan support.
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Truman
U.S
Key West
Fla
Congress
Stalin
Russia
Washington
Virginia
William Tuck
Virgina
Helsiki
Sions
Juho Paasikivi
KL. Kulo
Socialist Uni Party
Popular Democrats
Socialist Unity Party
Mauno Pekkala
Pekkala
Eino Hilpi
Paasikivi
Moscow
Helsinki
Soviet Union
Finland
KR. A. Fagerholm
Stockholm
Sweden
Pasikivi
Weather flips from snow to rain with milder February record
Weather Bureau reports an 18 hour 48 degree drop in temperature, then cloudiness kept the fall to 26 degrees. Saturday's 74 degree high marked the third warm February day in 16 years, with lingering cold fronts and a lion like March forecast.
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Buvreau
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Negro Fare Shoots Baltimore Taxi Driver
A taxi driver, Peter Finnegan, reports a Negro fare forced him to drive to a private road near a cemetery, stole $12, and shot him in the arm after the driver fell. The taxi rolled down a hill and hit a tree before Finnegan sought help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Peter
Ition
Finnegan
Lane Removes Clark As Head Of Commission
Annapolis March 1 Lane has asked for the resignation of Chairman John E Clark of the Tidewater Fisheries Commission. The letter was delivered to Clark at his Bel Air home by special messenger and no reply had arrived by noon today. Clark, a former General Assembly member, has been involved in a controversy regarding the commission patrol force and its leadership.
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Annapolis
Goevener Lane
Resi Nation
John E. Clark
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Toda
Clark
Bel
Uhere
Bel Air
General Assembly
Thas
Corr
Amos S. Creightton
Red Cross Drive Opens in Frederick County
The Red Cross opens a $14 100 fund drive for the Frederick County Chapter with early gifts and high industrial pledges. Daniel J. Thomas leads as general chairman as the drive begins in city and county with volunteers and posters, a house to house canvass, and a March 31 kickoff dinner.
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Frederick County
American Red Cross
Daniel J. Thomas
Frederick Tailoring Company
Lincoln Tailoring Company
J. Tyson Lee
Farman Staley
Market
Patrick Streets
Red Cross
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Robert L. Smith
Thomas
Smith
Waskey
Claude H. Carl
Hauvers
J. W. Briscoe
Urbana
Paul A. Zimmerman
New Market
George Nevin
Federated Charities
South Market Street
Red Cross Center
North Court Street
Market Street
Yeas
Koreans To Vote May 9 Under UN Observation
The United States announced plans to proceed with a general election in Korea on May 9 under United Nations observation to name delegates and establish a Korean government. Gen John F L a led a Seoul ceremony marking a 29th anniversary of their future independence. the U N supported conducting elections and ignoring Russian opposition. The Army reported no disorders on Sam Ji Day as a mass meeting in Seoul Stadium saw one incident and the Little Assembly urged the UN Korea commission to proceed with elections despite the Russian stance.
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United Seou States
United Nations
John FL
South Korea
Thursda
U. N. Little Assembly
Korea
Seoul Stadium
Little Assembly
U. N. Commission For Korea
Russia
North Korea
Snyder Pushes for Truman Tax Plan Over HUD Reform
Treasury Secretary Snyder urges House to abandon the $6.56 billion income tax cut and back President Truman's $40 per person relief and cost of living adjustment. He warns against premature revenue weakening and testifies to the Senate Finance Committee as the House bill H R 4790 would tax relief skewed to higher earners. Washington observers expect a $5 billion to $5.3 billion cut in Congress with Truman’s plan favored by Republicans and Treasury critics.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Satll
Conress
Truman
Hoase
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Congress
Atlantic
Michigan
Europe
Vandenberg
Western Europe
Foreign Relations Committee
Woman Leader Of Nazis Held In Germany Arrest
Frau Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, 46, longtime head of the Nazi women’s branch, was arrested near Tubingen in the French zone by U S Army agents. Her former husband Col August Heissmeyer was also arrested. She had been sought by the United Nations War Crimes Commission and was linked to Nazi recruitment of German women for childbirth.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Frau Gertrud
Schultz-Kink
Nazi Party
U.S. Army
Tuebingen
Heinrich Himmler
Col
August Heissmeyer
Cal. Heissmeyer
Hermann Costling
Nuernberg
Frau Scholtz-Klink
Konstanz
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Gamx
Adolf
Army
Stars and Aid
Letters granted in Orphans Court in Ruth G. Stone estate
Walter E. Stone was granted letters of administration in Orphans Court for Ruth G. Stone's estate. He resides at 366 North College Parkway and reported personal assets not exceeding 3,000 dollars. A Brazilian Air Force C-47 crash near Belem left only three of 26 aboard alive, per Asapress dispatch dated March 3.
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Ruth G. Stone
Orphans Court
Walter E. Stone
North College Parkway
Rio de Janeiro
Belem
Asapress
Impairment Of Navy Deplored By California Rep
Rep. Sheppard bills the Navy cannot cope with a major emergency due to budget cuts. He blames the Budget Bureau and Congress for trimming the 1949 Navy budget, warns it would take months to reassemble ships, and urges the Appropriations Committee to override the Bureau. Also notes Radcliffe named chairman of the Starvland committee for Europe relief and Spain seeking a US loan of 200 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sheppard
D-Calif
Truman
Congress
House Appropriations
Californian
Navy
Budget Bureau
Department
Appropriations Committee
United States
E Street
Maryland Local Weather Forecast By AP
Mostly cloudy and moderately cold today through Tuesday. Rain or snow possible Tuesday. Temperatures peak in the upper 30s today with tonight's lows near the upper 20s. Frederick and Washington County forecasts indicate similar conditions and chilly trends.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Frederick
Washington
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Stern Gang
New York
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