Board to pick best man for mayoral vacancy
Frederick Mayor Elmer F. Munshower says the Board of Aldermen will elect the best man for the mayoralty when the time comes. He does not name a candidate and notes he must be confirmed by the State Senate before vacancy action. He praises the board’s record and says politics will not drive the choice. He also reveals he met with State Police officials to discuss budgeting after being named superintendent.
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Board of Aldermen
Elmer F. Munshower
State Senate
Frederick
Pikesville
McKeldin
Col. Carey Jarman
Gambling Drain: Big Share Of Spending Goes To Wagers
Washington reports organized gambling consumes about 20 billion dollars annually, far exceeding clothing and shoes spending and dwarfing auto, gas, oil, and furniture outlays. The Senate Crime Committee cautions the figure is a best guess and may double count. Totals show consumer spending near 195.8 billion, with food and drink at 62.1 billion and housing at 11.2 billion in 1940 estimates.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
United States
Commerce ‘Department
Federal Reserve Board
Grand Union Cuts Steak Prices Amid Wholesale Decline
New York March 1 Grand Union Co a large eastern food chain cut sirloin steak 20 cents a pound and porter house 10 cents to 79 cents and 89 cents respectively effective in metropolitan and suburban areas. Lamb chops also dropped 10 cents to 99 cents a pound yesterday reflecting lower wholesale prices.
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New York
Grand Union Co
Porterhouse
Grand Union
Thurmont Bill Problem Is Thought Solved
State Sen Ramsburg says Attorney General opinion clears taxing authority issues for Thurmont. He plans second reading with amendments to align taxable limits with corporate bounds and extend or limit powers as allowed by law. Officials propose no referendum and proceed with the bill while considering sidewalks gutters and building lines powers.
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Attorney General
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Thurmont
Ramsburg
Frederick County
Auto Price Order Is Due
Washington March 1 The Office of Price Stabilization announced it expects to issue an automobile price order today and said it will be more than a simple extension of the present order An OPS spokesman would say little but his remark raised the possibility of small increases in prices for new autos The current order dated December 18 holds new car prices at December 1 levels and expires today Confirmation of any price rise could not be obtained from OPS
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Trumen
Presidents
Bricker
Ohio
Senate House
Committee On Mobilzation
Humphrey D-Minn
Labor
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Green
Murray
Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Cyrus S. Ching
Wage Stabilization Board
John Dunlop
Clark Kerr
Mr. Truman
Chrysler
Ford
International Harvester
Eric Johnston
Reads Board Bill Ready At Annapolis
Frederick County awaits an emergency bill in the General Assembly to restore appointive powers to the roads board and funding to the county commissioners. If enacted and signed, appointments could begin May 1, likely the first Republican on the Roads Board. The measure restructures member areas, raises salaries, and reintroduces a yearly master plan public meetings program for road building.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frederick County
General Assembly
Roads Board
John Messler
Johnsville
Lion
Roger H. Willard
Maryland
Wilson Runkles
Held In Jail After Stabbing Man
John F. Palmer was arrested by city police on East street for stabbing John Hughes. Hughes, colored, 321 East Church street, is in Frederick Memorial Hospital with stomach wounds and a fair condition. Palmer is charged with assault and battery, held on $500 bond pending a hearing after a 9:45 p.m. brawl on East street.
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John F. Palmer
East Street
John Hughes
East Church Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Palmer
Lieut
Dorsey
Twentey
Boost
Hughes
Price Reductions In Russia Hailed By Reds
Moscow reports the Soviet press hails announced commodity price reductions and contrasts them with the fabulously rising prices in the United States and other Western nations. The dispatch notes domestic praise and Western price trends as the comparison highlights.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Plot Laid To RFC Director In Lustron Case
Carl G. Strandlund accused RFC director Walter Dunham E Merl Young and Rex Jacobs of leading a clique to seize control of the Lustron Corporation plant in Columbus. He testified before a Senate Banking subcommittee probing RFC influence amid political pressure.
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Washington
Carl G. Strandlund
RFC
Walter Dunham
E. Merl Young
Rex Jacobs
Detroit
Lustron Corporation
Columbus
Strandlund
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Young
White House
AFC
New York
Campaign For Red Cross Opens In Frederick County
The 1951 Red Cross drive opens in Frederick city and county seeking 13000 with hundreds of volunteers mobilizing. General Chairman Charles V. Main City Chairman Cyril Klein and County Chairman H. Bradley Jones appeal for support in a Wednesday broadcast. March 4 will be Red Cross Sunday and ministers urged to announce from the pulpit. Local merchants display windows on Market and Patrick streets and flags with the red emblem will grace light poles as trailers and shorts promote the drive. The aldermen and mayor issue a public support proclamation. The local goal is 3000, national goal 85000000. The Korea conflict enlarges blood programs and necessitates greater Red Cross aid across all fields. Veterans affairs pressures and Civil Defense training push broader mobilization and reactivation of World War II committees.
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Red Cross
Frederick
Charles V. Main
Cyril Klein
H. Bradley Jones
Mr. Main
Korea
Service Club
Adm
Allen G. Quynn
Patrick Streets
Quynn
Elmer F. Munshower
Veterans’ Administration
Civil Defense
Astor Cab Co union reaches new driver contract
Cumberland report states the Astor Cab Co and 37 Local 453 AFL drivers agreed on terms. Union agent C. E. Stutzman said six months plus drivers will receive 40 percent of receipts and 45 percent of the amount over $90 in a week. Previously the same base but over $100 after one year.
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Cumberland
Astor Cab Co
AFL Teamsters Union
C. E. Stutzman
Licenses Required for Shipments to Soviet Bloc
Washington announces new policy requiring licenses for shipment of any article to the Soviet bloc starting tomorrow. The Commerce Department stated the move aims to control trade with allied nations and monitor exports to the region.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Soviet Bloc
Fatally Beaten Woman Found Near Baltimore Home
Thelma Parker, 44, an assembly-line worker at the Glenn L. Martin aircraft plant, was found fatally beaten near her Baltimore apartment early today.
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Baltimore
Thelma Parker
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft
Railroads And Unions End Wage Dispute Settlement
Washington reports a settlement between railroads and 15 non operating unions. A 4 2 cent hourly raise for 1,000,000 workers, with later 4 cent boosts tied to the cost of living and productivity, is agreed. No further raises until Oct. 1, 1953. quarterly adjustments tied to the index begin April 1.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
White House
Cio-Auto
George E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executives Association
Midtis
Snow and Cold Grip Midwest Weather Stirs Snowbound Areas
The Associated Press reports a wintry storm sweeping the Midwest with snow, rain, and winds up to 40 mph. Northern Great Lakes areas saw heavy snow while the southern Great Lakes and lower Ohio valley faced rain and showers. Subzero temps were forecast in the Dakotas Montana Minnesota and Wisconsin, with Calumet Michigan at 32 inches above ground.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Lake Snperior
Canadian
Lemmon
N. D
Fargo
Calumet Mich
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New England
Pedestrians Struck At Square Corner In Odd Accident
Two teens, James D. Toms aged 18 and George T. Pearl aged 17, were bumped by a car at the Square Corner around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday. Both were later discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital after treatment for shock and a minor report of injury. Driver Homer A. Bolyard of New Market faced charges for failing to yield to pedestrians and posted collateral of 11,451 pending a hearing.
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James D. Toms
West South Street
George T. Pearl
Lander
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Toms
Pearl
Homer A. Bolyard
New Market
Sherman Boone
Torns
North Market Street
Square
Bolyard
West Patrick Street
East Patrick Street
Labor Walks Out On U S Mobilizing
President Truman faced a defense mobilization crisis as labor leaders boycotted the program, threatening wage and price controls. The walkout spurred calls for investigations by Bricker and Humphrey, with Labor urging resignations from defense posts and targeting Charles E. Wilson. Officials warned of possible auto and steel wage increases and broader industrial unrest if the wage ceiling remained closed.
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Washington
Truman
United Labor Policy Committee
Old Timam Thalia Named As Astronomical Body
Washington reports the object once thought to be a new minor planet is actually the long known asteroid Thalia. First noted in the 18th century, Thalia approaches Earth every five years or so at distances between 100 million and 260 million miles. It measures about 50 miles across.
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Washington
Navy
Reds Agree To Big Meet For Big Four Talks
Moscow reports Russia accepts a western proposal for a Big Four Deputy Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris on March 5 to lay groundwork for a potential Big Four Foreign Ministers conference. The deputies will map an agenda and assess potential talks, aiming to ease global tension since Potsdam. The last ministers’ meeting was in 1949 over Austria independence.
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Moscow
Russia
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Austria
Bank Robbery in Owings Yields $40,000. Five Captured
Five armed men robbed the Owings branch of the County Trust Co this morning, seizing about $40,000 before fleeing in a maroon sedan. Police from Prince Georges and neighboring counties pursued and captured the suspects in Upper Marlboro about 30 minutes later. The men, identified as Chester Callet, Jack Beson, Alton James East, Manley Blevins, and Robert Barlow, were all Baltimore residents. O. F. Bowens, the bank’s cashier, said the holdup began around 9:20 AM with threats and orders to vault staff and customers. The escape route and details showed a coordinated, nonfatal daytime robbery.
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Owings
Upper Marlboro
Prince Georges County
The
County Trust Co
A. Mt
Robert Tichnell
Liemen
Maroon Sedan
Anne Arundel
Prince Georges
Calvert
Halif
Tichnell
Robert Pearson
Chester Callet
First Street
Baltimore
Jack Beson
General Delivery
Alton James East
West North Avenue
Manley Blevins
United States
Robert Barlow
Linden Street
Washington
Prince Georges-Anne Arundel County
Chesapeake Bay
O. F. Bowens
Bowen
Key Heights Won At Point Of Bayonets
American Marines on a hillside bared dugouts captured two key hills near Hoengsong as part of a renewed central Korea push against 40,000 Communist troops. U S jets clashed with MiGs near the Manchurian border, while Allied forces reported several enemy positions damaged or destroyed and a broader but limited advance across the front.
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Tokyo
Hoengsong
Korea
Manchurian
Sand Island
Han River
U. 5
Doughboys
Maurice Reach
Memphis
U. N
Taft Warns Against A Garrison State For 20 Years
Baltimore March 1 Senator Taft urged a definite limit on troops sent to Europe saying the nation cannot become a garrison state for 20 years. He stressed Congress must decide overseas dispatches, called the issue political and economic, and warned against overreach while citing tax limits and domestic concerns. He spoke at a testimonial dinner for Senator-elect John Marshall Butler amid election disputes involving Millard Tydings.
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Baltimore
Taft
Rohio
Europe
Congress
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Butler
CIO
Earl Browder
Senate
Browder
United States Senate
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Tat
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Munshower
U.S
Annapolis
Key West
Fla
Reds
Hoengsong Heights
General Motors
Garrison State
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