All American Airways Inaugurates Frederick Baltimore Flight
The new air service on the Pittsburgh Baltimore Washington route is launched today by All American Airways as part of a 2000 mile feeder network. Frederick gains faster mail and express service and hopes the venture will grow into a valuable regional transportation link for the city and surrounding communities.
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All American Airways, Inc
Pittsburgh
Frederick Airport
Frederick
Baltimore
Willis, Hann
Lescalleet
All American Airways
Bush-bobbing row stirs local fishing policy debate
A March 1949 Frederick News letter critiques angling rules in Maryland citing bush-bobbing as a conservation issue. The writer urges delegates to focus on policy over petty disputes, warning against license hikes to quiet critics. He argues most sportsmen support proper conservation and fair enforcement.
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Frederick
Southern Pig, & Mfg. CO
Agie
Bee Si Barean
Freder
Harry C. Bruchey
East Patrick St. Frederick
Hoover Commission Finds Defense Department Weakest Link
The Hoover Commission concludes the national military establishment set up after 1947 is perilously close to the weakest type of department. It notes discipline at high command is disrupted and urges expanding the secretary of defense in power to coordinate the three services and end interservice quarrels.
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Hoover Commission
Hoover Group
Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense
Jess
Congress
Letter opposes abolishing bush-bobs in county fishing rules
A reader reports 140 sportsmen oppose any measure to ban bush-bobs, arguing the law allows one hook per line and 25 lines or bobs per fisherman. They claim bush-bobs help control marauding fish, and warn the proposed bill would mislead anglers and obscure conservation.
Weather Summary From The Daily Report
The report notes no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 6 30 a m. March data shows normal March precipitation 3 48 inches with actual 3 75 inches. Temperatures yesterday reached 12 degrees with a low last night of 22. Sunset at 6 09 p m. Sunrise tomorrow at 4 33 a m. Moon rises 11 06 a m and sets 2 05 a m.
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News March 7 1899
Blizzard strikes Frederick with inches of snow and cold. A five foot drift halts electric road traffic. Five masked robbers raid Miss Eliza Waltz’s Cavetown house, steal 2500 dollars, tie woman and boy. Charles Utermehie buys Houck livery stable on West Patrick street. Master William DelaPlaine posts top exam score of 98.2 at North Market Street public school. United Fire Company seeks funds for uniforms for the United Drill Association.
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Frederick
Miss Eliza Waltz
Cavetown
Western Maryland
Charles Utermehle
E. S. Houck
West Patrick Street
William Delaplaine
North Market Street
United Fire Company
Capt. Stokes
United Drill Association
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Delinquent city tax list to publish next Monday for about 500 residents if payment isn t made. Robbers ransacked B Frank Doll s home through a front window on West Fourth Street extended, but escaped with less than 2 in cash, passing over about 500 in jewelry and money. Red Arrow Club of Frederick, 17 merchants plus one from Buckeystown, plans to donate about 20600 in merchandise to the community over the next year. Potomac Edison directors report annual net income of 1009240 40 for the year.
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Nicodemus
B. Frank Doll
West Fourth Street
RED Arrow Club OF
Frederick
Buckeystown
The
Potomac Edison Company
Johnson to lead unity drive in armed forces
Washington Daybook reports Louis Johnson named next Secretary of National Defense to unify Army Navy and Air Force, backed by President Truman. Johnson, a veteran infantryman, aims to resolve postwar rifts, handle Germany policy, and manage public relations amid the cold war. General Ike leads NATO prospects as Johnson reshapes Pentagon, seen as a tough, decisive lawyer and longtime kingmaker in the American Legion.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Louis Johnson
National Defense
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Pentagon
Germany
Ike
White House
Harry Woodring
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Harry Truman
American Legion
Lewis
Battery D
the Prez
The
Non-Support Cases Before Magistrate
Two non-support cases heard by Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg in Peoples Court. Curtis Bay defendant Vamneny R. Strine received a six month suspended sentence in the House of Correction. The other hearing was continued indefinitely. Strine was accused by wife Beatrice P. Strine of failing to support two minor children. In the continued case, Georgia M. Webber of Brunswick accused husband Russell M. Webber of not supporting her and their minor child. costs of 2 dollars were paid. Webber was arrested last Friday by County Constable Paul B. Rhoads.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
Vamneny R. Strine
Curtis Bay
House of Correction
Strine
Beatrice P. Strine
West G Street
Brunswick
Georgia M. Webber
East Potomac Street
Russell M. Webber
Webber
Paul B. Rhoads
Mikado at University of Maryland features Spurrier in chorus
Farl Spurrier son of Mr and Mrs Sterling E Spurrier will join the University of Maryland spring production The Mikado as part of the men's chorus. A Liberty High School graduate and junior at the university he participates alongside Anne Ward daughter of Mr and Mrs S J Ward in Jefferson in the women's chorus as the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta runs Monday through Saturday at Central Auditorium College Park.
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Farl Spurrier
Sterling E. Spurrier
University of Maryland
Liberty High School
Sounds Fair Enough Yet Will Working Man Understand It
A Washington column reports on Taft-Hartley court reasoning cited to a Senate Labor Committee case as Gerhard Van Arkel questions how a worker on a picket line could know his free speech rights under complex rulings. It also covers a tariff hearing on Swiss watch movements with senators flashing watches, and a Congress debate over oleomargarine, food costs, and synthetic goods with sharp quips and parliamentary rebukes.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Gerhard van Arkel
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Perry
van Arkel
Walter F. George
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Senator Lucas
Sen
Scott Lucas
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
George
Congress
L. Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
Rivers
Sickness and hospital updates in Brunswick and Frederick
Among the sick in Brunswick, Mr Kay L Crapnil underwent a recent operation at Georgetown Hospital in Washington and is improving. Mrs Lewis G Bartgis of Frederick entered Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Mrs John F Byrne, recently operated on at Frederick Memorial Hospital, returned home to Creagerstown. Mr Ira Wiles, ill for weeks, was moved by C F E Cline and Son ambulance to Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, Room 412, 4th floor.
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Kay L. Crapnil
Brunswick
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
Lewis G. Bartgis
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
John F. Byrne
Creagerstown
Ira Wiles
Agreement on Long Term European Recovery Plan
Paris dispatch reports that Western Europe failed to secure full agreement at a meeting of European trade chiefs and OEEC ministers. Key figures include Sir Stafford Cripps proposing 1952 balance of imports and exports, and W Averell Harriman attending part of the session.
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Paris
Europe
Executive Commission
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
O.E.E.C
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Worms Take Charge Says Lufburrow Report
N A Lufburrow writes that in parts of the old sphere worms are in control. Humans may try to outsmart them, but the worms are winning in certain foreign lands where they have multiplied and forged ahead.
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N. A. Lufburrow
U N Appeals Court Help After Bernadotte Assassination
The United Nations urged the International Court of Justice for protection of its agents amid world trouble spots following the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte, the UN mediator in Palestine, shot in Jerusalem on September 17.
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U.N
Hague
United Nations
International Court of Justice
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Palestine
Jerusalem
Pope Pius XII Opposes Celebration of Coronation Anniversary
Vatican City on March 7 reported Pope Pius XII's wish that no celebration occur on March 12 marking the tenth anniversary of his coronation. The pontiff urged quiet reflection rather than public festivities.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
No undue fear of radiation, expert says after A-bomb blast
Dr Eugene Pendergrass of the University of Pennsylvania argues workers may enter areas affected by air bursts without excessive radiation fear. He notes destruction would be extensive but the doomed two square mile concept is outdated and urban shielding may save many lives.
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Philadelphia
Eugene P. Pendergrass
Uniyversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Hospital
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pendergrass
Hungary Accused of Inciting Border Incidents in Yugoslavia
Belgrade dispatch reports Yugoslavia accusing Hungary of provoking frontier clashes. Borba cites a protest note to Hungary and several border incidents over three months, including alleged Hungarian guards firing across the border with no casualties recorded. The tensions trace to Cominform denunciation eight months earlier.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Borba
Communist Party
Fed
New Exchange Opens After Philadelphia Baltimore Merger
Philadelphia Baltimore stock exchange began functioning today formed by the merger of the two city markets. President William K. Barclay Jr said the union addresses unprofitable operation and serves over seven million people in the combined area. In Munich a U S military commission resumes its eight member spy trial of eight Europeans accused of collecting American military information in Germany for a foreign power. Captain Otakar Feifar testifies most data collected went to Russia and links the Czechoslovakian intelligence service to the spying.
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NEW Exchange
Philadelphia
Mare
Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange
William K. Barclay
Baltimore
Munich
Germany
U. S
Otakar Feifar
Russia
Local Maryland Weather Forecasts for Montgomery and Western Regions
Central Maryland reports mostly sunny to windy and cold today with highs in the upper thirties to low forties, tonight fair and colder with lows 17 to 25, Tuesday fair with milder afternoon. Western Maryland predicts partly cloudy and very cold today with snow flurries in the mountains, highs near 20s to low 30s, tonight fair with lows 12 to 18, Tuesday fair with rising temperatures.
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Maryland
Montgomery County
Who Has To Do Side Glances What About His Income Tax
Washington March 7 The column explains estimated tax returns for 1949. It details who must file by March 15, how to estimate tax, and the four quarterly installments. Examples show how withholding affects obligations for single and married workers and how to use form 1040 ES.
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James Marlow Washington
Jones
Smith
Adams
Internal Revenue Collector
Guarded Bill For CIA Powers Faces House Vote
Washington March 7 a guarded bill to shield U S intelligence agents and extend powers abroad was brought before the House in near secrecy. It would grant the CIA permanent statutory authority, allow hiding budgets, and exempt payrolls from public disclosure. The bill would permit admitting up to 100 aliens annually in exchange for information with Attorney General approval.
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Washington
U. S
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
House Rules Committee
Short
Central Intelligence Agency
Dorothy Dix Columns on Jealous Husbands and Desertion
A 30 year old wife asks if she should leave a jealous husband who believes she is unfaithful. Dorothy Dix warns against urging divorce, noting many wives stay with abusers, and suggests sympathy rather than action. The column also advises a veteran to quit drinking to save his family, and counsels a wife to endure a skirt chasing husband as a passing phase.
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Sally
Mamie
Bulgarian Protestants Denounce Trial as Persecution
In Sofia on March 7 a treason trial of 15 Protestant ministers ended with confessions. The defendants sought mercy as the prosecution pressed for death for ten and long prison terms for the rest. Free Bulgaria mocked the charges as crocodile tears and accused the World Council of Churches of spying for the United States and Britain.
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Free Bulgaria
Sofia
Bulgaria
United States
Britis Legations
Voice of America
Governmet Press Department
World Coucil
Unite States
Britain
Cour
Put Away Childish Things Speaker Says
Mrs Theodor O Wedel wife of the Warden National Cathedral in Washington urged Hood College students at a vesper service to answer Am I a major person The talk outlined three traits of maturity a secure self a widening horizon and perspective and warned that immaturity harms families friends communities nations and world She noted many world problems stem from immature government decisions and stressed self awareness and desire to improve.
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Hood College
Theodor O. Wedel
National
Washinton
Machine Made Clothing Study Field Trip Planned at Hood College
Hood College home economics students will visit the L Aigle dress factory in Hagerstown for a lesson on mass production in clothing. The trip, led by Miss Beth Caster, includes factory tours and two films about fabric design and moderately priced women’s wear. J A Biberman of L Aiglon will guide and explain.
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Hood College
L'Aigle
Hagerstown
Th Department of Home Economics
Beth Caster
Hom Economics
Mas
J. A. Biberman
L’aiglon
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