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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1948
Page
3
Orchardists reported an unusually warm March with Peach and apple buds swelling ahead of normal and in some spots showing green tips. They fear a late frost could nip blooms, while maples and lilacs bloom and pasture greens up. Weather Bureau foresees a low in the 40s and a high near 60 with light showers.
Washington reports House Appropriations Committee approved an immediate 55 million dollar grant to tide over Austria France and Italy until long range foreign aid becomes law. The bill also includes 500 million for tax refunds and 125 thousand for relief among Indians. The action follows 522 million appropriated last year for winter relief while addressing errors in a past President request and noting severe winter impacts on Indian funds.
New York stock market moved at its briskest pace in almost a year with heavy early trading and brief tape delays. Trading showed uneven results as gains appeared, but many pivotals slipped into negative territory amid variable activity and 1,000 to 6,090 share blocks changing hands.
This NEA column asks readers to imagine guiding U S policy as Truman or Marshall. It weighs options like issuing statements, diplomacy, or new military training, and argues for robust defense, universal military training, and renewed push for European recovery and aid programs amid rising Cold War tensions.
Berlin March 22 United States occupation head Gen Lucius D Clay said the United States will stay in Berlin by agreement while Russians boycott four power government work. He noted control council chairs rotate to the Americans next month and said he has not fixed a session plan for April. A top American called the Russian break possibly leading to a Communist controlled German government in place of the council.
A reliable informer says Waad Leumi will declare a Jewish state in Palestine today or tomorrow. Tel Aviv is described as the administrative center and provisional government control sits with a 32 member Leumi committee. Ben Gurion and Abba Hillel Silver weigh in on the move as Zionists push for international recognition.
Baltimore March 22 author and farmer Louis Bromfield will speak at the Maryland Friends of the Land conservation rally tomorrow. The one day meeting covers Grass Land Farming with speakers including Governor Lane Paul W. McKee and Alfred H. Williams highlighting soil conservation efforts.
Finnish delegation led by Foreign Minister C J A Enckell arrived in Moscow to negotiate an airship treaty with the Soviet Union. A large Moscow diplomatic corps welcomed the visitors at Leningrad station in a ceremony attended by Andrei Vishinsky and other Soviet officials. One arrest was docketed overnight, Preston Byrd of 225 Phobus avenue charged with disturbing the peace in a separate incident.
An explosion wrecked the thickly populated Iraq street in Haifa’s Arab section. A government spokesman cited many casualties while police reported a Jewish truck loaded with explosives detonated there. Witnesses described block after block of damaged buildings and homes with many Arabs believed buried. Earlier Haganah sources claimed 20 Arabs and four Jews killed during an Arab attack on Nizania in southern Palestine.
James Marlow reports that President Truman argues the world is in crisis due to communism and the United States must follow the democratic process, which slows action. The plan via Marshall aid to Europe awaits House approval, while Europe and Asia brace for Communist moves. Congress debates drafts and funding as election year distractions loom.
In Barnstable Mass on March 22 a 13 year old girl halted a bellicose bull with two cows and a calf that blocked Route 6 for half an hour. Dolly Van Duren rode up on her horse and shouted scat. The animals then moved off as motorists watched.
Belgrade protests vigorously to the western powers over the plan to restore Trieste to Italy. Tito’s government says the approach risks fanning chauvinist hatreds and harming peace, while not rejecting the proposal itself. Diplomats note possible Soviet interest and an opening for action by Yugoslavia.
Associate Judge Patrick AL Schnauffer heard a case over 292 acre New Market farm sold for 25 000 where Edward M. McClain claims ownership of fixtures. Tenants Jesse M. Burall contend chicken houses brooders stanchions and other items are their property. A temporary injunction shields the fixtures pending final order. attorney W Clinton McSherry argues Burall owed no contract to McClain with ownership tied to Jennie Detrick of Baltimore.
Pravda denounces President Truman's address to Congress as a panic policy. The Soviet reply portrays the plan as anti communist and war hawkish, aiming to divert attention from domestic economic woes and the broader failures of the current administration.
Weather outlook from the Associated Press for Maryland counties Washington Allegany and Garrett. Today will be considerably cloudy and cooler with showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. highs near 70s and lows around the upper 40s. Tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler with possible showers and scattered thunder storms and squalls. today’s high near 80, tonight’s low about 52.
Hood College Town Hall group presented Our Inalienable Rights with six authorities debating civil liberties. Panelists included Carl Bassett, Francis Adams Henson, Mrs. Robert Lewis, Virginia Lewis, Dr. Kenneth Walker, and Mrs. James Wechsler. Debate covered free nations versus totalitarianism, liberty limits, loyalty programs, and government inquiry into political opinions. Audience participation followed.
Washington March 22 The House Foreign Affairs committee warned the survival of the United States is at stake in the effort to halt Communism and aid Europe and China. It backed a 6,205,000,000 bill to provide economic and military assistance to Western Europe China Greece and Turkey, saying passage is virtually assured and the program is essential to prevent a unbalanced world and rising Moscow dominance.
Washington March 22 universal training would give a stockpile of time for an emergency. Sixteen hours of preparation for each trainee. Dr Karl Compton testified before the Senate Armed Services committee considering Truman's draft plan. He urged more training to meet modern war needs and quick dispersion of reserves. Secretary Marshall and Forrestal invited to appear. Separately Hawken School boys from Cleveland and Maryland on a six day historic tour stayed at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with instructors. Washington budget surplus rose above 86 trillion for the first time in history.
Thomas H. Smith, colored, about 55, was admitted in fair condition to Frederick Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right hand after a trap he allegedly set on the King estate near Catoctin Furnace while watching for trout poachers. Trooper Kenneth Bona said the weapon was fired to scare trespassers. the incident occurred about 6:30 Sunday evening.
A large Autocar tractor trailer stolen from York Pennsylvania was found abandoned on South Market Street hill Sunday. It belonged to R J Eichelberger of York who came to retrieve it and said he had no idea why the vehicle was left there. The truck still had fuel, and police recovered it after the Sunday discovery. A separate note mentions a flock of geese seen flying over Third Street at 6:20 PM heading north.
The People of London reports Princess Elizabeth is expected to become a mother in October in a first definite British prediction. Buckingham Palace issued the standard no comment. The paper notes an anticipated announcement may cancel public engagements in coming weeks.
De Gasperi and Bidault held a private three hour meeting in Crea near Turin and spoke of a United States of Europe. They announced Western powers proposed returning Trieste to Italy, a move that could influence Italian elections and bolster Franco Italian ties amid Cold War pressures.
A meeting at the Marsland M C A at 7 30 p m aims to select ten boys under 16 by March 28 to form Marsland’s team for the national teenage basketball tourney of the Amvets in Washington Thursday through Saturday. Thomas Glass invites interested locals to attend. The tour includes White House visits, meetings with Senators and Congressmen, a trip to Annapolis, naval base sabines, jet planes at Andress Field, FBI sights, and an educational tour. All expenses paid and chaperoned.
Senator Tobey of New Hampshire warned that federal rent controls likely die next week unless the House abandons its home rule provision. He projected conferees will reach agreement, implying House action would be cautious despite the pact. Maryland tax collections show a roughly 33 percent increase over July figures from the previous year.
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