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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1949

Page

4

East Street Extension Advocated by Local Officials

A special meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen heard a group urge extending East Street north from Eighth to North Market along the Pennsylvania Railroad as a federal aided project. The plan aims to ease traffic and spur eastern industrial growth with an estimated city cost under 50,000.

East Street Eighth Street North Market Street Pennsylvania Railroad Roger H. Willard Russell H. McCain State Roads Commission Chambers of Commerce Frederick Branch Auto Club of Maryland G. Raymond Shipley WAL Public Roads Administration PRA Messrs. Shipley McCain Willard Joseph M. Kline Charles P. Staley Thomas J. Crum Roy E. Baker E. E. Thomas Harry H. Bowers Daniel E. Wight John Morgan C. E. Thomas William T. Delaplaine Osborne I. Price Lloyd C. Culler Pine Avenue Jack T. Quynn William E. Hardy Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycees R. Patrick Turner

Inmate Caught After Trip Of 3000 Miles

Philip Ross Smythe, about 40, escaped from Napa State Hospital in Imola California and traveled about 3000 miles to Ridgeville Maryland. He was held by a Maryland trooper in January and returned to Napa State Hospital by order of Carroll County authorities after report by the Maryland State Board of Mental Hygiene. The case entailed high costs to keep him locally. relocation was deemed more economical given his mental condition. The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes swift travel by air could reach 100 miles an hour.

Ridgeville California Philip Ross Smythe Maryland Vincent Tubman Westminster Springfield State Hospital Sykesville Smythe Napa State Hospital Imola Board of County Commissioners Carroll Carroll County State Maryland State Board of Mental Hygiene Washington O'Conor D-Md State Department Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty Hunarian United States Hungary

Tornado Toll and Weather Across Deep South and Plains

Multiple tornadoes and high winds killed seven and wounded fifty four across Texas Mississippi and Louisiana. In Mississippi three died near Greenville and at least twenty two were injured. An El Paso painter blew from a roof during a sandstorm left injuries, while 18 were hurt in Desdemona, Texas. Dallas and northern Texas towns faced flooding and wind damage. Yellowstone River floods threaten pasture lands in Montana as river freezes. Port Allen levee repairs continued with water spreading on sugar cane lands. Also Senator O Connor urged a probe into Mindszenty mistreatment amid Hungary tensions.

Bevcreps Texas Mississippi Louisiana Greenville Miss EL Paso Tex Desdemona Fort Worth Dallas Seymour Benjamin Trinity River Montana Sidney Fairview Yellowstone Missouri Port Allen Middle Atlantic

Williams Seeks Immediate CCC Investigation in Senate

Senator Williams charges the Commodity Credit Corporation books are 30 million dollars out of balance and urges a Senate records review. Democratic Leader Lucas blocks the bid as a smear, with Vice President Barkley noting the request will go over for later action. The CCC, a 5 billion dollar agency, provides price-support loans and has been used to purchase farm products in wartime and postwar periods. The GAO reportedly cannot balance the books for fiscal years ending 1943 1944 and 1945, with a gap of about 350 million dollars.

Washington Williams R-Del Senate Commodity Credit Corporation Lucas Hinois Willams Barkley Department of Agriculture General Accounting Office

Movie Bills Coming Week at Frederick Theaters

The Frederick schedule lists Tivoli shows Enchantment with Niven and Wright, Rogues Regiment with Powell Toren Price, Blood on the Moon with Mitchem Bel Geddes Preston Brennan. Opera House runs Jungle Patrol, Julia Misbehaves, Racing Luck, Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, Law of the West with Brown, and Confo Bill chapter fourteen plus cartoons. Frederick offers My Little Chickadee, Feathered Serpent, Silent Conflict, and Kat for Kat along with news reels.

Frederick the Tivoli David Niven Teresa Wright Evelyn Keyes Rogues Regiment Dick Powell Marts Toren Vincent Price Robert Mitchum Barbara Bel Geddes Robert Preston Walter Brennan Opera House Arthur Franz Warner Pathe News Julia Misbehaves Greer Garson Gloria Henry Cary Grant Warner Pn the News Johnny Mack Brown Lad W. Cc. Fields Charlie Chan Silent Conflict Hopalong Cassidy Kat

Bishop's Fund Campaign Ends Across Local Parishes

The 1949 Bishops Fund Campaign to aid war victims will close Sunday in this diocese. Rev. Herbert R. Jordan led the drive across St. John's Frederick and parishes including Buckeystown Urbana Thurmont Brunswick Petersville and Lib erty. The effort aims to raise at least 5,000,000 to support Catholic relief works United States wide.

Herbert R. Jordan St. John’s Frederick St. Joseph's Buckeystown St. James Point of Rocks St. Ignatius Urbana Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Thurmont St. Peter's Libertytown St Francis Brunswick Petersville United States

Catholic Relief Agencies Plan Worldwide Aid Drive

The Bishops Emergency Relief Committee and the War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference will supply food clothing and medicine to Western Europe Poland Czechoslovakia China Japan Korea and other nations. Administration costs run about two percent. Overseas work is done with Catholic charities in recipient countries under American supervision. Supplies for the aged sick and young are gathered from Catholics nationwide and financed by appeal funds.

Bishops’ Emergency Relief Committee War Relief Services National Catholic Welfare Conference Europe Poland Czechoslovakia China Japan Korea

Favors Local Rent Control

Annapolis March 25 Friends of local option rent control argue federal controls are distant from residents Senator Storm urges Judiciary Committee to extend Maryland stand by rent control law which expires in June He contends extending the law would remove the need for federal ceilings and keep control local to cities and counties while amendments would allow decontrol between legislative sessions

Annapolis Friends of Local Option Mary- Janda Storm

Dairy Farmer Injured By Cow Near Dawsonville

A dairy farmer, 48 year old James E. Kennedy, was seriously injured when kicked and trampled by a cow he was preparing to milk at 5 p.m. Friday on Pleasant Hill Farm, between Darnestown and Dawsonville. He was taken to Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, by Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Department rescue squad. Kennedy sustained a fractured lower right leg and possible internal injuries. authorities noted he escaped head injuries.

Darnestown Dawsonville Gaithersburg Washington Grove James E. Kennedy Suburbaa Hospital Bethesda John Faucett Walter Hershey Kennedy Pleasant Hill Thomas Kelly Montgomery

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