Three Big Route 240 Bridges Near Completion in Frederick County
Construction advances on three major Route 240 expressway bridges from Route 15 south of Frederick to near Hyattstown. Daily progress includes deck pours, drainage work, and sub-base installation, with most highway sections unfinished and traffic ready by 1952 at earliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
Frederick
Hyattstown
W. £. Graham
Frederick County
Route 15
Ear Urbana
Urbana
Baker Valley Road
Graham
Fire Tower Road
Dutcher Construction Company
Ridge Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Monocacy River
Conduit and Foundation Company
Amelung Glass Wort Road
Bennett's Creek
Conus 'Road
New Tuscarora Bridge
Hort
L. FR. Waesche Company
Tuscarora Creek
Harmony Grove
Hansonville
Waesche
Poolesville Man's Body Is Recovered
Two drowning victims bodies found in Potomac River near Chain Bridge after a week. Charles L. Hurti 23 of Poolesville Maryland dove April 23 to aid a friend and vanished. Pvt James E Trast 21 of Cleveland Ohio stationed Fort Monmouth disappeared April 22. Coroner ruled accidental deaths.
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Washington
Potomac River
Chain Bridge
Harbor
Charles L. Hurti
Poolesville
James E. Trast
Cleveland
Ohio
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Trast
Great Falls
Virginia
A. Magruder MacDonald
More Quit Factories U S Bureau Reports
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports February to March saw a noticeable rise in the number of persons quitting factory jobs while factory hiring kept pace with recent high rates. The market opened generally higher with aircraft and railroads leading gains above two dollars a share in early trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York
Administration carries out Wedemeyer Korea plan
Secretary of State Acheson said the Administration implemented Wedemeyer’s Korea recommendations with one exception. He cited the creation of a military mission independent of Korean forces rather than a Korean scout force with American officers as Wedemeyer proposed.
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Washington
State Acheson
Wedemeyer
Korea
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Robbers Hit Local Service Station And Warehouse
Thieves entered a West Patrick street service station and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone warehouse on East Church street extended. Cigarettes and a flashlight were taken at the station. no money found. Police discovered both break ins after 2 a.m. with inventories pending to assess losses.
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W. Wilson
West Patrick Street
West College Terrace
Stup
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
East Church Street
Health-Safety Meet Opens in Baltimore May 10 11
A Maryland health-safety conference sponsored by the State Industrial Accident Commission and Department of Safety will run May 10 and 11 at the Lord Baltimore hotel Baltimore. Open free to the public it features topics on highway industrial and home safety with speakers including Col. D G McIntosh Harry Reed and Gov. Theodore R Mechel din. The event showcases thirty booths of accident prevention devices and safety services with sessions on civil defense nursing labor management and fire prevention led by local organizers such as Russell H. McCain and James O McCanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore
State Industrial Accident Commission
Department of Safety
Col
D. G. McIntoash
Civil Defense of Maryland
Harry Reed
CIO
Theodore R. Mecheldin
Richard C. Reager
Department of English
Rutgers University
Frederick
Russell H. McCain
James O. McCanner
Walkersville Plant Sale to Sanitary Products Corp
A deed records the sale of the Walkersville plant of the Monoracy Valley Canning Company with machinery and fixtures on about eight acres from Theresa K. Ross and Charles W. Ross II to Sanitary Products Corporation for about $30,000. John C. Kolb Jr and spouse sold Columbus avenue property in Catoctin Park to Robert Francis Barrick for about $9,000. Charles H. Kehne sold two acre Woodville district property with improvements to William Joseph O'Brien for about $7,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkersville
Monoracy Valley Canning Company
Theresa K. Ross
Charles W. Ross Iie
Sanitary Products Corporation
John C. Kolb, Jr
Columbus Avenue
Catoctin Park
G. Leicester Thomas
Robert Francis Barrick
Charles H. Kehne
William Joseph O’brien
Woodville
Remote control ship steering device announced
Schenectady New York May 2 General Electric Company said today a new device will let seamen steer a ship by remote control from nearly any strategic point on board, expanding maneuvering options for vessels at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Nurses Asked To Serve If War Comes
Frederick County Department of Civil Defense sent letters this week to city and county nurses asking for service in a disaster. The group includes registered, graduate, practical, Red Cross nurses aids, and those who completed the Red Cross home care course. Respondents will be assigned to Frederick High School Elm Street School Emergency Hospital or Frederick Memorial Hospital. Nurses at Frederick Memorial Hospital County Health Department Emergency Hospital and Camp Detrick won’t receive Civil Defense assignments. Those who took or are enrolled in the home care course will be placed later. For missing letters contact CD headquarters 115 East Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Department of Civil Defense
Red Cross
Defense
Frederick High School
Elm Street School
Emergency Hospital
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County Health Department
Camp Detrick
C. D
Department of Civil Defense
East Church Street
Chief Kills Two Attackers in Front of Dodds Hotel
Police Chief Ned Hoyt of Confluence shot and killed two of four men who attacked him outside the Dodds Hotel in Somerset Pennsylvania. State Police identified the dead as Wallace Conway 36 and his son Donald Wayne Conway 30 both of Somerset County. The other attackers were Robert Blythe 24 and Wallace Conway's younger son Paul.
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Somerset
Ned Hoyt
Confluence
Dodds Hotel
Pennsylvania
Wallace Conway
Donald Wayne Conway
Somerset County
Hoyt
Conways
Howard R. Stevens
Stevens
Robert Blythe
Paul
Farm Land Values Reach Record Highs Across Nation
Washington May 21 The Agriculture Department reports farm land prices at peak levels with the general average up 14 percent from March 1950 to March 1953 and 9 percent above the 1948 record. Prices rose 8 percent since last November as demand and inflation hedging drive a boom. mortgages on farm land topped 1.7 billion dollars last year, the strongest since 1934. State gains show Pennsylvania 12.7 percent, Ohio 20, Delaware 82, Maryland 10, Virginia 13.6, West Virginia 11.5, Kentucky 13.8, Tennessee 10.9.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Pennsylvania
Onia
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Fellowship Dinner Unites Frederick Churches Friday
A large assembly from Frederick and county Protestant churches will meet Friday at United Brethren Church for the May fellowship dinner of the Frederick County Council of Church Women. Mrs. Paul B. Althouse will preside. dinner at 6 p.m. Committee chair Mrs. Miller Cassell. following the meal will be a play by Frederick Christian Youth Council written by Willierl of Schweinfurt, Germany. The program includes a brief business session and aims to promote friendship and understanding among Protestant denominations.
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Frederick
United Brethren Church
Two Brothers
Little Theater Group
Schweinfurt
World Brotherhood
No Prepared Statement Reached By MacArthur
Gen Douglas MacArthur will testify tomorrow in Washington with no prepared statement and no documents, as he faces a Senate inquiry into his ouster and U.S. Pacific policy. Hoover and MacArthur met at the Waldorf Astoria for an hour, details undisclosed, their second known discussion since his arrival.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Far East
MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Pacific
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mr. Hoover
Army
Maryland UDC Holds Semiannual Meeting in Frederick
More than fifty seven Maryland Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy gathered in Frederick for their semi annual meeting hosted by Fitz Hunh Lee Chapter. Delegates attended the 11 oclock business session at the YMCA with state president Mrs James W Easter presiding. Certificates were issued to 20 new members. General D John Markey scheduled to speak canceled to attend an American Legion meeting in Indianapolis. Luncheon followed at Francis Scott Key Hotel with final address by John R Fitzpatrick on international problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Frederick
Fitzhunh Lee
YMCA
James W. Easter
Owings Mills
Indianapolis
American Legion
Francis Scott Key
John R. Fitzpatrick
Frederick Members Attend U S Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Frederick chamber delegates attend the thirty ninth annual U S Chamber of Commerce sessions in Washington. Officials and members, including Edward C. Hartmann, Charles K. Taylor, Charles F. Bowers, Elizabeth R. Ward, and George C. Slagle, participate in dinners and events at the Mayflower Hotel and National Press Club building under the National Affairs Committee led by Rear Adm. Allen G. Quynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Frederick Chamber
Mayflower Hotel
Frederick
Edward C. Hartmann
Charles K. Taylor
Charles F. Bowers
Elizabeth R. Ward
George C. Slagle
National Press Club
National Affairs Committee
Allen G. Quynn
Charles F. Byerly
Melville Stockwell
Merril Ramsburg
Willian B. Bennett
Chamber
Bowers
Taylor
Rapid Progress Made By Crops In Maryland
Maryland crops show rapid growth with favorable temperatures and rains. Corn planting begins as tobacco beds progress and strawberries bloom. Early asparagus harvest starts. little frost damage reported. Weather Bureau and state agencies note above normal highs and scattered rain across the week ending last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Economics
University of Maryland Farm Extension Service
ESA Chief Forecasts Inflation Line Held by Year End
Washington May 2 ESA head Johnston told U S Chamber of Commerce that wage price controls will be lifted when no longer needed and that defense production will expand civilian output. He warned of rising inflation and said by Christmas the dam against inflation will be stronger with a robust arms program and a large defense stockpile to deter overbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
ESA
Industria
Turkey
Chamber
America
Girl Scouts In Spring Meeting Frederick Association Held At Camp Baker
The Frederick Association of Girl Scouts met at Camp Baker Tuesday evening at six. A covered dish supper preceded a brief association meeting followed by separate sessions led by Mrs Edward Stormcehaman and the board with Mrs Herman Hunter presiding. The new film The Growing Years was shown. Plans include established camp at Camp Baker July 8 to 21 with May 16 and 17 registration at Scout headquarters. Day camp runs July 22–26 at Yellow Springs chaired by Mrs Charles Butcher Jr. The April 21 spring conference attendance from Section 19, Region 3 was noted. A Macy tea May 26 marked 23rd anniversary of the leaders training camp.
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Frederick
Wear
Camp Baker
Scout
Henry R. Shoemaker
C. Clifford Doll
Yellow Springs
Charles Butcher, Jr
Paul Johnson
George Bennett
Leslie Burger
Richard Best
Tenatius Bjerlee
Wilford Kaufman
Len Krantz
Elgin Roof
Lease Bussard
Frederick Association
Waynesboro
Robert T. Fisher
Helen Smith
Rudy Nichols
Bierlee
Maralee Atkinson
Dorothy Farnsworth
Helen Grove
Barbara Murphy
Kay Oden
Barbara Seibert
Macy
Seoul
New York State
William M. Storm
Music clubs meet as Hood College head speaks
Dr Earle Blakeslee head of Hood College music department will open the twenty sixth annual convention of the Maryland Federation of Music Clubs in Baltimore on May 3 with the topic Music at the Crossroads. Other speakers include Rev James M Cox, Dr Reginald Stewart conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, and Dr Thomas G Pullen Jr state school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Blakeslee
Hood College
Maryland Federation of Music Clubs
Baltimore
Blakeslee
James M. Cox
Reginald Stewart
Baltimore Symphony
Thomas G. Pullen
Secret Wedemeyer Report Boosts MacArthur Korea Policy Debate
Backers of General MacArthur claim the long secret Wedemeyer report on Korea validates his Far East policy. The Wake Island conference record may be released, as Senate hearings on Pacific policy open with MacArthur as a witness. Republicans Wherry Knowland and Bridges praise the document’s guidance and warn of Communist advances in Asia if kept secret.
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Wunshinghin
Doughis MacArthur
Wedemeyer
Korea
Dion
China
Taras Wiherig
Wake Island
Truman
MacArthur
Wherry
Nebraska
Orient
MacArihue
Far East
Russell
U S
Wedemyer
South Korea
U.S
Manchuria
Senate
GOP
Administration
Knowland
Congress
Asia
United Wool Growers Officers Are Named
Harrisonburg May 2 United Wool Growers Inc named D C Crang of Bridgewater again as president at a meeting manager K A Keithly of Harrisonburg reported the society handled 1 155 000 pounds of wool last year and expected the 195 clip to match it.
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Harrisonburg
D. c. Crang
Bridgewater
United Wool Growers, Inc
K. A. Keithly
UWG
George B. John
New Windsor
Herman Stockstlager
Hagerstown
Mel
Defense Dept Identifies 19 More Korea Casualties
Washington May 22 The Defense Department reported 19 additional Korea casualties in list No 292. Three killed 10 wounded four missing in action two deaths from injuries were listed. The report notes entries by service branch and casualty status.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Senate to hear Truman-MacArthur dispute in closed sessions
The Nation Today reports the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees will hold private hearings starting Thursday to probe the Truman MacArthur dispute. Key figures expected include General MacArthur, Secretary Marshall, Secretary Acheson, and the Joint Chiefs chair General Bradley. Public notes will be limited, with most testimony released in Q and A form and much omitted as national security concerns dictate. The majority chose closed sessions to reduce leaks, though this may fuel public unease and rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Frost
Senate
Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Mace Arthur
Defense Marshall
Acheson
Joint Chiefs of State
Omar N. Bradley
Committee
Vote On Grain For India Faces House Test
Washington May 2 House leaders move to test the grain for India aid despite opposition. The provisions shift from a gift of about 79 million bushels of wheat to a straight loan to Nehru's government, a plan likely to draw Republican and Southern Democrat criticism while Prime Minister Nehru’s Korea policy gains attention as Interior funding also awaits action. Annapolis May 2 Carvel Hall partly open after March 30 fire with nonstructural wing waterable by fall.
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Washington
Iam
House
Nehru
India
Korea
Interior Department
Annapolis
Carvel Hall
Chain Letter And Spanish Swindle Back In The Mails
Post Office authorities in Frederick report renewals of two spring scams the chain letter and the Spanish swindle. Officials say both schemes are illegal and urge residents to hand over any letters. The Spanish swindle involves a migrant sender claiming vast hidden funds and promising a third share for cooperation, with letters sent from Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Post
Post Office Department
Post Ofice
Post Office
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
North America
Frederick Post Office
UN Army claims great victory ends Red spring drive
May 2 Tokyo reports Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet declaring a great UN victory over the Reds in the first phase of their spring offensive. The United Nations says Communist forces paid heavy losses while attempting to flood rivers and cross into UN lines. Naval air strikes damaged flood gates at Hwachon reservoir. tanks and patrols probed east of Seoul and river corridors, with no new Red cross-overs found.
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Tokyo
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
Hwachon
Pukhas
U. N
Seoul
Uljongbu
Pukhan
Han
Seow
Red
van Fleet
Ith Corps
Princeton
Tom Bradshaw
V F W Delegates To Convention Selected
At the John R. Webb Post 3285 regular meeting delegates were chosen to represent the post at the State Convention in Ocean City Maryland June 22 to 24. The delegates include Matthias Staley Ayers McLaren Kinsey Schultz Potts Joy Cronenburg Blickenstaff Willard Gilbert Slagle Whitmore Phelps Esworthy Bidle and Post Commander Brachey. Six new members were added and guests included Adjutant Charles Kreathemann and district commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Webb
Ocean City
Charles Mathias, Jr
Holton Staley
William Ayers
James McLaren, Jr
Teving Kinsey
David Schultz
Arthur Potts
Thomas Joy
James Cronenburg
Arthur Blickenstaff
James Willard
James Gilbert
John Slagle
Robert Whitmore
Jesse Phelps
Bernard Esworthy
Lewis Bidle
Austin Brachey
Charles Kreatehman
15Th
Post Jr
Maryland
Arthur Wright
Blickenstaff
Baltimore
Frederick County
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U. S. Bureau
Claude W. Eckenrode
Jary R. Eckenrode
Woodsoro
Ward J. Smith
Peoples Court
Eckenrrode
Senate Crime Committee
William O'Dwyer
Canning Company
U.D.C
Ritchie
Camp Ritchie
Waynesboro Hospital
Fountaindale
Maynard G. Toms
Frick Company
Latrobe
Frick Farm
Wayneshord
Toms
Myersville
Boonsboro
Board of County Commissioners
William M. Brish
Girl Scouts
M’arthur
General
Bridges
Enrea
United Wool Growers
UN Army
Brunswick
Navy
Clarence Bowers
Melvin Lewis Weddle
Wth Avenue
Forrest Glen Moler, Jr
Bainbridge
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
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