Engineering Aid For City Is Secured
City documents reveal a contract with Ben Dyer Engineers of Hyattsville to speed up municipal projects. The firm will perform field work, plan specifications, assist with bids, and supervise construction on South and Madison streets while coordinating with the State Roads Commission. Bids for sewer and water mains in Spring Valley Toll Gate Manor and Catoctin area are set for May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. Rice
Ben Dyer
Hyattsville
Dyer
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Frederick
East South Street
Wisner Street
Hamilton Avenue
West South Street
South Jefferson
West Patrick
West College Terrace
Madison Street
South Market Street
Spring Valley
Toll Gate Manor
Catoctin
Adem Road
Pearl Street
Whitman Reynardt and Associates
Fishing Creek
R. Brooke Maxwell and Associates
Megaoliz Avenue
Catoctin Area
Military Roads
Linden Hills
High School Band To Lead Safety Parade
More than 6 200 Maryland youths will march in the 16th National School Safety Patrol parade on Saturday in Washington with 23 000 youths from 23 states. Eighteen bands and drum and bugle corps will lead the Marylanders headed by Frederick High School, with officials Col Elmer F Munshower Paul E Burke and W W Cloud in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maryland
Constitution Avenue
National School Safety Patrol
W. W. Cloud
The
Automobile Club of Maryland
School bus wreck injures Bates High students in Annapolis
Six people including four Bates High School children were treated at Anne Arundel Generals Hospital after a collision on Ritchie Highway between a school bus and a car. Police report ongoing investigations and possible charges pending further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Bates High School
Anne Arundel Generals Hospital
Ritchie Highway
Situation Still Grave He Declares Birthday News Conference
President Truman on his 68th birthday said the international situation remains very grave and many at home do not grasp it. He expressed hope for eventual peace, joked about spending the next decade “leaving a good time,” and warned opponents of defense programs echo Stalin’s logic. He urged continued economic and military aid to keep a stable defense and avoid a third world war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
National Housing Conference
Stalin
Congress
Lutherans To Meet May 15 Convention in Emmitsburg Maryland
The 28th annual convention of the Lutheran Sunday School Association of the Western Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland will gather May 13 at Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church in Emmitsburg. Speakers include Dr. Jacob M. Myers and Rev. William M. Horn. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with worship, lectures, lunch by Elias church women, and music by the chapel choir. Association officers and 83 Sunday schools from Frederick, Carroll, Washington and Allegany counties participate with attendees from area churches expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Sunday School Association of the Western Conference
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church
Emmitsburg
Philip Bower
Carroll E. Frock, Jr
Jacob M. Myers
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
William M. Horn
Philadelphia
Howard L. Reiss
Baltimore
Marie Stork
Mr. Horn
Dixon Yaste
Union Bridge Parish
Elias Church
Reginald Zepp
Women of Elias Church
Charles W. Mumma
Rocky Ridge
Roger L. Fiery
Hagerstown
Claude B. Ahalt
Burkittsville
Roy B. Kiser
Dynamite Cap Dangers Taught To School Children
Cumberland May 8 Firemen teach school children about dynamite caps and explosives after multiple accidents in the mid Atlantic region this year. Fire Chief Virgil A Parker notes accidents stem from ignorance of danger and show a recent case where a West Virginia boy lost a hand in a classroom blast. A pupil later surrendered a box of rifle bullets after witnessing the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Eri-State
Virgil A. Parker
West Vie
Missionaries Face Worst Mass Persecution
In Communist China, 32 American missionaries are in prison, 25 under house arrest, and 136 more restricted, barred from leaving the country or facing criminal accusations and attacks. Dr. Wallace C. Merwin of the China Committee warns the situation is extremely grave, noting this as the broadest anti missionary campaign in 150 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist
China
Wallace C. Merwin
Foreign Mission Division
National Council of Churches of Christ
U.S. A
Gypsy Pays $1,000 Fine And Departs
Laura Miller a 21 year old gypsy fortune teller was found guilty of false pretense in circuit court after a guilty plea. Associate Judge Patrick Schnauffer suspended a two year Reformatory sentence on the condition she leave Frederick and Maryland. Prosecutor Charles A. Price and defense counsel Edwin F. Nikirk were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Miller
Patrick Schnauffer
Reformatory
Schnauffer
Frederick
Maryland
Bessie Mehring
Keymar
Carroll County
Charles A. Price
Edwin F. Nikirk
Southern Alumni Club Dinner Honors Alumni and Film
The Franklin and Marshall Southern Alumni Club met at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with sixty members and guests. Rev. Charles W. LeVan, the oldest living alumnus, spoke briefly. a campus color film and glee club octet entertained. New officers include H Clyde Funk as president and Dr. George Bricker as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Alumni Club of
Franklin and Marshall
Francis Scott Key
Charles V. Spotts
William Weisgerber
James. Norris
Charles W. LeVan
North Market Street
LeVan
Glee Club
H. Clyde Funk
Waynesboro
George H. Bricker
J. Guy Greenawalt
Mercersburg
Franklin Solienberger
Clyde E. Thomas
Lane
Robert Pilgram
Brunswick Firemen Elect Smith President
Eugene B. Smith was elected president at the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company annual election held Wednesday evening. Officers named include George W. Thomas Sr as vice president Russell McMurray secretary E Nicholson financial secretary Richard M Magalis treasurer W S Rice chief L V Snoots engineer Floyd Strickler C A Grams R D Minnick Reed Shipley Grayson Cummins trustees Chief Cannon Floyd Strickler C A Grams Russell McMurray Clinton W Harrison named delegates to the State convention in Ocean City last week of June. Large attendance reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Smith
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company
George W. Thomas, Sr
Russell McMurray
E. Nicholson
Rich ‘Ard M. Magalis
A G. ‘Cannon
W. 5. Rice
L. V. Snoots
Floyd Strickler
C. A. Grams
R. D. Minnick
Reed Shipley
Grayson
Choice Of Building Own Forces Or Allies
Washington May 8 The administration faces a choice between building up American forces or those of its allies as it ships arms overseas The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a foreign aid package totaling 6 889 100 000 for the year ending June 30 1952 Nearly a billion less than the 7 9 000 000 000 requested by President Truman The cut largely comes from Europe military aid despite protests from military leaders for the full amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs
Truman
Europe
Vitzi
Working To Settle Oil Row, He Says
President Truman said at a news conference he is working hard to settle the oil dispute and is hopeful for a settlement. He refused to discuss the steel case, citing a pending Supreme Court ruling on presidential power to seize industry. The oil case has not yet reached the White House but appears headed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Supreme Cour
White House
Eisenhower write-in vote surfaces in Maryland primaries
In Maryland a serviceman wrote in Dwight D Eisenhower as a Democratic choice on an absentee ballot. The write-in occurred despite a court order banning such votes in the presidential preference test. Len Washington is noted as the sole candidate to enter lifting a prior ban on a two to one shipment delegation measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Dwight D Eisenhower
Maryland
William A Wilson
Allegany County Board of Election Supervisors
Len Washington
Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker JOins Three Accident Hearings
Three motor vehicle accidents were heard by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr in Peoples Court. Edward Hargett was jailed for intoxication after muttering loudly. Louis N Cole III paid 25 dollars for reckless driving following a collision with Louis Edward Stup. James T Smith paid 10 dollars for reckless driving after rear end collision with Mrs Margaret Naugie during a left turn. A driver was acquitted while another was convicted of reckless driving on Maryland Avenue Braddock Heights. Dee Mead paid 10 dollars. Eugene F Bishop was found not guilty. Homer L Roberts was ordered out of town after being found drunk on the highway with a suspended 60 day sentence. Stewart E Roberts and Calvin T Zepp faced fines. Sgt Swomsey and Officer Crouse handled arrests.
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H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
Edward
Hargett
Middle Alley
George Crouse
Louis N. Cole, III
West Fifth Street
Louis Edward Stup
Route 5
Rosemont
Wilson Place
Stup
James Thomas Smith
Route 2
Germantown
James H. Rouzee
Smith
Margaret Naugie
LeGore
Naugie
Woodsboro
Richard Stallings
Maryland Avenue
Braddock Heights
Dee Mead
Camp Detrick
Eugene F. Bishop
Bishop
Baltimore
Shoemaker
Homer L. Roberts
Rouzee
East Patrick Street
Roberts
Stewart E. Roberts
Route 1
Thurmont
Lt. W. May
Calvin T. Zepp
Westminster
Robert B. Shutts
Towson
Mortimer Dowd
Washington
Daniel Swomsey
Freight derailment blocks Pennsylvanias main line in Wilmington
Fifteen cars of a 100 car Pennsylvanian freight derailed on a small bridge in Wilmington blocking all four main line tracks and halting PRR passenger traffic between New York Philadelphia Washington and points South. Crews expect to clear two tracks by noon and detours will route trains via a branch line around Wilmington. Weather: showers possible, clouds through weekend with highs in the sixties and nights around the upper forties to lower fifties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
City
PRR
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Points
Pastor Resigns After Long Pastorate at Westnesday Meeting
At a large First Baptist church gathering, Rev. William C Royal resigned after about 30 years as pastor due to ill health. He will retire. A pulpit committee led by Mike Was was appointed to recommend a new pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
William C Royal
Royal
Mlke
Stevenson Draft Talk Revived Amid Illinois Convention Talk
Illinois Democrats convened in Springfield amid talk of drafting Adlai Stevenson for the presidential nomination despite his plea. Stevenson, Truman’s potential successor, is in Camp Cooke, California, after a phone talk with Jacob M. Arvey. Backers press for 20 at large delegates. Florida primary reshapes odds for Kefauver and Taft as nomination race tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Illinois
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Camp Cooke
Calif
Jacob M. Arvey
Arvey
Atlharge
Milnais
Florida
Richard Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen
Paul Douglas
Kefauver
Ohio
Robert Taft
Taft
Ohioan
Dwight Eisenhower
W. Averell Harriman
Russell
Shannon
Ireland
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Dulles
GOP
Assault Charges Heard in Peoples Court
In a Peoples Court session on Wednesday night Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr heard assault and battery cases from two men. John Henry Knill was found not guilty after his wife testified she hit him first. Charles Lake received a suspended sentence after his wife arrived with a swollen jaw. Posey was jailed for 30 days on intoxication, and Winfree posted collateral on drunkenness charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
E. Austin James
John Henry Knill
Trail Avenue
Margaret €. Knill
Charles Lake
East Sixth Street
Lake
Fom
Mississippi
James Arthur Posey
West South Street
Ben Phebus
Julian E. Winfree
Greensboro
N.C
Thurmont Lions Open Safety Campaign Meeting
The Thurmont Lions Club will launch its annual safety campaign with a public meeting Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the Scheg Auditorium. Lloyd Hoke, club safety chairman, will preside. J F White will discuss traffic safety and present a new sound movie created by the State Police with the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission and the National Safety Council. Also attending are K Bend and C H Brown, serving the Emmetsburg Thurmont area. Thurmont’s new police chief James Dubel will speak, with William Zeniz as Lions Club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club of
Thurmont
Scheg
Lloyd Hoke
Safiety
J. F. White
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
National Safety Council
CK. D. Bend
H. J
Taft Support Resolution Considered for Maryland GOP
Taft backers in Maryland may introduce a resolution at the May 24 state convention to back Ohio senator Taft for the Republican presidential nomination Brig. Gen. William C. Purnell head of the Maryland Taft Committee said he is considering such action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Baltimore
Sen. Taft
William C. Purnell
Maryland
Taft Committee
Sailor Dies in Crash on Crane Highway Near Here
A sailor was killed and his companion injured when their car struck a bridge abutment on Furnace Branch Creek along Crane Highway near here early today. Police identified the dead driver as James J. Rhody, 24, of Glen Burnie. The injured passenger, Edward Redding, 29, was reported in serious condition at Seath Rathmore General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Burnie
May
Furnace Branch Creek
Crane Highway
Here
James J. Rhody
Seath Rathmore Gerveral Hospital
Eduard Redding
Montgomery Vote Signals Dominant Sixth District Role
In Monday primaries Montgomery County delivered large margins for both parties in the Sixth district. Republican Dewitt Hyde won the nomination with 8,597 Montgomery votes while Democrat Stella Werner led in Montgomery with 10,321. The results suggest Montgomery will dominate future district contests. Local officials report the county vote count started at the Court House and little change is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Congress
Montgomery
Dewitt Hyde
D. John Markey
Frederick County
Hyde
Markey
Frederick
Washington
Robert Kimble
Allegany
Garrett
Stella Werner
W. Prescott Allen
Court House
Pacific Fleet chief warns on Soviet sub threat near Formosa
Admiral Radford told reporters that if Korea widens into a broader war Russia could deploy heavy Pacific submarines, posing an offensive threat. He urged tight cooperation with British and American forces in the Pacific and said Formosa would soon be impregnable with proper action. He also noted possible blockade of the China coast with long range effects if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
America
Russia
Pacific
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Far East
Philippines
Matthew B. Ridgway
Red China Coast
China
Onion Sets Reported To Be Scarce Here
Frederick residents report onion sets are scarce across the county. Gardeners cannot find sets in stores that usually stock them, and county towns confirm no availability. Dealers cite higher prices and fear of a large carryover as reasons for limited stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Marylanders Return From Korean War Aboard Transport
Ninety one Maryland veterans, including Stewart D Heden of 207 West Patrick Street, Foedence, arrived in San Francisco aboard the Navy transport Gen William Black after serving in the Korean War. The ship docked yesterday and these veterans will receive leave before reassignment or discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Navy
Wiliam Black
Dheen
Stewar D Heden
West Patrick Street
Foedence
Eisenhower warns against cuts to foreign aid plan
General Eisenhower told Congress that any reduction in Truman's 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid package would curtail or retard the U S defense program. He said cuts beyond the Senate committee's one billion and House committee's 100 million would cause serious difficulties and threaten the military build up he deems essential for U S security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Defense Forces
Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Labor Calls Smith Anti Strike Bill Vicious and One Sided
Labor leaders William Green of the AFL and Joseph Curran of the CIO condemn the Smith anti strike bill as shorking for management and anti labor. The proposal would grant 80 day injunctions to curb strikes tied to national security and permit court receivership if no settlement is reached, with Congress and the President able to trigger the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
House Armed Services Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Curran
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Congress
Communists accuse U N of truce delay in Korea
In Panmunjom talks May 8 North Korean Gen Nam I accused the United Nations command of delaying an armistice by refusing to negotiate prisoner exchange. Nam spoke 17 minutes asserting press screening of captured personnel while Allied delegates stood firm against forced repatriation. Vice Admiral Joy dismissed Nam's 18 minute speech as propaganda with no productive outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Nam I
Nath
Panmunjom
Nam
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U. N. Command
Truman 68 but he feels forty years younger
Washington May 68 today. President Truman says I feel 28. Brig Gen Wallace Graham says despite seven crises years in the White House his health is above average for men of his age under similar strain. No special observance planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Trumman
Wallace Graham
White House
Day Long Air Attack in Korea Strikes Red Supply Hub
The U S Fifth Air Force mounted its largest single attack of the Korean War on Suan 35 miles southeast of Pyongyang targeting the Red supply complex. Jets and propeller aircraft attacked from dawn to nightfall, with two Red jets shot down and a third damaged. Allied Sabre jets and Australian Meteors repelled mid afternoon MiG-15s in two dogfights about 40 miles from Suan. Ground action saw two large Allied tank raids on central front along the Kumhwa Kumsong road, facing mortar and artillery resistance from two Red battalions in mid day sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Suan
Pyongyang
Manchurian
U. S. Eighth Army
Kumhwa-Kumsong
Capacity Crowd Out For Concert
A capacity crowd filled the Frederick High School auditorium for the thirteenth annual concert by the Frederick County glee clubs. A 150-voice all-county chorus, drawn from six high schools and two junior highs, performed two numbers, "The Lord is My Shepherd" a cappella and "Festival Finale" arranged by Joe Maddy, with a 35-piece all-county orchestra accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick County
Liberty Junior High
Elm Street
Liberty Chorus
Kenneth McGolerick
David Kefauver
Donald Sullivan
Brunswick High School
Ruth E. Stull
Emmitsburg High School
Heisely Coran
Frederick High
Eleanor Graybeal
Middletown
Mildred Trevvett
Thurmont Glee Club
Madeline Buhrman
Walkersville
Charles C. T. Stull
Lord Is
My Shepherd
Joe Maddy
New George Washington Carver low rent housing applications
The Frederick Housing Authority announced continued acceptance of applications for the George Washington Carver low rent housing project. Located in the southern city area, the 60 unit complex at Madison Street and Stine's Lane will house one to four bedrooms for two to nine persons. Occupancy expected by September 1 with rents based on income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Carver
Housing Authority
City of
Frederick
West Sixth
North Bentz Streets
Carver
Madison Street
Stine's Lane
Stock market gains from credit control lift
In New York stocks rose as installment buying was eased by pension related credit controls. Most issues tied to consumer financing benefited, lifting market sentiment and advancing prices on the trading day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Su- Pension
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Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Tallahassee
Fla
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John Henry Hant
Waldorf
US i
F.M. Southern Alumni Club
Brunswick Firemen
Pennsy
Weather Bureau
Gov
Thurmont Lions
William Fox
Doctors Hospital
Fox
Pennsylvania
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