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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1953
Page
4
The Seme Weekly News announces republication rights and editors notice for news dispatches. It explains correction policy, acceptance of letters, and printing services offered by the Frederick Maryland office, dated Friday May 22 1953.
The surprise release of William Oatis from a Prague prison is cited as a maneuver in Soviet influenced diplomacy. Critics call charges of espionage flimsy and view the action as part of broader efforts to win Western favor while major differences with the free world persist.
The WHO says global TB deaths have fallen sharply since the war, with more than 490000 lives saved. The average rate has halved, public health advances and insurance aid access, and some countries nearly eliminated TB deaths among young women. In the United States the death rate is 47 percent below the postwar level.
The Interior Department said it will issue dismissal notices to 2 038 workers. It covers the reclamation bureau with 1 182 notices and includes the Bureau of Mines affecting 650 field staff at several installations. Some staff may stay on the payroll if funding allows and Senate action agrees to more money for fiscal year starting July 1. Arlington announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Joseph McNeal on Mother's Day May 10 at Arlington Hospital.
Homemakers clubs with Miss Florence Magon from Maryland and Miss Beatrice Fehr visited three county homes for decorating sessions. The four day program ended with a conference at East Church Street School to plan next year’s activities.
Prizes distributed citywide for the SPCA sponsored essay contest An Act of Kindness to An Animal held during Be Kind To Animals Week May 3 9 Winners include Elaine Schnauffer Jon Orth Eleanor Biser Bernice Perl Linda Shipley Jacquelyn Bowins with honorable mentions among Elm Street Lincoln St John s Visitation Academy and other schools UV
Court notices list absolute divorce bills for Kathleen M. McBride and M. Lucile Johnson against respective spouses. Multiple marriage licenses issued in Scranton, Pa and Clarks Summit, Pa. Property deeds show transfers by Zepp, Zepp Jr., Catoctin Estates, M. J. Grove Lime, and others with sums mostly $10,000 or less. Additional notices include several couples divorcing and property settlements across Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia counties.
Contractors work on East Street between Ninth and 13th Streets to repair sinks caused by a sewer line and rain. Mayor Rice says completion is hoped within 60 days, with partial reopening to 13th Street next month for the Little League Park. Engineers advise delaying paving of 13th Street until traffic settles.
The Woodsboro Homemakers Club discussed Meals for Thick and Thin at its monthly meeting led by Mrs J E Stoner Sr and Mrs RK H Bair. They demonstrated a pattern breakfast lunch and dinner menu with variations and stressed eating right.
Betty Sullivan reviews The Governors Daughter by Denton Whitson an adventure tale set during Braddocks 1755 Frederick campaign. Clytie DeLancey daughter of the New York acting governor and Captain Adam Appleton travel with colonial recruits to Fredericktown facing Indian threats and war reporting on historical figures like Franklin Washington and Braddock. The novel blends fiction with true events and highlights a scarce Frederick period long overshadowed by the Civil War. It is published by Bobbs Merrill.
Police reported the recovery of a stolen car and a 16 year old youth after a wild chase around Damascus and Mount Airy Sunday night. Jack Owens, 16, neighbor of the Silver Spring owner, is being held as the investigation continues. Road blocks were set up around Damascus and Mount Airy but halted the speeding vehicle only briefly.
Orphans Court issued letters of administration on the estate of Mrs Lillian Dinterman of Brunswick to W Claude Latman. Three sons and two daughters are heirs. Realty valued at about 2300 dollars reported.
At Calvary Methodist Parish Hall the Civic Club inducted new officers led by Mrs. Andrew G. Truxal and announced a $100 gift to Hood College for a foreign student. Mrs. Remsberg, Middletown, urged continued women’s Board of Education representation and praised Homemaker Clubs for school curriculum gains. The mayor lauded the club’s Harmon Field shelter project amid broader calls for women’s political engagement and peaceful leadership.
Former state trooper John J. Harbaugh and Anne Arundel County Police Chief M Daniel Bratton traded charges and denials before county commissioners. Harbaugh claimed morale and efficiency declined under Bratton and alleged suppression of information relevant to the two year old Elmer Bright car dealer murder case. Bratton denied the accusations and offered to disclose information if it existed. A Ferndale clerk’s hesitation to publish a description of two suspects was labeled a minor matter by Bratton.
Berkeley County voters overwhelmingly approved the first school building bond issue in Martinsburg W V 75 years financing 9975 00 for construction including a new junior high in Martinsburg a four room addition to Hedgesville elementary and gym facilities at Musselman and Ram er High Schools The rate was 3 772 to 41 a margin of 91 percent Sixty percent approval was required for passage
Mrs. Henry T. Eigelsbach was elected president of the Camp Detrick Mothers' Club at a meeting in the Officers' Open Mess. New officers include Mrs. John Dolan as vice president, Mrs. William Howard as recording secretary, Mrs. Morris Rhian as corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Hugh Tresselt as treasurer. Former officers listed. Plans for the annual picnic announced, with a picnic committee of past and present officers.
Red Cross Home Service delegates report emergency leave costs to Frederick County at 208000 dollars with 208 service members granted leave last year. The organization explains it acts only as a reporting liaison between families and military authorities, assessing local conditions and providing relief and information to physicians and officials.
A young soldier died and a second was seriously hurt when a car rear ended a tractor at U S Route 4 three miles north of Perryville Md Pvt Gilbert F Shirk of Elizabeth town Pa drove the car and was dead on arrival at Aberdeen Proving Ground Hospital Sgt Paul M Gower 23 of New Milford Conn was admitted with internal injuries Both men were stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground Hospital remains unidentified at press time
A 16 year old Frederick youth was jailed by City Police for Juvenile Court action tomorrow on complicity in a robbery at Margies Lunch Room. The youth led officers on a daylong search of Carroll Creek near East Patrick Street and then admitted he had hidden the money at home. His parents denied knowledge and were called to the scene as police prepared to present him to the Juvenile Court.
State Police report Paul Junior Wagner of Westminster surrendered in Dayton Ohio, waived extradition, to face a Carroll County warrant for taking twenty dollars from a bucket at the H L Mills filling station last Friday. Wagner said he was wanted for the theft. Mr and Mrs Gerald Remsberg and Mr and Mrs Alfred Zimmerman of this city are on a meter trip to Colorado.
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