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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1952
Page
6
Freeland notices from The News Frederick dated Monday May 26 1959, with short items likely including civic, social, or classified notes. This summary catalogues the readable fragments and preserves names and places as readable.
A sequence of weekend city crashes leaves truck driver Stanley E Wood in Frederick Memorial Hospital with injuries to a passenger. Arthur L Williams of Pembroke Va slept at the wheel and collided with Charles H Smith of Monrovia, while Charles Gue of South Carroll street caused another minor crash. James Summers of Kemptown rammed a mailbox and a pole after drunken driving. A four car Sunday accident near North Market and 12th streets involved Donald Pryor Richards Myersville, with Pryor charged for reckless driving. Several arrests for drunkenness and other offenses were reported by Frederick police.
The Maryland NAACP conference calls for integrating white and Negro pupils in Baltimore public schools. Delegates from 23 chapters met for their 12th annual conference and passed a resolution on integration plus other planks.
International praise follows national acclaim for Miranda World Citizen, a biography by Dr. Joseph F. Thorning of Frederick County, Maryland. The book, with introductions by Galo Plaza Lasso and Summer Wells, highlights Francisco de Miranda’s 1805 activities and the U S role under Jefferson amid Latin American revolutions.
New details from Dr. Thorning expose the extent of aid received by Miranda from Americans including Christopher Gore Samuel Ogden Rufus King William S. Smith and potential connivance by President Jefferson and Secretary Madison as preparations for his first venture against the Spaniards on the northern coast of South America unfold. Johnny Ray weds Marilyn Morrison in a quiet New York ceremony at the Hotel Warwick with about 40 guests and a crowd of bobbysoxers outside.
A public scene outside the ceremony shows crowds seeking a glimpse of the man whose records stir tears. Ray described feeling paralyzed before the rite yet noted the charm of the phrase Mr and Mrs. The judge at the ceremony was Special Sessions Judge Herman Barshay. A separate note describes a saucepan lid designed to trap steam for even cooking with minimal water.
Harold A. Williams chronicles the Western Maryland Railway as it reaches its centennial, published May 27 to honor the 1852 charter by the Maryland General Assembly. The book, with photographs by A. Aubrey Bodine, traces the line from its Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick roots through early locomotives and scenes.
Mr Williams presents a compilation detailing over 30 historic roads now part of the current Western Maryland system. The book is offered to historical societies libraries newspapers and radio stations along Western Maryland's 1 300 miles of track spanning Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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