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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1953
Page
4
The Frederick Semi-Weekly News publishes subscription rates and policy details. It notes Associated Press news use rights, letters require real names, and announces printing services offered by the paper. The issue is dated Friday May 23 1953.
The piece argues that even with prisoner exchanges and possible armistice talks, lasting peace remains distant. It notes that if an armistice stops fighting, about one tenth of American prisoners might be returned, but much of the communist threat in Europe Asia and beyond would persist. It warns that real peace would require sustained vigilance and that historical Russian peace drives show pauses rather than true shifts in conflict.
Senator Jenner accuses the American Communications Association of being a Communist controlled union representing 5000 Western Union telegraph workers in New York and other sites. He links members to government wire intercepts and defense matters, while ACA officials could not comment. The piece also notes unions’ reach including RCA, East and West Coast stations, and some Philadelphia and New York radio stations.
Frederick County and neighboring areas launch a three day Memorial Day tribute to soldiers buried locally and abroad. Walkersville and Woodsboro host joint ceremonies Saturday and Sunday with floats, bands, and a firing squad. Key participants include Glade Cemetery Association, Walkersville Fire Company, Grange, Lions Club, and Francis Scott Key Post. Memorial actions extend to Brunswick, Thurmont, Point of Rocks, Lovettsville, and Martinsburg area as local units decorate graves and lay wreaths.
James C Goodson, 32, sentenced to 20 years in prison after a 20 year old homicide conviction. He was found guilty of second degree murder and possession of a deadly weapon for the fatal shooting of a companion identified as Apo. Nathanial Isaacs, 22, a Korean War veteran, is noted as a related figure in the case.
Alma J Whipp versus Robert Daniel Whipp for absolute divorce and support. Jesse E Hassler versus Betty A Hassler for absolute divorce. Marriages include James L Wangerman Jr and Eleanor Reed er. George L Bailey and Lucy L Frank. Quentin Davis and Jean E Marshall. many others listed with ages and locations. Deeds record property transfers and deeds of right of way to Potomac Edison Company and multiple pairings across counties.
Kenneth Force of Hartford filed a $100000 slander suit against the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau in Baltimore alleging false malice cost him an outrider job at Pamlico Race Track. He also sues Maryland Jockey Club for breach of contract claiming he earned $25 daily as an outrider for a month and was dismissed after Bureau agent John T. Jackson accused him of preculagites at Rhode Island events.
Washington May 20 A Romanian born oil executive Valeriu Georgescu faced a stark ultimatum from a Romanian diplomat in New York seeking to force him to become a spy for the communists or risk his two sons in Romania. He refused and the State Department ordered the diplomat expelled while Georgescu announced he would stay loyal and work to secure his children's release.
A time bomb exploded near Athens police headquarters injuring one or more people. The blast scattered Communist leaflets urging John Foster Dulles to get out of Greece. Secretary Dulles is traveling in the Middle East via Istanbul and was expected to arrive in Athens tomorrow.
Chief Justice Vinson denied a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after the Supreme Court refused to review their trial for atomic espionage. The couple, in Sing Sing death house, had sought more time while a petition for reconsideration was filed.
Deputy Secretary Roger M. Kyes warned the push for rapid mobilization after the Korea conflict caused military and industry indigestion as production lagged behind goals. He urged maintaining current combat units with modern equipment and noted a 120 wing Air Force target could be met in 1955 with units fully modernized.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill announces Britain's full support for the United States plan to end the Korean deadlock. He cites secrecy and alignment with the UN Indian resolution of December, following Indian Prime Minister Nehru's endorsement. Churchill says proposals from General Harrison at Panmunjom were prepared with Britain and other Commonwealth and UN governments.
New Delhi India March 26 Prime Minister Nehru said he has seen and endorsed the latest United Nations proposals on Korea describing them as close to an eight point plan advanced by the Communists He spoke at a mass meeting noting both sides are near agreement on the prisoner of war issue and suggesting a truce may come soon He added UN proposals have not been officially published and that Panmunjom talks adjourned after yesterday’s session to allow negotiators to forward the plan to Peiping or Moscow for high level consideration.
Walter Ira Beall of 117 Water Street Frederick was sentenced to three months in Maryland House of Correction for unauthorized use of a car owned by C. Lease Bussard. The arresting trooper stopped Beall on South Mountain about 20 minutes after the theft. Several out of state motorists forfeited $100 each for speeding on Route 40 west of Frederick and for improper driving and passing on mountain roads.
The House Judiciary Committee rushed approval of a bill granting political asylum to Franciszek Jarecki, a 21 year old Polish airman who fled Communist Poland with a MIG. He said he would serve to oppose communism and learn English. The Senate and White House plans follow, with a vote next Tuesday anticipated.
A 63 year old man clad only in underwear was taken into custody by Washington County authorities in a suburban Hagerstown area. Cards in his clothing identify him as Charles H Gerlach with Frostburg Maryland and 2808 New Hampshire Ave. W. Washington as addresses. He carried a bus ticket from Washington to Cumberland and could not answer questions. No evidence of shrinking was found.
In Baltimore on May 26 the Maryland Republican Party faced a deep patronage rift despite an official claim of healing. D. ElldRinehart announced agreement on a Maryland U.S. District Attorney appointment, with Beall and Butler naming candidates as Butler denied any deal and urged Doub for the post. George Cochran Doub or Wilfred McQuaid were considered, while Flynn, the long-serving Democrat, had resigned and urged Republicans to act by March 1. Hoff had earlier declined the post, leaving the field unsettled amid Governor McKeldin and Beall’s tense interplay.
A rare flash storm hit Washington on May 26 injuring three as hailstones battered windows and windshields over a four mile path. Forecaster W P Day called the hail the largest outside pictures and possibly the biggest in the District of Columbia. A Coast Guard boat in the Anacostia River reported gunfire but the shots proved to be hail.
Washington May 25 interior decorator Leonard Hamilton says the men of America are fleeing to den or guest rooms as wives transform bedrooms with pink blue and lavender frills and lace He notes men care little for decorating and jokes about his bachelor life while illustrating how bedrooms reflect gendered tastes in a light satirical tone with anecdotes about a decorated bachelor and a bride's reaction to his blues grays and gold room.
A 2 year old printer from Bluefield West Virginia who learned his trade in prison admitted to cashing 15000 dollars worth of counterfeit checks during a cross country tour. Ralph Wayne Hedrick 28 alias Jack C Dunn and Frances Louise Bailey 19 were arrested in Fort Worth after a suspicious check led to their capture. The pair admitted transporting counterfeiting instruments across state lines and were jailed when they could not post 35000 bond. FBI said the fake checks circulated across eight southern states and Nevada and other gambling resorts before the Fort Worth arrest.
Francis Scott Key post of the American Legion unveils a reorganized drum corps for the Memorial Day parade at Mt Olivet cemetery. Recruitment from Frederick High School and nearby counties has formed 36 musicians for a 44 member unit led by drum-major Luke Bell with three majorettes led by Anna Mack Fisher. The corps, funded and equipped by the post, reappears after a two year break, departing the Legion Home on East Church Street Saturday at 1 30 p m for the Market Street march.
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