Plan to improve mail service faces decentralization push
Frederick Lions Club hears Alfred J. Dumas outline Post Office plans to decentralize authority to regional offices and local postmasters. He cites budget cuts, rising mail volume, and potential rate changes to fund modernization while expanding local control and improving service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Lions Club
Post Office Department
Alfred J. Dumas
Washington
Post Office
Francis Scott Key
Dumas
Lion James A. Grove
Frederick
Lion George W. Trout
Noel H. Gross
Mr. Dumas
Summerfield
District of Columbia
Bureau of Budget
Congress
Postal Service
Department
Bureau of Personnel
Civil Service Commission
William Driscoll
Boston
Mass
George W. Owing
North Beach
Nicholas Stuart
Gettysburg
Ray Dinterman
Walkersville
W. A. Startzman
Jack Jamison
Hagerstown
C. C. Fishpan
Westminister
Bert Tanner
Robert Leichert, Jr
Philip Thayer
Middletown
Roy V. Kincaid
Thurmont
C. C. Thomas
Carroll Manor
W. H. Kent
Libertytown
J. B. Jackson
Cumberland
A. I. Ellin
Proclamation On Armistice Day Issued By Eisenhower
President Eisenhower issued an Armistice Day proclamation urging Americans to dedicate themselves to promoting a permanent peace. He marked the day as the 35th anniversary since World War I and urged flag display on public buildings, recalling battles from Chatea-thierry to Iwo Jima and Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Chatea- Thierry
Saint Mihiel
The
Argonne
Omaha Beach
Anzio
Iwo Jima
Heartbreak Ridge
First Gift For 54 Polio Fund Is Made
Frederick Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis elected officers and received the first contribution for its 1954 March of Dimes fund at a Thursday YMCA meeting. Sub-teen solicitors sent $10.25 via a Halloween trick or treat letter honoring polio patient George B. Stup, read at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Stup
Baltimore
David Schoolman
Karin Larsen
Robert Meintzer
Richard Zimmerman
Marjorie Towson
Jo Ann Wilson
Elizabeth Towson
Lawrence Miller
Sharon Miller
Woody Miller
Penelope Owen
Lyne Remsberg
Dinah Schoolman
Ann Zimmerman
Brian Zimmerman
Roger R. Rice
Alton Y. Bennett
Maud L. Kefauver
Arthur H. Lambert
Hazel Lewis
Helen Hayes
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Catherine C. Gaule
John S. Gardner
National Foundation
Smokehouse Blaze Damages Thurmont Meat Plant
An explosion and fire damaged a smokehouse in Howard F Late's Thurmont meat plant around 5 30 pm Thursday. Losses included 40 hams 40 shoulders and other meat products with total damage between 1000 and 1200 dollars. Firemen contained the blaze without harming the main plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard F
Thurmont
Guardian Hose ‘Company
the Guardian Company
Payne’s Hill
Youth Groups Plant Trees In Frederick County Drive
The Middletown FFA and Mt. Pleasant 4H Club join fall tree planting sponsored by Frederick Forestry Conservancy District. Middletown will plant about 1.40 white pine and yellow poplar on W. W. Wolfe's land near Myersville under FFA adviser Louis Ahait. Mt. Pleasant will plant about 1,000 white pines on E. W. McDevitt’s farm near Lewistown. Additional plantings by Frederick High School FFA on Mrs. Edward J. Cunningham’s farm total 2,000 trees. Planting begins after a dry spell break and continues as conditions allow. Tree-planting machines available from state and local soil conservation districts. orders must be placed by week’s end to obtain nursery stock for fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Middletown High School
Mt. Pleasant
Frederick Forestry Conservancy District
Middletown Ffa
E. W. Mc. Devitt
Lewistown
Frederick High School
FFA
Edward J. Cunningham
State Department of Forests and Parks
Frederick and
Catectin Soil Conservation
Gifts For Korean Orphans Sought By Former Resident
2nd Lt James L Myers stationed in Korea heads an effort by the 167th Transportation Truck Battalion to adopt two Korean orphanages. They seek nonperishable foods clothing and soap to aid 281 boys and 67 girls aged 3 to 17. Mail gifts before November 15 to Lt Myers care of Postmaster San Francisco. Do not send money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christman
James L. Myers
Korea
167Th Transportation Truck Battalion
U. N
America
A. P
San Francisco
California
United States
Lt. Myers
John Richardson
Frederick
Harry K. Shaffer
Dill Avenue
Baltimore City College
St. Myers
University of Virginia
ROTC
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Carroll Wickiess
Charles Cole
John Wickless
100 More East Germans Seized By Secret Police
BERLIN Nov 6 The Soviet zone secret police disclosed that at least 100 East Germans have been seized in a sweeping roundup of spy suspects. Erich Mielke deputy chief said they work for West Germany and the American counter intelligence corps. He said they carry radio transmitters secret instructions and weapons. The disclosure signals possible trials. The zone recently handed down three death sentences for alleged spies and long jail terms for 65 others. The roundup may have been prompted by five Czech defections to the west. The East German government said two captured Czechs will be charged with murdering four Communist policemen. Heavy police actions followed amid gun fights, likely exposing many who might resist communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rus Sian
Foel
Erich Mielke
Mielke
Prague
West Berlin
Atomic Energy Exhibit Opens in Hagerstown Armory
The national display runs November 11 to 13 at the National Guard Armory Hagerstown with free admission. Curated by the U S Atomic Energy Commission and Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, it features 30 sections on atomic energy. Highlights include an atomic furnace producing radioisotopes and a Van de Graaff generator. A dime becomes radioactive and is offered as a souvenir for a dime donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Hagerstown
UG. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
van de Graff
Robert J. van de Graff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boyds Man Hurt In Friday Auto Crash
Earl Gue, 52, of Boyds, was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital around 2:30 PM in an Hyattsville fire department ambulance after a Friday morning automobile accident. Firemen initially said he was not injured. later he reported serious pain. Police in Rockville had no record of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOYDS
Earl Gue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hyattstown Fire Department
Montgomery County Police
Ieckville
Frederick Adopts Water Survey By Abel Wolman
The Frederick Board of Aldermen authorized Dr. Abel Wolman of Johns Hopkins to conduct a general study of the city water supply for 5000 dollars. The survey will assess current and future needs, possible sources, metering, distribution deficiencies, and a long range development plan, with completion expected in about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Abel Wolfman
Baltimore
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Wolman
Department of Civil Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Singapore
Camp Detrick
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Middletown Valley Grange Meets With F F A Program
The Middletown Valley Grange held its meeting with the local F F A Chapter in charge. Wayne Guyton presided as six members pledged the F F A. A vocal recording and a National F F A convention report were presented. The next meeting is set for November 12 at 8 p m to choose 1954 leaders. Pomona meetings and the state quarter contest were announced for Adamstown with Frederick County delegation involved. Pomona degree to be conferred November 17 in Walkersville Community Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Valley
Middletown Valley Grange
Wayne Guyton
Carrolee Zecher
Grange
Adamstown
Howard County
Frederick County
Wailkersville
Vishinsky charges U S preparing for new war at UN
Andrei Vishinsky, first deputy foreign minister of the Soviet Union, accused the United States of basing foreign policy on military power and preparing for a new war with mass weapons. He urged the UN Disarmament Commission to push for armament cuts and unconditional abolition of atomic weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
Soviet Union
U. N. Assembly
Poitical
Vishinsky
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Selwyn Lioyd
Autopsy Finds Poliomyelitis and Pneumonia Death
Complete autopsy findings on Ralph W. Eibert 24 former Ralph M. Parsons Co. worker at Camp Detrick show death caused by poliomyelitis and pneumonia. Drs Joseph Victor and Thomas W. Green Jr of Detrick announced the results. Eibert, a Mt. Airy resident and father of two, died early this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Eibert
Ralph M. Parsons Co
Camp Detrick
Joseph Victor
Thomas W. Green, Jr
Detrick
Elvert
Mt. Airy
Court House Changes Discussed for Clerk Office Move
Frederick County Bar Association and Board of County Commissioners discussed moving the Clerk of the Circuit Court and land records from current court room to create a new second floor court room. Estimates ranged 150000 to 250000 dollars with fire safety and record storage cited as issues. Possible reshuffling of other offices, maybe the treasurer, was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
County Land Records
Frederick County Bar Association
Board of County Commissioners
Bar Association
J. Millard Tawes
Joseph McCusker
Tawes
Frederick County
Bar Committee
Frederick Church Women Observe Community Day
Frederick Church Women observe World Community Day in Trinity chapel on Friday afternoon sponsored by the Frederick Council of Church Women. The speaker, John H. Eberly, urged deeds of kindness and peace through personal good will as the path to world peace, with music by Robert Woodward and organist George T. Schroeder Jr. Benediction by Rev. Paul L. Althouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Women of
Frederick
Trinity Chapel
Robert Woodward
George T. Schroeder, Jr
Raymond Wilhelm
National Assembly of United Church Women
Atlantic City
Paul L. Althouse
Auto Damage After Rear End Collision Near Damascus
Several hundred dollars damage resulted when a 1953 Plymouth driven by Nikki Smith of Damascus was rear ended by a 1948 Chevrolet driven by James E. Scott of Rockville. State Trooper James Browning investigated. Earlier on Route 40 near New Market, Thomas Leon Trippitt of Annapolis sustained a fractured right arm after his eastbound car collided with John R. Bringhurst Jr. of Charles Town. Each vehicle suffered several hundred dollars damage. Trooper Browning investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikki Smith
Damascus
James E. Scott
Rockville
James Browning
Smith
New Market
Thomas Leon Trippitt
Annapolis
Trippitt
John R. Bringhurst, Jr
Charles Town
W. Va
Browning
Egypt court sentences Col Abdel Ghaffar Osman to prison
In Cairo the Revolutionary Court jailed Col. Abdel Ghaffar Osman for 15 years on charges of corruption and conspiracy to supply the Egyptian army with defective weapons during the 198 Arab Jewish Palestine war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Revolutionary Court
Col
Abdel Ghaffar Osman
West South street extension passes final inspection
Final inspection by the Bureau of Public Roads and the State Roads Commission, joined by Mayor Donald B. Rice and the Board of Aldermen, finds the West South street extension satisfactory. Plans to convert Franklin street and Hamilton avenue to one way alignments after the East South street work, with parking changes and no traffic light needed at Hamilton and Patrick. City engineers and officials present note completion steps and future paving progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West South Street
Jefferson Street
West College Terrace
Bureau of Public Roads
State Roads Commission
Donald B. Rice
Board of Aldermen
East South
Wisner
Hamilton
Embert R. Bowlus
Clyde M. Roney
Dorsey F. Shipley
Allen IG. Quynn
Franklin Street
South Street
Patrick Street
Hamilton Avenue
Patrick
Patrick South
Rice
Patrick Streets
Hamilton and
Silas Koons
Mr Hill
W. Raymond Walter
William Selzer
Hungarian actress wins hotel luggage auction case
Francisca Gaal, a Hungarian actress, won a $17,375 judgment against the Waildorf Astoria hotel after it sold her 35 trunks at auction for unclaimed baggage. She argued the hotel held the trunks since 1940 while she was abroad. the hotel claimed compliance with law allowing sale after five years. The Supreme Court jury sided with Gaal but awarded less than the $53,613 she sought. The trunks allegedly contained nightgowns, evening gowns, lingerie and other apparel. The hotel plans to appeal. auction had brought $193.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waildorf- Astoria
Francisca Gaal
Europe
Supreme Court
Miss Gaat
Auto wreck causes $100,000 damages claim in Maryland case
The State of Maryland furthers a $100,000 damages suit in circuit court over a December 30 wreck on Route 40 near Poplar Springs. Plaintiff Anna E Maness widow Maureen Maness seeks recovery from Seyler Lumber Co James E Fields and Austin C Murray for the death of Trey L Maness who died January 10. The suit alleges Westbound tractor trailer slowed forcing Maness into the vehicle and a separate collision with Murray as both vehicles tried to pass. Maness was the family’s sole breadwinner and the suit names attorney Robert E Clapp Jr acting for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maryland
Anna E. Maness
Maureen Man
Trey L. Maness
C. L. Seyler
Seyler Lumber Company
Bluefield
James E. Fields
Weat Greham
Austin C. Murray
Maness
Poplar Springs
Fields
Seyler
Murray
Bethesda
Robert £. Clapp, Jr
Frederick Community Chest hits halfway mark in drive
Frederick City fund drive nears its goal as donations total $21,433 toward a $37,000 1953 target. Byron Thompson, general chairman, urged prompt reporting and full contacts to complete the campaign. Individual committee results range from $311 to $6,863 with percentages from 33 to 98 percent, highlighting varied progress across groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Richard F. Kline
Samuel W. Barrick
Ernest A. Dettbarn
Melvin H. Derr
James Fraser
Community Chest
Thompson
Ward C Haffner Found Dead In Bed In Hanover
Ward C Haffner a 70 year old former Republican figure died at 11 05 p m in the Central Hotel Hanover from heart failure coroner Lester J Sell confirmed He graduated from Marston School and the University of Maryland and worked with John S Young Company in Hanover later moving to Baltimore He served on the Hanover Savings Fund board survived by son Howard Y Haffner of Charlottesville Va Funeral services set for Monday at 10 am at Frederick Bucher funeral home Hanover interment Mt Olivet cemetery Friends may call Sunday evening Also noted he was a son of the late Dr Samuel T Haffner and Mrs Susan Whitmore Haffner who once clerked the circuit court and a physician The article also mentions Ward Haffner served as a deputy under his father and references the late Austin F Haffner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward C. Haffner
Central
Center Square
Hanover
Harold Walters
York County
Lester J. Sell
Marston School
University of Maryland
John S. Young Company
Baltimore
Hanover Savings Fund
Howard Y. Haffner
Charlottesville
Frederick Bucher
Frederick Street
Edgar D. Ziegler
Mt. Olivet
Haffner
Samuel T. Haffner
Susan Whitmore Haffner
Ward Haffner
Austin F. Haffner
City Prepares For Removal Of Snows On Streets
Frederick Aldermen authorized City Engineer W. R. Walter to seek private bids for street lights on Biggs Avenue and Grant Place. Contracts awarded for a Lynchburg pipe load, a disposal plant project, and Linden Hills storm sewers. A salt spreader and rust inhibitor were approved, along with a used Servicycle for policing. Final inspections set for West South street and East South street extensions, and a city code book priced at 15 dollars. A request for a Biggs Avenue overpass was referred, and parking space for Dr. Henry Chase was assigned. The Junior Chamber proposed paving West College Terrace for the Soap Box Derby, with races rerouted from West Patrick Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Frederick
City Hall
W. R. Walter
Biggs Avenue
Grant Place
Glamorgan Pipe Company
Lynchburg
C. William Hetzer
Hageratown
W. F. Wilson and Sons
Brookeville
Linden Hills
Walter
State Roads Commission
Charles V. Main
Donald B. Rice
West South Street
East South Street
W.jerome Offutt
Earl F. Hargett
Dietrich and Gam
S. Carroll Street
Henry Chase
Church Street
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Samuel W. Barrick
Soap Box Derby
West College Terrace
Patrick Street
Carroll Parkway
Frederick Section Hosts Council Jewish Women Meeting
Dr and Mrs Walter Braun attended a Frederick Section Council Jewish Women meeting at Bnai B'rith lodge rooms Monday night. Mrs Jean Weisman as president led a business session discussing a rummage sale. Mrs Braun spoke on training for children with retardation to foster self sufficiency and usefulness. The council considered plans to support this project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Walter Braun
Council
B'nai B'rith Lodge
Jean Weisman
Baltimore Bar to honor Judge Chesnut at annual dinner
Chief Justice Warren will deliver a personal tribute to Judge W Calvin Chesnut of the Federal district court at the Bar Association of Baltimore dinner on December 14. About 1,200 lawyers are expected. Chesnut, 80, will retire but will serve until a successor is named. Chief Judge John J Parker of the Fourth Circuit will also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesnut
Baltimore
Warren
W. Calvin Chesnut
Federal District Court
Bar Association of Baltimore
John J. Parker
Fourth Federal Circuit Court
Jok Appeals
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Baltimore Authority
Grange News
U. S
John Wood
Court Place
Westminster
Carole Lee Wood
West Third Street
Theodore Bryan McIntire, Jr
Theodore Bryan McIntire
Towson
Wood
Goucher College
McIntire
West South Extension
Margaret Schmitz
Record Street
Albert Ferselius
Harry Lattanzi
Fred Hodge
WW. E. Grebe
Lawrence Ware
Ward C
Rouse Elm Street
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