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Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1948

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Students Petition Against Proposed Street Near Frederick High

Frederick petitions circulated by parents oppose a 50 foot wide street along the northern school boundary to serve Watkins Acres. City officials note the street would run through swamp terrain, not restrict future building, and would not be a by pass. Condemnation proceedings will be started.

Frederick Watkins Acres Pareris City of Carroll Creek Richard E. Zimmerman City of the City

City buys Jo seph Jamison property for future widening

The city purchases the southeast corner lot at West Patrick and DeGrange to avoid missing a street widening opportunity. Mayor Lloyd Culler says no widening will occur before next year and current plans extend DeGrange only to the bus t avenue. The Jamison house would be rented until the street expansion proceeds, with tenants to vacate when widening starts.

Joseph Jamison West Patrick and DeGrange Streets DeGrange Street Lloyd C. Culler Y ¥ Br West South Street College Avenue West Patrick | S Street Jamison House

Crownsville Patients Wander Away At Will

The State Board of Mental Hygiene will seek a survey to curb escapes from Crownsville State Hospital for Negro mental cases. The move follows a report by Mr and Mrs Robert C Adams about a patient entering their Waterbury road home near the hospital in Anne Arundel County. The middle aged man was found at the doorway between the kitchen and dining room as Mrs Adams went downstairs to start breakfast.

Baltimore State Board of Mental Hygiene Crownsville State Hospital Mgrs Robert C. Adams Waterbury Road Anne Arundel County Sirs. Adams

Frederick Food Show set for next week at State Armory

Booths for the Frederick Food and Better Housing Show will be arranged today for a Monday through Saturday event at the State Armory. The Independent Retail Food Distributors of Frederick County and Serv-U Save-U Stores sponsor the show with daily 7 pm sessions and a cooking school 2–4 pm Tuesday through Thursday. Admission is free, tickets prize 50 indoor dollars nightly, and a grand rural club prize of 250 on Tuesday.

Frederick Food and Better Housing State Armory Frederick County Serv-U Save-U Armory Potomac Edison Company Frederick Gomes

Abundance Of Grains Signals Strong Feed Supply

The article notes record corn and rising supplies of oats and sorghum grain feeding hogs cattle and poultry, with the Agriculture Department estimating feed concentrates 23 percent larger than last year. It also mentions a reported attack on a Frederick woman on Rockwell Terrace with no charges yet filed.

Chicago Agriculture Department Frederick Rockwell Terrace Shei

Sophoulis resigns Greek government to King Paul

Premier Themistokios Sophoulis handed the resignation of his coalition Greek government to King Paul today. The King accepted it.

Sophoulis Athens Themistokios Sophoulis Paul

Soviets Hit Back With Peace Offensive as Truman Stalin Meet Rumors

Reporters at the United Nations describe a Soviet propaganda push claiming Western plans to undermine peace efforts. A UN delegate says Moscow worries over a rumored Truman Stalin meeting while the US delegation declines to comment and Marshall lingers in Paris awaiting developments.

Russia West United Nations Assembly Truman Stalin United Nations United States Assembly U. S State Marshall Marshall Washington U. N Paris

Lawyer Sues City Over Airport Accident

Washington attorney William S. Stanley sues the mayor aldermen and contractor T Edgie Russell for 35.66 alleging negligence at Frederick airport on April 17. He claims wooden stakes 30 inches high, 25 feet apart, created a dangerous runway condition without warnings, causing damage to his plane on landing. The case is set for magistrate court November 27.

Washington Snd T. Edgie Russel New Frederick William S. Stanley

Maryland Returns Dewey Victory by 8197 Votes

An official statewide tally shows Governor Thomas E. Dewey carrying Maryland by 8,197 votes over President Truman. Dewey: 294,716. Truman: 286,549. Henry Wallace 9,939. Norman Thomas 2,927. write-ins 2,544. Baltimore city margin for Truman 23,736. County results list winners in each district and statewide referendum tallies.

Baltimore Thomas E. Dewey Maryland President Truman Dewey Henry Wallace Norman Thomas J. Strom Thurmond Elections Boards Mr. Truman James W. Miller J. E. T. Camper al Dist Lansdale P. Sasscer Maurice Weidemeier Congres Glenn Bery Bryne Austin App Aga

Property Deed Transfers Myersville Home and Store

Mir and Mrs D Edgar Bittle sold the George W Bittle home and store on East Main street Myersville to Mrs Guido Mae Ingram for 14000 under a deed executed earlier this year.

Mir D. Edgar Bittle George W. Bittle East Main Street Myersville Guido Mae Ingram

Scholarship In Nursing To Be Established

The Civitan Club voted to establish an annual scholarship at Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing to aid a young woman pursuing nursing. The award will be given next fall with a committee led by Henry L. Davis to finalize details. Town officials discussed driver trainee programs and related civic support. Arrests docketed by city police and incorporation filings for Frederick Lodge Moose were noted.

Civitan Club Francis Scott Key W. Jerome Offutt Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Henry L. Davis A. Melvin Seeger Elwood T. Whitmore Roy L. Rhoderick R. Ormond Dutrow Irving A. Abb W. Lee Elgin Able Civitan Kenneth L. Burkhart A A.A. Club

Fourth Pay Boost Round To Be Final

Washington November 12 An Administration official said a final round of postwar pay raises may average seven to ten cents an hour with a projected link to leveling living costs. He cited prior increases and suggested future talks would stress productivity if prices stabilize. The plan seeks a compromise on labor legislation and a stronger Labor Department while trimming key Taft Hartley provisions. A 60 day cooling off period with enforcement and fact finding is among ideas for national emergency disputes.

Shington Truman Labor Department

Strike Near as East Coast Dock Walkout Grows

The New York strike deadline loomed as 65,000 longshoremen vote on a proposed wage settlement. A union official predicted rejection, risking a nationwide waterfront shutdown from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia and spreading to South Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports.

New York Atlantic Seaboard Gulf Coast Fortland Hampton Roads South Atlantic

Opera star Raoul Jobin continues after wrist stab during Carmen

Pittsburgh a 11 12 Raoul Jobin carried on in true theatrical fashion after a wrist stab wound during the third act of Carmen. The injury, inflicted during a quarrel with Gladys Swarthout, left bleeding but did not stop the performance as Jobin sang the fourth act before 3800 at Syria Mosque. He later went to a hospital for treatment.

Pittsburgh Metropolitan Opera Raoul Jobin Gladys Swarthout Jobin Bon Jose Miss Swarthout Carmen Don Jose Joi Syria Jobi

Extended Forecast for Maryland and Delaware

The outlook shows mostly cloudy skies with a slight warmup into Saturday and occasional light rain. Western and eastern Maryland and Delaware see cooler conditions by Monday with more rain possible Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures average 3 to 5 degrees above normal with rainfall near or below 0.44 inches across the area.

Maryland Delaware

Special Session Urged on China Aid by Bridges

Senator Bridges of New Hampshire urged President Truman to convene an immediate special session of Congress to consider aid for China. He leads a watchdog committee on foreign aid and warned that delay could let Communists take over China. He noted Des Moines as his speaking stop and pressed for swift action based on current facts.

Washington Bridges Truman Congress China Wete Des Moines Europe Far East China Rock

Widespread Layoffs Hit Northeastern Industry

The Associated Press reports six manufacturing plants cut jobs as 400 dismissals were announced. Waterbury Time Corp will trim staff from 3,200 to 1,000 by January 1 amid union pressure. GE in White Plains cutting production 50 percent Nov 22 due to weak sales. Indian Motorcycle in Springfield lays off 250 of 1,050. Worthington Pump in Holyoke idling about 20 percent of 1,009. American Woolen in Utica reduces 10 percent of 900. L. C. Smith and Corona in Syracuse cuts work week to four days for about 2,000 workers.

Associated Press U.S. Time Corp Waterbury Conn Joachim Lehmkuhl Waterbury Watch Workers Union AFL International Association of Machinists Indep White Plains N. Y General Electric Company Indian Motorcycle Company Springfield Mass Holyoxe Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp Globe American Woolen Company Utica N. J

Fifteen Germans Are Hanged at Landsberg Prison

Fifteen former guards at Mauthausen were executed at Landsberg prison for the killings of more than 4,600 inmates including 47 Allied airmen. The hangings, carried out under an American war crimes court, raise the four week Landsberg total to 58, with one scheduled for last Friday postponed by a last minute reprieve.

Munich Germany Mauthausen Storm Landsberg

Grange May Favor Oleo Tax Repeal

Portland Maine November 12 The Grange may back repeal of federal oleo taxes, a shift for the large farm group which has supported butter champions in the margarine butter war. State Master C P Key of South Carolina said there is a general feeling for repeal if consumer protection against fraudulent margarine sales can be ensured.

Portland. Me Grange C. P. Key South Carolina

Nine Red Columns Routed Near Suchow Canal

Reports from Nanking say Nationalist forces routed nine Red columns at the Grand Canal during the Suchow battle. Communist forces withdrew in disorder, with claims of 37 000 dead and wounded. Chiang Kai Shek reportedly flew toward Suchow as diplomats warned of potential government moves southward.

Nanking Grand Canal Suchow Peiping Seventh National Army Corps Red Yi Shih Pao Chiang Kai- Shek Chiang U. S Shanghai Tsingtao

Four clubs hold first joint Lions dinner at Myersville

About 125 people attend as Brunswick Middletown Myersville and Frederick Lions meet at Myersville school with guest speaker Mrs Hester Bell Provenon of the University of Maryland addressing The Man s Place in the Home for about half an hour. District Governor Clarence O Fishpaw attends among guests from Westminster Union Bridge and Williamsport.

Brunswick Middletown Myersville Frederick Hester Bell Provenson University of Maryland Westminster Union Bridge Williamsport Clarence O. Fish- Paw

Mother Warned As CAS Receives Children in Court

Three children ages four three and seven months were committed to the Children's Aid Society of Frederick County after witnesses said they slept in doorways and stood with their mother in a beer tavern. Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer issued a stern warning to the mother, who claimed an act of marriage. Brunswick residents and police testified the family had no home and severe neglect.

Children's Aid Society of Frederick County Patrick M. Schnauffer Brunswick Police Department

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