New Zoning Plan Placed Before Frederick Officials
Two public hearings will precede final action on a new zoning ordinance for Frederick. Zoning engineer Dr. Jefferson Grinnalds explained maps and district types, proposing rural zones beyond the new corporate limits and diverse districts including industrial, business A and B, residential B and C, and a new service use district around Court House Square. The plan adds broader Board of Zoning Appeals discretion and may shift toward a defined “ Frederick” zoning pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
City Hall
Jefferson Grinnalds
Baltimore
Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Grinnalds
General Assembly
Lloyd C. Cutler
Oe Frederick
Court House Square
Three British Police Slain in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Gunmen in a speeding car killed two British policemen in Tel Aviv and fatally wounded a officer in the Jerusalem area. A small Jewish girl was wounded as part of a new reprisal campaign blamed on the Jewish underground. Nine British officers have died and 30 wounded in the week of violence following a raid near Tel Aviv that killed five young Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Po’ Hee
Jerusalem-Jain Road
Sas
British Rocket Plant Blown by Explosion Near Aylesbury
An explosion at Britain's rocket research station near Aylesbury killed one and injured ten. The Ministry of Supply confirmed the fatalities and injuries while noting experiments on rocket assistance to airplane takeoff. An eyewitness said two rockets were set up for Mir tests and both triggered blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
Eng
Britain
Ministry of Supply
Stocks Rally and Leaders Wilt in Mixed Market
In New York trading, stocks showed scattered gains while many leaders wilted under light selling as market activity fluctuated with cautious investor sentiment on the Nov 147 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
650 U.S. Planes To Be Brought Out Of Storage
The United States Air Force will bring 650 combat aircraft out of storage to reach 53 fully operational groups by December 31. About 130 B-29s will join active units to upgrade partially ready groups. 400 fighters will be P-51s and P-41s. No recall of reserve personnel is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Air Force
Air Force
Health Dept Backs Local Sanitary Program in Frederick County
Maryland State Department of Health agrees with Frederick county plan for a strengthened general sanitary program. Dr. R H Riley and local officials discussed the 40 Frederick eating places survey by USPHS. Local officials will seek budget support for a full time sanitary inspector to inspect restaurants and food service venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
James P. Siicher
Division of Personnel and Accounts
D. W. Taylor
USPHS
Frederick City
Taylor
Reop
Riley
State Board of Health
County Health Office
Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
Board of County Commissioners
Roap
Frederick
Hunting In New City Sections Not Allowed
City police prepare for upland game season with an expanded city boundary banning firearm discharge in newly added western unimproved lands. City Attorney Zimmerman confirms laws prohibit shooting within these areas, extending beyond Baughman’s Lane toward Opossumtown Pike and the farm area between Yellow Springs Road and Opossumtown Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seer
City
Torney
Richard E. Zimmerman
Baughmian
Attorney Denies Move From Frederick County
Persistent reports claim John R. Fitzpatrick will close his Frederick County law office and relocate to Washington. He denounces the rumors as wholly untrue and states he has no plans to move or sell his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
John R. Fitzpatrick
Washington
French Gold Hoard Reaches Billions in Aid Debate
Washington reports estimate France holds about 2.0 to 4.34 billion dollars in gold and assets, complicating U S aid plans. Rep Herter cites French gold as a major factor in European relief costs while Dulles appears as a witness at Senate hearings on the 597 million dollar winter aid package for France Italy and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Italy
Austria
John Foster Dulles
Questioned About Three Thousand Poker Stakes in Air Force Probe
Washington November 14 Senate War Investigating subcommittee examined alleged procurement irregularities by wartime Air Force officers. Maj Gen Bennett E Meyers faced questions over poker games and personal wealth while Meyers sought court martial to prove innocence. Inspector Maj Gen Junius W Jones stated rumors of large poker games lacked specifics and noted Meyers’ wealth status. The committee also revealed Meyers owned shares in seven companies amounting to about 2790 shares, contrary to prior statements. An anonymous War Department letter claimed Meyers had made 1,000,100 to 2,000,000 from the war, though no investigation followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Air Force
Junius W. Jones
Air Forces
Ferguson
R-Mich
Jones
Mieh
Bennett
Meyers
Wrar
U S to Enlarge Mission to Greece
The United States will enlarge its advisory military mission in Greece following a request from the Greek government, the Army announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Greece
Ington
United States
Back's Plan to Make Korea Independent Approved
New York report states the United Nations Assembly rejected Russian boycott threats and endorsed a U S plan to establish Korea as an independent nation. The move emphasizes postwar Korean self governance and international recognition by the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
New York
United Nations Assembly
United States
Nelson Licensed To Wed For Fourth Time
Nelson 59, former War Production Board head and now president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, has a license to wed Valerie Edna May Rowell 21, native of Australia. He has been married three times. third wife Marguerite Coulburn died this year. Rowell, living in New York, was previously married to A Arthur Tracy in April 1945. Nelson said he did not know when the wedding would occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald B. Nelson
War Production Board
Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers
Valerie Edna May Rowell
Australia
Nelson
Marguerite Coulburn
Miss Rowell
A. Arthur Tracy
Fire Destroys Cambridge Buildings Rebuild Looms
Fire swept through Cambridge damaging the Pilgrim Holiness church warehouse wholesale grocery and machine shop with losses estimated between 100000 and 150000 dollars. No casualties occurred though owners and residents escaped as fire crews battled flames for hours and one man was overcome by smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Yast
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Harvey Wilson Beer
Wilson Abbott
J. E. Andrews
B. H. Lucas
Olvery Pritchett
Cc. K. Dill
Cambridge Volunteer Fire Department
Dill
Cary
Clarence Lowe
Grayson Price
Dill and Wilson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
C. and P. Line
Three Killed Four Injured In Route 250 Crash
Three people died and four were injured in a head on collision between a truck and an automobile on U S Route 250 near Fairmont and Mannington. All dead were residents of Mannington: Ernest Masters, Leiah K Harker, and Mrs Maxine Lemley. The injured include George Z Etchison of Wheeling and Lucille Jones of Mannington. The crash occurred shortly after midnight as workers returned home from the Westinghouse lamp plant. Police reported the wreck turned over after impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Ices Run
Mannington
Ernest Masters
Leiah K. Harker
Maxine Lemley
Masters
Harker
Lemley
George ZT. Etchison
Wheeling
Lucille Jones
Anna Kovach
Rachel
Harold Kennedy
Westinghouse
Too Late For Tide Battle Postponed
Newark reports a battleship named New Mexico and a squirt gun vessel were delayed entering port after decommissioning. Coast Guard said towing tugs will bring the ship to harbor on tomorrow morning’s tide, three hours behind schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
New Mexico
Coast Guard
Three-Power Disarming Pact Urged by Dulles
Washington reports that U S Senator John Foster Dulles urged a three power disarmament treaty among the United States Great Britain and France if London talks fail to secure accord. He noted a prior proposal dating to January 1945 and called for action at the London Council of Foreign Ministers, preferably four power but else three power. Rep Mundt warned in the House committee that a four sided fence around Russia and satellites is needed for Europe aid. A 22 country Europe tour was cited to support the stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
France
House
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Jean Monnet
Bank For International Settlements
John Foster Dulles
U.S
United Nations
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Rail Workers Win $1.24 Day Wage Increase
Chicago reports that the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railroad Conductors announced a retroactive wage raise of $1.24 for an eight hour day for 200,000 members, totaling about $100 million annually, effective November 1. They also agreed on four working rules and withdrew many proposed rules while continuing talks on eleven other proposals from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nation
Brotherhood
Order of
Young Doctor And Wife Are Rescued On Icy Ledge
Evanston Wyoming reports a young doctor Dr. Robert Dykes and his wife Marjorie rescued after five days on an icy ledge over 12,000 feet high in the Uinta mountains. They rode 14 miles down a frozen slope and 75 miles on rugged roads to safety after Dykes pancaked his light plane on Saturday. The couple said they dreamed of hamburgers and conserved energy to avoid freezing, noting they feared they would not be found in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
Robert Dykes
Taft
Calif
Uinta Mountains
Utah
Marjorie
Disloyal Employes Must Be Removed
President Truman announced that disloyal and subversive federal workers must be removed from the payroll but said there will be no witch hunt. He spoke after meeting the Loyalty Review Board and stressed rumors or suspicions will not justify dismissals while promising protections for those suspected of disloyalty. He did not mention recent State Department dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Loyalty Review Board
State Department
Voluntary Rationing Proposed by Congressional Group
A Senate House panel led by Senator Flanders proposes voluntary food rationing with a control law as a backup to curb rising living costs. The report urges tax cuts for low incomes, voluntary profit and wage restraint, reinstating installment-buying curbs, and potential meat rationing to lower prices. It calls for study of a 40 hour work week and notes possible temporary increases if Europe relief and reconstruction require higher output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House Group
Flanders
Joint Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
United States
Truman
Congress
Charles Luckman
Luckman
County Council Annual Meet To Be Monday
The Frederick County Council of Religious Education will hold its annual meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in Trinity Evangelical Reformed chapel. Reports of past work will be given and officers for next year elected. Rev Willis R Ford will speak on Cooperation The Key to Protestant Strategy. The meeting combines with the monthly Ministerial Associations gathering and welcomes all interested in Christian Education. Officers include Ramsburg Althouse Meckley Abbott Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Council of Religious Education
Trinity Evangelical Reformed Chapel
Willis R. Ford
Maryland-Delaware Council of Churches and Christian Education
Ford
International Council of Religious Education
World Council of the World's Sunday School Association
Westhill Training College
Selly Oak
Birmingham
Neyland
Frederick County
Bir. Ford
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Paul L. Althouse
Meredith H. Meckley
Eleanor D. Abbott
Edgar E. Thomas
Ways to send relief to foreign countries in 1940s style
The Nation Today explains how individuals can send relief abroad via parcel post or CARE and through agencies. It details sending food and clothes to individuals or groups, or funding packages, with CARE handling France or other regions and refunds if no recipient is found. It also notes Bank draft transfers and two cash transfer exceptions to Germany and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Advisory Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C
Joe; Jones
CARE
Cooperative
Europe, Inc
Broad Street
New York
City
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
National City Bank of New York
Wet Weekend Forecast Due to Snow and Rain Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a wet weekend likely across many sections with temperatures rising from subzero in parts of the Midwest to nine above in Peliston. Rain extends from Texas and Louisiana into Kansas and Missouri, spreading northward, with light snow in the upper Great Lakes, northern Rockies, and northern New England as a cool air mass moves into Minnesota and Iowa tonight and into the north central states tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Midwest
Peliston
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Missouri
Great Lakes
Rockies
New England
Minnesota
North Central States
Communist Party Office Is Fired On Marseille Fracas
Gunmen fired on the Communist party headquarters in Marseille as a demonstration related to a leftist funeral neared. Police moved to avert a bloodier clash with Marseille’s Nervis gangs while unions faced a spreading strike that halted port activity and blocked ships. But a truce allowed food cargoes to be unloaded and trucks to resume in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseille
Communist Party
Central Labor Council
Sete
Mediterranean
St. Antoine
Rhdhe
Iirst
National Guard
Aveyron
Herault
Reservoir Full as Rain Fills Fishing Creek System
Water Superintendent William J. Davis reported the Fishing Creek reservoir is full again, the first time in about a month, after heavy rains. Other local reservoirs, wells, and cisterns also recovered from the October dry spell as rivers and creeks run flush for fall. Temperatures dipped to 24 degrees, making this the coldest night so far, with a chance of rain and lingering late autumn color in leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishing Creek
William J. Davis
Weather Bureau
Hungry thieves raid Lewistown cellar for food
Burglars entered the cellar of Albert Boyer's Lewistown home last night and stole canned fruit potatoes and lard. The family slept through the theft and discovered the loss this morning after hearing no disturbance. Deputy Sheriff R Pau Buhrman investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Boyer
Lewistown
Boyer
Joose
R. Pau Buhrman
Stassen Declares Entry in Nebraska Presidential Primary
Lincoln Neb Nov 14 Harold Stassen announced today that he will enter the Nebraska presidential preference primary set for April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Harold
Stassen
Nebraska
Also Mentioned on This Page
Health Dept
New City
Bennett E. Meyers
U. S. Army
Congressional Group
County Council
W. R. Ford
Hirohito
MacArthur
Tokyo
Eamperor
Mac
Arthur
By James Marlow
Communist Party Office
Hrthivf
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!