Republicans Seek McKeldin Era Appointments
Republicans now seeking state and local patronage positions for when Theodore R. McKeldin takes office next year. Unofficial reports say applicants include trial magistrates and county license officials, with Russell H. McCain favored for possible reappointment as Roads Commission chair if a change occurs. Local GOP members also elected Bowlus chair and Gaver secretary treasurer as the committee prepares for December action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore R. McKeldin
Republican State Central Committee
Board of Election Supervisors
Bovmert R Bowlus
GOP
State Central Committee
Nice
McCain
Russell H. McCain
State Roads Commission
McKeldin
General Assembly
Senate
Bowlus
Pierce H. Gaver
John Co. Derr
Monrovia
Ross V. Smith
Thurmont
Wilson Roberson
Middletown
John H. Johnson
Buckeystown
Economical Buying Class In Frederick Taught
Frederick housewives will learn economical buying and preparation of fruits and vegetables Thursday at 7 30 in the extension service conference rooms Old Church street school Miss Beatrice Fehr county home demonstration agent with University of Maryland specialists will lead a state wide series designed to help homemakers become better buyers Harold H Hoecker notes the session covers market selection freshness quality and store standards Virginia Sherburne and Natalia Russell join to discuss quality price nutrients Fehr demonstrates prep and storage techniques and Hoecker conducts merchandising classes for wholesale and retail fields in the state
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Department of Markets
Harold H. Hoecker
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing
University
Miss Fehr
PTA
Hoecker
Virginia Sherburne
State Department of Markets
Natalia Russell
Fehr
Battle Over Acheson Builds Up In Washington
A struggle over Secretary of State Dean Acheson intensifies behind the scenes as Democrats split. Some urge his removal as political liability, others defend his role as architect of current foreign policy and warn against jeopardizing progress if he leaves. The issue hinges on Congress shifts and Acheson’s ability to work with leaders to pass major policy measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Acheson
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Hiss
Alger Hiss
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Department
Congress
Mrs. F. A. Meigs of Chestertown Dies
Mrs Frederick Alton Meigs of Chestertown died in Baltimore at Church Home and Hospital aged 37. She was daughter of Dr and Mrs Rhoades Fayerweather now in Hawaii and wife of Chestertown librarian. A Swarthmore Phi Beta Kappa graduate with a Columbia master, she is survived by four children and a sister Mrs Hazen Carr of Ashfield Massachusetts. Funeral services will be held in Baltimore tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frederick Alton Meigs
Washington College
Chestertown
Church Home
Rhoades Fayerweather
Hawaii
Fayerweather
Meigs
Swarthmore College
Columbia University
Rochester
N. Y
Hazen Carr
Ashfield
Mass
Tomorow
Mrs Johnson Misplaces Car at Oklahoma Education Meeting
Louise S. Johnson a Tonkawa teacher visiting Oklahoma City for the state education association convention asked police after forgetting her car's location. Officers located it parked in a school zone, outside a designated no parking area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Louise S. Johnson
Johnson
Tonkawa
Oklahoma Education Association
Huge Oil Refinery Explodes Near Port Arthur
A sequence of seven explosions rocked a Gulf Oil refinery near Port Arthur Texas injuring three men, one critically. Fires were controlled by early morning and the refinery's catalytic cracking unit, crucial for aviation gasoline, may restart Monday or Tuesday. the complex can process about 230000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tex
PKA
Gulf Coast
Gulf Oil Corporation of Houston
Texas Coast Line
Texas City
Gulf
Precautions Expanded For Truman Security After Plot
In Washington on November 15 the White House tightened safeguards after two Puerto Rican revolutionaries failed to shoot President Truman at Blair House two weeks earlier. Measures include blocking West Executive Avenue, sealing exits from the old State Department, roping Blair House, purchasing adjacent buildings, repairing the White House district, and increasing uniformed and plainclothes police and Secret Service presence. The President, while opposed to heavy security, accepts the steps as legally required for his safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Blair House
West Executive Avenue
State Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Col Isbell's Rites Friday
The body of Lt Col Harold J Isbell former Camp Detrick commander will lie in state at 54 East Patrick Street 7 p.m. tonight public may pay respects. Friday funeral service at 9 45 a.m. at Camp Dettrick Field House with Army Chaplain Col James Bean presiding Arlington National Cemetery to follow. only family with hearse for Washington to Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J Isbell
Camp Detrick
Harry E. Carty Co
East Patrick Street
Tman
Isbell
Field House
Post Field
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Va
Col. Isbell
Washington
Arlington
Six Navy Plane Crashes in Eastern Oklahoma
Six sailors died when a U S Navy plane crashed on Rich Mountain near Page Oklahoma late last night. Forest rangers found the burned bodies this morning near the wreckage in a high altitude area previously noted for crashes. The aircraft was en route from Lincoln Nebraska to New Orleans and had been reported overdue by Navy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Okla
Rich Mountain
Oklahoma
Forest Rangers
U. S. Navy
Lincoln
Nebr
New Orleans
Navy
By-Pass May Be Ready By End Of Year
The Unionville by-pass on Liberty road should open to traffic by year end, contractor T Edgie Russell said. Surfacing to finish this week, with guard fences due in about ten days. severe weather could delay, but December opening seems likely. Route 15 work includes grading for a new bridge and relocation near Harmony Grove and Hansonville, with scarce materials delaying bridge start this year. In Western Maryland, M J Grove Lime Co advances a seven mile Route 40 relocation over Sideling Mountain costing over 2 million dollars, with 90 percent grading done but surfacing sparse. project expected to take more than a year, though the company is ahead of schedule and a temporary Sideling Creek bridge is 75 percent complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville By-Pass
Liberty Road
T. Edgie Russell
Russell
Unionville
L. R. Waeseche Company
Thurmont
Harmony Grove
Hansonville
Maryland
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Sideling Mountain
Hancock
Grove Company
Sideling Creek
Threaten TV and Radio Strike Across Nation
National strike threats loom over TV and radio networks as the Television Authority AFL coalition authorized a strike within a day or two over contract demands. AFL unions including AFRA prepared action in Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco with networks Columbia National American and Mutual involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
uPi
The
Television Authority
AFL
George Heller
American Federation of Radio Artists
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Federation
Columbia
National
American Antdgumont
New York City
WORTV
American
Mutual
Radio
Associated Actors and Artists of America
American Guild of Variety Artists
Actors Equity
American Guild of Musical Artists
Chorus Equity Association
Forgotten memory aid returns six years late
A book titled Improve Your Memory was stolen from Albany Public Library and returned by mail exactly six years after its alteration date. The anonymous return indicates little apparent benefit to the thief who kept the volume dormant for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N
Albany Public Library
Basic Metals Allocation Is Likely
Washington reports the National Production Authority considers a controlled materials plan to allocate basic metals if military demand rises toward 50 to 60 billion dollars yearly. Manly Fleischmann says rationing possible but uncertain while metal use tightens for defense, with the NPA moving to restrain civilian copper and other metals and to allocate steel to new ore carriers and vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Op National Production Authority
NPA
Manly Fleichmann
NPR
Fleichmann
Great Lakes
Brunswick council hears reports on street light, dog complaints
At a brief monthly meeting of Brunswick Mayor and Council, officials reported the resurfacing of a block on South Dayton avenue will finish tomorrow. A state approval is needed before purchasing an authorized traffic light for Maple avenue and West Potomac street. Dog complaints were reviewed by Mayor Wirts and Deputy Sheriff Smith, with ongoing investigations. Pavement repairs, a street improvement request, a satisfactory milk plant inspection, and winter tree trimming plus water line work were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Avenue
Brunswick
Robert L. Smith
District Potomac Edison Company
State Roads Commission
Maple Avenue
West Potomac Street
Stanley Wirts
Murray C. Smith
Police Hunt Man For Shooting His Wife
Leonardtown November 15 A farmer Raymond Hayden 41 remained at liberty for the fourth day as his wife Nellie Hayden mother of eight lay in critical condition at St Marys County Hospital. State Police posse combed a dense forest area ten miles north of the town near the Patuxent river as officers warned he is armed and dangerous and should be approached with caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardtown
Liberty
St Mary's County Hospital
Raymond Hayden
Hayden
Murray Jackson
Patuxent River
Nellie Hayden
Christmas Parcels Deadline Is Today
The Post Office Department sets the deadline for overseas Christmas parcels with guaranteed delivery by December 25, a small number have already been mailed overseas to armed forces and others. More parcels are expected before December 1, though delivery to distant points by Christmas is not guaranteed. A separate nationwide "mail early for Christmas" program is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Troops in Cold Korea Lacking Adequate Winter Gear
Tokyo reports bitter cold in North Korea finds U S Marines and other units short of parkas mittens wool undergarments and spare socks. Brig Gen Hastings says stockpiles exist but front line supply delays leave many soldiers in a single worn suit while arctic conditions bite. Front line units including First Marine Division and Eighth Army fight in northeast, northwest fronts amid snow ice and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
North Korea
Marine Corps
Army
K. L. Hastings
U.S
Korea
U.N
Eighth Army
Sith Corps
10Th Corps
Gunfire Echoes as Hunting Season Opens Countywide
Gunfire echoed across the county at dawn as upland hunters hit the fields for the season opener. Temperatures plunged to 22F with heavy frost for the fourth morning, ground frozen early, and no accidents reported by late morning. Rabbit bag limits were noted near 4 by 10 a.m. while deer near Frederick were seen grazing in mountain areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Dee
Transfer Bishop Epp To Fast FE U B Area
The Evangelical United Brethren Church announces transfers of four bishops and reassignments of three others. George E. Epp moves Naperville to Harrisburg to direct the Eastern area. David T. Gregory shifts Dayton to Pittsburgh for the East Central area. Fred L. Dennis moves Indianapolis to Dayton for the Central area. J Balmer Showers goes from Harrisburg to Indianapolis for the West Central area. Remaining in place: E. W. Proctorus St Paul Northwest area. C. H. Stauffer Kansas City Southeast. Ira D. Warner Puente Pacific area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Evangelical United Brethren Church Today
George E. Epp
Naperville
Harrisburg
David T. Gregory
Pittsburgh
Fred L. Dennis
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Balmer Showers
Bishop E. W. Proctorus
St. Paul
Northwest Area
C. H. Stauffacher
Kansas City
Southeast Area
Ira D. Warner
Puente
Calif
Pacific Area
Prices Of 21 Foods Down 21 Also Up
The government reported today that retail food prices fell about 1.¢ per cent in the last two weeks of October. Lower prices for fresh fruits and vegetables drove the drop, with small declines in meats, poultry, coffee and sugar. Higher prices appeared for eggs, dairy, fish, canned and dried fruits and vegetables. Twenty one foods were lower, twenty one higher, while eight showed no change in the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Man Aims Jail Term For Winter End Wish In New Jersey
A 60-year-old Hoboken man charged with vagrancy told a judge he would like to be jailed for at least 115 days until winter ends. Magis trate Charles De Fazio Jr. responded with holiday wishes as he addressed Frank Var Wir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Charles de Fazio, Jr
Frank Var Wir
Bride Dies of Infantile Paralysis at 16
A 16 year old bride, Mrs. Ruby Miller of Route 2 New Windsor, died Sunday at Baltimore City Hospitals from bulbar polio. She had been ill a few days, the ninth polio death in the county this year. Survived by husband, parents James and Vannie Parks, three brothers, and two sisters in nearby towns. Funeral held Tuesday at Westminster funeral home, interment in Bixler's cemetery.
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Baltimore City
Ruby Miller
James A. Miller
Route 2
New Windsor
Miller
Carroll County
James Parks
Vannie Greer Parks
Arry L
James
Charles Parks
Virgle May Lewis
Reisterstown
Robert Wilton
Westminster Funeral Home
J. Keller Brantley
Bixler’s Cemetery
Rachman's Valley
Clarvey Bankard and
San
New Trial Ordered For Condemned Negroes in Maryland
The Court of Appeals ordered new trials for Gerald Sylvester Day and Russell Sinclair Lewis, both 28, condemned for the knife slaying of Orval E. Ericson, a trackless trolley operator, on Oct 5. The court ruled Chief Judge W Conwell Smith erred by hearing their cases together. Located in Annapolis, Maryland penitentiary death house cases move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Orval E. Ericson
North Koreans Had 1 000 Russian Tanks
General MacArthur's headquarters said North Korea received 900 to 1 000 Russian tanks during the war. Of these 595 were destroyed and about 200 damaged or captured. An Air Force summary claimed 1 059 Red tanks destroyed or damaged. 75 percent of destroyed tanks were knocked out by allied planes. Washington reports Senator Bridges to lead a new Republican 1952 senatorial campaign committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
North Korea
Patton
Air Force
Prisoners Escape Shelby County Penitentiary
Two inmates walked out through the main entrance of the Shelby county penal farm. One called his sister to wire money. she notified officers. Officials alerted H. R. Campbell and Patrolman Gerald Parrish. J B Williams of Memphis and J H Secrest of Dublin arrived at the Western Union to collect the funds yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Tenn
Freedom
Shelby County
H. R. Campbell
Campbell
Gerald Parrish
J. B. Williams
Mephis
J. H. Secrest
Dublin
Western Union
Korean Front Hits Four Mile Push on Tokchon Front
Red battalions struck the UN line in two sectors as the ROK Eighth Division fell back four miles near Tokchon to the Taejosong river. North Korean forces breached the ROK Capital Division line but were repelled. UN patrols probed Yongbyon and Pakchon amid stalled advances in bitter cold CONDITIONS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
United Nations
Republic of Korea
ROK
Tokchon
Taejsong
U.N
U.S. 10Th Corps
U. N
North Korea
Manchuria
Yongbyon
British Commonwealth
Pakchon
MacArthur
U.S. First Corps
Wa, N
Four Top Problems for Maryland Constitutional Convention
Baltimore November 15 Judge Joseph Sherbaw of the Baltimore Supreme Bench identifies four major problems for the state constitutional convention. They are reappointment of representation in the legislature real home rule for counties and municipalities abolition of the orphans courts and consolidation of Baltimore City courts. He proposes nonpartisan delegate selection with a modest daily allowance and a timetable from Sept 1951 to May 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Joseph Sherbaw
Sherbow
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F. A. Meigs
Burma
Rangoon
Rangoon Daily
Tibet
Martinsburg
W. Va
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Bishop Epp
FE. U. B
North Koreans
Bridges
Republican
Board of Public Works
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