Senate opens inquiry into juvenile delinquency rise
A Senate judiciary subcommittee opened a nationwide probe into juvenile delinquency led by Sen. Hendrickson. Dr. Martha Eliot of the Childrens Bureau testified of a 29 percent rise from 1948 to 1952 and warned the future could reach 750,000 delinquents in 1960. Secretary Hobby added auto thefts and burglaries by under 18s will loom large, urging more community services and early intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha M. Eliot
United States Childrens Bureau
Sen. Hendrickson
R-Nj
Eliot
Hobby
Food Dealers Observe Twenty Fifth Anniversary Banquet
Independent Retail Food Distributors of Frederick County celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary with a banquet at Peter Pan Inn attended by 260 people. Henry F. Falk welcomed guests. Garland Guyton led the invocation. Harold Barry MC’d a floor show by Station KDKA entertainment service. Notable attendees included West Mathews Cambridge and Burkittsville figures, with E. B. Mensell honored for long service. A review traced the group’s 1928 origins from the Serv-U Save-U Association formed by local retail grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Peter Pan Inn
Henry F. Falk
Garland
Guyton
Artist
KDKA
Harold Barry
Falk
West Mathews
Cambridge
Garland S. Guyton
Burkittsville
Harry S. Hamilton
Robert Schell
Nelson Shuli
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Cumberland
E. B. Mensell
Frederick City
Frank V. Staub
Leonard G. Wachter
Edward B. Mensell
Philip R
Seven Killed As Road Race Opens
An Italian driver died and a speeding American car struck spectators at the start of the Pan American Road Race in Oaxaca Mexico near Tehuantepec. Co-driver Giuseppe Escosutti perished in a Ferrari crash, while Robert F Christie and Mickey Thompson escaped serious injury as more spectators were struck and cars overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaxaca
Mexico
Giuseppe Escosutti
Antonio Stagnol
Tehuantepec
Defense Ministry
Stagnoli
Robert F. Christie
Grant's Pass
Ore
Christie
Mickey’ Thompson
el Monte
Calif
Thompson
Oll
Texas
Tularemia Found In State Rabbits
The Maryland State Department of Health warned hunters that rabbits with tularemia have been found in the state and two humans have contracted the disease, one in Washington County and one in Anne Arundel. Dr. E Paul Knotts reported a suspected rabbit carrier in Caroline County after a hunter from Concord described a thin rabbit with dry fur and white pearls on its liver and spleen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Department of Health
Maryland
Washington County
Anne Arundel
E. Paul Knotts
Denton
Caroline County
Norman Adams
Concord
Knotts
Red Cells In GE Plants Cause Senate Testimony
Boston, Nov. 19. A former General Electric employee testified before a Senate subcommittee that he has been a Communist party member and an FBI informer since 1941 and that red cells exist in GE plants in Schenectady New York Fitchburg Lynn and Everett Massachusetts. He identified two GE workers as Communists who refused to answer questions and were escorted out with their lawyer amid heated exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
General Electric
Senate
Communist Party
FHI
William H. Teto
Ashby
Mass
Joseph R. McCarthy
Schenectady
Fitchburg
Lynn
Everett
Massachusetts
Tete
Wisconsin
Teto
Nathaniel Mills
Robert Goodwin
Gabriel Kanstrovitz
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Soviet Union
F. Joseph Donahue
District of Columbia
Optimists
Opti
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate Committee On UN- American
United States
Russia
Jeaders
Shirley Powell
Walkersville
Lester Boleyn
Middletown
William C. Roderick
Childrens’ Aid Society
Lillian Patton
Hi Lease
Ethel Ernest
Dorothy Stup
Janice Popp
Helen Stephens
Florence Ritchie
J. Milton Kronheim
Washington
Robert Layman
Middletown High School
Samuel Yingling
Miss Powell
Vernon Summers
Baker Park
West South Street
Russians to Free 1274 Jap Prisoners
Moscow reports a joint Red Cross agreement freeing 1274 Japanese prisoners from World War II, and releasing 1047 more after sentence completion. Names of those returning, including Gen. Otozo Yamada, will be handed to Japanese delegates at repatriation centers. The group comprises 420 military and 854 civilian prisoners, divided into 810 and 464 for transit. Tadatsugu Shimazu presented the Order of Merit to Vassily Kholodkov in a signing ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Cross
Otozo Yamada
Nakhodka
Yamada
Japan
Manchuria
Tadatsugu Shimazu
Japanese
Mortgage is burned at Brunswick fire hall celebration
Brunswick solemnly and impressively burned the mortgage on its new fire hall and civic auditorium during public ceremonies witnessed by nearly 1,000. The program featured Reggie Kehoe's Marimba Queens, a film of the groundbreaking and the new engine arrival, with notes from Rev Norman Trott and Fire Chief H. E. Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Solemely
Reggie Kehoe
Marimba Queens Orchestra
Norman Trott
Baltimore
H. E
Sonny” Cannon
Mr. Trott
Brunswick
Chief Cannon
Walter Rice
BFC
Eugene Smith
Stanley Wirts
Norma Nalley
R. T
Sis” Foster
Pearl Hahne
Fire Hall
Community Players swap show for Chilterns with Three Men On A Horse
December 2 to 5 replace Chilterns Hundreds as the season opener. President Walker Jolliffe announced Three Men On A Horse will be the curtain raiser, with Susan Van Till, James Decker, and others in the cast. Tickets available at The Smoke Shop Berger’s Book Store and Winchester Hall office hours 11 am to 2 pm daily from Nov 27. Dr Newton W. Larkum named pathologist at Washington County General Hospital succeeding Dr Paul Butterfield now at Alpena Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilterns
Walker Jolliffe
Berger's
Winchester Hall
Mountain Theater
Community Players
Stephen Langley
Susan van Till
James Decker
Charles Crum
Peter Places
Alton Whitmore, Jr
Richard Shoemaker
Gay Fink
John Geating
William Brosius
Philip Harvey
John Cecil Holm
George Abbott
Butterfield
Hagerstown
Newton W. Larkum
Easton
Washington County General Hospital
Paul W. Butterfield
Alpena
Mich
Larkum
Balkan Nations II Agreement on Mutual Defense Reached
BELGRADE Yugoslavia Greece Turkey and Yugoslavia announced they have an agreement on all questions relating to mutual defense in case of aggression. The joint communique was issued after a 10 day conference of military staff representatives in Athens and Ankara. Col Gen Ivan Gornjak said the cooperation aims to defend freedom independence and integrity of their countries and peoples and would not threaten others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Ankara
Europe
Ivan Gornjak
United Nations Hearing Sparks War Charge Debate
At the U N General Assembly Vishinsky accused the U S of stalling for a new war while pushing a Moscow peace plan. Wadsworth countered that no sign of tension relief exists and warned the Bermuda conference may heighten global strain. The debate highlighted atomic control disputes and the Western push for five power talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Bermuda
United States
Vishinsky
U. N. Assembly
James J. Wadsworth
Moscow
U. N
Wadsworth
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Bernard M. Baruch
Red China
White House
Walter
FBI
Senate Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Caudle
2 Su
Watter
Tom Clark
Truman
House
Threats of infiltration loom in 1950s district dinner
About 8 scouters and wives attended the annual district dinner at Ebert's restaurant. Niemann A. Brunk reported district growth from 565 to 695 active boys, with two new troops forming. Other notes covered summer camps, Eagle ranks, and honors for local scouts along with Optimist and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis’ Scott Key
Crater
Ebert's
Niemann A. Brunk
Joseph H. Freehill
Washington
Jeader
Frederick County
Brunk
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Community Chest
Lions Hear Talk On Correct Mailing
Frederick Lions Club luncheon featured G William Trout outlining proper letter addressing stamping and return addresses to ensure prompt delivery. Alfred J Dumas added national plans for postal improvements while officers and guests attended at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
G. William Trout
Daily Mail
Alfred J. Dumas
Washington
Mr. Trout
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Noel H. Gross
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Murray C. Day
Airy
Horace Alexander
Carroll Manor Lions Club
J. Wesley Stevenson
Towson
Hunters Fire in City Stirs Md Town on Opening Day
In Hagerstown Maryland the sheriff and city police faced heavy complaints of hunters firing within the city limits and trespassing on farms. Citizens reported shooters near backyards and near the sewage disposal plant. No arrests were reported immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
John Devine
Claude Williams
Suits Settled For 45000 In Route 45 Crash
Three civil actions filed by William H. Lyerly and his wife Fay Lyerly and her mother Myrle Belle Waltz against Lewis A. Rice ended with out of court settlements totaling 45000 in damages. Plaintiffs allege injuries after Rice driving a car invited passengers left the highway and overturned near Thurmont on Route 45 in February 1952. Attorneys were Mathias and Robert E. Clapp Jr. for plaintiffs and McSherry and McSherry for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
William H. Lyerly
Fay Lyerly
Myrle Belle Waltz
Lewis A. Rice
Rice
Mathias
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
McSherry
Gedendant
Four Champions Named at Eastern National Livestock Show
TIMONIUM Nov 10 Mathers Brothers Farm of Mason City Iowa won four top judging honors at the Eastern National Livestock Show. Levesdale Basis a 3 year old Shorthorn was senior and Grand Champion bull. Leveldale Blythesome II grand champion female and Leveldale Clipper V reserve senior champion female. About 1 760 cattle steers hogs and lambs were shown the largest yet. Sale of 407 steers averaged 32 46 per cwt with a $5 000 grand Angus steer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timonium
Mathers Brothers Farme
Mason City
Mathers Brothers
Levesdale
Chicago
Angus
Physician Denies Report Ike Has Heart Disease
New York President Eisenhower's personal physician said reports of heart disease are invalid. Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder told New York Heart Association delegates that columnists and commentators spread rumors. He noted repeated screenings since 1945 show the President's cardiovascular system is robust for his age.
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Ike
New York
Eisenhower
Howard Snyder
Snyder
New York Heart Association
Heart In
Lodge Suite Is Guarded Against PR Nationalists
UNITED NATIONS NY armed police guard the Waldorf Astoria suite of U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reportedly to protect him from Puerto Rican nationalists. An unnamed source says Lodge requested the 24 hour guard about 10 days ago. The Daily News claimed other officials may have guards but gave no names. The extremists oppose U S delegation efforts at the UN to allow a nationalist spokesman for Puerto Rican independence. Two Puerto Ricans previously failed in an assassination attempt on President Truman in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Waldorf Astoria
Lodge
New York Daily News
The
Daily News
U.N
Truman
Washington
Paid Firemen To Get Benefits On Retirement
City officials discussed extending retirement benefits to all city fire department members under the same act as police. The Board invited heads of four departments for long range budget planning. The Gaited Fire Company received an extra 4500 for floor and tile work, plus 1100 more for repairs funded by their gaming funds. New police uniforms were previewed, with traffic officers to wear white caps and gloves. An ordinance on traffic flow changes and a proposal to place metal telephone booths on city property were also considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
United Fire Company
W. Bartgis Storm
Alton Y. Bennett
James Marrone
Donald B. Rice
Gaited Fire Company
Bennett
Frederick City
Charles V. Main
Marshall Murray
Ellis Carty
Main
W. Jerome Offutt
State Roads Commission
Walter M.lanius
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Civitan Club hears Rev Carroll Boyer on church plans
Rev Carroll Boyer of the Lutheran Mission church in Frederick spoke at the Civitan Club dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He discussed the mission church and a possible new Lutheran congregation with its own building in Frederick. George Stup chaired, Elmer Singer presided, and Charles Myers won the attendance prize. Members and wives attending the Westminster Civitan Club anniversary included Basil Lewis, Charlie Crum, Myers, Kinsey, Mercer, McCabe, Offutt, Bowers, Singer, Ramsburg, Miller, Thomas Jr., Englebrecht, and Strine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitans
Carroll Boyer
Lutheran Mission Church
Frederick
Civitan Club
Francis Scott Key
Mission Church
Boyer
George Stup
Elmer Singer
Charles Myers
Westminster Civitan Club
Basil Lewis
Charlie Crum
Lou Kinsey
Wilson Mercer
Jack McCabe
W. Jerome Offutt
Raymond Bowers
Irving Ramsburg
William Miller
G. L. Thomas Jr
Ollie Englebrecht
Roy Strine
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Margaret Bowers
Mary Chew
Past Chiefs Association
Mountain City Temple
Pythian Sisters
Bowers
East Eighth Street
America
Ferne Etzier
Chatta Box
Cliftes
Bloomfield Parish Hall
Elizabeth Shipley
Ada Derr
Etzier
Charlotte Clem
Annie Atkinson
Myrtle Gittings
Fannie King
Grace Angle
U. S
D. C
Optimist Club
Broad Hill
Yellow Springs
Margaret Staley
Ruth Linton
Catherine Rothenhoefer
Esta Staley
Lenna Keyser
Joanna Doggett
Nixon
Annapolis
Fort Meade
Court of Appeals
Anne Arunde
Benjamin Marcus
Roy Nixon
Edenton
N. C
Cpl
Donald Lassiter
Conway
Acre
Emer
Silom
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