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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1950
Page
5
The Maryland State Aviation Commission may grant 2700 to aid airport improvements. No concrete city action has been taken yet, but officials expect steps in the spring.
Federal aid funds allocate 50000 for Frederick airport improvements and 150000 for Friendship International Airport in Baltimore as part of 166 national airport development projects. City officials credit prior actions by the mayor and aldermen for Frederick’s favorable allocation though overall federal funds were cut from 36700000 to 21200000. The Frederick grant funds paving, taxiways, and parking to handle aircraft up to 30000 gross weight. the Friendship grant offsets the 28 percent federal share of land costs. Allocation ends June 30 1951 with possible new funds later, defense value guiding decisions unless justified. City had filed with CAA to qualify for the grant.
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged earliest enactment of universal military training to take effect when manpower allows. It proposed civil defense regional offices and training facilities, a review of stockpiling programs, and tied UMT to emergency military legislation. The note also mentions a shift from virgin forests to timber as a crop.
Today in history highlights include John N. Stephens born 1805, travel writer and promoter of infant steamboats and railroads, builder of the Panama Railroad, died 1902. John W. Mackay, immigrant miner and founder of Commercial Cable, died 1902. John W. Hyatt, 1847, New Jersey inventor, died 1920. Lindley M. Garrison, 1864, lawyer and Secretary of War, died 1932. Henry Bacon, 1866, architect of the Lincoln Memorial, died 1924. John Barrett, 1866, Pan American Union director, died 1938. Also today in history: 1785 treaty with the Cherokee, 1887 Edison phonograph exhibition, 1895 first U S auto race.
A fragmentary Chicago item lists Charles E. Duryea winning in a self-driven car, Langley experiments, and notes on World War II events including Patton’s forces in Europe and U S armies breaching the Siegfried Line. It also mentions atomic energy, U S China policy talks, and birthday horoscopes with various figures. The Mississippi Missouri river system is noted at about 3 988 miles.
Two 19 year old soldiers are in Anne Arundel County custody on burglary charges after Thanksgiving night theft at a Glen Burnie tavern. Authorities say $125 in nickels and a $5 coat were stolen. Henry Wayne Richardson of Whitesburg Georgia and Kenneth Verry of Cranston Rhode Island admitted being AWOL from Camp Stoneman California. State Trooper Lemuel Porter Jr. reported suspicions arose after the arrests.
A pair was stopped near Winfield in Carroll County as police questioned them about a car believed stolen in Nevada. Anne Arundel County Police recovered a jacket and sneakers from the vehicle. Both suspects were held for grand jury action.
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