Sales Tax Cut Begins On Friday
Maryland residents will save on small purchases as the state broadens the sales tax base starting Friday at midnight. Exemption rises from 14 to 50 cents, making most 51 cent plus items tax free except exemptions. Meals become tax free except for alcohol, detergents and infant care items are exempt, with a projected annual saving of about 7.6 million and a projected year end surplus around 5 million to back the 1952 budget.
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General Assembly
Lane
Building permits required after health plan review in Frederick County
Frederick County officials tightened enforcement of a 1949 State Board of Health rule requiring building permits before ground is broken. Applicants must submit water supply and sewage disposal plans to the Health Department, with strict future interpretations. The move targets improper septic tanks and contamination risks while citing cases past where work proceeded without approval. Blinker lights were installed at the Lime Kiln crossing on Route 15 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Health Department
State Board of Health
Board of County Commissioners
A. Lamar Barrick
Carroll E. Easterday
A. Grant Hooper
Samuel H. Young
Robert Rhoderick
Frederick County
City of
Frederick
Easterday
Baltimore and Ohio
Oute 15
Bevin Aims for Political Settlement to Korea War
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament Britain still seeks a political settlement to end the Korea conflict. He said China should show willingness to pursue peaceful solutions and that recent Red Chinese gains have not changed his view. He stressed the final solution must be on political lines.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Korea
All-Time High Hit By Prices Of Foodstuffs
The cost of living index rose to a new peak at 174.8 percent of the 1935-29 base, lifting pay bumps for nearly a million workers. General Motors added three cents an hour to 357,000 hourly workers and a $15 quarterly boost for about 80,000 salaried GM staff. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted higher prices in house furnishings and apparel, with food costs up only 0.2 percent due to meat price declines.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Work
General Motors
CIO Auto Workers Union
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Clarksburg Seeks Help To Remove Deep Snow
West Virginia endures sub freezing conditions and new flurries as snow depths grow. The five day blizzard claims its 15th life with a sledding accident near Paw Paw. Clarksburg City Council declares state of emergency and seeks state aid to clear streets using city machinery.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Sonya Lee Dailey
Paw Paw
Mor
Ban County
Clarksburg
Lloyd Griffin
Kline Awarded Virginia Road Work Contract
Richard F. Kline and Frederick Contractor won a 48180 dollar federal contract to build 6.1 miles of roadway in the George Washington National Forest Virginia. Work is not due to start until April and will connect Luray and Edinburg along a road paralleling Skyline Drive. Kline previously built the first 17 miles of road in the forest in 1946.
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Richard F. Kline
Frederick
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
George Washington National Forest
Virginia
Kline
Luray
Edinburg
Forest
Death Toll From Storm Climbs Toward 300 Across East
The storm blasted 22 eastern and midwestern states leaving near 300 dead and millions in damages. Heat, power, and phone outages persisted as cleanup began in Pennsylvania and Ohio. New England coast declared a disaster area to aid fishing reconstruction efforts.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Ohio
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Missouri Valley
Weather Bureau
New England
Reconstruction Finance Corp. Joans
New York
New Jersey
New York City
Indiana
Albany
Redkey
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alabama
Connecticute
Illinois
Maryland
South Carolina
Tennessee
Maine
Massachusetts
Georgia
Delaware
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Vermont
Virginia
Ohio Snow Crisis Strains Small Towns Amid Backlog
Ohio cities wrestle with funds, equipment, and manpower to clear heavy weekend snow. Springfield and Lima declared states of emergency while deaths rose to four, mostly from exertion. Gov Lausche barred nonemergency traffic from entering Ohio via Pennsylvania to ease jams. Cleveland bus lines limited. 180 firefighters helped screen downtown routes as delays persisted.
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Columbus. O
Ohio
Springfield
Lima
Frank J. Lausche
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike
State Highway Patrol
Cleveland
Expenditure Statements Filed for House of Delegates Race
In the clerk's office additional statements show Joseph B. Payne $435.25 Richard Baumgardner $404.75 and Melvin H Derr $23718 for successful House of Delegates campaigns. William F E Haover reported $8314.01 in an unsuccessful bid for the same office.
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Joseph B. Payne
Richard Baumgardner
Melvin H. Derr
House of Delegates
William FE. Haover
Master Mind Needed To Extricate U N In Korea
Washington reports outline U S strategy to work through the United Nations and allied nations on China policy in Korea. Officials cite ongoing consultations, possible sanctions, and avoidance of a split in the anti Communist coalition.
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U. N
Korea
Washington
United States
United Nations
Britain
France
China
Peiping
Truman
State Acheson
U. S
National Security Council
U.N
Off Street Parking Study For Walkersville Ward
The Junior Chamber of Commerce formed a committee led by Reuben Caplan to study off street parking and issue recommendations for a ward. Joins Sam W. Maples Jr and A R Remsberg Jr, following a Tuesday meeting at Glade Valley Bakery. James McSherry to head a Payroll Savings Plan outreach. State Jaycees resolutions to Baltimore December 9 and 10. Kent Nicodemus Jr arranged the meeting and tour of the bakery.
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Joe Baker
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Reuben Caplan
Sam W. Maples, Jr
A. R. Remsberg, Jr
Jaycees
Glade Valley
Walkersville
Chamber of Commerce
James McSherry
Treasury Department
State Jaycees
Baltimore
Kent Nicodemus, Jr
London Stocks Fall Sharply On Korea War Fears
London stock prices tumbled in early trading as grave setbacks in Korea and broader Western fears of a larger conflict sparked a broad market decline. It marked the worst day since the June Black Monday, with no gains seen in market reports.
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London
Korea
Christmas Gets Boost By Weather
The prolonged cold snap in November brought snow flurries and near freezing highs through month’s end. Ground iced over, Culler Lake frozen but not thick enough for skating, while coal and oil sales rose as Yuletide purchases grow and Santa Claus revived holiday mood despite cautious forecasts.
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Culler Lake
Santa Claus
War Jittery Market Drops Sharply Again
New York stock market remained jittery as trading resumed with leading issues down as much as three dollars per share. Players snapped up blocks of 1 000 shares, while brokers pressed for buyers to steady the market amid ongoing war fears.
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New York
Philco to Build Frederick Plant for Gov’t Tubes
The Lansdale Tube Company a Philco subsidiary will open a Frederick Maryland plant to produce critically short electronic tubes for the Armed Forces and civilian needs. Planned 110000 square foot single floor facility with early 1951 construction and full operation by year end. By 1962 about 1000 workers expected. training to start January 1 1951. Philco also weighs a new plant opposite its Philadelphia facilities to meet rising radar equipment demand.
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Lansdale Tube Co
Frederick
Lansdale Tube Company
William Balderston
Philco Corporation
Lansdale Company
Philco
M. Ward Easby
Frederick Far Grounds
Crisis Before Attlee Cabinet
London reports an emergency Cabinet session of 1 hour 49 minutes on the ChinKorean crisis. Attlee then met Labor MPs at the House of Commons where decisions, if any, were said to be imparted. Bevin spoke with Julius Holmes of the U S embassy as tensions rise across Europe and Asia.
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London
Attlee
Labor Party
House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
Julius Holmes
U. S
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Acheson
Daily Herald
Truman
Paris
Far East
United States
China
Europe
Stockholm-Tidningen
Settlement Reached In $50,900 Train Collision Suit
Out of court settlement filed in circuit court over a fatal New Year’s Eve crash in which Clifford Alvie Smith died after his car hit a train at Oak Hill crossing on Troutville road near Woodsboro. Plaintiffs were Mr and Mrs W Clinton Smith LeGore. railroad represented by Parsons Newman for railroad company.
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W. Clinton Smith
LeGore
Clifford Alvie Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Clifford Smith
Oak Hill Crossing
Troutville Road
Woodsboro
Robert EB. Clapp, Jr
Parsons Newman
Rawroad Company
U S Army Eighth Army Commander Credits Attack Saving Forces
Lt General Walton H. Walker stated that a recent action by the U S Eighth Army likely saved 200 000 troops from a trap and possible destruction after Chinese forces were assembling beyond the Yalu River. He traveled to join MacArthur in a urgent conference and echoed similar praise from General MacArthur.
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U.S
Eighth Army
Korea
Walton HH. Walker
Woyka
Edward Almond
10Th Corps
MacArthur
Walker
Yalu
Pittsburgh Stores Open After Snowbound Shutdown
Pittsburgh's midflown department stores reopened today for the first time since a record snowfall paralyzed the city. Transportation remained limited and schools stayed closed as Mayor Lawrence urged restoration of worker commutes. Snow totals reached 29.1 inches, with 39 storm fatalities statewide and heavy damage estimated in Pittsburgh and beyond. In Altoona, outages persisted with 500 crews restoring power. three hospitals, including a 300-bed VA facility, remained powered by emergency hookups.
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Pittsburgh
Metropolian
Pittsburgh Rusways Company
Steel Mills
David L. Lawrence
Altoona
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Veterans Administration
Marines kill 750 of Reds in Korea fighting
Northeast Front Korea November 29 U S Marines report about 750 Chinese Reds killed in heavy combat south of the Changjin reservoir. Leathernecks under attack on the northwest lake shore as Fifth and Seventh Marine Regiments tighten lines to block infiltrators. Two companies of the Seventh Infantry Division isolated by Chinese. Gis fighting their way out.
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Korea
Changjin
U. S. 10Th Corps
Yudam
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
11H Corps
Escape Gate At Kunu Now Threatened
AP correspondent reports Allied forces escaped across the Chongchon River in northwest Korea as fresh Red attacks from three sides threaten the escape gate at Kunu. The withdrawal, though orderly, leaves U S and South Korean units across a fraught river line with Chinese tanks entering the battle and the fate of the 24th Division and ROK First Division in doubt.
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Seoul
Chongchon River
Korea
Tom Lambert
Eighth Army
Kunu
Chongchon
Kun
U. S
ROK
Pakchon
United Nations
Maeric
North Korea
Ling
Lake Success
W U. N. Security Council
Formosa
United States
Red
Tokchon
Lambert
Changchon
U. N
William J. Waugh
Bennett Named Director Of Frederick March of Dimes
Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett will head the 1951 March of Dimes drive in Frederick County the Maryland office of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced. Bennett has led these drives for several years as the national goal is set at 59 million dollars.
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Bennett
Maryland
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Alton Y. Bennett
Frederick County
Magistrate Bennett
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Isposal O. K
Settlement Bevin’s Aim
R. F. Kline
Virginia Road Work
East Coast
Communist
Avaid
Asia
Ig de
Russia
Jr. Chamber of Commerce Names Committee
Army
Altoona, Pa
Bipwepa Pee
Ari
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