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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1948
Page
1
Exhibitors and concessionaires bustle the fairgrounds as final preparations proceed for the 16th annual fair opening on Tuesday. Officials report all departments filled and attractions ready despite a cool 38 degree day and potential showers.
Jan Savitt, 35, orchestra leader, died in Sacramento County early today from a cerebral hemorrhage after being stricken en route for a Memorial Auditorium engagement. The band finished the show Saturday night without him. Mrs Saintt Jew of Sacramento was at his bedside.
Residents of Thurston celebrate the completion of the Urbana to Thurston road, ending an eleven year dispute over its condition. The stretch, long hindered by mud and floods, is now hard surfaced, linking Urbana to Thurston and easing school and transport hardships that spurred protests and state road action.
W Lee Higin the motor vehicles commissioner will be principal speaker at the twenty second annual pilgrimage and homecoming at the LO O F Home Sunday afternoon starting at one. Charles B. Schone of Baltimore P G M will preside with military and auxiliary groups competing for honors from one to two. At 2 15 speakers and officers will be escorted to the platform with colors presented. Orlando M Shockley Showell P G M and Grand Chaplain will give invocation. A solo by Wallace Williams Dundalk will follow. Various officials from Baltimore Cumberland and other Maryland towns will address the assembly. Attendance last year was about 3 sons and an equal number expected. Frederick fans invited.
Washington October 4 The Federal Reserve Board said it will hold public hearings October 12 on anti trust charges against Transamerica Corporation of San Francisco. Transamerica requested public status for the case, marking the first official disclosure since the complaint filed June 24. The suit alleges a credit monopoly through control of bank boards in Bank of America and other banks across Oregon Washington Arizona and Nevada.
A tropical storm develops in the Caribbean Sea prompting southeast Florida warnings from Miami to the Keys and Fort Myers. Forecasters note rapid intensification and risk of heavy rain flooding, with South Florida already seeing squalls and flood impacts near Lake Okeechobee.
Forty four county high school students from Frederick County join three all state groups in the eighty first Maryland State Teachers Association convention in Baltimore. Band members total 26 with 150 state band performers under Major George S. Howard. chorus has 18 members directed by Lara Bogart as guest conductor. County names include Georgia Bennett Anthony Cincotta Jr Brock Gordon Bruce Douglass James Marrone Sabra Chambers and others.
Local contractor Elsworth C. Valentine was arrested after a disturbance on North Market Street. Police reported kicked garbage cans and a overturned mailbox. Several others, including James and Edward Neal, Raymond Pray tulah, and Arthur Preese, posted collateral or were held, while a warrant for assault and battery targeted Kenneth Baker. Frost gripped the nation with lows from 25 to 30, while Miami and New Orleans warmed.
Fenway Park Oct 4 Denny Galehouse 36 year old veteran chosen to start for the Boston Red Sox against Gene Bearden of the Cleveland Indians in the first tied playoff game in American League history. McCarthy may deploy a right hander to counter Cleveland’s left handed bats and switch to a southpaw later.
A Baltimore firm starts vacuuming dust accumulated for decades from the attic of the Frederick County jail as part of a major renovation. Basements will be cleaned next, pigeons may be removed, and interior walls on the second floor will be razed by prison labor. Steel plates blocked wall breaches and will be burned out. A false floor has been laid to aid progress.
The body of Hunter Moss 42 year old mother of a prominent Baltimore law firm was found in a hotel room. Police said Moss died at a local hospital and was identified by Ambler Moss who reported his missing brother. Moss registered at the hotel Friday under the name F M Armstrong of New York.
A twin engine charter DC-3 carrying 21 aboard is presumed down between Charleston and the Bahamas after distress signals ceased. The New England Air Express plane departed Teterboro for San Juan with 4 crew and 17 passengers plus pilot Richard Olivere among the crew.
Chinese leaders fear the Red forces under Lin Pao and Chen Yi gain the initiative as Chiang Kai-Shek retreats to the northeast. Observers note Lin Pao’s attack on Chinhsien and Chen Yi’s Trojan Horse tactics at Tsiwan threaten government control north of the Yangtze. Foreign observers call the situation too early to assess.
Warren R. Austin of the United States challenged Russia in the United Nations General Assembly to affirm a readiness for effective international control of atomic energy. He urged delegates to focus on concrete action and to move beyond verbal exchanges in the atomic energy debate. Russia and its delegate proposed parallel treaties for banning weapons and for establishing checks, hinting at possible atom bomb ambitions. In a different note, a public sale in Middletown featured a 1945 Diamond T truck chassis sold for 1225 dollars to Remsburg Bros. Transportation Co.
The Nation Today outlines two Berlin crisis roots economic and political. It notes postwar division of Germany into four zones and Berlin into four sectors, Western plans for a unified economy, Russian opposition, new German government efforts, and the ensuing land and air blockades and currency reforms.
Harry Baldy Ensor taxi operator convicted by Substitute Magistrate Edward J. Smith on carrying concealed weapons and fined 109 dollars plus costs. A second assault charge on his wife was dismissed after reconciliation. Also in court Guy L. Baker ordered to pay 10 dollars weekly child support. Howard York forfeit 11.45 dollars.
Mrs. Dora E. Phillips real estate withdrawn at a public sale on the Camp Kanawha premises seven room frame house and two acres were offered. Household goods valued around $1,000. Auctioneer Emmett R. Bowlus and clerk H. MM. Alexander handling the sale. Police report in Seoul cites 20 arrests for alleged plot against the infant South Korean government.
Moscow proposes a four power Council of Foreign Ministers meeting to review Berlin and all Germany issues under the Potsdam framework. The Soviet note argues the UN Security Council should not handle the Berlin crisis and accuses Western powers of misrepresenting Kremlin negotiations.
The nine justices begin a new term as major questions loom over House Un American Activities Committee powers to compel testimony and on labor law issues. Witnesses called before the committee have refused to answer if they are or have ever been Communist party members, citing First and Fifth Amendment protections.
Tuesday is the final day for Frederick city and county residents with unlisted names to register to vote in the November Presidential election. Registration closes at 9 p.m. Tuesday. those not registered by then cannot vote on November 2. Registration booths open at 9 a.m.
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