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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1948
Page
8
The Frederick newspaper for October 5 1346 reports on regional events of the era. Notable mentions include local governance notices and market developments, with brief notes on public affairs and community matters.
A 50 member meeting at MLCA discussed raising 60000 to save Catoctin Country Club. Trustees plan in person solicitations after 56 replies from stock and bond buyers, targeting 300 active, plus shares of 100 value and bond options with a first lien on the property.
Britannica credits Benjamin Franklin as the first American economist in its encyclopedia. The claim positions Franklin as a foundational figure in American economic thought and policy.
The city plans several expansion projects in a broad program led by W F Wilson and Sons Inc of Brookeville. Projects include Linden Halls Catoctin Park and Trail Addition with bids and schedules pending. Engineers Whitman Retard and Associates oversee the 1953 work, as power and water upgrades proceed and an elevated water tank comes online.
Baltimore October 4 Attorney General Hall Hammond filed a demurrer asking Baltimore Superior Court to dismiss a suit by States Rights Democrats seeking to place their presidential candidates on the November ballot. Hearing set before Judge Joseph Sherbow for Wednesday. The state law requires new parties to file petitions before spring primaries and the group had not formed by the deadline. If defeated, Maryland voters may still write in electors pledged to Thurmond and Wright. ACCUSED OF FRAUD New York October 4 A prominent lawyer is charged with defrauding his mother and sister of 1 362000 from his father's estate. Leonard Bacon Clark 42 a Yale and Harvard graduate was arrested leaving a White Plains hospital and held without bail on grand larceny involving 8026. CREELS BIG BASS Bernard Lefty Kreh and Johnny Jones fished near Lander Saturday Jones caught a five and a quarter pound bass on a homemade plug. Five other bass averaging about a pound each were caught.
John Howard Lawson, Hollywood screenwriter and former Screen Writers' Guild president, appeals to the Supreme Court from a contempt conviction for refusing to answer questions before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He argues the committee lacks constitutional authority and that its methods threaten free expression and citizens' rights. The court will decide if it will grant direct review before the appeals court has spoken.
Miss Hazel Rufsnyder of Pottstown reports her constipation improved after 15 years by Kellogg’s All-Bran daily. The cereal supplies bulk for normal elimination, with a promo offering double money back if not satisfied after 10 days, requiring an empty carton sent to Kellogg Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The Supreme Court met with its bar admission, a tribute to late Chief Justice Hughes, and motion hearings in the Stevenson Johnson Senatorial contest in Texas. Justice Murphy was absent due to ongoing clinical tests in Michigan with a possible one to two week delay. Lawson attacks the House Committee method as compulsory disclosure to root out dissent and impose penalties, arguing it invades personal freedom.
Boston and Cleveland owners plan to split about 87 percent of the roughly 42 000 dollar receipts from today's AL pennant playoff. Unlike the World Series, this game will share the earnings immediately between the two clubs, not after later rounds.
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