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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
2
Amid talk of a televised address, lawmakers debated a two year term expiring mid-1952. The measure would extend wage and price controls on a standby basis and grant allocation and priority powers for defense, with targeted controls on installment credit and real estate, and possible steel material allocations.
Washington August 31 Senator George of Georgia proposed delaying an excess profits tax to next year and making it retroactive for three or six months as a substitute for the O Mahoney Connally plan. He urged a directive to tax writers to prepare the bill early in 1951 with retroactive dates. The move seeks to ease administration concerns while House action remains pending. Meanwhile a girl named Peggy Schildt was injured sliding into home plate during a Frederick Tailoring softball game and was hospitalized with a broken right ankle.
Harold Brubaker of Jefferson won the Frederick County 4 H tractor driving championship, earning a spot to represent local clubs at the Timonium Fair next week. He defeated 1949 champion Fred Beachley of Middletown with a decisive belting test and low belting score, while Paul Clemson placed third. Barbara Jean Leatherman of Lewistown led among girls, finishing eighth, and Boyd Smith topped the written exam.
Washington Aug 31 Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee said the draft will be extended to married men with dependents soon. He added “Right away” when pressed on timing. Officials noted 1,000,000 such non veterans aged 19 through 25 could qualify, with up to 400,000 potential inductees.
Millard Buddy Cornett ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Cornett was admitted Thursday morning to Frederick Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition after cutting the tips off three fingers in an old slate cutter at an abandoned quarry on a dirt road west of Hyattstown. The three right hand fingers were amputated at the first joint. A neighbor brought him to the hospital.
President Truman said for a second time he plans no change in the Cabinet status of Secretary of Defense Johnson. He defended Johnson against calls for resignation and noted Johnson has not lost the people’s confidence. The remarks came amid broader questions on Korea, Hawaiian statehood, and defense policy during a news conference.
The Chief Executive refuses to predict the November election saying he is not a columnist or pollster. The President will decide on a U S loan to Spain after Congress approved 62.5 million dollars. Reports say he might impound the loan funds, a move that would withhold Spain’s access when implementation begins.
George LeBoeuf, 50, Fairchild Aircraft Division representative at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, died of a heart attack in Hagerstown during a tour and demonstration of the XC-120 cargo plane for aviation writers. He collapsed during the proceedings and died almost instantly.
A Wright-Patterson veteran who led LeBoeuf Industries in Dayton, a firm focused on aircraft inventions and research, has died. He was a University of Michigan graduate and survived by his widow and four children. No funeral arrangements have been announced. Columbus discovery note refers to historical forests in early America.
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