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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1952
Page
9
Grim Michigan authorities fear for eleven guards held by convicts in Southern Michigan Prison as riots endanger the hostage group. In the world’s largest prison riot, 179 inmates control cell block 15 after fires and damage estimated at two million dollars. A prisoner threatened to decapitate a guard if any inmate is harmed.
Rain worsened floods along the Missouri and Kaw rivers with dikes holding at critical points. Governor Forrest Smith sought federal emergency funds from President Truman as crews evacuated about 12,000 people from southeastern Nebraska to St. Louis area.
The forecast calls for showers in the area tomorrow with a cooler Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s daytime with overnight lows mid 40s to 50s in eastern counties and cooler inland. Winds and regional variability noted with showers possible again by Sunday.
Jaycees Tonight plan a two week Clean-Up Campaign starting May 18 through May 31. Clyda Dyre, newcomer from Allentown, named to lead the effort with advisor George Hawhaker. The Hagerstown Junior Chamber has previously earned national honors in the Clean-Up Campaign.
New York April 22 reports a cautious stock market rise despite a few laggards. Rails and oils led gains while prices swung within about a point overall with some exceptions.
Robert L. Clopper 42 of Southsburg was appointed assistant superintendent of the Reformatory for Mules at Roxbury by the Maryland Board of Correction. The posting fills the vacancy caused by William S. Maxwell’s resignation and will take effect in April. Clopper is a University of Maryland graduate with prior penal farm management experience including roles at Penal Park and farms in Georgia and Ohio. He is married, son of Charles M. Clapper, and brother of Simon Clapper, county tax supervisor.
George Dunham of Williamsport pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge after beating officers to court. He was fined 33 and costs by Magistrate Jesse Shank. A second motorist faces a separate hearing later this week.
Idaho Democrats met to elect 24 convention delegates last night. Delegates were instructed to support Senator Kefauver while Idaho’s conservative wing secured a victory for its faction within the party.
The 200 unit low rent housing project bond sale is postponed due to a public housing amendment in Congress targeting subversive organizations. The Rider bars federal funds for tenants affiliated with groups designated by the Attorney General, delaying 2,400,000 bond issuance and awaiting Senate action.
Nine inmates who escaped from Sampson Air Force Base stockade piled into a stolen car and fled. State police in Monroe New York halted the overcrowded vehicle during a routine check and arrested the nine privates.
Selective Service headquarters at City Hall asked for help locating Arvin G. Lidie whose last known address was 28 Harmon Alley. Mail to Lidie was returned with no forwarding address after a move.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a Russian industrial worker needs 16 hours to earn enough for a pound of tea two long and 12 minutes for beef and one hour 40 minutes for sugar. The study finds Americans best off and Russians worst in Western Europe, Russia and the United States.
City officials are urged to curb vandalism after stones and bottles were hurled at a plant windows injuring workers. The Academy theater on West Washington Street was broken into during the night with some cards and contents stolen. South Cannon Avenue residents complain of speeding taxis and cars near Municipal Stadium during ball games.
Maryland Comptroller J Millard Tawes begins a campaign for reduced federal taxes on liquor citing a half million dollar revenue drop and increased unlawful traffic under the higher rates. He sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury John W Snyder and Congress. He argues the point of diminishing returns has been reached and calls for tax relief.
Clarence McBride of near 57 khen heth Street was ordered held for action at the May grand jury on a charge of selling beer to Robert Jordan without a license. McBride was committed to jail in default of bond after arrest by city police.
County schools anticipate a record first grade enrollment with about 1700 children set to enter public schools in September. Superintendent Brish notes total district enrollment around 14 000 and urges parents to register at their local schools. Registrations occur Thursday and Friday, with district changes likely to accommodate the influx.
Vernoar Barthlaw, 28, of 124 Bay Street, ordered held in 2000 dollars bail for grand jury action after a May preliminary hearing. He faced arson charges for a attic fire at 122 124 Bow Street owned by Mdda Mae Rady. Police testified they found torn wood, vardboard partition, and burned matches. fire crews dampened the blaze after midnight Saturday. Barthlaw lived at 124 Bay Street, had recent residence in Flagertown and was from West Virginia.
Thessalonia Marshall of Berkson's Alley was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to assault on Raymond Fletcher. Fletcher received medical care after a knife incident amid disputed union and company negotiations.
Hagerstown viewers watched an atomic bomb detonate from 30 000 feet at the Atony Bomb Site Nevada. The screen went black briefly then showed a central white light that faded as a dark muddy underbelly remained. Within minutes the mushroom cloud reached 35 000 feet and became clearly visible. Technical reception troubles occurred just before the blast but were fixed shortly before detonation.
Mutineers hold eight guards and convicts barricaded in Rahway State Prison as negotiations stall on the fifth day of the revolt. Prisoners on the second floor dormitory wing threaten a probe of the State Parole Board while seeking no disciplinary action.
The State Department says exits from Red China are closing gradually with no clear time for the remaining 208 Americans to depart. Twenty under house arrest and forty two believed jailed face unspecified charges and lack access to legal counsel.
Four thousand Maryland operators of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. vote by mail on a strike for higher pay. Mrs. Margaret C. Wells, president of the Independent Maryland Telephone Union, said ballots were mailed Sunday and results should be known by tomorrow.
In Jackson Michigan April 22 a mutiny leader Russell Jarho urged inmates to halt the uprising in a truce discussion with officials led by Police Commissioner Donald S Leonard. Darwin Millage was killed as guards were overrun and fire trucks attacked. authorities reported no brutality.
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