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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1951
Page
7
Washington August 4 The National Production Authority imposes a 60 day ban on starting new factories offices schools and public buildings while allowing minor steel copper and aluminum use. The order does not affect most residences and may permit some amusements if metals are already on site.
After three and a half weeks of unceasing practical jokes Mrs Colleen Hall of Omaha shudders at every ring of the phone or doorbell. She has faced calls from people claiming lost items cleaners arriving for non existent pickups plumbers for non leaking pipes and salesmen for trombones violins and pianos. Police and emergency crews investigated a reported heart attack involving Mrs Mills, but there is no known origin of the hoaxes.
Durango Cala Aug 4 Nilard Carmean a prospector from Oregon fled a hideaway today after threatening to shoot anyone who pursued him. He was found by sheep herder Jint Moreno near his breather Normanthe same home he had described using a knife and weapon. Moreno restrained him, took a knife at gunpoint, then sought help.
Obituary notices for Roy Franklin Reid of Waynesboro aged 49 followed by deaths of Mrs. George W. Hater of Chambersburg Eugene F. Bussard of Mt. Briar and Miss Ida M. Rice of Myersville. Details include surviving relatives, service times, and burial plans. The notices reference Zion Lutheran Church, George Washington Masonic Lodge 525, Kraiss Funeral Home, and local churches with interments at Fairfield Cemetery and Mt. View Cemetery.
Swedish authorities consider allowing Polish refugees to join the nearly 9 660 anti Communist refugees who fled behind the iron curtain since 1945. A patched plane delivered four men and a 25 year old woman. Police question 12 Poles who sailed a Polish mine sweeper into Ystand port after mutinying and imprisoning officers. The refugees want to stay in Sweden.
Eastern readers show support for cowboys in Kansas City as Red Cross relief funds receive a donation of 4 from Mrs M K Huches. Other notices advertise peaches from New York and a local packing house in Maryland with various services and a downtown sale listing.
A Fairchild C 119 Flying Boxcar has been drafted for duty in moving ore rich cargo into Labrador. The mission supports mineral development in the Knob Lake and Seven Islands area as a railroad is built across 254 miles of wasteland to port at Seven Islands Quebec for shipment to steel mills. The C 119 began operations May 26 from Seven Islands to Khoh Lake and Wacoma as equipment such as tractors and scrapers are hauled in bulk to mining and railroad bases.
Cambridge Maryland August 4 The City Board of Police Commissioners has charged Set Howard Smith Jr night commander amid a long controversy. He must appear on August 27 for a hearing on allegations including beating prisoners leaving town hunting rabbits while on duty incompetence and neglect of duty and two acts of immoral conduct. Previous charges were quashed by the Dorchester County Circuit Court.
North Korean radio in Tokyo charged the United States with stalling the Korean war armistice conference or aiming to break it up with ultimatum style demands. Talks have deadlocked for nine days over the buffer zone location between UN and Communist forces. Pyongyang accused the UN plan of placing the zone north of Parallel 38 to facilitate attacks on China and the Soviet frontier.
Miss Charlotte E. Minnick of Hagerstown will be among graduates at the Madison College Summer School in Harrisonburg Va on Thursday August 19. She will receive the bachelor of science degree.
In Milwaukee the Disabled American Veterans hold their 30th national convention memorial service with prayers for local area servicemen who died in Korea. Names drawn from DoD casualty lists. Also promotions include Clyda H. Aal t to Technical Sergeant at March Air Force Base. Cpl Robert H. Horton and Cpl Bruce Files named, plus other notes from Hagerstown and area.
Washington County Agriculture Mobilization Committee reports looming labor shortages for farmers within a year. Shortages of year round farm labor and scarce supplies persist as Camp Ritchie and industrial plants pull workers away.
Los Angeles lawyers say Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are sued for damages by Dean Associates and York Pictures for breach of a seven minute contract. Tal Wallis film producer and York Pictures claim the duo produced two films for Wallis but only one for Screen Associates, seeking eight million pounds.
Washington August 4 Prospects dim for quick Senate action to halt election campaign tactics. A Senate elections subcommittee denounced the tactics as despicable and urged study before new legislation or rule changes. The panel examined the 1950 Maryland Senate race in which John Marshall Butler defeated Millard Tydings by about 42 000 votes.
University of Maryland and Federal agriculture experts unveiled a new field day at the experimental farm in Upper Marlboro. About 100 Southern Marylanders spent five hours touring exhibits on crop improvements, observing equipment demonstrations, and exploring the farm facilities.
A. W. Reid, Reds- Sera on Monsetown Road announces a new opening. Also an advertisement for Potomac Brentee Salon at 220 S. Potomac invites customers for haircuts and styling with evening hours.
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