04 Feb 1950
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1950
Page
1
The dispute over mine contracts deepens as miners resist delegating wage and living standards to outsiders. Leaders insist on their right to decide wages and conditions, while talks stall with figures from western Pennsylvania noting potential nationwide strikes amid a stalled contract date.
Secretary Brannan proposed selling 25 to 40 million bushels of 1949 surplus potatoes to farmers at one cent per 100 pounds, dyed to block market channels. Senators McCarthy and Aiken challenged the move, urging free distribution to the needy or better controls, while Lucas blamed planning and marketing issues. Also noted is the keel laying of the USS Missouri in 1941 and its 1944 launch.
Serena W. Sours, a West Franklin Street resident, has lain on his back for 39 years unable to turn or sit up. He spent 14 months in University Hospital Charlottesville before experimental operations failed. He lives with his mother Mrs. G. W. Sours, brother Bent, and sisters Hazel and Mary at 606 West Franklin Street.
County wildlife expert Carbaugh warns skunks may suffer a disease first seen in Pennsylvania a year ago. He notes DDT poisoned bugs reduced skunk encounters and pelts markets have shifted with long hair pelts nearly gone. Mink, raccoon, muskrat, and rabbit pelts fetch varying prices, while skunk carcasses on roadsides have become rare.
The Historical Society believes many county homes predate 1762 and plans to restore the founder’s residence, built about 1798. They seek to study dating stones and the masons who worked on Jonathan Hager’s City Park Lake house, noting the first story remains original while the second was added later.
In Bridgeport Connecticut on February 4 the mercy murder trial of Carol Ann Paight moved into final argument stage with both sides presenting key points. The case centers on whether temporary insanity justified the killing of her father Carl Paight, a Stamford police sergeant, after he revealed he had cancer. The state will close, then Judge John A Cornell will instruct the jury on the law, with up to nine women and three men in the deliberation pool.
Tosten and wife, property on Cut herland Street in Clear Spring. J. Edgar Bussard to Walter G. Mitchell and wife, property on nouth side of Salem Avenue. T. Aubrey Kemp not wife to Simon P. Hose and wife, northside for Lauval, between thena Vista far Rass, Edyth May Young ami wife to iFrederick L. Thornton and wife, jehartment house, the former Mish home, at the corner of Prospect and Baltimore. Charles Wy Hart and wife to 'dames Frederick Lechrotie and wife, dwelling on west side of Clin ton Avenue in Halfway, Antidiam Faper Company to Roy KF. Gadlove and wife, rrret near Security. Paotl 1. Nama maker gayt wife to Norman WL Lapole and wife, half of double at 344 North Mulberry. Gustee Wiebe) to Robert T. Wiebe) and wife, builting south side West Franklin Street. (avenue . Moser and wife to Wine Arthur Byers and wife, S35 vacres near Huyetts Crossroads Hubert W. Moats and wife to dn , 'seph H. Grier and wife building south side Cemetery Street, Fanks town Tianiel M Stree and wife to SRheda Hoard Anna . Weber, dwelling near Lehmans Mill in Leitersburg District Stanley Feldman and wife to Laughty J. Hollydas, dwelling on west side of Woodland Way.
A 13 part series on cancer control begins on WARK tomorrow at 4 pm. The 35 minute broadcasts titled For the Living run Sundays in an educational effort by the American Cancer Society. Tomorrow’s drama Cancer Came for Hope stars Michael O Shea and Edward G Robinson.
The article outlines a British citizen who entered the United States after 1942 and gained access to American atomic secrets. He reportedly worked with U S scientists, visited major installations, and attended a bomb assembly. It notes his alleged confession to passing atomic and hydrogen bomb information to Russia and mentions limited British trial outcomes.
The Yukon incident concerns a fully loaded military transport with 44 aboard that vanished on January 28. After nine days, leads have been groundless, and a rumor of a located C4 wreck in a canyon was denied by US and Canadian authorities. Officials at Elmendorf Air Force Base and search headquarters dismissed the tip as unfounded.
Fuchs a shy British resident born in Germany faces charges under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly passing atomic research data to an unknown recipient. The case, set for trial, follows coverage amid Britain’s election campaign and economic troubles. Fuchs, described as a reserved, educated man living near Harwell, is tallied among Britain’s top atom bomb researchers by the FBI.
Jobless claims filed at the Haxerstown office of the Unemployment Compensation Board remained around the same level as prior weeks. Last week 1410 claims were filed, compared with 1433 the previous week and 1416 the week before, with 19 people exhausting their eligibility during the current fiscal year ending April 1.
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet frontier guards began moving stacked Berlin bound trucks through Helmstedt post at one per minute as Moscow promised normal clearance. West German police noted backlog shrinking from a peak of 230 as traffic steadily resumes, with officials cautious about timing and promises.
Guy Gabrielson chairman of the Republican National Committee will address the Lincoln Day dinner here on February 21. D Eldred Rinehart chairman of the Republican Central Committee confirmed the stand and announced the event today.
A taped bandit phone call to the Tacoma News Tribune claims a donation of one thousand dollars after a Safeway robbery. Police note this is his second contact to the paper, following previous reports of tape-faced thefts at self-serve grocers and larger eateries.
In Kyoto Gen J Lawton Collins declares the Army is at a postwar peak and must stay in fight ing trim with the Navy and Air Force. He criticizes demobilization at war's end, says it wrecked the finest Army. On tour of Pacific defense line, he calls the Army on the upswing and better than any period since the war. He emphasizes duty to preserve peace and warns against another war.
Detroit February 4 AP Smaller cars slated for release this year aim to prove domestic demand for substandard size autos Three or four models including Nash Kaiser-Frazer Willys-Overland on deck with 2500 pound two door sedans undercutting chevy ford and plymouth prices These economy cars promise better mileage through lighter weight simpler design and smaller power plants Several makers emphasize buyers can add popular extras while avoiding past overloading trends The 100 inch wheelbase standard is contested with most teams around 114 inches and Willys may use the same chassis for a conventional sedan
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