17 Feb 1953
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1953
Page
1
Crime Prevention Week sponsor, Hagerstown Exchange Club chair Chap Jact Ruse, launches county wide essay contest for high school juniors. Three school winners advance to a club dinner for 18 finalists on February 13 with keynote readings and a mock trial staged by police and magistrates, plus cash prizes for top essays.
Martinsburg West Virginia officers of the Dunn Woolen Company report persistent closure prospects for the Dunn Woolen plants. President William H Dunn states equipment at two plants and one in nearby Bunker Hill has been sold after the December shutdown following 38 years of operation.
Police received nine pairs of ladies underwear left in a garbage can at Floyd Nilere Barbage. A patient Miller did not complain as new pairs appeared each night last week. The items were collected yesterday and tagged as evidence.
Sharlene Haddyn aged 16 was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital after a five week illness. A physician opened her chest and manually massaged the heart until breathing returned. She was placed on a tracheal lung and survived the critical episode.
A powerful early morning fire in Chestertown, Maryland, devastated roughly three-quarters of the Vita l Food Products of Maryland packing plant and warehouse, causing an estimated half a million dollars in damage. Winds spread sparks to about a half dozen nearby houses. volunteers from seven communities contained the blaze by 4 a.m. The firm, employing hundreds seasonally, planned rebuilding as origins of the fire were not immediately determined.
Next witness Barbara Harmin, 37, a divorcer, arrives at the Criminal Courts building New York on February 16 to testify in the Minot Jolke case. Prosecutors describe her as the central figure in the state's first suit. Miss Barton, mother of two, has been cited in court.
B A Winebrenner will speak at the Harpers town Chapter meeting at the Hotel Anthony Wayne in Waynesboro. He will discuss Public Utility Accounting and is noted as an executive of The Potomac Edison Company. Jelke trial testimony includes a fourth case society play girl slated to testify and a media petition possible to open the trial to the public.
In Santa Monica California Mrs Elizabeth Wescott Fraps age 40 was given five years probation after admitting she administered sleeping pills in the mercy killing of her 18 year old daughter Joanne in August The court noted the suspension of proceedings should not be seen as condoning the offense but acknowledged the punishment already suffered by the mother The case involved alleged coaching on vice behavior and connected figures Merritt and Jelke with related charges while Fraps was permitted to live with her husband Joseph Fraps the Portsmouth Ohio plant superintendent who was in Greenland when the overdose and self inflicted chest wound occurred
A South End resident offers tips on a train derailment to Daily Mail readers. Tips are accepted weekly between 7 30 a m and 2 p m for a news tip editor prize. Call 5131 to report and claim cash prizes. last week’s winners noted. The editor returns after illness, inviting more tips from readers in Hagertown and Washington County.
A 31-foot whale stranded near Kiptopeke Beach on Virginia’s Eastern Shore was declared a navigation hazard. The Coast Guard planned to tow the animal to the Norfolk facility for rendering after a barrier boat with harpoons and gear reached the derelict whale that grounded last night near the Chesapeake Bay ferry landing.
A valuable registered cow on the firm of Onan Suffaccol, Panes sburg, was badly injured when the animal fell from a barn door to the floor below. Suffaccol has fed fodder over a spare to make the star Shas v Guemer, the cow stepped on the Todd and wemk might an tien to The stable Floar.
High winds fanned a blaze at a waterfront lumberyard in Baltimore spreading to a boatyard and nearby structures. By 11 a.m. firefighters battled flames from four sides after the first alarm at 6:40 a.m. Eleven alarms sent most equipment, with a wall collapsing at Chesapeake Marine Railway and damage to a Continental Can Co. warehouse.
Washington February 47 Senator McCarthy is lampooned as the fall guy of the Circus Saints and Sinners a charity group. He accepts the joke with good humor as actors tease him about predicting Eisenhowers 30 year life and tracking Taft over Reds rooting. He is named a lifetime member receives a watch and a charity check for St Theresa Seminary in Burma.
William Fronch, 30 day term for assault on Charles A. Jackson, both colored, was convicted after pleading guilty to striking Jackson on the head with a soft drink bottle at a North Jonathan Street store. French also convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $10 plus costs. Witnesses said the men had previously argued.
Hartford Feb 17 The state Supreme Court ruled that James G Plunkett will inherit his wife’s $279,888 estate when paroled from the State Prison possibly in three years. He is serving five to eight years for manslaughter in her death after fatally shooting her on Nov 1 1949.
Vermont Senator Ralph E. Flanders told a Montreal audience that Communist China should be admitted to the United Nations if she erases the curtain. He argued that diplomatic precedents require admitting China despite her government and that opposition would be unjustified.
Forecast: fair and cold Wednesday, warming Thursday with possible rain and mountain snow. Friday turns generally fair and colder, Saturday milder with more precipitation and weekend chances. Temperatures hover slightly above normal with daytime highs near 40 and early mornings in the upper 20s to low 30s across the region.
High school students nationwide receive cash awards for ideas that improve labor and money saving farming tasks and equipment. Schools gain funds to enhance shop courses as part of a program awarding seven thousand dollars annually. The contest entry booklet from the Lincoln Foundation Cleveland Ohio explains winning projects and entry details for the third year.
The Democratic Women's organization of Washington County hosted a spaghetti dinner with Democratic City Council candidates Park Geiger Ward 5 William Cochran Ward 4 J Relph Fiery Ward 3 Roy Knight Ward 2 and John Valentine Ward 1 speaking briefly on their backgrounds. Mrs Mary S Brugh presented a 300 donation to the party and Deputy Sheriff Michael Farrie led the spaghetti cooking. Early arrivals left before introductions as talks by Burhans and council hopefuls were unscheduled.
W B Brooke Lee, chairman of Maryland 1952 Democratic selection campaign, said the state party is mailing checks this week to cover 15 410 in unpaid bills. He noted a deficit of 115 000 resulted from the national ticket and Senate and congressional campaigns.
Jeremiah Driver, 24, of Baltimore, becomes the first Black man in the city to be sentenced to hang for rape. Judge Moser set the execution date for April 6 during a weeklong postponement while Gov. McKeldin voiced no opposition to capital punishment on religious grounds. The case follows a Maryland law allowing execution dates set by the trial judge, with three earlier sentences under the current administration commuted. A House bill to abolish capital punishment has been introduced.
Adlai Stevenson visits the White House for an 80 minute conference with President Eisenhower and a lunch with a cross section of Congress. He hints at a possible world tour, contingent on a suggestion from Eisenhower, while noting high spirits among House and Senate Democrats.
A four engine Vickers Viscount, a civilian jet assisted airliner, completed a transatlantic flight from Prestwick to Montreal in 12 hours and 15 minutes with 16 aviation experts aboard. It marks the first civilian jet powered crossing, testing cold weather in Canada for routes planned between Canada and the United States.
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