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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1949
Page
8
From Our Reporters Notebooks details a new city restocking program in Maryland to reduce Hagerstown rabbits by trapping within urban limits and paying youths for live rabbits delivered to game wardens. Rabbits will be used to stock rural areas, with most prior restocking funded from outside the state.
The new storm roared from Central Canada into Montana Wyoming and North Dakota and aimed at Colorado Nebraska and South Dakota. Twenty people died in the blizzard as thousands were marooned. Rapid City South Dakota plow crews rescued 71 motorists after five days stranded in Wickesville.
A local weather update shows temperatures reaching the low sixties with a high near 61 yesterday and nights not dipping below 41. The forecast calls for warmer conditions today, cloudy skies, and a mild Sunday turning colder at night, as Washington Countians brace for possible snow in western regions.
Rather cloudy and a little milder tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy with scattered light showers in the mountains followed by colder at night. West Virginia: Cloudy tonight and windy Sunday with showers turning colder Sunday afternoon. Western Pennsylvania: Cloudy and colder, especially north portion tonight. Sunday cloud and cooler with light showers possible.
Jan 8 report says China asked the United States France and Britain to mediate the civil war. Ambassadors were summoned to relay the appeal to their governments as a possible move toward negotiations with the Communists. Soviet participation appears absent amid ongoing fighting and rumors of a possible surrender at Tianjin.
Authorities in New York report two narcotics seizures, the larger about 300000 dollars in heroin and opium found aboard the French freighter Bastia. Investigators link Charles Lucky Luciano to recent international drug transfers. Police also arrest Ralph Jiminez and Roger Biacque in a midtown hotel raid, seizing about 80000 dollars in cocaine. Jiminez previously faced Miami narcotics charges. Luciano was deported to Italy in 1948 after a prior prostitution sentence.
Charles Spigler, longtime Hagerstown resident and 38year Lester Bros. employee, died at 8 05 am at his home 149 West Franklin Street aged 54. He served in World War I and held church posts with St John’s Lutheran Church and various Masonic and fraternal orders. Survived by wife Isabelle K mother Emma Harsh Spigler sister Karl Wiebel brother Fred H. Spigler and others. body sent to Suter funeral home with funeral plans to follow.
A War Department post card dated February 26 1948 to John J Chop 101 Park Lane arrived yesterday with a January 6 1848 Baltimore cancellation. The delay prompted Chep to seek help from Senator Millard Tydings and Congressman Glenn Beall to investigate the timing and whereabouts of the card during the long wait.
Romney city officials review an allegation that the municipal water supply is polluted. Dr J F Easton cites tests in Cumberland Md, while West Virginia Health Department official William F Water says the tests were not properly conducted and bacteria could have multiplied. The town has ordered plant improvements.
The local realty market began with a solid week, totaling just over $100000 in sales. Brokers cite strong residential demand despite heavy home-building in 1948, with more listings now than a year ago and brisk activity expected into the new year. Rural and farm properties lag, while commercial spaces are scarce. suburban building is projected to rise sharply with the market, as shown by deeds including Canby G. Wolford to Robert L. Howlett on Ford Avenue and other transfers across Williamsport Pike and Snyder's Landing.
Police halted a Jungle feast near Walnut Lane and arrested four people. George Pilgrim and Catherine Kline face larceny charges, Walter Baker and Louisa Stone charged with receiving stolen goods. Foltz reported his basket of provisions stolen after buying items at City Market.
Washington January 5 Rep. John Rankin's chairmanship of the House Un American Activities Committee was reportedly ended today by the Democratic committee on committees. The party voted to bar any committee chairman from serving on other committees, aligning with veterans affairs group influence.
Israeli spokesman stated four of five planes downed yesterday were RAF aircraft. One British officer was captured, another body found in a RAF-marked Spitfire. Egypt-Israel fighting and ceasefire observations were noted, with RAF buildup in Trans-Jordan and Aqaba guarding routes near Palestine.
Washington on January 8 reports that there will be no reestablishment of wartime OPA controls as price fears linger. A party leader calls for middlemen investigations while Truman pushes an economic program for jobs and production. Democrats debate broader price controls and farm support parity amid bipartisan farm-state protests and a Maybank inquiry proposal into the matter.
Berlin reports say Russian troops and police are trenching through shared zones to seal off blockade runners moving supplies into western Berlin. The move aims to curb trickling uncertified foodstuffs and materials from eastern areas as inspections step up. In New York, stock demand slowed after four gains with fractional charges split between gains and losses.
Washington reports forecast of Senate approval for Deas C. Acheson as Secretary of State with Republican doubt. Senate Foreign Relations to set date for Acheson and James Webb to appear. Truman named Acheson and Webb to high posts after Marshall and Lovett resignations.
Elgin attacks Mayor Richard H. Sweeney's plan for overpasses and underpasses in Hagerstown. He warns West End railroad crossing eliminations would create dead end streets at Antetam, Washington, Franklin and Church, forcing longer routes and risking property value declines.
Hal J. Solomon of Baltimore through attorneys Ready and Broadwater fled to court today against John L. Ritchey of Greensburg seeking 400 dollars damages from an autos crash on U S Route 46 on December 31. Ritchey is charged with careless and negligent left turn into the St Paul Rose.
London reports five Royal Air Force planes were shot down yesterday by Israeli aircraft over Egyptian territory near the Palestine border during reconnaissance patrols. A Jewish spokesman in Tel Aviv said two of the downed planes were British and two more were presumed British. Aqaba troops were dispatched to guard the Red Sea port at Trans Jordan's request as Bevin stayed in London.
Washington reports American officials voicing concern over the shooting down of British fighter planes in Palestine. They hope the UN ceasefire order will avert broader conflict and prevent a new British anti Jewish backlash, while suggesting Britain will not seek war.
British officials highlighted the seriousness of Egypt Sinai tensions as RAF fighters received orders not to cross into Palestine. A communiqué noted two attacks and British airmen were instructed to regard Jewish aircraft over Egyptian territory as hostile. One group conducted reconnaissance to gauge incursion depth, the other searched for missing planes. Four Spitfires were reported missing from the first strike and a Tempest from the second. Conflicting accounts followed with Jews claiming four downed planes were British and one Egyptian.
A former German prisoner of war who worked as a servant and orchard hand at a camp near Frederick, is now living in England as a civilian. He walked from the camp in February 1946, was captured near Hagerstown, and writes he intends no harm. He has been released on the condition he work on land, though he is a chemist, and says his home in Germany is ruined. He sent the letter to a Frederick acquaintance and to the service secretary of the International Friendship League.
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