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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1952
Page
9
Reports claim President asked Congress for authority to seize and operate the steel industry until the dispute with labor or management is settled. Details describe debate over power, timing, and potential emergency actions.
On the western Korean front UN and Chinese troops clash over a strategic hill. U.S. 8th Army reports increased activity with longer, more intense patrols. In near Chorswon area, about 400 UN troops skirmish Reds as 240 attackers try to retake a hill. heavy shelling and mortar fire reported. Meanwhile in Washington, President Truman demands fast passage of steel seizure authority to operate mills amid the 650,000-union strike, urging Congress to restore full production and avert war or peace pressures.
A big day unfolds for about a thousand Western Maury id Tailway employees and their families as the company marks its tenth birthday at Hagerstown. Similar celebrations occur systemwide while freight and passenger services continue on schedule. The event centers in the south building converted into an auditorium, with the daylong program for on duty workers on morning and afternoon shifts.
Fifteen year old Karleenean Rogeroof of Waynesboro files suit through her mother Alien A. Creager seeking 125000 damages for multiple bone fractures and a dural hemorrhage after an auto bus crash at WV routes 8 and 61 near Mapleville Road last December 26. The suit names estate administrator Nicolas Nickolas, Blue Ridge Transportation Co., and others. Medical expenses of 5 are also requested. The accident involved a car driven by 12 year old Mickolis and a bus driven by William A. Sieding of Washington DC. Nickolas died, several others injured.
The nation saw varied weather with hot, humid conditions from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast and Middle Atlantic. Storms and thunderstorms moved from Southern New England to the Ohio River Valley, ending a spell of heat in some eastern areas. A severe flash storm struck the New York metropolitan area with winds up to forty miles per hour, disrupting Long Island Lighting facilities and felling thousands of trees. One man died after being blown from a roof and a fisherman drowned when his boat capsized off Long Island.
The Weather Bureau forecasts a boundary line between cool and hot air over the region with unsettled conditions for several days. Turbulent weather including thunderstorms and high winds is expected tonight and tomorrow, followed by continued above normal highs. A violent storm yesterday in Washington District damaged property with hail, downed trees, and a lightning strike injuring a child indoors.
London patrons welcomed a Stratocruiser flight carrying 108 people including 42 children of British war brides and one father. The group arrived from New York last night and will visit relatives in the area. The lone male passenger was Frank Braun of Philadelphia, with his wife and two children. Braun said he stood the entire trip because all the seats were filled with mothers and babies.
The New York Daily News, with a broad circulation, will raise weekday prices from three cents to four cents starting June 18. The report notes the paper’s status as a leading daily newspaper in the United States.
Washington County Roads Department surveyed flooded Half Way section after heavy rain to map drainage. County commissioners require a signed agreement among affected property owners and the county before any project. Drainage lines would cross Amber properties. owners must approve. Even with surface drainage, some cellars will flood due to groundwater. Residents testified before the Board about ongoing water conditions.
A newborn girl, born prematurely to Mrs Catherine Hughes in Minersville PA, died before help could arrive. her father Thomas Hughes wrapped the infant in a newspaper. A year later police rechecked the case finding the infant’s condition recorded as fair and noting possible warmth from the paper.
The article provides a five day forecast with scattered showers mainly in the afternoons or evenings. Temperatures are given as average daily highs and lows for the season.
A Roanshore Keedysville Shropshire delegation appeared before the Public Service Commission in Baltimore seeking denial of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plan to withdraw personnel from Weedysville freight station. Attorneys argued the move would force farmers merchants to use other towns, and a state senator testified the Keedysville station is the county’s last freight point between Waynesboro andBrunswick, potentially boosting freight and employment if kept open. The PSC said it would consider the matter.
Boonsboro High School principal Douglas Bivens was named one of 22 American educators chosen to travel to Europe under the National Education Association. He will spend two months studying European schools and education systems, guided by Western Illinois State College professors, flying from Hagerstown on Wednesday to New York and then overseas.
Dr and Mrs Jansby returned from Virginia to find their Fountain Head residence thoroughly ransacked by burglars. Sheriff officers reported money missing though other valuables could not be confirmed due to disarray. Deputy Leister Isanogle called it the worst ransacking in years as a dog barked through the night. Entry came from a broken window with every hiding place opened during a cash search.
Thomas V. D. Forney, 54, of 1 Black Weigh Street, was fined 200 with costs on two automobile violation charges after two arrests last night. State Police Corporal Chas Mades cited him for reckless driving after a collision on Broadfording Road. About 200 in damage involved. Early this morning he was arrested for drunken driving after driving along Western Maryland railway tracks at Foundry and West Franklin Streets. He was fined 150 and costs for driving while intoxicated and 40 and costs on a reckless driving charge. Patrolmen Frash and Lowry described Forney turning from Franklin to Foundry and proceeding onto the Western Maryland tracks.
In St. Louis on June 10 Rogers Hornsby was fired as manager of the Browns by owner Bill Veeck. Marty Marion was immediately named to replace him.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was chosen as the keynote speaker for the Republican national convention opening in Chicago on July 7. The decision was made by a voice vote in a closed session of the convention's 46 member arrangements committee.
Richard D. Wilhelm has been appointed manager for the Hagerstown area by MB Grey District Commercial Manager for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore. He succeeds Brad Shaffer, who joins the Baltimore offices. Wilhelm, a Baltimore native with two sons, served in the U.S. Navy and worked in Baltimore before moving to the company’s maintenance and business offices. He is active in civic affairs and Red Cross fundraising. he enjoys golf and refinishing furniture. He plans to relocate his family to Hagerstown once a house is found.
Captain James C Welsh has been arraigned as instructor to the 1st Battalion of the Maryland National Guard Southern Infantry Regiment. The regiment includes members from Cumberland Frederick and Allegany counties with noted officers and staff.
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