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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1951
Page
1
West Berlin faces a new Soviet regulation requiring proof of raw material origins for shipments through occupied territory. Western officials condemn the rule as harassment aimed at limiting Berlin’s industrial output, with truck flows down from 125 to about 35 per day and hundreds of tons delayed.
The Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Co Ltd announced a $10 a ton price rise for standard newsprint effective July 1. Other Canadian firms have set domestic prices at $114 a ton and $136 in New York. With 10 percent sales tax the Canadian price will be about $124 a ton.
Washington reports the Air Force cannot reach its 850 000 June 30 manpower target due to a volunteer shortage. Enlistments fell from 56 000 in January to 11 000 in May while draft need grows if volunteer levels stay low. The Air Force cites concerns over quality and quantity of recruits and notes overall naval and Marine volunteer activity has declined.
Obituaries from Hagerstown and surrounding towns record the deaths of Mrs. Elsie Almeda Durboraw 36 of Williamsport and Emory F. Sliter 71 of Middletown with services planned in Bathel Church of God and Lutheran Cemetery. Clinton A. Stouffer 89 of Hagerstown dies, with funeral at Kraisel Funeral Chapel and burial Rest Haven Cemetery. Survivors include spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings. Interment details and viewing arrangements accompany each notice.
Dr. J Ollie Edmunds president of Stetson University urged Gen Douglas MacArthur head a billion dollar Crusade for Truth He spoke at the University of Miami commencement calling for annual billion dollar appropriations to promote American ideals and oppose Soviet influence The plan would place MacArthur as supreme commander conducting a sustained psychological warfare and peacefare campaign
The U S Air Force terminated its three day hunt for two F 84 Thunderbolts feared lost in Communist Europe. Searchers scoured Western Germany near the Iron Curtain but failed to locate any wreckage. The missing pilots were assigned to the 86th fighter bomber wing at Glebelstadt and names were not released.
William James Dwyer of 1118 Fairview Road earned a Bachelor of Laws from Eastern College of Commerce and Law and Mt. Vernon School of Law. A Chicago native, he served in Army Intelligence in World War II, met his wife Sarah Grove at Camp Ritchie, and plans to make Hagestown his home. He is an insurance adjuster with Aetna Life, with wife and three children Lois 5, William James Jr 3, and Michael 1.
In Los Angeles on June 29 the tax evasion trial of Mickey Cohen continued as spectators heard of his habit of buying $50 neckties. A. Sulka official William Fitzgerald testified Cohen spent about $4 078 in 1947 on ties and socks, with $3 000 later returned. The defense argued Cohen borrowed $77 500 from four deceased men, while prosecutors tied his lavish lifestyle to the Siegel and Rothman estates. La vonne Cohen faced the same charges as she and Cohen are accused of evading $156 123 for 1947 and 1948.
The Pleasant Walk Evangelical United Brethren Church in Myersville hosts Community Day on Sunday June 24 with a 10 30 a m Sunday School session lunch on the old schoolhouse lawn and an afternoon program at 1 30 featuring dedication of new hymnals an electric clock and a painting Christ in Gethsemane by Rev C Guy Stambaugh. offerings support church cemetery care.
Rep Walter K Brehm of Ohio was fined 5000 dollars and given a suspended jail term of five to fifteen months by Judge Burnita Matthews for five counts of violating the Corrupt Practices Act. He appealed, claiming innocence after being convicted April 30 of accepting 1000 dollars from Emma Craven while she worked as a clerk in a congressional office in 1948.
Washington reports a fresh OPS regulation allows sausage makers to raise prices by one to two cents per pound for frankfurters bologna and similar items to reflect higher beef costs since January. The move follows a price freeze last December and economic control debates continue in Congress and among federal agencies.
Local dealer W H Needy reported receiving Spanish language shows from Havana Cuba on Channel 6 and Channel 4 proving Cuban stations were accessible in Omaha. Reports confirm long range reception attributed to sun spots but Cuba was identified on both channels CNQ and CMAR. A nearby resident also confirmed Havana reception. Three U S fighter planes were lost in Korea per Far East Air Force. One F 80 and two F 51s crashed. one pilot rescued.
The act makes it a crime to accept political donations from federal employees and imposes penalties including jail time and fines up to twenty five thousand dollars.
A major international manhunt continues for two British Foreign Office employees Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess who vanished May 25 after last being seen in France. Authorities weigh possibilities from defection to disappearance at sea as clues spread from Paris to Andorra.
Weary park rangers and volunteers search the Smoky Mountains for Evangeline Lorimer a 21 year old student nurse from Cincinnati Ohio last seen near Cades Cove. Bloodhounds tracked a hot trail five miles from camp but scent aged a day complicating the rescue in the vast park.
Prime Minister Nehru applauded the 2,000,000 ton U S wheat loan as a generous gesture that will ease India’s food crisis and bring the two peoples closer. Food Minister Munshi said passage by Congress ends the food crisis, while talks with Russia and China may pause though Soviet and Red China grain imports will proceed.
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