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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1952
Page
9
The page blends quirky notes on pests and a local Alsatia Mummers Parade plan with a revised route. It mentions the Japanese beetle, potato crop woes, a scorpion scare, and bait fishing economics, including inflation impacts for July opening bass season. It recalls old bait catchers, wagers, and changing fishing practices.
Washington reports a Senate House Conference Committee approved a 10 month extension of wage price controls due to expire today. The measure, hammered out from Senate and House bills, heads to the Senate for action and faces Monday House consideration as negotiators aim to avoid a lapse.
A West Virginia man Ophie W. Duckworth 27 and his 18 month old son Robert Allen died when their eastbound car collided head on with a Lucas Motor Cargo truck near four miles west of Hagerstown on Route 40 at about 6 a.m. The wife Ida Caroline Duckworth and another son Jerry Lynn, aged three, were seriously injured while the truck driver James L. Kraus of Cumberland was uninjured. State Trooper Glen Bowman labeled the crash likely an unavoidable accident as the Duckworths were start ing on a vacation trip. The couple resided in Morgantown and the other survivors were hospitalized in Washington County Hospital.
Pittsburgh June 28 The United States Steel workers sign an interim agreement giving 21 5 cent an hour raise for 40 500 Pittsburgh Steel employees. Negotiated by Philip Murray the pact aligns with Ware stabilization Board recommendations to avert a 20 day strike. The deal retroactive to April 1 also includes holidays three weeks vacation after one year and shift differentials of six to nine cents.
About 34 000 idle in the Baltimore area as the steel strike enters its fourth week. Eastern Venetian Triad Co and Bethlehem Steel plants drive the numbers with 2600 steel workers affected and 14000 employer losses anticipated. Only 10 percent have returned to work after a partial settlement at Rhene Manufacturing Co. Railroads have paid off 4000 workers, while Fisher Rady Division and General Motors Baltimore predict 2500 more layoffs by late week end.
A Pennsylvania motorist was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail by Magister William P Kreykorbin for drunken driving. Daniel F Jennings, 87, Chiuham Pa, arrested on Route 0 near South Mountain by State Trooper Lehard Myers. Jennings also convicted of driving a car without an operator’s license and fined 26 dollars and costs.
Arnald Burkhart of Leitersburg was seriously hurt when struck by a car near the Fairfield Aircraft plant on the Mildeburg Pike. He remained in a Baltimore hospital for months, previously in a coma, but has shown marked improvement in recent weeks.
Weather notes from Washington County describe relief from recent humidity as Canadian air moves in. Forecasters predict sun and a temperature rise to mid afternoon, while Meedysville station reports a fast climb in the thermometer but still not extreme heat. Scattered showers occurred in some areas with five of six deaths linked to high temperatures in Baltimore.
C P Telephone Co plant wire chief and Hagerstown Lions Club member Massey HL Roe was elected director of Lions International at the annual convention in Mexico City. He received unanimous endorsement from District 12 Lions Clubs covering Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia. Roe is a past president of the Hagerstown Lions and a former district governor, currently serving as countercaller of Lions International.
Edgar Remsbourg of Sharpsburg delivered the first threshing to Myron Bloom’s elevator at St James. He reports 25 to 30 bushels per acre, wheat of high quality, 50 pounds per bushel, average moisture, 15 percent or less to be marketable. Remsbourg is a long-standing Bloom elevator customer and expects a large countywide crop.
Authorities identified a body recovered from the Ohio River about 12 miles downstream of Martinsburg. David Lukes, 24, a race worker, was found with injuries after a fight. cuff links helped establish identity. Coroner Brown noted a smashed face and broken fingers, and Lukes had been slated for a job at Waterford Park Race Track during the May 18 meeting.
Lester Widmeyer sold his Hancock District acre farm to Russell Jr Divel and wife reserving gas oil and mineral rights. The fair realty week saw more sales than last week with values above 200000 dollars. Deeds recorded include Landers and Rutledge to Campbell, Rowland and wife to Sonuers and wife, and Smith to Schelier Bennet.
American Legion convention plans announced for August 25 28 will emphasize seriousness with gadgets like water pistols and electric canes on the out-order list. Officials said the approach is in response to international tension and national elections. A large parade is planned on August 26 along Fifth Avenue with 100 and SOW hats.
Washington County reports the first apples Transparents and Lodi will move to market on Monday July 7. Early varieties show smaller production but high quality. Peaches Golden Jubilee expected ripe July 28 with Hancock area reports noting good quality and larger color apples to compete with West Coast. Growers anticipate a strong year despite fewer totals and improved eye appeal in local varieties.
Beltsville Maryland June 28 a wrong number call on Mrs Nat Gingell tele phone saved her life seconds before the phone rang she was beside Miss Catherine Beall 56 outside a gasoline station she operates near the Baltimore Washington Boulevard Beall was fatally injured when a telephoned burst a gas station alarm led to the tragedy or misdialed call prevented further harm
Seven Air Force men died when their twin engine C47 plowed into Bliss Mountain near Pasadena California and wreckage was found after a search. The crash occurred after takeoff from Norton Air Force Base bound for Van Nuys. Forest rangers located the rugged scene aided by War rant Officer Frank Anderson as debris was scattered for yards and trees sheared off.
In Dallas Love Field a large American Airlines jet from San Francisco collided with a two passenger plane. The airliner landed safely with one wing sheared off. the small plane crashed in a street, killing its two occupants. The airliner carried 55 passengers.
Mong Kong June 28. Travelers to and from Peiping arrived in Hong Kong but refused to speak to newsmen. A Tibetan trade mission from Calcutta rushed to waiting railroad cars and also would not discuss their mission. Indian Ambassador K M Panikkar, arriving from Tientsin aboard a British steamer, was recalled amid government disapproval of his stance on China. He avoided newsmen all day and closed his hotel room after saying good night.
Harry Wilson Hawes a 63 year old B and O Railroad brakeman of Brunswick died yesterday of a heat stroke He collapsed in the Brunswick railroad yards and was taken first to a doctor's office then to Frederick Hospital where he expired ten minutes after arrival The incident occurred during the day while he was at work in the yards
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