06 Mar 1952
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1952
Page
1
President Truman urged Congress to approve about 64 billion dollars for fiscal year starting July 4 to fund U S armed forces and aid to foreign nations. He argued the cost supports peace without excess spending despite opposition among lawmakers.
Harry Carone of Hartford Connecticut compares Calvert Reserve to his old whiskey and declares a lasting switch to Calvert for its smoother taste. Calvert Reserve is described as a blended whiskey by Calvert Distillers Corp New York City with 86.8 proof and 65 grain neutral spirits.
This piece, sponsored by the Hagerstown Police Department, discusses traffic law violations during March. It highlights risks of driving the wrong way on a one way street and notes the maximum fine of 350 is too low.
In March the Hagerstown Police urge restraint as Chief Jesse Brown reports 15 horn complaints last week. He says auto horns are safety devices not blasting tools and urges better driving to reduce annoyances.
UAW Director will speak at a CIO Institute weekend event with CIO and UAW members from Fairchild Pangborn Victor Products and other plants. Attendees include George Guernsey Frank Fernbach Henry Murray Ben Segal and Paul Warner with regional CIO and UAW representatives. The forum ends with a dinner at the Tortuga restaurant on Saturday evening.
Magistrate William P. Kreyk enbohm contends a person need not be fully intoxicated to be guilty of driving under the influence. In a separate trial, Lover M. Firey of Hagerstown was found not guilty of DUI after a collision with Roger E. Pemberton. Firey was convicted for failing to stop and identify and for failing to grant the right of way. The defense argued the arrest liquor level did not prove intoxication at the accident time.
Obituaries continue with multiple deaths including John T. Shipley 78 in Virginia, Jonah Leroy Jones 68 in Riverdale, and John L. Shank 94 of Leitersburg. Services set for Sunday and Friday at local churches and funeral homes. Interments planned at Rose Hill and Boonsboro cemeteries with various survivors listed.
City Council faces requests to fund pipe work and backfilling for a project. South Bad Fire Company may seek a new fire truck after an earlier accident damaged a second-hand unit. Councilman Hellane says a train whistle ordinance, prepared by City Attorney Lightner, will be reviewed to require whistle blows when trains pass in opposite directions. He also advocates grading on several avenues and storm drainage installation on Connecticut and Indiana Avenues.
State Police confiscated suspected flu medicine from 39 year old Jesse Carter in Noblesville Indiana. Carter claimed the five gallon cans copper tubing and gallon wooden drums were part of his efforts to fight influenza. Police charged him with possession of untaxed liquor and owning stills.
The session featured fights over welfare and free medical care funding, bond finance for state institutions, and a shifting budget approach. Governor McKeldin pressed for teacher pay raises amid partisan vetoes while Senate backed highway fund allocations freeing millions for next year’s balance. A constitutional amendment contemplated limiting meetings to certain matters in even years.
Proposals aim to raise unemployment checks to 28 dollars weekly and reorganize the State Employment Security Board, making the current chairman William H W Mahaney executive director for a lifetime post. A Senate amendment to empower county regulators over Heirins sales was rejected by the House. A smog study bill was killed after a reduced appropriation of 75 thousand dollars.
A compact listing of seafood items including herring whiting sea bass butter fish mackerel bay shad flounder blue fish fillet haddock filet crab meat and oysters. The card emphasizes a broad assortment for shoppers seeking ocean delicacies.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Hood Donor Center at St. Jonas Lutheran Church on Monday from 10 to 4. Gen Bradley appeals for blood and plasma donations to support soldiers and wounded in Korea, urging the public to give and call 4958 to participate.
A 1952 industry note warns metal allotments will limit toy output with 80 percent steel 20 percent aluminum and copper divisions, risking a shortage of metal toys unless larger quantities are released. It urges government to grant fair scarce-material shares to sustain child development through quality toys.
A large Stratocruiser hospital plane carrying 55 patients crashed on takeoff from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Two people were injured mildly as propeller fragments struck them. the aircraft did not lift off and stopped before the runway edge. Major John D. Davis piloted the craft, diverting it to avoid a wall and Tokyo Bay. Passengers included 27 with injuries and 31 ambulatory.
In Jackson Mississippi a jury acquitted Sheriff Robert E Lee and four deputies on all counts after a two day trial. The case revolved around a handcuffed Negro prisoner Warner Gray who testified he was whipped with a leather strip while imprisoned. The defendants denied participating in the beating and Gray described details of the alleged abuse.
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