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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1951
Page
8
A mixed column notes misdated Bellefonte post cards dated February 29 and the Lindsay complaint to the Bellefonte postmaster. It recalls a Christmas tree delay, local defense talk, a dog complaint spurring a possible divorce, and a past Elizabeth Town tea tax protest with a historic public meeting recounting tea duties and colonial imagery.
United Nations troops pushed a bridgehead across the Han River ten miles wide and nearly six miles deep east of Seoul. Flamethrower tanks led advances splitting Communist defenses as UN artillery and infantry pressed the line northward amid gray skies and heavy ground fighting.
Paris March 10 Western powers present a revised broadened plan to ease East West tensions at the Deputy Foreign Ministers meeting. Russia would reserve any decision on accepting the proposal for the Big Four Foreign Ministers conference. The plan covers causes of tensions measures to reduce fear of aggression treaty obligations armament questions and remilitarization of Germany and worldwide disarmament.
The Harrisburg Association of Insurance Agents noted last November’s windstorm caused over 5,000 claims in the region east of the Mississippi. Total fire and windstorm losses exceed 26 million dollars, marking an unprecedented event in insurance history.
The report notes a 22 degree low tonight with a forecast of rain replacing snow and milder weather ahead. It recalls March records, including 0 degrees on March 1 1991 and 10 degree highs on March 10 1932 and 1941, with several warm March days in 1907. Tonight will be warmer than last night yet stay in the mid thirties region per Travis Knoda.
Herbert Morrison took over as Foreign Secretary after Ernest Bevin fell ill. Morrison’s associates say he aims for new peace efforts while Britain contemplates a different East West approach due to leadership differences.
In Washington on March 10 a federal grand jury will review aspects of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation inquiry. The Justice Department announced the panel will begin March 12 in the District of Columbia. Senate Banking Subcommittee members pushed for testimony from White House aide Donald Dawson amid accusations of impropriety and possible law violations.
Transactions show aggregate realty value slipping this week as buyers move to Fort Scott area parcels. Notable sale includes Mr and Mrs Lewis C Punkhouser at Preston and Park Roads near Fountain Elem. New owners include Oneli M Leiter and wife. Other deeds list Evelyn Midilleksaut to Charles Edward Miller at 120 North Ardizon Street Williamsport and Thomas A Gilleeve to Robert Tess and wife for a small tract along Harton Al.
Potomac Edison Co acquires two 132 kV substation sites along Pinesburg Wilson Road in Wilson District and Middleburg to Red Road near Red, plus a site for an ammunition magazine a mile and a half west of the city. Mrs Sehindel leases a 2100 foot plot for an eight by ten explosives building. Properties bought include 2.12 acres from John S Meshelman and 0.28 acre from Edgar T Raymon and wife.
The Senate approved a permanent universal military training program and a draft for 18-year-olds by a 74 to five vote. A House bill is pending, with intention to vote early next week on amendments. The measure would shift the draft priority from 19 to 18 year olds and defer up to 76,000 men for college study over three years.
Santa Maria High School publication Santa Maria is named top junior high level paper in the Columbian Scholastic Press Association awards. The event at the three day convention drew about 3,500 student journalists, with Ernest Gross to be keynote speaker at the Waldorf Astoria.
Two Navy men from Fairplay and 103 West Franklin Street serve aboard the destroyer Shenandoah in the Sixth Fleet. The ship sails the Mediterranean Sea and will visit many countries while protecting U.S. interests.
Citizenship Day will be observed in eight communities across the county from May 1 through May 15 with different dates at each community center. The Education Committee of the Chamber of Commerce announced plans at a luncheon, aiming to educate new voters and naturalized citizens about duties and heritage and to present certificates to residents who turn 21 or naturalized since June of last year.
Roy Vaughn, 34, of Vaughn Virginia, ordered held in 1000 bond for May Grand Jury action on larceny of a pocketwatch valued at over 100. Detectives arrested him minutes after he snatched the watch from a vest pocket in Byron Brothers barbershop. Vinieha told the magistrate he could offer no excuses and asked mercy. The watch was sold to Charles W. Rowe for $8 about ten minutes later, Rowe testifying.
Tokyo reports 78 year old Kijuro Shidehara Speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives died today of a heart attack. Shidehara, a former Prime Minister under the Occupation, had opposed militarist expansion as Foreign Minister in 1931 and earned an international reputation as a liberal in his cabinet career.
Sheriff reports eight room brick farmhouse owned by John Baer vandalized with windows and doors smashed. Deputies describe damage as worst seen. estimated repair costs reach hundreds of dollars.
Rumors that Company B of the Maryland National Guard was being recalled were denied by Capt. William Mussard, acting commanding officer of Company K. He stated no official action or federalization was indicated and that he would know days in advance if needed.
Legion Commander J Eriel Cocke suffered a back injury in a jeep accident two miles south of Hoengsong on the central front in Korea. He was on a front tour with Maj. Gen. Frank E Lowe, Truman envoy to the armed forces in Korea. Both men were shaken but not seriously hurt and later proceeded to Tokyo.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight engine sideswiped several cars in Western Maryland yards early today blocking eastbound tracks for hours. No injuries reported. The engine had been cut from its train and moved toward the roundhouse when the accident occurred.WM dispatched equipment to restore the wrecked locomotive after loaning its wreck train to the Pennsylvania Railroad for a fatal wreck north of Martinsburg last night.
About 76 percent of Hagerstown residents have metered water use while roughly 2400 pay flat rates for water and sewage. Water Superintendent Richard Willson noted meters are installed yearly, boosting city revenue. a spot check found two of eight bills exceeded minimum usage. Replacement meters aged 10 to 25 years are needed. $15,000 was budgeted for new meters.
Walter Kines a 30 year old colored man was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction by Magistrate Harry B. Snyder after pleading guilty to hitting Jesse Gil bert with a beer bottle in a Jonathan Street tavern Following an exchange over a drink Gil bert allegedly spit in Kines beer and Kines then struck him with the bottle Gil bert spent two days in Washington County Hospital and was not present at the hearing.
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