Stupendous bridge painting and local notes across town
The Washington and Berkeley Bridge over the Potomac at Williamsport was fully repainted by seven workers over three months using seven large Dupont bronze green barrels. Nearby, broadcasts of Governor Lane and Senator Tydings talks are being prepared by Bill Paulsgrove for early airing. Households still rehearse homemade soap making, a wartime holdover, with lye and fat often scented with oil of lavender or wintergreen. Hagerstown held a tea party echoing colonial protests, while Frederick’s waterfowl plans center on a lone swan at Culler Lake and its potential mate. Printers warn ballots for the general election will be among the largest, and Rent Control reports show 128 petitions with most granted.
Tighter Credit Rules Expand to More Purchases
The Federal Reserve Board issued a tightening on installment plans for autos, furniture, televisions and other major household goods effective Monday. Terms on vehicles drop from 21 to 15 months with a one third down payment. TVs and appliances see down payments rise to 25 percent, with payoff times cut to 15 months. Also affects refrigerators freezers stoves and more, with furniture and rugs up to 15 percent down and 15 month payoff. Installment loans for controlled goods must follow payments for those goods. This follows a Sept. 18 tightening aimed at curbing inflation and preserving materials for defense.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New Building Here Booming in Hagerstown Leads Region
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports Hagerstown led the area in building permits for September 1950 with 569 190 dollars in new property value. Baltimore and Cumberland followed, while Hagerstown nine month total reached 3 251 676 dollars compared with 1 767 635 dollars the previous year. Cumberland Frederick and Salisbury also reported higher totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore City
Hagerstown
Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Salisbury
Cumberland
Frederick
Baltimore
Ready Archbishop Stepinac Could Be Freed If He Leaves Country
Belgrade reports say Archbishop Alojzij Stepinac would be freed from prison if he agrees to exile from Yugoslavia. Vatican sources noted he previously refused banishment as a condition of release. Stepinac, condemned in 1947 to 18 years for aiding the Ustachi, faced potential reprieve contingent on departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Alojzij Stepinac
Vatican
Stepinac
Ustachi
Marshal Tito
Ygoslavia
Konni Ziliacus
Ugotav
A and P Company Dismissed As Defendant In Parking Lot Suit
City of Hagerstown suit on a proposed Charles and Potomac Streets parking lot moves forward. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company is dismissed as a co defendant after denying knowledge of the project. An answer from Mr and Mrs Russell B Young and others claims Sheets bought the lot and plans the parking area as a private enterprise to ease traffic hazards and asks dismissal of the petition.
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Charles and
Potomac Streets
Hagerstown
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Auit
Sheets
Demand for half to full acre home sites grows in area
Real estate activity remains brisk as several scores of properties and building lots changed hands this week. Brokers report strong demand for half acre and acre sites to support new homes, with Hagerstown seen as needing new development options with garden space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Virgie L. Smeyer
Annie
E. Beard
Harry B. Beard
Salome M. Neff
Mulberry Avenue
E. Rane Snyder
Cyrus William Kershner
Snyder Avenue
East Germany Holds First Big Election Amid U S Sham Label
East Germany conducts its first major election with a single candidate slate and Communist dominance. U S government calls the vote a sham while West Germany's Adenauer decries it as a violation of rights and dignity. East Berlin residents face restrictions as West Berlin residents are barred from entering the East over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
Tts
Sailors From Same Block Meet On Inchon Era Ship
Ensign Charles R. McGinley of 122 Fairground Avenue and Radarman Charles R. Snively of 161 Fairground Avenue meet on the Union off Korea during Inchon operations. McGinley had not known Snively served aboard the vessel, despite living nearby. Both share the name Charles Richard and reside on the same block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Union
Inchon
Charles R. McGinley
Fairground Avenue
Charles R. Snively
McGinley
Fairazround Avenue
Navy
Jin
Katherine McGinley
Young Snively
Donald L. Snively
U. S. S. Union
Inchan Landing
Ensign McGinley
Snively
Charles Richard
Madman Sought After Fiendish Attacks In Detroit
Police sweep in Detroit after a sequence of savage assaults on six people on Oct 14. A tall man in a grey coat and possibly armed with a pipe wrench beat and terrorized victims at homes and on streets on Detroit’s northwest side near Eight Mile Road and Livernois. Six hospitalized, five in serious condition.
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Detroit
Eight Mile Road
Livernois
City Aborts Warrant Effort To Stop Taxi Garage
The city did not seek a warrant today to halt construction of a taxi garage on West Franklin Street by Harry Stotler of the Local Cab Company. Acting Police Captain Harold Kiser said he would await further instructions before pursuing next steps after a delay in obtaining the warrant yesterday. Mayor Mills ordered actions, but a magistrate could not be reached to grant the warrant amid a new city ordinance and related circuit court developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Franklin Street
Harry Stotler
Harold Kiser
Mills
Kiser
Martin V. Z. Postetter
Stotler
November Jury Drawn Today in Washington County
Associate Judge George Hender presided as jurors for the November term were drawn from several towns. Names listed include Hagerstown cast led by Harry C. Beard and Samuel E. Lewis, plus jurors from Williamsport Clear Spring Hancock Boonsboro Cave Town Rohrersville Letter sburg Funkstown Tilghmanton Conococheague Ringgold Beaver Creek Keedyville Wilson Halfway and Oda K. Bussard among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Henderson
Washington
Hagerstown
Harry C. Beard
Clyde H. Sowers
Victor A. Sanders
C. Elmer Kiracofe
Hubert G. Mumma
Tony Britti
Robert F. Middlekauff
Clarence V. Eldridge, Jr
A. W. Anderson
Walter C. Young
Millard F. Kershner
Grover Sprecher
John G. Bowers
George E. Bussard
Charles W. Sullivan, Sr
Samuel E. Lewis
Lloyd E. Miller
Glenn V. Hall
John Chop
Fred R. Stahl
Frederick H. Wagner, Jr
Edward W. Cochran
Park W. T. Loy
John R. Gering
Oliver H. Michael
Raymond Bear
Jennings P. Dawson
Williamsport
Berry O. Swope
Glen V. Kretsinger
Clear Spring
Clarence Pound
Hancock
Julian V. Ayers
A. B. Ruppenthal
Boonsboro
Harry H. Hartman
Cave Town
Charles D. Masters
Rohrersville
Ernest E. Young
Lettersburg
Frances Stockslager
Russell E. Provard
Funkstown
Walter S. Steen
Tilghmanton
Harry Henesy
Conococheague
Clyde M. Holsinger
Ringgold
James A. Kipe
William Happel
Archie Rinehart
Beaver Creek
Harry M. Shuman
Keedyaville
Oscar A. Line
Wilson
Leroy M. Fockler
Halfway
Vernon B. Delliinger
Oda K. Bussard
Taxicab and Auto Collision Reported at City Intersection
A collision occurred today at the intersection of South Potomac and Lee Streets involving a Mayflower taxicab and another vehicle. The drivers were not identified. The taxicab had two occupants who were unharmed.
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Mayflower
South Potomac and
Lee Streets
President Truman and MacArthur Meet at Wake Island
President Truman flies to Wake Island for a historic first meeting with General MacArthur. They discuss Asia's problems, Korea, Japan, and world peace as reporters and security teams accompany them. The plan includes Truman returning to Honolulu Sunday after the talks.
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Honolulu
Truman
Wake Island
General MacArthur
Asia
Hickam Field
Independence
MacArthur
United Nations
mid-Pacific
Tokyo
John J. Muccelo
U. S
Korea
Japan
Trujan
Asta
United States
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Radford
Secret Service
Wake
Army Warned of Korean Invasion Forecasts and Progress
General Mac Arthur's intelligence chief told AP that a March warning predicted a June invasion of South Korea by the North Korean forces. The invasion began June 25. Willoughby noted earlier forecasts in January and December 1949, and that by May 25 about 16 divisions were prepared for the assault, with over 25 Red divisions identified in action.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Army Department
Washington
People's
Charles A. Willoughby
Associated Press
Willoughby
South Korea
Korea
Far East
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Asia
Hartle Seen Likely To Carry Allegany County In election
W H Buchholtz a Democratic leader of Allegany County and Hartle campaign manager says he has no doubt General Hartle will carry Allegany County on November 7 the same as Byrne Austin did two years ago. He notes local auroera suggest Hartle will win Allegany and probably Garrett counties.
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W.H. Buchholtz
Allegany County
General Hartle
Cumberland
Byrne Austin
Kuchholtz
National Discount Corporation
Maryland
Hartle
Garrett
Buchholtz
Driver Charged In Head On Crash
C Paul Jones aged 47 of 496 West Washington Street was on the wrong side of West Washington Street when his vehicle collided with T C Rider aged 36 of 360 North Potomac Street. Jones was charged with drunken driving after the impact damaged both cars by several hundred dollars.
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West Washington Street
A. C. Palmer
C. Paul Jones
Washington Street
T. C. Rider
Potomac Street
Jones
Palmer
Williamsport Area Youth Serves in Korea
Pvt. Thomas Rhodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rhodes of Williamsport Rt. 1, is serving in Korea. He attended Williamsport schools and enlisted in the army in September 1949, according to a letter received by his parents.
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Pvt
Thomas Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Williamsport Rt. 1
Korea
Young Rhodes
Williamsport
Army
20 000 Reds Are Trapped In Korea Action Near Pyongyang
American forces seized Kumchon on the southeastern approaches of Pyongyang and trapped about 20 000 Reds. General Mac Arthur announced the capture as ground action slowed elsewhere, with the First Cavalry Division pushing toward Namchonjim and Hanpo while British and Australian troops plus allied air power supported the advance.
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Tokyo
Kumchon
Pyongyang
Missouri
Siberia
Korea
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Douglas MacArthur
Wake
Hobart R. Gay
First Cavalry
Parallel 38
Hanpo
Leutenant
Namchonjim
Kumehon
First Cavalry Division
Sharpsburg Soldier Wounded in Korean War
Pfc. Fred L. Palmer, son of Mrs Maggie Palmer of Sharpsburg Route 1, was badly wounded in Korea on September 22, the Army secretary told his mother. He reports improving in a letter, saying he was hit in the head by a small bullet and has partial hand paralysis but that it could have been worse. Palmer, educated at Bakersville and Fairplay, worked at Federal Silk Mills Williamsport, enlisted 1948, spent two years in Japan before Korea with an infantry unit.
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Fred L. Palmer
Mra
Maggie Palmer
Sharpsburg
Route 1
Secretary of the Army
Fred
Bakersville
Fairplay
Federal Silk Mills
Williamsport
Army
Japan
Korea
Kept Busy Chasing Korean Reds Says Pvt Heron Blevins
Pvt. Heron K. Blevins of 458 Park Place writes home from Korea about near daily combat, noting friendly fire and enemy retreats. He mentions fellow Hagerstown boy Leonard Pompeil remaining with him and asks friends to write. contact via 1239-R.
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Pvt
Heron Blevins
Heron K. Blevins
W. S. Blevins
Park Place
Heron
Leonard Pompeil
Hagerstown
Korea
Tam
Pvt. Blevins
Men 75 and Older Seek Social Security Pensions
In Hagerstown county many men aged 75 plus work while filing for Social Security pensions under the new act. W B Holloman of the Social Security Office says 75 year olds may earn unlimited wages and still draw a pension, with two new claims daily after the law took effect. Those turning 65 may receive $50 monthly plus a pension, up from a prior $15 wage limit.
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W. B. Holloman
Hagerstown
Social Security Board
Hancock Marine On Aircraft Carrier Coral Sea
Cpl. John E. Culp of the U S Marine Corps serves aboard the aircraft carrier Coral Sea. The Coral Sea and Sixth Fleet units patrol the Mediterranean protecting U S interests. Crew members have opportunities to visit notable Mediterranean sites.
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John E. Culp
U. S. Marine Corps
Roy D. Culp
Coral Se
Coral Sea
Sixth Fleet
U. S
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
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H. G. Traver
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Dupont
Bill Paulsgrove
WJEJ
Governor Lane
Senator Tydings
Bill
Boston
England
Elizabethtown
John Parks
W. Raymond Walter
Culler Lake
Walter
Hagers Town
Area Rent Control Office
Lanclords
Tho
A.& P. Company
City
R. Landis Coffman
C. Edwin Kline
Potomac Avenue
Wilbur C. Harshman
L. Stephen Noel
Fairgreen Acres
John R. Tenney
Robert J. Way
East Irvin Avenue
Lloyd V. Wirts
Roger J. Toms
Fairground
Leo H. Miller
Roy A. Pless
Chestnut
William H. Grove
East German Peoples Republic
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Tory
West Berlin
East Berlin
Madman
General
Bradley
Sharpsburg iI
Hancock Marine
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