Missing Children Recovered Near Military Road Home
Two youngsters aged six and eight were located about 12 30 PM behind a neighbor’s home on Military Road at Camp Ritchie. Pierce Smith and Philip Weigle had left their tutoring at 8 45 AM and were found safe as volunteer searchers and State Police coordinated.
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Military Road
Camp Itchie
Pierce Smith
Philip Weigle
George A. Eby
Eigle
Smiths
Iby
Eby
Hiram J. Brown
Camp Ritchie
Weigle
Wolf Den Mine at Shallmar Closes Again
Shallmar’s Wolf Den coal mine has shut down again after a brief trial run. Opened March 7, a skeleton crew of 20 miners produced 690 tons of coal for a private customer before closing on March 16 due to lack of orders. No further hard times or community aid events are noted beyond past season hardships.
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Shallmar
Wolf den
Jol. Walker
Garett
Hallmar
Tay Effect Compromise in Martinsburg Time
Martinsburg residents discuss daylight saving compromise with city on daught time from June to August to ease school bus schedules and farm timing. City Council plans action this week amid rural objections and urban support.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Agust
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
The five day forecast shows a period ending by early Wednesday with cloudy and windy or cooler conditions. Temperatures fall Thursday then showers Friday with little variation. Weather turns milder over the weekend with near normal seasonal temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Frederick Memorial Hospital to add 44 beds in expansion
Frederick Memorial Hospital launches a building program to increase capacity to 169 beds for adults and children and 39 newborn bassinets. The project, funded by community donations in 1947 and fed by federal funds, includes a new three story north wing, renovation of the original building, a Gambrill wing for emergency and morgue functions, a new ambulance entrance, and a three story nurses home. Completion is expected to take over a year with extensive changes to almost all hospital departments.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Baker Wing
Gambrill
Park Avenue
Seventh Street
Georgiana Houck
Taxes, Treasurers Report New Plane Budget Appeal
February county tax collections reached 805,866.38 on a 1.34 rate, a record for current county taxes under County Treasurer James H Falk. State taxes totaled 42,856.34 with discounts 16,580.16. Separate notes discuss Defense Department budget reviews and Vinson urging higher air power funding to counter an anticipated atomic blitz.
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James H. Falk
Car Damaged During Melee at Yellow Springs Dance Hall
Elis Keyser, 20, of Yellow Springs, was convicted of tampering with an automobile after a melee at a Yellow Springs dance hall. State Police described extensive damage to Edwin Lewis Carly’s Packard, with doors smashed, windshield broken, and a radio aerial ripped free. Keyser received a $51.45 fine and a six month suspended sentence in the House of Correction.
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Edwin Lewis Carly
Catoctin Furnace
Yellow Springs
Elis Keyser
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
House of Correction
Keyser
Harold L. Basore
R. A. Myers
Roger Linton
Linton
Carty
Charles W. Carty, Jr
Barry Keyser
Kenneth Morgan
Arthur Morgan
Richard Morgan
Herbert Cannon
Ray Keyser
Newspaperman Found Dead In Automobile
Nathan W. Robertson 48, veteran Washington newspaperman, was found dead early today in his Chevy Chase garage. His wife Elizabeth discovered him slumped in the car seat. Police attributed death to carbon monoxide after a hose to the exhaust was run into the car. Robertson had been in ill health for some time and worked for Labor Press Associates after serving as Washington correspondent for PM.
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Washington
Nathan W. Robertson
Chevy Chase
Elizabeth
Robertson
Ils
Labor Press Associates
Labor Group
New York
Leg Cut By Axe In Orchard Accident Near Frederick
Henry Bartgis 18 son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Bartgis sustained a severe cut below the right knee when an axe slipped while trimming trees in his home orchard. He was taken to a local physician where three stitches closed the deep wound.
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Henry Bartgis
Lewis G. Bartgis
Frederick
Easter Holiday Opens With School Break and Promenade
The city and county begin a five day Easter school holiday after a warm spell with 80 degree weather forecast. Good Friday is a holiday. banks and offices close while stores keep normal hours. Easter promotions include a promenade sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with prizes for best dressed. Weather turns cooler with showers and thunder expected tomorrow.
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Chamber of Commerce
Weather Bureau
Omevrow
Snow Fence Removal Nears Completion in Frederick County
Frederick County progresses on snow fence removal with 75 to 80 percent already removed. Five crews from the State Roads shop work across county sections. project expected to finish this week weather permitting. Some rain delays slowed work, and spring oiling plans hinge on a mild winter and on State Roads Commission reviews.
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Frederick
Thomas G. Mohler
Mohler
State Roads Commission
Monocacy River
Quakers Promise Aid To Dismissed Workers
Four Maryland Quakers dismissed from public jobs for refusing to sign the loyalty pledge were promised financial aid if they pursue court action. The Baltimore Yearly Meeting, with about 200 representatives from Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania congregations, approved support and monetary assistance for the four to seek legal challenge.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Society of Friends
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Berkey Leaving Yoksuka Pacific Fleet Command
Vice Admiral Russell S. Berkey will relinquish command of the Seventh Fleet in a brief ceremony aboard the heavy cruiser Toledo at Yoksuka Japan. The veteran Pacific admiral departs his Orient post on April 4 after years of leadership in the fleet.
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Berkey
Yoksuka
Japan
USS Navy
Pacific
Orient
Adm
Russell S. Berkey
Seventh Fleet
Toledo
State Aid Wasted By Family In Thurmont Case
A Frederick County Juvenile Court case alleges Mrs Carbaugh misused state aid for dependent children. A Welfare Board official says a program should be set to help the family while a 17-year-old daughter quit school to help at home. The judge warned the mother to improve conditions or risk removal of the children.
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Thurmont
Frederick County
William Roderick
Ower
Carbaugh
Stme
Francis J. Connolly
Welfare Boat
Welfare Board
Truman aides seek front pages for him during vacation
In Key West on his eighth vacation, President Truman aims to regain front-page play. Aides argue he does more here than in Washington, as he avoids constant callers and can summon cabinet members when needed.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
Washington
Naval
Driverless car injures shoppers in Pittsburgh Easter crowd
A driverless car plowed through downtown Pittsburgh’s Easter shoppers, injuring ten and causing two leg amputations. The vehicle crashed into the Sun Drug Company storefront on Dread Street near Southfield, scattering bystanders and trapping passengers, including 72 year old Mrs Lenn Andrews who was hospitalized in shock.
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Pittsburgh
Gato
LY Wanleith
Dread Street
Southfield Street
Sun Drug Company
Lenn Andrews
Census Of Transients To Be Taken In Frederick Hotels
Plans are underway to census transients at major local hotels on Tuesday April 11 with one or two enumerators at each hotel. Forms will be distributed to patrons to fill in rooms and return sealed. Data collected include living arrangements, race, age, education, work last week, and income. Officials report slow progress but cordial public reception and no refusals to provide information.
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
Hoatel Frederick
Census Bureau
Nelie
Hoy
Defense Says People Were Urged To Borrow Baltimore
An arrest in Baltimore involves Elmer S. Stallings 45 held on 10000 bail after pleading not guilty to nine counts of false pretenses. Police say he bought cars then sold them where titles were not required and used those titles to secure 14315 borrowed from an auto finance company between April and September last year. Defense argues dealerships advertised to attract borrowers and fault lies with lenders for lax checks, not Stallings actions.
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Baltimore
Vpm
Ar Jolt
Elmer S. Stallings
Automobile Finance
Del
Millard Horton
Stallings
Paul B. Mules
Start Work On Bridge For Rt. 240
Digging began Monday for footings of a new overpass bridge carrying the Frederick to Washington expressway over Hoateih near the sand hole. The $762,182 project by Empire Construction of Baltimore aims for nine months to completion with three piers and two abutments and will speed traffic across the river, tying to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge.
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Washington
Hoate Ih
Frank Pecora Construction Company
Baltimore
Manocsey
Conduit Ane Pounda Hon Corporation
Philadelphia
W EL Graham and Sons
Cleveland
N.C
Pew Expressway
Gaker Valley Head
Frederick Junction
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Empire Construction Company
Work Begins On Large Job On Route 31
Work starts on Route 11 Liberty town to New Windsor under Carozza Hamill and Co of Baltimore at 58 797. The 4 6 mile Route 26 resurfacing by American Asphalt Products costs 204 148. Total project outlay 914 390 with earlier Mt Pleasant east of Mt Pleasant by T Edgie Russell Co Frederick underway.
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Sane
State Roads Commission
Libertytown
New Windsor
Carozza-Hamill and Company
Baltimore
Wok
Liberty Town
Mt. Pleasant
American Asphalt Products Corporation
Washington
World Citizen Davis Seeks Privacy After Detention
Garry Davis, 28, the so called world citizen and World Government crusader, was released from four days on Ellis Island and urged newsmen for rest and privacy. He said he is a private person not seeking publicity and asked to slip into oblivion.
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New York
Fllls Island
Garry Davis
Air Force
Former Prince George s County Sheriff Pleads Guilty
Former Prince George s County Sheriff Earle Shevill of the Washington suburb Land hover pleaded guilty to income tax evasion. The government said he admitted taking protection money from gamblers in the Washington suburban area during 1943 to 1946, with about $22 000 in payments reported. He resigned as deputy sheriff hours before indictment.
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Baltimore
Earle Shevill
Prince
Georges County
Gam‘blers
Washington
Sherif
Neynan P. Ram
Aimong
W. Calvin Chesnu
Raney
Ramsey
Chesnut
Robert McCulough
Askead
Liberty
McCullough
Sheriff
Landhover
Federal Grand Jury
Prince George's County
District of Columbia
Maryland
Prince George’s County
Three-Way Truck Crash on Turnpike Kills One in Somerset
A three-vehicle collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset, Pa., on April 4 killed one man and left three others with minor injuries. The accident disrupted traffic as responders worked at the scene.
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Colline
Somerset
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Market Street
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Marksid
Phebus
Dave ohhCk
Vinson
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Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
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Navy
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Lumberland
Earle Cobey
George E. Davis
Cumberland
Thomas S. Post
Cobbey
Thomas B. Finan
Davis
R. J. Shephard
New Windsor Road
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