Storm Damage in Frederick and Carroll Counties Tops Two Million
A damage estimate from an insurance adjuster places the destruction from Saturday’s windstorm at about two million dollars in Frederick and Carroll counties. New damages surfaced including three more barns in Thurmont area, a barn blown down at Hubert Bailey farm, a granary left in ruins, and structural harm to homes and a storage shed. Examinations continue as crews repair and assess while mild weather returns with possible showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Carroll
Thurmont
P.J. Fraley
William D. Powell
Powell Farm
Roger Snoots
Hubert Bailey
Troxell Farm
Albert Stambaugh
Smith and Royer
Apples Church
W. Hargett Lumber Company, Inc
South
Jefferson Street
Egg Hunt At Harmon Field Sponsored By Civic Club
The Frederick Civic Club announces a Easter egg hunt at Harmon Field on Easter Monday at 1 15 p m. It follows last year’s successful event for city children with prizes to be awarded. Club president Mrs Garl Sunday heads a planning committee including Mrs George B Hoke and several other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
George B. Delaplaine, Sr
Ransom R. Lewis
Calvin E. Schildknecht
H. F. Shipley
Bolivian capital rocked by army police revolt
In La Paz on April 9 an army police and civilian uprising deposed the military government led by Gen Hugo Ballivian. Officers backed by Victor Paz Estenssoro’s National Revolutionary Party seized key stations and released detainees. Estenssoro, exiled in Argentina, announced his return.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Hugo Ballivian
National Revolutionary Party
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Argentina
Tlimani
Buenos Aires
Paz Estenssoro
Damage suit filed against Senator McCarran over Sun boycott
LAS VEGAS Nev April 9 Sen Pat McCarran D Nev is chief defendant in a million dollar damage suit. The Las Vegas Sun charges he caused a boycott to coerce editors from publishing detrimen statements about him. The complaint was filed yesterday in Federal Court by Sun publisher FH Greenspun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Las Vegas Sun
the Sun
FH. M. Greenspun
Charles E Wilson To Be Mount Commencement Speaker
Charles E Wilson former president of General Electric and former Mobilization director will deliver Mount St. Marys College 144th commencement address on June 4. He will receive the LL.D. degree for achievements in industry and government. The college notes Mt St Marys, founded 1808, is the cradle of bishops and mother of colleges with numerous notable alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sheridan
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Mt. St. Mary's
Wilson
United States
John DuBois
New York
Sreemean
John McCloss
Fordham University
Spring Hill College
St. John’s
Brooklyn
White
Turkey
Carroll Spence
Easter Egg Hunt Set For Baker Park Monday
Frederick Kiwanis Club announces its thirteenth annual Easter Egg Hunt for Monday afternoon in Baker Park. Eligible are children past six but under thirteen, plus Camp Detrick youngsters and county guests. Mayor Rice to start event and present trophy. police patrol Baker Park east end from 10 a.m. Shot eggs, hidden by Boy Scouts, will total 1,800 with prizes for high totals and safeties emphasized.
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Charles V. Main
Baker Park
Lena V. Dinterman
East Fifth Street
A. Norman Dietz
Taylor
James F. Messersmith
Carlton Molesworth
Guy E. Kelly
Joseph M. Kline
Kiwanis Club
Bev
Kiwanis
News
Frederick Post
Frederick Kiwanis
Bentz Street
State awards bridge substructure contract to Raymond Concrete
A contract from the State Roads Commission goes to Raymond Concrete Pile Company of Baltimore to furnish labor equipment and materials for subsurface exploration at the proposed Brunswick bridge site. The contract value is 89750 dollars. The will of Jesse H Poole of Sabillasville proves in Orphans Court, leaving all to his widow Bernice K Poole with Bernice named executrix. Will dated March 18 1952 and witnessed by Wilbur F Sheffield Jr and Helen M Watt.
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State Roads Commission
Raymond Concrete Pite Company
Baltimore
Brunswick
BRILL
Jesse H Poole
Sabillasville
Orphans Court
Bernice K. Poole
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Helen M. Watt
Rhodes to be Queen Anne’s School Head
Harry C. Rhodes, principal of Poolesville School, has accepted the post of Superintendent of Schools for Queen Anne’s county on the Eastern Shore. He will assume duties August 1, replacing retiring Frank D. Day and will move to Queen Anne’s with his wife.
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Harry C. Rhodes
Poolesville School
Queen Anne's County
Eastern Shore
Board of Education
Centreville
Rhodes
Frank D. Day
Queen Anne‘s County
Washington College
Chestertown
University of Maryland
College
Centreville Meter Proposal Sustained in 3-2 Decision
The Court of Appeals ruled that Centreville may install parking meters in the court house square, reversing a Queen Anne's Circuit Court injunction. The majority held police power is delegated to the municipal corporation, while the dissent sided that the square is county property and not under town control.
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Annapolis
Centreville
Court House Square
Court of Appeals
Queen Anne's Circuit Court
Edward
Delaplaine
Ogle Marbury
Nation's Oldest Dentist Turns 92 Thursday
Dr. Thomas S. Eader of Clarke Place, the oldest practicing dentist in the United States, will celebrate his 92nd birthday on Thursday. March 7 marks the 70th anniversary of his practice. Active and in good health, he works daily at his North Market Street office, treats a few old patients, and stays informed on public affairs. A small family Easter Sunday gathering will honor his birthday. he lives with his daughter Mrs. Helen Eeder Johnson.
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Thomas S. Eader
Clarke Place
United States
Eader
North Market Street
Helen Eeder Johnson
Canadians Today Get Nice Cut In Taxes
Outawa April 9 Canadian taxpayers smokers housewives and home buyers especially got cuts of 10 to 15 per cent in taxes on major items today. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott's 1952 53 budget also set up a new income tax rate which he said would cut these payments by an average age per cent but he added that a new social security levy would keep the government's bite from meeting paychecks as high as ever. The record balanced budget read to the House of Commons last night promised a nine million dollar surplus revenues of 4 778 000 000 end expenditures of 4270 000 005.
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Outawa
Douglas Abbott
House of Commons
Taft Wins Easily In Ilinois Primary Victory
Taft led Republicans in Illinois with 619,887 votes from 7,251 of 9,610 precincts, followed by Stassen and Eisenhower as write-ins. Democrat Kefauver led in party results with 379,288. Stevenson, governor of Illinois, counted 429,244. Taft appears to lead 48 of 50 Republican delegates. Stevenson likely secures all 50 Democratic delegates if he seeks the nomination.
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Breen
Robert Taft
Estes Kefauver
Ilinois
Taft
Illnois
Harold Stassen
Dwight Eisenhower
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stassen
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Los Angeles
Gov. Stevenson
Good Friday Declared Legal Holiday In This Area
Holy Week observances begin with Holy Thursday and Good Friday to be marked as a legal holiday with banks schools and government offices closed Easter Sunday celebrated with church services and Easter shopping of candy flowers eggs and bunnies. Public schools begin holiday this evening extending through Easter Monday with a Kiwanis egg hunt in Baker Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Soviets Claim Their TV Best Yet, Moscow Boasts Superior System
In Moscow, officials claim television superiority over the West, boasting 625 lines per frame, 50 cycle transmission and 25 frames per second. They cite 100 mile range with boosters, six nightly broadcasts, and theaters as part of the setup, while noting U S and European standards lag. Deeds detected two farm sales in Liberty and Tuscarora districts, and a band from Cleveland Heights was set to perform at Mt. Olivet cemetery.
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L Gribov
Moscow Television Center
USA
Europe
Gribov
Britain
France
United States
Moscow
Moscow Art Theatre
Malya
Vakhtangova Theatre
Tula
Vladimir
U. S
Cleveland
Missing Middletown girl 14 seeks work after leaving home
Patricia Ashbaugh a 14 year old Middletown ninth grader left home Tuesday morning after a note said she planned to find a job. She changed into dress clothes and left with three dollars. Family and police suspect she is in the Hagerstown area and traveling alone. She is 5 feet 1 inch, 114 pounds, brown natural curly hair in a feather bob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
Pat” Ashbaugh
John Ashbaugh
Middletown
Route 1
Frederick
Passing On Hill Costs Ohip Motorist 350
A two-vehicle passing incident at a hill crest led to a State Trooper being forced off the road. John S. Roberts Adena paid $50 and costs after pleading guilty in front of Magistrate B Reese Shoemaker Jr. Others cited by Trooper Tichneil included Paul Robert Sanger for cruising near Route 1 Knoxville with various minor charges. Clarence Eber Camaran paid $25, William Lewis Mohler $5, Deimar LeRoy Jacoby forfeited $10, and one motorist faced a $13 charge for passing in a restricted zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Roberts
Adena
K. H. Tichaell
B Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Tichneil
Paul Robert Sanger
Knoxville
Clarence Eber Camaran
Readyville
Tenn
William Lewis Mohler
Set. N. A
Lodge Says Holinda Vote Means Nothing in Illinois
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, a leader of Eisenhower for President forces, said Ike’s third place finish as a write-in in the Illinois primary “does not mean a thing” and that no effort was made there. He spoke amid emerging political maneuvers and travel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Holinda
New York
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Eisenhower
Illinois
Vik
Phone Strike Ordered Against Bell System
Washington April 9 The CIO Communications Workers Union ordered a nationwide strike against Bell Telephone. Picket lines were to be set up around Bell installations nationwide affecting about 300000 workers. CWA president Joseph A Beirne said orders were sent to establish lines beginning at 1 pm local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO Communications Workers Union
Bell Telephone System
Bell
Joseph A. Beirne
CWA
No Proposal For Airport Is Received
Mayor Donald B. Rice said no proposal has been received to use the municipal airport as an Air National Guard and Reserve training center. State aviation officials noted Air Force representatives consider ground distances from Frederick and Easton prohibitive, with Frederick favored for air training once field upgrades and hangar space are considered.
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Air National Guard and Reserve
Donald B. Rice
R. A. Jamison
State Aviation Commission
Rice
Air Force
Frederick
Easton
Baltimore
Jamison
Frank T. McCoy, Jr
Frederick Field
Washington
Washington- Baltimore
Civil Aeronautics Board
All-American Airways
Col. McCoy
Quake Shakes Oklahoma City and Nearby States
An earthquake centered in Oklahoma rattled desks in Oklahoma City and shook areas across Oklahoma Texas Kansas Iowa and Missouri around 11 30 this morning. No damage reports were immediate though in McPherson Kansas the tremor caused cash registers to dance and in Hutchinson Kansas disturb an open bowl of water in a high school classroom.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
McPherson
Kas
Hutchinson
Tornado Weather Warning Spreads From Oklahoma to the Deep South
The Weather Bureau warned of tornado forming weather as disturbance in western Oklahoma moves into southeastern Oklahoma east Texas and north central Texas this afternoon. Tornadoes were reported in western Oklahoma before midnight with the disturbance expected to reach Arkansas and Louisiana late today. A separate note from New York reports the stock market leaning up with steel issues recovering from initial lows.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Central
New York
Union Calls Mass Meeting Of Workers In Maryland
A CIO union in Maryland calls a state wide mass meeting for April to review the labor situation. The Communications Workers 1ocal claims 5 500 telephone workers and invited 3 600 operators to attend. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company says no dispute exists and urges workers to stay on duty.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Dennis Carr
CIO
Carr
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Frederick
Annapolis
Easton
Salisbury
Washington
CWA
Cwa-Cio
Two Crashes In Hour Near Same Place
Two crashes within an hour on Route 40 east of Frederick left a 27-year-old Baltimore woman and her three-year-old daughter with minor injuries after their car was struck by a vehicle driven by Rebecca Poole Mt Airy. Lillian Miller and Terry Miller were treated and discharged. The other accident near Jug Bridge involved Charles Summers Monrovia and George Yeager Route 4 West bound. Summers was cited for passing when not clear, no injuries, minor vehicle damage.
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Baltimore
Route 40
Frederick
Lillian Miller
Terry Miller
Leroy Sefton Miller
Rebecca A. Poole
Mt. Airy
Ridgeville
Kenneth Tichnell
Miller
Poole
Jug Bridge
Charles Albert Summers
Monrovia
George Thomas Yeager
Summers
Yeager
Willard Cox
Tichnell
Cox
Town
United Nations Troops Break Up Reds Trap
United Nations advance unit repulsed a three sided red assault west of the Mundung Valley on the Eastern Korean front. The unit withdrew on orders then reengaged front lines two hours later in the heaviest reported action on the UN front Wednesday morning. Light patrol clashes followed elsewhere.
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Seoul
United Nations
Mundung
U. S. Eighth Army
U.N
U. N
Steel Strike On In Spite U S Seizure
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp will operate plants under government order as far as safely possible. U S Steel resumes Chicago Mills starting with the Firma shift. President Truman asks Congress for legal terms to govern seized mills while mills face court challenges. Major steel firms idle, workers on strike as guards deny entry at many plants.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Chicago
U. S. Steel
Chioe Ares
Washington
Truman
Congress
Gates Two
Hraaistane
Ge Auid
Ti Chicago
U. S. Steel Corp
Circuit Court Takes Up Will Caveat Of Mrs Kaufman
The Circuit Court will hear issues raised in a caveat to the will of the late Mrs. Sarah R Kaufman of Frederick wife of State Senator George L Kaufman The will left more than 20000 to the Masonic Home for Crippled Children in Philadelphia Ralph Boyd of Baltimore a nephew contests validity The executor William H B Anders argues Boyd receives personal bequests thus lacks standing Pretrial issues prepared and sent to Circuit Court for trial no hearing date set Attorneys named for Boyd and the executor The will dated several months before the caveat was filed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Lnte
Sarah R. Kaufman
Frederick
George L. Kaufman
Ralph Boyd
Baltimore
Ange Peck
Kaufman
John Fitzpatrick
W. @. Brannan, Jr
Boyd
Parsons Newman
Truce proposal called phony by Allied negotiators
In MUNSAN April, Allied negotiators rejected a singular demand linking a ceasefire to a ban on repairing military shields as a phony issue. General Harrison and British General Keightley urged optimism that peace in Korea could emerge, though at Peiping talks the Chinese appeared to push a delaying game while the U N. pressed for a settlement.
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Munsan
Russia
William K. Harrizon Mace
Harrison
Rewsmen
Tokyo
Charles F. Keightley
Pansimunjom
U. N
Lin Peiping
Keightely
Ueng
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Mount Commencement
Queen Anne’s School
Poolesville
Soviets
Markell’ H. Nelson
Liberty
Harry Richard Reynolds
Nellie C Zimmerman
Guy R. Swomlex
Shookstown
Rocky Springs
Tustarora
Swomiey
Ezra L Cramer
Braddock
Ohip
SAC
C. and
Wreck
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