Detour Initiated for Liberty Road Traffic
Detours divert traffic from Liberty Road to Route 40 and Baltimore due to the Unionville by pass construction. Westbound traffic via Ridgeville and Route 40 will be routed to Frederick. local traffic may use the existing road during relocation. Contractor T Edgie Russell to accelerate grading and surfacing, weather remaining a factor. Replans include survey work on old Route 40 from Middle Town through Braddock Heights and new tree plantings to replace diseased Dutch elm trees along Route 40.
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Baltimore
Unionville
Liberty and
Trafc
Frederick
Market Street
Edgeville
Taylorsville
Fredrick
Ridgeille
Unionville G Pass
T. Edgie Russell
Urvey
Bradtock Mountain
State Roads Commission
Middletown
Braddock Heights
Everal
Heights
Fredstick
Detective Off Duty Slain by Officers in Chicago
Chicago April 10 An off duty city detective was shot to death by three fellow officers who said the victim fired first in front of a currency exchange. The deceased, John Stachowski 45 a veteran of years on the force, was killed after refusing to drop his pistol as officers returned fire. His widow Sophie said he worked the evening shift and had not come home after work.
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Chicago
Ohn Stachowski
Stachowski
Sophie
Upward Trend Shows Some Gains in New York
The New York market shows a small rise as heavy trading opens then eases to a steady tempo. Last week’s bull run began last June and today the index sits near the 1946 peak, the highest since 1930, within a short distance of that level.
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New York
Bernie Griggs Slapped by Slapstick at Circus Show
Bernie Griggs, 50, of the Beatty circus, was struck by a slapstick during a Thursday night performance. The incident occurred behind the scenes in the big top, leaving Griggs cautious as he takes a vacation break.
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Los Angeles
Bernie
Ernie
Bernie Griggs
Tyde Beatty Circus
Eight Naval Reservists Escape Plane Crash Near Lake Michigan
Eight Minneapolis area naval reservists escaped unharmed when their PV-2 twin engine plane crash landed off the Lake Michigan shoreline near Benton Harbor. They were returning from a Bermuda trip via Norfolk Virginia. Pilot Lt Jg Thomas Milton had about 40 gallons of fuel remaining. A crew member Lyle Pasket swam 200 feet to shore for help. The crash drew hundreds of spectators as the craft sank in driving rain.
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Benton Harbor
Midh
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Bermuda
Norfolk
Lyle Pasket
St. Paul
Minn
Glenview Naval Air Station
Chiccego
St. Joseph
Jg Thomas Milton
Red Cross Drive Surpasses Goal in Frederick Area
The Red Cross fund drive in Frederick city and county collected 14,507.85, about 50 percent over the 10,000 goal, though five county districts have not reported. Campaign ended March 31 with rural totals lagging. Rear Admiral Allen G. Quynn USN Ret is general chairman. County lead Daniel J. Thomas. city head Charles V. Main. Volunteers canvassed groups and conducted a door-to-door bell tour.
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Red Cross
Frederick
Allen G. Quynn
USN
Daniel J. Thomas
Charles V. Main
Destroyers Search For Plane With Four Aboard
Four survivors were picked up by a U S destroyer after an amphibian plane with two airline officials and their wives crashed 40 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica. The plane a converted PBY sent distress signals reporting heavy seas and a leak before vanishing. The search by four destroyers and other vessels continued overnight with Rescue salvaging radar-equipped attempts but no further trace found.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S
Kingston
Jamaica
Caribbean International Airlines
Airlines
Caribbean
Harold Banting
Anthony Brennan
Brennan
British Overseas Airways
Baltimore
Miami
Nassau
Turf Official Willie Doyle Dies After 50-Year Turf Career
Laurel April 10 A brief notice says family only please no flowers marking the death of Willie Doyle, renowned turf official and former jockey of Jersey City N J He rode Effendi to the 1909 Pimlico Preakness and later served as patrol judge in the 1920s Doyle fell ill last February while returning from Florida where he judged at Hialeah and Tropical Park He had officiated at several Maryland tracks His widow Gertrude Crawford Doyle is seriously ill Survivors include a sister and two nephews.
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Laurel
Willie Doyle
Yesteryear
Doyle
Effendi
Frank Frisbie
Willie
Jersey City
N. J
Florida
Hialeah
Tropical Park
Maryland
Gertrude Crawford Doyle
Deed Recorded for Blue Bell Farms Milk Plant Sale
A deed was recorded in the clerk's office transferring the milk receiving plant and equipment of Blue Bell Farms Inc located on the Taneytown road outskirts of Emmitsburg to John F Garber Jr Eloise Garber Graybill and Margaret K Forrey for 40000. About a quarter of an acre participates and the sale covers machinery fixtures and related items.
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Blue Bell Farms, Inc
Emmitsburg
Taneytown Road
John F. Garber, Jr
Eloise Garber Graybill
Lancaster County
Margaret K. Forrey
York County
County Would Share Use Of City's Dump
County Board members discussed sharing use of the new city dump at the Shank and Etzler quarry with Fredrick district residents living outside the city limits. They expect the matter before the Board of Aldermen next meeting and a stipulated payment for dump access. Health Officer Easterday has sought dumping sites across districts amid resident inquiries.
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Board of County Commissioner's
Lloyd ©. Culler
Shank and Etzler
Board of Aldermen
Frederick
C. E. Easterday
Domestic Issues Highlighted for Democratic Pitch
Democrats sharpen four domestic issues for a political push against Republicans as Truman plans a whistle stop tour to Grand Coulee Dam. The agenda includes Brannan farm subsidy expansion, broader unemployment insurance, killing the middle income housing proposal, and extended rent controls. Truman is also expected to defend Acheson and State Department policy while detailing foreign affairs cooperation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State Acheson
Congressional Republicans
Wisconsin
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Brannan
Parade of the Oiran Revived in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara Night Life
Tokyo reports the revival of the historic Oiran parade in Yoshiwara, led by two Oiran in ornate headdresses and wooden clogs. The event recalls mock weddings with feudal lords, annual bets on beauty, and earlier parades featuring brothel girls and attendants, ending after 1914 due to occupation and prostitution laws. The revival aims to boost business in the district still reeling from trade decline.
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Tokyo
Yoshiwara
Korea moves to meet Acheson demands on budget and elections
Seoul reports the National Assembly repassed an election law and began study of three tax measures urged by U S Secretary of State Acheson to balance Korea's budget and ensure elections next month or risk loss of aid. In Virginia miners returned to work at Clinchfield Coal mines ending a one week walkout.
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Seoul
U. S
State Acheson
Korean National Assembly
Korea
Acheson
Dante
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Ice storm tears power lines across upper Midwest
An Arctic ice storm crippled telephone and power services across northeastern Iowa and the Mississippi River city of Clinton, with 55 towns reported without service. Damage exceeds $100,000 to Iowa's telephone system as freezing rain battered the region and several communities faced Easter power outages. Heavy snow hit Rapid City while upper Michigan braces for more mixed precipitation as western Kansas and the Texas panhandle endure dust storms and low visibility.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Great Lakes
Iowa
Mississippi
Clinton
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Iingis
Des Moines
Mercury
Lincoln
Rapid City
S. D
Upper Michigan
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Dalhart
Tex
Rock Falls
Sterling
Princeton
Ohio
Morris
Mendota
Strange Cloud Formations On Mars Reported By Japanese Astronomers
Japanese astronomers report unusual Martian cloud formations possibly from a terrific explosion. Tsuneo Saeki first noted the phenomenon January 26, with later observations by Tsuguo Ebizawa starting March 29. Clouds shifted from grey to dirty yellow, bluish white, then dirt white, with Saeki saying confirmation lies in recent observations.
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Osaka
Japan
Mars
Tsuneo Saeki
Tsuguo Ebizawa
Saeki
Kyoda
Ebizawa
Sacks
MacDonald Astronomical Observatory
Texas
Franco's Daughter Weds Madrid Marquis in Sealed Ceremony
In Madrid on April 10, Generalissimo Francisco Franco presided as his daughter Carmen wed the Marquis de Villaverde, a young Madrid physician of aristocratic standing, in a high profile royal like wedding witnessed by the capital.
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Franco
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Carmen
Marquis de Villaverde
Man Killed and Family Injured in Route 40 Crash
Edgewood reports a fatal crash when John J. Pursel, 37, of Baltimore, died after his stalled car was struck by a truck driven by David P. Brown of Greenwood. Pursel's wife and four children were injured as both vehicles careened down a 10 foot embankment. the family was hospitalized at Hartford Memorial in Havre de Grace.
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Edgewood
John J. Pursel
Baltimore
Y. S. Route 40
Here
Purser
David P. Brown
Greenwood
Harford Memorial Hospital
Havre de Grace
Truman Faces More Problems
Truman returns to Washington amid mounting duties including naming a chairman for the Atomic Energy Commission and filling key posts. A top White House aide signals decisions on AEC, Undersecretary of the Air Force, Undersecretary of the Army and Undersecretary of Commerce. He faces fees over a natural gas rate bill opposed by big city Democrats and favored by southwestern Democrats.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
A. E. C. Post
Toke A. MccCone
Los Angeles
Repubiican
Air Force
Tracy Voorhees
Army
Voorhees
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Commerce
Federal Power Commission
Rayburn
Mohr Given Prison Term for Mercy Killing of Brother
Allentown Pennsylvania April 10 Harold A Mohr was sentenced to three to six years in prison for the mercy killing of his cancer weakened brother He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and fined 500 Judge James F Henninger approved the jurys mercy finding noting Mohr shot his brother out of sympathy The maximum penalty for voluntary manslaughter is 12 years in prison and 6000 in fines
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Allentown
Harold A. Mohr
Mohr
James F. Henninger
Lehigh County
Henninger
Bennett Meyers Loses Bid For Freedom in 1940s Case
Washington reports that Bennett E Meyers a former wartime Air Force purchasing chief lost a bid for freedom from the Federal Reform atory at Lorton Virginia The U S Circuit Court of Appeals denied his release remaining jailed after a 20 month to five year sentence for urging an associate to lie to Senators investigating his business affairs The court upheld the District Court ruling that the Senate inquiry lacked no quorum and denied habeas relief The Supreme Court has previously declined to review The parole board had denied release last December after serving the minimum sentence
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Reformatory
Lorton
Air Force
Meyers
Senate Inquiry Committee
Appeals
District Court
Senate
Circuit
Supreme Court
Sun Oil announces new gasoline blend for high compression engines
Sun Oil Company disclosed the development of a new gasoline blended to satisfy the rigid fuel requirements of high compression engines. The product will be sold at regular grade prices. Samuel B. Eckert, Sun's marketing vice president, stated the firm’s policy remains to produce and sell only one grade of gasoline.
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Philadelphia
Sun Oil Company Today
Samuel B. Eckert
Sun
AFL Chief Backs All-Union Merger Idea
Washington April 10 AFL president William Green endorsed merging all American labor unions into a single federation. He avoided endorsing a CIO plan for political cooperation pending the merger.
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Washington
AFL
William Green Today
Drg
CIO
Bridges Appeals Perjury Conviction to Supreme Court
The appeal of Harry Bridges from a perjury conviction begins in San Francisco on April 10 4 The case launches a lengthy journey toward the U S Supreme Court as Bridges seeks to overturn the verdict and review lower court rulings.
Four properties offered at Frederick tax sale set record low
Auctioneer Glenn Trout sold four parcels at the Frederick county tax sale in under 15 minutes. One bid rose to 220 dollars for a lot on South Braddock Heights, while other sales included land in Petersville and two properties in Buicksvy town district. The county treasurer and attorney conducted the sale and bidders were given redemption rights or potential foreclosures within set time frames.
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Frederick County
Glenn Trout
Court House
Hsts
John B. Hickman
South Braddock Heights
Ballenger
Vindobona
Stewart H. Brown
Petersville
Elsie May Leopold
Charles W. Leopold
Leopold
George O. Bowins
Buebevys
Bowdas
Joseph Thomas
Lawrence Sipatnase
Point of Rocks
Bowias
Lydia Russel
James H. Falk
Amos A Holter
Fredenelk City
New High Price Set For Stocker Cattle
Baltimore on April 10 a new high price for light weight stocker cattle was set at the Baltimore Livestock Exchange. Fourteen Hereford calves averaging 577 pounds sold for 2950 dollars per hundred weight to William D. Wolfe of Reisterstown. Three more carloads averaged 479 to 587 pounds brought 27.50 to 28.50 per hundred. The rise reflects high quality stock and strong demand for light stockers to begin grass growth and later fattening.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock Exchange
William D. Wolfe
Reisterstown
Mayor of Mr. Airy Seeks Successor as Spurrier Steps Down
Incumbent Walter L. Spurrier announces he is ready to resign the mayoral post in Mr. Airy. The job requires strong administration, accounting, diplomacy, and crisis management. The salary is 142 a month, but no applicants have come forward.
Plans for rebuilding liquor store after fire at Market and Fourth
Owner J Marshall Staub said he will discuss plans with an architect and builder and meet insurance adjusters today. Interior cleanup will begin as he plans to replace or remodel the fire damaged building. Some walls may be replaced and renovations needed for apartments over the store. Damage to the laundrette rear of the liquor store and flooring is indicated though uncertain.
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Market
Fourth Streets
J. Marshall Staub
Staubb
Weekend Field Fires Reported Crude county blaze season widens
Fire conditions in Brassland and nearby woods grew critical over the weekend with multiple fires reported Friday through Sunday. Forest Supervisor Herman Tams said weather remained cloudy and humid, aiding suppression efforts as Civil Air Patrol assisted aerial scouting. Fires burned grass and woodland at Clay Grossnickle farm, Three Springs Fisheries, and Lillypos, with officials attributing causes to brush burning and dropped matches. Volunteer squads from Braddock Heights helped contain a blaze near Clifton, while separate fires near Friends Creek and Mountain Dock scorched several acres of field and woodland. Continuous monitoring and radio coordination linked field crews to aerial observers from Gambrill State Park.
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Woods
Brassland
Herman ‘Tams
Gambrill State Park
Civil Air Patrol
Toms
Gambriel State Park
Reels Mill
Three Springs
Lilypous
Clifton Abark
Braddock Heights
Friends Creek
Sabillasville
Mountain Dock
Moelomac River
Washington County
Egg Hunt Set This Afternoon By Frederick Kiwanis Club
Despite leaden skies and showers the Frederick Kiwanis Club planned an Easter egg hunt this afternoon. About 150 dozen eggs hidden for city children with a possible Tuesday postponement if weather worsens. Overnight cloudiness spared orchards from frost as temperatures fell to 36. Occasional rain showers reported near Hancock with some steel in the air.
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Frederick Kiwanis Club
Hancock
Supreme Court Denies Appeals in Communist Membership Case
The Supreme Court refused to review two appeals by John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo, upholding lower court rulings that congressional committees may compel witnesses to reveal Communist party membership. Lawson and Trumbo were convicted of contempt for declining to answer HUAC questions, facing $1,000 fines and one year in jail.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congressional
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Lawson
Trumbo
U. S. Court of Appeals
Black
Douglas
Clark
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Jackson
Burton
Minton
Hollywood
House Committee
Truimbo
Holywood
Ring Lardner, Jr
Albert Maltz
Alvah Béssie
Samuel Ornits
Herbert Biberman
Edward Drmvryk
Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
McCarthy Ready to Name Witness on Lattimore Claim
Senator McCarthy says he will provide the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee with the name of a witness who will swear Owen Lattimore is or was a Communist. He plans to subpoena the witness and have him testify, along with others McCarthy intends to produce to back his accusations. The panel is set to hear McCarthy’s witnesses on Thursday.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Capitol
New York
Westend
Lattimore
Jabes Hopkins
Senate Foreign Relations
Nominations Confirmed for National Security Resources Board
Washington April 10 The Senate confirmed W Stuart Symington now Secretary of the Air Force as chairman of the National Security Resources Board Frank Pace Jr present director also approved as Secretary of the Army. Two arrests were docketed overnight by city police Nannie Frith Frederick and George Hudson Frederick Route 2 booked on intoxication charges held pending hearings.
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Washington
Senate
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
National Security Resources Board
Frank Pace, Jr
Army
Nannie Frith
Frederick
George Hudson
Route 2
Twentey
Boone
Hudson
Agreement Approved Ends India Pakistan Feud War Near Halt
New Delhi reports Parliament approved a new India Pakistan accord lauded by Premier Nehru as halting the feuding nations from war. In Baltimore George P. Mahoney leaves hospital after a two week flu to resume campaign for Democratic nomination for Governor. A chimney fire was fought at 218 Jefferson Street by local firemen at 1 05 this afternoon.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jefferson Street
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Charles Town
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Calvin BE. Zimmerman
Catonsville
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Gettysburg
H. P. O'Brien
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Freedom
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Thurmont
Eli Frank
BANK
Fredericktown Savings Institution
James E. Doll
James H. Cramer
Charles W. Lough
G. Hunter Bowers
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Roger R. Rice
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