End of Control Brings Mixed Price Shifts Across Nation
An Associated Press 23 city survey on decontrol effects shows rises in cigarettes, coffee, gasoline, and bread amid stable clothing and meals. Meat prices have fallen, offsetting some grocery costs, with some items like cement and lamps climbing. Auto prices dropped at Chrysler, while others held or edged up as market forces adjust. Experts predict further volatility but potential stabilization as supply and demand realign.
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New York
Associated Press
Cleveland
Columbus
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Boston
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Chrysler
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Indianapolis
Earl Huffing
Indiana Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Jack Correux
Explosions Trigger Huge Fire at Elliott Trucking Shop
Easton Maryland witnesses about 1000 watched a spectacular fire after gas and oil explosions at the Elliott Trucking Co shop. The Easton Fire Department kept the blaze from reaching other buildings as Oxford Trappe and St Michaels units fought the flames. The rear shop was gutted and offices suffered water damage while cause and damage estimates remained undetermined.
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Easton
Elliott Trucking Co
Easton Fire Department
Oxford
Trappe
St. Michaels
Postmaster Jobs Open on Civil Service List
Washington reports about 1,760 postmaster positions now open on a Civil Service list. The vacancies include over 1,400 posts where exams were held but opened to raise eligibility, plus others with no tests. Most openings are in third class offices with pay around 2903 dollars.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Deaths of Lakin Eyler Cregger and More in Jefferson Area
A consolidated death notice lists multiple local deaths and funerals. George William Lakin aged 59 dies at home near Jefferson after two months illness. infant twins of Eyler die in Frederick Memorial Hospital. Kenneth Cregger 11 dies at Barnestown. Lula Moxley of Ickerson dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital. William B Brown of Damascus dies in Baltimore. Sterling Blacksten of Ellicott City dies in St Agnes Hospital. Harvey Sunday of Braddock Heights dies at 73. Frank Mirley of Sandy Hook dies at 70. Ira Burrier of Walkersville dies at 13. William Mackell of Gaithersburg dies at home. John Hemler of St Anthony's dies at 76. Paul Hann of Creagerstown dies at 38. funeral notices for Annie Sheeley Dexter Iva Staley and Howard Harner. Fannie Greenwood obituary and service details.
Funerals for Daniels Biser and Dexter Held
The funeral of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Daniels widow of Harry Daniels took place at Mount Olivet funeral home and cemetery with Rev Paul L Althouse officiating Pallbearers included Thomas O'Hara Michael R DeCarlo Albert Crawford Hugh Sims Jehe Callas and George Easterday Final rites for Miss Laura Biser were held at a Walkersville funeral home with burial in Chapel Cemetery Liberty Town Pallbearers listed Final rites for Mrs Norma Dexter 74 wife of Edgar Dexter of Taneytown followed.
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Iva Biser Staley
South Market Street
East Church Street
Paul L. Althouse
Evangelical Reformed Church
Harry M. Herbert
J. Alfred Catsail
Philip C. Hiteshew
John H. Staley
Paul E. Staley
Joseph E. Elkins
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Etchison and Son
Mary Elizabeth Daniels
Harry 5. Daniels
Mount Olivet Blvd
Thomas O'Hara
Michael R. DeCarlo
Albert Crawford
Hugh Sims
Jehe Callas
George Easterday
M. R. Eichison and Son
Laura Biser
Walkersville
Charles A. Price
Murril Boyer
T. W. Clem
Arthur Brown
Monroe Angelberger
William Clark
Harold Burker
Chapel Cemetery
Libertytown
G. C. Barton
J Raymond Joy of Libertytown Dies After Illness
J Raymond Joy a Libertytown resident and county Democratic figure died Wednesday at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia after an extended illness aged 60. He was born September 30 1882 in Frederick County son of Charles Edward Joy and the late Mary Harp Joy. He served on the Mexican border with the 29th Division and in World War I with the Third Field Artillery. Surviving are his father his widow Mrs Helen Trundle Joy and four children. Funeral arrangements are at Powell and Hartzler Liberty and prayers Friday night and Requiem Mass Saturday at St Peters Church with interment in St Peters cemetery.
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W. T. Moxley
Lula Elizabeth Mosley
Ife
William T. Moxley
Ickerson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lemuel
Alberta C. Shry Breckenridge
Forest Grave
William
Sterling E. Blacksten
Sterling Ezra Blacksten
Ellicott City
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Carroll County
Charles T
Virginia Poole Biacksten
Methodist Church
Westinghouse Company
Lula May Grimes Biacksten
William B. Grimes
Westminster
Frederick Grimes
Evelyn Affeldt
Ethel Buckingham
I Clarence
Merton
Herman Blackston
New Windsor
Elsie Lawrence
Union Bridge
Laura Brown
Frank Whitt
Pipe Creek Cemetery
D. D. Harter and Sons
John T. Hemier
John Thomas Hemler
St. Anthony’s
Samuel and
Annie Florence Hemler
J. Raymond Joy
Libertytown
Newton D. Baker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mr. Joy
Frederick County
Charles Edward Joy
Mary Harp Joy
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Third Field Artillery
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Woodsboro
Helen Trundle Joy
James Plunkard
New Market
Charles Burke
Norfolk
James R. Joy
U. S. Navy
Franklin R. Joy
Qacar
Irving Joy
John Joy
Severna Park
Whitehill Barnes
Powell and Hartzler
Rotary
St. Peter's Church
John A. Mountain
St. Peter's Cemetery
Legion AMA Deal Reported In Louisville Times
The Louisville Times says the American Medical Association and the American Legion have formed a deal. The paper notes that since opposing Truman's compulsory death insurance, the AMA had softened toward veterans medical care and hospital benefits for non service related illnesses. A Louisville hospital administrator reportedly confirmed the deal to the newspaper.
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Louisville
Louisville Times
American Medical Association
American Legion
Legion
AMA
Truman
Mines saved coal by trolling fires in deposits
The U. S. Bureau of Mines reports saving over 165 million tons of coal by igniting and controlling fires in inactive deposits at a cost under one cent per ton, reflecting a significant efficiency in resource recovery.
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U. S. Bureau of Mines
WEDDINGS MARSH BABYLON AND MARRIAGE OF RANKIN MARSH
A double ring ceremony united Marsh and Rankin Marsh at St Pauls Reformed Church Westminster with Rev Nevin Smith officiating. Bridesmaids included Nancy Holloway and Anne Placht. The couple left for the Great Smoky Mountains after a 250 guest reception. The bride is a Westminster High School and Western Maryland College graduate and a faculty member at Sykesville High School. The groom is a Navy hospital corpsman stationed at Norfolk.
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Marsh
Babylon
Jane Louise Babylon
William Warfield
Westminster
John Rankin Marsh
James T. Marsh
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Nevin Smith
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Hanover
Oliver Spangler
Western Maryland College
Frank T. Parish
Nancy Anne Holloway
Anne Lamiey Placht
Baltimore
James T. Mash,Jr
USA
Camp Breckinnridge
Sykesville High School
Valley Forge Military Academy
Navy
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Norfolk
Drunken Driver Receives Sixty Day Sentence
A Baltimore motorist, Robert E. Weese, struck a Ridgeville gas pump and fled, then was convicted of drunken driving by Judge H. Reese Shoemaker Jr. He will serve 60 days in jail after a $150 fine default. Passenger Walter Floyd of Baltimore got a generally suspended sentence for being intoxicated on the highway. Trooper Tucker led the case after the attendant reported the hit and Weese’s wandering on the highway.
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Baltimore
Ridgeville
Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Robert E. Weese
Donald A. Tucker
Tucker
Weese
Walter Floyd
Floyd
Albert G. Hedden
Hubert S. Summers
Libertytown
Roy A Beckmann
S. G. Momquist
Chicago
Emmett F. McClellan
Shippensburg
Edwin W. Roberts
Taney Apartments
Jay Wingate
Long Beach
Joe Fred Whitman
Poolesville
Hedden
U N Commission Shocked By Administration Stand
Geneva report notes U S refusal to ratify proposed UN human rights covenants shocks the commission drafting the pact. Indian delegate Kamala devi Chattopadhyay says it removes momentum, while Oswald B. Lord reads Eisenhower message. Soviet Morosov comments cautiously on timing and position.
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Geneva
U. S
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Washington
Dukes
India
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Pops Gue ordered to pay support for elderly father
In a Frederick County Circuit Court hearing before Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer Elmer Gue of Poplar Springs was ordered to pay 25 dollars monthly for the support of his 84 year old father John R Gue who lives with a daughter. The elder Gue receives old age assistance from the Welfare Board totaling about 24.75 dollars monthly. State's Attorney Charles A Price prosecuted. Mrs Myrtle Wilson is the legally appointed guardian and notes the father will live with one of her daughters. Elmer Gue said he has been unable to find work since January and has not collected unemployment. The judge urged other children who can help to do so.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Elmer Gue
Poplar Springs
John R. Gue
Myrtle Wilson
Frederick County Welfare Board
Gue
Charles A. Price
Will Install Thurmont Job's Daughters Bethel
The Grand Guardian Council of Maryland will inaugurate a Job's Daughters Bethel in Thurmont at 6 30 p m on Saturday April 11 in the Thurmont High School auditorium. Masons their wives Eastern Star members and parents of initiates are invited to attend the institution. Open installation follows at 8 30 p m with Past Honored Queens from Bethel 26 Hagerstown Bethel 28 Frederick and Bethel 31 Westminster assisting. The order serves girls ages 12 to 20 with Masonic ties teaching Godly womanhood.
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Grand Guardian Council of
State of Maryland
International Order of
Job
Health Dept Work Outlined by Frederick Official
Dr Forbes Burgess outlined the Frederick County health department structure and duties to Kiwanis, noting seven public health nurses, four sanitarians, a bacteriologist, two lab assistants, a therapist and staff. Annual per person spending is 2.87 dollars, funded partly by state and federal sources, with fifteen clinics and programs including a $9000 dental trailer and home visits totaling around 7000. Preventive medicine and education features dominated, with sanitarian oversight of milk plants and restaurant inspections, and 16,009 follow up TB x rays handled by an x ray clerk and staff.
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County Health Office
Forbes Burgess
Clarence C. Carty
Frederick Countians
Burgess
Health Department
Baltimore
U. S. Health Service
Seid
Civil Defense
University of Maryland
Department
George Washington University Medical School
Spr
Frederick
Carlton Morsesworth
United States Ready to Fight Soviet Disarmament Amendments
U S officials said they would oppose Soviet amendments in the UN General Assembly as it prepares to consider changes to the disarmament commission’s work. The Soviets seek to remove instructions tying the panel to Western backed immediate arms cuts and bans on atomic and germ weapons. Zorin signaled Moscow may push details later if amendments fail. Hammarskjold arrives as Lie’s successor.
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United Nations
United States
General Assembly
U. N
Vishinsky
Moscow
U. S
U. W
Dag Hammarskjold
Trygve Lie
Fire destroys Marvil Package Co plant in Sharptown
A fire devastated the Marvil Package Co plant in Sharptown Maryland causing about 250000 dollars in damage. Fire Chief John R Owens said 17 fire companies aided the effort and it took about two hours to gain control. The blaze began in a drying room from a spark on an overheated bearing.
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Sharptown
Big Marvil Package Co
Wicomico County
James C. Hastings
John R. Owens
Maryland
Delaware
Hastings
Atlas Plywood Co
Raymond Thompson
Laurel del
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George Wiliam Lakin
George William Lakin
Jefferson
Cephas E
Flora B. Souder Lakin
Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Church School
Jefferson Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Jefferson Grange
Brunswick Cooperative
Amanda C. Arnold Lakin
George Arnold Lakin
Eugene Edward Lakin
Henry D. Lakin
Amy C. Lakin
Nellie Thrasher
Albert L. Eyler, Jr
Louella Green Eyler
Donna S
Connie Eyler
Wit. Gliver
C. H. Feete
Bro
Kenneth F. Cregger
Kenneth Floyd Cregger
Robert
Esther Cregger
Barnestown
Leonard
Amelia
Amy
Clifford
Emma
Eddie Cregger
Barnesville
Monocacy Cemetery
Beallsville
William B. Hilton
William B. Brown
William Boyer Brown
Damascus
Audrey Avenue
Brooklyn
Harry
Margaret Musgrove Brown
Archie
Wilbur HL
Mt. Airy
Roy S
George E
Fort George G. Meade
Howard
Annapolis
Bernard
Ferndale
Ethel Wilmer
Guy Watkins
Cedar Grove
Norman Bear
Wilfred Koontz
Mildred Calvert
Ruth Stinchcomb
Violet Knabb
Pasadena
St. Paul
Preston Streets
National Cemetery
Harvey C. Sunday
Harvey Clayton Sunday
Ridge Road
Braddock Heights
Columbus G
Eliza Jane Mort Sunday
Grace Jeane Rowe
Maynard Wastler
Dulcle Shoemaker
Charles Breighner
Mary Jon Sunday
Brotherhood of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frederick Aerie
Order of Eagles
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Frank W. Mirley
Frank William Mirley
Sandy Hook
George Frederick
Nora Hammond Mirley
Ira
Bill” Burrier
Ira “Bill’ Edgar Burrier
Glade Valley
Charles Burrier
Calvin S
Floral Crumbaugh Burrier
Minnie Toms Burrier
Sykesville
Katherine S. Burrier
Mt. Hope Cemetery
William S. Mackell
William Suter Mackell
Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg
Richard L
Mary V. Mackell
Marjorie Carlisle Mackell
Gartner Funeral Home
Forest Oak Cemetery
Paul A. Hann
Paul Aspen Hann
George W
Julia E. Siem Hann
Creagerstown
Mt. Alte Hospital
Waynesboro
Mr. Hann
Philadelphia
Lutheran Church
Donald Freshman
Ligyd Krout
Hagerstown
W. L. Hann
Thurmont
M. L. Creager and Son
Annie M
Annie Sheeley
Emmitsburg
Tom's Creek Church
Byron Keesecker
George Devilbiss
Morris Moser
Morris Hahn
Robert Grimes
Charles Bollinger
Emory Valentine
Lutheran
E. C. Gartner
J. Thomas Fuss
Linwood
Fuss
Doyell Belote
Tantytown
Arthur Thompson
Richard Weller
Albert Parrish
Frank Lowman
Lester Engel
Prenton Sayler
D. D. Hartzler
Howard Franklin Harner
East
Patrick Street
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Donald Crabbs
Scott Crabbs
Russell W. Smith
Elwood T. Whitmore
Taneytown Lutheran Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
Fannie W. Greenwood
Alfred M . Greenwood
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Greenwood
Lewis Robson
Greenwood Cemetery
Kenneth Trayer
Clyde Lovell
David Smith
Guy Morelock
Arthur
Melvin Cranmer
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Mra
Norma Dexter
Edgar Allen Dexter
Taneytown
Claim
Deal
Hale—Knowles
Elizabeth Keith Knowles
Luther Knowles
City
John William Hale
Grand Junction
Col
Austin H. Hale
Fort Bragg
N. C
Hale
Lee Pierce
Raleigh
Sally Barnes
Fayetteville
Rosemary Neweth
Stephen Neweth
Howard Sessoms
James Sessoms
Autryville
Joseph Jackson
Howard Dooley
Edward McDougald
Frank Sibelski
James Girard
Post
Frederick High School
Judge Advocate
Mason
Roger
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lillian Boger
Lovettsville
Luther Boger
Lester R. Mason
Rosa Mason
Clayton Mason
L. B. Hamm
Loudoun Memorial Hospital
Leesburg
Brunswick
Lovettsville-Brunswick Road
New Delhi
Dorothy Louise Baker
Harry R. Baker
Steiner's Hill
West Virginia College of Beauty Culture
U. N. Commission
Poplar Springs Man
Bethel
Health Dept
REDS
House of Correction
Sammy Thompson
Oficer Ellis Carty
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