Six Frederick County properties sold for taxes at auction
Six parcels of land in Frederick County were sold at a brisk tax auction at the Court House door, netting $89.97 in delinquent taxes for 1948 plus interest and costs. Lot 7, Block 20 at 616 East D Street Brunswick brought $230 to Lula McMurray. Several properties were withdrawn, including 203 acres on Woodsboro Liberty Road, and other tracts in Bartonsville and Urbana, with buyers named. Glenn L. Trout conducted the sale. James H. Falk, county treasurer, acted as clerk, and Amos W. Holter was attorney. All sales are tentative and owners may redeem within one year and one day by paying arrears plus costs. otherwise purchasers pursue title through equity proceedings within two years.
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Frederick County
Court House
Woodsboro-Liberty Road
Liberty District
Elmer F. Hoffman
James H. Falk
Bartonsville
New Market District
Clara Louise Collins
Braddock District
James K
Lois M. Boyland
Catoctin
Christie C. Maughans
Joseph W. Horton
Tolat
Flint Hill Road
Urbana
Ditrict
Albert H. Smith
Harvey A. Harrington, Jr
Petersville
H. K
F. C. Beachley
John T. Carey
John T. Carey For $75; Total Tax Charges $8.76: Lot No. 72 In New Addition
Joseph Shilling
Brunswick
Joseph H. Kelly
E. C. Mercer
Glenn L. Trout
Falk
Amos W. Holter
Four Collegians Booked In Fight
Four collegians were booked on assault charges after a roadhouse brawl on Ritchie Highway. The group claimed U V A lacrosse ties after a 13 2 defeat by Navy in Annapolis. A fifth member, Charles Malpass 23 Charlottesville VA, was treated for possible injuries. Proprietor Melvin W Madary 39 of Hideaway Tavern north of Annapolis was treated for cuts from bottles.
Hoover accuses armed services of padding requests
Former President Hoover told the Senate Armed Services committee the armed forces pad their requests for money after studying figures. He cited general padding and supported changes in the unified department plan amid ongoing reform efforts. A dog and fire incident reported separately.
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Herbert Hoover
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Navy
Air Force
Hoover
Four Years In The White House Truman Under Fire
The Nation Today reviews Harry S Truman’s presidency four years after FDR’s death. It notes inflation after wartime controls, Congress gridlock, and Truman’s Fair Deal. It highlights his Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and Atlantic alliance as fears of new war rise while defense spending grows.
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New Farm Program Faces House and Senate Review
Washington April 11 The Truman administration opened a push to sell its new farm program to a slow Congress. Secretary of Agriculture Brannan testified before the House Agriculture Committee after outlining the plan at a joint Senate and House session last Thursday. The key issue is cost to taxpayers with officials unsure of the total, while some lawmakers fear it could be costlier and require higher taxes.
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Truman Administration
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Brandan
House Agriculture Committee
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House Agriculture Committees
Mustard Gas Poisoning Linked to Cod Roe in Baltic
Seven Danes were hospitalized after eating cod roe from fish caught near Bornholm where German mustard gas was dumped after World War II. Doctors say the poisoning is linked to the gas. Authorities warn against consuming cod roe while investigations continue.
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Denmark
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Bornholm
Jara Benes, Famed Composer, Dead in Vienna
Vienna reports the death of Jara Benes a renowned operetta and film composer. The Prague native wrote 17 operettas and 56 film scores and had been ill for some months. He bore no relation to the late Czech president.
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Jara Benes
Benes
Prague
Studying Bomb Blast Survivors Looked At by AEC
Washington April 1 Scientists of the Atomic Energy Commission will pursue a long range study of about 100000 survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts. Dr Shields Warren said the effort links animal experiments to human effects and seeks ways to overcome harm from atomic energy. The project employs 88 scientists and 100 non scientists in the US plus 70 Japanese investigators, costing about 1.8 million dollars annually.
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New Moves On Labor Measure
Washington April 11 Congress friends and foes of the Taft-Hartley act moved toward real action on repeal. CIO unions were ordered to drum up support among Congressmen for the administration’s labor bill while Senators Taft and Ives prepared amendments. Capitol Hill’s big labor debate is set to begin April 26 in the House as the Rules committee weighs floor action. CIO President Murray urged faster repeal action and denounced a proposed substitute as a foul concoction.
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CIO
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House
House Rules Committee
Taft
Ohio
Ives
Philip Murray
Lion Tamer Mauled Twice by Same Lion
Newark April 11 A lion tamer Dick Clements of the Hamid Morton circus was attacked by Duke the lion again last night at Presbyterian Hospital the opening and closing days of a six day run Clements was injured when he lowered a protective chair the lion lunged and ripped his shoulder and arms officials said his condition was stated as stable
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Newark
N.d
Dick Clements
Hamid-Morton Circus
Duke
Presbyterian Hospital
Clements
Sai
Confiscate $8,000 From 3 Suspects
Baltimore police and Washington detectives said they confiscated 8009 dollars from three men picked up last night for matching the trio wanted in a series of Washington holdups. They were detained for identity verification as part of an Arlington county safe cracking inquiry and related Washington robberies.
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Altimore
Washington
Baltimore
Arlington County
Virginia
Miner and son found dead from shotgun wounds
Welch West Virginia April 11 A coal miner Walter S Jarrett 41 and his five year old son Donald were found shot to death in a bloodstained bed with a Bible and a 12 gauge shotgun nearby The deputy sheriff said the father may have brooded over his wife drowning six weeks earlier
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Welch
W. Va
Mike Kereluk
Walter S. Jarrett
Donald
Libertytown High Adds Two Story Expansion
The Libertytown Board of Education authorized Buckler Fenhagen Meyer and Ayers to proceed with detailed blueprints for a two story addition to Libertytown High School. The new section will connect to the old building and include showers dressing rooms a cafeteria and an auditorium gymnasium with access from both floor levels.
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Capital Newspaper Strike Sparks Citywide Work Stoppage
About 200 mechanical workers walked out at the capital’s four daily papers over a wage dispute. An 11th hour peace talk failed, threatening a second halt to publication in a week. Picket lines formed as pressmen, stereo typographers, and union members left plants before the morning editions. The Post and the Times-Herald planned 24 hour operations but face delayed editions tomorrow. Also noted, the death of Rev. John Wallace Hogshead at 52 and re-election of Fredericktown Savings Institution directors.
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Evening Star
Times-Herald
News
AFL International Typographical (Printers) Union
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Post
Deadline Postponed as Chinese Reds Press for Surrender
In Nanking on April 1 semi official sources said the Communists postponed their deadline for the government's peace proposal response to Friday. Reds threaten to cross the Yangtze after softening up operations while front lines from the coast to inland 650 miles report scattered engagements and capital observers await a decisive move.
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Board Recommends Denial Of Demand
A presidential emergency board in Washington on April 11 recommended denying the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demand for an additional engineer on most western railroads diesel locomotives. The union threatened a strike, but the board's nonbinding finding allows 30 days for acceptance or rejection.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Tragic well rescue ends in Kathy Fiscus death
In San Marino California April 11 crowds of up to 25000 gathered for the futile rescue of three year old Kathy Fiscus who fell into an abandoned well. Police and public officials reported the body recovered last night and the operation ended with plans to plow over the shaft sites.
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Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Paul Slanson
Kathy
New Bombing Attack Plan Is Arranged
Washington reports the Air Force is developing a new bombing technique for ultra long range B 36 aircraft. Maj. Gen. C B Stone outlined eight mile altitude aerial cameras enabling rapid reconnaissance before bomb runs, signaling a shift from pure bombing to mixed use and reduced bombing force at any one time.
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Air Force
House Appropriations Committee
C. B. Stone
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Air Material Command
Eagles Initiate 19 New Members in Frederick Aerie
Nineteen new members were initiated into Frederick Aerie No. 1067 during a district meeting at the Aerie home. The Robert H. Hartman degree team led ceremonies with Chesapeake Aerie No. 819 sending 10 delegates. State officers Franklin Miller C Bernard Smith and Charles F Bell attended. Next district meeting set for Brunswick Aerie No. 1136 on Sunday May 15.
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Franklin Miller
C. Bernard Smith
Charles F. Bell
Frederick
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Harry Curry
Maryland Organization Board
Smith
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Brunswick
Boy, 3, Accidentally Kills Self With Gun
Baltimore reports a 3 year old, Michael Sekora Jr., found a loaded .25 pistol in a dresser drawer and killed himself. His mother, half asleep nearby, heard him move and then a shot occurred. He died at a hospital shortly after police were notified.
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Baltimore
Michael Sekora, Jr
VA Budget Slash Is Proposed by House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations committee proposed a half billion dollar cut to Veterans Administration funds within a $7.576 billion multi agency bill for the fiscal year starting July 1. The VA would receive about $5.145 billion in cash and $472 million in contract authority, with total reductions of $734.68 million from requests.
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Communion Is Given By Pope To Family
In Vatican City on April 11 Pope Pius Twelfth distributed communion from his own hand to his family and lay assistants in the Consistorial Hall of the Apostolic Palace. It was one of two Easter week ceremonies, with another planned for his ecclesiastical staff. The aging pontiff will not lead the Easter masses in the Sistine Chapel this year.
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Well in Which Child Dies Lost for 30 Years San Marino
A veteran water engineer recalls the well that swallowed Kathy Fiscus and says drillers’ charts in old days were crude. The well, built 45 years ago for irrigation, was abandoned before 1919 and later plowed over. He searched in 1919 but could not locate it as land was repeatedly tilled. He notes abandoned wells are supposed to be capped but plowing can break caps.
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Raymond Hill
Berthe
Mill
Panama Canal
Hill
San Marino
Calif
Jody
Kathy Fiscus
Cominform Campaign Denounced by Yugoslav Delegates
Belgrade April 11 The Third Congress of the People’s Front of Yugoslavia formally condemned the Cominform campaign of lies and slander against Premier Marshal Tito and the government. A resolution against the campaign was adopted by 1,642 delegates before the three day meeting ended.
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Yugoslavia
People’s Front
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Drop In Soft Coal Prices Reported
The retail price of soft coal has fallen to 14.50 per ton, a 0.50 decline, with other quality coal dropping up to 1.00 per ton. Anthracite remains steady, and some dealers cannot quote soft coal due to supply shortages from a miners strike. A price decline is expected.
Five Top Nazis Are Convicted
Five senior Hitler officials were found guilty by a U S War Crimes Court in Nuernberg for planning aggressive war. Baron Ernst Von Weizsäcker led the defendants, accused of plotting war against Czechoslovakia. The 833 page judgment will be read over four days with sentencing set for Thursday.
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Witter
Local Roads Worker Hart Perkin Injured In Road Project
John Perkins 18 of 19 Hamilton Avenue was seriously injured near Rocks ville in a T Edgie Russell Company road project when a winch cable broke and a hook struck his leg. He was taken by Rockville Rescue Squad to Suburban Hospital and later arrangements were made to move him to Frederick Memorial Hospital. State Police were informed and relatives notified.
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Hamilton Avenue
T. Edgie Russell Company
Rocksville
Montgomery County
Rockville
Perkins
Bethesda
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Over $500 Reported Taken From Safe
State Police investigate a safe-breaking at D. C. Winebrewer and Son Inc on North Mildred Street in Charles Town West Virginia. About $325.29 in cash and $217 in checks were stolen. Entry was through a basement window by B and O tracks. Police say it had signs of a professional job and the thief likely spent two to three hours on the task. The checks were company stamped for deposits and thus unusable to others.
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Charles Town
W.va
D. C. Winebrewer and Son, Inc
North Mildred Street
Tydings Blames GOP For Delaying Vote
Senator Tydings accuses Republican senators of stalling the European recovery plan vote with a sit-down strategy. The Senate then passed the $5.58 billion aid package 70 to 7, with House debate starting Saturday.
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