Fire destroys home as resident collapses at scene
Fire crews battled a blaze in a north side East Sixth Street residence about 9 am. Marie Green, 54, occupant, collapsed during the fire and was rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital, where she remained in satisfactory condition. The fire, started by a hot stove pipe, damaged the rear wall and roof. a washing machine was saved, and nearby houses had prior fire damage. J Marshall Staub’s house is nearby, and alarms drew multiple fire units and an ambulance.
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East Sixth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United
J. Marshall Staub
Marie Green
Independent
City Engine
Fifth
Seventh Streets
Market
United Rescue Squad
Improving Main Road To Airport
City and county road forces have begun improvements on the main roadway into the Frederick airport and a contractor may start Monday on a sub surface drainage system. Monroe avenue inside the city limits is being paved temporarily while Hughes Ford road in the county will see permanent upgrades. The M J Bles Construction Company, McLean Virginia, holds a 28962 dollar contract for drainage work and expects to begin Monday if weather holds. Also street signs are being erected citywide with 40 new signs received for placement. Approv al of a pension plan for E I Dupont stockholders is reported from Wilmington.
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Frederick
Airport
Monroe Avenue
W. Raymond Walter
Hughes Ford
County Roads Board
M. J. Bles Construction Company
Mclean
Walter
Bles
Man Is Shot To Death In Middleburg
Westminster reports 68 year old Ephraim Eli Keeney, Western Maryland Railroad shop employee, was found shot to death at his Middleburg home. His wife, 67, initially held then released. state authorities suspect self infliction, noting a shotgun upright by the bed. Keeney returned home drunk about 10 pm, then shot himself. wife found him, later notified neighbors and police.
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Westminster
Ephraim Eli Keeney
Western Maryland Railroad
Middleburg
James Poteet
Maryland State Police
Keeney
Poteet
Rites Held for Dr. William Schnauffer in Frederick
Funeral services for Dr. William Schnauffer prominent Frederick physician and surgeon who died Saturday night at Johns Hopkins Hospital were held at St. Mark's Episcopal church Petersville at 11 o clock. Honorary pallbearers included members of the Frederick County Medical Society. Active pallbearers listed. Interment in St. Mark's cemetery.
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William Schnauffer
Frederick
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Petersville
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints Church
Frederick County Medical Society
J. Glenn Beally
Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Schnauffer
Patrick M. Schnauffer
William B. Carpenter
Norvell Belt
William E. Trail
R.W. Baer
Charles H. Conley, Jr
J. D. Duve
St. Mark's Cemetery
M. RB. Etchison and Son
Democrats Split Over Gambling Probe Fight in Senate
Democrats are divided over merging crime and gambling investigations. The Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees debated a unified inquiry, with a policy group set to decide. A Commerce subcommittee invited Justice officials to discuss a bill banning interstate gambling information transmission.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Commerce
Department of Justice
Temperature Drop Forecast Brings 40 Degree Swing
A 40 degree temperature drop with strong gales may hit the city and county within 24 hours as showers move through. Daytime highs around 70 fall tonight and tomorrow, with a sharp cooling trend and windy conditions. Some trees are late in leafing as early flowers appear. statewide gusts reach 50 to 60 mph in spots.
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Ohio
Missouri
Michigan Students Tour Frederick Historic Sites
A bus from Southeastern High School Detroit visited Frederick and toured Barbara Fritchie House with Dr E R Suffern of Suffern New Jersey and Mrs C H Young host. Suffern shared stories of Mrs H A Boardman granddaughter of Chief Justice Taney as a young Irish girl recited Barbara Fritchie. Witnesses are summoned for Wilcom custody case resuming Thursday in Circuit Court before Judge Stedman Prescott with several to testify after an all day hearing on March 29.
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Southeastern High School
Detroit
Mich
Frederick
Barbara Fritchie
Fritchie
E. R. Suffern
Suffern
N. J
C. Howard Young
H. A. Boardman
Mahwah
Taney
Lawrence R. Wilcom
Urbana
Oscar R. Stuh
Lewistown
Stedman Prescott
Debt 21 Cents Per Capita In 1840 Now It's $1 698.06
Washington April 11 A booklet from the Senate Committee on Executive Expenditures contrasts 1840 debt at 21 cents per person with today's 1698.06 per capita, tracing rises through Civil War, World Wars and postwar periods. Senator McClellan urges lowering debt and cites Washington and Roosevelt quotes on credit and prudent spending. Martin Van Buren's tariff stance hurt his 1840 reelection bid according to World Almanac.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Senate Committee On Executive
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Martin van Buren
World Almanac
Harrison
Dust storms whip across wheat regions in April
Wide dust storms swept Kansas Oklahoma and adjacent areas threatening topsoil loss amid long dry spells. Gusts over 50 mph blacked out visibility in spots while Iowa Illinois Indiana saw 40 50 mph winds and Chicago area felt stronger gusts. Officials warned this could worsen soil erosion and cut winter wheat yields.
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Associated Press
mid-America
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
Ft. Hays
Kas
A. F P. Swanson
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Chicago
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Plains
South Dakota
Agriculture Department
Hays
H. H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Ten Million Dollar US Aid To Thailand Announced
Bangkok April 11 Premier Pibul Songgram disclosed that the United States has granted 10 million dollars in arms and military aid to Thailand facing a Communist threat. Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup outlined the US position of backing Asiatic nations with military assistance as a stand against the Communist tide. Under Songgram, Thailand joins democratic powers in the cold war effort.
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Bangkok
United States
Thailand
Pibul Songgram
Inday
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Songgram
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Five day outlook shows colder Wednesday with temperatures dropping below freezing early Thursday morning. Thursday remains fair and cool. Friday and Saturday turn warmer with showers on Saturday. Sunday stays fair and cooler. Period temperatures average slightly below normal.
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Maryland
Delaware
Ex Sheriff Fined 1000 and Given Term in Tax Case
Former Prince Georges County Sheriff R Earle was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison and fined 1000 plus costs for income tax evasion. He admitted receiving protection money from gamblers in the Washington area and paid back 10 430 yesterday. Delays and details in the case highlighted public interest and the sheriff's popularity in the county.
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Baltimore
R. Earle
Prince Georges County
W. Calvin Chesnut
Washington
Baltimore City
Chesnut
Norman Ramsey
Disjtrict
Upper Marlboro
Pees, Grand Jury
Counts To Ten Fires Pistol In Finleyville Killing
In Finleyville Pennsylvania a 26 year old operator Calvin Miller counted to ten and killed tavern proprietor James Gilbert after forcing patrons to line up. Miller shot Gilbert then killed himself with a fatal self inflicted bullet. Police identified Miller and described the sequence of events.
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Finleyville
Cea
Jerome McCavitt
Calvin Miller
R. D
James Gilbert
Pittsburgh
Miller
Gilbert
McCavitt
Budenz Named As Mystery Witness In McCarthy Probe
Washington on April 11 ex-Communist Louis Budenz was subpoenaed as the mystery witness sought by Senator McCarthy in charges against Lattimore. A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee ordered Budenz to testify at a public session next Monday as Lattimore denies being or having been a Communist.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
McCarthy
Senate
Lattimore
Budenz
Tate Timore
The
Daily Worker
Catholic Church
Tydings
D-Md
Wisconsin
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Budens
Connally
D-Tex
Full Foreign Relations Committee
Witrens
GOP Fight Reaches State Court Over Baltimore Election Panel
Baltimore Republicans bring a dispute to the Court of Appeals seeking to unseat Charles A. Dorsey from the city board of election supervisors. Paul Robertson argues the nomination was invalid as it did not follow a proper party meeting. Attorneys for Dorsey contest timeliness and standing, urging dismissal.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Board of Election Supervisors
Paul Robertson
Charles A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Lane
Robertson
Deeley K. Nice
Republicans
Hall Hammod
Hammond
W. Conwell Smith
Atttorneys
Republican Party
Plant Reopens as Police Force Opens Doors at Victor Plant
Hagerstown April 4 The Victor Products plant reopened after police used a wedge of officers to move workers and others into the building. An official of the CIO United Auto Workers was booked on a disorderly conduct charge after allegedly blocking a door to the plant.
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Hagerstown
Victor Products
CIO United Auto Workers Union
Vishinsky lodges protest over U.S. plane fire over Latvia
London reports Soviet foreign minister Vishinsky charged that a U.S. military aircraft opened fire on a Soviet flight over Latvia three days earlier and that a Soviet plane returned fire. No Washington report was filed.
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Washington
London
Russia
U.S
Latvia
U. S
Moscow
U. S. Air Force
Att Wiesbaden
Germany
Baltic
Air Force
Copenhagen
Denmark
Wiesbaden
Lepaya
Baltic Sea
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Alan Kirk
Lepava
Vishinsky
Navy
United States
John K. Cannon
Europe
Strikes Threaten Across Maritime Rail and Phone Sectors
Washington reports threatened walks in maritime, railroad, and telephone trades as unions push for new contracts and Crew 3 on Diesels debated. Pan American flight attendants vote to strike. Atlantic and Gulf ship deck officers threaten action.
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Washington
Pan-American Airways
Charles F. May
AFL
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
May
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Engineers
Chicago
CIO
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Chrysler
General Motors
Radio Producer Hugh Ernst Dies By Own Hand In Hotel Room
New York April 11 Hugh Ernst a 39 year old radio producer and husband of Betty Furness committed death by own action with a shotgun in a hotel room. A clipping from Broadway column indicating a divorce was found. Ernst telephoned the New York Journal American at 11 40 p m and invited an editor to fetch a story. The hotel staff notified Mrs Furness a reporter and photographer rushed to the Waldorf. Two notes were found one for notifying Miss Furness and another addressed to Jack. Police withheld the notes contents.
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New York
Hugh Ernst
Betty Furness
Ernst
Miss Furness
New York Journal-American
Four Boys Die After Lake Erie Drift
Four Euclid Boy Scouts died after drifting overnight on a rubber raft in Lake Erie. Coast Guard crews retrieved the bodies as Coroner Carle ruled exposure the cause. Gale whipped 50 mph winds, surf battered the craft after dusk departure. air-sea search with a dozen planes failed to save them.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Fairport Harbor
W. R. Carle
Euclid
Peaches Safe, Growers Say After Cold Weather
Commercial peach growers in Martinsburg West Virginia report the recent cold spell did not harm their prospects. They caution that some light damage may have occurred to small non commercial orchards in low lying areas.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
U.S. Rejects Detailed Review Of Britain's Dollar Crisis
Washington reports the United States has ruled out a detailed review of Britain's dollar crisis at the upcoming meeting in London next month with the Big Three Foreign Ministers. The stance signals a terse, high level approach to economic tensions ahead of the talks.
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Washington
United States
Britain
London
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Del
E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., Inc
Dr. Schnauffer
Frices
Dreuth
Gop
State
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