Meteor Seen Across New England Night Sky
A brilliant meteor streaked over southern New England around 7 23 p m EST bursting blue white north of Boston and burning out east of Fall River Rhode Island observers reported fragments while an air force pilot saw a ball of fire near Newcastle Delhi and an airline captain observed the tail two miles long near Providence Massachusetts and New York observers noted the display from Portland Maine to Long Island New York
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New York
New England
Airlines
Rhode Island
Portland
Long Island
Air Force
Newcastle
Delhi
American Airlines
Ralph W. Burford
Burford
Convair
Providence
R. 1
Boston
Charles H. Smiley
Brown University
Fall River
R. I
Dubois Veterans Unit Holds April Meeting at Baumgardner Home
The Dubois Veterans unit met April 7 with thirteen members at Bernard Baumgardner’s home. Carl Franzen reported on the Blue Ridge council meeting. A rummage sale is planned by high school seniors and the unit. A country ham was awarded to R A Wenzel. Next meeting at Miss Helen Bennett’s home.
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Dubois
Bernard Baumgardner
Blue Ridge Council
Carl Franzen
R. A. Wenzel
King Avenue
Herbert Jordan
Helen Bennett
Baumgardner
Pat McCaffrey
Reservoir Roof Caves In at Santa Monica Work Site
A concrete roof collapse at a five million gallon Santa Monica reservoir on April 11 killed Robert Lacey on his first day and injured 14 others. Fire Chief Carrell said Lacey died instantly. 50 workers searched three hours to recover the body as cranes and bulldozers cleared the wreck.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Robert Lacey
Charles H. Carrell
Lacey
Mt. Olivet
Ramsdell to be arraigned in Martinsburg train robbery case
Fairmont West Virginia April 11 4 Lyman C Ramsdell one of two youths charged with holding up a passenger train near Martinsburg will be arraigned on Federal Court Wednesday Ramsdell is now in the Marion county jail Also being held there awaiting sentence is George L Ashton allegedly Ramsdell s companion in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad s Ambassador robbery and the theft from about 100 passengers of around 1000 Ashton pleaded guilty before Judge Watkins but his sentence was deferred pending probationary authorities review.
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Ramsdell
Fairmont
W. Va
Lyman C. Ramsdell
Martinsburg
Marion County
George L. Ashton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Ashton
Watkins
New Market Grange to Host TB Program
Sponsored by its health committee the New Market Grange will hear a State Tuberculosis Association representative in a special program at the New Market Hall on Wednesday evening. Refreshments will follow.
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New Market
State Tuberculosis Association
Grange
New Market Hall
Radio losses abroad and TV’s rise in 1948 era
Chicago reports FCC chairman Wayne Coy stating more than a quarter of standard radio stations in 1948 lost money while television emerges as a dominant broadcasting force. He warned of grave financial risk in starting new aural stations and noted high losses for new outlets in prior years.
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Chicago
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
National Association of Broadcasters
Coy
Resignations Hit Montgomery Ward Executives in Public Fallout
Chicago April 11 Two top Montgomery Ward executives Arthur Romer and Charles Odorizzi resigned leaving only two vice presidents and no president. A year of mass exits eroded top leadership amid policy disputes with chairman Sewell Avery. Resignations come ahead of the April 22 stockholders meeting after major stockholder Massachusetts Investors Trust opposed Avery's re-election.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Arthur Romer
Charles Odorizzi
Sewell Avery
Massachusetts Investors Trust
Avery
Postmaster Resigns in Waynesboro Pennsylvania
Waynesboro post master W A Thompson has resigned effective June 1 due to ill health and personal business pressures. The announcement, dated April 11, notes the resignation takes effect after a tenure marked by service in the local postal office.
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Waynesboro
W. A. Thompson
Constitution Is Rejected In West Germany Assembly
In Bad Godesberg on April 11 the Social Democratic Party blocked an early West German Republic by rejecting a States Rights constitution. The three occupation governors backed a Federal constitution shifting financial power to states. The Conservative Christian Democrats agreed to support Allied recommendations, prolonging the assembly deadlock and delaying the occupation statute.
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Bad Godesberg
Germany
Social Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Bonn
Social Democrats
West Germany
Picketing Pickets in Baltimore Between Unions
In Baltimore on April 11, Seafarers International Union members picketed the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards offices claiming Communist domination. An office spokesman for the Marine Cooks denied the charge and accused the Seafarers of racializing work rules, reflecting broader inter union strife among seamen groups in Canada.
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Baltimore
Seafarers International Union of North America
AFL
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
CIO
Marine Cooks
Seafarers
Canada
133 More Join Junior Optimist Boys' Club
More than doubling the Junior Optimist Boys Club membership, 33 new youths joined at the second meeting on Friday night to work on the West South Street project. Lloyd Stup is general chairman with Ernest Stephens as co chair. Joseph P. Turner of the Frederick Soap Box Derby Committee presented films from the Derby in Akron and last year's national finals. Twelve youths signed up to build racers and compete for prizes at the local soap box event. The July 27 session was sponsored by the Frederick Post The News Junior Chamber of Commerce and Key Chevrolet. Next meeting is Friday at 7 p.m.
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Optimist Boys Club
West South Street
Optimist
Lloyd Stup
Junior Optimist Boys Club
Ernest Stephens
Joseph P. Turner
Frederick
Turner
Akron
Frederick Post
the News
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Key
Chevrolet Sales Inc
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Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Southern Hotel
Edward Messick
Lane
Annapolis
State House
Montgomery Ward
Tri-State
Keystone
Nicodemus Paint Store
Court St
Melvin M. Engle Oritis
Carroll
Frederick, Md
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Corner Market
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W. C. Melanis
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Monocacy Valley Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
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Mc McInnis
H. Karl Haines
Henry N. Lochner
Ralph W. Stauffer, Jr
J. Welty Fahrney
Orphans’ Court
Atlantic City
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Alan Graff
Brighton
Gaetano Longo
Hotel and Restaurant Employes Union
Harry Tinney
Hamlltdh Ave
Philip Morris
Pritie Morris
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Acre
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