Good Friday Start Of Holiday For Local Workers
Good Friday begins a three day Easter break for some industrial workers while banks courts and state offices close. Most businesses remain open though. The Kiwanis egg hunt in Baker Park on Monday at 1pm draws families as 150 dozen eggs are hidden. Weather forecast calls for mild temps with sixties later in the week and possible frost Wednesday morning.
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Everedy Company
Frederick Iron and Steel, Inc
Union Manufacturing Company
Muse Tail- Coring
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Baker Park
Iidy
Mercury
Observer
Easter Parade Here Sunday
The Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Easter Parade from 12 30 to 2 p m. Judges will view walkers at City Hall to choose winners in wearable attire. Awards include corsages for ladies men’s boutonnieres and Easter baskets for children with helmets for the adults.
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Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Frederick
Heeman Weener
Margaret S. Downey
Mary C. Hodgson
4000 Pamphlets To Tell Where Tax Dollar Goes
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce will distribute 4000 pamphlets to Frederick homes explaining how tax dollars are spent. Raymond C. Brehaut chairs the effort, announced by President Clyde M. Roney at a meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The national affairs committee handles distribution and a business prospects survey is due in about a month. Six new members joined the chamber: Mrs. Charles R. Baldwin, William Blessig, Dr Ignatius Bjorlee, R. Francis Sappington, William A. Alban, and Stein Brothers and Boyce.
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Frederick
Charles R. Baldwin
William $. Blessig
Ignatius Bjorlee
Maryland State School For the Deaf
R. Francis Sappington
Thomas Distributing Company
William A. Alban
Stein Brothers and Boyce
C. Newton Kidd
French Seal Off Route in Laos by French Laotian Pact
French command said forces sealed the Viet Minh main communications route into south and central Laos in a secret operation over ten days. The pass in central Laos, rising to limestone peaks, feeds into the Naphaco valley and was held by rebels for months before a surprise French Laotian pincer ended control without a fight.
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Saigon
Indochina
Laos
Naphaco
East Street Blacktop Underway From Fourth To Eighth
East Street resurfacing is set to begin Wednesday under Norman Etzler with mayor Donald B. Rice stating city officials will grade the remainder of the old section from Fourth to Patrick before laying a new course. City crews are patching holes as depressions from winter are reported.
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East Street
Eighth Streets
Norman Etzler
Donald B. Rice
Roger Cook
Fourth
Patrick
Ettler
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Etzler
U. S. 40
U. S. 15
Will Of Miss Wachter Leaves Relatives Estate
The will of Christina Sophia Wachter probated in Orphans Court leaves a substantial estate to relatives. Properties on East Fourth Street and East Third Street go to relatives with life estates and remainders to nieces and nephews. Additional legacies include jewelry for Mildred DeLashmutt and a codicil leaving $500 to Mrs. Margaret Nusz. Executors named. dates and witnesses listed. Seven houses on Five and a Half Street ordered vacated by April 16 for health and safety compliance. Eisenhower appoints Norman P. Mason to head the FHA amid probes into postwar scandals.
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Christina Sophia Wachter
Frederick
Orphans Court
Testatrix
Catharine Maria Collier
Miss Collier
West Patrick Street
Mildred L. DeLashmutt
Jre
Miss Wachter
Margaret G. Nusz
Emory G. Nusz
Frederick Committee For Hygiene of Housing
Toosted
Southeast Asia defense urged to curb Red aggression
London and Washington warned that Communist expansion threatens peace across Southeast Asia and called for a broad regional defense alliance. Dulles prepared a Paris trip to line up France for a potential Southeast NATO as Eden outlined a two point plan amid Geneva peace talks.
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London
United States
Britain
Southeast Asia
U.S
Dulles
United Action
Paris
France
NATO
Eden
Foreign Office
Joseph Laniel
Georges Bidault
Washington
China
Indochina
Geneva
Asia
Laniel
Bidault
Churchill
Big 4 Talks Described as Free Nations Triumph
Washington, the Republican National Committee hailed the Berlin Big Four talks as a diplomatic triumph for all free nations. The Western Powers agreed to meet with Communist China and Russia to discuss peace in Asia. They forecast a Geneva meeting on April 26 to seek a formula for peaceful unification of Korea and possible peace in Indochina, per their four-page publication Straight From the Shoulder.
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Washington
Republican National Committee Today
Berlin
China
Russia
Asia
Eisenhower
Geneva
Free West
Korea
Indochina
All-Out Assaults Expected At Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh artillery again blasted Dien Bien Phu defenses as rebels pressed for a major assault. French Union forces held their ground on the eastern hill as heavy monsoon weather hampered air support, while American supplied fighters bombed routes north of Hanoi to cut rebel supply lines. Parachute drops continued to bolster Dien Bien Phu defenses.
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Hanoi
Indochina
W.vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Three Killed Three Buildings Destroyed In Goldsboro
A mysterious explosion leveled Edwards and Jernigan furniture store in Goldsboro North Carolina injuring about 15. Rescue workers recovered three bodies M. W. Edwards 60 Eunice Smith Collins 34 and Luther Shelton Denning 16. Two employees T. D. Holmes and Paul Lancaster were missing as investigators probing cause follow fire.
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Luther Shelton Denning
Wayne County
Harry Schumate
T. D. Holmes
Paul Lancaster
Fire in Baltimore distillery warehouse suppresses spread
A blaze at a Baltimore distillery warehouse burned for about 40 minutes today. Fire crews prevented the fire from reaching a nearby building storing airplane parts and about 15 000 gallons of alcohol.
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Baltimore 7
Frederick survey to study job and production prospects
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce will conduct a survey to estimate job and production prospects among local businesses. John Ed Schell chairs the effort with committees for manufacturing construction distribution and research. The study aims to stimulate proper planning and economic prosperity.
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Frederick
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
John Ed. Schell
National Chamber
Committee of Economic Development
Clothed in Swiss francs woman barred at frontier
In Milan an attractive woman arrived at Ponte Chiasso frontier. Police said she wore Swiss francs in place of underwear totaling 380,000 but released no identity or action. Export of currency from Italy is banned.
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Milan
Italy
Ponte Chiasso
Hatin
Termite Infested House Sparks Equity Court Action
Mr and Mrs Sidney Miller seek rescission of their February 1958 sale to Mrs Wilhelmina Baker and Frank L Baker Jr and Wayne Castle. They claim misrepresentation of a termite free roof and condition, alleging heavy termite infestation with wall collapse and expensive repairs. They urge return of purchase price plus improvements and injunction against Baker pursuing legal collection.
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Sidney Miller
Near
Middletown
Equity Court
Wilhelmina Baker
Frank L. Baker, Jr
Jefferson
Wayne Castle
Washington County
Wolheimima Baker
Patrick M.schnauffer
Oppenheimer suspended as atomic adviser over security
Washington reports that J Robert Oppenheimer, esteemed physicist, has been suspended from Atomic Energy Commission work for security reasons amid 16 allegations including blocking hydrogen bomb development. He disputes the charges, releasing a letter exchange with Maj Gen Nichols. The AEC cites the need to protect national defense and data access.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
K. D. Nichols
Atomic Energy Commission
New York Times
AEC
Wichels
Oppenheimer
Truman
Nichols
General Advisory Committee
United States
Simpele
Len McCarthy
R-Wis
Institute For Advanced Study At
Princston
Russia Takes Over North China Port
Formosa Taipei dispatch reports the Chinese Nationalist defense ministry announcing Russia has taken Chefoo port in North China as a naval base. An agreement granting Russia use of Chefoo was signed February 23, with Russia already using Port Arthur as a naval base since World War II.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Defense Ministry
North China
Chefoo
America
Russia
Port Arthur
Manchurian
School Needs Are Analyzed At Meeting
Frederick county’s school needs were analyzed at the first of three public meetings held Monday night at Frederick High School. The session, sponsored by the Frederick County Citizens for the Public Schools, discussed overcrowded schools with analyst Robert Gillett estimating 7,600 elementary students by 1959 and about 80 more elementary classrooms needed.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Citizens For
Robert Gillett
Department of Defense
Senor
Sartorius
Division of Finance and Research
State Department of Education
Maryland
Gavelis
Vo Ag
Ruth MacVean
Paul Wise
Lewistown P. T. A
Frances Orgain
Loag
Bruce Crum
Pomona Grange Mas
Elmer Chandlee
Thurmont
John E. Mitchell
Charles Henson
Lincoln
George Osman
P. T. A. Council
Jacob R Ramsburg
William Hardy
Cecil D. Miller
Parkway P. T. A
Grant Flopper
George C. Rhoderick, Jr
Board of Education
Elmore Eshleman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Camp Detrick to add about 250 employees in near future
Col John J Hayes, assistant chief chemical officer, confirmed a rumor that Camp Detrick will hire about 250 workers as part of an expansion program. About half will be professional and scientific staff, the rest white collar. The total payroll will exceed two thousand, making Camp Detrick Frederick's largest single payroll and a steadying force on the local economy for the next two years.
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Camp Detrick
John J. Hayes
Detrick
Parsons Company
Col Hayes
Frederick
Jefferson Lutheran Parish Elects Moreland as Pastor
Moreland a senior student at Gettysburg Theological Seminary was chosen as pastor for Jefferson Lutheran Parish comprising Jefferson Mt Zion and Feagaville. Unanimous approval except for one vote with Mor tis G Zuembrun’s August resignation leaving the churches ministerless for eight months.
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Calvin. Moreland
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Jefferson Lutheran
Moreland
Jefferson
Mt. Zion
Feagaville
Jefferson Church
Mortis G. Zuembrun
Dallastown
Georgescu Brothers Reunited After Seven Years In Romania
Constantin and Peter Georgescu, ages 19 and 15, arrived in the United States with their father Valeriu after seven years as hostages in Communist Romania. They were welcomed by their mother in New York following a reunion in Munich with their father, who had refused to spy for Romania. The State Department had accused Romania of blackmail over the spy demand, leading to the recall of a Romanian legation official in Washington.
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New York
Constantin
Peter Georgescu
Romania
United States
Europe
Valeriu Georgescu
Munich
Georgescu
State Department of
Thursday Last Day To Pay Md. Income Tax
Maryland taxpayers are reminded that Thursday is the final day to file 1353 state income tax returns. Forms may be obtained at banks, court houses in Frederick and Hagerstown, and comptroller offices in Baltimore Annapolis Cumberland Easton Salisbury Washington. IRREGULAR FRONT NEW YORK-The Stock Market showed an irregular price front in early dealings.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Frederick
Hagerstown
Annapolis
Cumberland
Easton
Salisbury
Washington
New York
Five Day Forecast Turns Warmer Then Cooler
Five day forecast calls for fair and milder midweek, then partly cloudy and mild on Thursday with scattered showers at night. Showers end Friday, cooler weekend with generally fair weather. Temperatures near normal with afternoon highs around 40s to mid 50s and early lows from 33 to the mid 40s across Western Maryland to eastern and southern sections.
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Maryland
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Ira F. Ray
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Edward C. Hartmann
Wayne C. Neely
Guy W. Nusz
James L. Rimler
Henry R. Shoemaker
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Frederick High
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Angus L. Macdonald
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