Watchman Found Dead In Y Pool In Frederick
Nevin Wachter Stull 54 watchman at the Y was found dead in the swimming pool about 9:45 am. Autopsy to determine cause, no foul play suspected, possible natural causes or drowning after a fall. He resided in Lewistown and had worked at the Y since July 7, 1949. Survived by wife Pauline, daughter Mildred, and several relatives. Body at 306 East Church Street funeral home. arrangements pending.
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Nevin’ Wachter Stull
M. C
Stull
Troley
Frederick
Lewistown
Sheriff's Office
Lewisdown
Pauline Starr Stull
Mildred I. Stull
Dona ‘Wachter Stull
North Market Street
Keefer Stull
West Second Street
Harold Stull
Walkersville
Charles Stull
Arthur Stull
Rocky Ridge
Harry Burrier
Serah Burrier
Unionville
Parking Lot To Be Opened In Frederick
Frederick's first privately owned open parking area will start next week. Charles P. Staley, former Alderman, will operate a rear lot on West Fourth Street near Klinchart's Alley for up to ten cars. The experimental venture targets residents and workers lacking facilities, with paving to be completed early in the week. Another property owner plans a similar lot to ease local parking conditions.
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Frederick
Charles P. Staley
Mr. Staley
West Fourth Street
Klinchart’s Alley
Continuance Of Ban Is Sought In Chesapeake Bay Area
The Navy seeks to make permanent the temporary closure of 100 square miles at the Chesapeake Bay mouth for national defense. The restricted zone, likely hosting secret installations, was debated after protests from commercial and sport fishermen. The Navy argued the area is minimal and cannot be loosened. Nearby eastern sea frontier calls for similar restrictions to protect bays and harbors.
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Norfolk
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Henry
Cape Charles
William F. Powers
Powers
Not Superstitious Woman Killed in Truck Crash
April 14 Salisbury reports Mrs Norma Lou Belcher 22 of Pocomoke City and Mrs Edith N Nash 23 of Pocomoke City died when a pickup truck overturned twice on the Snow Hill Powellville road east of Salisbury after ignoring warnings about Friday the 13th.
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Salisbury
Norma Lou Belcher
Pocomoke City
Thelma Redden
County School Curriculum To Be Discussed
Frederick County Council PTA hosts a panel discussion on what and how children are taught. Moderator Dr. Evelyn L. Mudge and panelists led by Eugene W. Pruitt will cover curriculum segments and field questions from the public. Series runs April 30 to May 28 with noted educators from Hood College, Harford and Washington counties, and the University of Maryland.
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Frederick County Council
PTA
Frederick
Evelyn L. Mudge
Education Department
Hood College
Eugene W. Pruitt
A. Drucilla Worthington
Duval W. Sneadner
Louise F. Thompson
Charles E. Henson
Pruitt
PTA Council
WW. Corbin
Dorothy A. Mudd
Harford County
William Brish
Washington County
Frederick County
Clarence A. Newell
University of Maryland
Truman To Speak At Dinner Tonight
President Truman will address a Jefferson Jackson dinner of Democratic supporters at the National Guard Armory in Washington from 10:30 to 11 p m eastern standard time. Radio networks ABC Liberty Mutual and NBC will carry the speech with television by NBC and Dumont.
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Washington
Truman
National Guard
American Broadcasting Company
Liberty Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Dumont Networks
Navy Training Plane Goes Down In Severn
A twin engine JRF amphibian from near the Naval Academy sank after hitting an unknown obstacle during takeoff in Severn Annapolis at 8 30 am. All four officers and crew escaped with minor injuries, crawled onto a wing, and were rescued by a nearby yard patrol boat.
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Annapolis
JRF
Naval Academy
Carroll Man Hangs and Shoots Self in Carroll County
John A. Buffington, 49, a Dover farm worker, was found dead in his attic after shooting himself in the head and hanging from the rafters with a rope. Medical examiner cites death by self-inflicted gunshot, body dangled on a stairwell. Neighbors saw him return home earlier. wife at work, three children at school. Survived by wife Mabel A. Buffington and four children, with multiple siblings. Funeral planned for Monday at 2 PM at D. D. Harzler and Son, Union Bridge. burial at Mountain View cemetery.
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Carroll County
John A. Buffington
Dover
New Windsor-Westminster
James T. Marsh
Burlington
Buffington
Westminster
Johny
Mary Boone Buffington
Mabel A. Buffington
Margaret Weller
Bark Hill
Betty
Rodger
Rosalie Buffington
Raymond Buffington
Middletown
Ira Buffington
Thomas Wachter
Union Bridge
Emory Buffington
Fred Decker
Baltimore
D. D. Harzler and Son
R. S. Pofflenbarger
Mountain View Cemetery
Maine State Senator Turned Out to Be Escapee
Columbus Ohio wa s shocked when a visiting Maine state senator addressed both houses and criticized Democrats before being revealed as Paul Snow 34 of Biddeford Maine an escapee from Chillicothe Veterans Hospital He visited the legislature Tuesday and Wednesday and was later held in Fairfield County jail Lancaster Ohio Sheriff deputies arrested him in Lancaster after he went to inspect the boys industrial school
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Columbus
Ohio
Maine
Paul Snow
Biddeford
Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
Fairfield County
Lancaster
Snow
Senate
Sheriff's Deputies
Amvets Auxiliary Head To Speak In Frederick Event
National Amvets Auxiliary president Evelyn McCaslin visits Frederick Post No 2 on April 18. She arrives from Washington at noon and is welcomed at the Francis Scott Key Hotel by local leaders. Delegations from Middletown and Cumberland join Frederick members for a 6 pm dinner at Catoctin Country Club followed by an open house at the Amvers home on East Street. Overnight guest of Mrs Haut.
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Evelyn McCaslin
Amvets
Frederick
Bernard Engle
McCaslin
Washington
Francis Scott Key
Engle
Allen Haus
Camp Detrick
Middletown
Cumberland
Catoctin Country Club
Missing in action Belcher, Korean War veteran, listed
Cpl. Claude H. Belcher, 24, of Vickerson, missing in action after ten wounds in Korea. He enlisted in 1949, graduated Poolesville High School, last home visit July 1950, wounded November 1950, hospitalized in Tokyo, returned to duty January 1951, last family letter February. Belcher is youngest of three brothers. his eldest brother Samuel wounded in World War II.
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Vickerson
Claude H. Belcher
James W. Belcher
Department of Defense
Cpl. Belcher
Oscar Seaman
South
Chelsea Lane
Bethesda
Dickerson
Army
Poolesville
Korea
Cpt. Belcher
Tokyo
Cpl
Belcher
Samuel
James
United States
Barbara Joe
Fort Meade
Three Baltimore Officials Arrested In Illegal Betting Case
Police arrested three Bowie race track officials L Ed O Hara former Bowie general manager Thomas J O Hara former head of the mutuel department and Roland Kolthepp identified by police as a cashier along with Norman Helwig on 14 charges of comeback betting They were released on 3000 bail and state attorney Carlyle J Lancaster said two others were involved but not identified Two others face warrants and more charges were filed in the probe in Prince Georges County Washington April 14 The House Un American Activities Committee invited Hollywood figures named in its Communist probe to testify their pieces the list growing to over 30.
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Baltimore
Bowie
L. Ed O'Hara
Thomas J. O'Hara
Thetrack
Mrtual
Roland Kolthepp
Norman Helwig
Oharas
Carlyle J. Lancaster
Prince Georges County
Washington
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
King For A Day In New York Bursts Of Mock Windfall
Freddy Seocozza a 17 year old high school junior from a relief family received a $300000 check after a Treasury agent topped off $290054.50 from a prior overpayment of taxes. Freddy enjoyed the windfall briefly before the agent reclaimed most of it.
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New York
Freddy Seocozza
Treasury
Freddy
Treasury Department
Year's Term Is Imposed On Brightwell
A 26 year old man, Grayson Brightwell, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a South Market street grill. He was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction before Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer after testimony from Jack Cox and Officer Charles Mecheldin. The incident occurred about 4:45 a.m. March 18 and Brightwell was captured shortly after. States Attorney Charles W. Price prosecuted. Brightwell was unrepresented.
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House of Correction
Grayson Brightwell
East Patrick Street
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Brightwell
South Market Street
Jack Cox
Cox
Charles Mecheldin
City Police
South Court Street
McKelein
Alton Twentey
Denver Shook
Charles W. Price
Maryland price controls explained at six regional meetings
Hugo R. Hoffman, director of the Maryland Office of Price Stabilization, announced price control explanations at six regional meetings in the state. The schedule includes April 20 in Frederick at Winchester Hall, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., aimed at business men to clarify misunderstandings.
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Baltimore
Hugo R. Hoffman
Maryland
Driver Dozes, Car Smashes Guard Rail
About $400 damage was done to the 1949 sedan of Douglas M. Green when it struck guard rails on Route 240 near Baker Valley Road while Green said he had gone to sleep driving toward Frederick. Trooper James H. Rauzee, Jr. investigated the six p m Friday accident. no charges were filed. The report notes Green had dozed off behind the wheel.
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Douglas M. Green
East Third Street
Route 240
Baker Valley Road
James H. Rauzee, Jr
Green
Frederick
Jet bombers map Manchurian fields in first war photo runs
Washington reports jet bombers RB-45 used for long range photo reconnaissance over Manchuria boundary areas. Converted bombers with cameras and horizon to horizon cameras photo fields and bases beyond the boundary. UN planes stay Korea side of Yalu as bridges are bombed.
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Washington
Swift
U. 5
Manchuria
Air Force
Korea
Navy
United Nations
Yalu River
ROKs Seize Major Part Of Peninsula In Korea War
Chinese troops mass in Manchuria as ROK forces push along the west coast peninsula. South Korean Marines report control of most of Ongijin peninsula,Landing on April 15 at southeast tip, aided by Korean Youth Corps, advancing toward Chinnampe near Pyongyang. Allied forces push north along a 120 mile front with Van Fleet taking command from Ridgway as UN drives Reds back.
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Tokyo
Aly
Ongijin
Korea
ROK
Republic of Korea
Kunesano
Harasan
Roks
Korean Youth Corps
Chinnampe
Yellow Sea
Red Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
James A. van Fiiet
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
8Th Army
N. M
Oy Hill
Hwachon
Gibraltar Hie
Yang
Parallel 8
Hwachon Reservoir
Yanagu
Yanegu
Bombing Claim Tied to Antung on Manchurian Border
Pravda reports American B 29 bombers and fighters entered Chinese air space and bombed Antung, a Manchurian border city. Peiping radio accuses allied planes of bombing Antung and vows retaliation, tracing the report to Thursday’s Allied air attack on the Yalu bridge linking Antung and Sinuiju.
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Moscow
Pravda
Antung
Communist Party
Red Chinese
Peiping Radio
Yalu River
Sinuiju
North Korea
Veteran wills his all to government in Florida will
Alfred G. Harris, Spanish-American war veteran, died at 70 in Jacksonville. His estate about 6090 dollars, mostly savings bonds, goes to the Federal government as he requested. He had collected a pension for more than 30 years. In Vatican comment, Osservatore Romano notes Truman’s MacArthur dismissal signals a desire for peace by decisive action. In Maryland, half-day sessions planned for several Wicomico County elementary schools next fall due to facility limits.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Alfred G. Harris
Harris
Walter F. Rogers
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Truman
Gen
MacArthur
Giorgio Luigi Bernucci
Vatican
Pius
Salisbury
Wicomite County
James M. Bonnell
Wage Controls Proposed for Hollywood Actors Salaries
Washington reports officials have imposed wage controls on film actors under merit provisions similar to those for ball players. The directive, from the inactive Wage Stabilization Board staff, indicates planned separate controls for salaried workers. Until policy is clarified, salaried movie workers are covered by merit rules requiring added pay for significant talent advancement. William H. Ruffin criticized labor’s nonparticipation as an inexcusable filibuster against national welfare.
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Washington
Wiliam H. Ruffin
National Association of Manufacturers
Ridgway Assumes Supreme Allied Command Duties in Tokyo
Tokyo April 14 Ridgway flew in to take over as Supreme Allied Commander pressing for an early Japanese peace treaty and noting progress under MacArthur. He praised Ambassador Dulles and will likely not see MacArthur tonight. Dulles arrives from Washington. Ridgway arrives in fatigues without his emblematic hand grenade.
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Tokyo
Pra
Matthew FB
Ridgway
MacArthur
Dulles
Washington
Rideway
General MacArthur
Haneda Airfield
Welcome for MacArthur planned in Washington and New York
Washington lawmakers press to invite Gen. Douglas MacArthur to testify on foreign policy and Korea while civic leaders plan a hero’s welcome in Washington and San Francisco. MacArthur expects a New York ticker tape parade after his April arrival with limited public speeches.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Rep. Richards
D-Sc
Iouse Foreign Affairs Committee
Pacific
MacArthur
Congress
Macn Arthur
San Francisco
Senate Armed Services
Knowland&Calif
Sach
Defense
State Departments
Truman
United States
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Knowland
Albert Co. Wedemeyer
Korea
Californian
Richards
Foreign Affairs
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Richaards
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sabath
House Rules Committee
Marlin
Wherry
Nebraska
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wherry-Martin
Thornton W. Owens
Washington Board of Trade
Hendrickson
R-Nj
New York
Far East
MacArthur Dismissal Pleasing To Peiping
Peiping radio broadcast to Korea claims MacArthur's removal signals Reds victory in Korea, while praising Ridgway as successor and asserting Truman ousted the general after a string of defeats and mounting difficulties for American forces.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Korea
MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
Red Radio
Mats Arthur
Truman
Floating Blood Bank Aboard U S Carrier Princton
In Yokosuka Japan on April 14 the U S aircraft carrier Princeton was used as a floating blood bank. More than 325 sailors donated blood for United Nations forces in Korea marking the largest car donation from a single ship.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U. S
Princerton
United Nations
Korea
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