Snow Falls In Western Maryland Amid Frost Warning
A spring snowstorm dumped one to three inches on Western Maryland with Garrett and Allegany counties hardest hit. Crews cleared routes as two cars were stranded and a six-inch fall in Summit Mountain area was noted. The Weather Bureau warned of frost risk tonight affecting peaches and apples.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Garrett County
State Roads Commission
Garrett
Allegany
SRC
Hancock
C H Kreh Dies Unexpectedly
C Herbert Kreh 68 of 139 West Third street died of a coronary occlusion around 9:05 a m in the yard behind the Post Office while a soil delivery was being prepared. He leaves a wife Nellie C. Kreb, a son William B. Kren and three daughters Leander Stuart Bethesda, Edward Lassiter, Harold Hoover, a brother Capt Arthur T. Kren and sister Isabel Wilcoxon. The body is at 8 East Patrick street funeral arrangements by C E Cline and Son.
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C. Herbert Kreh
West Third Street
Kreh
United Rescue
Kreb
Charles F. Kreb
Nellie C. Kreb
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution Congress
Frederick
William B. Kren
Leander Stuart
Bethesda
Edward Lassiter
Harold Hoover
Arthur T. Kren
This City
Daytona Beach
Fla
Isabel Wilcoxon
East Patrick Street
C. E. Cline and Son
Murphy May Be Named Ambassador To Japan
President Truman planned to send to the Senate the nomination of Robert D. Murphy as the United States first postwar ambassador to Japan. The veteran diplomat, currently ambassador to Belgium, would take the post after the Japanese peace treaty was signed and ratified, with an effective date of April 28. Murphy’s 31 year career marks him as a leading U.S. diplomat. Letters of administration granted in Orphans Court for Daisy M. Gaver and John H. Marshall estates. Survivors listed include siblings, nephews, and great-nephews in varying lines of relation. No estate values reported.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Robert D. Murphy
America
Japan
United States
Murphy
Belgium
Orphans Court
Jerry Gaver
Charles W. Harsh
Myersville
Daisy M. Gaver
R. Gaver
Catherine V. Adams
Laura Harshman
George
William. Frank
Waller
James Specht
Grant Specht
Ivy A. Marshall
Route 1
Thurmont
John H. Marshall
Charles Marshall
Frarmont
William Marshall
Mllnois
Emma Main
Springfeld
Dpe
Sister Loyola Receives Papal Blessing on Golden Jubilee
Sister M. Ignatius Loyola Dove marks her fiftieth religious profession with a papal apostolic benediction from Pope Pius XII conveyed by Archbishop Cicognani. A high mass, sermons, and a luncheon followed at Frederick Visitation Convent, with five brothers, four sisters, and many relatives in attendance.
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M. Ignatius Loyola Dove
Pius XII
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Washington
Frederick Visitation
Sister Loyola
Walter J. Norris
the Nativity Church
Austin McNamee
St. Anselm's Priory
Robert A. Bozel
St. John’s Church
Frederick
Herbert R. Jordan
St. John
Tragic Twin Crashes Kill Six In Maryland Roads
A six year old Baltimore girl died and six relatives were injured in a crash on U S Route 40 in Howard County. In a separate collision a man died after his car veered off Route 144 near Laurel. The report names Linda Sheets, six, and driver Clarence Thompson as victims, with Morris Schapiro and Clarence Jones among others involved.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Howard County
Laurel
Linda Sheets
Roscoe D. Sheets
Pine Orchard
St. Agnes Hospital
Sheets
Morris Schapiro
Laurel Race Track
Pimlico Track
Union Memorial Hospital
Schapiro
Clarence Jones
Hollywood
Clarence Thompson
Denton
Dial System For Air Raid Warning Unveiled By Bell
A dial operated bell and lights air raid warning system was unveiled at the American Telephone and Telegraph Co annual meeting in New York. The system aims to alert the entire country within two minutes for civilian defense authorities. A deed recorded in Jefferson district shows the sale of about 11 acres from Lillie May Fawley to Lloyd and wife Hale for around 9600 in stamps.
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New York
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
Jefferson District
Lillie May Fawley
Lloyd D. Hale
Jefferson
Catoctin
Fruit Bloom Held Back By Cool Weather
Cool spring temperatures slow fruit tree development in the county as frost tonight is not seen as a serious threat. April is near normal at the Weather Bureau station with heavy rainfall raising April’s total to about 4.40 inches since April 1. Farmers face planting delays for peas oats and corn due to wet weather while peach buds show modest bloom and apple bloom is expected early May.
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Weather Bureau
Eisenhower Backers See No Necessity For Hard Campaign
New Jersey primary margins boost belief Eisenhower can win nomination with limited campaigning. Taft salvages delegates and votes, while Eisenhower backers debate timing for a June return to campaign. Pennsylvania Massachusetts Oregon primaries and state conventions will test the theory.
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Eisenhower
One Lane Blocked After Wreck Near Bradock Mountain
A tractor-trailer and three cars wrecked on Route 0 near Bradock Mountain just after nine last night, blocking one lane for about six hours. The Army vehicle toppled into a ditch, injuring two enlisted men and causing estimated damage of 31,000. The first collision involved Cpl Arthur L. King and a Studebaker driven by John E. Flook. a second crash followed when a Ford convertible driven by Blanche Hillegas was rear-ended by a Chevrolet driven by Sheppard Stein. No injuries were reported beyond the two Army personnel. Teachers at Frederick High School will be relieved today as seniors run the school for Senior Day, selecting their own courses and serving in all roles from principals to janitors with acting principal Ralph Brown. Continuous schedule observed, with student teachers gaining lunch-line privileges and a reserved cafeteria table.
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Braddock Mountain
U. S. Army
Camp Detrick
James H. Rouzee, Jr
Arthur L. King
Engineering Center
Ft. Belvoir
Charles Ridgeley
King
Studebaker
John Edwin Flook
Myersville
Blanche L. Hillegas
Washington
Chevrolet
Sheppard Stein
Maplewood
N. J
Frederick High School
Ralph Brown
Adamstown
Brown
Harry O. Smith
Mr. Smith
Bill Ward
Alta Renn
George Smith
Eugene Sanders
Nancy Bennecke
Fay Zimmerman
Richard Young
Virginia Young
John Weaver
Shirley Kerchner
Dolly Lawson
Gladys May
Herbert Main
Betty Yinger
James Crampton
Jean Thomas
Marlene Hartman
Mary Ann Burker
Patty Carder
Mera Braungart
Agnes Waldron
Jean Douglas
Mary E. Happ
Charles Burke
Austin Rhoads
Lamar Foreman
Doris Lackey
Thelma Kinna
Frances: Bradshaw
Helen Yinger
Larry , Holter
Thomas Staley
Fred Flemming
Louis Adams
Paul Shorrow
James Ramsburg
Paul Main
Andrew Victor
Bettie L. Smith
Kirk Cramer
Harold Buhrman
Jerome Wilcom
Dorothy Baker
Barbara Schwartz
Christine Bell
Shirley Forle
Organ Dedication Sunday At Adamstown Church
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church, Adamstown, will dedicate a Model 25 Wur litzer organ on Sunday at 7 30 PM with processional hymn Go Jesus We Adore Thee and the cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ From The Cross by Dubois sung by the Frederick Evangelical Reformed church choir.
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Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Adamstown
Walter D. Mehrling
Jesus
Paul
Althouse
G. Frank Thomas
Dubois
Frederick Evangelical Reformed Church Choir
Russell H. Hinds
Edgar F. Hoffmeier
Mr. Hinds
Night long mediation ends with no progress in 43-state strike
New York April 16 Federal mediation between union and management ended with no progress in the 43 state telephone strike. Mediator Francis L Maher said talks will resume this afternoon. Spokesman said parties were exhausted and needed sleep as both sides prepare for further negotiations with CIO Communications Workers of America and Western Electric Company.
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New York
Francis L. Maher
CIO Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Com- Deny
Flood Threat Looms Over Omaha Council Bluffs
President Truman to fly to Omaha for a briefing on the Missouri River flood battle as 14,600 workers reinforce levees to hold back 31.5 foot crest. Army engineers forecast widespread disruption with 4,000 moved from Bluffs and 5,000 from Omaha. 26,620 families displaced by floods across the region.
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Omaha
Neb
Mid-west
Council Bluffs
Missouri
Bluffs
Truman
Mississippi
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Lewin A. Pick
Army Engineers
Fifth Army
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Red River
Ilinois
Red Cross
Sentenced To Life For Killing Brother In Maryland Case
ROCKVILLE April 16 Clarence William Van Nott 62 was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury verdict spared the death penalty. His brother William 42, a mechanic, was shot last Christmas Eve in their cabin home. Clarence testified he was too drunk to recall details. He had worked as a Navy Department guard.
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Rockville
Clarence William van Nott
Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
William
Clarence van Nort
Navy Department
Clear Spring Man Is Given Jail Term
Richard F. Repp of Clear Spring Maryland was sentenced to six months in jail by Judge D H Rodgers on a manslaughter charge from an auto crash that killed 13 year old Elizabeth Burnette of Hancock Maryland on November 4 1950. The defendant had previously been tried and freed on bail of 900 pending mor a arguments.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Vz
Richard F. Repp
Clear Spring
D. H. Rodgers
Repp
Elizabeth Burnette
Hancnck
Stevenson Declines Democratic Presidential Nomination
Springfield Wisconsin April 18 Gov Adlai E Stevenson announced he could not accept the Democratic nomination for president. He said he would run for governor of Illinois and would not pursue any other office this summer. He spoke before a flight to Omaha for a conference with President Truman on flood conditions.
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Omaha
Truman
Ilinois
Illinois
Candidates Asked to Give Views at Frederick Meeting
Five Republican candidates for the Sixth District congressional seat will air their views at an April 24 public meeting in Winchester Hall Frederick County Republican Women’s Club and the county Young Republicans sponsor the event. Each candidate may appear in person or send a representative with allotted speaking time. Finalists are Gen D John Markey Frederick Robert Kimble Cumberland DeWitt Hyde Frank Long and George Moore of Montgomery County. The event aims to inform Frederick County voters about the candidates and their qualifications for the congressional post.
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House of Representatives
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Frederick County
Republican Women's Club
The
County Young Republican Club
Sixth
D. John Markey
Robert Kimble
Cumberland
DeWitt Hyde
Frank Long
George Moore
Montgomery County
J. Glenn Beall
U. S. Senate
Helen Remsburg
Republican Women’s Organization
George B. Delaplaine, Jr
Young Republicans
Bergman Affair Letter Filed In Lindstrom Custody Fight
Ingrid Bergman wrote a revealing letter to her first husband Dr. Peter Lindstrom confessing love for Robert Rossellini. The April 3, 1945 note was filed with an affidavit as Lindstrom seeks to block their daughter Jenny Ann from visiting Bergman in Italy. Bergman had a child with Rossellini and later said they wed by proxy in Mexico after a mail order divorce.
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Los Angeles
Italy
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Robert Rossellini
Lindstrom
Jenny Ann
Miss Bergman
Rossellini
Mexico
Armed Forces To Call Dentists In Priority 3
MILWAUKEE April 16 The armed forces face a shrinking pool of dentists and will start calling up Priority 3 dentists by July 1 Brig Gen Louis Renfrew deputy director of Selective Service said Yesterday Priority 1 and 2 pools are diminishing rapidly Dentists in all three categories trained at government expense have had less than required military service after professional training Priority 3 covers all dentists under age 50 who are not veterans and certain veterans if service preceded dentistry training
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Milwaukee
Louis Renfrew- Renfrew
Selective Service
Red Cross Seeks 10 Million for Midwest Flood Victims
The Red Cross requests ten million dollars to aid flood victims across the Midwest. The treasury lacks the funds for such a sum, according to two telegrams from national president E Roland Harriman and other leaders. President Truman nominates Renah F Camalier as DC commissioner for a three year term, succeeding Russell Young.
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Washington
Red Cross
Roland Harriman
Eisenhower Clinches New Jersey Victory In GOP Primary
Gen Dwight Eisenhower scored a decisive win in New Jersey Republican primary securing at least 31 of 38 delegates while Taft claimed four or six. Near complete results show Eisenhower about 60 percent of the GOP preferential vote, with Taft around 37 percent and Stassen and others earning the rest. Democratic race features Kefauver as sole major candidate, with Stevenson leading delegate counts for the Democrats.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Taft
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Ester Kefauver
John D. M. Hamilton
Porimen
Kefauver
Driscoll
Staseen
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Illneis
Hubert Humphrey
Red Rail Line Cut 52 Times
U S fighter bombers cut North Korean rail lines in two places and claimed 10 Red troops killed near Sariwon with 17 more in close air support along the battlefront. Air forces destroyed two anti aircraft weapons and six field pieces as F 86 Sabre jets escorted the raid through heavy clouds. Allied artillery barrages following Red probing jabs on the Western Front echoed through Seoul.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Sariwon
Haeju
North Korea
Top Air Force Men Are Called Today
Washington April 16 two top Air Force spokesmen were summoned before a Senate watchdog panel to explain airmen who refuse to fly and to justify extra pay for flyers. Adm Fechteler and Gen Vandenberg were to address sitdown strikes at two bases while disobedience charges span Randolph San Antonio Texas and Mather California. Veterans with long WWII records cite waning motivation and family considerations shaping their opposition.
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Washington
Air Force
Senate
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Navy
Finletter
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Randolph Air Bases
San Antonio
Tex
Mather Air Base
California
Nine Trapped In Baltimore Elevator Rescue
April 1 Baltimore firemen freed Siz ren and three women trapped in a stalled office building elevator after breaking an access hatch on top. They were pulled out safely, with no reports of serious injury.
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Baltimore
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Renah F. Camalier
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