Snow Falls In Western Maryland Wakeup Report
A spring snowstorm dropped one to three inches on Western Maryland with Garrett and Allegany counties hardest hit. SRC crews cleared main roads after all night plowing, two cars were rescued, and frost warnings warned fruit growers of possible damage to peach and apple blossoms as temperatures dipped to the mid twenties.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Garrett County
State Roads Commission
Garrett
Allegany
SRC
Frostburg
Big
Little Savage Mountains
Sideling Hill Mountain
Washington County
G. Bates Chaires
Summit Mountain
Pennsyvania
Blue Ridge
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Delaware
University of Maryland Department of Horticulture
Hancock
C. H. Kreh Dies Unexpectedly
Herbert Kreh aged 68 of 139 West Third street died of a heart attack about 9 05 a m in the yard behind the Post Office while a freight trailer was being loaded with topsoil. Death attributed to coronary occlusion. body at funeral home pending arrangements.
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Herbert Kreh
West Third Street
Kreh
United Rescue
Charles F. Kreh
Nellie C. Kreh
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution Congress
Frederick
William B. Kreb
Leander Stuart
Bethesda
Edward Lassiter
Harold Hoover
Capt
Arthur T. Kreb
This City
Daytona Beach
Fla
Isabel Wilcoxon
East Patrick Street
C. E. Cline and Son
Murphy May Be Named Ambassador To Japan
President Truman was expected to send the Senate the nomination of Robert D. Murphy as Americas first post war ambassador to Japan. Murphy, then ambassador to Belgium, was chosen for his long career as a top diplomat and the move follows the Japan peace treaty signing. Letters of administration on two estates were granted by the Orphans Court, naming Jerry Gaver and Charles W. Harshman administrators of Daisy M. Gaver’s estate, with siblings Catherine V. Adams and Laura Harshman among survivors. Mrs Ivy A. Marshall qualified as administratrix of John H. Marshall’s estate, with survivors Charles Marshall and William Marshall also listed.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Robert D. Murphy
Americas
Japan
United States
Murphy
Belgium
Orphans Court
Jerry Gaver
Charles W. Harshman
Myersville
Daisy M. Gaver
Mr. Gavet
Catherine V. Adams
Laura Harshman
George
William
Frank
Walter
James Specht
Kenneth Specht
Ivy A. Marshall
Route 1
Thurmont
John H. Marshall
Charles Marshall
Willam Marshall
Erne Haein
Springdel
Sister Loyola Receives Papal Blessing on Jubilee
Sister M Ignatius Loyola Dove marked the fiftieth year of her religious profession with a papal apostolic benediction from Pope Pius XII conveyed by Archbishop Cicognani. The Frederick Visitation Convent celebrated a high mass at 10 a.m. with clergy from Washington and Frederick and a luncheon for relatives and friends.
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M. Ignatius Loyola
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
Girl 6 Is Killed Near Pine Orchard in Collision
A six year old Baltimore girl, Linda Sheets, died in a crash on U S Route 40 in Howard County. Six relatives were injured and treated at St Agnes Hospital. Morris Schapiro, a Baltimore businessman, was injured in the other car. A second crash on State Route 216 near Laurel killed Clarence Jones, 60, with driver Clarence Thompson of Denton.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Howard County
Laurel
Linda Sheets
Roscoe D. Sheets
Pine Orchard
St. Agnes Hospital
Union Memorial Hospital
Schapiro
Clarence Jones
Hollywood
Clarence Thompson
Denton
Dial System For Air Raid Warning Unveiled At AT&T Meeting
New York April 16 a dial operated bell and lights air raid warning system was unveiled for stockholders of American Telephone and Telegraph Co at its annual meeting. The improved system enables civilian defense authorities to flash warnings to vital installations nationwide within two minutes. A deed recorded in Jefferson district transfers 11 acres from Lillie May Fawley to Lloyd and wife for about 4000 dollars.
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New York
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
Jefferson District
Lillie May Fawley
Lloyd D. Hale
Jefferson
Caloctin
Fruit Bloom Held Back By Cool Weather
Cool spring temperatures slow fruit tree bloom and planting across the county. Wet conditions hinder peas oats and corn while peach buds delayed. apple trees may bloom in early May. Weather bureau data show April heat normals for early month with rainfall above average and tonight’s frost not deemed a serious threat.
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Weather’ Bureau
Eisenhower Backers See No Necessity For Hard Campaign
New Jersey GOP victory margin of 130,000 confirms backers think Eisenhower can win the nomination with limited campaigning. Taft salvages some delegates and votes, while observers cite pending contests in Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Oregon to clarify the race.
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Eisenhower
Jack Bell
Newark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Jersey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Army
Chicago
Tiune
Eisen
One Lane Of Students Act Road Blocked As Teachers By Wreck
A tractor-trailer and three cars collided on Route 40 near Brad dock mountain last night blocking one lane for six hours. The Army truck carrying target material overturned injuring two enlisted men, Corporal Arthur L. King and Sergeant Charles Ridgley, who were taken to Camp Detrick hospital. Senior Day at Frederick High School saw senior students run all duties from principal to janitors, under acting principal Ralph Brown, with teachers advising.
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Braddock Mountain
U. S. Army
Camp Detrick
James H. Rouzee, Jr
Arthur L. King
Engineering Center
Ft. Belvoir
Charles Ridgeley
Pew
King
Studebaker
John Edwin Flook
Myersville
Flook
Frederick
Frederick High School
Ralph Brown
Adamstown
Brown
Harry O. Smith
Smith
Bill Ward
Alta Renn
George Smith
Eugene Sanders
Nancy Bennecke
Fay Zimmerman
Richard Young
Virginia Young
John Weaver
Shirley Kerchner
Bolly Lawson
Gladys May
Herbert , Main
Betty Yinger
James Crampton
Doris Porter
Paul Kemp
Shirley Harper
Betsy Hemby
Gretchen Glick
Blanche Gambrill
Louise Coulehan
June Glisan
Ann Rothen-hoefer
Sharon Albaugh
Patsy Crum
William Ward
John Fleisch-man
Irene Murphy
Barbara Remsberg
Barbara LeGore
Anna Rhoderick
Nancy Benneche
David Faehr
Kirk Cramer
Harold Buttman
Jerome Wilcom
Dorothy Baker
Virginia Youns
Barbara Schwartz
Christine Bell
Shirley Fogle
Organ Dedication Sunday At Adamstown Church
The Adamstown Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church plans a 7 30 p m dedication of the Model 25 Wurlitzer organ with a processional hymn O Jesus We Adore Thee and Invocation by Rev Paul L Althouse The dedication will be led by Elder G Frank Thomas and the pastor The Frederick Evangelical Reformed choir will render a cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ From The Cross under Russell H Hinds with benediction by Rev Dr Edgar Hoffmeier A second service will dedicate new hymnals school books Exalt His Name and the cathedral lighting soon to be installed
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Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Adamstown
Walter D. Mehrling
Jesus
Paul L. Althouse
G. Frank Thomas
Christ
Dubois
Frederick Evangelical Reformed Church Choir
Russell H. Hinds
Edgar F. Hoffmeier
Mr. Hinds
Harvey S. Shue
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Terre Haute
Ind
Ralph G. Thomas
New Church
Night Mediation Breaks With No Progress In Strike
An all-night federal mediation between union and management over the telephone strike across 43 states adjourned with no progress. Mediator Frank L. Mather said talks will resume after noon, as exhausted sides consider future rounds. Neither company nor union officials commented on the session or terms. The mediators had aimed to keep C I Communications Workers of America and Western Electric Company under pressure toward an agreement.
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New York
Franns L. Mather
Wnion
C1 Communications Workers of America
Sresaint
Amnong
Flood threat looms as Missouri river crest nears Omaha
Omaha and Council Bluffs brace for a 31.5 foot crest as the Missouri floods advance, threatening two thirds of Council Bluffs population and prompting 14,600 Army and civilian workers to pile flood walls with sandbags and dirt. President Truman plans an aerial inspection and governors from seven states discuss relief. The Red Cross says 26,620 families, over 100,000 people, have left homes, while rehab efforts begin for the displaced.
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Omaha
Nebr
Truman
Middle America
Missouri
Neb
Midwest
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Mississippi
Omaha Council Bluffs
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Sentenced To Life For Killing Brother
In Rockville on April 16 Clarence William Van Nort, 62, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury verdict mandated by law. His brother William, 42, a mechanic, was shot last Christmas Eve in the cabin they shared. 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 Nort
Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
William
Clarence van Nort
Navy Department
Clear Spring Man Is Given Jail Term
Berkeley Springs W Va April 16 Richard F Repp of Clear Spring Md was sentenced to six months in jail by Judge D H Rodgers on a manslaughter charge from an auto accident He was convicted for driving a car that struck and killed Elizabeth Burnette a 13 year old from Hancock Md on Nov 4 1950 It was the second trial as a prior jury failed to agree Repp remained free on 7000 bail pending appeal.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Richard F. Repp
Clear Spring
D. H. Rodgers
Repp
Elizabeth Burnette
Hancock
Sepeel
Stevenson Declines Democratic Presidential Nomination
Springfield report states Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson said he could not accept the Democratic nomination for president. He spoke before a planned flight to Omaha for a flood conditions conference with President Truman, reiterating his bid for governor of Illinois and his commitment to unfinished work there.
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Omaha
Truman
Sinois
Ilinois
Candidates to Air Views At Frederick Meeting
Five Republican candidates for the Sixth District House seat will speak at an April 24 public meeting in Winchester Hall Frederick. Sponsored by the Frederick County Republican Women's Club and the county Young Republicans, the event will invite each candidate or a representative to outline views and qualifications under a set speaking time with a moderator.
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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
Young Republicans
Bergman letter reveals love for Rossellini amid Italy plans
Ingrid Bergman admits in a dated letter that she fell in love with Robert Rossellini after planning to stay in Italy forever. The missive, filed in court with an affidavit, is part of Peter Lindstrom’s bid to restrict visits with their daughter Jenny Ann, 13, this summer. Bergman had a child with Rossellini and later married him 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 Brig Gen Louis Renfrew deputy director of Selective Service says by July 1 the armed forces will begin calling up Priority 3 dentists as the pool of Priority 1 and 2 dentists shrinks. Dentists in all three categories have trained at government expense and served less than required after training. Priority 3 covers all dentists under 50 years old who are not veterans or veterans if service was before dentistry training.
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Milwaukee
Louis
Renfrew
Selective Service
Red Cross Seeks 10 Million for Flood Relief
The American Red Cross requests 10 million dollars to aid flood victims in the eastern region via a telegram to all chapters. President E. Roland Harmon notes funds are not available in the treasury. Also, President Truman nominates Renah F. Camalier as a DC commissioner for a three year term, succeeding Russell Young who resigns effective May 3.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
E. Roland Harnman
Camalier
Truman
Renah F. Camalier
District of Columbia
Russell Young
Hee
Eisenhower Wins New Jersey Primary Big Victory
Gen Dwight Eisenhower scored a decisive victory in New Jersey's Republican primary winning at least 21 of 38 delegates. Taft secured four to six delegates and Stassen one as Eisenhower led with about 60 percent of the Republican preferential vote. In the Democratic race Estes Kefauver led, with Taft calling the GOP result a moral setback for Eisenhower.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Taft
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Sen
Estes Kefauver
John D. M. Hamilton
Kefauver
Driscoll
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Clingis
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Louisana
Red Rail Line Cut 52 Times
U S fight er bombers cut North Korean rail lines in 52 places near Sarlwon and north of Haeju. Pilots reported killing Red troops and destroying anti air craft weapons and field pieces. Fighter bombers moved under cloud cover with F 86 jets as Allied artillery barrage echoed through the night.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Sarlwon
Haeju
North Korea
Top Air Force Men Are Called Today
Washington April 16 The two top Air Force spokesmen were summoned before a Senate watchdog committee to discuss airmen who refused to fly and to defend extra pay for flyers. Disobedience charges were lodged against six officers at Randolph Air Force Base Texas and six others at Mather Base California in sit down incidents.
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Washington
Air Force
Senate
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Navy
Host S. Vandenberg
Randolph Air Bases
San Antonio
Tex
Mather Air Base
California
Nine Trapped In Baltimore Elevator Rescue
Six men and three women were trapped in a stalled office building elevator in Baltimore today. Firemen freed them by removing a hatch on top and pulling out occupants one by one.
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Baltimore
Stock prices mixed in New York session
Mixed stock prices in New York as market activity rose modestly today. Investors watched several major securities after a week of uneven trading with some gains and losses across key indexes.
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New York
Iele
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Sideling Hill
C. H. Kreh
Loyola
Pimlico
Munsan
Hower
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Oregon
John D . Hamilton
Tait
Ohioan
Blanche L. Hillegas
Chevrolet
Sheppard Stein
Maplewood
N. J
Rouzee
Paul C Miller
B. Clark Gibson
Ruthrieg
J. Warren Burger
Charles R. Cline
Mise Ruth Krieg
Fifth Army
Kansas
Minnescta
Wisconsin
Red River
Bergman
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