Three Men Held In City Robbery Ring
Police arrested three men Friday night in a city county robbery spree. Samuel Stillion and William Fauble were jailed on 3000 dollar bonds, James Reed on 500 dollars. Police recovered two stolen cars from Stillion's garage and linked Fauble to multiple thefts. Stillion confessed to stealing vehicles and other loot, while Fauble denied charges.
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Charles V. Main
Samuel Stillion
East Fourth Street
William Franklin Fauble
South Market Street
Jarceny
James William Reed
Route 1
Walkersville
Stillion
Fauble
Frank Dorsey
Sergi
Benjamin Phebus, Jr
Sherman Boone
Harlan DeGrange
Raymond H. Kite
Sabillasville
Janette Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Loudoun County
Brunswick
Kite
Braithwaite
Virginia
Stillian
Frank Gastley
Frederick Junk Company
Petersville
Frederick
Gastley Company
Earl Gastley
East Church Street
Charles Gastley
Libertytown
Thurmont
Harmony Grove
Maryland
M. E. Hoffmaster
Knoxville
E. Z. Cramer & Sons, Inc
Woodsboro
al Sadislasville
Stiltson
Sviliion
Stifion
Nash
Paul E. Houck
Train Avenue
Stiliien
Germ Warfare Charges Resumed By Commies
San Francisco April 19 The Peiping radio campaign accusing the United States of germ warfare intensified eight days after the Moscow conference. Dispatches broadcast harsh epithets calling Americans savage monsters and perverted minds while urging punishment of germ war criminals. The AP tracked the English broadcasts showing seven of twelve items focused on germ warfare.
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San Francisco
China
Peiping
Moscow
Associated Press
West
United States
Civitan district meeting opens at Key Hotel in Frederick
Delegates from five states and the District of Columbia gather at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for the Chesapeake District Civitan International meeting. Host Frederick club presides. Arthur Crowen will speak Sunday. elections, social events, and tours planned through the weekend.
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District of Columbia
Francis Scott Key
Chesapeake
Civitan International
David Oland
Frederick Club
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Washington
E. Lee Keesling
Alexandria
W. Jerome Offutt
Frederick
Arthur Crowen
Civinettes of
Wedgwood Room
Mr. Offutt
Basil Lewis
DAR Members Hear Praise
Congressman Clarence J. Brown told a DAR Continental Congress banquet that the DAR could transform Congress in a week and criticized current foreign policy and domestic politics. He warned about left wing germ warfare and maligned U S leadership during an otherwise ceremonial event in Washington.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
DAR
Continental Congress
Congress of the United States
Congress of the
United States
Brown
Russia
Government lifts most rubber controls effective April 21
The United States ends almost all controls on natural and synthetic rubber usage, with a potential quick clampdown if stockpiles fall or prices rise. Government plants must stay at peak output to enable rapid emergency production if needed. Pale crepe and sole crepe remain restricted due to short supply.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Henry H. Fowler
NPA
United States
Merger Opinion Opens Door to United Church of Christ
New York appellate court reversed a two year ban on the proposed merger of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The ruling allows a union of about 1.85 million members, forming the United Church of Christ, while affirming that civil courts avoid ecclesiastical doctrinal disputes unless civil or property rights are involved.
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Evangelical and Reformed
New York
Congregatione Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
New York State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Meier Steinbrink
Cadman Memorial Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cadman Memorial Congregational Society
General Council of
The
Congregational Christian Churches
Steinbrink
General Council
United Church of Christ
Gmery Edwards
Providence
David Ford
Cleve
United States
Red Sox Club Ball Win Morning Game
The Boston Red Sox exploded for a seven run fourth inning highlighted by Don Lenhardt's bases loaded homer to beat the Philadelphia Athletics 11 to 2 in the first half of a morning afternoon doubleheader. Fowler, Wright, Kubeck and Tipton contributed for Boston as Taylor and White also appeared.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Don Lenhardt
Philadelphia Athletics
Phidelphia
Stadies
Goo Ohi
Fowler
Wright
Kubeck
Tipton
Taylor and White
Marshall Faculty Criticized for English Deficiencies
The Marshall College editorial clash reports faculty are deficient in English skills. Editor George Jewell says a campus quiz could test faculty grammar while President Stewart H. Smith counters this view. A faculty committee weighs methods to correct deficiencies amid examples of misused words and double negatives.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall College
Outlook For Peach Crop Is Favorable This Summer
Peach trees are in full bloom amid sunny skies and warm temperatures giving a favorable outlook for the peach crop this summer. Some varieties show light bloom but good fruit set is expected. frost remains a risk and predictions are premature. Elberta Halehaven Hale and Brackett show sparse bloom in this area, but continued favorable weather could yield a good crop and larger peaches. Apple blossoms are developing with pink tips and other fruit trees also advancing. early bloom raises frost danger if cold snaps return.
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Appalachian
Elberta
Halehaven
Hale
Brackett
Church models in tights spark Easter parade protest
In New York on Easter Sunday protestants condemned models in tights displayed near Fifth Avenue churches during the televised Easter parade. Church leaders called the act unseemly and said it cast a negative light on religion, likening Fifth Avenue to a Mardi Gras amid radio and television hucksterism.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Camera Orange
Protestant Council of the City of
Airways Grounded After Crash Kills 29 in California
North Continental Airways faced a government grounding after a fatal crash near Los Angeles killed 29 aboard a C-48 two engine liner en route from New York. The disaster occurred in the Puente Hills with an explosion and heat melting metal. A rancher found the wreckage seven hours later.
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Los Angeles
North Continental Airways
New York
Puente Hills
Omaha Faces New Menace From Flood
The Missouri river flood menaces Omaha as crests pass, sewer line breaks worsen lowland districts, volunteers flood to man levees. Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Kansas face widespread evacuations, with millions in damages and no loss of life reported. National Guardsmen aid towns like Hamburg and Leavenworth as crews race to shore up defenses.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha Council Bluffs
Twin Cities
Volunteers Army Engineers
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Hamburg
Plum Creek
St. Joseph
Craig Kan
Leavenworth
Kan
Sherman Air Force Base
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ilinois
Simulated Rescue Mission To Be Conducted By Air Force CAP
The U S Army Air Force and Civil Air Patrol squadrons across the district will stage a Sunday rescue drill. Frederick and Hagerstown CAP units meet at eight at the airport for briefings on aircraft, route and speed while the Air Force places wreckage between Hagerstown and Baltimore. Frederick airport serves as headquarters with Baltimore and other fields supporting. Three mobile radio units will be deployed to position searchers and speed crash scene response.
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U. S. Army Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Frederick
Hagerstown
Air Force
Baltimore
Baltimore i
One Bombing Equal To All Those Of London
Baltimore experts warn that a single atomic bombing would be deadlier in casualties than London faced in all World War II air raids. Brig Gen. Robert P. Williams of Civil Defense of Maryland stresses the shock, noting London’s delayed recovery versus Baltimore’s need for instant care.
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Baltimore
London
Baltimore Medical Society
Robert P. Williams
Civil Defense of Maryland
Convicted On Weapons Charge In Frederick Court
An 18 year old Frederick man, Mervin Henry Willis of Five and a Half Street, was convicted in Peoples Court by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield on carrying a concealed weapon. Sentencing was postponed pending a check on military service. Willis was arrested by Officer Charles McKeldin on North Market Street after a woman reported the knife. The weapon, a four inch blade, was mostly concealed with the handle exposed. Willis said he carried it to clean fish in a hotel and planned to sharpen it at home. State's Attorney Charles A. Price prosecuted.
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Frederick Negro
Peoples Court
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Mervin Henry Willis
Charles McKeldin
North Market Street
McKeldin
Willis
Charles A. Price
Hyattstown
Donald John Witmer
Hagerstown
R. E. Murphy, Sr
Washington
Richard E. Stallings
Murphy
Witmer
Clarence King
Urbana
Joseph Jordan
B. B. Rosenstock
Fred C. Raphelson
Ann Arbor
Mich
Albert E. Robby
Chicago
Fred G. Brenner
Akron
D. A. Tucker
E. C.crowther
Seven MIGs Shot Down in Korean Air War Week
U S Sabre jets reportedly shot down seven Communist MIG-155s and possibly another, with one Allied warplane lost in air combat. Ground fire claimed one more Allied loss and three aircraft failed to return. Mud and poor weather hindered operations as U S Eighth Army tallies 2,348 enemy casualties from April 8 to 14, including 934 killed and 1,375 wounded, with 39 prisoners taken.
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Seoul
U. S
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
Maryland GOP Women Meet Butler Talk April 28
Senator John M. Buller is billed as principal speaker for the Maryland Federation of Republican Women's Clubs spring meeting on April 28 in Pikesville with Mrs Emmett R Bowlus presiding and a 1030 a m start at St Marks on the Hill Episcopal parish hall. An afternoon session features Butler speaking as women focus on GOP strategy for primaries and general elections.
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John M. Buller
Maryland Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Pikesville
Emmett R. Bowlus
St. Markson-the-Hill Episcopal
Butter
GOP
M. J. Croghan
Melvin Derris
Herbert KR. Duvall
Frederick County
Mose Helen Remsburg
Republican Women of
Truman Off Taft States Truman Off Taft States
President Truman threatened daily special sessions to force defense funding, prompting sharp replies from lawmakers. Senator Taft derides his power, comparing him to Charles I, while Capehart and others say the $32% billion request is excessive and beyond Congress’s appropriating role.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Springfield
Mass
Charles I
England
Springield
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Persecutions Listed by Protestants in Colombia
The Evangelical Confederation of Colombia reports 23 alleged persecutions of Protestants in eight provinces since Feb 15. Incidents include burning homes, Bible destruction, forced church closures, and mob violence during services, with police in several cases present or passive.
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Bogota
Evangelical Confederation of Colombia
Colombia
U. S
Emm
Ibague
Life term for wrecking train imposed on James M Johnson
NORRISTOWN Pa April 19 James Morris Johnson 37 of Pocomoke City twice convicted of causing a train wreck in which two crewmen died was sentenced to life imprisonment Judge George C Carson Montgomery County Court Johnson who faced the electric chair after his first trial was convicted again last fall He wrecked a Reading Company passenger train at Valley Forge May 9 1948 killing the engineman and fireman and injuring twenty passengers Johnson confessed that his motive was to rob the dead and injured
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Norristown
James Morris Johnson
Pocomoke City
George C. Carson
Montgomery County
Johnson
Reading Company
Valley Forge
352 Men 5 Women Caught In Raid On Hall
Chicago police raided a South Side lodge stag party arresting 252 men and five women entertainers. Fourteen wagons moved arrests to headquarters causing two hours of traffic tie up near 47th Street and South Park Way. Acting deputy chief Frank O Sullivan said the women entertainers were involved in a feud.
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Chicago
South Side
47Th Street
South Park Way
Frank O Sullivan
Eight-Alarm Fire Threat In Baltimore
In northwest Baltimore an eight alarm blaze at a modern bowling alley building burned for about two hours and damaged four stores a dance studio and an apartment. The building is owned by William F Broening Jr. A patrolman and his wife escaped from an upper floor by a window while three firefighters were treated for minor injuries.
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Baltimore
William F. Broening, Jr
John Schaefer
Voting Machine Row Continues in Dorchester County
Cambridge April 194- Dorchester County officials continued their court dispute over who will pay for fifty three voting machines worth 522,288 from Automatic Voting Machine Co of New York. Election officials ordered the machines and seek a circuit court order compelling payment. The county commissioners say they were not consulted and charge the supervisors acted without county finances or competitive bidding. Demonstrations are planned before the May 5 primary as machines have been distributed to polling places.
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Cambridge
New York
Dorchester County
Automatic Voting Machine Co
W. Laird Henry Jr
Henry
Court of Appeals
Three Injured in Local Auto Accidents
A seven year old boy, a Brookline man, and a second Massachusetts driver were slightly hurt in two separate crashes Friday. The boy, Robert Brown III, was struck on Broadway near West Street by a car driven by Rena Hall of Frederick, suffering a scratched hand. No charges were filed. At Patrick and Wisner streets, Hiram Sharmat and Lucille Sharmat of Brookline received minor injuries and were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Police Sgt Dan Swomley investigated.
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Massachussetts
Robert Brown
East Street
Rena Hall
RL 2
Frederick
Broadway
West South
George Crouse
Robert E. Fink
Middletown
Patrick
Wisner
Hiram L. Sharmat
Lucille Sharmat
Fuller Street
Brookline
Mass
Frederick Memorial Hosital
Serst
Dan Swomley
Chinese Reds Open to Trade With West, Hong Kong Buzzes
Reports from Hong Kong in April 189% say Chinese Communists hint at willingness to trade with Western nations. Commerce sections in the city note traders, largely Chinese, discussing that they never fully believed in severing contact with China and are watching for policy shifts.
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Hongkong
West
China
Enlistments Extended in U S Armed Forces
Washington reports most enlistments due to expire in July were extended nine months. The move applies to service members and Selective Service registrants awaiting induction with the extension affecting those enlisted for 24 months or more.
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Washington
U. S
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Norman Dietz
Arlington Hemp
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