Speculation on City Board Vacancy And Attorney General Opinion
Rumors swirled over who will fill the Alderman seat left by Donald Rice as Mayor, with talk of seeking an Attorney General opinion on voting rights. The debate centers on whether Rice can vote to appoint his successor, and how a new charter may affect vacancies and mayoral votes upon June 1. Potential candidates mentioned include Magaha Eisenhauer Bow ers and Bow ers.
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Board of Aldermen
Donald B. Rice
Dan Alderman Rice
Elmer F. Munshower
State Police
Riew
McKeldin
Munshower
Rice
Paul Magaha
Joseph ¥. Eisenhauer
Sherman P. Bowers
Attornes
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. Gilmore Flautt Jr sold to LeRoy Brubaker a home at 241 East Church Street for about 50500. Warry Ensor sold to Harold Fout a Linden Hills property for about 8000. Bernard Baker sold to Howard Lee a Third Street Bruns wick property for about 5000. Lewis Betson sold to William Blank a Bar tonsville Reichs Ford road property for about 4000. Detroit walks: a crippling transit strike disrupts war industry and plans set for about a million riders as all night talks fail.
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Gilmore R. Flautt, Jr
LeRoy 5. Brubaker
East Church Street
Warry W. Ensor
Harold F. Fout
Linden Hills
Bernard Baker
Howard Lee
Third Street
Brunswick
Lewis E. Betson
William €. Blank
Bartonsville-Reich's
Ford Road
Detroit
Commuters delayed by repair work on Maniver Street Bridge
Baltimore reporters describe morning delays for south of Baltimore commuters as a repair crew works on the Maniver Street Bridge causing 20 minutes to half hour lateness during the April day.
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Baltimore
Maniver Street
Frost Warning Issued For Maryland Orchards
The Weather Bureau warned orchardists to monitor stations as a frosty night looms. Northwesterly winds will ease after sunset with clear skies, bringing temperatures from 24 to 34 degrees across counties. Frost is likely in interior areas. precautions are advised. Tomorrow looks fair and warmer, with no crop risk expected.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Cumberland
Washington
Allegany
Frederick
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Fire destroys house near Hyattstown. loss over ten thousand
Early this morning a frame house near Hyattstown burned with contents. The unoccupied home, known as the old Frank Ramey farm, was owned by a Veterans Administration employee in Washington. Former owner Harry E Hess of Germantown estimated the loss over 10000. Firemen arrived with two engines, but access was poor due to muddy dirt roads. The present owner had recently made major improvements to the house and its lane.
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Hyattstown
Harry E. Hess
Germantown
Veterans Administration
Washington
Frank Ramey
Sent To Jail For Drunken Driving In Dickerson
Herbert Lorenzo Copeland, 24, colored, of Dickerson, found guilty of drunken driving by Mag istrate Alton Bennett in Peoples Court this morning and jailed for 30 days in default of a 250 dollar fine plus costs. Copeland was arrested Sunday at about 1 am on North Market near Third after a report of weaving and a strong odor of alcohol. The officer testified Copeland admitted drinking earlier but felt sleepy when stopped. A collateral forfeiture of 15 dollars was made by William A. Dembo of Greensburg, Pa.
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Herbert Lorenzo Copeland
Dickerson
Alton ¥. Bennett
Peoples Court
Copeland
Charles W. Magaha
North Market Street
Third
Copejland
Magaha
Market Street
William A. Dembo
Greensburg
Nuclear fission tests at climax this week
Senator Magnuson said the climax of US nuclear fission tests in the mid Pacific is scheduled within the next week. He declined to say if a new type atom bomb is being tried but said it relates to nuclear fission.
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Hongkong
Magnuson
New Trial Asked in Unionville Bypass Condemnation Case
Attorneys for Mr and Mrs Frank A Grumbing of Bear Unionville filed for a new trial in Circuit Court after a jury awarded 1765 dollars in a condemnation suit by the State Roads Commission. The commission seized land for the Unionville bypass on Liberty road. Manuel M Weinberg and Thomas S Gloss filed the motion for the Grumbines. Robert E B Clapa Jr represents the roads commission.
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Frank A. Grumbing
Bear Unionville
State Roads Commission
Grumbines
Unionville
Liberty Road
Manuel M. Weinberg
Thomas S. Gloss
Robert EB. Clapa, Jr
Roads Commission
Fast Time Begins Here Next Sunday
Daylight saving time will start at 2 a.m. next Sunday with indications that most of the county will switch to fast time. Brunswick and Point of Rocks towns are likely to stay on standard time, while many rural areas will not change clocks. Public schools and bus schedules will adjust, and post office hours will vary by location. Residents will lose an hour of sleep 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. next Sunday, then regain it next fall.
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Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Editors Hear Lewis Douglas at AP luncheon in New York
Former ambassador Lewis W. Douglas told about 1,100 attendees that the United States and Britain need each other more than ever. He urged preparedness without assuming war will solve political dangers, noting cautious British posture over Far East issues reflects commonwealth concerns.
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New York
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Douglas
Associated Press
Mittal Life Insurance Co
Far East
Commonwealth
Canada
Australia
Towns In Two States Plagued By Mississippi Floods
The swollen Mississippi flooded towns in Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. Dubuque Iowa saw 22.7 feet surpassing an 1880 record. Sandbags lined dikes as Sabula and Sabuta faced potential 12 foot submersion if a dike failed. Crest estimates place Sabula at 19.5 feet and Clinton at 20.7 feet on Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Yand
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Sabuta
Sabula
Clinton
Modern Lavatory Project Planned for Court House Basement
County commissioners announced this week the start of a project to install a new modern lavatory in the Court House basement. Architect Charles I. Bowers and local contractor Thomas J. Crum reviewed plans with Mehrl Wachter and Frederick Plumber. changes were authorized and future removal of the first floor lavatory near the Orphans Court is planned along with corridor flooring updates.
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Court House
Charles I. Bowers
Thomas J. Crum
Mehrl ¥. Wachter
Frederick Plumber
Orphans Court
Marshall praised by WAC chauffeur at Frederick visit
Gen Marshall earns praise from Pfc Jennie Oser the WAC driver who has served three and a half months at Ft Myer and now drives his big Cadillac with government plates. Oser a Huntingburg Indiana native stationed at Fort Myer says she joined to avoid school and hopes for overseas duty before discharge. She notes the Army assigns roles by aptitude and need.
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George
Marshall
Frederick City
U. S
WAC
Pfc
Jennie Oser
Gen. Marshall
Oser
Huntingbury
Ind
Ft. Myer
Geo. Marshall
Chi
Hood
Pte
Army
National Head Of Auxiliary Of Amvets Here
The Frederick Auxiliary to the Amvets received high praise from national president Mrs Evelyn McCaslin of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio during her tour. She commended the post for work at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg and its child welfare efforts. A dinner at Catactix Country Club honored her with Frederick and Middletown auxiliaries in attendance followed by an open house at the Amvets home. She urged Civil Defense participation and invited attendance at the national convention in Boston. Earlier a luncheon at Camp Detrick Officers Mess honored Mrs McCaslin. Attending auxiliary officers and members included Frederick group leader Kitty Engle and others, plus Middletown delegates.
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Frederick
Amvets
Evelyn McCaslin
Cuyahoga Falls
McCaslin
Post
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
McCastin
Catactix Country Club
Middletown
Boston
Camp Detrick
Kitty Engle
Pauline Gosnell
Margarette Brachey
Margaret Conrad
Doris Alban
Florence Hamilton
Caroline Fout
Mary Summers
Helen Warrenfeltz
Louise Foreman
Dorothy Culler
Wilma Haut
Mabel Needy
Josephine House
Shirley Keller
Jeanne Stroup
Katherine Marker
Mary Zeigler
Frances O'Neal
Elmira Esworthy
Norene Zeigler
Mary Delauter
Naomi Strohel
Blair Moody Named U S Senator From Michigan
Blair Moody, Washington correspondent for the Detroit News, was named by Governor Mennen Williams to succeed the late Arthur H. Vandenberg as U S Senator from Michigan. Moody, 49, had served in The News Washington bureau since 1933 and as war correspondent for The News and NANA in WW II. His appointment shifts the Senate to a four vote Democratic margin. Vandenberg was a Republican.
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Lansing
Mich
Pi— Blair Moody
Washington
Detroit News
Arthur H. Vandenberg
U. S
Michigan
Moody
News Washington
The
News
the North American Newspaper Alliance
NANA
Mennen Williams
Vandenberg
Williams
Karl Lysinger
Senate
Chinese Reds Using Bugle Blowing Tactics
Western Front dispatch describes Chinese Red counter-offensive actions as soldiers recalled bugle calls and shouts of mansei. A frontline fighter recounts using 17 bazooka shells to repulse attackers in a Dari trench, bayoneting and wounding one assailant before running out of ammunition. Censors note these are the first direct frontline quotes since the counter-offensive began.
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John Randolph
Korea
Mansei
Kansai
Bevan Resigns Over Britain Military Budget Clash
Aneurin Bevan quits as Minister of Labour and pays out against ministers budget for rearmament. He urges taxes to fund military spending while maintaining free spectacles and false teeth. Rebels within Labour predict further resignations as Bevan prepares a House of Commons speech.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Britain
Winston Church I
No. 11
Downing Street
Bevan
Tabor
Labor
Daily
Werald
The
Herald
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Churchill
Biifans
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
House of Commons
Club Women Of District To Meet Here
The thirtieth annual meeting of the First Northern District of the Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs will be held here Wednesday in the Episcopal Chapel. Frederick Civic Club presides with Tanlor Woman’s Civic Club assisting. Miss Houghton of the General Federation will speak at the Francis Scott Key Motel. Officers to be elected include Mrs. Ray Brown as president.
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Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Episcopal Chapel
Frederick
I O'Elacl
Ray Brown
Castelel
Ue Chapel
Idaom
von Bite
William A. Cran
Oakland Civic Club
Charker
Magasine
George A. Mather
M. TR. Etehivonu
Fred Ebeling
Unesco
Weather Cool Again After Heavy Showers
A Sunday in April brought four fifths of an inch of precipitation at the airport weather station, boosting rivers and streams without triggering high water. The month totals 2.4 inches, still about an inch below normal with a week left. Forecasters warn of much colder weather with frost tomorrow, then partly cloudy and warmer by Wednesday as a cool, unsettled pattern continues.
Censorship In Effect On Korean Front News
U S Army headquarters April 23 reports censorship on the Korean front suppressing coverage of the Chinese offensive. News is withheld until authorities confirm details, with only broad or non actionable information allowed. Reporters cannot identify units or soldiers involved.
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U. S. Ath Army I Meadquarters
Kocce
United Nations
U.N
Red Command
Prisoners Put To Work Again
Seven prisoners at the county jail began a work detail along the Middle town Burkittsville road under deputy supervision. The program, authorized by county statute amended in 1951, allows jail terms to be reduced for days on work details, with the project directed by roads engineer Roger H. Willard and continued while prisoners are able to work. Sheriff Guy Anders said the effort lowers jail population as word spreads among regulars. In other news, Carl Edwards of Frederick was arrested on a disturbing the peace and intoxication charge, held on 25 dollars pending hearing. Prices in New York edged downward in a quiet stock market. changes were small fractions.
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Middletown-Burkittsville
Broad Run
Roger H. Willard
Guy Anders
Carl Edwards
Frederick
South Market Street
Lieut
Dorsey
Kanade
Draft for 1200 doctors urged by Defense Department
Washington April 23 The Defense Department called for the draft of 1,200 doctors during July August and September.
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Washington
Defense Department
Allies Fall Back 12 Miles Under Blows
Tokyo reports reveal United Nations troops withdrew up to 12 miles on a 100 mile Korean front as a massive Chinese Red spring offensive hit. Despite initial retreats, Allied forces fought back with heavy artillery and air support while U.S. General Van Fleet vowed to stem the tide and pressed for continued action.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
U.S
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Batth
Manchunlat Oisea
MacArthur
Umajin
Tom Bradshaw
Imjin
Pyongyang-Uigongbu
Vallesqne
Bradshaw
MacArthur Problem Before Conference
President Truman and congressional leaders discussed the MacArthur controversy after a regular Monday morning White House meeting. Speaker Rayburn and Senate Democratic Leader McFarland would not reveal details but said MacArthur discussion was unavoidable. Vice President Barkley and House Democratic Leader McCormack attended the morning session.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Hoise
Rayburn
Dtex
Senate
McFarland
Ariz
White House
Trunan
MacArthur
Barkley
House
McCormack
Mrs Curran Dies In Baltimore
Mrs William Curran wife of the Baltimore Democratic leader died today at age 7 She had suffered a heart condition and was formerly Mary Caroline Konig Daughter of the late George Konig former Third District Congressman Curran once served as Konig's secretary and held close party ties in Baltimore.
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Imjin River
Iyfo
Blaze
Lewis Douglas
Mrs. McCaslin
Blair Moody
British Socialist
Olu
Bailey
Alieltszal
Arn
Tuo
Lee
Generfy
Eighth Army
Frices
Frehiy
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