Sleek government cars once owned by bootleggers
In Washington a line of government limousines once bootlegger property now serves officials like Secretary Sinclair Weeks. Cars are confiscated from rum runners and assigned to departments, with some sold or destroyed. Narcotics are stockpiled for emergency needs, and diamonds rescued from smugglers await industrial use. The seizure business has grown from 1.1 million to 24.4 million dollars in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sinclair Weeks
Commerce Department
Frankly D. Roosevelt
Atomic Energy Commission
Honolulu
Mrs. Mary G. Clemson Dies At Westminster
Mrs Mary Gray Clemson fifty seven year old descendant of Maryland’s first families died at home in Westminster after a long illness. Widow of attorney Charles Clemson she joined Carroll County bar in 1946 and practiced law. She led civic and women’s clubs and served as president of the Women’s Democratic Club of Carroll County and central state chairman of United Democratic Clubs of Maryland. Survivors include two daughters Mrs John E Cross Jr of Baltimore Mrs Arthur G Turner of Washington a son Dr John Clemson Army Dental Corps Williamsburg Virginia five grandchildren two sisters and three brothers including Chief Judge John B Gray of the 7th Maryland Judicial Circuit at Prince Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Mary Gray Clemsn
Maryland
Clemson
Charles
Carroll County
Women's Democratic Club
United Democratic Clubs of
Calvert County
William Edwin
St. Mary's
John .E. Cross, Jr
Baltimore
Arthur G. Turner
Washington
John Clemson
Army Dental Corps
Williamsburg
John B. Gray
Prince Frederick
Meeting Sparks Talk of New prisoner offers in Panmunjom
News from Panmunjom reports the UN and Communist liaison officers set a meeting for Wednesday, stirring rumors that Allies may press for return of more disabled captives. The exchange began Monday as 14 Americans and 86 other prisoners are handed over, with ongoing reports of sickness among freed and remaining detainees. Donations totaling 15 000 dollars over two years were pledged by Evangelical Reformed members to fund Trinity Chapel repairs and pew memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
the &G. N. Comand
U. N
Evangelical Reformed
Trinity Chapel
Jon Ed Schell
William M. Bartgis
Onohrphlye
Deaths fill Frederick area in long obituary list
The Freeman details multiple deaths and funerals from Frederick and nearby towns. Florence V. Seith Smith dies at 61 after months of illness. services set at Walkersville and Mt. Olivet. Other obituaries include Mrs Lucy M. Stewart of Frederick, Raymond R. Wright of Lovettsville area, Mrs Daisy Catherine Hope of Walkersville, and Foster Leatherman of Burkittsville, with funeral plans and interment details.
Obituary notices Davis Cline and kin in West Virginia
Four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews survive the deceased. The husband died 21 years ago. The body lies at the funeral home on East Patrick Street for calling hours. Services are set for Wednesday at 10 AM at the funeral home, then transfer to Davis Funeral Home in Clarksburg for Thursday at 7 PM. Interment follows at Masonic Cemetery in Shinnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond BR. Wright
Raymond R. Wright
Samuel
Ella Harrison Wright
Ernest Ridgeway
Lovettsville
Lutheran Church
Wiliam J. Yingling
Union Cemetery
RB. E. Brown
Annie M. Davis
North Market Street
East Patrick Street
E. A. Godsey
Calvary Methodist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Shinnton
West Virginia
C. E. Cline and Son
Elsie S$. Kolb
Elsie 5S
Kolb
West Church Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Earl A. Kolb
Earl A. Kolt, Jr
Air Teres
Germany
Carrie Weller
Allen Putman
East Church Street
Mt Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Urbana Obsequies for Hendrickson and McElfresh
Funeral services were held for William Ephram Hendrickson at St Ignatius Catholic Church Urbana with a low requiem mass. Pallbearers included Robert Hughes George Hendrickson G Wallace Davis Jr Aubrey Davis and Miel W Linthicum Interment followed in adjoining cemetery. Also Henry McElfresh Urbana widow Annie Belle McElfresh was laid to rest at Mount Olivet Cemetery after services at 106 East Church Street with Rev J W Briscoe and Rev George D Naylor officiating. Julia Kagan spoke on children's emotional needs urging secure homes and parental love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Stewart
Lucy M. Stewart
West Patrick Street
Stewart
Frederick
Saint John’s Catholic Church
The
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin
St. John’s Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
Margaret E. Hooper
Charles Hooper
Near
Myersville
Clarence Flock
Eugene Ropp
Charles Culler, Jr
Church
Gladhill [and Co
Effie Hauver Hemp
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Church Street
L. W. Garrett
Evangelical Lutheran Church
James H. Falk
Maurice A. Ramsburg
James M.droneburg
Samuel J. Ranson
G. Eugene Hemp
C. Elgin Hemp
M. R. Etchison and Son
Maude Neer Scott
Charles D. Scott
Grant Place
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
W. V. Garrett
Joseph Warrenfeltz
William Raney
Harry W. Summers
M. J. Sharrer
Harold B. Duvall
Chester Shuey
Frank L. Thomas
Second Avenue
Silver Spring
Garfield Hospital
Washington
J. Milton Rogers
Woodside Methodist Church
John Wilkie
Joseph Carpenter
Horace Thomas
Joseph D. Sullivan
Walter H.white
Middletown
Howard McCarey
Richard Beachley
Charles 8
Derr
Edward Fulmer
Irving Rice
Frank Slifer
Harry C. Keller
Middletown Lutheran Cemetery
Gladeill Company
Harry Russell ‘Lyles
Kiincarts Alley
East Church
John Leeks
Quinn A. M. E. Church
Walter Gorman
Walter Brown
George Gordon
Joshua Mahammitt Wilson Hammond
Samuel Dixon
Fairview Cemetery
William Ephram Hendrickson
Monrovia
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
Urbana
Joseph F. Thorning
Robnert Hughes
George Hendrickson
G. Wallace Davis, Jr
Aubrey Davis
Edgar Davis
Miel W. Linthicum
Annie Belle MccElfresh
Thomas
McElfresh
J. W. Briscoe
George D. Naylor
Julia Kagan
Dr. Kagan
Open House At Liberty Junior High Showcases Student Work
Junior High Boys held an open house at Liberty Junior High to display wood metal and leather projects under Charles I Wiles Jr supervision. Liberty School PTA meeting followed with plans for playground equipment a festival and a nomination committee announced. The Glee Club performed songs as Dr. introduced.
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Liberty School
P.T.A
Charles I. Wiles, Jr
Raymond Covey
Betty Ann Lease
Covey
Isaac Nicodemus
Joseph Reroad
Ridgely Grumbine
Evelyn Wilhide
Lewie Whitmore
Glee Club
Kenneth McGolerick
Janice Alexander
Fred Ward
Forfeit Collateral in Motor Vehicle Charges in Frederick
A string of collateral forfeitures dominated Peoples Court before Magistrate H Reese Shoe maker Jr. Tuesday morning. Arrests occurred on main highways around Frederick with defendants from Baltimore to York and beyond facing fines from five to twenty five dollars for improper passing speeding and related violations on Route 40 Route 15 and nearby roads. Officers Mades and Phillips led the roundup and the testers listed names and addresses of those cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Frederick
Andrew L. Carnegie
Carry
Charles H. Reese
Joseph Catalano
Baltmore
Harry A. Rabansky
Baltimore
Edward H. Fitzgerald
Inglewood
Calif
Harold W. Peterson
Lineboro
New Market
John H. Waters
Lester T. Brown
South Court Street
Richard L. Lee
Harrisburg
Leroy W. Biffle
Dili Avenue
Harmony Grove
Robert Baptist
Mt. Pleasant
W. W. Corbin
W. L. Guilmino
K. D.bond
Robert Dishong
C. 1D
Mades
Carty
Set
Harry Phillips
Motorist Wins Acquittal In Improper Passing Case
Wilfred M. Watkins of Route II Mt. Airy was found not guilty of improper passing by Mag istrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. at Peoples Court. Fifteen others chose to forfeit collateral rather than stand trial, with several defendants fined for speeding and improper passing along Route 40 near Frederick and Plane No 4, including John D Roundtree and M T Honey.
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Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Wilfred M. Watkins
Route II
Mt. Airy
J. W. Hardy
New Market
Route 40
Frederick
Plane No.4
John D. Roundtree
Cawood
M. T. Honeyfoute
Myers Lee
Fla
Charles E. Miller
Mapiesville
John E Newhouse
Keyser
W. Va
Willard Norton
el Cajon
Calif
Richard B. Murdock
College Park
Robert N. Hail
New Waterford
James Paul Morrison
Clarksburg
Leonardg. Wilson
Cumberland
Frank J. Nicoletti
Kensington
Myersville
George A. Peters
Baltimore
Charles G. Yinser
East Third Street
Kenneth L. Pioiier
Martinsburg
E. D. Cook
Moundsville
Clarence H Weiss
Arlington
Treeper Hardy
Diverse 1940s Weddings in Thurmont and Nearby Areas
A sequence of weddings from Thurmont and surrounding towns details Edna F. Kipe and Preston Flohr wedding at St. John s Evangelical Lutheran Church with vows by Rev. Corbett, plus DeGrange Holt Keeney Barnes Keeney and Wharton Baker nuptials in local churches. Included are attire notes, attendants, and early post wedding plans, with Elsie S. Kolb obituary and Beachley Scott nuptial at Zion Lutheran Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whisner—Hann
United Brethren Church
Guy D. Whisner
Luther Elkins
John H. Ness
Wharton—Baker
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Lovettsville
Phyllis Baker
George E. Baker
Reba Brown Baker
Edward 5. Wharton
Stephen Wharton
Baltimore
William J Yingling
Evelyn Hatcher
Berkley B. Baker
Beachley and Fox wedding notices and public housing ruling
Notices recount Beachley of Middletown wedding details with Bride’s brown suit pearls and trip to Chicago, Fox wedding in Gaithersburg with Navy attire and red rose corsage, plus Stull and Bates nuptials. Also a federal ruling allowing Negro families to be barred from certain housing projects where equal facilities exist, citing separate but equal doctrine.
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Chicago
Beachley
Middletown
Grangers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Washington
U.S
Alexander Holtzer
Federal Housing Administration
Jude 31
Tiovsni
Legal Defense and Education Unit
National Association For the Advancement of Colomb People
Savannah
Piti Housing Administration
Bond Pool Roads Plans Is Explained
Frederick County Roads Engineer Royer H Willard outlined the state bond pool program to the Roads Board, urging full but prudent county participation. He estimated county financing at about 3.09 million dollars across twelve years, enabling roughly 430 thousand dollars in bonds annually and about 450 dollars per mile per year from gas tax increases. He noted spring construction underway on Moser road and preliminary work on Sugar Loaf Mountain and Tramsville roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Royer H. Willard
Roads Board
Frederick County
Willard
Frederick
Wilard
Moser
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Tramsville
New Jersey gubernatorial candidates are nominated
Businessman Paul L. Troast won the Republican nomination for governor in New Jersey by over 30,000 votes over State Sen Malcolm S Forbes. Democratic hopeful Robert B. Meyner led Elmer H. Wene by a slim margin with 137 districts counted. Dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Robert W Parker included Betty Boger Annie Smith Anna Lee Smith Lanora Reed and Charles Reed Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Paul L. Troast
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Troast
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Malcolm 5
Forbes
Meyner
Vineland
Elmer H. Wene
Riobert W. Parker
Betty Boger
Annie Smith
Anna Lee Smith
Wellsville, Va
Lanora Reed
Charles Reed, Jr
Germantown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary G. Clemson
Florence V. Seith
Florence V. Smith
Libertytown
Anthony
Susan Crum Smith
Woodsboro
Grace Lutheran Church
Rocky Hill
Junior Fire Company
Calvin Keeney
Eulah Finneyfrock
Raymond
Issac Smith
Liberty
Walkersville
Mt. Hope Cemetery
G. ©. Barton
Franklin Wayne Walker
Billy
Elizabeth Soper Walker
Chevy Chase
Walter Reed Hospital
Laytonsville Funeral Home
Mt. Olivet
Roy W. Barber
George J. Bell
Beatrice Farsht
Wolfsville
Catonsville
Cathedral Cemetery
William Albert Farsht
Wolfaville
E. R. Finneyfrock
H. A. Grossnickle
Sand
R. A. Eccard
Pittsburgh, Pa
John P. Farsht
Charles T. Brothers
Charles Thomas Brothers
Medford
Hagerstown
Emma Stone
New Windsor
Donald Warrenfeltz
Winters Cemetery
D. D. Hartzler and Soné
Foster Leatherman
Burkittsville
John W
Flora Gaver Leatherman
Clara Williams
Leatherman
Alton Kemp
Ella Ecker
Lloyd L. Leatherman
Gettysburg
John Horiie
Brunswick
Gerald Carbaugh
C. HK. Feete
Bro
Annie M. Davie
Annie Margaret Davis
Austin O. Davis
Davis
Littleton
William and
Anna Deppe Lewis
Sne
Norville R. Davis
Hyattsville
Ross Lewis
Fairment
Willem
Elsie S. Kolb
Mary K. Dunlap Heard
Osborne D. Heard
Osborne Dunlap Heard
Mr. Heard
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints Episcopal Church
Daisy Catherine Hope
North Bentz Street
W. Lee Garrett
Herbert
James Cannon
Frank Mansfield
Louis Danner
Grayson Ford
Clayton Kemp
Rocky Hill Cemetery
G. C. Barton
Ethel AM. Dlahu
Jessie V. Molesworth
Risa
C. Spalding Davis
Laurel
Floviin
Kipe
Edna F. Kipe
Oliver G. Kipe
Sabillasville
Preston
Flohr
Johns
Blue Ridge Summit
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thurmont
Charles H. Corbett
Florida
Pompano Beach
Northwood Acres
Thurmont High School
Waynesboro Business College
Victor Cullen State Hospital
Flohr Lumber Company
Smithsburg
University of Maryland
College of Business and Public Administration
Earl Winpigler
Theressa Eyler
Nellie Morningstar
Lewis Erb
LeGore
Frederick High School
Armed Services
John William Hale
Elizabeth ‘Keith Knowles
Miss Knowles
Bee
Col. Hale
Fort Bragg
N. C
Sgt. Hale
Grand Junction
Colorado
Austin JH. Hale
A. Luther Knowles
Gaithersburg High School
William Stambaugh
Detour
Patsy Marie
Nicholas Barry Buckingham, Jr
Nicholas Buckingham, Sr
Stull
Mary Josephine Thomas
Buford Avenue
Henry E. Thomas
Edward G. Stull
Mirs
Staley Stull
Thurmont
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Charles Stouter
Francis
Edward Crist
Crist
John Roddy
Emmitsburg
St. Francis Xaviers Catholic School
Modern Miss Shop
University of Pittsburgh
the Chronicle
Bates—Smith
Ruth E. Smith
Point of Rocks
Thomas W. Bates
Lucketts
Doubs Methodist Church
James Haskins
James Green
Point of Rock
Bond Pool
Loretta Virginia Andrews
Fifth Street
Mary L. Andrews
James Edward Tregoning
Russell Tregoning
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