Local Bills Await Action By Governor
Two major local measures remain unsigned by Governor McKeldin with no inkling of a veto. The roads construction bill and a new Frederick city charter await clearance from the Attorney General's office before a decision. Action was expected within the 30 day window while the State Tax Commission opposes the assessment bill. The Governor also faces a decision on race track funds for the State Fair Board.
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McKeldin
Frederick
State Legal Department
State Tax Commission
State Fair Board
Fair Board
Sponseller To Head Jaycees
Dr Edwin H Sponseller of Frederick was elected president of the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce for the year at the annual Jaycee election meeting held Tuesday evening. Officers include Dr A R Remsberg Jr and George B Delaplaine Jr as vice presidents, Edgar Brownlow as treasurer, and Warren C Smith as secretary with seven directors named for two year terms. A tour of the Frederick Coca Cola Bottling Co plant preceded the business meeting and a committee was formed to prepare a float for Armed Forces Day in Frederick on May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Sponseller
Frederick
Edgar Brownlow
Warren C. Smith
Sponseller
Joseph D. Baker
Country Club
Lloyd Mallonee, Jr
Warren Smith
William Burger
Shields Cornpro
Editor of The Elm Killed In Maryland Crash
Elkton April 25 Edson Ryle editor of Washington College's weekly The Elm was killed in an auto crash on Route 213 between Elkton and Chesapeake City. Three others injured including two Washington College faculty. Meigs Brubaker and Mrs Cross hospitalized with multiple injuries. Casualties nationwide rose as U S combat deaths in Korea increased to 61 744.
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Elkton
Edson Riddell Ryle
Deal's Island
Washington College
the Elm
Chesapeake City
Frederick Meigs
Bunting
Edward Brubaker
Evelyn C. Cross
Chestertown
Union Hospital
Washington
U. S
Korea
RFC Faces Shift as Senate Probes Its Loans
Washington notes detail the RFC's origin during Hoover era and how Fulbright’s subcommittee pressed for reform. It covers the move to a single head, William Stuart Symington, and the ongoing probe into White House ties and Congressional loan influence. The piece notes possible abolition remains uncertain.
Safe Deposit Assn To Meet Here May 8
The Maryland Safe Deposit Association will hold a dinner meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on Tuesday evening May 8 at six o'clock. Paul P. Price of Mercantile Trust Company of Baltimore arranged a program on Safe Deposit problems. Norman R. Boyle of Carroll County National Bank of Westminster will preside. association members span Maryland and parts of Virginia.
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Maryland Safe Deposit Association
Francis Scott Key
Paul P. Price
Mercantile Trust Company of Baltimore
Norman 8. Boyle
Carroll County National Bank of Westminster
Maryland
Virginis
125 District Club Women Convene Here
Western Maryland club women gathered in All Saints Chapel for the 30th annual meeting of the Northern Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Hiram C. Houghton of Red Oak Iowa will speak. election results to be announced after a luncheon at the Francis Svett Key Hotel.
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Western Maryland Club
All Saints Chapel
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Hiram C. Houghton
Red Oak
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Francis Svett Key Hotel
Otlock
Calvin E. Schildknecht
Frederick
William A. Douglas
Cumberland
G. Maurice Eburg
Hampstead
Errving Baumgartner
Oakland
Ransom R. Lewis Jr
Ray Brown
George P. VonEift
Frederick Civic Club
William A. Grant
Oakland Civic Club
D. B. Pickett
Carroll Woman's Club
Woman's Civic Club of
GFWC
Houghton
General Federation
Iowa State Board of Education
Iowa
Harry R. Christopher
Alma H. Preinkert
Robert J. Dannemiller
Thomas W. Fleming
Thomas C. Kelley
Stanley Delcher
Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Doris Lang
Eastern Shore
Cassell C. Hall
Otis F. Hicks
John Scheidy
Jack Amatt
Charles W. Sylvester
Maryland Club
Harold Cook
Carrol Cox
Slightly Hurt In Collision At East Church Streets
One man sustained a minor left arm injury in a collision of two trucks at East Church and East Second streets. Roscoe W. Wiles, 40, of Potomac Street Brunswick, was in a pickup driven by John W. Walters of North Market Street. Walters and James T. Martin of Thurmont failed to see each other. no charges were filed. Major damage exceeded 50 dollars. Officer Harry Phillips investigated. Stocks drifted lower in a quiet New York market.
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East Church Street
East Second Street
Roscoe W. Wiles
Potomac Street
Brunswick
Wiles
John William Henry Walters
North Market Street
James T. Martin
Thurmont
Walters
Martin
Church Street
Harry Phillips
Rail Workers To Get Boost On Wages This Year
Washington reports Eric Johnston approved a six cents an hour cost of living raise for about one million railroad workers. The total increase this year would exceed the 10 percent wage cap, with an official announcement expected in the early afternoon.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Aid Aims At Internal Security Aid Aims At Internal Security
Secretary Acheson disclosed an exchange of notes with Chiang Kai Shek’s government showing that U S military aid to Chinese Nationalists on Formosa is for internal security or legitimate self defense The policy aligns with Truman’s June 27 threat to protect Formosa and deter Communist occupation, amid debates by Republicans and MacArthur about opposing use of the forces on Formosa.
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Washington
Acheson
Armerican
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Ger
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
MacArthur
United States
South Korea
Seventh Fleet
Chiang Kai-Shek
Commmunists
Sam Thompson Begins 10 Day Term In Jail
Sam Thompson colored was returned to jail for a 10 day term after conviction for drunkenness on the street before Mag istrate Alton Y Bennett in Peoples Court. The term was measured to release when new trial magistrates take the bench. Thompson was arrested Tuesday afternoon on East Patrick street by Officer Harry Quinn.
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Sammy Thompson
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Bastille
Bennett
Thompson
Harry Quinn
Nhile
Lloyd Roberts
Roberts
Maryland House of Correction
Michigan
SteHn Catherine Fritz
Mt. Airy
Norman F. Duvall
H. P. O'Brien
Nine Evergreens Stolen From Mt Olivet Park Overnight
Park officials report nine taxus evergreens taken from the Mt Olivet boulevard park area in the city. Five were removed from the eastern end and four from the central grounds, each valued at about ten dollars. Police investigated after being notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
C. Cyril Kieln
Mr. Klein
Huge Defense Budget Advance Likely, House Panel Moves $6.47 Billion
The House Appropriations Committee approved emergency defense funds of 6.47 billion dollars and prepared to consider a potential 70 billion in additional military spending. The package funds a quick Army Navy Marine Corps buildup and faster procurement, with major allocations to Army 2.85 billion Navy 1.65 billion Air Force 1.93 billion and Atomic Energy Commission 46.8 million toward Project X.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Korga
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Korea
Ihe
Patton
Air Force
Prague Bureau Chief Missing In Prague
William N. Oatis Associated Press chief of bureau in Prague has been missing since Monday. US embassy in Prague asked Czech Foreign Office for help locating him as inquiries at his hotel and with Rudolph Popper yielded vague replies. Oatis, 46, from Marion Indiana, said last week he felt followed 24 hours a day after another Czech AP employee vanished.
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London
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
United States
Foreign Office
Qatis
Marion
Ind
A. P. Prague
Oatis
Rudolph Popper
Ministry of Information
Russell Jones
United Press
Popper
Jones
U.S
A. P
McLean Reelected AP President for Ninth Term
Robert McLean was reelected president of the Associated Press at a board of directors meeting. He has led the AP since 1938 and also serves as president of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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McLean
New York
Robert McLean
The
Associated Press
Philadelphia Bulletin
Dawson Asked To Testify In RFC Inquiry
Washington reports that Presidentially appointed Dawson was asked to testify May 10 before a Senate Banking subcommittee investigation into the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senator Fulbright, chair, said he sent a letter April 30 acknowledging the request. The panel has pursued charges that influence and favoritism affected RFC loans, naming Dawson among those who wielded influence.
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James Marlow Washington
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Banking and Currency Committee
Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Truman
REC
Rims Rfc
Subcommittee
Alhough
William Stuart Symington
Washington
Donala
Dawson
Fulbright (DeArk
G O P Urges Bombing Red Bases In Korea Debate
Washington April 24 Republicans urged bombing Red China bases while Congress clashed over Major policy splits. Ridgway proposed using Nationalist troops from Formosa and air strikes on Manchuria. Truman opposed wider war. Whitney quoted Ridgway as saying Nationalists could bolster his forces.
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Washington
Red China
Matthew B. Ridgway
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Wiley R-Wis
United Nations
MacArthur
Pacific
Hickenlooper
Iowa
U. N
Korea
Formosa
Manchuria
China
Chiefs of Staffs
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Truman Fueh
Courtney Whitney
New York
Ridgway
Pentagon
Whitney
Far East
Chiang Kai Shek
Robert Lovell
Chiang
U. S
Settlement Out Of Court In Suit For Services
Effect settlement of suit for services rendered from 1941 to 1949 between Edith G. Kelly Thurmont and May St Kefauver administratrix of J Arthur Schaffer estate of St Anthony's. Court records show settlement for 500 dollars. plaintiff represented by Alton Y Bennett and defendant by E Austin James. Separate item notes State Employment Security Board dismissed action against William C Baker Jr of Frederick Route 2 for hour and wage reports. Robert E Clapp Jr represented Baker.
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Edith G. Kelly
Thurmont
May St. Kefauver
J. Arthur Schaffer
St Anthony's
Orphans Coy
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Baker
Plane Crashes Off Key West. 34 Feared Dead
A large unidentified four engine plane crashed one mile off Key West, Florida. A Cubana airliner with 44 passengers en route from Miami to Havana was overdue. Navy boats searched the scene but initial reports could not identify the craft. Bodies and wreckage were later sighted, and a body was recovered. The Navy, Coast Guard, and CAA conducted searches with six boats on scene.
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Key West
Fla
Surfae
Navy
Coast Guard
CAA Sairess
Armaments and Austerity Pledge By Britain’s Morrison
London April 25 Herbert Morrison pledged Britain would cut its living standard before slashing the rearmament program. Speaking at a luncheon with American Chamber of Commerce members he urged U S aid to secure raw materials for Britain’s home production and exports, warning a material shortage could slow output but not derail the program. Morrison, recently succeeding Ernest Bevin, said Britain would bear the burden on its existing economy rather than ease wartime budgets.
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London
Perelza
Herbert Morrison
Britain
Morrison
Innon
Gabor
Attlee
American Chamber of Commerce
United States
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministry
Monocacy Valley Assn Hears Dr Worthington
The Monocacy Valley Association met at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for an April Supervisors Section gathering. Dr Worthington spoke on medical preparations for Frederick under Civil Defense and urged volunteers for ambulance drivers orderlies and helpers trained by Red Cross and Civil Defense.
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F. D. Worthington
Frederick
Civil Defense Administration
Feaures
Monocacy Valley Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Clinton M. Rhoades
John §. Stephens
Peter Pan Inn
Worthington
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Shirtsleeve Weather Forecast Warns Of Warmth And Wind
A weather observer predicted shirtsleeve temperatures this afternoon with a high near 75 and warm conditions tomorrow. Winds will rise and showers are possible. April has been cool overall with few warm days, while county agent Henry RK notes a late garden uptick as mild nights persist. Last night’s low was 44, up 12 degrees from the prior night. tonight’s low around 59.
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Mercury
Henry RK
Communists Mass Assault on Western Korea Front
Western front of Korea sees massive Communist thrusts breaking toward the UN line while Allied counterattacks halt Reds east and defend key roads. U.N. forces retreat in places, with ambushes by disguised troops and heavy air and artillery support shaping a volatile battlefield near Seoul and Chunchon.
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Tokyo
South Korea
West Central
United Nations
Injin
Seoul
Colummn
U.N
Tajin
James A. van Vleet
Eighth Army
Yonchon-Uijongbu
Seo
Kumbhwan Uijongbu Road
John Randolph
West Central Front
Manchurian
Chunchon
Hwachon
Yangan
Armed Forces Day Set Up in Frederick May 19 program
Mayor Elmer F. Munshower proclaims May 19 Armed Forces Day and May 13 to 19 Armed Forces Week in Frederick. He will speak at Camp Detrick May 19, where a parade ground review by Army Navy and Air Force units precedes a Frederick High School band concert and drum and bugle corps demonstrations. Open house at Camp Detrick from 1 to 4 30 p.m. invites the public to view the program.
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Elmer F. Munshower
Frederick
Camp Detrick
Mayor Munshower
Frederick High School
Army
Navy
Air Force
William P. Larkin American Legion Post
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Apartment Robbery Reported In Washington
Dolly Ruth Binks co owner of WINX Washington and WHAT Philadelphia told police thieves ransacked her apartment last night taking a $5,000 mink coat and choice pieces of jewelry, police said.
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Washington
Dolly Ruth Binks
WINX
WHAT
Philadelphia
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ATC
Symington
Safe Deposit Assn
National
Sam Thompson
G.O.P
Monocacy Valley
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