Maryland Tour Brings 21 Editors to Historic Frederick
A group of 21 travel editors and AAA counselors from eight states and DC began a four day tour of historic Maryland. Hosts include the Maryland state government and the Automobile Club of Maryland. Stops in Frederick featured Barbara Fritchie House, Roger Brooks Taney House, Key grave, Hood College, Antietam Battlefield, and more with meals provided by local merchants and officials. The itinerary covers Annapolis, the State House, Naval Academy, and historic homes, followed by a Chesapeake cruise on the Potomac.
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Frederick
AAA
District of Columbia
Maryland
State of
Barbara Fritchie
West Patrick Street
Roger Brooks Taney
Francis Scott Key
Hood College
Baltimore
Antietam Battlefield
Taylor Park
Keedysville
Charles K. Taylor
Harkers Ferry National Monument
Potomac River
C. & O. Canal
Gatbland State Park
Francis Scott Key Hotel
State House
Naval Academy
Chase Lloyd
Hammond Harwood
Carvel Hatl
Potomac
Chesapeake
Oxford
Robert Morris Inn
Tidewater
Easton
Old Friends Meeting House
Tidewater Inn
Wye Oak
Fort McHenry
B. & O. Muesum
Flag House
Sherwood Gardens
Homewood House
Oxford Town Council
Annapolis Historical Society
National Parks Service
Harford Motor Coach Company
Charlies Taylor
David M. Nichols
Sylvan Cox
The
Miami Herald
Claude Verne Talbot
Cleveland News
Peter J. Celliers
Pathfinder
the Town Journal
Henry Ward
Pittsburgh Press
Lewis Hershall
Washington Post
Mardo Williams
Columbus Dispatch
Horace Sutton
Dorothy Ackenrode
D. C
American Automobile Association
Elizahbeth Majors
Automobile Club of Maryland
Michael Frame
Helen Shivell
Wyoming Valley Motor Club
PE Lines Damaged By Storm
A severe storm caused extensive power outages for Potomac Edison crews from Walkersville to Montgomery County. Lightning struck main lines Frederick to Walkersville and Frederick to Buckeystown, with many secondary lines affected. Some customers lacked power from 30 minutes to nearly five hours.
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Potomac Edison Company
Walkersville
Montgomery County
John W. Morgan
Monttgomery County
Frederick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Buckeystown
Urbana
Braddock
Thurmont
Emmits
Burg
Middletown
Weymouth withdraws option on Charles Town Chester tracks
George T. Weymouth a Wilmington broker released his option to buy the Charles Town and Chester West Virginia race tracks and has withdrawn from the transaction. The announcement specifies the option was held for the purchase and is no longer active.
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Wilmington
Del.p
George T.weymouth
Charles Town
Chester
W. Va
Bell Develops New Silicon Sun Battery
New Type Battery Developed By Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York uses silicon and sun power. It already carries voice over short distances and runs a tiny radio transmitter and toy ferris wheel. Officials say further development could power long rural telephone lines and operate at night.
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New York
Three Hurt In U S 340 Accident
Three Baltimore people were injured in two overnight accidents in the county. Anna Major 34 of Baltimore lacerations and contusions was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital with her father Walter Major and Donald Blake also injured. Major drove off a curve on U S 340 near Weverton striking Thornberry’s garden and Thornberry’s car. Damage was several hundred dollars and no charges were filed. A separate crash on Woodville road north of Mt Airy involved a Potomac Edison pickup. operator William Henley and others were uninjured. Trafficking charge of reckless driving issued. In Mt Pleasant a bankruptcy sale sold a three bedroom dwelling with two outbuildings and two acres for 3800 to Ivan Hammond.
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Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. H. Feete
Anna Major
McLean Boulevard
Walter AI
Donald M. Blake
Greenmount Avenue
Donald Bowser
U. S. 340
Weverton
Major
Robert S. Thornberry
RFD 1
Knoxville
Thornberry
George Py Trae
Beete Pee
Neers
Potomac Edison
Woodville Road
Bowser
Mt. Airy
Power Company
William D. Henley
Traband
Mt. Pleasant
Ivan Hammond
Franklin R. Johnson
Caroline D. Johnson
Ace Construction Enterprises
Byron W. Thompson
Null
Stevens says McCarthy aides protested double crossing remark
In Geneva and Washington, Secretary of the Army Stevens testified that McCarthy aides Roy Cohn and Francis Carr protested his November press remarks claiming no current espionage at Ft Monmouth. He recounted Cohn’s anger and McCarthy’s displeasure as the Senate hearings continued amid a global diplomatic Asia conference.
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Washington
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
Ft. Monmouth
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
Pentagon
Ray Jenkins
Roy Cohn
Francis Carr
Cohn
Jenkins
Sen. McCarthy
Army
Carr
City Democrats Open Headquarters
The city Democrats rented the second floor at 15 North Court Street as campaign headquarters. Eduard J Smith, chairman, announced the setup during a Thursday meeting of the city executive committee. Ralph W. Bower is poised to be campaign chairman and G Horton Pearce to serve as treasurer. Mrs. William E. Kline named secretary at headquarters on an all-time basis until election.
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North Court Street
Internal Revenue Office
Eduard J Smith
Court House
May Day Pageant Attendants Named for May 8 Event
Seated above left to right Miss Betsy Oehrle Monongahela Miss Molly Heineman Annapolis the May Queen and Miss Kathryn Hall Newton Highlands maid of honor Around the table clockwise are the Queen's attendants Miss Elizabeth Reid Thurmont Miss Jane Hinkle Columbia Pa Miss Frances Cohen Philadelphia Pa Miss Elizabeth Driggs East Hartford Conn Miss Sheila Delaney Catonsville Miss Donna McDowell Bluemont Va Miss Nancy Swearingen Thurmont Miss Iwan Sammer Upper Mantelas and two other attendants were unable to be present Miss Barbara Coleman Wincote Pa was at home due to illness and Mrs Ann Pattison Casey Holyoke Mass has finished her residency requirements for graduation but will try to attend for May Day and commencement The May Day Pageant will be Presented at 2 30 p m on Saturday May 8
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Betsy Oehrle
Monongahela
Princess Hood
Molly Heineman
Annapolis
May
Kathryn Hall
Newton Highlands
Mass
Elizabeth Reid
Thurmont
Jane Hinkle
Columbia
Frances Cohen
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Driggs
East Hartford
Conn
Sheila Delaney
Catonsville
Donna McDowell
Bluemont
Nancy Swearingen
Iwan Sammer
Upper Mantelas
Jester
Wiss Darts
Rencken
Demarest
Barbara Coleman
Wincote
Ilness
Ann Pattison Casey
Holyoke
Fined 175 or 60 Days in Peoples Court
Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield swiftly settles the only Peoples Court case this morning laying a 175 dollar fine and 60 days in default on a Saturday driver charged with driving while under the influence Aaron J Jones of Ypsitanti Michigan accused by Sgt W W Corbin of weaving at about 430 pm on US 40 eight miles west of Frederick The car reportedly weaved and travelled about 20 mph and Jones could not stand after being stopped Collateral forfeited by Winfield C Talley of Silver Springs and C K Snyder of Tyrone Pa both over 30 on West Patrick Street 10 dollars and costs each Philip Wells Camp Detrick and expired Maryland tags 10 and costs Dillard G House Jr Middletown reckless driving on West Patrick Street and Catoctin Avenue 15 Julius Earp St Charles Va illegal passing on US 340 10 and John A Kablach Pittsburgh speeding on US 40 west of Frederick 5 Lt W K May Trooper Donald Bowser and Sgt Marshall Murray made arrests
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Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
W. W. Corbin
State Police
Aaron J. Jones
Ypsitanti
Mich
US S. 40
Frederick
Corbin
Jones
dWile
Odiu de Tall
Lew Gymneks
Lin Frederick 2Nd
Winfield C. Talley
Silver Springs
C. K. Snyder
Tyrone
West Patrick Street
Philip ¥. Wells
Wrecks Cause About 650 Dollars in Damage
Two late night accidents on West All Saints and Bentz streets caused about 650 dollars in damage. Samuel Killman’s truck rammed Charles Diggs’s sedan on West All Saints as Diggs waited at a light. Killman faced a reckless driving charge with 1145 dollars collateral for a hearing. A second collision on Bentz Street involved Charles Baugher and Arthur Davis. Davis was charged with reckless driving and posted 1145 dollars collateral.
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West All Saints Street
South Bentz Street
Samuel H. Killman
Frederick
Killman
Diggs
Charles H Bourher
Arthur Davis
Leesburg
Bouzher
Bentz
Davis
Baugher
Bernard King
Correction on Charles Harmon shooting at the Bennett farm
The News corrects an error in Friday’s report about the Charles Harmon shooting. The incident occurred at the William Bennett farm tenant house east of Frederick, owned by Fos. Separately, a large group of students from multiple high schools toured the city and were luncheon guests at the Francis Scott Key Hotel today.
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Charles Harmon
William Bennett
Woodrow Wo Fox
Fos
Frederick
Wiliam Bennett
Francis Scott Key
Eisenhower Calls Indochina War Key to Asia Fate
President Eisenhower warned at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that Indochina is the cork in the bottle affecting millions in Asia and Japan's democratic government survival hinges on Southeast Asia events. He urged a peaceful Geneva outcome to world powers. Secretary Wilson announced a completed new look at defense with progress from re orientation, while cautioning that inefficiencies remain and improvement must continue.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Indochina
Asia
Eisenhower
Japan
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Washington
Wilson
America
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pollack Trial Opens in Cumberland on Obstruction Charge
James H. Tack Pollack Baltimore's fourth ward Democratic leader faces trial in Cumberland for allegedly trying to obstruct justice by probing a witness in the Franklin Roosevelt D'Alesandro morals case. Prosecutors say Pollack urged Corridi to reveal who aided him in the car. The jury of 10 men and 2 women hears the case as defense contends the accused man had limited influence.
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Cumberland
James H
Tack) Pollack
Morass
Pollack
Baltimore
Fourth Ward
Baltimore City
Franklin Roosevelt D'Alesandro
Young D’alesandro
Harold Grady
George Baccala
Armand Corridi
Grady
Corridi
D’alesandro
Anselm Sodaro
Allegany Countty State
Paul M. Fletcher
G. C. A. Anderson
James S Morrow Jr
William A. Gunner
Anderson
Benjamin Sudano
Sudano
Philip
Michael Sudano- Anderson
Thousands Visit Sherwood Gardens Amid Blossoms Display
About 10 000 people flocked to Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore on a sunny Sunday afternoon to view wisteria tulips and azaleas described by owner John W Sherson as the best in the gardens history. Police investigated vandalism at Hood College with a brick shattered door pane and a fleeing figure seen toward the chapel, with no suspect identified.
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Baltimore
Sherwood Gardens
Guilford Gardens
John W. Shersonrl
Coblentz Hall
Hood Collece
Paulice
France seeks fresh aid for Indochina crisis
Paris reports France presses allies for new assistance to avert defeat at Dien Bien Phu. A possible U.S. aid shift hinges on forming a Southeast Asia alliance while Washington rejects immediate airstrike action and warns belligerency without approval. Britain weighs extra troops to Malaysia as a show of force.
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Paris
France
Dien Bien Phu
United States
Indochina
Geneva
Eisenhower
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Georges Bidault
Washington
Britain
Dulles
Bidault
Cournais Cotinet
Malaya
Rhee Briefed On Geneva Conference
U.S envoy Arthur Dean met with South Korea President Syngman Rhee in Seoul for an hour to discuss Geneva talks on Korean unification. Dean conveyed personal regards from Eisenhower Nixon and Dulles and reassured Rhee of U.S. support for North Korean troop withdrawal and UN supervised elections.
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Seoul i
U.S
Arthur Dean
Syngman Rhee
Dea
Dulles
Rhee
Dean
Eienhower
Nixon
United States
Imall
Republic
North Korea
Korea
United Nations
Red Men Conclude Three Day Meeting
The Great Center of Maryland closed its three day convention in Hagerstown with Omer Kirby of St. Michael's elected as Great Prophet. About 340 attendees included Edward C. Harding Great Indianee of the Great Council of the United States.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Order of Red Men
Esterday
Omer Kirby
St.Michael's
Edward C. Harding
Great Council of the United
Civil Defense Exercise Underway In Spokane Today
Spokane conducts its maximum civil defense test titled Operation Walk four. The nationwide evacuation drill involves observers from across the country monitoring the metropolitan area emergency procedures.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane i
Mass incident awaits at Dien Bien Phu amid bombardment
In Dien Bien Phu Hanoi reports Viet Minh bombardment as French defenders endure in a tight position. Garrison morale described as sky high while Viet Minh fire targets the northwest corner. analysts foresee a possible decisive assault to influence the Geneva talks.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Christian de Castries
Bowditch Urges Stronger Schools as Defense Against Communism
Richard L. Bowditch, president of the U S Bureau of Commerce, calls for a stronger public school system. He argues education is the first line of defense against freedom-killing Communism and criticizes cramped facilities and low teacher salaries. He speaks at the national business group's annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard L
Bowditch
U. S. Lorce of Commerce
Bowditen
National Business Group
America
Two Being Held As Suspected Forgers
A Philadelphia man and woman, arrested in Baltimore on Saturday, face U S Commissioner hearing on interstate transportation of stolen property. The suspects, John W Sedmi and Audrey Betham, were nabbed as part of a nationwide bad-check ring led by James Edward Kirk. Also detained was back Arnold, with linkage to the theft of 392 blank checks from a Mt Airy trucking firm. By Alden, FBI, the gang forged 30 to 50 checks across several cities including Baltimore Philadelphia Richmond and Houston. The trio will be transported to Philadelphia for prosecution.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
U. S
Ernest Volkart
Scott Alden
FBI
John W. Sedmi
Audrey Betham
Philadelphe
P. Arnold
Richmond
Winchester
Cleveland
Toledo
Houston
Alden
Arnold
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Anthony Eden
China
City Democrats
Frank Keefer
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May Queen
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