Ridgway to Be Head of NATO Force
General Matthew B Ridgway is named supreme Allied commander in Europe succeeding Dwight Eisenhower with Gen Mark W Clark to become U N commander in Korea and Far East. Gen Alfred M Gruenther likely stays as chief of staff amid NATO reshuffle as Truman moves to confirm the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Gen
Eisenhower
Europe
Truman
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
U. N
Korea
U. S
Far East
Alfred M. Gruenther
Paris
Mathew B. Ridgway
Allied Forces
NATO
U.S. Far Eastern
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rome
Gruenther
B2nd Airborne Division
Sicily
Normandy
France
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Fort Monroe
West Point
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Kefauver Plans Florida Campaign Swing
Sen Estes Kefauver flew from New York to Maryland for a fast push to win Maryland’s 18 Democratic national convention delegates. He spoke at a luncheon in Baltimore and planned a dinner and Hood College rally before flying to Tampa to continue campaigning in the Florida primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Sen Estes Kefauver
Maryland
Friendship International
New York
Kefauver
Nancy
Junior Association of Commerce
Frederick
Hood College
Tampa
Florida
Japan Restores Sovereignty End of Pacific War Peace
Japan becomes independent as Allied occupation ends. The United States-Japan peace and security pacts take force, guaranteeing ongoing U.S. troop presence to deter aggression in Asia. Prime Minister Yoshida pledges resolve, while nations sign and await ratifications. The accord marks the end of WWII for the United States and sets a path for Japan’s rearmament under UN oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Washington
Truman
Pacific
Shigeru Yoshida
United States
Asia
Soviet
Russia
State Department
Pearl Harbor
America
Germany
John Foster Dulles
Free World
Pacific Islands
Bishop Shehan To Speak Here On Wednesday
A rally in Frederick on Wednesday evening will feature Most Reverend Lawrence J. Shehan auxiliary bishop of Baltimore delivering the principal address for the fourth Archdiocesan Catholic Charity Appeal. The appeal aims to raise funds through May 18 to support Stella Maris Hospice and associated Catholic charities with parish participation from central Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Shehan
Archdiocese of
Baltimore
Frederick
Archiocesan Catholic Charity
Maryland
St John’s School
Brunswick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Buckeystown
Liberty
Stown
Westminster
Tanertown
Stella Maris
Associated Catholic Charities
Dulaney Valley
Irena
Shehan
James M. Hogan
St. John’'s
Herbert R Jordan
Father Hogan
Donald B.rice
W. Clinton Mc‘Sherry
James Keeny, Jr
Bishop Shehan
Thomas W. Whelan
J. Chester Griffith
Father Whelan
Delegates Gather for First Frederick FTA Meeting
About 175 delegates from across Maryland attend the first annual Future Teachers of America meeting in Frederick. Dr Thomas G Pullen Jr, state superintendent, notes rapid gains in schooling and urges sound basic instruction for adult life. Hood College and Frederick High host, with Dorothy Keller and Dorothy Snyder as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Teachers of America
Frederick
Thomas G. Pullen
Earlf
Pullen
Hood
Dorothy Keller
Dorothy Snyder
College Club
Marcelene Kefauver
Mary E. Rhoads
Evelyn Mudge
Alice Love
Betty Jane Gerstmeyer
Dr. Pulien
Coblentz ‘Hall
Robert Y. Dubel
FTA
Cassandra Britton
State Teachers College
Towson
Teamn Coblentz Hall
Vera Sexton
James Lightner
Frederick High
Joanne Dickerson
Betty Woodcock
Helen Hall
Helen Yinger
June Glisan
Marcia Sanders
Barbara Kaufmen
Tea
Lois Gaertner
Will Divides Estate Among Man's Relatives
Will probate by Orphans Court directs converting property to cash and dividing into nine equal shares. Heirs include brothers George L. Nikitk and Charles Nikitk and seven sisters or heirs Fannie Keller Mary Derr Catherine Derr Margaret Rems berg Martha Kefauver Laura Keller Lillie Kefauver Esta Holter. Executors Edwin Nikirk and Albert Hefauver named. Estate valued around 96000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertus W. Nikirk
Orphans Court
George L. Nikitk
Amd
Charles Nikitk
Fannie J. Keller
Mary
Catherine Derr
Margaret C. Remsberg
Martha E Kefauver
Laura E. ‘Keller
Lillie M. Kefauver
Esta M. Holter
Edwin F. Nikirk
Edgar L. Hargett
Albert C Hefauver
John L Routzahn
Robert H Houtzahn
Theestate
Mary E Fulmer
Grahant Court
Russell E. Fulmer
Sherman Avenue
I Ruth E. Mohler
J. Frealevick
Mildred N. Tobery
Medison Cirret
State Music Clubs 3-Day Session Opens in Frederick
The twenty seventh annual spring convention of the Maryland Federation of Music Clubs opens Thursday for a three day session at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Delegates from across the state will attend concerts in hotels churches and Hood College campus with a public program highlighted by a Cumberland Valley Choristers concert in the Key Hotel ballroom. Temporary reports and elections will be conducted during a busy schedule through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Federation of Music Clubs
Francis Scott Key
Hood
Federation
Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren
Margaret Kent
North Point
Sparrows Point
William Grafton
Clapp
Ignatius Bjorlee
Ife
Shirley Bramgart
Frank H. Lewis
Ignatius ‘Bjorlee
Maryland School For the Deaf
William Sprigg
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Blakeslee
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Joyce Snyder
Chewsville
NFMC
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Young Peoples
Cumberland
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Paul M. Taylor
National Federation Festivals
John D. Zentmyer
Hagershawn
Charles Wood Col Ger
Igvating
Seies
Maurice J. Matteson
Frostburg
Calvary Methodist Church Chapel Choir
Braungart
Prize trout tops county records at 24 inches
Kenneth Harshman of Frederick and Myereville reeled in a brown trout on Hunting Creek Sunday evening that weighed 3% pounds and measured 24 inches, believed to be the season’s prize catch. The previous county record was 22 inches and 14 pounds by Clifford Shelton near Lewistown. Harshman, a checker at the A and F market, used a light colored streamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Harshman
Frederick
Myereville
Hunting Creek
Harshman
Clifford Shelton
Lewistown
Cad
Delegates named by 4 states loom in party conventions
Four states move to name delegates this week as Massachusetts focus inches toward a Taft Eisenhower tally shift. Oklahoma Republicans settle a Kerr Murray compromise, while Delaware and Tennessee prepare their delegations. AP tally shows Taft 266 and Eisenhower 123, with margins shifting as conventions proceed.
Oil Workers Hit By Nationwide Oil Strike Threat
Oil Workers International Union prepares for a walkout at 12:01 a m Wednesday affecting a large portion of U S oil output. A 26 man policy committee in Denver outlines plans for the strike which the union says could involve 100 000 workers seeking 25 cents an hour raises and higher night differentials. firms offer 10 cents. The current wage scale runs from 2 to 2 10 dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Oil Workers International Union
OIU
CIO
AFL
Independent Oil Workers Union
Fight For Control Of Textile Workers Union
Cleveland April 28 The fight for control of the Textile Workers Union of America the CIOs third largest union began at the tyennial convention with an election set for Thursday Emil Rieve UTWA president since 1939 and George Baldanzi executive vice president since 1939 clash over leadership has escalated since the Boston meeting when Baldanzi backed a rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
CIG
Textile Workers Union of America
Emil Rieve
Squat
UTWA
CIO
National Wage Stabilization Board
George Baldanzi
Boston
Hiewe
Baldanry
Lot
Army charges Maj. Gen. Grow with improper disclosure
The Army announced court martial charges against Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow former Moscow military attache. He allegedly recorded classified information in private diaries and failed to safeguard it. The case referred to the Second Army commander for hearings, which will be closed due to security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Today
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Germany
Army
Pace
Grow
Russia
Second Army
Fort Meade
Europe
Indefinite recess granted in Korean armistice talks
At Panmunjom the United Nations command offered an overall solution to three stalemated issues blocking the armistice talks. The Communists asked for an indefinite recess while likely sending the plan to Peiying and Pyongyang. POW exchange remained central as staff talks paused and a top negotiator meeting was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
United Nations Command
Peiying
Pyongyang
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Panmunjom
Russia
U.N
Nuckols
Matthew B. Ridgway
Three Could Hold Key In GOP Convention
WASHINGTON April 28 Two governors and a national committeeman might swing the Republican nomination if a Taft Eisenhower deadlock tightens. Gov. Earl Warren California Gov. John Fine Pennsylvania and Michigan national committeeman Arthur Summerfield could command a bloc of uncommitted delegates totalling about twelve to thirteen percent. Their backing could drive a compromise nominee or tilt the convention at Chicago toward a preferred candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Massachusetts
Robert Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Delaware
Tennessee
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Johnston Murray
Executive Council
Kerr
Murray
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
Lodge
Taft
Associated Press
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
W. Averell Hartiman
Estes Kefauver
Richard Russell
Georgia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Bright D. Eisenhower
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Arthur Summerfield
Chicago
Desconten
Tne
Deed Recorded for 337 South Market Street Transfer
A deed recorded in the Clerk's office transfers the property at 337 South Market Street from John L Cime to Mr and Mrs Wilbur ID Warner. The consideration is stated near $6990, per the revenue stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deen
Eare
South Market Street
John L Cime
Wilbur
Warner
Rain Lashes Maryland For Sixth Straight Day
The Associated Press reports a sixth day of soaking rain across Maryland with flood fears. Creeks and rivers overflowed forcing dozens from homes while rescue teams saved three Baltimore teenagers swept from a Patapsco River bridge. High water closed many roads, trains faced detours, and Cumberland area slides disrupted tracks as rainfall totals reached 7.83 inches for April.
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Maryland
Weather Bureau
Patapsco
Baltimore
Arthur Harvey
Robert Keller
Gordon Courtney
Hammonds Ferry Road
Hanover Street
Montgomery County
Seneca Creek
Cumberland
Potomac
Hagerstown
Route 31
Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Royal Oak
Frederick County
Randallstown
Waterloo
Two Teen Age Auto Crashes Reported In City
Sunday saw two minor traffic crashes with teenage drivers. Marvin Atwell 16 of Gaithersburg collided at West Second and Bentz after stopping for a signal with Mildred Crum Walkersville in a 1940 Plymouth sustaining slight damage. Doris Mills 18 East Third Street claimed green light. Richard Pyewell of Media Pa charged with running red resulting in more than $30 damage to both cars. Police Lt Bartgis later arrested Abner Smith for larceny and Philip Farley for loitering, both held on bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sat B. F. Phebus, Jr
Bentz
West Second Street
Marvin Earl Atwell
Gaithersburg
Mildred Catherine Crum
Walkersville
Doris Jean Mills
East Third Street
Richard Booth Pyewell
Media. Pa
Market
Third Streets
Alien
S. Bartgis
Abiner Earl Smith
Klinehert’s Alley
Roy Brown
West AM Saints Street
Smith
Sherman Boone
Denver
Philip H. Farley
Harper's Ferry
Beaten by Fitchik ers Annapolis April 28
John A Carroll of Washington remained in critical condition after a beating near Annapolis. He said two hitchhikers attacked him. Rail shares rose modestly in New York trading on April 28, while overall stock activity showed a mixed market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchuikers
Annapolis
John A. Carroll
Washington
RAIL
New York
City Nears Record Fall For All Time
Monocacy River rose to 17.62 feet near Frederick amid five days of heavy rain, flooding cellars and closing multiple roads. The Weather Bureau warned of further rises before a front moves northeast and cooler, drier weather returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monocacy River
Weather Bureau
Washington
Monocacy
Frederick
Jug Bridge
City Street Department
United Bumper T
Persona
Layer
United Fire House
Seaboard
Libertytown
Woodsboro
Ceresville
Buckeystown
Urbana
Frederick-Carroll County
Keymar
Creagerstown- Woodsboro
Biggs Ford Road
Gas House Pike
Reich's Ford
Lilypens Road
Walkersville-Dayaville Road
Six’s Bridge
Doubs
Potomac
Knoxville
Seneca
Montgomery County
Buckeystown-Urbana
Michael
Buckerstown
Monassey
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NATO Force
Council
Quinn
Harry A. Quinn
Baltimore Archdiocesan Union of Kindee Name Society
J Gneser
Meer. Quinn
Catholic ‘Charity Appeal
Montimem
Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Wenson
Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan
Dr. Pullen
Textile Workers Union
USN
Newspaper
Frerive
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