Safe burglars fail at Ramsburg Fertilizer Plant
Early today robbers tried to heat cut into a large safe at the Ramsburg Fertilizer Company on South Carroll Street. They abandoned their gear after burning off the combination, leaving tanks and torch equipment behind. investigators suspect the stolen welding gear came from a local auto shop on Lee Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeggs
Ramsburg Fertilizer Company
South Carroll Street
Fim
York Safe and Lock Company
York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Paul E. Kaetzel
Harry Phillips
Allen Bartgis
Ralph Potts
William C. Woerner
Iee
Woerner
Ramsburg
Bartgis
Haunting Old Chair Rocks For 37 Days In Iowa Home
Floyd Holladays of Muscatine report their rocking chair has rocked almost continuously for 37 days drawing more than 200 visitors. They deny belief in the supernatural and say vibrations from appliances were considered, but the chair rocks regardless after moving through every room since 1942 purchase and a relative’s house rental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Floyd Holladays
Holladay
Holladays
Floy Brossart
Brossart
Helladay
New Yorkers Marooned On Top Floors
New Yorkers face days of elevator strikes as AFL Building Service Employees union and apartment owners clash over wages and hours. About 190 buildings with 30 floors or more remain without elevator service, leaving residents to climb stairs as garbage piles up and mail goes unsorted. Owners seek arbitration with rent-increase delay. union demands higher wages and a pension plan. New talks set with state mediators after the strike began Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattn
AFL Building Service
International Union
Weekend Showers Grip Frederick as April Splurges In
Weekend showers or thunderstorms are forecast for Frederick city and county residents. A recent two day thundershower left .06 inch. cooler air followed with highs around 52 and overnight lows near 47. Tomorrow mild. Monday partly cloudy windy cooler. Daylight saving time begins at 2 am tomorrow with clocks set forward one hour. Appeals filed in circuit court by Ralph S. Stull over two automobile cases with fines of 25 and 19 dollars. President A Grant Hooper visits the commissioners office after illness.
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Frederick
Frederick City
Washington
Circuit Court
Ralph S. Stull
Thurmont
Route 1
William J. Stoner
Stull
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
W. Jerome Offutt
Market Improves in New York on Aircraft and Motor Stocks
New York markets showed gains today with aircraft and motor stock groups leading, while radio and television shares also moved higher. Overall activity improved across major sectors, signaling renewed investor confidence in industrials and consumer goods.
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New York
Red Men And Pocahontas Elect Officers At Francis Hotel
James H. Brown of Fruitland was elected Great Sachem to succeed Theodore J. Swanner of Baltimore at the Irth Council session. Other officers include Harold E. Myers Great Senior Sagamore, Robert E. Blair Great Hunter Sagamore, Paul W. Dols Great Chief of Records, Allan L. Hill Great Keeper of Wampum. A hundred and fifty delegates of the Degree of Pocahontas elected officers including Frances Brown Great Prophetess and Catherine Weatherall Great Pocahontas.
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Irfth Council of
Red Men
Francis, Spott Key Hotel
James H. Brown
Fruitland
Theodore J. ,Swanner
Baltimore
Swanner
Sagamore
Harold E. Myers
Hagerstown
Hunter Sagamore
Robert EF. Blair
Midland
Paul W. Dols
Allan L. Hill
Westernport
Dols
Hill
Degree of Pocahontas
Frances Brown
Elkton
Pocahontas
Catharine Weatherall
Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
Taney
John W. Starr
State Armory
Dick Harps
Percahontas
$100 000 Damage Suit Placed On Stet Docket
A $100,000 damage suit filed by Carroll County clerk Erman Shoemaker against the Democratic Advocate Company and its publisher Edward O. Diffendal has been placed on the stet docket, six years after removal for trial. The suit alleges defamatory newspaper articles about a draft board appointment. Defendants deny the accusations, claiming the articles were fair comment in good faith. Previous local court sparring occurred but no trial date was set.
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Erman A. Shoemaker
Carroll County
Stet
Shoemaker
Democratic Advocate Company
Edward O. Diffendal
Parliament Dissolved Over King Crisis in Belgium
Belgium's Parliament was dissolved to resolve the Leopold crisis. Regent Prince Charles and caretaker Premier Gaston Eyskens signed the decree, with elections to follow within 40 days on whether exiled King Leopold can return to the throne.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Gaston Eyskens
House of Representatives
Prince Charles
Wich
Key Post Drum And Bugle Corps Wins $100
The Drum and Bugle Corps of Francis Scott Key Post No 11 American Legion won third prize of 100 dollars in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival grand feature parade in Winchester Virginia Friday afternoon. First prize went to the Hanover American Legion corps and second to a Winchester drum corps. The Frederick group had 41 members, with President W M Ray Spurrier thanking employers who supported the Legionnaires.
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Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Winchester
American Legion Corps
Hanover
Frederick
W. M. Ray Spurrier
Legionnaires
London Dock Strike Ends After Rain Poll Votes
Fourteen thousand London dock workers voted in rain to end a one day strike today. They faced a go back or be fired ultimatum from the dock labor board and returned to work on Monday.
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London
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. Edgar R Smith and wife sold to Alden E Fisher and wife a farm of about 154 acres on the Brad dock Heights High Knob road, partly in Braddock and Middletown districts, around 19000 dollars. Arlington Underwood and wife sold to Donald R Kelly a property on the Frederick McKaig road in Mt Pleasant district, around 1500 dollars. Thomas O Stultz and wife sold to Vernon C Smith a property on the New Market New London road in New Market district, about 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar R. Smith
Alden E. Fisher
Braddock Heights High Knob Road
Braddock
Middletown
Arlington F. Underwood
Donald R. Kelly
Frederick-McKaig Road
Rhoderick Endorsed by Republicans for Board of Education
George C. Rhoderick Jr. Middletown publisher earns unanimous GOP nod for reappointment to the Board of Education. Term ends May 1. Rhoderick says he would serve if asked, denying any plan to relinquish the presidency.
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Republican State Central Committee
Frederick County
George C.rhoderick
Middletown
Board of Education
G. Raymond Shipley
Democratic State Central Committee
GOP
W. Preston Lane, Jr
Rhoderick
Natty
Florida Fight Nears Finish
Florida vote centers on a Democratic Senate nomination between Claude Pepper of Tallahassee and George A. Smathers of Miami. The April 29 primary in a heavily Democratic state ends a bitter Florida political battle amid national questions on FDR era policies. Pepper touts broad federal programs while Smathers pushes free enterprise and reduced deficits. President Truman has not endorsed either.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
United States Senate
Claude Pipper
Tallahassee
George A. Smathers
Pepper
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smathers
Marine Corps
Truman
DuPont
Brother-in-law Killed Leads to Funeral in Florida
Dr Harold Schaden Linden Hills attended the funeral of his brother-in-law Charles Schuh Jr in St Petersburg Florida on Thursday and is expected to return home Sunday. Schuh a Florida state representative and Democratic reelection candidate was shot dead in his office April 24 by a disgruntled client. Mrs Schuh is Dr Schaden's sister.
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Harold &. Sshaden
Linden Hills
Charles J. Schuh
St. Petersburg
Fla
Florida
Schuh
Schaden
Riots Break Out as New York Students Demand Pay Rise
Four days of student demonstrations in New York over higher teacher pay and after school activities drew nearly 6,000 teens to City Hall and outer boroughs. Police used mounted patrols and truant officers to contain scattered violence as 28 rioters were detained. many youths were paroled to parents. A 250-student council backed a back-to-school movement, while officials urged peace amid criticism of city and rioter leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
York City
City Hall
Lower Manhattan
Mounties
Foley Square
Commie
Communist Daily Worker
William O'Dwyer
John C. Knox
New York District Court
Kremlin
Paul Balsam
Woman Hurt As Cars Damaged On West Seventh Street
A woman named Linda D. Davide sustained a bruised knee and was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a car collided with a parked coupe on West Seventh Street near North Bentz Street. Harold H. Hrisho, Camp Detrick, operated the moving car. The parked coupe belonged to Harry W. Zimmermann. Damages were about $200 to the coupe and $250 to the other vehicle. Hrisho faces a reckless driving charge. Police also charged Charles T. Davis, Samuel Jones with intoxication, and Robert Clark, Joseph Rawlins with disturbing the peace. Davie W. Lankinghill and Norman Clyde Ecker faced further traffic and driving restrictions.
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West Seventh Street
North Bentz Street
Linda D. Davide
West 15Th Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Alton Twentey
Harold H. Hrisho
Camp Detrick
Seventh Street
Harry W. Zimmerman
West Patrick Street
Hrisho
Charles T. Davis
Frederick
Route 5
Samuel Jones
Klinehart
Robert Clark
Middle Alley
Joseph Rawlins
West AU Saints Sireet
Davie W. Lankinghill
LeGore
Norman Clyde Ecker
Editor Falls Dead In Office At Cumberland News
The Cumberland News managing editor Harry Jk. Robinson, 63, collapsed while talking with city editor Buesene Gunning and died shortly after. A former Maryland General Assembly member and past chairman of the Chesapeake AP, he led the paper since July 1946 after long service at the Cumberland Evening Times. Both papers are published by Times and Allegmanson Company.
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Cumberland
Harry Jk. Robinson
Cumberland News
Robinson
Buesene Gunning
Cumberland Vines
Maryland General Assembly
Chesapeake Association
Associated Press
the News
William le. Geppert
Cumberland Evening Times
Telegraph
The
Times and Allegsman Company
Auto Law Hearing Set After Route 340 Hit and Run
State Police report a Frederick man, John A Faust, 41 West Patrick Street, faces bond and a hearing for May 5 after a hit and run on Route 340. The 1949 Studebaker struck a stalled Baltimore driver’s car, then fled the scene. Total damage exceeds $300. Faust posted bond and was jailed.
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Frederick Mar
Steiner’s Hill
Route 340
John A. Faust
West
Patrick Streat
Harold Hasare
Invest Harting
del H Black
Baltimore
Winchester Va
Har
Fausts
Studebaker
Staller
Basore
Jefferson
Panst
Bleck
Faust
Jug Bridge
Cancer Drive Ends Sunday in Frederick City and County
The 1950 Frederick City and County Cancer Fund Drive ends Sunday after two weeks of soliciting by city and county committees. Officials say public response has been satisfactory in some areas. Arthur Potts chairs the city's residential solicitation and reports active canvassing across sections. In the North End, the drive is led by North End Civic Association chairwoman Mrs Allen y Bennett with a large committee including Mrs Mae D Waterman and Mrs Mazie Schindel. Western and southern sections are organized under Mrs Robert Staley and Mrs Schroeder with other helpers named, as the campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Arthur Potts
North End Civic Association
Allen Y. Bennett
Mae D. Waterman
Mazie Schindel
W. Dave Moreton
Charles Hartman
Louise Corbin
James Grove. Hayes
Raymond Bowers, Jr
Daniel Jacobs
Carmin Saylor
Robert Weddle
Roger Fogle
Daniel S. Chesley
Robert Staley
Wilson Mercer
Bernard Callan
W. Jerome Offutt
Robert S. Schroeder
Cyrus Gambrill
Parsons Newman
J. J. Vaughan
Eoward
Flook
John Lebhert
H. Reese
Baltimore GOP endorses McKeldin for Governor
The Baltimore city Republican Club announced its endorsement of Theodore R. McKeldin for the party nomination for Governor. The decision marks a strong party backing in the lead up to the statewide race.
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McKelldin
Baltimore
Baltimore City Republican Club
Theodore R. McKeldin
County Boy Wins $25 Bondon Essay Contest
County boy James Ibevisau is among five youths named in the Bondon Essay Contest award list by the Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies of Marexhand. Recipients, all 17, include Satwuey Feeser of West Friendship Ralph He Clemiteer of Middletown and Lestie C. Jones of Forest Halk, who will receive a prize toward fire prevention education. The group, part of a SYA program, was honored for essays on fire safety and prevention insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Amaual Fee
Mutual Poe Insurance Companies
Marexhand
Janes Ibevisau
Satwuey Feeser
Sid Viste
Hades
Valatt Forst
Hoover plan withholds approval unsettles UN debate
An Associated Press survey finds Hoover’s revamp proposal for the United Nations drew muted support. Leaders including Romulo and Dulles urged caution while critics in Czechoslovakia and Nationalist China warned against excluding Russia. Officials in Washington and Paris weighed the implications as naysayers warned of war if rigidly pursued.
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Associated Press
Herbert Floovers
Russia
Cie
Hoover
Adivisls
Preswont
Paris
Tevere Lie
United Nations
Lake Success
Franklin D Roosevelt
United States
U.N
Assembly
Carlos 2. Romulo
Willy Rusdin
Tor
Tsang
China
Washington
Trurman
Charles Ross
Truman
George D-Gallad
Firkerloaper ( Relowa
Congress
John Foster Dulles
Republcan
Dean Acheson
State Department
John Sherman Cooper
U. N
Moscow
Cairo
New Delhi
Fleeing North Korean Pilot Lands in South Korea
Lt Lee Eun Soon, 24, said he fled Communist North Korea in a Russian fighter, pursued by two aircraft and fired on by anti air guns. He landed at Pusan after a 340 mile flight from Yonpok, detailing escape from Pyongyang and his family.
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Seoul
North Korea
Lee Eun Soon
Pusan
Yonpok Lee
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Russia
Lee
South Kore
Contempt Citation Debated In McCarthy Inquiry
Washington April 2947 Senator Tydings led a move to cite Frederick Vanderbilt Field for contempt for refusing to answer questions before the Communist Investigating Committee. Other members urged caution, while McCarthy cited Lattimore and Budenz in the broader probe of State Department ties to Communists. Field’s refusals sparked debate on whether contempt proceedings should proceed amid unresolved questions and scheduled hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Tydings
Marl Browder
Frederick Vanderbitt Field
Senate
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Tidings
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
Field
McCarthy
State Department
Edward P. Morgan
Congress
Citilion
Hickenlooper
R-Iowad
Thien
Lodge
Massachusetts
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Russia
United States
Louis Budenz
Budenzie
Budenz
Nameo
Earl Browder
Browder
Field Ten
Budens
Freda Utley
Miss Utley
America
Snow Blankets Western Plains and Rockies In April Storm
A broad snowstorm blankets the western prairie lands and Rocky Mountain states with as much as nine inches in parts of Montana and Wyoming. Snow extends southeastward through Nebraska and South Dakota, with lighter falls across Colorado and Kansas. Freezing rain and showers reach Nebraska and Kansas, while rain and cooler air spread into the Midwest, with a 30 day forecast predicting continued below normal temperatures into May on the central and eastern regions.
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Associated Press
Prairie
Rocky Mountain States
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Prospect
Midwest
U. S
New England States
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Safe
Spa
A. Grant Hooper
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Key Post Drum and Bugle Corps
Rhoderieck
New York City
Bondon
W. Field
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