Storms ignite two barns leaving heavy losses
A pair of violent storms struck near Joby Buckeystown and Douglas Connelly’s farm in Damascus area. A barn on Connelly’s Sweepstake Road property burned, totaling about $8,000 in damage, while a cow on Harry Remsbers’ Velowee farm was killed. Fire crews from Damascus and Lawtonsville battled the fires for over two hours, saving outbuildings and eight calves.
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Frederice
Joby Buckeystown
Frederick US
Harry Remsbers
Velowee
Tagise Remsberg
Douglas Connelly
Sweepstake Road
Maryland 27
Cedar Grove
Damascus
Montgomery County
Lawtonsville
Kenneth Howes
Hanson
J. Lawtonsville
Travilah Road
Rockville
Connelly
Washington
Charles Baugher
Trenary
Nal Din Bien
Gun Taken From Reservoir Tests Planned To Link To Slaying
Baltimore April 28 A gun recovered from Hampden Reservoir by frogmen with mine detectors will undergo further laboratory tests to determine if it was used to kill Vincent DiPietro. The 2 foreign made automatic weapon was found in the mucky bottom after the arrest of Donald Lee Coleman, a 21 year old laborer indicted for causing the death of the 41 year old sandwich shop proprietor. DiPietro was killed February 27 in his shop. his widow, aged 32, remarried John C. Lieoyd, 32, who helped operate the shop since the slaying.
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Baltimore
Hampden Reservoir
Vincent DiPietro
Donald Lee Coleman
J Coleman
Di‘Pietro
Preston A. Pairo Sri
DiPietro
o_John_C
Navy recruit Wachter on leave before school in New Jersey
Donald Lee Wachter of 14 Waterstreet is on a 14 day leave before reporting for Navy school storekeeping in New Jersey. He has nine weeks of recruit training at the Naval Training Center and played basketball at the Frederick YMCA before entering service. Wachter volunteered for four years of service.
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Donald Lee Wachter
Aed Meredith
Waterstreet
Navy School
New. J
Seaman Wachter
Naval
Frederick
Wachter
Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight 18th 19th Century Figures
A roundup of historic anniversaries lists Oliver Ellsworth and other figures born in Windsor and nearby towns, noting lifespans and roles from Congress to publishing. It also cites today in history events from 1802 to 1959 and birthdays including Harold Urey Celeste Holm and others, with brief notes on their origins.
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Oliver Ellsworth
Connecticut
Continental Congress
U. S
ELS
Supreme Court
Windsor
Conn
Poughkeepsie
Brewer
England
Charles R. Otis
Troy
N. Y
Yonkers
Edward R. Sill
University of California
Lorade Tait
Chicago
Elmwood
William Randolph Hearst
San Francisco
Congress
U.S
France
U.S. Seventh Army
Munich
Germany
Pine
Truman
Harold C. Urey
University of Chicago
Nobel
Walkertown
Ind
Celeste Holm
New York
Frank Parker
Watson Davis
Science Service
Washington
Alfred S. Dashiell
Reader's Digest
Snowhill
Walter S. Hallanan
Plymouth of
Charleston
Jorn Huntington
W. Va
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Juan Nw
Lepyeu Wie
Cumberland
Green Chief
Loy James Wagner
Town
Bruce
Owings Mills
Laytonsville
Charles Nixon
Old Town
Wagner Brother
Allen Harold
Army Reserve
West 4Th Street
Pfamas Shoes
Ted” Williams
Sters
America
Joseph C. Hinsey
Cornell University
Moses Paulson
Hong Hong
Everett Drumright
Patiest
Dr. Paulson
Johns Hopkins
Soros Uttumwa
Iowa
Ralph Gabriel
Yale
Watkins Glens
Fred Zinnemann
Hollywood
Austria
Johns Hopkins School of Media
State Department
Paulson
Istanbul
Los Angeles
Johns Hopkins Tissue Laborat- Smerica. Org
Tigeest Shin Ever Balt
Berglebem
Ing Sear
Tex
Bethlechem
Brown Equipment Co. McCulloch Chain
WE Trade
Tanestown
Phone 550
TOB. Brown
E. Patrick St
Penney’s
Romana
Fercale
Dacron Sheets
Chiambray
Westinghouse
Big
Westinghouse Ranger
Frederick County
Better Homes Equip. CO
East Patrick St
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