Frederick judge dismisses Dailey funeral home zoning appeal
Judge Charles W. Woodward dismissed Robert B. Dailey's appeal of the Frederick City Zoning Board decision denying a funeral home permit for 1201 North Market Street. The ruling waives the second application window and orders a new full-record hearing if Dailey pursues another filing.
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Charles W. Woodward
Heurt Court
Robert B. Dasey
Rederick City
North Market Street
Frederick City
Atorneys
Dailey
Woodward
Zoning Appeals Board
Zoning Board
Court House
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
E. Austin James
James McSherry
Frederick
Rev Paul V Taylor to Speak at Thurmont and Rocky Ridge
Educational missionary in China since 1924 will address a 11 a.m. combined service at Trinity Evangelical and Reformed church Thurmont and the 8 p.m. outdoor service at Mt Tabor Park Rocky Ridge. The Taylors recently returned to the United States and have history with Hua Chung University in Wuchang Hupeh Province and the China Mission of the Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Taylor
China
United States
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Thurmont
Mt. Tabor Park
Rocky Ridge
Taylor
Bis Country
Taylors
Hua Chung University
Wuchang
Hupeh Province
Southwest China
Edouard H. Taylor
Frederick Gas Company Wins Approval to Switch to Natural Gas
Baltimore August 16 The Public Service Commission approved the Frederick Gas Company plan to convert to natural gas. President R C Brehaut says the switch will cut operating costs and may reduce consumer bills. Natural gas costs about half the price of manufactured gas and has nearly double the heating value.
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Baltimore
Frederick Gas Company
Public Service Commission
R. C. Brehaut
Chambers to Be Witness In Red Inquiry
Washington reports Whitaker Chambers, former Time editor and Alger Hiss accuser, will testify before a Senate internal security subcommittee on Communist influence in the United States. Testimony centers on IPR ties to Soviet agents and possible Canadian official links.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Senate
United States
Chambers
Time Magazine
Alger Hiss
State Department
Westminster
McCarran
D-Nev
Internal Security
Institute of Pacific Relations
IIPR
IPR
Far East
U. S
Orient
Institute
Elizabeth Bentley
Edward C. Carter
Carter
Reds
Miss Bentley
William Ganning
City College of New York
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Canning
Man Given 30 Days Jail for Fines Default
William Jackson of Route 1 Sykesville was jailed 30 days by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr after defaulting on 35 in fines for exceeding 50 and driving without a license. Trooper A D Tucker arrested him as collateral forfeitures listed include Baltimore and other defendants with various traffic offenses.
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William Jackson
Sykesville
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
Jackson
A. D. Tucker
Joan Horst
Baltimore
Harold Devore
Saginaw
Mich
Edward Cambel
Towson
George Thompson, Jr
Frederick
W. S. Jenkins
Harry J. Allan
Samuel G. Layer
Adamstown
Troopers Tucker
M. J. Whitney
James H. Rouzee, Jr
Kenneth H. Tichnell
Shortage of 600000 Found at Parnassus National Bank
New Kensington officials report a $600,000 shortfall in funds at Parnassus National Bank. The FDIC liquidation division announced the deficit after a routine audit. Bank chairman Lawrence A. Ficus offered no comment. FDIC assured depositors will not lose a cent.
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New Kensington
Parnassus National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Edward Tefft
FDIC
National Bank
Lawrence A. Ficus
Tefft
Rotary Picnic Draws 100 Local Rotarians and Families
More than 100 Rotarians and their families attended the annual club picnic on a Wednesday evening. The event took place at Austin Renn's farm near Adamstown with swimming boating and fishing in the pond, plus baseball and canasta. Richard B. Baumgardner of Urbana prepared the picnic boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Austin Renn
Adamstown
Richard B. Baumgardner
Urbana
Frederick County Displays Voting Machine For Public Demo
County Commissioners and the Board of Election Supervisors showed a Shoup Voting Machine from Philadelphia in the Court House basement for about a week of public viewing. Officials explained fast, private, verifiable voting and potential cost savings by replacing paper ballots with machines.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Frederick County
Election Supervisors
Court House
Shoup Voting Machine Corporation
Philadelphia
Election Board
Frederick City
Ransom F. Shoup
Clinton F. Bryant
Frederick
Elections Board
Giant Blast Rips Esso Refinery in Baton Rouge
A massive explosion at the Esso Standard Oil naptha treating plant in Baton Rouge occurred at 5:50 am. Two people were killed and 13 injured. Witnesses reported shattered windows across the refinery area, with a thick black smoke plume from burning storage tanks. Plant officials could not determine the cause. The plant hospital treated eight injuries, three serious, with victims taken to Our Lady of the Lake sanitarium and Baton Rouge General Hospital.
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Baton Rouge
Esso Standard Oil Company
Esso
Mississippi River
Takeno
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Migrant Workers Barracks Burned in Cambridge Fire
About 225 people were left homeless after seven migrant worker barracks housing Phillips Packing Company employees and families were destroyed by a fire blamed on an exploding oil stove. Firefighters faced long hose lines as 60 to 70 rooms were lost with little belongings saved.
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Cambridge
Phillips Packing Company
Artur Schnabel Dies at 69 Noted Pianist of Beethoven
Artur Schnabel, 69, renowned concert pianist and composer, died after a brief illness in Axenstein Switzerland. He was celebrated worldwide as a leading interpreter of Beethoven and a significant musical figure of his era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axenstein
Switzerland
Artur Schnabel
Beethoven
Schnabel
Truman dodges names on 1952 Democratic nominees
President Truman refused to name potential Democratic presidential contenders if he does not run again. He said there are plenty of ambitious men, but it would not be seemly to identify them. He welcomed Senator Douglas's support if he is a candidate, and noted ongoing Illinois judicial appointments disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas
D-Il
Ilinois
Senate
Laxity Blamed For Prisoner's Escape
Chicago reports 1000 officers hunted for armed fugitive Harry Williams after he killed guard Arthur Turley and escaped death row from Cook County Jail. Williams, a tapeworm? felon, faced execution on Sept 14. Authorities cite gross negligence and lax oversight in death row security and rope material access.
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Chicago
Cook County
Harry Williams
Arthur Turley
Williams
Edwin T. Breen
Breen
United States
Marylanders Due To Reach U S Today In Korea War Rotation
Twenty two Maryland veterans of Korea will be among 1,136 Army troops aboard the transport General H. B. Freeman and arrive in Seattle for 30 day furloughs before reassignment in the United States. Another 19 Maryland combat soldiers were listed aboard the Lt. Raymond Bevado in San Francisco with 1,448 total. Nine Maryland soldiers in the Enlisted Reserve Corps travel home from Japan. listed names include Cpl. Boyd D. Delaucer of Smithsburg and Sgt. Edward E. Embry of Derwood.
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Seattle
Maryland
Korea
Army Rotalion
Navy
H. B. Freeman
United States
San Francisco
Raymond Beaudoin
Japan
Freeman
Cpl
Boyd D. Delaucer
Smithsburg
Edward E. Embry
Derwood
Resurfacing Bids Sought for Wisconsin Avenue Stretch
The State Roads Commission invites bids to resurface about a mile of Wisconsin Avenue from the DC line to Bradley Lane in Montgomery County. Bids will be opened in Baltimore on September 4.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Wisconsin Avenue
U. S. 240
District of Columbia
Bradley Jane
Montgomery County
United States Philippines agree to mutual defense pact
Washington reports a mutual defense treaty pledging both nations to act to meet common dangers in case of armed attack. The pact will be signed early next month near the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco. The agreement builds on existing American bases and aid to Philippine armed forces.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
San Francisco
Japan
Pacific
Security Council
United Nations
U. S.S
U.S
Britain
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Truman Ready See Gromyko on Japan Peace Trip
President Truman said Andrei Gromyko deputy Soviet foreign minister may meet him during the Japanese peace treaty conference trip to the United States. He stressed the San Francisco gathering is not for reopening peace terms and he expects no disruption to the signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Andrei Gromyko
United States
San Francisco
Independence
Decisive Hour Near in Iran Oil Talks
In fehran Iran British and Iranian negotiators hold informal talks with W Averell Harriman expected to press a last attempt to resolve the oil crisis. It marks his first direct involvement since mediating the talks and could shape the planned full dress conference set for Saturday. Observers note the outcome hinges on today and tomorrows discussions after Iran rejected a 50 50 profit sharing offer.
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Fehran
Iran
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Harriman
Britain
MacArthur May Address Treaty Meet
President Truman said Gen. Douglas MacArthur could address the San Francisco conference if invited. State Department officials have discussed possible participation, with White House approval, though no formal invitation has been confirmed. John Foster Dulles aided the initial approach as talks continued about MacArthur’s possible appearance at the September 4 8 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
San Francisco
State Department
MacArthur
White House
Japan
New York
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
State Acheson
Cool Front Heads East with Warmer Weather Continuing
Weather Bureau officials say a cool air mass moves east toward the area while temperatures rise into the nineties today. A forecast notes partly cloudy skies, hot and humid conditions, and a chance of storms with a high near 87 Friday. Local canning plants report peak corn processing as growers push through night shifts and expect continued good quality through the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
G. Frank Thomas
Thomas and Company
Thomas
Funeral for William Randolph Hearst Draws Notables
Distinguished Americans and leaders including Herbert Hoover Douglas MacArthur Bernard Baruch John Nance Garner Earl Warren gather in San Francisco as Hearst 88 lay in state at Grace Cathedral before tomorrow's funeral. Millicent Hearst arrives from New York by chartered plane.
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San Francisco
William Randolph Hearst
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
Herbert Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
Bernard Baruch
John Nance Garner
California
Earl Warren
Hearst
Millicent Willson Hearst
New York
Sight Returns After Being Lost Years
In Scranton Mary Cerra, blind for eleven years since an optic hemorrhage in 1940, regained sight after treatment by Dr. Alexander Munchak described as miraculous. Her husband and three children had served as her eyes during the long period of blindness.
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Scranton
Mary Cerra
Deaths From Wrong Bottle in USD Medical Study
Vermillion D S reports two volunteers in a USD Medical School drug experiment died after a doctor on staff accidentally used the wrong bottle. Jack Clifford a 30 year old lab tech and Ardys Pearson a 26 year old secretary received injections Tuesday afternoon and died 24 hours later despite antidotes. The staff physician, unnamed pending an inquest, had planned to join the study with a fourth person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Slaughter
University of South Dakota Medical School
Slaughter
Jack Clifford
Ardys Pearson
Clifford
Crime Probers Turn To North New Jersey
Senate crime probers shift focus to Bangster influences and Jersey City politics as they seek links between racketeers and Frank Hague era ouster in 1949. Abner Zwillman elusive. dope traffic and Lucky Luciano ties explored. Irving Sherman testimony concerns O Dwyer 1945 race and Goldstein charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Floday
Bangster
New Jersey
William O'Dwyer
Richard G. Maser
Crime Investigating Committee
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Abner
Longie) Zwillman
Moser
Zwillman
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
Luciano
Italy
New York City
Irving Sherman
O'Dwyer
Sherman
O’dwyer
Mayer
Jonah Goldstein
Mexico
Goldstein
Washington Radio Correspondents Association
Indonesian Government Arrests 16 Left-Wing Parliament Members
Jakarta reports 16 left-wing parliament members were arrested in pre-dawn raids as the government cracks down on a rising Red movement. The action appears timed to prevent demonstrations on Indonesia Independence Day tomorrow.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Netherlands
Sub-Group To Try Informal Peace Talks In Korea
United Nations negotiators form a two per side subcommittee to seek a demarcation line and buffer zone for the Korean armistice. The Kaesong meeting will begin at 11 am, suspending full delegation talks. Communists cling to the 38th Parallel while UN proposes a line along current battle lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U. N
Joy
Unilateral Treaty To Save Japan Deliberated By Yoshida
Premier Shigeru Yoshida told the Diet that Japan would sign a unilateral defense treaty with the United States after occupation ends. He argued the draft treaty is just and praised John Foster Dulles. Yoshida noted Russia’s attendance at the San Francisco conference and said non‑signers would seek bilateral pacts.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
U. S
Yoshida
House of Representatives
John Foster Dulles
United States
Washington
Russia
Truman Probes West Point Football Emphasis
President Truman said he is investigating possible overemphasis on football at West Point and may extend inquiry to Annapolis. White House briefed reporters that the probe follows cheating allegations that led to the ouster of about 90 cadets, including many from the Army football squad.
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Washington
Truman
West Point
White House
Naval Academy At Annapolis
Army
Mr. Truman
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Wall Street
Hiss
Gromyko
W. R. Hearst
Republic Steel Corp
Tom M. Girdler
North
Hague
Spring Grove
Annapolis
Virginia
Spring Grove State Hospital
Benjamin Michaelson
Williard Lee Gray
Pasadena
Michaelson
Gray
Islegally
Anne Arundel County
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