Corbin Named Chief Of Frederick City Police
Sergeant Woodrow W. Corbin, 38, will become Frederick City Police chief on September 1 after an agreement with the Maryland State Police. Mayor Donald B. Rice announced the move, with Acting Chief Fred M. Straley to become special investigator. Corbin will be paid by the State and reimbursed by the city, while retaining State Police seniority and benefits. Corbin, a Westminster native, has long served in Frederick and led local school and PTA efforts with his wife Louise.
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Maryland State Police
Woodrow W. Corbin
Frederick City
Donald B. Rice
Elmer F. Munshower
Frederick
Col
Munshower
Department of Maryland State Police
Frederick Barrack
Corbin
State Police Department
Straley
Rice
Sgt. Corbin
Frederick Avenue
Louise Darner
Louis €. Darner
Mr. Darner
Westminster
Westminster High School
Baltimore Business College
National Advertising Company
Union Manufacturing Company
State Police
Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
Accused Former GIs Deny Murder Charges
Two former servicemen deny United States murder charges tied to the 1944 death of Maj. William V. Holohan an OSS mission head behind German lines. A Defense Department statement cites Lt. Aldo Icardi and ex-Sergeant Carl G. Lodoke as involved with two Italians. Plane missing in Alaska adds to a spate of recent air losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Italy
U. S. Defense Department
William V. Holohan
Holohan
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Defense Department
Aldo
Ike) Icardi
Preakness
N. J
Carl G. Lodoke
Rochester
N. Y
Water use record marked by hot dry weather and storms
Thundershowers on Thursday temporarily cooled the area but did not reach Fishing Creek reservoir and High Knob. City Water Superintendent Davis said 4,250,000 gallons were drawn Wednesday from Singapore and Fishing Creek plants, driven by hot weather and around the clock factory operations.Forecasts for cooler nights and weekend showers. scattered storms caused localized damage and minor transformer outages.
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Fishing Creek
High Knob
Thhe Dam
William Davis
G. Frank Thomas
Thomas and Company
Davis
Singapore
Grees
Airport
Frederick City
Soldier's Body Returned for Reinterment in Maryland
The remains of Pvt. Earl Kenneth Justice from France are to be reinterred at New Freedom Cemetery Eldersburg after services Sunday. Killed in Vidoeville France on June 25 1944 during patrol his body was recovered recently. He leaves four sisters and four brothers and parents Mrs Meredith Redmond and Mr Thomas F Justice. Services at Weer Funeral Home Sykesville at 2 p.m. conducted by the American Legion post of Sykesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kenneth Justice
Thomas F. Justice
Sykesville
France
New Freedom
Eldersburg
Pvt
Justice
Vidoeville
Howard County
Cooksville
Meredith Redmond
Frederick
Thurman Albaugh
Glenelg
Merril Brandenburg
Germantown
Franklin Yates
Ellicott City
Franklin
Baltimore
Millard
Daniel
Ellcott City
Hartley
Daniels
Weer Funeral Home
American Legion
Jessups Negro Drowns In Westminster Pool
Frank Moore, 23 year old Jessups Negro, drowned last night in the Scarlett Country Club pool near Westminster. Police and firemen found the body after a call. Death ruled drowning by Carroll county medical examiner Dr. James J. Marsh. It was the second pool drowning in six weeks at the Country Club.
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Westminster
Frank Moore
Jessups
Scarlett Country Club
Leroy Day
Country Club
Moore
James J. Marsh
Carroll County
Baltimore
Bethesda
P. M. Hahnig
Car smoking on East Patrick Street prompts alarm
An Alabama tourist’s car began smoking near the Square at 11 40 this morning. The vehicle was towed to a garage for motor checks. Firefighters from the Independents and the United Rescue Truck responded to the alarm.
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Alabama
East Patrick Street
Independents
United Rescue Truck
House Passes Bult Vetoed By President
The House overrode President Truman, passing a bill granting $120 monthly pensions to certain veterans disabled from nonmilitary causes who need attendant care. Current pensions range from $60 to $72. House vote 318 to 465. Senate action pending. Truman vetoed on Aug 7, criticizing the bill’s principle and cost.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Microwave Radio Relay System Opens Coast to Coast
A $40,000,000 microwave radio beam system spanning the continent begins long distance telephone service today. 107 towers about 30 miles apart relay beams horizon to horizon, with opening ceremony at AT&T headq uarters. TV service to coast to coast planned for Sept. 30, after partial use since 1947.
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New York
Long Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Omaha
PSC Takes Control Of Maryland Natural Gas Use
Maryland will have the Public Service Commission impose any gas use restrictions, not the Petroleum Administration for Defense. The PSC adopted a resolution denying PAD authority to curb gas expansion, while stating no current action to limit Maryland gas use.
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PSC
PAD
Baltimore
Maryland
Public Service Commission
Petroleum Administration For Defense
State Commission
Defense Production Act
Utica Picnic Set for Saturday in Miller's Grove
The Utica picnic, one of the oldest Sunday School events, will start Saturday at 1 PM in Miller's Grove east of Lewistown on the Creagers town road. A program begins at 2 PM with Rev Dr. Edwin H. Sponseller as principal speaker. Supper will be served at 4 PM.
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Utica
Miller's Grove
Lewistown
Creagerstown
Edwin H. Sponseller
Bond Issue Voted for 900000 in Frederick
Frederick officials approve a 900000 bond issue to fund storm sewers street water and sewer projects after a long survey of city needs. The measure includes details to be announced later and was prepared by City Attorney E Austin James with consultants Niles Barton Yost and Dankmeyer. The meeting also named W W Corbin as police chief approved airport improvements authorized fire alarm link at Fire Headquarters and directed bids for new traffic lights. Regular bills totaling 20869.96 were paid. The session paused for a demonstration of Citizens Truck Company equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Austin James
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Baltimore
Niles, Barton, Yost and Dankmeyer
Frederick
Staite
W. W. Corbin
Civil Air Patrol
Frederick Trading Company
Cit
W. R. Waller
William J. Davi
Bentz Street
Fourth
Seventh Streets
Citizens Truck Company
Rains Wash Out Air War In Korea Front
Allied patrols in East Korea faced mild resistance as heavy rains nearly halted air operations. A Communist platoon was sighted near the Kaesong neutral zone but not engaged. From the west to the central front, UN and Red patrols reconnoitered with limited contact. On the east central front near Kumsong, Reds renewed company sized attacks as artillery targeted UN positions north of Yanggu and Inje.
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U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
East Korea
Kaesong
Central Front
United Nations
Red
No-Man’s-Land
East Central Front
Melchoir Defends Goose Claim In Pensacola Case
Danish tenor Lauritz Melchoir arrived in Seattle amid questions over illegal possession of geese in Pensacola Florida. He insists only one goose was involved and recounts being photographed with geese for a sports magazine. Meanwhile Washington reports Korea billed the U.S. for 100 million dollars for goods and services for American forces, with a State Department view favoring payment.
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Seattle
Lauritz Melchior
Pensacola
Fla
Melchior
U. S
Washington
South Korea
United States
You Chan Yang
Dean Rusk
State Department
Political Discussion At Picnic Ahead Of Maryland Campaign
At Roger Wolfe's picnic near Yellow Springs groups discussed local and national politics. Notable guests included Russell H. McCain and Gulf Oil's R. E. Garrett, with Dr. H. C. Byrd showing interest in a gubernatorial bid. Beall and O'Conor surfaced in U S Senate chatter as Beall eyed a candidacy.
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Roger Wolfe
Wolfe
Yellow Springs
Russell H. McCain
R. E. Garrett
Gulf Oil Company
Phila. Pa
J. M. Willis
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Baltimore
Brad
H. C. (Curley) Byrd
Byrd
State University
Beall
U. S. Senate
O'Conor
Kefauver Crime Committee
Truman
O’conor
D. J. Markey
Japan
Gore
Montgomery County
Washington
Maryland
Hail Stones Big As Baseballs Reported
Texas endured extreme heat as storms spread from New York to New England. Hail the size of baseballs fell in Chenango valley and ping pong balls in Auburn New York. Severe weather caused two deaths in Massachusetts and crop damage across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
New York State
New England
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
Chenango Valley
Auburn
N. Y
Schnectady
Massachusetts
Palmer
Mass
Communists Forecast Uprisings in East Asia
Berlin August 17 delegates from Malaya Burma and other colonial nations at the World Youth Peace Festival forecast further Communist uprisings in East Asia. They pledged to incite strikes in Singapore Rangoon Malaya and Ceylon plantations and denounced British imperialism while proclaiming support for the Soviet Union.
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Berlin
East Asia
Malaya
Burma
East Berlin
Soviet Union
Singapore
Mandalay
Rangoon
Ceylon
Southeast Asia
County Soldier Receives Cigarettes From Local Lumber Firm
Francis E. Moser, an engineering company member in the Far East, thanked William D. Bowers Lumber Co for sending Camel cigarettes to overseas servicemen. The note says Camels are hard to get abroad and mentions Frederick area life. A former recipient, Charles William Bare of 26 Winchester street, later worked for the firm. The company maintains a contract with a tobacco firm to supply overseas soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Logal Lumber
Francis E. Moser
Far East
William D. Bowers Lumber Company
Frederick
Bowers Lumber Company
Charles William Bare
Winchester Street
Limber Company
Inquiry In Drug Error: Doctor Delivers Lethal Methadon Mistake
Vermillion Aug 17 a 28 year old medical school researcher faced new questioning after admitting a drug he administered by mistake caused two deaths in a sedative experiment. Dr Louis F Michalek of the South Dakota Medical School staff said he gave methadon instead of demerol in the test. Two victims Jack Clifford 20 a technician and Ardys Pearson 26 secretary in the pharmacology and physiology department died within 24 hours. The test used a pain threshold device with a heat lamp before and after drug administration to measure reaction times. The dean of the medical school said the incident was a mistake not a tragedy and noted the researcher had an outstanding record.
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Vermillion
Louis F. Michalek
South Dakota Medical School
Demere
Jack Clifford
Ardys Pearson
Universitys Pharmacology and Physiology Department
Michalek
Martin Weeks, Jr
Clay County
Bartler
Donald Slaughter
Plan to Thwart Russia at San Francisco Conference
American officials have devised a stop Russia plan to counter Russia’s expected propaganda filibuster at the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco. Secretary of State Acheson aims to cut short anti American speeches by the large Russian delegation. The plan, formed over four months, is led by Ambassador John Foster Dulles with help from Dean Rusk and Philip Jessup, and details are being kept secret to prevent disclosure.
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Washington
San Francisco
Acheson
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
America
Russia
Dean Rusk
Philip Jessup
Russ Again Violate Air Safety Agreement
Berlin reports about seventy armed Russian fighters flying a low level parade over the American sector marking a second breach of the four power air safety pact. Nine Russian jets buzzed Tempelhof Army base with a protest to be filed through the air safety center. Hongkong dispatch notes Beijing’s purge easing while intensifying a forced labor drive in Shanghai.
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Berlin
Tempelhof
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware Weekend Warm Sunshine
Five day forecast for Maryland and Delaware notes periods of sun and clouds with a warm Saturday and warmer conditions later. Showers are likely Sunday and again around Wednesday, with overall temperatures expected to run slightly above normal for the period.
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Maryland
Delaware
Ceilings On Cattle To Be Changed
Washington reports a nationwide OPS drive to enforce cattle price ceilings and to change ceilings. Michael V. Disalle notes emphasis on slaughter plants and over ceiling sales, with plans for ceilings on sellers and individual animals, amid abolition of slaughter quotas and concerns about maldistribution.
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Washington
Michael V. Disalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Disalle
Beef Slaughtering Industry Advisory Committee
Congress
Jisalle
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds for the sale of several properties were recorded in the clerk’s office. Luther M McDonough sold to Clarence A Bernhard 78 acres with improvements in Woodville district for about 12500. Mary Elizabeth McCaffrey sold to Claude L Crampton property on East Sixth street for about 4000. Walter Snow sold to Louis C Kinsey two Magnolia avenue lots south of Rosemont for about 3000. Jesse N Smith sold to Daniel W Layton two Woodville district lots and improvements for about 5500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Luther M. McDonough
Clarence A. Bernhard
Woodville
Mary Elizabeth McCaffrey
Claude L. Crampton
East Sixth Street
Walter Snow
Louis C. Kinsey
Magnolia Avenue
Rosemont
Jesse N. Smith
Daniel W. Layton
Bible Located From Antietam Battlefield Heads to Exhibition
The Dunkard Church Bible once carried from Antietam Battlefield has been found in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. W. Newton Long possess it, linking them to Elder David Long and Daniel Miller. The aged Bible, presented to the Dunkard congregation around 1853, was taken from the church during the battle and moved north into New York State.
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Hagerstown
Dunkard Church
Antietam
Baltimore
W. Newton Long
Long
David Long
Daniel Miller
Dunkard
New York State
Nelson Fails To Appear At Hearing
Nelson, a noted big-time numbers backer, did not show at the Senate Crime committee hearing opening. He was a key witness in last week’s Maryland gambling inquiry and was summoned for further questioning, with reports he may not be aware of a return appearance request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Nelson
Senate Crime Committee
Nelson
Maryland
Communists May Offer To Compromise In Korea Talks
A four man subcommittee opened work near Kaesong amid signs Communists may concede. Delegates from United Nations and Communists shared informal moments as they convened the first session and planned a second for Saturday. Peiping radio cited a possible terrain based compromise on the 38th Parallel while Nam pledged to drop unfair demands only with concessions.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Henry J. Hades
U. N
Lee Sang Cha
U. S
Arleigh Burke
Hsieh Fang
Kaesong
Peiping Radio
Voice
Red China
Nam Tl
Tokyo
Nam
Senate MacArthur inquiry: no formal report issued
The Senate committee voted 20 to 3 against a report on its two months of hearings about MacArthur. Chairman Russell noted publishing a report could revive controversy amid Korean peace talks. Members may file individual statements to be added to the hearing record later for transmission to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur Inquiry
Russell
D-Ga
Douglas MacArthur
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Truman
Far East
Yalta
Traffic Law Cases In Peoples Court
Two state drivers were found guilty of motor vehicle charges by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Sr in Peoples Court this morning. Gideon L Bussard of Germantown was fined 10 dollars and costs for failure to grant right of way after a August 10 property damage collision with Robert L Scott of Aberdeen on Route 74 and Route 40. Scott was fined 10 dollars and costs for operating without an operator's permit. The accident was investigated by Trooper H P O'Brien. Alton Y Bennett represented Bussard. A 25 dollar fine and costs was imposed on Charles G Weddle of 114 East Sixth Street for failing to stop after a property damage collision near Camp Detrick on August 11 after four o'clock. Weddle was cited by Trooper James H Rouzee Jr. Donald Eugene Biddinger of Route 2 Union Bridge was found guilty of reckless driving and given a suspended 5 dollar fine. Biddinger was arrested August 12 by Sgt A Norman Diets. Newsea pea BR CHIE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Reese Shoemaker,Sr
Peoples Court
New Market
Gideon L. Bussard
Germantown
Robert L. Scott
Aberdeen
Scott
H. P. O'Brien
Alton Y. Bennett
Bussard
Charles G. Weddle
East Sixth Street
Camp Detrick
Weddle
James H. Rouzee
Donald Eugene Biddinger
Union ’Bridge
Shoemaker
Biddinger
A. Norman Diets
W. Jerom& Offutt I
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Pvt. Justice
Earl K. Justice
Westminster Pool
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Melchoir
Hongkong
Shanghai
Antietam Battlefield
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William C. Baker, Jr
Route 2
George Hofferbert
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