First Phase Heard In Auto Death Trial
Testimony opened in the manslaughter by automobile case of David J. Cooper of Baltimore charged in the death of Wilbur Sears Sr. of Zanesville. Witnesses Le Roy Deal and his wife described the head on collision on Route 40 near Bartholow's as Sears reportedly hedgehopped to avoid a car. Cooper held on $1000 bond. state seeks October 24 for trial due to injured witnesses.
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David J. Cooper
Baltimore
Wilbur Sears
Zanesville
Lloyd Sears, Jr
Bartholow's
Alton Y. Bennett
Pepples Court
Leroy E. Deal
Essex
Deal
Frederick
Seven Sisters
Sears
Cooper
Searls
Bruce A. Brothey
Edwin F. Nikirk
Peoples Court
Clyde
Route 2
van Buren Marvin
Newmore
Andrew J. Sons
Bufalo
Noble
Waltz
Thomas R. Miller
Socono
James Stonesifer
Philadelphia City Hall Blast Shatters Detective Bureau
An explosion at Philadelphia City Hall on August 22 caused by a bomb damaged the building’s first floor of the detective bureau. One man injured as glass partitions and doors shattered. deputy chief engineer William limler reported a steel locker exploded. Fire units, police, and crowds filled the smoke-filled doorway.
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Philadelphia
Detective Bureau
Williamlimler
Rioters in South Korea Under Arrest
Seoul reports Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge says about 6 rioters have been arrested for interfering with the government's rice-solution program but claims the action has no political significance. Simultaneously Soviet official Treanty F. Shirkov accuses a mass arrest of leftists aimed at disrupting the work of the Korea Joint Commission.
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Seoul
John R. Hodge
South Korea
U. S
Sol
Treanty F. Shirkov
the Korean Joint Commission
Joint Commission
Bowery Free Booze Binge After Truck Spill
A spill on a Bowery liquor truck triggered a wild free binge as thirsty revelers swarmed the crash site. Men rushed from lodging houses to lap liquor from the golden stream while others gathered bottles and pans to collect the fluid.
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Bowery
New York
Why Become Chairman Why Seek the Senate Committee Nod
The Nation Today explains the power and prestige of chairmanship in Congress. It contrasts standing and special committees, notes the control a chair holds over hearings and bills, and cites Tobey McCarthy and Hop Gamble as examples. It argues chairmen gain attention credit and risk blame, with Truman as a historical illustration.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
McCarthy
Wis
Senate House Committee
Hop
Gamble
House
Senate
Congress
Larry S. Truman
Ceiling Falls Injures 50 at Meadville Theater
A ceiling collapse at Meadville Park Theater in Pennsylvania injured about 50 people, with at least two in critical condition. Around 28 were hospitalized, including 21 year old Joseph Maggio and 15 year old Ronald Ross. An area of steel mesh and plaster 20 by 25 feet dropped onto the crowd of about 1,000. Theater manager eo Conrad said the interior was recently repaired for 87,000 dollars. An official inquiry by the state labor department will follow.
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Meadville
Pennsylvania
Conrad
H. C. Winslow
Park Theater Corporation
H.C. Hutchinson
Pennseylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds filed in the Clerk of the Court list transfers by Edward Oden and others to Lewis Crutchler and Nellie Crutchiey for property on Frederick Avenue with stamps showing about 8500 dollars. Edward Oden and others convey to Melvinia DeGrange and Josephine DeGrange with buildings on Frederick Avenue for about 9900 dollars. M J Grove Lime Company sells 126 acre farm near Reichs Ford Bridge to Thomas and Emma Clark with rights to wheat crop and ways, price around 23000 dollars.
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Edward ~. Oden
Eana E. Oden
Russell H. Oden
Blanche Oder
Lewis E. Crutchler
Nellie E. Crutchiey
Frederick Avenue
Edward P. Oden
Edna E. Oden
Russell H Oden
Blanche Oden
Melvinia A. DeGrange
Josephine V. DeGrange
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Thomas Clark
Emma M. Clark
Reich's Ford Bridge
Co op Probe By Congress Is Started
Washington August 22 A cross country probe into cooperatives began as a Republican dominated congressional committee met. Tensions rose as Rep Patman D Texas accused Republican leaders of planning an inquisition to smear cooperatives and defeat the Democratic majority. Chairman Ploeser R Mo replied that the inquiry aims to smear Democratic activity and tie it to political lies. Patman said he would join the subcommittee despite being warned he might not be named.
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Washington
Ploeser \RMo
Patman
D-Tex
House
Small Business Committee
Ploeser
Democratic National Committee
Missourian
Texas
Patran
Congress
Five Thousand Five Hundred Added to Hospital Fund
The Frederick Memorial Hospital building fund grows as Lehigh Portland Cement Company donates 5500. Raymond K Wright reports the gift presented by Raymond Wilson, boosting Union Bridge total to 19521. Campaign chair Charles F Bowers notes more subscriptions expected, especially in outlying districts.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Raymond K. Wright
Union Bridge District
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Raymond Wilson
Lehigh Portland
Greater Hospital
Union Bridges
Charles F. Bowers
Jewish refugees defy British ultimatum off Port de Bouc
About 4,400 Jewish refugees aboard three British transports anchored at Port de Bouc refuse to disembark by the British deadline of 3 pm. They insist on voluntary transfer only to Palestine, despite British threats of sending them to displaced persons camps in Germany. Most are of Polish origin and were blocked from entering Palestine aboard Exodus 1947. The other two ships gave no immediate reply. In Miami Beach, Virginia Hey, friend of slain gambler Bugsy Siegel, lies in serious condition after an apparent sleeping-pill overdose.
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Port de Bouc
France
Germany
Palestine
Holy Land
Bugsy
Miami Beach
Fla
Virginia Hey
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
St Francis Hospital
Fire alarm answers quell car blaze in Koch station wagon
A silent alarm at 53.45 this morning summoned the Uniteds to a fire believed confined to Ernest J. Koch’s station wagon at 525 North Market Street. The vehicle, parked on Broadway, was extinguished with chemicals.
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Uniteds
Ernest J. Koch
North Market Street
Broadway
Extended Forecast for New York and Mid-Atlantic
Weather forecast for the Middle Atlantic states and central New York calls for temperatures four to eight degrees above normal with rising readings Sunday and Monday and a cooldown by Wednesday. Scattered thundershowers expected across the period.
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New York
Middle Atlantic States
Ice Cream Cones Planes And Girls
Washington neA report notes public relations firms probe the Hughes investigation. APRA members critique Meyers PR ethics, admit drinks and use of female charm in business dealings, and praise North of the Ice Cream Manufacturers for promoting education. Ice cream aims to reach one billion gallons by 1955 and five-gallon home containers while debunking fat.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Washington
Howard Hughes
Capitol
American Public Relations Association
Hughes
APRA
Johnny Aleyer
Meyer
Elliott
North
America
Hubert H
Bob” North
International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Ice Cream Association
Cumberland Woman Burned In Explosion
Aug 22 7 Three men investigated today the cause of a blast which sent a housewife to Memorial Hospital with serious burns. Mrs Chester Erickson 33 of Cumberland was in serious condition with first second and third degree burns of the body. Police said a kitchen explosion enveloped her in flames. Steven Lawrence Cumberland rescued her by dragging her to safety as she crawled to a bedroom window near the kitchen.
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Cumberland
Chester Erickson
Memorial Hospital
Steven Lawrence
Mrs Ebaugh Cleared in Husband's Death Shot at Home
Baltimore mag. Irene Ebaugh, 27, was cleared of a charge of causing the death of her husband Paul, 52, shot through the heart at their home July 31. Magistrate August A. Kozlovsky dismissed the charge after Ebaugh testified she acted in defense of herself and her one year old son.
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Baltimore
Mag
Irene Ebaugh
Paul
August A. Kozlovsky
Thousands Of Egyptians Stage Riot In Cairo Conflict
Cairo reports clash between riotous Egyptians and police as 5000 demonstrators urge British troop withdrawal and end to Sudan administration. Ahmed Khashaba appeals for patriotism while Mahmud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha presses UN action at Lake Success. Wounded cited as police restore order amid protests against Brazil and U S positions.
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Cairo
America
United Nations Security Council
Britain
Ahmed Khashaba
Mahmound Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Lake Success
United Nations Action
Brazil
Egypt
Security Council
Sudan
Hrezil
United States
Two Held In Robbery Of Mt Airy Resident
Two men from Saltville Virginia Charlie B Helton 25 and Edward Montgomery 28 were ordered held for the Montgomery County grand jury after assaulting and robbing Murray Baumgardner 48 of Mount Airy on July 27. They stole his car a wrist watch and 35 dollars and fled through five states before Virginia police captured them. Bond set at 30000. Mrs Juanita Helton 27 testifying was held as a material witness on 500 bond.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Charlie B. Helton
Edward Montgomery
Saltville
Murray Baumgardner
Mount Airy
Virginia
Juanita Helton
Huge Tomato Run Boosts Eastern Shore Farmers
On August 22 in Wicomico County Maryland farmers and their wives gathered at the H B Kanneriy and Sons canning plant to quickly process a fast deteriorating tomato crop. Volunteers worked past midnight and planned to continue until the crisis eased, aiming to save the big Eastern Shore harvest.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
H.B. Kanneriy and Sons
Contractor Ordered to Resolve Veteran Home Claims
Baltimore August 22 a contractor who built homes for 90 veterans was notified to satisfy claims of incomplete construction under 70 specifications or face federal prosecution Edward Myerberg president of Hanlon Homes Inc received the notice from Robert Amato compliance investigator New York regional office of the Federal Housing Expediter
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Baltimore
Edward Myerberg
Hanlon Homes, Inc
Robert Amato
New York
Th Federal Housing
425 To Take State Police Examinations
Pikesville August 2217 The campaign to fill vacancies on the Maryland State Police force drew to a close yesterday with about 425 applicants prepared for the September 6 examination. The State Employment Commissioner’s office said it had processed that many applications and campaign officials added that many more were still to be processed.
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Pikesville
Maryland
State Employment Commissioner’s Office
Mild recoveries mark uneven stock market day
New York trading opened quietly as some gains appeared but leaders largely stalled or declined. Mild recoveries occurred across sectors while slowdowns persisted and fractional irregularities dominated as the session progressed.
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New York
Where Have Hoptoads Gone In Frederick
An inquiring citizen asks where the Frederick hoptoads have vanished. County Agent Shoe maker and amateur gardeners report no toads for years, noting their past role as insect traps. The piece recalls how toads once populated backyards and street corners, sparking nostalgia and a wish for their return.
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Frederick Gardens
No Compromise In Indonesia
United Nations Security Council debates Indonesia Dutch conflict as clashes flare in Batavia. China Australia and Poland push combined resolution with observers and arbitration plan, opposed by United States Britain China and Poland Russia. Dutch forces report scattered combats as UN action looms. Sales tax returns for July likely exceed $1.5 million monthly average.
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United States
Britain
China
U. N
Poland
Russia
Russia Won't Save Petkov
Sofia, Aug 22. The Soviet acting deputy chairman of the Allied Control Commission Lt Gen Alexander Cherepanov rejected the US request for a review of Nikola Petkov's death sentence. Petkov, a top anti-Communist leader, was sentenced last Saturday as a conspirator against the Fatherland Front government. No date for the hanging has been set. The US and Britain had called for a review four days earlier.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Russia
Allied Control Commission
United States
Nikola Petkov
Petrov
Fatherland Front
Britain
Alexander Cherepanov
State posts higher year but larger receipts balance surplus
Annapolis reports 1947 fiscal year balance sheet shows state spending rose from the prior year by nearly 13 million dollars though receipts grew by almost 5 million and the general fund surplus increased. Comptroller James J. Lacy cites higher operating costs and stronger income and motor vehicle taxes as key factors. The report notes a June 1947 consumer price index rise to 125.4 from March, signaling inflationary pressure.
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Annapolis
Maryland
James J. Lacy
Midwest Heat Wave Expands Toward East and North
The Associated Press reports a five day heat wave dehydrating the Midwest corn crop with high temperatures 93 to 100 degrees across Illinois Indiana Iowa and neighboring states. The weather forecaster predicts heat extending to the Northeast by Sunday as deaths from heat rise to 32 in Chicago and 80 since August 1, with scattered showers cooling parts of New England and the mid-Atlantic.
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Associated Press
East
New England
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Pacific Coast
Rail Rates Up And Down Across the Nation
Washington reports mixed railroad freight rate changes as eastern class rates rise 10 percent while southern and western routes see a 10 percent cut. The moves, part of the interim freight rate equalization plan, aim for uniform charges by weight and distance, under ICC orders upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
ICC
Resurfacing City Streets Ends Today
Resurfacing of city streets finishes today after delays due to Market and Patrick street resurfacing and the annual oiling. Under Roger Cook, work began August 12 with crews addressing Clarke Place Washington Street school area Memorial Ground Broadway Burke Street Hamilton Avenue Winchester Street Carroll Street College Avenue and Seniz Street.
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Market
Patrick Streets
All Saints Street
Bentz
Roger Cook
Foy City
Clarke Place
Washington Street School
Memorial Ground
Broadway
Burke Street
Hamilton Avenue
Winchester Street
Carroll Street
College Avenue
Seniz Street
Heavy Thundershowers In City During Night
Rainfall for August was boosted by early morning thundershowers totaling .62 inch in the city. Frederick’s August total to date is 3.26 inches, with normal August rainfall at 3.81 inches. A weather station west of Frederick logged .59 inch between 2:20 and 4:15 this morning and forecasts scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening with a high near 84 and a low around 70 tonight. Tomorrow is expected to be similar.
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Frederick
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Greemenet
United Paperworkers of America
CIO
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Covington
Luke
Williamsburg
J. Frank Tragle
James Marien
Peter Edson
Mt. Airy
Henry K. Shoemaker
Indonesia
Batavia
Java
United Nations
Walter &. Kennedy
Comptroller's Office
Petkov
National Industrial Conference Board
Roland Earsom
Orlando
Okla
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Earsom
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