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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1947
Page
8
Fire Companies in Frederick nominate 1943 officers at Monday meetings. Upper brackets show no contest. board of directors faces fights. Elections and annual banquet set for January 5 with officers and junior members named.
Investigating committee with Harry and proposed member Yinger includes John Davis and Oliver Hard shaping. The Juniors annual banquet will be held Monday January 12. Capt Charles F Bell first lieutenant Edward Morgan second lieutenant Roger Fogle hose director Chester Stevens assistant hose directors and others named for pipemen and surgeon Dr William Meredith Smith. Chaplain Rev W Merval Weaver. Two new members accepted.
Two American journalists Phil Potter of the Baltimore Sun and Miss Charlotte Ebener of the Women’s National News Agency were taken into protective custody in Zerqa, a small Arab town north of Amman, after being chased by unknown parties.
An American couple, Potter and Miss Ebener, traveling to Jerusalem were rescued from a mob by a British Army major and taken to Trans-Jordan frontier force HQ at Zerqa. The intemperate mob also stormed the Trans-Arabian Pipe Line offices, threatened staff, and burned files and furniture. The text notes a legal notice concerning Barbara A. Smith of NO East Seventh Street.
The record shows a day set for administratrix appointment in the estate of George Harrison Baker of Catoctin Furnace who died from carbon monoxide poisoning. An administrator’s assets are listed around $4,000 with $3,100 cash found in the home. Edward J Smith designated as agent by the administration.
Pilot James E. Farris of Seattle says hydraulic brakes failed to hold the Alaska Airlines transport plane crash at Seattle Tacoma airport yesterday killed eight persons and left two others in critical condition.
In Washington the Civil Aeronautics Board ordered Alaska Airlines to show cause by December 15 why it should not be barred from continuing scheduled service between Anchorage and Seattle. The board said the carrier was operating between points not on its established routes, notably Seattle and Anchorage.
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