Frederick Opens East West One Way Street System
Frederick launched an east west one way street grid early today with traffic moving smoothly. Patrick street runs west from East to West College Terrace and South street runs east from West College Terrace to Franklin, while drivers adjust to new rules and some left turns remain problem spots.
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Patrick Street
East Street
West College Terrace
South Street
Franklin
Bentz
Patrick
Catoctin Avenue
Initiation At K P Lodge Draws 250 Attendees
A class of 40 candidates was initiated into the Knights of Pythias rank at Pythian Castle, Central Maryland. About 250 men attended. ceremony honored Francis B. Harding of Gaithersburg, Grand Chancellor. Dinner and dance followed. Mountain City Lodge No 29 and other lodges represented. Louis J. Barnes led arrangements. Also notes on local illness recovery and unrelated items.
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Knights of Pythias
Pythian Castle
Francis B. Harding
Gaithersburg
Grand Lodge of Maryland
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters
the Castle
Oscar, Keyser
Castle
Louis J. Barnes
Mountain City
Frederick
Loyalty Lodge
Brunswick
Forest Oak Lodge
Charity Lodge
Westminster
Laurel Lodge
Laurel
Jacob Sandy Lodge
Baltimore
The
Unrehearsed Kiss Stuns Viewers On TV Night
London reports an unplanned on air kiss on What's My Line drew about twelve million viewers. Barbara Kelly examined a man with a 16% inch moustache named John Roy, an artist. Roy demonstrated a kiss, prompting reactions from Braden and Mrs Roy, while Barbara called it nice.
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London
Kingdom
Barbara Kelly
John Roy
Barbara
Roy
British Broadcasting Corp
Arthur Bernard Braden
Mrs. Roy
Glasgow
Court Asked To Interpret Theatre Lease
The Circuit Court is asked in a bill of complaint in Equity Court to interpret a lease for the drive in theater property at Routes 40 and 40 A west of Frederick and to prevent forfeiture. Bradmar Theaters Inc seeks to avoid a cloud on its leasehold after the Groves demanded compliance or face lease nullification and eviction. The company requests a ruling to protect its investment and prevent forfeiture, with show cause order returnable December 17.
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Equity Court
Frederick
Bradmar Theaters, Inc
Modern Theaters, Inc
William F. Grove
Near
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
William M. Storm
Grove
Groves
Bradmar Theaters
Patrick M. Schnauffer
McKeldin Hints He May Run Again
Gov. McKeldin hinted at a possible run for governor next year while praising Sen. Butler at a Baltimore Republican Club dinner attended by about 425 members. A draft resolution urged McKeldin and Atty. Gen. Edward D. Rollins to run again. Butler served as toastmaster at the event.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
Sen. Butler
R-Md
Butler
Frank Culotta
Republican Club
Big Frank’ Culotta
Man gets year for chasing wife with shotgun
Fourteen men and women faced charges in a Sunday morning session. Robert Moore, 34, colored, received one year in the House of Correction after being found guilty of chasing his wife Lola E. Moore with a shotgun during a Saturday night disturbance. The couple argued when Moore allegedly grabbed the weapon. Lola said she defended herself with a slipper. Trooper Dishong found the loaded gun in a rear yard pile of weeds.
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House of Correction
Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Robert Moore
Moore
Lola E. Moore
Robert C. Dishong
Jesse James Himes
Montevue
Raymond Haugh
Himes
Samuel C. Himes
Knoxville
Robert Bussard
Frederick
Lewistown
D. A.tucker
Eugene R. Shell
Lewis T. Whipp
Cephes T. Raines
Clarke Place
R. Arnold Simmons
Herman H. Hunt
Cincinnati
Letha M. Lechliter
Pasadena
Braddock Mountain
Ruth L Martin
Yonkers
N. J
Clyde L. Ambush
Adamstown
D. E. Cuzzart
Baltimore
Lyman E. Myers
Libertytown
Margaret Owens
Mt Pleasant
George I. Fisher, Jr
Hagerstown
John A. Meima
Clifton
West Patrick Street
Clinton W. Smith
Woodsboro
Oscar L . Schabb
Charles F. Solt
North Market Street
Vernon C. Wilson
Ridgely
Troopers Dishong, Kreisinger
Albert Hedden
Carlton Lewis
Frederick's Daily Papers Supplant Semi Weekly News
The Semi Weekly News will discontinue with the Friday December 12 issue due to rising popularity of The News and Frederick's daily papers The Daily News and The Frederick Post. Subscribers with remaining time will receive The Daily News from December 14, 1953. credits apply. Cash refunds offered for those not wanting either daily option. The management expresses thanks.
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Frederick
News
Post
Daily News
The
Frederick Post
Aged Woman Dies in Fire at Boyds Residence
Mrs. Blanche Martin Williams, 72, an African American woman who lived alone near the White's Ground road in Boyds, died in a Sunday night fire of undetermined origin. Upper Montgomery and Hyattstown fire units fought the blaze, finding only embers left and Williams’ body on the rear floor. Her survivor is daughter Beatrice Plummer of Washington. funeral plans were not announced.
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Blanche Martin Williams
New Colored School
Boyds
White’s Ground
Montgomery County
Upper Montgomery
Hyattstown Fire Department
Williams
Beatrice Plummer
Washington
Snow Claims Minor Roads in Western Maryland
Snow fell lightly in Garrett and Allegany counties with only brief 75 percent coverage at its peak. Crews salted and plowed, yet Maryland roads remained mostly dry as barometric pressure rose. Pennsylvania reported few slick spots on the Turnpike amid light snow chances. Also noted were Bowl selections Auburn and Texas Tech for a New Year’s Day game and promotion of Dr. Edwin V. Hill to colonel in the Army Reserve Corps.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Garrett County
Allegany County
State Roads Commission
Jany
Allegany
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Jacksonville
Fla
Auburn
Texas Tech
Edwin V. Hill
Camp Detrick Biological Laboratories
Army Reserve Corps
Massachusetts
Col. Hill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tie
Tufts
Army
Harvard Medical School
Army Reserve
First Service Command Laboratory
Boston
Mass
Ceol. Hill
Camp Detrick
Detrick
Army Reserve Officers’ Unit
Clifton
Churchill Turns 79 Amid War News and Bermuda Plan
London reports Sir Winston Churchill celebrated his 79th birthday while maintaining a full schedule. He held a Cabinet session, prepared government tasking, and planned a Bermuda meeting with the Big Three, with a family dinner at No 10 and a small reception for officials. A Daily Express banner hailed the day as “Some Birthday Some Man.” The event coincides with the release of Churchill’s Triumph and Tragedy and Churchill by His Contemporaries, two milestone books easing into the 80s era of his career.
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London
Winston Churchill
Russia
Bermuda
No. 10
Downing St
Churchill
Nixon Talks To Nehru
NEW DELHI India Vice President Richard Nixon arrived for informal talks with Prime Minister Nehru. Parliament questions pressed on whether Nehru would discuss possible U.S. military aid to Pakistan as Indian ministers cooled to the visit. Nehru said Nixon was not here for formal talks and he did not know what would be discussed.
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New Delhi
India
Richard Nixon
Nehru
Nixon
Pakistan
Bangalore
Madras
U. S
Mt Airy church bequeathed 500 in Lawson will
Arthur M. Lawson of Mt Airy leaves Calvary Methodist church 500 and 3000 to Kraus nephews if estate exceeds 25000. Marie B. Lawson widow executrix. Mary S. Andrews named administrator for Joseph Gus Andrews estate. Also minor accident on Motter and West Ninth streets and a New York photo engravers strike settlement.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Airy
Arthur M. Lawson
Albert L. Kraus
Donald Kraus
Russell Kraus
Allaches
Calvary Church
Marion F. Kraus
William W. Lawson
Nellie L. Lawrence
Marie B. Lawson
Sterling E. Curlison
Basil B. Burdette
Fuller E. Phebus
Joseph Gus Andrews
James Guy Andrews
Mary S. Andrews
East Third Street
Peace Conference Proposals Clash at Panmunjom
The Korean peace talks stalled as the Communists offered a broad plan, while U S delegate Arthur Dean pressed for Russia to attend as a third party with full voting rights. Dean called the Communist plan old and disappointing. The sides agreed to study the proposals and reconvene Wednesday.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Reds
Russia
Korea
U.N
New Delhi
Pakistan
India
Burma
Indonesia
Red
Ickes Felt He Could Not Trust Roosevelt
Washington Harold L Ickes longtime New Deal official voiced sharp misgivings about Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal in his Secret Diary. He feared Republicans would curb big business power and questioned his cabinet stay though he hoped to run against Roosevelt. the diary is being published in installments with edits by his widow.
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Harold L. Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
James A. Farley
Simort & Schuster
Thanksgiving Holiday Ends As Eisenhower Returns
President Eisenhower, back from a six day Thanksgiving visit to Augusta and Fort Benning, flies to Washington aboard Columbine. He prepares for the December Bermuda talks with Khrushchev and appeals for unity as Soviet bid for a three power meeting tests Western resolve.
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Eisenhower
Bermuda
Hud
Dulles
United States
Britain
France
Columbine
Augusta
Ft Benning
John Eisenhower
Impasse Over Gouzenko Questioning Rages in Senate Panel
Washington discusses Gouzenko testimony as Canada insists on deciding what is public. Jenner newsroom clash with Brownell and Democrats accuses White of masking a justice department crisis. Reuters details tensions, Ritter remarks, and ensuing political fallout from the probe.
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Senate
Canada
Igor Gouzenko
Harry Dexter White
Justice Department
Senate Internal Security
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Gouzenko
Dulles
United States
Atty
White
Brownell
Eisenhower
Clayton Fritchey
Democratic National Committee
NBC
Fritchey
U S
Willis W. Ritter
Denver
FBI
U.S
Colorado
Charles Vigil
Vigil
Donald E. Kelly
Salt Lake City
Ritter
U S Strikes At Atrocities In Korea at UN
The United States denounced Communist forces at the United Nations for brutal atrocities in Korea and for detaining World War II prisoners. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. prepared to deliver a major speech as U S delegate. The Defense Department listed 29,815 atrocity cases up to last June 39, including 6,113 American soldiers and 17,354 Korean civilians. Survivors testified to mass torture, killings, burials, and death marches.
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United States
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U .S
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Social Welfare Committee
U. N
U. S
Defense Department
Assembly
Former Hungarian dean urges Christian world leadership
Rev Bela Vasady former dean of the Reformed Theological Seminary at Sarospatar Hungary spoke at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church Middletown telling a packed congregation about persecution in Budapest at the hands of red Russians and his escape across Switzerland He urged America to maintain Christian influence worldwide noting his 1944 escape and two extended visits to the United States His background includes degrees from Central Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary and University of Debrecen plus roles on Hungarian college faculties He is touring the U S under World Council of Churches authority and was introduced by Rev C M Alcorn
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Middletown
United States
Bela Vasady
Reformed Theological Seminary
Sarospatar
Hungary
Christ Evangelical
Ree
Budapest
Switzerland
America
Central Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church
Dayton
Princeton Theological Seminary
C. M. Alcorn
Pr Stahr To Conduct Hood Christmas Service
President Emeritus Henry L Stahr of Scituate Mass returns to Hood College to conduct its annual Christmas vesper service in Brodbeck Hall. With Dr An drew G Troxal absent due to illness, Stahr presides. Services held twice at 4 and 7 30 p.m with music from Hood Cash featuring Basque Appalachian and Galvian songs ending with Gounod Ring Out Wild Bells. Earle Blakeslee directs the choir. William Sprigg plays organ. Carillon bells prelude music prior to the service.
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Pr. Stahr
Henry L Stahr
Scituate
Mass
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Andrew G. Troxal
Dr. Stahr
Hood Cash
Gounod
Tennyson
Earle Blakeslee
William Sprigg
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John Schamel
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Russell L. Guest
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New York
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Bradmar
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Calif
Milt Gross
Pop
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Jerrold Gross
Blanche Williams
Sir Winston Churchill
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George Longo
Shamokin
Abraham A. Hamburg
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Queen Elizabeth II
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