Six Months, $1000 Fine for Taking Bets in Pool Room Case
Hagerstown Maryland November 30 Leonard Chick Little 55 year old Cumberland pool room operator drew a six month term in the House of Correction for taking horse race bets after a jury found one of his employees innocent of the same charge Little was fined $1000 He was freed on 5000 bail as an appeal was considered A 50 year old handyman Thomas Neff was found innocent by the jury which deliberated 15 minutes The third defendant Edward Capel about 50 was dropped due to illness The trial moved from Allegany County and involved state police investigators who testified they placed bets at Little's pool room The judge denied a defense motion about investigation rules and Cumberland police testimony was offered by John J Long The proceedings included allegations and admissions about betting and pool activity with extensive testimony from investigators and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ur —Leonard
Chick) Little
Cumberland
House of Correction
Little
Thomas Neff
Neff
Edward Capel
Allegany County
Murray Jackson
Thomas Smith
Tate
Long
Mish
Thomas B. Finan
Jackson
Smith
Capel
Cullen Patients Create Hand Made Articles For Sale
Victor Cullen Hospital will offer hand made items crafted by bed patients through a Frederick Junior Woman's Club project. Toys jewelry belts and copper trays among items. sales set for December 4 and 5 at People's Drug Store and Acme Market with all proceeds to fund hospital workshops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Cullen Hospital
Junior Woman's Club of
Frederick
Milton Shon
Henry B. Swan
L. B. Lyon
People’s Drug Store
North Market Street
Acme Market
Seventh and
Motter Avenue
Selling Tickets for Three Men On A Horse Tonight
Community Players Inc continues season ticket sales ahead of the opening of Three Men On A Horse. Volunteers in Winchester Hall staff the east building daily 11 am to 2 pm for sales and reservations. The Broadway comedy by Holm and Abbott runs Wednesday through Saturday with James Decker as lead and Erwin Trowbridge directing. The show centers on a man who wins bets and attracts gangster attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Players, Inc
Winchester Ball
John Cecil Holm
George Abbott
James Decker
Erwin Trowbridge
Arrow wound blamed for 6 year old's death in Kentucky
In Paris Kentucky on November 30 authorities blamed a dried weed arrow for the death of 6 year old Robert Lee Mitchell. Neighbors said the child was struck near the temple while playing Friday. That night he suffered a headache and could not open his mouth. He died the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robert Lee Mitchell
Reenlists in Maryland National Guard Sergeant Walsh Scores Service Ribbons
Sergeant First Class James F. Walsh, Korean War veteran, reenlisted in Company A of the Maryland National Guard after a 42 month Regular Army tour. He served in Korea with the 3rd Infantry Division 15th Infantry, earned the Korean Service Ribbon with two stars, UN ribbon, Good Conduct, and CIB. Walsh has worked at Camp Detrick and serves as Amvets Post No. 2 Adjutant and Maryland Amvets State Provost Marshal. son of Mrs. Erma R. Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Walsh
Co. A. Lith Ing
Maryland National Guard
Regular Army
Sgt
Walsh
Company A
Fort Knox
Ft. Belvoir
Indiantown Gap
Infantry
Seattle
Washington
Japan
Korea
3Rd Infantry Division
15Th Infantry Regiment
States
United Nations
Camp Detrick
Amvets
Department of Maryland Amvets
Erma R. Cramer
Taney Apartments
Drive planned to aid schools in Frederick County
Frederick County PTA and County Council plan a publicity campaign to urge voters to support expanded school facilities. Co chairmen Robert S Gillett and William Gross outline enrollment projections and crowding fears, with a farming community drive in New Market to educate parents and gain support for a building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Parent-Teacher Association
Robert S. Gillett
New Market
William Gross
Brunswick
PTA Council
Gillett
A. B. Pollack
Frederick High School
PTA
Pollack
Joseph Vona
Edward Cherry
John Fox
Roy Rhoderick
Walton Wolf
W.W. Corbin
Thomas O'Hara
Leon Howard
Dispute Over S. S. Funds Status At Hearing
The House Ways and Means subcommittee opened extended hearings on Social Security. Chairman Carl T. Curtis charged workers were misled for 18 years about iron clad rights to benefits. Former commissioner Arthur Altmeyer testified amid sharp exchanges with Curtis and counsel Winn. Democratic reps protested questioning methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Congress
Curtis
Ways and Means
Social Security
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Altmeyer
Subcommittee
Robert H. Winn
Dingell
Michigan
Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Winn
Curtiss
Three Held in Vets Club Destruction Charge
City police arrested William Grant Hoy of 12 West Sixth Street Phyllis Marie Sewell and Charles Henry Jackson both of 12 West All Saints Street on a destruction of property charge at the Veterans Club on West All Saints Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grant Hoy
West Sixth Street
Phyllis Marie Sewell
Charles Henry Jackson
West All Saints Street
Veterans Club
West AU
Saints Street
Knoxville Man Gets 18 Months For Assault
Samuel C. Himes of Knoxville received an 18 month House of Correction term for assault and battery after an uproar at Montevue on Friday night. Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr ordered the sentence following testimony that Bussard was kicked in the groin and seriously injured. The elder Himes was also jailed briefly on a disorderly conduct charge, while collateral forfeitures and other charges related to traffic and misdemeanors were noted in the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Himes
Knoxville
House of Correction
Montevue
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples ‘Court
William Robert Bussard
Himes
Bussard
Raymond Haugh
Jesse James Himes
Samuel Himes
Haugh
County
Braddock Mountain
Route 40
James V. Loocks
Baltimore
Howard L. Jones
Sewickley
Walter E. Yocum
Mount Hunt
Robert
A. Tager
Akron
Norman H. Richardson
Clymer
Ind
Edwin C. Schul
van Dyke
Mich
Thomas W. Iman
Arthur
W. Va
W. Webster Hammond
Glenwood
Frederick
V. L.guilmino
Panel Discusses Care of Handicapped Children at Hood College
A panel of medical professionals led the final Hood College session on Problems of Community Health and Welfare focusing on integrating community aid for handicapped children. They urged early diagnosis, broader community involvement, and housing improvements to prevent and treat deafness, epilepsy, heart disease, and speech issues, with optimism for substantial reversals in some conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Baldwin
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Brodbeck Hall Hall
Baldwin
Boston
William G. Lennox
Hood College
L. R. Schoolman
Frederick
William G. Hardy
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ruth W. Baldwin
University of Maryland School of Matteine
Bernice G. Wedum
Hopkins
Children’s Hospitals
Washington
Philadelphia
Edward Davens
Bureau of Preventive Medicine
State Health Department
Davens
Hardy
United States
Wedum
Schoolman
Postmen Collect $526.71 for Campaign on Monday
City residents contributed 526.71 to the muscular dystrophy drive as letter carriers canvassed routes Monday evening. Louis Marman, campaign chairman, said funds would rise further and be collected by post office staff or on routes. Donations include mail gifts and an anonymous 30 dollar contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Marman
Marman
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Host Bridge Groups
Mrs. Jack Scollard hosted the Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club afternoon bridge group at Lee Place last Tuesday. Mrs. J William Brosius Jr hosted the evening card group at the same address. High score for the afternoon went to Mrs. Harold Curry with Mrs. Oren Neal second. Mrs. Lawrence Ware won at Mrs. Brosius home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Scollard
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Lee Place
J. William Brosius, Jr
Scollard
Harold Curry
Oren Neal
Lawrence Ware
Brunswick Honored on Baltimore Neighbors TV Program
WMAR TV in Baltimore features a half hour salute to Brunswick on the Baltimore Neighbors program at 10 30 Sunday morning December 6. Brunswick becomes the 19th Maryland city saluted on the program, launched last summer with the station’s power upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Wmar-Tv
Sunpapers
Baltimore
Maryland
Frederick County Schools Seek Major Budget and Capital Outlay
Frederick County Board of Education proposes current expense budget of 1 240 237 in county funds and seeks 384 000 for a new Thurmont elementary wing. The total current expense budget for 1954 is 2 408 355 with 1 168 118 from state and other sources. Capital outlay items include Thurmont wing 250 000 plus additional renovations at Brunswick High Emmitsburg and New Market schools, and band instrument purchases. State incentive funds of about 50 000 expected next year.
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Frederick County
Eugene W. Pruitt
Burkittsville
North Frederick
Elm Street
Pruitt
Thurmont
Brunswick High School
Emmitsburg
Christmas Plans Now Big Topic
Betsy J Lovington notes Christmas plans dominate after Thanksgiving with greeting cards a major prep step. Americans will mail about 1.5 billion cards from 25,000 designs, tracing origins to Victorian Britain and 1840s trends. The piece covers card history and tips for mailing, plus holiday customs in various countries and a Girl Scouts program at Calvary Methodist Parish Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy J. Lovington
Aps
Mallan
British Museum
Wiliam Egley
Boston
United States
Yugoslavia
Norway
Australia
Calvary Methodist Parish Hall
The
Scout Association of
Switzerland
Greece
Canada
Germany
Denmark
Community Chest
School furniture purchases planned for county facilities
It is expected that furniture will be bought for the North Frederick school and Elm Street addition and other schools in the county. At least half of the estimated total is needed for new equipment, K was stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Frederick
Elms Street
Fitzpatrick Lt Col Cecil D Miller takes command at Camp Detrick
Lt Col Cecil D Miller, Chemical Corps, assumed command of Camp Detrick on Tuesday, succeeding Lt Col John W Fitzpatrick who retired. Miller, 45, returns from Fort Terry New York where he was executive officer. He has a long Detrick history and prior World War II service in chemical units. He and his wife Edna and two children reside on post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil D. Miller
Chemical Corps
Camp Detrick
John T. Hays
John W. Fitzpatrick
Col. Miller
Detrick
Fort Terry
N. Y
86Th Chemical Mortar
Camp Swift
Tex
Second Army
Memphis
Edna
David
Mark
Threads of Gold Bible Class elects 1954 officers
Monthly meeting at 1300 North Market Street presided by Mrs Elwood Crum. Officers elected for 1954 include President Mrs Martin R Ritchie and vice president Mrs Wade Brown. Social hour followed, Bible quiz winners Edith Wickham and package prize Mrs Howard Gerrick. Pledge to Baltimore Conference Extension Crusade and gifts to orphan homes discussed. Next meeting December 29 in church parlors for Christmas Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church School
Martin R. Ritchie
North Market Street
Elwood Crum
Wade Brown
Margaret Bell
Norman Marsden
Mary Sanders
Austin Trout
Frank Grimes
Alice Smith
Trout
Edna Myers
Edith Wickham
Howard Gerrick
Baltimore Conference Methodist Church
Orphan Homes of
The
Methodist Church
Perjury Hinted in Baltimore Moral Trials
Chief Judge W Conwell Smith ordered transcripts of testimony from the mayor's son Franklin Roosevelt D Alesandro and three others sent to the Grand Jury to probe possible perjury in a series of morals cases involving two girls aged 11 and 13. Nine other defendants have been convicted on rape or related charges. the cases concern offenses from last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
W. Conwell Smith
Grand
Franklin Roosevelt D'Alesandro
Blowout Startling New Haven Conference Shot Reported
A loud bang during a New Haven Republican strategy conference led to a report that someone fired a shot. Police found a bicycle outside the smoke filled room with its tire burst, suggesting a disruptive incident at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
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Joe Rice
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Zimmerman
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Harry King
Rice
Margaret Rice
Charles Simpson
Roy M.harris
Nellie Harris
Robert W. Lebtert
Clifton
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North College Parkway
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Richard E. Zimmerman
Byron W. Thompson
E. Austin James
State Roads Commission
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Market
Donald B. Rice
East Ninth Street
Roads Commission
Ninth Street
Niathi Street
Charles Ritchie
Woody Popp
U. G. Zeiger
G. W. Lenhart
We Frederick
Medical Replacement Training Center
Camp Pickett
Pvt
Ulysses G Zeigler
Elsie E. Zeigler
Monrovia
Glen W. Lenhart
C. W. Leahart
Buckeystown
Fitzpatrick
U. S. Army
T, Col
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