Man Injured In Accident Dies at 45 Near New Market
William T. Coughlin, 45, of near New Market, died Wednesday night at 7 25 at Frederick Hospital from injuries in a tractor trailer collision with his car on Route 40 near Jug Bridge. Edward Gray Creighton, of Baltimore, faced reckless driving charges. Surviving are two sisters and a brother. Funeral set for Saturday at Mt. Olivet cemetery.
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William T. Coughlin
New Market
Frederick Emotial Hospital
Weadon
Coughlin
Frederick
Route 40
Jug Bridge
Edward Gray Creighton
Baltimore
Lorraine A. King
Berwyn
Kenneth H. Tichnell
Creighton
Adamstown
Richard
Hannah Young Coughlin
BO. S. Cavalry
3Rd Cavalry Division
Ft. Myer
Germany
Army of Occupation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Clarence Honaker
Virginia Coughlin
Clifton Coughlin
Leon P. F. Vauthier
Mt. Olivet
W. E. Falconer
Volcano Ashes Hide Toll After Hibok Hibok Eruption
In Camiguin Island Philippines the Hibok Hibok volcano continued erupting on December 6 with ash clouds covering seven burned villages. Officially 209 bodies recovered and about 500 more believed buried in a six square mile ash and lava covered area. Searchers report scores of burned bodies, as poisonous fumes forced crews from the slopes. Ten thousand residents crowded the seaside town awaiting evacuation decisions from officials.
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Mahinog
Camiguin Island
Philippines
Hibok Hibok
Mindanao Island
Philippines News Service
Deadlocked Security Council vote pits Greece against White Russia
The UN General Assembly postponed the election of the third Security Council seat after eight inconclusive ballots. Greece backed by the United States and White Russia failed to secure two thirds, with Chile and Pakistan already chosen for two vacancies. The delay aims to build cross bloc support before further rounds.
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Paris
Dec
Russia
Greece
United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
Chile
Pakistan
Assembly
United States
Tobey Guarantees Eisenhower Will Run
Senator Tobey of New Hampshire said I guarantee that General Eisenhower will enter the presidential primary in New Hampshire next March. The assertion came amid sharper attacks on the Truman administration as Duff of Pennsylvania urged voters to back Eisenhower to ensure Republicans win in 1952. Duff spoke at an Eisenhower rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Washington
Tobey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Truman
Duff
Eisenhower
Manchester
Water Level Rises as Rain Forecast Parents Storm Update
Fishing Creek reservoir sat three feet from the top this morning after heavy rain. Forecasters expect showers tomorrow and Saturday. Caretaker Frank Weddle said water kept rising slowly but would not reach full mark before another rain. December weather will stay mild with near 70. Yesterday highs and overnight lows were 58 and 38.
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Fishing Creek Reservoir
Frank Weddle
Local Hunter Hurt By Blow On His Head
Charles Bohn a 33 year old operator of a West Fourth Street grocery store is hospitalized with a fractured skull after a deer hunting trip in Garrett County. His brother Donald and friend Meredith Blank say he was struck and robbed of 40 to 50 dollars in Oakland early Monday. Bohn was treated locally, moved to Garrett Memorial, then Baltimore where his condition was listed as fair.
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Charles Bohn
West Fourth Street
Wilson Avenue
University Hospital
Baltimore
Garrett County
Bohn
Donald
Hagerstown
Meredith Blank
Shookstown
Oakland
Blank
Frederick
Deep Creek Lake
Thomas F. Lusby
Garrett Memorial Hospital
Truman Keeps Eye On Tax Disclosures
KEY WEST Fla Dec 6 Official silence today cloaked any future steps President Truman may take in the inquiry into Internal Revenue Bureau scandals. Close associates said he follows developments in Washington with intense interest and a willingness to let the chips fall where they may. They added Truman did not request Oliphant’s resignation but knew it was coming and that there will be no formal acceptance letter. He said he wants to get to the bottom of the situation and that those found at fault will suffer consequences. Aides later said he quietly urged a genuine house cleaning of officials whose outside activities could embarrass his administration.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Charles Oliphant
Oliphant
White House
House
Stepinac Defies Pressure on Archbishopric in Yugoslavia
Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac asserted his right to the archbishop title despite a release order from Tito’s government that barred him from duties and confined him to his birthplace. Vatican circles in Rome rejected civil authority to remove him, while other items report a Nov 15 food price peak and automobile price ceiling plans. The Maryland governor appointed W Clinton McSherry to a Commission on Interracial Problems.
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Krasic
Yugoslavia
Alojzije Stepinac
Marshal Tito
Stepinac
Rome
Vatican
Economy Silo Plant Sold to Lumber Co
The Economy Silo and Manufacturing Company real estate near East Sixth and East streets in Frederick was sold to William D. Bowers Lumber Company. The transaction includes the brick factory, large sheds, about 20,000 square feet under roof, with three railroad sidings, and possession to be given in March. The buyer plans manufacturing and storage use. price undisclosed.
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Economy Silo and Manufacturing Company
Frederick
East Sixth
East Streets
William D. Bowers Lumber Company
Marth
Bowers Lumber Company
Delaware
Conshohocken
P. L. Hargett
Douglass H. Hargett
Frederick Countty
Carbon
Ind
New England
New York
Middle Atlantic
Harry O. Schroeder
Schroeder
Thomas H. Halter
P. L. Hariett
Pobie Wertheimer
Local GIs Back From War
Seattle dispatch reports 2,914 Army rotation troops from the Far East arrive today aboard a military transport. The Maryland list includes Pvt Francis L Brown Thurmont Pfc Russell E Delauter Thurmont Sgt Algie L Goins Rocky Ridge Cpl Austin A Jenkins Frederick and others from Frederick Emmitsburg and Frederick addresses.
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Seattle
Maryland
Far East
Francis L. Brown
Box 1
Lantz
Russell E. Delauter
Thurmont
Algie L. Goins
Rt 1
Rocky Ridge
Austin A. Jenkins
Court Street
Frederick
Thomas E. Sanders
East Main Street
Deeds Recorded For Farm Sales In Three Districts
Deeds were recorded in the clerk s office for the sale of several properties. Earl F. Hargett and wife sold to Joseph H. Ganley and wife a 218 acre farm with improvements in New Market district for about 25000 dollars. Clayton M Zimmerson and wife sold to John H Garst a 153 acre farm with improvements in Walkersville district for around 23000 dollars. Harry B Fichoitz and wife sold to John M Getzendanner a roughly 8 acre tract with improvements in Mt Pleasant district for about 7000 dollars.
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Earl F. Hargett
Joseph H. Ganley
New Market District
Clayton M. Zimmerman
John H. Garst
Walkersville
Harry B. Fichoitz
John M. Getzendanner
Mt. Pleasant
Wage Increase Approved by WSB for Copper Lead Zinc Workers
Washington December 6 The Wage Stabilization Board announced approval of a 15 cent hourly wage increase for a substantial proportion of workers in the copper lead and zinc mining and refining industry.
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Washington
The
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Maryland Grange delegates urge active school participation
The 77th Maryland State Grange conference adopted reports and resolutions on education taxes and draft deferments. It urged public involvement in school financing and policies, debated teacher salary growth, school consolidation, toll roads, highway safety, driver training, and selective service deferments. New officers were to be installed mid-afternoon to close the three-day session.
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Maryland
Francis Scott Key
A. B. Hamilton
State Grange
Farm Bureau
Legislative
Herbert R. O’conor i
Orange
Production Marketing Administration
Soil Conservation
Selective Service
Two Deer Hunters In Garrett Hurt In Baltimore Area
Two Baltimore area men were in Garrett Memorial Hospital with bullet wounds from a hunting accident near Bayard Grant County West Virginia. Carroll L. Rehmert 40 of Baltimore was admitted yesterday noon with a bullet wound in the right thigh and Kenneth K. Boylan 26 of Canonsville was admitted Tuesday with a superficial wound between his eyes from a ricochet.
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Oakland
Des
Baltimore
Garrett Memorial Hospital
Carroll L. Rehmert
Baltiimore
Bayard
Grant County
W. Va
Kenneth K. Boylan
Canonsville
Ark
Cow damages lawn of local clerk on Grove Boulevard
City police were notified this morning that a cow damaged the lawn of Clerk of the Circuit Court Ellis C. Wachter at 207 Grove Boulevard. An investigation disclosed the cow wandered from a farm along the Fourth Street Pike. The farm tenant was notified.
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Lawn
Clerk of the Circuit
Ellis C. Wachter
Grove Boulevard
Fourth Street
Butchering Mishap Costs Youth His Index Finger
Louis Hammond a 15 year old son of Mrs Geneva Hammond of 218 South Market Street severed his left index finger while watching sausage grinding at Ross Mills Lime Kiln Tuesday morning. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for amputation and is reported to be getting along satisfactorily.
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Louis Hammond
Geneva Hammond
South Market Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hammond
Ross Mills
Mills
Time To Mail Christmas Packages
Postmaster James A Grove warns of a holiday rush as parcel post volumes rise. Four trucks run between the post office and homes with a fifth soon added, and a sixth planned. About 30 employees will join around December 17 to handle mail before Christmas Eve. Patrons are urged to mail early and ensure correct addresses, with return addresses and organized mail. Rural delivery adjustments await patrons on how to receive large parcels, including form 4233 and a written delivery request.
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James A. Grove
Grove
Post Office
Post Office Department
Emergency Foods For U S War Prisoners
The American Red Cross continues a program to supply emergency foods medicines to U S prisoners of war in Korea in cooperation with the Defense Department. Supplies are ready in Japan pending agreement with enemy authorities or through the Geneva committee, but North Korea denies access for delegates and facilities for relief.
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Korea
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Defense Department
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Navy aims for multi bomb launches from carriers
In Memphis on December 6 Admiral Fechteler stated atomic bombs are shrinking making carriers capable of launching multi bomb attacks from any ocean location to targets up to 600 miles away. He also noted possible conversion of mothballed ships into guided missile launching vessels.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Fechteler
Chief of Naval Operations
Fechteler
Navy League
Beall To Address C C On Monday
Rep J Glenn Beall will speak at a noon luncheon in the Francis Scott Key Hotel addressing the last Congress and current national issues. The event is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce National Affairs Committee with Rear Admiral Allen G Quynn as chairman, inviting members and the public.
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J. Glenn Beall
Senate
House
Francis Scott Key
National Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Allen G. Quynn
Beall
Maryland
Infirmary Fund Grows With $1500 Christmas Sale
The Home for the Aged infirmary building fund rose by $1500 from a November 28 Christmas bazaar led by co chairs Mrs J Tyson Lee and Mrs J Walker Carty. The event offered crafts, food and antiques with unsold items displayed at 115 Record Street. A Soroptimist donation followed a buffet at Mrs Thomas Kiriakou’s West Patrick Street home.
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Home For the Aged
J. Tyson Lee
J. Walker Carty
Record Street
Maud L. Kefauver
Snow And Cold Hit Western States In Storms
Snow and cold weather struck parts of Utah Idaho and western Colorado with heavy snowfall isolating communities and slowing travel. A storm dumped nearly a foot in southern Utah and up to 85 inches in some western Colorado mountains while snow blocked U S Highway 40 between Wells Nevada and Wendover Utah.
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Pacific States
Gome
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Idaho
Ullen Pass
Colorado
Wells
Nevada
Wendover
Utah-Nevada
Rockies
New England States
Great Lakes
Winfield Negro Slain Man Held
In Westminster on December 6 Joseph H Costley a 38 year old Black resident of Winfield Carroll county was shot to death by two shotgun blasts as he exited his car in front of his home A white man age 25 was held on a murder charge William Conrad who had been living with the Costley family was arrested and police said the killing stemmed from money disputes Castley worked in a Winfield garage while Conrad was reportedly unemployed
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Westminster
Joseph H. Costley
Winfield
Carroll County
Costley
William Conrad
Castley
Conrad
Boonsboro Woman Injured In Route 240 Crash
A Boonsboro woman Elsie M Coulter 52 suffered shock and a fractured hip after a car struck her along Route 240 near Feapaville at about 6 35 am. The vehicle was driven by Lawrence S Cutsall of Jefferson. Investigating trooper Donald A Tucker said details remain incomplete. A third unidentified car may have caused the chain of events. No charges yet.
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Boonsboro
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Feapaville
Elsie M. Coulter
Lawrence S. Cutsall
Jefferson
Donald A. Tucker
Catsail
Coulter
Riots in Tehran Leave 3 Dead and 200 Hurt
Tehran reports a five hour clash between 5000 Communists and 2000 police and troops backed by nationalist mobs. At least three killed and over 200 injured as authorities regain control with tear gas water cannons rifles and clubs. In contrast, New York stocks opened higher amid ongoing gains.
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Tehran
Iran
Messiah Sing That Bridges Frederick In December
A 75 voice chorus and 40 instrument orchestra join Hood College and Frederick musicians for the third annual Messiah performance on December 12 at 8 15 PM in Frederick High School auditorium. Soloists include tenor Robert Price and bass-baritone William McCully with soprano Anna Marie Budde and contralto Mrs J D Dave. Edwin Blakeslee directs, Puziss accompanies, Hood's Hammond organ will be used. Admission is free as a Christmas gift to the community, with most participants from Frederick and nearby towns.
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Frederick High School
Frederick Community Chorus
Frederick Hood College Orchestra
William Sprigg
Milton Pusiss
Earle Blakeslee
Hood College
Robert Price
Mr. Price
New York Oratorio Society
William McCully
New York
Clude
Anna Marie Budde
Hood ‘College
J. D. Dave
Frederick
Frederick County
Puziss
Sprigg
Hood
Blakeslee
Hagerstown
Allies Make Concession To Red Foes
MUNSAN Korea December 8 The Allies agreed to inspect only specified points under a new U N eight point plan for policing the armistice. Joint Allied Red teams will conduct checks while the Reds oppose this and demand inspections by neutral representatives. The UN commander said Reds may respond further when delegates reconvene in Panmunjom at 11 am Friday.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Howard Levie
Levie
Panmunjom
Defense Mobilization Job Held Outstanding
The Defense Production committee praised top government officials for an outstanding defense mobilization effort. It rejected alarmist reports of lag and rejected claims of failures to maintain national safety. Aides cited a subcommittee warning that deliveries of planes tanks ships and guns lag behind schedule.
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Washington
Senate House Defense Production Committee
Justice Dept. accused of keeping lid on truth in grand jury case
A former juror claims the Justice Department is suppressing truth as a grand jury probe into the Northern California IRS faces scrutiny. Hilary Crawford, wife of a San Francisco attorney, wrote to Sen. Nixon and Rep. Hillings alleging an inquisition harmed her, while AUSA Robert McMillan denied the charge. Hillings plans a congressional probe and potential impeachment moves against judges, citing the seven month inquiry. Felix Agenus Leser, longtime Baltimore zoo director and father of dog racing figure, died by gunshot at 54 in Baltimore. He had been ill six months and was a Germantown native, grandson of publisher Gen. Felix Agnus.
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San Francisco
Dec
Justice Department
California
Federalnternal Revenue Bureau
Hilary Crawford
Richard Nixon
Calif
Patrick J. Hillings
Crawford
U. S
Robert McMillan
Whittier
Hillings
F. A. Leser
Baltimore
Felix Agenus Leser
Baltimore Zoo
Maryland
Germantown
Leser
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Circuit Court
McKeldin
W. Clinton McSherry
Lumber Co
Bowers
Garrett
C. C
Congress
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
East Patrick Street
Cummins Hart Construction Company
Sequl
United Nations
Sir Wa
Justice Dept
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