Man and Wife Held On Warrant Here
Sheriff's deputies and Brunswick police arrested Melvin and his wife on a bench warrant for contempt of court after they failed to appear at a Juvenile Court hearing over alleged mistreatment of their youngest child born in June. The custody of the child was given to the Children's Aid Society of Frederick County. A state criminal investigation was opened based on testimony from the juvenile proceeding. The child was hospitalized in Baltimore with a fractured hip and multiple injuries. The couple was jailed for future appearance before Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Brunswick Police
Steiner’s Hill
Jefferson
Melvin Hooper
Hoopers
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles A Price
William C. Roderick
Brunswick
Hooper
Trumpet Obligato To Be New Feature Tonight
A trumpet obligato similar to Handel’s instrument will feature in Frederick Community Chorus and Frederick Hood College Orchestra’s Messiah at Frederick High School. Bass solo in The Trumpet Shall Sound will be sung by William McCully of New York and played by Eugene Martin, new director of the Chambersburg Symphonette. Final rehearsal was Tuesday night. admission is free for tonight’s 8:15 performance.
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Frederick Community Chorus
Frederick Hood College Orchestra
Frederick High School
Willam McCully
New York
Eugene Martin
Chambersburg
Frederick County
Bank Shortage Case Ties Town Officials to $800000 Loss
FBI Director Hoover announced the arrest of J Moody Drinkard president of the bank Mrs Myrtle N McCrory cashier and W P Stutts head of Stutts Lumber tied to shortages exceeding 800000 at the Thomasville Bank and Trust Co. A complaint charges false entries and misapplication of funds with Stutts benefiting about 700000 from illicit credit extensions and RFC loan use to cover a large overdraft.
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Washington
Thomsasville
Ala) Bank and Trust Company
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
J. Moody Drinkard
Myrtle N. McCrory
W. P. Stutts
Stutts Lumber Industries, Inc
Thomasville
Drinkard
McCrory
Stutts
Agreement Ends Caveat Filed Here
The Orphans Court approved dismissal of caveat proceedings in the estate of Laura Scholl, enabling probate and administration of an estate valued over $10,000. Caveators Kent Greenwald and others withdraw the caveat, allowing Mehrl Scholl to act as executor and distribute net proceeds under a set agreement. The pact provides for equal division of remaining funds and lists powers of attorney to real estate brokers to finalize sale and allocations.
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Orphans Court
Laura Scholl
Teslatrix
Kent S. Greenwald
L. Mildred G.stitely
Sarah M. G. Waesche
Kenneth Warfield
Isabel M. Trumbull
Kathryn S. Hummer
Miss Scholl
Mehrl P. Scholl
Merril Scholl
Adminster
Scholz
William M. Storm
al ‘Ton Y. Bennett
Sherman P. Bowers
Messrs. Bennett
Bowers
Mr. Storm
Scholl
Egypt weighs recall of London ambassador amid Suez tensions
Cairo reports say Egypt considers bringing home Ambassador Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha in protest against British actions in the Suez area. Foreign Minister Ibrahim Farag Pasha announced Egypt has reached no decision.
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Cairo
Egypt
Actee
Ibrahim Farag Pasha
London
Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
Suez City
Last 57 Miles of Pennsylvania Turnpike To Open Later This Month
Harrisburg announces the final 57 mile stretch of the 327 mile Pennsylvania turnpike will open to traffic sometime late this month. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission made the announcement detailing the completion of the long road project and its planned opening window.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Huge Posse Continues Ross Hunt
In Ellicott City Maryland a 130 person line of FBI agents and Maryland State Police searched woods near U S 40 and U S 28 for George Francis Ross 27 known as a California hoodlum wanted for the slaying of a Cleveland policeman and other charges in San Francisco and Seattle. Police used helicopters searchlights and posted officers along Route 40 five mile area around Patapsco River hoping Ross s craving for a drug rush or a desperate move will lead to surrender or capture.
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Ellicott City
FBI
Maryland
Baltimore
George Francis Ross
Tom
Cleveland
U. S. 40
U. S. 28
Ross
William H. Weber
Maryland State Police
Marine Corps
U.S. 40
California
Forney L. Haas
San Francisco
Seattle
Howard County
Russell H. “Moxley
Moxley
Harry M. Harrison
State Police Laboratory
Dundalk
Essex
Catonsville
Cockeysville
Highlandtown
Patapsco River
Freedrm
Self Lighting Cigarette Invented by Swiss Inventor
FRIBOURG Switzerland Dec 1 A Swiss chemical manufacturer reports the invention of a self lighting cigarette. The device uses a secret chemical on one end that lights the tobacco when rubbed against the package without flame or puffing. Inventor Ernest Hemp is 35 and says cigars and cigarettes could be produced at little extra cost with rights negotiations from several European and American tobacco firms.
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Fribourg
Switzerland
Ernest Hemp
Man Is Found Dead In State Reformatory
HAGERSTOWN December 12 John T Mitchell 22 an inmate at the State Reformatory for Males at Breathedsville was found dead in his cell cot today officials said he apparently died of natural causes a medical examiner was called to examine the body Mitchell was sentenced to a maximum of 18 months in the reformatory for larceny sentence was pronounced in Baltimore Criminal Court.
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Hagerstown
John T. Mitchell
State Reformatory
Breathedsville
Reformatory
Mitchell
Baltimore
Car Struck In Haste Hit Run, City Police Investigate
The sedan owned by David C. Smith of 246 East Seventh Street, parked on West Fourth Street, was hit by a hit and run driver about 2:45 Tuesday night. Damage was about 75 dollars. Lieut. Frank Dorsey led the investigation.
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City
PoHce
David C. Smith
East Seventh Street
West Fourth Street
Frank Dorsey
Plane From Langley Crashes Into Chesapeake Bay
A B-45 jet from Langley Air Force Base with three crew members aboard plunged into Chesapeake Bay near Thimble Shoal Light during difficult conditions today. Rescue operations were underway as officials searched the area for survivors and assessed damage to the aircraft.
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Bay
Norfolk
Langley Air Force Base
Chesapeake Bay
Thimble Shoal Light
Vishinsky Sees Hope Of Agreement At Big Four Talks
Vishinsky reported signals from secret Big Four disarmament talks suggesting progress toward East West agreement. Western powers criticized his tone while stating they remain committed to step by step arms reductions under international safeguards. He claimed two gains from the talks including clarity of blocs and removal of secondary differences. The commission plan faces Western demands for verifiable disarmament and Russia’s oppositions to unconditional measures.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Wishingky
United Nations
Soviet Union
Jules Moch
Vishinsky
Britain
France
United States
Big Four
Britain to Pay In Full on US and Canada Loans
London reports Britain will repay all capital and interest due on the United States and Canadian loans at year end. Britain owes the US $51.5 million in capital and $87 million in interest, and $14 million capital plus $23.7 million interest to Canada. Churchill's government chose to settle in full to protect prestige and leverage ahead of talks with President Truman.
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London
Britain
United States
Ottawa
Canada
Winston
Two Typhoons Close In On Philippines
Manila reports two typhoons nearing the Philippines as the death toll from Monday's storm climbs with 139 dead on Leyte. The first typhoon turned back toward the islands while a second storm, under 450 miles east, moves toward central Philippines. About 50,000 homeless and damage near $30 million prompt President Quirino to declare a state of emergency to curb price spikes.
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Manila
Philippines
Red Cross
Leyte
Weather Bureau
China Sea
Elpidio Quirino
New Cold Pushes Into Midwest Area
A fresh cold air mass moved into the Midwest as light snow and rain spread across wide areas. Snow fell in the Northern Plains Great Lakes region upper Ohio valley and lower Missouri valley while rainfall occurred in parts of Montana South Dakota western Washington western Oregon and along the southern California coast. Most other regions were fair with the coldest readings in the north central region and the Great Basin. Temperatures ran near normal in the south and along the Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Plains
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Missouri Valley
Montana
South Dakota
Washington
Oregon
California
North Central
Great Basin
South
Atlantic Coast
Snow Caps Nearby Hills Plunge Temperatures Across Mountains
A light snow blanket touched mountain regions this morning with subfreezing temps. Frederick area saw brief snowfall while Emmitsburg logged about an inch. Sideling Hill and routes 46 faced slick conditions as Garrett County reports heavy snowfall and road crews restoring openings. District lines warn colder weather through Friday with highs under 40 and lows near 20.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Herman Troms
Thurmont
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Route 15
Wharmont
State Roads Commission
Sideling
Hagerstown
Dev
Sideling Hill Mountain
Youth Charged With Breaking Late Cabin
Four youths near Lewistown, including Samuel M. Keeney of Damascus, face larceny and breaking and entering charges after deputies tracked them from a repeated break in at a summer cabin owned by Harold Neighbors. Three juveniles released for juvenile court. earlier entry found Nov 30 with minor items missing. A second break prompted this arrest as authorities plan hearings next week.
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Lewistown
R. Paul Ruhrman
Samuel M. Keeney
Damascus
Harold Neighbors
Gibson Island
Buhrman
Sunrise Time Comes Up In Trial
Albert Mellett challenged the sunrise time cited by a game warden during a deer hunting case in Frederick. The court accepted the warden’s time of 7.13 am for December 3, found Mellett guilty, but suspended a $10 fine plus costs. collateral was forfeited by John P. Baker.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Peoples Court
Albert Mellett
Myersville
Frederick City
D. W. Kettells
Frederick
Casualties in Korea Reach 102,576, 888 More Noted
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea totaling 102,576, an increase of 888 since the previous week. The update reflects ongoing losses as the conflict continues, with government tallies showing the latest figures.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Truce plans again stall as prisoner exchange fears rise
In Panmunjom talks, a five point Communist plan for a full prisoner release met U N calls for a monitored exchange. The U N feared premature agreement could leave many prisoners unrecovered. Estimates place allied captives around 120 135 thousand, with Reds holding 98 139 thousand. In Korea northwest fighters did not spot MIG 15s while a U S F 80 crashes in enemy territory with no survivor.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
U.N
U. N
Beng
Seoul
Manchuria
Fifth Air Force
Budget System Discussed Here at Rotary Meeting
J Theodore Wolfe of the Sobeloff Commission spoke at noon on The Maryland Budget System during a Rotary Club meeting at the Fr an cis Scott Key Hotel. The commission led by Simon E Sobeloff studies state business administration with regional meetings in progress and a Cumberland dinner with county leaders planned. Frederick is represented by Mrs Herman Weener and G Hunter Bowers. Local legislators and leaders were invited. Wolfe is executive vice president of Consolidated Gas and Electric Co of Baltimore. Also expected were Dr Elwyn A Maucik and members Charles M Bandiere and David Kautman.
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Maryland
J. Theodore Wolfe
Commission On “Administrative Organization
State
Rotary Club
Francis
Frederick
Herman Weener
G. Hunter Bowers
Wolfe
Consolidated Gas and Electric Company
Baltimore
Elwyn A. Maucik
Charles M. Bandiere
David Kaultman
Cumberland
Army Corporal Killed In Route 40 Accident
A 26 year-old Army corporal from Aberdeen Proving Ground died at 5 10 am when his car rear ended a tractor trailer on U S 40 near Baltimore. Corporal Frank W Baumgardner instructor at the ordnance replacement training center. home address listed as 457 Hartford Street Columbus. Police report two witnesses saw him speeding between 80 and 90 mph before impact with Ray G Johnson 41 Sanford Fla driver of the truck. Johnson unharmed.
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Baltimore
Aberdeen Proving Ground
U. S. 40
Frank W. Baumgardner
Proving Ground
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Hartford Street
Columbus
William Dryer
Baltimore County Police
Baumgardner
Ray G. Johnson
Sanford
Fla
Johnson
Agreement on Unified Defense Force Control
Foreign Ministers of France West Germany Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg and Italy reached agreement on a high commissioner headed unified defense force while remaining governments must ratify ministers’ decisions A Paris budget meeting December 27 will fund the army and plans aim for submission to the North Atlantic Council in Lisbon February 2 Meanwhile New York markets were essentially quiet with mixed stock activity.
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Strasburg
France
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Paris
North Atlantic Council
Lisbon
FBI Told Clark About Caudie Indiscretions Revealed
Charlotte’s The Charlotte News reports that Attorney General nominee T Lamar Caudie faced FBI notes of indiscretions as U S Attorney in North Carolina before 1945. House hearings cited derogatory information in the Justice file, labeled a scrap, with no details disclosed.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte News
Tam €. Clark
FBI
T. Lamar Caudie
U. S
North Carolina
Caudie
Washington
Justice Department
Caudle
Joseph C. Duggan
House Ways and Means
Uma
Clark
Supreme Court
Greyhound Bus Crash Injures Eight Passengers Near Washington
A Greyhound bus traveling from Charleston to Pittsburgh slid on a slippery US Route 40 near Sunset Beach six miles west of Washington, Pennsylvania. Eight passengers sustained minor injuries. the driver Leonard R. Himes of Charleston, WV, broke a left arm and was hospitalized, then released. The bus crashed into a tractor-trailer, then another, causing about $3,000 in damage at a Wheeling garage.
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Washington
Greyhound
Charleston
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Leonard R. Himes
Washington General Hospital
Here
Sunset Beach
Martin Vi Hathway
Terre Haute, Inc
William H. Cranston
Providence
Wheeling W. Va
One License Revoked two Others Suspended
Nathan Luther Valentine of Thurmont had his automobile license revoked after a fatal crash that injured Raymond Powell of Thurmont. Two county men had licenses suspended 15 days for reckless driving. Driving probation for a year issued to Charles W. Smith and others for reckless driving. Six months probation for Woodrow A. Long and Glenn W. Bidle. Reprimands for George W. Wenzel Ernesto N. Navalra and Harold A. Ferguson.
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Nathan Luther Valentine
Thurmont
Raymond Powell
Ray Horn
Department of Motor Vehicles
Eugene R. Gaither
Monrovia
Robert T. Camer
East Potomac Siteet
Brunswick
Charles W. Smith
Myersville
John Victor Shaff
Middletown
Joseph W. Glacken
Emmitsburg
Claude Richardson
Woodrow A. Long
Frederick
Glenn W. Bidle
George W. Wenzel
North Market Stteet
Ernesto N. Navalra
Adamstown
Harold A. Ferguson
Knoxville
Dr Ice Installed As Presbytery Moderator
Rev. Lloyd G. Ice pastor of Govans Presbyterian in Baltimore was installed as moderator of the Presbytery of Baltimore serving all city churches and part of Western Maryland. He is a native of Lawrence Kansas and named Dr J Carey Taylor as vice moderator.
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Baltimore
Lloyd G. Ice
Govans Presbyterian Church
Maryland
Ice
Lawrence
Kans
J. Carey Tayor
Warehouse Burglary At Jenkins Bros Canning Plant
Police reported an overnight break in at Jenkins Bros canning plant on Commerce Street. A door lock was forced and a spill of canned goods may have been stolen. Inspector Sergeant Daniel Swomley is leading the investigation.
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Jenkins Bros. Canning Plant
Commerce Street
Sergi
Daniel Swomley
Viscount Addison Dies After Illness in London
Viscount Addison, aged 82, longtime Labour party leader in the House of Lords, died last night after an 18 month illness. His passing removes a key figure from British politics and shifts the party leadership in the Lords.
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Viscount Addison
London
Addison
Labor Party
House of Lords
Passport Controversy Hits Naster in Teitelbaum Case
Bert K. Naster refused to answer House investigators about Abraham Teitelbaum citing physical fear. He denied seeking money from Teitelbaum related to tax troubles and testified about obtaining a European passport within 48 hours after discussing it with his “platonic friend” T. Lamar Caudie while on parole from a five year tax fraud sentence. The subcommittee also examined Naster’s ties to Caudle, a fired Assistant Attorney General, and Caudle’s alleged Washington clique connections.
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Washington
Berkt K. Naster
House
Abraham Teitelbaum
Bert LK. Naster
Europe
T. Lamar Caudie
Naster
Hollywood
Fla
Ways and Means
Chicago
Teitelbaum
Caudle
Truman
Nathan
State Department
Truman Preparing For Talks With Churchill
President Truman orders detailed prep for January talks with Winston Churchill. U S officials expect Churchill to want broad policy discussion with Russia and specific Anglo American issues. State and Defense Departments draft the agenda. Churchill has yet to propose one. The embassy in London is instructed to gather as much as possible on his plans.
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Washington
Truman
Churchill
U. S
United States
Russia
State
Defense
London
Jury clears Lili St. Cyr from nightclub error interlude
Beverly Hills court finds Lili St. Cyr not guilty of an indecent performance at Ciro’s on October 19. The jury of ten women and two men deliberated one hour eighteen minutes. She expressed relief, thanked her lawyer Gerry Giesler, and announced engagements in Miami Beach with potential Paris dates in March.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lili St. Cyr
Ciro
Lili
Gerry Giesler
Frisday
Miami Beach
Fla
Paris
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