Murder Case Is On Trial Before Court
Robert A. Morris 11 year old ecolored railroad switchman near Petersville faces a juryless trial in Circuit Court on a not guilty plea for the shooting of his wife as she entered their home on November 20. Associate Judges Schnauffer and Prescott hear the case. defense contends the shooting was justifiable under the circumstances. State Police statements and a Supreme Court ruling on admissibility are debated. Morris testified he fired after threatening to kill her when she entered Holland's car. The case also involves testimony about alleged past threats and an observed immoral act, with Morris indicating beer was present but not intoxication. Prosecution is led by State's Attorney Kirk. defense plans to call witnesses.
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Robert A. Morris
Petersville
Eby
Patrick MM. Schnauffer
Stedman Prescott
Owai
Borris
Supreme Court
E. Austin James
Morris
Maryland
Helland
Helland Boy
Holland
Elmer E. Whimbs
Burkittsville
Irs
Whimbs
Brunswick
Etta
F. Morris
Mother
W. W. Corbin
Kirk
Christmas Food Show At Tivoli Saturday
The Salvation Army Police Department and Federated Charities sponsor a Christmas food show at the Tivoli theater on Saturday December 18 at 10 30. Admission is any nonperishable food item. The program features a Western feature and Jimmy Wakely in Oklahoma Blues plus a cartoon. Proceeds support Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Tivoli theater.
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Tivoli Theater
Salvation Army
Federated Charities
Jimmy Wakely
Frederick Junior
Continuous Mail Delivery Planned For Saturday Rush
Local post office schedules continuous Saturday deliveries near peak pre Christmas parcel and letter rush. Window service extends to 5 p m for parcel receipt and stamp sales expected to peak. Slight increase in letters by cancellation machine noted. extra holiday staff begin this week.
O'Toole Garage Hit Again in Sixth Week Evidence of repeated thefts of auto parts.
The O'Toole garage in Thurmont was robbed for the fourth time in six weeks. Between $200 and $300 in merchandise including three auto heaters four batteries and five new tires were stolen. Four large plate glass windows and two side-door windows were broken in the break in. State Police and county authorities investigated with prior losses estimated between $500 and $1,000.
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O'Toole
Thurmont
Claude O'Toole
Boy Dies Of Wounds In Carroll County Hunting Accident
John Albert Kenney fourteen died from an abdominal gunshot wound suffered while squirrel hunting in September. Son of Norman D and Baugher Kenney of Dennings he was born April 16 1934 in Frederick County and survived by several siblings including Mrs Helen Utz and William E Kenney. He attended Westminster High School eighth grade and his funeral is set at Rock Hill Lutheran Church with Rev Raymond C Mermointment. D D Hartziger and Sons funeral directors.
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John Albert Kenney
Norman D
E Baugher Kenn
Dennings
Carroll County
University Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick County
Helen Utz
William E Kenney
New Windsor
Lillian Utz
Manchester
Rosie Warner
Westminster
Norman E
A. D
Earl J. Kenney
Young
Westminster High School
Friends
Rock Hill Lutheran Church
Raymond C. Murmerment
Ceme
D. D. Hartzier and Sons
Aid To Greece May Continue
U S Ambassador Henry P Grady said President Truman favors continuing the whole aid program to Greece. He estimated about 400 million dollars needed for the anti Communist effort next year versus about 750 million this year. The note followed Truman's congressional report signaling slow progress in Greece. A deed was recorded in New Market district transferring 69 acres and improvements from Raymond C Warfield to Ray H Zimmerman with around 7000 dollars consideration.
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Washington
Henry P. Grady
U. S
Greece
Truman
Grady
White House
Congress
New Market District
Raymond C. Warfield
Ray H. Zimmerman
49 Becomes Wettest Year In Last 20
The year 1949 is reported as the wettest in two decades with 49.82 inches of rainfall to date, nearing 50 inches as heavy rains continue. Rivers rise but no major floods are feared. only 1915 and 1889 exceed the 1928 record. Weather remains unsettled with showers, tapering to drizzle and slight warming by Friday.
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Weather Bureau
State Roads Commission
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Shenandoah
Ford Plant Fire at Rouge Factory Recalls Detroit Blaze
A $500,000 fire tore through Ford Motor Cos Rouge plant last night destroying materials for 200 automobiles. Workers moved over twenty Mercury cars to safety while three men and six women were rescued. Three hundred employees were at work. 3,800 were laid off temporarily as investigators search for the blaze cause and total damage.
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Detroit
Ford Motor
Upper Potomac Braces for Flood Stage Across Maryland
Upper Potomac nears flood stage as heavy rain and icy conditions cripple lines and leave 2700 telephones out in five Western Maryland counties. Oakland flood subsides amid lingering heavy rain while Cumberland faces no flood but downstream sections risk overflow if precipitation persists.
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Cumberland
Potomac
Maryland
Maryrland
Oakland
Garrett County
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Joy continuous mining machine digs two tons coal per minute
Pittsburgh reports a new Joy mining machine capable of digging coal at two tons per minute. The $50,000 device, developed by Joy Manufacturing Co, was unveiled at the Mathies mine near Pittsburgh with seven other units in use elsewhere. It replaces the separate cutting loading and blasting steps with a single continuous operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jor Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh Coal Co
New Mathies
Joy
Task Force Urges Overhaul Of Defense Machinery
A six point program from a Hoover Commission task force urges tighter defense spending and clearer authority. It calls for direct control by the Secretary of Defense, stronger interservice teamwork, an overhaul of procurement, closer links between research and strategy, faster civilian mobilization planning, and fuller stockpile accountability. It notes a 30 billion dollar wartime projection trimmed to 15 billion, plus missing 9 thousand tanks and gaps in inventory records.
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Chinery
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Stary Establishment
Munitions Board
Oea
Communists gain reach to Peiping walls shocks Nanking
Nanking reports Communist forces reach Peiping walls amid rumors of a deal with General Fu Tso Yi. Chiang Kai Shek’s aides press for peace talks while Sun Fo’s cabinet formation looms. Telecommunication and power briefly disrupted as rumors swirl about Peiping’s fate.
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Nanking
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping- Tientsin
Chiang
Sun Fo
Peipiz
Communications Mini
Shihethan
Shanghai
Conference Of Yong Teachers Held Here
Frederick county teachers of agriculture gathered Wednesday at Frederick High School to discuss expanding youth work projects across county schools. A dinner at the Francis Scott Key Post 13 American Legion followed, attended by state supervisor Harry McDonald and county agents H Bradley Jones and Eugene W. Pruitt, plus teachers Warren Smith Carroll Biser, Lewis Adalt, Reese Poffinbarger, George Remsberg and others from Emmitsburg Thurmont Walkersville and Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Ick High School
Francis Scott Key Post No. 13
American Legion
Harry McDonald
Vo Ag
Henry R. Shoemaker
H. Bradley Jones
Eugene W. Pruitt
Warren Smith
Carroll Biser
Lewis Adalt
Middletown
Reese Poffinbarger
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
George Remsberg
Walkersville
Two Baltimore Boys to Stand Trial in Juvenile Court
Two Baltimore teenagers, aged 11 and 13, connected to a $197 Brunswick robbery, will be returned to Baltimore for Juvenile Court trial tomorrow. They are on probation in Baltimore and were arrested at the bus terminal by State Trooper Ridge and Deputy Sheriff Crouse.
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Baltimore
Brunswick
Baore
L. M. Ridge
George Crouse
Balmore and Ohio Railroad
Jocal Juvenile Court
Executive Committee Meeting Held at Maryland State School
The executive committee of the American Schools for the Deaf met Wednesday at Maryland State School. Attendees included the superintendent of the local school and Dr Leonard Elstad of Galva College. A major topic was the nationwide shortage of speech teachers and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amee
Militee
Conference of Executes of American Schools For the
Maryland State School
Additioree
Otterers
Leonard Elstad
Galvaude
College Sam
Spe
Coleges
Czechs Accept Money and Machinery from Soviets
Prague reports a new Kremlin backed financial deal promising gold and hard cash to Czechoslovakia to buy commodities unavailable with its crown. The agreement signals a Soviet move in European trade, but the program’s scope remains unclear as Western observers monitor.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Kremlin
Reds Swarm Around Peiping as Battle Rages Suburbally
Reports from Peiping, December 1645, describe Communist forces swarming the suburbs near the encircled city. Small arms and mortar fire mix with rumors of peace talks as Nationalist troops parade and sightsee amid the siege.
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Peipins
Peiping
Vetveren
San Francisco
Ett
Ciy
Fu Tso
North China
Reds
Tientsin
Claire Chennault
China Air Transport Company
Government asks Supreme Court to avoid reviewing Tokyo war crimes
The United States urges the Supreme Court not to intervene in the Tokyo tribunal’s death sentences for Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders. Solicitor General Pertman warns that halting or overruling could damage international law, peaceful settlements, and ongoing global cooperation including United Nations activities. The brief supports appeals by the American and Japanese defendants and five others imprisoned last November.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court Today
International Tribunal
Tojo
Tokyo Tribunal
Philip 8. Pertlman
United Nations
Perlman
Post Would Oppose Phone Rate Increase
Cumberland dispatch reports on December 16 that Thomas Post will re introduce a City Council resolution protesting Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Company rate hike proposals. Attorney General Hall Hammond seeks to intervene in the Tate case before the Public Service Commission.
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Cumberland
Thomas Post
Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Company
Inumberlands City Council
Marsland
Hall Hammond
Tate
Public Service 3
Greenbrier Hotel appoints new manager in White Sulphur Springs
Dev Fugene named manager of the Greenbrier hotel at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia as the Ches apeane and Qohin Railrear Co. announces today. The word Calumet refers to the Indian peacepipe given by Pere Marquette in 1675 and a river lake and harbor named Calumet still exist in the Chicago area.
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Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Chesapeane & Qohin Railrear Co
Pere Marquete
Chicago Territory
Chinese 12th Army Group Escapes or Is Destroyed
In Nanking on December 16 the Chinese government and the Communists issued rival statements about the 12th Army Group. The Defense Ministry said the 12th broke the Communist ring and joined Nationalist forces northwest of Pengpu, about 100 miles from Nanking. The Communist broadcast claimed remnants were destroyed after 22 days encirclement near Suhsien, 145 miles from Nanking. The government had earlier admitted heavy losses, and a prior claim of breakout was deemed incorrect.
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Nanking
12Th Army Group
Defense Ministry
Pengpu
Naoking
Ith
Suhsien
Strom
Faces Tilt On Farm Aid In Atlantic City Convention
The American Farm Bureau Federation nears the end of its convention amid a potential split over future price supports. Southern delegates push for wartime levels with production controls, while Midwesterners seek lower supports aligned with the Aiken Hope law. The resolutions panel proposes deferring the decision to the 21 member board, hoping changing sentiment and a new Congress may shift the stance.
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Atlantic City
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
South
Aiken-Hope
Resolutions Committee
Congress
Hiss Pleads Innocent in Treason Case
New York December 16 1977 Alger Hiss pleads innocent to a federal grand jury charge that he lied about giving secret papers to ex Communist agent Whittaker Chambers. The indictment closes an 18 month espionage probe. Bail set at 5 000 and trial is tentatively scheduled for January 24.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Prand
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
John W. Clancy
Hungary Defies U.S. On Oil Seizure Dispute
Budapest rejects U S protest over seizure of American owned oil properties. Hungary cites alleged sabotage by two Standard Oil employees and accuses the U S of meddling while denying coercive confessions. The reply claims U S torture methods abroad are notorious.
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Budapest
Hungary
U. S
Standard Oil Company
N. 5
State Department
America
United States State Department
United States
Engine Damaged After Rock Slide Stalls Train
PRR Pennsylvania Railroad engine was damaged slightly today when it ran onto a stall rock slide on the south bound track in York Haven Pennsylvania. No one was reported injured.
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York Haven
PRR
Pennsylvania Railroad
French Blow Up Russians' Radio Towers in Berlin
The French detonated two Soviet controlled Radio Berlin towers in the British sector to cut the station off air. Commander Gen Jean Ganeval said the demolitions were necessary to protect Allied airlift to Tegel Field and were carried out without incident. German authorities said related control installations were also destroyed.
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Berlin
Tegel
Radio
Sng
Weather Across the Nation Shows Mixed Conditions
The forecaster notes a mix of freezing rain drizzle and snow in many regions. A mass of cold air moves from the Rockies into the Midwest driving subzero temps in places like Cut Bank Montana. Mild readings persist in the Gulf States and Ohio Valley with fog in parts of the Midwest and East Coast.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
New York State
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New England
Michigan
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ohio
Cut Bank
Mont
Britain Probes Sabotage Claim On Carrier Terrible
London reports say the British Navy investigates damage to the 14 060 ton aircraft carrier Terrible with sabotage suspected by several papers though an Admiralty statement notes pending results. Engineers traced a gearbox failure to stripped steel bolts found in the engine pit during tests at a Devonshire dockyard.
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London
Admiralty
Tada Taday
Daily Mail
Devonshire
Dr Truxal to Speak at Bible Society Meet in Frederick
The 128th annual Young Men's Bible Society of Frederick county meeting will be at Evangelical Reformed Church on Sunday January 9 at 7 30 p m. Dr Andrew G Truxal president Hood College will speak. A report on city coverage this year will be presented detailing work supervised by Roger G Hartley colporteur.
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Young Men’s Bible Society of
Frederick County
Evangelical Reformed Church
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
Roger G. Hartley
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Yong
China
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