Night's Snow Creates Travel Hazard Across City
Light snowfall and icy patches slowed travel this morning as roads froze in 32 degree temperatures. State Roads crews applied cinders to hills and intersections while police reported slick conditions citywide. Four delivery trucks ran routes as post office traffic surged with late Christmas mail and packages.
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Weather Bureau
State Roads Commission
Mercury
Santa Claus
Culler Lake
Herman Toms
Gamebrill Park
Post
Maryland End of Closed Season Lets Many Fish Be Fished
The Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission ended the closed season on crappie suckers eels carp white and yellow perch sunfish striped bass fallfish and gudgeon effective now. Catfish remain closed only in Frederick county until Feb 15 with 16 counties opening. Creel limits set at 10 on crappie 15 on suckers and perch and 10 on striped bass. Trout open in Catoctin area April 15 to July 15 daily from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Little Hunting Creek ban continues with five per day creel. The article also notes a murder charge against Ethel Panell in Fayetteville W Va. and a call by Red China for foreign troops to withdraw from Korea.
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Maryland
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Frederick County
Catoctin
Hunting Creek
Los Angeles Drunk Holiday Leaves City Reeling
Los Angeles recounts a massive postholiday binge with a record number of incidents. Police note 1,084 accidents and 362 drunken driving charges as offices parties fueled the spree. More than 1,222 arrests for drunkenness and over 900 hospital treatments marked the Christmas weekend.
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Los Angeles
One Dies as Cumberland Fire Destroys Six Homes
A four alarm blaze in Cumberland on Christmas night killed a restaurant cook identified as Charles Pownell and left 34 residents homeless. The fire began about 11 p.m. and raged for four hours aided by falling snow. the cause was undetermined and the Salvation Army with the Allegany Red Cross opened a relief center at the Negro Elks home for the night.
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Cumberland
Charles Pownell
Salvation Army
Allegany Red Cross
Negro Elks Home
Mrs Bittle Named Red Cross Executive Secretary
Emily Crampton Bittle of Knoxville will become executive secretary of the Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross on January 1, succeeding Marian Currens who resigns after four and a half years. Bittle previously held the post from 1943 to 1946 and aided in World War II efforts. The chapter plans expand Civil Defense services and to supply trained instructors in first aid and home nursing for public classes on request.
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Emily Crampton Bittle
Knoxville
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Charles A. Price
Bittle
Marian Currens
Currens
Red Cross
Frederick
Judgment for 400 dollars entered in court
Judgment for 400 dollars in favor of Raymond W. Burdette III was confessed in Circuit Court in a damage suit against Joseph Jacobs a Pennsylvania resident. Burdette alleged he was struck by Jacobs’s automobile on East Patrick Street last August 26. James McSherry represented the defendant. Ralph L. Tabler filed suit for 2000 dollars against Richard A. Peddicord after an automobile collision on Unionville Harrisville road last June 9. Tabler says he stopped to let a passenger alight with lights burning and the rear view unobstructed for over 30 feet when his car was struck from the rear.
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Raymond W. Burdette, III
Burdette
Raymond W. Burdette
East Patrick Street
Joseph Jacobs
Pennsylvania
W. Clinton McSherry
Jacobs
James McSherry
Ralph L. Tabler
Unionville By Pass Opened To Traffic On Route 26
The 914 300 Unionville by pass on Liberty road to Baltimore Route 26 is opened after construction since 1949. Barricades were removed after inspection by State Roads Commission and contractor reps. The 3.788 mile by pass improves safety by bypassing Unionville, eliminates hills and sharp curves, and ties into Liberty road east of Unionville.
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Unionville
Liberty Road
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
T. Edgie Russell
Frederick
Liberty
Frederick County
Linganore Creek
Union Bridge
Road Commission
Washington
Libertytown
Commission
Eldersburg
Baltimore County
Violent Deaths Over Holiday Reported By AP
The nation counted 664 deaths from violent accidents over the Christmas holiday three days. Traffic fatalities topped 500 with 515 killed on icy highways. Accidents from fires, drownings, falls added 149 more, giving one of the largest three day totals. California Texas New York and Illinois led in deaths. Buffalo fire killed six elderly men. four children drowned in Paris Texas.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
California
Texas
New York
Illinois
Los Angeles
Buffalo
N. Y
Paris
Tex
Red River
Thieves And Vandals Busy Over Weekend
Washington observers discuss Dean Achesons future as Senator Langer urges unity against danger and Korea policy, while local crime reports note break ins at R F Bennetts garage and Gunther peer truck with beer thefts, plus window pane damage at Ideal Garage and Sears Roebuck store along Carroll Creek. Investigations are ongoing by police and detectives.
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Gunther Peer
East South Street
Allen Barigis
Yarnold Simmons
Ideal Garage Company
Sears Roebuck and Company
Carroll Creek
Lieut. R. O. Six
Sergt. Phebus
Charge Filed Against Baltimore Motorist
A charge of failing to stop after a property damage accident was placed against Fred Baumgardner of Baltimore this morning after an accident on East Patrick Street near Maryland Avenue. Officer Alton Twentey found Baumgardner allegedly struck a parked car owned by Douglas E. Santemier on East Church Street. Baumgardner was summoned to a hearing. Earlier arrests included John R. Wiles James Boyer and Douglas Stone charged with disturbing the peace and held under bonds.
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Fred Baumgardner
Baltimore
East Patrick Street
Maryland Avenue
Alton Twentey
Baumgardner
Douglas E. Santemier
East Church Street
John R. Wiles
Frederick
Route 3
James Boyer
North Bentz Street
Douglas Stone
Angered Woman Forces Way Into Flynn Home
Hollywood reports a distraught woman forced entry to Errol Flynn's home, chased a maid, toppled outdoor furniture into a pool, and caused a disturbance. Julie Miller, the maid, notified police saying the intruder claimed Flynn has been troubling her and her daughter for three years. Officers responded and were charged by the woman with a hoe but she fell during the confrontation. The incident was taped as a police report with no injuries reported.
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Hollywood
Pia
Errol Flynn
Julie Miller
Europe
W. R. Beck
L. E. Harvey
Beck
Flynn
Services For J. Bibb Mills 73 Former Anti Soul League Leader
Funeral services for John Bibb Mills 73 former superintendent of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League will be held in Washington with burial in Baltimore. He died Saturday after weeks of treatment for a broken hip A Montgomery native Mills retired in 1942 and moved to Washington He is survived by his wife two daughters and a brother Mills once spoke frequently in Frederick while counsel for Maryland Anti-Saloon League
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Washington
John Bibb Mills
Alabama Anti-Saloon League
Baltimore
Mills
Senate
Montgomery
Ala
Western Maryland College
Maryland University Law School
Anna H. Gail Mills
Sarah L. Moody
Los Angeles
Marietta Murchison
Alexandria
Joseph S. Mills
Plushing
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Frederick
Two Telephones For Five Press Agencies
Tokyo December 26 full censorship is now at Eighth Army HQ in Korea. Five news agencies assigned to Lt Gen Ridgway’s HQ may use only two controlled telephones. Agencies are AP UP INS Reuters and Pan Asia. Daily briefings resumed. after briefings officers allow 30 minutes to write dispatches for censorship. William Barnard reports.
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Tokyo
USS Eighth Army
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Reuters
Pan Asia
Star
William Barnard
13 Violent Deaths Over Md Weekend
The weekend in Maryland saw at least 13 violent deaths from accidents. Eight traffic fatalities occurred Friday night through early today, four fires claimed lives, and a 16 year old duck hunter drowned near Cambridge. Names include Mack Hardesty, James Miller, Arthur Davis, Mary Anderson, Harold Jones, James Netlons, George Norris, William Alexander, Charles Pownell, Bruce Kelly, Ada Green, Donald Lowder, and John Chandler. Chandler remains missing.
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Maryland
Cambridge
Mack Hardesty
Harwood
Annapolis
Woodland Beach
Anne Arundel County
James G. Miller
Finkshore
Arthur Roland Davis
Kitzmiller
Hancock
Mary E. Anderson
Oxford
U. S. Route 50
Trappe
Harold T. Jones
Hagerstown
James Netlons
Kingston
Somerset County
George E. Norris
Salisbury
Wicomicca County
Williams
Alexander
Baltimore
Charles Pownell
Cumberland
Bruce Kelly
Ada Sue Green
North Laurel
Donald Lowder
Patuxent Naval Air Station
John Clark Chandler
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Great Marsh
Chandler
Winter Deluge Brings Heavy Snow and Deep Freeze Across Plains
The northern half of the nation endures a double punch of wintry weather with snow and extreme cold. The heaviest snow falls stretch from southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa to northern Indiana and southern Michigan, with Chicago receiving over seven inches. Temperatures plunge to 17 below zero in North Dakota and Minnesota and reach near zero in South Dakota as the cold air sweeps south and east. Elsewhere fair in many regions and milder in the south and far west.
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Montana
Dakotas
Great Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Chicago
North Dakota
South Dakota
New England
Five Day Weather Forecast for Maryland
Five day forecast for Maryland shows Wednesday partly cloudy and windy with colder temperatures and mountain snow flurries or squalls. Continued cold Thursday with slowly rising temperatures on Friday and Saturday. Snow is likely Friday or Saturday, followed by colder conditions again over the weekend.
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Baltimore
Maryland
President Truman to Work On Two New Messages
President Truman plans to address the 82nd Congress with a State of the Union message, likely stressing Korea, Western Europe defense, and emergency programs. He may request military outlays, tax measures, draft expansion, and new agencies while resisting immediate compulsory health insurance and pressing Alaska and Hawaii statehood.
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Truman
Congress
Prumaty
Independencs
Bel Dawn
Watc
Korea
Western
Europe
Tramian
Agait
Oreton
Fair Employement Practices Commission
PERC
Statehood
Alaska
Hawa
House
Senate
Unified command formed in Korea under Ridgway
The 10th Corps is withdrawn from the Tsingnam beachhead and folded into a unified field command under U S Eighth Army with Lt Gen Matthew B Ridgway as field commander. The new structure reports directly to General MacArthur while Maj Gen Edward M Almond and others shift roles amid criticism of dual command. A Jeep accident killed Eighth Army commander Lt Gen Walton H S Walker on Saturday.
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Tokyo
Uniterdl Nafons
Korea
U. S
Eighth Army
10Th Corps
Tsungnam
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Fighth Army
MacArthur
Edward M. Almond
Ivy MacArthur
Yinder Ridgway
Walton HS Walker
Fighth
United States
South Korea
Red China
North Korea
Walton H. Walker
Ridgway
Stan Swinton
1Th
Hungnam
Deen
Southeast Korea
Pusan
Pohang
Chit Teh
U. N.roops
Formosa
United Nations
Bath
Chuina
Kyodo
Republic of Korea
Air Force Mobilization Plans Quadruple Strength
Washington reports the Air Force is broadening an emergency mobilization to four times prewar Korea strength. Undersecretary McCone says plan covers aircraft production training and bases, with a two year path to double force, crews, and bases. Existing expansion includes reopening plants and bases, lifting personnel beyond 412,000 pre Korea, with combat aircraft output rising and aiming to scale further.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
John A. McCone
Intel
United States
Magistrate Sits for First Time Fines Driver $51.50
Thomas S Glass presided at Peoples Court sentencing Russell Ott of Virginia Ave Brunswick to 25 days in jail for no operator license and failing to stop at a stop sign after a Brunswick Delaware Ave crash. Ott pleaded guilty and said he misplaced his license. Fletcher of Route 2 Lovettsville collided, car overturned, no injuries, $300 total damage. Collateral forfeitures listed for multiple defendants.
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Peoples Court
Thomas S. Glass
Russell Ott
Virginia Avenue
Brunswick
Brunswick Street
Delaware Avenue
Harold L. Basore
Roger N. Fletcher
Route 2
Lovettsville
Fletcher
Ott
Basore
Olt
John Blazasky
North Tonawanda
Robert G. Shafer
Frederick
Clarence D. Shafer
Middletown
Arthur FE
Warren
Baltimore
John FB
Hergenroeder
Trapper Basore
Intensified contact along front as Koreas brace for push
The Republic of Korea military reports intensified enemy contact along the front near the 38th Parallel. Ferocious fighting surrounds Kaesong and Yonchon as Chinese and Korean Reds mass supplies. General Ridgway assumes command, vows to hold line while U N and allies regroup amid looming offensives.
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Seoul
Republic of
Rock Island Train Wreck Near Lineville Injures Several
A Rock Island Imperial passenger train bound from Chicago to Kansas City crashed into a stalled westbound freight two miles east of Lineville Lineville on December 26 injuring several people. Five were taken to Wright Hospital Trenton and Engineer J H Cordes was seriously injured. A diesel tipped over caught fire and cars piled up along the track. A second item notes Moscow appoints a 12 man committee to award the first international Slatin peace prizes.
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Lineville
Rock Island
Imperial
Chicago
Kansas City
Here
G. F. Davison
Mercer
Wright Hospital
Trenton
J. H. Cordes
Walter Damrosch Rites at St James Protestant Church
New York December funeral services were held at St James Protestant Church for the AR-year-old dean of American musicians Walter Damrosch, with Javers and friends in attendance.
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Walter Damrosch
New York
Javers
St. James Protestant Church
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Winter
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Ellis C. Wachter
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Lane
Glass
Weinberg
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