Whetzel Sentenced to 18 Months for Fatal Hit and Run
Willie Lester Whetzel of Clarke Place received two consecutive terms totaling 18 months in the Maryland House of Correction for operating a vehicle on a revoked license and leaving the scene after striking pedestrian Owan Homer Fawley, 68, on Route 240 near Green Valley Inn. Man slaughter and reckless driving charges were nolle pressed. driver admitted striking a man and fleeing due to license revocation. Additional parking ticket cases were resolved or continued by Magistrate Sheffield.
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Maryland House of Correction
Willie Lester Whetzel
Clarke Place
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Peoples ‘Court
Wheizel
Owan Homer Fawley
Frederick
Green Valley Inn
Nolle
Charles A. Price
Whetzel
Sheffield
House of Correction
M. J. Whitney
Margaret Duvall
Taney Apartments
Whitney
Sgt. Stallings
Joseph Stakem
John Kennedy
Center Street
Kennedy
Franklin D. Miller
East Second Street
Mark L. DeLauter
Fairview Avenue
James Stonesifer
Robert E. Hobbs
West Patrick Street
H P. O’brien
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Five day outlook shows considerable cloudiness with sunshine and warming into the weekend. Rain returns late Sunday or Monday, ending by Tuesday, followed by cooler conditions midweek. Temperatures average 3 to 5 degrees above normal. highs 38 to 45 and lows near 20 to 30 in specified regions.
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Maryland
Delaware
Delmar Peninsula
Leiby To Die Week Of Jan 7 In Florida Murder Case
Governor Fuller Warren orders the electrocution of James Merlin Leiby in the week of January 7 for the 1949 murder of traveling companion Leonard Applebaum. The death warrant fixes only the week. the Raiford prison superintendent will set the exact day and hour. Leiby claimed self defense and admitted moving Applebaum's body for two days before concealing it under a bridge in Collier County Everglades. The State Supreme Court had upheld the conviction about two years earlier.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Dee
Pime
Fuller Warren
James Merlin Leiby
Leonard Appllebaum
Raiford State
Selby
Frederick
Herbel
Baltimore
Applebaum
Collier County Everglades
State Supreme Court
Listing of dormant bank accounts due to Escheat Act
The News and Post reports that more than 500 dormant bank accounts from Frederick city banks will be published under the 1951 Escheat Act. Accounts inactive for 20 years revert to the state treasury, with owners given six months to claim. The accounts include commercial checking and savings, each worth at least $5.10, with potential offloads for small balances after 10 years.
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News and Post
Frederick City
Sedgman Clinches Davis Cup for Australia in Sydney
In a dramatic fifth and decisive match at White City Stadium, Frank Sedgman defeated Vic Seixas 6-4 6-2 6-2 to clinch the Davis Cup for Australia as the series moved to three matches to two. Ted Schroeder earlier beat Mervyn Rose, 6-4 13-11 7-5, keeping the challengers in contention. Prime Minister Menzies presented the trophy after a capacity crowd of 15,306 cheered the victors.
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Sydney
Australia
Frank Sedgman
Vic Seixas
Ted Schroeder
Mervyn Rose
Rose
White City
Sedgman
Seixas
Racquet
Robert Menzies
Dead 4 in Japan Plane Crash at Itazuke Base
Four killed and 27 injured in a C-47 transport crash at Itazuke Air Force Base in southern Japan. All casualties were U S personnel except one injured Japanese. The plane carried 23 aboard and hit a hanger during takeoff. six injuries were serious. Clear for Sugar Bowl in New Orleans as Maryland meets Tennessee.
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Tokyo
Itazuke Air Force Base
Japan
Far East
Air Force
U S Hopes Reds Haven’t Got Radar Gunsight
In Wiesbaden Germany on December 28 officials discuss a rumored super secret radar gunsight for jet fighters. They say it may be used in Korea with F-86 Sabres and fear Russia could possess it, though no European aircraft are equipped and no confirmation is given.
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U.S
Wiesbaden
Germany
America
Korea
U. S
West Germany
Europe
Eating Place Clean-Up To Get Started
Frederick county health officials plan a vigorous clean up of eating and drinking places starting January 1. About 45 percent are violators under city county code and will be notified to comply within 30 days or face closure. Restaurants and other public food venues will be posted with ratings and menus marked for substandard facilities. Of 220 eating places, about 25 percent meet sanitary standards, 30 percent show minor variances, while the rest threaten public health and must improve or close. Common offenses include kitchen mismanagement, dirty facilities, inadequate dishwashing, tobacco use in public kitchens, and pest problems. Epidemic risks from poor sanitation are cited, with diseases such as trench mouth and typhoid noted.
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Frederick County
Forbes Burgess
Health Department
Burgess
Key Ross In Atomic Works Now In West Key Ross In Atomic
London Daily Express reports the head of Russian uranium mining in East Germany as Lt. Col. Tedya Astrachov a Stalin Prize laureate involved in Soviet atomic work may have been taken to Washington after fleeing west six weeks ago Intelligence agents reportedly questioned a high Russian army officer and linked Astrachov to a German trip by four leading American atomic scientists The Justice Department declined comment.
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London
London Daily Express
East
Germany
Washington
West
Tedya Astrachov
Russia
the Express
Astrachov
Reds
Maryland Manufacturing Growth Shows Big Increase
Maryland has grown fast as a manufacturing state with value added by its factories at 1.455 billion dollars in 1950. The Census Bureau began releasing 1950 manufacturing results and Maryland ranked second among South Atlantic states and fifteenth in the nation.
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Washington
Maryland
Census Bureau
Stocks Spark Activity As Steel Strike Threat Eases
New York markets showed lively trading with narrow price movements. Steel shares rose only modestly as the anticipated strike threat eased, with traders forecasting the impasse would resolve without an immediate walkout.
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New York
Wall Street
Cold Spell To Break With Rain Expected This Weekend
A warm weekend is forecast as southerly winds end the cold spell from recent days. Frederick reports 19 degrees last night, Unionville 2 above, with today's high near 28 and tonight’s low around 20. Rain possible Saturday and Sunday, clearing and colder New Year’s Day, then continuing cold Wednesday. Downstreet crews work on downtown snow and ice, cleaning metered areas first. Some stores will close the day after New Year’s. shoppers should verify hours. Skating at Culler Lake noted with no official ice test reported.
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Frederick
Unionville
Frederick City
Court Street
W. Raymond Walter
Walter
Chamber of Commerce l
Culler Lake
Dead Woman Seeks Damages From Harbor Hospital
A 60 year old widow, Mrs Theresy K Buller, filed a $533.70 claim against Harbor Emergency Hospital in San Francisco alleging excessive heat and improper temperature control burned her back arm leg and abdomen during revival after being pronounced dead. If unpaid the claim could lead to a damage suit against the city.
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San Francisco
Dee
Iai
Theresy K. Buller
Harbor Emergency Hospital
First Letters From POWs On Way To Us
The first batch of nine pound letters from Allied prisoners in North Korean camps began moving toward the United States by air. Over 800 letters were handed to UN officials at Panmunjom, unclear if all will be released. Mail must show rank name service number and camp details, addressed to care of the Chinese People’s Committee for World Peace in Peking.
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Tokyo
Bec
United States
Korea
United Nations
Washington
U. S
Far East
Defense Department
Hong Kong
Department
Chinese People’s Committee For World Peace
Peking
China
Hood Club gifts support 3000 pledge and new officers
The Frederick County Hood Club donated 500 to the Hand Forward Campaign at its Christmas luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The club will pay 3000 over three years in 1000 yearly installments. New officers include Miss Roenna Fahrney as president and Mrs. Lawrence Baldwin as vice president. Proceeds funded social and charitable aims, including 20 card tables for Gambrill gym. Hecht Company of Baltimore buys 18 acres north of Hagerstown for a future department store and shopping center.
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Frederick County Hood Club
Francis Scott Key
Charles S. V. Laniner
J. Harald Hooper
Roenna Fahrney
Lawrence B. Baldwin
Francis Gaither, Jr
Robert Davis
Gambrill Gymnasium
J. D. Duve
Robert Russell
Doris Simpson
Edwin F. Nikirk
Baltimore
The
Hecht Company of
Hagerstown
Materials Needed For Family Rebuilding After Fire
Frederick County Red Cross chapter and Independent Hose Company list required building supplies for the Donald McKenzie family home destroyed by Christmas Eve fire. Donations coordinate via Osborne Schade or Adm. Allen G. Quynn with Red Cross.
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Donald McKenzie
Reel'a
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Independent Hose Company
Osborne Schade
Allen G. Quynn
Red Cross Disaster Committee
Red Cross
Schade
Adm
Quynn
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Independents
Roller Skate Wedding At Braddock Heights Rink Tonight
Betty Louise Kline and Lee Coleman Moser plan Maryland first roller skate wedding at Braddock Heights rink at nine o clock with all attendants in skate costumes. Rev Ralph E White to officiate. Public ceremony, reception for families to follow.
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Maryland
Braddock Heights
Betty Louise Kline
Don Brachey
Russell Hines
Betty
Lee
At Least 450 U.S. Soldiers Died in North Korean Camps
U N Command reports at least 450 American soldiers died in North Korean prison camps based on a study of the Reds' latest prisoner list. An official communique notes 77 percent of U N troops captured in certain areas died or were unaccounted, with deaths attributed to disease or shellfire. The release clarifies that the 77 percent figure does not apply to the main prisoner roster and stresses ongoing efforts to account for all captives. U N and Communist negotiators also trade barbs over stalled talks and conditions of an armistice.
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Munsan
Worea
Dee
U.N
aAn
Quitig
United Nations
U.N. Command
William P. Nuckats
Adm
Roe
Libby
Lee
Ceneva
U. N
U.S
Panmunjom
Senator Gillette Says Son Treated For Poison Ivy Misdiagnosed
Senator Gillette reports his son Mark Gillette 21 was treated for poison ivy at Camp Pickett Va in October but actually had scarlet fever. Inducted March at Camp Meade Md he trained at Camp Pickett then hospitalized at Walter Reed for seven weeks.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
Diana
Army
Mark Gillette
Gillette
Army Teammne
Camp Pickett
Mark. Gillette
Camp Meade
Mark
Walter Reed Hospital
Fort Myer
Potomar River
Understudies Gain Top Billing After Circus Heist
In London on December 26 police report three understudies promoted to top billing as stars were stolen with their chariots. The flea circus proprietor offers a 10 pound reward for the missing performers.
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London
Building Destroyed by Fire at Gibsonia Oil Plant
A spectacular fire with explosions destroyed the Waverly Oil Company plant main building at Gibsonia, about 300 miles north of Pittsburgh. Estimated losses start at $300,000. An earlier item notes a mine disaster at West Frankfort with 119 miners killed, possibly sparked by electricity or a lit cigarette.
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Pittsburgh
Waverly Oil Company
Gibsonia
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Weat Frankfort
Warmer air shifts Midwest as temperatures rise
Warmer southerly winds move into the Midwest cooling snow cover, with early readings 10 to 2 degrees higher in the upper Midwest and northern Plains. Sub-zero conditions linger in parts of New England while coastal cities report milder contrasts, including 21 in New York and 27 in Atlanta, 35 in Mobile, and 67 in Miami.
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Upper Midwest
Plains
Pres‘port
New England
Concord
No OH
Maine
Florida
New York
Washington
Atlanta
Mobile
Miami
Los Angeles
San Francises
Amas Hill Recaptured by U N Troops in Korean Front
Seoul dispatch reports Christmas Hill on the Korean front changing hands again as U N forces retake the outpost near Mun dung valley after days of fierce air and ground combat. Fifth Air Force confirms Sabre jets engaged 60 MIGs, with one Red jet shot down and two killed.
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Seoul
Korea
Christmas Hill
Fifth Air Force
U. S
Siercest
Aeriam
Mundung Valley
Heartbrook Ridge
Weader Front
Trinity Church Debt Cleared After Long Mortgage
The Trinity Methodist Church on East Second Street will burn a 45 000 mortgage Sunday morning to celebrate becoming debt free for the first time since its 1871 erection. The event marks a historic milestone as prior generations faced heavy mortgages and near loss to creditors. The last 3 000 was raised through church activities under Pastor Stewart and helper leaders. The ceremony will feature Basil C. Lewis of the Board of Trustees and Dr J C Millian as presiding official, with Dr Lowell Brestel Hazzard delivering the sermon. Services are open to the public.
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Trini Methodist Church
East Second Street
Siice
da. m
L Gene Stewart
Carl Maxwell
Ralph Sharpe
F. Raistey Phelps
Henry Lamb
Mr. Stewart
Basil C. Lewis
American Airmen Freed After Hungary Captivity
Four U S airmen, held in communist Hungary for 40 days after a forced down near Pana, returned to Austria at 4 30 p m Austrian time. Ambassador Walter J Donnelly greeted them at the frontier with Col William Somerby and Col John Guillett. The United States had agreed to pay 120000 in fines to secure their release. The fliers captains John Swift Dave Henderson and Jess Duff and radio man James Flam were met at the border and taken to an Austrian police post before heading to their Erding base near Munich.
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Nickelsdorf
Austria
Hungary
Walter J. Donnelly
U. S
Vienna
Donnelly
William Alden Somerby
Budapest
Sormerby
Col
John Guillett
U. S. Air Force
Tulsn
Thesr Air Force
Fig
Dommelly
Post
John 4. Swift
Glens Walls
Dave HH
Henderson
Shawnee Okla
T/Ski
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wish
Sai
James A. Flam
Kingsland
Ark
Ark, Radio Man
Pana
Erding
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tass
United States
Tulln
Munich
Donnellys Party
Played Cards Then Committed Death by Own Action
In Scotland on December 28 George Clarence Wise a 10 year old farmer and father of eight grown children played cards with relatives, left to his room, and was found dead with a pistol shot to the forehead. Relatives reported the shot and the deputy medical examiner will issue a death by own action certificate. A separate Mexico City earthquake was reported at 3 21 08 a m est.
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Scotland
George Clarence Wise
Wise
St. Mary’s
Julian S. Lane
Curved Barrel Gun To Shoot Around Corners Is Perfected
Detroit reports the Army has perfected a curved barrel submachine gun that shoots around corners. It attaches to the M-3 grease gun, fires .45 caliber slugs at 450 rounds per minute, and can be set to fire left right up or down. The curved barrel, praised for accuracy, can pierce a one inch pine board at 100 yards and costs $18 to manufacture.
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Detroit
Army
Joseph C. Soma
Detroit Arsenal
Gls
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Weather Bureau
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Key Ross
Atomic Works
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Uss
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D'Alesandro
Red
Warner
Midwest
Prous
Lexus
Amas Hill
Trinity Church
Milentije Popvic
Mexico City
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