Traffic Cases In Court Fail To Stand In Frederick
In Friday traffic court Judge May drate W F Sheffield acquitted one driver and dismissed others. Mrs BE W Smith of Brunswick proved alibi for herself and car over North Market Street between 2 and 6 am and was found not guilty. Joan Puskar Edgewood and Grover Martin Schroy 18 Wisner Street faced charges of reckless driving with no witnesses beyond drivers. no verdicts given. Dr Howard H Warner of Baltimore was found not guilty of exceeding 50 mph in a 30 mph zone on North Market Street November 16 after lengthy continuations and collateral issues. He testified his car was a substitute and the trip lengthy and defended himself noting 37 years of driving without prior court actions. R W M Zimmerman of Frederick received 60 days jail in default of $100 for drunkenness after being found in railroad yards with head on a rail between locomotive wheels. he had left jail for his mother’s funeral and failed to return. Robert Paul Miller of Montevue loitering. 60 days in Montevue. Jesse Harris, a colored farm laborer near Ijamsville, fined $50 and given a suspended one-year sentence for assault and battery on Roy Richardson. 30 days in jail in default of the fine for failure to pay. Edwin F Nikirk and H Flohr with Earl M Oden defended. not guilty of disorderly conduct at a North Market Street restaurant on early Sunday.
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Peoplesight Court
Maydrate
W. F. Sheffield
BE. W. Smith
Brunswick
Northarket Street
Sergt
Alph Potts
Cease
Frederick
Olle Prosse
Joan Puskar
Edgecod
Grover Martin Sehroyl
Wisner Street
Howard H. Warner
Baltimore
North Market Street
Ergt
Dan Swomiey
Ebert
R. W. M. Zimmerman
Vernon Heffner
Zimmerman
Robert Paul Miller
Montevue
Jesse Harris
Ijamsville
House of Correction
Roy Richardson
Edwin F. Nikirkoland H. Flohr
East Fourth Street
Earl M. Oden
North Bentz Street
Accuse MacMaster for Price Violation
Maryland OPS charged golf pro Carroll T. MacMaster and others in Baltimore area with price ceiling violations. MacMaster allegedly raised driving range prices and failed to file a ceiling price list. The suit seeks treble damages of 2362 dollars.
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Baltimore
Maryland Office of Price Stabilization
Carroll T. MacMaster
OPS
Acme Rendering Company
Armour and Company
Foell Brothers
Lexington
Edward T. Rollins
MacMaster
Catoctin
Frederick
Senator Byrd Sheds Light On Minor Operation
Senator Byrd of Virginia underwent a minor elective procedure at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. Officials said no emergency occurred and the operation, begun Christmas afternoon, left him in satisfactory condition with a possible ten days to two weeks stay under Dr. Howard C. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Byrd
D-Va
Union Memorial Hospital
Howard C. Smith
Smith
Mrs Cronin Convicted In Dope Plot Trial
In New York on December 28 1944 Evyleen Cronin a vaudeville performer and Tallulah Bankheads maid secretary was convicted on three counts of larceny after a lengthy trial. Prosecutors pursued allegations of theft while Cronin claimed she sought back money spent on Bankhead. Sentencing set for January 24 with contempt actions against attorney Moritt also scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evyleen Cronin
Tallulah Bankhead
Fred G. Moritt
General Sessions
Harold A. Stevens
Stevens
Cronin
Moritt
Josie
Mrs. Cronin
Tallulah
Miss Bankhead
Accounts Filed in Orphans Court For Multiple Estates
The first administration account for Holmes D. Baker shows a total of 1 048 081 23 with disbursements 419 802 74 leaving net 628 278 49 distributed to Joseph D. Baker II John C. Legg Jr and The State Deposit and Trust Co. of Baltimore trustees. Final accounts were filed for Amanda R. Stull and Lucy E. Sponseller with net estates of 3 323 17 and 755 30 respectively. Individuals named include Elsie May Dayhoff Willard Reuben Hall Hattie Virginia Carpenter Ida May Carpenter and others. Distribution details cover church bequests and family heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes D. Baker
Geraldine Frost Baker
Joseph D. Baker, II
John C. Legg, Jr
Sate Deposit and Trust, Co
Baltimore
Lemu
Gertrude Dotterer
Veronica Nunemaker
Theresa B. O'Malley
Nunebaker
Edward P. O'Malley
Graft Criticism From Red China Warns of State Drain
A Chinese Communist official Po Yi-Po told 600 party leaders in Peiping that government graft is seriously damaging state resources and undermining economic development. He cited corruption in the party, government, army, and public bodies as a widespread problem blamed on bourgeois erosion and improper Marxism Leninism. Separately, Donald Sensenig of Shookstown suffered first degree burns when a furnace fire at his home ignited. He was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital, where his condition was reported good the following night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Red
Red Army
Peoples Bodies
Donald Sensenig
Shookstown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sensenig
Frederick Automotive Co
North
Bentz Street
Braddock Couple Observes Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Philip Holter of Old Braddock near Frederick celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary with no formal plans. The couple’s long life together includes farming, teaching, church work, and active community service in Braddock Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Philip Holter
Old Braddock
Frederick
Holter
Samuel Klein
Braddock
Fannie Louise
William P. Holter
Peter Holter
Middletown Valley
P. Bergstresser
Middletown
Mollie Holter
Charlies E. Klein
Washington
Mrs. Holter
Getzendanner Farm
Power Winch Needed To Lower Coffin
Virgil Tackett of Pike County weighed about 600 pounds and was buried in a home-made coffin lowered by a power winch on a gray hillside near Pikeville. The service lasted two and a half hours in his parents’ four-room house as neighbors helped craft a coffin able to contain him. Word of his death from a heart ailment spread quickly, drawing curious visitors from Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. Tackett suffered from a gland disorder and had reportedly weighed nearly 609 pounds prior to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikeville
Virgil Tackett
Pike County
Tackett
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Lewis Tackett
Both Conventions In 1952 To Be Televised
Westinghouse Electric Corp disclosed it will sponsor nationwide television and radio coverage of the 1952 presidential campaign. The programs will be piped over CBS network. It marks the first time that such coverage will be provided for a national campaign by a commercial sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Imi
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Columbia Broadcasting System
National party conventions to be televised network hookup
National coverage will air both party conventions from Chicago with a 13 week nonpartisan get out the vote drive and returns on election night November 4. At least 20 hours of convention coverage are planned with the Republican meeting starting July 7 and the Democratic gathering beginning July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bath
West Europe's 1951 steel output hits record in survey
Geneva report shows Western Europe produced 58 255 000 metric tons in 1951 while Soviet bloc nations rose to about 41 million tons. United States output topped both combined. UK, Spain and West Germany mostly higher. Britain down 4 percent due to scrap metal imports.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
West Europe
Butl
Western Europe
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
Commission
United States
United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
Europe
Britain
Commission Aald
Automobile Costs Going Up in 1952
Auto manufacturers expect higher costs and higher retail prices in 1952 under the Capehart amendment. Wages and materials rise, production may shrink, and firms seek maximum ceiling-price increases to offset costs back to 1950. Some recent requests top $400 for slower selling models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
Detroit
Eastern Star Elects Officers for 1952
Frederick Chapter No 79 Order of Eastern Star held its Christmas party on Friday December 27 electing Worthy Matron Mrs Mary S Lambdin Worthy Patron William S Lambdin Associate Matron Mrs Grace E Engle Associate Patron John C Engle secretary Miss Mayelin Hershberger and treasurer Mrs Julia (name cut off) for 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Frederick
Order of Eastern Star
Mary S. Lambdin
William S. Lambdin
Grace E. Engle
John C. Engle
Mayelin Hershberger
Julia
Scott predicts many small wars before one big war
Rep. Hugh D. Scott speaking at Johns Hopkins University warned that Korea is a small war among many possible conflicts and may lead to a larger war. He argued the Korea struggle appears aimless and endless while noting the Naval Academy at Annapolis was established in 1845.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Baltimore
Hugh D. Scott
Pat
Republican National Committee
Chaiman
Johns Hopkins University
Korea
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Proper Use of a Girl's Car in a Social Dilemma
A Pitt student contemplates offering her car for a dance date. She rejects giving permission to two young men to use the vehicle, deciding it would be improper. She leaves casual option open, suggesting they could use the car if he thinks it appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
Cable cut 344 miles from Hong Kong Amoy link
A segment of the South China Sea communication line between Hong Kong and Amoy was severed, typically the act of thieves as cable material unraveling and melted insulation flood the area, making it a rare black market prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South China Sea
Hong Kong
Amoy
Walkersville Firm Christmas Party Details 1931
The Robert Terry Garment Co of Walkersville held its annual Christmas banquet on Friday December 21. Employees enjoyed a noon banquet in the factory cafeteria with Rosewell Hinds playing the Hammond organ. At 1 PM the group returned to the factory for festivities including a floor show with Miss Sandra Phillips and a magician. Charles Nicodemus thanked staff for cooperation and noted six new East Coast shirt contracts. Over twenty years of service were celebrated by four employees. gifts were distributed to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Terry Garment& Co., Inc
Walkersville
Rosewell Hinds
Charles Nicodemus
Minager
Mr. Hind
Mohawk Shirt Company
Philadelphia
May Clem
Mrx
Catherine Stull
Mary Harris
Lena Keeney
Sandra Phillips
Theocenet
Miss Phillips
Sister
Mr. Hinds
John R. Fitzpatrick
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Sen. Byrd
Rosslyn
Murphy & Ames
Umber
Potomac River
Georgean
Washington, D. C
China
Hiltner-Roelke
Braddock Heights
Charles M. Gilpin
Country Club
Roger McSherry
Holters’ Acres
Braddock Reformed Church
Braddock Grange
Farmers Cooperative Association, Inc
Frederick County
Roy A. Holter
Feagaville
Paul R. Ahalt
Hazel
Ruth K
Mary W
Paren
General Acceptance Corp
Tel
Stayman
Walker Orchards
MT. Atry
United Nations
KEY Stamp CO
Patrick St
Firs
Pearre
DREUG
Hospital Aid, Inc
Turner Realty Co
E. Patrick ST. Frederick, MD
Kam
Tadein
Better Homes Equip. CO
Superior Bottled Gas Service Gas
Cooking Frederick Bottled Gas CO
N. Market Street
American Legion
Thurmont, MD
Bill Wheeler
Sportsmen Orchestra Legionnaires
R. C. Boyer
Chapline
Geo. M. Chapline
Edward R. Murrow
CBS
Amecionn Oil Company
AMOCO
Che News
Frederick, Md
Kouth Market
ST. Sam
Magnevox
Colontal Music Shop
EK. Patrick St
Waen VC
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick Sr
Dows
West Church Street
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