Smith says CIA as good as world except Soviets
General Walter Bedell Smith retiring CIA chief says U S intelligence is on par with any nation except possibly the Soviet Union. He notes Russia can access U S business data with a small stamp and calls CIA’s effort to build a corps of career officers for future top level quality.
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Van Fleet says ROK Army could rapidly expand in Korea
Seoul Jan 1 Gen A. Van Fleet says the South Korean Army could be built up within WW months to hold the 155 mile battle front if the UN stays on the present line. He notes the plan depends on UN wishes, cites Korean divisions now covering about two thirds of the front, and mentions 12 divisions activated with eight more outfitted. He urges more UN troops and says he will retire soon, leaving Lt Gen Maxwell Taylor to take over. He adds he has not been offered a diplomatic post and plans to return to Greece after retirement.
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Eisenhower
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Maxwell Taylor
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Mark Clark
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United States
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Eisenhower Attends Washington Church
President Eisenhower attended morning services at National Presbyterian Church in Washington on his first Sunday in the White House. He sat with two Secret Service agents, with the Rev Edward L R Elson delivering a sermon on The Transforming Vision. Mrs Eisenhower, ill with a cold, stayed at home.
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Eisenhower
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L. R. Elson
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Pierce
Cleveland
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Three Hacked To Death By Mau Mau On Kenyan Farm
In Nairobi on January 25 a British woman doctor Esme Buck aged 32 her husband Roger Buck 37 and their five year old son Michael were hacked to death on their farm by Mau Mau attackers. A native servant also died. The victims had been asleep in pajamas when the assault occurred. Mrs Buck was a doctor who ran a dispensary on Dr De Smidt’s property. A police plane guided patrols to a group of Africans taken into custody in connection with the killings.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Roger E. G. Buck
Esme
Michael
Must Balance Budget First
Washington January 25 Senator Byrd Democrat Virginia urged balancing the federal budget before tax cuts. He favors trimming Truman era spending by about 10 billion and enacting a single appropriation bill to allow a full fiscal view and spending limits. He warned against deficit spending and proposed 150,000 federal employees be cut to save over a billion while trimming defense and foreign aid to focus on own defense and allied preparedness.
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Byrd
D-Va
Gannet News
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Senate Finance Committee
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Truman
Sale of Savings Bonds Increase During 1952
Frederick county reports savings bond sales of 1 107 823 dollars for the past year, up about 14 percent from 1951. Statewide bonds sales rose roughly 32 percent year over year with Series E and H totaling 930 159 dollars, up about 20 percent from 1951. Carrell county and Montgomery county posted gains, Montgomery ranking fourth in the state behind Baltimore Allogany and Hartford counties.
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U. S
Frederick County
James V. O. Hall
Maryland
Carrell County
Montgomery County
Baltimore Allogany
Hartford
Steak thief steals from purses at Williamsport Methodist Church
On January 23 a thief entered during services at the Williamsport Methodist church and stole valuable items. Six women reported Mantfolds containing small sums missing from purses left in a small room during the service.
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Williamsport
Williamsport Methodist Church
Mystery engine trouble grounds BOAC cruiser in London
Scotland Yard was asked to investigate engine trouble delaying a BOAC shuttle cruiser. In other news, Maine remains the only U S state with no November elections per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Scotland Yard
British Overseas Airways
BOAC
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Union
Know Your City Firemen Charley Hahn of Frederick
Fireman Charles Michael Hahn a nearly nine year regular driver for Citizens Truck Company, served four years in WWII then returned to duty in 1945. A Frederick native born April 12 1916 he married Miss May Gerrich in 1942 and is father to three boys, living at 734 North Market Street. He enjoys hunting and fishing, dislikes cigarettes, and is noted for his heavy natural hair.
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Citizens Truck Company
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Charley
Claude S. Hahn
North Market Street
North Market
East Church
Alton Shaff
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Medical Corps
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Fnally
Service Command
San Francisco
May L. Gerrich
Howard W. Gerrich
West Patrick Street
Charley Hahn
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Tne
Charles Michael
John Alvin
Rickey
Howard Richard
North Market Stret
American Legion
Richard Hudnut
Six Hurt In Rt 40 Wreck
Six persons were injured in a two car head on crash on Route 40 two miles east of New Market around 10 Sunday morning. Passers by and ambulances rushed the injured to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Names include Dorothy Isaacs 16 Lil lian Susan Honaker 42 months Maurice Ables 28 and others. Ables charged with improper passing. Isaacs listed as most seriously hurt with fractures and lacerations. Other victims treated and discharged or admitted for further care. Details of other minor injuries at hospital not immediately available.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Isaacs
Lillian Susan Honaker
Charlestown
Violet, Honaker
Robert Honaker
Mary Ables
York Road
Baltimore
Maurice Ables
Ables
Donald A. Tucker
Seven Sisters Hills
Honaker
Miss Isaacs
Genevieve Hoke
Hagerstown
John Watson
Frederick
Planes Lost Over Manchuria Hill Report
TOKYO Jan 26 W Radio Peiping said a U S Superfortress wreckage is on a Manchuria hillside after Chinese fighters supposedly shot down three engines and set it afire January 12. Peiping claims airmen were captured after bailing out, with three Americans dead. Far East Air Force denies Chinese accusations.
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Wulungpei
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Noi Red China
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Mullitia Corps
Red
Minister Wagner Dies in Martinsburg West Virginia
Rev. Dr Frederik Ruaven Wagner longtime Lutheran minister and rector emeritus of St John's Martinsburg died in a local hospital after a two week illness. He led St John's for 31 years before emeritus status and was ordained in 1901 in Boonsboro Maryland. He previously served Frostburg and Huntingdon before coming to Martinsburg. Funeral services will be held at St John's Tuesday. Survivors include his widow two daughters two sons and a sister.
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W. Va
Frederik Ruaven Wagner
Seteran Lutheran
St John's Church
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St. John’s
Boonsboro
Frostburg
Huntingdon
New Type of State Budget Under House Scrutiny
ANNAPOLIS January 25 The new type budget to be submitted Monday night by Gov. McKeldin will receive detailed study by the House Ways and Means Committee. Del Logan new chairman said the full 30 members will review the budget which exceeds 190 million dollars the first time in 10 years. The committee will hold hearings on the budget and consider subcommittees for high spending departments. The budget uses a performance format listing expenditures by purpose rather than by item. The Senate is reviewing a similar approach. The House also begins hearings on proposed highway spending of 568 million over 12 years and the Senate plans a discussion of raises for teachers, with the Governor proposing 1,172,000 for the first year raising pay to 300 dollars a month. The Governor will deliver his budget message in a joint session at 8 p.m.
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Senate Finance Committee
House Committee
Senate
Logan
Ways and
House
Six Held For Theft At Interwoven Mill
Six individuals including four men and two juveniles were arrested as police tied a yearlong theft at Interwoven Stocking Company to losses valued at 160000 dollars. Kensel Racey Forrest Griffith Dick White and Evers Miller faced charges with two juveniles and four adults pleading guilty to petty larceny or receiving stolen goods.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Justice of the Peace
Charles E Sullivan
Kensel Racey
Forrest Griffith
Dick White
Evers -Miller
Hoff for Md U S district attorney backed by Beall
Frostburg January 25 Senator J Glenn Beall said he backs State Senator Stanford L Hoff of Westminster as Maryland's new U S district attorney Hoff is a Republican figure since 1948 with wide backing reportedly shared by Senator John Marshall Butler Gov McKeldin's position unclear Hoff would be 42 this March 31 and would replace Bernard J Flynn a Democrat who resigned after 1934 service.
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J. Glenn Beall
Stanford L. Hoff
Westminster
Maryland
U. S
Ball
Hoff
House of Delegates
Carroll County
Baltimore
John Marshall Butler
Beall
Butler
McKeldin
Jacob France
France
Republican State Central Committee
Bernard J. Flynn
Train Wreck Attempt Held Prank of Child
Baltimore and Ohio officials closed an investigation into an apparent derailment attempt near Baltimore described as a child's prank. Engineer Thomas Cavanaugh spotted a crosstie on the tracks and stopped The Diplomat at 50 mph, preventing disaster. railroad police found no sabotage, FBI notified as policy.
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Trailroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Thomas Cavanaugh
New York
St. Louis
Mount Winans Yard
Cavanaugh
AMVETS Offer 2000 Scholarship For WWII Korean Vet Families
Frederick AMVETS seek a 1953 high school graduate eligible for a $2000 AMVETS Memorial Scholarship. Six awards nationwide, $500 yearly for four years at any accredited college. Priority to children of deceased veterans from honorable service since 1940, or disabled veterans, or non service connected deaths. Applications to Frederick Post No 2 AMVETS, due by Feb 3.
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Army Notre Dame Resume Football Series In 1957
The U S Military Academy announced the Army Notre Dame football series would resume in 1957 after a 1947 suspension. The teams will play a home and home set with the first game at Notre Dame on October 12, 1957 and the return at West Point on October 11, 1958.
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Notre Dame
West Point
N. Y
U. S. Military Academy
Van Fleet to quit. Taylor to command Eighth Army
Gen James A. Van Fleet announces retirement from active duty with command to pass to Lt Gen Maxwell Taylor in Korea early February. Taylor will face a potential Allied offensive as strategists discuss shifting front lines beyond Pyongyang while Eisenhower signals pursuit of a war settlement.
Elect State's Service Commission Would Be Elected
State Sen. Phoebus of Somerset said he will press for a law to elect Public Service Commission members rather than appoint them. He noted the measure would need 15 Senate votes and 62 in the House to pass and to be submitted to voters next year. He charged the commission grants repeated increases to utilities and lacks obligation to the people. If elected, members would answer to voters.
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Phoebus
Somerset
Eastern Shore
Public Service Commission of
Maryland
Railroaders Strike Chicago Dispute Over Pay Rules
Chicago Great Western Railway workers from five unions walked off for a wage and working conditions dispute. Lines were picketed with no disorder reported. The carrier runs 1,3500 miles from Chicago to Omaha and Kansas City to Minneapolis and St. Paul, serving Minnesota Iowa Missouri and Nebraska. Demands focus on pay rates rules and working conditions. Mrs Darlene Marshall Novak Mrs Bonnie Wastier Nikirk and Miss Polly Ann Knox were welcomed as Alumni Association members at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The meeting, led by Mrs Paul Gordon, discussed recruitment and yearlong plans.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
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Neb
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minos
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Darlene Marshall Novak
Bonnie Wastier Nikirk
Polly Ann Knox
Frederick Memorial Hospital Alumni Association
Paul Gordon
Mothers' March to Fight Polio Planned in Frederick
Frederick county residents will join a Mothers March next Wednesday from 7 to 8 pm under Mrs. Armathra Stern. Local civic groups coordinate the event with area blocks assigned to several clubs and associations. Participants will display porch lights or white cloths as signals and can donate money or register for Red Cross Bloodmobile visits. Gamma globulin serum for polio immunization will be available via Defense Department and requires blood-derived material. no charges allowed.
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Frederick County
John Q. Public
Armathra Stern
Soroptimist Club
North End Civic Association
Business and Professional Womens’ Club
South End Civic Association
East End Civic Association
Rosedale Citizens Association
Red Cross
Maud Kefauver
Mothers’ March
Mothers’ Maron
Alton Bennett
North End
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Rosedale
East Patrick Street
South Market Street
Emmitsburg
Braddock Heights
Middletown
Urbana
Mt. Pleasant
Thurmont Brunswick
Mt Airy
Walkersville
Gordon Spurrier
Decree Affirmed in Maryland Property Case near Taviorsville
In a public opinion Judge Edward S. Delaplaine of the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed Chief Judge James E. Boylan Jr. in Carroll County Circuit Court regarding a property near Taviorsville. Mr and Mrs H Deets Warfeld of Carroll County appealed the ruling, represented by L Pearce Bowlus and H K De Lauter. appellees include Clarence M Christiansen trustee for Harry S Christiansen and others.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
James E. Boylan, Jr
Carroll County
Taviorsville
H. Deets Warfeld
Boylan
L. Pearce Bowlus
H. K. de Lauter
Clarence M. Christiansen
Harry S. Christiansen
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
William P. Rogers
Maryland
Governor Delays Arrival for Washington Frederick Turnpike Dedication
Thousands waited on the wind swept Route 240 overpass for Governor Theodore R. McKeldin to attend the dedication of the first 5 mile link of the Washington Frederick turnpike. Absent due to Annapolis raids, the governor sent a speech while State Roads Commission Chairman Russell H. McCain, and Senator Jacob Ramsburg jointly opened the new limited access highway segment.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Washington-Frederick
State Roads Commission
Russell H. McCain
Jacob 8
Ramsburg
Melvin H. Derr
House of Delegates
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Annapolis
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Polce
Meecheldin
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McKeldin
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Washington
SRC
McCain
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Hyattstown
Clarksburg
Germantown
District of Columbia
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Grace Guild Presents Dramatized Bible Message
The Women's Guild of Grace Evangelical and Reformed church dramatized The Bible Speaks to Us Today under Miss Edythe A. Sigmund Wednesday evening. Twenty three members attended with Elmer Thomas Jessie Webster Sigmund Poole Kemp and others taking parts. The soloist was Mrs. Raymond Wilhelm with pianist Charles Butcher Jr. A social hour followed the business meeting hosted by Mrs. Poole with co hosts Mrs. Elmer Thomas and Mrs. Bessie Poole.
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Edythe A. Sigmund
Women’s Guild of Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Elmer Thomas
Sigmund
Charles Poole
Austin Kemp
Jessie Webster
Russell Michael
Dutroar Shaff
Arthur Remsberg
Martiin Shoemaker
Raymond £. Wilhelm
Charlies Butcher, Jr
Bessie Pooie
Peddicord Released From Jail In Meister Slaying Case
Cumberland January 25 Bayse W Peddicord a 51 year old textile mechanic was released from jail here today after nearly a week of questioning in the murder of Mrs Odessa Frances Meister State's Attorney Paul M Fietcher was freed in custody of his attorneys Thomas B Finan Jr and former circus judge William C Walsh
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Bayse W. Peddicord
Odessa Frances Meister
Paul M. Fietcher jaid_ Peddicord
Thomas B. Finan Jr
William C. Walsh
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