Two Priests Sentenced to Death in Krakow Spy Case
War saw Poland Jan 27 two Roman Catholic priests and two laymen were condemned to death by a Krakow military court on charges of spying for the Vatican and the United States. The seven others faced long prison terms for alleged covert financing and arms concealment tied to a Vatican aligned spy ring.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vatican
United States
Krakow
U. S
Munich
Josef Lelito
Michal Kowalik
Edward Chachlica
Father Szmidt
Two Prison Camp Escapees Captured in Baltimore
Two men who escaped from a Virginia prison camp were arrested in Baltimore with leg shackles still on. George Bake of Baltimore and William L. Willard of Jonesville, S. C., were seized after their getaway car crashed on a one way street. Still at large was Charles E. Robert of Norton, Va., as police hunted him citywide.
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Baltimore
Virginia
Fairfax
Washington
George Bake
William L. Willard
Jonesville
S. C
Charles £. Robert
Norton
Willard
Alexandria
Rake
Robert
Walter Hagan
Cit
Three Charged Over Tie Placed On Baltimore Rails
Police to charge three Young Negro men with placing a crosstie on the Baltimore and Ohio main line near Baltimore last Saturday. One suspect is said to be 15 and the owner two. An engineer aboard the Diplomat from St. Louis to New York alerted to a near-disaster as the skidding train left the track. Authorities treated initial thoughts as a prank, then as sabotage. Crown Prince Akihito plans an unofficial U.S. visit next fall after Britain and Europe trip, to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. The note adds a curious historical aside on hail-rods used in early France.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Ismet
Tomerroy
St. Louis
New York
U. 5
Washington
Althito
United States
Todas Pf
Eikichi Araki
John M. Allison
Britain
Elizabeth
Democrats Plot Their Own Tax Cut Plan In Maryland Senate
Eleven Democrats who failed to gain Senate control floated a private tax relief plan during a budget hearing on Governor McKeldin's 1953-54 proposed 195 million dollar budget. They eyed automatic tax cuts modeled after Virginia and a sliding income tax trigger, plus potential shifts of police expenses back to general funds.
DeGrange Resigns From Frederick City Police Force
Officer Harlen W. DeGrange resigns from the Frederick City Police Department effective immediately. He will enter the taxi and insurance-related business full time, after serving since July 1, 1951, with prior Army service and a brief taxi venture. DeGrange cites a local rule against changing jobs within the department and states expansion would make staying on patrol untenable. The resignation note expresses the department’s view of his service as satisfactory.
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Harlen W. DeGrange
Frederick City
DeGrange
East Fifth Street
Iaai
de Grange
Tus Ifter
Frederick Cu
City Officials Adopt Plan To Permit Shopping Center
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved zoning changes to create shopping center districts on the George W. Young farm area north of West Seventh Street and near Military Road, with a portion rezoned to business use. The Grinnalds report favored the west side of the by pass for development, citing topography, access, and proximity to Camp Detrick, and urged a unified ownership for parking and related facilities.
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Jefferson Grinoalds
George W. Young
Military Road
Seventh Street
Grinnalds
Young Farm
West Seventh Street
Hood College Farm
Camp Detrick
Rice
Fourth Street
Frederick
Young Tract
Exty Lunns
State Roads
New Hurt
Eapanvon
Shopping center district ordinance provisions summarized
The text outlines rules for a shopping center project including aggregate building area capped at 25 percent of the site, 50 foot street setbacks, no street through the district, three square feet of parking per square foot of building, paved roads and walks, unified project design, shared utility systems, and Planning Commission review. Approved plans authorize a building permit. Residential uses permitted. prohibited in industrial, business and service districts. A special meeting followed Mayor Rice, with board recommendations.
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City Planning Commission
Rice
Vision Lags Behind Speed in Jet Travel
New York January 29 Aboard a jet flying 1800 mph pilots would see an object hundreds of feet away only after long delays. At such speeds vision lags light travel by thousands of feet, making recognition and reaction times dangerously slow and requiring brighter panels and better light reflecting paints.
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New York
Institute At Aeronautical Sciences
Col. Victtor A. Byrnes
Air Force School of Medicine
Randolph Field
Tex
City Parking Meter Take Sets New Frederick High
Frederick city 1952 meter receipts totalled 37358.90, a record since meters began. Collector Elgin Hemp notes over 6000 more than 1951, with new meters added on Record and West Church streets while West Church last blocks show low returns and many cars shift to West Second Street.
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Frederick City
Elgin Hemp
West Second Street
Armory
WV motorist jailed for 30 days after failure to stop
Guy Wallace Sharp of Paw Paw West Virginia was convicted in Peoples Court for failure to stop after a personal injury accident and sentenced by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr to 30 days in jail and a $150 fine. Lyles 27 of Damascus was struck in New Market January 18 causing injuries.
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West Virginia
Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Guy Wallace Sharp
Paw Paw
W. Va
James Lyles
Damascus
James Stonesifer
Lyles
New Market
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sharpe
Baltimore
William M. Storm
Elmer F. Hoffman
Libertytown
Henry Calvin Vaughan
Germantown
J. V. Stakem
Cab Dispatching System Approved by Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen approved City Service Cabs Inc to install a relay dispatching system. Ninety percent of local cab business comes by telephone from a South Court Street base with 19 cabs. A call box system is proposed at several street corners. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co will handle installation. No activity between 1 and 6 a.m.
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Board of Aldermen
City Service Cabs, Inc
Harvey R. Miller
Charles P. Crum
South Court Street
Church and
Carter Streets
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Bentz Street
Inadequate Sewage Disposal At Taneytown
A survey by county and State health officials shows about half of Taneytown homes have inadequate sewage disposal. Raw sewage is dumped into abandoned wells in about a dozen cases. Mayor Raymond J. Perry notes council support for a bond issue to fund a town sewage plant, with engineering studies guiding the amount and voter approval required.
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Tannxtown
Raymond J. Perry
Perry
General Assembly
Neil Gor Don
Carroll County
State Health Department
Crooks At Work In Big Wheat Deals
Senator Welker of Idaho says crooks dodge rules in large Canadian wheat imports labelled unfit for consumption. Testimony shows unfit wheat mixed with U S grain, milled with domestic flour, then sold domestically and overseas. DOJ notes no illegality yet, while investigations cite price suppression, potential illegal export subsidies, and tariff-rate advantages of 13 cents per bushel.
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Washington
Welker
Idaho
Crooks
Senate
Justice Department
U. S
Blood drive urged in Frederick County during war effort
Mrs. Paul Willard leads the Blond Donor program as Frederick County Red Cross plans thirteen bloodmobile visits over five months. Ages 18 to 60 may register now to help save lives, with parental consent for minors and medical disqualifications noted. Extra nurses and doctors will be available to meet demand.
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Frederick County
Paul Willard
Red Cross
The
Herbert N. Heston
Motor Corps
Charles V. Main
Jaundice Epidemic Contained in Thurmont County
County health officer Dr. Forbes H. Burgess reported the hepatitis outbreak in Thurmont is under control with no new cases in two days. About a thousand inoculated residents showed no new infections, and a reported local case was found false bringing total county cases to 34.
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Thurmont
Forbes H. Burgess
Burgess
Legislators See Radar Demonstration in Maryland
In Annapolis on January 28 legislators tested a radar speed monitoring demonstration on Revell Highway toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Judiciary Committee observed more than a dozen cars, with a few exceeding 55 mph, yet none were stopped. Col. Elmer Manshower showed the system works and noted 7 to 8 percent of traffic deaths stem from speed.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Judiciary Committee
Revell
Streesapeake Bay
Col
Elmer F. Manshower
Manshower
Overall Road Plan Winning Approval
ANNAPOLIS Jan 27 opposition surfaced to parts of the 568 million highway program while the plan to fund it drew support. The House Ways and Means panel planned a general briefing from the State Roads Commission as local critics urged adjustments. Commission head McCain warned that failure to pass the measure would cap next year’s highway funds at 10 to 12 million dollars. He said only about 10 million of 1947 funds remain for launching a four year program, with the balance to be financed by a gasoline tax bump to six cents and license fee increases. Western Maryland lawmakers pressed for a western route that would not bypass Cumberland. others floated using the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal or breaking the program into four year segments. McCain noted toll-financed segments could be bonded but no toll road could rely on enough traffic to pay bonds, and federal funds cannot back state toll roads. An attorney general bill to clarify authority over limited access roads was previewed. Tomorrow the committee would hear from the comptroller, treasurer and motor vehicles chief on finances.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
House
Ways and Means
State Roads Commission
Commission
Russell H. McCain
Maryland
del. Green
R-Garrett
Whitworth
Allegany
Hancock
McCain
Allegany County
William F. Childs, Jr
Cumberland
Green
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
del. Boone
Baltimore County
Childs
Baltimore- Washington
Annapolis-Washington
Frederick-Washington
Attorney General’s Office
Washington Boulevard
Pulaski Highway
Ritchies Highway
Tawes
Miles
Madd
Mill Owner Donates Harris Pine Mills to Church
In Pendleton Oregon on January 28 Clyde H Harris owner of Harris Pine Mills Inc donated his multi million dollar furniture business to the Seventh Day Adventist Church The transfer will place Charles J Nagel of Portland as assistant general manager, with Harris remaining to manage during transition The gift, the largest to the denomination, is estimated near 10 million dollars and affects plants in Chicago Heights Ill Alexandria Va and Cleburne Texas with policies unchanged under church control
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Pendleton
Ore
Harris Pine Mills, Inc
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Clyde H. Harris
Charles J. Nagele
Portland
Harris
Haris
W. H. Branson
Washington,d. C
Seventh Day Adventists
Chicago Heights
Til
Alexandria
Cieburne, Tex
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James G. Reenie
Sian
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Heo
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de Weiliatum
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Fraskfurt
Germany
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Korea
Orvan W. Galup
West South Street
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Donald
Lange
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Rosemont
West Seventh
Twelfth Street
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Master Rice
Aldermen
Taneytown
Michael A. Smilow
Bethesda
John Marshall Butler
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