Bombings Threats and Air War News South Korea Focus
North Korea urges buildup of war potential for future air battles and bombing of United Nations held South Korean territory as Panmunjom talks continue. Nine U.S. Fifth Air Force planes lost in Korea with no Communist losses. weekly totals show heavy air activity and a three-prong Communist drive repulsed near Kumhwa.
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Tokyo
Red Radio Tonight
Choi Yong Kun
Choi
Kim Il Sung
Fifth Air Force
Far East
Navy
U. N
Kumhwa
Four Escapees Still Missing
Police and the sheriff's office said four men who escaped from the county jail early Thursday morning have fled the area. Named are John Wright Byrum Raleigh NC. Lawrence Riggles and Richard Himes Frederick. William R Tregoning Woodsboro Route 1. Byrum is believed to be the ringleader. The escape used a light fixture to reach a garrel, and cement slabs have been fastened to block a repeat. The Bentz property link concerns an Edward Bentz Ford sedan stolen the same night. the green 1951 Ford has not been found. Reports of the men in the area proved unfounded, though investigators checked Point of Rocks area yesterday.
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Sheriff S Office
John Wright Byrum
Raleigh
N. C
Lawrence Riggles
Richard Himes
Frederick
William R. Tregoning
Woodsboro
Byrum
Edward Bentz
Dirt Avenue
Bentz
Sherif
Point of Rocks
Seeks Senate Action To Abolish RFC
Senator Capehart plans to ask the Senate to set aside other business and immediately take up a bill to abolish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The Banking Committee backs an early move with Fulbright to require specific reform measures, as Taft enters the West Virginia primary to test support against Stassen in the Republican race.
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Washington
Capehart
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Fulbright D. Ark
RFC
Taft
Charleston
West Virginia
Harold E Stassen
Paratroopers Drop Into Malayan Jungle Raid
British paratroopers jumped into a rain swept Malayan jungle near the Thailand border in a daring airborne attack against a suspected Communist stronghold. Fifty seven picked jumpers carried out the raid, the first paratroop operation against the terrorists in five years. Initial radio report said no opposition and everything was okay as troops moved through rice paddies and entangled khaki chutes.
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Singapore
Thailand
Malaya
Fire destroys Cambridge high school in Maryland blaze
Cambridge Maryland February 9 fire destroyed the Frederick D St Clair high school a 16 room brick building after a 4 15 a m discovery. Water shortages hindered firefighting and authorities suspect a short circuit in the wiring sparked the blaze. No injuries reported though embers set five nearby homes roofs. The school enrolled 428 Negro students and the building was unoccupied at the time. Fire chief Osprey V Pritchett blamed inadequate water mains for hampering the response.
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Cambridge
Frederick D. St. Clair High School
Osprey V. Pritchett
County Ike Club Forms in Frederick County
A new Eisenhower for President committee formed Friday evening in Frederick County to back the 1952 bid. Dr. Edwin H. Sponseller elected chairman, with J Harold Hooper Walkersville George B Delaplaine Jr Dr Robert H Pilgram and Hugh H McCormick on the executive committee. The group will open an office in Frederick, establish a speakers bureau, and run a vigorous campaign with neighborhood meetings. A public meeting hosted by the Republican Women’s Club will be held Wednesday at Hotel Frederick with Pearl Eader and Sponseller speaking, moderated by Charles A. Price. Helen Remsburg to open. Membership open to all.
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Frederick County
Edwin H. Sponseller
J. Harold Hooper
Walkersville
George B. Delaplaine
Ropert H. Pilgram
Hugh H. McCormick
Frederick
Washington Eisenhower
Sponseller
Republican Women’s Club
Pearl Eader
Braddock Heights
Robert Taft
Eisenhower
Charles A. Price
Helen Remsburg
Republican Women
Probe to shield Truman eyed in tax office probe
In San Francisco on February 9, a House Ways and Means subcommittee heard that Deputy Tax Collector Thomas J Doolan said an investigation of tax office mismanagement was sought to shield President Truman from scandal. Doolan testified that Chamcutola may have reacted with shock to the charges and that the basis for the accusations were rumors not checked. He indicated further testimony would proceed when the committee reconvenes, as Treasury officials defended the department against charges of political manipulation. In New York stock activity, the market paused after a strong advance, showing softer trading today.
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San Francisco
House
Inday
Truman
Thomas J Doolan
Chauncey Tramutole
Doolan
Two Dead and Seventeen Hurt From High Winds
Winds up to 85 mph lashed northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania. Two men electrocuted, 17 injured, as power lines toppled and windows shattered. Damage widespread from Morgantown to Cumberland, with planes damaged at Pittsburgh airport and outages reported along the storm belt.
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Keyser
W. Va
West Virgina
Pennsylvania
Save Joe Casino
Star City
Morgantown
Magsontown
Michael Kory
Potomac State Gymnasium
Potomac
Fairmont College
Eddie Beal
Phillips
Cumberland
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Trans-World
Greater Pittsburgh
Potomac Edison Utility
Bean's Cove
Keily-Springfield Tire Co
Associated Press
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
New England
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Autopsy Ordered In Railroader's Death
A 52 year old railroad worker Earl M Reynolds of Pleasantville Maryland collapsed beside the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Harpers Ferry and died at Charles Town Hospital. Coroner G P Morison ordered an autopsy and a pathologist from Newton D Baker VA Hospital will investigate at Martinsburg West Virginia. Reynolds is survived by his widow and a daughter. Services were set for Sunday at Pleasantville with interment at Samples Manor Maryland.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Vs
Baltimore and Ohio
Earl M. Reynolds
Pleasantville
Charles Town Hospital
G .P. Morison
Newton D Baker Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinsburg
Washington County
Reynolds
Pleasantaille
Samples Manor
Lincoln Birthday Holiday Observance Shifts City Services
Banks and offices at the Conm Heese and the Federal Government close Tuesday for Lincoln's Birthday observance. City Hall stays open and stores may reopen. Free parking on Meter and Reantown Frederick. Also notes the South Atlanta tour with Renvallcan Presidential nominee and GOP Natural Chairman Guy Gabrielenn.
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City Hall
South Atlanta
Renvallcan
Wall Cam- Omen
Sart Gop Natural
Guy i Gabrielenn
Positive Reports From Chest X-Rays In 1951 Survey
Frederick County TB and Public Health Association notes 7,930 people x rayed last November and December with 136 positive reports, most not tuberculosis. About 360 were told to seek doctor exams for possible pulmonary disorders. Plans to screen high school students in March with a mobile unit, with next Frederick survey in summer.
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Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Health Department
Janet Kerchner
TB Association
Carroll County Tuberculosis Association
Carroll County
Kerchner
Frederick
Mt. Airy
New Windsor
Cold front brings 70 mph gusts and clear next week
A cold front passing Frederick after midnight caused winds up to 70 miles per hour but little damage. The Weather Bureau forecast diminishing winds and fair, colder weather tonight and through Sunday into Monday. Parks chief Klein said draining Culler Lake is delayed by cold weather but will continue to remove unwanted fish and overgrowth, with care to avoid harming fish if pockets freeze.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Potomac Edison Company
Culler Lake
C. Cyril Klein
Frolic At Knoxville Brings Two Into Court
Two men on a trip to North Carolina were convicted of drunk and disorderly conduct in Peoples Court by Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield. Oscar Lee Palmer and Herbert Campbell of Rising Sun faced fines or 15 days after a curfew stop at a Knoxville gas station late last night. Campbell paid the $15 fine. Trooper James Lewis testified the pair had been drinking and produced a bottle of Sneaky Pete. In a separate case, Herbert M Dorsey of Mt Airy was acquitted of reckless driving after an accident on Route 78 near New London last Saturday, Edwin F Nikirk represented the defendant.
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North Carolina
Knoxville
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Oscar Lee Palmer
Herbert Campbell
Rising Sun
Campbell
James Lewis
John M. Yost
Lewis
Herbert M. Dorsey
Mt. Airy
Dorsey
E. C. Crowther
New London
Edwin F. Nikirk
Rescued 85 year old in early city apartment fire
Officer Harlen De Grange rescued John Onley an 85 year old man from a flaming apartment at 127 Ice Street. The blaze started from an overheated oil stove. Onley lost all furniture and cash hidden between mattresses. Neighbors were evacuated and Onley treated for shock.
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Ice Street
John Onley
Harlen DeGrange
Clarence Whiten
George Barnes
Onley
Robert Stanton
All Saints Street
Linleon
Robert Onley
Beer Sales To UMT Trainees Discussed
Washington February 9 Controversy over selling alcohol to 18 year old UMT trainees could affect site selection for six months basic training. Senate Armed Services Committee reviewed a tentative list of 17 installations in 12 states. Debate centered on minimum legal drinking age with 21 common in 31 states. Oklahoma is dry. House approved a ban on intoxicants except beer up to 1 percent. critics call it too lenient.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hunt D-Woo
House Armed Services Committee
UMT
Oklahoma
House
James W. Wadsworth
National Security Training Commission
Calves born 23 days apart adjudged twins
Washington report from February 3 states a Maryland farm cow reportedly gave birth to twins 23 days apart. Researchers at the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and Journal of Heredity noted the unusual delayed-twin case, likely due to delayed conception or artificial manipulation. The finding involved Theresa Jong and other researchers, with notes on breeding records and potential separation of conceptions.
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Journal
Washington
Animal Kingdom
Mark Jayls
Amenean Genetic Association
Journal of Heredity
Laurel
Maryland
Daier
Theresa Jong
Shew
Ralure—Berance
Kneka
Helen
Sarasota
15000 At Rally For Ike In New York
Fifteen thousand cheering Ike supporters urged Dwight Eisenhower to be the next U.S. president at Madison Square Garden. Fans from Texas to Brooklyn filled the arena late into the night, with young politicians leading the crowd and a radio television simulcast reaching Paris.
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New York
Dwight P. Eisenhower
Europe
Texas
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
New Hampshire
West Side
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
New
Citizens For Eisenhower
Michigan
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Mass
Eisenhower
Chicago
France
North Atlantic Nations
Aviatrix
Jacqueline Cochran
Tex McCrary
Paris
Fort Worth
Feb
Theisenhower
Ike
Irving Berlin
Broadway
Ethel Merman
Allied
Observation Posts Inspected by Baltimore Air Corps Team
Frederick county hosts an inspection tour by an instructor team from Baltimore Filter Center U S Air Corps headed by Major Benjamin Vaughan February 18 to 20. The visit includes a Category 1 training course for all post personnel. observers urged to attend. Follow up courses 2 3 and 4 planned.
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Frederick
Baltimore Filter Center
U. S Air Corps
Philip Wertheimer
Ineal
Benjamin F. Vaughan Wi
Welock
U. Mlc A. Auditoram
Werthenner
Pris
Therm
Vaubhan
Three Drown After Wreck Near Hancock
Hancock February 9 Three persons drowned in less than two feet of water when their car left a road and entered a shallow creek near here Police identified the victims as Mrs Virginia Sauders 45 of Berkeley Springs W Va Ira Luckman 21 of Cherry Run Rt 3 W Va and Roy Albert Faith 33 of Hancock A 51 year old Mrs Maye E Peck was rescued and taken to Memorial Hospital in Berkeley for treatment
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Hancock
Here
Pennsylvania
Virginia Sauders
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Ira Luckman
Cherry Run
Rt. 3
Roy Albert Faith
Maye E. Peck
Memorial Hospital
Berkeley
Seven-Point Budget Plan Is Proposed
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce urged Maryland Congressmen to back a seven point program to balance the federal budget for 1952 53 without new taxes. It calls for a $71 billion spending ceiling, deep cuts in appropriations, no new non military programs, reduced aid to states, trimming subsidies, government outsized ventures, and elimination of waste per Hoover Commission. It warns against higher taxation and links current tax burdens to the 1952 elections and postwar economy amid Cold War pressures. Also notes a Beaumont California mayor fined $30 for assaulting a reporter, pledging temper control.
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Frederick
Coudert
Charles Sawyer
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
O'Mahoney
R. Wyo
Hoover Commission
Maryland
Congress
Prisex
Itcome
United States
Too Far-Fetched Plan to Pay Burial Costs for Chickens
Atlanta reports lawmakers debated state aid for poultry casualties after National Guard artillery maneuvers frightened thousands of chickens. Farmer Claude Bennett claimed 428 birds died. Representative Dempsey Leach urged Georgia pay 90 dollars per casualty plus 25 dollars for burial costs. The House approved 38.28 dollars per bird?
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Atlanta
Georgia
National Guard
Claude Bennett
Dempsey Leach
House of Representatives
State of Georgia
Bennett
Yenterday
Renney
VA Employes Took Bribes Report Says
A Congressional committee found that an excessive number of Veterans Administration employees accepted bribes gifts and favors linked to GI bill educational programs. The Teague led group called for new law changes to extend benefits to Korean War veterans and noted fraud falsified data overcharges and misused funds. The report also cited inadequate VA control and widespread graft and waste despite program benefits.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Special Houses
Teague
D-Tex
Pennsylvania
Last King George VI Lying in State at Sandringham Church
In a candlelit Sandringham church crowd of villagers and workers file past the king’s coffin. The plain oak bier rests before a silver altar as the royal standard drapes the casket bearing Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor. Queen Elizabeth III, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret place wreaths. The body stays in church until Monday before transport to Westminster Hall for lying in state. The queen arrived home at dusk after a 130 mile drive from London in a Rolls Royce.
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Sandringham
Eng
George VI
St. Mary , Magdalene
Albert Frederick Arthur George _Windsor
Elizabeth III
Princess Margaret
London
Westminster Hall
Substitute For Blood Plasma Under Study
In Baltimore on February 9, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, led by Dr Harold G Barker, described tests of a blood plasma substitute called oxy polygelatin. The work, presented to the Society of University Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital during the 100th anniversary events for Dr William Halsted, details early efficacy checks at Beprdas Medical School.
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Baltimore
theUniversity of Pennsylvania
Harold G. Barker
Pennsylvania
Society of University Surgeons
John Hopkins Hospital
William Halsted
Beprdas Medical School
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