North West By-Pass Planned Around Frederick
A State Roads Commission Frederick traffic study outlines a proposed North West By-Pass of 3.52 miles, connecting Route 15 to Route 46 with two spurs to Route 26 and North Market street. The plan estimates 2.53 million dollars cost, 1,034 to 5,000 vehicles daily, and would divert about 7,564 to 12,198 downtown trips.
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Frederick
State Roads Commission
City of
Public Roads Rdistration
U. S. 46
North Market Street
Hermony Grove
Highwa
Carroll Creek
East Patrick Street
West Patrick Street
College Avenue
South Court Street
West Street
South Bentzstreet
College Ave
Boy Injured When His Bicycle Breaks
Thomas D. Younkins sixteen son of Mr and Mrs J Austin Younkins Ballenger Creek was badly injured Tuesday when the front bicycle fork broke and he was thrown over the handlebars on East Fifth Street He is at Frederick Memorial with a cut chin jaw broken in two places and several front teeth knocked out He was checked by local residents and taken to the hospital for x rays and treatment
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Thomas D. Younkins
J. Austin Younkins
Ballenger Creek
Frederick Memorial
East Fifth Street
Zero at noon recalls 1899 freeze in Frederick
The piece contrasts today’s noon zero with Frederick’s 50 hour blizzard of 1899 and subzero readings from various local spots. It notes droughts of 40 years and details wind, drifting snow, and epically cold conditions plus frozen water mains and steam engines iced up.
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Frederick
W. O
Steiner Brothers
Court Street
Mt. Airy
Bartholows
Frederick Junction
Montevue Hospital
Myersville
Buckerstown
Araby
Charles Chew
Chas. Fisher
Snowfall May Reach Two Inches
A late February snowstorm began with sleet around 7 a.m. and escalated to light to moderate snowfall by noon. The Weather Bureau warned of slick roads tonight as temperatures dip to around 25 degrees, following a record warm day with a high near 63. Ground could be covered by nightfall.
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MT Odar
Weather Bureau
Airport Weather Bureau
Coun
Gambrill Park
Frederick
W. O
Washington
Suit Settled For Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
A $50,000 damages suit stemming from a fatal truck train collision near Woodsboro in November 1947 was settled out of court for 4500 dollars. Mrs. Loma Breedon filed for herself and her daughters Mary and Betty against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with two ninths of the settlement to each daughter. The case was in Orphans Court and the husband Lester Breedon was killed in the incident.
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Woodsboro
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loma K. Breedon
Maryland
Mary G
Betty Breedon
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Orphans Court
Charles W. Roelke
Frank K. Dorsey
Await Setting Of Trial Date For 3 Negro Air Force Enlisted Men
Schedules filed in U S Court in Baltimore show three Negro Air Force enlisted men charged in a Ruth Far tod a Gate case. Howard R Poe, ex-Iagerstown garageman now in House of Correction, reported assets of 3703.92 as of 196.396.76. Poe was involuntarily bankrupted December 3 and sentenced to three years for defrauding banks and insurers. Ambassador Mindszenty case note follows with President Truman condemning Hungary’s treatment as infamous.
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Guam
Negro Air Force
Schedrailtary
Sera
Poe
U. S
Baltimore
Howard R. Poe
Iagerstown
House of Correction
Spy Ring Looted Tokyo Cabinet and German Embassy Secrets
Army report details a Russian spy ring that plundered Japan's cabinet and the German embassy in Tokyo, revealing how the network fed Moscow intelligence on Japanese and German wartime plans. Key figures include German spy Richard Sorge and Japanese traitor Ozaki Hozumi, with Agnes Smedley described as a Soviet-linked writer.
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Washington
Tokyo
Russia
Germany
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Richard Sorge
Ozaki Hoizumi
Agnes Smedley
Shanghai
Hollywood
Far East
Pearl Harbor
Siberia
Moscow
Ring
America
Konove
Harbin
Manchuria
Tycho L. Lilestrom
China
House Un-American Activities Committee
U. S. Army
Army
Indi
Cates
Aga.n
Ars
Spx
United
Commu
Large
Pissouri
New York City
Stein
Miss Smedley
Sorge
Ozaki
Hozumi
Los Angeles
Miyari Yotoko
Akiyama Koji
Kitabayashi Toma
Ito Ritsu
Althouw
Sarge
Red Army
Canada
Scouts Celebrate 39th American Scouting Anniversary Dinner
About 307 scouts, parents, and friends attended the Francis Scout Key District dinner and Court of Honor at Calvary Methodist Church Parish Hall. The program honored merit badges and awards for several troops with W Handley as Scoutmaster and W C Roral delivering the invocation.
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Francis Scout Key
Calvary Methodist Church
Scouting In
America
Alvey V. Renn
Toas
W. C. Roral
Sing‘ing
Mr. Renn
Scouting
John’s Catholic
J. Douglas Weddle
Scomer Bruce Morgan
Mle
Stunt
W Handiey
Can
Scout Ieaders
Don Simpson
Scouthond
Secours
James Kelix
Charles Wolfe
James Goodman
Gary Porter
Ronald Garling
S. Clark Woiipert
Robert Burcher
David Lee Konogle
Lee Kefauver
Jack Schrodel
Carlos Gosnell
Donald Leitch
Rich
Wrong-Thvice Feb 10 Twins for Humphreys in Surprise
Mr and Mrs Archie L Humphreys expected a girl but welcomed twin boys instead. The parents had previously predicted correctly or incorrectly, but this time the birth of sons surprised the couple. The event was noted in local columns.
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Archie L Humphreys
Mrs Humphreys
Two County Stores Robbed In Separate Break-ins
Robbers entered the Pearl Bargain House on Route 70 via a rear door breaking a glass pane and stole three radios, cartons of cigarettes, and about $10 in cash. At Westboro Implement Company a large tool set, a jack, other tools and cigars were taken from a truck. no money was recovered. A clock switch stopped at 5 50 indicating robbery time.
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Pearl Bargain
Fraderick
Weatsboro Implement Company
Farmer Asks U S Save Him From Ducks
Montana farmer Ervin Weinheimer asks Senator Edson for help against 5 000 wild ducks that invaded his property near Warm Springs Creek. He describes ducks tearing into haystacks and demanding government action or feeding the birds. In a separate item, Baltimore police fire on a gunman wounded in a downtown clash with officers.
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Washington
Montana
Ervin Nheimer
Lewiston
Edon
Mont
Weinheimer
Weinheimers
Wenner
Spy rings across Japan and Canada show enduring Soviet tactics
James Marlow notes American Army Japan release details two leaders facing a vast Soviet spy network. Ozaki Hozumi and Fachard Seige, both editors who posed as insiders, gathered neighbors and officials for intelligence. The piece compares Canadian, Japanese, and potential U.S. rings, stressing discipline, motive, and the risk of covert Soviet influence.
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James Marlow Washington
Japan
Canada
Fachard Seige
Oraki Hozuna
Serge
Tokyo
Ovaki Hozumi
Aoe Nen
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Russia
House Un-American Activities Committee
Federal Grand Jury
New York
U. S
Ozaki Hozmi
Qzaki
Cattle Electrocuted In Metal Stanchions In Cumberland
Feb 19 Cumberland report says Paul E. Gre investigates a barn incident where three of twelve cows in metal stanchions were electrocuted and nine were moved by a damaged cable and switchbox setup. The line sparked through a pump and frame to the stanchions, leaving questions about why only the three cows died.
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Cumberland
Paul E. Gre
Snow Locked Area Faces Severe Shortages Across Four States
Snow and wind crippled transport in Wyoming Utah Nebraska Idaho as 6000 travelers were stranded aboard 20 trains. Ground routes froze while aerial aid continued and food supplies were flown to Green River Rock Springs and Casper amid critical conditions.
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Associated Press
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Utah
Nebraska
Idaho
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Dakotas
Green River
Rock Springs
Casper
Wye
Medicine Bow
National Guard
Army
Red Cross
Sinclair
Wyo
Rockland
Plains
Fifth Army
Truman Calls For Tax Hike In New Conference
President Truman reaffirmed his push for a four billion dollar tax increase and for standby wage and price controls at a White House news conference. He said he remains strong on taxes despite commodity market shifts and congressional uncertainty, and he would not alter his position even if markets fall.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
U S KEEPS A BOMB COUNT SECRET
President Truman stated the United States will not disclose the number of atomic bombs it possesses. In response to a reporter's question about a suggestion from AEC Chairman Lilienthal, Truman denied any plan to reveal such figures and affirmed the policy of secrecy.
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Washington
United States
Truman
Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Belt Conveyor Plan to Move Tron Ore 130 Miles to Steel Mills
Akron firms unveil Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines to transport ore and coal from Lorain Ohio to East Liverpool Ohio River mills. The elevated system would cost about 154 million dollars, require 32 million man hours and three years to build. Spur lines would reach Youngstown and Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Lakes
H. B. Stewart
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines, Inc
Lorain
Lake Erie
East Liverpool
Sewart
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Stewarts
Jakes
Stewart
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Bailti- Toro and Ohio Railroad
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Conmmon
Mitchell Mansfield
Wisner Street
F—Press
Anew Raday
TU. S. 240
U. S. 40
U. 340
U. S. 15
U. S. 240
U.S. 15
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Morton Mower
Elec
Rod Smith
Perhealth
Kieu Nathan Kambara
Woodrummins
Philip Kenned
Savi Plewcs
George Troop
Ari
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Ower
Donald le
W D Handley
Pearl Bargain House
Woodsboro Implement Company
Farmer
Ducks
Ervin Weinheimer
Necros
Jesrome Glass
University Hospital
Leroy Moser
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