Tractor-Trailer Skids Off Route 40 Near Pearl
A tractor-trailer left Route 40 west of Pearl around 6 AM crashing through guard rails and dropping down a 25 feet embankment. Driver John W. Lawson Jr. of New Market escaped with minor cuts as fuel oil spilled only slightly. Truck owned by James Hahn of New Market sustained major cab damage. a crane from Earl H. Cline helped recover the vehicle. State Trooper James Stonesifer investigated. no charges filed.
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Pearl
John W. Lawson, Jr
New Market
James Hahn
Earl H. Cline
Linden Hills
James Stonesifer
State to Improve Five Miles of Route 240 in Montgomery
Bids requested by the State Roads Commission to improve about 5.08 miles from Gaithersburg to Brink along Route 240 in Montgomery County will be opened at noon February 24. The project includes asphaltic concrete surfacing replacing current macadam and concrete shoulders, marking the first major upgrade in this stretch in years. Associated Press notes the work mirrors treatments used on Frederick streets, and a related bid covers 2.70 miles on State Route 28 toward Hunting Hill.
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Washington
State Roads Commission
Gaithersburg
Brink
Montgomery County
Henderson’s Corner
Associated Press
Frederick
Roads Commission
Henderson's Corner
Rockville
Hunting Hill
Not Well Versed Toyke Feb 11 P Japan Broadcasting Corp hires announcers
The Japan Broadcasting Corp seeks 26 announcers and narrowed 800 applicants via exams on general knowledge and current affairs. Sample questions mention Renaissance, a boxing lockout, Cold War, Communist policy, and notable figures.
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Kremlins
Akhito
Winter Deep Freeze Holds Fifth Sub Zero Reading
A frigid morning in the area logged five below zero with Unionville at nine below. Snow, now around nine inches, clung to streets and pavements as milder weather loomed and rain was forecast by tomorrow. State and county crews worked to clear frozen drifts while traffic lights froze and a skating effort on Culler Lake stalled. Groundhog Day forecasts keep the cold spell alive despite expectations of change.
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Unionville
Gay
State Roads Commission
South Mountain
Market Street
Culler Lake
Weather Bureau
Frederick
Potomac
Brunswick
Associated Press
Maryland
Baltimore
Annapolis
Easton
Salisbury
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Found Dead In His Kitchen In Frederick
Harry Nelson Easton 68 died suddenly at 6 45 this morning at 715 Moster avenue Frederick from an apparent heart attack. He was found by his daughter Mamie E Easton in the kitchen with a lighted pipe in hand and odor of smoke. Easton, longtime Camp Detrick employee, leaves a wife Mrs Erie E Heater Easton, three sons Carl F Harry N and Dr Earl P Easton, a daughter Mamie, three grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral Friday at 2 oclock from 106 East Church street with interment in Tannerstown Virginia Methodist cemetery by M Ripchon & Son funeral directors.
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Harry Nelson” Easton
Moster Avenue
Easton
Mamie E. Easton
Camp Detrick
James
Vir
Eaton Easton
First Baptist Church
Erie E. Heater Easton
Carl F. Easton
Harry N. Easton
Earl P. Easton
Turkey Will Fight to Preserve Freedom
Maj Gen Horace L McBride, head of the U S military mission to Turkey, says Ankara is determined to fight any challenge to its freedom. He notes Turks resist any move beyond their borders and will stand firm against outside pressure.
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Washington
Feb
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Turkey
United States
Horace L McBride
Economic forecasts clash with market swings in historic cycles
The Nation Today surveys economists and officials noting uncertainty after World War II and during the 1929 crash. It traces differing views on price moves, unemployment, and market timing, citing Bernard Baruch, John Snyder, and Yale economist Irving Fisher as contrasting signals amid volatile commodity and stock markets.
North Atlantic Seas Rough On Shipping
A 2000 ton steamship Springfjord arrives after a rough Atlantic crossing in which two Britons died. A British vessel Diunepark, damaged off Nova Scotia, heads to Halifax under its own power. A Coast Guard cutter stands by as a British cruiser to the east of Nova Scotia is steered toward port. Wheat at the Farmers Cooperative Association shows no quoted price. latest market limit would be 2.45 a bushel after a 2.55 prior quote. In Peiping, war news from Manchuria remains scarce as Lunar New Year celebrations proceed.
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New York Times
Irving Fisher
Yale
Department of Economics
Washington
Charles N. Mitchell
National City Bank
Europe
New York
Coast Guard
Halifax Harbor
Diunepark
Nova Scotia
Farmers Cooperative Association. Inc
Baltimore
Grand Jury Indicts CIO And Murray
Washington February 11 A federal grand jury indicted the CIO and its president Philip Murray for violating the Taft Hartley act political expenditures ban Murray published an endorsement for a Maryland congressional candidate in the Union funded CIO News The attorney general said the political expenditure ban raises constitutional questions but enforcement will proceed He is preparing additional prosecutions under the act The indictment was sent to U S District Judge Richmond B Keech hearing date to be set Murray born in Scotland 61 years ago was traveling between Cleveland and Pittsburgh CIO headquarters staff tried to reach him no comment from CIO officials
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murrey
Murray
Maryland
CIO News
Tom Clark
Congress
Justice Department
Clark
Grand
U.S
Richmond B. Keech
Scotland
Jong
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Severe Cold Returns as Weather Bureau Foreses Record Lows
The Weather Bureau forecasts another blast of severe cold after a brief moderation with sleet and rain. Snow flurries persisted across most of Maryland, with highs in the 20s and statewide lows reaching single digits in several towns. Unionville reports minus nine, Frederick minus five, as officials note this is among the coldest spells to date.
Lenien Appeal by Pope Pius stresses love unity
Rome Feb 11 Pope Pius Lenien appeals to Catholic children in the United States to pray and sacrifice for war needy children of Europe during Lent. He says unity of nations rests on love across ages and roles. The Ash Wednesday message was prepared for Vatican City radio and aired in the United States via Mutual.
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Rome
Pius KE
United States
Vatican City
Mutual
Europe
Eastern Shore Maryland Weather Outlook
Eastern Shore mostly cloudy with light snow possible. Day high near 30 with increasing wind tonight and Thursday. Rain or snow possible Thursday. Tonight's low 23 to 28.
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Associated
Prose
Maryland
Mary
Washington
Allegeny
Garrett County
Steel Market Unaffected by Decline In Prices
New York February 11 The iron and steel market remains untouched by the commodity price slump. The Iron Age reports steel demand rising while output falls due to cold weather and material shortages. Steel scrap purchases continued at the going price, with supply tightness potentially worsening if a coal mine shutdown occurs on April 1.
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New York
Iron Age
Metalworking Trade Weekly
Missing Hood Student Back At Jersey Home
Anne Lorenzo an 18 year old Hood College freshman who had been reported missing since January 5 returned to Newton New Jersey and said she had married her hometown sweetheart Frank Jepangzi Police across 14 states sought her after she failed to report back to the Frederick Maryland college The couple planned a honeymoon trip to the west coast and claimed a Virginia marriage then a second ceremony in Quartzsite Arizona before returning to the Lorenzo farmhouse to stay with her parents for a while
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Newton
N. J
Anne Lorenzo
Hood College
Frank Jepangzi
Frederick
Peter Lorenzo
Pennsylvania
Newark
Stepangzi
Elkton
Virginia
West Coast
Quartzsite
Ariz
Lorenzo Farmhouse
Secretary names Maynard big grain profits trader
Washington reports Secretary of Agriculture Anderson named E. T. Maynard of Chicago as the major speculator who earned between 300000 and 400000 dollars in a few days. Anderson said mass small-trader speculation caused boom and bust in commodity markets and urged margins regulation. Maynard, a Chicago Board of Trade member, bought and sold over a million bushels of wheat this month.
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Washington
Anderson
E. T. Maynard
Chicago
Senate Agriculture Committee
Maynard
Senate
Chicago Board of Trade
Young
R-Nd
Objectors Challenge Urbana Liquor License Hearing
Objectors before County License Commission led by G Cleveland Trout argued the proposed Highway Liquors license near Hyattstown would drain Montgomery County trade and pose traffic hazards near a church and the county line. Witnesses questioned signer residences while applicants noted the site spans about an acre and could draw Urbana and Montgomery traffic. Attorneys E Austin James Manuel M Weinberg and T West Claggett Jr represented the sides.
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Montgomery County
Clarksburg
Damascus
G. Cleveland Trout
Court House
Frederick
Montgomery
James R. King
Sarah W. King
Mary E. Summers
Highway Liquors, Inc
Hyattstown
Bernard Burdette
King
Hyrattstow
Richard E. Zimmerman
E. Austin James
Manuel M. Weinberg
T. West Claggett, Jr
Reds Censure Composers Blame Formalist Trend
The central committee of the Communist party censured seven Russian composers led by Dmitri Shostakovich and Serge Prokofieff. The resolution, spread on Pravda’s front, accused them of pursuing a formalist trend against the people and warned it corrupts conservatory training in Moscow and beyond. It named Aram Khachaturian Visit ation Shebalin Gabriel Popov Vano Muradeli and Nikolai Aliaskovsky.
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Communist Party
Dmitri Shostakovich
Serge Prokofieff
Pravda
Europe
America
Aram Khachaturian
Visitation Shebalin
Gabriel Popov
Y (Vano) Muradeli
Nicolai Aliaskovsky
Moscow Conservatory
Md D C Hospital Assn To Meet Here
The Maryland District of Columbia Hospital Association will convene in Frederick on May 27 and 28. Edgar S. McCardell resigns from the Frederick Memorial Hospital board due to ill health. January totals show 513 patients treated, 78 births, 18 deaths, with 401 admissions and 39 discharges.
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Frederick
Marylard and District of Columbia Hospital Association
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses’ Home
Edgar S. McCardell
House
Martha McMasters
Board of Trustees
Inflation Back Broken Stimulates Cautious Optimism
New York observers say postwar inflation has been checked as commodity prices fall. Analysts warn against panic and note the economy remains resilient with jobs plentiful and demand strong. Cheaper food may ease prices, but shortages in steel and oil persist, requiring consumer purchasing power to sustain recovery.
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New York
Gandhi Ashes Set for Immersion at Sacred Rivers
New Delhi reports Gandhi's funeral train, mostly third class, carries his ashes toward their final resting place at the confluence of the Jumna, Ganges, and Saraswati near Allahabad. Nehru and Pandit Nehru oversee the solemn procession as crowds press forward to glimpse the urn and flowers.
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New Delhi
Pandit Jawa
Karlal Nehru
Nehru
Gandhi
Dartry
Devadas
World Price Slump Grips Markets Across the Globe
The world feels the price slump as commodity and security markets tumble for a second day. Chicago grain pits flood with sell orders and wheat and corn drop sharply while cotton, butter, lard, and cocoa fall. Retail prices slide as shoppers buy on a day to day basis, with many items cheaper but suits spared.
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Chicago
London
Manila
Sydney
Copenhagen
New Orleans
Associated Press
American Woolen Company
New York Stock Exchange
Cotten
Everies
Bondares
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