In Trouble 13 Hours Lands Safety Chief of Police
Frederick named Detective Sergeant Charles V. Main as Chief of Police, to take office March 16 on a permanent basis, succeeding Acting Chief W. W. Corbin. Main, 42, a 17 year Maryland State Police veteran, was unanimously confirmed by the Board of Aldermen after discussions with Col. Munshower. Corbin will return to state police duties. city officials plan training support from the state for Frederick’s new department.
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Charles V. Main
Maryland State Police
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Sgt. Main
Board of Aldermen
W. W. Corbin
State Police
Elmer F. Manshower
Col
Munshower
Corbin
Rice
Col. Munshower
Main
Col Munshower
Pikesville
Acme
Eutremely
Vic
Freenck
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Boy
Elkton
Tere Chief Ager
Queens
Calvary Methodyst Church
the Elk
Lions Home
Cold Air and Wind Set to Hit Maryland
Baltimore observers report a cold air mass moving from the Great Lakes toward Maryland as a windstorm. Temperatures near freezing are forecast tonight while winds of 10 to 25 miles per hour rise, with potential storm warnings along Chesapeake Bay as the front advances from the west.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Great Lakes
Chesapeake Bay
Car Truck Crash Injures Woman on Route 240 Near Hyattstown
A colored woman, Dorothy Terry, 30, of Norbeck, sustained head lacerations after a car and a truck collided on Route 240 north of Hyattstown around 12:15 AM. She was treated at Suburban Hospital and discharged. The driver of the car was Roland Johnson, 22, of Highland, and the truck driver was Charlies Edward Ricketts, 47, of Boyds. Estimated damages were $300 to a 1937 model truck and $250 to Johnson’s 1939 Packard. Ricketts was charged with failure to keep to the right of center.
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Hyattstown
Dorothy Terry
Norbeck
Bethesda
James Lewis
Roland Johnson
Highland
Howard County
Charlies
Edward Ricketts
Boyds
Ricketts
Johnson
Packard
Truman seeks two year extension of price and wage controls
President Truman asked Congress for a two year extension of price and wage controls to mid-1954. He called for repeal of the Capehart, Herlong, and Butler-Hope amendments and for restoring authority to regulate consumer and real estate credit under the Defense Production Act. He urged lawmakers to focus on lowering prices through productivity rather than formulas.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Dope Measure Aims at Source of Narcotics Trade
Washington report notes Rep Sabath will propose a bill targeting import sources rather than peddlers. Ship owners banks and insurers would be held responsible for illicit narcotics in cargoes with stiff penalties, with third offenders barred from business. He also seeks halting U.S. aid and trade privileges with countries failing to curb output to legitimate needs. Narcotics Chief Anslinger counters raids show deeper impact and that addiction may have peaked.
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Washington
Sabath
D-Ii
United States
Harry J. Anslinger
King's Funeral Train Arrives in London
King George VI returned to the capital as his funeral train reached London at 2.30 p.m. amid rain and sleet. Hundreds of thousands lined the route to Westminster Hall for the lying in state while a police cordon sealed King’s Cross exit and Union Jack flew at half mast. The train then proceeded to King’s Cross at 2.46 p.m. for the coffin’s transfer to the state lie.
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London
George VI
King’s Cross Station
Westminter Hall
King's Cross Station
Fifteen Year Old Freed From Sealed Car
Madison report says 15 year old William Wright, a Black boy, was rescued from a sealed railroad car after four days without food. He was in serious condition with malnutrition and frostbite. He told police he hoped to reach California to find his mother, whom he could not name, believing he was near Oakland.
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Madison
Wiliam Wright
California
Oakland
Keyserling Denies McCarthy Red Story as False
Washington February 11 Leon H Keyserling chairman of President Truman’s Council of Economic Advisers rejects Senator McCarthys claim as utterly nonsense and entirely false He says his anti-Communist record disproves the accusation and that the alleged conversation with a Communist organizer never occurred He emphasizes he has never agreed with Communist philosophy across his career and writings
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Washington
Leon H. Keyserling
McCarthy
R-Wis
Keyserling
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Wheeling
W. Va
Communist Party
Stewardess Relives Horrific Doomed Airliner Crash
Nancy Taylor a 22 year old Coral Gables Florida stewardess describes the New National Airlines crash after Newark flight. She recalls engines failing a descent to ground and heat and screams as passengers struggled to escape and flames roared around the wreckage. She praises a helper who freed her as she watched others scramble from created holes and bodies strewn across the field.
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Elizabeth
N. 1
Nancy Taylor
Coral Gables
Fla
National Airlines
Miss Taylor
Newark
Taylor
Some Would Hit Red China If Talks Fail
Washington reports indicate some U S policymakers favor limited military action against Red China if Korea cease-fire talks fail. There is wide disagreement at top levels with Britain and France partly opposing wider conflict. Three key issues must be resolved before any armistice: prisoner repatriation, preventing air power buildup in North Korea, and scope of a postarmistice political conference on Far Eastern issues.
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Washington
United States
China
Far East
Korea
Britain
France
United Nations
U. N
North Korea
Formosa
Reds
Man Goes Berserk Shoots At Mt Airy Residence
Herbert Glaze, 40, of Mt. Airy, attempted shooting at his home with a shotgun around seven o clock Saturday evening. A medical exam found hallucinations from alcohol. Sir Richard Stallings and Troopers Badger and O'Brien responded. he was jailed pending commitment to a state hospital.
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Mt. Airy
Herbert Glaze
Sir Richard Stallings
Badger
H P. O'Brien
Fire damage at Center Street second floor apartment
A morning fire at 10 Center Street heavily damaged a second floor apartment entry and porch. Citizens and Union Fire companies extinguished the blaze with a booster stream. Door damage suggested extensive entry. occupants unconfirmed. Stock market quiet in New York with a Lincoln Day holiday tomorrow.
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Sirset
New York
Stock Exchange
Lincoln
Iweil
Eisenhower Taft Backers Meet In Oklahoma City
The Associated Press reports Oklahoma hosts the first Republican state convention where Taft and Eisenhower backers meet in hotel room talks to draft a four at large delegate slate and gauge district delegate alignments. Taft seeks advantage with two of four at large delegates. MacArthur support split may shift margins.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Taft
Eiienhower
Jack Bell
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
Bell
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Portland
Minnesota
California
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
Russell B. Long
D-La
St. Louis
Wright Will Leaves Estate To Widow Wright
The estate of the late John T. Wright was bequeathed to his widow Mrs. Katerin Rollins Wright of Paint of Rocks. The will probated in Orphans Court directs equal division of remaining property between nephew Raymond R. Myers of Purcellville Virginia and daughter-in-law Elizabeth Sties Wright of Charles Town West Virginia. Executors named are Mrs Wright and Mr Myers. the will dated December 4 1951.
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John T. Wright
Katerin Rollins Wright
Rocks
Orphans Court
Wright
Raymond R. Myers
Purcellville
Elizabeth Sties Wright
Charles Town
W. Va
Mr. Myers
Wiibur C Hall
Hazel L. Church
George F. Weaver
Lethe G. Grave
Elizabeth J. Suman
Dill Avenue
Asapte Austin
LI Main
Middictayy
Larenyy Shafer Main
Mary W Ungieper
Ralph Fo Wachter
Fredetici
Wert
D Ban
Charles N. Wachter
Should Bar Red China From Talks
MUNSAN Korea February 11 The chief United Nations truce negotiator questioned Red China s right to take part in a Korea peace conference and suggested solving which nations negotiate after an armistice is signed. Rear Adm. Joy warned the Reds against shaping the peace agenda at Korea talks, saying volunteers labels do not meet eligibility standards and that PRC would not qualify under his criterion. Negotiators discussed withdrawal of foreign troops and a peaceful settlement, while the Allies offered to relax demands on civilian interviews and seek clarity on prisoner exchange committee duties.
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Korea
United Nations
Red
China
Adm
C. Truner Joy
Reds
Formosa
U. N
Joys
Red China
Joy
North Korea
People's Republic of China
Nam
North
South Korea
Committee On
Red Cross
Four Mig Up in Air Battle Over Korea
American Sabre jets claim four enemy MIGs downed and nine damaged in two days. In a major dogfight over North Korea, 18 Sabres and 60 Red jets clashed, with one MiG destroyed and five more damaged. Pyongyang reports one Sabre down and two damaged over Kangso as antiaircraft guns claim four Allied reconnaissance planes down on the east coast.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Pyongyang
Kangso
Seek To Intensify Rearmament Drive LASRON
In Portugal on February 11, top Atlantic Alliance experts meet to study proposals for intensifying the rearmament drive to defend the ni et amid NATO council preparations. The 12-man Harriman committee and Allied Chiefs of Staff review recommendations for a more efficient western buildup.
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Lasron
Portugal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Council
W. Averett
Harriman
Saft
Weaolls
Tough on Grandma in Los Angeles raises fears of family strain
A fragmentary report from Los Angeles quotes Dr Evelyn Bese Dusatl of Chicago as secretary of the National Council of Family Relations. She notes a grandmother feeling overwhelmed as a husband at the peak of his productive years appears content, highlighting family stress and care dynamics.
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Grandma
Los Angeles
Iitin
Evelyn Bese Dusatl
Chicago
National Council of Family Relation
Two Charged in Theft and Assault Case Near Frederick Junction
Two men from near Frederick Junction were freed on bond after allegedly stealing a radio from Mrs. Annie M. Perkins and assaulting her Saturday night. Leslie Fellows posted 250 dollars on larceny charges for a radio valued at 23 dollars. Donald A. Day posted 500 dollars on assault and battery charges. The radio was recovered and Trooper Harry Bowman arrested the suspects.
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Frederick Junction
Annie M. Perking
Leslie Fellows
Perkins
Donald A. Day
Harry Bowman
Missing U S Jet Ace Davis After Korea Combat
Maj George A Davis Jr America s top jet ace reported missing after being shot down in Korea s MIG alley He had 21 confirmed kills including 11 MIGs and three bombers in Korea plus seven World War II plane kills He and wingman Lt William W Littlefield engaged a MIG flight around 8 am Sunday when Davis s Sabre jet was hit and crashed with no parachute seen officials said
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Tokyo
George A. Davis
America
Korea
Far
East Air Forces
Davis
Lubbock
Tex
Air Force
William W. Littlefield
Louisville
Littlefield
Navy Man Is Given 30 Days In Jail For Speeding
A Navy petty officer stationed at Lakehurst New Jersey was sentenced to 30 days in jail in default of a $100 fine after pleading guilty to exceeding 70 miles an hour on Route 40. Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr noted no accident occurred in the heavy Sunday traffic. Another motorist, Rudell Watkins, was fined $10 for failure to yield to a pedestrian after striking George Yinger. Yinger was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for head and knee injuries. Robert Lee Stevens was ordered to pay $22 weekly for his wife and children after a failure to provide. John W Smith received 60 days in jail for intoxication. a separate assault case against John G Fink was dismissed for lack of testimony.
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Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Pepples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Benjamin F. Adamis
Richard E. Stallings
Adams
Braddock Mountain
Shoemaker
Rudell E. Watkins
Mt. Airy
George Yinger
West Fifth Street
Yinger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Watkins
Fourth Street
Market
West Fourth
Robert Lee Stevens
West Patrick Street
Betty Jane Stevene
John W. Smith
Frederick
Sharemaker
Norman Dietz
John G Fink
Middletown
Daisy Fink
Fink
Airliner Crashes Into House Killing 29 in Elizabeth
An airliner, National Airliners DC-6, crashed into a 52 family apartment house in Elizabeth New Jersey killing 29. Forty injured, 25 aboard and four residents died. Airport traffic halted and flights diverted to New York area airports as investigators search the wreckage. The pilot Capt. W G Foster died.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Newark Airport
James T. Kirk
Deats
Idlewild
LaGuardia
New York City
Philadelphia
W. G. Foster
Elizabeth River
American Airlines
Covair
Nancy Taylor
Coral Gables
Fla
Two Recuperating From Wreck Injuries
Jerre Staton of South Market street and Gene A. Shultz of Route J remain hospitalized in Oakland with serious injuries from a February 4 automobile crash that struck a tree. Staton has a broken leg and fractures of both arms while Shultz sustains a fractured leg and hand. Staton is married to Audry Shultz, and Shultz is the son of Austin and Mrs Shultz.
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Jerre Staton
South Market Street
Gene A. Shultz
Route J
Oakland
Staton
Shultz
Audry Shultz Shultz
Austin Shultz
Bonds Life Saver Misty Case Reveals Dual Wife Scheme
The House Appropriations committee heard about Treasury savings bonds tied to a man who allegedly cashed bonds every 60 days to support two households. Robert W Coyne testified that a man, who asked anonymity, admitted marrying two women and hiding bond proceeds to fund the second household.
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Washington
Congress
House
Treasury Departments
Robert W Coyne
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