Snowbound County Battered by Gales and Drifts
One-way traffic on Maryland 75 and drifts on Maryland 818 reported as Frederick county endures 4 foot snow drifts and subzero wind chills. Snowplows, salt trucks, and 37 pieces of equipment were deployed, with Unionville and Thurmont areas noting drifting roads, icy surfaces, and stuck motorists. Forecast calls for continued cold with 8 below at Ga mb rill and 5 above in town, while schools close early and events cancel. An arrest for failure to obey a non support court order also noted.
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Frederick
State Roads Commission
County Roads Boards
Maryland
New Market
Hyattstown
New Midway
Delour
U.S. 15
Roads Commission
Thurmont
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Unionville
County Roads Board
Market Street
Bar Roads Commission
Sunda
Frederick Merchants
Frederick City
Frontier
Ladies Golf Committee
V. F W. Club
Mute Tailoring Company
Evergreen Pent
Must Re-register for next vote in Frederick County
Frederick county residents who skipped the election must re-register to vote in future county elections. The Registry Board removed 1,616 names for not voting in five years, with 407 added for death or relocation. Total registrants dropped from 28,401 to 27,078. Democrats and Republicans near parity, women trail men in number. Show cause notices will be mailed in March to listed addresses.
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Frederick County
Board of Registry
Registry Board
Imade
No Charges In Fatal Wreck At Route 27 Intersection
State Police did not press charges against George Werkheiser of Grimm Brothers Co in York Pa for a fatal crash with Mrs Helen Sholl of Pitman at the Rudgeville intersection of Maryland Route 27 and old Route 40. Sholl died. her husband John G Sholl was injured. Funeral arrangements were announced in Pitman with service Tuesday.
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Helen Sholl
Pitman
Rudgeville
Maryland
Randallstown Barracks
George Webster Werkheiser
Grimm Brothers Company
York
Sidney Hall
Randallstown
Donald C. Sponselier
Westminster
Carroll County
Shell
Packard
Werkheiser
Sholl
John G. Sholl
C. E. Cline and Son
Ten Mile Section of New U S 40 Closed
Frost damaged a 10 mile stretch of the new U S 40 east of Frederick prompting closure. Officials estimate a three to four day reopening once weather allows repairs. The damaged segment runs from three miles east of Frederick to near Ridgeville at the Frederick Carroll county line, with traffic diverted to old U S 40 parallels.
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Frederick
State Roads Commission
Commis
Ridgeville
Carroll County
Moscow Pushes Formosa Conference Call
Moscow radio announced today that Russia seeks a conference on Formosa in Shanghai or New Delhi. The plan would include China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, France, and Southeast Asian nations, with Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalists reportedly excluded. Britain has reportedly rejected a Formosa talks without Chiang Kai-shek.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Shanghai
New Delhi
Formosa
China
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Southeast Asia
Briain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Red junks mass off Formosa near Matsu
Formosa reports more than 76 armed junks along the China coast near Foochow signaling a new threat after Chiang Kai-shek evacuated Tachens with U S aid. The U S Seventh Fleet guarded the area as 40,000+ civilians and Nationalist troops were moved from Tachens Yu Shans and Pishan.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Matsu
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
Foochow
Formosa Strait
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Yu Shans
Pishan
Chiang
46Th Division
Okinawa
Manila
Saigon
Hong Kong
7Th Fleet
Adm
Alfred M. Pride
Americcan
Myinz
Culter Lake Unsafe For Skating After Water Patches
Culter Lake was deemed unsafe for skating after Parks Supt. C Cyril Klein found open water patches and rough ice. A further lake examination was planned, with skating unlikely to resume before Monday if cold weather persists. Snow and cold weather brought sledding, while police roped off streets Swastika Road and Queen Street for youths. In Johannesburg South Africa underground Negro extremists met to discuss possible reprisals against a government program to move non whites out of West Johannesburg.
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Culler Lake
Cyril Klein
Swastika Road
Queen Street
Johannesburg
South Africa
West
16 Die As Skid Row Hotel Burns
CHICAGO A raging fire swept through a crowded Skid Row hotel early today killing 16 men and injuring 12 tenants and 2 firemen. Firemen labored in subzero weather for nearly four hours as debris was searched for more bodies. The Barton Hotel at 44 65 West Madison Street housed 245 rooms on the top four floors of the five story building. Coroner Walter McCarron vowed a thorough investigation and said he was appalled by the number of residents permitted to live in the hotel.
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Chicago
West
Madison St
Walter McCarron
Ihe
Production Up But Consumers Purchase Less
New York reports industrial activity rising with record weekly auto output at 167,095 cars and high production in crude oil refining electric power and steel. January building spending hits a monthly record despite cold. Wall Street turns optimistic as markets reach new highs, while retail trade eases and department stores dip below year-ago levels. Ford and Plymouth schedule overtime and Saturday shifts amid booming factory output.
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Wucuus
United States
SUTBE
Optimisim
Wall Street
Moscow
Bastic
General Motors
Chevrolet
Ford
Plymouth
Air Force Grounds B-57 Light Bombers in Safety Move
The Air Force grounded B-57 light bombers and nearby RBA tactical recon planes as a precaution after recent crashes of Isia jets. The grounding follows two B-37 incidents, one in Maryland and one in California, with no reference to a third Maryland crash weeks earlier.
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Washington
Air Force
Isia
Glenn L. Martin Co. Hualder
Maryland
California
Maryland Roads Hazardous From Snow and Cold Weather
Hazardous highway conditions spread across Maryland as a snowstorm and bitter cold continued. State Police report ice and snow on many routes. chains advised in multiple barracks including Waterloo Randallstown Benson Cumberland Rockville Waldorf and Frederick. Western mountains saw 8 to 9 below readings with up to 8 inches of snow in places. Some areas east of Cumberland on U S 40 reported well salted and chains not needed with caution.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Delaware
Waterloo
Randallstown
Benson
Cumberland
Rockville
Waldorf
Frederick
Garrett County
Oakland
Finzer
Big Savage Mountain
State Roads Commission Snate
Tye
Allegany County
Garrett
U.S. 40
Widespread Cold Grips Eastern U S
The Associated Press reports a polar air mass blankets the Eastern U S with near zero readings from Kentucky to the Southeast and subzero in spots. Snowfalls plume the Midwest into the East with over a foot in parts of New York while 80s in Miami drop to the 40s. At least 25 deaths linked to the cold. The cold endangers crops in the Rio Grande Valley and southern states.
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Associated Press
Arctic
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Atlantic
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Midwest
New York
Florida
Miami
Rio Grande Valley
Train Derailment Injures Four In Subzero Freeze
The Western Star passenger train from Seattle to Chicago derailed last night in 14 below cold near West Union, injuring four of 190 aboard. Lane suffered serious injuries as two passenger cars and two mail cars were tossed off the tracks and others jackknifed into a zigzag. A Great Northern Railway spokesman said a rail likely broke in the extreme weather 19 miles northwest of here.
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Saue Centre
Western Star
Lane
Great Northern Railway
West Union
Here
States Attorneys Assn Studies Assembly Bills
The States Attorneys Association of Marsland weighs several General Assembly measures. It backs a bill to give the Court of Appeals power to review death sentences but opposes a bill that would relieve licensees of responsibility for sales to minors when not on the premises.
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Baltimore
General Assembly
Tndar
Marsland
Association
Court of Appeals
Wold
Chou En Lai Favors Easing Tension Over Formosa
United Nations report says Red Chinese Premier Chou En lai backs easing tension in the Formosa area while remaining opposed to a Formosa cease fire. He indicated Peiping will keep the door open for further efforts to resolve the Far Eastern crisis and awaits further developments.
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United Nations
Chou Enlai
Formosa
Peiping
U. N
Chou
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Peiping Tecame Frst
Hammarskjoin
Red China
Chen
Red Chinese
Chiang Kai-shek
Driver Found Dead After Suspected Skid Crash
Baltimore police were called to a downtown intersection when a woman reported a motorist had skid into her car while she waited at a traffic light. Officers found 46-year-old Joseph Gaff slumped behind the wheel and dead. Investigators theorized a heart attack or seizure caused his death just before the crash.
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Baltimore
Joseph Gaff
Admits She Bludgeoned Frail Woman in Beverly Hills
A 20 to 30 blow head and neck attack on Mrs. Katie Hayden ended in her death after a quarrel over cutting a bone from a roast. Maid Mrs. Peesy King confessed to the slaying at the multimillionaire Samuel Hayden estate, claiming she struck Mrs Hayden with an ax during an argument. Rutherford Leon Bennett, once a butler, was cleared by lie detector tests. he had been jailed on murder suspicions but was released. The motive was described as revenge or hatred.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Samuel Hayden
Clinton H. Anderson
Peesy King
Katie Hayden
Anderson
Rutherford Leon Bennett
Nook
Butler
Hayden
Bennett
Chief Anderson
King
Trucker Held And 3 Youths Also Accused
A Taneytown trucker Donald Blackston is jailed in Westminster on receiving stolen goods charges. Three Taneytown youths Emers Horn Gene Donelson and John Myers face breaking entering and larceny charges after allegedly stealing six large tires from Maryland Tank Transportation on East Patrick Street. Tires were delivered to Blackston. two located in Wisconsin and one inside a trailer. four found in Taneytown. An ongoing probe also links a Tampa Florida fire to the trucker’s vehicle at Laurel.
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Taneytown
Frederick
Carroll County
Det
Sergt
Norman Dietz
Sherman Boone
Westminster
Laurel
Donald
Blackston
East Patrick Street
Frederick City
Diauita Wis
Tampa
Fla
Cars Damaged In Accidents During Snow Storm
Three separate accidents in the city amid a snow storm caused property damage but no injuries. Russell E. Hoke of Middletown incurred about 200 dollars after his car hit a curb, a tire, and another vehicle on South Market Street near Mt. Olivet Boulevard. No charges were filed. A second crash on South Jefferson Street near an unnamed street caused about 150 dollars damage to a northbound sedan and 50 dollars to a Kelly car. no charges. A third collision on West Seventh Street at Magnolia involved a truck driven by James W. Heffner of Brunswick and a second car. damage about 35 dollars to the truck and 50 dollars to the car. no charges.
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Russell E. Hoke
Middletown
South Market ‘Street
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
Norman Trump
Mary E. Dubey
Rosemont
South Market Street
Hoke
Dubel
Larry Marine
Baltimore
Frank Kelly
Roanoke
Jefferson Street
McCarday Field
Kelly
Nathan Dorsey
West Seventh Street
Magnolia Avenue
Seventh
James W. Heffner
Brunswick
Chester L. Stone
Rfc 3
Frederick
Dorsey
Stone
Heffner
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Gambrill Park
David H. Brown
Saints Street
Carty
Reds
Culter Lake
Skid Row
Abi Ormete
Bystandere
Jersey City
N. J
Constance Cobb
Leonard Pasco
Pulaski Skyway
U.S
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
State’s Attorneys Assn
Assembly
Martinsburg
West Virginia
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