Ice delays and school absences in Falls nley City area
Temperatures near 32 degrees at 12 15 pm frozen roads caused widespread ice on Liberty Road and side streets. Mail and bus services were delayed, school attendance fell, especially Frederick High School with about one third absent. No serious injuries reported as crews fought slippery lanes and plows moved snow. Weather expected to improve as temperatures rise later today with colder weekend ahead. A collision on South Jefferson street involved Aubrey VanFossen. no charges filed. Towboat Sam P Suit sank in Huntington harbor after ice damage to its seacocks.
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Weather Bureau
State
County Roads Board
Frederick High School
Elm Street
Thomas G. Mohler
State Roads Commission
Liberty
Toads
Woodsboro
Baughman
Houte 40
South Mountain
Baltimore- Frederick
Star
Kermar
New Windsor
Blue Ridge Lines
Eugene W. Pruitt
Wolfsville
Broad Run
Frederick
Jefferson Street
Aubrey R. VanFossen
Madison Street
George D. Bitzer
VanFossen
Ralph Potts
White House Conferences More Fun
Washington reports say White House press conferences have become a game to stump President Truman with tricky questions. A February 19 Jefferson and Jackson dinner in Washington will hint at a candidacy, with reservations near 2,600 and two hotels hosting the event.
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Washington
NEA
White House
Harry S. Truman
Democratic Party
Paul Leach
Chicago Daily News
Hooper
Truman
Stathwart
Democratic National Committee
Mayflower
Statler
Dickers
Cumberland Hosts State Jaycees Meeting
The Cumberland Jaycees host a two day Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce quarterly meeting with officers directors and members from the Eastern Shore suburban Washington Hagerstown Frederick Frostburg and Baltimore expected. The agenda includes the Maryland beauty pageant and development of a state wide sports program. The city air horn serving as a general fire alarm was repaired and tested at 11 a.m. after several days out of service pending valve replacement.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Shore
Washington
Hagerstown
Frederick
Frostburg
Baltimore
Cumberland Jaycees
AIR Horn
Meeting on European Recovery Plan Talks Slowed
Washington reports the United States has withdrawn objections to an early meeting of European Recovery Plan nations. The State Department told British and French ambassadors there is no objection to a meeting after February. Officials said resuming the 16 nation conference depends on a suitable form for aid legislation and a preliminary draft bill may be ready by month’s end, tying to the $6.8 billion request.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Roger Tubby
Department
Air Compressor Tank Rupture At Valentine Plant
An air compressor tank end burst at the E C Valentine plant on East Eighth street. No injuries occurred as workers stood about 20 feet away while cold weather froze safety mechanisms. Repairs restored the compressor to service after the incident during truck painting.
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E. C. Valentine
East Eighth Street
Friday the Thirteenth Report of Local Incidents
A Friday the thirteenth rundown in the city recounts fatal crushed injuries from a loading platform and a truck, a serious heart attack at a local plant, a suicide attempt, and an air tank explosion amid bad weather and high accident risk. Wheat and corn quotes drifted as unsettled markets persisted, while the Frederick County Teachers Association donated 293 dollars to the Overseas Teachers Relief Fund. Everett C. Odell appeals a three year assault sentence from Peoples Court and remains jailed.
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Frederick County Teachers” Association
Overseas Teachers Relief Fund
National Education Association
Everett C. Odell
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
Odell
Nancy Lindhholm Turns 13 On Friday the 13th
In Chicago on February 13, Nancy Lindhholm enjoys a 13th birthday party. She is 13 years old today and her name contains 33 letters. Her street address is 5356 North Walcott Avenue, which also sums to 13. Thirteen boys and girls will attend the celebration, with a large cake featuring 13 candles.
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Chicago
Nancy Lindhholm
Nancy
North Walcott Avenue
Many Still Believe In Friday The 13th and Other Superstitions
ALTON L. BLAKESLEE reports that Friday the 13th is seen as unlucky for two main reasons while common superstitions persist. Experts note beliefs linger from ancient times and that Americans spend substantial sums on fortune tellers, with many clinging to age old fears.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
New York
John R. Saunders
American Museum of Natural History
Saunders
Russians Begin Setting Up East German Economic Zone
Berlin February 18 Soviet commander Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky ordered an economic commission for the Soviet zone of Germany. The move, denied as creating an East German government, aims to reorganize administration, manage peacetime industry, and oversee reparations while coordinating with Soviet authorities.
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Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
United States
Germany
Sokolovsky
P Commission
Trade Union Federation
Ivo
Sammers Aid Society
Soviet
Ecohorgic Council
U.S
Pravda
Moscow Communist Party
Munich
Ruhr
Dispatch
U. S
Chinese Reds Confirm Capture Of Marines
Chinese Communist radio confirmed five United States Marines captured in North China and demanded an apology from the U S Navy. One Marine, Charles J. Brayton of Fort Jay, Governors Island, died of wounds from a prior fight. Navy officials could not confirm the death and had no news of the captives since Christmas Day. A secret North China broadcast was recorded by the Associated Press.
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San Francisco
United States
China
U. S. Navy
Pic
Charles J. Brayton
Fort Jay
Governors Island
X.Y. U. S. Adm
Charles N. Cooke, Jr
Shanghai
Tne Marine
Associated Press
Fog shrouds highway crash injures driver and police car
In a fog pocket on the Washington Baltimore Boulevard near Halethorpe, Herbert E. Piper 33 of Washington was hit from behind by a tractor trailer driven by Diamond D. Kiefer after slowing for danger. A second oil tanker struck the police car, destroying it, as driver John Rogers Payne 36 of Takoma Park fled. Patrolmen Mullikin and Havermills sought the hit-and-run driver.
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Halethorpe
Washington-Baltimore
Balimore
Herbert E. Piper
Washington
Diamond D. Kiefer
Robert Mullikin
Melvin Havermills
Piper
Kiefer
John Rogers Payne
Takoma Park
Payne
Eleven die in Utica home fire on Cedar Street
Utica New York February 13 eleven members of one family perished when a two story frame house on Cedar Street collapsed after a flash fire. Six bodies were recovered six hours later including a three year old Dana Lois Hoage. Fire Chief Leo Barmy said fourteen others escaped and several family members were hospitalized with burns.
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Utica
N. Y
uPi
New York Central
Leo Barmy
Dana Lois Hoage
Dana Page, Jr
Cedar Street
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Ella Paye
Dana Paye
Catherine Pave
Mary Honage
Patrolman Benedict Shot to Death in Baltimore
Patrolman Joseph D. Benedict, 39, was shot in the heart by a passenger in a cab that had been used by a bandit. Sgt. Fred Mann, present at the shooting, said Benedict died instantly. The gunman fled on foot. Benedict leaves a widow and three children.
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Baltimore
Joseph D. Benedict
Fred Mann
Benedict
Mann
Sgt
Grain Crash Stuns Kansans
Kansas wheat farmers on snowy fields search for cause of a week long market plunge. They cite strong demand and a fair 1888 yield as reasons, with no sign of dumping. some call for investigation while others await further price movements. Robert Moore Jenifer, longtime clerk of the Baltimore County Circuit Court, died in Towson at 69.
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Garden City
Kas
Kansas
R. M. Jenifer
Towson
Robert Moore Jenifer
Baltimore County
Maryland
Baltimore Judge Probes Veterans Cheating Charges
Judge Herman M. Meser ordered the Baltimore grand jury to investigate charges that home builders have cheated veterans. The report notes attention on alleged misconduct and possible legal action, signaling official scrutiny in Maryland.
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Baltimore
Herman MM. Meser
Grand Jury
Commodity futures basics for hedging and speculation
The piece explains two futures contracts in commodities like wheat and corn. Speculation buys long or sells short to profit from price moves, while hedging protects against losses in other deals. Examples show May wheat futures, price risk, and potential profits or losses per bushel.
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Washington
Improper suicide attempt and dairy firm charge filed
Miss Kathryn P Flook, 19, of Frederick Route 1, was reported in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after authorities said she drank iodine in an apparent suicide attempt related to a spat with her boyfriend Stanley W Burdette. Burdette drove her to the hospital and the act occurred around 1 pm Thursday. Deputy Sheriff George Crouse investigated. Separately the U S government filed action in Baltimore federal court against South Mountain Dairies Inc alleging a violation of the food drug and cosmetic act.
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Kathryn P_ Flook
Birs
Lloyd Flook
Frederick
Route 1
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Stanley W. Burdette
East Third Street
Burdette
Afiss
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
U. S
South Mountain Dairies, Inc
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Maryland Local Forecasts Amid Rain and Mild Temperatures
Eastern Shore, southern, central, and north central Maryland remain cloudy and mild with rain today and tonight. Highs in the 40s tonight near 40. Saturday brings more clouds and milder daytime weather but colder nights. Washington, Allegany and Carvett counties report similar conditions with highs near 50 and lows around 40, turning colder Saturday with snow flurries.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Eastern Shore
Washington
Allegany
Carvett
Butter In Violent Drop On Market
New York wholesale butter prices plunged three and a half cents a pound on the mercantile exchange, sparking immediate retail cuts. Grain trends were mixed with corn slipping sharply before rebounding, cotton fell in New York then recovered, and hog and soybean quotes showed slight movement as markets fluctuated amid inflation debate.
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New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
National Association of Retail Grocers
City Tax Bills Reflect High Cost Of Living
City residents face $130 tax bills unchanged from last year. Officials cite high living costs as the justification for a blanket $30,000 raise for about 125 employees across departments, about 12 cents on the tax rate. Wages range from 70 to 90 cents an hour for a 50‑hour week, with a first‑year raise of about 10 cents an hour. Patrolmen earn $41.50 weekly, sergeants $43, lieutenants $45, the investigator $47, and the chief $5 more per week.
Louis Beats Back Challenger in Broadway Club Bout
Irish challenger Thomas Delaney failed to topple Joe Louis in a punchless unscheduled title bid at a Broadway club. Delaney swung and fell to the floor as Louis avoided punches, police gave Delaney a warning and Louis left in his car muttering about the challenger. Wall Street opened cautious as leaders lagged and traders weighed a tentative market rebound.
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New York
Joe Louis
Thomas Delaney
Louis
Delaney
Walcott
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