Windows Shatter in Sweet Shoppe Explosion
An explosion from a gas stove at the Sweet Shoppe on West Patrick Street damaged the kitchen stove and shattered two large front windows. Employees and a child nearby were stunned but none required treatment. Glass rained onto the street while a beverage distributor at the soda fountain remained unharmed. authorities noted the blast originated near the oven with no further injuries reported.
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West
Patrick Street
Sergi
Ben. Phobus
Elmer Nisirk
John Boyer
Nikirk
Turna
Sergt. Phobus
Frost Boils Damage Roads
Frost boils have damaged road surfaces across multiple routes in Frederick area with Route 40 east of Frederick and toward Knoxville hardest hit. The state Route 5 through Liberty town New Market and Monrovia also shows impact while Route 40 west of Frederick and Route 15 north toward Thurmont are mildly affected. Road crews have worked since early week to repair the extensive breaks created by thawing ground and heavy traffic.
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Tnto Roads Commission
Frederick
Knoxville
Libertytown
New Market
Monrovia
Commission
Thurmont
Jug Bridge Hill
Ridgeville
Fewer Valentines For City Policemen
Valentines Day humor shows police receiving about half a dozen comic valentines, mainly to night shift. City officers recall stronger, broader displays in prior years. Officer Charles Bell earned the prize Valentine a teased note about girth alongside a chocolate heart.
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Night Force
E Force
Charles Bell
Education Board Report Details Frederick County Plan
The board releases its annual report outlining future building needs for Frederick County schools. Plans include new elementary schools in the north and eastern areas, additions at Lincoln High and elementary schools, and accommodations for Horseys and Brunswick colored students. Enrollment figures show large class sizes. meals and subsidies are described, with lunch programs funded by government support.
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Board of Education
Lincoln
Parkway
Washington Street
North Market Street
Frederick County
Frederick High School
Sabillasville
Elm Street
Myersville
Wolfsville
Horsey's
Brunswick
New Middletown High School
Middletown
Frederick City
Frederick
Mercury Sees 41 Degree Temperature Plunge
Weather records show a sharp drop from a 66 degree high on Tuesday to 25 degrees by early today with expectations of continued cold and light rain or sleet unlikely before tomorrow. Some observers note a few snowflakes while forecasts predict near freezing showers. aloft readings suggest warmer air may yield rain rather than freezing precipitation.
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Chicago
Tough Anti Strike Bill Introduced
Washington Feb 15 strong sentiment rose in the House Armed Services committee for a tough labor law to avert wartime strikes. Sponsored by Rep Howard W Smith co author of the World War I Smith Connally bill the measure would amend the Selective Service Law. Chairman Vinson promised consideration while the committee studies draft law changes, Smith said he discussed the reputation and was optimistic about moving to a vote.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Howard W Smith
Vinson D-Gal
Vinson
Smith
Soldier From County Missing in Action in Korea
William F Hoff, a young reservist recalled in October 1950, has been reported missing in action in Korea. He landed December 1 with the 2nd Infantry Division and fought after the Incheon invasion. A brother, Amos F Hoff, is stationed at Fort McNair and Holt is a son of Mrs Hoff of LeGore.
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William F. Hoff
Doral Hoff
Korea
Incheon
Seoul
Hoft
Japan
Corp
Amos F. Hof
Fort McNair
Washington
Holt
Hoff
Amos FL Holt
LeGore
Boy Struck By Automobile In Emmitsburg
Four year old Emmitsburg resident Richard Allen Hardman was hit by a westbound car on Route 32 near the western town units around 2:45 PM. The child suffered a head injury and was taken to a physician then to Warner Hospital in Gettysburg for observation. Driver Alex Jack Serbin of Pittsburgh faces a charge of exceeding 25 mph. a hearing was set for Wednesday February 28.
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Emminitsburg
Richard Allen Hardman
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Alex Jack Serbin
Pittsburgh
Serbia
Kenneth D. Band
Tank Young Hardman
Grover Michael Named President of McConway and Torley
Grover L. Michael of Frederick and Pittsburgh was elected president of McConway and Torley Corporation in Pittsburgh on Tuesday and also became president of its Baltimore Foundry and Machine Corporation. He has served on the boards since 1939 and has been executive vice president of both companies since June 1946. The firms license railroad couplers and manufacture steel castings, with defense work underway.
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Grover L. Michael
Frederick
Pittsburgh
McConway and Torley Corporation
Baltimore
Baltimore Foundry and Machine Corporation
Michael
Pittsburgh Company
McConway and Torley
McConway Company
United States
American Association of Railroads
Reds Routed As Allies Break Line
Allied forces shattered a Chinese red ring near Chipyong in central Korea as a relief column linked the perimeter. American French garrisons repelled two days of massed assaults with heavy artillery and air support. Casualties neared 10 598 on all fronts, part of nearly 100 000 killed wounded or captured since the push began.
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Tokyo
Chipyong
Seoul
Wunjukey
John Randolph
Chiprone
William Jo Waugh
Chy
Heol
Marehan
Big Gung
USS
Third Infantry Division
Remer ¥. Brincon
Savannah
Nat
Tom Bradshaw
Kyongan
Matthew WR. Ridgeway
Fighth
Tenth Corps
Central
Korea
Almond
Ridgway
Edward M.almond
Wet and icy conditions sweep central U S
The central United States faced a wet, slippery ice storm with sleet and snow from Illinois and Indiana through the southern plains to northeast Texas. Travel halted, communications disrupted, and schools closed as two days of ice and snow compounded. Some relief in north Texas wheatlands noted, while Wisconsin and Michigan remained sub zero as Atlantic cold moved south.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
Indiana
Plains
Texas
Schosl
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Texas
Wichita Falls
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Atlantic
North Central
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Atlantic States
Appalachian Mountains
Washington, D. C
Mercury
Noen
New York
Yenterday
Free Nations Plot European Army Under Pleven Plan
Representives of European governments including West Germany meet in Santa Margherita to discuss pooling men and arms under a Pleven plan aimed at creating a European army. Italy and France back the accord. Britain’s stance uncertain. Canada and the United States to send observers.
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Paris
Vti
Includin
Germany
Rene Pleven
Italy
Tithe Riviera
Santa Margheri
Atlanta
Alliaice
Eisenhower
France
West Germany
Helwouin
Luxembourg
Berra
Norway
Denmark
Mittah
Ue Gerrans
Europe
Santa Margherita Ligure
Pleven
Robert Sehuman
Alvide de Gaspert
Carlo Sferra
de Garpert
Piers
Rome
Britain
Dean Acheson
British Government Takes Control Of Steel Industry
The British Labor government nationalizes twenty percent of the economy by placing the steel sector under the Iron and Steel Corporation, a government holding company. It will set prices, expansion plans, and administration as the nation gears up for defense against communism and broad government control expands to coal railways gas electricity and more.
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London
Enders
British Iron and Steel Corporation
World Communications
Bank of England
Proposed Merger Of Two Banks Reported
Washington February 15 The proposed merger of two suburban Maryland banks into a 60 090 000 institution was reported today by the Evening Star The Suburban National Bank of Montgomery County and the Prince Georges Bank and Trust Co of Prince Georges County would consolidate within 60 days If realized it would be the largest bank in Maryland outside Baltimore and the sixth largest in the Washington area.
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Washington
Marylin
Evening Star
National Bank of Montgomery Epnty
Prince Georges Bank and Trust Co
Prince Georges County
Maryland
Baltimore
Eisenhower to Europe Faces Uncertain Allied Policy
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower sails from New York for Europe amid uncertain Allied defense plans against Soviet pressure. Officials warn of possible forced choices on Yugoslavia and Korea risk, with UN action and diplomacy shaping the path to facing Moscow.
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Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Giark
Nicoslavia
Yugoslavia
Levayerippis
Jveneh
Eisenhower
New York
Pat
Achopan
Acheson
Korea
Pite
Yaek
U.N
Caymell Eisenhower
Dasheen Faber
Pibo
Seerethot
Htle
U S Eyes India's Thorium Wealth For Atomic Uses
Washington reports Washington weighs India's thorium deposits, especially monazite sands in Travancore, as a strategic mineral with potential for converting uranium-235 into weapons or peaceful energy. The piece notes U.S. caution amid postwar grain-for-India talks and mentions Truman citing India's mineral resources as vital to the free world.
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Washington
India
Taha Das
Thor
Soviet Union
U.S
Sreey
Manip
Surce
Truman
Congress
Brazil
American
North Carolina
South Carolina
Idaho
Travancore
York Sends Fresh Water to Columbia Pa After River Jam
York firemen and Boy Scouts organized a water relief caravan to Columbia as Susquehanna river flooding cut off the town’s water works. The convoy delivered tanks to an emergency storage area while rationing and plant closures affect over 2,000 workers.
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York
Columbia
Boy Scouts Ince
Hwo
Susquehanna
O Water Works
Thhe Yar Toading Point
Celumbins
Gav John
Flugh M. McNeill
The
Commons
Murphy Asked To Take Over OPS Enforcement
Washington February 15 Director Michael VY DiSalle asked New York City Police Commissioner Thomas F Murphy to take charge of price control enforcement for 60 days. Murphy gave no immediate reply. A spokesman for the Office of Price Stabilization said DiSalle discussed the matter with Murphy and they will confer again in a few days.
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Washington
Michael VY
United States Plans to Expand European Forces to Six Divisions
Washington reports Secretary George C. Marshall disclosed plans to add about six divisions of ground forces to Europe. He testified before joint hearings of Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, later noting caution over public disclosure of strength figures. The plan aligns with Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendations approved by the President to bolster Western Europe’s defenses amid evolving security concerns.
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Washington
United States Plan
Louc
Europe
Seceedliry
George C. Marshall
Senate
Marshall
United States
Pouelseital
Specffc
Joint Chiefs of
Stolk
Ras
Hee
Acheson
Omar Bradley
Fut Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Ataff
Hest Vandenberg
Stith
Forcest Dy Sperman
Naval Operativrts
Condemnation Proceeding Filed for Frederick Housing Project
The Housing Authority of Frederick filed a condemnation suit in Circuit Court to acquire an unimproved tract on the west side of Broadway near Madison Street for a proposed low rent colored housing project. Defendants are Mr. and Mrs. George B. Kehne. An answer is due February 28. The authority has offered a price but no agreement reached. other nearby land was recently acquired for the project.
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Housing Authority of
Vity of
Frederick
Cuuet
Outh Frederick
George B. Kehine
Patrick M. Schnauffer
M. Holmes Fout
Broadway
West South Street
Madson Street
George Washington birthday dinner at Lynch Lodge No.168
Lynch Lodge No. 168 A F and A M will hold its George Washington birthday dinner February 22 at the Masonic Temple Rev Carl C Rasmussen of Gettysburg Pa will speak Dinner precedes the communication Robert Monroe Stauffer is chairman with Raymond W Bussard Charles W Miller Kirk D Cramer Grayson E Nikirk and lodge officers on the committee Francis S Gaither Jr is Worshipful Master of the lodge Also contains stock market note from New York dated February 15 describing a mild uptick but not a full advance.
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George Washington
Lynch Lodge No. 168
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Carl C. Rasmussen
D. J
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Robert Monroe Stauffer
Raymvond WW. Bussard
Charles W. Miller
Kirk D. Cramer
Grayson E. Nikirk
Francis S. Gaither, Jr
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West Patrick St
Report of Education Board Out
Landsberg
W. F. Hoff
Grover Michael
McConway
Torley
Gerald Horne
Garfield
Washington County
R. Paul Buhrman
Bentz
Siwirt Cevice | I
Free Nations
William Norman
Buckeystown
Norman
Thomas
Glass
Peoples Court
Maryland House of Correction
Rainey Dorsey, Sr
Buckeye Lawn
Firemen
Boy Scouts
Dairies
Murphy
OPS Enforcement
Patrick M Sehnauffer
Clarence C. ©. Thomas
G. Leicester Thomas
Howard County
Thomas Suppnly Company
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