Snow clears as temperatures rise Across county roads crews curb ice
Snowfall of up to two inches created slick streets and treacherous conditions in the county with two inches in the mountains and three quarters to two inches elsewhere. State Police reported no serious accidents as temperatures rise into the forties improving road conditions by evening. County Roads Board and State Roads Commission dispatched cinders and equipment to reopen back roads and curb remaining slick spots. Several public meetings were postponed while forecasts call for continued mild, dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Roads Board
State Roads Commission
State Police
Gambrill State Park
Frederick High School
Fair Weather Across Most Regions With Temperature Rises
The Associated Press reports mostly fair weather nationwide with wet spots on the East and West Coasts. Temperatures rose the most along the East Coast while Burlington Vermont showed a 22 degree increase from yesterday. Light snow fell from eastern Ohio to New England and some freezing rain occurred in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, with Albany seeing up to 3 inches.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Sester
Misaissippi
Houghton
Ohio
New England
Pennsylvania
Albany
Lanza Signs $190000 Two Week Las Vegas Contract
Mario Lanza will sing two weeks at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas under a $190000 deal. The salary, $50,090 per week, is described by hotel owner Jake Kozloff as the highest ever paid to a single nightclub performer. Lanza starts April 4 with Liberace and his orchestra performing that week at the New Riviera Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
New
Mario Lanza
New Frontier Hotel
Jake Kozloff
Lanza
Liberace
New Riviera Hotel
Rozloff
Brother George
Barber union vote raises haircut price in Bay Area
In Oakland California the AFL Barbers and Beauticians Union Local 13 voted to raise the price of a haircut from 1.30 to 1.75 after March 15 covering Alameda County and part of Contra Costa County. The decision affects haircuts in the Bay Area.
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Baircot
Oakland
Calif
Alameda County
Contra Costa County
AFL Barbers and Beauticians Union
Policeman of the Year Awarded to Sgt Murray
Sgt Biarshall H Murray of the city police department was named Policeman of the Year by the Frederick Exchange Club during Know Your Policeman Day and Crime Prevention Week. A plaque and commendation were presented in City Hall with Chief of Police present.
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Exchange Club
Biarshall H. Murray
City Police Department
Set. Murray
Square
Frederick County
Murray
Jefferson Street
Howard M. Ambrose
City Hall
Sgt. Murray
Frederick
Exchange Club of
The
Meare
Icy Streets Cause Of Accident Clashes On Patrick Franklin
Icy roads led to a series of crashes Monday night and Tuesday morning. An eastbound car struck a tractor-trailer at East Patrick and Franklin as it could not stop on slick pavement. A Pennsylvania motorist’s vehicle skidded into a Potomac Edison freight motor at the upper Catoctin Furnace crossing. the driver escaped injury but the front of his car was damaged. Officer Bernard King investigated. Ayler of Frederick was involved in the Patrick Franklin crash. his car sustained about 400 dollars in damage while the tractor-trailer suffered roughly 123 dollars. Another collision at East Ninth and East streets damaged two cars by 76 dollars each after a brake-slippage incident. Blain J. King reported a motorist failed to stop and struck his parked car in front of the post office. damage about 15 dollars. Police counted traffic charges and notes from multiple officers.
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East Patrick
Franklin Streets
Pennsylvania
Potomac Edison Company
Upper Catoctin Furnace
Arthur Baker
Patrick
William Andrew Ayler
RFD 1
Frederick
Bernard King
Ayler
Franklin Street
Llewellyn V. Combs
Winchester
Franklin
Aylar
East Ninth
East Streets
Sergi
Sherman Boone
Harry J. E. Hargett
West Second Street
Ninth
Kathryn L. Fagan
Kline
East Street
East Ninth Street
Hargett
Blain J. King
King
Nathan Dorsey
Thurman T. Perry
Red
Westminster
Yeck
Aemons
Huddleson
Driver Found Dead Behind Car's Wheel
SAN ANTONIO Tex An automobile with its driver slumped over the wheel shot across a Lackland Air Force Base drill field yesterday scattering troops in all directions The car knocked down a sign post crossed a street intersection through a tennis court and wire mesh fence onto the parade ground It halted against a barracks building Officers said the driver Sdt John W Burris 27 apparently suffered a heart attack He was dead on arrival at base hospital None of the ammunition on the drill field were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Lackland Air Force Base
Black Square
John W. Burris
Base Hospital
Ammon O
Drith Field
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Fair with seasonal temperatures. Wednesday a bit warmer, Thursday and Friday with scattered showers likely Friday. Weekend turns colder with temperatures near normal. Daytime highs 40 to 46, lows near 20 in western Maryland to near 30 in eastern and southern counties.
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Maryland
Three Die in Richmond Apartment Fire
In Richmond Virginia a three story apartment house on Monument Avenue burned killing John Christian 67 Nell Christian 60 and Eleanor Christian 36. A second blaze on Main Street gutted two four story buildings and an adjoining three story structure with no injuries reported. Initial estimates put damage over a quarter of a million dollars. James Carter, son in law, escaped with his wife and six children.
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Richmond
Monument Avenue
John Christian
Nell Christian
Eleanor Christian
Main Street
Christian
James Carter
Answer Filed In Roads Suit Over Maryland 32 Condemnation
The State Roads Commission faced a condemnation bid in Circuit Court for a small land section owned by Mr. and Mrs. Franklin B. Brawner of Emmitsburg. The couple allege unauthorized tree cutting, wire removal, and fence damage by Pennsylvania workers, and say no bona fide settlement offers or clear information were provided before road improvements. They note $100 was deposited in court as the land’s estimated value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Franklin B. Brawner
RFD 3
Emmitsburg
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Brawners
Edward D. Storra
Brawner
Frederick Chamber Endorses Right to Work Law at Meeting
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce Board endorsed the right to work law currently before the General Assembly at its monthly session in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. President Clyde M. Roney Sr. led the meeting and named committees for the year. Shields Trailer Sales joined as a new member, represented by George L. Scields. Ocean City musician Frank Sacca, longtime band conductor on the boardwalk, died after a heart attack at his home.
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Frederick Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Clyde M. Roney, Sr
Shields Trailer Sales
George L. Scields
Ocean City, Md
Frank Sacca
Ocean City
Boardwalk
Annual Meet Of Chest Is Set Friday
The Community Chest of Frederick Inc will hold its annual meeting Friday at four at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Directors for a two year term will be chosen and officers named. Reports from officers and the seven participating agencies will be given. Niemann A. Brunk will preside. All contributors are invited. nominating chair is Paul W. McAuliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest of Frederick Inc
Francis Scott Key
Community Chest
Niemann A. Brunk
Paul W. McAuliffe
Edgar H. McBride
Charles 5. V. Lanner
Glenn T. Swisher
Byron
Parsons Newman
James H. Gambrill IE
L. Rayby Specht
Charles K. Taylor
Melvin H. Derr
Boy Scouts
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Children's Aid
C. E. Wicks
Esther 5. Grinage
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Federated Charities
Donald B. Rice
Salvation Army
Girl
Herman A. Hunter
F. Elizabeth Browne
George S. Rodock
Dan Weinberg
Samuel H. Rosenatstock
Joseph D. Baker
John A. Derr
E. Paul Magaha
Delhert & Null
Jeffersonian Club Elects Officers and Governors
The monthly Jeffersonian Democratic Club meeting at West South Street Moose Lodge elected Philip Beard as president and elected a board of governors from each election district. A speakers committee and a legislative committee were formed amid planning for the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner. Membership reached 368 with a goal of 1,000 by year end. a Brunswick meeting is set for March 14 at 7 p.m.
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Jeffersonian Democratic Club
Moose Lodge
West South Street
Philip Beard
Samuel Barrick
James P. Mause
C. Clifton Wirts
Julius Jacobson
Jerome Offutt
Thomas Glass
Robert Rothenbeefer
Atton Y. Bennett
Young Democrat Club
Jacobson
Jeffersonian Club
Charles Collins
Carroll H. Kehne
Joseph J. Coady
George Hamilton
Board of Governors
Buckeystown
Francis Sappington
Frederick J. Buck Suter
J. Ausin Young
William Zimmerman
Charles Shaw
George Abrecht
E. Paul Magaha
Edward Akers
Lymegood Jones
G. Travis Nukirk
Austin Powell
Oscar Hirsch
Middletown
Bruce Brandenburg
Creagerstown
Donald E. Fisher
Emmitsburg
John Roddy
Lumen W.orris, Jr
Catoctin
Lee Delauier
Urbana
Paul Geisherl
Jackson
J. P. Mause
Hauvers
Fred A. Grey
Lewistown
Marion Rice
Tuscarora
Lewis Martz
Ballenger
Harry Himes
Tefferson
Vanard Smith
Woodville
Gustave Smith
Singapore
Charles Smelser
New Market
Allen Groff
Mr. Pleasant
Ted Barker
Woodsboro
LeRoy Barrick
Thurmont
J. Frank Frailey
Burkittsville
Robert Arnold
Peersville
T Westlaggett
Brunswick
Donald Woods
Robert Nelson
Braddock
Delbert S Null
Walkersville
Martin W. Eyler
Johnsville
Austin Bohn
Mr Glass
Mr. Offutt
John Null
Louis E Erchelberser
Edwin Falkirk
Wiliam Burall
George Grove
Merry Ramshure
Chiang Says Reds Won't Be Deterred From Formosa Struggle
Chiang Kai-shek told AP in Taipei that U S 7th Fleet show of force during the Tachen evacuation would not deter Communist aggression. He said Nationalists could hold the Quemoy Matsu outposts, declined to outline a defense deal with the United States, and warned neutrality in Asia will fail once invaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Fred Hampson
Bureau
Hong Kong
Nationalist China
United States
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Hampson
Chiang
Asia
Nanchishan
Red China
Russia
Mao Tze-tung
Chou En- Lai
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
Matsu
Foochow
Fukien Province
Reds
Pescadores
Children See Mother Slain in Redlands Tragedy
Redlands California police report husband 35 Rolland C Beckham killed his wife Charlene Beckham 32 with a butcher knife while their three sons aged 12, 8, and 4 watched in fear. A restraining order had been in place a month earlier. Police served a warrant later, finding the body. Separate El Centro scene blamed a spark from a car motor for a deadly storage-facility fire killing three and injuring one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redlands
Calif
Rolanad C. Beckham
Susmrinn
Turtler
Charlene Beckham
Rolland Jr
Jimmy
Ward
Daddy
Mama
Man Made Diamonds Costly Copy Of Nature’s Gems
In Schenectady New York scientists at General Electric announced production of man made diamonds indistinguishable from natural ones, created by high pressure and heat. Cost far higher now but potential for steady supply in industry and defense. no immediate threat to natural diamond value. Diamonds formed from carbon with starting material hinted to contain graphite.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Research Laboratory
Africa
Brazil
A. L. Marshall
Escapee From Jail Is Hunted
Charles Robinson, a 34 year old Pittsburgh man jailed in Morgan County for a general store burglary, escaped by prying bars and shifting doors in his second floor cell. State police and Maryland authorities were alerted as tracks led toward Hancock and potential boarding of a Baltimore and Ohio train toward Pittsburgh. Robinson and accomplice Charles Johns, 38, were arrested in Keyser after admitting thefts in Paw Paw, including a loaf of bread, lunch meat, shoes, socks, and 835 in pennies.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Charles Robinson
Pittsburgh
Morgan County
W. B. Simmons
Robinson
Simmons
Baltimore and Ohio
Hancock
Maryland
Charles Johns
Keyser
Paw Paw
Helstey
Johns
Broad Street
S. Burke
West Virginia
Ten men inducted into armed services from Frederick boards
Ten men registered with Frederick Selective Service boards were inducted Monday. They traveled from Frederick to Baltimore for induction. Eight were volunteers, seven from Board 46. Notables include Lester Jacob Davis Lantz William Edward Garber Ralph Allen Ritenour Ray Toms Richard Eugene Simpson John Bernard Little Lewis Edward Halin Robert Elias Crum Walter Leesnfer and David William Hinshaw with board affiliations 43 46 and 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Frederick
Armed Services
Baltimore
Lester Jacob Davis
Lantz
William Edward Garber
RFD
New Windsor
Ralph Allen Ritenour
Thurmont
Ray Toms
Emmitsburg
Richard Eugene Simpson
Union Bridge
John
Health Council To Meet On Wednesday
A Frederick County Heart Council meeting will be held Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the East Church street school building. The session aims to acquaint health and welfare groups with duties and functions and to gather recommendations for community health. Joseph D. Baker serves as interim chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Heart Council
East Church Street
Joseph D. Baker
Cars and Garages Broken Into in Brunswick Area
State Police and Brunswick police probed a string of car and garage breakins on Monday morning likely by the same group. Stanley Conklin of Towson reported a rear vent window break and a stolen aluminum dishware set worth 350. Donald Phelps’s car on U S 340 had a broken front vent window and a pocketbook with about 17 in cash stolen. Moore's Service Station at U S 340 and Maryland 464 in Knoxville saw about 20 in cash taken. A second station south of the Potomac on U S 340 in Virginia also reported a breakin as authorities in Virginia joined the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Brunswick
Herbert Sperry
B Street
Stanley Conklin
Towson
Donald Bowser
Weverton
Donald Phelps
Phelps
Bowser
U. S. 340
Willard Kongle
Moore
U. 340
Maryland
Knoxville
Potomac River
Virginia
Snowfall Hits Western Maryland Areas Hard
Western Maryland reported three inches of snow overnight with heavier accumulations in Southern Garrett County at three inches Northern Garrett 2 4 inches Frostburg 3 4 2 inches Cumberland area 2 4 and Town Hills between Cumberland and Hagerstown 2 inches Roads were covered and chains were advised. Temperatures rise across the region with a warm spell forecast for several days and rain likely Friday followed by a colder weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
Garrett County
Frostburg
Cumberland Area
Town Hills
Cumberland
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Delaware
Weather Bureau
Two County Bills Offered In House
The Frederick county delegation introduced two measures in the House of Delegates related to county roads. One bill would provide for erection of weight and speed signs for bridges on county roads. The second concerns signs on county roads that would impose penalties for failure to observe stop signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Resistance Fighters Barricade Romanian Legation in Bern
In Bern Switzerland a group of about 101 Romanian resistance fighters barricaded themselves in the Romanian legation after a 2 a.m. assault that killed the legation chauffeur. They vowed to hold until five political prisoners were released, while Swiss police sought nonviolent surrender. The incident drew swift international reaction as Romania denounced the attack and Switzerland prepared to extradite the detainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Romania
Legation
Bucharest
Eduard Freimueller
Freimueller
Adia Aldea
Bishop Sudeju
Eric. Lawar
Anton Mursanu
B. B. Bratianu
New York
Aurel Aldea
Axis
Chal ‘Feur
Regation
Startlingly Different Train Designs Target Major Railways
Four large railroads the Pennsylvania New Haven New York Central and Santa Fe announced plans to order radically new equipment after a six month joint study. The PRR will test a tubular design with pressed centers for integrated trains between New York and Pittsburgh and between New York and Washington.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Haven
New York Central
Santa Fe
PPR
PRR
New York
Pittsburgh
Washington
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D. C
Seventh Fleet
EL Centro
Signal Oil Co
Health Council
Vatican City
Pius Isat
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Linda Ann Thomas
Earl A. Thomas
Marvey C. Miller
Miller
West Seventh _street
Manuel ‘M. Weinberg
Leedom
Eisenhower
Boyd ‘Leedom
South Dakota Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
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