County considers merging jail and Montevue under one roof
An unnamed citizen proposed combining the Frederick County jail with Montevue under one roof. Sheriff Guy Anders favored potential savings but warned high costs and needed improvements. Chief Straley doubted feasibility. Mayor Culler and State's Attorney Nikirk offered no comment. Plans from the U S Bureau of Prisons and architect Bowers await discussion.
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County Commission| Wo
J Y. LF
Grant Hooper
Sherif Guy Anders
Montevue
Frederick County
Jong
Hooper
U. S. Bureau of Prisons
Charles F. Bowers
Irish Coalition May Be Overthrown
Dublin February 19 Irish political observers say Eire may topple its new coalition as Fianna Fail led by Eamon DeValera retains 8 parliamentary seats but lacks a majority. Forecasts point to another election within the year as DeValera remains a powerful figure despite the coalition. Middletown plane belly lands after gear jammed. crew safe and pilot circuited to burn fuel and avoid explosion.
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Eamon DeValera
Eire
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
DeValera
Middletown
Olmsted Air Base
Missing Engine Sparks Near Collision Near Shawnee
Engineer Floyd Webb piloting a Santa Fe freight train spotted a lone engine on the track three miles from Shawnee Oklahoma. He hit the airbrakes and stopped safely. He rang Shawnee ward police asking if they were missing anything. Station agent C Thomas investigated and suspected a throttle came loose on a cooling engine in the roundhouse that rolled free.
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Shawnee
Okla
Floyd Webb
Shawnee Wards
C. ©. Thomas
Huge Temperature Drop Predicted Tonight in the State
The Weather Bureau predicted temperatures in West Virginia would fall to 15 degrees above zero by tomorrow morning, a drop of over 30 degrees from noon today. The warning also covered western New York northern Kentucky Ohio and western Pennsylvania with strong northwest winds.
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Huntington
W. Va
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
New York
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Drouth
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Culier Lake
Chile establishes two bases in disputed Antarctic territory
Chilean President Gabriel Gonzales Videla formalizes two military weather stations in the South Shetlands and on O’Higgins Land Graham Land, asserting Chilean sovereignty in defiance of long standing British claims. The bases mark a bold assertion of Chilean presence in Antarctica.
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Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Antarctic
Gonzalez
Port Sovereignty
Greenwich Island
South Shetlands
South America
O'Higgins Land
Great Britain
Graham Land
Bernardo O'Higgins
Independent
Eastern Fuel Shortage Now Eased For Winter
The eastern seaboard fuel oil shortage is eased for the rest of winter the regional advisory committee says. The area is described as over the hump due to better transport, refinery output shift to heating oil, and mild weather.
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New York
Eastern Seaboard
Petroleum Industry
Youth fills kinship line with odd pairing in court
In Washington on February 19 a youth seeking a marriage license in Municipal Court paused at kinship. After consulting his fiancée he wrote in the space: Girl friend and boy friend. The note reflects a humorous misunderstanding during the licensing process.
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Washington
New Cold To Root Warmth In The East
A new cold wave swept the northern Rockies and Northern Plains as it moved eastward toward the Midwest. Montana temperatures plunged up to 60 degrees from yesterday, while western Dakotas and eastern Minnesota faced blizzard conditions and near zero readings. Chicago was forecast to hit 60 before the front drives temperatures down, with winds rising and a cold stretch ahead.
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Chicago
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Montana
Canada
Polains
Mercury
Miles City
Mont
Havre
Dakotas
Minnesota
Minot
N. D
North Central States
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ontario
New England
Routine Welfare Board Meeting Reviews Aid Spending
Routine matters were discussed at the February Board of Public Welfare meeting led by Charles S. Lane II. The month’s report showed 56 hospital care cases and one adoption investigation, with total expenditures of 27,309.49 including Old Age Assistance, Aid for Dependent Children and General Public Assistance, and preparations for Katherine Thomas Marchi to become executive director.
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Board of Public Welfare
Charles S. Lane, II
Elizabeth Wolf
Katherine Thomas Marchi
Airs
Richard F. Nallin
Robert Rhoderick
Ermest Shriver
W. M. Weaver
House Votes Next Week On Rent Control Bill
Washington reports the House moved a rent control bill a step toward passage by clearing it for vote next week. Present controls would expire Sunday after next if Congress does not renew them.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Congress
Red Cross to Launch 1948 Fund Drive in Frederick
Thomas to head Frederick County Red Cross drive announces a goal of 14100 with city and county coverage. About 300 volunteers will solicit pledges. goal hopes to top last year’s total while merchants offer displays and radio programs. Basil O’Connor cites needs for disaster relief and the national Blood Program as key fund priorities.
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Daniel J. Thomas
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Thomas
Richard J. Nailin
Red Cross
Frederick
Basil O'Connor
China aid plan sparks GOP calls of too late too little
Washington lawmakers debate President Truman's 570 million dollar China aid as Senator Bridges argues for military supplies to Chiang Kai Shek while Congress schedules hearings on foreign aid and Europe recovery. The Senate and House consider timing and scope amid broader Marshall Plan context.
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Washington
Truman
China
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Hampshire
Europe
Sen
Ate
Frst
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations
Entire House Is Moved To New Location On Carter Street
The lone house on Carter street was placed on new foundations at 242 East Second Street after a night on the street. Power lines were cut and respliced, briefly cutting lights and appliances. The move drew a crowd as crews maneuvered the house past trees and wires to its new block, with police guiding onlookers. The process resumed at dawn and by 10 AM the house sat over its new foundation awaiting basement work.
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Carter Street
East Second Street
Second Street
Wolf Cigar Factory
Potomac Edison
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Frank Keefer
East Seesi Street
Carter and
East Streets
Pennsylvania
Power Company
Scrap Drive Boosts Frederick Foundry Supplies
About 100000 pounds of scrap have been received this week for Frederick Iron and Steel Inc as the pig iron shortage endangers the foundry. Jacob Goldberg says residents cooperated, with scrap from nearby counties and Virginia, and from farmers. Junk yards in Frederick forward material to mills, and better weather is expected to help reach more sources.
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Frederick Iron and Steel, Inc
Jacob Goldberg
Goldberg
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Frederick Junk Yards
Frederick Junk Company
Reliable Junk Company
Iron and Steel
Virginia
Junk Companies
Junk Company
Lord Rothermere to Address AP Luncheon at Waldorf
Lord Rothermere 49 begins to speak at the Associated Press annual luncheon on April 19 at the Waldorf Astoria. He heads a trio of London papers the Daily Mail Evening News and Sunday Dispatch and chairs Britain’s Newspaper Proprietors Association. AP invited him through AP President Robert W. McLean of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
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York
Lord Rothermere
Associated Press
Waldorff Astoria
London
Daily Mail
Evening News
Sunday Dispatch
Northcliffe Newspapers
Britain
Newspaper Proprietors Association
Associated Press Board of Directors
Robert W ¥cLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Commodity Prices Show Some Gains
Market notes from New York and Chicago report mixed movements in grains and meats. Oats rose fractions. corn and wheat edged. lard dipped slightly. hides and cottonseed oil fell while hog prices softened. Retail prices rose in New York but fell in Chicago. households face higher costs as uncertainty grips traders. Officials cited low cattle on farms and weather risks to wheat, sparking brief rallies in grain futures.
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New York
Chicago
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Vocational School Damaged By Fire In Baltimore
A six alarm blaze heavily damaged Carver vocational school in Baltimore early today, threatening the four story structure. Fire and police arson squad investigation focuses on incendiary origin. Carpentry and tailoring shops were damaged. about 125 pieces of equipment were moved to the scene. The school serves roughly 500 students.
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Baltimore
Carver Vocational School
B-29 Training Missions Routed From Germany to Middle East
B 29 superfortresses fly training missions from American bases in Germany toward the Middle East. Their route forms a half circle to avoid the Balkans and includes a pass over Tel Aviv in Palestine on the way to Dharan in Saudi Arabia. The Dharan base serves as a terminus for an agreement with the Saudi government.
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Washington
Germany
Middle East
Balkans
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Dharan
Saudi Arabia
Russia and Hungary sign mutual aid pact
Foreign Minister Molotov announced the completion of a Soviet Hungarian friendship and mutual assistance treaty in Moscow. He said Russia now has pacts of friendship and mutual assistance with all western frontier states from the Black Sea to the Baltic, forming a barrier against imperialist states.
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Moscow
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Black Sea
Baltic
Two At Princeton Reported Near Death
Princeton University staff members were overcome refilling a storage tank in the Frick chemistry laboratory during a class demonstration. Two men were near death and three others slightly injured as hydrogen sulfide flooded the lab. A police report had earlier listed the two men as dead.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Frick Chemistry
Eight Nazi Generals Sentenced by U S War Crimes Court
Field Marshal Wilhelm List received life imprisonment along with other generals in a verdict that also acquitted two. Sentences ranged from seven to life years for war crimes tied to hostage killings in Greece Yugoslavia and Albania. The court cited occupying force power to execute hostages under international law while noting many partisans were not protected as prisoners of war.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Wilhelm List
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Helmuth Felmy
Balkans
Walter Kuntze
Lothar Rendulic
Second Panzer Army
Wilhelm Speidel
Hubert Lanz
Felmy
Ernst von Leyser
Ernst Dehner
Hermann Foertsch
12Th Army Staff
Kurt von Geitner
Serbia
Maximilian von . Weichs
Franz Boehme
Local Firm Seeks Bankruptcy Adjudication in Baltimore
Frederick Appliance Company filed in U S District Court Baltimore seeking adjudication as bankrupt with assets of 13016.96 and liabilities of 12958.05. An order named Paul R. Koch as referee. attorneys Benjamin B. Rosenstock and C Wirts represent the petitioner. The firm sold refrigerators washing machines radio phonographs and parts.
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U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Frederick Appliance Company, Inc
East Patrick Street
Paul R. Koch
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
C. €. Wirts
District Court
Holden S. Felton
Maryland
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Donald C. Horne
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