Mentzers Trial Set For March 4 Members of the Mentzer family face three charges
A Circuit Court session set for March 4 includes trials for Theodore L. Mentzer and Melvin E. Mentzer of near Burkittsville on combined assault and battery counts. Alton E. Shaff, a Frederick fireman and WWII veteran, is also set for a criminal trial that day. The docket spans March 4 through March 11 with numerous other criminal cases and appeals listed, including forgery and larceny charges and various magistrate fines. Trials proceed under Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer with Attorney E. Austin James.
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Alton E. Shaff
Frederick
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Theodore L. Floyd
Melvin E. Mentzer
Burkittsville
Austin James
Theodore Mentzer
Mary Rosetta Berry
Roger Clary
Leon Gochenour
Oscar Weeden
Herman Dodson
James E. Bowens
Ernest L. Thomas
W. E. Thomas
Fred W. Naill
Sterling Warner
J. L. Noell
Mt. Airy
Dyson Beil
John C. Wiis
J. K. Ash
Charlies M. Stankel
Alton Y. Bennett
Ralph W. Miller
W.J. Stoner
Commission of State Forests and Parks
Daniel F. Shorb
Stoner
Shorb
John W. Smith
Manuel M. Weinberg
Frank Grove
Weinberg
Clyde Plunkard
Bennett
Thomas Brice
Russell Favorite
Richard Messner
Charles Miller
Leness Pittenger
Sherman Shuff
Wilford Wisner
Roger Valentine
Thument
Donald C. McCleod
James A.garber
D. J. Beecher
John Wills
House of Correction
J. E. Baker
Ambrose Neal
Eawin
Mackley
Perry A. Greve
Everett R Odell
Anti-Communists Quit Czechoslovak Cabinet
Prague Feb 20 cabinet reshuffle as three anti Communist parties quit the Czechoslovak government in a widening clash with Communist influence. It marks the first open split in the postwar republic founded in 1945. Hudson Supply resumes Buckeystown brick plant next week after weather and repairs. Truman leaves on 15 day southern tour to Florida Puerto Rico Virgin Islands and Cuba. Robin sighting reported by Frederickson resident Mrs Carter Appleby. Veterans hospital contracts awarded for Wilmington Delaware and Beckley West Virginia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Truman
Washington
Florida
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Cuba
College Preparatory Focus Over Public Schools’ Purpose
Frederick County officials and a former educator defend that high schools serve a college preparatory role, noting many graduates gain college acceptance with strong records. They acknowledge past inequities and tighter entrance standards postwar, underscoring that only top graduates are admitted to colleges.
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Frederick County
Eugene W. Pruitt
Harry O. Smith
Frederick High School
Frederick High
G. Nevin Robert
Old Boys’ High School
Hood College
Grand Jury
Frederick
Frede
Maryland
Tractor and Trailer Upset by Frost Boil Near Lisbon
A tractor-trailer loaded with easined goods overturned on Route 40 about a quarter mile west of Lisbon around 3 am after hitting a frost boil. Driver Billy J. Walker of Somerset escaped uninjured. Vehicle owned by Schreider Trucking Co of Pittsburgh veered west and overturned on the left side. load dumped in a field but salvageable. State Trooper B C Hammersmith investigated. several chemical solution drums dented but not burst. Earl Cline crane secured to lift the truck back onto the highway.
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Lisbon
Billy. J. Walker
Somerset
Schreider Trucking Company
Pittsburgh
B. C. Hammersmith
Earl Cline
Business Site Changes In Frederick April
Frederick business district sees Earle's at 11 North Market street discontinue its apparel section. Singer Sewing Machine Company leases the north store room in the North Market building. Earle's shoe department remains in the adjacent room. Singer plans display and sewing rooms after extensive improvements. Joseph Kent leads local Singer operations amid personnel shifts.
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Willring
Frederick
Earie’s
North Market Street
Singer Sewing Machine Company
North Marweet
A. Austin Pearce
Singer Sewing 4Machine Company
Philip Wertheimer
Earle’s
Ernest R. Nasher
Hagerstewn
Earle
Singer
South Market Street
Joseph Kent
Braddock Heights
Ready for Strike Over Nationwide Meat Packer Walkout
Chicago February 20 officials of the CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America won union approval for a nationwide strike involving about 100,000 meat packers. The vote comes as tensions rise over wages benefits and work conditions across major plants.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Americans in Australia Tea Leaves Disappoint Arrivals
In Sydney on February 200, a group of Americans arriving in Australia find their welcome tempered as initial expectations meet a blunt reality. The brief report notes their reaction to local conditions and the new surroundings.
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Australia
Sydney
Frost Boils Endangering Busy Roads Across Monday Route
State Police warn frost boils on Routes 40 340 in Howard county and surrounding roads create dangerous driving. A tractor trailer overturned on Route 40 near Lisbon with no injuries reported while motorists report mufflers torn by boils. Officials expect temporary repairs until spring as cold snap resumes and mud clogs county roads.
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Howard County
Lisbon
Ridgeville
Harpers Ferry
Thomas G. Mobler
State Roads Commission
Mohler
Nominations Sent to Senate by Truman
Washington Feb 20: Harold A. Jones of Los Angeles nominated by President Truman to one of two Civil Aeronautics Board vacancies. Other nominations sent include John C. Wiley of Indiana for ambassador to Iran, Monnell B. Davis of Colorado for ambassador to Panama, and Richard P. Butrick of New York for ambassador to Iceland.
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Washington
Harol A. Jones
Los Angeles
Truman Fodey
Civil Aeronrautics Board
Senate
John C. Wiley
Indiana
Iran
Portugal
Monnell B. Davis
Colorado
Panama
Richard P. Butrick
New York
Iceland
Southern Democrats Open War on Truman
Southern Democrats from 31 states formally declare war on President Truman's civil rights program in a bid to block federal measures. The action signals a major intra party clash as Washington grapples with civil rights policy and political fallout.
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Truman
Washington
Disavow Wallace or Quit Bridges Told
The CIO orders Harry Bri to disavow Henry Wall third party or resign as CIO regional director for northern California. Announcement indicates pressure within labor ranks. Installation plans announced for Myersville Lutheran pastor Rev. Raymond L. Markley in April. Maryland Synod head Rev. J. Frank Fife and Western Conference chief Rev. Dr. F. R. Seibel named for the service.
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Washington
CIO
Harry Bri
Henry Wall
California
J. Frank Fife
Baltimore
Maryland Synod of the United Lutheran Church
F. R. Seibel
Westminster
Western Conference
Raymond L. Markley
Myersville
Irregular Prices Rule On Markets
Market notes show uneven price moves across commodities in New York with wheat corn and soybeans leading declines while cotton edged up and fats steadied. In Chicago hogs rose slightly and cattle and sheep held, as France reports a bumper wheat crop amid a cautious economic mood and warnings from economists about inflation risks. Henry Ford II commented from Paris that the price break is a normal adjustment and not a sign of sustained downturn.
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New York
Chicago
Ministry of Agriculture
France
Clifford S. Young
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Henry Ford
Paris
Road Widening To Start Soon In Silver Spring
Work will start soon to widen East-West highway between Georgia avenue and Rock Creek from 20 to 40 feet by adding 10 feet on each side. Frederick bid $69,489.88 and will surface with macadam, finishing in 70 working days. County urges full 48 foot width with a concrete divider, but officials have not received the resolution.
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Silver Spring
Georgia Avenue
Rock Creek
T. Edgie Russell
Frederick
Allan Lee
W. F. Childs
Pla
Wisconsin Avenue
Montgomery County
Childs
Lee
Connecticut Avenue
Europe Sees Coldest Winter Weather Across Regions
The report notes exceptionally cold and snowy conditions across Southern England Western Europe and Scandinavia with wolves moving into populated areas. In Norway cattle losses from raiding wolf packs led to military intervention. A Russian controlled paper denounced a U.S. war crimes court ruling permitting hostages’ execution under international law as shameful.
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London
England
Europe
Scandinavia
Sia Mountains
Italy
Norway
Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
U.S
Housewife's Dollar Stronger Now Than Short Range Than WWI
Chicago February 200The housewife's shopping dollars show more purchasing power than a month ago but far less than a year ago after price controls were removed. A survey of 17 basic items compares prices across years, noting beefsteak at 69 cents per pound this weekend versus 79 cents a month ago and 55 cents a year ago post control, with tomatoes, potatoes, bread, butter, margarine, coffee, and other staples detailed across years and prewar levels.
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Chicago
Letters From Washington on Salaries and Rents Stir Readers
The Nation Today surveys reactions from readers in Washington about government pay scales and rent controls. A former soldier laments low wages while landlords defend rent actions. others recount personal family letters and the strain of reporting contentious issues.
Pleads Innocent Over Taft Hartley Expenditure Charge
Washington February 20 President Philip Murray pleaded innocent to charges alleging violation of the Taft Hartley act ban on union political expenditures. The report mixes with a note about a century and a half old U. S. Constitution named Old Transides built from uk pine and cedar and repaired twenty years ago using creosoted Douglas fir.
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Washington
P—Cio
Philip Murray
N. W. Train Derailment Near Portsmouth
The Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow derailed twenty miles east of Portsmouth Ohio on February 20. No deaths were reported though several passengers were injured. The eastbound streamliner, leaving Portsmouth at 10:55 a.m. for Roanoke, had its engine on its side and multiple cars derailed but mostly remained upright. Ambulances were dispatched from Portsmouth to the scene near Franklin Furnace. Principal William Snook, a high school leader nearby, cited trainmen saying the train hit an open switch at high speed.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western
Here
Franklin Furnace
Roanoke
William Snook
2 High School
Judd Seeks Military Aid With Chinese Aid Plan
Rep Judd urged adding military assistance to China economic aid. He called for munitions and a military mission to advise at all levels ahead of hearings on President Truman’s $570.0 million Chinese aid program. In Nanking, sources said substantial American military aid to Chiang Kai shek’s government would begin soon to bolster weak forces against Communists.
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Washington
Judd
R-Minn
America
China
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
New Mystery Injected Into 12 Year Old Case
In New York on February 20 a new twist emerged in Manhattan's long unsolved disappearance of wealthy British oil heir Fred B. Lloyd. Keys and private items from his estate and his late wife were found stolen yesterday from a downtown office, with no other belongings disturbed. Lloyd, age 63, vanished after entering a Times Square taxi in 1936 and was later declared legally dead in 1924.
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New York
Manhattan
Fred B. Lloyd
Lloyd
Times Square
Drouth Cuts San Francisco Power Output In California
San Francisco and nearby areas face power shortages as a drought lowers output at a local crating plant. Juide Manager James H Turner orders a one third production cut to conserve energy. Farmers urge Governor Warren to declare a drought emergency amid continuing dry weather and strained agricultural regions.
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Francisco
San
Neice
Juies
James H. Turner
Street Cains
Charles Town Forms Choral Society Names Director
Charles Town West Virginia February 20 formation of the Charles Town Choral Society and the hiring of Raymond K Hollinger of Hagerstown as director was announced today. East Brady Pennsylvania February 20 a large ice gorge broke loose in the Allegheny River early today, threatening a 300 foot bridge but causing no damage.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Charles Town Choral Society
Raymond K. Hollinger
Hagerstown
Brady
Allegheny River
Truman Calls UN Work Disturbing Yet Progress Continues
President Truman told Congress that Soviet refusal to cooperate with United Nations decisions creates a disturbing new problem. He praised UN progress and outlined 1947 achievements in a 359 page report, noting only a few major agreements with the United States and Soviet bloc remaining contentious.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Congress
United States
World Agency
Marshall
Security Council
Hussia
Assembly
Palestine
Holy Land
Mr. Truman
Unitedations
U. N
Committee Wants MacArthur Testimony On Far East Policy
Washington February 20 The House Foreign Affairs committee signaled it wants General Douglas MacArthur back from Tokyo to advise on Chinese and Far Eastern issues. Chairman Eaton asked Secretary Marshall how to arrange the return and whether the request should go to the President or the Army Secretary. Marshall declined to express an opinion and said he did not know the proper channel for bringing MacArthur home.
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Washington
Agriculture Anderson
Congress
Civil Service
California
Jin
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Eaton
R-Nj
Marshall
MacsArthur
Tokyo
Army
MacArthur Omes
Mars
MacArthur
Advi
Monday Legal Holiday To Honor Washington
Monday will be observed as a legal holiday with most post office employees off and no city or rural mail delivery. The lobby opens, but windows close and tax mail is processed. the C. Buer Ariz Horar il closes. Stores, plants, and schools vary. city parking meters will not be charged.
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Werkiday
C. Buer Ariz Horar Il
Irregular Route Tug of Market Pushes Stocks Higher
The stock market today moved on a slightly irregular route with gains scattered across sectors. Analysts cited cautious optimism as investors awaited clear signals on economic policy and corporate earnings.
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Hudson Supply and Equipment Company
Buckeystown Brick Manufacturers
Ma Ance
Robin
Carter Appleby
Grani Street
Fredericksonian
GET Vets
Wilmington
Dela
Beckley
Army Engineers
Supt. Pruitt
Mrs. Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
Winthrop Rockefeller
Pelm Beach
Fla
Richard Sears Jr
Reno
Wallace
Bridges
By James Marlow
California Drouth
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