No Marine Divisions Promised
Senator McFarland says President Truman told congressional leaders there is no promise of a Marine division for Western Europe defenses. He noted no authority or commitment has been made by the President, despite weekend dispatch reports abroad.
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Fec
McFarland
D-Ariz
Truman
Senate Democratic
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United States
Europe
Lisbon
Associated Press
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Firm Accused Of Overcharges In Maryland Case
The government charged DS&D Motors of Baltimore with overcharging on more than 200 car sales and seeks triple damages totaling $30,000. The suit, filed by U S District Attorney Bernard Flynn, alleges an average overcharge of about $41 on ten sales and cites nationwide implications for crackdowns on dealers.
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Ds4&d Motors
Hugo R. Hoffman
Maryland
Office of Price Stabilization
U S
Bernard J. Flynn
William J. O'Donnell
Ds&d
Tax ceiling threatens poor in proposed reform debate
Washington lawmakers attacked existing tax loopholes and a peacetime tax ceiling as likely to shift the burden from the rich to the poor. Senator Humphrey cited loopholes costing over 442 billion dollars annually, benefiting those earning above 10 000 dollars a year. The plan, backed by some states, faces Senate scrutiny. In other news, Korea lessons to be tested in mountain maneuvers as 225 million Second Army soldiers train across several eastern posts next summer. The Rosenbergs win death penalty appeal in the U S Court of Appeals, upholding their sentence.
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Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Congressional
Conress
S. W. Va
Korea
Second Army
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Halt Imports Of Livestock From Canada Over Disease
The Agriculture Department ordered an immediate halt to virtually all imports of livestock and meats from Canada amid a Saskatchewan foot and mouth disease outbreak. Officials said imports exceed 100 million pounds yearly and involve about 360,000 head of cattle, swine, and sheep.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Canada
Saskatchewan
B. T. Simms
Bureau of Animal Industry
Hundreds Flock to Open House Events for New Homes
Fredericktonians flocked to open houses by Brosius Construction and others on Sunday drawing large crowds. The Saratoga model at 1 National Home drew about 1,500 visitors on Sunday and over 1,750 over two days. Other stops included Catoctin Estates and Tollgate Manor with attendance near a thousand and higher traffic. Builders call it the largest single day turnout in years.
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Catoctin Estates, Inc
Trail Avenue
Turner Realty Company, Inc
Earl F. Hargett
Turner
Bronson Construction Company
R. Patrick Turner
Tollgate Manor
Mr. Hargett
Catoctin Estates
Deeds Transfer Two Urbana Farms and More Local Transfers
Deeds recorded in the Clerk's Office show multiple Urbana district land transfers. Harry P Williams sold two parcels totaling about 201.03 acres with a brick mansion to Bertram J Cleaves for 25300, a second farm of 66.37 acres with two frame houses to Charles G Fenwick for 23300, and two tracts of about six acres with improvements from George W Baker to Raymond W Kauffman for about 5500. Joseph C Hemp sold 22 acres north of the Jamnsville road to Elmer V Korrell for about 2500. The Conway Electric Company of Frederick submitted the low bid of 17875 to the Maryland Department of Public Improvements for Springfield State Hospital electric line extension. Six Coast Guard crewmen were rescued after a fishing trawler, Belle Isie, grounded off Cape Henry near Norfolk amid pounding surf.
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Urbana
Harry P. Williams
Williams
Charles G. Fenwick
Lewistown
George W. Baker
Raymond W. Kauffman
Joseph C. Hemp
Elmer V. Korrell
New Market District
Ijamsville Road
Conway Electric Company of
Frederick
State of
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Department of Public Improvements
Springfield State Hospital
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Iradar
Cape Henry
Here
Bartender's Heart Massaged By Hand 18 Minutes
A Santa Monica hospital case reports a bartender, George Mariz, 47, from Los Angeles, whose heart stopped during a stomach operation. Doctors massaged the heart by hand for 18 minutes, then resumed natural action. No brain damage observed. patient recovering well.
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Calif
Santa Stanica
Hopital
George Mariz
Lave Angeles
Aviz
Sutecon Angine Macagues
Teraas
Pearts del Monte
Calf
Melvin Hewitt
U N Moves To Break Deadlock In Korea Talks
U N truce negotiators pushed to end the stalemate at Panmunjom by offering to drop Norway from a proposed neutral supervisory panel if Reds yield Russia. The plan would let two neutral nations inspect behind the lines for each side, with Switzerland and Sweden representing the Allies and Czechoslovakia and Poland for the Communists.
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Korea
U. N
Norway
Russia
Switzerland
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Pu Shan
George W. Hickman
Supervisory Commission
Chang Chun
Ferguson accuses Treasury of stretching rules on ex-IRS chief
Sen. Ferguson charges the Treasury Department stretched its rules to let Joseph D. Nunan, former IRS commissioner, represent tax clients before the government. Treasury officials say they would welcome tighter limits and note a 1936 proposal for a ban was not acted on by Congress.
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Washington
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Ferguson
Joseph D. Nunan
Revenue Bureau
Congress
Youth Council Plan To Be Presented In Frederick County
The 44 Frederick County churches that sent reps to Youth Sunday Call to United Christian Youth Action in Walkersville on February 3 have been invited to a meeting to advance a unified plan for interdenominational Christian service. The gathering, open to interested individuals, will be held at 745 Melock in the Calvary Methodist Church junior room. A proposed constitution for a Frederick County Christian Youth Council has been circulated to the churches.
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Frederick County
United Christan Youth Action
Walkersville
United Acion
Melock
Calvary Methodist Church School
Pie
Interchurch Cooperation For Christian Service
Maryland tax cut offers simple 15 percent reduction
Annapolis February 25 The Maryland General Assembly approved a 15 percent state income tax cut for 1952, effective for the current year. Governor McKeldin is expected to sign, making the one year relief official. Taxpayers with under 10 thousand dollars income may use an optional form. others rely on standard rates. Overpayments due to the cutoff will be refunded automatically after the comptroller reviews filings.
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Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
McKeldin
Comptroller
Joseph O'C. McCusker
Red Points Hammered By U N Planes
Seoul, Korea, Feb 25 The Korean war enters its 21st month with little combat. Heavy weather kept allied air forces largely grounded while Fifth Air Force flew 180 sorties. Mustang and Corsair pilots hit rail lines at 13 locations as Far East Air Forces reported about 200 supply trucks destroyed Sunday. Marines attacked targets near Chin nampo and on the east coast as battleship Wisconsin shelled Red troop installations in the Kansong-Kosong area.
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Korea
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Bairoko
U. S
Reopen Hearings On Overseas Airbase Costs
Senate investigators plan to reopen public hearings on overseas airbase construction to probe Pentagon expenditures. Chairman Hunt and counsel Downey Rice will review five critical Pentagon reports detailing secret projects in North Africa and Greenland, with figures reportedly exceeding a million dollars weekly for the Greenland base code named Blue.
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Senate
Sen. Hunt D-Wyat
Senate Defense Watchdog
Hunt
Downey Rice
Pentagon
North
Africa
Greenland
Red Cross Ready 11000 Food Packages for POWs
The American Red Cross has 11000 food packages prepared to aid American prisoners of war in North Korea. Distribution plans are unsettled as Communist forces block UN relief efforts. J W Neatherin of Shreveport presented sample trail packages at a Korea briefing, noting 7000 standard and 4000 special packages for invalids with high protein meals.
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Korea
American Red Cross
United Nations Command
J. W. Neatheriin
Shreveport
American Red Cross Center
Fled Across A State Line Forfeits $85
A Harpers Ferry motorist fled across the state line Friday night and forfeited $385 in collateral and costs before a magistrate after being want ed in Maryland. Staubs apologized and returned voluntarily Saturday after West Virginia authorities notified him of the Maryland hold. He paid $50 for exceeding 50, $25 for reckless driving, and $10 for failure to stop at a stop sign.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
James F. Lewis
Harding Robert Staubs
West Virginia
State Line
Staubs
Maryland
Donald Tucker
West Patrick S
Jefferson Street
Pfc
Charles H. High
Colonied
Air Force
Andrews Field
High
Joseph Goodson
Goodson
Jefferson Jerome Wilcom
Monrovia
Kenneth Tichnell
Route 40
Wilcom
Merkle Giester
Route 2
Frederick
Geisler
Braddock Mountain
Willcom
Jay W. Sillaman
Wayne A. Sillaman
Youngwood
Raymond J. Hars
Towson
Woodrow W. Peay
Nashville
Milita and
Bill C Swell
Owenton
Luther H. MacKenzie
Cumberland
Frank Rawzer
Windber
Fochard F. Hale
Knoxville
Aillard W Freeman
Manassas
Wok Turker
Lewis
H P O'Brien
Daniel Swomier
George Crouse
RAF Priority in Britain's 1952 53 defense plan
Britain announced its 3.78 billion defense program with the Royal Air Force given top priority. The air estimates allocate 12 million pounds for Western European defense, nearly double last year, and detail all-jet fighter forces with B 28 bombers remaining until the four jet Valiant replaces them. The Air Force plans 111 million pounds for new aircraft next year as Britain expands its navy with faster submarines and explores atomic and oxygen driven designs.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Western
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Helgoland To Be Returned To West Germany
Eighteen German police guard Helgoland as it nears transfer from British to West German control next Saturday. A final RAF raid is planned with smoke or dummy missiles. Police report complete devastation and natives who previously tried to reoccupy the island are being kept away until the handover.
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Germany
Helgoland
Red Sandstone
North Sea
Royal Air Force
Johns Hopkins Student Found Dead in Baltimore Home
A 20 year old Johns Hopkins University student Mark Miegel was found hanging in the cellar beam of his Baltimore home near campus. Relatives say he had been despondent for some time.
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Red
Johns Hopkins University
Mark €. Miegel
Five Drown While Watching Eclipse
A family of five drowned in Denmark when a car driven by Jens Nielsen entered Svendborg harbor during a partial solar eclipse. Nielsen, 40, his wife, and three children aged five to ten were aboard the vehicle when it rolled into 25 to 30 feet of water.
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Denmark
Svendborg
Funen
Jens Nielsen
Nielsen
Defer Action On Truman Plea Moves Forward
Washington February 25 The administration cleanup chief Newbold Morris plans to ask officials across the federal service for full details of their private income sources. A questionnaire now nearly finished will reach the Government Printing Office by week’s end and be distributed when printed. McCarran urges delaying action on Truman’s request for inquisition powers, saying the Judiciary Committee should study the authority to grant immunity and issue subpoenas. Senate lawmakers Fergu son Wiley and Watkins back further review of the president’s powers.
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Newbold Morris
Federal Service
Morris
Government Printing Office
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Congress
Ferguson
Michigan
Wiley
Wisconsin
Watkins
Utah
Judiciary
House Judiciary Committee
Taft Seeks MacArthur Backing For GOP Nomination
Taft of Ohio expresses confidence Gen. Douglas MacArthur will back his bid for the Republican nomination at the Chicago convention. Friends say Taft avoids comment while television remarks suggest MacArthur could be addressed at the convention and perhaps become keynote speaker. A separate note reports Speaker Rayburn banning telecasts of House committee sessions while rules stand.
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Associated Prison
Taft
Ohio
Eolleaguer
Douglas MacArthur
Chicago
MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
CBS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rayburn
Eager scientists observe Sudan total solar eclipse
In Khartoum on February 25, 70 scientists from 10 nations recorded a three minute total solar eclipse with cameras and instruments across a 9000 mile track from Brazil toward Soviet Siberia. Observers hoped to test relativity, map corrections, and gather data as Mesmerized locals watched through smoked glasses.
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Sudan
Atlantic
Brazil
Africa
Arabian
Persian
National Geographic Society
Walter J. Jaschek
Kuffner Observatory
Vienna
U.S
Austria
Britain
Netherlands
France
Iaty
Greece
Canada
Egypt
Bwiieriang
Plan to curb war materials shipments to West
GREE ON PLAN WASHINGTON The United States and 10 European nations agree on a program to prevent war potential goods from slipping behind the iron curtain. Importing countries must certify use of strategic materials and trans shipments require official authorization. SEEKS BAN WASHINGTON Feb 2 Senator Edwin C Johnson proposes a ban on hard liquor advertising on radio and television, urging Interstate Commerce Committee approval.
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Washington
United States
Edwin C. Johnson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Business Of Informing On Tax Evaders Booms
Washington reports a boom in tips to the Revenue Bureau from citizens informing on income tax evaders. Informers led to $9,427,848 in additional taxes last year, with rewards varying from at least $53 to as high as $8,000 in specific cases. Motives include envy, revenge, patriotism, and profit.
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Revenue Bureau
al Taws
Ater
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