Auto Turns Over Four Times Near Easterday Road
A young couple, Charles Upton Smith and Gladys Beachley Smith, escaped a fourfold rollover on US 40 near Canada Hill Thursday evening. Returning from Hagerstown, their Studebaker collided with a Buick driven by Robert Leidig. Both couples walked three and a half miles home. no charges were filed as investigators continued.
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Countian
Canada Hill
Charles Upton Smith
Gladys Beachley Smith
A. G. Hedden
Buick
Leidig
Carl Johnson Deenen
Hyndman
Price Roast Unjustified Coffee Price Probes Rise
Senator Beall chairing a Senate Banking probe said a 5 to 16 cent rise in retail coffee prices is unjustified. He noted discussions of a potential coffee price corner and that two NY Coffee and Sugar Exchange members objected to releasing futures records without subpoenas. The subcommittee plans closed meetings to decide subpoenas for all exchange members.
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Washington
Sen
Beall
Senate
Banking Committee
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Coffee Exchange
St Marys Grand Jury Indicts Radio Commentator
St Marys County grand jury indicted radio commentator Fulton Lewis Jr on two counts of libel against county officials. One indictment targets state senator Paul J Bailey. the other accuses him of libeling trial magistrates J Donelan Harry St and Wilson Jr Knight. Grounds were not disclosed. Lewis has claimed on national broadcasts that tavern keepers sell liquor to minors and that children under 16 play slots.
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Leonard
Ma ‘“T
Fulton Lewis Jr
St. Mary's
Lewis
Paul J. Bailey
J. Donelan
Harry St
Wilson Jr. Knight
Retires At 75 To Care For Mother Aged 99
NORWICH England Margaret Chestleburgh aged 73 retires from shoemaking to care for her mother aged 99 as she explains the duty while a separate note mentions Sen McCarthy obtaining a photo copy of telephone numbers used by the Communist party headquarters in the 1940s. Robin Roberts signs with Philadelphia Phillies for a 1954 contract reportedly over 40 000, making him one of the highest paid NL pitchers.
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Norwich
England
Margaret Chestleburgh
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Communist Party
Bids Sought For Camp Detrick Road and Improvements
The U S Army Corps of Engineers in Washington invites bids by March 11 on extensions to the Camp Detrick utility system including roads parking areas storm drainage fences sanitary sewers steam and electrical distribution Whitman and Reynardt of Baltimore are the engineers The planned road to connect Seventh and Fourth street pikes is not included and the exact route awaits approval by the State Roads Commission with the government to build the road pending final plan approval
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Camp Detrick
Seventh
Fourth Street
Whitman and
Reynardt
Baltimore
Seventh Street Pike
Detrick
Opossumtown Pike
Syrians Oust Their Leader After Army Uprising
In Damascus an army uprising forced Gen Adib Shishekly to flee to Beirut with his brother and adjutant. Twelve political leaders arrested last month were freed, including heads of major anti-shishekly factions. Army chief Gen Shawkat Shukeyr urged calm as plans for a new government emerged led by Hachem Bey Attasi.
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Damascus
Syria
Farmy
Adib Shish- Ekly
Lebanon
Shawkat Shukeyr
Shukeyr
Shishekly
Salah
Beirut
Saudi Arabian
Saudi Arabia
Hachem Bey Attasi
National Assembly
West German Bundestag approves army for European force
The lower house in Bonn approved constitutional changes arming half a million German soldiers for a proposed European army in a 334 to 144 vote. The win strengthens pro Western Chancellor Konrad Adenauer who ties West Germany to the West militarily and politically. Both houses backed the treaty, with the coalition arguing changes were needed to quell socialist opposition and a Supreme Court challenge.
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Bonn
Bundestagower House
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Five Day Weather Forecast for Western Maryland and Surrounding Counties
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions Saturday, warmer Sunday with a chance of rain possibly starting in the mountains Saturday night. Monday will be mild, then turning colder by night, with colder conditions Tuesday. Wednesday looks warmer with showers likely. Temperatures average 2 to 6 degrees above normal. Normals: Western Maryland highs in the low 40s, lows in the low 20s. central and eastern counties highs in the upper 40s, lows in the low 20s.
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Maryland
U.S. Invites Korea Allies to Geneva Peace Talks
The United States invited 14 Korean War allies to a peace conference in Geneva on April 26 with Russia, Communist China, and North Korea. Invitations were issued after the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Berlin. Recipients include South Korea, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, and South Africa.
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Washington
United States
Russia
China
North Korea
Geneva
State Department
Berlin
South Korea
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Coombia
Ethiopia
Greece
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Turkey
South Africa
Guilty verdict after Walkersville wreck on January 20
Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr fined Carl William White 15 dollars after finding him guilty of passing another car in fog near Walkersville on January 20. Witnesses described low visibility, a multi-vehicle crash on Route 71, and conflicting accounts of the impact. The case included injuries to Smith, his pregnant wife, Mrs Eaves, and Miss Fogle.
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H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Carl William White
Keymar
Walkersville
Smith
Catharine Eaves
Hilda Fogle
James H. Rouzee
Jeves
Tne
Route 71
Miss Fogle
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Raymond Hummer
White
Edwin F. Nikirk
Shoemaker
Hummer
Nikirk
Tr. Rouzee
Beteen
Magisrate
Circuit Court
William Banks Royer
East Sixth Street
Tr. A. G. Hedden
U. S
Herbert Rawlinson Grimm
Hyattsville
U. S. 240
South
Will Stackhouse, Jr
Rockville
Hill
West
Harold Theo
Hopeful For Middle East Alliance
Washington officials grew more optimistic about a Middle East defense alliance centered on Pakistan Turkey Iran Iraq and Saudi Arabia despite upheavals in Syria and Egypt. Egypt’s ruling officers pledged no shift toward the West while Pakistan received new U S military aid and Iraq may join within a year. Egypt’s Suez dispute with Britain remains a potential obstacle to broader cooperation.
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Washington
Syria
Egypt
Russia
State Department
Mohammed Naguib
Adib Shishekly
Middle East
Eisenhower
U.S
Pakistan
India
Nehru
Near East
Turkey
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Suez Canal
Hepatitis Inoculation Halts Outbreak At North Market Street School
Health officials report that mass gamma globulin inoculation in the first two grades of North Market Street School limited hepatitis spread. About 300 students were inoculated February 11, with two cases appearing shortly after, one among the treated group and one who missed the shot. No new treated cases since February 16. Other county cases deemed spontaneous, with statewide activity noted.
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North Market Street
Forbes Burgess
Sheldon Kravitz
Exceeding Speed Citations Across Maryland Roads
A list of motorists from Baltimore and surrounding areas cited for speeding on U S routes and state roads. Names include Dere Smith, David Kling, Bernard Bridge, Joseph Mascar, James Clatterbuck, Richard Clapperton, Samuel Stup, Robert, Lloyd Brown and others with speeds mostly 35 to 55 mph and fines around 11.45 to 16.45 dollars, cited by Tr. A G Hedden.
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Dere Smith
Baltimore
U.S
David Marcus Kling
Buffalo
N. Y
Bernard Bridge
U. S
Joseph Patrick Mascar
James Lawrence Clatterbuck
Gaithersburg
Richard Bailey Clapperton
Washington Grove
Robert
Samuel Stup
Lloyd
Daniel Brown
A. G. Hedden
Vietminh Abandons Laos Offensive Under Air Attacks
French command reports Vietminh forces withdrew from Luang Prabang area after a month long assault. The 308th division retreated north 75 miles toward Muong Sai as air power pressed them, marking a defensive victory for France amid Geneva talks.
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Saigon
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Muong Sai
Bac
Laos
Burma
Thailand
Kingdom of Laos
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Berlin
Red China
Geneva
Opinion riled In Local Case Holding no partial dependency found
In Washington County Circuit Court Associate Judge Joseph D Mish affirmed the State Industrial Accident Commission in denying compensation to Thomas B Foreman Jr and Byron Ellsworth Foreman for their father's death. Foreman, a truck driver, died after a fall from a dump truck in Silver Spring in August 1951. the court found no surviving dependents and no basis for dependency or support. The decision notes Foreman’s prior health issues and lack of substantial support to his children from 1943 onward.
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Frederick
Joseph D. Mish
Washington County
State Industrial Accident Commission
Frederick County
Thomas B. Foreman, Jr
Byron Ellsworth Foreman
Thomas B. Iforeman
W. H. McConey
Tac
Maryland Casualty Company
Jean Cummings
Mish
Foreman
Fis”H
Children's Aid Society
CAS
Edwin F. Nikirk
Edward D. Storm
Four Women Study Coffee Shortage In Brazil Visit
Four General Federation of Women’s Clubs leaders visited Brazil to inspect the coffee shortage from farms to warehouses. They reported frost and drought devastated Brazilian coffee trees, causing a likely two to three year supply gap and urged Americans to drink coffee and pay the price.
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Miami
Fla
Brazil
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Facindas
Lata Titan Mhandaen
Chan
Jerseyville
Ill
General Federation
Gilbert F. Loebs
Waterville
Federations
Zaia
Woodford Schroeder
Grosse; Pointe, Mich
The
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Londrina
Gloomy Dean Inge Dies at 93 in Wallingford England
The Very Rev Sir William R Inge 93 known as the Gloomy Dean of St Pauls Cathedral died at his home in Wallingford England. He retired from St Pauls two decades ago but remained mentally sharp issuing cautions about a coming dark age and overpopulation. He valued precise pronunciation of his name and was knighted in 1930 by King George V.
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Wallingford
England
William R. Inge
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dean Inge
Heaven
Hell
Inge
St. Paul's
London
Christopher Wren
George V
St Paul's
Rome
Ban Rardane
Egypt Weds West Policy With New Military Leader
Cairo reports say Egypt’s under 40 leadership will not abandon Western ties as Maj Gen Mohamed Naguib steps down. Observers in Washington and London expect no shift in policy toward the Suez Canal and troop withdrawal, amid rumors over Premier replacement.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eegypt
Wachington
London
Mohamed Naguib
Nile Republic
Suez Canal Zone
Naguib
Military Revolutionary
Pune
Samal Abdel Nasser
Maj Salah
French Lose Small River Patrol Boat Near Son Tay
Vietminh shelling sank a small French river patrol boat near Son Tay, northwest of Hanoi. French forces report Vietminh casualties and captures in ongoing Red River delta actions. Light clashes continued around Dien Bien Phu with the French stronghold intact.
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Ynol Indochina
Son Tay
Red River
French Union
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Bne
Indochina
McCarthy Defies Zwicker in Senate Clash Over Army Evidence
Washington dispatch reports the Senate Republican Policy Committee ordered a study of investigations rules amid McCarthy's war of words with Army witness Zwicker. McCarthy vows to question Zwicker again, asserting no abuse occurred, while Stevens stands firm against Army mistreatment and seeks to defend administration stance with GOP support. New Delhi hosts 88 Korean War prisoners arriving by train to join neutral-country arrangements.
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McCarthy
Ralph W. Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Joseph McCarthy
Zwicker
Senator McCarthy
Army
Hubert T. Stevens
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Sen
R-Wis
Ferguson
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Ralph W. Zavicker
Stevens
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
GOP
New York
White House
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Indies
New Delhi
India
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Indian Ocean
Offina
Mente
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