Changes In Parking To Take Effect On Bentz Street
Mayor Donald B. Rice announced immediate parking changes as one way traffic moves toward Market and Bentz streets. No parking at any time signs went up on the west curb of South Bentz from Patrick to South. east side remains free. City workers will add signs over the next week to ten days and curb painting is not planned. Motorists are urged to watch for posted restrictions and cooperate with the gradual phase in.
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Market and Bentz
South Bentz Street
West South
West Patrick Streets
Donald B. Rice
Bentz Street
Patrick
Bentz
Rice
Seventh
Fourth Street
Seek Names Of Civilians In Korean Armistice Talks
In Munsan Korea February 28 U N truce negotiators pressed for another civilian accounting believed captured by the Reds. Allied staff handed back to the subcommittee a list of 57 names, two more than the original list, including Rev Father Jean Colin and Alfred Gerald Matti. The talks also debated Soviet involvement on a neutral supervisory body, with progress on other points cited as near agreement.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Soviet Russia
U.N
Jean Colin
Alfréd Gerald Matti
Reds
North Korea
Truman Plan To Reorganize Internal Revenue Bureau
President Truman's plan to reorganize the Internal Revenue Bureau faced bipartisan Senate opposition. Senators George D.-Warner and Millikin-R-Cole introduced a resolution to kill the plan while the House approved the reorganization. If not voted down by March 4, the program would take effect automatically.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
George D-Gar
Millikin R-Cole
House
George
Millikin
GOP
Man’s Down Payment Refund After Neighbor Backlash
A Chinese-born, naturalized American Christa student faced harassment from a South Dayton neighbor when trying to buy a ranch house. After door knocking and threats, the Air Force wife labeled him a scofflaw and warned of housing trouble. The realty firm refunded his down payment as he told Bayisn Daily News his story.
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Dayton O
Dayton
Air Force
Christa
China
United States
Bayisn Daily News
Defense Facilities Given Authorization for 328 Million Expansion
The Defense Production Administration announced a $328,856,000 expansion of the industrial system with 214 new or expanded defense facilities. The action speeds tax write offs for investments, including a $38 million project by Bethlehem Steel Co. in Baltimore County, Maryland for coke and pig iron production.
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Washington
Defense Production Administration
Bethlehem Steel Co
Baltimore County
Extension On Housing Work Given 60 Day Start Delay
FHA in Baltimore announced a 60 day extension for starting construction of 250 housing units deemed essential for Frederick's defense needs. Original 60 day window from December 21 faced delays as land planning proved more complex. Extension runs until about April 19 amid ongoing Baltimore meetings between applicants engineers and FHA.
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Frederick
FHA
Baltimore
Federal Housing Administration
James Bennington
Washington
Catoctin Construction Company, Inc
Jines
Truman to Postpone Declaration of Re-election Plans
President Truman said he would delay announcing his re election intentions until after his Florida trip. He departs Friday for Key West naval station and is due back for the March 29 Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Washington. He praised Gov Adlai Stevenson as a capable and effective Illinois governor.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Fla
Naval Submarine Station
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Ilinois
Defective Meters Reported In Court Policy Given
Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker states motorists must relocate for non working meters and report to police. Rainer Mercer of Frederick found guilty of meter violation with $1 fine after claiming meter did not give full time. Collateral forfeited for failure to stop for stop sign. Several fines listed for speeding improper passing and parking violations across multiple towns. Troopers Rouzee Bowman Crowther filed charges.
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H. Reese Shoemaker
Peoples Court
Shoemaker
Rainer Mercer
Frederick
Mercer
Robert Lee Evans
Martinsburg
W. Va
Albert L. Stockslager
Hagerstown
Joseph Gentile
Washington
John Caraggia
Baltimore
Thomas E. Malloy
Harrisonburg
Charles H. Summers
Jefferson
Crawford M. Janny
Germantown
Lewis G. Hunt
Richmond
Detective posed as ex con to bust $608,000 jewel heist plot
Beverly Hills police credited Detective Sergeant Ray Borders with exposing a plot to smuggle a ton of Yaqui Indian geld from Mexico via an armed bomber. Borders posed as a hardened criminal, gained the gang's trust, and set a trap leading to arrests after learning of robberies aimed at three diamond salesmen to fund the gold deal.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mexico
Ray Borders
Robert Lord
Glen Spaulding
Lord
Spaulding
Kold
Borders
26 Accused of KKK Membership in two counties
Whiteville N C state and county officers rounded up 26 men charged with illegal KKK activity in Columbus and nearby counties. Thirteen men were arrested in Titusville, and one in Lumberton area on an 1868 NC statute banning membership in secret political groups. The warrant named no organization but indicated KKK ties.
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KKK
Whiteville
Columbus
Tobeign
Titusville
Lumberton
North Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Malcolm B. Seawell
Lamberion Group
X x x Beray
Truman Told Of Ban On TV Coverage Of Hearings
President Truman said he was among the first to know of Speaker Rayburn’s ban on televising or filming House committee hearings. Rayburn announced no House rule allows such coverage and would resist changes. Truman noted it is up to Congress to decide how hearings are conducted. He also announced the appointment of Robert T. Bartley to the FCC to fill a vacancy left by Wayne Coy.
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Washington
Truman
House
Hayburn
Capitol
Congréss
Rayburn
White House
Senator Moody
D-Mich
Moody
House Un-American Activities Committee
Detroit
Robert T. Bartley
Bonham, Tex
Federal Communications Commission
Bartley
Wayne Coy
FCC
Trainman Is Killed In West Virginia Crash
Cumberland Feb 28 J Leo Dougherty supervisor of bridges and buildings for the Western Maryland Railway was killed today when a freight train overtook the gasoline motor car he rode in Dougherty about 50 of Ridgeley West Virginia and three others jumped clear before the engine struck but Dougherty struck a concrete abutment of a water tub fracturing his skull The accident occurred at Montrose about 12 miles east of Elkins West Virginia Dougherty and the others were en route from Elkins to Cumberland The extra freight was on the way from Elkins to Thomas
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Cumberland
J. Leo Dougherty
Western Maryland Railway
Dougherty
Ridgeley
W. Va
Montrose
Elkins
Thomas
Maryland professors question electric debugging claims
College Park Feb 20 University of Maryland agricultural specialists found little scientific evidence to support an electronic debugging service marketed to Eastern Shore farmers. The Agricultural Experimental Station said there is no physical or chemical basis for claims that electronic treatments control insects or plant diseases. The system uses a small radio transmitter and is described as altering plant resistance through electronic waves.
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College Park
University of Maryland Agricultural Specialists
Maryland
Radio- UK
University
Den
Lieutenant Griffin Cited For Heroism In Korea Action
Lieut. Joseph T. Griffin Jr. was awarded the Silver Star in a Walter Reed ceremony for leading a patrol under heavy fire near Korang, Korea in September 1951. He and his unit faced grenades and artillery, he was wounded yet continued to direct the assault. Griffin also logged 60 Korea air missions and holds the Air Medal and Purple Heart with cluster. He is convalescing at Walter Reed and plans to return to active duty and the Airborne School at Fort Benning.
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Washington
Joseph T. Griffin, Jr
Joseph Griffin
West Third
Frederick
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Korang
Korea
Griffin
Frederick High School
Bullis fFree School
Silver Spring
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Ft. Benning
82Nd Airborne Division
Fifth Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Walter Reed
Army
Airborne
Western powers seek new Austria peace treaty terms
In Vienna on February 28 the United States Britain and France announced they are studying new Russian proposals for a peace treaty with Austria. The plan aims to remove foreign troops and grant Austria independence, with options for Moscow ranging from acceptance to rejection and possible division of Austria as seen in Germany.
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Austria
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Kremlin
Europe
London
Moscow
Washington
Fast
West
Germany
Allies Hit Supply Sheds and Rail Bridges in Korea
Allied fighter bombers attacked Communist supply depots and rail bridges in North Korea, with Fifth Air Force sorties totaling 625. B-26s reported 1,158 trucks destroyed as Sabres found no MIGs. Carrier planes pounded targets on both coasts, while ships dropped high explosives along the coast. MASSEY INSTALLED OTTAWA. Vincent Massey became Canada’s governor general.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Acheson Reports From Lisbon NATO Meet and Aid Debate
Secretary of State Acheson, in closed testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, outlines Lisbon NATO results including a plan to merge German units into a European army and a 300 billion dollar defense budget. He faces questions on progress toward European unification and the upcoming seven point nine billion mutual security request.
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Washington
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
House Committee
U. S
Lisbon
Truman
Eisler Survives Purges In Staff
Berlin reports reveal Gerhart Eisler heads a volatile propaganda office in the Russian zone with nearly 100 percent staff turnover in 30 months as information chief. Eisler, 50, dodges periodic cleanouts as Western observers say he remains secure amid rough Communist politics.
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Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Germany
East Germany
Eisler
Eighteen Escape Paratroopers Bail Out Before C-47 Crash
In a blizzard near Sydney Nova Scotia eighteen men including seven first-time jumpers bailed from a U S Air Force C 47 en route from Westover Massachusetts to Torbay Newfoundland moments before it crashed. Only two injured. pilot had attempted eight landings at Sydney airport amid 50 mph winds. All 18 were found within a half mile after the crash.
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Sydney
Nova Scotia
Westover
Mass
Torbay
Newfoundland
Sydney River
R. Redinger
Imi
Ten Licenses Suspended by Maryland Vehicle Board
Motor Vehicle License Reviewer Robert Horn held hearings in the Court House on Wednesday suspending ten county drivers licenses. Leroy Franklin Gray of Harpers Ferry had his license revoked for exceeding 30 mph and failing to stop. Additional suspensions ranged from one month to five months for drivers including Donald Whipp, Russell Rice, Ralph Jennon, Albert Dupins, Robert Kline Jr, David Pilson, Adolphus Weedon, Albert Welty Jr, and William Boteler. Driving probation was set for John Main Jr and Emory Shelton, with several individuals reprimanded for motor vehicle law violations.
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Robert Horn
Court House
Leroy Franklin Gray
Harpers Ferry
Donald Lee Whipp
Frederick
Russell McDowell Rice
Libertytown
Ralph E. Jennon
Sjamsville
Johnson
Rice
Whipp
Albert Thomas Duplins
Robert Alien Kline, Jr
South Market Street
David C. Pilson
Adolphus Weedon
West All Saints Street
Albert Welty, Jr
Hagerstown
Brunswick
William L. Boteler
Buckeystown
William Martin McGrew
John Austin Main
Emory Eugene Shelton
Reviewer Horn
Lillian Edna Abernathy
Clarke Place
George Allen Barkier
Kenneth B. Shaw
West Patrick Street
C. T. Raines
Iamsville
D. LeRoy Brandenburg
le Gore
Stamps On Sale In Baltimore Mark 1827 B&O Charter
In Baltimore Assistant Postmaster General Pearson praised railroads as the post office’s strong right arm at the first sale ceremony for a stamp commemorating the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad charter dated February 29, 1827. About one million dollars in three cent stamps were issued amid congressional criticism and a trucking firm lawsuit seeking to block sales. U S District Judge Burnita Matthews declined to halt the sale.
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Baltimore
Osborne A. Pearson
United States Post Office Department
Pearson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Congress
U. S
Burnita Matthews
Washington D. C
Sentence Of Collazo Is Upheld
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and death sentence of Oscar Collazo for shooting a White House guard during the Blair House raid aimed at President Truman. Griselio Torresola was killed. Collazo faces possible Supreme Court review or presidential clemency.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Oscar Collazo
White House
Truman
Leslie Coffelt
Blair House
Collazo
Supreme Court
Griselio Torresola
Senator Storm speaks on World Peace at Zonta meeting
The Zonta Club in Frederick hosted Edward D. Storm, former Maryland senator and attorney, who urged a real world union and international cooperation. He traced the U S growth from 13 colonies to 48 states as a single family and emphasized democracy as the stronger path.
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Zonta Club
Francis Seo Key
Catherine Johnon
Marie D. Young
Edward Storm
Barbera Tillinghast
Alice Barker
Edward D. Storm
Maryland
Frederick County
Storm
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Man Was Built To Stand On 4 Legs
New Orleans reports Dr. M. S. Mayerson of Tulane University explains why women faint during dress fittings. He says humans were never meant to stand on two legs and describes heart function as gravity pulls blood downward, requiring vessels to push it back to the heart.
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New Orleans
4. S. Mayerson
Department of Physiology
Tulane University
MIG-15 Not Best Warplane, NACA Told
Washington reports reveal NACA testimony on February 28 asserting the MIG-15 is not the world’s best warplane. Dr Jerome Chuncaker and Gen Donald L. Putt defend the F-86 Sabre’s longer range and overall superiority, while officials discuss a $54,234 appropriation for FY 1953 research and development.
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Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
MNACA
Yalu
Noble
Jerome Chuncaker
NACA
United States
Russia
NACAS
Cnaire
Thomaz 'D-Texac Sa
Conegrens
Draft calls five Baltimore dentists from Maryland
The State Selective Service office announced today that five Baltimore dentists will be drafted into national service. The notice specifies that these dentists from Maryland are among those expected to be called, highlighting ongoing draft registrations and federal manpower needs.
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Cale
Baltimore
Sue
Maryland
State Selective Service Office
New York Stocks Rise On Monday February Action
Some stocks in New York gained as a four rail and steel group provided the incentive today for an advance in the stock market.
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New York
Nehru Opposes Communism’s Impact on India
NEW DELHI Feb 28 Prime Minister Nehru said in a news conference that despite left wing gains in elections he believes Communism would be utterly disruptionist and injurious to India. He noted Communists are conditioned by extraterritorial factors and expressed strong opposition. The Congress won a large national majority, with Communists third behind independents. far stronger in southern states and West Bengal.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Weir
Congress Party
Commmunists
Ieeds
Eisenhower visit urged to aid Europe study
A Dixie senator urged a non political home trip by General Eisenhower to assist the Senate Foreign Relations committee in reviewing U S aid to Europe. He said the trip would be helpful and not entangle Eisenhower in politics. President Truman expected to ask for substantial foreign aid next year. A Hillside tar fire on Water Street drew firefighters and United Fire Company units. small flames and weeds burned, no damage reported.
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Associated Press
Dixie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Sen Sparkman
Eisenhower
Congress
Western
Truman
United Fire Companies
Hillside Coal Company
Water Street
Cape Cod Buried In Big Snow
Boston reports the Cape Cod region buried under snow drifts up to 12 feet after a northeaster. Winds of 60 mph created 20 inch snowfall and widespread outages left communities isolated and rescuers calling for heavier equipment. At least five deaths were recorded with two teenagers missing near East Sandwich. Resorts opened to shelter hundreds. towns used halls and stoves for warmth as Camp Edward housed about 250 civilians trapped by the storm. Nantucket had no outside contact except radio from a Coast Guard boat.
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Boston
Cape Cod
East Sandwich
Marshand
Camp Edward
Nantucket Island
Coast G
New England
Ais
To Restrict Movements To Restrict Movements
Washington reports that the United States and western allies plan to restrict Soviet representatives in a tit for tat response to Moscow. The move follows a Lisbon NATO meeting and could occur in two to three weeks, limiting travel of Soviet Ambassador Pangutin and staff beyond 23 miles from Washington without State Department approval.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Lisbon
Alexander
Pangustin
State Department
Fire damages local home in Walter Danner Jr residence
A morning fire damaged the kitchen of the Fears street home of Mr and Mrs Walter Danner Jr cause traced to a short circuit. Mrs Danner and her four year old son escaped unharmed as volunteer fire companies limited the blaze to the kitchen and officials estimated damage under 2000. Insurance expected to cover loss.
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Fears Street
Walter Danner
Danner
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