Gilson will bequests to churches and heirs named
Albert Gilson a retired banker died recently and probate shows a 75 000 estate. Bequests include 1000 to Calvary and Trinity Methodist churches 750 to Axbury and Quinn African Methodist churches 1000 to Home for the Aged. Residue placed in trust with Farmers and Mechanics National Bank for Mrs Schroeder and others named as executrices. Personal bequests list many nieces nephews and friends with amounts up to 2500 and 1500s. Will dated March 21 1950 witnessed by Palmer and Price. Police report two men arrested for murder in George Schomber slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gilson
Orphans Court
Calvary Methodist Church
Trinity Methodist Church
Axbury Methodist Church
Quinn African Methodist, Episcopal Church
Record Street
West Third Street
Gilson
Elizabeth G. Schroeder
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
General Motors Corporation
Schroeder
Marie E. G. Hudson
Guy W. Nusz
Thomas R. Gilson
Thomas J. Gilson
Alice H. Karney
Olympia
Wash
Charles William Clutz
Myrtle E. Clutz
Edith May Euler
Clutz
Ralph Gilson Clutz
B. Romaine Lloyd
Harry Albertus
Mrs. Haller
Charlotte Gilson Stu
Louise Morrison Grove
Harriet I. Baker
Ella B. Bladen
Wilbur H. Bladen
Mrs. Bladen
David C. Grove
Louise M. Grove
Mildred H. Williams
Washington
G. Ellis Williams
Gordon F. Palmer
Robert L. Price
Plans Orbits Over Korea But Flight From Seoul Reported
AP's William J. Waugh filed from Tokyo on the South Korean government's flight from Seoul the threatened capital. The line went out during the dispatch and later Tokyo attempts to reestablish contact failed. Shortly after, another AP correspondent said no further calls would reach Seoul from U S Eighth Army HQ, limiting continued coverage of Waughs story.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
William J. Waugh
Seoul
Waugh
William Barnard
Eighth Army
Waughn
Objectors Seek Hearing On Alcohol License Transfer
Objectors to the change in status of an alcoholic beverage license at Point of Rocks ask the Circuit Court to hold off affirming the share transfer of the Kerrigans license from Class B on sale beer to Class A on sale beer wine and liquor. They allege they were not heard at the original hearing and request a new hearing with up to 100 additional objectors joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point of Rocks
Circuit Court
Matthew Robert Kerrigan
Edythe Geraldine Kerrigan
Francis Parrott
Pace At Home Held Too Slow
Washington on January 3 1949 Congress opened with calls from Democrats and Republicans to quicken home front mobilization. Senator Maybank urged a mailed fist to curb prices and wages and end black markets, with Sparkman Humphrey agreeing the pace was slow. Capehart blamed the President and urged Congress to force use of mobilization powers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Sparkman
D-Ala
Humphrey D-Minni
Mewbank
South Carolina
Humphrey
Senator Capehart
Indiana
Capehart
Begin Razing House For Street Widening
City forces began Tuesday to raze the old Joseph A. Jamison property at the southeast corner of West Patrick street and College avenue for a street widening project. The two story jogs-built residence was an old city building. Salvageable doors and frames will be kept, while much office space will become firewood. No formal bids were received after interest faded. the city will perform the razing with its own forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Jamison
Patrick Street
College Avenue
Cie
New Defense Agency Created by Truman Plan
President Truman set up a Defense Production Administration to unify emergency production agencies. William H. Harrison will head the DPA and oversee output, transport, fuel, minerals, and power, reporting to Charles E. Wilson with crossflow from John J. Small on private-sector flows.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Froduction Administration
DPA
William H. Harrison
National Production Authority
Harrison
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
Wilson
Munitions Board
John J. Small
White House
NPA
Commerce
Interior Department
Defense Transport Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alan Valentine
Economic Stabilization Agency
Save Trees For Saturday Burning
Mayor Elmer F. Munshower urged residents to keep Christmas trees until Saturday morning when Boy Scouts and city truck drivers will collect them for a large bonfire in Sisters' Hill quarry. He warned not to place trees with garbage as collectors lack facilities to haul them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer F. Munshower
Boy Scouts
Sisters’ Hill
Munshower
Jailed In Default OC 2000 Bond For Trial
Raymond H. Ford of 157 B and O avenue was jailed Tuesday night on drunken driving and revoked license charges with a 2000 bond. He was caught on East Patrick street after fleeing and crashing into a parked car. Ford allegedly took a Hillside Motor Co truck for joyriding while intoxicated. Bond set at 1000 for each charge. Police also jailed Carlosy Wiles Frederick Charles Whitter Adamstown and James E Pendleton for intoxication on $5.80 collateral and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Ford
B. & O. Avenue
East Patrick Street
Sergt. Swomley
Carty
Ford
Hillside Motor Co
Carlosy Wiles
Frederick
Charles Whitter
Adamstown
James E. Pendleton
Kolmer Sits At Meet OS Roads Commission
Leonard E. Kolmer, newly named to the Maryland State Roads Commission, began duties by sitting with department heads at a Wednesday staff conference in Baltimore. No commission meeting occurred that day. a tentative session was planned for tomorrow. Kolmer is Baltimore manager of the Automobile Club of Maryland and was named an associate member to fill the vacancy left by Robert M. Reindollar. Joseph M. George, the new chairman, was elevated from associate member by Governor Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Leonard E. Kolmer
Maryland State Roads Commission
Commission
Joseph M. George
Kolmer
Automobile Club of Maryland
Robert M. Reindollar
George
Lane
Young Frederick County Soldier Wounded in Korea
Frederick County rifleman Pfc. Carl W. Burdette of the Eighth Cavalry Division was wounded on the first day of a major Chinese push in Korea. He suffered multiple bullet wounds to the arm and chest at Unsan near the Chosin reservoir, then endured a long chain of evacuations to Japan and the United States before arriving at Walter Reed Hospital. He will undergo several operations and expects a long recovery while his brother Stanley enlists in the Army Air Corps in Texas.
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Frederick County
Eighth Cavalry
South Korea
North Korea
Pfe
Carl W. Burdette
Fannie M. Burdette
Frederick
Route 1
Walter Reed Hospital
Washinngton
Sis
U. N
Japan
Hawaii
California
Texas
Georgia
Walter Reed
Burdette
Charles A. Brandenburg
Ellerston
Korea
Pic
Fort Knox
Bursdette
U.N
Pfc
Bullil
Pusan
Yourdong
Manchurian
Stanley Burdette
Aur
Mobilization Prime Object For Russians Mobilization Prime Object For Russians
Washington reports the Army Information Digest details Soviet mobilization of all sectors for war. It notes high conscription, lifelong military training, and pervasive political propaganda shaping officers into hard disciplined fighters, with technical training viewed as weaker than Western armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
Army Information Digest
Éyper
County Man Implicated In Holdup In Allentown
West Virginian Wilson Woodrow Fitzgerald of Bluefield jailed for safe cracking at the Howard Johnson restaurant in Allentown. He and accomplice Dodson are linked to a $3,949 robbery on November 2. Dodson remains at large.
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Allentown
Trenton
N. J
Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Fitzgerald
Dodson
Air Force claims heavy Korean war air offensive
U S Fifth Air Force reports large scale air strikes across Korea killing about 1200 Communist troops. Major General Earle E. Partridge states fighter bombers and light bombers bombarded multiple sectors. F 80 jets claim 50 enemy killed in foxholes east of Chunchon and 200 more near Uijongbu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Earle E. Partridge
Chunchon
Uijongba
Seoul
Yonchon
Porter of Communism Under Constant Watch in Russia
An analysis notes how a Russian official remains under relentless scrutiny by commanders and secret police for any deviation from the party line, illustrating tight control within the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Russia
Truman signs 3.3 billion tax bill amid calls for more
President Truman signed a 3.3 billion tax measure boosting excess profits levies and lifting yearly collections to around 45 billion dollars. He warned Congress to prepare further revenue-raising steps, saying stronger taxes will be needed to fund defense and deter communism. Treasury study explores options, with possible higher income taxes for individuals. He praised Congress for speed in enacting the bill while noting concerns over exemptions and inequities.
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Washington
Truman
Trautman
Congress
Congr
Treasury
America
Truntimn
Angry Sultan Banished Brother And Guests In Sajeh
In Cairo dated Jan 3 the exchange between Western Aden's ruler and his brother Ali over politics led the Sultan to expel Ali and all princes and wedding guests from the country. He then mobilized the army and seized the palaces while Ali appeared with other royals at Aden unaware of the ban.
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Cairo
Egypt
Western
Aden
Sajeh
Ali
Abdul Karim
Arabian Peninsula
Wife Stabbed. Husband Held in Allegany County Jail
Cumberland, Jan. 30 Prem Mrs. Marie Schafferman, 50, remained in critical condition from knife wounds in her abdomen. Her husband, Fred Schafferman, 44, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee, is being held in Allegany county jail. No charges were filed pending her condition. He said she was accidentally stabbed when she leaned into a five inch knife he was playing with at home yesterday. Police found no evidence of domestic trouble. Schafferman has been an employee for 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Marie Schafferman
Fred Schafferman
Baltimore and Ohio
Allegany County
Schafferman
Freight Shed Burns in Pittsburgh South Side Fire
A spectacular blaze nearly destroyed the Pennsylvania Railroad Black Tone freight station on Pittsburgh's South Side early today. Fire Chief William S. Davis said preliminary damage was about $30,000. A railroad worker was burned trying to fight the fire and was hospitalized. Eight departments battled the flames for an hour as heavy rain aided the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
William S. Davis
Clarification Sought From Moscow On Four-Power Meeting
Washington reports Secretary Acheson said the west needs clearer Russian position on a proposed four power meeting before engaging world problem talks. He noted the United States Britain and France have begun discussions without committing to next steps and suggested Moscow may be asked to clarify its stance.
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Washington
Acheson
West
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Mat Gey
Londo
Paris
Cease Fire Hope Abandoned by UN Panel in Korea
The UN cease-fire committee announced it had given up hope of achieving a Korean cease-fire. The three members Rau Pearson and Nasrollah Emzim signed a report detailing terms including a 20 mile demilitarized zone and one-for-one POW exchanges. Peiping dismissed the effort as a trick and refused contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Korra
General Assembly
India
Sir Benegal N. Ball
Yourort
Sayds
Grap
Rau
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Assembly
Nasrollah Eme
Zim
Iran
Morehan
MacArthur
U. N. Command
China
38Th Parallel
U.N
Peiping
U. N
Auto Driver Convicted Here On Two Charges
Eldridge Lee Norwood of Route 1 Frederick was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence and driving on a suspended license by Magistrate Alton Y Bennett in Peoples Court. He was jailed 50 days for non payment of a 100 dollar fine on the suspended license charge and non payment of a 150 dollar fine for drunken driving, with a six month suspended sentence in the House of Correction. Police Lt Walter K May arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge Lee Norwood
Route 1
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Norwood
House of Correction
Walter K. May
Madistrate Thomas S. Glass
Edward John Page
Buckeystown
Page
Pauline C. Blumenauer
College Avenue
Elsie May Warner
Hanover
Nolle
Ralph R. Engle
Hagerstown
Fern N. Marten
East Peoria
Edward J. Moore
Arlington
Patrick Siakem
Seoul in UN hands as Chinese assault nears final push
United Nations forces held Seoul with heavy fighting along the approaches while Chinese Red troops breached defenses north and east of the capital. Eighth Army reported the line pulling back across a 150 mile front as Task Force 77 carrier planes, Fifth Air Force units, and ground troops pressed to slow the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Seoul
Sit
United Nations
Wight
Eighth Army
Syngman Rhee
Segal
A. P
Stan Swinton
Swinton
Jim Pringle
Japan
Kimpo
Far East Air Forces
William J Waugh
Waugh
Ed Wifongbu
U. S
First Cavalry
24Th
Old City
Task Force 77
Fifth Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
U.N
Korea
Reds
South Korea
Jack MacBeth
MacBeth
North Korea
Manchuria
Third Field Army
Hungnam
Congress probes 60000 ton carrier for modern planes
Washington Jan 3 1951 PA Bill 1 was introduced in Congress to authorize President Truman to order construction of a new type 60 000 ton aircraft carrier capable of handling modern heavy aircraft. New York Jan 3 35 year old actor Richard Hart died last night. He worked in stage television and motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
New York
Richard Hart
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Uline Fee Co
Albert Allen
Uline
Frank Proctor
New Defense Agency
H.S.T
Meet OS Roads Commission
Mercury
Mr. Truman
Sultan
Pennsy
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