Three youths jailed on $1000 bond for bowling alley break in
Three young men, William Tregoning of Woodsboro, Richard M. Himes of Frederick, and Cephas Raines of Simmsville, held on $1000 bonds after breaking into Health Center Bowling Alley at 410 North Market and stealing $125. Police link robberies to four area establishments over New Year’s, with no connection found to the bowling alley raid. A separate entry at Jacobson's warehouse on 87 South Market occurred between December 31 and January 2, leaving pennies and disorder but no valuables taken.
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Health Center
Bowling Keys
North Market Street
William Tregoning
Woodsboro
Richard M. Himes
North Bentz Street
Cephas Taines
Sjimsville
Tregoning
Himes
Raines
Florida
Miami
Jacobson
South Market Street
Frank E Partridge Dies At Hospital
Frank Edgar Partridge a longtime Ox Fibre Brush Company representative died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at 7 10 this morning He was 75 and had lived in New York City He was born in Winchendon Mass and educated at Murdock High School and Cushing Academy He belonged to Masonic order New Rochelle Tennis Club and NYC Athletic Club Surviving are his son and two grandchildren all of Frederick Burial and services planned in Fitchburg Mass with M R Etchison and Son Funeral Directors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Edgar Partridge
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mr. Partridge
New York City
Melvin H. Partridge
Frederick
George H
Augusta Wright Partridge
Winchendon
Mass
Murdock
Cushing Academy
Ashburnham
Masonic Order
New Rochelle
N. Y
Small Craft Warnings On Chesapeake Bay Issued
Baltimore January 3 small craft warnings were posted along Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's Atlantic coast as Weather Bureau forecasters warned gusty northwest winds 30 miles per hour or less. Rain and snow flurries were forecast for western counties with sharp temperature drops tonight while rain and fog eased east of the mountains. Temperatures were expected to fall to 15 to 20 in Garrett and Allegany counties and near freezing in other western counties with 20 to 25 in remaining western areas.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Garrett
Allegany
Record Water Rent Collections Hit 141867 in 1951
Water rent collections rose to 141867.22 in 1951, up over 9000 from 1950. Barry C. Castle, water rent collector, notes delinquent balances reduced to 6009.89 as of January 1, with most due rents expected by April 1.
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Barry C. Castle
Castle
Hugh W. Gittifiger
High Waters Recede After Overnight Flood Event
The Monocacy River neared flood stage overnight but receded by morning. Potomac at Harpers Ferry remained near normal. Route 80 near Michael's Mil reopened. Ing Bridge read 12.35 ft at night, dropped to 10.90 ft by morning. Forecast calls for no more rain, colder air, and frigid Saturday with a low around 10 degrees.
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Monocacy
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Buckeystown-Urbana
Michael's Mil
State Roads Commission
Ing Bridge
Indictment Recommended for Pittsburgh Police Officers
The state special grand jury urged indictment of a veteran city police inspector and 12 other Pittsburgh officers after 16 months of probing vice and official corruption in Allegheny County. The panel lacks power to indict, leaving action to a regular grand jury.
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Pittsburgh
Jar
States
Allegheny County
Log Barn Destroyed By Fire Near Middletown
Fire of unknown origin destroyed an old log barn on the Joseph Castle farm about three miles south of Middletown. A wagon and fodder burned. Middletown volunteers arrived around 2:40 a.m. and contained the blaze with water from Middle Creek. Family awoke to flames and telephoned for help. Residence 150 feet away was not endangered. A family member saw no activity at 1 a.m. Suspected possible arson but no proof. Some insurance covered the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Castle
Middletown
Middletown Volunteer Company
Middle Creek
Gremen
Allies Recapture Two Strong Points in Korea Front
SEQUL Korea January 31 Allied infantry supported by tank and artillery recaptured two western front strong points. The clash aimed to regain ground lost to Chinese forces on December 28. Fighting lasted about an hour before two Red groups retreated west of Korango near the 38th Parallel about ten miles northeast of Panmunjom.
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Sequl
Korea
Eighth Army
Korango
Panmunjom
McKeldin Accepts Sherbow Resignation
Governor McKeldin accepts Judge Joseph Sherbow’s resignation from the Baltimore Supreme Bench. He says capable men can be found to fill the $15 000 a year post. Sherbow will leave mid February citing insufficient pay to support his family.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
Joseph Sherbow
Supreme Bench of
Maryland
Sherbow
Burkittsville Youth Arrested in Home Robbery Case
A 17 year old Burkittsville colored youth was arrested by the sheriff's office on charges of breaking into a summer home near Burkittsville and stealing items valued around 250 dollars. Recovered goods include a record player, camera, shotgun, pistol and two rifles taken from W. W. Tieman of Baltimore. The theft was reported December 22 as tracks were seen in the snow and a window broken. The arrest followed sheriff deputies and Special Deputy Glenn Butts investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkittsville
W. W. Tieman
Baltimore
Sheriff's Office
Glenn Butts
Fearless Skipper Continues Lone Fight To Save Flying Enterprise
London story of Capt Kurt Carlsen aboard the damaged freighter Flying Enterprise, clinging to the ship as a North Atlantic storm rages. The 37 year old skipper endures cold, hunger, and peril while the U S destroyer Weeks stands by for rescue. He regards rescuers’ suffering as greater than his own, and radio contact keeps his vigil ongoing despite 80 degree angles and failed attempts to deliver coffee and food.
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London
Kurt Carlsen
North Atlantic
Carlsen
U. S
John W. Weeks
W.W. L. Thompson
McKinney
Tex
Weeks
England
sEipper
Enterprise
Tax Return Rush Extends to Frederick Residents
Form 1040 guidance reaches most Frederick homes as the 1951 income tax reporting season begins. Farmers must file by January 31 or, if needed, may submit an estimate and complete the final return by March 15. The Frederick office faces staff limits and will operate 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. weekdays. A Bank of Brunswick representative will assist January 9 and 10. Maryland state tax blanks have also arrived for taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Frederick
Oscar Sponseller
Bureau of Internal Revenue Regulations
North Court Street
Baltimore
Bank of Brunstwick
Maryland
Large-Scale Cable Work To Begin Soon
City plans late week start on installing new cable along Market Patrick and Bentz streets to support a traffic light system after weather delays. Mayor Rice said crews will remove Christmas decorations first, then proceed with wiring. Some unpaved streets suffered from thawing as horses were temporarily filled with stone. Culler Avenue closure due to bogged equipment is noted along with a blown lamp post on South Market Street bridge causing no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market, Patrick and
Bentz
Donald B. Rice
Max Kehne
Culler Avenue
Belmont
Evergreen Avenues
South Market Street
Quirino Lands Safely Manilla After Engine Cutout
President Quirino and crew escaped an engine failure when both engines failed aboard his private plane. The landing occurred at U S Stark Air Force base near Manilla with no injuries reported. Quirino did not comment on the incident and continued his trip aboard Brig Gen Ernest Moore's aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quirino
Manilla
Elpideo Quirino
U. S. Stark Air Force Base
Ernest Moore
U. S
eight Air Force crash victims moved to Mesa mortuary
Bodies of eight of the 28 people killed in the Air Force C-47 crash on a Arizona mountainside have been removed and brought to a mortuary in Mesa, located 16 miles east of Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Mesa
Jo Davidson Dies In Paris
Jo Davidson famed American sculptor died of a heart attack at his Azay Le Rideau estate near Tours France. He had long lived in Paris and maintained a New York home. Burial in Paris expected. funeral arrangements under way. Davidson sculpted leaders Franklin D Roosevelt John D Rockefeller Sr Albert Einstein Will Rogers and other world figures. He helped found Compagnons de Rabelais and won the French Legion of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jo Davidson
France
New York
Lower East Side
Davidson
Becheron
Azay-Le-Rideau
Tours
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
Albert Einstein
Will Rogers
Loaded Tractor Trailer Runs Off Route 40 Near Jug Bridge
A fully loaded eastbound tractor-trailer driven by Loyd Edmen Shifflet of Fordville Va ran off Route 40 onto a soft shoulder and down an embankment east of Jug Bridge. The cab suffered minor damage and Shifflet, who was uninjured, said a passing car forced him off. Workmen began unloading cargo before the truck was righted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jug Bridge
Loyd Edmen Shifflet
Fordville
Shifflet
James Lewis
Rumor of Hungarian devaluation sparks chaos in Budapest
Radio Budapest declared in Fate last night that rumors of a devaluation of Hungarys currency are turning Budapest into a lunatic asylum as the capital endures a stir of rumors and anxiety on January 3 in Vienna.
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Vienna
Austria
Radio
Budapest
Man Held On 1000 Dollar Bail For Robbery
Harry E Hutts of South Virginia avenue Brunswick is held on 1000 dollar bond after pleading guilty to charges of breaking and entering a Brunswick store He reportedly admitted breaking a large plate glass door at William B Wenner s store on December 9 then fled when an officer approached He sustained a forehead cut and was arrested by Brunswick police with the help of railroad police officers J Woodwards H W Sperry and M B McGaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harry L. Magaha
Brunswick
Harry E. Hutts
South Virginia Avenue
C. Leslie Moats
Brunswick B
Potter Detail
Allied Plan Is Rejected In Korea Prisoner Exchange Row
MUNSAN Korea Jan 1 Communists rejected an allied plan for exchanging war prisoners and civilians calling it a barter of slaves A UN negotiator said the Reds rejected the proposal while North Korea’s Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho said he would not participate The UN planned to return all prisoners who wished to be repatriated with a staged exchange guiding rates not totals A subcommittee on race supervision remained deadlocked over rights to build and repair military airfields Panmunjom meetings set for Friday hours later the plan called for a staged swap beginning with wartime prisoners and advancing to civilians}
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Lee Sang Cho
Roy Libby
Panmunjom
Favors Restrictions on Economic Assistance
Senator O Conor proposes conditions for nations receiving U S aid. He urges access to raw materials resources, a share in increased production, and treaties allowing private American capital investment plus non discriminatory trade. He spoke to the Dairy Queen National Trade Association in Chicago asserting allied nations should accept these obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O'Conor
United States
Dairy Queen National Trade Association, Inc
Baltimore and Ohio to furlough 844 shop workers
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced a391 furlough of 844 shop employees due to a business slowdown caused by a drop in car loadings. Employees across numerous divisions including Baltimore Cumberland Wheel ing Pittsburgh and Chicago will be laid off starting Monday.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Glenwood
du Bois
Grafton
W. Va
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Akron
Chicago
Toledo
St. Lows
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Indianapolis
All “Big Shots” Fired in Tax Scandal Rumors
Washington reports revenue commissioner John B. Dunlap said no high officials are expected to be fired over tax scandal, and only lower level staff may face firings, likely fewer than anticipated.
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Washington
John B. Dunlap
Hood College Mothers Transform Alumnae Hall Lobby In Restful Sendoff
Hood College students return to classes as the Mothers Club completes a two-year project updating Alumnae Hall lobby. The space gains colonial blue walls, grey ceiling, white woodwork, new furnishings, and lamps to welcome campus visitors. The effort, led by Mrs. Harry L Fruehtemeyer, includes volunteers from several states and support from the college administration.
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Hood College
Hood College Mothers’ Club
Harry L. Frueehtemeyer
Baltimore
Hood Mothers
Clb
J. Walter Getty
Frederick and
New Windsor
George Preston Eckles
Wyncote
Jane
Mothers’ Club
Andrew G. Truxsl
Jesse Robinson
Oaklyn
N. Ja
Arthur J. Macdonald
Wilbraham
Mass
Andrew Baird
Haddonfield
Herman Schwartz
Yonkers
N. Ya
Sherman PF. Bowers
W. T. Delaplaine
Frederick
W. Merval Weaver
City
Emory L. Cobleniz
Ruth E. Perry
Santa Claus Weds and Heads to Honeymoon in Marshall
Santa Claus, the minister of the Church of God known for answering children's letters, married Margaret Viola Poston of St. Louis on New Year's Day and will help with his remaining tasks. Also reported are Betsy Ross bicentennial three cent stamps first issued in Frederick after a Philadelphia launch and U S battle casualties in Korea rising to 103,739 with an increase of 221.
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Marshall
Santa Claus
Betsy Ross
Frederick Post Office
Philadelphia
Washington
Jan
U. S
Korea
Ask Council Meet To Aid In Armistice
Paris reports Russia urging a top level Security Council session under Article 28 of the UN charter to press for a Korea armistice. Soviet counterproposal to a Western anti aggression draft was debated in the f nations political committee as Vishinsky denounced the Western plan as warlike. He warned smaller powers against backing new measures, saying the morning after will be painful.
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Paris
Russia
Security Council
Korea
U.N
Ilpower
U. N
F-Nation
Vishinsky
Truman Urges IOU Steel Strike Postponement
ATLANTIC CITY N I Jan 3 President Truman urged the CIO Steelworkers to cancel an industry wide strike threat. He praised the union decision to postpone the New Year walkout and asked for a permanent postponement. President Murray and the CIO Steelworkers were ready to back the administration's request.
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Atlantic City
N. I
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
CLO
Steelworkers
Cumberland Dam Flood Prevention credited to Savage River dam
Cumberland reports the Savage river flood control dam prevented Potomac river flooding as Lake Cumberland reservoir filled to capacity last night. Engineer Louis A. Kolman credited five days of impounded water with keeping Cumberland's water stage around 12.6 feet, more than five feet below flood stage despite expected spring drying.
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Cumberland
Savage River
Potomac River
Louis A. Kolman
Surface Water Branch
Geological Survey
Lake
Koffman
Potomac
OPS official faces adultery charges in New Jersey
Richard J. Tarrant, 54, acting Chief of The Fuels Services and Export-Import Branch of OPS, and Mary Patricia Sheehan, 38, were arrested December 28 at the Sheehan home in West Deal. Tarrant is suspended pending the case outcome. divorce suit by Dr Daniel Sheehan of Newark set for January 7. Both were released on bail.
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Washington, Jan
Price Stabilization
OPS
Richard J. Tarrant
Tarrant
Daniel Sheehan
Newark
Sheehan
Snow Plows On U S 50 In West Virginia
A light snow fell in eight northern West Virginia counties, with two to three inches on mountain roads in Preston. U S 50 required plowing as cinder crews fought slick surfaces from frozen rain in Hancock and Brooke counties. Light snowfall occurred in Monongalia, Marion, Taylor, Harrison and Doddridge, with no highway sticking noted.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Preston
U. S. 50
Reads Commission Bureau of Highway Information
Hancock
Brooke
Panhandle
Bureau
Monongalia
Marion
Taylor
Harrison
Doddridge
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Nder
Frank E. Partridge
Browning Vic
Tim—Ray Munshour
Monocacy River
Elmer R. Bokesch
Motter Avenue
Munshour
Camp Detrick
M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home
East Church Street
Comptroller of the Currency
CIO Textile Workers Union
Celanese Corporation of America
Fearless Skipper
Flying Enterprise
Allied
Howard R. Sewell
New Market
Defense Department
Paul Sewell
Sewell
Hood
U.S. 50
West Va
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