Frederick Fair Dates Set for October Five to Nine
Clyde W Smith of Ijamsville was elected Frederick County Agricultural Society president with Harry C. Doreus as vice president and Guy K. Motter as secretary. The ninety second Frederick Fair runs October 5 through 9 with afternoon and evening hours and a Saturday thrill show concluding the week.
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Clyde W Smith
Ijamsville
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Frederick
Board of Managers
Harry C. Doreus
Woodsboro
Guy K. Motter
James McSherry
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Clyde G. Smith
John T. Ress
Lloyd C. Culler
A. Irvin Renn
Emmons C. Lanner
John L. Shaw
Irving E. Staley
Alvey D. Young
Frank N. Stauffer
Glenn Trout
Walkersville
Speeding trucker jailed and fined in Maryland court
A truck driver from Lorain Ohio, Dewey Vanderventer, received 10 days in jail and a 25 dollar fine for speeds above 70 mph on South Mountain, with a 210 fine for not keeping to the right. Sgt Corbin testified on the 11 p.m. arrest as the 40 mph limit for trucks was cited. Vanderventer plans an appeal while claiming shoulder hazards. In Brunswick, Harold Lee Yontz pled guilty to DUI, fined 150 dollars and costs. An Army corporal bound for overseas received 10 days and a 10 dollar fine, suspended but with no driving. Charles Bernard Eline, Remington Virginia, was warned for improper headlight use and lacking a license while stationed at Fort Meade. Floyd W. Riffe of Hagerstown forfeited 5 dollars collateral for an improper left turn at the Square in Frederick.
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South Mountain
Wilbur PF. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Dewey Vanderventer
Lorain
Ohio
Aberdeen
Army
Sheffield
W. W. Corbin
Vanderventer
Sgt. Corbin
Frederick
Harold Lee Yontz
Park Avenue
Brunswick
Sgt
Corbin
Yontz
V. L. Guilmino
Charles Bernard Eline
Remington
Eline
Fort Meade
Floyd W. Riffe
Hagerstown
Richard Ruthvin
Cancelled TV permit at request of WEMD
FCC officials said the commission cancelled a permit for WFMD TV to operate on Channel 62 at Frederick Maryland at the request of the permit holder Monocacy Broadcasting Co Frederick The holder cited an unmaterialized promised TV network program and that Frederick is adequately served by Washington and Baltimore stations A water shortage in Warsaw Poland reported Vienna papers noted efforts to relieve the condition with the Vistula River at a low flow level.
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Washington i
FCC
Commission
Wfmd-Tv
Frederick
Monocacy Broadcasting Co
Washington
Baltimore
Vienna
Austria
Warsaw
Vistula
Orioles To TV 56 Games
Ernie Harwell, former Giants and Dodgers announcer, will call all 154 radio games and 56 television games for the Orioles next summer. The schedule and announcer were announced at a Baltimore luncheon sponsored by National Brewing Co. Telecasts cover 26 home games and 30 away games on WAAM WMAR in Baltimore, with radio on WCBM and a Maryland Southern Pennsylvania network.
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Baltimore
Ernie Harwell
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Orioles
Baltimore Sports Repulseio
National Brewing Co
WAAM
WMAR
WCBM
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Burning Of Greens Will Occur Friday
The annual Burning of the Greens will take place Friday at 7 30 p m in Sister s Hill quarry east of Frederick. Mayor Donald B Rice to light the torch with 40 senior Boy Scouts assisting to pile Christmas trees into a 40 foot mound. City trucks will collect greens Thursday and Friday with daylight collection in the south and Thursday night in the north. Spectators will line the quarry edge for clear visibility and Rev Paul W Althouse will tell the Twelfth Night story.
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Sister’s Hill
Frederick
Boy Scouts
Donald B. Rice
City
Paul W. Althouse
The
Evangelical Reformed Church
Seven Deaths Over Holiday in Maryland
A 22 year old Baltimorean died in LaPlata Hospital becoming Maryland’s seventh holiday weekend fatality. Anthony Francis Sergi died after a head on crash on Route 301 near Waldorf when passing another car. Police report the accident occurred about 3 pm and Sergi was pronounced dead at 10 40 pm by Dr Edward J Edelen. For the holiday weekend Maryland toll rose to seven with five highway deaths and two fire deaths.
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Associated Press
Reorganization urged for West Virginia Highway Board
A detailed study for a special legislative committee recommends replacing the State Roads Commission with a new Department of Highways to reduce political influence in highway administration. The Public Administration Service of Chicago prepared the report for the committee.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Roads Commission
Department of Highways
SRC
Public Administration Service
Chicago
European TV Network Being Discussed
Rome reports that W Europe may unify television screens long before governments unite politically. Aldo Passante, head of Italy's government TV, said eight non Communist nations sharing TV are pursuing program exchanges.
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Rome
Europe
Italy
Aldo Passante
Dikes Withstand Gale as Western Europe Braces
Western Europe’s dikes and sea walls stood firm after 24 hours of battering by gale churned seas. Anxious observers recalled last February floods in the Low Countries and Eastern England. In England coast guard held vigil through the night, while Netherlands waters returned to near normal after highest levels since last winter. Randers Denmark flooded. blizzards and snow linger from Scandinavia to Italy.
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London
Europe
England
Netherlands
Scandinavia
Italy
Denmark
Jutland
Randers
New French Crisis Likely
Paris reports a possible government crisis as Prime Minister Laniel intends to seek a Wednesday confidence vote in Parliament ahead of the Big Four Berlin talks. He offered resignation to President Auriol, who refused, and called a special National Assembly session to hear a governmental foreign policy statement.
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Paris
France
Joseph Laniel
Berlin
Laniel
Ane Bafian
Deas
Jdent
Rene Coty
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
National Assembly
Count of the Republic
Sen‘ate
Lanier
Assembly
Walkersville Gets $38200 For Expansion Projects
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company announces a $38,200 appropriation for the Walkersville area as part of Maryland’s 1954 expansion budget. In Frederck county, funds go to new building conversions to dial service, aerial cable along Route 71, 84 new poles, and about 15 miles of wire to upgrade Walkersville central office amid growing demand. Walter M. Lanius, manager, notes this is part of a state wide expansion to meet future growth.
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Walkersville
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Fredercck County
Entannsburg
New Market
Buckesstarn
Walter M. Lanius
C and P
Meres
Lanius
American Says Reds Want To Free Foreign POWs
An American freed from a Communist Chinese jail in Hong Kong says Red officials seek to release dozens of foreign prisoners including Americans. Arnold Kieln, 44, described how a prison commandant offered release for a Hong Kong visa, and outlined bleak conditions in the prisons.
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Hong Kong
Red
Cline Herauen
Arnold Kieln
Sicreterias
Reds
Kiehn
Sulate
Shanghai
Kielin
Beriber
Half Of Air Force Dompers Are Now Jets
The Air Force shifts to jet aircraft as half its medium bomber fleet becomes jet powered. By year end WW II B29 and B50 bombers may be retired from medium wings, with Boeing B47 jets replacing them. Accelerated deliveries and training push to 8 to 10 wings with B-4 wings.
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Washington
U. S
Far East
Onc
Straterin Aire Command
Ispe
Timber Threatened By Field Fire Near Yellow Springs
A trash fire along Yellow Springs Mountain near Mountaindale on Saturday threatened regional timber. Independent Hose Company firefighters contained the blaze after about three quarters of an acre burned. District Forest Supervisor Herman Tonis noted the dry mountain terrain and a woman sustained a slight burn to the face.
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Yellow Springs
Independent Hose Company
Herman Tonis
Thurmont Child Is Polio Victim
James Smith ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Ross Smith of Thurmont is in far condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital suffering paralysis of the right arm wrist and fingers. Gamma globulin supplies have been sent to Thurmont to be administered to other children in the family. The youth became ill last week and was reported by county health officer Dr Burgess.
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James Smith
Ross ¥. Smith
Thurwent
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Pole
Forbes
Burgess
Thurmont
Brotherhood to begin national wage talks for rail engineers
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announces national bargaining starts January 6 with pay raises sought from 139 railroads. About 75,000 to 80,000 members on 92 roads push for two year 30 percent boost to restore skilled-differential pay as double-digit gains occur postwar. Several major roads including B&O C&O New York Central and Pennsylvania are represented.
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Cleveland 1
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Guy L. Brown
Independent Union
Brotherhood
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Parents Try To Halt Elopement In Edinburgh
Wealthy Bolivian tin magnate Patino and wife search for his 18 year old daughter Maria Isabella and her 20 year old London suitor James Goldsmith after eloping from Paris. The parents aim to talk them out of marriage amid security and age concerns. Meanwhile Moscow opens parts of Kremlin for New Year events as a 10 day series of children’s parties begins.
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Edinburgh
Seriland
Patine
Maria Isabella
London
James Goldsmith
Patino
Elopers
Putin
Pans
Moscow
Georgi Malnnkov
Kremlin
Three Point Peace Plan Readies Berlin Conference
Western Powers plan to press a three point German peace program at the Berlin conference if the Soviets arrive with negotiation intent. Washington and London aim to wipe out the East German government, while talks are expected to span atomic energy for peaceful uses, Red China relations, and the Malenkov government. The Berlin meeting, delayed to Jan 25.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
United States
Paris
Germany
Molotov
Dukes
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eden
Red China
Indochina
Malenkoy
Moscow
Five Children Die in Fire at Old Orchard Beach Maine
Five children perished in a two story home in Old Orchard Beach Maine early today. Their mother leaped from a second floor window after futile attempts to save them. The Whitcomb children appeared trapped in upstairs bedrooms. Three bodies were recovered after firefighters extinguished the blaze that destroyed most of the interior. The fire began soon after Mr. Whitcomb, a carpenter, left for work.
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Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Norman Whitcomb
Whitcomb
Moonlight Attacks On Supply Lines In Indochina
Vietnamese Vietminh fighters conduct night raids against coolie supply lines supporting French forces in the northwest Indochina region near Laos. French troops have not yet launched a major air or ground offensive as the Vietminh press a buildup around the last French stronghold in the Thai mountainous area.
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Hanoe
Indochina
Norh
Laos
Compainis Command
Moon Rocket to be Sent for Lunar Photos
London scientists announce unmanned lunar mission to photograph the Moon and identify landing sites for possible future manned crews. Dr John G Postes of the Royal Greenwich Observatory notes Mars could be a future target and speed limits remain key. projected Moon trip may take about five days at speeds near 25 000 mph.
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London
John G. Postes
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Porter
Moon
Explosion and Fire Hit Woolworth Store at Pottstown
An explosion followed by a blaze destroyed the F. W. Woolworth Co. store in downtown Pottstown and damaged nearby Royal Jewelry Co. with an estimated 350000 dollars in losses. No injuries were reported. about 150 firefighters contained the flames. Radio WPAZ was knocked off air, and residents were evacuated as the two block area was cordoned off.
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Pottstown
F. W. Woolworth Co
Richard L. Lindauer
Royal Jewelry Co
Woolworth
Royal
Stowe
High Street
WPAZ
Accident Toll In Nation 402
The New Year weekend saw 402 deaths from accidents across the nation during a 78 hour window from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight. Traffic crashes caused 293 deaths, fires 39, and other mishaps 70, nearing the three day record of 424 set in 1950. The National Safety Council had projected about 360 traffic deaths.
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Associated Press
Sears
Pew
Symons Named Acting Md Lt Head at College Park
In College Park Maryland Dr Symons was named acting head of the university succeeding aging president Dr Berd who is stepping in to assist while the desk and office near the president’s suite are retained. Stocks rose in a moderate New York market as gains broadened and more issues advanced. In Baltimore a grand jury action is sought against New Hampshire teens linked to a pipe attack and the New Year weekend accidental death toll in the tri state area stands at 21.
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College Park
T & Symons
The
Uniesto of
New York
Baltimore
New Hampshire
Associates
Trestate
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
New GOP Program Approved
Eisenhower and Republican leaders reviewed the new Session program. Martin called it dynamic and progressive and anticipated broad appeal. The White House outlined a busy week with a State of the Union on Thursday and budget and economic messages set for late January.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Martin
R-Mass
White House
Senate House
James C Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Daniel A. Reed
R-Ny
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
CBS Radio
Vie Piesmani
Augusta
Capitol Hill
Senate
Hawai
St. Lawrence Seatony
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WEMD
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Eer
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N.Y
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Deborah
China
Santa Barbara
Calif
Air Force
Brotherhood mm We
Frank Keefer
Horace M Alexander
Ro Paul Babyman
Frederick County
John A Derr
Alexander
House of Delegates
Elis C. Wachter
Theodore R. MecKeldin
Pottstown, Pa
J. J. Newberry Co
National Safety Council
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Dr. Symons
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Currency Bay
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