Fire destroys 20 room mansion. child missing after blaze
A fire swept a two story frame mansion near Cooksville Maryland leaving 14 injured and destroying most of the building valued around 50000. A five year old girl Elizabeth Ann Cotton was listed missing and firemen feared she burned to death. Neighbors and rescued workers reported loud screams and heavy smoke as fire engines from Lisbon Mt Airy West Friendship Damascus Sandy Spring Sykesville and others battled the blaze for hours. The parents Mr and Mrs John Cotton were en route from Georgia and the son Mark Cotton escaped via rain spout. The cause was undetermined with possibilities including a fireplace or oil burner. The Lisbon fire crew remained on site to sift ruins.
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Cooksville
Howard County
Elizabeth Ann Cotton
John Cotton
Georgia
Cotton
Kingston
Glenelg
Mark Cotton
Alison Miles
Norma Skinner
Glenelg High School
Louise Yeeman
Lisbon
Mt. Airy
West Friendship
Damascus
Sandy Spring
Sykesville
Ellicott City
Clarksville
Savage
Ste Baohae HY
Glenwood
Maryland
Conkeville
U.S. 40
Ice Coated Maryland Roads Cause Widespread Crashes
A dangerous ice glaze across central and western Maryland triggered numerous traffic accidents and injuries. Public schools closed in five counties, with several parochial schools giving holidays. A severe crash on US 40 near Aberdeen trapped a driver for over an hour, while a transit bus in Halethorpe with 51 passengers skidded into a home injuring one. Traffic snarls stretched from the Mount Washington Bridge to area lanes as weather and road crews struggled with icy conditions.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Howard
Trafford
Washington
Cumberland
Baltnmore
U.S. 40
Aberdeen
US 40
Maryland 7
Stepney
Re oYeet
Halethorpe
Mount Washington Bridge
Hanover
41St Street
Man abandons car on expressway with note
Wrong Waltham, Mass AP reports a car left on a busy expressway with a suicide note. Police found no owner, a search followed, then the owner was traced to Bernard, Maine. Kenneth Card, 28, said his M7 auto stalled on the way to Hartford, abandoned the car and rode home. The note read Can’t make it go.
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Waltham. Mass
Seerek
Bernard
Maine
Kenneth Card
Hartford
Conn
Card
Parades chief to speak at Frederick Chamber dinner
Arthur H. Red Motley, president of Parade Publications Inc., will be the principal speaker at the Frederick Chamber of Commerce 47th annual dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on Thursday. Lemuel Keller will preside as about 300 attendees are expected. Motley’s career spans Crowell-Collier, Parade, and national sales leadership, with a background from Minnesota and a record of extensive public service.
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Arthur H. Red‘ Motley
Parade Publications Inc
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key
Motley
Pook
Lattice
Elmer Ehleman
Frederick C. of C
LS Chamber of Commerce
Lemuel Keller
Crosel
Eisenhower
Minneapolis
Minnesota
New York
Smith Brothers
Crowell-Gollicy Publistans Company
Collies
Woman's Home Companion
American
Three Accidents At One Spot On Route 550 Near Woodsboro
Three separate crashes occurred along Route 550 near Woodsboro early today after vehicles left the scene. A 1952 Chevrolet ran off the road and into a utility pole then an embankment, a 1952 half ton truck veered off and struck a small creek, and a Ford also left the road in the same area. No injuries were reported and state police could not identify the drivers immediately.
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Woodsboro
Gordon HO Smith
Mach Ford
Pee
Ap Prommaton Aw
Word From Officers Is Awaited In Las Vegas Probe
Frederick authorities awaited word from Las Vegas police and the Nevada attorney general on statements by Charles Motherwell about a 14 month old daughter Heather Robin. Officials planned to question Motherwell regarding a pet cemetery burial claim tied to his Korea service and suspected links to the disappearance of Pearl Putney. Local officers noted no arrest warrant had been issued as of 12:30 p.m. and kept contact with Frederick authorities.
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Frederck
Lary
Motherwell
Las Vedas
Nes
Edwand
Nikirk
Charles Vo Vain
Sherif Horace McMeaunder
Frederick
Heather Robin
Tus
Fort Detrick
Korea
Associated Press
Main
Alexander
Las Vegas
Sidney Jones
Rove
California
Pearl Putney
Washington
Walter J. Richards
Nevada
Yoad Voluntanry
Knoxville
Tenn
Richards
Dispatches
Muthoowall
Maryland
Eddy
Motherell
Mobile
Ala
Mothersole
Alabama
Takoma Park
Thess
Las Vecas
Youth council urged by letter to Indiana Assembly
An 18-year-old circulated an open letter in the Indiana General Assembly urging creation of a governor's youth council to aid teenagers. He appeared puzzled by the reaction as the line declared that today’s juvenile delinquent could be tomorrow's senator or representative.
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Indianapolis
Indapo
Indiana General Assembly
Governor's Youth Council
Ice Coated Streets Slow As Freeze Lifts
Ice coated streets and roads triggered accidents until rising temperatures turned the surface to slush. The State Roads Commission and County Roads Board deployed all sanding crews, clearing major highways while secondary routes remained slick and bridges hazardous. Some buses canceled routes. Harmony Grove School for Retarded Children closed as nearby counties also shut schools. Weather shifts promised rain and warming into the 40s, with partial thaw in mountain areas and side roads reopening after drifting snow.
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State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock
Wolfsville
Myersville
Knoxville
Paul L. Hoffmaster
Board of Education
Middletown Valley
Point of Rocks
Kemptown
Harmony Grove
Cit
Imursuay
Firemen Save Garage From Blaze At Windsor’s Garage
Woodsboro Volunteer Fire Company responded to a mid morning garage fire at Windsor's Garage. A 1954 GMC pickup belonging to Earl Dixon of near Urbana was damaged about 2 dollars in motor damage. Knott and Gersbert of Urbana had the truck for repairs and an employee reportedly left the ignition on while answering a phone, starting the blaze.
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Woodsboro
Sunday Sales Problem To Be Taken Up
ANNAPOLIS AP The Legislature plans to tackle Sunday sales amid blue law disputes and a push for a commission to study the issue for possible action this session. The Senate resolution urges a broad panel to balance Sabbath observance with modern commerce, citing health services and public needs. BETTER TONE NEW YORK APY gainers lift a mixed stock market as trading stays active with small moves across majors.
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Annapolis
Senate
Gov. Tawes
General Assembly
Sens
Della
D-Balto
Buffington
Phoebus
R- Somerset
Phipps
D-Anne
Arundel
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Resoluion
New
Workers On Way Union Bridge Bus Plunges In Maryland
Thirteen passengers and the driver were injured when a Frederick Transit Company bus carrying workers to Union Bridge clothing plants skidded on ice on Md 75 and overturned into a roadside ditch. Fire and state police ambulances rushed the injured to Frederick Memorial Hospital. none were seriously hurt. The bus, a total loss, carried about 20 passengers from Union Bridge Manufacturing Company and Union Bridge Clothing Company. Several employees were named, including Mrs Mary Miss and Mary E Houseler. The driver Paul E May also sustained injuries. A 60 day suspended sentence was imposed on Walter Harman after a disorderly conduct conviction in Frederick.
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Frederick Transit Company
Union Bridge
State
Johnsville
Clothing Company
Union Bridge Clothing Companny
Union Bridge Manuacturing Company
Geraldine F. Davis
West Seventh Street
Barbara M. Fitre
Adamstown
Frances E Grabill
RFD
Dorothy M. Thompson
Sherman Avenue
Mary E. Houseler
Frederick
Bertha V. Pickett
North Bentz Street
Phyllis J. Eyler
Tiermage
Ethel Eppley
South Market Street
Nellie Cramer
Franklin Street
Robert McCauley
McCauley
Walter Eugene Harman
BFD
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Harman
Meredith L. Blank
Blank
North Market Street
Jany Tme
Unclear text prompts resignation note amid wartime briefing
In Washington AP reports unclear references to officials and possible resignations related to wartime measures. The piece includes garbled names and scattered phrases about assurances, warnings and political actions amid evolving security concerns.
PE Dam Application Hearing Date Set in Salt-Lake Case
The Potomac Edison Company’s plan to erect a waterway obstruction at Black Oak on the Potomac River is postponed to February 12. Director J Ro Unggolds of the State Department notes delays, Army engineers unavailable, and a low dam 14 miles from Cumberland is proposed to supply water for a power plant.
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Potomac Edison Company
Black Oak
Perth
Potomac River
Lingewald On
State Department of Geology, Mines and Water Re
J Roung OS
Electric Company
Cumberland
Singewald
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Clarence J. Brews
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