Accident on Sled seriously injures 11 year old boy
A sled collision near Liberty routes Route 31 left Eugene Bodmer 11 with a fractured skull, fractured forearm, and chest injuries. He died at Frederick Memorial Hospital about three hours after admission. Rev Earl Hayter's car struck the sled as it veered from a side road while the boy waited for the school bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memporial
Wil- Eugene Bodmer
William L. Bodmer
Liberty
Westminster Road
L. Ridge
Bodmer
Aiool
Earl Leeayter
Holston
Westminster
Mr. Hayter
Theospital
Ridge
Brockway
Studebaker
Richard Fraperealist Club
Route
James Stonesifer
Ee HL Stoupe
Middletown
Oscar James
Arlington
Stonezifer
Earl Kline
Oxford Brick Company of
Stoupe
James
Legion and VEW urge aid to western Europe to deter Soviet expansion
On January 22 American Legion Commander James F. O'Neil and VEW Commander Ray H. Brannamen urged swift aid to western Europe to defend the Marshall Plan and prevent Soviet domination. They warned a failure would empower the Kremlin by uniting eastern resources with western industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Russia
United States
James F. O'Neil
Bencie Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Leestern European
O'Neil
Ray H. Brannamen
Kremlin
Middle East
Africa
Germany
Brannamen
Amveis
American Veterans Committee
Remains of 29th Division Soldiers Return from Europe
The bodies of two Company A sergeants and several other 29th Division personnel killed in France in 1944 are among 1,753 U.S. servicemen aboard the Army transport Corporal Eric Gibson arriving in New York. The remains head to regional centers for reinterment with ceremonies planned at Pier 3 and nearby bases.
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Company A
France
New York City
U.S. Army
Eric G. Gibson
Harry A. Nogle
Hassan Sauble
Thurmont
Frederick Company
Pfe
Austin Reed
Nagle
la Blothie
Sauble
John W. Davis
Frederick
Frederick Rifle Club
Frederick High School
Army
New York
St Laurent-sur-Mer
la- Cambe
Omaha Beach
Army Transport Corp
Eric G. Gibsom
Europe
Staten Island
Brooklin Army Base
Hood College First Semester Ends as Exams Begin
The first semester at Hood College ends Friday January 30 after final examinations begin January 23 and run through the next Friday. Reading day is January 22 and informal dormitory teas are planned for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Household staff oversee the teas. Freshmen and sophomores register February 3 with juniors and seniors following the next morning. Convocation February 3 at 7 30 in Brodbeck Hall precedes the resumption of classes Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood Colege
Carolyn Loomis
Ruth Draper to Perform in Frederick February 3
Fred ericks County Teachers Association chair Aliss Julia E Etchison announces Ruth Draper will give a solo character sketches show at Frederick High School auditorium on February 3 at 3 15 pm. Season ticket holders admitted free. public single admission applies for others. Draper praised as a leading contemporary theater genius and a creator of all her monologues.
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Aliss
Julia E. Etchison
Fredericks County
Fone
Miss Draper
Ruth Hnown Stave
Former Local Man To Edit Cumberland News
O J Hale resigns as assistant managing editor of the Cumberland News to become executive secretary of the New Jersey Press Association with headquarters in New Brunswick. A. Trage Brust Jr will succeed him as assistant managing editor and city editor on February 1.
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Cumberland
O. J. Hale
Cumberland News
New Jersey Press Association
Welch
Hinton
Sistersville
Kentucky
The
Elks, Masers
Shrine
Capital
Disef Kiwanis International
Thomas
Brust
the News
Frederick
Frederick Post
Frederick News
Frederickigh School
Western Maryland College
Hate
New Jersey
Edior
Six Families To Be Aided By Homemakers
Frederick County Homemakers will continue aiding six international families in 1948. Four Czechoslovakian, one French, and one Dutch family received packages in 1947 through American Friends of Czechoslovakia and American Aid to France. The 1948 plan was approved at a meeting of local women’s groups chaired by Mrs. Virgil Doub, with six clubs led by Remsberg, Buhrman, Rothenhoefer, Clemson, Viritz, and Brink.
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Frederick County
Churcs
Frederick Club
American Friends of
Czechoslovakia
France
Virgil Doub
Middletown
Old Church Street
Charlies Remsberg
Myersville
Mid- Valley
Paul Buhrman
Emmitsburg
Jug Bridge
Lewistown
Earlston Rothenhoefer
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Thurmont
Unionville
Liberty
Remsberg
Buhrman
Mirs. Rothenkoefer
Paul Clemson
Edgar Viriz
Ieimann Brink
Braddock Hegis
Arthur Hamilton
University of Maryland
Deub
G. C. Rhoderick
Nm Calhoun
Middie
Preso
Doub
Probe of Charles Town Police Force Is Asked
Jefferson county Circuit Court grand jury has asked for an investigation of the Charles Town police force in a resolution presented to Judge Decatur H. Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Jefferson County Circuit Court
Decatur H. Rodgers
Battleships to be scrapped as obsolete
The Admiralty announced that four veteran British battleships the Queen Elizabeth Valiant Nelson and Rodney will be scrapped as obsolete, marking a shift in naval policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiraltty
Royal Navy
Valiant
Nelson
Rodney
Archbishop Enthroned In Capital Washington
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle was enthroned as the first Archbishop of Washington in a ceremonies at St Matthew's Cathedral. Apostolic delegate Amleto Cicognani installed him and officiated the Pontifical Mass as government officials and church leaders attended. Justice Murphy, Justices Reed and Rutledge among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick A. O'Boyle
St Matthew's Cathedral
Alost
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
United States
Cicognani
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Archdiocese of Washington
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Francis Spellman
O'Berle
O Boyle
John M. McNamara
D. D
America
Frank Murphy
The
Truman
Infant death prompts mayoral inquiry in Minneapolis
Mayor Hubert Humphrey called an emergency meeting of the Minneapolis Public Welfare Board to conduct an exhaustive inquiry into the death of four month old Arthur Jensen in the mayor's office reception room. Arthur and Mrs Jensen said the child died after hospital physicians refused admission. A Washington section notes supporters of compulsory military training pushing for a House vote, though chances are slim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis Public Welfare Board
Arthur Jensen
Arthur, Jr
William C. Sims
General Citri Hospital
Washington
Todarito
Two Sentences Given for Forgery in Maryland
Two terms under two years were imposed on Harry Kintz of near Yellow Springs for forging his parents welfare checks and cashing them. In a separate case, Ernest Summers received a three year term for breaking into a friend’s home and stealing cash.
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Maryland Reformatory
Harry Kintz
Near
Yellow Springs
Frederick
Kintz
Ernest L. Summers
Edwin F. Nikirk
George Kintz
Summers
Lloyd Gilbert
Mt. Philip School
Mrs. Gilbert
Missing Young Actress Found in San Francisco Hotel
Jacqueline Horner a 14 year old movie actress and pianist missing from Los Angeles eight days was found with a Navy sailor at a Van Ness avenue hotel in San Francisco. Sailor Wallace Wells 19 assigned to the Cimarron at Hunter Point was booked for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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San Francisco
Jacqueline Horner
Los Angeles
John Merrill
Dan Shelley
Miss Horner
van Ness Avenue
Wallace Wells
Cimarron
Hunter Point
Jacqueline
Tito claims Yugoslavia possesses atomic bombs
A pro Italian paper, La Voce Libera, reports a secret Tito speech saying Yugoslavia has atomic bombs 150 divisions and jet aircraft for final annihilation. The transcript allegedly dates to November 18 1947 in Zagreb and matched material published in a French paper.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Jaz
la Voce Libera
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Zagreb
Will of Mrs. E. Louisa Schley Probate Granted
The Circuit Court sustain ed the caveat ruling and Orphans Court admitted the will to probate. The estate valued over 30000 capitalized by stock in Farmers and Mechanics Bank is to be divided among Wilson Schley Louise Rhoads and Florence Belcher with shares allocated to Ramsburg heirs and Rhoads children. Paul B. Rhoads Jr. named executor. Testatrix dated January 26 1942 witnesses were Schildknecht and Weller.
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E. Louisa Schley
Gilmer Schley
Circuit Court
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Wilson Schley
Louise
S. Rhoads
Florence’s. Belcher
Margaret Schley Ramsburg
Gilmer Schley Ramsburg
Rhoads
Paul B. Rhoads, Jr
Louise V. Loy
Gilmer Rhoads
Louise Rhoads
Paul B. Rhoads
Belcher
William R. Schildknecht
J. W. Weller
Local Roads Grassy Again After Freezing Rain
Slippery highways from freezing rain left 1 to 2 inches of snow in parts with ice. State Police logged several accidents as temperatures neared freezing and plows cleared roads. Anne Arundel County bar selects three Annapolis attorneys for Fifth Circuit judgeship recommendation to Governor Lane.
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Weather Bureau
Ridgeville
Hyattstown
South Mountain
Frederick
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County Bar Association
Lane
Fifth Circuit
Marvin I. Anderson
Benjamin , Michaelson
Noah A. Hillman
Far Western
Associated Press
Maryland
Allegany
Garrett
Baltimore
Salisbury
Dertzbaugh Named Head Of Y M C A
Frederick L. Dertzbaugh, longtime Frederick insurance man, elected president of the YMCA at the annual board meeting. J. Richard Ramsburg named vice president. Warner L. Brittain recording secretary. William M. Moore treasurer. Dertzbaugh led efforts to liquidate YMCA debt in 1944 45 with James H. Gambrill Jr.. community support boosted YMCA progress and membership across departments.
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Lewis R. Dertzhaugh
Frederick Linsurance
Dertzbaugh
R. Ames Hendrickson
J. Richard Rarnsburge
Warner L. Brittain
William M. Moore
Hendricksen
Dertzbaugh J
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Y. Ie C. A
M. C
R. Dertzbaugh
Frederick
Alwars
M.ca
Hendrickson
Y. A. Se
Binneapolis
M.C
Edward Bentz
Brintain
Bir Dertzbaugh
James H.falk
Moore
Cheries A. Price
Ramsburg
Roger R Rice
Clyde M. Roney
G. Willam Stultz
Robert L. Warfield
Thomas E. Williams
Willem D. Zuimmerman
Derizbaugh
Roney
Stultz
Zimmerman
Falk
Price
Bentz
Hendrckson
Willams
Rice
Warfield
Quinn
New Cold Wave Spreads Across Eastern U S
After a brief respite a new cold blast moved into the eastern half of the country from the Canadian border. Temperatures plummet in the Dakotas Minnesota and upper Mississippi valleys with sub zero readings while snow and freezing rain spread from Virginia to New York City and Maryland.
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Associated Press
Canadian
Missouri
Mississippi
Dakotas
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Plains
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York City
New England
Carolinas
Chicago
Warehouse Destroyed in Fire Near White House
A sleet storm fire destroyed a Marine Corps warehouse and an adjacent athletic hall used as OSS training quarters. Two sleeping Marines escaped unharmed as crews fought the blaze with river boats and 13 firetrucks, controlling it about two hours after it started near 26th and D streets.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Plane crash at Logan Airport injures eleven
Eastern Airlines Lockheed Constellation skidded on snow at Logan International Airport Boston and burst into flames. Eleven people were injured as twenty passengers and five crew members jumped to safety through doors, the craft nearly burned. The flight from Miami via Newark encountered foul weather and a low ceiling.
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Boston
Eastern Airlines
Lockheed Constellation
Logan International Airport
Newark
N. J
Miami
Flash Walkout Ends at Washington County Coal Mine
Operations at a Washington county coal mine resumed after a flash walkout of 200 miners. The stoppage grew from a strike involving 11,000 timbermen and drivers seeking higher timber prices.
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Uniontown
Washington County
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Mar Seavert
Secre
T Gen
Lee
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York
Churchan
John C. H. Lee
Nho Mediterranean
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Protestant Episcopal Church
Nogle and Sauble
Reed
Gibson
Hood
Ruth Draper
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Reed and
Rutledge
James A. Farley
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Columbia
Costa Rica
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el Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Australia
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Infant
FBI
Nikirk
Tulsa
McAlester
Oxia
St Charles
Saint Ste. Marie
Edgar James Simons
North Woods
Catharine Rupert Young
Pancake Bay
Y.M.C.A
Shanghai
Mukden
Lewis K. Dertzbaush
Weather Man
26Th and
D Streets
Nsw
White House
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