Northeast Snowstorm Sweeps Frederick County City
A severe northeast snowstorm hit early, blanketing roads with 1 to 2 inches by midmorning and drifting to 2 feet. State and local crews mobilized 16 plows as winds neared 30 to 40 mph, delaying travel and prompting residents to stay home. Busses ran on time in some areas despite whiteout conditions.
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Frederick County
Washington Weather Bureau
Braryland
State Roads Commission
Weather Bureau
Frederick
State Police
Roads Commission
Here
South Market Street Hill
Hood College to Host Dr Truxal February 8 Vesper
Dr Andrew G Truxel president elect of Hood College will speak at the first vesper service of the second semester Sunday February 8 in Brodbeck Hall He and his wife will be guests of President Henry Irvin Stahr the weekend of February 7 8 He previously headed Dartmouth College sociology department and coauthored The Family in American Culture He specializes in family studies public welfare and American culture
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Andrew G. Truxel
Hood College
Brod‘beck Hall
Truxal
Henry Ivin Stahr
Presidents House
Bodr
Trexal
Ull
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Artmouth
Truxall
Sees Close Vote On Military Training
Cumberland, Jan 24 Rep J Glenn Beall predicted a close vote if universal military training bill returns this session He noted the bill moved from committee by two votes and warned the outcome depends on a strong Army and Navy backing and State Department negotiations with little leverage without it.
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Cumberland
J. Glenn Beall
R-Md
Reserve Officers Association
Beall
State Department
Grocers Expects Budget to Stretch as Prices Ease
A Wall Street Journal correspondent reports at the National American Wholesale Grocers Association convention in Atlantic City that consumer resistance to high prices is growing. Some items may drop a few cents, including peas and various canned fruits, while wholesalers warn against a broad price bust. Demand for dried fruits is weak and luxury canned goods remain oversupplied as June carryover grows.
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Wall Street Journal
National American Wholesale Grocers Association
Atlantic City
N. J
al Or
Blunder Could Spark War Warns Omar Bradley
General Omar Bradley warned that a misstep by any nation could trigger war. He said Russia might hesitate to use the atomic bomb but stressed danger from Russia’s aggressive moves. He cautioned against assumptions that peace will hold without care.
Lost Coast Guard Plane Reported In Maryland Snowstorm
Maryland State Police and Coast Guard stations launched a search for a two engine Coast Guard plane feared lost in Maryland's winter storm. The Lockheed Lodestar carrying four crew members, en route from Newark to Washington, diverted to Baltimore after failing to land at the national airport. No radio contact or sightings were reported. Shell Plant engineers heard engine noise near Curtis Bay and Rockville troopers reported a plane in the area.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Maryland
Bill Schum
Shell 671 Company
Curtis Bay
Baore
Sela
Rockville
Washington
Gnast Guard
Frederick Mayor Injured In Snow Crash Near Middletown
Charles K. Taylor, mayor of Keedysville and manager of Frederick Coca-Cola Bottling, and his wife suffered head and knee injuries after their car slid off Old Route 40 near Rudys garage in a snowy morning crash. Their vehicle struck a power pole, was 50 feet from the garage, and both were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital with shock reported. No charges filed. vehicle damage about 300 dollars.
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Charles K. Taylor
Frederick
Coca-Cola
Keedysville
Sharpsburg
Rudys Garage
Middletown
Glenn Rudy
Mr. Taylor
Theodore Snyder
W. A. Muichner
Fire at Camp Detrick damages labs building 521
Juniors and United Rescue Truck responded to Camp Detrick around 1 pm when a fire started in a ventilating fan in building 521 in the restricted area. Water and smoke caused substantial damage to the tiled building housing laboratories. Earlier, booster streams extinguished a chimney fire at 113 Jefferson Street.
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United
Camp Detrick
Jefferson Street
Pauley Accuses Stassen of Using Falsehood in Hearing
Edwin W. Pauley charged that Harold E. Stassen used ignorance and falsehood to indict him for selfish aims while a Senate Appropriations subcommittee investigated possible insider trading in commodity markets. Also notes Mrs. Jane Griffin injured in a fall and arrangements to move her to Frederick Memorial Hospital, plus Maryland Diocesan Convention actions with Rev. Samuel St Johnston and other delegates set for Baltimore.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Pauley
Senate Appropriations
Jane E. Griffin
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Westminster
William H. Griffin
Mrs. Griffin
Cline
Samuel St. Johnston
All Saints Episcopal Church
Charles A. Price
Maryland
Church of St. Michael and Alldingers
Baltimore
Nobi
Powel
Arthur Potts
Police name motorists tagged for unpaid meters near Court House Park
Chief of Police Fred Straley announced tagging of motorists who did not feed meters on the south side of Court House Park. A number were reported tagged yesterday.
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Court House Park
Fred Straley
Fire crew douses chimney blaze at 232 South Market
Responding to an alarm around 6 30 am, the United and Citizens extinguished a chimney fire at 232 South Market Street. Damage was negligible.
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Uniteds and
Citizens
South Market Street
Two Shot In Hour Of Terror Aboard Flyer
In Ambridge Pennsylvania last night a Cleveland to Pittsburgh flyer carriage saw a 23 year old Cleveland youth subdue after firing shots wounding Mary Refici 29 and Eva Crider 53. Sam Refici helped restrain the assailant as the train halted. the suspect Kenneth Short is jailed on assault charges.
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Ambridge
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Mary Refici
Sewickley Valley
Sam
Eva M. Crider
Freedom
Walter Rosiak
Kenneth Short
Rosiak
France to Devalue Franc Without IMF Approval
Paris reports France will devalue the franc without IMF consent. Foreign Ministry spokesmen said there is no move to withdraw from the fund and that France may reform money without the fund's permission. They cited France's financial position requiring a devalued external franc and a freer money market despite possible IMF opposition.
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Paris
France
International Monetary Fund
Foreign Ministry
Russians barred from visiting U.S. run DP camps in Germany
Eleven Russian journalists touring the U.S. zone of Germany will not be allowed to enter displaced persons camps. A U S Army spokesman said their visit could cause trouble amid about 300,000 D P residents who oppose return to Russia or other Communist lands. Col. George S. Eyster noted armed police would be needed to prevent disturbances. Russian journalists began a 12 day tour. American correspondents concluded a prior tour of the Russian zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
U. S S
Eyster
Tese
George Wants State Dept Out of ERP
Senator George of Georgia backs placing the European recovery program in an independent agency for solid judgment by an experienced administrator. He urges that control and oversight rest with a capable board rather than the State Department.
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George
State Dept
Washington
D-Ga
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Department
Brookings Institution
Brookings
Marshall
Truman
Norway Wins Pre-Olympic 18K Cross-Country Race
In Pontresina Switzerland on January 24, Norway dominated the event as Norwegian skiers swept the top three places with the rest of the team finishing near the lead in the pre-Olympic 18 kilometer cross-country race.
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Norway
Pontresina
Switzerland
Deep Snow Forecast for Maryland by Associated Press
A winter storm swept Maryland with eight inches to a foot of snow. Garrett County faced 30 mile per hour winds while Baltimore and surrounding areas reported several inches and subzero to six above temperatures. Roads were described as pretty bad, though no major accidents were logged as the system continued northeast toward West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Ito
Maryland
Garrett County
Town Creek
Big Savage
Oakland
Hagerstown
Frederick
Mercury
Frostburg
Allegany County
Baltimore
Reisterstown
Cockeysville
West Virginia
Panhandle
Charles Town
Plane Lands On Fairway At Gibson Island Golf Course
Three men escaped injury when a small plane made a forced landing on a Gibson Island golf course fairway. Pilot Kenneth Jewell, 25, of Cumberland, said dense snow forced him to seek a water landing. Also aboard were owner F. Borden, 43, Cumberland, and friend Thomas Harper, 34, of Hagerstown.
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Gibson Island
Jan
Kenneth Jewell
Cumberland
Baltimore
F. ¥. Borden
Thomas Harper
Hagerstown
Eisenhower Poll Leader At Withdrawal
New York reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower led both Fortune and Gallup presidential polls as he announced withdrawal from politics. Fortune found him favored over Truman among six GOP candidates. Dewey, MacArthur, Stassen, Warren, and Taft trailed. Gallup shows Eisenhower leading in several hypothetical matchups with Truman. Holter qualifies for University of Maryland Board of Regents.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fortune
Gallup
Froem
Truman
Thomas E. Dewer
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
Sir Truman
Taft ‘Rohio
George Gallup
Institute
Eisenhower
Wallace
Dewey
Taf
Holter
Edward F. Holter
Middletown
Elis C. Wachter
Board of Regents
University of Maryland
Lane
Travel Restrictions On Foreign Correspondents In Tokyo
Tokyo officials impose limits on foreign correspondents in the capital who may be assigned to field trips outside General Douglas MacArthur's Far East Command, as announced by the Tokyo Correspondents Club executive committee today.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Far East Command
Tokyo Correspondents Club
651 Arrested Here In Year On Charges Of Drunkenness
Frederick city police reported 3,534 arrests in the year ending December 31 to the FBI summary. Drunkenness led with 651 arrests, 2,996 were convicted or forfeited, 22 released without formal charges, and four AWOL military personnel were handed to MPs. Parking tickets 1,880. disorderly conduct 479 arrests. major crimes 36 cases with 29 convictions.
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Frederick City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bery
Housing ad sparks chaotic rush in Harmony Grove bungalow
A small For Rent ad by Grayson Mercer in Harmony Grove triggered a flood of inquiries. Dozens of drivers crowded Trout's store and private driveways, with hundreds more contacting by phone as residents watched an unlikely housing rush unfold. Mercer will choose a tenant in a day or so, hoping to calm nerves after a day described as exhausting.
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Grayson Mercer
Harmony Grove
Frederick
Mercer
Trout
New York
42Nd Street
Broadway
Mrs. Trout
Mr. Mercer
Mr.Mercer
Kay Francis Shows Some Improvement
Columbus, Jan 24. Actress Kay Francis remains in an oxygen tent at White Cross Hospital after collapsing from an overdose theory and an upper respiratory infection. Doctor Rosoff said she is seriously, but not critically ill. The play State of the Union continued with Erin O'Brien Moore taking the lead. Police released stage manager Howard Graham after he was questioned and later cited, while Graham was taken into custody at the hospital. Burns on Francis legs were attributed to radiators during a fainting spell.
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Columbus, O
Kay Francis
Hartman Theater
White Cross Hospital
Maurice B. Rosoff
State of the Union
Miss Francis
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Chicago
Howard Graham
Graham
Western Maryland Trust elects new directors at meeting
West. Md. Trust Company stockholders elected directors after a morning meeting. Elected were W. Clinton AicSherrr president and counsel Ermmest R. Shriver vice president Elmer J. Eshleman 2 president and trust officer Walter E Eurail Claude A Wilt James H Grove Jr G. Raymond Shipiex Gail L Catshail Richard F Kline directors Jacob G Shawbaker treasurer Edgar F Thomas secretary Wilbur Z Stauffer assistant secretary J Vernon Summers tellers Evelyn Kefauver Virginia Engle bookkeepers Aphrodite Vacili gu Aphrodite Vaciligu assistant bookkeeper Margaret T Hooper stenographer Willard A Horine Ethel E Engle clerks Joseph H Rhoder lick clerk Jefferson station.
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West. MD
Western Maryland Trust Company
W. Clinton AicSherrr
Ermmest R. Shriver
Elmer J. Eshleman
Soffeer
Walter E Eurail
Claude A. Wilt
James H. Grove
G. Raymond Shipiex
Gail L. Catshail
Richard F. Kline
Joseph H. Rhoderlick
Jefferson Station
Narrow price changes in early New York stock market
New York January 24 narrow price changes ruled in today's early stock market. Up fractionally were American Woolen Schenley Bethlehem Steel and General Motors. Small declines were recorded for American Telephone Chrysler U S Steel and Texas Co. Numerous pivotals were unchanged.
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New York
American Woolen
Schenley
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
American Telephone
Chrysler
U.S Steel
Texas Co
Four Newark Men At Cumberland Are Jailed
Four Newark N S men charged with participating or aiding in an attempted armed robbery at a supermarket here waived preliminary beatings yesterday and were committed in jail in default of bonds amounting to 9 000. Police said they signed statements declaring they came to Cumberland with the robbery planned. They were arrested three hours after the attempted holdup with a 16 year old girl held for juvenile court on delinquent minor charges. Men identified as Jose ph Cunha 22 Jamal J Minnetka 21 Daniel D Walid 24 and Gabriel Cunha 2 mark. The girl Ellen Honey Sona cafe dancer was also held. Three men appeared in People's Court Thursday to charge two Newark detectives with assault and battery. The detectives were acquitted.
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Cumberland
Newark
N. S
Joseph Cunha
Jamel J. 4Innetka
Daniel D. Wulit
Gabrial Cunha
Ejlen “Honey” Sona
People's Court
Robert Griffith
Robert Donelly
Nurses Strain Maryland Faces Nurse Shortage
Baltimore January report shows critical shortage of trained nurses, especially at tuberculosis sanatoria. Public health division may redeploy nurses to hospitals as Mount Wilson and Sabillasville facilities struggle. Officials cite high demand due to new treatments like penicillin and note no replies to recruitment ads.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Helen Fisk
State Health Departements
Public Health
Stewart 5
Shaffer
Mount Wilson
Frederick 4-H Senior Club Sets Year Program Schedule
Frederick county 4-H Senior Club adopted a year plan featuring talks on preparation for marriage, clothing styles, housing, safety, and a talent show. The group outlined monthly sessions led by chairs such as Elizabeth Hood and Barbara Young, with extra events including a spring dance and 4-H campfire. A World Church Service Center report from New Windsor was also discussed.
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Frederick County 4-H
Old Church Street
James Schaffer
Dean Elizabeth It
Hood College
Lois Kelier
Barbara Young
Florence Mason
Martha Layman
James Jup
James Schafer
James Montgomery
Box Tetal
Richard
1St Aid
Hallowe'en
Oneda +ugh
World Church Service Center
New Windsor
Richard Holter
Middletown
Maryland Council
Baltimore
Huber Biser
Frederick
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