Picture Of Act Clinches City Charge
A 17-year-old colored youth was sentenced to 60 days in jail for indecent exposure after a witness in the West End took a photograph of the act and presented the print to Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. Howard Edward Davis, colored, of West Patrick Street, pleaded guilty and identified himself as the person photographed. The case followed a police tip to “take a picture” after complaints of immoral behavior near Catoctin Avenue. In Night Court, Davis was tried after Juvenile Court jurisdiction was waived. Other items include Mt. Airy man acquitted of drunken driving after a lengthy court hearing and several defense questions about charges and sobriety. Additional cases involved assault, battery, and various continuances and dispositions in the night court.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Howard Edward Davis
West Patrick Street
Davis
Catoctin Avenue
Lee
Edwin F. Nikirk
Halsey
King
Earl
Stine
Albert Killingsworth
Taney
Sergi Potts
House of Correction
Controversy Over Pricing Continues
Washington on January 28 reports divergent views from the Truman Administration on whether to repeal the Capehart pricing provision in the economic controls law. President Truman, Short, and Roger Putnam signaled differing stances, with Putnam urging nullification and Short stating the increases are already in effect. The Capehart amendment allowed price ceilings to reflect past cost rises, affecting manufacturers and consumers nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Joseph H. Short
Roger L. Putnam
Congressional
Putnam
Senate
House Economic Committee
Capehart
Short
R-Ind
Korea
America
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Public Health Service Expands Germ Warfare Watch List
Washington January 25 The U S Public Health Service widens its disease reporting to help detect secretly introduced germ warfare. Ten diseases including botulism brucellosis dengue malaria rabies trichinosis and rat borne typhus were added to regular weekly reports by state and territorial health officers. The service notes some diseases may involve organisms that could be used in subversive activity and stresses there is no current evidence of such warfare but the system aids rapid detection.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Public Health Reports
C. C. Daver
National Office of Vital Statistics
Youth Is Acquitted of Cattle Rustling Charge
ROCKVILLE January 25 1952 Fran cs E Schuster 18 of Clarksburg was acquitted of a cattle rustling charge by Montgomery County Circuit Court. He testified he drove a truck bearing the Holstein from the farm of Reuber near Quince Orchard on September 7 1951 to move the animal. He claimed he turned over the proceeds of 299 to Louis Federline 63 of Travilah and kept only hauling charges, a claim Federline denied on the stand.
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Rockville
E. Schuster
Clarksburg
Montgomerys County
Holtein Cay
Reuber
Schuster
Louis Fo Federine
Travilah
Federine
Sharpe
Federline
Rainmaking Chemicals Outline in New Experiments
A report notes that solid carbon dioxide pellets and silver iodide crystals are the primary chemicals in emerging rainmaking experiments. The fragmentary text hints at early research or industrial methods and mentions an unclear term related to the process.
Minimum Salary Proposals Too Low at Maryland
TWA faculty committee told the University of Maryland Board of Regents that proposed salaries are too low. They urged full professors receive at least 7000 to 7250 annually, with scale professors at 5600 and instructors at 4900. The panel warned assistants might be set at 4200, comparing to 4000 for entry level, noting top salaries remain far higher in other universities. Regents held a brief closed session then resumed port activities after the report.
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College Park
TWA
University of Maryland Board of Regents
Russell Aten
Allen
Russian papers show concern over use of Japanese forces
Moscow papers warn of potential Japanese military action against China and possible aid to Peiping under the Soviet Chinese pact. Headlines cite threats to Southeast Asia, formosa, and Taiwan, with Pravda and Red Star portraying Washington Japan ties as aggression plans. A correction notes a $6,000 sale, not $10,500.
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Moscow
China
Russia
Red China
Peiping
Southeast Asia
Taiwan
Formosa
Japan
United States
Red Star
Armed Forces
Washington
Naional Liberation
Shizeru Yoshida
John Foster Dulles
Tokyo
Yoshida
Chiang Kai-shek
San Francisco
Soviet Union
Pravda
Kuomintang
Nationa
Moses
Am Peiping
Do Like Birds In Lightning3 Keep Both Your Feet Together
New York news reports advise standing with feet together under a tree during storms to reduce lightning injury. The advice draws on electric line safety lessons showing equal voltage under both feet when close together, while spreading feet increases current between legs.
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New York
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Old Mar
Senate Holds Up McDonald Nomination for RF C Chief
The Senate Banking Committee delayed confirming Harry A. McDonald as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation awaiting further study. Critics link the move to a House inquiry into the Securities and Exchange Commission, which McDonald chairs, with a push to review SEC files on former leaders. Senator Douglas led the delay, aiming to probe SEC figures before a vote.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
White House
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
McDonald
House
Senate
Truman
Sen
Ulbright
Douglas
Mc Donald
Pentagon Plan for Universal Military Training Attacked
Witnesses before the House Armed Services Committee assailed a Pentagon proposal to launch universal military training on a volunteer basis as poorly timed. Col James L Conrad testified for the American Association of...
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UMT
Francis H. Horn
National Education Association
NEA
Charles F. Boss, Jr
Methodist Church Committee On World Peace
Congress
House
Pentagon
Washington
Jan
House Armed Services Committee
James L. Conrad
American Association of
Hagerstown sues over unpaid coal delivery
Frank A. Parker of Keyser West Virginia files a $2,575 damage suit against the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown claiming 367 tons of coal delivered to the city were not paid for. Parker was freed yesterday on a false pretense charge after a Magisterial Court judge found no sufficient grounds. The city alleged his coal weight exceeded city scales. The suit was filed in Washington County Circuit Court. Leghorn Italy is described in relation to New York and German ports Bremen and Hamburg.
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Hagerstown
Frank A. Parker
Keyser
W. Va
Parker
Washington County
Income tax cut may be extended beyond this year
Annapolis, Jan. 25. Gov McKeldin and state officials say the 15 percent income tax relief on 1951 income could be renewed by a one year act or bipartisan plan beyond this year. Revenue forecasts show ample funds to operate the state, making extension plausible as the assembly准备 next month.
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Annapolis
McKeldin
State House
Legislative Council
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Richard W. Case
Baltimore
General Assembly
St Johns to Raise Tuition and Aid for 1926
ANNAPOLIS Jan 25 The high cost of teaching hits St Johns College with tuition rising to 850 dollars next September a 200 dollar increase. The president said part of the extra income will raise faculty salaries and staff wages for students a 20 percent hike in work earnings and a doubled 9500 dollar supplementary grants fund. Senatorial and tuition scholarships rise by 209 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
St. John’s College
Richard D. Weigle
Missing Girl Found At Home Of Her Sister
A 14-year-old girl reported missing from Sandy Hook was found at Brunswick YMCA cafeteria in pajamas with a coat, sleeping in earlier hours during subfreezing night. State Police, Trooper Rouzee investigated from 12:45 am. the search involved her sister and a neighbor. The girl was unaware of the concern as she ate at the lunch counter with a housecoat over her pajamas.
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Sandy Hook
Hero Marned Sixter
Brunswick Y. M. C. A
Lee L. Reynolds
Janice
Boonsboro
Reynolds
H. L. Baer
Brunswick
Baer
James H. Rouzee Jr
Potomac River
Aloug
West Seventh Street To Run One Way In Frederick Plan
City officials announce plans to convert West Seventh from Market to Bentz into a westbound one way street. Market will become a northbound route from South to Seventh while Bentz will carry southbound traffic within the same limits. The change aims to ease delays and confusion, with Aldermen to consider the plan in February and weather permitting a formal inauguration date to be announced. Local work includes a new lighting system on Market Street up to Fourth Street managed by City Lineman Max Kehne.
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Frederick
West Seventh Street
Market
Bentz
Donald B. Rice
W. R. Walter
Market Street
Seventh Street
Max Kehne
Fourth Street
McKeldin to Speak at Shrine of Democracy Event
Governor Theodore R McKeldin of Maryland will address the Peninsula Executives Club at Old Point Comfort Va on Monday night with Mrs McKeldin aboard the state yacht The governor and party will return to Annapolis after the affair.
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McKeldin
Old Point Comfort
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Peninsula
Clu
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