Gutted Barns Fire Causes $30,000 Loss Near Central
Early morning blaze on Alton Biddinger’s farm near Central destroyed a three story bank barn and adjoining dairy and loafing barns. Four thousand bales of hay and feed were lost. no livestock burned. Fire spread to silos. cause unknown. Simultaneous 12 alarm fire at Martin Motor Corp in Baltimore destroyed about 175 cars and caused over a million dollars in damage.
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Alton Biddinger
Central
Mt. Airy Fire Company
Union Bridge
Damascus
Sykesville
Mt. Airy
Biddinger
WelLs Wee Ley
Harry Glisan
Baltimore
Martin Motor Corp
Cathedral Street
Thomas Martin
Dr Strother Sentenced 15 Years in Abortion Ring Case
Dr George T Strother 54 central figure in an abortion ring was sentenced to 15 years in the Virginia Penitentiary by Circuit Judge Rayner V Snead in Warrenton Va He pleaded guilty to performing an abortion in an isolated Fauquier County farmhouse Six co defendants received suspended 10 month terms and fines from 500 to 2500 Dr Strother a Brunswick resident
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Warrenton
George T. Strother
Virginia
Strother
Rayner V. Snead
Faquier County
Brunswick
County Homes Fire Damaged in Lewistown and Continental
Overheated flues caused minor fires in two houses over the weekend. In Lewistown near the State Fish Hatchery a fire in a partition from an oil space heater caused about $100 damage. In the Continental area between Juca and Walkersville a Sunday night fire in a partition was traced to an overheated chimney with $100 damage. Thurmont and Walkersville firemen responded to both incidents.
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Lewistown
Thurmont
Lewis Nusbaum
State Fish Hatchery
Raymond Hubbard
Juca
Walkersville
Red Guns Open Fire on Formosa Tensions Rise
Formosa reports seven Communist guns firing on recently captured Yikiangshan as the Tachens tense. The Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry says shells landed at sea while the U.S. 7th Fleet remains on standby for potential evacuation orders to the Tachen Islands. The Pacific Fleet commander indicated such orders had not yet been issued.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Defense Ministry
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tachen Islands
Eit
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Freezing Gusts Open Culler Lake Skating Amid Cold Spell
Sub-freezing weather grips Frederick for the fourth day as temperatures dip below zero. Skaters pack lakes and ponds including Culler Lake which reopened Saturday with authorities fencing unsafe areas and keeping boat house heated for warmth. Forecasters predict a milder Tuesday with snow possible again later in the week.
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Frederick
Culler Lake
Charles V. Main
Potomac
Brunswick
West Second Street
Garabrill Park
Bitter Cold Moderates Across Nation After Weeklong Freeze
The bitter cold that gripped areas east of the Rockies for days began easing as light snow moved into the Midwest. Temperatures rose 3 to 20 degrees in many below zero regions, with continued warming forecast. the chill remained sharp in the south, and readings fell by as much as seven degrees from New England to North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
New England
North
Carolina
Florida
Dogs Running At Large Picked Up In Pearl Area
Sheriff Horace M. Alexander said several dogs believed to be in a loose pack east of Frederick in the Pearl area have been picked up though not all. The latest foray was Sunday. the pack last seen Thursday. They nuisance the Jug Bridge to Haugh's Shop Road area. One owner killed a dog after it killed sheep. Another trip to locate the remaining dogs is planned.
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Horace M. Alexander
Pearl
Frederick
Jug Bridge
Haugh’s Shop
Alexander
Fire at Arcade Bowling Alley on North Market Street
A small blaze at the Arcade Bowling Alley on North Market Street Sunday around 9 30 p m caused no damage. Firefighters from the Independent Hose Company arrived and extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher.
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Arcade
North Market Street
Independent Hose Company
Russ Demand Is Rejected In UN Formosa Debate
The United Nations Security Council refused to consider a Soviet demand to bar Nationalist China from debate on a Formosan cease fire. The vote was 10 to 1 with the Soviet Union the sole supporter of considering excluding Nationalist China. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. led the move to defeat the Soviet proposal as Western powers pressed for an end to hostilities between Nationalist and Communist forces. The council then opened a procedural debate on agenda form amid Soviet charges of U.S. aggression and a call for withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Formosa.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
China
Soviet Union
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Nation Council
United States
U.S
Formosa
Speed Among No 1 Killers On Highways In Maryland
PIKESVILLE Md Speed failing to grant right of way reck less driving and drunken driving were again the number one killers on Maryland highways in 1954 despite a State Police effort to control them The Highway Safety Bulletin said the 1954 traffic toll was 418 deaths down from 524 the previous year The bulletin noted the selective reinforcement program would continue A chimney fire at 467 West South street was put out with little damage by Uniteds and the Citizens Truck Company An aircrafts and steels market rose modestly in a generally firm fashion in New York trading
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Pikesville
Maryland
Highway Safety Bulletin
The
Uniteds
Citizens Truck Company
West South Street
Danger Of Small Wars Warning From Army Leader
Secretary of the Army Stevens warned the House Armed Services Committee about the danger of small wars and subversion. He said the Army, facing reduced manpower and funds, must guard against creeping expansion that could become alternatives to stalemates in large scale conflicts. Gen. Ridgway, with Stevens, would discuss missions and economy with executive session anticipated.
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Washington
Stevens
House Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
United States
Formosa
Ridgway
theArmy
Eisenhower
Mansfield Calls For Faith In Eisenhower
Senator Mansfield of Montana urged Congress to place faith in President Eisenhower to resolve world tensions without war. He backed U N efforts to halt hostilities between Nationalists and Communists near Formosa and said he would follow Eisenhower’s lead, noting the need for peace and patience.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
United Nations
Formosa
Chinas.’ Mansfield
Plans encampment at Indiantown Gap Pa
Brig. Gen. William C. Purnell of Baltimore and other Army officials planned the summer encampment for the National Guard unit. More than 7,000 members of the 29th from Maryland and Virginia will train at Indiantown Gap from August 23 to August 6.
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Indiantown Gap
William C. Purnell
Baltimore
Tthe 29Th Infantry Division
National Guard
29H
Maryland
Virginia
Army outlines long term defense plan and budget cuts
The defense official states ground service recognizes defense plans as a long term proposition. From fiscal year 1953 to 1956 Army expenditures drop from 16.2 billion to 8.9 billion dollars. The official notes this accounts for 76 percent of total Defense savings and asserts the Army will use manpower and funds efficiently.
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Stevens
Department of Defense
Fire destroys J C Penney store at North Market in icebound blaze
A basement origin fire gutted the three story J C Penney building at 114 116 118 North Market Street in Frederick in frigid 9 above zero weather. Firemen fought for hours, protected by a fire wall and mutual building protection, with 14 hose streams and no major injuries reported apart from one officer hurt minor. Insurance coverage and estimated losses ranged up to 300000.
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Frank Keefer
Citizens Truck Company
North Market Street
J. C. Penney Company
Mutual Insurance Company
Frederick County
Ard Kelly, Jr
Angela Kramer
Mr. Kelly
Kellys
Beatty
William J. Davis
Singanore
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Peoples Drug Store
Market
Church Streets
Snow White Girl
Koffee Kup
Central Trust Company
Market and
McCardell
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Penney’s
Dr. Strother
State Park
Naples
Italy
Thalys
New York
Herman B. Miller
United Company
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Selmont Operating Corporation
West 18Th Street
New York City
Raymond Geisbert
City Hall
Ralph Potts
Mutual Insurance Building
Elmer Ehler
Penney Company
Robbi Pritchett
Mutual
Mutual Insurance
Charles S. Beatty
Howard Kelly, Sr
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