Four Oil Company Robberies Reported in Frederick
Four oil company office robberies were reported in Frederick during the night. The Economy Oil Company on Water street saw a safe damaged by a sledgehammer and crowbars with about 76 dollars in cash and 15 stamps taken. Other sites included American Oil East Church street and Texas Company Baltimore and Ohio avenue with minor thefts and broken entry. Police, led by Lieut. R. O. Six, began investigations as dawn broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Company Bull
Frederick
Economy Oil Company
Water Street
American Oil Company
East Church Street
Sherwood Bros
East South Street
Texas Company
Baltimore and Ohio Ave
Nuue
R. O. Six
Daniel Swomley Andomincer
Harry Phillips
City Police
Decree Forecloses Redemption on Three County Properties
A final decree signed by Associate Judge FPaizick forecloses redemption on three county tax sale properties. Eyebenezer Gosnell two lots in Brunswick Industrial addition Petersville district bid 395.45 Martin W House lot Petersville district bid 1779 and Barneswek Industries two parcels Petersville district in Bread es tate with a 42.17 bid. Treasurer James H. Falk ordered to deed the properties to the commissioners after payment of balances plus taxes interest and penalties. State Trooper William M. Houck resigns effective July 15 to start a business in Thurmont. New York market shows selected stocks gaining modestly with leaders faltering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fpaizick
Schnaufler
Ebenezer Gosnell
Brunswick Industrial Company
Petersville
Martin W
Coms
Bamswek Industries Company
Petersvilieistrict
George R. Bread
James H. Falk
Walter E Sinnt
Five Jet Planes Sped Over Frederick In Late Afternoon
Five jet planes were sighted over Frederick Sunday afternoon in formation from Braddock Heights toward the east city area. Veterans described the fast, high, swooshing craft as unlike known planes and noted a torch like noise. witnesses said the objects vanished within seconds and many doubted they were flying saucers, concluding “Not yet in Frederick.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Air Expe
Navy
Bruce T. O'Hara
South Market Street
Washington
Mr. O'Hara
Jenner Charges European High Command With Stacking Courts
Sen. Jenner of Indiana charges the European theater high command stacks courts martial against defendants and limits defense counsel. He cites a routing slip alleging California attorneys Carroll and Foley would influence trials at Frankfurt am Main and warns they could become permanent fixtures in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jenner
R-Ind
Lichfield
Indiana
Cornelius E. Ryan
Germany
Francis H. Wenderwerker
U. S
Farl J.carroll
Thomas Lester Foley
California
Frankfurt Am Main
Carroll
James A. Kilian
England
Kilian
Carrell
Foley
United States
Bed
U S Plan For Arms Cut Approved By U N Council
The United Nations Security Council approved an American blueprint for arms reduction by a 9 to 0 vote with Russia and Poland abstaining. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned of a potential collapse of arms regulation efforts while France and the United States rejected substitutes for the American plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Poland
U. S
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations “Security Council
Commission
Alexandre Parodi
Herschel V. Johnson
Decapitated Body Found in Carroll County Farm Area
Carroll County medical and law enforcement seek the identity of a decapitated male body found by two women berry picking near the Tannery by the old McGuiness farm. The skull was found by Mrs. Alice Groth and Mrs. Doane Brown, with daughters Barbara Brown and Arlene Rosh locating the trunk. Dr. James I. Marsh says the man is likely 18 to 25, dead about three to four weeks. Sheriff J. Wesley Mathias notes no matching missing person report in Carroll County.
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Westminster
Carroll County
Alice Groth
Doane Brown
McGuiness
Barbara Brown
Arlene Rosh
James I. Marsh
J. Wesley Mathias
Carrell County
German doctors and nurses sentenced to death in war crimes case
Berlin reports that a German court sentenced two doctors and two male nurses to death for directing the extermination of thousands of mental patients at Sonnstein and Gros-Scheidentz camps in occupied Saxony during the war. Also, a Baker Park concert, postponed by rain, will proceed tonight at 7:30 p.m. under band director David H. Hagan with the original program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dresden
Saxony
Sonnstein and
Gros
Baker Park
David H. Hagan
Indonesian Republic Accepts Dutch Proposals for Interim Government
Batavia July 8 Indonesian republic offered to accept four Dutch proposals for the interim government and to compromise the fifth on internal policing, a key issue for maintaining peace in the Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Indonesian Republic
Sparrow starts attic fire in Bloomfield blaze
A sparrow trying to light a cigarette in an attic sparked a fire in a two story Bloomfield New Jersey house. Firemen reported only minor damage and quickly cleared out the remaining nest debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Public Service Commission Keeps Trolley Line Running
The Public Service Commission declined to immediately abandon Potomac Edison’s 9.68 mile Frederick to Middletown trolley and 1.3 mile Braddock Heights spur. The company must repair a damaged trolley car and resume operation on the Frederick to Middletown electric line. A bus will maintain service until the trolley runs again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Middletown
Braddock Heights
Associated Press
Charles P. Bosley
Potomac Edison
John H. Conrad
B-29 Missions Expanded to Overseas Training
The United States plans more frequent B-29 overseas training flights with Superfortresses kept in Europe and the Orient most of the time. Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen said missions will occur about monthly, with occupation-zone operations extending their presence abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Europe
Orient
Clements McMalen
Strategic Air Command
Aj Frankfurt Dispatch
Germany
Japan
MiMulen
SAC
Grange Urges Step Toward Lower Prices
The National Grange proposed voluntary wage and profit controls by workers and major industries to curb price levels. The AFL echoed the need to end the feast and famine policy that has driven prices and profits toward recession risk, in joint committee remarks on economic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Grange
American Federation of Labor
Grenge
AFL
Circus Train Derails Killing One at Hubbard Nebraska
One man killed and four or five injured when a Clyde Beatty circus train derailed near Hubbard Nebraska. Northwestern Railway dispatcher reports the accident occurred early today on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Northwestern Railway
Income Tax Bill Clears First House Hurdle
Washington July 8 The House approved procedures barring amendments to the income tax slashing bill clearing its first procedural hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturdle
Washington
House
Rain Delays Threshing Of Co Wheat
Heavy afternoon showers delay threshing and combining of county wheat with roughly an inch of rain at the local weather station and about a third of the rainfall west of Frederick. Wheat conditions vary by area as moisture remains high in some lots. Cooler air follows the showers with temperatures in the mid seventies by week’s end and a tornado sighting east of Rock Mount, N C reported by Frederick Weather Bureau station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoas
Frederick
Weather Bureau
Rock Mount
N. C
Many Police Court Cases Last Night
Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett presided over police court. Cases include Charles Williams acquitted for fighting, Michael J. Krasula jailed for forgery, Douglas Stone and Raymond Weedon guilty of resisting arrest and drunkenness with five days in jail or fines, and Simpson B. Tillman jailed pending residence check. Collateral forfeitures listed for numerous individuals from Frederick and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Y. Bennett
Charles Williams
Frederick
Michael J. Krasula
Dallas
Tex
Douglas Stone
Yellow Springs
Raymond Weedon
Simpson B. Tillman
Diljlon
Dorothy Rebecca Hammond
Nanicie V. Jackson
ArcKenzie
Milton Tolson
Baltimore
John C. Harris
Adamstown
Thomas Harwood
James Pendleton
Margie Wagnner
Austin Arnold
Daniel Swomley
Theodore Lichtenstein
Frederick $i
Red Zone
Death Sentences In Holy Land Confirmed
Jerusalem July 3 Lt Gen 16 HL AL MacMillan commander of British forces in the Holy Land confirmed death sentences imposed by a British military court on Jews convicted of Acrept MacMillan a sentences May 4 during scaped and organiza Relatives of had appealed to Commission to intervene The appeals were relayed ish by the comm on expressing jeryless execution of the dea sentences create wuTbanees Palestine ich might interfere with the commission's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
HL AL MacMillan
Holy Land
Commine
Jeryless
Dea
Palestine
Commission
Displaced Persons Immigration Question Rocks Congress
Congress weighs a special law to admit up to 400000 displaced persons over four years. Rep Stratton proposes the plan, with hearings ongoing as Truman endorses careful screening under existing quotas. Leaders stress applicants must meet standard immigrant tests and avoid public charge.
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Jam Marlow
ABC
Ian
Truman
Britain
Greece
Bulgaria
Congress
Rep
Stratton
House
Senate
Soviet union reports gains in crop, industry in 1947 second quarter
The Soviet state planning committee announced for the April to June period of 1947 that crop acreage rose about 19 percent while industrial production gained about 15 percent from the same quarter in 1946. Retail trade and housing construction also increased, signaling broad progress in the economy.
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Hoscow
Soviet Union
London
United States
Cmr
Saic
Parking ban for North Market Street during Junior Chamber event
Chief of Police Fred Straley announced a $200000 levy linked to Jubal Early themed pageant disrupts traffic. No parking will be allowed in the first block of North Market Street tomorrow from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Through traffic is prohibited from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Straley
Jubal Early
Frederick
North Market Street
Three Turn Down Paris Conference
Nations with Soviet ties divided on boycotted Paris Marshall plan conference. Poland Yugoslavia Romania and Czech Republic show varied plans to participate while France, Britain, and others invited 22 nations to discuss Europe’s recovery effort under U. S. aid. Bevin sees hope for European unity through economic collaboration. Austria accepts invitation to Paris reconstruction conference opening Saturday.
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Paris
Ania
Poland
Yaroslavia
Czechoslo
Brita
France
Setriv
Europe
United States
George C Marshall
Harvard University
Tass
Moscow
London
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
U. S
Prague
Jindrich Nosek
Klement Gottwald
Jan Masaryk
Italy
Portugal
Greece
Turkey
Belgium
Eire
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Austria
Switzerland
Zceland
Bevin
Hope
Ernest Bevin
Rotary Club
Wandsworth
Vienna
Fires Burn Two Autos In Potsdam Scene
Fire chief James J. Doyle Jr. led Potsdam volunteers to a blaze that destroyed his own car as well as another vehicle. Firemen put out both fires. Sheriff Randall Killebrew hunted for jail space after a standing room only sign went up at Scott County jail and secured a deputy guard for a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
James J. Doyle
Doyle
Holt Winchester
Randall Killebrew
Scott County
Ideal Weather For All Star Game Today
Ideal weather conditions were forecast for the Major League All Star Game with clear skies and a high near 80. Light northerly winds were reported as spectators and players prepared for Chicago events. Senator O Conor urged passage of a tax reduction bill as beneficial for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
O'Conor
D-Md
Miners Win Record Wage Pact Amid Industry Peace
The 150000 soft coal miners plus 150000 in the west signed a wage pact arranged by Henry M. Moses and Charles O Neill, lifting base pay from 1.1845 to 1.63 per hour. Southern operators hesitated while examining the 21 page contract as the strike idle period extended. Benjamin F Fairless of U S Steel termed the accord likely to bring long lasting industrial peace in bituminous coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Moses
Charles O'Neill
Midwest
Far West
Moses
O'Neill
Dickering
Lewis
Union Strategy Board
South
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Snallygaster Talk Back In Middletown
In Middletown Maryland on July 8 residents recall the legend of the snallygaster a flying octopus creature famed since 1909. Prohibition agent George Danforth and Charles Cushwa chased the beast in 1932 causing a supposed encounter with a 2560 pallet sill ending with a destroyed sample and a skeleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iddletown
Middletown Valley
Charles Cushwa
Danforth
Cushwa
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
In the clerk's office deeds filed record multiple property transfers. Ernest A. Peacock and Geonna S. Gittinger sold to Charles E. Walker the residence at 8 East Second Street for about $13.00. Peacock and Gittinger sold to Philip H. Culler the residence at 10 East Second Street for about $8,500. Lester F E Barnes sold to Vernon T. Bear a property on Route 15 near the northern LeTown edge worth about $8,500. Harvey G Wirts sold to G Oliver Price the property at 1208 North Market Street for about $8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Peacock
Geonna S. Gittinger
Charles E. Walker
East Second Street
Peacock
Miss Gittinger
Philip H Culler
Lester Fe, Barnes
Vernon T. Bear
Letown
Route 15
Harvey G. Wirts
G. Oliver
North Market Street
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William M. Houck
Houck
Thurmont
New York
High Command
Patterson
U.S
P.S. C
P. E. Co
Grange
RED
FOU Athens
Coan
Embros
Ace
Snailygaster
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