Truman Warns Russia Threatens World Peace In Detroit
President Truman in Cadillac Square Detroit urged unity and readiness for any emergency amid a Soviet build up. He accused the Communists of aggression and warned the free world must maintain armed strength now. He criticized domestic critics and urged Americans to back the middle path to peace while preparing defenses.
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Detroit
Truman
Russia
Korea
Washington
Cadillac Square
Free World
Soviet Union
Europe
Far East
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Manchurian
Japan
Alaska
Gehringer To Replace Evans With Detroit Tigers
Detroit confirms Charlie Gehringer will take over vice president duties on October 1 and assume general manager responsibilities, replacing William G. Evans who resigns at season end. Gehringer, Hall of Fame second baseman, retired in 1942 and later became a partner in Gehringer and Forsyth.
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Detroit
William G
Billy) Evans
Detroit Tigers
Charlie Gehringer
Gehringer
W. O. Briggs
Charley
Tiger
Gehringer and Forsyth
Baseballs Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N. Y
Plane Wreck Kills Sprayer Of Cornfield
July 28 Glen Burnie man John Hemmes 28 died when his spraying plane crashed into a tree on the Russell Warner farm one mile west of here on Route 32. He had just returned from spraying grasshoppers out west and was flying for Tyler Flight Service of Westminster. He was married with one child.
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Frizzelpurg
John Hemmes
Glen Burnie
Russell Warner
Here
Warner
Hemmes
Leroy Day
Westminster
Tyler Flight Service
Warm Night Roundup Brings A Dozen To Police Court
Between 10.15 p.m. and 2.45 a.m. a dozen defendants were rounded up and docketed for hearings in Police Court Monday. The list includes Raymond Fry of Chapel alley for disturbing the peace, Ridgely King of Comus for loitering, William E. Whitesell of Middletown for intoxication, James R. McCann Jr. of Sparta for reckless driving, Hershel J. Himes of Burkittsville and Samuel G. Himes of Knoxville for intoxication, Alvin Burgee of West Fifth Street and Ernest P. Johnson Jr. of South Carroll Street for cursing, John Henry Gray of Lime Kiln for intoxication, Ralph W. Lodis of Mr. Pleasant for intoxication, John Blackston and Estelle Blackston of Frederick for intoxication and disturbing the peace. Arrests credited to Lieut. Dorsey and officers Stockman, McKeldin, Heffner, Boone, DeGrange, Shaffer and Carty.
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Raymond Fry
Chapel Alley
Ridgely King
William E. Whitesell
Middletown
James R. McCann, Jr
Sparta
N. C
Hershel J. Himes
Ralph W. Lodis
Mr. Pleasant
John Blackston
Frederick
Estelle Blackston
Lieut
Dorsey
Sergis
Phebus
Potts
Stockman
McKeldin
Heffner
Boone
DeGrange
Shaffer
Carty
Harriman Sees Iran Crisis Solved Through Talks
London July 28 W Averell Harriman, Truman’s international trouble shooter, flew from Tehran and said Iran’s oil crisis could be solved if Britain accepts Iran’s proposals to reopen negotiations. He expressed hope that government talks could form a basis for a satisfactory settlement. Harriman has been mediating between Iran and Britain over AIOC nationalization.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
Tehran
Britain
Iran
Harriman
Truman
Family On Tour Hurt In Accident Near Buckeystown
A Schenectady couple Raymond Shackelford 25 and Evelyn Shackelford 24 and their 11 month old daughter Carolyn Sue were injured when their 1949 Ford ran off Route 15 south of Buckeystown striking a power pole and stone fence. The family was en route to Richmond Virginia. The husband sustained internal injuries and a lacerated elbow, the wife multiple fractures and possible back injuries, the baby only abrasions. They were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital. A Frederick witness said the car had been weaving and the driver likely fell asleep.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Route 15
Buckeystown
Richard E. Stallings
State Police
Raymond Harwood Shackelford
Evelyn
University Place
Shackelford
Stallings
Richmond
Lightning May Have Involved Youth Crash
State Police report a Matters Station youth, Charles Bollinger, 16, was seriously hurt in a Rocky Ridge crash. Bollinger, hospitalized with a fractured collarbone and cuts, said a lightning flash days earlier stunned him. He says fear of lightning contributed to the accident and will be charged with failing to yield right of way.
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Matters Station
Charles H Bollinger
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Rocky Ridge
H. J. Brown
Bollinger
Tito Not Alarmed By Molotov Threats
Premier Marshal Tito tells about 100000 cheering followers in Knijezpolje that Russian threats by V M Molotov to destroy Yugoslavia leave him cold and recall that Adolf Hitler also warned. He notes the latest attack came from Molotov in Warsaw last Saturday predicting Yugoslavs will find a way to freedom and the liquidation of the Titoist regime.
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Knijezpolje
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Tito
Adolf Hiller
Molotov
Warsaw
Opex Windows Warns of Thievery Risk After Unlocked Windows
City police on routine rounds found several plants with windows left open after closing. At least four properties were discovered unsecured with no watchers on site. Operators were notified of the risk and advised to lower windows.
Delegation Seeks Hemp Road Upgrade to Brunswick
A Jeffer son area delegation appeared before County Commissioners to push improvements on Hemp road from Route 340 at Steiner's Hill toward Beall's Mill road to Brunswick. The board said about 8 miles of the unimproved pike will be surfaced, with work starting in three to four weeks, benefiting residents along the route.
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Jefferson
Steiner's Hill
Beall’s Mill Road
Brunswick
Drunken Driver Fined and Jailed in Local Court
Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. fined John Oliver Rice 200 plus costs for drunken and reckless driving after his car damaged a mailbox and tree on a farm. Rice received 30 days in jail with sentence suspended, 90 days if fine not paid, and a separate 150 dollar drunken driving and 50 dollar reckless driving fines. Arrested by Sgt. Richard E. Stallings near Yellow Springs on the Mountaindale road.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Peoples Court
John Oliver Rice
Thurmont
Route 1
Rice
Richard E. Stallings
Yellow Springs
Mountaindale
Josiah Zimmerman
Stallings
Sheffield
Burkittsville
Joseph Holland
James Holland
Evan Jackson
Fenton Henderson
Wayne Concert Band to Perform in Baker Park
Frederick City Recreation Commission schedules the Wayne Concert Band of Waynesboro Pa for a Tuesday night July 31 performance in Baker Park. The community group, directed by Prof A L Stenger, will feature at least fifty musicians with a varied program including classical, popular, modern and novelty pieces and a baritone soloist. Engagements arranged by Miss Mary Rhoads Arthur G Lambert and Rev W Merval Weaver of the Recreation Commission Music committee.
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Frederick City
the Recreation Commision
Mary Rhoads
Arthur G. Lambert
W. Merval Weaver
More Marylanders Due In U S Sunday
Four Maryland veterans of Korea are among 2692 Army rotation troops due Sunday from the Orient aboard the Navy transport Marine Adder. They will take 30 day furloughs at home before reassignment in U S Army units. Ser GT Frederick S Hurley of Boonsboro Cpl Franklin R Nicholson of Rockville Cpl David H Myers of Manchester Pfc Richard F Warner of Taneytown among those listed.
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Seattle
Maryland
Korea
Orient
Lome
United States
Frederick S. Hurley
Boonsboro
Franklin R. Nicholson
Frederick Pike
Rockville
David H. Myers
Manchester
Richard F. Warner
Taneytown
Horse Meat Sold As Fillet Mignon in Bootleg Ring
New York officials disclosed a bootleg horse meat market passing off as fillet mignon and round steak. Michael Rodriguez, 46, was arrested for bringing horse meat into New York City for sale as beef, while Herman Plotkin of Newark, N J, was released on bail after pleading innocent to a similar charge. A Westchester County health official said Plotkin was part of a ring selling disguised horse meat in New York City, Buffalo, Jersey City, and Baltimore. No indication the cases are linked.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Michael Rodriguez
New York City
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Herman Plotkin
Newark
N. J
Westchester County Health
William A. Holla
Plotkin
Buffalo
Jersey City
Baltimore
Red Cross Hosts Experimental Junior School at Hood College
The Eastern Area of the American Red Cross will run an experimental Junior Red Cross school at Hood College August 7 to 14. About 100 delegates from 11 states will attend, with Joseph L. Graham directing. The Frederick County Red Cross Chapter hosts, led by Sgt. Charles V. Main and Mrs. Emily C. Bittle, will open sessions and a reception. The event marks Hood’s final summer conference this year, following the Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly.
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Astern
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hood College
Maine
Kentucky
Indiana
Hood
Joseph L. Graham
American Junior Red Cross
Frederick County
Brodbeck Hall
Gaadrill Gymnasium
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
District of Columbia
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Verona
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland Baptist
Double-Cross Charge Not Official Pentagon Confusion
Washington reports the Defense Department distanced the briefing officer’s on the record claim of a Korean double cross while not denying its accuracy. Secretary Marshall later testified before the Senate on foreign aid for 1951, stating 400,000 U.S. troops could be in Europe in 1952, a figure officials could not confirm or explain.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Pentagon
Defense Marshall
United States
Europe
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Army
United Nations
Japan
U. N
Eighth Army
USN
Clayton Fritchey
Congress
Lkely
Fritchey
Army Chief of Staff
Fritche
Hit By Train In Union Bridge Man In Uncertain Condition
Clifton T. Kidwell of Paw Paw West Virginia, a Western Maryland Railway worker, was run over by a freight train at Union Bridge. He suffered a fractured skull and chest injuries and lies in uncertain condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after the 1 am accident near a warehouse. He was transported by fire department ambulance.
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Clifton T. Kidwell
Paw Paw
W. Va
Western Maryland Railway
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Union Bridge
Twenty Injured When Bus Strikes Load Of Steel
Twenty persons on a New York to Pittsburgh Greyhound bus were injured when the bus hit a truck loaded with steel on the Pennsylvania turnpike near the Laurel Hall tunnel 55 miles east of Pittsburgh. Bus driver William Bigley, 30, of North Braddock, was pinned in the cab and later taken to Somerset hospital with a compound leg fracture and other injuries in serious condition. Four of the 19 injured passengers were admitted to the hospital but none in serious condition. Truck driver Maurice J. Ostroff of Uniontown was injured. Cpl. C. D. Shriver of Waynesboro and Mrs. Mary Penzenik of Pittsburgh were among other hospitalised. Police could not determine the accident’s cause. Army convoy aided with heavy wreckers.
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Somerset
New York
Pittsburgh
William Bigley
North Braddock
Binley
Somerset Hospital
Wee
Maurice J. Ostroff
Uniontown
Stile
Laurel Hall Tunnel
C. D. Shriver
Waynesboro
Mary Penzenik
Chinese Halt Protestant Work in Red China
Peiping radio reported Premier Chou En-Lai ordered July 24 regulations to end U S Protestant influence in China and make the church independent. Missionaries who opposed the government face punishment, those wishing to leave may go, and some may stay in non managerial roles. Catholic missions largely unaffected as expropriation looms. Shanghai papers say 34 schools already seized.
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Hongkong
U. S
Red China
Peiping Radio
Chou En-Lai
U.S
China
Shanghai
Virginians Debate Pier Liquor License Across Potomac
Virginia and Maryland officials clash over a proposed pier extending from Virginia into Maryland waters near Onhelia and Smith's Point. Maryland would govern liquor sales and slot machines if licensed, while Virginia bans liquor by the drink. Northumberland officials seek Virginia input before any permit is granted. A separate record notes a seven acre tract sale in Johnsville district for about $5,000.
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Annapolis
Potomac River
Maryland
MccKeldin
McKeldin
Benedict B. Love
St. Mary's County
Virginia
St. Mary's
Charles
Commonwealth
Walter Johnson
Northumberland County
Onhelia
Smith's Point
Johnson
Jeeds
Johnsville
Nettie _L. Warner
R. Ghadle Etzler
Both Sides Refuse To Give Ground
United Nations and Communist cease fire teams clashed over a buffer zone along the 38th Parallel. Despite two hours of talks, both sides held to their positions, the U N envoy said. Nam Trong, Red chief envoy, was described as forceful but not belligerent. Negotiators return to the issue tomorrow amid little progress.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
Korean Peninsula
Nam Tl
Red
38Th Parallel
Air Force
William P. Nuckols
Kaesong
Andrew J. Kinney
Nuckols
Nam
Knetty
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Red Korea
Korean
Wonsan
Seoul
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Evans
Frizzelburg
Junior Red Cross
Melvin Oden and Sons
Wilson Avenue
Rosemont Avenue
Charles F. Ford
East 13Th Street
Clyde W. Rice
Highland Street
J. Vernon Summers
Lee Place
Roscoe Masser
North Market Street
Maxie Hill
East Third Street
Coit and Dixon Packing and Manufacturing Company
East Patrick Street
O’leary
Magnetic Devices, Inc
East Street
Raymond W. Wahl
Joseph Rice
Highland Avenue
Paul Ott
Monroe Avenue
Walter Powell
East
East Fourth Streets
Keyser General Tire Service Co
West Patrick Street
Howard G. Strine
Maxwell Avenue
Harry C. Betson
South Market Street
George Hildebrand
Sperry L. Storm
Ceresville
Potomac
Knoxville
Defense Dept
Civil Rights Congress
CRC
Abner Green
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