Baltimorean critically hurt in collision near Lisbon
A Baltimore man, Rowell R. Dorsett, 47, was critically injured in a head on crash with a Frederick Iron & Steel Co. truck during a heavy rain near Lisbon. Linwood Claggett Jones, 34, of Baltimore, the truck driver, was released on tentative reckless driving charges as investigators noted the rain and skid as causes.
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Baltimore
Lisbon
Frederick Iron & Steel Co., Inc
St. Agnes Hospital
Ellicott City
Rowell R. Dorsett
Mallow Hill Road
Hagerstown
Linwood Claggett Jones
East Seventh Street
Dorsett
C. C. Critchley
G. Randallstown
Jones
Frederickon & Steel Co, Inc
Trooger Critchley
Muray
Howard County
Critchley
Frederick Iron & Steel Co
Pickets Attacked at Hagerstown Drive-In
Two AFL union pickets Harris of Frederick and Rebasie of Hagerstown were attacked outside the Hi-Way Drive-In theater three miles east of Hagerstown. Their faces were rubbed with poison ivy by unknown attackers who tore signs and threatened to beat them after 10 days of picketing over failed contract talks.
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Hagerstown
Here
C. T. Harris
Frederick
Joseph Rebasic
AFL
Motion Picture Operators’ Union
Harris
Rebasie
Haislip Baking Company quits business over labor trouble
Norton Virginia May 31 The Haislip Baking Company one of southwest Virginia's largest bread producers announced it was quitting business because of a wildcat strike by about 70 employees defying existing contracts with the United Construction Workers. Town officials met with firm leaders to urge continued operation as the stake in regional bread supply loomed.
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Norton
Haislip Baking Company
Virginia
United Construction Workers
Haislip
Kentucky
Associated Press
Columbus
CIO Transport Workers Union
Johnstown
AFL
Theoty
Gale Ridge
Tenn
AFL Labor and Hadcarriers Union
National Guardsmen
Sheriff's Office
Morristown
American
Enka Corporation
Robert Medlin
CIO Textile Workers of America
AFL Commercial Telegraphers
United Press
United Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
Schenectady
IUE
Weather sketch for Maryland clears amid humidity
Weather outlook for Maryland predicts clearing skies and highs near 74 to 78 degrees. Forecasters expect a brief calm before possible heat and dry spells, with uncertainty on how long the clearing will last.
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Tess
Humphrey Attacks Senator Byrd on Fair Deal Coalition
Washington May 31 Senator Humphrey D Minn charges Republicans and Southern Democrats seek to control Congress and repudiate the Fair Deal. He demands abolition of the Byrd headed Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures citing claimed savings and attacks from Byrd and Republican Dixiecrat allies. He recalls a 1947 Byrd report that credited savings of 6 25 billion dollars.
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Washington
Humphrey D
Byrd
Humphrey
Congress
People of America
Virginia
Standing Committee
Executive Department
Byrd Committee
Contested Drunken Driving Sentences Across Maryland
Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg sentenced John Rhoderick near Mt Pleasant to six months in the House of Correction on a second drunken driving conviction after a prior 1949 case. Warren E Bowers faced multiple contempt and support-failure charges, with a stern warning about ongoing child-support obligations. Edward Gross and Edward Slagie were noted for traffic and fishing offense penalties, while others received suspended sentences or forfeited collateral. Rhoderick’s case tied to Jefferson and South streets with prior Maryland records showing a 1949 conviction and a March circuit court remand.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
John Rhoderick
Mt. Pleasant
House of Correction
Warren E Bowers
Thurmont
Maryland
Ted Slagie
Westminster
Monocacy River
Phobus, Kettells
Deputy Butts
Edward Gross
Rt. 2
Taneytown
Trump
Sammy Thompson
Harry George Myers
Charles Ivory
Forrest P. Connelly
Rockville
Circuit Court
Rhoderick
Carty
Jefferson and
South Streets
Motor Vehicle Department
Circuit
Major street improvements take hold in Ohio City this summer
City Engineer W Raymond Walter announced parallel sewerage completion and major street work set to begin as weather allows. Plans include Grant Place and connecting streets, East Thirteenth street, Catdetin and Willow avenues, Narva Avenue paving, plus East Street extension and East South street widening. Airport drainage scoping halted the runways use for drainage. work to finish in ten days when ground dries. Associated Press report notes nationwide transport strikes easing in Ohio and Pennsylvania with wage boosts and disputes across AFL CIO unions.
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W. Raymond Walter
Grant Place
East Thirteenth Street
Catdetin Avenue
Columbus
Willow Avenue
Narva Avenue
East Street
East South Street
Wisner Street
Hamilton Avenue
Walter
Baughman's
Frederick County Products
Mr. Grove Lime Company
Twa
Joseph W Mott
Wilmington
Del
Owil Aeronautcs Administration
Bles
Lean
Elmer Stc. Maxwell
R. Brooke Maxwell and Associates
Hyattstown Resident Escapes Serious Injury
Mary L Barthlow 19 of Hyattstown skidded on Route 240 about 242 miles south of here Wednesday afternoon. Her sedan struck several guard rails, then turned around on the highway while trying to reenter traffic as a vehicle approached from the opposite direction. State Trooper Patrick Stakem said wet pavement caused loss of control. Car valued at 201 dollars. driver shaken but unharmed and no charge filed.
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Mary L. Barthlow
Hyattstown
Patrick Stakem
Montgomery County Bond Issue For Schools Passed
Montgomery County Council approved a 9.45 million dollar bond issue to fund schools roads and a new county building. The panel also allowed Bethesda to create public parking lots funded by 600 thousand dollars in bonds and a special tax on business property to retire the bonds and maintain the lots. A night session occurred as May limits legislative activity to May.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Maryland
Increasing Prices Save Government Money
Washington reports rising prices this spring reduced surplus farm stocks by about 78 million dollars. Farmers pulled cotton and wheat from government surpluses to gain higher market prices, with loans and charges reclaiming under the price support program. End-April government surplus investments stood at about 3.058 billion, down from 4.036 billion in February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Gold tells judge he will plead guilty in New York case
Harry Gold, 38, a biochemist, told U S Federal Judge James E McGranery he intends to plead guilty though not to harming the United States. The court report says Gold will cooperate with the FBI and asserts his right to counsel as he awaits potential trial in New York on charges tied to passing atomic bomb secrets from Klaus Fuchs to the Soviet Union.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Russia
United States
U. S
James E. McGranery
Gold
S'Art
McGraners
FBI
University budget schedule set by Maryland Public Works Board
Annapolis May 31 The Maryland Public Works Board approved a 14 688 050 94 operating budget for the University of Maryland for the 1951 fiscal year starting July 1. The action, after a 40 minute discussion, included bond issues and projects for Garrett County recreation areas and a psychiatric institute site. The board also declined to authorize federal blueprint money for planning and outlined a Garrett County improvement program to create summer jobs. Polio cases in Texas rise sharply this year with 505 reported, over double 1949 levels, making Texas the state with the most cases so far.
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Annapolis
Board of Public Works
University of Maryland
H. C. Byrd
Lane
Hooper Miles
James J. Lacy
Public Works Board
Maryland
Garrett
Garrett County
College Park
Baltimore
Princess Anne
University’ Hospital
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of
David H. Wallace
Board of Natural Resources
Wallace
Joseph F. Kaylor
State Forest Department
Herring Manor
Swallow Falls
New Germany
Big Run
Kaylor
THAT MAN'S BACK IN TIGHT MUNICIPAL ELECTION FINANCE
The man with the black bag circulated among Republican officeholders at the Court House on Wednesday to help finance the current municipal election. Democratic solicitors had visited earlier, with an official calling it tougher than paying income tax.
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Court House
Border unrest as West German youths clash near Helmstedt
Police rushed reinforcements to the Schleswig Holstein border as thousands of homeward bound youths from Berlin's Communist rally faced anti Communist mobs near Helmstedt. Reports said masks of violence included ripped shirts and injuries to youths, while police enforced registration and medical checks for border crossing.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Bertin
Luebeck
Sehleswht-Holstein
Berlin
Saviel
Te Natt
Lucbrek
Schleswig-Holstein
Luceck
Hamburg
Nozili
Wilhelm Boeckler
Moecklenburg
Max Reiman
Scence
ADN
Fang
Frederick Democrats Open Headquarters Downtown
Frederick Democrats will set up their downtown headquarters on the first floor of 10 East Church Street to fuel the final push toward the municipal election on Tuesday June 13. The office will be staffed by the Women's Democratic League and the Young Democratic Club with a clerical crew ready at all times. Republican HQ remains at the Hotel Frederick.
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Frederick Democrats
East Church Street
Women's Democratic League
Young Democratic Club
Edward J. Smith
Hotel
Frederick
Maryland Bankers Farm Tour Opens May Meetings
Maryland Bankers Association members from Dorchester Somerset Wicomico and Worcester counties joined a farm tour at a Mardela Springs farm as part of a series to update bankers on agricultural conditions The tours are sponsored by the Maryland Bankers Association the University of Maryland and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond About 200 people are expected at each stop with sessions planned across Allegany and Garrett counties and other Maryland locations in June Group two includes Carrell Frederick Howard Montgomery and Washington with a tour at Mt Airy and a Velun teer Fy Department session Group One lists Garrity Accident and Oakland as schedule points
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Atisbury
Maryland
Maryland Banks Association
Dorchester
Somerset
Wieuntva
Worcester Counties
Mardela Springs
Allegany
Garrett
T Carrell
Frederick. Howard
Montgomery
Washington
ML Alley
Mt. Airy
Velunteer
Garrity
Oakland
GOP Chairman chides party over governor bids in Baltimore
Baltimore GOP leader Neeley K Nice accused party members of pursuing personal governor ambitions and urged unity behind one candidate per office. He contrasted GOP discipline with Democratic openness to multiple contenders while naming several Baltimore region figures as potential statewide rivals. Also reported: Bishop R E Strider undergoes cataract surgery in Wheeling and over 153000 displaced persons have entered the U S under refugee immigration law with July 4 reporting requirements.
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Baltimore
Republican Committee
Neeley K. Nice
Wheeling
W. Va
R. £. L. Strider
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Strider
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
Lane Defends Record as Maryland Governor in Campaign Speech
Baltimore May 3 The Democratic Governor Lane defends his record and the sales tax in his renomination bid. He argues opponents mislead voters about benefits, cites tripling state school funding, 2000 new classrooms and 76,000 students served, and says the tax was necessary to fund immediate needs. Mahoney campaigns against administration extravagance and overtaxation.
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Baltmore
Guerner Lane
Maryland
James J. Lacy
Hall Hammond
Tom
AEH
Mahoney
Lane
Moncey
Sun Shone Four Days Last Month In Free State
Weather Bureau reports May in Maryland among sunless months in 79 years. Four clear days, seven partly cloudy, 20 cloudy. Total rainfall through yesterday 4.91 inches, 1.48 inches above normal.
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Free State
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
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Igop
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Baltimore County
James J Lacy
Lacy
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