Hiss Accused of Feeding Secrets to Russian Ring
Whittaker Chambers testified in New York that Alger Hiss passed State Department secrets to him for a prewar Soviet spy network. He described meetings in Chinatown and said documents were photographed and handed to the Soviet underground body led by J Peters. The former diplomat, 44, faces perjury charges and possible prison, denying the allegations and calling Chambers a liar.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chinatown
Chambers
Hiss
Donald
Chamber
Samuel H. Kaufman
J. Peters
United States
Roosevelt
Time Magazine
Washington
Peterboro
N. H
Nye Committee
Senate
Prince Georges Votes For Slot Machines
Upper Marlboro June 2 Voters in Prince Georges county cast 6 325 105 409 in unofficial returns, supporting legalization of slot machines. The strongest opposition came from Greenbelt and Hyattsville, though opponents never led as returns came in. Dynamite contains nitroglycerin made by nitrating glycerin.
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Upper Marlboro
Prince Georges County
Greenbelt
Hyattsvale
Decision Reversed in Eviction Case Over 1949 Act
Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer on Thursday reversed the magistrate Weinbergs ruling in a local eviction dispute involving 26 Hamilton Avenue The 1949 Housing and Rent Act which became effective April 1 added procedures and the court found the appellee had not been denied rights as the act only imposed extra steps The decision discusses jurisdiction and the expediters authority and notes that no grounds for recovery existed until property denial remains.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Manuel M. Weinberg
Schnauffer
O'Brien
Sheckles
Robert W. Sheckles
Weinberg
Richard J. O’brien
Hamilton Avenue
Edward D. Storm
The
Appellee
Murray H. Fout
D Princeton Buckey
Local production draws large crowd at Frederick Community Players
Frederick Community Players Inc closed its season with The Male Animal drawing about 700 spectators, the top offering of the group in two years. Monday’s meeting in Winchester Hall will elect directors for 1949 1950 and set officers.
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Frederick
James
Decker
Mountain Theater
Brooklyn Youth Renounces U S Citizenship for Germany
A Brooklyn born youth named Daniel F. McCarthy Jr. says he intends to renounce American citizenship and become German. He told reporters he fell in love with Germany after serving as a United States soldier in 1945 and praised German life and principles. A coal mine belt article note mentions a new over a mile conveyor belt handling 300 tons of coal per hour.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Daniel F. McCarthy, Jr
New Hyde Park
Long Island
N. Y
New York
McCarthy
United States
Gardner named acting head of Maryland mental hospitals
Annapolis June 2 Dr Robert E Gardner superintendent at Springfield State Hospital was named acting commissioner of Maryland mental hospitals by Governor Lane while the full time post awaits a permanent appointment The five member Mental Hygiene Advisory Board must approve the Governor s choice The shakeup follows a 1949 legislative mandate and a series of critical articles and hospital condition blasts in the General Assembly session
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Annapolis
Robert E. Gardner
Springfield State Hospital
Maryland
Lane
Washington
General Assembly
Gardner
State House
Senate House
Board of Mental Hygiene
George H. Preston
Hager Removed From Water Board Amid Editorial Clash
Mayor Herman L Mills announced the resignation of J Garvin Hager Democrat and editor of the Hagerstown Daily Mail from the water board chair after an editorial criticizing his slum clearance program The editor gave no immediate comment Hagerstown June 2 NAMED TO VACANCY Baltimore June 2 Harry J Barton of Pinto Allegany county named by Governor Lane to fill a vacancy on the State Game and Inland Fish Commission
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Hean
Herman L. Mills
J. Garvin Hager
City Water Board
Hager
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Harry J Barton
Pinto
Allegany County
Lane
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Resignation of Fulcher P. Smith and Eagle Lodge Officers installed
Fulcher P. Smith, formerly of Cumberland, resigned last August with term expiring June 1, 1951. Barton, Alle gany County Farm Bureau president, Cumberland Stock Yards president, Second National Bank Cumberland director, and Cumberland Fair Association director, has aided the commission by establishing game preserves. Eagles install new officers for 1949 50: Worthy president Harry G. Curry, vice president Harry Schultz, chaplain Ralph Potts, conductor Earl Moberly, inside guard Francis Brightwell, outside guard Louis N. Cole Jr, secretary Richard Brachey, treasurer Robert H. Hartman, past worthy president James Fletcher, trustee Marion C. Talley.
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Fulcher P. Smith
Cumberland
Barton
Allegany County Farm Bureau
Second National Bank of Cumberland
Cumberland Stock Yards
Cumberland Fair Association
Commission
Eagles
Frederick Aerie
Order of Eagles
Worthy
Harry G. Curry
Harry Schultz
Ralph Potts
Earl Moberly
Francis Brightwell
Louis N. Cole Jr
Richard Brachey
Robert H. Hartman
James Fletcher
Marion C. Talley
Defense Lawyer In Coplon Case Fined
Washington June 2 Fined again Archibald Palmer defense attorney in Judith Coplon espionage trial $100 for contempt of court. Judge Albert L Reeves said conduct was obviously contemptuous as Palmer questioned FBI agent T Scott Muller Jr about papers allegedly found in Coplon’s purse. The high profile case began April 25 with Coplon accused of pilfering Justice Department files to aid a foreign power and arrest in New York March 4 with Valentine A Gubitchev.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald Palmer
New York
Palmer
FBI
Reeves
John M. Kelley, Jr
Mr. Palmer
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
T. Scott Muller, Jr
New Witness Is Questioned in Edwards Retrial Bid
Assistant State's Attorney Anselm Sodaro traveled to Alexandria Virginia to interview Miss Margaret Armstrong named as a new witness in affidavits seeking a retrial for Thomas Edwards. Edwards was convicted of first degree murder in the February killings of John Mahlan and Mary Kline near Chesterfield Road. Armstrong had reportedly been parked with Mahlan before the shootings.
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Baltimore
Anselm Sodaro
Alexandria
Thomas Edwards
Glen Burnie
Sodaro
Margaret Armistrong
Anne Arundel County
Edwards
Ruary
John Mahlan
Mary Kline
Chesterfield
Miss Armstrong
Sayi
San
Mehlan
William J. McWilliams
Iris Sodaro
Sal
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