Seeger Heart Victim in Frederick at 77
Charles Francis Seeger prominent Frederick hardware dealer died suddenly of a heart attack at his home 151 West Patrick Street. He was 77. A lifelong resident born April 12 1878, he led Seeger and Company from 1919 after earlier service with Allen G. Quynn. He was active in Odd Fellows Lion s Club and various church and civic roles. Funeral Monday at 2 from 106 East Church Street. Internment in Mi Ohvet cemetery. Also named vice commander of Vth Air Force Brig Gen Benjamin Davis, first Black general in US Air Force, appointed commander on Formosa.
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Charles Francis Seeger
Frederick
West Patrick Street
Mr. Seeger
Peter and
Maria Woerner Seeger
Allen G. Quynn and Company
Seeger
Soul Market Street
Seeger and Company
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church School
Loats Female Orphans Home
Columbia Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
Frederick Lodge of Perfection
King David Lodge
Palestine Encampment
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge
East Church Fleet
Mi Ohvet
Thay
M. R. Etchison
San
VVICE
Thousands Of Dead Fish In Upper Bay
Authorities at the Chesapeake Bay Institute report thousands of dead fish in the upper Chesapeake Bay, likely dumped by night seine haulers and heat stress. Marine scientist HH. H. Whaley notes Matapeake area near Kent Island sees mostly four to five inch menhaden and many white perch, with wallenst eels and toad fish also present. Regional game warden James Ivens says many fish washed ashore in Kent County north of Kent Island, mainly white perch.
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Annapolis
Lights Blind Driver Causes Md. 75 Crash Near New London
A Baltimore woman Marion A. Arthur 25 and her sister Biss Delores A. Hitchcock 16 of Libertytown were injured when bright oncoming headlights blinded the driver and their car left Md. 75 two miles south of New London at 2 a.m. They walked to the highway and were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Arthur suffered forehead lacerations and abrasions while Hitchcock had neck and arm contusions and stayed overnight for x rays. State Trooper Elmer L. Baum investigated.
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Baltimore
MD. 75
Marion A. Arthur
Biss Delores A. Hitchcock
Libertytown
New London
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Arthur
Miss Hitchcock
Elmer L. Baum
Ostend Hotel Burns in Atlantic City Boardwalk Fire
A fire at the Ostend Hotel in Atlantic City leveled the five story wood structure, leaving only a chimney and wall. About 2,000 spectators watched as eight people were escorted out in nightclothes, with three firefighters and two others lightly injured. Co-owner Betty Deitch said the renovated hotel opened April 4 after a major investment, with a total value of around $200,000.
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Atlantic City
Ostend
Betty Deitch
Esther Boyar
Seven Groups Spend Over Twenty Five Thousand For Lobbying
Seven organizations reported spending more than $25,000 each on lobbying in the first quarter, with totals led by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn at $67,073 and the CIO at $37,174. AFL followed with $32,157, plus others including the National Assn of Electric Companies and the American Farm Bureau Federation. Fort Worth, Texas, figures appear among the filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington LP
House of Representatives
National
Rural Hiedirie Cooperative Assn
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
National Assn. of Electric Companies
General Gas Committee
Fort Worth
Tex
American Farm Bureau Federation
Southern States Industrial Councill
Nashville
Tenn
McKeldin Joins Fight Against Litter Bugs
Maryland Governor McKeldin urges trial magistrates to enforce the statewide littering statute. He notes fines up to 250 dollars and 90 days in jail for those who dump trash on roadsides parks and public areas. A separate item reports a 15 year old charged with murder in a sex slaying case in Portland Maine.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
Maryland
Portland
Maine
Hood College Alumnae Elect Officers At Annual Meeting
Mrs Hazel Lucas Moul of New Brunswick was elected president of the Hood College Alumnae Association with Antoinette Driscoll of Haddonfield and Bertha Nixdorff Grove of Frederick named alumnae trustees. Frances Crilly of Allentown and Betty Hooper of Walkersville were named first and second vice presidents, with Jeanette Hosler of Hempstead secretary. Reports from Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey and DC were presented at Gambrill Gymnasium. Continuous events include a luncheon and forthcoming commencement activities.
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Hazel Lucas Moul
New Brunswick
N. J
Hood College
Antoinette Tatern Driscoll
Haddonfield
Bertha Nixdorff Grove
Frederick
Gambrill Gymnasium
Frances Good Crilly
Allentown
Betty Markey Hooper
Walkersville
Jeannette Figner Hosler
Hempstead
Alumnae Association
Empire Regional Women’s Guild
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Driscoll
W. Jarboe Grove
West Second Street
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Mary Lulse Rester Henued
Pilisburgis
Grove
Elizabeth Leiby Wood
Camp Hill
Fannie Magee Miller
Altoona
Moul
Louise Buckingham Noel
Hagerstown
Eleanor Myron Winebrenner
Han‘over
Kate Matthews Davisson
Nazaret
Dorothy Handley
Alumnae
Janice Archer Carty
Dorothy Filler McBride
Claire Reese Egolf
Carnegie
Mary Ellen Eppley Brain
Washington, D. C
Bulletin
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Association
Hood Clubs
Jeannette Suorey Everhart
York
Europe
Andrew G. Yruxal
Herbert N. Heston
Coblentz Hall
Leah Rosenblatt Camp
M. D
Franken Square Hospital
Baltimore
Hudson
Mary Ely Lyman
Union Theological Seminary
Coffman Chapel
Alfred E. Driscoll
Warner -Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. Inc
American Motors to Lay Off 3400 Workers in Wisconsin
American Motors Corp will lay off 3400 workers at its Milwaukee and Kenosha plants in a downward production adjustment. The action, affecting about 20 percent of the workforce, follows prior employment figures showing 15,796 on the books as of yesterday. Patty Sue Crum, 17, a Walkersville High School student, is reported missing by State Police after failing to return from school yesterday.
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Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
Nash and Hudson Automobiles
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
Patty Sue Crum
Walkersville High School
Philibert Quadruplets Are A Day Old Today
In Bourges France the Philibert quadruplets were a day old and healthy a doctor said. Mrs Marcelle Philibert 27 gave birth to four girls at home and was rushed to a clinic. Pierre Philibert her 2$ year old husband delivered the news and compared the moment to Dionne quintuples recalling mixed emotions.
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Bourges
France
Philibert
Marcelle Philibert
Pierre
Monsieur Dionne
Grain Crops Escape Insect Damage In Frederck County
Frederck County crops show strong growth with wheat and barley avoiding major insect losses this year. Barley ready for harvest late this month, wheat by early July, alfalfa first cut progressing, and weevil spraying aimed to curb further damage. Pea canning underway at Jenkins Brothers and Thomas and Company plants, with beans to follow. Weather remains cool with recent rains easing drought, highs in the seventies and low eighties forecast weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederck
Henry R. Shoemaker
Jenkins Brothers Cannery
L'Hurmont
Gaithersburg
Thomas and Company
Improved Capability to Deliver A Bomb in North America
Canadian defense minister Ralph Campney warned the Avia tion Writers Assn that the Russians have an improved capability of delivering nuclear weapons against North America. He said active preparations to meet the threat are vital for NATO and North American defense, with Canada and the United States building an integrated warning and air defense system. Campney noted space stations and interplanetary travel may be closer than believed, reflecting aviation advances of the past five years.
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Toronto
Ralph Campney
Canada
America
Campney
Aviation Writers Assn
Europe
United States
Campner
Britain
Royal Flying Corps
Eastern Shore Expressway tour in Maryland outlined
About 40 state road officials and guests toured a stretch of the Eastern Shore Expressway. Gov McKeldin predicted future meeting between North and South. The Blue Star Memorial Highway runs as a dual lane toward Queenstown with a single concrete strip to U.S. 213. The tour reviewed an extension about five miles to Maryland 304, with plans to reach Warwick Cecil County later and become a dual highway when traffic warrants.
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Cextreville
McKeldin
Chesapeake
Queenstown
U.S. 213
Centreville
Maryland
Warwick
Cecil County
Delaware
Thousands Jobless As Rail Strike Halts Britain
London reports mass layoffs as a seven day rail walkout cripples Britain's booming industry. With 80 percent of locomotive crews idle, unions and government clash while Eden plans a national broadcast and emergency powers to seize transport and move vital goods.
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London
Britain
Federation of British Industries
Scotland
Suike
Welst Steel
Eden
Queen Elizabeth
Two Large Farms in County Are Sold
Two Frederick County farms changed hands per clerk recordings. James O Lare and wife sold to Thomas M Hoffmeister a 398 acre area with 37500 dollars in consideration. Abram Hemp and Hemp heirs formerly owned 373 acres. Harry R Goetee sold 154 acres in Woodsboro district for about 35000 dollars. Robert P Bennett sold about 100 acres near Reichs Ford for 11000 plus a Reel Mill Road parcel for 11500. Paul O Jones sold to Earl A Summers at 116 Catoctin Avenue for 33500.
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Frederick Ceounty
Circuit Court
Jefferson District
James O. Lare
Thomas M. Hoffmeister
Abram Hemp
R. Douglas Hemp
Harry R. Goetee
George Armistead Jr
Woodsboro
Robert P. Bennett
Richard Ip
Reels Mill Road
Reich’s Ford
Beninet
Smead
Reel's Mill Road
Pleasant View
Paul O. Jones
Earl A. Summers
Catoctin Avenue
Catoctin Park
Clerk Beaten In West Baltimore Robbery At Drug Store
A 75 year old clerk was severely beaten by two masked gunmen during a hold up at a West Baltimore drug store. The men seized cash and forced the manager to open a safe. The proprietor Harry Scheinberg described the robbers as Negroes.
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Baltimore
West Baltmore
Joseph Bentley
Harry Scheinberg
Bentley
Scheinberg
Jim
Sov
Detrick Safety Exhibit To Be Shown At AMA Convention
The Detrick Safety exhibit, acclaimed at many conferences, will be displayed next week at the American Medical Association convention in Atlantic City. It has previously appeared at the International Congress of Clinical Pathologists in Washington and at several 1950s meetings. The display shows air conditioned cages to prevent cross infection and protect caretakers, plus scale models of devices to guard workers in biological labs, with slides and photos illustrating safe techniques.
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Detrick
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
International Congress of Clinical Pathologists
Washington
American Public Health Association
New York
Society of American Bacteriologists
San Francisco
Chicago
S. A.B
Baltimore
American Tuberculosis Association
Cincinnati
No Reports Of Release Of Fliers From China
Hong Kong sources said there were no reports from inside China indicating the release of more American fliers. They had correctly forecast the release of four U S jet fliers last Tuesday. Manila cited an Indian rumor claiming China would free 31 airmen within 24 hours, which New Delhi officials questioned. The 11 Americans were crew of a B29 bomber shot down January 12, 1953, during the Korean War.
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Hong Kong
New Delhi
Touring Russians in Bucharest in Tito talks hint
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin with A I Mikoyan arrived in Bucharest to outline Kremlin policy toward Yugoslavia. The trip follows a visit to Sofia as Moscow signals influence over satellites during Tito talks. Banks closed Frederick and county banks suspended Friday hours, traffic lighter with no major police duty reported on Saturday morning.
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London
Russia
Bucharest
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
A. I. Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tito
Frederick City
Auto output dips to low for year in May
New York reporting auto production fell to its year’s low while other industries like steel, coal, construction, rail traffic and energy held near record peaks. Optimism remained about summer prospects as economists see only a mild downturn and possible record steel output in 1955, with June-July cuts anticipated by automakers.
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New York
Consumpton
Iron Age
Ward
U. S
Detroit
Dun & Bradstreet
UAW Presses Ford and GM Contract Talks in Detroit
CIO United Auto Workers presses its demands in two fronts as strike deadlines loom. Ford talks near deadline with a proposal to guarantee 65 percent pay for four weeks and 69 percent for 22 weeks, offset by state unemployment. GM talks continue with broader pension and wage concessions under consideration.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
UAW
Four Injured In Collision Near Frederick Memorial
A two car crash at Woodbine Road and U S 40 left four injured including Hood College student Joanne Doyle of Scarsdale New York and her companion Philip Kennedy. L. Elwood O Connor and his wife from Baltimore were admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital with shock abrasions and lacerations. Mrs O Connor is listed in critical condition. The collision occurred about 11 o clock this morning.
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Woodbine Road
U. S. 40
Hood College
Frederick
L. Elwood O’connor
Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hoopital
Midshipmen Set Out On Cruise From Annapolis
The Naval Academy at Annapolis launched a two month training cruise as 1,700 cadets from the freshman and sophomore classes joined 18 warships for a European voyage. A separate company of 100 midshipmen began amphibious work at Little Creek Virginia aboard a hull. The training squadron, led by the battleships Iowa and New Jersey, departed at dawn with the cruising group. Latimer carried the second class for a later Chesapeake Bay passage.
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Annapolis
New Jersey
Latimer
Chesapeake Bay
Frederick Area Graduates Earn Degrees at Maryland
Several Frederick residents received degrees at the University of Maryland commencement in College Park. The list includes Robert F. Nicodemus Jr and Boyd R. Smith with B S degrees in Agriculture, Howard H. Kelly Jr with A A in Arts and Sciences, Teddy T. Mercer with B S in Business and Public Administration, Marybelle H L Remsburg with B S in Home Economics, and Gladys F. Kinna Audrey A. Layman and Patricia E. Smith graduating in nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
University of Maryland
College Park
Robert F. Nicodemus, Jr
Boyd R. Smith
College of Agriculture
Howard H. Kelly, Jr
Arts and Sciences
Teddy T. Mercer
College of Business and Public Administration
Marybelle HL Remsburg
College of Home Economics
Gladys F. Kinna
Audrey A. Layman
Patricia E.smith
Thurmont Bank Leases Jewelry Store Property
The Thurmont Bank leases to Mr and Mrs Bruce T Davies trading as Davies Jewelry Store a one story newly constructed building on Water street Thurmont for ten years starting June 1 1955 at 848.32 per year. The lease includes a renewal option for one year at the same amount.
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Circuit Court
Thurmont Bank
Bruce T. Davies
Davies “Jewelry Store
Waterstreet
Thurmont
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Hood
American Motors
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WOLD
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The
National Assn. For
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South
Cavy
Central Plains
Great Lakes Region
RMA
Continental Divide
California
Houston
Miracle Ann’ Dupree
Cio’s
Auto Workers Press Fight
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