Derwood Mill Fire Delays Seven Trains Near Rockville
A blaze at Derwood Mill near Rockville destroyed the feed plant and damaged an adjacent B and O station causing at least seven Washington bound trains to be delayed. Owner Richard T. Schwartz estimated 750000 dollars to replace the mill, with 300 tons of stock lost. Fire chief Wilson R. Lee cited water access issues as a key problem in control.
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Rockville
Lee
Russell L. Mullican
Kensington
Gaithersburg
Hyattstown
Chevy Chase
Derwood
Cars Trapped By Blizzard In Rocky Mountain Park
About three dozen motorists were rescued from a midafternoon blizzard on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Dist Ranger Edward J. Kirk said seven or nine cars remained stalled in 2 to 3 foot drifts with visibility near zero.
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Estes Park
Colo
Trail Ridge Road
Rocky Mountain National Park
Dist
Edward J. Kirk
National Park Service
Kirk
Continental Divide
Connecticut Motorist Held On Bond After DUI Crash
A Connecticut motorist, George German of Greenwich, faced a $1000 bond after a drunken and reckless driving crash on Jefferson Street near West Patrick Street Saturday night at 10 29. The sedan struck a parked car driven by John B. Boyer, causing about 25 dollars damage to the parked vehicle and 373 dollars damage to German’s car. The crash preceded another incident on South Market Street when Harry E. Dinterman of Walkersville was charged with reckless driving after colliding with Robert L. Mann’s auto, with extensive damage reported. An attempted break in at Footer’s Cleaners, 403 North Market Street, over the weekend was thwarted by bars on a rear window and caused no entry.
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Connecticut
Jefferson Street
West Patrick Street
George ”. German
Greemwich
Nathan Dorsey
John B. Boyer
RFD
Frederick
German
South Market Street
All Saints Street
Harry E. Dinterman
Walkersville
W. B. Studdieson
Dinterman
Robert L. Mann
Buckeystown
Footer’s Cleaners Establishment
403 North Market Street
Sergt
Daniel Swomley
Ten killed set Maryland traffic death record
Baltimore report states ten persons died when two cars collided head on in Calvert County, the highest single incident fatality in Maryland passenger car accidents. The previous high was seven on U.S. 1 New Year’s Day 1951, with six killed on U.S. 1 Feb 28, and 14 killed in a Rockville bus train crash in the 1930s.
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Baltimore
Calvert County
Maryland
U.S. 1
US. 1
Agat
Rockville
Weather on Election Day Warm and Humid
A warm, humid election day is forecast with no rain. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for a municipal race including mayor, city registrar, and five aldermen for four-year terms. Voter registration totals and precinct figures are listed. Democrats’ lead is uncertain. Weather notes: cool night prior, 44 at the airport, with upcoming showers possible midweek.
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Weather Bureau
Board of Aldermen
City’ Board of Election Supervisors
Robbery at Copacabana Night Club Strikes Hotel Fourteen
A well planned early morning robbery at the Hotel Fourteen in New York yielded about $30,000 from Copacabana Night Club receipts. Two men bound two employees with baling wire, entered the rear office, opened open safe compartments, and fled. One bag of club funds totaling about $30,000 was taken while a second $20,000 remained. Police noted the suspects knew the storage setup. hotel staff assisted after alarm. Also included are brief notices: a New Cumberland veteran seeks a Frederick man named Brightwell from Company A 2th Engineers, 1917 18. and an accidental drowning death of Janie Cornelia Snoots near Little Catoclin Creek near Bells Mill, Brunswick native.
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New York
Scott Hadden
John J Dwyer
New Cumberland
Frederick
2Th Engineers
the Inquirer
Brightwell
Wehbey Gross
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Janie Cornelia Snoots
Frederick County
Snoots
Catoclin Creek
Bell'st Mill
Brunswick
Bidault and Molotov discuss Indochina cease fire
In Geneva French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Soviet Marshal Vyacheslav Molotov had a useful 50 minute meeting in a cordial atmosphere. They failed to agree on a commission to police the cease-fire and debated including a Communist nation.
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Geneva i
Georges Bidault
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Bidault
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Neutral Nations Supervision Commission
Korea
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Molotey
Geneva
Navy holds Harold Pollack commission amid security check
Mrs. Elsie Pollack and her son Harold Pollack face a delayed Annapolis commission as security checks suspend his graduation rites at the Naval Academy. Harold, fourth in his company, awaits word while family memories of June Week turn to worry and uncertainty. Meanwhile Look magazine says Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt will travel to Moscow next month, and stocks open slightly higher in an active market.
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Hartford
Conn
Elsie Pollack
Navy
Annapolis
Harold Pollack
Naval Academy
Harold
Academy
Marvin
Moscow
New York
Look Magazine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
State Department
Washington
Vietminh Ready For Assault In Indochina Crisis
Vietminh troops wheel to positions around the Red River delta as a possible all-out attack looms on Hanoi. French high command reports 20,000 rebel infantry back from Dien Bien Phu moves and more forces converging from the southwest.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Europe
Haiphong
Four Men Inducted From Local Selective Service Boards
Four men registered with the two county selective service boards left for induction. Two men came from Board No. 45 Leon Victor Culler of Chevy Chase and Robert Eugene Fitez of 508 North Bentz street. The Board No. 46 inductees were Joseph William Gelwicks of RFD 2 Thurmont and James Len Keeney of 514 East Main Street Thurmont.
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Selective Service
Thre
Eoertions Thare
Baltianore
Leon Victor Culler
Chevy Chase
Frederick
Robert Eugene Fitez
North Bentz Street
Joseph William Gelwicks
RFD 2
Thurmont
James
James W. Carmack Appointed Policeman in Frederick
James W. Carmack, previously an insect spraying pilot, was appointed to the Frederick city police force by Mayor Donald B. Rice after the Police Commission confirmed he passed the required examination. He will serve a six month probationary period. Carmack resides at Motter avenue and 14th street and has been a Frederick resident for years.
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James W. Carmack
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Walkersville
Reopened Case From Foxville Break-In Reported
State Police and the Sheriff's Office reopen a breaking and entering case at Annie Williard’s Foxville residence from late March. Antiques, tools, clothing, and dishes were stolen. the home was ransacked and frames damaged. investigators Les W. Corbin Trooper Lee Brown and Deputy Sheriff W. Leste Fox pursue leads.
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Annie Williard
Foxville
Les W. W. Corbin
Lee Brown
State Police
Sherif W. Leste Fox
Ten killed in two car crash on hillcrest curve in Maryland
A two car head on crash near Lyons Creek Calvert County on Route 416 killed ten youths and injured others. One car driven by Robert E Abell of Silver Spring was in the wrong lane. Victims from both vehicles were identified as Silver Spring Oliver Baltimore Takoma Park and nearby areas. All bodies were sent to Owings funeral home.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Hanover
Lyons Creek
Calvert County
Robert E. Abell
Silver Spring
An Owings Funeral Home
Anne Arundel County
Cynthia Marie Woodson
Baltimore
la Plata
Donald Deer
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Ud Ch. Lie Woo Lanci
Joe Duinesga Naval Hospital
Derr
Bernard S. Woodson
Woodson
Viola Woodson
Benjamin Woodson
Helen Woodson
Marion Woodson
Albert Taylor
Casualty Hospital
Washington
Owings
Thomas Bozzolo
North Beach
Clarence M. Thomas
Oliver
Abell
John B. Schweinhout
Robert Lee Schweinhout
Milton E. Stottlmyer
Thomas
Earl S. McCreagy
Benjamin Thomas
Norman T. Carey
Helen P. Carey
George Weems
Gordon Berry
Takoma Park
Owings Funeral
Health Department Field Training Programs Announced
A sanitarian and a public health nurse begin temporary field training with Frederick County Health Department. Betty Lou Harsh of Cumberland will train two months with local nurses before moving to Allegany County in Cumberland. Jerry V. James of Hooversville Pa. trains six months with sanitarians and will become a Pennsylvania State Sanitarian. Nayoda Kefauver of Braddock Heights returns to work after a leave of absence with the local health department and public health nurse.
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Frederick County
Focal Department
Betty Lou Harsh
Cumberland
Wil
Allegany County Health Department
Jerry V. James
Hooversville
Health Department
Pennsylvania
Nayoda Kefauver
Braddock Heights
Anw
Public Heath
Marriage Licenses Issued in Washington to Walters and Scheuch
A marriage license was issued in Washington to Donald Walters aged 26 from Frederick and Benny T Scheuch aged 25 from Brantwood.
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Washington
Donald Walters
Frederick
Benny T Scheuch
Brantwood
Third War Is Not Answer To Stop Communism Wilson Says
Secretary of Defense Wilson warned that a third world war is not the solution to halt communism. Speaking at the University of South Carolina commencement, he urged countering ideas with truth and warned of the immense waste and instability a new global conflict would bring. He stressed maintaining military strength while pursuing freer exchange of technology, raw materials, and trade.
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Wilson
Columbia
5.C. W
Sary
University of South Carolina
United States
Free World
Stevens told McClellan to beat McCarthy to the punch
A February telephone record shows Sen. Stevens urging Sen. McClellan to outpace Sen. McCarthy in a subpoena dispute over Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker. Stevens discussed appearances before the Zwicker inquiry and cited a Republican quarrel as he pressed for strategic timing and legal counsel.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Stevens
McCarthy
McCarthy Army
Ralph Zwicker
Albany
McCar
Zwicker
McClean
AfcCarthy
McClelan
Camp Kilmer
N. J
New York
Maj
Irving Peress
New York City
Symington
Jackson
Accidents In City Reduced This Year
Frederick etts police report a sharp drop in city accidents in the first five months of 1954, with 109 incidents versus 174 in early 1953. Thirty-two injured, none killed this year versus 45 injured and one death last year. May saw 25 accidents, three slight injuries, 14 violations, and many drivers aged 25 to 34.
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Frederick Ett
Four Frederick homemakers to receive four year certificates
The 27th Rural Women's Short Course at the University of Maryland June 14 19 will award four year certificates to four Frederick county homemakers. Dr. T B Symons will present the certificates to Le Roy Dinterman Thurmont Lewis Martz Yellow Springs Roy Walter Frederick City and Olsie Weamers Emmitsburg. About 39 homemakers attend this year with 17 planned for the pageant Freedom For All. Tours include the Capitol Arlington Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Mt Vernon and the National Zoological Park.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland
T. B. Symons
University
LeRoy Dinterman
Thurmont
Lewis Martz
Yellow Springs
Roy Walter
Frederick City
Olsie Weamers
Emmitsberd
Freedom For All
Mozart
Norman Nusbaum
James Barnes
John Lawson
Jennie Galloway
Pleasant Grove Club
Charles Putman
Charlesville
Raymond Burdette
Oscar Schultz
James Keyser
Gamarill Park
Edvin Free
Peter Sicilia
G. Ross Twenty
Iarold Twenty
Roland Hooper
Herman Schroyer
Henry Sheffler
Donald Sullivan
Middletown Club
Harry L. Davis
Libertytown
Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Lees Mansion
Mt. Vernon
National Zoological Park
Salifoasia Primary Vote Narrows In San Francisco
In San Francisco California the 1954 primary campaign nears its end with rival claims as voters await final hours of a tight race.
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Salifoasia
San Francisco
California
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Clarence Ernest Mullinix
J. Sterling Roberts
Woodville
Catoctin Estates, Inc
Wilford E. Dayhoff
Grant Place
Wareld M. Dutrow
Donald R. Hoffman
Motter Avenue
Victor H. Hamrick
Charles FE. Troupe
East South Street
Deer
Charles R Nichols
Route 18
Crownsville
Wilburn T. Hampton
Woodrow W. Lowman
Anne Arundel General Hospital
Lowman
Daniel Bullock
Pinkie Bullock
Greyhound
Bullock
Larry L. Stricklin
Arthur Reeves
Hampstead
Sally Jackson
Rose Haven
John Foster Dulles
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Fwo
Health Dept
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