Russia seeks quick German peace talks in postwar plan
Paris dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky pressing that German peace talks start within three months and occupation troops depart one year after a treaty. Western ministers call for unity of Germany and an all German government structure before talks. Acheson notes delays risk 50 year timeline. troop withdrawals debated. Bevin proposed Sunday meeting.
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Paris
Russia
Germany
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Ernest Bevin
Acheson Cives
Acheson
Bevin
Verdict awards Shaw 113 in auto crash case
A Circuit Court jury Friday awarded John I. Shaw Jr seven cents less than Magistrate Bennett recently ordered for damages from an East Church Street collision on September 10. Shaw sued for 190, but accepted 11349. Bennett awarded 115.49. Bollinger appealed. the jury later ruled for Shaw at 11342. Representing Shaw was Clapp. McSherry and McSherry spoke for the appellant.
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John I. Shaw, Jr
Alton Y. Bennett
East Church Street
7M& Ne
Stering
Bollinger
Bennett
Shaw
Clinton McSherry
James McSherry
Robert E Clapp, Jr
Leading Lady Sets Braddock Heights Stage Romance Tone
Kay Dawn, a New York blonde with a pedigree from Latin Quarter and Diamond Horseshoe, will headline the Mountain Theater summer season. She recently worked in New York television and will star in Parlor Story at the opening June 22. Rehearsals start next Wednesday as resident company arrives. ticket sales will be through The Smoke Shop in Frederick.
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Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights
Kay Dawn
New York
Latin Quarter
Diamond Horseshoe
Frederick
Government cannot prove ownership of gambling evidence
Washington June 10 The government admits it cannot establish individual ownership for all items seized March 25 at William Snags Lewis's Bladensburg Md gambling HQ. Lewis indicted on gambling charges with 113 others. authorities seized more than 26000 in cash, slips, adding machines, gambling gear. Judge Curran will decide on returning property as claimants identify ownership. defense presses uncertainty. Also reporting Montgomery County voter totals 52149 with 342 Democrats 14995 Republicans 23903 independents.
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Washington
Bladensburg
William Snags Lewis
Lewis
U. S
George Morris Fay Insade
Edward M. Curran
U. S. District Court
William Nity
Curcan
Decison
Renovating pastures with a disc boosts yields at Beltsville
Beltsville experts endorse disc renovation to convert old permanent pastures into productive stands of legumes and grasses. J B Shepherd reports renovated plots yield hay equivalents near corn land values, with 8,000 pounds per acre, and gains up to 28 percent when combined with clover and rotation. Rotational grazing and fertilization further raise yields by about 10 to 28 percent, while avoiding overgrazing to keep grasses and legumes dominant. The note adds that in 1948 the federal cigarette tax brought around $1.2 billion in revenue.
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Beltsville
J. B. Shepherd
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Shepherd
Mr. Shepherd
19 Accused Of Blue Law Violations By Grand Jury
The Washington county grand jury indicted 19 people for violating the county blue law. Indictments name no individuals, but all were employed by two Hagerstown movie theaters a drive-in theater and an auto speedway. The jury urged a common-sense interpretation in Sunday enforcement and urged legislative action to modify the century-old Sabbath-Breaking statute.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Joseph D. Mish
Mish
Kenneth McLaughlin
Maryland
Polish Film Ban Sparks Censorship Debate in Maryland
A Maryland board banned the Polish film On Polish Land for not showing a true picture of Poland and deeming it Communist propaganda. Governor Lane forwarded a letter from Chairman Sydney R. Traub to Attorney General Hall Hammond for comment, while civil rights groups condemned the action as political censorship after a New York company sought permit to show two Polish films.
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Baltimore
Sydney R. Traub
State Board of Motion Picture Censors
Hall Hammond
Lane
Hammond
Maryland
Poland
Maryland Civil Rights Congress
New York
Movie Bill Coming Week
The schedule for the coming week lists films at the Tivoli Opera House and Frederick theater with listed stars. Highlights include Mr Helevedere Goes to College John Webb and Shirley Temple, Outpost in Morocco, The Dark Past, The Set-up, Who Done It, Stallion Road, Snake Pit, Texas Brooklyn and Heaven, Sheriff of Medicine Row, Guadalcanal Diary, Miss Tatlock s Millions, Outlaw Country, and Jungleland chapters plus cartoons and Warner Pathe News.
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the Tivoli
Mr. Helevedere
Clifton Webb
Shirley Temple
Morocco
George Raft
Akim Tamiroff
William Holden
Nina Foch
Robert Ryan
Audrey Totter
the Opera House
Abbott and Costello
Warner Pathe News
Stallion Road
Ronald Reagan
Snake Pit
Olivia DeHavilland
Texas
Brooklyn
Heaven
Caretoon
Medicine Row
Johnny Mack Brown
Bruce Gentry
the Frederick
Lloyd Nolan
Lad
Miss Tatlock
Suburban Tax Rate May Be Cut Back
At a Montgomery county budget hearing residents debated changing the suburban tax rate. A D Farquhar urged raising the rate from 31 to 20 cents per 100 tied to the budget. Blair Lee, Ltd. challenged the claim noting suburban funds constitute over 80 percent of county revenue and questioned the proposed reduction.
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Rockville
Ono
Montgomery County
A. D. Farquhar
Sandy Spring Insurance
I. G. McNair
Farquhar
Blair Lee, Ltd
Silver Spring Board of Trade
Suburban Area Faces Extra Tax for Services
MecNair notes suburban residents pay above the basic 1.88 tax rate for services like street lighting, paving, and water and sewer. rural residents lack these. He cites the oil industry’s 90 years since the Drake well drilled near Titusville, Pa in 1859.
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MecNair
America
Titusville, Pa
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