Dies After Fight Probe Ordered in Frederick
John William Speaks a 36 year old of 123 West South Street died nine hours after being taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital following a street fight on North Market Street. William Thompson 27 of Frederick is jailed on assault and battery and fighting charges with a 4000 bond. autopsy ordered by State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk. Witnesses say Thompson claimed Speaks noted a House of Correction record sparked the confrontation. Speaks formerly married, details of occupation unknown. body at 8 East Patrick Street funeral home. arrangements pending.
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John William Speaks
West South Street
Edwin F. Nikirk
Speaks
Frederick Memorial Hospital
William Thompson
Frederick
Bond
Thompson
Frank K. Dorsey
North Market Street
Dorsey
West Patrick Street
Burras
House of Correction
United Rescue
Monrovia
East Patrick Street
C. E. Cline
Mrs Finney Dies After Birthday Party in Baltimore
Mrs John M T Finney Sr widow of a famed Johns Hopkins surgeon died minutes after bidding goodnight to family at a birthday party in Baltimore on her 82nd birthday. She and Dr Finney celebrated 50 years of marriage six weeks before his death in May 1942. A Red Cross worker, she received the King's Medal in 1948 for aiding the British war effort with dressings and clothing shipped to Britain in WWI. She is survived by three sons 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Baltimore
John M. T. Finney
Mary E. Gross
Harrisburg
Finney
Johns Hopkins
Red Cross
George VI
England
British Isles
Dwelling Sold at Public Sale in Monrovia
A seven room frame dwelling with outbuildings was sold to Charles Keine of Monrovia for 1250 dollars at a public sale held on the premises. The property formerly belonged to Annie Maught. The sale was conducted by Walter E Sinn as trustee with John L Ponton as auctioneer.
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Idwelling
Monrovia
Charles Keine
Annie Maught
Walter E. Sinn
John L. Ponton
Agreement Reached On Appointees In Incoming City Administration
Incoming city administration members reached a thorough agreement on future appointments at a meeting hosted by Mayor elect Col Munshower. Most heads of departments are expected to remain, with some holdovers from the outgoing administration. The new regime will be led by a Republican mayor and Democratic aldermen, with oath taking at the Court House and an organization meeting to name president and clerk.
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Elmer F. Munshower
Culler
Col Munshower
Court House
Clyde M. Roney
Roney
Rotary International
Detroit
Donald B. Rice
Second Army
McCurdy Field
Munshower
Pants Burglar Sentenced To Prison In Norristown
Wilmer Johnson of Philadelphia was sentenced to four to 10 years in the Eastern State Penitentiary by Judge George C. Carson after earning the nickname pants burglar for stealing from sleeping men's trousers. Five directors were elected at Community Players Inc. in Winchester Hall, with Charles W. Ross and Philip C. Harvey re-elected and Alden Fisher, Mrs. Charles Lanner, and Clarence C. Carty joining the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Lower Merion
Wilmer Johnson
Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
George C. Carson
Montgomery County
Johnson
Community Players, Inc
Winchester Hall
Charles W. Ross
INT
Philip C. Harvey
Alden Fisher
Charles Lanner
Clarence C. Carty
Tax Returns Opened for Keefeauver Crime Probe
President Truman opened income tax files for a Senate crime inquiry led by Senator Kefauver. An executive order directs access to 10 years of tax returns for the probe into crime syndicates and gambling. Departments are to cooperate fully to aid the investigation.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Kefauver
Milk Strike Settlement Near as Washington Dispute Eases
Unofficial reports indicate progress toward settling the Washington milk strike, with hopes for an agreement by Sunday. The weeklong stoppage costs Frederick County shippers about 145000 dollars daily while most milk is diverted to other plants and cities.
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Washington
Frederick County
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Chestnut Farms
Chase Dairy
Richmond
Harrisburg. A
Borrowing Can Lead To Inflation Chicago June 27 Hoover says
Former President Herbert Hoover told about 4,000 Jaycees that financing deficits by borrowing risks inflation and lower purchasing power for families. He warned that continued government borrowing would ruin cottage economies and could not sustain much higher taxes without shifting toward collectivism.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
Jaycees
Increase Bond After Man Is Again Arrested
Stan ley Drozak of McKees Rocks was jailed a second time today under a 1000 dollar bond on assault and battery charges. The complainant is Ethel Fout of Frederick, and officers J Boone and Twentey made the arrest. Earlier Drozak faced a disturbance charge and posted a hundred dollar cash bond. The incidents occurred at a diner on All Saints street where Arthur Hicks of Tuscarora was cut on the hand and thumb and treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Other arrests listed include Sambo Jones of Frederick for intoxication, Ralph D. Scott of Boyds for intoxication, and Rainey F. Dorsey facing a hearing on exceeding 30. An auto fire report states a 1940 Buick at 323 East Third Street was extinguished with minor damage using chemicals.
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Stanley Drozak
McKees Rocks
Ethel Fout
J. Boone
Twentey
Drozak
All Saints Street
Arthur Hicks
Tuscarora
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hicks
Sambo Jones
Frederick
Ralph D. Scott
Boyds
Lieut
Dorsey
Haugh
McKeldin
Rainey F. Dorsey
Sergt
Swomley
Cooler Weather Due With Strong Gusts Ahead
The Weather Bureau reports a shift to much cooler conditions with strong gusts today. Tonight’s low should reach the low fifties as a sunny pleasant Sabbath is forecast. Last night hit a warm benchmark with a 67 degree minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Alesandro Faces Flight For First Time With President
Baltimore Mayor Thomas Alesandro, long averse to flying, reveals he will ride with the President from Washington to Friendship International Airport near Baltimore next Saturday. He recalls past refusals, immunizations, and a farewell party as he braces for the trip amid weather concerns and a record of earlier near misses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Thomas Alesandro
Congressan
Washington
Friendship International Airport
D‘alesandro
Truman
D'Alesandro
Fallon
Maryland
Europe
UNRRA
Empire State Building
New York
Ordered to Act Cumberland Police Chief Halts Rumble
Police Chief R Emmett Flynn issues written orders to halt rumblings in Cumberland city. Officers warned of suspension or dismissal for disobedience. Date noted as June 17 with uncertain year.
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Cumberland
R. Emmett Flynn
Stubborn Drivers Haul Court For Highway Standoff
In Cumberland on June 17 two cars blocked by parked vehicles refused to yield at an intersection. Traffic grew, horns sounded, police arrived and Magistrate Frank A. Perdew fined both drivers two dollars each for being stubborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Frank A. Perdew
Sheriff Anders Files To Seek Reelect In Frederick County
Sheriff Guy Anders becomes the first Frederick County official to seek a second term after a law change allowed incumbents to run again. He filed the $25 fee with the Board of Election Supervisors amid no announced Democratic opposition. A veteran public servant and former drug business operator, Anders has served since 1938 with war years interrupted by Horace M. Alexander acting sheriff.
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Guy Anders
Frederick County
Board of Election Supervisors
Anders
Sheriff Anders
Horace M. Alexander
New Car In Sight Now He's Waiting Again
A Baltimore man waits again for a new car after his planned purchase yesterday stalled when the car, three blocks away in a warehouse, appeared moments before a tow truck. The vehicle had been badly damaged in an earlier accident en route.
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Baltimore
Vpi
Senators weigh Peurifoy as witness in Amerasia case
Washington June 17 Senate committee pursuing the 1945 Amerasia affair considered calling Deputy Undersecretary of State John E. Peurifoy for questioning. The inquiry plans closed hearings next Thursday with diplomat John S. Service, one of six arrested in the case, cleared of guilt and back at the State Department. The episode involved hundreds of secret documents found by the FBI in Amerasia magazine offices.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Senate Committee
Amerasia
John E. Peurifoy
John S. Service
Service
State Department
FBI
Amperasia Magazine
Peurifoy
McCarthy
R-Wis
Groton
Conn
Wisconsin
Pourifay
Emmanuel S. Larsen
Larsen
Senate
John Service
Senate Foreign Relations
Chicago Tribune
Cardinal Spellman
New York
Tribune
Pearl
Joy
Baltimore Sun
State
Navy
Philip Jaffe
Head Caught in Fence. Child Aged 2 Strangled
In Philadelphia a two year old, Oria Dipiana Jr, wedged his head between fence wickets and strangled. He boosted to a hairpin fence top, slipped, and his neck became caught in the ironwork. He was among six children of Mr and Mrs Dipiano of Devon. FORECASTS APPROVAL Washington June 17 Early Senate approval of a 1 222 500 000 foreign arms program was forecast by Senator Lucas.
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Philadelphia
Oria Dipiana, Jr
Palice
Orio
Orio Dipiano
Devon
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Much Cooler Weather Is Heading East
A cool air mass from central Canada moved southward into the Great Lakes region, bringing near freezing lows in parts of Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois. Temperatures dropped with Chicago near 47 and Calumet Michigan around 34, with the unsettled weather spreading toward the eastern states as thunderstorms preceded the cooler air. Meanwhile local property news notes the sale of Miss Mary Jane Catherine Zimmering’s residence at 347 North Market Street for 9700 and several deeds recorded including transfers on Frederick Avenue and Military Road totaling about 25,000 combined.
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Midwest
North Central
Central
Canada
Hudson Bay
Lake Superrmor
Calumet
Mich
Lake Superior
Wat Wausiu
Eau Claire
Wis
Detroit
Virginia
Great Lakes
Mary Jane Catherine
Zimmering
North Market Street
Norman Fulton
West Fourth Street
Warry Zimmerman
Kieffer DeLauter
Null and Wall
Etects
A. B. Earhart
Girard W. Gallup
Frederick Avenue
I. Jewell Beeson
George Jd. Kline
Mary A. Kline
Military Road
United States Retains Wightman Cup At Wimbledon
The United States defeated Great Britain to win the Wightman Cup for the 14th straight year at Wimbledon on June 17. Independent firemen were summoned at 1.25 to quell a wool fire near the Sycamore Service Center on Route 49.
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Wimbledon
England
United States
Woods Fire Independent
Sycamore
Dewey Quits Politics For Private Life
Albany, June 17. Governor Dewey announced he would not seek re election and would likely return to private law practice after his term ends December 31. He said a long rest was needed and offered no decision on his future plans. The field appears open for Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley to seek the GOP nomination at the Saratoga Springs convention. Dewey spoke at a Capitol news conference after a closed door discussion with party leaders.
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Albany
N.Y
Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
Saratoga Springs
N Aine
New York City
William L. Pfeiffer
J. Russell Sprague
Nassau County
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Phiffer
Sprague
Hanley
Gary
Pfeiffer
Lake George
Strikers Wives Plan Talk Over Milk Strike Impasse
Wives of 3250 striking milk truck drivers in Pittsburgh plan talks with industry leaders today to seek a settlement. The women want to meet with industry heads before further discussions with AFL union representatives Local 205. The nine day old strike has halted all but emergency milk deliveries in Pittsburgh and seven nearby counties. An industry spokesman warned that talks after yesterday's session may not yield quick progress.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh Milk Dealers Association
AFL
Disaster Strikes In Ohio Town Crooksville Pottery Losses Reported
Disaster swept into Crooksville Ohio when a dam burst after a cloudburst flooding the town of 3000. A big kiln exploded at Acme Pottery triggering fires that leveled two plants, with two families missing and damages estimated at about 1.25 million dollars. Electric power failed as water filled streets and homes. Fire crews rescued 30 to 35 people from the pottery building, but the kiln and adjacent Ceramic Pottery Company plant were destroyed.
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Crooksville
Ohio
Zanesville
Calvin Ross
Big Ohio Power Company
Harold Shower
Acme Pottery Co
State Highway Patrol
Misco
Rose Farm
Ohio Power Company
Walter
Acme Pottery Company
Ceramic Pottery Company
Huge Citrus Plant Burns in Winter Haven Florida
A multi million dollar fire destroyed one of Florida's largest citrus plants at the Polk Packing Association in Winter Haven. Damage surpasses 2 million dollars as the blaze, discovered around 11 pm, spread from a second floor office to adjacent structures on a 10 acre site. Firefighters from seven towns battled the flames, which reached 400 to 500 feet high, visible forty miles away. The plant covered about four acres and produced orange and grape fruit concentrates with about a quarter million boxes of fruit at risk.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Florida
Polk Packing Association
Princeton Population Growth Noted in New Census
Princeton, New Jersey data show 1940 population at 37,600 with a 10 year census update forthcoming. The newly released census figures indicate growth trends in the county and focus on demographic shifts since 1930.
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Princeton
Bureau County
State Police To Demonstrate Radar Use Next Friday
Maryland State Police will show the Electro-Matic Speed Meter, known as radar, in action at the local barracks along Route 40 Friday June 23. Capt. Charles Magaha says traffic records will be taken and the device's function explained. Magistrates in the area have been invited to observe the county's first test of the mechanism.
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Emmitsburg
Hagerstown
Alexandria
Mechanicsburg
Chambersburg
Ateas
Maryland and Virginia Association
County Association
Association
Chestnut Farms
Highland Farms
Washington
Maryland State Police
Charles Magaha
Maryland
Magaha
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