How He Escaped Penitentiary Tunnel In Baltimore
Joseph Holmes, a 30 year old inmate, dug a 70 foot tunnel over 20 months to escape Maryland Penitentiary. He resurfaced under outside grass then returned to his cell before the plan unraveled. He later held up a man at gunpoint near the Washington Monument and was recaptured.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Joseph Holmes
Washington Monument
Edwin T. Swenson
Baltimore Sun
Holmes
Prisoner Escapes Through Tunnel Then Is Recaptured
A inmate stripped to his shorts and undershirt, crawled through a tunnel at 1:45 am carrying his clothes in a hand sewn bag, wriggled 45 minutes to daylight, and climbed a seven foot fence to flee toward a war den home. He traveled to New Haven and Philadelphia during two weeks of freedom before returning to Baltimore and being recaptured three hours later.
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New Haven
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Six Weekend Arrests Reported By Police
City Police arrested six individuals over the weekend. Alden Heffner of 128 West Third street faced a peace warrant hearing. Rose and Columbus Bryant of 9 East All Saints were detained for a peace disturbance. Herbert Weedon of 433 Klineharts alley jailed on a non support warrant. Austin Arnold of South Market street jailed for drunkenness. Clarence Harold Kasch of Ijamsville cited for reckless driving and later jailed on intoxicated in public.
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Alden Heffner
West Third Street
Mary Pauline Heffner
Dorsey
Swomley
Trump
Twentey
East All Saints
Rose
Columbus Bryant
Herbert Weedon
Klineharts Alley
Lieut
Kanode
John Boone
Austin Arnold
South Market Street
Clarence Harold Kasch
Ijamsville
Phil Culler
Attendance Honor Roll at Damascus School First Semester
Damascus school lists perfect attendance for the first semester across grades. Names appear for 7th through 10th grades, including James Beall Roberta Grimes Allan Burdette Carolyn King Burton Carr Nancy Mac Nab Ronald Gue Virginia Miller Kenneth Moxley Marilyn Oland Harry Pappas Wanda Poole Joyce Tabler June Woodfield Helen Black Evelyn Miller Paul King Edward Kirkham Lester Runkles Shirley Brown Grace Burdette Ruth Burdette Lila Chesney Bernardine Gladhill Bessie Hawse Mary Ellen Tert Carol Moxley Barbara Mullinix Joyce Warfeld Lewis Burdette Alfred Hurley George Kaetzel Franklin King Bernard Moxley Richard Purdum Edmond Rhodes Bob Snapp Raymond Warfield Nancy Hilton Mary Jane Day Eleanor Lowe Mary Alys Smith Bob Chesney and others are listed for perfect attendance.
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Damascus School
James Beall
Roberta Grimes
Allan Burdette
Carolyn King
Burton Carr
Nancy MacNab
Ronald Gue
Virginia Miller
Kenneth Moxley
Marilyn Oland
Harry Pappas
Wanda Poole
Joyce Tabler
June Woodfield
Helen Black
Evelyn Miller
Paul King
Edward Kirkham
Lester Runkles
Shirley Brown
Grace Burdette
Ruth Burdette
Lila Chesney
Bernardine Gladhill
Bessie Hawse
Mary Ellen Tert
Carol Moxley
Barbara Mullinix
Joyce Warfeld
Lewis Burdette
Alfred Hurley
George Kaetzel
Franklin King
Bernard Moxley
Richard Purdum
Edmond Rhodes
Bob Snapp
Raymond Warfield
Nancy Hilton
Mary Jane Day
Eleanor Lowe
Mary Alys Smith
Bob Chesney
Strikes Cancelled in General Electric Plants
Leaders of the CIO Electrical Workers Union called off a threatened strike against 31 General Electric plants in New York. The decision followed a closed meeting of 165 members of the union's General Electric Conference Board with no date set for a new strike.
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New York
CIO Electrical Workers Union
General Electric Company
General Electric Conference Board
Moscow Losing In West Europe
The State Department says Moscow is losing its bid to dominate Western Europe by subversion. Western European Communist Party membership fell from 1946 to 1956 in multiple nations, with France about a 30 percent decline and Luxembourg at 84 percent, per Homer M. Byington Jr. on NBC Battle Front Washington. Breakdown shows Austria dropping 34 percent from 150,000 to 100,000. Belgium down from 100,000 to 85,000, a 65 percent drop.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
Western
Europe
France
Luxembourg
Homer M. Byington, Jr
Office of Western European Affairs
NBC
Battle Front
Communist Party
Byington
Austria
Belgium
Western Europe Recovery Cited After Marshall Plan Aid
Byington notes 1945 fears of communist takeover fade as living standards rise and democratic government strengthens across Western Europe. Marshall Bhin hails moral fiber and leadership, asserting American aid through the Marshall Plan rebuilt industry, revived railroads, and spurred ongoing recovery.
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Denmark
France
Maly
Luuxembourg
Netherlands
Nourway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Germany
Byington
Europe
Marshall Bhin
Metropolitan Life Pays Record Policy Benefits in 1950
The company issued the largest annual benefits total of 837 million dollars to policyholders and their beneficiaries. In 1950 Metropolitan Life Insurance increased ownership by 3.725 billion dollars. In force totaled 45.425 billion on 33.15 million lives, with 21.93 billion Ordinary, 10.464 billion Industrial, and 13.031 billion Group. After investment expenses, net interest earned was 3.07 percent.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance
Grange Meets At Creagerstown March 2
The Creagerstown Grange held its regular meeting on March 2 with Minster Eugene Lare in charge. Opening song was Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. The group discussed community service projects, donated $5 to the Red Cross fund, and held a literary program including songs and readings.
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Grange
Creagerstown Grange
Eugene Lare
The
Hed Cross ‘Fund
Beulah Land
Mother of Seven Children Tells How Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Helps
Mrs. Mary Hardinger of Reading Pennsylvania shares her experience with Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She used it at 18 for monthly distress and again during change of life to ease nervous restless feelings. The letter extols the product's soothing effect on female monthly complaints and hot flashes.
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Lydia Pinkham
Mary Hardinger
Kutztown Road
Reading
Pennsylvania
Pinkham's
Lydia E. Plukhari
Pinkham
Metropolitan Life 1950 Annual Report to Policyholders
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports strong 1950 results with new high records in benefits and dividends. Policyholders receive stable dividends, increased surplus and reserves, and low costs despite inflation. A free copy of the annual report is offered via mail upon request.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance
Madison Avenue
New York
N. Y
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Charles G. Taylor, Jr
Metropolitan
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Ruth Garbers
Shirley Moxley
Betty Sibley
Lillian Arnold
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Jane King
Patsy Poole
Mary Estelle Pope
Dorothy Warfield
Nancy Watkins
Betty Mullinix
Ruby Pearce
Pearl King
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Barbara Ann Burdette
Frank Keefer
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State Armory
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Co. A
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American Legion
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Alvey M. Norwood
Legion Area B
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George S. Rodock, Jr
Francis Scott Key
H. Q. Miler
Heatrola Furnace
GEO. S. Rodock & Son
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James E. Doll
South Market
RED Cross
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Federal Depwal Insurance Corporation
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General Acceptance Corporation
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U. S
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Metropolitan Life
N.Y
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