Daily Air Service Opens to Frederick with All American Airlines
Frederick inaugurates daily passenger mail and cargo service by All American Airlines. Mayor Lloyd C. Culler cuts a sprabon on Flight 100 east as the DC-3 lands. First passengers include local residents Mr and Mrs Joseph J Nestor. Mail cachets mark the event with over 4 000 Barbara Fritchie stamps. Service links Frederick with Washington Baltimore Pittsburgh and nearby towns. four more flights scheduled for the day.
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All American Airways, Inc
New
Lloyd C. Culler
Chambers of Commerce
Washshors
Waesdshore
Washington
Albany
of Frederick
Wmr
Joseph J. Nestor
Pittsure
Air Express
Pittsburgh
Barbara Fritchie
All American Airlines
F Frederick
Lus
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Connellsville-Uniontown
Washington-Baltimore
Sixty-Nine Germans Sentenced by U.S. War Crimes Court
General Lucius D. Clay approved 19 sentences for Germans convicted of mass murder, mainly Jews. Thirteen were to die, from a Nürnberg court verdict in April 1948. One defendant Heinz Schubert’s death sentence remains under review as execution is stayed on US petitions.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Einsatz-Gruppen
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Russia
Storm seeks constitutional change on graduated income tax
Maryland Senate to take up a constitutional amendment by Sen Storm to authorize a graduated income tax. If passed it goes to a 1950 referendum. Storm argues it would clarify legality and enable future bills, after failing to win relief for first 1000 dollars of unearned income.
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Annapolis
Maryland Senate
Storm
Maryland
Hall Hammond
Moscow eyes Big Four meeting as Vishinsky succeeds Molotov
Foreign observers in Moscow weighed whether the shakeup at the Soviet Foreign Ministry signals renewed effort to convene the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers to tackle Berlin and Germany. Andrei Vishinsky’s appointment may pave the way, while Andrei Gromyko’s promotion signals continuity under Molotov’s policy.
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Moscow
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Molotov
Vishinsky
Bie
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
Russia
United Nations
Truman Sleeps Late At White House Retreat
Key West March 7 President Truman slept until 9 30 a m at the commandant s house marking his latest wake time on record as word came Royall will resign within days in a rare presidential schedule note Exeter New Hampshire March 7 A 32 year old man Harrison E Cobb faced murder arraignment for the shooting deaths of his wife Florence 33 and son Richard in their Danville home under police custody.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
Royall
Exeter
N. H
Harrison E. Cobb
Florence
Richard
Danville
Storm Seeks Conference on Bond Bill for Schools
State Senator Edward D. Storm urged a meeting of Frederick County Board of Education and County Commissioners to craft a $2,500,000 enabling act for school construction. He said the commission should decide borrowing terms, while noting state standards and funds require timely action to avoid losing aid. He stressed home rule with state oversight and warned against binding legislation limiting future action.
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Edward D. Storm
Frederick County Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
Storm
Frederick County
Annapolis
Hoover Commission would shift transportation control to Commerce Dept
Washington March 7 The Hoover Commission urged moving all transportation control from multiple agencies into the Commerce Department and absorbing eight additional agencies. It proposed a two-branch Commerce setup, with a transportation service and an industrial and commercial service, while rejecting a new Cabinet-level Transportation Department.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commerce Department
Congress
Car Guard
Maritime Commi
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Treasury
Coast Guard
Customs Bureau
Federal Works Agency
Public Roads Administration
Maritime
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Civil Aviation
Commerce
Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Fisheries
Transportation Service
Weather Bureau
Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Fisheries Bureau
Census, Patent Office
Commission
Department of Transportation
Royall Nears Retirement Amid White House Shakeup
Key West Florida March 7 presidential confidants disclosed that Royall plans to retire within ten to twenty days. The President continues his Florida trip, with a White House schedule including a Rollins College address in Winter Park.
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Key West
Flt
Tha
Kenneth C. Ros
Royall
Fortnigat
Florida
Boca Chicn
Orlando
Winter Park
Rollins College
Defense Forrestal
Mr. Truman
Rosall
Col
Louis Johnson
Truman
Forrestal
White House
Charles G. Ross
Washington
Girl Scout Service At Church Highlights Readiness Theme
Reverend Dr. R F Wilhelm preached to about 200 Brownies Scouts and leaders at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church on Being Ready as the Girl Scouts mark their 37th anniversary in Frederick. He urged readiness to meet parents leaders teachers and to act as friends with unselfishness patience and hope. A St Johns troop girl attended the 8 am Mass where Rev Robert Aozel spoke on Girl Scout membership advantages.
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R. FE. Wilhelm
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Frederick Association
Wilhelm
St. John's School
St. John's Church
Robert Aozel
Girl Scout Organization
Bids For Jail Work Exceed $40,000
Frederick County commissioners received bids for plumbing heating and ventilating and electrical work at the remodeled jail. Electrical contract awarded to Herbert S Hahn of Frederick for 40 74 Low bidders for plumbing and ventilating were Osten Brothers and Merril F Wachter with bids close to 30 9 These bids were considered in line with present cost estimates and three months ago would have been higher.
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Frederick County
Herbert S. Hahn
Frederick
Keystone Engineering Corporation
Baltimore
Sad
Conway's Valley Electric
Middleftown
Wachter
Oden
Une
Charles TD King
John KL Crocker Company
Heer Bros
Seine
Alf Fisher
Charles F. Bowers
James Posey
Large Congregation Hears Seminary Choir in Lancaster
An almost capacity congregation at the Westminster Reformed Church in Lancaster Pa heard the Seminary Choir of the Evangelical Reformed Theological Seminary give a sacred choral program. It included a tenor solo by Francis F Ringer from Handel's Messiah and a quartet. Rev Paul L Athouse preached with Rev Dr Unwin Frantz describing the choir’s tour aims to bring the Seminary and contrestations of the denomination into closer relationship and understanding. The choir also sang in Westminster Sunday afternoon and in Baltimore at night. After the service the choir members were guests of Hood College.
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Seminary
Evangelical Reformed Theological i
Lancaster
Wl Reformed Church
Francis F. Ringer
Paul L. Athouse
Unwin Frantz
Newment Science
Ani A. McConnell
Flalg.o
Sewer Bids To Be Asked In Linden Hills And Catoctin
At a special meeting the Mayor and Aldermen authorized City Engineer W Raymond Walter to advertise bids for sanitary sewer work in Linden Hills and the Catoctin avenue area near McCurdy Field. Bids will be opened when set. plans and specs are near completion. A special session Wednesday at seven will adopt an ordinance to authorize sale of $600000 public improvement bonds approved by act signed by Governor Lane.
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W. Raymond Walter
Linden Hills
Catoctin Avenue
McCurdy Field
Walter
Lane
Stolen Jeep Returned to Maryland Guard Armory
An Army jeep from Company A Maryland National Guard parked at the State Armory Sunday afternoon was found returned to its parking area at two this morning. Capt. J. Wi. Catsail, the company commander, reported the recovery.
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Maryland National Guard
State Armory
J. Wi. Catsail
Enthusiasm Dwindles as Market Holds Narrow Range
New York March 7 Buying enthusiasm dwindled as stocks settled in a mixed narrow range. An initial rise faded, with prices held within fractions among the leaders.
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New York
Installment Buying Limits Raised Today
Kington March 7 You can buy an automobile on two months credit today. Refrigerators radios and television had their installment buying limits raised to nearly two years. The Federal Reserve Board, pressed by shopkeepers and car dealers, after January’s drop in time buying, remixed controls. Previously payments over 1,000 in 18 months, now 12 months. Down payments lowered to 5 percent from 20. Must pay cash for one third of total price.
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Kington
Federal Reserve Board
Police Gave Story Of James Case At Baltimore Trial
State evidence showed a UP dispatch broadcast a murder confession and a criminal record. Miss Mary Jane Taggart testified the commissioner discussed Eugene James, a 19 year old janitor, linked to Marsha Brill’s July murder, with James later identified by a rape suspect. The case questions court rules forbidding such disclosures and WBAL’s contempt trial continues.
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Baltimore
WHA
WBAL
Dispatch
Mary Jane Taggart
The
United Pr
Hamilton R. Atkinson
Thurtly
Miss Stified
Negra
JI Par Plat Marsha Brill
James
Atkinson
Dames
Miss Taggart
James W
One Dead Two Missing In Midwestern Floods
Floods in western Iowa and Nebraska left one man dead and two university students missing. George W. Johnson, about 77, drowned in his Missouri Valley home. two Creighton University students on a hunting trip are missing. Missouri Valley suffered severe shortages of gas heat and water.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Big Blue
George W. Johnson
Creighton Univer
Omaha
Contingency as West Prepares for Shifts in Soviet Policy
Western officials puzzle over Moscow shakeup Molotov to Vishinsky signaling possible tougher isolationism and intensified Eastern Europe control. Experts agree no basic change in Soviet goals for world communism is expected despite talks of a spring showdown with Tito and possible moves against Yugoslavia.
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Washington
Moscow Foreign Ministry
London
Paris
Moscow
Viam. Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
Stalin
Politburo
Marshal ‘No
Yugoslavia
Tito
Axis Sally trial nears end in Gillars case
Washington reports the Axis Sally treason trial of Mildred Gillars as prosecutor Kelley and defense attorney Laughlin present closing arguments. The judge will charge the jury, with seven men and five women, on law after which a verdict is expected Wednesday. Gillars, 48, worked for German radio starting 1940 and is accused of aiding Germany to undermine the U S war effort.
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Washington
John M. Kelley
Mildred E. Gillars
James J. Laughlin
Laughlin
Kelley
Edward M. Curran
Miss Gillars
Europe
Gi's
Germany
Commies Compare Themselves To Lincoln And Jefferson
Two leaders of the American Communist party urged the United States to sign a pact of friendship with the Soviet Union in an open letter to President Truman. William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis likened themselves to Lincoln and Jefferson as peace advocates. In other news, James G. Brown, a 25 year old tenant farmer, was killed in Culpeper Virginia after an intruder beat his wife Elsie. The Catholic Yi Shih Pao blamed U S aid for prolonging the Chinese civil war.
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New York
American
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
William 2. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Truman
Lincoln
Jefferson
Culpeper
James G. Brown
Elsie
U. S
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W.S. Hahn
Hood College
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WBA
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