Baltimore grocer killer ignored pleas and was hanged
Howard Fram 31, a Baltimore baker, was executed by hanging for the Christmas time slaying of 77 year old George Lehr at a small neighborhood grocery. Fram admitted the deliberate robbery killing after pleading guilty and was condemned as a mature, determined offender with a history of anti social behavior and desertion.
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Howard Fram
Bak
Kensington
Rehef
Fram
Herri Moser
George Lehr
Ming House
Lehr
Dge
Ingo
Comany
Virginia
Fire in Baltimore Garage Forces Evacuation
A free alarm fire in a Baltimore garage last night drove 750 people from their homes. Fifteen cars and four game tanks were destroyed before firefighters contained the blaze after about 43 minutes. Spectators reported exploding game tanks and a large fireworks display. Residents of North Bend Street fled in night clothes. cause and damage estimates were unavailable. No injuries were reported.
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Baltimore
North Bend
Military High Command to Meet This Weekend
Defense Secretary Forrestal announced a weekend meeting of the joint chiefs to resolve disputes over each service role in strategic war planning. The report notes tensions among the Army Navy and Air Force in major planning disagreements and hints at possible shifts in defense strategy.
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Army
Avy
Air Force
Defense
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of
Survey Of Vets Housing Needs Will Begin Soon
A survey to count veterans in need of housing in the city and county is planned. Forms will be mailed to about 5 500 to 6 000 veterans, letters prepared at Frederick High School, and names arranged alphabetically for mailing after a Maryland Veterans Housing Commission conference.
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Frederick High School
Frederick J County
Maryland Veterans Housing Commission
Mrs Michael Named New President of Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mrs Paul S Michael was elected president of the Board of Managers of Frederick Memorial Hospital at the regular meeting. She succeeds Sirs W Clinton McSherry who declined reelection. New officers include Mrs McSherry as first vice president and several others on the treasurer and secretarial posts. The February report counted 486 patients treated, 374 admitted, 119 remaining, 376 discharged, 10 deaths and 76 births. Dr James De Thomas joined the associate staff and Miss Martha McMaster outlined nurse training films.
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Paul S. Michael
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home
W. Clinton McSherry
McSherry
Daniel EF. Wight
Richard F. Nallin
A. Hart Etchison
Charles F. Smith, Jr
Michael
J. Walker Carty
Elias B. Ramsburg, Jr
Ward Stauffer
Henry Davis
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Ethel Northam
James de Thomas
Martha
Cleveland Airport Surveyor in Uncertain Condition
Cleveland Clevedland, resident engineer for Freder ick city on the airport project, was reported in uncertain condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car while surveying near Route 40. Driver Andrius Daugirdas of Chicago was charged with reckless driving and released on 101.45 collateral.
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George Cleveland
Frederick City
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Route 40
Andrius Daugirdas
Chicago
C. H. DeWitt
Cleveland
Harry Sanders, Jr
Walkersville
New York
Cits
Finns Reluctant To Go To Moscow For Pact Talks
Helsinki reports say seven member Finnish delegation to Moscow for a Finnish Russian pact sought release from duty. Premier Mauno Pekkala to lead talks. goal is peaceful coexistence and respect for Finland's viewpoints amid concerns about a military pact.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Juho K. Paasiki
Mauno Pekkala
Stalin
Helsingin Samomat
Fifth Of Red Cross Quota Yet to Be Reached
Ten days after the Frederick County Red Cross fund drive opened general chairman Daniel J. Thomas reports only 3300 of a 14100 quota raised. Officials blame slow collections and urge prompt returns to headquarters. A city workers dinner marks the drive’s official kickoff at Grace Reformed church with Mrs Othe Keller directing. County and city leaders named to oversee the canvass.
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Frederick County
American Red Cross
Daniel J. Thomas
Red Cross
Thomas
Bir
Grace Reformed Church
Othe J. Keller
Nevin T. R. Walker
Robert L. Smith
Korean Policemen Reported Killed in South Korea Incidents
The U S Army reports four Korean policemen killed three injured and two missing in a flare of outbreaks in South Korea part of a series beginning February 7. Communists blamed for efforts to push UN election forces to quit Korea. Also notes rock testing at Grove Meadows behind Frederick High School for a spring apartment project and a deed recorded for a 198 acre Woodville district farm sold for about 21500.
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U. S. Army Today
South Korea
United Nations Election Commission
Korea
Grove Meaddow
Frederick High School
Woodville
Herbert M. Cornwell
John D. Getzendanner
How the tax bureau checks income returns in 1947
The Nation Today explains how the Internal Revenue Bureau selects returns for thorough checks. About 45,000 employees handle income taxes, with thorough reviews varying by income: 1.6 percent for under 37,000, 16.7 percent for 7,000 to 10,000, 20.5 percent for 10,000 to 25,600, and 52.0 percent for 25,000 or more. In total, about 1.2 million of 52.8 million returns are thoroughly checked.
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James Maelow
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Fine Of 100 Dollars Sustained In Court
Frank A. Jake Grove faced a $100 fine and costs in magistrates court after a November arrest. Associate Judge Patrick M Schnaufer affirmed the fine on appeal as Grove, intoxicated and unruly, argued the amount. Grove previously faced city charges in 1947, and a second appeal from a similar fine was continued.
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Frank A
Jake” Grove
Frederick Toricklayer
Patrick M. Schnaufler
Grove
Manuel M. Weinberg
Norman Dietz
West Patrick Street
Dietz
Zeeral
Wilbur F. Shefield, I Jr
Richard E. Zimmer
Mann
Chennault Appeals For China Aid in House Hearing
Washington March 10 F-Maj Gen Claire Chennault urged the House Foreign Affairs committee that military aid to China would check Russian aggression in Europe. The ex Flying Tigers commander warned that failure to aid China would help set the stage for World War II.
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Washington
Claire Chennault
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Europe
Flying Tigers
Inevitab
Girl Friend Of Soldier Beaten In Vienna Incident
Vienna reports a 19 year old Austrian girl Elfriede Elias says Russian soldiers beat and questioned her after American Private Jack Grunden was shot in the back during an incident outside the Grand Hotel. Grunden, 18, of Portland, Oregon, is recovering in hospital.
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Elfriede Elias
Jack Grunden
Portland
Ore
Grand Hotel
Associated Press
Grunden
Lixth Station
Pfe
Joseph Harper
Samuel Aldeman
Baltimore
Adelman
Adel
Harper
Bristol Hotel
International
Miss Elias
Ernie Reed
Stars and Stripes
Reed
Red Army
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Dewey Captures Most New Hampshire Delegates
Governor Thomas E. Dewey won the first round in New Hampshire with eight delegates in the Republican presidential primary. He swept the eight delegates yesterday, defeating Harold E. Stassen in both rural and urban areas. Dewey took three of four at large delegates while Truman drew Democratic endorsement in their primary.
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N. H
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New Hampshire
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Dew
Pope Calls Catholics to Vote in Italy Election
Pope Pius XI urged Rome clergy to stress the April 18 election's importance to Catholics. He defended church involvement against Communist Front critics, backing cardinals and priests in mobilizing Catholic votes to oppose the Left in the upcoming parliamentary race.
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Pius XI
Rome
Italy
Popular Front
Religious Education Classes May Be Ended By Court Rule
A Supreme Court ruling against religious classes in public schools may affect optional religious instruction in Frederick County. Classes once held in Middletown and Jefferson schools and previously in Walkersville and New Market have been discontinued. Superintendent Eugene Pruitt says no immediate action is planned and the matter will be reviewed by the county Board of Education. The Frederick County Council of Religious Education notes the programs are voluntary and driven by community requests, with teaching undertaken by local ministers or qualified instructors. Montgomery County plans to notify two schools about abandoning religious education classes at Sherwood in Sandy Spring and Gaithersburg.
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Public Schoolystem
Eugene W. Pruitt
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Montgomery County
Sherwood
Sandy Spring
Gaithersburg School
McGrath Scorns Wallace and GOP Wing Claim
Philadelphia report on Howard McGrath and Carroll Reece at the Philadelphia Bulletin forum. McGrath assails Henry Wallace and Liberalism, claiming a united Democratic Party will win in November. Reece emphasizes a united Republican Party with no Moscow or radical wings and calls for tax cuts with reduced government spending.
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P—J. Howard McGrath
Democrat National Committee
Henry Wallace
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
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Democratic Party
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Henry Weaslace
Massive Chinese ammo warehouse blast in Tsingtao kills hundreds
In Tsingtao on March 10 a massive explosion at a Chinese ammunition storehouse killed at least 200 and wounded as many as 1,000. The three story warehouse and 100 dwellings were destroyed, with 400 more damaged. U S Navy crews aided by prompt fire control saved many lives amid the blast. The ammunition was meant for government forces in Manchuria.
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Tsingtao
China
U.S. Navy
Nanking
Oscar C. Badger
U. S
U. S. Navy
Manchuria
Californians Adopt Daylight Saving Time After Power Shortage
California residents embraced daylight saving time on Sunday to conserve energy after a severe power shortage. Officials report a 29 percent drop in power use with one day shutdowns in many plants and thousands of workers affected. The move ends decades of resistance and follows years of failed legislative attempts.
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Sacramento
$75,000 Fire Starts From Human Torch In Ohio
In Zanesville on March 10 James W. Stiles died from burns after a kerosene blow torch ignited his clothing. Flames spread to his shed at the Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp in Philo, touching off a chain reaction that destroyed a loading platform an oil tank exploded two freight cars burned and a large building was consumed by fire.
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Zanesville
Keros
James W. Stiles
Stiles
Ohio Ferro-Alfoxs Corp
Philo
Business chief urges prompt tax relief for firms
Washington March 10 Emil Schram president of the New York Stock Exchange urged Congress for immediate tax relief for business. He warned of an alarming shortage of funds for investment and noted trading down 22 percent from last year. He endorsed substantial tax cuts including a capital gains tax cut and exemption from the normal income tax on corporate dividends. Senate leaders plan to write their own bill in closed session later this month.
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Washington
Schram
Immunization Against Diphtheria Is Urged
Frederick county reports isolated diphtheria cases but no outbreak or deaths. Health officer Dr. Donald J. Roop urges immunization for all children over six months, noting fewer than half of first three grades are vaccinated and urging parents to inoculate through family physicians.
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Frederick County
Donald J. Roop
Roop
Hll
Masaryk's Death Shocks Prague After Suicide
Jan Masaryk, 61, non party foreign minister in the new Communist government, killed himself by a fall from his second story office in Prague. government says he suffered an illness and nervous disturbance, his body found in the palace courtyard. Alice Masaryk and Olga Revilliod identified his relatives as crowds gathered in shock.
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Jan Masaryk
Lev. Prehala
London
Masaryk
Thomas Masaryk
Republic
Foreign Ministry
Anton Dvorak
Soviet Union
Russia
Biasaryk
Czernin
Klement Gotiwald
Eduard Benes
Masa 5
Old Town
Ken
Ofice-Czernin Palace
Alice Masaryk
Olga Revilliod
Geneva
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