Frederick Memorial Hospital wing project pushed forward
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports delays in construction of a new north wing due to rising costs. bids were to open March 22, and plans now include 50 additional beds and expanded lab, x ray, and operating spaces. subscriptions total about $635,067 with most in government bonds. campaign aims to begin actual contraction by summer 1948.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Campany
Theampaign Fund
Orj Group
Winford Smith
James RB
Edmunds, Jr
Frederick
Rea
Sks
Four-Count Espionage Indictment Filed in New York
A federal grand jury charged Judith Coplon, a Department of Justice analyst, and Valentin Gubitchey, a Russian engineer at the United Nations, with four counts of espionage. One count alleges Coplon gave Gubitchey national defense documents and notes with intelligence reports on espionage activities in the United States. They were arrested after FBI agents tailed them through Manhattan streets last Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fedral
Judith Coplon
Department Justice
Valentin Gubitchey
United Nations
Miss Coplon
Gubitchey
United States
FBI
Manhattan Rects
Brazen three-state train robbery near Martinsburg
Police from Maryland Virginia and West Virginia hunted two bandits described as 22 to 25 years old after the Ambassador train was stopped two miles west of Martinsburg. Passengers were robbed of cash and valuables while two men looted coaches and a Pullman. Injuries were minor and two stolen cars were linked to the getaway as investigators chased conflicting reports on the number of robbers. Snow forecast lingered in western Maryland but unlikely to reach Martinsburg area.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Jesse James
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Panhandle
Maryland
Virginia
Set
W. W. Murphy
Baltimore
Detroit
R. R. Purdue
Washington
Miami
Fla
Youngstown
Walter Epps
Rebecca Davis
Cumberland
Warm Springs Crossing
B. and
Charles H. O'Roke
Oroke
Must Repay Money He Got By Fraud
George Johnson, a colored Philadelphia brick mason, was fined $50 and costs in Circuit Court this morning for obtaining $67 in unemployment compensation by false pretenses. Associate Judge Patrick Schnauffer suspended a 30-day jail term if Johnson repays the money within six weeks to the Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board. He warned harsher penalties for future fraud and noted six separate offenses. Johnson, who returned to Frederick county to stand trial, appeared ill after sentencing.
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George Johnson
Philadelphia
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Frederick County
Johnson
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board
Schnauffer
Triaal
Raymond H. Bussard
Unemployment Compensation Board
Mr. Bussard
Edrwin F. Nikirk
Maryland
Overheated Collector Ring Forces Plane to Frederick Landing
An American Airways liner diverted to Frederick airport on Wednesday evening after its exhaust collector ring overheated. No fire or smoke occurred. pilots engaged standard procedures and the plane was towed off the runway after arrival. Three passengers and cargo remained undisturbed. flight crew included Captain Byron Moe and co pilot Barney Burns.
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American Airways
Frederick
Washington
David L. Miller
All American
Hagerstown
Byron Moe
Barney Burns
Edward Slattery
Ralph LeComte
Charles N. Grimes
Red Cross Campaign Progress Report for 1949
Charles A. Price reports the 1949 Red Cross drive is ahead of last year at the same point with the Special Girls committee led by Clyde M. Roney surpassing its 31 110 quota and $2 766 10 received by noon, about one fourth of the $10 000 goal. He rejects press claims of lagging canvassers and commends workers for their efforts.
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Red Cross
Charles A. Price
Special Girls Committee
Clyde M. Roney
Price
Mfo
Woman on Ambassador Recalls Martinsburg Train Robbery
Mrs Clyde M M Roney of Detroit describes a Wild West style robbery on the Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador near Martinsburg Wednesday evening. She sat in the dining car across from two robbers, hid money in a magazine, watched gunmen in the club car, and saw the engine crew and tavern robbed before the train reached Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland News
Baltimore and Obio
Washinton
Detroit
Martinsburg
Queen City
Cumberland
Roney
TK. Chatham
Silver Spring
George Steers
Kalamazoo
Mich
Jack Steitz
A. J. Winterhalter
Toledo
Bob McCahon
Clyde Mc Roney
Clyde MM. Ronex
Mooney
Frederick Automobie
John F. Whitehouse
Harpers Ferry
Ward
Gillars Jury Is Deadlocked in Axis Sally Treason Case
Washington March 10 jury resumed deliberations at 9 40 a m after spending the night under guard of U S marshals Mildred E Gillars 48 the defendant arrived from the District of Columbia jail The jurors signified willingness to go to bed early last night a sign no verdict was in sight The case asks whether Miss Gillars broadcasting for Germany during the war aimed to betray the United States
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Washington
U.S
Miss
Democrats Face Defeat On Rent Control Issue
Washington reports Democrats fear a heavy House defeat on rent controls as leaders consider a compromise that allows “reasonable” landlord profits. A watered-down bill faces debate and a possible showdown vote, testing President Truman in the 81st Congress. The measure would extend controls 15 months, not 24, while Senate talks drift toward no rent control after March 31.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Danes Open Talks On Pact and Greenland Bases
Danish Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen arrived in Washington for talks with Secretary of State Acheson on whether Denmark will join the North Atlantic pact. The visit centers on securing info to decide ratification, with Denmark’s Greenland bases and strategic role in Western defense a key issue. Negotiations over Greenland air stations have persisted for years. Deeds filed show Violet A. Kline selling property to Colt and Dixon Packing and Manufacturing Co at 168 B. and OCTH with a life estate reserved, and Elenora Bowman selling a residence at 22 West All Saints Street to Gilmore Flautt Jr for about 5,000.
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Washington
Gustav Rasmwusser
Acheson
Denmark
Europe
Greenland
Rasmussen
United States
Western Hemisphere
Iceland
Portugal
Violet A. Kline
Colt and Dixon Packing
Elenora L. F. Bowman
Gilmore R. Flautt, Jr
West
All Saints Street
Two Train Robbers Captured After Washington Pawnshop Shootout
Police report a confession from Martinsburg Western Maryland train robbers Ramsdell and Ashton. Ramsdell wounded in a pistol duel with Officer Lomax during arrest in a Washington pawnshop near the White House. Both men from Youngstown, Ohio, tied to the B and O Ambassador robbery, with hundreds seized and over $1,000 recovered. Ramsdell in critical condition. Ashton detained.
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Washington
Martinsburg
W.va
White House
John BE. Winters
Laman Ramsidell
Wellington Street
Youngstown
George Llewelyn Ashton
Kenmore Avenue
S. and W
Lomax
James D. Kennedy
Ramsdell
Kennedy
Ashton
Réin Ramsdell
Rartvickke
Freny Ashton
West Virginia
Thomas G. Edison
Ramadell
Aingkon
Martins
Leesburg. Va
Leesburg
Mariusburg
21St
N. W
Virginia
Maryland
Blue Ridge Mountain
Passengers List Losses After Ambassy Hold-up
Baltimore reports indicate crew losses total 126 dollars from the ambush aboard the train to Martinsburg with Pullman passengers also robbed. Names and locations span Cumberland Baltimore Detroit Keyser Bel Air Connellsville Martinsburg and others with varied sums, including a $140 claim by Mrs. Elizabeth Davenport and multiple other individual amounts.
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Baltimore
Martinsburg
Nuch
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Wally Tasty
Bernard Kirby
Staunton
Asbeth Davenport
Waington
George de Frankfort
Detroit
Fort Paine
Luc Ohio
R. J. Blaire Pattsburgh
Aaron Billeher
Bel Air
Reformatory stints mark Ramsdell and Ashton careers
Youngstown police recount the troubled histories of Luman Ramsdell and George Ashton. Ramsdell, repeatedly jailed since 16, served briefly in the Marine Corps in World War II, then returned with combat fatigue amid ongoing run ins with the law. Ashton also served time in the Ohio Reformatory after admitting robberies in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Luman Ramsdell
Marine Corps
Okina
Japan
Ramsdell
America
George Ashton
Ohio
Aline
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Marine on Leave Faces Series of Ohio Offense Charges
A Marine on leave faced multiple charges in 1946 and 1947 including violating Ohio license law on April 3 1946 and holding up a bartender at Evergreen Tavern with $200, later returning to reform school. He was sentenced January 10 1947 to one to 20 years for operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent and paroled a year later amid a separate Washington arrest for a B and O train robbery near Martinsburg involving Ramsdell and Ashton.
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Marine Corps
Ohio
Evergreen Tavern
Reformatory
Ramsdell
Ashton
Washington
Marteinsburg
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Building Committee
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Weather Bureau
Annapolis
Burkins
L Marford
Gillars
Pact
Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company
East Patrick and
Wisner Streets
Ann Lyon
Cumberhuid, Md
We Ackerman
Wuarrens
Luethke
Robert 5. Smith
K. G. Rd
William Rhodes
Keyser
William M. Rhodes
Orville Rhodes
Wiliam E. Swann
Connellsville
Frances Prost
Frances Wolf
William Spangler
Morton W. Peskin
Elwood Lewis
Fannie M. Abram
Ghia
Mary Malone
Connellsville, Pa
Raimsdell and
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