Middletown groups seek four more classrooms at new high school
Middletown PTA Valley Grange and Everhart Post Americal Legion urged the Board of County Commissioners to add at least four classrooms to the under construction Middletown High School. They cited rising costs and future enrollment, noting the building will not yet accommodate seventh graders and proposing bids be sought immediately with state loan funds if needed.
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Middletown
Board of County Commissioners
Middletown High School
Middletown ‘Parent-Teachers Association
Valley Grange and Everhart Post
Americar Legion
Middletown Pta
J. Keller and Sons
PTA
Board of Education
Commander Cocke Injured In Korea Jeep Accident
U S Eighth Army Headquarters Korea March 10 American Legion Commander J E Cocke suffered a wrenched back in a jeep accident two miles south of Hoengsong on the central front in Korea He was on a front tour with Maj Gen Franke Lowe Truman envoy to the armed forces in Korea Both shaken up but not seriously injured Their jeep skidded and rolled down a 15 foot embankment while passing a convoy They later departed for Tokyo as scheduled Deeds recorded in clerk's office for several property sales Marie J McClain sold to Frank J and Marie Riel property on Military Road Meade Avenue about 12500 Richard F Kline sold two building lots in Westbrook development to Thames J Crum about the neighbourhood of s
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
American Legion
J. Erle Cocke
Hoengsong
Cocke
Franke Lowe
Truman
Lowe
Tokyo
Marie J. McClain
Frank J. Riel
Military Road
Meade Avenue
Richard F. Kline
Westbrook
Thames J. Crum
Prices Mixed In Quiet New York Stock Market
Gold mining shares moved ahead today in a quiet and mixed market. Their advance was moderate and a little better than other sections of the market which showed a spread of about a dollar lower to nearly a dollar higher.
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New York
Sneak Snow Sunday Seen In Forecast
A sneaky March snow may arrive tomorrow as temperatures dip to near 20 degrees. Forecasters expect cloudy and cold conditions with some rain or snow, while the airport observer reports bad weather in Indiana Illinois with snow and sleet. Friday's high was 46 degrees, with the day’s peak near 40 expected.
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Indiana-Illinois
W. O
March of Dimes Local Total Nears Goal
Frederick’s March of Dimes total to date is 11679.96 toward an 12000 goal. Frederick County Chapter chairman Alton Bennett notes several past contributors have not yet replied, hoping final tally surpasses the target. Roger R. Rice acts as treasurer. the chapter aided 15 polio victims this year while facing red ink and a drained national emergency fund.
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Frederick
Alton ¥. Bennett
Frederick County
National Foundation For
Fredericks
Two Killed In West Virginia Wreck Near Martinsburg
Two crewmen died trying to leap from a derailed Pennsylvania freight train near Cumbo four miles north of Martinsburg West Virginia. Conductor Eugene Claybaugh of Hedgesville and brakeman James F Sowers Jr of Martinsburg were crushed beneath a toppled car while engineer J W Price and others escaped unharmed.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eads
Eugene Claybaugh
Hedgesville
James F. Sowers, Jr
J. W. Price
Cumbo
Price
Claybaugh
Sowers
C. C. Clem
Hagerstown
W. W. Costello
Western powers broaden agenda for Big Four talks
Western delegates submitted a revised agenda to ease East West tensions at the Deputy Foreign Ministers meeting. Russia reserved judgment on accepting the agenda for a Big Four Foreign Ministers conference, while US France and Britain supported covering Russia’s concerns. Gromyko warned the ministers cannot avoid discuss ing remilitarization of Germany and disarmament. Parodi criticized the week long talks, and ministers plan to reconvene Monday. Twenty five witnesses were listed for the DeHart trial in Pennsylvania with three killed in a Route 15 accident.
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Paris
Russia
Europe
U.S.S.R
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
Gromyko
Alexander Parodi
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Ernest Davies
Jessup
Washington
William C. DeHart
Steelton
DeHart
Edwin F. Nikirk
Thurmont
Syrian Premier and cabinet resign in Damascus
Syrian Premier Nazam Koudsi and his entire cabinet resigned late last night after meetings with government and army leaders. The resignations were handed to President Hachem Atassi in Damascus.
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Damascus
Syria
Nazam Koudsi
Hhs
Koudsi
Hachem Atassi
Robins are no longer heralds of spring says study
National Geographic notes robins winter across Maryland with some northern birds staying north. A Frederick County census lists cold weather nesters such as bluebird cardinal and red-tailed hawk. Local ornithologists, led by Mrs. William R. Slemmer, plan bird walks and lectures including a public meeting at the YMCA with Chandler Robbing discussing bird distribution in Frederick County.
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Maryland
National Geographic Society
Book of Birds
Central
New York State
Frederick County
Frederick
Maryland Ornithological Society
Braddock
High Knob
Lewistown
Singanore
William R. Slemmer
M.C
Chandler Robbing
Shidehara Japanese Speaker Dies at 78
Kijuro Shidehara, 78, longtime liberal figure and Speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, died of a heart attack in Tokyo. A central reformer after World War II, he had served as Foreign Minister in the 1920s and led Japan’s early occupation-era constitutional changes before later retiring from politics. General MacArthur mourned him as a valuable asset during Japan’s postwar adjustment.
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Tokyo
Kijuro Shidehara
Japan
House of Representatives
Shidehara
MacArthur
Manchuria
China
Sudehara
Naruhiko Higashikuni
Vandenberg Asked to Quit Amid Health Crisis
Grand Rapids March 10 MPs report Senator Vandenberg in serious but unchanged condition. Detroit AFL Labor Federation calls for his resignation, sending a resolution to the Republican State Central committee. The document says Michigan should have Senate representation like other states.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Vandenberg
H-Mich
Detroit
AFL
Wayne County Federation of Labor
Frank X. Martel
Republican State Central Committee
Michigan
Senate
Marte
Vannenberg
Washington, D. C
Lansing
State House
G. Mennen Williams
United States
Atomic Shells Or Photographic Flares Sighted Near Las Vegas
Supersonic test pilot George May reported three flashes near the Las Vegas bombing range that resembled atomic blasts. An Air Force spokesman said planes from Muroa California dropped photographic flares over the range Tuesday night. An Atomic Energy Commission spokesman said no atomic explosions have occurred in Nevada for more than a month.
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San Francisco
George May
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Nevada
May
Donald Douglas, Jr
Douglas Aircraft Company
Air Force
Nelli Air Base
Murae
Calif
Los Alamos
N. M
Pedestrian fatalities in Frederick rise in 1950 report
Frederick records six pedestrian deaths and 30 injuries in 1950, doubling and nearly doubling previous years. Data from the city Police Department for the national AAA pedestrian protection program shows most deaths occurred at night on Market street, with ages ranging from four to eighty-two.
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Fredericke City
American Automobile Association
Frederick
Market Street
Recreation Night March 14 replaces earlier date
The 4-H recreation night for youths, parents, and friends will be Wednesday at Frederick High School. The evening starts at 7:30 with the final 4-H county tournament basketball game, followed by a square dance in the auditorium. Callers are John Barkier, Mehrie Duvall, and James Montgomery. committees list chairs and members. No admission fee. Last year's crowd reached 250. this year’s turnout expected higher.
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Frederick High School
Eveniing
Doys
John Barkier
Unionville
Mehrie Duvall
Frederick
James Montgomery
Urbana
Marybelle Remsberg
Martha Layman
Mary Jane Wilcom
Frances Montgomery
Oneda Albaugh
Howard Miller
Tom Lady
Dorothy Keller
Virginia Garst
Pauline Toms
Lucille Rhoderick
Catherine Roderick
Mehrle Duvall
Bill Remsberg
Kathryn Zimmerman
Paul Spurrier
Edgewood delegation seeks dirt road upgrade near Shookstown
A delegation from Edgewood near Shookstown asked Frederick County Commissioners to improve about one mile of dirt road in the area citing new homes. The petition will be referred to the Frederick County Roads Board for action. A separate item notes Middletown Volunteer Fire Company sold a five car garage at public sale for 60 dollars to Dr. Verne F. Kemerer. The garage must be removed and land unaffected. sale conducted by Delbert Null, auctioneer.
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Edgewood
Shookstown
Frederick County Roads Board
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
Verne F. Kemerer
Fire Company
Delbert Null
Two Children Perish Three Injured In Baltimore Fire
A Baltimore blaze on a three story brick row house early today left two young girls dead and three sisters in critical condition. Father Carle Dicus and seven others were injured, with two boys escaping unharmed as a cab driver and a neighbor helped rescue victims.
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Baltimore
Alice Dicus
Virginia Dicus
Doris Dicus
Patricia Dicus
Catherine Dicus
Carle Dicus
University Hospital
Gerona Dieus
Charles
Thomas
Kefauver to Make Public Records on Liquor Industry Probes
Senator Kefauver said his crime investigating committee will publish records aimed at cleaning the liquor industry of criminal elements. Testimony from southern tax officials reported tax free whisky flowing from two Cairo wholesalers, totaling about 20 million dollars annually. The panel plans to reveal all linked criminal activity before its March 31 completion, while officials push federal license screens to bar applicants with criminal records.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Cairo
Crime Investigating
Dwight Avis
Internal Revenue Bureau
Avis
Archbishop Beran banished from Prague in radio notice
Arch bishop Josef Beran ordered to live outside Prague seat of his archdiocese for uncooperative attitude and fined. Official radio reported tonight but amount unspecified. In Richmond Virginia a man died on Route 1 south of the city in a collision with a heavy tractor injuring a two year old girl who escaped unharmed. Car registered in Maryland under Albert R. Hardin, believed to have moved to Chesterfield County.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Aptchdiocese
Richmond
Here
Maryland
Albert R. Hardin
Chesterfield County
Two Die in Fire in Pulaski Va at Parrott Home
Fire swept a four room frame dwelling near Pulaski Virginia early today, killing an elderly couple. George Parrott about 50 and Maggie Parrott about 60 were found charred in a rear room of the home. The blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Pulaski
Here
George Parrott
Maggie Parrott
Release on Bond for Bastardy Charge in Yellow Springs
Ellis Keyser of Yellow Springs posted 500 bond after a bastardy charge. He was arrested earlier this week by County Constable Raymond Haugh. The report notes Saraejevo in Bosnia and Yugoslavia as the location tied to World War I events and draws a comparison of Bosnia's size to West Virginia.
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Ellis Keyser
Yellow Springs
Keyser
Raymond Haugh
Saraejevo
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
West Virginia
U S Watches For Smugglers
NEA wire by Peter Edson notes that gold smugglers shift funds during political crises, seeking permanent value. From 1948 to Korea era, demand spiked in India, the Middle East, and Europe, with routes via free ports and jewelers. Treasury and Mint controls limit illegal flows while high profits entice risk. estimates show tens of millions moving quietly amid heavy regulation.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
United States
Korea
Far East
India
Middle Eastern
Beypt
South Africa
Asia
Europe
U. S
New York
Thue
England
U. S. Treasury
Justice Department
Treasury
Customs
Bureau of the Mint
Tangiers
Macao
Kuwait
Lebanon
International Monetary Fund
Tocal
Canvass Begins March 15 For Red Cross Fund Drive
The general canvass for the Red Cross fund drive will start March 15 instead of March 1. About 150 women led by Mrs. Ann Daffin will conduct door bell ringing as the March campaign’s cleanup phase. Packets of supplies become available Monday at headquarters 22 South Market Street and from Mrs. Marjorie S. Kline.
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Red Cross
Ann Daffin
South Market Street
Marjorie S. Kline
UN forces Cross Han River Front North of Seoul
United Nations troops expanded a bridgehead across the Han River east of Seoul, driving back Communist forces as tank and artillery assaults supported infantry advances. U.S. First Cavalry and Greek troops pushed toward Hongehon and Hoengsong while Marines and British units pressed along ridges. Prisoners and captured equipment mounted as weather stayed mild.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Han River
Seoul
U.N
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Yongdong
Hongehon
Charles D. Palmer
27Th Commonwealth
Hoengsong
Morrison In Bevin's Place
London March 10. Veteran Labourite Herbert Morrison took over as Foreign Secretary replacing Ernest Bevin who found the post onerous after five years. Morrison, 63, born in London, brings patience and broad government experience, while remaining Deputy Prime Minister and heir to Attlee. James Chuter Ede will lead the Commons majority as Morrison assumes foreign duties.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Whitehall
Morrison
Bevin
Attlee
House of Commons
James Chuter Ede
Mass Execution Report From Canton Shocked Hong Kong
Chinese Communist authorities in Canton announced 45 counter revolutionary suspects were shot in a mass execution yesterday. The admission, carried by pro Communist Hong Kong papers, marks one of the Reds largest such killings. A separate fire in Iloilo on Panay Island killed one and left 8,000 homeless across five blocks.
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Hongkong
Canton
Iloilo Manila
Noilo
Panay Island
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the Legion
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Oliver E. Smith
Myra Blackston
Klinehart’s Alley
Trump and
Richeldin
Robin
Kijero Shidehara
Beran
U.S
Bridgehead
Mrs. Deep
Han
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