Odell Odellsoon convicted of assault and battery in circuit court
Everett Odell, 39, itinerant farm laborer, found guilty of the third assault and battery case in February term. The jury deliberated shortly before Associate Judge Patrick Schnauf. Odell had been ordered to stay away from the farm and to leave the state after prior offenses. McLeod, 75, testified Odell knocked him down, beat him, and fired a pistol that ricocheted over McLeod’s head. Odell claimed self defense and drunkenness, while the State highlighted the shooting and firearm possession that night. The verdict followed testimony from Odell and witnesses including his wife and stepson. The case location centered around the Crane farm near Ijamsville.
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Odell
Fin- Lin
Weinberg
Appell
Irge Crouse
Jell
Jimmy
Aeane
McLeod
Qdell
Abs
cLeod
L. M. Ridge
Edwin F. Nikirk
C. Dillon Viris
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Ahen Harper
J. Emmerit Shepley
Carroll E. Harp
Zégar Diggs
Frank S. Grumbine
Ee T. ¥Ingex
M. Ramsburg
Mamie Zimmerman
Ernest
Ft. Shriver
Samuel A. Long
Raymond P. Adams
Anna L. Dinterman
Local Maryland Forecast Slated to Turn Colder with Snow Likely
Central Maryland expects cloudy skies with occasional rain today then colder and windy conditions with a chance of snow late today or tonight. Highs reach the mid 30s, dropping to 15 to 22 tonight. Tomorrow clears but stays very cold. Washington and Allegany counties face freezing rain turning to snow this afternoon, with a high near freezing and lows 10 to 16, followed by sunny but cold conditions tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Washington and
Arlegany Coun
What the Bureau of Standards Does and Condon Case
The Nation outlines the U S Bureau of Standards role in weights measures standards and testing items from bulbs to thermometers and hydrometers. It notes Dr Edward A Condon head of the bureau faces loyalty questions from the House Un American Activities committee and reports the panel found no grounds for disloyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Edward A. Condon
U. S
Condon
Commerce Department
Loyalty Board
Department
Un-American Activities Committee
Bureau
Washington
Worst Blizzard Strikes Kansas in March Record
March 1947 blizzard paralyzed Kansas with drifting snow and record low temperatures. McPherson Hays and Concordia isolated as highway crews cleared drifts. Trains and buses delayed or canceled, schools closed, gas shortages reported and cities posted their coldest March lows.
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Kansas City
Kansas
McPherson
Hays
Concordia
Vari
Oxishoma
Religious Education Classes To Be Ended In Montgomery County
Two religious education classes in Montgomery County public schools will be abolished following a Supreme Court ruling. Sherwood Elementary School in Sandy Spring and Gaithersburg High School are the affected sites. The Sherwood class is linked to the Montgomery County Religious Education Association, while Gaithersburg’s is believed to be PTA sponsored.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
Edwin W. Broome
County Board of Education
Sherwood
Sandy Spring
Gaithersburg
Monttgomery
Cold Air Front Brings Snow Across Ohio Valley
A cold wave moving into the region is expected to drop temperatures to about 15 above zero tonight, with some snow possible. Rain-mist fell earlier and noon highs reached only 36, as snow spread from Pittsburgh to Ohio and western Maryland. Forecasters put the front in around 6 o'clock with clearing and a fair, cold day ahead. Chicago reported snow and above freezing readings by 3 p.m.
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Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Frederick
Maryland
Harrisburg
W. O
Chicago
Dinner Tonight Paves Red Cross Canvass Kickoff
One hundred fifty volunteer women will publicize the Red Cross fund drive in Frederick County with a 6 PM dinner at Grace Evangelical Reformed Church. Campaign totals reach 3800 with a 14100 county quota. George A. Nevin will speak on the blood program.
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Red Cross
Grace Evangelical Reformed Church
Frederick County
George A. Nevin
Centers Administration
American Red Cross
Daniel J. Thomas
Fiumd
Wi Vascur L. Smith
Gthonman
Ru Wechter
Charles Heck
John Encie
Harlston Rothenhoefer
Johnson
John G. Smi
Joseph Urner
Lewis Kev
T. Bra T
Harry ‘Renee Fahrneson
Steve’ Image
Afiss
Thelma Culler
Motter Thomas
Victor Palmer
C. W Gregory
Roger Rice
Route 40 Work West of Cumberland Planned
The State Roads Commission seeks sealed bids by noon March 123 for grading drainage and concrete surfacing on 4.625 miles of U.S. 46 from Allegany Grove west of Cumberland through Clarysville and Eckhardt Mines to Frostburg. Estimated project cost is 1,600,600 dollars.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
U.S. 46
Allegany Grove
Cumberland
Clarysville
Eckhardt Mines
Frostburg
Homemakers Clubs Meet Planned for March 18 in Frederick
Mrs Earl Gosweiler president of the Maryland Council of Homemakers Clubs will speak at the annual conference of the Frederick County council in Frederick March 18. The meeting opens at 10 a.m. at the United Brethren Church with reports from committee chairs and a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Gosweiler will discuss her 1947 Holland trip representing American farm women. Ushers and a committee for National Home Demonstration Week were named at the Tuesday board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Gosweiler
Maryland Council of Homemakers Clubs
Council of Homemakers Clubs
Frederick County
Gosweiler
Holland
Council of County Women of the World
Old Church Street School
J. Homer Remsberg
United Brethren Church
West Second Street
Calvary Methodist Church
Newspaperman in Baltimore Dies After Sixth Floor Plunge
John F. Lancaster a 32 year old Baltimore newspaper man was found dead in an alley behind a downtown building after apparently jumping from a sixth floor window. He recently joined the Maryland Public Expenditures Council as an assistant to its executive director and had attended the council office yesterday. He married Susan Landis in 1944 and leaves three children.
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Baltimore
John F. Lancaster
Johns Hopkins University
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Lancaster
Joseph L. Stanton
Maryland Public Expenditures Council
Susan Landis
Chicago
Kennesaw Mountain Landis
Rumors On Gustaf V Death Circulate In Europe
Reports from Maubeuge France and Stockholm Sweden describe rumors that King Gustaf V died on a train en route to the Riviera. A Belgian stationmaster said the monarch was seen alive hours after the rumors began. The 89 year old king traveled with his court aboard the Nord Express bound for Paris.
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Maubeuge
France
Gustaf
Sweden
Nord-Expresse
Paris
Riviera
Sweden Tockholm
Europe
Gustaf V
The
Five Year Road Plan To See Many New Maryland Highways
Maryland outlines a five year program prioritizing new highways over repairs. State Roads Commission aims and bids total 4.76 million on 27 projects since January 1, plus 2.65 million contracts already awarded. Governor and legislature support a massive modernization with potential 175 to 200 million spending next five years.
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Maryland
Baltumore
State Roads Commission
William F. Childs
Childs
General Assembly
Baltimore
Lane
Continued search for lost plane over Maryland mountains
Reports of a possible aircraft wreckage near Catoctin Mountain prompted a renewed search for the Coast Guard plane missing since a January snowstorm. Town officials and a forest supervisor discounted sightings while fog and mist hindered aerial scouting. Local residents reported various noises and glimpses. authorities and Stevens Airport said no confirmed lead emerged.
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Fie
Catoctin Mountain
Coast Guard
Salamander
Black Rock
District Forest
Herman Toms
Creek Aviene
Thomas H. Valentine
Frederick
Linganore Creek
Liberty
Stevens
R. E. Long's Rites To Be On Saturday
Roland E. Long, longtime Frederick resident and former Potomac Edison manager at Waynesboro, Pa., died at 2:09 p m Wednesday from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the right temple. He was 50. He left a note for his wife and was active in civic affairs and Masonic circles. His death followed health problems and an overwrought condition. services are planned for Saturday.
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Roland E. Long
Frederick
Potomac Edison
South Penn Power Company
Waynesboro
Uusudz
Downies
Garfield Street
Irs
Penn
Travelers Ee. Spor
Mt. Alla
Community Chest
Delta DC-4 Crash Kills 12 of 13 Aboard in Chicago
A Delta DC-4 bound for Miami crashed and burned after takeoff from Chicago Municipal. Twelve passengers died and a 33 year old mother survived with burns and limb injuries. Two Levy brothers and crew also perished.
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Chicago
March
Delta Atlines
Tames
Trippling Mee
Oak Lawn
Delta
Miami Beach
Fla
Harold Levy
Ralph Raymond Levy
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Three More Czechoslovak Diplomats Resign Over Masaryk Death
London march 11 three more Czechoslovak diplomats resign their posts amid Masaryk death consequences. Schwarzenberg minister to the Vatican says he does not recognize the Gottwald government and notes Masaryk was a broken man. Walter resigns as minister to Norway and Viest is designated in London due to Prague's communist policies.
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London
Jan Masaryk
Frantisek Schwarzenberg
Vatican
Gottwald
Schwarzenberg
Prague
Masaryk
Nine Trapped Women Die In Hospital Fire
Nine women patients perished in a blaze at Highland Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Asheville North Carolina. Two others died after evacuation as firemen battled the four story building. Only a few names were released and investigators noted most deaths occurred on the top floor.
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Asheville
N.C
Highland Hospital
B. T. Bennett
Iremen
Bennett
Harold Enloe
Tivo
Allen T. Hipps
Bruce Kennedy
Duke University Hospital
Bur- Ram
Robert S. Carroll
Carroll
Duke
Anti MacArthur Clubs Formed By Ex GIs In Four Cities
Former servicemen and students in Chicago St Louis Denver Boston Pittsburgh and Dallas organize groups opposed to General Douglas MacArthur as a possible presidential candidate. Chicago spokesman Paul Berger says a national non political club could be formed. about 300 signatures collected. Groups cite his aloofness, 1932 bonus march violence, press censorship in Japan, and belief a military man should not lead the nation.
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Chicago
MacArthur
Douglas ‘MacArthur
Paul Berger
Teras
Against
Berger
Supreme Allied Commander
Japan
He Ia
St. Louis
Denver
Boston
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Tex
Harvard
Bastion Unity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Crimson
Doug" MacArthur
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Chicago Club
Berser
General MacArthur
White House
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Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Homemakers
State Council
George Cleveland
Walkersville
Frederick ci
Cleveland
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sears Cole
Charles H. Hess
Cole
Hess
Otcers Burras
Rentzell
Twentey
State Tax Commission
Frederick Implement Center, Inc
Robert E Hess
Lawrence F Hoster
I. Paul Smith
Edwin Brooke Parkinson
Hardware Mutual Company
Eugene Gavin
Route 73
Parkinson
Amos A A . Holter
R. E. Long
Waynesboro, Pa
Pat Smith
55Th Street
Cicero Avenue
C. K. Firth
Meo
Garssons
Grand Y
Henry N
Murray W. Garsson
Illinois
New York
Annapolis
Yeren J. Lock
Jessup
State Reformatory For Women
Asheville, N.C
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