Brethren Church Buys Four Lots For New Building Site
The Frederick Church of the Brethren bought four building lots on the west side of Fairview avenue near West Fourth street extended to host a new church. The site in the John W. Grove development covers about 350 feet of frontage with depths of 240 to 300 feet, purchased from Mr. and Mrs. G. Horton Peace for around 56 600. The congregation plans a substantial sanctuary and education unit, with fund raising underway while planning progresses under a committee led by Dr. Jesse S. Fifer and Mrs. Bertha Nicholson.
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The
Frederick Church of the Brethren
Fairview Avenue
West Fourth Street
John W. Grove
West Second Street
Circuit Court
G. Horton Peace
Marion G. Smith
Jane D. McCarrell
Jesse S. Fifer
Bertha Nicholson
Planning Commission
Paul W. Kinsel
West College Terrace
Kinse
Brethren
North Market Street
Peoples Drug Stores
Robert Friar
Church School
Ladies Aid Society
Ernest Ausherman
Herbert Duvall
Ralph Fahyney
Jesse Fifer
Thomas Kline
John Walte
Three Units To Open Carnival At Armory
A six night carnival opens tonight at the Frederick Armory sponsored by Voiture Locale 153 40 and 8 and Company A and the Medical detachment of the 115th Infantry Maryland National Guard. The floor is filled with amusements and door prizes run hourly with grand awards a television set and a deep freeze unit to be awarded Friday and Saturday nights. Co chairs Vernon Cassel and G Ernest Lipps lead the event.
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Voiture
115Th Infantry
Maryland National Guard
Frederick Armory
Armory
Vernon Cassel
G. Ernest Lipps
Local election candidates must sign loyalty affidavits
The Ober law requires candidates for public office to sign loyalty affidavits or have their names barred from ballots. The affidavits confirm no advocacy of government overthrow by force and no membership in subversive groups. County employees already signed them. city employees may be next. The Maryland Supreme Court rejected a stay, enabling enforcement once the Baltimore judge signs the decree.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
Maryland Court of Appeals
Joseph A. Sherbow
Baltimore
Appeals Court
Stalin Leads Russians In Balloting In Moscow
Stalin led millions of Russians to the polls in Moscow to vote for 671 nominees to the Council of the Union and 631 to the Council of Nationalities. All candidates were unopposed and voters could strike through names to oppose any candidate. Stalin appeared on the ballot for the Council of the Union in the Stalin district. Officials expected near universal turnout, with complete results due in about a week.
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Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
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Danube
Council of the Union
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Council of Nationalities
Communist Party
Pravada
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Stalin
Politburo
Bolshoi Theater
Labor Leader Slain In Fight At Moose Lodge
Huntington March 13 Labor leader B T Hank Wolford 44 regional director and staff representative of the CIO died after a fight in a Moose lodge rest room Coroner F Schuller said he found the body and returned a temporary finding of death from unknown injuries Police detained six lodge members for questioning no arrests made early today Wolford had served as regional director since 1943 overseeing CIO activities in the Huntington area.
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Huntington
W. Va
B. T .Hank Wolford
CIO
Moose Lodge
F. Schuller
Dr. Schuller
Lodge
Wolford
Riskier Now Trying Evade Income Taxes
Washington reports intensified scrutiny on 1949 tax returns as the Internal Revenue Bureau expands investigations. About 3,500 new investigators added this year, with Congress urged to fund 3,000 more. Electronic machines handle routine math while investigators focus on large incomes and odd deductions. Nearly a million errors found last year, yet prosecutions for fraud are under 500. Amended returns allowed, and refunds totaling about 30 million are expected as hundred million filings proceed.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Stock Market Quiet As Shares Edge Up In Limited Trading
New York and other markets showed a quiet session with radio and television shares advancing slightly while broad gains remained modest. In Baltimore, a dress shop was robbed by thieves using match light, stealing about $14,000 in clothes and $700 in cash.
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New York
Baltimore
Matchlight
Local Boy Elected President of Model Maryland State Senate
Thirteen Frederick High School boys were elected to serve as representatives in a model Maryland state senate to be held in Annapolis next month. C Edward Walter was chosen president of the model senate with John Dinguid of Cumberland elected bay Governor. The event is a Hi-Y Club project of the Maryland YMCA.
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Frederick High School
Annapolis
College Park
Maryland Ymca
Edward Walter
Raymond Walter
Model State Senate
Presde
John Dinguid
Cumberland
Bay
University of Maryland
H. C. Byrd
State Assembly
Harry Bard
Baltimore
Model Senate
Frederick
C. Edward Walter
Richard Morgan
Carl Staley
John Hane
Bill Bagent
Charles W. Ross IV
Austin Rhoades
Eugene Sanders
Richard Shipley
Alfred Shockley
Carmi Laylon
Fred Burgee
Howard Flook
Donald Koon
Alvin G. Quinn
Hi-V
Robbers fail to loot Coca Cola Bottling Plant safe
Burglars attempted to crack a large safe at the Coca Cola Bottling Company on North Market Street over the weekend. They drilled the safe, split a rear door, and used a wrecking bar but fled, leaving little cash and no other disturbances. Police and state troopers investigated.
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Coca Cola
North Market Street
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Geggs
Charles %. Taylor
Taylor
R. O. Six
W. W. Corbin
James H. Rovzee, Jr
Notices From Election Board Warn Of Stricken Registrations
Neighbors in about 50 addresses may miss notices that their names were struck from registration lists as mail returns undeliverable. The post office reported around 40 letters returned from 7,554 notices sent last week due to moved addresses. Board sources say mail failures unlikely to cause major issues though errors in mailing exist. A separate item notes evacuation efforts and a political ambassador offering to testify in Washington. A deed records sale of 113 East Fifth Street from Arthur C Lampe and wife to Monroe W Luby for about 3000 dollars.
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Board of Election Supervisors
East Fifth Street
Arthur C. Lampe
Washington
Monroe W. Luby
Drunken Driver Fined in Maryland Court Case
Magistrate Alton Y Bennett in Peoples Court fined Marion S Cooley of Rockville 200 75 dollars and ordered 30 days confinement for drunken driving after being arrested on Route 340 near Hyattstown. Trooper Harole J Basore testified Cooley drifted across lines while driving slowly. Cooley pleaded guilty. failure to pay could extend the sentence. A second fine of 200 dollars was imposed on James Columbus Proctor for operating with a revoked license and using a fictitious name. a 100 dollar suspended fine followed. An assault case against Charles Martin resulted in a 25 80 dollar fine.
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Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Marion S. Cooley
Rockville
Hyattstown
Harole J
Basore
Cooley
Basere
Bennett
Patrick Street
Frederick Residen
Cowley
lJames Columbus Proctor
Jul Doubs
Department of Motor Vehicles
Proctor
Doubs
Charles Martin
Braddock Heights
Mildred Zimmerman
Sherif George F. Crouse
William A. Mulchner
Distillery Damaged by Dust Explosion in Elkridge
A dust explosion and fire at the Cal vert distillery on Washington Baltimore boulevard in Elkridge caused about 29000 in damage on March 33. The blast occurred on the building’s fourth floor, shattered elevator and compressor structures, and damaged two other buildings. Plant manager William M. Reindallar attributed a grain dust spark. five carloads of pram were burned. Firefighters from Halethorpe and sprinkler systems subdued the blaze as residents in Arbutus Halethorpe and Relay heard the blast.
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Elkridge
Calvert
Washington-Baltimore Boulevard
William M. Reindallar
Halethorpe
Arbutus
Relay
Baltimore
Convictions Of Seven For Rape Upheld
Richmond Va March 73 The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals today upheld the convictions of seven Martinsville Negroes who await execution for raping a white woman. The unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice Hudgins found no reversible error in the Martinsville City Circuit Court trials. The seven were charged in one indictment with raping Mrs Ruby Stroud Floyd 82 on January 8 1949 while she was on her way to collect for clothes she had sold.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Martinsville
Edward W. Hudgins
Martinsville City
Ruby Stroud Floyd
Fractured Skull Causes Death of Little Girl
A four month old girl died from a skull fracture after an injury reported Saturday. Deputy Coroner Christopher Murphy announced the autopsy showed bruises on the face head and mouth area. Homicide detectives and the coroner’s office began an intensive investigation.
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Washington
Marth
Vin
Saint
Christopher Wf. Murphy
Hutts
Kien Keeley
Lancaster Murder Case Before Jury
Lancaster Pa March 13 Edward Gibbs a Franklin and Marshall College senior confessed the killing of Mar tin Louise Baker claiming it was impulse. The case heads to indictment and trial with a large Amish presence on the panel as district attorney weighs the death penalty amid a long Lancaster county history of capital punishment.
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Pbs
Ald
Tonia
The
Commonwealth Today
Edward L. Gibbs
Vearala Cantesseri
Gibbs
Franklin and Marshall College
Martin Louise Baker
Air Force
Natlily
Lancaster County Coast House
Court House
Woual House
Sax
John Mo Trick
Uelen
East Hall
Baker
G.L
Maritime Commission Facing End
President Truman sent Congress four reorganizational plans aimed at abolishing the Maritime Commission and shifting merchant fleet control to the Commerce Department. The proposals also call for dismantling the National Labor Relations Board and expanding cabinet power, with figures like Robert N. Denham at issue. The plans promise substantial savings and a move toward a streamlined federal government, creating a new Federal Maritime Board and a Maritime Administration within Commerce.
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Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Sauver
Truman
Coral
National Labor Relations Board
Robert §N. Denblare
Denham
Vadds
NLRB
Hie
Denhan
Eather
Senne
Tye Mexifes
Cruman
Herbert Hoover
Nein
Commerce Department
Sawyer
Wold
White House
Trenseurn Interior, Agriculture, Commerce
Libor
Ehalonen
Bady Chairmyan
Tabor
Kenereal Services Administration
GSA Ward
Talerior
Maritime Commission
Trastan Sai
Htoover Commission
Capitol
Hoover
One Great Hour Of Sharing Observed
More than 100000 Protestant and Orthodox congregations joined a national drive raising funds for relief abroad. Denominations sponsoring the One Great Hour of Sharing expect to aid resettlement, missionary work, food distribution, medical and educational expansion, and relief services with funds to 19 participating denominations. Meanwhile multiple minor crimes and a fatal accident were reported in brief items including drunken driving charges in Funkstown, disturbances in Washington, and a car wreck near Edgewood killing one sailor and injuring four others.
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New York
United States
Interdenomina Sional
Asia
Europe
Hanson Named in Red Probe amid McCarthy charges
Washington reports Senator McCarthy charges Hanson a State Department official of pro Communist activity since 1943. Hanson linked to Inter-Departmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation as executive director. McCarthy claims Hanson ran a Communist mapismne. Hanson denies wrongdoing and says he is loyal. The hearing targets alleged Communist influence in the State Department and broader government programs.
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Washington
McCarthy R.wis
Haldore Hanson
State Department
Hansen
Michael McDermott
Department
Hanson
United States
McCarthy
Branson
Truman
Fir ‘Praman
Ia T the Met
Senate
Toukdhot
Peiping
Asia
Hitler
Mein Kampe
Europe
Pacifc Affairs
MrCarthy
Institute of Pacific Relations
Frederick Vandere Hilt Fiekl
Truck Wreck In At. 340 Crash Injures Two Men
A 1950 Chevrolet pick-up was demolished and two men were injured in a Route 340 collision one mile south of Jefferson. Howard Edward Lee, 26, of Route 4, suffered facial lacerations and was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Charles A. Herbert, 53, of Route 4, also treated for facial and head injuries, not admitted. State Trooper Rouzee said the disabled 1938 Chevrolet sedan had mechanical trouble and was parked in the northbound lane with no lights when struck by a National Fruit Product Co truck from Winchester, driven by Holmes B. Hinton, 45, who escaped injury. The car sustained about $200 damage. Hinton faces reckless driving charges. Lee faces illegal working charges.
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Jefferson
Howard Edward Lee
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Neem
Charles A. Herbert
Route 4
James H. Rouzee, Jr
National Fruit Product Company
Winchester
Rouzee
Holmes B. Hinton
Hinton
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