Thurmont To Discuss Its School Needs
Thurmont PTA calls a public meeting at 7 30 p m in the school cafeteria to discuss a new elementary school. About 400 PTA members and reps from 20 civic groups attend. Board favors buying a site and immediate construction, while County Commissioners cite 1955 as the earliest budget-ready time.
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Thurmont
PTA
W. H. Benjamin
Board of Education
County Commissioners
Benjamin
Thomas J. Pullen, Jr
State Superintendent of Schools
Pullen
Maryland
the American, Legion
The
Lions Club
Homemakers’ Club
Grange
Fight Adrift In Ship's Bow
Three Coast Guard cutters and four planes searched rough North Atlantic waters for seven men and the captain's wife aboard the drifting bow of the Angy tanker. The Angy exploded after a fire, wrecking the ship. Angy’s bow remains missing while the Claiborne took aboard 28 crew from the aft section and proceeds to Cherbourg.
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New York
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Argentia
Newfoundland
Coos Bay
Claiborne
Cherbourg
France
London
Economou and Co
George Scarvelis
Three Nations Nominate Secrets In United Nations Race
In a behind closed doors move at the United Nations, three candidates entered the race to succeed Secretary General Trygve Lie. The United States proposed Carlos P. Romulo of The Philippines, Russia backed Stanislaw Skrzeszewski of Poland, and Denmark put forward Lester B. Pearson of Canada.
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United Nations. N
U. N
Trygve Lie
K-nation Security Council
United States
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Russia
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Denmark
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Plan Sent To Congress Plan Sent To Congress
President Eisenhower asked Congress to create a new federal department of health education and welfare by folding the Federal Security Agency into a single cabinet agency Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby would likely head the new department if the plan passes The proposal relies on a general law authorizing reorganization to improve economy and efficiency and would take effect 60 days after submission unless either chamber disapproves
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Federal Security Agency
White House
FSA
Oveta Culp Hobby
Department
Senate
House
Boy Held As Slayer Of Little Girls
A 16 year old boy, Carleton Mason of New York City, admitted luring two girl schoolmates from the Lakeside School in South Spring Valley into a woods and killing them. Autopsy found sodomy and deaths from stabbing and a head blow with strangulation evidence. Mason, part of a search party that recovered Marjorie Bou treau, 8, and Esther Nagy, 5, will be charged with first degree murder. He denied sexual attack motive.
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New City
N. Y
Carleton Mason
New York City
John Skahen
Rockland County
M. J. Moses
Esther Nagy
Marjorie Boutreau
News
Esther
Mason
Lakeside
South Spring Valley
Taft Seeks 1954 Federal Spending Estimate by May First
Senator Taft asks Secretary Humphrey and Budget Director Dodge to submit to Congress by May 1 an estimate of next year’s federal spending. He seeks an educated guess on possible cuts from Truman’s 878.6 billion budget and notes Stassen teams will report by March 24.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Joseph Dodge
Congress
Senate
Dodge
Truman
The
Ohioan
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Defense Department
Ohio
Stevenson Calls For Free Asian Nations
Adlai Stevenson told the Japan America Society in Tokyo that a community of free Asian nations must meet the communist challenge in the Orient. He envisions a free world and a Pacific nations balance to counter Europe’s free community. Stevenson is on a four month globe circling tour as the first major stop.
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Tokyo
Adiai Stevenson
Stevenson
Japan-America Society
Japan
Details Of Road Jobs Explained
County Engineer Roger Willard outlined a 12 year plan to accelerate county road construction and rehabilitation funded by a bond issue backed by county revenues and gasoline tax shares. He noted about 36.2 million eligible for counties and towns, with potential to double road work in Frederick County and raise miles paved from 20 to 40 annually.
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Roger H. Willard
Senate Finance Committee
Annapolis
State Roads Commission
Willard
Finance Committee
Louis E. Goldstein
Frederick County
A. Grant Hooper
Russell H. McCain
Commission
Hooper
Wicomico Turkeys Are Killed By Dogs
Wicomico County faces a bill for 459 to cover 50 pounds of turkey after marauding dogs killed 24 birds at the Smith and Hartman farm near Salisbury. The turkey growers seek reimbursement under a Maryland law that makes the county liable for damages to livestock caused by dogs.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
Maryland
Smith and Hartman Turkey Farm
Here
Grave danger warned in clashes of American and Communist planes
U S officials warned further clashes between American and Communist aircraft along the Iron Curtain could trigger an international explosion. A Czech claim of a U S jet shot down over Czech territory was disputed by U S sources, who said the patrol occurred inside Germany’s U S zone. Prague rejected the protest, saying the clash happened after U S planes penetrated Czech airspace and refused to land. Defense data indicate American pilots may shoot back if attacked and are instructed to force landings with gunfire if necessary.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U. S
Iron Curtain
Wiesbaden
Germany
Prague
West Germany
U.S
Red High Command
Defense Department
Shakeup in Brass Hinted as Defense Shortages Stoked Debate
Washington lawmakers signaled possible shakeup in top military leadership over lagging defense efforts and ammunition shortages in Korea. Senate Armed Services probes Korean stocks. Senators Symington Byrd Butler back stronger action. Chairman Saltonstall backs a three member subcommittee to monitor ammo and cut red tape.
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Washington
Korea
Senate Armed Services Committee
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
U. S
Defense Department
Byrd
West Germany
Pentagon
Armed Services Committee
Lawton Collins
Army
Wilson
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Narriman and Mother Flying To Switzerland
Exiled Egyptian former Queen Narriman and her mother depart Rome for Switzerland this afternoon for treatment and rest, with former King Farouk remaining at their villa in Grotta Ferrata. The spokesman denied divorce rumors and said the infant King Ahmed Fuad II stays with Farouk. Narriman previously sought treatment in Lausanne last fall amid divorce rumors.
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Rome
Egypt
Narriman
Switzerland
Farouk
Grotia Ferrata
Heroic Rescue At Front By U S 40th Division Soldier
PFC Charles Holloway of Niagra Falls New York performed a daring rescue under heavy fire near the front lines in Korea. With the patrol leader critically wounded Holloway crossed No Man's Land dragging the man to safety and repeatedly risking death to reach Allied positions. Despite severe cold and ongoing gunfire Holloway aided the wounded man until help arrived.
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U. S
Korea
Charles Holloway
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Holloway
No Man's Land
Company F
223Rd Infantry Regiment
40Th Division
Jeader
Bolloway
Hunt for Communists Continues in Schools
Washington The House Un-American Activities Committee pressed its probe into communism in colleges. Rep. Velde R-Texas faced a bid to remove him as chairman by Rep. Roosevelt, with Velde declining to name any witness in advance and promising to answer questions about obtaining confidential government information. Senator Jenner said further investigations are needed to judge if Reds have infiltrated campuses.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Velde
R-Tis
Eastern University
Roosevelt
D-Ny
Sen
Jenner Rind
New York City
Jenner
Senate Internal Security
Rent bill to come up today at Maryland General Assembly
The push to extend rent control faces a major hearing in the House Judiciary Committee as Del. Tawney and Baltimore real estate operators clash over continuing city and county authority. Separately, Senate Democrats push an automatic tax cut plan tied to state surplus, while Gov McKeldin defends proposed savings and tax relief amid dispute over tax commission figures.
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Baltimore
del. Tawney
D-Balto 3Rdi
Tawney
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Senate Democrats
Sen
Redden
Caroline
McKeldin
Ways and Means Committee
House
State Tax Commission
del. Logan
Tax Commission
Logan
Frederick and Lewistown clubs visit Annapolis with governor
Seventy five members of the Republican Women's Club of Frederick and the Lewistown Homemakers Club traveled by chartered bus to Annapolis. They were received by Governor McKeldin in the State House and hosted at lunch with legislators and at tea by Mrs. McKeldin.
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Republican Women’s Club of
Frederick
Lewistown Homemakers’ Club
Annapolis
State House
McKeldin
Carvel Uaill
Jacob R. Ramshore
House of Delegates
Executive Mansion
Emmett R. Bowlus
Republican Women of
Maryland
Chester Childs
Russell H. McCain
William Frai Tey
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Senate panel orders probe into Korea ammo shortage
The Senate Armed Services Committee decided to investigate who was responsible for an ammunition shortage in Korea. Chairman Saltonstall said shortages cited by retiring General James A. Van Fleet have been fully substantiated. A five member subcommittee will be appointed to conduct the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Korea
Saltonstall
R-Mass
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Civil Service Tests To Be Set Aside Soon
Washington reports President Eisenhower will suspend all civil service tests that favored Democrats in postmaster appointments. A leading Republican senator said this move aims to tilt 40,000 postmasterships toward Republicans, starting with removing current test winners and holding new examinations as a second step.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Move To Plug Legal Loophole
A House appropriations subcommittee promised to close a legal loophole over lump sum vacation payments, citing 215 officials including eight Cabinet officers who received 709,538 dollars for unused leave from Nov 1952 to Feb 1953. Civil Service officials defended the payments as lawful under a 1944 rule, while critics called them unmoral. Former officials including Brannan and Chapman defended permissible compensation reflecting time owed or earned.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Civil Service
Commission
Subcommittee
Phillips
Calif
Civil Service Commission
Charles Brannan
Department
Oscar Chapman
Interior
Chapman
Harold L. Ickes
Julius Krug
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Civil Service Compassion
Vatican flags mark Pope Pius XI coronation anniversary
In Vatican City today white and gold banners fluttered in bright sun as the state marked the anniversary of Pope Pius XI coronation.
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LTH
Vatican City
Mth
Pope Pius
Four British airmen killed as Soviet jets strike frontline plane
Soviet fighters shot down a Royal Air Force four engine bomber near the East German border. At least four British airmen died and witnesses described the wreckage across the frontier in Bleckede amid Allied air corridor activity. The strike follows another MIG engagement with U.S. jets two days earlier.
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Luenebuorg
Germany
West Germany
U. S
British
Foreign Office
Royal Air Force
Bleckede
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
East Germany
Elbe
Boizenburg
Garnsdorf
Dewolf
British European Airways Office
Frankfurt
Hannover
Hamburs
Bosenburg
Elbe River
Associated
Died After Beating at Rosewood School Report
An autopsy found an abscessed tonsil caused the death of a 4-year-old patient at Rosewood State Training School after a 16-year-old patient beat him Tuesday night. The incident prompted investigation by school authorities.
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Baltimore
Rosewood State Training School
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National Farm Chemargic Council
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