Hail storms sweep foothills with brief pea sized hail
A freak thunderstorm swept through the Foothills West of the city bringing pea sized hail that covered roads and fields for about ten minutes then melted. Heaviest hail fell near Rocky Springs Shookstown with mixed rain at Yellow Springs. Temperatures ranged from 28 to near 40 as thunder and lightning were reported at Gambrill Park. Power outages occurred from a downed tree damaging a line, quickly repaired.
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Rocky Springs
Shookstown
Yellow Springs
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Gambrill Park
Herman Toms
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Clifton
Potomac Edison Company
Former State Tax Employe Convicted
Maud Agnes Harrington of Annapolis a 56 year old former Maryland State Income Tax official was convicted in federal court of illegally obtaining government pension checks She received a nine month suspended sentence for filing false claims to be the widow of a World War I veteran Federal estimates show annual income and pension totals and the judge did not impose immediate jail time citing health conditions.
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Baltimore
Maud Agnes Harrington
Annapolis
Maryland
Eisenhowers At Camp David For Weekend
President Eisenhower rested at Camp David in Thurmont Maryland and planned work on the tax address for Monday night. He arrived with Mrs. Eisenhower and several relatives and officials, including Mrs. John S Doud and George E Allen. The weather dampened plans for a golf round on arrival.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Catoctin Mountain
Camp David
Washington
Here
John S. Doud
Gordon Moore
George E. Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Truman
Sidewalk Proposal Discussed in Western Suburb
Mayor Donald B. Rice explained sidewalk petitions circulating along Wilson avenue Lee Place and Grant Place amid confusion over required five foot frontages for sidewalks. Residents would fund their own sidewalks, with the grass strip between curb and sidewalk deemed a safety and utility area for snow clearance mud and pedestrians.
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Willson Avenue
Lee Place
Grant Place
Donald B. Rice
Thomas G. Mohler
Wilson Avenue
E. L. Neffon Lee
Max Kehne
Chief Product Of Congress So Far Is Sound And Fury
Washington analysis argues that two months of the 1954 session yielded mainly rhetoric and partisan clashes. McCarthy led a hostile Army inquiry, with Durksen proposing labor camps for Fifth Amendment offenders, while Bricker’s constitutional amendment debate stalled progress. Ike’s program stalls with only 12 bills signed, of which two are major emergency measures.
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Congress
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
INEA
Joseph R. McCarthy
Everett M. Durksen
Mllmois
Free America
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
G.O.P
Ike
Eisenhower
Snow Storm Douses Dust Clouds Across Five States
A northward snowstorm moved from Colorado and Kansas, wetting down dust clouds and cutting visibility to zero in parts of five states. The blizzard dumped up to 20 inches of snow, with winds easing from gusts near 100 mph. Hail and lightning hit Grand Rapids while Nebraska bore the early brunt, reporting 10 inches in Chadron. Northwestern Bell logged 1,630 long line circuits out and 3,600 farm phones out in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. The storm is forecast to move through Iowa and Minnesota toward Wisconsin and Michigan, then exit toward Oklahoma and Texas, with rain possible north of a line from St. Joseph Missouri to Cincinnati. Temperatures were expected to fall as warm air gave way. Missouri saw continued high winds fanning dozens of fires, over 500 acres in some cases, with more than 20 fires countywide Southeastern Missouri marked the worst danger per the Stake Conservation Commission.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Kansas
Plains States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nebraska
Chadron
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas City
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oklahoma
Texas
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Missouri
Stake Conservation Commission
Nixon Will Be Heard Tonight
Vice President Nixon to deliver a radio television address amid GOP infighting over Senator McCarthy and his aides. McCarthy released a document accusing Army officials of blackmailing his subcommittee to end an Army probe, prompting denials from Secretary Stevens and John Adams. Senate investigations loom as Republicans and Democrats seek truth in the crossfire. Nixon will speak at 10:30 p.m. EST on CHS networks and NBC stations carrying Stevenson's address.
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Washington
Nixon
GOP
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army Department
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Stevens
John G. Adams
Adams
Subcommittee
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eiserhower
NBC
Singapore Plane Crash Kills 34 En Route to London
A four engine Qantas BOAC Constellation crash landed in Singapore killing 34 aboard and injuring several others. Survivors include six crew members and stewardess Josephine Butler in serious condition. Rescue crews freed victims as flames raged for over an hour amid eyewitness accounts of a single wheel down and two explosions.
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Singapore
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sydney
Australia
London
Josephine Butler
Accident Damages Over 600 After East Fourth Street Crash
A Friday night crash near East Fourth Street and Market Street caused more than 600 in damage. Robert L Crum Frederick owned by Roney Motor Co. was struck by Nancy L Markee Washington who made a right turn from Market onto East Fourth. Crum car damage 400 Markee car 250. Markee charged with reckless driving. hearing set March 19 in Peoples Court. Other Friday night arrests included J A Bowers Jr dis orderly conduct with 10 collateral. Henry L Gray and Lloyd J Sellers held 2580 each for intoxication. Ocie H Colley charged with operating without a license posted 1145.
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East Fourth Street
North Market Street
Nathan Dorsey
Robert L. Crum
Frederick
Roney Motor Company
Market Street
Nancy L Markee
Washington
East Fourth
Market
Crum
Peoples Court
Casy
J. A. Bowers, Jr
Waterstreet
Dorsey
Henry L. Gray
Lime Kiln
Lloyd J Sellers
Morgan
W. Va
Kanade
Ocie H. Colley
Camp Detrick
King
City Plans to Grade and Seed Park Area West of Culler Lake
City officials, led by Mayor Donald B. Rice, plan to grade and seed the city owned park area west of Culler Lake donated by Asa H. Watkins and opposite Watkins Acres. Proceeds from sod sales will offset part of grading and seeding costs as the field rich ground should sprout grass quickly, expanding park land to west of Carroll Creek near the Watkins Acres bridge. A power shovel is used in Carroll Creek to adjust minor islands that affect flow while main creek bank contours remain unchanged.
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Culler Lake
Asa H. Watkings
Watkins Acres
Donald B. Rice
Carroll Creek
McCarthy to Speak Off The Cuff In Manitowoc
Senator Joseph McCarthy fresh from clashes with the Army plans an unprepared speech before Manitowoc businessmen. He says no prepared text exists but the talk will likely cover the work of his controversial Senate investigative subcommittee. Senator Flan ders calls the Got ia tax plan an expensive phony aimed at expanding personal exemptions.
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Manitowoc. Wis
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Washington
Manitowoc
Senate
Sen. Flanders
Vti
George
Frederick Jaycees seek national TV feature for city
Frederick city and county mall could be showcased in a half hour coast to coast program next winter if the Frederick Jaycees win a project. Led by C Richard Wachter the group compiles a scrap book highlighting Frederick's birth growth industries recreation government and people. Deadline is March 23 with Bethesda Salisbury and Annapolis also preparing scrap books for the Maryland selection.
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Frederick Jaycees
Frederick City
County
Jaycees
C. Richard Wachter
Frederick
U.S
Injo Sound Motion Pictures
America
George C. Slagle
Chamber of Commerce
Don Rice
Jetty
Henry Decker
Frederick News- Post
George B. Delaplaine
Sai
Maryland
Bethesda
Salsbury
Annapolis
Smart Set's Tongues Are Wagging Again in Palm Beach
Gossip swirls over Barbara Hutton and Porfirio Rubirosa after reports she left a honeymoon villa and moved in with her aunt at the Everglades Club. Rubirosa denies knowledge, saying ask her. The story traces their latest separation chatter and private seclusion.
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Fla '7
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Porfiria Rubirosa
Barbara
James P. Donahue
Everelades Club
Battiosa
Ruhirosa
Hher
Morzan man jailed for thirty days on intoxication charge
Lloyd A Sellers of Morzan West Virginia was sentenced to jail for 30 days in default of a 5000 bond after a charge of intoxication by Officer Alien Twenty on Friday on Fast Third Street before Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. Samuel W Parsles of Route 2 Kenner forfeited 25 collateral on a charge of redness grin on South Jefferson Street by Officer King.
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Lloyd A. Sellers
Morzan
W. Va
Alien Twenty
Chorus Sets Spring Recital for April 25 at Hood College
The Community Chorus chosen April 25 for its annual spring recital to avoid late spring clashes with graduations. Rehearsals are Mondays at 8:30 p m in Gambrill gym Hood campus under director Dr Earle B Hlakesiee and accompanist Dr John Ramaley. The April concert in Stodbeck Hall features William Sprige organist with Ramaley at piano. The program includes Coleridge-Taylor’s setting of Longfellow’s Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, a 40 minute piece, plus musical comedy numbers and folk songs.
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Neimann Brunk
Mie Eranate Manctionte
Gambrill Gymnasium
Hood
Earle B. Hlakesiee
John Ramaley
Stodbeck Hall
Wiliam Sprige
Hood College Music
Ramaley
Hiawatha
America
Retiring Gen Bullene Honored At Edgewood
Maj Gen E F Bullene chief chemical officer of the Army chemi cal corps retires this month after 37 years of service. He was feted at Edgewood Army Chemical Center with a parade and a 13 gun salute in a ceremony honoring his career begun in 1925 at Edgewood Arsenal.
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Edgewood
E F. Bullene
Army
Eho
Army Chemical Center
Bullene
We Chemical Corps
Chemical Center
Builene
Edgewood Arsenal
Viant
Ost
Mathias Named Special Assistant to Maryland Comptroller
Charles McMathias Jr. named Special Assistant Attorney General for the Maryland Comptroller’s Treasury, to act as local adviser on fiscal and legal matters. Mathias previously joined the State Law Department in July 1943 and has served as counsel to multiple state commissions.
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Eoward DE Rollins
Starsiand
Charles McC Mathias, Jr
Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland
Rollins
Mathias
Compisoller
State Law Department
Ne Nas Atted Aa
State Insurance Commisstone
Marsland Race Commission
State Tax Commission
State Bank Commissioner
Exceptions To Low Activity In Business
New York reports mixed business activity with construction breaking all-time February and January highs while steel output lags. Great Lakes Steel rehired most layoffs and expanded open hearths as auto production rises. February car sales up 13 percent from January, total US output about 111 thousand passenger cars. Dealers warn stockpiles remain high unless March sales surge, while crude oil and electric power rise and metal prices firm as stock market hits 24-year peak.
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New York
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Plymouth
Ward
Motorist Confused In Rosemont Drove Off Road
A Brunswick driver named John Wiliam Price was identified after a Friday incident in Rosemont near Route 17. He wandered about 150 feet south of Routes 17 and 79 while seeking Route 1, with no injuries or charges filed. Deeds recorded include Zepp to Lawrence on 46 acres in Woodsboro district for about 13000 dollars and Burall to Sullivan on about two acres by New Market schoolhouse for 5100 dollars.
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Haataville
Rosemont
Brunswick
Mors VY Frye
Petersville
Albert Hadden
John Wiliam
Price
Horges
George E. Zepp
James F. Lawrence
Woodsboro
Welor E Burall
Sarah V. Burall
Brinton
Sullivan
New Market
French Rout Vietminh In Sharp Battle
French Union forces with tanks and heavy artillery routed Vietminh troops along the north Indochina supply line. They breached gaps in the Hanoi coast railway, blew bridges, and captured watchtowers as they pressed toward Hanoi. Armored units patrolled the highway to Haiphong to keep wartime traffic open and prevent fuel and equipment shortages.
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Hanoi
Indochina
France
Nhu Quynh
Malenkov Pushes Peace in Soviet Election Message
Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov used Moscow Radio to urge peaceful economic competition with capitalist nations, including the United States. He warned a third world war would destroy civilization and criticized Western blocs for prioritizing aggressive strategy over dialogue.
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Tonton ‘i
Georgi Malenkov
Russia
Moscow Radio
Malenkov
Soviet Union
United States
Malenkoy
Local Couple Hurt In Georgia Accident
Mr and Mrs Merle Leather and Mr Oliver Boulevard were injured in a Georgia automobile crash near Valdosta on March 2. The Frederick couple had been vacationing in Florida and Jamaica and were returning home when a large truck rolled over their car. The Leather couple were thrown clear. both suffered head lacerations and were admitted to a Valdosta hospital for about a week.
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Merle Leather
Oliver
Valdosta
Leather
Florida
Jamaica
Georgia
Frederick
Mrn
Bank Robbers Sought In Pacific Northwest
Three bank robbers shot their way through a police tip killing one officer and wounding two others during a Greenwood Bank robbery. They dropped about $97.9 thousand as they fled, leaving a 45 caliber bullet and the getaway car abandoned nearby. Police reported no further clues by nightfall.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Greenwood
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