Maryland Health Officers to Attend Frederick Mental Health Institute
All Maryland health officers and county nurses will attend a four day Mental Health Institute in Frederick from April 17 to 21 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel under Dr. Paul Lemkau. About 100 registrations are expected as the program covers lectures by leading psychiatrists and psychologists with discussions on community welfare and public health. The course is open only to public health department personnel, with a public session on April 19 at Frederick High School featuring Dr. Milton J. Senn on child guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
County Health Department
Frederick
Paul Lemkau
Bureau of Mental Hygiene
State Department of Health
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Jules Coleman
University of Colorado
John Clausen
National Institute of Mental Health
United States Public Health Service
Mabel Ross
Prince Georges County
USPHS
Hazel Corbin
New York City
Maurice H. Greenhill
Duke University
Public Health Department
Frederick High School
Milton J. Senn
Yale University
Frederick County
TB and Public Health Association
Senn
Julia Kagan
Ijamsville
Carroll E. Easterday
Easterday
Jural TB and Public Health Association
Six-Man Crew Aboard Trawler Is Rescued
Norfolk March 14 Coast Guard rescued six crewmen from the trawler Alice Anne after it grounded and sank near False Cape Virginia Beach. The 110 foot vessel owned by Ralph Carmine of Portsmouth was a total loss. Separately the Sea Rambler, four miles off Virginia Beach, took on water and was towed to Norfolk after pumps were placed aboard. Both ships had been converted from submarine chasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Coast Guard Dukw
False Cape
Virginia Beach
Ralph Carmine
Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Cape Henry
Truman Tossed By Turbulent Waves Aboard Williamsburg
On March 14 the White House yacht Williamsburg endured heavy seas during a three week vacation trip to Key West. President Truman stayed in bed and meals were light, while four aides joined at dinner. Navy escorts noted roughest seas since January 1948 voyage to Guantanamo Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Lane
White House
Williamsburg
President Truman
Key West
Fla
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Navy
Mr. Truman
Windward Passage
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Annual Tax Return Night Ends In Humorous Frustration
New York, March 14. A husband and wife navigate the annual income tax rush as lines on Form 1040 puzzle them. The wife takes over to finish the tangled return, joking about hope that someday he’ll file it himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Eye
Congress
Death penalty sought in Gibbs murder case at Lancaster
Lancaster March 14 authorities demanded first degree murder with the death penalty for Edward L. Gibbs charged in the stabbing and beating death of Marian Louise Baker at Franklin and Marshall College. District Attorney Ranck pressed for death after Gibbs confessed on impulse, as a jury of six heard the case with psychiatrists slated to testify for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Edward L. Gibbs
Frankin and Marshall College
Gibbs
Lancaster County Quarter Sessions
Marian Louise Baker
John M. Ranck
Ranck
Lancaster County
Hauck
James Kane
W. Hensel Brown
More Cold Snap Hits Northwest Frederick
Northwest winds bring a March cold snap with overnight lows near 28 and a forecast around 20. Showers totaled four tenths of an inch at Frederick airport as cloudiness increases, milding Wednesday. Peaches benefit from the chill delaying budding and frost damage worries ease. Last week gales knocked out city lights briefly before repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericks
Frederick
Brothers Released After Detention In Vehicle Violations
State Police said two young brothers, Paris and Sam Senters of Baltimore and Ashland Kentucky, were released after confirmation the car they were operating was bought in Baltimore. They had been held for further investigation following their conviction in a Peoples Court for permitting a motor vehicle to be operated on dead tags and operating a motor vehicle on dead tags, respectively, and paid a total fine and costs of 5.75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Rouzee
Paris
Sam Senters
Baltimore
Ashland
Manuel M. Weinberg
Keller firm begins prep work on Middletown High School site
The L. J. Keller firm has started preliminary operations at the western site, staking off the building area, after being awarded the Middletown High School project by the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
L. J. Keller
Keller
Board of Education
Asks Jury Trial On Charge Of Vagrancy
Samuel Thompson a colored man prayed a jury trial before Magistrate Alton Y Bennett in Peoples Court this morning on a charge of being a vagrant. He was taken to jail with bond set at 500 dollars to await trial. Thompson was arrested in the courthouse corridors Monday morning by Deputy Sheriff George F Crouse after a disturbance. He remained in jail overnight for today’s hearing. Collateral forfeitures listed include Lunty D Ratliff and Arthur J LaPointe among others for various traffic and safety violations. arrests were by State Trooper D A Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Thompson
Calored
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Court House
George F. Crouse
Thompson
Lunty D. Ratliff
Pikeville
Arthur J. LaPointe
Belle Vernon
Ernest E. Seal
Baltimore
Richard J. Feinberg
Camp Detrick
Wilmer
E. Hughes
Knoxville
William Yeater
Raymond E. Moore, Jr
Fort Defiance
John Gregory
D. A. Tucker
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk s office for the sale of several properties. Mr and Mrs Harry E Siup transferred to Mr and Mrs Donald M Sullivan a tract of about .34 of an acre and improvements along the Shookstown road in Braddock district for around $8 900. Mr and Mrs James L Cummings sold to Mr and Mrs Clarence A Strickler a property in Brunswick for around $4 500. A lease between Mr and Mrs William F Grove and Modern Theaters Inc was filed for ten years from March 16 1950 for part of the golf and driving range near Route 49 and Alternate Route 40 about three and a half miles west of Frederick to be used as a drive in theater with rent $1 500 a year and renewal option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Siup
Donald M. Sullivan
Shookstown Road
Braddock District
James L. Cummings
Clarence A. Strickler
Brunswick
William F. Grove
Modern Theaters, Inc
Route 49
Frederick
Christoffel Given Term For Lying
Christoffel, former Milwaukee labor leader, sentenced to two to six years on five counts for lying to a House Labor committee about being a Communist. Judge Letts ordered concurrent terms. Supreme Court had previously overturned an earlier conviction. Christoffel led Local 248 UAW CIO at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee plant amid accusations of communist influence and wartime labor actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harsold Christoffel
Milwaukee
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
F. Dickinson Letts
Supreme Court
Letis Wday
House Committee
John Rogge
Uaw-Cio
Allis-Chalmers
Eastern Shore veterans protest Cambridge VA unit closure
Dorchester County American Legion leader Edwin R. Phillips denounces the planned April 1 shutdown of Cambridge VA medical unit and office. He accuses the Baltimore regional office of delaying records and blaming low usage while asserting 30,090 veterans on the Eastern Shore deserve accessible care and yearly physicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Dorchester County
American Legion
Maryland
Veterans Administration
Edwin R. Phillips
William L. Limburg
Baltimore
Phillips
Limburg
Washington
Timburg
Wife Found Slain Dairyman Sought
Salisbury reports a dairyman’s wife, Marjorie May Mahnke Moore, 28, was found shot with the top of her head blown off. Police issued a murder warrant for her husband Russell C Moore, 48, who investigators say may have fled with their four year old daughter Marilyn. Authorities request neighboring-state help, noting Moore was last seen in town and may possess a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
PHA Dairyman
Marjorie May Mahnke Moore
Marilyn
William J. Chatham
Russell C Moore
State G. O. P. Women Meet Here In April
Frederick chosen for the spring meeting of the Federation of Republican Women of Maryland on April 17 at the Hotel Frederick in Frederick. Mrs Emmett R Bowlus announces attendance expected from across the state and from Frederick County. Mrs Fred Fischer will preside with a luncheon and a speech by a leading Republican to follow. Committees from the Frederick club organize publicity tickets hospitality and decorations with many county volunteers. Jacob Ramsburg explains the 1948 constitutional amendment creating a 30 day biennial session and local bills. The club plans a two day rummage sale March 17 and 18 in Lincoln Apartments. The meeting ends with congratulations to Miss Bertha Adkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Federation of Republican Women of
Republian
Frederick Club
Charles Lanner
Charles 8S Price
Emmett R. Bowls
Hari Radcliff
Joseph Payne
Brunswick
Hally Albaugh
Unionville
Clark Cooper
Harry LeGore
Herbert Fuevall
Jacob Ramsburg
Bowlus
M.C. A
Republica Women's Club
House of Delegates
Ramsburg
Frederick County
Frederick Republican
Lincoln Apartments
Guy Anders
Eilis C. Wachter
Joseph Stephens
Bertha Adkins
Maryland
Republican Party
Oak Ridge May Become Cancer Research Center
Oak Ridge Tennessee may become a leading cancer research center as plans revealed to the House Appropriations subcommittee during hearings on the Atomic Energy Commission budget. Dr. Shields Warren said progress in cancer treatment through atomic energy programs supports establishing a center for treatment methods including leukemia in children. He noted radioactive iodine and cobalt show promise, with costs far below radium, and that the AEC cooperates with Public Health Service and American Cancer Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oak Ridge, Tenn
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Shields Warren
AEC
Oak Ridge
Warren
Public Health Service
American Cancer Association
Autopsy Possible in Death of Local Woman
Local authorities say an autopsy may be performed this afternoon on the body of a colored woman named Jlackey found dead in bed at her home on the Gas Mouse Pike around 7 this morning. The county medical examiner and Deputy Sheriff Austin Murray were summoned to the residence shortly after 7:20. The woman had died sometime during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jlackey
Austin Murray
McCarthy Targets State Dept Over Duran Post and Other Allegations
Senator McCarthy charged the State Department with placing Gustavo Duran, a former Spanish Republican officer, in a high post despite Army reports labeling him a Russian agent. He cited Dr. Harlow Shapley with ties to 46 Communist front groups and alleged a sexual pervert resigned from the State Dept in 1948 and now works for the CIA at 12000 dollars yearly. He urged probes into John Stewart Service and noted Duran now represents the International Refugee Organization for the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy
State Department
Gustavo Duran
U. S. Army
Senate
Harlow Shapley
United Nations Commission
Central Intelligence Administration
John Stewart Service
Calcutta
Inquiry Appeal Board
The
Civil Service Commission
Duran
International Refugee Organization
United Nations
Ober Law Back In Force In Maryland
Maryland's Ober law, used to purge Communists from public payrolls, is reinstated after the Court of Appeals reversed a prior ruling. Judge Sherbow signed the papers enforcing the oath requirement, forcing any public employee who refuses to sign to lose their job. Attorney General Hall Hammond notes the stance, citing three Quakers who have refused the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Sherbow
Baltimore Supreme Bench
Supreme Bench
Court of Appeals
Attornney
Hall Hammond
Convicted On Appeal And Fined $100 In Drunken Driving Case
John Paul Rhoderick of Frederick Route 1 was convicted on appeal after a December drunken driving charge and fined 100 with costs. He admitted two beers before arrest near Market Street, while witnesses claimed he showed no intoxication. Associate Judge Dalvie Mi Schnauffer upheld the magistrate’s ruling as the jury was waived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peederick
Cirewit
Dalvie Mi Schnauffer
John Paul Rhoderick
Frederick
Frank Dorsey
Sergi Philip Culler
OL Cees Raymond Haugh
Alton Twentey
Willim Boost
Rhoderick
Diquor
Market Spave
North Market Street
City Hall
Lient, Dorsey
Oliver Haugh
Dorsey
Miederick
Sergt. Culler
Edwin F. Nikirk
Jise
Antil
Cholerick
Wilburn Sheffield
Leslie C. Schildt
Pleas
Ant Fran Ay Cate
Clementis Quits Czech Cabinet Post
Vlado Clementis resigns as Czech foreign minister. Prime Minister Antonin Zapotocky announced the move at a cabinet meeting. William Siroky named as caretaker. Gottwald accepted the resignation, with rumors of Titoism and possible exile tied to the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Viliant Siruky
Clementis
Jan Masaryk Ay
Marshal Vito
Yugoslavia
Ceeh
Sai
Klement Gottwald
Antonin Zapotovky
Gottwald
Prener
Zapotovky
Edare Benes
London
Pie
Queney
Praggie Radio
Linda Jt
Antonin Zapotocky
Sayhie Clementis
Zapotocky
Foreign Ministry
Willam Siroky
Lake Success
Clemmentis
United Nations
United States
New York
Snow and Cold Spread Across Wide Regions
Weather reports describe persistent cold and snow across the Midwest and Northeast. A cold air mass from central Canada spread into North Dakota and Minnesota, with snow in New England, New York, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and northern Minnesota. Skies mostly clear elsewhere as temperatures remained below normal for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Laureana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Virginia
Canada
North Dakota
Minnesotia
New England
New York
Pennsyl“sania
West Virgin
Minnesota
Truman Proposal Draws Senate Criticism In Washington
In Washington on March 14, President Truman faced pushback as dissidents react to 21 reorganizing plans. Denham of the NLRB would lose much power, and abolition of the Maritime Commission could shift its duties to the Commerce Department. The House Labor Committee moves to shelve or limit federal aid to education amid a six week debate. The National Assembly in Paris opens a debate on American arms aid to France amid concerns of unrest between Communist and non Communist factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tuuman
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Maritime Commission
Commerce Department
Denhams
Denham
NLRB
Bill Washington
House Labor Committee
Commit—Ien
Paris
The
National Assembly
France
Warships Of Three Nations in Maneuvers
Washington reports joint naval drills by ai-Amer ican, British, Canadian forces in the Caribbean. Major Atlantic fleet units led by the Missouri prepare a Caribbean phase with carriers, cruisers, destroyers to oppose submarines. Participating ships include Magnificent Micmac Glasgow Snipe Sparrow Franklin Roosevelt and eight U S destroyers in training with Dutch forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caribbean
Guantanamo Bay
Navy
Pacific
Missouri
Vieques Island
Magnificent
Micmac
Glasgow
Snipe
Sparrow
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
U. S
Fire Prevention Assn Officers Elected in Maryland
Cumberland March 14 Officers elected at the Maryland State Fire Prevention Association annual meeting include H M Gibbs Jr as President. Other officers named were Jerry Boone of Baltimore as Maryland vice president, James Tynan of Wilmington as Delaware vice president, and William Finnie of Washington as District of Columbia vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
H. M. Gibbs, Jr
Maryland State Fire Prevention Association
Gibbs
Baltimore Insurance
Jerry Boone
Baltimore
Maryland
James Tynan
Wilmington
Delaware
William Finnie
Washington
District of Columbia
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
The forecast calls for fair and milder conditions on Wednesday. Thursday afternoon turns slightly colder with rain likely Thursday night and Friday. Friday eases to milder weather then becomes fair and colder again over the weekend. Washington notes a March 14 update. Air Force expects its B-29 Superfortress reach to extend by about 1,000 miles with linker planes added to nine bomber groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Washington
Lihe Air Force
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ED Creagh
Collector of Internal Revenue
North Court Street
G. O.P
Federation of Republicans
Cancer Research Center
Robert P. Kelley
Elizabeth
Birmingham
Ala
Zanesville, O
Zanesville
Christy Dunn
Robert Snelling
Wicl
Soundsters
Uum
Ach
Clistorky
Poller
Tee
I Clementis
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