County roads bill reshapes Frederick board powers
The proposed measure would appoint county roads engineer and assistants, shift the Roads Board to advisory status, and give the commissioners control over budgeting and major road projects. It sets five-year terms for new appointees from five district groups and requires annual written reports and prioritized maintenance plans with public hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Roads Board
Ndt
Ounty
John Messier
Egin
Overnor
Democrats
Brunswick
Petersville
Efferson
Ballenger
Buckeystown
Urbana
Middletown
Ackson
Catoctin
Burkittsville
Raddock
Hanvers
Smitsburg
Thurmont
Creagistown
Tuscarora
Owistown
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Johnsville
Godville
New Market
Frederick
Linganore
Liberty
Mt. Pleasut
Frederick County
Etcc
County Oads
State Roads Commission
Ritten
Ocober
Roads
Dripping Water Clue To Fate Of Children
Memphis, Tenn., March 14. Water dripping from the neighbor's ceiling triggered a tragedy as Mrs. Lee Summar found her nine month old son scalded to death and his sister critically burned in a downstairs apartment. The children Michael and Phylis Lee, ages 22 months, had been playing with a toy boat while bathing in a double sink. Phylis likely turned or bumped the hot water faucet.
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Memphis
Tenn
Many Bequests Made In Will Of Miss Gaver
The will of Miss Jennie E. Gaver probated in the Orphans Court disposes of a substantial Frederick City estate. She owned 14 Frederick properties and parcels jointly with sister Elsie Stevens. Residences go to local parties. home at 109 East Seventh Street with furniture and an auto to Morris Keeny. East Seventh Street properties 106-02 go to Stevens and Rachael D. Whitmore as tenants in common. Elmer Keeny gets 128 East Seventh Street for life then to his children. 126 East Seventh Street goes to John Engle. $1500 to Lutheran Cemetery Trustees, Fredericktown Savings Institution for interest with semiannual income to trustees, $500 to Miss Gaver’s father armon L. Gaver and $1000 to Jennie E. and others. Remainder to Morris and Elmer Keeny in equal shares. Executor named is H. Kieffer DeLauier. Dated October 8, 1947. Witnesses Martha B. Crutchley and Bessie M. Hessong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie E. Gaver
Orphans Court
Miss Gaver
Frederick
Elsie Stevens
East Seventh Street
Morris Keeny
Morris Gaver
Stevens
Rachael D. Whitmore
Elmer Keeny
Elmer Gaver
John Engle
Lutheran Cemetery
Utica
Fredericktown
Rachel M. Gaver
Maude E. Herbert
George W. Gaver
Edward Keeny
Morris
H. Kieffer DeLauier
Marthab. Crutchley
Bessie M. Hessong
Deep Snow In West Virginia Ends Seasonal Chill
West Virginia towns faced 8 to 18 inches of snow with drifting on secondary roads in Preston county. Primary highways remained open as road crews plowed routes like U S 60 Sewell Mountain 18 inches and U S 39 21 Flat Top Mountain 12 inches. Snow on warm pavements melted after plowing while Huntington Charleston and Parkersburg districts reported bare roads.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Worthern
Preston
Road Commission
Lewisburg
Commission
Sewell Mountain
U. S. 39
Flat Top Mountain
Princeton
Beckley
East River Mountain
Bluefield
Tucker County
U. S. 33
Elkins
Huntington
Parkersburg
Bona Fide Attempt Denied in Frederick Condemnation Case
The Housing Authority of Frederick sues for land in the southern city sector for a new housing project. Defendants Mr. and Mrs. Kehne allege no bona fide effort to reach a fair market value and seek a jury to determine damages. The piece also notes road defects and required approvals by the Roads Board and commissioners for equipment purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Housing Authority
City
Frederick
George B. Kehne
B. B. Rosenstock
Roads Board
Call Talismen To Complete Jury Here
Jury selection delayed the Grayson Schroyer case as talismen were summoned after challenges exhausted the regular panel. Schroyer, 22, of Frederick, faces charges of breaking into a Route 26 filling station and theft of a rifle, radio, tire patches, cigars, and gum. Witnesses testified, with two youths naming him as a principal. Schroyer’s prior parole and reformatory history were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Schroyer
Frederick
Paul May
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Sledman Prescott
Schroyer
Margison Ridenour
Creagerstown
George H. Sigler, Jr
Middletown
State Reformatory
E. Austin James
Ridenour
Sigler
Schreyer
Reformatory
Tool
Frank Dorsey
North Bentz Street
Clyde Hauver
John S. Welnight
Ira T. Warrenfeltz
Daniel A. Kendall
Clarence H. Martz
Ralph G. Flanigan
Marion A. Noris
Frank M. Rohrbaeck
Edward C. Hartmann
Edward S. Mobley, Jr
Jesse N. Smith
Albert C. Palmer
Carlos C. Myers
Debated Canal Road Land Gift For 17 Million Highway
Annapolis March 14Officials today discussed acquiring land along the north bank of the Potomac and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to donate to the government for a 17 million dollar highway. Opposition in Congress to non defense spending dampens near term prospects. Rep Beall testified the plan would only study the situation and serve as a scenic route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Potomac River
Congress
Joseph D. Buscher
Great Falls
Cumberland
Maryland
Rep
Beall
R-Ma
Frostburg
Senate Finance Committee
Buscher
Rain From Northeast Halts Snow Threat At Area Airport
Overnight rainfall in the northeast station neared half an inch while temperatures stayed above freezing, preventing snow across the region. Forecasters expect showers with mid forties highs, and only the West Virginia Maryland mountains may see snow squalls. A near freezing low is forecast tonight after a 38 degree low yesterday. The Monocacy river and local streams run near normal following the first heavy rain of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Maryland
Monocacy
Frostburg Gets Ten Inches Of Snow In Maryland Storm
The Associated Press reports a March snowstorm dumping ten inches on Frostburg near Garrett county while nearby Mt Savage saw only one inch. Western Maryland counties logged varying depths with high winds and coastal rain affecting the Bay area. crews cleared roads with plows and salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Easton
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Garrett
Allegany
Frostburg
Garrett County
Allegany County
Mt. Savage
Town Hill Mountain
Cumberland
The
Roads Commission
U. S. 40
Oakland
Cold Threatens Young Crops In Deep South Weather
Cold air from the Midwest snow belt chills Dixie threatening tender crops and fruit. Snow fell across every southern state east of the Mississippi with heavy falls in Tennessee and Kentucky while Florida saw its second snow event of the winter. Frost may reach the Everglades area as forecasters predict continued cold. Meanwhile snow persists in the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes with some locations reporting long-lasting accumulations. A separate note: Delegate Alexander of Frederick County introduces a bill to curb State Game and InlandFish Commission regulatory powers on open season and bag limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Soutdland
Dixie
Midwest
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Crestview
Pensacola
Everglades
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantic
Towa
Towa City
Minneapolis
Pierre
S. D
North Central States
Alexander
Frederick County
House of Delegates
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Europe Rocked by Major Earth Tremor Across Nations
A violent tremor, likely centered near Thuringia in East Germany, rattled much of Western Europe from Germany to France and Belgium. Experts debated explosive origins while noting strong winds, damaged windows, and scattered panic but no widespread structural collapse.
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London
Europe
West Germany
France
Belgium
Thuringia
Soviet East Germany
New York
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University Observatory
European
Wiespread
Western Europe
Friedrich Becker
Bonn
Germany
Eifel Mountains
Friedrich Gerecke
Esearch Institute
Jena
East Germany
Stuttgart
Leverkusen
Officers Named for Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick Memorial Hospital re-elected all officers at the annual meeting. President is Mrs. Paul Michael, with vice president Mrs. W. Clinton McSherry and secretary officers Mrs. Daniel E. Wight and Mrs. A. Hart Etchison. Executive chairwoman Mrs. Harry O. Schroeder leads the committee along with four others. May 17 set for commencement exercises. Lab head William L. Kefauver appointed to lead the lab staff, replacing Philip Harvey. Raymond Hawkins added to the staff. Hospital activity shows 487 patients treated, 79 births, 16 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul
Michael
W. Clinton McSherry
Secon
Daniel E. Wight
Richard F. Nallin
A. Hart Etchison
Charles F. Smith
Harry 0
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. J Arthur Grove sold the southeast corner of West South and Center streets to Dr and Mrs Ulysses G Bourne Jr for about 18000. Mr and Mrs Arthur C Probey sold to Mr and Mrs Walter E Crum a 21 acre tract in Pleasant district for about 11000. Simon J Grim and others heirs of Jonas Grim sold about 10 acres in Woodsboro district to Mr and Mrs Charles F Trimmer for about 7500. Mr and Mrs John M Ray sold property on the Bartonaville Reichs Ford road in New Market district for about 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Arthur Grove
West South
Center Streets
Ulysses G. Bourne
Arthur C. Probey
Walter E. Crum
Jonas Grim
Charles F. Trimmer
Woodsboro
John M. Ray
Marion BE
Coblentz
Ford Road
New Market
Browder Is Not Guilty Acquittal in Contempt Case
Washington March 14 Federal Judge Letts acquitted Earl Browder former head of the Communist Party of the United States on a contempt of Congress charge. The ruling found the Senate Relations Committee failed to compel Browder to answer questions, Browder walked free after the verdict, escaping jail for a fourth time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dickinson Letts
Earl Browder
Congress
Browder
Senate Relations
Letis
Browders
Hood College Choir to sing in Town Hall in April
Hood College Choir plans a historic concert in New York City Town Hall on April 2, with 50 members traveling from 13 states. An identical home performance will be held in Brodbeck Hall this Friday at 8 p.m., under Dr. Earle Blakeslee. The program features contemporary choral works for women, including Virgil Thomson's Seven Choruses from the Medea, plus folk song arrangements and notable pieces by Sowerby Winslow Lockwood Fine Bartek Hindemith and Whitman. The college octet and accompanist William Sprigg will join, with selections to be broadcast on WFMD at 9 p.m. tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
New York City
Town Hall
Lncal
Brodbeck Hall
Earle Blakes
Lee
Euripedes
Virgil Thomson
Earth
Zeus
Leo Sowerby
Richard Winslow
Moses
Normand Lockwood
Saray Park
Ramsey
No J
Lewis Carroll
Father Wilhan
Irving Fine
Bela Bartek
Margaret Lewis Huntingdon
Sally Backenstee
Emmaus
Elizabeth Ochrle
Mononpahela
Ruth Matthews
Cambridge
Julia Ann
Ellerton Man Acquitted of Peace Disturbance
James R. Marker of Ellerton was found not guilty of reckless driving and disturbing the peace by Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett in Peoples Court this morning. The case stemmed from a March 4 minor collision with a bridge side, with witness Margaret A. Alger testifying Marker yelled after the crash. Defense witnesses supported the acquittal. Marker was represented by Wilbur Sheffield. Trooper H. P. O’Brien investigated. Collateral forfeitures listed include Wallie M. Embray ten dollars, Charles E. Reese twenty five dollars, Dorothy Thompson ten dollars, and others for offenses like failure to grant right of way and no operator’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Marker
Ellerton
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Marker
Margaret A. Alger
Bennett
Wilbur Sheffield
H., P. O'Brien
Wallie M. Embray
Derwood
Charles E. Reese
Baltimore
Dorothy Thompson
West Sixth Street
D. A. Tucker
K. D. Bond
Negro Called In Vote Probe in Maryland Senate Race
Washington March 14 Roscoe Simmons campaign worker for Senator John Marshall Butler was ordered to testify in a Senate Elections subcommittee probe into Maryland’s last year race. Simmons, once Chicagoan now with the Washington Times Herald, appeared amid allegations by Senator Millard E. Tydings of unfair tactics aided by Butler supporters. Tydings charged a tabloid produced by the Times Herald staff and linked to former Communist Earl Browder. Mrs Ruth McCormick Miller testified about printing plans and her limited involvement. Miller also disclosed campaign loans and gifts to Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roscoe Simmons
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
Simmons
Chicago
Washington Times-Herald
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
Ruth McCormick Miller
The
Times-Herald
Butler
Miller
Earl Browder
Convocation To Tax Housing At Hood College April 2022
Hood College convocation in Frederick will tax housing to the utmost during a three day event featuring Defense Secretary George C Marshall and Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Jaycees to serve as citizens committee to aid accommodations for about 1 000 parents and 3 000 alumnae. Ruth E Perry compiling lodging list for April 20 21 at the college switchboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Hood College
Junior Chamber of
Oarmerce
Herbert N. Heston
Hood
Defense
George C. Marshall
Margaret Chase Smith
Jaycees
Ruth E. Perry
No agreement near Paris as ministers fail to narrow gulf
March 14 reports indicate the Big Four deputies meet again without agreement on topics for a Foreign Ministers conference. There is no sign that this gathering will bridge the deep divisions between the powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U N Patrols Enter Seoul Reds Retreat
United Nations patrols entered Seoul as Communist forces retreated, with Eighth Army reporting the capital’s fall still in question. Reports describe ongoing east central front withdrawals and U S Second Division progress against dug-in Reds amid air and artillery attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Seoul
Eighth Army
Lan 4
Tokyo
East
Peminsula
Yucheng
Fifth Air Force
Republic of Korea
Soksa
Saic U.N
Han River
Gettier Named Head of Buckeystown Diocesan Center
Rev Edmund L Gettier Jr rector of St Johns Episcopal Huntingdon near Baltimore is chosen as superintendent of the new Buckeystown Buckeystown Diocesan Center In Maryland He will move after April 3 ending more than 22 years at St Johns He will oversee Center development including dormitory classrooms dining gym and other facilities renovated from Buckingham School grounds donated by the Baker family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund L. Gettier, Jr
St. John's Episcopal Church
Huntingdon
Baltimore
Bishop Clagett
Buckeystown
S. John’s Church
Digeesan
Diocese of
Maryland
Buckingham School
Baker
Mr. Gettier
St. John's Church
Tax Returns to Be Scanned in 1952 Audits
Washington March 14 The chances of an individual tax return being scrutinized by midnight tomorrow are about 1 in 12 for those in lower brackets. For those earning over $25,000 annually the odds rise to about even. Internal Revenue policies on checking returns were disclosed to the House Appropriations committee during hearings on the 1952 Treasury appropriations bill and were made public today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal
Internal Revenue
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Buying Support Appears In Stock Market Decline Halt
New York March 14 buying support appeared today in the stock market and halted an early decline as buyers stepped in though cautious. Grand Rapids March 14 Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg was reported in grave danger from complications after two major operations in the last 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Freight rates rise authorized by ICC response
The Interstate Commerce Commission today allowed railroads to instantaneously boost freight charges by two to four percent nationwide, signaling a rapid rise in shipping costs across sectors. The move affects carriers and shippers awaiting formal rate adjustments.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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