Two Robbers Arrested After High Speed Standoff
Deputies Crouse and Ridge stopped a stolen car at Payne's Hill near Emmitsburg and arrested Raymond E. Crouse and Robert Painter at gun point. Floyd Miller, Jr. was arrested earlier, linked to two Gettysburg robberies. The trio allegedly burglarized Hankey and Plank garage and Swope's Atlantic service station, with a 500 pound safe opened north of Gettysburg. About $360 in cash and the garage records were recovered. more money possible. Extradition waived. defendants to stand trial in Gettysburg.
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Payne's Hill
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
George Crouse
Lauren Ridge
Raymond E. Crouse
Gettysburg
Robert C. Harpter
Floyd Miller, Jr
Adams County
FBI
Harpster
Hankey and Plank
Swope
Atlantic
Table Rock Road
Miller
Crouse
R. Paul Buhrman
Ridge
Pennsylvania
Mt. St. Mary's
W. W. Corbin
H. J. Brown
Paul Keepers
Chas. W. Magaha
Set. Corbin
Painter
Thomas J. Collinsworth
White Hill
Littlestown
Plank
Ira Plank
Eddie Plank
Gettysburg College
Soviets To Send 23 Delegates To Peace Meeting
Washington reports that 23 delegates from Russia and Soviet bloc nations will attend a world peace conference in New York this month. Five Hungarians were barred in response to Hungary's actions toward U.S. officials. Delegates include Dmitri Shostakovich and others from Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia. all have official passport visas but no diplomatic immunity.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
New York
Hungary
Moscow
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Dmitri Shostakovich
Look To War On Beetle In Next Summer
Governor Lane proposes a 1949 supplementary budget with 30000 dollars for Japanese beetle and corn borer control in Maryland. G Frank Thomas urges Frederick county officials to press legislators to fund the appropriation, citing past support and ongoing threats to corn crops amid variable weather and nationwide insect damage estimates.
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Beetle
Lane
Maryland
G. Frank Thomas
Frederick County
Ietter
Thomas
General Assembly
L. Harold Sotheron
Senate Finance Committee
LeRoy Pumphrey
House
Ways and Means Committee
Toomas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Annual Visitation To Enoch Council Is Held
The annual visitation to Enoch Council No. 10 A M and A F and A Masons met Tuesday night in the Masonic Temple. Grand officers visiting included Dr A Brown Caldwell Most Illustrious Grand Master C Elwood Smyrk Grand Lecturer George W Brooks Grand Principal Conductor all of Baltimore. About 40 members attended with visitors from Hyattsville Hagerstown and nearby lodges. Present were Carry O Schroeder Grand Master of Masons in Maryland Millard F Lease Jr Thrice Illustrious Grand Master of Enoch Council and John H Lentz Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Council.
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Enoch Council
Cold snap reaches Dixie with subfreezing readings
A mid March cold snap spread across the south from the Mid Atlantic, lowering temperatures below freezing in Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and parts of the Carolinas. Chattanooga reported 21 degrees above zero and Atlanta dropped to 26 with Kentucky and Ohio also touched by the chill.
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Chicago
South
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Carolinas
Dixie
Middle Atlantic
Freez Me
Chattanooga
Tenn
Atlanta
Kentucky
Ohio
Probe into leaks of secret military information begins
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services committee announced a formal inquiry into reported leaks of secret military information. The March 16 statement centers on national security and underlying sources, with no named defendants identified in this early stage.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Three Children Die In Fire At Annapolis
Three children, Joan Peugh seven Wesley Peugh six and Dorothy Evans fourteen died in a house fire on Spa Road near Annapolis. Their parents Wesley and Mrs Peugh escaped with burns after rescuing one child Doris four. Firemen from Eastport West Annapolis found the bodies as the eight room farm home burned. The fire began around 6 am and investigators worked to determine the cause.
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Annapolis
Wesley C Pough
Doris
Joan Peugh
Wesley Peugh
Dorothy Evans
Peugh
F. P. Asher, Jr
Eastport
West Annapolis
Spa Road
Groundhog’s Reign Ends With Measured Wintry Weather
The groundhog ends its forecast run as February remains mild yet cold at times. Temperatures dipped to 18 degrees officially, with two light snow events recorded during the six week shadow period. March shows cold dry trends and a flurry of snow yesterday yielded no measurable city accumulation.
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Weather Bureau
Salamander Forest Fire Lookout Tower
Truman Silent On Rebuffs By Congress
Key West Florida reports President Truman kept a tight lip amid repeated setbacks from the 81st Congress. He weighed whether to campaign nationally for a better showing by its Democratic successor while Senate action blocked his ally Mon Wallgren’s confirmation as chair of the National Security Resources Board. The leaning fight reflected battles over civil rights, labor, and rent control as Truman’s aides clashed with opposed lawmakers.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Washington State
No State Pay If Worker Quits Job Voluntarily
Annapolis March 16 The House flag decided anyone who quits a job on his own cannot draw unemployment compensation. Delegates adopted last night a committee report continuing that provision in the books. The Banking Insurance and Social Security committee knocked out of a bill by delegates Reed and Lee R Allegany a clause that would have permitted jobless benefits within four weeks even though the unemployment were voluntary.
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Annapolis
Banking, Insurance and Social Security
Reed and Lee
R-Allegany
Walter White's bid for civil rights stalls in Senate
Walter White, NHCP secretary, spent two weeks lobbying senators for a civil rights program tied to Truman's hopes. As Louisiana Senator Ellender filibustered, Illinois Senator Lucas signaled delaying tactics. White, once hopeful, faced a grim setback and vowed continued effort.
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Mes Marlowashington
Senate
Capitol
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Georgia
Truman
Congress
Ellender
White
Lucas
Ilinois
Senate Democrats
Government Income Gap Looms in Wide Budget Gap
Washington officials warn the government may face a 1.2 billion dollar deficit for the year ending June 30 unless last minute tax returns add substantial revenue. President Truman had estimated a deficit half that size in January, with receipts eight percent behind last year through March 15. If trends continue, Congress may push for higher taxes or oppose excise tax cuts as lawmakers weigh fiscal 1950 plans.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Fractures Leg In Crash Near Gamber
Franklin Buis of Sykesville R D 2 suffered a leg fracture Sunday when his car ran into a telephone pole and struck a tree after continuing a short distance. State Trooper G B Markle investigated. Buis was treated at University Hospital Baltimore and returned home after his leg was placed in a cast.
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Gilbert
Franklin Buis
Sykesville
R. D
G. B. Markle
Buis
University Hospital
Baltimore
Gamber
Gore Dies After cerebral hemorrhage in Washington home
Thomas Pryor Gore 78 longtime Oklahoma Democrat and first blind U.S. Senator died at his Washington home after a March 13 cerebral hemorrhage. A three term senator and noted lawyer he served from 1907 to 1921 and again ended in 1987. He overcame blindness with a prodigious memory and relied on others to read his speeches. He was survived by his widow Nina Gore and daughter Mrs. Robert Olds.
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Thomas BP. Gore
Washington
Thomas Pryor Gore
Oklahoma
Gore
United States Senate
Union
League of Nations
Wilson
New Deal
Andy
Senate
Nina Kay Gore
Robert Olds
Tallulah Objects To Name In Soap Jingle
New York March 16 Tallulah Bankhead sues for 1 million dollars over use of her name in a soap radio jingle. She names Procter and Gamble NBC CBS and an agency as defendants. Attorney Walter Barry says there was no intention to capitalize on a living person name.
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah
Procter & Gamble Company
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Miss Bankhead
Procter
Gamble
Walter Barry
Tito Facing Trouble On Home Front
Reports from Rome and Istanbul say Tito faces internal and external pressure as pro Kremlin followers demand his scalp. Macedonia sees intensified Cominform propaganda while sources hint at possible Western meetings amid Yugoslavia’s delicate political climate.
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Tito
Trieste
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Astra
Macedonia
Belgrade
Altimissime
Istanbul
Coninforma
Communist International Information Bureau
Johnson Nomination Before Committee
Washington in March 1641 President Truman weighs withdrawing Mon C Wallgren nomination or risking a hard fought Senate clash. Armed Services pigeonholes Wallgren to head the National Security Resources Board while Johnson to replace Forrestal for Defense nears Senate approval. Republicans and Byrd vote to table Wallgren.
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Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
Senate
Leutenants
Key West
Fla
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Tydings
D-Md
Louis A. Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Byrd
D-Wva
Russia Accused of Breaking Promises in German Repatriation
Washington reports the United States accuses Russia of violating six promises to return all German war prisoners by December 31 1948. Britain and France say a 1947 Big Four agreement required repatriation. Also noted is new Celanese plant manager Harrison Givens Jr at Cumberland succeeding Fred Small with duties shifted to New York.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Cumberland
Harrison
Deed of Gift Recorded in Frederick in 1755 by Gore Family
The excerpt notes a deed of gift recorded at Frederick around 1755 by the Gore family. It mentions James Gore who had two sons, James and Thomas, and that the speaker has visited Frederick on short trips.
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Senator Gore
Frederick County
Gore
Gores
America
Ireland
Little Monocacy Creek
James Gore
Elizabeth
South Caolina
James Manning Gore
Thomas Gore
Joshua Gore
Clement Gore
John Ashford Gore
Gerard Notley Gore
Eliazar Gore
Mary Burke Gore
Upper Marlborough
Groves Tomlinson
Frederick
James
Thomas
Homemakers Plan Annual County Meeting Thursday
Several hundred women from Frederick County and Frederick city will gather for the annual meeting of the Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs on Thursday. The 10 am business session will be at Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church, followed by a luncheon at 1430 pm in the parish hall of a Methodist church where Miss Bertha Joseph of Washington will be guest speaker. Mrs G Leicester Thomas is program chairwoman and Mrs Edward McDevitt is arranging the luncheon.
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Frederick County
Washington
G. Leicester Thomas
Edward McDevitt
Stamps Sold At Cut Rate Police Say
A man identified as Gibson Sidney Laramore aged 39 was arrested on selling postage stamps at cut rate prices. Investigators said he had narcotics on him and recently sold two guns under an alias. Authorities found old jewelry and books in his possession. The FBI was to be contacted. Two other arrests followed for intoxication with bail set at five dollars and costs.
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Gibson Sidney Laramore
Laramore
Stanton
Del
Itv
Daniel Swomley
Douglas Stup
Etlis Y
George Crouse
FBI
Ridgely King
Frederick
James Arthur Chaney
Mr. Pleasant
Swomley
Carty, Haugh
Shook
Portugal May Join In Pact
Washington reported that Portugal may join the proposed Atlantic security pact though Lisbon objects to Spain’s exclusion and other terms. A Portuguese embassy statement said Portugal has not yet decided and questions remain for the American government. Portugal opposes any commitment to base rights for a foreign power in the Azores and rejected a group decision on bases, while noting Spain’s exclusion could weaken the Iberian Peninsula’s role.
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Washington
Portugal
Portugese
Spain
Lisbon
Azores
State Department
Iberian Peninsula
Lutheran Men’s Club Elects Officers at Dinner
The Lutheran Men’s Club held a dinner meeting Monday night with the annual election of officers. Dr. Leroy D. Fothergill of Camp Detrick spoke about his survey of the cholera epidemic in Western Europe and Egypt. Newly elected officers include Melvin F. Schwearing president Herschel F. Gibbs vice president Edward S. Mobley Jr. treasurer Oliver H. Keefer secretary Albert L. Seeger E. C. Lanner Ray M. Zimmerman and Henry F. Falk directors.
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Lutheran Men's Club
Leroy D. Fothergill
Camp Detrick
Melvin F. Schwearing
Herschel F. Gibbs
Edward 5. Mobley, Jr
Oliver H. Keefer
Albert L. Seeger
E. C. Lanner
Ray M. Zimmerman
Henry F. Falk
Dr. Fothergill
Europe
Egypt
Mrs Staley Ramsburg Discharged After Auto Crash
Mrs Staley Ramsburg of near Walkersville was treated and discharged this morning at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an automobile accident near Clarksburg yesterday evening around 8 30 p m.
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Staley Ramsburg
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Clarksburg
May Offer New Farm Program
The Truman Administration plans a compromise farm program to curb low mood and surpluses. debate splits between returning to pre war crop control and flexible price supports. proposals include subsidies for perishables and marketing programs to keep low quality fruits off markets.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Brannan
Agriculture Department
Re open Spy Ring Probe Demanded by Velde in HUAC
Former FBI agent Rep. Velde called on the House Un American Activities Committee to reopen the Scientist X atomic spying case and alleged new evidence ties to the Los Alamos project. He urged prosecutions of spies including some prominent Americans and condemned inaction by the Attorney General.
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Washington
FBI
Velde Roth
House Un-American Activities Committee
Scientist X
Velde
University of California
Congress
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Deeds Recorded Transfer of 192 Acres in New Market District
Deeds filed in the clerk's office show Mr. and Mrs. R Russell Green selling to Mr. and Mrs. Harry H Harshman a 192 acre tract with improvements in New Market district for about 16000 dollars. Walter J Hahn sold to Mr. and Mrs. Austin M Fogle a dwelling at 6 West 12th Street for about 9500 dollars.
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R. Russell Green
Harry H. Harshman
New Market District
Walter J. Hahn
Austin M. Fogle
West 12Th Street
Market leveling off in New York amid mixed gains
The New York stock market edged toward stability after a broad decline yesterday. Trading showed only fractional gains for some issues as the market paused, with a few stocks advancing slightly while others barely moved.
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New York
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