Hood Girl's Mother Slain In Korea
Mrs. Ethel Van Wagoner Underwood, wife of Dr. Horace H. Underwood, former adviser to the American military government in Korea and former president of Chosen Christian College, was shot and killed at home in Seoul by two gunmen during a gathering of faculty wives. The attack disrupted bystanders and raised questions of motive as police and U.S. Army units investigated. Miss Grace Underwood, 20, Hood College student, is her daughter.
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Seoul
Horace H. Underwood
Chosen Christian College
Horace G. Underwood
Korea
New York City
Brooklyn
Marion Mo
Paris
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Commission On Korea
George Park
Underwood
Sarai Beach
Ethel van Wagoner Underwood
Kingston
Mich
Albion College
Michigan
New York University
Miss Underwood
James Underwood
Presbyterian Church
Hancock
N. Y
Mr. Underwood
Frederick
Horace Grant Underwood
John Thomas
Hamilton College
New York State
Princeton University
Richard Folson
Frederick Late Taday
Hood College
Adelphi Academy
Hood
Science Club
Cecilian
Uorace H. Underwood
Slain in Korea Mother of Hood College junior shot
Mrs. Underwood mother of Grace Underwood Hood College junior was killed in her Seoul home when two robbers shot her. Police investigation ongoing.
Senate Filibuster Clash Near Votes in Bipartisan Move
Washington report outlines a 22 Republican and 30 Democrat bloc ready to vote on Senate rules to curb filibusters as Truman Democrats stay sidelined. Leaders promise a test vote while a number of senators seek to explain their positions before the showdown. Separate deeds note the transfer of properties in Thomson and Thurmont districts for around 9 500 and 5 500 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
Douglas
Pepper
Fugitive Leiby Bondsman Forfeits $1500 Cash Bond
Merlin James Leiby, 22, of Frederick, fled justice by not appearing in Circuit Court for three indictments linked to robberies at the O'Toole garage in Thurmont. His $1,500 cash bond was forfeited by Judge Schnauffer and turned over to county officials to finance his return to court. State Police will issue a fugitive warrant and alert other states. Loot included batteries, tires, heaters, antifreeze, and oil. Leiby had prior Frederick charges in 1944 for breaking and entering.
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Merlin James Leiby
Frederick Man
O'Toole
Thurmont
Linby
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Glenn Crum
Ellis C. Wachter
Kenneth D. Bond
R. Paul Buhrman
Leiby
Harrisburg
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Cold Wet Weather Hits Wide Areas Across Nation
Chicago reports a cold front from central Canada bringing heavy frosts and near zero readings in North Dakota and northern Minnesota. Temperatures moderating in the south early today though still below freezing in parts of Dixie where crops suffered damage.
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Chicago
Marek
Southland
Dixie
Canada
Midwest
Lower
Michigan
North Dakota
Minnesota
Guerrillas In Greece Are Losing, Truman Says
President Truman told Congress there are signs the tide of battle is turning against the communist guerrillas in Greece. In presenting his sixth quarterly report on U S military aid to Greece and Turkey he noted that since early 1949 the balance has shifted against the guerrillas.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Retail Lamb Prices Rise Across Cities This Week
Wholesale lamb prices climbed two to ten cents a pound amid light supplies and a smaller new spring crop delayed by western blizzards. Beef and pork steadier, vegetables edging higher, peaches damaged by frost in the Carolinas, and the Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index slipped two cents to 5.79.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Spartanburg
Florida
West Coast
Lewisiana
Dun & Bradstreet
County Homemakers In Session In Frederick County
About 350 women gathered at Centennial Memorial Church for the annual Frederick County Council of Homemakers meeting. Morning sessions elected Louise Sebold as vice president and Edward H. Mantz as secretary, with an even odd year rotation for president treasurer and parliamentarian. Reports highlighted canned foods totals of 80 000 quarts and 50 000 pounds of meat, plus 927 participants in a frozen food school.
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Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Frederick County
Ray Smith
Frederick
Carroll Wickless
Woodsboro
Home Furnishings
Guy Kline
Myersville
George Chick
Brunswick
Home Management
William C. Powell
Community Life
Virginia Growers Get Out The Smudge Pots
Virginia fruit growers used smudge pots as a new cold wave kept temperatures below freezing for a second night. Peach crops faced the greatest danger while the northern Virginia apple crop was largely spared. Apple trees that have not bloomed yet may benefit, with entomologist Dr. Walter Hough predicting the cold could push trees back to normal schedules. Buds were nearly ready to bloom after a warm February.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Walter H. Hough
Winchester
Cullen Leaves Library to Sanatorium in Will
Dr Victor F Cullen long time head of the Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium died March 9 leaving his medical library to the Sabillasville institution per his will filed for probate in Baltimore on March 17 The bulk of his estate about 100000 goes to his widow Painting Tank: citys million gallon elevated water tank being painted inside and out with supports and standpipe also to receive paint Market Ragged: New York stocks show small gains and losses as traders hesitate driving ticker tape to a near halt after the opening bell
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Baltimore
Victor F. Cullen
Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Sabillasville Institution
Cullen
New York
Two Frederick soldiers’ remains returned from Europe
The Army announced the return of two Frederick natives, Second Lieutenant Cassell and Private Hossler, among 2,918 Americans. Cassell, a Normandy veteran and local graduate, died in Germany in 1945. Hossler fell in France in 1944. Their families await final rites in Frederick as services resume postwar repatriations.
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Frederick
United States
Europe
United States Army
Haiti
Victor
Department of the Army
Milell, Jr
West South Street
Monroe E. Hossler
Davis Lavenue
Maryland
France
Holland
Luxembourg
Cassell
215Th Infantry
Germany
London
Lieut
Frederick High School
Weit Bros
Linr
Dorothy Wilkinson
U. S
Normandy
Outfit
Belgium
H15th
Pvt
Hossler Wa
Tom
England
Hossler
Camp Hood
Texas
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Ife
Sharon
Large Fires In Baltimore Burned Buildings Across City
Baltimore reports multiple fires on March 17 with six alarms at a truck rental building and two other blazes. Exploding drums and chemical blasts caused waterfront damage but no injuries. Estimated losses run into tens of thousands of dollars before fire crews contained the flames.
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Baltimore
Mall Arm
Sweden Faces Narrow Defenses If West Supplies End
Sweden’s Lt Gen Helge Jung warned that without western supplies the country could not defend itself. He urged a defense pact among Sweden Norway and Denmark to avert disaster, amid ongoing neutrality disputes. In a separate note, Mortimer Harkins died in a Winchester fire on the upper floor of a dwelling.
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Stockholm
Helge Jung
Sweden
Kristianstad
Norway
Denmark
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Russia
Europe
Winchester
Mortimer Harkins
Russia Larger Fleet Than U S In Western Pacific
Tokyo March 17 Soviet Eastern fleet has grown to six cruisers, several destroyers, and 72 to 100 submarines with construction ongoing at Vladivostok. The U.S. Western Pacific force under Vice Admiral Oldendorf remains smaller, while Pearl Harbor and Hawaii serve as Pacific anchors as fleet reductions and base consolidations proceed.
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Russia
Western Pacific
U.S
Tokyo
Rhussia
United States
Vladivostok
Nis
Japan
Kenneth Royall
Hawaii
Indian Ocean
Adm
Oscar Bad- Her
China
Far East
Vier
Russell S. Berkey
Pacific Islands
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Europe
Washinton
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Subic Bay
Sangley Point
Manila ‘Bay
Guam
Saipan
Mer
Yokosuka
Dardanelles
Tsushima
Sea
Okhotsk
Kuriles
Tsushima Straits
Tazo
Charities Elect Federated Leaders At Open Meeting
George Rodock Jr was named president at the Federated Charities annual open meeting held in the kindergarten room of the charities building. Ernest Helfenstein Charles A Sif ford Mrs C Thomas Summers Nev in T R Waskey and M Florence Gainer were elected to key roles with terms, and several directors were re elected for four more years. Reports by Waskey Garner and Mary Angell Sapington highlighted a successful year.
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George Rodock, Jr
Federated Charities
Charities
Ernest Helfenstein
Charles A. Sifford
C. Thomas Summers
Nevin T. R. Waskey
M Florence Gainer
Secreta
Summers
Helfenstein
Charles F. Bowers
Walter Duvall
Waskey
Ernest C. Webb
Garner
Mary Angell Sapington
Kinedergarten
Newman Elevated to Bank Vice President in Local Wave
Mr Newman elected vice-president of Citizens National Bank by the board at a meeting. He will continue as general counsel to the bank, a role held since 1910, and remain a director. The Newman family has long ties to the bank with forebears serving as director or counsel.
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Newman
Citizens National Bank
W. Irving Parsons
John S. Newman
Board of Directors
Daughter of Hood College Junior Woman Shot in Seoul
The mother of a Hood College junior, Mrs Uorace H Underwood, wife of the former president of a Korean college, was shot and killed at her Seoul home by two gunmen.
Balkans Boil With Rumors
Rome reports rumors of Cominform action against Tito's Yugoslavia. Astra cited Soviet and anti Yugoslav border forces, while officials denied troop gatherings. Rankovic as interior minister faces Cominform attacks and potential coup speculation amid speculation of Western talks off Split.
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Rome
Balkans
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Tito
Astra
Bulgarum
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
London
Ales Rebler
Yugolav
Trieste
Alexander Rikovic
Janat Brion
Istrian
Maly
Split
Europe
Istanbul
Rankovic
Tite
American GI Held by Russians in Berlin Released
Pvt. Fred J. Jacobson of Birmingham Alabama said he was held four days by Russian guards in Berlin and threatened with harm to his family in America if he did not provide information. He reported near-constant questioning but said he was well treated and released through four power channels.
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Berlin
America
Fred J. Jacobson
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas F. Langer
Jacobson
Germany
Major Change In Interior Dept Proposed by Hoover Commission
A split Hoover Commission urged sweeping reforms to the Interior Department to boost efficiency and curb waste. The panel proposed expanding to cover major public works, with some members backing a Department of Natural Resources, while others favored keeping the current structure and adding functions such as flood control, public works, hospital construction, and civil aviation, shifting several bureaus to Agriculture and Commerce.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Interior Department
Congress
Department
State Acheson
Department of Natural Resources
Army Corps of Engineers
Masor
Federal Works Agency
Veterans Administration
Army and Navy
Public Health Service
Bureau of Civil Aviation
Commerce Department
Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Minerals
Commercial Fisheries
Agriculture Department
Indian Affairs
Department For Social Security, Education and Indian Affairs
Two To Face Trial In Fairmont West Virginia
Two men, Feoree L. Ashton and Lyman Ramsdell, are to be sent to Fairmont West Virginia for trial on Baltimore and Ohio train robbery charges. Indicted by a federal grand jury in Fairmont, they face up to 20 years and a $10,000 fine if convicted. Ramsdell is hospitalized from wounds. Ashton prefers Washington for trial.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
W. Va
U. S
William Hitz
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Feoree L. Ashton
Lyman Ramsdell
Hits
Ashton
Ramsdell
Truman Program In Deep Trouble
Washington observers said the Truman program for the postwar era is in deep trouble as Republicans and southern Democrats unite to shape legislation. The House amended the rent control bill, the Senate opposed the filibuster, and a nomination to head the National Security Resources Board was shelved. Republican Leader Martins warned other major proposals would fare similarly, saying the program could be stalled well into December 1950.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Martins
Massachusetts
Truman
Martin
Automobile Burns Near Mt. Pleasant
A 1939 Plymouth sedan owned by a New Windsor resident named Reynolds and driven with his wife caught fire north of Mt. Pleasant about 10 am. A front wheel came off and the bottom struck the highway causing the fuel pump to spray gasoline and ignite. Firemen arrived to find the car fully involved, and it was totally destroyed.
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Mt. Pleasant
Independent Hose Company
New Windsor
Reynolds
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Portugal
Grace Underwood
H. HH. Underwood
Walter J. Hahn
Irving T. Devil
West 12Th Street
Minnie E. Stull
Olive G. Stull
George Moser
Federated Group
Mr. Rodock
Bank
Interior Dept
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