Roads Tame With Light Snow In Southwestern County
Light snowfall left Southwestern county roads slick early today with up to three inches in Brunswick and two to three inches in the county. State and county crews used about 20 cinder trucks to melt ice, noting hills were hardest. Temperatures rose from 22 to near 41 expected, with a few accidents and minimal air travel disruption.
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State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Thomas G. Mohrer
Mohler
Brunswick
Six Prisoners Die In Spray Jail Fire
In Spray North Carolina six prisoners five men and one woman died when a mattress fire started on the second floor of the City Hall jail at 2 40 a m. Victims include Lucille Wim bush 30 Junior Yarborough 22 Marion Morrison 25 all white and Harvey Cole 34 Joe W Willis 21 and Bonie Martin 34 Negroes. All had been charged with public drunkenness and one may have been awaiting trial this morning. The jail sustained minor damage.
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Spray
N.C
McBride
City Hall
Lucille Wimbush
Junior Yarborough
Marion Morrison
Harvey Cole
Joe W. Willis
Bonie Martin
North Carolina
Sheriff Warns of Route 5 Sales Fraud Beating Households
The sheriff and deputies warn residents about a foreign-looking man with an accent and mustache who solicited a free home inspection then charged a housewife $2 for a black coating on the heating unit. Deputy Crouse notes it resembles a prior county scheme from two years ago that netted about $400 from housewives, with at least twenty complaints totaling around $280 to $30 per incident.
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Route 5
George F. Crouse
Guy Anders
Roosevelt Keeps Mass of Letters Public Property Ceremony
In Hyde Park on March 17 President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s letters, written and received during his rise and 12 years in office, were logged as public property. About 85 percent are released. scholars access at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library while most remain restricted.
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Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Easter Parade to Be Held in Frederick on April 9
Frederick will host its first Easter promenade on Easter Sunday April 9 from noon to 2 pm in downtown streets. The Cham ber of Commerce Retail division sponsors the event with judges from the community. Prizes go to the 25 best dressed women orchids 25 best dressed men carnations and 25 best dressed children toy Easter bunny. A photographer will help mark the occasion and residents from city and county may participate. Similar parades occur in Atlantic City Baltimore Washington Hagerstown and Hanover.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City
Charles Street
Baltimore
Tidal Basin
Washington
Hagerstown
Hanover
Draw Line On Gambling In Anti-Crime Crusade
Washington lawmakers push strict federal curb on gambling to hit big syndicates while sparing ordinary games. Conference of Law Enforcement urges swift action led by Attorney General McGrath with Pittsburgh Mayor Lawrence coordinating bills to ban interstate slot shipments and use of interstate facilities for betting, protecting legitimate racing news.
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Washington
Plain John
Conference of Law Enforcement
McGrath
Joe's House
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Congress
Lawrence
Cost Navy 178100 To Float The Big Mo
Washington March 31 P1 Ilt cost the Navy 178100 to pull the battleship Missouri from Chesapeake mud and the Army received 63400 for dredge use. Admiral Forrest P Sherman supplied the figures to a House Appropriations subcommittee. Navy payments included 17000 for a private dredge 13400 to towing firms 7100 in overtime for pilots and doymasters 14500 for gear salvage and explosives and 47600 to restore seaworthiness after afloat.
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Washington
Navy
Missouri
Chesapeake
Army
House Appropriations
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Potato Truck Crashes Into Other Autos
State Police reported two accidents due to icy conditions near Urbana on Route 240 about 6:30 a.m. A tractor-trailer loaded with potatoes, driven by Christian H Mathias of Forest Park GA, skidded and struck two Frederick residents’ cars. Mathias was charged with failing to carry insurance for hire, tried the same morning. he was convicted and jailed for ten days for nonpayment of a $100.75 fine and costs. Total damage estimated at $500.
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Frederick
Urbana
International
Richard A. Myers
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Christian H. Mathias
Forest Park
Myers
Charles M. Dalhgren
Second Street
University of Maryland
Russell A. Crocker
Market Space
Mathias
Therm
Smoking In Bed Fatal Bladensburg Fire Claims Woman
A 37 year old Bladensburg housewife died from burns and suspected suffocation after a cigarette ignited her bed early today. Pearl R. Johnson perished in a bedroom fire discovered by her husband Guy Johnson as he returned from a neighbor visit. Firefighters from Bladensburg Cottage City and Riverdale Heights confined the flames to one room. the couple’s son attends a Warrenton Virginia private school.
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Bladensburg
Prince Georges County
John T. Maroney
Pearl R. Johnson
Guy Johnson
Cottage City
Riverdale Heights
Johnson
Warrenton
Bethany Officials Face Amendments Charge In Okla Case
Oklahoma City report says Bethany school officials were charged with violation of the first and fourteenth amendments in an amended petition by ten Bethany citizens. Hearing set for today amid claims the district is influenced by Nazarene church in the blue law town near Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Bethany
Okla
Nazarene Church
Peniel College
Nazarene
Five Day Weather Outlook for Maryland and Delaware
Five day forecast shows partly cloudy windy Saturday with mountain snow flurries and colder nights. Sunday brings rain or snow from Western Maryland to Eastern Maryland and Delaware with heavy clouds. Monday and Tuesday turn moderately cold followed by milder conditions with more rain or snow on Wednesday. Temps average several degrees below normal.
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Maryland
Delaware
Voters Registering in Two Precincts Prompt Scrutiny
Frederick city and county residents face possible double registration as officials report many names appear in more than one precinct due to moves, military absentee registration, and paperwork gaps. About 7,554 strike notices went to registrants who did not vote in five years, though many remain active in another precinct. Military registrants must notify officials to avoid strike-offs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Mundt Chides State Dept on Service Loyalty Probe
Senator Mundt attacked the State Department for defending diplomat John S. Service without a new loyalty inquiry. The exchange followed Service’s recall from Calcutta as the Civil Service Loyalty Review Board’s actions were debated, with McCarthy and Peurifoy trading sharp rebuttals over who truthfully summarized the board’s findings.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
State Department Today
John S. Service
Department
Service
McCarthy
R-Wis
Calcutta
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
John E. Peurifoy
Peurifoy
State Department
Ellis A. Gimbel Sr Dies in Philadelphia at 84
Ellis A. Gimbel Sr department store owner and philanthropist died today at his Philadelphia home after an illness of four days. He was 84 and was with his son Ellis A. and daughter Mrs Fridolyn Graham and daughter in law Mrs Richard Gimbel. His wife had died in 1948.
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Philadelphia
Elhis A. Gimbel
Ellis A
Dry
Fridolyn Graham
Richard Gimbel
Gimbel
DR. Meyer
Baltimore
Adolf Meyer
Johns Hopkins University
Brunswick Plans New Elementary School Development
Brunswick mayor and council discussed plans for water sewer and street improvements for a proposed Brunswick elementary school on land owned by the Social Club west of Petersville road north of B street. Estimated cost 350000 to 400000 with completion about ten months, target fall 1951, 11 to 16 rooms plus cafeteria. Council considered delaying some utilities work to fund the school and approved James W Hill as regular policeman to replace Arnold Nally who resigned.
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Brunswick
New Brunswick
Eugene W. Pruitt
Board of Education
Bruunswick
Social Club of
Petersville Road
B Street
Stanley T. Wirts
James W. Hill
Arnold Nal+ley
End Of Formal State Of War To Be Delayed
Western allies shelve immediate end to formal state of war with Germany citing legal complications for the United States, Britain, and France. A London meeting of legal experts is postponed pending a spring Big Three foreign ministers session. Congress must act on repeal of more than 200 wartime statutes such as rent control and the trading with the enemy act.
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Washington
Germany
U.S
Britain
France
London
Paris
State
Justice Department
Congress
Now Giving Aid With State Income Taxes
The Maryland tax office sends a representative to Frederick to assist county residents with state income tax. Sidney Watters, a long-time tax expert, will be available in the Court House second floor office free of charge until April 6. He urges early reporting to avoid a last minute rush due to only one counselor being sent this year. Dr. Adolf Meyer dies at 84.
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Maryland Tax Office
Frederick
Frederick Countians
Sidney Watters
Court House
Watters
Extra Time At Meat Counter Hikes Grocery Bill
Washington reports that taking time to discuss cut of meat with a butcher adds about three cents per minute to the grocery bill according to an Agriculture Department survey. Self service packing rose from 400 to 1200 stores last year, offering faster service and broader choice, while some shoppers still prefer personal cutting. The department notes self service may boost certain meat products and alter demand, but does not expect overall higher meat consumption.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Marc Tolerit
Plants Head Gives Autos To Employes In Four States
York Pa March 17 Dallas E Winslow owner of four industrial plants distributes automobiles to about 300 employees across four states. Cars valued at roughly 436000 go to workers with a year of service for personal use with a few two door sedans shared by sales staff. Employees may keep or sell existing cars. color choice is open.
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York
Dallas E. Winslow
Winslow
Prater Farm Equipment Corporation
Buckeye Power and Hand Lawn Mower Co
Springfield
Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co
Mass
Auburn Cord and Duesenberg Co
Auburn
Ind
White St Patrick's Day snow belts hit multiple states
A five inch snowfall covered Richmond and three inches in Washington on St Patrick's Day. Six inches fell at Flat Top West Virginia with a snow belt from Wisconsin to the Middle Atlantic and a separate area in the upper Mississippi valley. More snow possible in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota with near zero temps in northern New England and the Northern Plains. FEW price changes in New York stock market with fractional gains outnumbering small losses amid many unchanged issues.
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Associated Press
St.Patrick's Day
Wisconsin
Virginia
Richmond
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
New England
Plains
Missouri Valley
Rand
Rocky Mountain
New York
Tag Colors To Denote Vietans Of Radiation
Washington March 17 Av The Atomic Energy Commission is quiet on civilian defense hearings. Congress has learned of a new dosimeter device with a blue color indicating severe radiation exposure and near-certain death. Navy metric advances include skin graft techniques and a banked skin reserve for war injuries.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House Atomic Committee
Congress
Ear
Clifford A. Swanson
Naval
Mouse Appropriations Committee
Navy
Admiral Swanson
New Element Is Produced at Berkeley
Berkeley scientists under Atomic Energy Commission contract report creation of element 98, a rare synthetic substance not found on earth. Led by Drs Thompson Street Ghiorso Seaborg, it marks the sixth new element since uranium. The element likely existed briefly in early matter formation.
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Berkeley
Calif
Atom Smashers
Earth
University of California
Atomic Energy Commission
Stanley G. Thompson
Kenneth Street, Jr
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn T. Seaborg
Tax Evasion Trial Set For April 4
Baltimore March 17 A former Prince Georges county sheriff and deputy sheriff, R Earle Sheriff, pleaded innocent to an indictment alleging evasion of about 10 400 in federal income taxes. Judge W Calvin Chesnut set the trial for April 4 with expected two days. Sheriff, 55, remained free on 1 000 bond. Indictment covers four years 1946 through 1949 with alleged underreporting of substantial income and taxes due. Sheriff served 12 years in the county office, was elected sheriff in 1942, and appointed chief deputy in 1947.
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Baltimore
R. Earle
Prince Georges County
W. Calvin Chesnut
Robert W. McCullough
McCullough
Six Perish In Fire Following Card Game
A fatal fire in Port Huron Michigan destroyed the Chase family concrete block home after a card game lasting until 4 am. The dead include Kenneth Chase age 42, his wife Phyllis an expectant mother, and their children Judith six Nancy four Ralph three and Rebecca two. Undersheriff A J Foster identified the victims.
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Port Huron
Mich
Kenneth Chase
Chase
Frank
A. J. Foster
Phyllis
Judith
Nancy
Ralph
Rebecca
Farm Income For January Increases Across States
Washington March 17 Farmers in 14 states reported January income from markets higher than the prior January 1949, with the Agriculture Department noting the national total about two percent below 1949. Texas posted a large gain from 101.484 million to 196.636 million, Florida rose from 30.816 million to 44.550 million, while Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and others showed smaller gains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Towa
Texas
Florida
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Minor accident on West Seventh Street after 6:47 this morning
Police report a Franklin Hart Coran tractor trailer from Middleburg turning into an alley collided with Richard Woodrow De Grange taxi from East Fifth Street. Minor damage to the truck and about 35 dollars to the taxi. No charges. Sgt. Ben Phebus investigated. Also four youths injured when their car overturned and burned on Ritchie highway near Pen Dennis Mount and the Severn river bridge.
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West Seventh Street
Franklin Hart Coran
Middleburg
Richard Woodrow DeGrange
East Fifth Street
Sergt
Ben Phebus
Mwart
Annapolis
Ritchie Highway
Anne Arundel County
Pendennis Mount
Sevyern River Bridge
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Bright San
Montgomery County
Hyattstown
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Ellis A. Gimbel, Sr
York, Pa
St. Patrick’s Day
Carroll County
Parsons Newman
Clarence A. Tobery
Grayson B. Castle
Carrollton Manor
Prince Georges Co
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