Main Takes Over As New Police Head
Charles V. Main was sworn in as Frederick chief of police in a ceremony at City Hall before over two hundred officials and citizens. Mayor Donald B. Rice administered the oath, with Rev. Dr. Edwin Sponseller invoking and praising Main’s stature. Main pledged to lead without favoritism, aiming to make the Frederick Police Department the best in the United States.
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Charles V. Main
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Maryland
Edwin H. Sponseller
Chamber of Commerce
Main
Sponseller
Plato
Dorsey F. Shipley
Allen G. Quynn
W. W. Corbin
Maryland State Police
Sgt. Corbin
Alderman Quynn
Rice
Chief Main
Police Department
DE Frederick
United States
500 Attend Scout Fair
About 500 adults visited the Birthday Fair of the Frederick Association of Girl Scouts at the State Armory Saturday night marking the 40th anniversary of Girl Scouting in America. The two hour event showcased crafts, demonstrations and troop projects with 21 troops and most of 375 Brownies and Scouts participating. The fair served as a thank you to Community Chest contributors and highlighted how their funds aid Scouting. Mrs. Herman A Hunter, president, called the event a success and praised public response.
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Frederick
Girl Scout Organization
Herman A. Hunter
The
Scout Association
Mythical Aggressor Enters Yugoslavia
At dawn in Treviso Italy a mythical aggressor struck Yugoslavia pushing into Northeast Mali along the invasion route from the East. NATO commands faced a costly defense as Allied land and air forces were overwhelmed. Operation Lake Garda marked the first major Southern Front land defeat against an invasion since the Atlantic Pact.
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Treviso
Italy
Yugoslavia
Maly
Adm
Robert B. Carey
NATO
Lake Garda
May Draft Call for 19000 Men Revealed by Defense Dept
Washington reports Defense Department issued a May draft call for 19,000 men 15,000 for the Army and 4,000 for the Marine Corps. This raises the total drafted or called to duty since September 1950 to 913,430 Americans.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Small Group Delays Ike Testimony on Foreign Aid Bill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee puts off decision to invite General Dwight Eisenhower to testify on the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill. The move follows hours of debate while factions weigh political risk versus aid for Ike's presidential prospects. Senator McMahon urged testimony. some favor a nonpolitical visit, others seek speeches to boost views on policy. Units discuss the impact on Ike's nomination chances and potential campaigning.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D. Bleetnhower
Connally
D-Tex
McMahon
Dconn
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Lucius D. Clay
Paris
Congress
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Earl Warren
California
GOP
Chicago
Oregon
Wisconsin
Louis E. Denfeld
Massachusetts
Ohio
Truman
Sen. Kerr
D-Okla
Rep. Herter
Rmass
Senate
Seven Inches Of Snow In West Va Mountains
Snow depth reached seven inches at high elevations in Northeastern West Virginia with drifting on cleared roads. Highway crews faced strong winds and rapid redeposition, reporting seven inches along State Route 15 over Point Mountain in Randolph County and six inches on U. S. 219 in the same county.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Road Commission Bureau of Highway Information Here
Point Mountain
Randolph County
Fire wipes out block in Kilmarnock Va
A high wind driven fire swept a block of Kilmarnock Virginia destroying a hotel building a service station and several stores. Origin blamed on furnace room of the Hazel building with damage estimate not yet set. Lincoln High and elementary schools closed for a fourth day due to basement water. pumping continued to remove surface water from heavy mains.
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Kilmarnock
Lincoln High and
Wind Stays Mild After Weekend 68 mph Gusts
Roaring March winds swept the city and county with gusts up to 68 miles an hour but caused little damage. Power lines and antennas endured, three lookout stations opened, and forest fire danger rises as winds dry. Temperatures dropped to 30s with a high near 38 at the airport.
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Maryland
Frederick
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Potomac Edison Company
Weather Bureau
St. Patrick's
Herman Toms
Lambs Knoll
Foxville
Western Union Tower
Toms
State Lashed By Windstorm
The Atlantic storm blew through Maryland raising gusts to 53 mph. In Baltimore two ships broke from moorings and a small airplane was knocked over during approach to Friendship Airport. two passengers injured slightly. Pilot Stanley Fisher of Baltimore and passenger Miss Barbara Helman of New Jersey unharmed. The Robinsons, a New York City dance team, were among other passengers both with minor injuries. Snow fell unevenly across western Maryland with up to five inches in Garrett County. A woman, 45 to 55, washed ashore near Annapolis in the Severn River and was unidentified. Winds uprooted trees and shattered plate glass in the region.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Friendship Airport
Stanley Fisher
A. Ralph Robinson
Barbara Helman
New Jersey
Fisher
Cleveland
Helman
Robinsons
New York City
Cumberland
Garrett County
Grantsville
Annapolis
Severn River
Anne Arundel County
Washington
Father and two children die in flames at home
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a father Thomas Wherry aged 47 and his children Marlene seven and Charles three perished when a fire destroyed the Wherry home. Mrs Lily Wherry 30 another child James 10 and visitor Shirley Mac Livingston 14 survived. The blaze also left one sister of Mrs Wherry.
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Johnstown
Famiius
Thomas Wherry
Marlene
Charles
Lily Wherry
James
Shirley Mac Livingston
Enlisted Men In Korea Seek Sidearms For Front
Washington reports growing use of mail orders for revolvers and pistols to GIs in Korea. Relatives mail firearms hoping to match officers and appease letters from service members. Officials cite legal limits, mail rules, and lack of need per military tables of organization.
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Korea
Washington
Marine
Army
George Patton
Willie
Planes Spray Reds At Front
American Shooting Star jets attacked frontline Communist positions with rockets bombs and bullets, claiming 75 Red soldiers killed 15 guns and 28 bunkers destroyed and a tank damaged. Sabres fought 12 MIG-15s with no hits reported. three MIGs possibly shot down. Wisconsin battleship lightly damaged by shore guns. three sailors slightly hurt. Ground clashes were minor after a thawing spring day.
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Seoul
Shooting Star
Wisconsin
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Korea
Woman Shot Former City Chairman Sparks Smeared Feud
In Philadelphia on March 17 two political foes argued over a hotel shooting involving former Republican city chair William F. Meade. Meade said glass cuts from shots through a lobby window injured him while DA Richardson Dilworth named Miss Virginia Carroll as the shooter, a claim he later questioned stating no arrests planned.
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Philadelphia
William F. Meade
Richardson Dilworth
Meade
Virginia Carroll
Minerva Hotel
John T. Murphy
Dilworth
Miss Carroll
John Gary Dilworth
Air Attack on POWs Charged in Korean Camp Incident
MUNSAN March 17 Communist truce negotiators accused the U N command of a criminal attack on a prisoner of war camp near Changsong in North Korea. A British soldier was wounded as an Allied plane strafed the site. The article notes prior riots at Koje Island and lists casualties among prisoners and internees.
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Munsan
U. N
North Korea
Reds
Changsong
Tsai Cheng-Wen
Tsai
U.N. Koje Island
Cumberland to Name Mayor, Commissioners
Cumberland prepares for a biannual general election with a mayor and four city commissioners to be chosen. Candidates include William Buchholtz and Roy W. Eves for mayor and eight contenders for four council seats, with incumbents listed and about 10,000 expected to vote. The ballot also asks whether to adopt daylight saving time and establish a city manager.
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Cumberland
William Buchholtz
Roy W. Eves
John 3. Long
Lucile Roeder
George Ted- Tick
William J. Edwards
William V. Keegan
Edgar ‘Reynolds
Ketick T. Sisk
Edwin M. Horchler
Army Should Court Martial General Whose Diary Was Stolen
Rep. Pat Sutton, a Tennessee Democrat and former Navy man, urges court martial of Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow over a diary photographed by Russians. Sutton also accuses Army officials of wasteful spending on a hunting lodge and an officers’ club, touting more exposés to come while defending his war record and calling for accountability in military spending.
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Washington
Pat Sutton
D-Tenn
Navy
Sutton
Army
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Edward H. Brooks
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Virginia
Brooks
Second Army
Hill Reservation
New Orleans
House
Armed Services Appropriations Committee
Amy
Pentagon
Tetham
Wade
Congress
Gunor Avade
Taarching
Mamia
First Cavalry
Europe
Sultan
Servce
Wart
Courtney
New Weapons Astound Says New Weapons Astound
WEST POINT N Y March 17 Army Chief of Staff Gen J Lawton Collins says the United States is on the threshold of new weapon developments that astound even hopeful planners. He warns against relying entirely on super weapons and stresses the soldier remains the supreme element in combat. Founders Day at the U S Military Academy marked its 150th anniversary.
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West Point
N. Y
J. Lawton Collins
United States
Army
Catlins
U. S. Military Academy
Thomas Jefferson
Collins
Ice Island For U S Base In Arctic Flight
Three planes and 33 men with one woman prepare for takeoff from Point Barrow toward an Arctic ice island to host a Navy research base. The operation Ski Jump aims to study sea air and earth relations from a floating Arctic platform, with John F. Holmes and his oceanographer wife among the crew.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Navy
North Pole
Pole
U. S
Arctic
John F. Holmes
Falmouth
Mass
45,160 For 45 Head Of Cattle At Maryland Sale
A total of 45,160 dollars was paid for 45 Aberdeen Angust cattle Friday afternoon at the Maryland Aberdeen Angus Association spring quality sale at the Frederick Fairgrounds. Buyers from nearly every eastern state attended the sale and banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Top price 2,500 dollars each went to two of 41 females bought by J B Hodges of Elk Hill Farm Forest Virginia and Joe Sherman of Hawthorne Pennsylvania. The 41 females brought 39,535 dollars. four bulls sold for 5,625 dollars. F E Lankford of Pocomoke paid 2.00 for a Wilmac Farm bull. Monkton Russell Wert was sale manager. Hamilton James of Newton, Hi, was auctioneer. Mr and Mrs James C Haskin were clerks.
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Maryland Aberdeen
Hawthorne
Cold Saturday Farms
Finksburg
W. Alar
McGregor and Son
Chestertown
F. E. Lankford
Pocomoke
Wilmac Farm
Monkton Russell Wert
Hamilton James
Newton, Hi
James C. Haskin
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office at the courthouse for several properties. Mr and Mrs Charles N Crosby Jr and Robert Lo McCloskey, attorneys for Renal Vance Crosby, sold a farm of 317 acres to Mr and Mrs Frank E Blows in Urbana district Frederick County. Consideration around 32000 dollars. Tempe Zacharias and others sold a residence at 142 East Third Street to Ralph E Currens, with consideration near 16000 dollars. Elmer Keeney sold property at 24 East Sevenup Street to Charles M Resimond for about 5500 dollars. The market report notes a brisk open and upside drift in York.
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Court House
Charles N. Crosby, Jr
Robert Lo McCloskey
Renal Vance Crosby
Frank E Blows
Saliont
Ian Frederick
Montgomery Ermmurs
Lyng
Urbana
Frederick County
Tempe Zacharias
Ralph E. Currens
Third Ciest
Elmer Keeney
Charles M
Two Arrested After Mile A Minute Chase
In Baltimore on March 17 a Washington youth and his teenage girl companion were arrested after a five minute chase in a stolen automobile. The car rammed a police vehicle and collided with another auto. The girl, Yvonne Antonelli, 18, of 1230 Bladensburg Rd Washington, was treated for minor injuries. Police arrested her and 20 year old Richard M Hodgson of 2401 22nd street N E on auto larceny charges.
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Baltimore
Washington
Yvonne Antonelli
Bladensburg Rd
Richard M. Hodgson
22Nd Street
N. E
February Traffic Study Shows Safer Frederick Overall
Frederick police report February saw nearly one accident per day, down from January, with 49 involved in crashes. An elderly man was injured in a left turn collision. 39 passenger cars led the 49 vehicle tally. Daytime, dry streets, and morning and late afternoon hours dominated crashes as 75 traffic arrests occurred. Police plan a safety campaign to reduce future incidents.
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Frederick
James Marks
Nizam Hosts Tea Party for Delhi Elites
The Nizam of Hyderabad hosted a lavish tea party on the lawns of his Delhi palace for 490 guests including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and India’s President and Prime Minister. Fifteen of his seventy wives observed the event from behind a cloth screen on the veranda as he wore cotton pajamas and a long grey coat, smoking through much of the gathering.
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New Delhi
India
Nizam
Hyderabad
Delhi Palace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Delhi
Clarksburg Native Dies In Virginia
Washington report notes Mrs Deila Beile Gaines aged 90 died yesterday at her Bailey Cross Roads farm that hosted the Cross Roads Summer Theater. A native of Clarksburg Maryland she moved to Fairfax County Virginia as a girl.
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Washington
Deila Beile Gaines
Bailey Cross Roads, Va
Cross Roads
Clarksburg
Gaines
Fairtex J County
Morris And McCarran Set Clash On Communist Links
Washington March 17 Newbold Morris faces Senate Judiciary questions about his alleged ties to Communist front groups as Republicans attack his background. McCarran will summon Morris before Easter recess to testify under oath. Morris denies conscious association and cites a “not subversive” record. He announces a staff of about 20 lawyers and a plan to issue questionnaires to top federal officials. Meader calls for a bipartisan corruption probe with $100,000, labeling Morris unqualified.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Morris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rep. Potter
R-Mich
House
Potter
House Un-American Activities Committee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Morri
J. Morris
New York
Samuel Becker
Rep. Meader
Driver Fined 150 And Costs In Drunken Driving Case
Glenn Rice Lyerly of Route 2 Frederick pleaded wolo contendere to drunken driving and was found guilty by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield, fined 150 dollars and costs. A separate recklessness charge earned 25 dollars and costs. Lyerly was stopped on Route 40 west of Frederick around 1130 p.m. by Trooper Harold J. Basore after erratic driving. E Austin James represented Lyerly.
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Peoples Court
Glenn Rice Lyerly
Route 2
Frederick
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Lyerly
Route 40
Harold J. Basore
Basore
E. Austin James
Leo Francis Hough
New Market
Hough
E. C. Crowther
South Jefferson Street
South Street
William J. Lightner
Madison Street
Jefferson Street
Raymond Luther Keeney
Jefferson
George Crouse
Lightner
Chevrolet
Keeney
B. B. Rosenstock
Steffieia
George Brace Barnes, Sr
West Sixth Street
Mary Elizabeth Barnes
Franklin
Tracey
South Carroll Street
Jacob Cohen
Roanoke
Marvin Schrier
Towanda
N. Y
Walter E. Greer
Washington
Peeding
Rayne J. Rippeon
Eugene Kiink Garrett
Troppers Basore
Crowther
Crouse
Henry Sacker
33 Persons Rescued From Mining Camp
A weekend storm in California ends with the rescue of 33 workers and their families from a Sierra Nevada mining camp operated by U. S. Vanadium Corp. at 9,000 feet near Pine Creek, as Northern California takes a breather and another big storm looms tomorrow.
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Bishop Calif
California
Sierra Nevada
Lut
U. 3
Vanadium Corp
Pine Creek Oa
Here
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