Frederick Street Bill Advances To Third Reading In House
A bill allowing Frederick city to condemn part of Frederick High School grounds for extending Carroll Parkway passed its second reading in the Maryland House of Delegates amid expected a tight third reading contest. Supporters tout a gain after a controversial Education Committee report, while opponents including the Frederick County Board of Education warn of strong resistance.
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Frederick City
Frederick High School
Carroll Parkway
House of Delegates
House Education Committee
House
Education Committee
Frederick County
Zimmerman
Horace M. Alexander
Alexander
Comptroller
Senate
Circuit Court
Frederick
Howard
Somerset
Caroline
Calvert
Prince George's
Charles
Baltimore
St Mary's
Montgomery
Board of Public Works
Storm
Frostburg President Seeks Explanation on Funding Share
Miss Lillian Compton, president of Frostburg State Teachers College, said she asked Governor Lane to explain why the General Assembly was advised to grant Frostburg only 10 percent of the expansion funds requested. The remarks were made in Frostburg on March 18.
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Frostburg
Lillian Compton
Frostburg State Teachers College
Lane
General Assembly
Suspended sentence for wartime probe lie to Senate panel
Washington reports Pi Bleriot H. Lamarre a 37 year old former accountant received a suspended sentence for lying to a Senate committee about Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers wartime business affairs. A 1940 Hudson sedan owned by Millard Cassell Sr was stolen from its garage on Thursday morning in Baltimore Maryland with license 805 245.
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Washington
Pi— Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate
Bennett E. Meyers
Millard Cassell
West South Street
Maryland
Questioning U.S. China policy sparks Republican letter
Washington. March 18. A group of 51 Republican congressmen led by Rep. Robert Haile of Maine published their seven key questions about U S policy toward China. They challenge U S obligations under Potsdam and Yalta, seek stance on Russia, and probe support for Nationalists versus Communists. The piece notes political maneuvering and widespread misunderstanding about U S responsibilities to China. It also reports on Bishop Noble Powell’s visit to Frederick for a confirmation and sermon at All Saints Episcopal Church tonight.
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Washington
NEA
Robert Haile
Maine
Truman
U.S
China
Haile
U. S
Potsdam
Yalta
Russia
Wedemeyer
United Nations
Dewey
United States
Manchuria
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Noble C. Powell
D. D
Maryland
All Saints Episcopal Church
Bishop Powell
Frederick
All Saints
Underwood Murder Laid To Commies
Seoul reports say Red terrorists killed the wife of U S missionary Horace H Underwood while targeting a Korean anti Communism leader. Three Koreans were arrested in the shooting of Mrs Underwood age 60. President Rhee condemned the act as shocking to Korea and police promised a breakthrough within 24 hours. Mrs Underwood was shot entering her home as gunmen searched for Mrs Mo Yun Suk. Grace Underwood and siblings were in Frederick with plans to visit Hancock. Also noted prospects of a chilly weekend and a $300 million federal education aid bill advancing in the Senate.
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Seoul
U. S
Horace H. Underwood
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Kim Tai Sun
Grace Underwood
Hood College
Horace G
John T. Underwood
Korea
Extended Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Fair and rather cold Saturday and Sunday. Warmer at start of week with rain about Monday. Rain or snow late Sunday or Monday in Maryland. Rain or snow again about Wednesday in the mountains. Temperatures will average 2 to 4 degrees below normal with precipitation totaling about 0.25 to 0.5 inch.
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Maryland
Delaware
Estranged husband ends life after forcing woman into auto
In Glen Burnie on March 18 a Baltimore man Parks Todd, aged 3, forced his estranged wife Rosalie Todd into his car on the Washington Boulevard. He threatened to shoot her with a pistol before turning the gun on himself, dying of a self-inflicted wound. Anne Arundel medical examiner Dr. John M. Claffey classified the death as death by own action. Mrs Todd reported the ordeal occurred as she waited for a bus and tried to escape.
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Glen Burnie
John M. Claffey
Anne Arundel County
Parks Todd
Baltimore
Rosalie Todd
Washington Boulevard
Howard County
Italy Votes To Join Pact In Turbulent Chamber Fight
Rome reports the Chamber of Deputies approved Italy joining the North Atlantic alliance by a 342 to 170 vote after a three day filibuster. Violent clashes erupted as deputies fell, objects were thrown, and stenographers' chairs were hurled before order was restored by siren and guards. Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi’s government gained confidence to negotiate adherence. Socialist leader Pietro Nenni warned the move risked invasion.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
North Atlantic Alliance
Alcide de Gasperi
Pietro Nenni
Fire crews quell Heights grass fire. no damage reported
Braddock Heights Fire Department fought a stubborn grass fire on Potomac Edison Company property between the Heights pool and the trolley track site near Frederick. Water used to extinguish before any property damage occurred. Independents and Citizens extinguished a chimney fire at 120 East Third Street with no damage. Market drift persists as stock changes are slight. unemployment payments total 115 million dollars in February, the highest in three years.
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Braddock Heights
Potomac Edison Company
The
Heights Swimming Pool
Frederick
East Third Street
Homes Not So Safe in Postwar America
A Chicago piece notes the National Safety Council findings that homes caused 34,500 of 98,000 accidental deaths in 1948. It cites crowded housing, aging populations, and makeshift wiring as dangers, with bedrooms labeled the riskiest, followed by yards and kitchens as other hazard zones.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S
Council
State of
Kansas
Nassau County
New York
Truman Defends Fair Deal Amid Dixiecrat Criticism
President Truman, in a news conference at the winter White House in Key West, called Dixiecrats not good Democrats while pushing his fair deal agenda. He noted three party dynamics in Congress, hinted at a possible train tour, and said no new plans beyond February 24 remarks. He praised Congress’s early session and planned a White House review with top leaders.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
Bob LaFayette
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Congress
Conress
Congre
House
Barkley
Rayburn
Senate
Lucas
McCormack
Cylinder Stolen Uranium Slicked With Mystery
Mexico City reports a small cylinder containing uranium material stolen from a U S lab or factory. Officials differ on whether it held pure U 235 or a refined ingot without explosive power. The U S Atomic Energy Commission says no material essential to bombs is missing. A separate notice records a federal tax lien against August Brodowski for $249.88. Bids due March 31 for bituminous road work across several counties.
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Mexico City
United States
America
Francisco Gonzalez de la Vega
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Internal Revenue Laws
August Brodowski
Unionville
Circuit Court
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Allegany
Garrett
Slushy Roads Hover Over Main Highways
Main highways were slushy and hazardous as wet snow blanketed the county, with three to four inches by mid morning on Braddock and South Mountains. Twenty state plow-trucks battled slush and ice while forecasts warned of a freeze and colder winds tonight. Air travel halted across the Pittsburgh Washington route, with most east coast service suspended until conditions improve.
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Braddock
South Mountains
State Roads Commission
Weather Bureau
Cumberland
Gambrill Park
McCurdy Field Report Heard by Civitan Club
Charles F. Bowers announced the McCurdy Field sub committee report approved by the Chamber of Commerce board and to be presented to the Mayor and Aldermen next week. Warner L Brittain led the sub committee’s extensive work surveying regional athletic needs to boost events at McCurdy Field. Roy L Rhoderick won the weekly attendance prize, and a Civitan club charter for Hagerstown was discussed after a trip to the area.
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McCurdy Field
Chamber of Commerce
Civitan Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Charles F. Bowers
Bowers
Irving A. Abb
W. Jerome Offutt
Roy L. Rhoderick
Hagerstown
Civitan
Snow disrupts New York air and water traffic
Snow driven by a northeast wind hampered New York area water and air traffic today. LaGuardia cancelled forty two domestic flights, about six trans Atlantic services delayed, and harbor vessels moved cautiously as mixed precipitation forecasted to turn rain. A Tempelhof crash left all three crewmen unharmed aboard the American airlift plane.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
Weather Bureau
Filibuster ends in Senate Civil Rights debate show
The Nation Today reports the Senate drama over Truman's civil rights program concluded after three weeks of filibuster and debate. Southern Democrats claimed gain while Republicans blamed both sides. A new rule requiring 64 votes to end a filibuster shifts leverage toward the Southerners for future action.
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Washington
Senate
John
Truman
Lucas
Russell
Georgia
Truman Democrats
Wherry
Nebraska
Barkley
Private Sound Proofed Rooms For Military Chiefs
Washington March 18 A large Pentagon remade section around 90000 square feet will house the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff with private soundproofed rooms for top planners. The staff may be enlarged if Congress passes defense act amendments. Current members include Gen Omar Bradley Adm Louis Denfeld Gen Hoyt Vandenburg and Adm William D Leahy with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower on temporary assignment as umpire for conflicts.
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Washington
Pentagon
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Army
Adra
Louis Denfeld
Navy
Hoyt Vandenburg
Air Force
Adm
William D. Leahy
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Nations To Decide On Need Of Force Pact Details Linked To Article Five
Washington discloses a 1949 style North Atlantic pact outline. It binds United States Canada Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg and other Western nations to respond to armed attacks with self defense measures including armed force. The agreement creates a council and a defense committee to coordinate regional security across Europe North America and the Atlantic. Article five states an attack on one is an attack on all and measures are reported to the UN Security Council. Senate ratification requires a two thirds vote.
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Washington
United States
Congress
America
Russia
North America
Europe
North Atlantic
Charter of the United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
Canada
Norway
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Iceland
Portugal
Denmark
Italy
Senate
Truman
Western
North Atlantic Council
Defense Committee
Council
Spain
Ireland
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