Main Takes Over As New Police Head
Frederick selects Charles V. Main as chief of police after a public oath at City Hall. Mayor Donald B. Rice administered the oath before about 200. The new chief pledged to uphold high standards and improve the department, vowing action against any corruption. Sgt. W. W. Corbin praised for groundwork during transition and readiness to support Main.
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Charies V. Main
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Maryland
Edwin H. Sponseller
Chamber of Commerce
Main
Sponseller
Pimto
Dorsey F. Shipley
Allen G. Quynn
Sgt. W. W. Corbin
Maryland State Police
Sgt. Corbin
Quynn
Rice
Chief Main
police department
United States
500 Attend Scout Fair
About 500 adults visited the Frederick Association of Girl Scouts Birthday Fair at the State Armory Saturday night, closing a week marking 40 years of Girl Scouting in America. Nearly all of the association’s 21 troops took part, with 375 Brownies and Scouts assisting or attending. the event served as a thank you to Community Chest contributors and showcased how Chest funds support Scouting programs. Mrs. Herman A. Hunter, association president, called the fair a success and noted strong public response.
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Frederick
Community Chest
Girl Scout organization
Herman A. Hunter
the
Scout association
Mythical Aggressor Enters Yugoslavia and Italy
At dawn today a mythical aggressor slashed into Yugoslavia and stabbed into Northeast Italy along the eastern invasion route. Land and air forces under Admiral Robert B Carney’s Southern European NATO command were rushed to defend. The action began Operation Lake Garda the first full scale Southern front drill against invasion since the Atlantic Pact.
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TREVISO
Italy
Yugoslavia
Adm
Robert B Carney
NATO
Lake Garda
May Draft Call for 19000 Soldiers and Marines
The Defense Department announced a May draft call for 19,000 men split as 15,000 in the Army and 4,000 in the Marine Corps. This brings total Americans drafted or called to duty since September 1950 to 913,430.
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WASHINGTON
J. P
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Small Group Can Help Or Hinder Ike
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed deciding whether to invite General Dwight D Eisenhower to testify on the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill. The move splits over whether his testimony would aid or harm his GOP nomination chances, with insiders citing potential political leverage and embarrassment risk. Other political notes include Kefauver’s NH win impact, Warren’s stance on California delegates, and remarks by Denfeld Kerr and Herter on military leaders and presidential training.
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WASHINGTON
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Connally
D-Tex
McMahon
D- Conn
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Lucius D. Clay
Paris
gress
Congress
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Earl Warren
California
GOP
Chicago
Oregon
Wisconsin
Louis E. Denfeld
Massachusetts
Ohio
Truman
Kerr
D-Okla
Rep
Herter
Senate
Seven Inches Of Snow In West Virginia Mountains
Snowfall reached seven inches at high elevations in Northeastern West Virginia and hindered highway crews as winds drifted cleared pavements. The Road Commission Bureau of Highway Information cited seven inches on State Route 15 across Point Mountain in Randolph County and six inches on U S 219 across the mountains 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 Sweeps Kilmarnock Business Block
High winds whip through Kilmarnock Virginia destroying a hotel building a service station and 12 other stores. Firefighters report the blaze started in the Hazel building furnace room with cause not yet determined. Damage estimates unavailable. Lincoln High School and the city’s only colored school remain closed for a fourth day due to basement flooding from heavy rains.
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KILMARNOCK. Va
Kilmarnock
photel
Lincoln high and
Winds Sour but Little Local Damage From March Storm
Roaring March winds of up to 68 miles per hour buffeted the city and county over the weekend with no serious damage. Forecasters expected winds to rise but not match Sunday's velocity. The storm's edge brought snow to far Western Maryland, including Frederick and Gambrill State Park, while power lines mostly held. Temperatures stayed cold with a 38 degree high and 30 degree low. Parked storms may ease by Wednesday with a milder break and possible showers. Forest supervisor Herman Toms opened six lookout stations and reported six February fires with limited acreage burned.
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Maryland
Frederick
Gamsbrill State Park
High Knob
Potomac Edison Company
Weather Bureau
St. Patrick's
Herman Toms
Lambs Knoll
Fouxt Ville
Western Union tower
Gambrill State Park
Toms
Windstorm Strikes Maryland Ports and Skies
A Atlantic storm battered Maryland with gusts to 53 mph. In Baltimore two ships broke free from moorings and were towed back safely. A small plane overturned at Friendship Airport, injuring two passengers. Pilot Stanley Fisher and passenger Barbara Helman were unhurt. Snow fell in western Maryland, up to five inches in Garrett county. A body washed ashore along the Severn near Annapolis. Roads were risky west of Grantsville with chains advised. Trees toppled and windshields shattered in Washington and Baltimore.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland
Friendship Airport
Stanley Fisher
A. Ralph Robinson
Barbara Helman
New Jersey
Fisher
Cleveland
Miss Helman
Robinsons
New York City
Cumberland
Garrett county
Grantsville
Annapolis
Severn River
Anne
Arundel county
Washington
Father And Two Of His Children Die In Flames
A fire destroyed the Wherry home in Johnstown Pennsylvania killing father Thomas Wherry 37 Marlene 7 and Charles 3 Mrs Lily Wherry 30 and James If survived with Shirley Mae Livingston 14 a visiting relative. The blaze also left a mother and one child dead or missing.
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JOHNSTOWN
Thomas Wherry
Marlene
Charles
Lily Wherry
James
Shirley Mae Livingston
Enlisted Men in Korea Seek Sidearms at Front
In Korea enlisted men urge sidearms, prompting headaches for the military and post office. Relatives mail revolvers to Marines and GIs, amid questions of necessity and legality. Officials cite regulations that sidearms are issued for duties, with postal rules allowing officers’ firearms to be mailed only with official need.
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Korea
WASHINGTON
M and Su
Army
Madras
George Patton
Willie
Planes Spray Reds At Front
American Shooting Star jets pounded frontline Communist positions with rockets bombs and bullets today. Pilots reported killing more than 75 Red soldiers destroying 14 guns and 26 troop bunkers and damaging a tank. Sabres clashed with 12 MiG-15s in the first air battle in four days. Communist shore batteries damaged the battleship Wisconsin with three sailors slightly injured. Ground action remained light as the thawing spring day yielded only patrol clashes.
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SEOUL
Shooting Star
Shooting Stars
Wisconsin
U. S. Seventh fleet
Korea
Woman Shot Former City Chairman in Philly Hotel Lobby
In Philadelphia on March 17, former Republican City Chairman William F. Meade, 47, was wounded by gunfire through a hotel window. Authorities said Democratic District Attorney Richardson Dilworth contends Miss Virginia Carroll, 33, a former docket clerk, fired the shots from inside the Minerva Hotel lobby, a claim disputed by Dilworth and police.
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PHILADELPHIA
William F. Meade
Richardson Dilworth
Meade
Virginia Carroll
Minerva Hotel
John T. Murphy
Dilworth
Miss Carroll
John Gary Dilworth
M Carroll
Air Attack on POWs Charged in North Korea
MUNSAN March 17 Communist truce negotiators accused the U N command of another aerial attack on a prisoner of war camp near Changsong in North Korea. A British soldier was wounded as an Allied plane strafed the camp on Sunday.
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MUNSAN
U.N
North Korea
Reds
Changsong
cond
U. N
Tsai Cheng-Wen
Tsai
U. N. Kaje Island
Cumberland to Name Mayor and City Commissioners
Cumberland voters head to the polls for a biannual general election to choose a mayor and four city commissioners. William Buchholtz and Roy W. Eves contend for mayor while eight candidates seek council seats, with about 10 000 expected to vote and ballots also deciding on daylight saving time and a city manager.
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CUMBERLAND
William Buchholtz
Roy W. Eves
John J. Long
Lucile Roeder
George Tedrick
William J. Edwards
Keegan
Edgar Reynolds
Ketick T. Sisk
Edwin M. Horchler
St Patrick’s Parade Dublin Opens St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
March 17 crowds gather across Dublin to view a two mile St. Patrick’s Day parade down O’Connell Street. Shamrock wearers from nearby villages and farms fill the capital seeking the best viewing spots.
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ST. PATRICK'S PARADE
DUBLIN
Ireland
St. Patrick
O'Connell street
Army Should Court Martial General Whose Diary Was Stolen
Rep. Pat Sutton of Tennessee calls for a court martial of Maj. Gen. Robert W Grow, once military attache in Moscow, after a diary was photographed by the Russians. Sutton accuses high brass of waste, cites spending on a hunting lodge at A Hill and leasing a former reserve in New Orleans. Brooks denies the lodge claims. Grow’s diary issue fuels debate over espionage risk and military conduct.
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WASHINGTON
Pat Sutton
Navy
Sutton
Army
Robert W Grow
Moscow
Sutton Joe
Edward H. Brooks
A. P. Hill military reservation
Virginia
Brooks
Second Army
Hill reservation
New Orleans
House Armed Services Appropriations committee
Pentagon
Grow
jin
New Weapons Astound Military Planners at West Point
At West Point, General J Lawton Collins said the United States is on the threshold of new weapons that astound even hopeful planners. He warned against overreliance on super weapons and stressed the primacy of the individual soldier in combat during Founders Day observances marking the academy's 150th anniversary.
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WEST POINT. Y
J. Lawton Collins
United States
Army Chief of Staff
Collins
U. S. Military Academy
Thomas
Callins
Ice Island Mission Aims for North Pole Base
Three planes and 38 men plus one woman prepare to fly to a floating Arctic ice island near the North Pole. The U S Navy seeks a research base to study sea air and earth relations, as part of Operation Ski Jump. John F Hulmes and his oceanographer wife join as a veteran couple in the ice island venture.
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POINT BARROW
Alaska
Navy
North Pole
Pole
U. S
Arctic
John F. Hulmes
Falmouth
Mass
Cattle Sale Totals $45,160 for 45 Aberdeen Anguses
The Maryland Aberdeen Angus Association spring sale at Frederick Fairgrounds sold 45 cattle for a total of 45 160. Top price 300 each for two of 41 females bought by J B Hodges and Joe Sherman from Cold Saturday Farms and others. Four bulls brought 35625, EF Lankford paid 2000 for a bull. Russell West sale manager. Hamilton James auctioneer.
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Maryland Aberdeen
Finksburg
W. Alan
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In Maryland
Deeds were recorded in the clerk’s Ree at the courthouse for several property sales. Charles N Crosby and attorney Robert L McCluskey sold to Frank E Blood a farm of about 411 acres in Frederick and Montgomery counties near Urbana Fredery county. Consideration near 32500. Tempie Zacharias and others sold 42 East Third street residence to Ralph E Currens for about 10000. Elmer Keeney sold 204 East Seventh street to Charles M Redmond for about 5500. The New York session notes show March 17 market uptick with dwindling activity after an open.
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Court house
Charles N. Crosby
Robert L. McCluskey
Ronald Vance Crosby
Frank E. Blood
Frederick
Montgomery
Urbana
Fredery
Tempie Zacharias
Ralph E. Currens
East Third street
Elmer Keeney
Charles M. Redmond
Seventh street
Mile-A-Minute Chase Ends With Double Arrest
In Baltimore on March 17 a Washington youth and his teenage female companion were arrested after a high speed mile a minute chase in a stolen car. The pursuit ended when the vehicle hit another car and rammed a police unit. The girl Yvonne Antonelli 18 of 1220 Bladensburg Rd Washington was treated for minor injuries. Police charged her and 20 year old Richard M Hodgson of 2401 22nd Street E with auto larceny.
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BALTIMORE
Washington
Yvonne Antonelli
Bladensburg Rd
Richard M. Hodgson
22nd street
February Traffic Report Shows Fewer Accidents
Frederick’s February traffic statistics show one pedestrian injury and 49 total mishaps, with elderly drivers over 63 and 25 to 34 year olds implicated. Daylight, dry streets produced most crashes, and 75 traffic violations were logged as police prepare a safety campaign.
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Frederick
vity
James Marks
Nizam Hosts Tea Party For Princes In Delhi
NEW DESI India March 17 report says the wealthy Nizam of Hyderabad hosted a rare tea party for India's princes on the Delhi palace lawns. About 400 guests attended including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Indian President and Prime Minister. 15 of the Nizam's 70 wives watched from behind a cloth screen while the host wore cotton pajamas and a grey coat.
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NEW DESI
India
Hyderabad
Delhi palace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Delhi
Clarksburg Native Dies In Virginia
Mrs. Della Belle Gaines aged 99 died yesterday at her Bailey Cross Roads farm near Fairfax County Virginia known for the Cross Roads Summer Theater She was born in Clarksburg Maryland and moved to Fairfax county as a girl
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WASHINGTON
Della Belle Gaines
Bailey Cross Roads
Cross Roads
Clarksburg
Gaines
Fairfax county
Morris And McCarran To Slug It Out
Morris in Washington faces Senate Judiciary Committee questions on alleged Communist front associations while Rep. Potter accuses him of a sordid background. Morris plans questionnaires for top Federal officials and names Samuel Becker as chief counsel with a 20-lawyer staff. Meader urges a bipartisan corruption inquiry with funding.
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WASUYINGTON
Mech
Newbold Morris
Sen. McCarran D-Nevi
Morris
Senate Judiciary committee
Rep
Potter
R-Mich
House
House Un-American Activi Yes committee
Sen. Mundt R
Washington
Samuel Becker
New York
Rep. Meader
Driver Fined 150 And Costs In Drunken Driving Case
Glenn Rice Lyerly of Route 2 Frederick pleaded nolo contendere in Frederick County Peopl es Court to drunken driving and was fined 150 dollars plus costs. He also received 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. State Trooper Basore stopped Lyerly on Route 40 west of Frederick around 11:30 p m Saturday after observing erratic driving. Austin James represented Lyerly.
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Peoples Court
Glenn Rice Lyerly
Frederick
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Lyerly
Route 40
i.c Harold L. Basore
Basore
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
Route 1
Jefferson
Crouse
Lightner
Keeney
B. B. Rosenstock
Steffiein
George Bruce Barnes
West Sixth Street
Mary Elizabeth Barnes
Franklin H. Tracey
South Carroll street
Jacob Cohen
Roanoke
Marvin Schrier
Towanda
Walter E. Greer
Washington
Rayne J. Rippeon
Eugenes Klink
Garrett
Basore, Crowther
Henry Sacker
33 Persons Rescued From Mining Camp
A weekend of wild California weather ended with the rescue of 33 workers and their families from a mining camp high in the Sierra Nevada. The U. S. Vanadium Corp tungsten mill sits 9,000 feet up in Pine Creek Canyon, 20 miles northwest of Bishop.
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BISHOP Calif
California
Sierra Nevada
U. S. Vanadium Corp
Pine Creek Canyon
here
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Ice Island
U.S. Base
Nizam
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