Indicted for Cheating Vets on Homes in Baltimore
A grand jury indicted Herman F. Locke Jr. former buildings engineer and now parks engineer for Baltimore City, Milton B. Malah city building inspector, Hanton Homes Inc, and five family members on charges they conspired to cheat and defraud veterans. The eight indicted face $1,000 bonds each and more charges are expected. The case follows nationwide probes and impacts about 1,900 veterans delaying mortgage payments.
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Baltimore
Housing
Herman F. Locke Jr
Milton B. Malah
Hanton, Homes, Inc
Edward A. Sidney
Harry, Julius
Esther Biyerberg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tom Chi
Dallas
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Locke
Veterans protest faulty new homes amid winter complaints
Veterans allege cheating on new homes with defective fire walls not reaching the roof and salvaged water circulating heaters from surplus landing craft replacing standard furnaces. Many units failed during the January February cold spell and broke down.
Gaithersburg Firemen Battle Six Alarms
Gaithersburg Fire Department answered six alarms Thursday with five in Gaithersburg and one autos fire at Laytonsville involving Bryan Kile's 33 Hudson. The origin of the blaze was undetermined with $500 log. Multiple rubbish fires followed on Goshen Road Darnestown Road and Middlebrook Road. all were extinguished.
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Gaithersburg
Laytonsville
Hudson
Bryan Kile
Len Crown
Douglas Hammond
Goshen
Grant L. Hagen
Darnestown
James Schroeder
J. W. Beers
Middlebrook Road
Cause Hose Co
Stronger Defense Urged in Denmark to Prevent Coup
Danish Finance Minister H C Hansen urged increased rearmament at a Social Democrat rally. He warned that Danish defense must be expanded to deter any Communist coup and said powers seeking to overthrow the government would face a strong response.
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Copenhagen
H. C. Hansen
Topay
Denmark
Hansen
Frederick Lions Induct Four New Members
Four new members were inducted into the Frederick Lions Club at a Thursday luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Inductees were Rev. Raymond E. Wilhelm AL Ross Hollis Edwin A. Brookey and L Barhue Spee. Past District Governor Richard F Simmons presented Alvey V Renn with a carved mahogany lion. The club, with about 100 members, noted a growing waiting list and reported the Blind Concert proceeds of £492.59. Guests included Robert C Sorrentino Henry Voight Gilbert Poole Will Benjamin F Shui and Nor B Bennett.
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Frederick
Lion
Clint Hamilton
Paul Cavioning
Florida
Lions
Charles V. Main
Robert C. Sorrentino
Henry Voight
Gilbert Man Poole
Will Benjamin F. Shui
Nor- B. Bennett
Civil Liberties Seminar Topic at Hood College
Town Hall of Hood College sponsors a third Saturday seminar on March 20 from 1 30 to 4 p m in the Y hut. The discussion centers on inalienable rights and the proposed Truman civil rights bill with leading spokesmen answering reader questions on outlawing fascist or communist groups loyalty programs congressional inquiries political opinion disclosure public financing and government influence in education.
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Town Hall of Hood College
Y Hut
Truman
Town Hall
Congressional
Carl Basset
The
Civil Liberties Union Seminar Participants Named
Land Civil Liberties Union lists Francis Adams Henso public relations specialist in Washington Mrs Rogers Lewis vice chair of the Progressive party of Maryland Elliott Miss Virginia Lewis lawyer and instructor at Hood College Dr Kenneth Walker associate professor at Goucher College Baltimore and Mrs James Wechsler counsel to the Presid entee on Civil Rights to participate in a Civil Libertics seminar Mr Henson a specialist lecturer on foreign aid to bring foreign students and refugees to the United States this was part of the
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Land Civil Liberties Union
Francis Adams Henso
Washington
Rogers Lewis
Progressive Party of Maryland
Cary
Ant
United States
Program of High Commissioner for refugees discussed
Dr Oliver Reddick, economics and sociology professor at Hood College, and Miss Gretchen Grofs president of Town Hall oversee the program for refugees under the League of Nations High Commissioner. A field fire on the Eagle farm along Israel creek near Ceresville was reported.
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League of Nations
Oliver Reddick
Hood
Gretchen Grofs
Ocean City
N. JL
Town Hall
Eagle
Israel Creek
Ceresville
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