Sawmill operator fined for assaulting forest supervisor
Lloyd Rockwell of Waynesboro Pa. was fined 25 for assault and battery after grabbing District Forest Supervisor Herman Toms by the hair and shaking him for about five minutes during a mountain fire near Brewster game preserve west of Catoc lin Furnace. Toms testified Rockwell helped fight the fire, and the magistrate noted no jail term due to Rockwell's firefighting, though the act was ruled unprovoked.
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Herman Toms
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Lloyd Rockwell
Waynesboro
Toms
Rockwell
Brewster Game Preserve
Catoclin Furnace
Donald Rockwell
L. J. Rockwell, Jr
Chessus U
Paul F. Hlubb
Baltimore
Jefferson
Slo
Cyrus G. Brandenburg
Hagerstown
John P. Alday
Beer Licensees Summoned To Hearing
County License Commissioner Gail L Cutshall sets hearings for March 31 on three on sale beer licenses for Cozy Corner Cafe Kidds Cafe and Places Company after local operators were convicted in Circuit Court this week for gaming table operations. Hearings will be in the commissioner's office at 10 0 m for Cramer 10 30 for Kidd and 11 00 for Places Company with show cause orders to suspend revoke or deny renewal.
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Gail L. Cutshall
Catshall
Chauncey P. Cramer
Cozy Corner Cafe
South Market Street
Charles L. Kidd
Kidd
Places
West Patrick Street
Closing Baltimore Signal Corps Depot
After seven years of operation the Baltimore Signal Corps depot will close and transfer functions to other installations. The move affects about 2,600 civilian workers with 700 jobs cut by July 1 and 1,900 more through year end. Most activities move to the Tobyhanna depot in Pennsylvania.
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Baltimore
Army
Signal Corps
Tobyhanna Signal Corps
Pennsylvania
Maryland Advances Motor Vehicle Law Revisions
Governor McKeldin signs several motor vehicle bills from the Maryland Legislature. Key changes include extending financial responsibility proof to ongoing driving, mandatory 30 day jail for second DUI conviction, and a fresh framework for license suspensions for moving violations. New reciprocity with other states requires proof of financial responsibility in Maryland after a foreign conviction. Effective date expected June 1.
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McKeldin
Automobile Club of Maryland
Rehhauffeur
Maryland
Remnants Of Kwantung Army Return To Japan
MAIZURU Japan Four hundred twenty Japanese civilians and remnants of Japan's Kwantung army returned home today after nine years of Soviet captivity. Repatriates were welcomed by tearful relatives in the former naval port. Captain Hideo Hasegawa said 57 chose to remain in Nabodka Siberia. The Soviet Union admits holding 1074 war criminals including ex General Otozo Yamada. Japan's Foreign Office questions Russia about thousands more missing civilians and military personnel.
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Maizuru
Japan
Kwantung Army
Soviet Union
Navy
Hideo Hasegawa
Nabodka
Siberia
Otozo Yamada
Japanese Foreign Office
Brooklyn Policy Ring Nets 25 Arrests in City Case
Brooklyn authorities say they dismantled a three million dollar yearly policy racket with 25 arrests, including three women. Wiretap evidence suggests protection extended beyond beat cops to officers and officials. Judge Leibowitz invoked the earlier Harry Gross bookmaking case as context.
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New York
Broocklyn
Wartry Gross
Brooklyn
Helfand
Leibowitz
Harry Gross
Gross
Poisonous Darts Returned to Museum Exhibit
Three boys aged 11, 12, and 13 returned to the Museum of Natural History three Peruvian Indian blowgun darts believed dipped in curare. The darts had vanished from an exhibit on Thursday prompting fears of dangerous exposure. Police recovered them yesterday from the youths as officials noted no change in wholesale prices for the week ending March 16.
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New York
Museum of Natural History
Queens
City Elective Race Opens With Nicodemus Candidacy
Aubrey A Nicodemus becomes the first Republican to enter the forthcoming municipal election field seeking re election subject to the primary. Democrats see a late April convention with five to six weeks of campaigning before the June 8 election. Alderman Emmet Bowlus and Allen Quynn may seek re election or enter the race amid broader GOP and Democratic candidate chatter.
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Aubrey A. Nicodemus
Nicodemus
Donald B. Rice
William B. Burall
Court House
Frederick
Emmet R. Bowlus
Allen G Quynn
Admiral Quynn
Derrick Bucket Saves 20 Men From Fire Trapped
Twenty workers were rescued from a 14th floor fire in a New York city housing project after a derrick bucket lifted them to safety. The blaze started by a butane heater explosion, trapping men and blocking a stairway. A second explosion shook the building before Frank White operated the bucket, lifting ten men at a time to safety with no injuries reported.
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New York
Bae
Frank White
White
Hope for Vote on Alaska and Hawaii Statehood
Senate Republican Leader Knowland of California still hopes for a vote within a week on granting statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. The press note cites ongoing discussions in Washington about admitting the two territories as new states.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
California
Alaska
Hawaii
First Day Of Spring Brings Warmer Temps After Frigid Winter
A winter below normal in cold snow and rain ends as mild, windy conditions move in. Temperatures drop from mid fifties to around 35 by Sunday with possible mountain snow flurries. Winds up to 30 mph ease tonight and Sunday. Snowfall totals for winter were 14 inches, near normal, with January the driest month on record.
New Drugs Tested On Radiation Burned Japs At Bikini
Tokyo University Medical Department announced two new treatments for radiation burn victims from the Lucky Dragon crew. EDTA and Tokyo University’s iilysim are used to boost white blood cells after exposure. The two most seriously burned sailors are at Tokyo University Hospital with white cell counts near 4,200 and 4,800.
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Tokyo
Bikini
Tokyo University Medical Department
Tokyo University
Kentaro Shimizu
Tokyo University Hospital
Yaizu
Join Morton
Hiroshima
280-Pound Captain Dies After Passing Out
The 33 year old Captain George R Crum of the Army died after passing out in a jet trainer at 42000 feet causing the plane to roll. An autopsy suggested a brain hemorrhage as a possible cause. Captain Walter Davis, 29, piloted the plane during the emergency descent. They were en route from Langley AFB Virginia to Chicago.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
George R. Crum
Walter Davis
Clearwater
Fla
Langley Air Force Base
Chicago
Rebels Bombed As Dien Bien Phu Siege Continues
French forces bombard Vietminh units besieging Dien Bien Phu as artillery and strafing persist. Vietminh dig in within 200 ards of the fortress while digging operations aim to crush the French from the surrounding hills. Front assaults are limited but the siege drags into days of relentless shelling.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red China
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
3Reach
Man Dies From Self Inflicted Chest Wounds Near Lewistown
Eduard Towne Baker 30, of near Lewistown, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital from shotgun chest wounds about two hours after admission. Police say self inflicted, as Baker was despondent. He was found in the Nusbaum yard on Haughs Shop Road around 7:15 a.m. He stayed at the Nusbaums and worked near Lewistown. The .410 gauge gun belonged to the Nusbaums. Baker’s parents live near Thurmont. Public sale reported: 330 Madison Street brick dwelling sold for 7,200 to Mildred Toberg with possession April 1.
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Eduard Towne Baker
Lewistown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Baker
Paul Wise
Herbert Nusbaum
Haugh's Shop Road
Nusbaut
Harold L. Basare
Basare
Thurmont
Nusbaum
Frederick
Nusbaums
Prederick Memorial Hospital
M. R. Etchison and Son
Court House
Stroom
Madison Street
Mary Elizabeth Fulmer
Mildred N. Toberg
Edwin ¥. Niktik
Edward D. Storm
John L. Ponton
Sale of 417 Fast Patrick Street by Gouker trustees
At the Court House this morning a two story seven room weather board base at 417 Fast Patrick street sold to Mr and Mrs Lawrence X Gouker for 84400. Edwin F Nokitk and Wilbur F Sheffield Jr conducted the sale as trustees with John L Ponton as auctioneer.
Douglas and Expedition Off On Hike
Justice William Douglas leads a 34 member group on a 184 mile walk from Cumberland to Washington using the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal as the route. The hike aims to highlight a federal parkway, with many participants including professional hikers and newsmen.
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Cumberland
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
Washington, D. C
Justice Douglas
Top Fettle
Cardinal Club
Allegany County
Washington County
George Frederick Miller
Davlson Co
Washington
Miller
Georgia
Maine
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Douglas
Merle Pusey
Robert, Estabrook
Washington Post
Limes-Herald
Cumberland Country Club
John McVullen
North Branch
Western
Traffic charges filed against two drivers overnight
Frederick on Route 3 faced a charge of operating with an inadequate muffler while Robert Wheeter of Camp Detrick was charged with operating at a speed greater than reasonable. Both charges were preferred by Officers Dorsey and Bare.
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Cits
Gary T Ramsherd
Frederick
Route 3
Robert P. Wheeter
Camp Detrick
Dorsey
Bare
Schine Inquiry Opens As McCarthy Row Seen Under Probe
Senator Potter said Pvt. G David Schine will be asked under oath if McCarthy or others secured special Army favors. McCarthy and Roy Cohn face charges of pressuring for Schine. Schine’s treatment may reflect on the Army, not on him. Dulles avoided commenting on effects of McCarthy tactics on Allied relations, noting it is a legislative rather than executive issue.
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Washington
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
David Schine
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Schine
McPeeves
Panam
Roy Cohn
Subcommittee
Michigan
America
Sen. Filbright
D-Ark
Dulles
Policeman Boone Suffered Fractures After Bus Collision
City officer Willam Boone Jr 26 sustained two small facial fractures a broken left thumb and a fractured right big toe in a collision between a motorbike and a school bus at Dill avenue and Elm street Friday morning. He recovered enough for a satisfactory night at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is not considered seriously injured. A hearing date has not been set for the charge against bus driver George E Stine. Also News brief Barbara Hutton seeks Mexican divorce from Porfirio Rabiosa and Stanley F Zadroga 33 of Havre de Grace questioned in $600 theft case.
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Willam Boone,Jr
Dill Avenue
Elm Street
Boone
Frederick Memorial Base
Pital
George E. Stine
Frederck
Air Force C-119 Crash Kills 18 in Maryland Field
Eighteen airmen aboard a C-119 died when the twin-engine plane burst into flames after takeoff from Bolling AFB and crashed into a rain-swept cornfield 19 miles south of Annapolis. Wreckage and bodies spread across a 10-acre site as investigators from Andrews AFB probed the tragedy.
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Annapolis
Air Force
Bolling Air Force Base
Bolling Public Information Office
Ardmore
Okla
Bolling
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Mitchel Field N
FES
U. S. Naval Academy At
Andrews Air Force Base
Robert Estep
Alice R. Ridgely
Maryland
Elmer G. Lindhardt
Vance Air Force Base
Amelia
Stormy Exit By Winter Storms Ends Season
The fading winter ends at 10 50 p m EST as spring arrives after a storm moving from the middle Mississippi Valley to the East. It brought snow and rain from Florida to Maine with heavy rain in eastern Pennsylvania and New York and snow in northern New England and the Great Lakes region. Strong winds caused damage in southern Ohio exceeding thirty thousand dollars. Light snow also fell along the eastern Rockies from Colorado to Montana.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Buffalo
Florida
Maine
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New York State
New England
Ohio
Rockies
Colorado
Nebraska
Nto
Montana
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State Department
Bureau of Labor
Register
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Stadiuas
Memorial Stadium
Fatiu
Kalo
Vietminh
E. T. Baker
Haugh’s Shop Road
Eisenhower
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Major Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Philippines
Excelsior
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Porfiria Rabirosa
BEI. Air. Md
Sherif S
Holine
Stanley F Zadroga
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