Sunday Movie Bill Seeks County Wide Showings Referendum
A Frederick county delegation to the House of Delegates will introduce a bill to legalize Sunday movies county wide starting at 2 p m subject to a November referendum. The measure would apply to city and county alike and follows years of petitions and public demand. Final approval would extend Sunday showings in Frederick city, currently 2 to 6 p m and after 9 p m, by about three hours. The bill is a last day submission in the General Assembly amid other measures, with amendments to the Roads Board bill not yet decided.
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House of Delegates
Frederick County
Frederick City
Frederick
General Assembly
Frederick County Roads Board
McKeldin Urges State Police Fight Drug Traffic in Maryland
Governor McKeldin directed State Policemen to heighten patrols and probe reports of illicit drug sale use in Baltimore and nearby counties. He urged expanded beat policing to deter narcotics distribution and protect the health of a growing generation. Three Cumberland men were injured in a Ardmore Boulevard crash in the Chalfant district. Leonard Wilson and Harold Shober hospitalized with hip injuries, Carl Offman released after minor injuries.
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Annapolis
McKeldin
Carey Jarman
Baltimore City
Jarman
Baltimore
Col
Severny Ober
Umberland
Pittsburgh
Rumberland
Ardmore Bouleard
Chalfant
Leonard Wilson
Harold Shober
Columbia Hospital
Carl Offman
Germ Warfare Warned Threat to Mobilization
Chicago reports an AMA backed warning from Dr. Victor H. Haas that saboteurs could unleash germ attacks with little exposure risk during mobilization. He outlines easy access to pathogens, methods to disperse them, and civil defense steps including guard duties water testing and air sampling. Also New York coverage notes Firemen’s Union official John P Crane refusing to resign after testifying about distributing funds.
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Chicago
America
United States
Victor H. Haas
Bethesda
National Biological Institute of Health
Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Haas
Journal of the American Medical Association
AMA Council On National Emergency Medical Service
New York
John P. Crane
Firemen’s Union
Five Day Weather Outlook for Maryland and Delaware
The forecast covers Maryland and Delaware with a dry to partly cloudy start Saturday morning and a chance of scattered brief showers before clearing and cooling. Sunday looks fair and cooler. Showers are likely Monday or Tuesday with fair conditions midweek. Overall temperatures run a few degrees above normal for the period.
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Maryland
Delaware
Four Star Visit Delights Detrick Camp
Gen John Lawton Collins the first four star chief to inspect Fort Detrick brings a high level entourage and a formal review. Maj. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe and Col. Fred J. Delmore join the ceremony as guards, band and staff stand ready in polished khaki and white gloves.
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U.S. Army
Camp Detrick
J. Lawson Collins
Army-Navy-Air Force Guard of Honor
Army Chief of Staff
Detrick
John Puskar
Collins
A. C. McAuliffe
Army Chemical Corps
Betty Sullivan
Chemical Corps
J. Lawton Collins
Frederick Post
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Chemical Warfare
Dodge
Seventh Street
Derrick
Air Force
Catoctin
Navy
Army
Army Chemical Center
Oscar A. Wilkins, Jr
Ohio
McAuliffe
Fred J. Delimore
Maurice D. Rice
4Th Division
Normandy
7Th Corps
Red Cross Fund Nears Goal With Week Left
Halfway mark reached as Red Cross drive stands just over 50 percent of its 13 000 dollar goal. Charles V Main urges volunteers to report midweek totals to headquarters 22 South Market Street while county chapters reactivate blood program committees for bloodmobile visits and training. Ann Daffin announces C-4 team to lead Northwest door to door canvass to finish the drive.
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Red Cross
Charles V. Main
South Market Street
Frederick
Ann Daffin
C-4
Paratroops Land Behind Reds Lines in Korea
American paratroopers aided by rangers jumped behind Communist lines north of Seoul near Munsan in a dawn assault. The drop, completed in one hour, linked up with armored units advancing from Seoul as 15,000 to 20,000 Reds faced the dispersed attack. Lt Gen Ridgway arrived in a light plane minutes after the first jump, and U.S. forces reported heavy fighting as paratroopers and tanks pressed toward Chunchon and Parallel 3B.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Seant
Munsan
Mathew B. Ridgway
Korea
Chunchon
John Randolph
T. A. Edward
Tulsa
Okla
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Ridgway
Revised plans for Route 40 completed in Maryland
The Maryland State Roads Commission has finalized revised plans for a three mile section of old Route 40 from near Catoctin Country Club to Braddock Mountain. Rights of way will be sought before action. Contractors Thomas Bennett and Hunter may get the revised job or bids may be reopened. Residents from Emmitsburg and Thurmont urge improvements likely causing relocations, citing Route 1 and Route 15 as hazardous. The commission will issue a state roads improvement program decision this spring.
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Catoctin Country Club
Braddock Mauuntain
Engineering
State Roads Commission
Old Braddeels
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
Westminster
Roads Commission
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Woudd
Easter Sunday May Be Cool
Forecaster predicts a cool spring pattern with alternating warm spells and cold snaps. Frost formed this morning, but by afternoon highs may near 60 as warm air returns, with showers possible late Saturday and a cooler Easter outlook. Fruit advancement remains slow, though peach buds swell. banks and offices closed yet shoppers, florists, and candy shops report strong pre Easter trade.
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W. Q
Airpoort
Sgt Eader Receives American Legion Medal
First Class Granison L. Eader received the American Legion Medal from Francis Scott Key Post No. 11 for outstanding service in the Medical Company, 116th Infantry, during 1950. The ceremony at the State Armory was led by Airey M. Norwood. Eader is acting first sergeant. Promotions in the company included McBride to first sergeant, Swomley to sergeant, Selby to sergeant, Troupe to sergeant, Brust to corporal, Hart to corporal, Mercer to corporal, and Hood sworn in as a new recruit.
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Granison L. Eader
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
116Th Inf. M.n-G
State Armory
Legion Arms
Airey
M. Norwood
Eader
James W. McBride
John R
Red Cross Appeal Organized For City Households
The Red Cross drive targets every household in the city with Mrs. Howard E. Schindel as sub chairman of C section and Mrs. James B. Thomas leading C-4. Team workers include Mrs. Wardle, Mrs. Gaines, Mrs. Thomas Jr, Mrs. Taverner, Miss Aphrodite Vaeiliou, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Avison, Mrs. Hendrickson, Mr. Van Fossen, Mrs. Hannawall, and Melvin Oden Jr.
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Ling
Red Cross
Howard E. Schindel
C-4
James B. Thomas
John Wardle
William Gaines
B. Q. Thomas, Jr
Ernest Taverner
Aphrodite Vaeiliou
Obert Marsh
Larry Avison
Carroll Hendrickson
George van Fossen
Larry Hannawall
Ives
Melvin Oden
Puts Hand In Pocket, Take It Out Again
Turnkey Edward O'Keefe reached into the pocket of a prisoner jailed for intoxication on March 2 in Baltimore. He withdrew and then again reached in and produced a mouse from the box of the prisoner’s belongings. The mouse was labeled one mouse black. The prisoner remained unconcerned and refused medical aid.
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Baltimore
Edward O'Keefe
Joe Roberts
Turnkey O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Potomac Edison to Build Transmitter on Braddock Mountain
Potomac Edison has FCC approval to build a 50 watt short wave transmitting and receiving station atop Braddock Mountain. The system will link Frederick District YE vehicles with headquarters, speeding operations and reducing power interruption times. Costing over 16000 dollars, the station will operate on 158.25 megacycles and cover 26 miles, with some 10 watt mobile units. A similar station on Fairview Mountain near Hagers town will serve the Martins burg and Waynesboro areas, also at 50 watts with ~25 mobile units. Officials say current field communications rely on messengers and phones, hampered by severe weather. the FCC rules limit use to operation and maintenance messages only.
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Potomac Edison
Federal Communications Commission
Braddock Mountain
Frederick District
Patomac Edison
Potomac Edison Company
Fairview Mountain
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Waynesboro
Federal Communication Commission
State Tax Rate Bill Passed By Senate
The Senate yesterday approved a bill keeping the state property tax rate at six cents per $100 for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1. A Washington county bill seeks to exempt stock in business from county and municipal taxation for manufacturers and merchants in the state. Frederick county faces a bill to cut inventories taxes on firms by about 25 percent. Delegate Wirts helped introduce a merit system bill for multiple state positions. The House passed a Senate measure to have Westminster trial magistrates sit full time at an annual $3,600 salary.
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Senate
House of Delegates
Washington County
Frederick County
Wirts
House
Westminster
Two arrests docketed in city police action
Police arrested Lawrence Riggles of East Fourth Street and R. Lee Burke of Frederick County on charges of fighting and disturbing the peace. Riggles posted five dollars collateral and Burke fifteen dollars as collateral pending hearing. Officer Kanede made the arrests. College Park March 23 The University of Maryland extension service announced the appointment of J. R. Schabinger as Cecil County agricultural agent.
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Lawrence Riggles
East Fourth Street
R. Lee Burke
Frederick County
Riggles
Burke
Kanede
College Park
University of Maryland Extension
J. R. Schabinger
Cecil County
No Trace Of Craft Found In Atlantic
A U S Air Force C-124 Globemaster I with 53 aboard vanished over the Atlantic en route from Limestone, Missouri to Mildenhall, Suffolk. Britain, Ireland and U S search planes scoured a 800 mile swath southwest of Ireland but found no wreckage, survivors or life rafts. Brigadier General Paul T. Cullen was reportedly aboard, though officials could not confirm. The plane left Gander, Newfoundland, and failed to report position before a 3:49 a.m. alert as weather hampered rescue efforts. The C-124 can carry over 200 troops and stay aloft about 2,000 miles.
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London
U. S. Air Force
Fox
Atlantic Ocean
United States
England
Acar
Shannon
Ireland
Ocen
Mildenhall Air Base
Suffolk
Limestone
Lime
Stone
WU. S
Royal Air Force
Cullens
Paul T. Cullen
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
U.S. Third Air Division
Royal Aiir Force
Associattion
Air Force
Washington
Cullen
Globemaster
Gander
Newfoundland
Mildenhall
Easter Parade Judges Named in Frederickson City
William B. Bennett Jr announces Easter Parade judges to award 75 Fredericksonians. Judges include Mrs Ransom R. Lewis Jr Miss Julia Etchison Miss Mayetta Hershberger State's Attorney Charles A Price Charles K Taylor and Robert F.E. Miller. Awards at City Hall noon to two with corsages boutonnieres and candy baskets. Parade site North Market Street second block. If rain parade postponed to four pm.
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William B. Bennett, Jr
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksonians
Ransom R. Lewis, Jr
Julia Etchison
Mayetta Hershberger
Charles A. Price
Charles K. Taylor
Robert FE. Miller
City Hall
Bennett
North Market Street
City Opera House
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Giant Air Force
U. S
AMA
Col. Delmore
Independents
Uniteds
Citizens
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Rt. 40
Old Braddock
Sgt. Eader
Boston
Braddock
Atlantic
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