Carload Of Water Pipe On The Way To Frederick
A break in a tight water main prompts a supply update as a carload of six inch pipe from R D Wood Co Philadelphia moves toward Frederick to install feeder lines in Linden Hills. An eight inch main pipe remains on stop order with no clear date for arrival while twelve inch pipe is also on order for a western suburb main line project. Wood plant production is limited after a February shutdown but has resumed one shift. Frederick officials say five miles of pipe have been ordered since last September.
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Frederick City
William J. Dagvis
Linden Hills
R. D. Wood Company
Philadelphia
West Patrick Street
Seventh Street
West
Patrick Street
Reds To Try Ursiny In Prague Politics
Czechoslovakia's Communist government will try former Deputy Premier Jan Ursiny on charges of aiding spies for western nations. Ursiny, a Slovak Democrat, would be the first of several former high officials to face hearings. The Interior Ministry said he used his office to help a ring of agents in Argentina and Sweden as part of an espionage plot.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Ursiny
Interior Ministry
Ursiny
Argentina
Sweden
Most
Estern
Jewelry and Furs Stolen in Baltimore Heist
Baltimore police report a third theft in four days in the northwest area. Thieves took furs and jewelry valued at 8275 dollars during a quick break in last night. Mrs. Paul Better returned home to a ransacked kitchen and bedroom after her husband visited their daughter nearby.
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Baltimore
Paul Better
Land Friends meeting urges stronger Maryland conservation laws
In Baltimore the Maryland chapter of Friends Of The Land adopted a resolution urging the 1949 General Assembly to enact legislation for an expanded conservation program. About 700 attended from across Maryland, led by Holmes D. Baker and state officials. Bromfield urged soil and water stewardship, noting mud from farms blocks oyster beds in Chesapeake Bay and calling for contour farming and drainage to restore productivity. Dr. Symons and Dr. Truitt highlighted need for rehabilitating natural resources and sound programs.
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Maryland General Assembly
Baltimore
Maryland
Friends of the Land
James H. Ol
Fredik
Holmes D. Baker
Hooples
Abel Wolman
General Assembly of 1949
I ‘i
Lane
Louis Bromfield
T. B. Symons
Margin Ans Exson Service
Alfred H. WH
Federal Reserve Bank of Philade Bromfield
Brownfield
Runnal Sec
Symons
R. W. Truitt
State Department of Research and Education
Community Concerts Plans Fall Seat Sale for 1948-49
Comunity Concerts, Inc. announces its fall 1948-49 series seat sale after a winter drive. Charles Byerly, secretary, conferred with Columbia Artists Bureau in New York and learned the late sale date won’t affect Frederick’s opportunity to hear top performers. Frederick may attend Baltimore or National Symphony Orchestra offerings, with more stars to be booked later.
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Comunity Concerts, Inc
New York
Charles Byerly
Columbia Artists’ Bureau
Iessen Frederick
Frederick
Baltimore
National Symphony Orchestra
Community Concerts, Inc
Regiy
Breriy
Dle
Robert
iGent
Ea.atory
Rochester
Planes Sold to Russians Warns of Export Trade
congressional witness Leroy H. Lu of Dallas testified before a House subcommittee that he bought 46 air engine units from the War Assets Administration last year and resold them for export to Russia and Poland. The engines, described as suitable for bombers or troop carriers, were shipped via Moore-McCormack Steamship Lines to Russia, and Lu said he sold them to Richard F. Finike, Alpine Corp. president in Washington. In Baltimore, Roy Arnold Wood, a 24 year old convicted killer, is in a strait jacket in the city jail after going berserk and shouting at guards, awaiting sentence.
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Baltimore
Roy Arnold Wood
Charles Price
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Andrews Tr-Ny
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
South
UMT
Truman
Europe
Air Force
Red Cross Fund Campaign Nears Goal in Frederick County
Frederick County American Red Cross reports $11,519.21 raised toward a $14,100 goal as the month ends. Commercial solicitation led by Charles Mein has $2,343.20 of a $1,900 quota. industrial chair Ralph Stauffer Jr. tops with $2,348.75 toward $2,300. Government offices meet quota. professional group exceeds $600 by $42. General chair Daniel J. Thomas notes hope to surpass the goal in the final week.
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Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
Daniel J. Thomas
Charles V. Mein
Commercial Solicitation Group
Main
Red Cross
Specias
Robert D. Mohler
Harry O. Smith
Ralph Stauffer, Jr
Third Suit Filed Over Commissions
The third suit involving real estate commissions was placed on Circuit Court docket today. N Ellswort Bunce of Baltimore filed against Thomas H. Jarvis of Simpsonville in Howard County claiming $10,000. Bunce says he produced a buyer or renter for Jarvis Lumber Company on the old Annapolis road near Baltimore and was promised a commissions, but was not paid. The property was priced at $63,195. In a second item, veteran conductor Emmett F. Stewart, 61, of Martinsburg died of a heart attack at work on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad after 20 years service. survivors include his widow and two sons.
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N_ Ellswort Bunce
Baltimore
Howard Cou
Thomas H. Jarvis
Simpsonville
Howard Cox
Jarvis Lumber Company
Old Annapolis Road
Bai
Martinsburg
W. Va
Emmett F. Stewart
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
BL & O
Early Heat Triggers Spray Schedule Change for Orchards
Weather-driven advance in apple and peach buds prompts revised spraying plans. Entomologist notes dormant spray window closed in many areas. advise three percent oil or oil emulsion when dormants skipped. In pre bloom, next spray should be sulphur. risk of frost damage after bloom. Temperatures fall from prior extreme warmth to around 38 tonight with cooler day ahead.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
T. L. Bissell
Marin
Montgomery County
Firercades in Hagerstown Store Warehouse Blaze
All fire units answered a general alarm at 12 30 pm to combat a blaze in a large store and warehouse building at the center of Hagerstown's business district. The ore was controlled about ninety minutes later. The former S. J. Bloom building on North Potomac Street, owned by Carl Groh, housed several stores. Thousands watched as black smoke darkened the sky under a northwest wind.
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Hagerstown
S. 3. Bloom
Carl Groh
Potomac Street
City Hall
Fquere
Groh
U S Delays Palestine Special Session Request
United States delays a proposed special Palestine session of the United Nations Assembly. Chief U S Delegate Warren R Austin planned to urge the UN Security Council to call the session, but the American delegation later announced no resolution would be introduced.
American Move Is Blocked By Russia
London date March 24 Soviet deputy N P Kokumov refused to agree that Austria's ability to pay is the main criterion in the dispute over reparations. The plan proposed by U S deputy Samuel Reber to obtain Austria's views on what she can pay was blocked at a four power foreign ministers meeting. Britain and France showed qualified approval, but Russia kept to its stance that compensation terms are decisive rather than Austria's payment capacity.
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London
Austria
Samuel Reber
U. S
Britain
France
N. P. Kokumov
Anti Truman Sentiment Growing in Democratic Race
Washington reports rising anti Truman sentiment as big city opposition grows and Dixie critics press for change. New York leaders defect, James Power backs Eisenhower. James Roosevelt calls urgent Sacramento meeting as Wallace tilt stirs California factions. Pepper urges delaying nomination until July convention amid civil rights and Palestine disputes.
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Washington
P—Remis
Truman
Dixie
Palestine
New York
Brooklyn
James M. Power
12Th Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Democratic Stat
James Roosevelt
Sacramento
Roosevelt
California
Henry A. Wallace
Howard McGrath
McGrath
Pepper
D-Fla
Mr. Truman
Wallace
Democratic Party
Conret
Iit
Miss McCain To Be Princess At Winchester Festival
Maryland state horticulture names Miss Alice Elizabeth McCain of Frederick as a princess for the 21st Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia. Marshall Heaps announces the selection. McCain is a Hood College freshman with ties to the Maryland State Roads Co. and Hill Crest Orchards. The piece notes her family and positions in youth and horticulture groups. Steel Output High signals continued strong production by steel firms despite a coal tie-up, per The Iron Age.
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Maryland
Alice Elabeth McCain
Frederick
Winchester
Marshall Heaps
Daver
Maryland State Roads Co
H. McCain
Atdfather
Hood College
Fred. McCain
Northfield School
G Northield
Mass
Secret Association
Couna
Sheeshman
WLC AL
House
WLCA
Uncie
Ight McCain
Hill Crest Orchards
West of
Apnie Commission
Maryland State Horticulture Society
National Apple Institute
Appalachian Apple Service
More Americans In Germany Coming Home
Frankfurt reports more American dependents returning home from Germany aboard trans Atlantic air services. Company officials cite better weather and lack of war jitters as reasons for the uptick in transport home.
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Germany
Frankfurt
Germa Company
U S Means Business Moves on Germany Occupation
Washington notes that the United States will keep the American zone of Germany under Army control indefinitely. Gen. Lucius D. Clay remains commander and the presence of U S forces symbolizes power. A civilian governor plan was abandoned as policy aims to strengthen Western resistance to Soviet expansion in Europe.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Europe
White House
iLucius D. Clay
Austria
Trieste
Marshall
State Department
Italy
Rence
Norway
Redfront
Britain
France
Easter egg hunt sponsored by Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club of Frederick sponsors an Easter Monday egg hunt at 1 p.m. for children ages 4 to under 13. Boy Scouts will hide 150 dozen eggs and assist in keeping order at the band shell start. Kiwanian Joseph Eline and C Lor headed the arrangements.
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Kiwanis Club of
Frederick
Boy Scouts
Shell
Joseph Eline
Clor
Maryland MacArthur loyalists push to oust Jacob France
March 24 report shows a group allied with General MacArthur aiming to remove Jacob France from Maryland leadership. They vow a new Republican organization aligned with people’s wishes to ensure rubber stamp state conventions. Bright heads the movement while Stanley Scherr declines a chairmanship.
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M’arthur
Jacob France
Baltimore
Mmaryland
Defini
France
Maryland
Peo
New Draft To Tax Cut Bill Exempts Men Passes House
The House approved a 2.6 percent income tax cut plan aimed at 52 million earners with a larger relief for low earners, while exempting men over 27 and wartime veterans. Senate and White House negotiations followed as lawmakers argued over funding and potential vetoes amid the fight against communism.
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America
Treasury
Yugoslavia withdraws from Gorizia Trieste trade offer
Rome reports Yugoslavia backed away from a swap proposal trading Trieste for Gorizia. A Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed regret over the belief that Belgrade would press for Gorizia while noting possible other Adriatic port concessions, as Italy rejected renewing the barter talks.
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Rome
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Gorizia
Ttajan
Italy
Gort
Janishi
Stanoje Simie
Simic
Iman
Piemonte
Maryland Local Forecasts Show Rain Easing This Afternoon
The Associated Press reports Washington Allegany and Garrett counties will see rain and drizzle end early this afternoon with partial clearing and highs in the upper 50s. Tonight will be fair with lows 34 to 40. Tomorrow looks generally fair and cooler. Other counties expect rain ending early this afternoon then partly cloudy and milder with highs in the lower 60s to upper 60s and lows around 40s. Tomorow, fair and cooler.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Tomorcan
Local Bakery Robbed Again
The Hershberger's Bakery on 213 North Market Street reported a fourth robbery in under a year. About 397.64 in cash and checks vanished, with entry via rear door and an unlocked interior path. Investigators believe a familiar intruder carried out the theft across incidents.
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Hershberger’s
North Market Street
Allen Barisis
Bids Sought On Edmonson Avenue Route 46 Work
The State Roads Commission invites sealed bids by noon April 6 for grading drainage and surfacing 3 024 miles on Edmonson avenue extended in Howard county just west of Baltimore city limits as part of the city approach system from Frederick and upper Montgomery county.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Edmondson Avenue
Howard County
Frederick
Montgomery County
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Klement Gottwald
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Friends of Land
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Miss McCain
Iron Age, Metalworking Trade Weekly
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MacArthur
Stanley Scherr
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Imen
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