Bridge bill seeks bond issue for Potomac river span
A House of Delegates bill proposes directing the State Roads Commission to build a new Brunswick bridge over the Potomac and issue up to two million dollars in bonds. Introduced by Delegates Payne and Baumgardner of Frederick County, the measure follows surveys showing high priority for the bridge when funds permit.
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State Roads Commission
New Brunswick
House of Delegates
Payne and Baumgardner
Frederick County
Potomac River
Commission
Wirts
Derr
Alexander
Downey
Washington County
Fredrick County
Senate
Hoff
Carroll County
House
Arco
Howard
Fredrick
Friday reprieve lets lawmakers push bills past deadline
Annapolis March 24 Pi Legislators who missed the deadline for al bills gained a reprieve. The General Assembly recessed rather than adjourn, allowing new bills to be introduced only if a suspension of rules passes. In the Senate 20 of 29 votes and in the House 1 of 123 are needed.
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Annapolis
Oneral Assembly
Senate
House
Hundreds Gather for Easter Monday Egg Hunt in Frederick
Frederick children are expected to convene at Bak Park Monday afternoon for the annual Easter Monday egg hunt, sponsored by the Frederick Kiwanis. Scouts will hide eggs before the signal at the old band shell, with city police patrolling. Prizes include a cup for the top egg finder. rain would move the event to Tuesday at 3 pm for ages from four to twelve.
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Frederick
Bak- Park
Frederick Kiwanisib
Governors and Senators Set for Hood College Convocation
Maryland leaders including Governor Theodore R. McKeldin and Senators Herbert R. O Conor and John M. Butler will join three day program The Defense of Democracy at Hood College April 2022 General George C Marshall will give the principal address Saturday April 21 at 10 30 am Senator Butler will introduce Mrs Margaret Chase Smith who will co speak with Marshall Invitations go to Hood trustees alumnae and parents and the public is welcome for the three day event
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Maryland
United States Senate
Hood College
Theodore R. McKeldin
Herbert R. O'Conor
John M. Butler
Hood
George C. Marshall
O'Conor
McKeldin
Butler
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Gen. Marshall
Couple Slain in Rural Area Near Baltimore
In rural Baltimore a husband and wife, Гateno G Capelotti and his wife, were found shot dead at their home on Arbutus Avenue in English Consul. A neighbor is held for questioning as police investigate whether a street fight preceded the killings. The medical examiner cites a 2:30 pm time of death and notes multiple gunshot wounds to both victims. Neighbors recall the couple as quiet distillery workers who had lived there about three years.
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Baltimore
Gateno G. Capelotti
Baltimore County
Capelottis
Arbutus Avenue
Capelotti
D. D. Caples
Capetottis
John L. Weigand
Firemen Contain Two Alarms In City Blazes
Firemen from Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company responded to two alarms about an hour apart. At 462 West South Street a coal oil stove exploded in John C. Barnett's kitchen, scorching the ceiling and causing smoke damage but not major loss. A second alarm at 152% West All Saints Street was a chimney fire tamed with a booster stream and no damage.
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Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company
West South Street
West All Saints Street
John C. Barnett
All Saints
MacArthur urges Peiping to settle Korean war now
General Douglas MacArthur urged Peiping to settle the Korean war, arguing there is no insuperable difficulty in resolution if pursued on its own merits. He warned Red China risks imminent military collapse if the conflict expands beyond Korea and proposed field talks with the Communist commander.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Peiping
Red China
Korea
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Parallel 38
Red Korea
South Korea
Formosa
China
Red
Easter Parade Plans With 75 Prizes In Frederick
Frederick ferries second annual Easter parade with prizes for best dressed ladies and men and stylish youngsters. Prizes include corsages hautonniere and candy baskets. Parade runs noon to 2 pm with 4 to 5 30 pm alternate hours if weather shifts. Judges seated at City Hall observe as promenaders pass. Crowd to line North Market Street between Church and Second streets.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
North Market Street
Church
Second Streets
Peron Declares Argentine Atomic Energy Breakthrough
President Juan D. Peron announced Argentina produced atomic energy using a new method. He told reporters that Argentine scientists achieved the controlled release of atomic energy via thermonuclear reactions on February 15. The report also notes a dispirited New York stock market on March 24.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
New York
Fair Easter Weather Across Much Of U S
Easter Sunday weather prospects show fair skies for most regions, with a cold Midwest and Northeast. A snow storm centered in eastern lower Michigan brought gusty winds and flurries to nearby states, while the South enjoyed mild conditions and the West remained near seasonal norms.
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Associated Press
Milady
Midwest
Lower Michigan
Appalachians
New England
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Time For Cities To Clean Up Says Kefauver
Washington March 24 Chairman Kefauver of the Senate Crime committee urged American cities to root out their underworld without federal help. He rejected extending the March 31 deadline, saying communities should act and not rely on Congress to expose crime locally. He also, via CBS Hear It Now, rejected legalized gambling as the solution to organized crime.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Congressional
CBS
Washington County registration study prompts county leaders trip
Members of the Board of County Commissioners and the incoming Board of Election Supervisors plan a visit to Hagerstown to study the permanent registration system in Washington County. A Frederick County permanent registration bill advances in the legislature. Leaders will be accompanied by Fierce H. Gaver, Howard R. Damuth, Charles G. Geisbert, and Ruth Moberly as clerk to the board. The State Roads Commission invites bids by April 2 for bituminous material to be used in district six roads work covering Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties.
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Board of County
Board of Election Supervisors
Hagerstown
Washington County
Frederick County
H. Gaver
Frederick
Howard R. Damuth
Thurmont
Charles G. Geisbert
Ruth Moberly
Permanent Registry Board
State Roads Commission
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Forty Planes Hunt For Lost US Transport
Shannon Airport reports an around the clock search for a missing Globemaster II with 53 aboard after a fog shrouded disappearance over the Atlantic. Forty planes from American and British forces joined five ships and weather ships near 450 miles west of Ireland as reports of life rafts and wreckage surfaced. Brig Gen Paul Cullen and four SAC officers from Omaha were aboard, and rescue efforts focused on a 800 mile southwest position with fuel for eight hours.
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Shannon
Atlantic
United States Air Force
Ireland
London
Admiralty
U. S. Navy
U. S. Air Force
Paul T. Culten
U. S. Second Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Omaha
Neb
Shanon
Wersch
H. Lamb
Twin Falls
Ida
Air Force
U. S
General Muir
Golden Eagle
Southampton
U.S
United States
England
Cullen
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Bikini
Kenneth N. Gray
BE. A. McKay
J. Hopkins
G. H. Stoddard
G. H. Stoddard, Assigned To the Directorate of Plans
Globemaster
Limestone
Gender
U.S. Air Force
Washington
Walker Air Base
N. M
Scarlet fever hits Hoffman orphanage in Littlestown
Three more children at the Hoffman orphanage are ill with scarlet fever, county sanitarian William T. Spields announced. Two others had previously been reported. All have been moved to the contagious ward at Harrisburg city hospital. The youngsters are Barbara A. Hibner, aged 8, Mudy Foreman, six, and Wilbur C. Williams, 11.
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Littlestown
Hoffman Orphanage
William T. Spields
Harrisburg City Hospital
Barbara A. Hibner
Mudy Foreman
Wilbur C. Williams
Condition of Senator Vandenberg Here Unchanged
Grand Rapids Mich March 24 The condition of Senator Van den berg R Mich long ill at his home Roney was reported unchanged to age.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roney
Armed Men Haunt Costello Apartment in New York
Three gunmen forced an elevator to Costello’s 16th floor ten room suite in a Central Park area building. They sought entry at dawn but fled after finding Costello absent or unaware, leaving a warning to keep quiet as they escaped in a car. Costello’s exact whereabouts remain unclear.
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Costello
New York
Polleer
Frank Costello
Senate
Noor
Central Park
Cisiella
Martin Kelly
Levator
Thomas Gogght
Joseph Percaballi
Bac
Cosiello
Defeat Of Bill To Divert Road Funds To State Police
County commissioners and Baltimore officials oppose an administration bill in the State Senate that would divert about 1.7 million dollars yearly in gasoline tax receipts from roads to the State Police Department for operating expenses. If enacted the change would cut county road revenues and reduce funds available for local road upkeep while shifting general funds to balance the budget.
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State Senate
State Police Department
D County
W. Grant Hooper
Western Shore County Commissioners Association
Cnontact
Baltimore City
House of Delegates
Hooper
Senate
Frederick County
Jose
Local Board of Commissioners
House
Annapollis
State Roads Commission
McKeldin
Easter Miracle To Bring Out Multitudes
Christians in the old and new world marked Easter 1951 with sunrise services and pilgrimages amid global anxiety prayers for peace dominated observances. Holy Land pilgrims filled shrines as Good Friday services closed and Easter preparations began in Jerusalem with The New Easter Fire ceremony. In Chicago the CIO United Packinghouse Workers and Armour and Company announced a six week wage agreement deferring strike action.
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Associated Press
New World
Drouth
Holy Land
Chuches
United States
New York
Fifth Avenue
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Iron Curtain
National Committee For Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Jerusalem
Bascifica
Christ
Calvary
Via Dolorosa
Drawn
Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Armour and Company
MacArthur Urges Peace Talk and Crosses Parallel 38 if Needed
General MacArthur announced readiness to discuss peace with the Red commander in Korea and ordered UN troops to cross the 38th parallel if necessary. He reported advances driving Red forces from most of South Korea, praised the Good Friday paratroop drop, and said Seoul is reviving as UN troops push to a new line north of the capital.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Red Korea
South Korea
Tme
U. N
Seoul
U. S. Eighth Army
North
Washington
London
Yokyo
U.N
38Th Parallel
Munsan
Reds
Boat Race Ends As Oxford Sinks In Rough Thames
In London the annual Oxford Cambridge boat race halted within the first mile when Oxford sank amid rough water. Umpire Rev. G A F Ellison stopped the contest as Cambridge led on the wind swept Thames. Cambridge had a decisive early lead before the cancellation.
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Oxford
London
G. A. F. Ellison
Cambridge
Thames
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Towa
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