Long Hearing on Frederick Police Bill Sees Limited Change
A public hearing in Frederick city discussed House Bill 587 shaping police governance. The bill would let either the Mayor or Chief suspend officers up to 15 days and cap yearly suspensions at three, with possible discharge action after. Amended to include public hearings upon officer request and to grant the Police Commission final action in certain cases. City officials, including Mayor Lloyd Culler and Police Chief Fred Straley, defended the measures as improving morale and department governance. DEED RECORDED shows sale of 333 Madison Street from Eugene M Bitler and wife to Thomas Clark and wife for about 8500 dollars.
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General Assembly
Edward D. Storm
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Lloyd C. Culler
Police Commission
Frederick
Richard E. Zimmerman
Fred Straley
Manuel M. Weinberg
Zimmerman
Stradley
Storm
William B. Burall
Roger B. Wolfe
A. Hart Etchison
CuNer
Police Department
Frederick City
House
Senate
Madison Street
Eugene M. Bitler
Thomas Clark
Extend Rent Controls For 15 Months
Washington reports Senate House conferees agreed on a 15 month rent control extension requiring a fair net operating income for landlords. The compromise clears the way for action before the current law expires Thursday midnight though it omits Truman’s broader 24 month extension and a tighter law.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Jeader
Truman
Electric Power Fight Set for Congress Debated in House
Washington March 28 The House Appropriations committee cleared a 577 324 400 Interior Department bill for the year starting July 1 laying groundwork for a public versus private power clash. Republicans led by Rep Jensen warn it moves toward government control of utilities, seeking private company sellouts while approving most of the interior power program with a 15 percent construction cut. The panel urged officials to return for more funding if costs do not drop, with 536 211 908 in new cash and 41 112 500 in contract authority.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Northwest
Southwest
House
Rep
Jensen
Town
Congress
Department
War Department
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
French Coalition Swamps Its Foes
Paris reports indicate France mid dle-of-the-road coalition dominates cantonal elections, winning 1,082 seats to 389 for DeGaullists and 37 for Communists, with 99 Independents. DeGaullists claim 536 councillors at noon, surpassing official ministry counts.
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Paris
France
Ministry of Information
Farm Withdrawn at Public Sale Near Damascus
A 238 acre farm of Mrs. John B Waters near Damascus was withdrawn at a Saturday public sale. Personal property totaled over $12,000 with many bidders in attendance. Grade Guernseys sold for more than $400 each. Auctioneer Emmett R Bowlus and clerk Florace M Alexander conducted the sale.
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John B. Waters
Damascus
Emmett R. Bowlus
Florace M. Alexander
Bedell Smith Named Commander of First Army
Washington March 28 Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith who has just resigned as ambassador to Russia has been given command of the first army.
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1St Army
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Tor
Russia
First Army
Gas and Oil Equipment Installation Planned at Frederick Airport
Frederick airport will begin installing gasoline and oil equipment early this week after a large public preview. Manager Charles N Grimes reported the event drew about 3,200 people with 200 cars on site as two Grimes planes and a Beechcraft demonstrated passenger service and nearby hangar construction was hinted for the coming week.
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Frederick
Charles N Grimes
Coun
Erma Jean Grimes
Grimes
The
Fish Engineering Company
Houston
Tex
Hogan
Montgomery
Ala
Texas
Stidtson
Aeronica
Eleven Rescued From Sinking Flying Boat Near Pearl Harbor
Eleven airmen were rescued nine hours after their Catalina ditched 605 miles southwest of Johnston Island. Navy LSM 448 took survivors to Kwajalein while 15 planes aided the search. An Air Force B 17 hovered as the Martin Catalina leaked and sank in rough seas.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific
LSM 448
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Johnston Island
Here
Hielkam Field
LSM
Floyd McDaniel Furr
Rockhill
Eddie Rickenbacker
Amelia Earhart
Eisenhower Leaves For Key West Rest
General Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Washington at 10 40 am for Key West Florida to recuperate from a stomach inflammation. He traveled aboard President Truman’s personal plane and appeared pale and shaky. Ike said he hopes the Joint Chiefs of Staff visit for a weekend talk when he recovers.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Naval Station
Ike
Harold's Sandwich Shop Opens After Sale of Cotton's
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Merchant sold their Cotton's confectionery and sandwich shop at 131 North Market Street to Mr. and Mrs. Nevin T. R. Waskey and Harold Waskey of Frederick. Cecil Moxley will manage the business which operates under the Harold's Sandwich Shop name. Alterations are underway. only personal property and goodwill transferred. Ned S. Zeller, Frederick realtor, handled negotiations. no real estate changed hands.
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Ralph Merchant
Cotton's
North Market Street
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Harold Waskey
Frederick
Cecil Moxley
Harold
Coal Miners Return to Work Across Regions
Miners east of the Mississippi resume work after John L. Lewis ends two week memorial protest. By midnight pits reopen in Western Pennsylvania and other states. total UMW idle workers estimated at 463,000. Production expected to normalize within days as states like West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Alabama Kentucky Virginia Tennessee Indiana Maryland see crews returning. Lewis criticized Boyd's Bureau of Mines appointment and the Senate's stance, while signaling a nationwide recovery in coal output.
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Pittsburgh
Mississippi
UMW
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
U. S
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Lewis
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Senate
Interior Committee
Truman
Boyd
West Virginia
Ohio
Illinois
Alabama
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Maryland
Soviet Peace Aims Praised At World Conference
A three day World Peace conference ended at Madison Square Garden with 18 700 attendees cheering its final session Critics outside protested charging Communist domination Police estimated 2000 pickets carried anti conference placards Sponsors deny Communist influence The event drew praise for Soviet peace aims while the U S State Department called it propaganda Also in Thurmont two properties on East Main sold for 11600 to Guy Frushour with the Catoctin Enterprise offices by Lloyd Mackley auctioneered by Earl Hoffman and included an Eli Terry clock that fetched 180
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York
Madison Square Garden
U. S. State Department
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Charmont Properties
East Main Street
Thurmont
Guy Frushour
Philadelphia
Catoctin Enterprise
Charles M. Mackley
Lloyd C. Mackley
Lloyd Mackley
Eli Terry
Earl Hoffman
Fire at Broad Run Destroys Outbuilding
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company answered an early alarm and extinguished a fire in an outbuilding on a Broad Run property. Damage was reported small.
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Broad Run
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
Labor Bill of 1948 Replaces Taft Hartley With Wagner Act Roots
Washington March 28 A concise ABC outline explains a forthcoming labor bill mirroring the 1935 Wagner Act while repealing the Taft Hartley act. It details how unions gain fewer employer restraints, bans on jurisdictional strikes and certain boycotts, and provisions allowing presidential delay of strikes for 30 days for investigation.
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James Marlow Washington
ABC
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
T-H
T H
Two Wailing For Ride In Auto Struck
Two people were hospitalized after a hit and run incident at Frederick Junction around 7 this morning. Donald Day allegedly moved the car to a garage for repairs before police arrested him at the Hak ing Company with state Trooper Rouree assisting. The injured, Floyd Ropp and his wife, were admitted with leg lacerations and non life threatening injuries.
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Frederick Junction
Bottes
Floyd Ropp
Donald
Palid
G. L. Haking Company
James H. Rouree
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ropyp
Israel's Creek
Melvin A. Snyder
Aubrey Lee Duvall
Airy
Mary Johnson
Duvall
Aaron King Ogle
North
Bentz Street
Heavy frost risk for Maryland crops as early spring disrupts
Weather Bureau warns Maryland faces heavy fruit and flower damage if winter returns. Spring runs two to three weeks ahead, with Baltimore recording 82 degrees on March 27, just four shy of the March 27 all time high. Buds are advanced two to three weeks and a cold snap could ruin crops. The usual killing frost date is April 15.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
George N. ‘Brancato
Spring Grove Hospital Barn Damaged By Fire
A fire at Spring Grove State Hospital damaged the main dairy barn and hay storage. 80 cows were led to safety with no injuries reported. The blaze, discovered about 4 30 p m by employee Charles Unverzadt, was contained by volunteers from Catonsville Violetville and Halethorpe.
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Baltimore
Spring Grove State Hospital
Charles Unverzadt
Catonsville
Violetville
Halethorpe
Marriage Nullified After Threats and Underage Secrecy
A 15 year old Frederick girl obtained a decree of nullification for marriage after testifying that her fiancé threatened violence if she did not marry. The license was procured without her knowledge at Ellicott City. She resumed her name Alberta Viola Stimmel and did not live as husband and wife. In a separate decree, Norma K. Roelke of Walkersville was granted an absolute divorce from Earle K. Roelke Jr. with custody of two children and costs awarded to the plaintiff.
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Frederick
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Equity Court
Alberta Violal Stimmel
Delawter
East Sixth Street
Bennie R. Delawter
Alberta Viola Stimmel
Ellicott City
Lawrence Trail
Trail
Braddock Heights
Baltimore
Edwin F. Nikirk
Alton Y. Bennett
Norma K. Roelke
Walkersville
Earle K. Roelke
25th American Indicted for Treason in WWII Case
Washington March 28 a federal grand jury indicted Herbert John Burgman 52 a former Berlin embassy clerk and statistician on treason charges He allegedly broadcast Nazi propaganda after Pearl Harbor refused return to the United States and later worked for the German radio service The indictment cites 69 alleged treasonous acts tied to managing the Nazi station known as Iton Debunk The case marks Burgman as the 25th American indicted for treason in World War II
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Washington
Herbert John Burgman
U. S
Berlin
Burgman
Nokah
Mit
Pearl Harbor
United States
Iton Debunk
Tientsin faces Communist rule chaos and strain
James T. Ivy, American aid director in Tientsin, said the city under Communist control sits between propaganda and collapse. He reported unemployment rising, commerce at a standstill, port closed, mills running on domestic cotton, and workers pressed by six months severance requirements. Police reduced to 4,000, 6,000 displaced warned to seek work or join the army.
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Shanghai
James T. Ivy
Tientsin
Bisbee
Ariz
Man
ECA
Ivy
U. 8
Hulutao
School Girl Killed By Baltimore Bus
Baltimore March 28 A 14 year old girl Jessica Esworthy daughter of Mr and Mrs Arch Esworthy was killed in Baltimore when she hurried to high school and walked into the side of a Beltimore Transit Company bus driven by Hilton Treadwell. She was crushed beneath the rear wheels and died at the scene.
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Baltimore
Jessica Esworthy
Arch Esworthy
Hilton Treadwell
Beltimore Transit Company
Stolen 1949 Ford Tudor Recovered by Police</T:
A 1949 Ford Tudor owned by Orville Franklin Amick of 108 East Second Street was reported missing from its garage Sunday morning and recovered by city police around 9 am at the old Ford Motor Company plant near Wisner Street and Chestnut Farms Dairy. The car was undamaged.
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Orville Franklin Amick
East Second Street
Ford Motor Company
Wisner Street
Chestnut Farms
Babich Arraigned on Murder Charge in Milwaukee
Milton Babich, 19, was arraigned in Milwaukee on a first degree murder charge for the death of Patricia Birmingham. He stood mute as the court heard the case related to her remark about his sister’s pregnancy and a love affair.
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Babich
Milwaukee
Milton
Patricia Birmingham
Johnson sworn in as U S defense secretary in grand ceremony
Johnson takes oath as Secretary of Defense in Washington pledging unity of Army Navy and Air Force. He vows to strengthen national defense within democratic limits and to deter aggression while seeking peace with honor under President Truman era policy. The swearing in before about 15000 at the Pentagon centers caps a historic unification move.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Clarksburg
W. Va
Atetorney
James V. Forrestal
New York
Forrestal
Defense
America
Armed Services
Interservices
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Six Youths Held For Robberies Across Pa and Md
State police from two states held six youths on charges of a wide spread burglary spree across central Pennsylvania and Maryland. Sixteen to twenty one year olds were named as suspects in thefts at 21 service stations restaurants and taverns over three months in the Seven Mountains area. Loot included items from hunting lodges and was said to total thousands of dollars with sales traced to Maryland. One woman, Gertrude Morrell of Thompsontown, was released on bail on a Maryland receiving charge.
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Lewistown
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Robert H. Raymond
Seven Mountains
Rowan
Raymond
George R. Tell
James Marker
Dale V. Anderson
Huntingdon
Earl W. Carstetter
Clifford F. Finkle
Middle River
Harry C. King
Hyde Park
Carstetter
Finkle
King
Baltimore
Gertrude Morrell
Thompsontown
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Vyly
Spring Grove Hospital
Ctor Tler
James Hahn
New Market
Ridgeville-Frederick
Ridgeville
U.S
U.S. Defense Dept
Pentagon
Brehive
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