iS Biser Dies Today At His Home
Irving Stanton Biser retired Frederick postmaster and bandmaster died suddenly at his home 269 Dill Avenue at age 8. Born January 10 1869 in Middle Point near Wolfsville he taught 18 years then served as Frederick postmaster from 1921 to 1935 and guided post office improvements. Surviving are two brothers and many nieces in a quiet illness noted with funeral 1:30 pm Monday at 106 East Church Street with Mt Olivet cemetery burial.
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Irving Stanton Biser
Frederick
Dill Avenue
Mr. Biser
Middlepoint
Wolfsville
Daniel and
Rosanna Stottlemyer Biser
Boonsboro
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Frederick High School
Biser
Harding
Coolidge
Maryland
United States Postoffice
East Patrick Street
Guy K. Motier
Braddock Heights
The
Heights Pavilion
Charlesville
Walkersville
McKaig
Celeste Stone
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Disease Epidemic Among Red Koreans
An informed source says thousands die from smallpox typhus and typhoid in Red Korea. Civilians suffer most as doctors are drafted and remaining staff abandon treatment. UN medical teams report vaccine stocks captured in North Korea were ineffective, worsening the health crisis. American troops are inoculated against these diseases.
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Tokyo
Red Korea
United Nations
U. N
North Korea
Sanitary Products Buys Plant At Walkersville
The Sanitary Products Corp., which runs a Taneytown plant, has purchased about seven and a half acres and several buildings from the Monocacy Valley Canning Co. at Walkersville to provide warehouse and processing space for drug industry products. Sale price not disclosed.
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Sanitary Products Corporation
Taneytown
Monocacy Valley Canning Company
Walkersville
Frederick High School Band to debut new gold and black uniforms
The Frederick High School band will unveil new gold and black uniforms at the April 5 school concert. Funds for the 77 uniforms totaled about 5,000 with significant support from Frederick Amvets and local donations. Band director Sperry Storm notes ongoing fund drives for instruments and a 100-piece band with a junior unit, while planning appearances at the Martinsburg tri state festival and the AAA safety parade in Washington. Charles Powell of Woodsboro serves as band president.
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Frederick High School
Sam Brown
Henry R. Bury
North Market Street
Frederick Amvets
Sperry Storm
Frederick
Storm
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington
Charles Powell
Woodsboro
Hairdressers Bill Fails To Clear Md Senate
In Annapolis on March 20 the Maryland Senate debated a bill to raise the State Hairdressers Board from three to seven members. Senator Kimble faced an unfavorable judiciary committee report and failed to secure a constitutional majority on passage after a reconsid eration attempt. The vote remained 14 to 14. The bill’s supporters and opponents expressed relief and disappointment as the measure collapsed. Separately, a new Pontiac sedan traveling west on Route 40 near Brad dock Mountain skidded into the west bank at about 11 a.m. causing $350 damage to the car without injuries. Driver was Mark S. Schultz of Red House, N.Y., with his wife as passenger, investigated by Trooper D. A. Tucker.
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Annapolis
Senate
Kimble
R-Allegany
Judiciary Committee
Frederick
Braddock Mountain
Mark S. Schultz
Red House
N. Y
D. A. Tucker
Reformatory Terms Given To Three Men
Three men received terms not exceeding 16 months in the State Reformatory for Males after pleading guilty to thefts involving a restaurant a service station and a beer truck. Charles Marry Baugher Jimmie Ricardo Flavanna and Roy Clarence McLemore faced the court with varying prior records as details of the break in and stolen goods were presented.
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State Reformatory
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles Marry Baugher
Hamilton Avenue
Jimmie Ricardo Flavanna
Paul Homer Lavoisiere
Roy Clarence McLemore
Clarence Roy McLemore
Royce Priest
West Washington Street
Hagerstown
Baugher
Richard L. Shafer
Frank M. Irwin
East Church Street
Jack Harris
Buckeytown
Charles A. Pric
Alban M. Barthiow
Willian L. Ingram
Montgomery County
W. Jerome Offutt
Montgomery Court
Dickerson
Schnauffer
Flavanno
McLemore
Ellsworth Rice
Frederick County
Rice
North Carolina
Muskrat Bill Advances Through Senate To House Seal
A Senate bill by Senator Ramsburg to permit muskrat trapping in Frederick Montgomery Carroll Washington and Howard counties between December 15 and March 1 each year passed the Senate and moved to the House. The House approved a bond issue measure for voting machines and a Carroll County sheriff deputy appointment bill.
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Senate
Ramsburg
Frederick County
Frederick
Montgomery
Carroll
Washington
Howard
House
Washington County
Carroll County
J E Doub Dies at 77 Former Frederick business figure
James Enos Doub a retired Frederick businessman and former potato chip maker died at Emergency Hospital after two months illness. He was 77 and lived at 129 East Patrick street. He served on the Board of Aldermen during Mayor Gilmer Schley’s administration and was a GOP nominee for the board. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Gilbert V. Klos and a son James E. Doule Jr. Funeral is Sunday at 2 PM from 101 East Church street with burial at Middletown Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 PM tonight.
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James Enos Doub
Frederick
Aldermen
Mr. Doub
East Patrick Street
Junss A
Frances Waters Doub
Middletown
Evangelical Lutheran Church
GOP
Gilbert V. Klos
Tokyo
James E. Doule, Jr
Doule
East Church Street
Middletown Lutheran
M. K. Etchison
London Paper Says Plane Was Sabotaged
London reports growing evidence that a 52 crewmember four engined Globe Master transport vanished last week on a flight from Limestone Maine to Mildenhall England with debris scattered over a ten mile wide area 600 miles southwest of Ireland. A Navy ship radioed 105 splintered pieces of debris many charred while the Daily Express cited sabotage as the likely cause.
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London
U. S
Atlantic Ocean
Benner
Ireland
Daily Express
Air Force
U. S. Third Air Division
Navy
Douglas Aircraft Company
Limestone
Mildenhall
Englanda
Air Attack Via Polar Regions If Any Is Made
Civil Defense Administrator Millard Caldwell told a congressional committee any air attack on the United States would come via the polar regions, striking fast at the northwest and industrial northeast. He cited critical target areas including Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta Birmingham St. Louis, and listed Chicago Seattle Portland San Francisco St. Paul and Los Angeles as another likely objectives.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Millard Caldwell
Congressonal
Northwest
House
Appropriations Committee
Caldwell
Baltimore
Richmond
Atlanta
Birmingham
St. Louis
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
St. Paul
Los Angeles
Sayse's In Debt Report Sparks Senate Inquiry
Washington March 30 E Merl Young testified he is in debt revealing his reported influence on government loans. The sworn statement accompanies ongoing discussions linked to a Senate inquiry into lending influence and policy.
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Sayse
Washington
E. Merl Young
Winder Senate
Public payrolls and Maryland employment in 1950
Washington reports Census Bureau figures showing 44,123 Federal civilian workers and 4,462 state and local employees among Maryland's 98,585 public workers in October 1950. School staff numbered 22,052 and nonschool workers 32,410, with the U.S. total public employees at 6,402,000. Total Maryland payrolls for October 1950 led to a national payroll peak of 1.828 billion in October 1959.
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Washington
Maryland
Bureau of the Census
United States
Publc
Canners Boost Sugar Corn Prices In Frederick County
Frederick canners raise payments for sugar corn about 33 percent boosting prices to 23 dollars a ton for golden corn and 21 dollars for white corn. The move aims to raise acreage for processing as government urges more sweet corn planted. Availability and timing suggest plants may start operations in August with planting beginning around May as carryovers influence buying.
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Frederick
Judge Tells Police to Use Wits in Baltimore Gambling Case
In Criminal Court Judge Joseph Sherbow urged Police Commissioner Beverly Ober to explain and fix why beat officers miss bookmaking rings. Defendants Edward J. Riggie Richard Riggie and Arthur Winterode were convicted by a jury with sentence deferred for a possible new trial motion.
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Baltimore
Joseph Sherbow
Beverly Ober
Sherbow
Ober
Edward J. Riggie
Richard Riggie
Arthur Winterode
Agencies Hearing Set By P S C On B&O Discontinuances
A Public Service Commission hearing is scheduled for April 24 at 10 30 a m on the discontinuance by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of agencies and use of passenger stations at Lime Kiln Keedysville and Brentwood The Lime Kiln station was removed after closing December 31 1949 Rumors have circulated that Keedysville Italina may also close and there has been no passenger service through Keedysville since the Frederick line train via Brunswick and Keedysville to Wagerstown was withdrawn about two years ago.
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Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Lime Kiln
Keedysville
Brentwood
Keedysville Italina
Washington County
Frederick
Brunswick
Wagerstown
France Demands Seat At Med Defense Talks
France protests being excluded from British American defense meetings in the Mediterranean. Foreign Minister Schuman met with Secretary Acheson for 70 minutes at the State Department to seek explanations and invitation to future conferences. He said the discussion yielded complete agreement on problems but no promises about invitations yet. He may meet Acheson again before departing.
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Washington
France
United States
Mediterranean
Schuman
Auriol
State Department
Acheson
Malta
Achesai
Floodwaters Sweep Farm Lands Across Deep South
Two days of heavy rain flooded thousands of acres across the deep south, causing major damage to highways and homes. Alabama bore the brunt with two drownings in Mississippi and 800 to 1,000 homeless near Childersburg as Cahaba and Coosa rivers breached banks. Red Cross and National Guard aided victims while farmers faced spring planting delays. Elsewhere, rain and snow hit the Middle Atlantic states and Great Lakes, with lighter snows in Missouri Iowa and Idaho.
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Pro
Alabama
Massissippi
Lowisiana
Cahaba
Coosa
National
Childersburg
Red Cross
Middle
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Rockies
Plateau
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Idaho
Great Plains
Texas
Six Children Die in South Kingston House Fire
Six children aged one to 12 perished early today when a two room home burned in South Kingston Rhode Island. Firefighters recovered the bodies from the ruins. Their mother Mrs. Cora Young was hospitalized with burns. Father Leonard Young survived with another son in nearby Kingston.
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South Kingston
R. I
Cora Young
South County Hospital
Leonard Young
Kingston
Maryland Five Day Forecast
Five day outlook shows fair and cooler weekend. Warmer Monday with rain likely, possibly in southern counties late Sunday. Then clearing to fair and cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures average near seasonal with afternoon highs in the 50s and early mornings near 40, varying by terrain and location.
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Maryland
Mountains
Delaware
Powerful U S Fleet Reaches Gibraltar in Mediterranean Force
A 17 ship U S fleet arrived at Gibraltar from the United States as the Sixth Fleet prepares for peak strength in the Mediterranean. With tomorrow’s arrival of the giant carrier Coral Sea, the task force will temporarily include two of the world’s three largest carriers and two of its largest cruisers, including Franklin D Roosevelt Newport News and Salem. All four vessels have been commissioned since 1945.
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Gibraltar
Mareh
U. S
United States
Mediterranean
Coral Sea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Newport News
Salem
New Plane X-2 Aims For Supersonic Flight Heights
The Air Force plans to fly the Bell X-2 rocket plane within the year, aiming to surpass the X-1 in speed and altitude. The craft, built by Bell Aircraft, is tiny with no armament, initially spec’d for 3789 mph and 80,000 feet but likely slower. A new turbine pump could boost speed and climb, with experts predicting speeds around 2500 mph at 200,000 feet.
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Washington
Air Force
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Cully
Chaplain Claims U S Troops Displayed Cowardice in Korea
Navy chaplain Lt. Comer Otto E. B. Sporrer charges troops fled and feigned wounds during the Changjin reservoir retreat, alleges the 490 men of the Seventh Division sought evacuation, and says the 31st Regiment left behind dead and wounded. Marines condemn inter service bickering as Army probes for a report.
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Washington
Mare
PRA Navy
Korea
Far Eastern Command
San Diego
Comer
Otto EB. Sporrer
Chang‘jin
Seventh Division
Japan
Teu
11Th Marine Regiment
Army
F. L. Parks
Corps
One Dies One Hurt In Truck And Auto Crash
A Pennsylvania man, 24 year-old Philip Joseph Sheridan of Cheltenham, died and a female companion was critically burned in a Baltimore collision between an oil company tractor-trailer and an automobile. The truck driver Robert F Emig of New Oxford escaped injury. The tank exploded and flames reached power poles and foliage, prompting evacuations and outages along the Baltimore area. Police noted Sheridan’s car was departing an ice cream parlor when the crash occurred.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Oil Company
Philip Joseph Sheridan
Cheltenham
Trans Oil Company
Robert Femig
New Oxford
Reistertown
Randallatown
Westminster
Sheridan
U S Guns Halt Red Push On Korean Front
Tokyo reports American artillery blunted a six week Chinese counter thrust on the western Korean front near Utsongbu. U S troops seized a commanding hill with a grenade assault while Reds mass fresh troops and supplies for an offensive as rain and mud threaten UN movements.
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Tokyo
Utsongbu
U. S
East Central
North Korea
Bill Seen Aid To County Fairs
Annapolis March 30 The Senate passed a major track bill backed by Governor McKeldin to raise betting take from 10 to 12 percent and direct state breaks to the State Fair Board, with claims it would aid county fairs while opponents call it a steal. The measure targets harness and half mile tracks, and would fund farm events, but critics argued it bails out Ocean Downs and piles costs on bettors. Senate debates touched on expanding the Racing Commission. opposition called the bill corrupt and unfair to the betting public.
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Annapolis
McKeldin
Senate
State Fair Board
Maryland
Sybert D-Howard
Ocean Downs
Sybert
State Racing Commission
Preston
D-Balto
Phoebus
R-Somerset
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Is. Biser
Red Koreans
Boca Spa
PEO
Sanitary Products
F.H.S. Band
MD. Senate
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
J. E. Doub
Board of Aldermen
Lite
James E. Doub
P. S.C
U.S
New York
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